人民陪审员法表决通过 明确人民陪审员与法官有同等权利 (NPC Standing Committee passes law of People’s Assessors who “have the same rights as judges”)
Xinhua News Agency, April 27, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2018-04/27/c_1122755575.htm
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中华人民共和国人民陪审员法 (People’s Assessors Law of the People’s Republic of China)
National People’s Congress, April 27, 2018
http://www.npc.gov.cn/npc/xinwen/2018-04/27/content_2053975.htm
佩佩豬突遭抖音封殺 網哀：我們懷念她 (Peppa Pig censored by Douyin, Chinese video platform)
TVBS, April 30, 2018
https://news.tvbs.com.tw/fun/911102
李克强让人民运用互联网大数据监督政府讲话遭删 (Li Keqiang’s comment on people monitoring government using Internet, big data censored in China)
Radio France Internationale, April 30, 2018
https://bit.ly/2HFFpzF
China’s state broadcaster backs Russian version of the Syrian crisis, saying chemical attacks were staged
Global Voices, April 28, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/28/chinas-state-broadcaster-backs-russian-version-syrian-crisis-saying-chemical-attacks-staged/
广东省网信办等部门加强网络空间治理 积极查办违法违规案件 (Guangdong Internet and Informatization Office censors 6 million pieces of “harmful information,” shuts down 580,000 Internet accounts, takes down 700 apps in 2018)
China Cyberspace Administration, April 27, 2018
http://www.cac.gov.cn/2018-04/27/c_1122750744.htm
珠海偉創力罷工遭官方工會破壞 (Zhuhai workers’ strike sabotaged by party-controlled trade union)
Inmediahk, April 30, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1056686
Chinese girl abducted, hidden and beaten finally finds birth parents 21 years on
South China Morning Post, April 30, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2144027/chinese-girl-abducted-hidden-and-beaten-finally-finds-birth
A new class struggle: Chinese party members get back to Communist Manifesto basics
South China Morning Post, April 29, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2143841/new-class-struggle-chinese-party-members-get-back
Taiwan president says willing to meet China's Xi “for peace”
Agence France-Presse, April 27, 2018
https://www.yahoo.com/news/taiwan-president-says-willing-meet-chinas-xi-peace-003615062.html
公安部：铸牢对党忠诚政治灵魂，发扬国保队伍优良传统 (Ministry of Public Security honors Domestic Security officers for “loyalty to the Party”)
Ministry of Public Security, April 27, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2101036
Hong Kong poet and supporter of late dissident Liu Xiaobo battles terminal cancer
South China Morning Post, April 30, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2143965/hong-kong-poet-and-supporter-late-dissident-liu-xiaobo
Correctional Services Dept. wins appeal to overturn sexual discrimination challenge against male prisoner haircuts
Hong Kong Free Press, April 30, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/30/correctional-services-dept-wins-appeal-overturn-sexual-discrimination-challenge-male-prisoner-haircuts/
Hong Kong housing protests grow as Labor Party demands seizure of city’s most exclusive golf club
South China Morning Post, April 29, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2143904/hong-kong-housing-protests-grow-labour-party-demands-seizure
為何仍堅持建設民主中國？ (Why do we persist in building a democratic China?)
Inmediahk, April 30, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1056705
How China’s filmmakers became nostalgic for a socialist past
China Film Insider, April 29, 2018
http://chinafilminsider.com/how-chinas-filmmakers-became-nostalgic-for-a-socialist-past/
Free speech: Hong Kong’s new limits, new punishments, and the fate of academic Benny Tai
Hong Kong Free Press, April 29, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/29/free-speech-hong-kongs-new-limits-new-punishments-fate-academic-benny-tai/
The Ted Hui debacle: Tragedy, farce, and the hypocrisy of Hong Kong’s pro-establishment camp
Hong Kong Free Press, April 29, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/29/ted-hui-debacle-tragedy-farce-hypocrisy-hong-kongs-pro-establishment-camp/
The demise of watchdog journalism in China
中国调查性报道的衰亡
The New York Times, April 27, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/27/opinion/watchdog-journalism-china-oppression.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20180428/watchdog-journalism-china-oppression/
709律师续受打压 李和平面临吊照要求听证 (Rights lawyer Li Heping stripped of license to practice following detention)
Radio Free Asia, April 26, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf1-04262018102336.html
Germany, US renew calls for release of Liu Xiaobo’s widow from house arrest
South China Morning Post, April 26, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2143583/germany-us-renew-calls-release-liu-xiaobos-widow-house
China moves to police its history with new law
The Wall Street Journal, April 26, 2018
https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-moves-to-police-its-history-with-new-law-1524758002
Chinese journalist held for “libel” of Yili chairman Pan Gang
写小说被认为“诽谤伊利” 作者刘成昆被跨省抓捕
Radio Free Asia, April 26, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/author-libel-04262018132005.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-04262018102257.html
Sim Chi Yin, a patient photographer, wins Chris Hondros award
曾拍摄中国尘肺病患者的摄影师沈绮颖获奖
The New York Times, April 25, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/25/lens/sim-chi-yin-a-patient-photographer-wins-chris-hondros-award.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/lens/20180426/sim-chi-yin-a-patient-photographer-wins-chris-hondros-award/
Alibaba to help Chinese courts go on cloud
Xinhua News Agency, April 27, 2018
http://english.sina.com/china/p/2018-04-27/detail-ifztkpip2455281.shtm
台“陆生共谍案”二审维持有罪判决 (Taiwan court upholds sentence, sends Chinese spy to jail)
Deutsche Welle, April 26, 2018
https://bit.ly/2JrZB4z
Taiwan accuses China of compromising global health over WHO ban
Agence France-Presse, April 26, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/26/taiwan-accuses-china-compromising-global-health-ban/
In Pictures: Labor Party member assaulted at Fanling golf course protest
Hong Kong Free Press, April 27, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/27/pictures-labour-party-member-assaulted-fanling-golf-course-protest/
Democratic Party will not oppose possible probe into phone-grabbing lawmaker
Hong Kong Free Press, April 27, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/27/democratic-party-will-not-oppose-possible-probe-phone-grabbing-lawmaker/
Pro-independence activist Andy Chan files final appeal against failed election bid
Hong Kong Free Press, April 26, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/26/pro-independence-activist-andy-chan-files-final-appeal-failed-election-bid/
Gay Games is Hong Kong’s chance to show the city’s inclusivity – will it recognize same-sex unions and legislate to protect LGBT rights?
South China Morning Post, April 26, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/2143252/gay-games-hong-kongs-chance-show-citys-inclusivity-will-it-recognise-same
王光亞老而不死 (Beijing official Wang Guangya is old, he just won’t die)
Inmediahk, April 27, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1056633
程翔：悼「六四」、抗威權 香港在中國威權統治下的前景及我們的應對 (Mourn June Fourth, fight against authoritarianism: Future of Hong Kong under Chinese authoritarian rule and what can we do)
Inmediahk, April 27, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1056648
Video: “I will not accept gov’t-appointed lawyer unless tortured,” arrested Chinese lawyer Yu Wensheng says
Hong Kong Free Press, April 26, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/26/video-i-will-not-accept-govt-appointed-lawyer-unless-tortured-arrested-chinese-lawyer-yu-wensheng-says/
Prominent Uyghur scholar detained in Xinjiang capital Urumqi: official
Radio Free Asia, April 25, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/scholar-04252018140407.html
China to punish those who “glorify wars of invasion”
Reuters, April 25, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-lawmaking-history/china-to-punish-those-who-glorify-wars-of-invasion-idUSKBN1HW1DX
完善衔接机制加强追逃力度总结试点经验，刑事诉讼法迎来第三次修改，缺席审判制度及速裁程序等拟入法 (NPC Standing Committee proposes amendments to Criminal Procedure Law: Permit trial in absentia, set up plea bargain system, speed up trial procedures)
Legal Daily, April 25, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index/content/2018-04/25/content_7530273.htm
刑事法律援助工作联席会议第一次会议强调，充分发挥刑事法律援助在加强人权司法保障 促进司法公正中的重要作用 (7 departments, including Supreme People’s Court, Supreme People’s Procuratorate, Ministry of State Security, to enhance coordination, improve legal aid for criminal cases and “strengthen judicial protection of human rights”)
Legal Daily, April 25, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-04/25/content_7530388.htm
司法部、全国普法办召开会议要求 以高度的政治责任感组织开展好宪法学习宣传教育活动 (Ministry of Justice launches campaign to promote studying Constitution with “great sense of political responsibility”, combining “Constitutional education with studying Xi Jinping Thought”)
Ministry of Justice, April 24, 2018
http://www.moj.gov.cn/news/content/2018-04/24/bnyw_18562.html
一部委局级干部建微信群被处分：群成员在群内互通政商信息 (Official punished for exchanging political and business information in WeChat group)
The Paper, April 26, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2097284
拍底层文革故事的中国“凯鲁亚克” (China’s Jack Kerouac who makes documentary about the Cultural Revolution)
The New York Times, April 25, 2018
https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180425/siling-xu-xing/
维权律师遭停牌 陈家鸿状告南宁司法局 (Rights lawyer sues Justice Bureau in Guangxi for license suspension)
Radio Free Asia, April 25, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf1-04252018103922.html
Students defiant as Chinese university warns #MeToo activist
北大压制性侵案舆论，学生贴大字报反抗
The New York Times, April 24, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/24/world/asia/china-metoo-peking-university.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180425/china-metoo-peking-university/
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李一鸣 (发起人 2016级本科生)：就部分同学因申请信息公开被约谈一事致北大校方的联名信 (Peking University students launch signature campaign in support of Yue Xin who gets intimidated by management for demanding information disclosure)
Weiquanwang, April 25, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/04/2016.html
Senate passes motion condemning China’s “hostile behavior” in South China Sea
The Global and Mail, April 25, 2018
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-senate-passes-motion-condemning-chinas-hostile-behaviour-in-south/
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China says Canada Senate motion on disputed sea stirs “troubles”
Reuters, April 25, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-southchinasea-canada-senate/china-says-canada-senate-motion-on-south-china-sea-stirs-up-troubles-idUSKBN1HW276
Exclusive: Application by Hong Kong’s July 1 democracy march to use Victoria Park pitches rejected for second year
Hong Kong Free Press, April 25, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/25/exclusive-application-hong-kongs-july-1-democracy-march-use-victoria-park-pitches-rejected-second-year/
Those calling for end to “one-party dictatorship” probably cannot run for legislature, Beijing official says
Hong Kong Free Press, April 25, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/25/calling-end-one-party-dictatorship-probably-cannot-run-legco-seats-says-beijing-official/
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No guarantees that advocates of ending one party rule will not be prosecuted, says Carrie Lam
Hong Kong Free Press, April 24, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/24/no-guarantees-advocates-ending-one-party-rule-will-not-prosecuted-says-carrie-lam/
China’s new aircraft carrier is already obsolete
Foreign Policy, April 25, 2018
http://foreignpolicy.com/2018/04/25/chinas-new-carrier-is-already-obsolete/
Hong Kong must remain a beacon of freedom of expression as China, and the region, cracks down on critics
South China Morning Post, April 25, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2143215/hong-kong-must-remain-beacon-freedom-expression-china-and