Access to Information (信息公开)

山东退休教授孙文广遭监控 退休待遇或将取消 (Retired university professor in Shandong punished for criticizing CPC online)
Radio Free Asia, April 11, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-04112018110121.html

新疆网络风声鹤唳 多名少数民族汉族网民被处罚 (Multiple netizens in Xinjiang detained for spreading “terrorism videos” and “political rumours”)
Radio Free Asia, April 11, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql1-04112018105956.html

China just shut down a Reddit-like community
Inkstone, April 11, 2018
https://www.inkstonenews.com/society/china-shuts-down-neihan-duanzi-app-improper-content/article/2141253

Related:
Tech shame in the “New Era”
China Media Project, April 11, 2018
http://chinamediaproject.org/2018/04/11/tech-shame-in-the-new-era/

抖音暂时关闭直播、评论功能 回应称将全面整改 (Douyin, short-video social media platform, temporarily suspends live-streaming, comment functionality to “improve content review standards”)
Economic Daily, April 11, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/finance/2018-04/11/c_129848402.htm

微博开展涉未成年人违规违法内容专项清理行动，持续三个月 (Sina Weibo bans “vulgar” videos of minors for 3 months)
Sina Weibo Administrator, April 11, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2070437

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

封「內涵段子」 用戶號召上街 百車塞廣電總局示威 (Hundreds protest at State Administration of Radio and Television in Beijing against popular joke app being permanently shut down)
Mingpao, April 12, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180412/s00013/1523470006455

Related:
江苏海门“抖友”召集四十多辆车拍视频，警方：未许可涉触法 (Police to users of Douyin, a popular short-video social media platform, who gather 40 cars to shoot videos in Jiangsu Province Haimen City: Assembly without permission is illegal)
The Paper, April 10, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_206781/

Confrontation and disruption in a new exhibition by Chinese-American artist Xiaoze Xie
Global Voices, April 11, 2018
https://globalvoices.org/2018/04/11/confrontation-and-disruption-in-a-new-exhibition-by-chinese-american-artist-xiaoze-xie/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

高隽松：“去中心化”的国务院，贯彻始终的“党领导” (Decentralized State Council and overarching Party leadership)
The Initium, April 12, 2018
https://theinitium.com/article/20180412-opinion-ccp-reformation-plan/

孙政才受贿案一审开庭 被控收受财物1.7亿余元 (Disgraced former Chongqing party chief Sun Zhengcai faces trial, accused of accepting over RMB 170 million of bribes)
Xinhua News Agency, April 12, 2018
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2018-04-12/doc-ifyteqtq8866465.shtml

Related:
Former Chinese political star Sun Zhengcai admits taking bribes
South China Morning Post, April 12, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2141361/ex-chinese-government-high-flyer-trial-over-graft

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Facial recognition tech catches fugitive among huge crowd at pop concert in China
South China Morning Post, April 12, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2141387/facial-recognition-tech-catches-fugitive-among-huge-crowd-pop

Related:
一网上逃犯到南昌听张学友演唱会，被人像识别系统认出后落网 (Police arrests fugitive through facial recognition at concert filled with 10,000 spectators)
Jxnews.com.cn, April 10, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2068715

Report: Uyghurs in china forced to install surveillance app that leaves their data unsecured
Radio Free Asia, April 11, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/report-uyghurs-in-china-forced-to-install-surveillance-app-that-leaves-their-data-unsecured-04102018164341.html

Related:
App targeting Uyghur population censors content, lacks basic security
Open Technology Fund, April 9, 2018
https://www.opentech.fund/article/app-targeting-uyghur-population-censors-content-lacks-basic-security/

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

Chinese navy stages double show of strength as US strike group drills in disputed South China Sea
South China Morning Post, April 12, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2141322/chinese-navy-stages-double-show-strength-us-strike

Sweden charges Tibetan resident with spying on fellow exiles for China
The Guardian, April 12, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/12/sweden-charges-tibetan-resident-with-spying-on-fellow-exiles-for-china

Hong Kong (香港)

Interview: Labelled a “threat to China,” Hong Kong law scholar Benny Tai says Beijing is trying to brainwash Hongkongers
Hong Kong Free Press, April 12, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/12/interview-labelled-threat-china-hong-kong-law-scholar-benny-tai-says-beijing-trying-brainwash-hongkongers/

Hongkongers say press freedom has dropped to its lowest point – survey
Hong Kong Free Press, April 12, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/12/hongkongers-say-press-freedom-dropped-lowest-point-survey/

Related:
Public evaluation of Hong Kong press freedom drops to new low
Hong Kong Journalist Association, April 11, 2018
https://www.hkja.org.hk/site/portal/Site.aspx?id=A1-1633&lang=en-US

Hong Kong legislators to vote on Cheng Chung-tai’s future over flag-flipping antics
South China Morning Post, April 12, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2141306/hong-kong-legislators-vote-cheng-chung-tais-future-over-flag

Journalist group slams “rude” men who kissed TV reporter on air at Hong Kong Rugby Sevens
South China Morning Post, April 12, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2141356/air-kiss-during-hong-kong-sevens-could-be-considered-sexual

Commentary (评论)

Human cost of Mao’s Great Famine and Cultural Revolution exposed in powerful novel
South China Morning Post, April 12, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/books/article/2141230/human-cost-maos-great-famine-and-cultural-revolution

黃偉國：風雨中抱緊學術自由 (Hold on to academic freedom in wind and rain)
Inmediahk, April 12, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1056328

China’s communist party takes (even more) control of the media
China File, April 11, 2018
http://www.chinafile.com/conversation/chinas-communist-party-takes-even-more-control-of-media

UN chief puts China’s leaders over its people
Human Rights Watch, April 11, 2018
https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/04/11/un-chief-puts-chinas-leaders-over-its-people

左右逢源還是踏入雷區？馬來西亞大選中的「中國因素」(Taking advantage on both sides or stepping into a minefield: The “China Factor” in Malaysia’s general election
The Initium, April 11, 2018
https://theinitium.com/article/20180411-opinion-lifangfang-malaysia-election/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

“Active collaborators of the state”: Media outlets culpable in airing of Chinese TV “confessions,” report says
Hong Kong Free Press, April 11, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/11/active-collaborators-state-media-outlets-culpable-airing-chinese-tv-confessions-report-says/

Related:
Scripted and Staged: Behind the scenes of China’s forced TV confessions
RSDL Monitor, April 8, 2018
http://rsdlmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/SCRIPTED-AND-STAGED-Behind-the-scenes-of-Chinas-forced-televised-confessions.pdf

李文足稱約30人守在北京住所樓下 買水果亦被阻攔 (Li Wenzu, wife of rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang, escorted back to Beijing and put under house arrest)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 11, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1390573-20180411.htm

Access to Information (信息公开)

Police shut “privacy art” exhibit for displaying personal data
Sixth Tone, April 11, 2018
https://bit.ly/2JxCKFv

從《水形物語》到《銀翼殺手2049》 奧斯卡大片的「中國特供」 (Nude scenes in The Shape of Water and Blade Runner 2049 censored in Chinese theatres)
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 8, 2018
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/chinese-news-43688017

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

黑龙江维权民师欲见中央巡视组遭扣押 (Thousands of school teachers in Heilongjiang petition for fair pay, some detained by authorities)
Radio Free Asia, April 10, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf2-04102018103003.html

环保组织申请公开广西救护穿山甲信息被拒，提行政诉讼获立案 (Environmental group sues forestry authority in Guangxi over pangolins trade information disclosure dispute)
The Paper, April 10, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2068306

A voice for #Metoo from beyond the grave in China
The Sydney Morning Herald, April 10, 2018
https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/a-voice-for-metoo-from-beyond-the-grave-in-china-20180410-p4z8ty.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

中国出台新保甲制：保密监控上报 20户一网格 (Secrecy, surveillance and snitching: New community management system in China)
Radio Free Asia, April 10, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/ql2-04102018102215.html

乌鲁木齐规定市民需用身份证实名购票 (Ürümqi asks residents for IDs to buy subway tickets)
Radio Free Asia, April 10, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/yl-04102018105956.html

Asia’s authoritarians are big fans of regulating Facebook
Foreign Policy, April 10, 2018
http://foreignpolicy.com/2018/04/10/asias-authoritarians-are-big-fans-of-regulating-facebook-singapore-cambridge-analytica-china-myanmar-rohingya/

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

Revealed: China's nuclear-capable air-launched ballistic missile
The Diplomat, April 10, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/04/revealed-chinas-nuclear-capable-air-launched-ballistic-missile/

Hong Kong (香港)

Man jailed for 2 years 10 months for throwing brick at police during Mong Kok unrest
Hong Kong Free Press, April 11, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/11/man-jailed-2-years-10-months-throwing-brick-police-mong-kok-unrest/

“Hatred, contempt and ridicule”: Lawyers for ex-Hong Kong chief CY Leung say democrats are defaming him
Hong Kong Free Press, April 11, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/11/hatred-contempt-ridicule-lawyers-ex-hong-kong-chief-cy-leung-say-democrats-defaming/

不为任何政权背书，我编辑了香港第一本中史教科书——专访人人书局田文忠 (Endorse no regime: The man who edited the first Chinese history textbook in Hong Kong)
The Initium, April 10, 2018
https://theinitium.com/article/20180411-culture-historyeducationinhk2/

戴耀廷：我鼓励港人独立思考是踩到中共真正的红线 (My encouraging Hong Kongers to think independently was what crossed the CPC’s real redline)
Radio France Internationale, April 10, 2018
https://bit.ly/2Hqnzxn

Related:
林鄭月娥稱有關戴耀廷言論不涉言論或學術自由 (Carrie Lam claims Benny Tai’s comment doesn’t involve freedom of speech or academic freedom)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 11, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1390566-20180411.htm

Hong Kong protesters rally in support of disappeared rights lawyer, wife
香港团体中联办示威 抗议粗暴阻挠李文足寻夫
Radio Free Asia, April 10, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/protesters-04102018114649.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/cp-04102018103032.html

抗爭九巴女車長申設工會獲批 (Defiant female bus driver at KMB allowed to set up trade union)
Apple Daily, April 10, 2018
https://hk.news.appledaily.com/local/realtime/article/20180410/58053542

Commentary (评论)

Hong Kong needs a strong feminist movement, and not just for its women
South China Morning Post, April 11, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2141208/hong-kong-needs-strong-feminist-movement-and-not-just-its

What China’s President Xi’s extended tenure means for Africa
The Conversation, April 10, 2018
https://theconversation.com/what-chinas-president-xis-extended-tenure-means-for-africa-94602

China’s oppression reaches beyond its borders
中国的政治镇压之手伸向海外
The New York Times, April 9, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/09/opinion/china-oppression.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20180410/china-oppression/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

维权律师王全璋之妻李文足短暂被拘后获释 (Li Wenzu, wife of rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang, released after short detention during her march advocating for husband)
Voice of America, April 10, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/chinese-lawyer-arrest-20180409/4339299.html

上访连坐？湖南蓝山县称“影响子女前途” (Local authorities in Human threaten petitioners with their children's future)
Radio Free Asia, April 9, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf2-04092018103541.html

China sends prominent Muslim poet for ideological “re-education”
Radio Free Asia, April 9, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/poet-04092018105524.html

江苏全面开展庭审网络直播：以直播为原则、不直播为例外 (Jiangsu High Court to start comprehensive live streaming of all court hearings, exceptions will need approval)
People's Court Daily, April 9, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2065320

Access to Information (信息公开)

江雪：微信个人帐号被封记 (WeChat account of independent investigative journalist shut down)
The Initium, April 10, 2018
https://theinitium.com/article/20180410-mainland-jiangxue/

Related:
China arrests journalist for “spreading rumors” after he reported on Yili Group
Committee to Protect Journalists, April 6, 2018
https://cpj.org/2018/04/china-arrests-journalist-for-spreading-rumors-afte.php

China’s censors take aim at six-year-old game Call of Duty: Black Ops II
Abacus, April 9, 2018
https://www.abacusnews.com/digital-life/chinas-censors-take-aim-six-year-old-game-call-duty-black-ops-ii/article/2140830

安卓应用商店已下架今日头条、网易新闻、凤凰新闻、天天快报四款应用 (Toutiao, NetEase News, Phoenix News, Tiantian Kuaibao suspended from Android app stores)
Caijing, April 9, 2018
http://tech.caijing.com.cn/20180409/4432565.shtml

Related:
China state media say 4 popular news apps suspended
Associated Press, April 9, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/04/09/world/asia/ap-as-china-apps-removed.html

China launches campaigns to clean up cultural environment
全国“扫黄打非”办部署“净网2018”等专项行动
Xinhua News Agency, April 9, 2018
EN: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201804/09/WS5acb737ba3105cdcf65170d1.html
CH: http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-04/09/content_7516277.htm

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China’s #MeToo: How a 20-year-old rape case became a rallying cry
北大高岩事件助推中國「我也是」運動
The New York Times, April 9, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/09/world/asia/china-metoo-gao-yan.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180410/china-metoo-gao-yan/zh-hant/

Related:
Academic exploitation in China: Online voices help three victims speak from beyond the grave
What’s On Weibo, April 9, 2018
https://www.whatsonweibo.com/academic-exploitation-in-china-online-voices-help-three-victims-speak-from-beyond-the-grave/

七旬老妇羁押后离世 广东佛山村民护地维权 (Guangdong villagers fight for land rights after old woman dies following police detention)
Radio Free Asia, April 9, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-04092018103243.html

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

China's Xi urges Taiwan business community to shun independence
Reuters, April 10, 2018
https://goo.gl/h1pPSE

Related:
China demands halt of U.S. arms sales to Taiwan
Reuters, April 9, 2018
https://goo.gl/75Fi2b

“Impossible”: China denies planning military base in Vanuatu
The Guardian, April 9, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/10/concerns-china-in-talks-with-vanuatu-about-south-pacific-military-base

Hong Kong (香港)

Help detained bookseller and improve domestic workers’ rights, Hong Kong told in submission to UN
South China Moring Post, April 10, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2140978/help-detained-bookseller-and-improve-domestic-workers-rights

These accusations are libelous, says ex-Hong Kong leader CY Leung as democrats launch HK$2m crowdfunded investigation
Hong Kong Free Press, April 10, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/10/accusations-libelous-says-ex-hong-kong-leader-cy-leung-democrats-launch-hk2m-crowdfunded-investigation/

Related:
CY Leung exhorts Hong Kong’s advisers to Beijing to strengthen society’s love for China and safeguard national security
South China Morning Post, April 10, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2140965/cy-leung-exhorts-hong-kongs-advisers-beijing-strengthen

政權畫紅線限學運發展 學者：學運有涯，前進是岸 (Regime draws red line to keep a lid on student movement, marching forward is the only way out)
Inmediahk, April 9, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1056270

Related:
Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong joins Chinese dissident Wang Dan’s think tank
Hong Kong Free Press, April 9, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/09/hong-kong-democracy-activist-joshua-wong-joins-chinese-dissident-wang-dans-think-tank/

Only HKU can decide whether Benny Tai should be sacked over independence remarks, says education chief
Hong Kong Free Press, April 9, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/09/hku-can-decide-whether-benny-tai-sacked-independence-remarks-says-education-chief/

Fears parts of world's longest sea bridge are floating away
The Guardian, April 9, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/09/fears-parts-of-world-longest-sea-bridge-are-floating-away

Related:
Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge breakwater design scientific, reasonable and safe, says top gov’t official
Hong Kong Free Press, April 10, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/10/hong-kong-zhuhai-macao-bridge-breakwater-design-scientific-reasonable-safe-says-top-govt-official/

Commentary (评论)

India and China: lessons on how not to tackle inequality
The Conversation, April 10, 2018
https://theconversation.com/india-and-china-lessons-on-how-not-to-tackle-inequality-94333

With its latest human rights council resolution, China continues its assault on the UN human rights framework
China Change, April 9, 2018
https://chinachange.org/2018/04/09/with-its-latest-human-rights-council-resolution-china-continues-its-assault-on-the-un-human-rights-framework/

Why Chinese filmgoers don’t buy Hollywood’s values anymore
Sixth Tone, April 9, 2018
http://www.sixthtone.com/news/1002055/why-chinese-filmgoers-dont-buy-hollywoods-values-anymore

China-Africa relations in the Xi Jinping era
China File, April 9, 2018
http://www.chinafile.com/library/china-africa-project/china-africa-relations-xi-jinping-era