Commentary (评论)

香港納入黨國體制對台灣的警訊 (Warning for Taiwan after Hong Kong being included in the 
“Party-State”)
Inmediahk, February 1, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1054935

Related:
How English can save Hong Kong from becoming “just another Chinese city”
South China Morning Post, February 1, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2131336/how-english-can-save-hong-kong-becoming-just-another-chinese

Hong Kong health crisis in need of long-term cure
South China Morning Post, February 1, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2131478/hong-kong-health-crisis-need-long-term-cure

Disqualified: How the gov’t compromised Hong Kong’s only free and fair election
Hong Kong Free Press, January 31, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/31/disqualified-hong-kong-govt-compromised-citys-free-fair-elections/

Related:
北京將會後悔DQ香港眾志 (Beijing will regret disqualifying Demosistō)
The House News Bloggers, February 1, 2018
http://bit.ly/2nvIllr

口炮党人选集 | 新极权下没有所谓公民社会 (There is no so-called civil society under neo-totalitarianism)
China Digital Times, January 31, 2018
http://bit.ly/2BJwW6B

China: Families of Interpol targets harassed
中国：国际刑警红色通告人员家属被骚扰
Human Rights Watch, January 31, 2018
EN: https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/01/31/china-families-interpol-targets-harassed
CH: https://www.hrw.org/zh-hans/news/2018/01/31/314426

Access to Justice (司法公正)

周远案当事人获赔191万：对结果持保留态度 将申诉 (Zhou Yuan receives 1,910,000 yuan of state compensation after spending 20 years in prison for crimes he didn’t commit, and he pledges to appeal to the supreme court)
Xinhua News Agency, January 31, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/legal/2018-01/31/c_1122343890.htm

700人联署声援余文生 国际特赦紧急呼吁 (700 sign petition calling for release of rights lawyer Yu Wensheng, as Amnesty International issues emergency statement)
Radio Free Asia, January 30, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-01302018102303.html

甘肃临夏农民工讨薪事件： 张成义被刑事拘留 律师会见未果 (Migrant worker representative barred from meeting with lawyer after being criminally detained in Gansu for “not paying wages” while the developer remains at large)
Weiquanwang, January 30, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/01/blog-post_533.html

Uyghur Muslim scholar dies in Chinese police custody
Radio Free Asia, January 29, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/scholar-death-01292018180427.html

Related:
Interview: “I lost all hope of surviving”
Radio Free Asia, January 30, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/kazakh-01302018161655.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Foreign journalists say reporting conditions in China deteriorated in 2017
Hong Kong Free Press, January 31, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/31/foreign-journalists-say-reporting-conditions-china-deteriorated-2017/

Related:
2018年1月29日外交部发言人华春莹主持例行记者会 (MFA spokesperson dodges “antagonistic” VPN question, says China will “continuously promote comprehensive opening up to the outside world”)
Ministry of Foreign Affair, January 29, 2018
http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/web/fyrbt_673021/t1529866.shtml

China's secret police “recruit students as agents” to spy on activists overseas
国保海外撒网 诱异见留学生做卧底
Radio Free Asia, January 30, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/recruit-01302018110158.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/spy-01262018062505.html

Related:
How Chinese government uses “front organizations” to influence Australian society and monitor behavior of its citizens studying there
The Guardian, January 31, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/2131309/how-chinese-government-uses-front-organisations-influence

中国一军机贵州坠毁多人身亡 当局封锁消息 (China blocks news of deadly military plane crash in Guizhou)
Radio Free Asia, January 30, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/junshiwaijiao/ql1-01302018102222.html

Interview: “I came to live a life free from surveillance”
Radio Free Asia, January 30, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/interview-i-came-to-live-a-life-free-from-surveillance-01302018095509.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Vatican rebukes Hong Kong’s Cardinal Zen for remarks on “selling out” of Chinese Catholics
South China Morning Post, January 31, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2131316/vatican-rebukes-hong-kongs-cardinal-zen-remarks-selling-out

China's #MeToo movement in colleges initially encouraged by authorities, then frustrated
Reuters, January 31, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-harassment-insight/chinas-metoo-movement-in-colleges-initially-encouraged-by-authorities-then-frustrated-idUSKBN1FJ33W

中国公民社会前景：乐观还是堪忧？ (Experts have mixed views on future of civil society in China)
Voice of America, January 31, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/ngo-20180130/4232289.html

中国曹顺利人权团队在上海的部分人权捍卫者近日第5次上街举牌要求中共政权立即释放全国政治犯并解除党禁报禁 (Human rights defenders in Shanghai hold placards on street demanding release of political prisoners and allowing political parties and media to operate freely)
Weiquanwang, January 30, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/01/5_30.html

投诉：陕西石泉县鬼谷庄景区民工到省政府讨薪 (Migrant workers demand wage in arrears at provincial government in Shaanxi)
Weiquanwang, January 30, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/01/blog-post_970.html

维权人士冯正虎等人控告上海高院院长 (Rights defenders in Shanghai take head of city’s top court to court)
Radio Free Asia, January 30, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-01302018102441.html

民政部：严重失信社会组织将被列入重点监管对象 (New measures from Ministry of Civil Affairs include characterizing social organizations without CPC committees as engaging in aberrant activities)
Xinhua News Agency, January 30, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2018-01/30/c_129802145.htm

Related:
《社会组织信用信息管理办法》 (Measures for the Administration of Social Organization Credit Information (Full Text))
Ministry of Civil Affairs, January 30, 2018
http://www.mca.gov.cn/article/gk/fg/shzzgl/201801/20180100007671.shtml

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China drawing up “fresh battle plan” to tackle smog
Reuters, January 31, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2131331/china-drawing-fresh-battle-plan-tackle-smog

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

腾讯信用全国公测 阿里、腾讯下一场“鏖战”在信用？ (Tencent tests credit system based on social networking data nationwide)
The Beijing News, January 31, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/finance/2018/01/31/474734.html

王力雄：“天网”之下，还有革命的可能吗？ (Wang Lixiong: Is revolution still possible under “Skynet”?)
The New York Times, January 31, 2018
https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180131/wang-lixiong/

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

Chinese military paper urges increase in nuclear deterrence capabilities
Reuters, January 30, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-security/chinese-military-paper-urges-increase-in-nuclear-deterrence-capabilities-idUSKBN1FJ1A0

Hong Kong (香港)

全球民主指數 港跌至71位 並列巴拉圭、納米比亞 (Economist Democracy Index 2017: Hong Kong slips to 71st place)
Mingpao, January 31, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180131/s00001/1517380372601

Related:
Democracy Index 2017
Economist Intelligence Unit, January 31, 2018
https://www.eiu.com/topic/democracy-index

In Pictures: District councilors seeking answers over Agnes Chow election ban blocked from meeting
Hong Kong Free Press, January 31, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/31/pictures-district-councillors-seeking-answers-agnes-chow-election-ban-blocked-meeting/

Related:
Video: Agnes Chow was not banned from election because of her political affiliation, Carrie Lam says
Hong Kong Free Press, January 30, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/30/video-agnes-chow-not-banned-election-political-affiliation-carrie-lam-says/

Theresa May pledges to raise Hong Kong and human rights with China
The Guardian, January 31, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/31/theresa-may-pledges-to-raise-hong-kong-and-human-rights-with-china

Related:
Theresa May – as you travel to China, let me tell you about my family's treatment under Xi Jinping
The Independent, January 30, 2018
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/theresa-may-china-visit-xi-jinping-human-rights-brexit-trade-deal-tiananmen-square-protest-a8184856.html

香港团体中联办抗议中共打压维权律师 (Hong Kong groups protest in front of Liaison Office against CPC’s suppression of rights lawyers)
Radio Free Asia, January 30, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/cp-01302018102658.html

76-year-old former track coach arrested in connection with sexual assault of Hong Kong hurdler Vera Lui
Hong Kong Free Press, January 30, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/30/76-year-old-former-track-coach-arrested-connection-sexual-assault-hong-kong-hurdler-vera-lui/

Commentary (评论)

China rewrites the rules on how to rise in influence in the Middle East
South China Morning Post, January 31, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2131328/china-rewrites-rules-how-rise-influence-middle-east

Agnes Chow’s by-election disqualification robs us all of a debate on Hong Kong’s future
South China Morning Post, January 31, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2131233/agnes-chows-election-disqualification-robs-us-all-debate

Related:
世道人生：退無可退 (No running away from autocracy)
Apple Daily, January 30, 2018
https://hk.news.appledaily.com/local/daily/article/20180130/20289707

廖天琪：桂民海的遭遇绝非孤立事件 (Liao Tianqi, head of Chinese PEN, claims Gui Minhai’s ordeal is not an isolated incident)
Radio France Internationale, January 30, 2018
http://www.chinesepen.org/blog/archives/97450

Beijing attacks Hong Kong’s rule of law
The Wall Street Journal, January 29, 2018
https://www.wsj.com/articles/beijing-attacks-hong-kongs-rule-of-law-1517270605

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China's legislature discusses Constitution revision
Xinhua News Agency, January 30, 2018
http://english.sina.com/china/p/2018-01-30/detail-ifyqzcxi1667543.shtml

李明哲妻子前往大陸探監 遭拒絕登機 (Wife of Taiwanese activist Lee Ming-che stopped by mainland airliner from going to visit husband in Hunan prison)
Radio Television Hong Kong, January 30, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1378105-20180130.htm

Related:
Taiwan activist Li Ming-che's wife stopped from flying to China to visit husband: rights groups
Reuters, January 30, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-rights-taiwan/taiwan-activist-li-ming-ches-wife-stopped-from-flying-to-china-to-visit-husband-rights-groups-idUSKBN1FJ0YF

澳門擬修法 涉「國家安全」案件限中國籍法官審理 外籍法官不得處理 (Macau plans to revise law to stop foreign judges from taking on “national security” cases and hand them to Chinese peers)
Stand News, January 30, 2018
http://bit.ly/2Gvsf48

福建“赤脚律师”纪斯尊据报狱中病危 (Ji Sizun, rights lawyer based in Fujian, critically ill in prison, says legal counsel)
Radio Free Asia, January 29, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf1-01292018103822.html

2月1日起一批新规将施行：退休后或可多领一份收入 (Revised Religious Affairs Regulations to strengthen “standards” for religious information services online)
People.com.cn, January 26, 2018
http://legal.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0126/c42510-29787693.html

最高检召开党组会学习贯彻习近平关于政法工作重要指示 (China’s Chief Prosecutor urges procuratorates at all levels to uphold CPC’s absolute leadership in their work)
Supreme People’s Procuratorate, January 26, 2018
http://www.spp.gov.cn/zdgz/201801/t20180126_209578.shtml

Access to Information (信息公开)

工信部：中国VPN政策不影响用户信息安全，通信自由受保护 (Ministry of Industry and Information Technology claims China’s VPN policy doesn’t affect information safety of users and protects their freedom to communicate)
The Paper, January 30, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1975382

北京市网信办依法约谈新浪微博 热搜榜、热门话题榜等版块暂时下线整改 (Beijing Internet Information Office summons Sina Weibo for talk, suspends “Hot Topic Search List,” “Hot Topic List,” and other functions for “rectification”)
Cyberspace Administration of China, January 27, 2018
http://www.cac.gov.cn/2018-01/27/c_1122326857.htm

Related:
China tightens screws on social media, taking aim at rap, crude cartoons, dirty jokes and celebrity gossip
Agence France-Presse, January 29, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/29/china-tightens-screws-social-media-taking-aim-rap-crude-cartoons-dirty-jokes-celebrity-gossip/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

中国千余民师齐聚北京维权 冀获全国两会关注 (Over 1,000 teachers from across China gather in Beijing demanding social security contributions and medical care)
Radio Free Asia, January 29, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-01292018101853.html

内蒙古多旗牧民代表自治区政府维权 (Inner Mongolia herdsmen representatives petition for grassland rights at local government)
Radio Free Asia, January 29, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql2-01292018100600.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Deaths from workplace accidents in China fall 12pc in 2017 to 38,000
Reuters, January 30, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2131147/deaths-workplace-accidents-china-fall-12pc-2017-38000

郑州“抽梯”事件当事人：“跟城管说了好多遍不要拿走” (Billboard installation worker falls to his death in descent attempt after urban management officials removed his ladder)
The Beijing News, January 29, 2018
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/CFYbvQQPWbxufsZFQ1iLeg

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

公安部已成立全国公安大数据工作领导小组 (Ministry of Public Security forms Leading Group on National Public Security Big Data Work in aimed at “major advance toward informatizing public security by 2020”)
China Youth Daily, January 26, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1968827

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

Xinjiang crackdown must go on to subdue “terror risks”, China says
Reuters, January 29, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2131063/xinjiang-crackdown-must-go-subdue-terror-risks-china

China rejects “preposterous” African Union headquarters spying report
Deutsche Welle, January 29, 2018
http://www.dw.com/en/china-rejects-preposterous-african-union-headquarters-spying-report/a-42356816

China stakes its claim to the Arctic
The Diplomat, January 29, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/01/china-stakes-its-claim-to-the-arctic/

Hong Kong (香港)

Banning Agnes Chow from by-election “risks Hong Kong’s int’l reputation as a free and open society”, EU says
Hong Kong Free Press, January 30, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/30/banning-agnes-chow-election-risks-hong-kongs-intl-reputation-free-open-society-eu-says/

Related:
Justice Sec. Teresa Cheng gave legal advice to gov’t over banning candidates from legislative by-election
Hong Kong Free Press, January 29, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/29/justice-sec-teresa-cheng-gave-legal-advice-govt-banning-candidates-legislative-election/

Hong Kong justice chief Teresa Cheng survives two no-confidence motions amid criticism from lawmakers
South China Morning Post, January 30, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2131105/hong-kong-justice-chief-teresa-cheng-survives-two-no

Related:
港大民研指林鄭月娥評分及民望淨值創上任來新低 (HKU survey finds Carrie Lam’s rating hits new low)
Radio Television Hong Kong, January 30, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1378091-20180130.htm

劉子頎及陳樂行向浸大語文中心教職員道歉 (Baptist University student activists apologize to staff at language center)
Radio Television Hong Kong, January 30, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1378099-20180130.htm

Hong Kong’s poor breathing in more bad air than the wealthy, study finds
South China Morning Post, January 30, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/2131092/hong-kongs-poor-breathing-more-bad-air-wealthy

Chris Patten urges PM to raise Hong Kong plight on China visit
The Guardian, January 29, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/29/lord-patten-calls-on-theresa-may-to-challenge-china-over-hong-kong-rights

Related:
外交部重申堅決反對外國政府或個人干預香港事務 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs slams foreign interference of Hong Kong affairs by any governments or individuals)
Radio Television Hong Kong, January 30, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1378120-20180130.htm

Commentary (评论)

強權時代築高牆 (The high wall built between Hongkongers in the era of autocracy)
Inmediahk, January 30, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1054882

社评：“锐实力”，披着学术外衣的骂人话 (“Sharp Power”, foul language in disguise of academic research)
Global Times, January 29, 2018
http://opinion.huanqiu.com/editorial/2018-01/11561545.html

Access to Justice (司法公正)

維權律師余文生涉煽動顛覆國家政權在指定居所監視居住 (Rights lawyer Yu Wensheng put under residential surveillance at designated location for inciting subversion)
Radio Television Hong Kong, January 29, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1377809-20180129.htm

Related:
China rights lawyer charged with “inciting subversion”
Agence France-Presse, January 29, 2018
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/china-rights-lawyer-charged-inciting-subversion-072623165.html

US “deeply concerned” over China detention of Swedish book publisher Gui Minhai
Agence France-Presse, January 28, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/28/us-deeply-concerned-china-detention-swedish-book-publisher-gui-minhai/

中国异议人士张林抵美与女儿团聚 (Chinese dissident Zhang Lin arrives in the US and reunite with daughters)
Voice of America, January 27, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/voa-connect-nyc-zhang-lin-20180126/4227069.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

南京警方：8名网民因编造散布“钱宝网”非法集资案件谣言被行拘 (Nanjing police arrests and detains 8 netizens for spreading “rumors” online about pyramid scheme)
The Beijing News, January 29, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/01/29/474411.html

China cracks down on social media giant Weibo to maintain “social stability”
Deutsche Welle, January 28, 2018
http://www.dw.com/en/china-cracks-down-on-social-media-giant-weibo-to-maintain-social-stability/a-42339741

人民日报痛批《黄河大合唱》被"恶搞":是对历史的亵渎 (People’s Daily slams spoofing of patriotic song as blasphemy of history)
People’s Daily, January 28, 2018
http://app.peopleapp.com/Api/600/DetailApi/shareArticle?type=0&article_id=944385

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

陳日君曾到梵蒂岡親向教宗就內地教會情況陳情 (Joseph Zen, former Bishop of Hong Kong, petition to Pope Francis in person in Vatican on half of mainland churches that are under Chinese suppression)
Radio Television Hong Kong, January 29, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1377894-20180129.htm

Related:
陳日君引述教宗已指示：別再讓教廷人員在內地受迫害 (Joseph Zen says Pope Francis has asked clergy to stop Bishops in China from being persecuted by CPC)
Mingpao, January 29, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180129/s00004/1517208465986

709案最后一人王全璋杳无音讯 公民“一人一照”吁让王全璋回家过年 (Citizens join photo campaign demanding release of rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang before China New Year)
Radio Free Asia, January 28, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf-01282018121351.html