Hong Kong (香港)

The last days of a Hong Kong street for singing your heart out
The New York Times, July 27, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/27/world/asia/hong-kong-mong-kok-pedestrian-zone.html

Commentary (评论)

Wake up to the security risks in Chinese tech dominance
Financial Times, July 27, 2018
https://www.ft.com/content/233f7dce-9013-11e8-9609-3d3b945e78cf

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Group slams China's record on ethnic Mongolians amid calls for writer's release
Radio Free Asia, July 26, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/mongolians-07262018140229.html

China says graft suspects detained under new measure must be well treated
Reuters, July 26, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-politics-corruption/china-says-graft-suspects-detained-under-new-measure-must-be-well-treated-idUSKBN1KG083

709三周年 涉案僧人终获自由 (After 2 years of house arrest, monk caught in 709 crackdown regains freedom)
Radio Free Asia, July 25, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf2-07252018093154.html

Hubei couple arrested for contacts with foreign missionary
Bitter Winter, July 25, 2018
https://bitterwinter.org/couple-arrested-for-contacts-with-foreign-missionary/

Access to Information (信息公开)

全国扫黄打非办公布10起“净网”“护苗”典型案件 (Ten guiding cases for crackdown on internet pornography released)
Legal Daily, July 26, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-07/26/content_7602996.htm?node=5955

北京市网信办公安局联合约谈脉脉，责令关闭匿名发布信息功能 (Beijing authorities order shutdown of website for anonymous release of information)
Beijing News, July 26, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/finance/2018/07/26/496887.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

公民怎样监督官员方能不踩红线 (How citizens can monitor government officials without crossing the “red line”)
Legal Daily, July 26, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-07/26/content_7602473.htm?node=5955

早報：中國 #MeToo 運動持續發酵，多名媒體人、公益人、作家被爆性侵 (China’s #MeToo spreads to media, public interest, and publishing industries)
The Initium, July 26, 2018
https://theinitium.com/article/20180726-morning-brief/

Related:
中传教授被举报性侵 校方：一经核实将坚决处理，绝不姑息！(School launches investigation into professor reported for sexual assault)
Beijing News, July 26, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/07/26/496879.html

Man, woman detained after blast near U.S. Embassy in Beijing
Radio Free Asia, July 26, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/blast-07262018114325.html

Related:
Blast heard near U.S. Embassy in China in “suspected self-immolation” attempt
Sina English, July 26, 2018
http://english.sina.com/china/d/2018-07-26/detail-ihfvkitx0619634.shtml

U.S. Embassy street in Beijing is rocked by blast
The New York Times, July 26, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/26/world/asia/beijing-embassy-explosion.html

Why China’s premier used hit movie “Dying to Survive” to push for cheaper cancer drugs
South China Morning Post, July 26, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2157019/why-chinas-premier-used-hit-movie-dying-survive-push

深圳佳士工会遭打压 各方声援 (Citizens rally as Shenzhen trade union faces reprisal)
Radio Free Asia, July 24, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-07242018093404.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Taiwan denounces Beijing’s drive to leave it isolated on world stage
Associated Press, July 26, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2157023/taiwan-denounces-beijings-drive-leave-it-isolated-world

Related:
US airlines' website changes to Taiwan references “incomplete”, says China
Channel NewsAsia, July 26, 2018
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/us-airlines--website-changes-to-taiwan-references--incomplete---says-china-10564726

吉林省食药监局原党组书记、局长崔洪海今日被提起公诉 (Former party secretary and director of Jilin Provincial Food and Drug Administration Bureau who issued production license to problematic vaccine prosecuted, suspected of bribery)
Beijing News, July 26, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/07/26/496862.html

Related:
Chinese drug regulators step up nationwide inspections after latest vaccine scandal
South China Morning Post, July 26, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2156943/chinese-drug-regulators-step-nationwide-inspections

A vaccine scandal shakes trust in China’s government
The Economist, July 26, 2018
https://www.economist.com/china/2018/07/28/a-vaccine-scandal-shakes-trust-in-chinas-government

北京：下半年将落实积分落户政策，为首批申请人办理手续 (Beijing to commence score-based hukou registration in second half of 2018)
The Paper, July 26, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2294536

全国检察机关从严治检：上半年查处检察人员违纪违法262人 (In first half of year, 262 procurators investigated for breach of law or regulations)
The Paper, July 26, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2291622

Australia's fight against Chinese political interference
Foreign Affairs, July 26, 2018
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/australia/2018-07-26/australias-fight-against-chinese-political-interference

China’s belt-and-road plans are to be welcomed—and worried about
The Economist, July 26, 2018
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2018/07/26/chinas-belt-and-road-plans-are-to-be-welcomed-and-worried-about

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Big investors are placing bets on China’s facial recognition start-ups
The New York Times, July 26, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/24/business/dealbook/china-facial-recognition.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/business/20180726/china-facial-recognition/

U.S. technology sent to Chinese police was within rules, Commerce Department says
Wall Street Journal, July 26, 2018
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-technology-sent-to-chinese-police-was-within-rules-commerce-dept-says-1532614108

Hong Kong (香港)

【區議會劃界】建制未卜先知選區範圍 民建聯小花否認指「做下義工啫」(Among gerrymandering concerns, pro-Beijing party DAB suspected to have known about redrawn district borders 3 months prior to publication)
Inmediahk.net, July 26, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1058565

公務員配偶福利案　男同志將上訴至終院 (Civil servant in same-sex couple benefits case receives legal aid, will proceed to Court of Final Appeal)
The Stand News, July 26, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/lgbtq/公務員配偶福利案-男同志將上訴至終院/

香港书展闭幕有读者不满中资影响出版业 (As Hong Kong Book Fair ends, readers worry mainland funding will taint publishing industry)
Voice of America, July 26, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-hongkong-book-fair-20180725/4499419.html

Guangdong officials endorse proposal to set up so-called Hong Kong towns on mainland China
South China Morning Post, July 26, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2156863/guangdong-officials-endorse-proposal-set-so-called-hong-kong

港大民调：海峡两岸四地政府港人对北京最反感 (Hong Kong University poll: Hong Kong people most disgusted with Beijing among four governments across Taiwan Strait)
Radio France Internationale, July 26, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/港澳台/20180726-港大民调海峡两岸四地政府港人对北京最反感

Commentary (评论)

Video: China is erasing its border with Hong Kong
Vox, July 26, 2018
https://shanghaiist.com/2018/07/26/china-is-erasing-its-border-with-hong-kong/

China’s policies spur Central Asians to cautiously chart independent course: Analysis
Eurasia Review, July 26, 2018
https://www.eurasiareview.com/26072018-chinas-policies-spur-central-asians-to-cautiously-chart-independent-course-analysis/

If the Hong Kong National Party is banned, could any two people who mock mainlanders be next?
South China Morning Post, July 26, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/hong-kong/article/2156741/if-hong-kong-national-party-banned-could-any-two

中国知识界的爆雷之夜，让肆无忌惮的咸猪手有所敬畏 (Overnight, the collective thunder of Chinese intellectual community exposes those who commit sexual assault)
Beijing News, July 26, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/opinion/2018/07/26/496814.html

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China: One in five arrests take place in “police state” Xinjiang
The Guardian, July 25, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/25/china-one-in-five-arrests-take-place-in-police-state-xinjiang

Related:
Criminal arrests in Xinjiang account for 21% of China’s total in 2017
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, July 25, 2018
https://www.nchrd.org/2018/07/criminal-arrests-in-xinjiang-account-for-21-of-chinas-total-in-2017/

NGOs note “staggering” rise in arrests as China cracks down on minorities in Muslim region
Hong Kong Free Press, July 25, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/25/ngos-note-staggering-rise-arrests-china-cracks-minorities-muslim-region/

儿童接种假疫苗 家长赴京遭拦截 (Petitioning parents whose children received fake vaccine intercepted on way to Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, July 25, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/yf2-07252018093050.html

Swept up in China’s anti-corruption campaign, and forsaken by a secretive, suspect legal system
South China Morning Post, July 25, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2156620/swept-chinas-anti-corruption-campaign-and-forsaken

中国当局秘判遭泰国遣返维权人士 (Chinese authorities secretly sentence rights defenders repatriated from Thailand)
Radio Free Asia, July 25, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-07252018092918.html

Chinese court cited activist’s book on democracy in handing down 13-year “subversion” sentence
Hong Kong Free Press, July 25, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/25/chinese-court-cited-activists-book-democracy-handing-13-year-subversion-sentence/

中政委：要总结认罪认罚从宽制度试点经验，解决案多人少矛盾 (Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission: Reform of criminal procedure speeds up and simplifies prosecution)
The Paper, July 25, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2290483

Related:
中央政法委：研究出台错案追责办法 (Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission to consider accountability mechanisms for misjudged cases)
Beijing News, July 25, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/07/25/496636.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Giving in to China, U.S. airlines drop Taiwan (in name at least)
The New York Times, July 25, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/25/business/taiwan-american-airlines-china.html

Related:
U.S. airlines meet Beijing halfway on describing Taiwan
The Wall Street Journal, July 25, 2018
https://www.wsj.com/articles/american-airlines-bows-to-beijing-on-taiwan-issue-1532490608

打击网络“黄”“非”活动 建立监管长效机制 (In first half of year, more than 5,000 cases investigated related to pornography and illegal activities online)
People's Daily, July 25, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0725/c1001-30168713.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China blames “independence activists” for axing of Taiwan Olympic event
Reuters, July 25, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-taiwan-youthgames/china-blames-independence-activists-for-axing-of-taiwan-olympic-event-idUSKBN1KF12B?

質詢疫苗造假 重慶家長湧防疫站 疾控中心諉過廠方 信訪辦﹕等上級結果 (Parents swarming Letters and Calls Office in Chongqing are told to wait for “superior’s orders,” leader of complaint led away for questioning)
Ming Pao, July 25, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180725/s00013/1532456289966

Chinese State Drug Administration official mocked for awkward TV appearance
SupChina, July 24, 2018
https://supchina.com/2018/07/24/sda-official-mocked-for-awkward-tv-appearance/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Islamic leaders have nothing to say about China’s internment camps for Muslims
Foreign Policy, July 24, 2018
https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/07/24/islamic-leaders-have-nothing-to-say-about-chinas-internment-camps-for-muslims/

活动人士诉说维吾尔人藏人遭遇 美议员吁为受迫害人士发声 (U.S. senator calls for support for oppressed Uyghurs and Tibetans at religious freedom in Asia rally)
Voice of America, July 24, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/rally-religious-20180724/4498352.html

China arrests 15 people after vaccine maker admits wrongdoing
Al Jazeera, July 25, 2018
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/07/china-arrests-15-people-vaccine-maker-admits-wrongdoing-180725063917878.html

Related:
Vaccine scandal: The Chinese officials who defy disgrace to rise from the ashes of public crises
South China Morning Post, July 25, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2156873/vaccine-scandal-chinese-officials-who-defy-disgrace

Historic Chinese town resists eviction for theme park
Channel NewsAsia, July 25, 2018
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/historic-chinese-town-resists-eviction-for-theme-park-10560834

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China said to quickly withdraw approval for new Facebook venture
The New York Times, July 25, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/25/business/facebook-china.html

Facebook sets up subsidiary in China despite website ban
The Guardian, July 25, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/25/facebook-sets-up-subsidiary-in-china-despite-website-ban

互联网信息中心：商业网站新闻客户端内容安全需加强自我监管 (CIIC: Commercial news websites should step up self-monitoring on content)
The Paper, July 24, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2288689

5G network will be “made in China” with or without ban: Huawei
Sydney Morning Herald, July 26, 2018
https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/5g-network-will-be-made-in-china-with-or-without-ban-huawei-20180725-p4ztkq.html

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

拉萨再度“扫黑除恶” 民众恐慌 (New “anti-triad” crackdown in Lhasa sparks panic as government hunts religious groups for “using religion to spread rumors against the state”)
Radio Free Asia, July 25, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-07242018095858.html

Taiwan’s emerging push for “cyber autonomy”
The Jamestown Foundation, July 25, 2018
https://jamestown.org/program/taiwans-emerging-push-for-cyber-autonomy-2/?mc_cid=8c4aaa9f2b&mc_eid=a762503c8c

Returning Uyghur fighters and China’s national security dilemma
The Jamestown Foundation, July 25, 2018
https://jamestown.org/program/returning-uighur-fighters-and-chinas-national-security-dilemma/?mc_cid=8c4aaa9f2b&mc_eid=a762503c8c

Hong Kong (香港)

Advocacy of separatism will be suppressed, Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam warns as she breaks silence on proposed ban for political party
South China Morning Post, July 25, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2156876/advocacy-separatism-will-be-suppressed-hong-kong-leader

All Hong Kong airlines change Taiwan’s destination name to “Taiwan, China” on deadline set by Beijing
Hong Kong Free Press, July 25, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/25/hong-kong-airlines-change-taiwans-destination-name-taiwan-china-deadline-set-beijing/

Let Hongkongers serve in People’s Liberation Army voluntarily, pro-Beijing party suggests
South China Morning Post, July 25, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2156780/let-hongkongers-serve-peoples-liberation-army-voluntarily

Hong Kong clinics prepare for influx of mainland visitors after China vaccine scandal
Channel NewsAsia, July 25, 2018
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/hong-kong-clinics-prepare-for-influx-of-mainland-visitors-after-china-vaccine-scandal-10562180

Commentary (评论)

Hi-tech surveillance needs safeguards
South China Morning Post, July 25, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2156866/hi-tech-surveillance-needs-safeguards

Censorship, geopolitical time bombs, and China’s Islamophobia problem
The Jamestown Foundation, July 25, 2018
https://jamestown.org/program/censorship-geopolitical-time-bombs-and-chinas-islamophobia-problem/?mc_cid=8c4aaa9f2b&mc_eid=a762503c8c

From Merkel to Magnitsky: Pressuring China on human rights
China Digital Times, July 24, 2018
https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2018/07/from-merkel-to-magnitsky-pressuring-china-on-human-rights/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

没有呈堂的物证：第三人DNA疑被隐匿，男子因杀人罪入狱16年，写血书申诉 (Man appeals murder conviction after spending 16 years in jail, alleging forced confession and spoliation of evidence)
Beijing Youth Daily, July 24, 2018
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzU2MzQzOTg1Nw==&mid=2247484931&idx=1&sn=b539e0cd35d60bece477fcfe769c1f4b&chksm=fc5b779dcb2cfe8b54fc7973d7dec56f8b547aa77cb53e7520e4be4ff09c92a0b2ef64530cd5&scene=0#rd

甘肃蒙冤企业家获无罪：被关11年，拟申请国家赔偿逾20亿 (Wrongfully convicted businessman who spent 11 years in prison for alleged contract fraud seeks RMB 2 billion in state compensation)
The Paper, July 24, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2287501

北京：以个人名义公开募捐拟被禁止，承诺捐款未履行将被起诉 (Beijing solicits public comments on its proposal to regulate city’s philanthropic industry, including ban on personal fund raising and prosecution for failure to pay donation pledge)
The Paper, July 24, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2288092

人权捍卫者黎容好被构陷案今开庭审理，公诉人未建议量刑 法官未依法宣告当庭释放 (Rights defender Li Ronghao’s trial: Prosecutor did not press for a sentence charge, yet judge refuses to release Li)
China Human Rights Defenders, July 23, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2018/07/blog-post_56.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

China censors social media posts about vaccine scandal, monitor says, as tabloid suggests issue has been overblown
South China Morning Post, July 25, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2156691/china-censors-social-media-posts-about-vaccine-scandal-monitor

Related:
Chinese vaccine firm hit with probes as Beijing seeks to tamp down outrage
Channel NewsAsia, July 25, 2018
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/health/chinese-vaccine-firm-hit-with-probes-as-beijing-seeks-to-tamp-down-outrage-10557168

Beijing continues to play down “Made in China 2025,” saying world should take “objective” view
South China Morning Post, July 24, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/2156676/beijing-continues-play-down-made-china-2025-saying-world-should

US airlines poised to change Taiwan references as China deadline looms
Reuters, July 24, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-airlines-china/us-airlines-poised-to-change-taiwan-references-as-china-deadline-looms-idUSKBN1KE1GB

Related:
Beijing weighs options as deadline looms for airlines to describe Taiwan as part of China
South China Morning Post, July 24, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2156686/beijing-weighs-options-deadline-looms-airlines-describe

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

环保公益人冯永锋被曝性骚扰，回应：将彻底戒酒，绝不再犯 (Environmental activist Feng Yongfeng vows to quit drinking amid sexual assault allegations)
The Paper, July 24, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2288645

Related:
知名公益人雷闯性侵事件：举报者否认和他有恋人关系 (Rights activist considers submitting himself to police after accuser denies that they were in a relationship)
The Paper, July 23, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2287284

北京家庭教会吁政府尊重信仰自由 (34 Christian house churches in Beijing release joint statement, urging authorities to respect religious freedom)
Radio Free Asia, July 24, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/gf1-07242018094351.html

厕所里“推翻共产党”标语， 另一种“厕所革命” (In another kind of “Bathroom Revolution,” handwritten messages such as “overthrowing the Communist Party” appear on walls of public restrooms in major cities)
The Voice of America, July 24, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/toilet-revolution-20180723/4495369.html

李美青、陈燕华就其看望709家属李文足时遭警方殴打致骨折案提起行政诉讼 (Rights defenders file administrative suit for broken bones from police beating during their visit to Li Wenzu, 709 rights lawyer’s wife)
China Human Rights Defenders, July 23, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2018/07/709_23.html