Chinese woman sacked for being pregnant wins landmark case against employer
South China Morning Post, December 6, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2123114/pregnant-chinese-woman-wins-against-firm-discrimination
60多岁李昱函律师在沈阳市第一看守所持续遭受虐待折磨 (Rights lawyer Li Yuhan, in her 60s, abused and tortured at Shenyang detention center)
Weiquanwang, December 6, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/12/60.html
Chinese state media takes praise for leader to new heights as Xi tightens grip
Reuters, December 6, 2017
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-politics/chinese-state-media-takes-praise-for-leader-to-new-heights-as-xi-tightens-grip-idUSKBN1E00MW
把「低端人口」帶到國際層面 中國導演：不拍他們便不存在 (Wen Hai, Chinese director brings “low-end population” to international stage and says if you don’t film them, they don’t exist)
Apple Daily, December 5, 2017
https://tw.news.appledaily.com/us/realtime/20171205/1253423/
Chinese military veterans detained, beaten in Beijing after pension petition
Radio Free Asia, December 5, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/chinese-military-veterans-detained-beaten-in-beijing-after-pension-petition-12052017110040.html
全市1500余幼儿园均配责任督学 (Beijing assigns supervisors to over 1,500 kindergartens)
Beijing News, December 6, 2017
http://epaper.bjnews.com.cn/html/2017-12/06/content_704531.htm?div=-1
Senior citizen picks through garbage piles to support family
China Daily, December 5, 2017
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2017-12/05/content_35221104.htm
河北省教育厅就取暖问题发通知：保障广大师生安全、温暖过冬 (Hebei education authority issues notice pledging supply of heating to schools)
People’s Government of Hebei Province, December 5, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1892797
Inside China’s big tech conference, new ways to track citizens
人工智能、人脸识别：中国步入高科技监控时代
The New York Times, December 6, 2017
EN: https://cn.nytimes.com/business/20171206/china-internet-conference-wuzhen/en-us/
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/business/20171206/china-internet-conference-wuzhen/
Ma warns foreign firms to obey rules
Shanghai Daily, December 6, 2017
http://english.sina.com/buz/b/2017-12-06/detail-ifypikwu1750183.shtml
民主派誓阻改議事規則：今削立會權力 明通過廿三條 (Democratic camp vows to halt change to LegCo rules, fearing weakened LegCo would lead to passing of Article 23)
Inmediahk, December 6, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1053741
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Few tactics remain to prevent changes to legislature’s rules, says pro-democracy lawmaker Alvin Yeung
Hong Kong Free Press, December 6, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/06/tactics-remain-prevent-changes-legislatures-rules-says-pro-democracy-lawmaker-alvin-yeung/
愛東邨食水含重金屬微粒 鉛銅鐵皆有 水署：分離器未能阻隔 (Heavy metal particles found in tap water at public estate; Water Supply Department says separator failed to work)
Mingpao, December 5, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171205/s00001/1512457394278
王振民：香港屬紅色中國 沒染紅之說 (Wang Zhenmin, Liaison Office legal chief, says Hong Kong is part of red China, and there is no such thing as Hong Kong being dyed red)
Mingpao, December 5, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20171205/s00002/1512410962545/
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Liaison Office legal chief Wang Zhenmin: “Hong Kong is part of red China”
Hong Kong Free Press, December 5, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/05/liaison-office-legal-chief-wang-zhenmin-hong-kong-part-red-china/
漩渦裏外 周永康的微笑：救世不必當苦行僧 (Alex Chow smiles: You don’t have to go through hardship to save world)
Stand News, December 5, 2017
https://goo.gl/e2jHMj
周云蓬：《中国孩子》十年记，孩子们的墓碑如影随形 (Zhou Yunpeng on 10th anniversary of release of song named “China’s Children”: Their tombs follow me like shadow)
The Initium, December 6, 2017
https://theinitium.com/article/20171206-culture-chinakids/
There’s no escaping constitutional reality for Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, December 6, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2123046/theres-no-escaping-constitutional-reality-hong-kong
Why Xi’s anti-corruption drive in China’s military needs a long-term solution
South China Morning Post, December 5, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2122930/xis-sweeping-anti-corruption-drive-chinas-military-may-prove
Is Wang Huning trying to hide his light?
The Diplomat, December 5, 2017
https://thediplomat.com/2017/12/is-wang-huning-trying-to-hide-his-light/
「709事件」王全璋遭拘留逾兩年 未能見律師 (Rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang still denied access to his lawyer after spending almost 29 months in detention)
Radio Television Hong Kong, December 5, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1368392-20171205.htm
新疆警方秘设“红黑点”档案 6次拒参加升国旗仪式可被拘捕 (Xinjiang police sets up files of citizens and arrests those who refuse to attend national flag raising ceremony for 6 times)
Radio Free Asia, December 4, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql2-12042017113937.html
江西五岁男童学校缢亡 警方不予立案 (Jiangxi police refuses to file case after 5-year-old boy allegedly hanged himself to death at school)
Radio Free Asia, December 4, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/kejiaowen/yf1-12042017102405.html
扔纸飞机抗议被检控 澳门最年轻议员苏嘉豪遭中止职务 (Sulu Sou, youngest lawmaker of Macau, suspended for throwing paper planes during protest and subsequently getting charged)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 4, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-42218398
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Macau’s youngest ever pro-democracy lawmaker suspended over “aggravated disobedience” charge
Hong Kong Free Press, December 4, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/04/macaus-youngest-ever-pro-democracy-lawmaker-suspended-aggravated-disobedience-charge/
In China, skepticism surrounding police investigation of kindergarten child abuse is censored
Global Voice, December 5, 2017
https://globalvoices.org/2017/12/05/in-china-skepticism-surrounding-police-investigation-of-kindergarten-child-abuse-is-censored/
Tim Cook says Apple shares China's vision of Internet of “openness and shared benefits”
Shanghaiist, December 4, 2017
http://shanghaiist.com/2017/12/04/tim-cook-wuzhen.php
内蒙古翁牛特旗牧民声援被捕者 杭锦旗牧民羊群被抢 (Inner Mongolian herdsmen petition at local government in support of detained activists)
Radio Free Asia, December 4, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql1-12042017110143.html
北京市人社局在编在职人员因私护照全部集中保管 (Government employees at Beijing Human Resources and Social Security ordered to hand over their passports)
Beijing News, December 5, 2017
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2017/12/05/467309.html
Tonnes of sulphuric acid leak from tank at Chinese chemical plant
South China Morning Post, December 5, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2122926/tonnes-sulphuric-acid-leaks-tank-chinese-chemical-plant
誤診愛滋等死7年 男子擬索賠 (Waiting to die for 7 years, man in Sichuan to sue medical authorities for wrong AIDS diagnosis)
Mingpao, December 5, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20171205/s00013/1512411000157
辽宁抚顺“女德班”被勒令关停 (Liaoning shuts down class that teaches women to be obedient)
Radio Free Asia, December 4, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/yl-12042017122258.html
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“Talk less, do more housework”: China shuts down chauvinist “female morality lessons”
Hong Kong Free Press, December 5, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/05/talk-less-housework-china-shuts-chauvinist-female-morality-lessons/
網上流傳蔡奇講話片段稱要真刀真槍解決問題 (Cai Qi, Beijing Party Secretary, caught on camera asking local-level officials to solve problems using “real knives and real guns”)
Radio Television Hong Kong, December 4, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1368407-20171205.htm
China’s A.I. advances help its tech industry, and state security
人工智能在中国：技术背后的反乌托邦可能性
The New York Times, December 5, 2017
EN: https://cn.nytimes.com/business/20171205/china-artificial-intelligence/en-us/
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/business/20171205/china-artificial-intelligence/
Justice Dept. appeals court ruling requiring police obtain warrant to access suspects’ electronic devices
Hong Kong Free Press, December 5, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/05/justice-dept-appeals-court-ruling-requiring-police-obtain-warrant-access-suspects-electronic-devices/
Demosisto activist Agnes Chow announces intention to run in Legislative Council by-elections
Hong Kong Free Press, December 5, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/05/demosisto-activist-agnes-chow-announces-intention-run-legislative-council-elections/
70 percent of Hongkongers say they intend to do volunteering work, but fewer than a third actually did so in past year
South China Morning Post, December 5, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2122734/70-cent-hongkongers-say-they-intend-do-volunteering-work
張建宗：憲法是香港基石 應樹立「正確國家觀念」 (Matthew Cheung, Chief Secretary for Administration, describes China’s constitution as cornerstone of Hong Kong and says SAR government should promote “correct concept of state”)
Mingpao, December 4, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171204/s00001/1512377284974
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Hong Kong must recognize and respect China’s socialist system, Liaison Office director says
Hong Kong Free Press, December 4, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/04/hong-kong-must-recognise-respect-chinas-socialist-system-liaison-office-director-says/
項飆：在驅逐之外，北京「浙江村」正規化的糾結和代價 (Beyond eviction, indetermination and price of institutionalizing Beijing’s “Zhejiang Village”)
The Initium, December 5, 2017
https://theinitium.com/article/20171205-opinion-xiangbiao-beijing-zhejiang/
Beijing refugees and the new displaced class
China Change, December 3, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/12/03/beijing-refugees-and-the-new-displaced-class/
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Beijing’s heavy-handed solution to urbanization
The Diplomat, December 4, 2017
https://thediplomat.com/2017/12/beijings-heavy-handed-solution-to-urbanization/
Driving the message home: Hong Kong’s Basic Law means whatever President Xi says it means
Hong Kong Free Press, December 2, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/02/driving-message-home-hong-kongs-basic-law-means-whatever-president-xi-says-means/
法政匯思：從香港看奧蘭，有值得參考的地方嗎？ (Can Hong Kong learn from Aland?)
Pentoy, November 30, 2017
http://bit.ly/2zNNg6m
天津起火大厦事故调查结果公布 11人被刑拘 (Tianjin releases investigation report on deadly skyscraper fire and criminally detains 11)
Beijing News, December 3, 2017
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2017/12/03/466856.html
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Chinese police detain 11 over deadly Tianjin skyscraper fire
Reuters, December 3, 2017
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-fire/chinese-police-detain-11-over-deadly-tianjin-skyscraper-fire-idUSKBN1DX0CM
Chinese construction worker locked up for burning old tires to keep warm in freezing temperatures
South China Morning Post, December 3, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2122673/chinese-construction-worker-locked-burning-old-tyres-keep-warm
教育部司法部将开展大中小学“宪法晨读” (Ministry of Education and Ministry of Justice to organize primary and middle school students to read China's constitution in morning)
China Education Daily, December 1, 2017
http://paper.jyb.cn/zgjyb/html/2017-12/01/content_490282.htm?div=-1
China’s newest propaganda weapon: WeChat stickers
Quartz, December 4, 2017
https://qz.com/1145696/china-communist-partys-newest-propaganda-weapon-wechat-stickers/
Xi Jinping renews “cyber sovereignty” call at China’s top meeting of Internet minds
South China Morning Post, December 3, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2122683/xi-jinping-renews-cyber-sovereignty-call-chinas-top
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China’s top ideologue calls for tight control of Internet
The New York Times, December 3, 2017
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/03/world/asia/china-internet-censorship-wang-huning.html
China’s transport workers stage strikes in protest at fuel price hikes
China Labor Bulletin, December 4, 2017
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/china%E2%80%99s-transport-workers-stage-strikes-protest-fuel-price-hikes
做全球最大的司法信息资源库——中国司法大数据服务网上线记 (China launches Justice Big Data Service Platform, aiming to become world's biggest)
Supreme People’s Court, December 1, 2017
http://www.court.gov.cn/zixun-xiangqing-71282.html
「反威權」遊行2000人參與 (2,000 join “anti-authoritarianism” march)
Mingpao, December 4, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20171204/s00002/1512324465582
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“The Hong Kong spirit can never be imprisoned”: Joshua Wong leads “anti-authoritarian” march
Hong Kong Free Press, December 3, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/03/hong-kong-spirit-can-never-imprisoned-joshua-wong-leads-anti-authoritarian-march/
【中國式國安威脅香港法治？】 眾學者憂慮中國對憲法法治威脅 (Scholars worry Chinese-style national security endangers rule of law in Hong Kong)
Inmediahk, December 4, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1053680
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王志民指憲法與基本法屬母法與子法關係不可分割 (Liaison Office head says China’s constitution is “mother law” and the Basic Law is “son law”, and their ties can’t be severed)
Radio Television Hong Kong, December 4, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1368231-20171204.htm
英女同志配偶簽證案 入境處獲批上訴 指涉重大公眾重要性 (HK top court approves Immigration Department to appeal British lesbian couple’s dependent visa case)
Mingpao, December 4, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171204/s00001/1512359514709
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Hong Kong Immigration to fight decision on lesbian expat’s spousal visa at top court
Hong Kong Free Press, December 4, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/04/hong-kong-immigration-fight-decision-lesbian-expats-spousal-visa-top-court/
Declassified: Hong Kong activists failed to broaden support after Tiananmen, governor said in 1989
Hong Kong Free Press, December 4, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/04/declassified-hong-kong-activists-failed-broaden-support-tiananmen-governor-said-1989/
Hong Kong may not yet be “another Chinese city”, but it’s feeling a lot like Singapore
Hong Kong Free Press, December 4, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/04/hong-kong-may-not-yet-another-chinese-city-feeling-lot-like-singapore/
China isn't taking over the world just yet
The Sydney Morning Herald, December 4, 2017
http://www.smh.com.au/business/china/china-isnt-taking-over-the-world-just-yet-20171203-gzxzra.html
葉劉低貶香港粵語為怪話，理應道歉 (Regina Ip belittles Cantonese as “lingo” and she should apologize)
Inmediahk, December 4, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1053674