Commentary (评论)

Interpretation by Hong Kong pan-democrat makes sense
South China Morning Post, July 12, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2154891/interpretation-hong-kong-pan-democrat-makes-sense

The Guardian view on China and human rights: standing with Liu Xia
The Guardian, July 11, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jul/11/the-guardian-view-on-china-and-human-rights-standing-with-liu-xia

张建华：贸易战 这个帖子在论坛微信疯传 删都来不及(What I have learned from China-US trade war)
Independent Chinese Pen Center, June 30, 2018
http://www.chinesepen.org/blog/archives/106102

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese dissident Qin Yongmin jailed after “show trial”
The Guardian, July 11, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/11/china-chinese-dissident-qin-yongmin-jailed-democracy-activist

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秦永敏“颠覆国家罪”判刑13年 剥夺政治权利3年 (Veteran rights activist Qin Yongmin sentenced to 13 years for subversion of state power)
Radio Free Asia, July 11, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/XQL-07112018014950.html

【判囚13年】中國人權律師團聲明：秦永敏先生何罪之有？(Statement by China Human Rights Lawyers Group on the conviction of Qin Yongmin)
The Stand News, July 10, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/china/判囚13年-中國人權律師團聲明-秦永敏先生何罪之有/

How Germany won freedom for the widow of China’s most famous dissident
The New York Times, July 11, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/11/world/asia/germany-china-liu-xia-liu-xiaobo-dissidents.html

Related:
On the eve of freedom, a glimpse inside Liu Xia's flat
Agence France- Presse, July 11, 2018
https://www.afp.com/en/news/23/eve-freedom-glimpse-inside-liu-xias-flat-doc-17g9cs1

EU urges China to free activists on third anniversary of 709 Crackdown
Reuters, July 11, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-rights-eu/eu-urges-china-to-free-activists-on-third-anniversary-of-709-crackdown-idUSKBN1K10AA

微信群辱骂抗洪殉职干部并称“愿做汉奸”，江西男子被拘6日(Netizen detained for 6 days for disparaging deceased official in WeChat group)
Jiangxi CPC Political and Legal Affairs Committee WeChat, July 11, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2257647

China's biggest bank corruption criminal repatriated from U.S.
Reuters, July 11, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-crime-corruption/chinas-biggest-bank-corruption-criminal-repatriated-from-u-s-idUSKBN1K10RF

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潜逃17年终落网！红通人员许超凡被遣返 追回赃款20多亿(Man on China’s Red Notice repatriated from U.S.)
Beijing News, July 11, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/video/2018/07/11/494721.html

男子举报企业污染被判损害商誉罪 不满判决称将上诉(Environmental whistleblower to appeal defamation conviction)
Beijing News, July 11, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/wevideo/2018/07/11/494696.html

广东维权人士张五洲被刑拘 家属存钱受阻 (Family trying to deposit money for arrested Guangdong rights activist is turned away by authorities)
Radio Free Asia, July 10, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-07102018100037.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

In Beijing, doors shut on a bastion of independent ideas
The New York Times, July 11, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/11/world/asia/china-unirule-institute.html

Related:
北京天则研究所遭强行封门(Authorities shut down Independent think tank Unirule Institute)
Radio Free Asia, , July 11, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf2-07112018101128.html

China to its state media: keep calm, don't inflame trade row with U.S.
Reuters, July 11, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-media/china-to-its-state-media-keep-calm-dont-inflame-trade-row-with-u-s-idUSKBN1K118L

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北京下令官媒不得对特朗普出言不逊(Beijing orders state media not to disparage Trump)
Radio France Internationale , July 11, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20180711-北京下令官媒不得对特朗普出言不逊

Apple’s China-friendly censorship caused an iPhone-crashing bug
Wired, July 10, 2018
https://www.wired.com/story/apple-china-censorship-bug-iphone-crash-emoji/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Telling ambiguous, ambitious gay stories
Sixth Tone, July 11, 2018
http://www.sixthtone.com/news/1002604/telling-ambiguous%2C-ambitious-gay-stories#

China moves to quash #MeToo report of sexual harassment at top university
广州中大教师张鹏涉性骚扰后停职
Radio Free Asia, July 11, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-moves-to-quash-metoo-report-of-sexual-harassment-07112018115535.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-07112018101700.html

Chinese democracy activist denied political asylum, detained in France
湖南异议人士管桂林抵法寻庇护被拒入境
Radio Free Asia, July 10, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/france-asylum-07102018161043.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf2-07102018095638.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China charges former No. 2 securities regulator for taking US$10.5 million in bribes and insider trading
South China Morning Post, July 11, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/2154849/china-charges-former-no-2-securities-regulator-taking-us105

Related:
证监会原副主席姚刚一审被控受贿6961万余元，当庭认罪 (Former Vice Chairman of China Securities Regulatory Commission pleads guilty to corruption charges)
The Paper, July 11, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2255982

广东省委常委、统战部部长曾志权接受中央纪委国家监委纪律审查和监察调查(Member of Guangdong CPC Standing Committee is investigated by Central Commission for Discipline Inspection)
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, July 11, 2018
http://www.ccdi.gov.cn/toutiao/201807/t20180711_175489.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China Internet report 2018: Chinese Internet giants are expanding and so is government regulation
China Film Insider, July 10, 2018
http://chinafilminsider.com/china-internet-report-2018-chinese-internet-giants-are-expanding-and-so-is-government-regulation/

加快“数字法治、智慧司法”建设 推动网信工作跨越式融合式发展 (China’s plan to digitalize “rule by law”: cloud computing, big data )
Legal Daily, July 10, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-07/10/content_7590815.htm?node=5955

失信，这些也将与你无缘 (“Person who has lost trust”: barred from business bids, government jobs, big ticket item purchases)
Xinhua News Agency, July 11, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2018-07/11/c_129910789.htm

Related:
浙江一考生考上知名大学，差点因爸爸的失信行为无法被录取(Applicant almost rejected by top university due to dad “who has lost trust”)
Youth Times, July 11, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2255852

Hong Kong (香港)

LGBT advocates slam government for staying silent on interim scheme that lets same-sex spouses work and study in Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, July 11, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2154744/lgbt-advocates-slam-government-keeping-mum-interim-scheme

Human Rights Watch calls on Hong Kong government to put LGBT-themed children’s books back on open shelves at public libraries
South China Morning Post, July 11, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2154871/human-rights-watch-calls-hong-kong-government-put-lgbt

星期六集會反DQ 梁國雄勉港人繼續堅持抗爭 (Ex-legislator Leung Kwok-hung urges continued citizen resistance at anti-disqualification rally)
Inmediahk.net, July 10, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1058230

Commentary (评论)

刘霞抵达柏林：贸易战与人权牌 (Liu Xia’s arrival in Berlin: trade war and human rights card)
British Broadcasting Company, July 11, 2018
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/world-44790093

Welcome release of Liu Xia comes at a time when China needs friends
South China Morning Post, July 11, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2154885/welcome-release-liu-xia-comes-time-when-china-needs-friends

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese dissident Liu Xia's arrival in Germany: “A gift to the German government”
Deutsche Welle, July 10, 2018
https://www.dw.com/en/chinese-dissident-liu-xias-arrival-in-germany-a-gift-to-the-german-government/a-44603335

Related:
“No coincidence”: Liu Xia released as China seeks united trade front with Germany
South China Morning Post, July 10, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2154689/no-coincidence-liu-xia-released-china-seeks-united

Uyghur children fall victim to China anti-terror drive
Financial Times, July 10, 2018
https://www.ft.com/content/f0d3223a-7f4d-11e8-bc55-50daf11b720d

最高法：已限制失信被执行人乘坐飞机1222万人次 (Supreme People’s Court confirms debt defaulters denied air travel for over 12 million times)
Legal Daily, July 10, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-07/10/content_7590640.htm?node=5955

秦永敏“煽颠罪”宣判在即 当局令其律师必须到庭 (Beijing court orders lawyer’s appearance for dissident’s sentencing)
Voice of America, July 10, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-qin-yongmin-20180709/4474662.html

湖南省公安厅：将举旗亮剑、敢抓敢管，让正能量充盈网络空间(Hunan arrests and convicts rumor spreaders, as well as “water army”)
Hunan Daily, July 10, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2252071

Access to Information (信息公开)

Student flows with Chinese characteristics
Financial Times, July 10, 2018
https://ftalphaville.ft.com/2018/07/10/1531197000000/Student-flows-with-Chinese-characteristics/

广电总局：偶像养成类、才艺竞秀类节目要严格评估后方可播出(State Administration of Radio and Television requires pre-approval for idol and talent shows )
The Paper, July 10, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2253534

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Sexual assault at Sun Yat-Sen University: professor faces accusations from multiple women
SupChina, July 10, 2018
https://supchina.com/2018/07/09/sexual-assault-at-sun-yat-sen-university-professor-faces-accusations-from-multiple-women/

Related:
內地教授涉性騷擾師生　僅遭中山大學黨委「黨內處分」　師生校友聯署促解釋 (Professor accused of sexual harassment only receives reprimand from Party, faculty and students demand explanation)
The Stand News, July 9, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/china/內地教授涉性騷擾師生-僅遭中山大學黨委-黨內處分-師生校友聯署促解釋/

旧金山华人向习近平像泼墨 (Rights groups splatter ink on Xi Jinping portrait outside Chinese consulate in San Francisco)
Radio Free Asia, July 9, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ck-07092018101414.html

建維權微信群 河北教授被炒(Professor fired for creating WeChat rights group)
Ming Pao, July 8, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180709/s00013/1531073696180

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China jails hundreds of officials for pollution violations
Reuters, July 9, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-pollution/china-jails-hundreds-of-officials-for-pollution-violations-idUSKBN1JZ2VP

6项罪名2项都被判无期，这位副市长有些特殊(Former deputy mayor receives 2 life sentences for 6 corruption convictions)
Beijing Youth Daily, July 10, 2018
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2018-07-10/doc-ihfefkqp8422769.shtml

ICTs and Human Rights (信息科技与人权)

How artificial intelligence will reshape the global order
Foreign Affairs, July 10, 2018
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/world/2018-07-10/how-artificial-intelligence-will-reshape-global-order

A tech guru captivated Canada. Then he fled to China.
The New York Times, July 10, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/10/business/istuary-sun-yian-canada-china.html

河南：录取后不入学的考生明年高考志愿填报将受限(Applicants in Henan admitted by colleges but choose not to enroll will face limitations on future applications)
Xinhua, July 10, 2018
https://3w.huanqiu.com/a/65b0534e7f51/7EqymEp48Rq?agt

Hong Kong (香港)

【一地兩檢】高院准援引內地法律專家證供　決定同時聽取5宗覆核論據 (Hong Kong court allows report from mainland legal experts, will hear five appeals on co-location together)
Ming Pao, July 10, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180710/s00001/1531196796946

Hong Kong lawmaker draws ire by suggesting up to 10,000 “domestic servant” jobs be reserved for people from ethnic minorities
South China Morning Post, July 10, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2154608/hong-kong-lawmaker-suggests-reserving-10000-domestic

Related:
Hong Kong teen’s dreams of being a doctor dashed by education system’s failure to teach Chinese to ethnic minority students
South China Morning Post, July 10, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/2154479/hong-kong-teens-dreams-being-doctor-dashed-education

“Everyone deserves to be treated with dignity and respect”: British lesbian QT on her Hong Kong court win
Hong Kong Free Press, July 10, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/10/everyone-deserves-treated-dignity-respect-british-lesbian-qt-hong-kong-court-win/

709 Crackdown (709 大抓捕)

高智晟、王全璋获颁首届中国人权律师奖 (Gao Zhisheng and Wang Quanzhang honored first China Human Rights Lawyer Awards)
Voice of America, July 9, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/china-rights-lawyer-award-20180708/4474499.html

Related:
王全璋之妻李文足:多次被警方脱光衣服羞辱 (Wang Quanzhang’s wife strip-searched by police for inquiring husband’s whereabouts)
Radio France Internationale, July 9, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20180709-王全璋之妻李文足多次被警方脱光衣服羞辱

Trial by fire: three years on from the crackdown that put China’s nascent human rights law movement to the test
South China Morning Post, July 8, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2154278/trial-fire-three-years-crackdown-put-chinas-nascent

Related:
China lawyer crackdown enters 4th year
Voice of America, July 9, 2018
https://www.voanews.com/a/china-lawyer-crackdown-enters-fourth-year/4474680.html

Third anniversary of the lawyers crackdown in China: where are the human rights lawyers?
Amnesty International, July 9, 2018
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2018/07/china-human-rights-lawyers-crackdown-third-anniversary/

专访：后709二次整顿维权律师 (Second wave of crackdown on rights lawyers after 709 continues)
Deutsche Welle, July 9, 2018
https://p.dw.com/p/313Jv

“Shackled, isolated and beaten”: how one child became a victim of China’s 709 crackdown on rights lawyers
South China Morning Post, July 9, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2154298/shackled-isolated-and-beaten-how-one-child-became

Three years after China's lawyer crackdown, rights groups call for sanctions
Radio Free Asia, July 9, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/709-anniversary-07092018131944.html

Related:
台声援709律师 揭周世峰、胡石根在台遭检举 (Taiwan human rights groups call on China to release 709 lawyers)
Radio Free Asia, July 9, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/hcm-07092018100731.html

中國維權律師關注組終院外默站要求內地釋放被囚律師 (China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group urges mainland authorities to release detained rights lawyers)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 9, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1406029-20180709.htm

“Scornful and contemptuous” of the law: 3 years on, Hong Kong activists rally against Beijing’s lawyer crackdown
Hong Kong Free Press, July 9, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/09/scornful-contemptuous-law-3-years-hong-kong-activists-rally-beijings-lawyer-crackdown/

中国人权律师团就709案发表声明 谴责打压人权 (China Human Rights Lawyers Group issues statement on 709 Crackdown, denounces suppression)
Radio Free Asia, July 9, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-07092018100859.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

我国首届统战学 硕士研究生毕业，8名硕士就业情况良好(China awards first master's degrees in field of “United Front”)
The Paper, July 8, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2248307

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

美公民力量 发起拯救泼墨女孩紧急联署 (Initiatives for China urges release of woman who splashed paint on Xi Jinping photo)
Voice of America, July 8, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-initiative-of-china-calls-for-release-of-dong-yaoqing-20180708/4473657.html

Officials in China's Anhui target Xi Jinping critic for “psychiatric treatment”
Radio Free Asia, July 9, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/xi-critic-07092018130009.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

北京郊區再現驅趕外來人口 工廠被關工人失工作 (Beijing starts a new wave of purging migrant workers in suburbs as factories close)
Radio France Internationale, July 9, 2018
http://trad.cn.rfi.fr/中國/20180708-北京郊區再次重現驅趕外來人口-工廠被關工人失工作

ICTs and Human Rights (信息科技与人权)

Inside China’s dystopian dreams: A.I., shame and lots of cameras
The New York Times, July 8, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/08/business/china-surveillance-technology.html

从拍片到连坐 政府惩罚“失信”者 (Chinese authorities step up efforts in public shaming of debt defaulters and their families)
Radio Free Asia, July 6, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/hj-07062018103605.html

Related:
让守信者受益 失信者难行——中国诚信建设深度调查 (Investigative report of China’s social credit system)
Xinhua, July 8, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2018-07/08/c_1123095172.htm

Hong Kong (香港)

劉曉波逝世一周年前夕　公民黨等收集簽名　促釋放劉霞 (Hong Kong activist groups launch signature campaign for Liu Xia's release by China before first anniversary of Liu Xiaobo’s death)
The Stand News, July 9, 2018
http://thestandnews.com/politics/劉曉波逝世一周年前夕-公民黨等收集簽名-促釋放劉霞/

In rare move, Hong Kong justice department seeks mainland legal advice in joint checkpoint fight
South China Morning Post, July 9, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2154357/rare-move-hong-kong-justice-department-seeks-mainland-legal

Leading Hong Kong law scholar proposes rules limiting Beijing’s power to interfere with local court decisions
South China Morning Post, July 9, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2154297/leading-hong-kong-law-scholar-proposes-rules

Hong Kong equality groups hold book exhibition after LGBTQ-themed children’s titles removed from library shelves
Hong Kong Free Press, July 9, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/09/hong-kong-equality-groups-hold-book-exhibition-lgbtq-themed-childrens-titles-removed-library-shelves/

稱加入基本法委員會償心願　梁美芬：23條係好嘢　港人要珍惜 (Basic Law Committee member and legislator Priscilla Leung: Article 23 is good for Hongkongers)
The Stand News, July 9, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/politics/指加入基本委員會償心願-梁美芬-23條係好嘢-港人要珍惜/

Pro-democracy activist Avery Ng denies inciting protesters outside Beijing’s liaison office, Hong Kong court hears
South China Morning Post, July 9, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2154482/pro-democracy-activist-avery-ng-denies

Over 30 UK parliamentarians urge British gov’t to raise concerns over Hong Kong freedoms
Hong Kong Free Press, July 9, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/09/30-uk-parliamentarians-urge-british-govt-raises-concerns-hong-kong-freedoms/

Related:
30多名英國會議員聯署　促英外交部關注香港人權狀況 (UK Foreign Secretary urged to monitor human rights situation in Hong Kong)
The Stand News, July 9, 2018
http://thestandnews.com/international/30多名英國會議員聯署-促英外交部關注香港人權狀況/

Rights lawyers slam Hong Kong plans to tighten asylum procedures, calling proposals “wholly unreasonable”
South China Morning Post, July 7, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2154233/rights-lawyers-slam-hong-kong-plans-tighten

Education center with aim to promote Chinese national identity opens in Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, July 7, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2154169/education-centre-aim-promote-chinese-national-identity-opens