Access to Justice (司法公正)

全国首例英烈保护公益诉讼：保护董存瑞英雄形象 (Hebei prosecutor demands local civil affairs authority, police to protect image of Dong Cunrui in accordance with the new hero law)
Sina, May 3, 2018
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2018-05-03/doc-ifzyqqiq1961755.shtml

“Easier to die than live”: Liu Xia, widow of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, cries out for help in phone call
China Change, May 2, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/05/02/easier-die-live-liu-xia-widow-chinese-dissident-liu-xiaobo-cries-help-phone-call/

四川阿坝一藏人遭“政治罪名”秘密判刑13年 (Tibetan in Sichuan secretly sentenced to 13 years in jail for “political crime”)
Radio Free Asia, May 2, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-05022018101117.html

中国施压家庭教会 安徽牧师被判囚三年 (Family church priest in Anhui sentenced to 3 years in jail for “damaging property intentionally”)
Radio Free Asia, May 2, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/ql2-05022018093416.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

黑龙江省失业教师一万多人到该省信访局上访维权 (Over 10,000 jobless teachers in Heilongjiang petition in province capital)
Weiquanwang, May 2, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/05/blog-post_96.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Chinese cities ordered to axe new projects after failing to hit winter pollution targets
Reuters, May 3, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2144503/chinese-cities-ordered-axe-new-projects-after-failing

民政部部署开展扫黑除恶专项斗争，重心对准涉黑涉恶人员操纵村委会选举 (Ministry of Civil Affairs launches “clean up gang crime, eradicate evil” anti-corruption campaign specifically targeted at gangsters who manipulate village committee elections)
Legal Daily, May 2, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-05/02/content_7535003.htm

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Chinese companies are watching the brain waves of their employees
Abacus, May 3, 2018
https://www.abacusnews.com/future-tech/chinese-companies-are-watching-brain-waves-their-employees/article/2144208

Tech giants feel the squeeze as Xi Jinping tightens his grip
习近平强权时代，中国科技巨头变身政府“好伙伴”
The New York Times, May 2, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/02/technology/china-xi-jinping-technology-innovation.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/technology/20180503/china-xi-technology-innovation/

家长成“老赖”，孩子不能上学？这所中学的招生政策让网友吵翻了 (Middle school in Shandong announces new enrolment guidelines: Students with “untrustworthy” parents, based on the social credit system, denied admission)
Guanchazhe, April 30, 2018
http://user.guancha.cn/main/content?id=14661&s=fwzxfbbt

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

China deploys cruise missiles on South China Sea outposts – reports
Reuters, May 3, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/03/china-deploys-cruise-missiles-on-south-china-sea-outposts-reports

China ramps up pressure on Qantas over Taiwan
The Sydney Morning Herald, May 2, 2018
https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/china-ramps-up-pressure-on-qantas-over-taiwan-20180501-p4zcmn.html

White House considers restricting Chinese researchers over espionage fears
忧间谍活动，白宫或限制中国人在美从事敏感研究
The New York Times, April 30, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/30/us/politics/trump-china-researchers-espionage.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/usa/20180502/trump-china-researchers-espionage/

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong police expect first anti-riot vehicle with water cannons to arrive this month
South China Morning Post, May 3, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2144369/hong-kong-police-expect-receive-anti-riot

Hong Kong court convicts nine more over 2016 Mong Kok riot
South China Morning Post, May 2, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2144397/hong-kong-court-convicts-nine-more-over-2016

Hong Kong officials’ “lax” monitoring of taxpayer-funded social welfare NGOs blasted
South China Morning Post, May 2, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2144375/hong-kong-officials-lax-monitoring-taxpayer-funded-social

Number of registered Hong Kong homeless soars as sky-high rents force people to sleep rough
South China Morning Post, May 2, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2144384/number-registered-hong-kong-homeless-soars-sky-high-rents

Potential changes to Hong Kong liberal studies subject draw concern
Hong Kong Free Press, May 2, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/05/02/potential-changes-hong-kong-liberal-studies-subject-draw-concern/

Commentary (评论)

Peppa Pig should be proud
The Sydney Morning Herald, May 3, 2018
https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/peppa-pig-should-be-proud-20180503-p4zd56.html

Hong Kong can best serve China through diplomacy – but first it must make its allegiances clear
South China Morning Post, May 2, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2144202/hong-kong-can-best-serve-china-through-diplomacy-first-it

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Chinese crane operators stage nationwide strike ahead of Labor Day
全国塔吊工人五一如期罢工 多处工地停工
Radio Free Asia, May 1, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/strike-05012018121258.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/labor-05012018093946.html

Translation: Yue Xin “On the Week Since My Open Letter” (Full Text)
木·田：我在公开信后的一周里
China Digital Times, May 1, 2018
EN: https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2018/05/translation-yue-xin-on-the-week-since-my-open-letter-full-text/
CH: https://github.com/DeboutSQ/Xin-Yue/blob/master/mingguini.md

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Father detained after 7-year-old son thrown off bridge in southwest China
South China Morning Post, May 2, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2144337/father-detained-after-7-year-old-son-thrown-bridge-southwest

How Chinese veterans could derail President Xi’s plans
The Diplomat, May 1, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/05/how-chinese-veterans-could-derail-president-xis-plans/

中非合作被诋毁，人民日报：鞋子合不合脚，只有穿鞋的人知道 (Chinese ambassador to Malawi responds to criticism of Chinese investment in Africa on People’s Daily: Whether the shoes fit, only the wearer knows)
People’s Daily, April 30, 2018
http://paper.people.com.cn/rmrb/html/2018-04/30/nw.D110000renmrb_20180430_2-03.htm

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

Chinese state media accuse Taiwan of sour grapes after ally poached
Reuters, May 2, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2144264/chinese-state-media-accuse-taiwan-sour-grapes-after

Related:
China's new “tug-of-war” with Taiwan over influence in the Pacific
The Sydney Morning Herald, May 2, 2018
https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/china-s-new-tug-of-war-with-taiwan-over-influence-in-the-pacific-20180502-p4zcxt.html

Hong Kong (香港)

9被告全部罪成 三星期後聽取求情判刑 另1人仍棄保潛逃 (All remaining 9 defendants found guilty of rioting by Hong Kong court)
Mingpao, May 2, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180502/s00001/1525246343618

Hong Kong’s top court rejects bid by banks and law firms to intervene in LGBT appeal
Hong Kong Free Press, May 2, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/05/02/hong-kongs-top-court-rejects-bid-banks-law-firms-intervene-lgbt-appeal/

Cantonese a dialect, not a mother tongue, says Hong Kong Education Bureau supporting material on Mandarin
Hong Kong Free Press, May 2, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/05/02/cantonese-dialect-not-mother-tongue-says-hong-kong-education-bureau-supporting-material-mandarin/

“Enough! Stand up!”: Thousands march for labor rights, urging standard working hours in Hong Kong
Hong Kong Free Press, May 2, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/05/02/enough-stand-thousands-march-labour-rights-urging-standard-working-hours-hong-kong/

Gov’t will not reveal full design, security details of new Express Rail terminal, as they could be for terror attacks
Hong Kong Free Press, May 1, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/05/01/govt-will-not-reveal-full-design-security-details-new-express-rail-terminal-terror-attacks/

Calls to better protect mothers after employee alleges discrimination at cosmetics firm Crabtree & Evelyn
Hong Kong Free Press, May 1, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/05/01/calls-better-protect-mothers-employee-alleges-discrimination-cosmetics-firm-crabtree-evelyn/

Commentary (评论)

中國還有希望嗎？從中國的公民社會說起 (Is there still hope in China? Let's start from civil society)
Inmediahk, May 2, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1056742

香港工人的惡夢，何時終結？ (When will Hong Kong workers’ nightmare be over?)
Inmediahk, May 2, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1056732

Hong Kong’s pan-democrat lawmakers should accept Beijing’s hand of friendship
South China Morning Post, May 2, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2144300/hong-kongs-pan-democrat-lawmakers-should-accept-beijings

Xi Jinping and the third Chinese revolution
The Diplomat, May 2, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/05/xi-jinping-and-the-third-chinese-revolution/

Taiwan shining: the island with global potential as a tech and free speech stronghold
Hong Kong Free Press, May 1, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/05/01/taiwan-shining-island-global-potential-tech-free-speech-stronghold/

Authoritarian China should immediately set Liu Xia free
The Asahi Shimbun, May 1, 2018
http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201805010022.html

France’s Macron buys into China’s rights vision
马克龙向中国人权观低头
Human Rights Watch, April 27, 2018
EN: https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/04/27/frances-macron-buys-chinas-rights-vision
CH: https://www.hrw.org/zh-hans/news/2018/04/27/317423

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Police detain Chinese activists marking 50th anniversary of Lin Zhao's death
民主先驱林昭遇难50周年 多位祭奠人士遭控制
Radio Free Asia, April 30, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/activists-04302018114334.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf1-04302018101602.html

Tianjin police “investigate” colleagues of detained human rights lawyer
公安“侦查”王全璋案 多名维权律师拒绝配合
Radio Free Asia, April 30, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/colleagues-04302018113935.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf1-04272018102431.html

蔡志国感慨“信访见人不见底”，五一节前“三骗子胡同”突然不见了信访人 (Hebei rights defender observes: usual crowds of petitioners in front of State Bureau of Letters and Calls in Beijing have been cleared away before May 1 holiday)
Weiquanwang, May 1, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2018/04/blog-post_83.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Peppa Pig blocked from China's Douyin video platform
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 30, 2018
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-43953432

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

The AI arms race: China and US compete to dominate big data
Financial Times, May 1, 2018
https://www.ft.com/content/e33a6994-447e-11e8-93cf-67ac3a6482fd

”Forget the Facebook leak”: China is mining data directly from workers’ brains on an industrial scale
South China Morning Post, April 29, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2143899/forget-facebook-leak-china-mining-data-directly-workers-brains

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

中国多地塔吊司机拉横幅上街 要求涨工资 (Crane operators nationwide strike and protest to demand wages increase and overtime pay for high-risk work)
Voice of America, April 30, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-collective-action-and-strike-broke-out-by-construction-crane-operators-in-numerous-regions-of-china-20180430/4370725.html

袁凌：從調查記者轉型作家，記錄鄉村、底層和體制邊緣人 (Yuan Ling, an investigative journalist and author, on recording the lives of rural, marginalized people)
The Initium, April 30, 2018
https://theinitium.com/article/20180430-mainland-yuanling/

National Security & Counterterrorism (国家安全与反恐)

White house considers restricting Chinese researchers over espionage fears
The New York Times, April 30, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/30/us/politics/trump-china-researchers-espionage.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Article 23 national security law in Hong Kong could help win more democracy, government adviser Ronny Tong says
South China Morning Post, May 1, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2144199/article-23-national-security-law-hong-kong-could-help-win

Government is rewriting the history of Hong Kong, one inconvenient phrase at a time
South China Morning Post, May 1, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2144200/government-rewriting-history-hong-kong-one-inconvenient

Cutting off former Hong Kong legislator’s famous long hair was not discriminatory, court rules
South China Morning Post, April 30, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2143998/cutting-former-hong-kong-legislators-famous

Activists complain to Ombudsman over gov’t officers monitoring lawmakers’ whereabouts inside legislature
Hong Kong Free Press, April 30, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/30/activists-complain-ombudsman-govt-officers-monitoring-lawmakers-whereabouts-inside-legislature/

Other (其他)

目击者：中方施压约旦 台湾参展旗帜遭扯 (Taiwan flag ripped off exhibition in Jordan, allegedly at China’s request)
Radio Free Asia, April 30, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/hcm1-04302018102735.html

Taiwan’s diplomatic isolation increases as Dominican Republic recognizes China
The New York Times, May 1, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/01/world/asia/taiwan-dominican-republic-recognize.html

Commentary (评论)

Censorship “maybe”? Hong Kong’s Carrie Lam fails to reassure on press freedom
Hong Kong Free Press, May 1, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/05/01/censorship-maybe-hong-kongs-carrie-lam-fails-reassure-press-freedom/

The rise of populism and implications for China
China File, April 30, 2018
http://www.chinafile.com/library/china-world-podcast/rise-of-populism-and-implications-china

誰砸爛大學基層教師的飯碗？(Who smashed the rice bowls of Hong Kong adjunct faculties?)
Inmedia, April 30, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1056712a