Citizen Participation (公民参与)

北京新建村5名护送华涌的村民被抓捕 华涌吁关注救援 (5 villagers in Beijing outskirts arrested for protecting artist Hua Chong from police)
Weiquanwang, December 12, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/12/5.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Chinese province admits homes left freezing after overzealous coal ban
South China Morning Post, December 13, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2124104/chinese-province-admits-homes-left-freezing-after

Fire in southern Beijing kills five, weeks after government launches safety hazards campaign
South China Morning Post, December 13, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2124105/fire-southern-beijing-kills-five-weeks-after-government-launches

Related:
Government edicts do nothing to prevent fire danger in China’s workplaces
China Labor Bulletin, December 12, 2017
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/government-edicts-do-nothing-prevent-fire-danger-china%E2%80%99s-workplaces

教育部清理令时限已过，常州大学官网仍有上千人身份证被泄露 (Changzhou University continues to leak students’ ID information online after deadline set by education ministry)
The Paper, December 12, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1902245

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Google宣布中國成立AI中心 (Google announces establishment of AI center in China)
Mingpao, December 13, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171213/s00002/1513139161826

National Security & Counterterrorism (国家安全和反恐)

China denies using LinkedIn to recruit German informants
中國否認利用社群媒體滲透德國政界
The New York Times, December 12, 2017
EN: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20171212/china-germany-linkedin/en-us/
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20171212/china-germany-linkedin/zh-hant/

Hong Kong (香港)

Nine Hong Kong democracy activists banned from contesting seats in China’s legislature
South China Morning Post, December 13, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2124153/nine-hong-kong-democracy-activists-banned-contesting-seats

Democrats use their last chance to form two investigative committees before rules change
Hong Kong Free Press, December 13, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/13/democrats-use-last-chance-form-two-investigative-committees-rules-change/

Related:
南京大屠殺類比拉布 工聯會郭偉強：把握千載難逢機會修改 (Lawmaker from HKFTU compares filibuster to Nanking Massacre and says changing LegCo rules is chance of lifetime)
Inmediahk, December 13, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1053875a

《星島》專欄：中聯辦擬搞首個公眾開放日 (Liaison Office to hold first Open Day)
Sing Tao Daily, December 13, 2017
http://hd.stheadline.com/news/realtime/hk/1088057/

US professor Zhang Xiang set to be confirmed as next University of Hong Kong vice-chancellor
South China Morning Post, December 13, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/2124095/us-professor-zhang-xiang-set-be-confirmed-next-university

Commentary (评论)

Under red China, democracy is dead in Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, December 13, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2124100/under-red-china-democracy-dead-hong-kong

人民記得你…… (People will remember you……)
Mingpao, December 13, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171213/s00022/1513082492100

#MeToo and Vera Lui show why Hong Kong needs better sex education classes
South China Morning Post, December 13, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2123968/metoo-and-vera-lui-show-why-hong-kong-needs-better-sex

China’s chilling “social credit” blacklist
The Wall Street Journal, December 11, 2017
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-chilling-social-credit-blacklist-1513036054

Access to Justice (司法公正)

年终特稿: 709人权律师案盘点 19大后有转机？ (Will things turn for better after 19th party congress for “709” human rights lawyers?)
Voice of America, December 12, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/human-right-20171211/4159445.html

Related:
李昱函代理律师李柏光、蔺其磊就被其被刑讯逼供、狱中虐待提起控告 (Defense counsels of lawyer Li Yuhan sue detention center and police officers for torture and abuse)
Weiquanwang, December 11, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/12/blog-post_66.html

張先玲：丈夫生前指解決六四事件路漫長 叮囑注意身體 (Zhang Xianling, Tiananmen Mothers activist, says late husband asked her to stay in good health as vindicating June Fourth will take years)
Radio Television Hong Kong, December 12, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1369602-20171212.htm

透明度不足影响问责赔偿 8律师携手为肺结核学生维权 (8 lawyers join force to represent Hunan students who contracted TB, demanding transparency, accountability, and compensation)
Radio Free Asia, December 11, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/gf1-12112017100646.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

年终报道：中国过去一年严厉封杀维权网站及网言 (China cracks down on right-defending website and speech on Internet during past year)
Voice of America, December 11, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/China-human-rights-situation-worsened-20171211/4158239.html

澳門倡電話卡實名制 網絡安全法今起公開諮詢 (Macau presses for SIM card real-name identification and solicits opinion on cybersecurity law)
Stand News, December 11, 2017
http://bit.ly/2jP61QQ

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

“南方傻瓜”甄江华：黑暗中行走的抗争者 (Zhen Jianghua, defier who walks in dark)
The Initium, December 12, 2017
https://theinitium.com/article/20171212-mainland-zhenjianghua/

The app that’s naming and shaming China’s polluters
Bloomberg, December 12, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2123959/app-thats-naming-and-shaming-chinas-polluters

Hundreds take part in rare protest in Beijing over migrant crackdown
The Guardian, December 11, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/11/hundreds-take-part-rare-protest-beijing-migrant-crackdown

广东顺德村民逆风维权 当局夜半抓人 (Villagers in Guangdong defend land rights and get arrested by police at night)
Radio Free Asia, December 11, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-12112017100549.html

安徽南陵数百教师请愿 警喷射辣椒水驱散 (Hundreds of teachers in Anhui petition for better wages and get pepper-sprayed by police)
Radio Free Asia, December 11, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-12112017100326.html

内蒙牧民请愿讨要草场补贴 海外新书揭内蒙种族灭绝 (Inner Mongolian herdsmen petition for grassland compensation; New book revealing ethnic cleansing launched)
Radio Free Asia, December 11, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql2-12112017100414.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Beijing orders agencies to spearhead China’s transition to domestic “green cars”
South China Morning Post, December 12, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2123895/beijing-orders-agencies-spearhead-chinas-transition/

Inside China's “virtue schools” for women
British Broadcasting Company, December 12, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-china-blog-42305137/

Education, health fees among key concerns
China Daily, December 12, 2017
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201712/12/WS5a2f29d4a3108bc8c6721a30.html/

National Security & Counterterrorism (国家安全和反恐)

New Zealand security chiefs warn of China threat
新西兰安全部门就中国威胁发出警告
Financial Times, December 11, 2017
EN: https://www.ft.com/content/4c23258a-de28-11e7-a8a4-0a1e63a52f9c
CH: http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001075438

Hong Kong (香港)

泛民百人立會外示威紮營 警凌晨抬人完成清場 (Over 100 pan-democrats camp outside LegCo in protest against rule changes and removed by police after midnight)
Mingpao, December 12, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171212/s00001/1513035498355

Related:
嚴詞反駁批評 林鄭：政府不會做損害市民工作 (Carrie Lam outright rejects criticism and says SAR government will not harm its citizens)
Mingpao, December 12, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171212/s00001/1513046744435

Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters removed from outside legislature amid protest over house rules
Hong Kong Free Press, December 12, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/12/just-guards-remove-hong-kong-pro-democracy-lawmakers-outside-legislature-amid-protest-house-rules/

英倫「香港監察」今日成立，保港人權 (London-based Hong Kong Watch launched to defend human rights)
Local Press, December 11, 2017
http://www.localpresshk.com/2017/12/hk-watch-launched-today/

Related:
New watchdog aims to "blow whistle" on Beijing and London over Hong Kong freedoms and rule of law
Hong Kong Free Press, December 12, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/12/new-watchdog-aims-blow-whistle-beijing-london-hong-kong-freedoms-rule-law/

趁開放日校外派傳單遭警圍 聖母書院學生批校方「多餘」 (Secondary schoolers send out localism flyers on Open Day and get surrounded by police)
Apple Daily, December 9, 2017
https://hk.news.appledaily.com/local/realtime/article/20171209/57560270

Commentary (评论)

立會修議事規則 為所欲為時代到了 (As LegCo rules change, time to do whatever they want has come)
Mingpao, December 12, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171212/s00022/1512995101012

仿佛又回到人人都「說假話、放衛星」的年代了 (We seem to be reliving era in which everyone lies)
Inmediahk, December 12, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1053845

世道人生：殘害人權的最大魔怪 (Behemoth that tramples on human rights)
Apple Daily, December 12, 2017
https://hk.news.appledaily.com/local/daily/article/20171212/20242172

Hong Kong must show greater commitment to equality
South China Morning Post, December 12, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2123893/hong-kong-must-show-greater-commitment-equality

From forced evictions of migrant workers to abused children: violations of social & economic rights in China refute the “China development model”
从遭遇强迫驱逐的农民工到受虐待的儿童：- 经济社会人权继续得不到保障是对「中国发展模式」的有力反驳
Chinese Human Right Defenders, December 11, 2017
EN: https://www.nchrd.org/2017/12/from-forced-evictions-of-migrant-workers-to-abused-children-violations-of-social-economic-rights-in-china-refute-the-china-development-model/
CH: https://www.nchrd.org/2017/12/from-forced-evictions-of-migrant-workers-chin-ver/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

維權律師：面臨前所未有壓力 (Rights lawyer Mo Shaoping says lawyers now face unprecedented pressure)
Mingpao, December 11, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20171211/s00013/1512929019688

刘霞致信诺奖文学得主赫塔米勒称“我要疯了我那么孤单” (Liu Xia writes to Nobel Laureate Herta Müller saying “I am going crazy, I am so lonely”)
Radio France Internationale, December 10, 2017
http://bit.ly/2AslFfr

律师会见在押犯新规印发：会见被侦查起诉在押罪犯时不被监听 (New regulations allows detainees to meet with lawyers without being listened to)
The Paper, December 10, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1899492

Access to Information (信息公开)

German spy agency warns of Chinese LinkedIn espionage
British Broadcasting Company, December 11, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42304297

In your face: China’s all-seeing state
British Broadcasting Company, December 10, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-china-42248056/in-your-face-china-s-all-seeing-state

Related:
China must accelerate implementation of big data strategy: Xi
Xinhua News Agency, December 9, 2017
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201712/09/WS5a2bba55a310eefe3e9a12ea.html

The fall of Chinese internet Czar Lu Wei
Global Voices, December 10, 2017
https://globalvoices.org/2017/12/10/the-fall-of-chinese-internet-czar-lu-wei/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

世界人权日 北京遭驱逐外地人要人权 (Hundreds protest against forced eviction in Beijing, demanding human rights on Human Rights Day)
Voice of America, December 10, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/4157363.html

《刘晓波纪念文集》纽约发布 (Collected writings in commemoration of Liu Xiaobo launched in New York)
Voice of America, December 10, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/liu-xiaobo-collected-writings-nyc-20171209/4157190.html

北京画家华涌“只因干了记者应该干而不敢干的活”而匆匆逃亡在祖国的大地上 (Beijing-based artist Hua Chong wanted by police for live-streaming forced eviction in city outskirts)
Weiquanwang, December 9, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/12/blog-post_56.html

南街能成为法外之地吗？——35位大学生的起诉状 (35 university students sue Henan food factory for labor law violations)
Weiquanwang, December 8, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/12/35.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China’s rapidly greying population leaves provincial pension pots seriously short of cash
South China Morning Post, December 11, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2123703/chinas-rapidly-greying-population-leaves-provincial

China starts formal legal proceedings against disgraced senior politician
Reuters, December 11, 2017
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption/china-starts-formal-legal-proceedings-against-disgraced-senior-politician-idUSKBN1E5095?

Related:
涉受賄罪 最高檢對前重慶市委書記孫政才立案偵查 (Supreme People's Procuratorate launches anti-graft probe against former Chongqing party secretary Sun Zhengcai)
HK01, December 11, 2017
http://bit.ly/2jN05rt

辽宁：5年收回事业编制15万名 (Liaoning cuts 150,000 government jobs during past 5 years)
People.com.cn, December 11, 2017
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2017/1211/c1001-29699411.html

Chinese official suspended for forcing man to apologise after he told anti-poverty inspectors he was not getting his benefits
South China Morning Post, December 10, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2123670/chinese-official-suspended-forcing-man-apologise-after-he-told

江蘇連雲港化工廠爆炸4死6人失蹤 負責人被控制 (Company head detained by police after chemical factory explosion that kills at least 4 in Jiangsu)
Radio Television Hong Kong, December 10, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1369341-20171210.htm

中國幼兒園頻傳虐童 聯國專家心碎 (UN experts heartbroken by news of child abuse at Chinese kindergartens)
United Daily News, December 9, 2017
https://udn.com/news/story/7332/2865784?from=udn-ch1_breaknews-1-cate4-news

EU “Deeply Troubled” by China’s human rights record
Agence France-Presse, December 8, 2017
https://www.rappler.com/world/regions/asia-pacific/190828-eu-troubled-china-human-rights

National Security & Counterterrorism (国家安全和反恐)

Beijing extends powers of state security agents under counter-espionage law
South China Morning Post, December 7, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2123210/beijing-extends-powers-state-security-agents-under

Hong Kong (香港)

14個香港民間團體致聯合國人權事務高級專員公開信 (14 Hong Kong civil society groups write open letter to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights)
Inmediahk, December 11, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1053832

Hong Kong court upholds SFC action, paving the way for cross-border securities investigations
South China Morning Post, December 10, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2123692/hong-kong-court-upholds-sfc-action-paving-way-cross-border

Arrest warrant issued after activist fails to appear in court over rioting charges
Hong Kong Free Press, December 9, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/09/arrest-warrant-issued-activist-fails-appear-court-rioting-charges/

Related:
香港本土派悍将黄台仰违反保释条件被法院通缉 (Hong Kong court issues arrest warrant after localism activist Ray Wong violates bail conditions)
Radio France Internationale, December 10, 2017
http://bit.ly/2AsmrsR

建制派設街站反對拉布 民主派明晚立會外通宵紮營 (Pro-establishment sets street booths slamming filibusters, as pro-democracy camp plans to protest overnight outside LegCo against rules changes)
Radio Television Hong Kong, December 10, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1369330-20171210.htm

Related:
立會示威區加裝1米高鋼板 (1-meter-high steel barriers set up outside LegCo building)
Mingpao, December 11, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171211/s00001/1512974057729

Arbitration legal eagle Teresa Cheng tipped to be Hong Kong’s next justice secretary
South China Morning Post, December 10, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2123698/legal-heavyweight-teresa-cheng-tipped-be-hong-kongs-next

“We just want to win money”: Should Hongkongers stand for the national anthem at horse races?
South China Morning Post, December 10, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2123695/we-just-want-win-money-should-hongkongers-stand-national

Commentary (评论)

A more open Internet is in China’s interest
South China Morning Post, December 11, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2123738/more-open-internet-chinas-interest