Access to Justice (司法公正)

Police raids on Chinese lawyers: The view from the inside
中國維權律師披露被抓捕過程細節
The New York Times, July 31, 2015
EN: http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/07/31/police-raids-on-chinese-lawyers-the-view-from-the-inside/
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20150803/c03sino-raids/zh-hant/

Related:
Mass suppression of lawyers reveals true nature of Xi’s “rule by law”
对维权律师的大规模镇压揭示了习近平“依法治国”的真实面目
Human Rights in China, July 16, 2015
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/mass-crackdown-chinese-lawyers-and-defenders
CH: http://hrichina.org/chs/zhong-guo-da-gui-mo-zhen-ya-wei-quan-lu-shi-he-huo-yue-ren-shi

Ex-PLA chief Guo Boxiong to be prosecuted for allegedly accepting bribes for promotions
South China Morning Post, July 30, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1845230/retired-chinese-general-guo-boxiong-expelled-communist

“女权五姐妹”的代理律师 提请撤销对五人所立“假案” (Lawyer for the “Feminist Five” applies for expunging records of the “faked cases” against them)
Radio Free Asia, July 31, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yl-07312015110053.html

Tibetan who called for Dalai Lama’s return is said to be freed from Chinese prison
The New York Times, August 2, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/02/world/asia/tibetan-who-called-for-dalai-lamas-return-is-said-to-be-freed-from-chinese-prison.html

China seeks businessman said to have fled to U.S., further straining ties
New York Times, August 3, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/04/world/asia/china-seeks-ling-wancheng-businessman-said-to-have-fled-to-us.html

Uyghur exile pursues life in Turkey after taunts and torture back in China
Radio Free Asia, July 31, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/exile-pursues-life-in-turkey-after-taunts-and-torture-back-in-china-07312015153931.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Can China continue to dictate the news agenda online?
Chatham House, July 2015
http://www.chathamhouse.org/publication/twt/can-china-continue-keep-journalists-short-lead#sthash.4Oytfvb7.dpuf

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Ai Weiwei given extended visa to visit Britain after Theresa May intervenes
The Guardian, July 31, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/jul/31/ai-weiwei-visa-britain-theresa-may

Related:
英政府向艾未未道歉 重发6个月签证 (UK gov’t apologizes to Ai Weiwei and decides to issue 6-month visa)
Voice of America, August 3, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/aiweiwei-visa-20150731/2889879.html

Questions mount over decision to restrict Ai Weiwei’s UK visa
Hong Kong Free Press, July 31, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/07/31/questions-mount-over-decision-to-restrict-ai-weiweis-uk-visa/

英媒：中國異見藝術家艾未未的簽證風波 (UK media: Visa scandal of Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 31, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/press_review/2015/07/150731_press_review

The dying wish of former gold miner He Quangui
China Labor Bulletin, August 2, 2015
http://www.clb.org.hk/en/content/dying-wish-former-gold-miner-he-quangui

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Beijing’s path to hosting 2022 Olympics
The New York Times, July 31, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/video/world/asia/100000003830125/beijing-to-host-the-2022-winter-olympics.html

Related:
With China, IOC Turns Its Back on Human Rights
Human Rights in China, July 31, 2015
http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/statement/china-ioc-turns-its-back-human-rights

HRIC Urges IOC to Postpone Host City Election for 2022 Olympics
中国人权敦促国际奥委会推迟选举2022年冬奥会主办城市
Human Rights in China, July 28, 2015
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/statement/hric-urges-ioc-postpone-host-city-election-2022-olympics
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/sheng-ming/zhong-guo-ren-quan-dun-cu-guo-ji-ao-wei-hui-tui-chi-xuan-ju-2022nian

Beijing quietly celebrates Olympic win
Washington Post, July 31, 2015
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/a-more-subdued-celebration-in-beijing-after-nabbing-2022-winter-olympics/2015/07/31/f89b0e2c-36f5-11e5-ab7b-6416d97c73c2_story.html

Heard in the hutong: Do Beijingers think the city’s air quality is improving?
The Wall Street Journal, August 3, 2015
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/08/03/heard-in-the-hutong-do-beijingers-think-the-citys-air-quality-is-improving/tab/interactive/

Guo Boxiong, Jiang Zemin, and the corruption of the Chinese military
The Diplomat, July 31, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/07/guo-boxiong-jiang-zemin-and-the-corruption-of-the-chinese-military/

Related:
Chinese military paper warns a corrupt army does not win wars
Reuters, August 2, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/02/us-china-corruption-idUSKCN0Q704I20150802

”He made Xi Jinping very angry”: the rise and fall of once-powerful Chinese general Guo Boxiang
South China Morning Post, July 31, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1845440/rise-and-fall-top-chinese-general-guo-boxiang

China says former senior police chief suspected of murder
Channel NewsAsia, July 31, 2015
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/china-says-former-senior/2020038.html

Senior Jilin official investigated for graft
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 2, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150802/news_20150802_56_1120802.htm

Poor maintenance, lax supervision and extreme cost-cutting to blame for China's lift and escalator deaths
South China Morning Post, July 31, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1845611/poor-maintenance-lax-supervision-and-extreme-cost-cutting

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China pushes to rewrite rules of global internet
Wall Street Journal, July 28, 2015
http://www.wsj.com/articles/china-pushes-to-rewrite-rules-of-global-internet-1438112980

U.S. decides to retaliate against China’s hacking
New York Times, July 31, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/01/world/asia/us-decides-to-retaliate-against-chinas-hacking.html

Related:
Cyber intrusion into U.S. Office of Personnel Management: in brief
Congressional Research Service, July 17, 2015
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/R44111.pdf

A veil of secrecy masks stepped-up cyberattacks in Asia
Bloomberg, July 29, 2015
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-28/a-veil-of-secrecy-abets-surge-in-cyber-attacks-in-asia

Cyber Insecurity: West eyes Dr. Strangelove tactics in cyber wars
Financial Times, July 31, 2015
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/2d23d4c8-35d2-11e5-b05b-b01debd57852.html

Exclusive: Secret NSA Map Shows China Cyber Attacks on U.S. Targets
NBC News, July 30, 2015
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/exclusive-secret-nsa-map-shows-china-cyber-attacks-us-targets-n401211

China-tied hackers that hit U.S. said to breach United Airlines
Bloomberg Business, July 27, 2015
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-29/china-tied-hackers-that-hit-u-s-said-to-breach-united-airlines

Stagefright: It only takes one text to hack 950 million android phones
Forbes, July 27, 2015
http://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2015/07/27/android-text-attacks/

Hong Kong (香港)

婦女團體指胸部襲警案影響深遠亦違常理 (Women’s rights groups: “Assaulting police officer with breasts” has far-reaching impact and defies common sense)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 3, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20150803/news_20150803_55_1120946.htm

Hong Kong “breast walk” held over court ruling
Al Jazeera, August 2, 2015
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/08/hong-kong-breast-walk-protest-court-ruling-150802110617144.html

陳文敏回應香港大學任命副校長風波 (Johannes Chan responds on HKU pro-vice-chancellor appointment scandal)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 1, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/china/2015/08/150801_hongkong_johannes_chan_response

受鉛水事件影響居民批評政府行動慢決定追討 (Citizens affected by lead-laced water criticize slow gov’t response and demand compensation)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 3, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20150803/news_20150803_55_1120936.htm

Related:
政黨及團體承認鉛水事件追討之路漫長及困難 (Political parties & groups admit finding out those responsible for the lead-laced water issue would be long and difficult)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 3, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20150803/news_20150803_55_1120937.htm

有水諮會專家倡毋須裝濾水器 學者憂影響幼童發育 (Water advisory committee expert suggests no need to install water filter, academic worries about young children’s growth and development)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 2, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20150802/news_20150802_55_1120795.htm

港團體明信片簽署行動聲援中國維權律師 (HK groups organize postcard signing campaign to support China’s human rights lawyers)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 2, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/china/2015/08/150802_hk_postcards_support_lawyers

Joshua Wong: “We had no clear goals” in Hong Kong protests
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 3, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-china-blog-33729241

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

When is a Chinese dissident not a Chinese dissident? When he's Ai Weiwei
The Telegrah, July 31, 2015
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/11778130/When-is-a-Chinese-dissident-not-a-Chinese-dissident-When-hes-Ai-Weiwei.html

Related:
Ai Weiwei visa reveals UK-China dynamic
The Financial Times, July 30, 2015
http://video.ft.com/4386834610001/Ai-Weiwei-visa-reveals-UK-China-dynamic/World

HKU under threat as CY Leung wages war on Hong Kong’s core values and institutions
Hong Kong Free Press, August 8, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/08/02/hku-under-threat-as-cy-leung-wages-war-on-hong-kongs-core-values-and-institutions/

The Observer view on the future of the Olympics
The Guardian, August 2, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/aug/02/observer-view-on-the-beijing-olympics

何清涟：习近平与规则之间关系的迷思(1) (He Qinglian: The mythic relationship between Xi Jinping and rules (1) )
Voice of America, August 3, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/voa-ne4ws-xijinping-destroy-rules-20150801/2893583.html

China’s foreign policy isn't transparent? You’ve got to be kidding
ChinaFile, August 1, 2015
http://www.chinafile.com/reporting-opinion/two-way-street/chinas-foreign-policy-isnt-transparent-youve-got-be-kidding

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Missing assistant of human rights lawyer found at Tianjin detention centre
Hong Kong Free Press, July 30, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/07/30/missing-assistant-of-human-rights-lawyer-found-held-in-tianjin-detention-centre/

Related:
Mass suppression of lawyers reveals true nature of Xi’s “rule by law”
对维权律师的大规模镇压揭示了习近平“依法治国”的真实面目
Human Rights in China, July 16, 2015
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/mass-suppression-lawyers-reveals-true-nature-xis-rule-law
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/dui-wei-quan-lu-shi-de-da-gui-mo-zhen-ya-jie-shi-liao-xi-jin-ping-yi-fa-zhi-guo-de

After crackdown on rights lawyers, China’s legal reform path uncertain
Wall Street Journal, July 31, 2015
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/07/31/after-crackdown-on-rights-lawyers-chinas-legal-reform-path-uncertain/

国务院28日通过《反家庭暴力法》草案
State Council passed draft Domestic Violence Law on 28 July
Duowei, July 29, 2015
http://blog.dwnews.com/post-836519.html

中国通过《反家庭暴力法》草案 (China passes “Anti-domestic violence law” draft)
Radio Free Asia, July 30, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-07302015110357.html

Related:
China’s draft domestic violence law “largely cosmetic”: feminists
Radio Free Asia, July 30, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/violence-07302015102320.html

人民日报整版文章探讨“中国制度具有巨大活力” (People’s Daily devotes full page to discussion of how “China’s system has enormous vitality”)
People’s Daily, July 31, 2015
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2015/0731/c1001-27388984.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

How China’s online “Civilization Army” turned a youth street fight into a patriotic struggle
Hong Kong Free Press, July 30, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/07/30/how-chinas-online-civilization-army-turned-a-youth-street-fight-into-a-patriotic-struggle/

Chinese web dissenters using coded language to dodge censorship filters and vent frustration at government
The Independent, July 30, 2015
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/chinese-web-dissenters-using-coded-language-to-dodge-censorship-filters-and-vent-frustration-at-government-10428864.html

What does SARS have to do with China’s Cybersecurity Law?
The Diplomat, July 30, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/07/what-does-sars-have-to-do-with-chinas-cybersecurity-law/

”We’ve been kept in the dark”: Chinese MH370 relatives complain about lack of information after wreckage discovery
South China Morning Post, July 30, 3015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1845075/weve-been-kept-dark-chinese-mh370-relatives-complain-about-lack

温宿检察阳光司法让仇人变亲友, 公开审查不捕不诉案打消质疑 (Wensu County Procuratorate’s “Sunshine justice” turns enemies into friends, public disclosure of cases investigated with no arrests or indictments dispels suspicion of official interference)
Legal Daily, July 25, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150725/Articel05004GN.htm

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Ai Weiwei disputes restricted visa From Britain
The New York Times, July 30, 2015
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/author/austin-ramzy/

Related:
英国各界批评政府刁难艾未未签证申请
Chorus of criticism for UK’s denial of full visa to Ai Weiwei
Financial Times, July 30, 2015
CH: http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001063279
EN: http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001063279

Taiwan students storm ministry over textbook row
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 31, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150731/news_20150731_56_1120408.htm

时事大家谈：专访吾尔开希：从天安门到台湾立委参选人 (Wu’erkaixi Interview: From Tiananmen to running for Taiwan Parliament)
Voice of America, July 30, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/media/video/voaweishi-20150730-voaio-1/2886840.html

婦團周日發起「胸群出動」 抗議女示威者被指以胸襲警 (Women rights group will launch “Breast Walk” to protest accusation that a female demonstrator attacked police with her breast)
inmediahk.net, July 31, 2015
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1036358

Related:
Fifteen weeks in jail for assault with breasts
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 30, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150730/news_20150730_56_1120108.htm

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Winter Olympics 2022: Beijing to host Games in China
The Guardian, July 31, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/jul/31/beijing-wins-right-host-winter-olympics-2022

Should Beijing host the 2022 Olympics? Chinese human rights group says “no” (+video)
The Christian Science Monitor, July 30, 2015
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2015/0729/Should-Beijing-host-the-2022-Olympics-Chinese-human-rights-group-says-no-video

Related:
With China, IOC Turns Its Back on Human Rights
Human Rights in China, July 31, 2015
http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/statement/china-ioc-turns-its-back-human-rights

HRIC Urges IOC to Postpone Host City Election for 2022 Olympics
中国人权敦促国际奥委会推迟选举2022年冬奥会主办城市
Human Rights in China, July 28, 2015
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/statement/hric-urges-ioc-postpone-host-city-election-2022-olympics
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/sheng-ming/zhong-guo-ren-quan-dun-cu-guo-ji-ao-wei-hui-tui-chi-xuan-ju-2022nian

China to prosecute former top officer for graft
Reuters, July 30, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/30/us-china-corruption-idUSKCN0Q41W320150730

With latest ouster, China steps up fight against military corruption
The Diplomat, July 31, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/07/with-latest-ouster-china-steps-up-fight-against-military-corruption/

One year after a fatal shooting in restive Xinjiang, nagging questions remain
Wall Street Journal, July 30, 2015
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/07/30/one-year-after-a-fatal-shooting-in-restive-xinjiang-nagging-questions-remain/

温男子被错关获赔13万1年没拿到 被报道后3天到账 (Man receives RMB 130,000 state compensation for wrongful imprisonment 3 days after media reports on his year-long wait)
Xinhua, July 31, 2015
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2015-07/31/c_128077821.htm

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

What’s happening now that Chinese cyberfiddling is on the D.C. agenda
Foreign Policy, July 30, 2015
http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/07/30/whats-happening-now-that-chinese-cyberfiddling-is-on-the-d-c-agenda/

Proposed law gives gov't too much control of Internet, experts say
Caixin, July 30, 2015
http://english.caixin.com/2015-07-30/100834587.html

Hong Kong (香港)

袁國勇辭任港大校委：無能力轉化矛盾 不如回去搞毛黴菌 (Microbiologist Yuen kwok-yung resigns from HKU Council: returning to studying mucor because of powerlessness to resolve conflict over appointment of pro-vice-chancellor)
South China Morning Post, July 31, 2015
http://www.nanzao.com/tc/hk-macau-tw/14ee256d386e6b7/yuan-guo-yong-ci-ren-gang-da-xiao-wei-wu-neng-li-zhuan-hua-mao-dun-bu-ru-hui-qu-gao-mao-mei-jun

Related:
袁國勇：非因學生衝入校委會事件而辭任校委 (HKU academic Yuen kwok-yung: Resignation from HKU Council membership is not due to students’ charging into meeting)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 31, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20150731/news_20150731_55_1120421.htm

港大學生會稱不後悔衝入會場　有校委冀盡快填補空缺 (HKU Student Union does not regret charging into conference venue; certain Council member wishes for quick replacement)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 31, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20150731/news_20150731_55_1120416.htm

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

China doesn’t want to suppress Christianity – just control it
The Guardian, July 30, 3015
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jul/30/china-christianity-removal-crosses-communist-party-churches

Complete freedom, always just eluding the grasp of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei
Washington Post, July 30, 2015
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/chinese-artist-ai-weiwei-leaves-for-berlin-but-he-is-still-in-limbo/2015/07/30/736e3377-6aa8-4fdf-a4de-2b4db196b7ec_story.html

Beijing and Almaty contest Winter Olympics in human rights nightmare
The Guardian, July 30, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/jul/30/china-kazakhstan-winter-olympics-2022

Cybersecurity: We need a Chinese Snowden
The Diplomat, July 31, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/07/cybersecurity-we-need-a-chinese-snowden/

The invisible: how China deals with mental illness – in pictures
The Guardian, July 30, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2015/jul/30/the-invisibles-how-china-deals-with-mental-illness-in-pictures

Access to Justice (司法公正)

记者无国界呼吁欧盟外长为高瑜向中国施压 (Reporters Without Borders calls on EU foreign minister to put pressure on China over Gao Yu’s case)
Voice of America, July 30, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/gaoyu-case-20150729/2884422.html

Related:
EU foreign ministers must press China about ailing detained journalist
Reporters Without Borders, July 29, 2015
http://en.rsf.org/china-eu-foreign-ministers-must-press-29-07-2015,48160.html

State Council approves legal draft against domestic violence
Xinhua, July 29, 2015
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-07/29/c_134460638.htm

国内首例“确有悔改表现”减刑案在河南开审 (Henan court hears country’s first case on sentence-reduction on basis of “showing remorse”)
China Youth Daily, July 30, 2015
http://zqb.cyol.com/html/2015-07/30/nw.D110000zgqnb_20150730_4-04.htm

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Ai Weiwei denied six-month UK visa
艾未未：英国政府拒发6个月商务签证
BBC, July 30, 2015
EN: http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-33714740
CH: http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/07/150730_ai_weiwei_britain

UK’s Ai Weiwei visa rejection part of bigger game
Financial Times, July 30, 2015
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/db56221c-36ae-11e5-b05b-b01debd57852.html

法轮功学员的亲属旧金山中领馆前举行记者会要求中共释放被抓捕的亲人 (Families of Falungong practitioners hold press conference in front of Chinese Embassy in San Francisco to demand release of relatives)
Radio Free Asia, July 29, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ck-07292015102734.html

Chen Guangcheng vows to pursue justice as nephew is released from jail
Radio Free Asia, July 29, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-chen-07292015140944.html

China detains Christian pastors for resistance to cross demolitions
Radio Free Asia, July 29, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-crosses-07292015101743.html

Related:
China's crusade to remove crosses from churches “is for safety concerns”
The Guardian, July 29, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/29/china-crusade-remove-crosses-from-churches-safety-concerns

中俄联合抵制西方NGO？ (Sino-Russian joint resistance to Western NGOs?)
Radio Free Asia, July 29, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/commentaries/weipo_com-07292015081909.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China’s Communist Party sets out criteria for demoting incompetent officials
South China Morning Post, July 29, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1844809/chinas-communist-party-releases-rules-setting-out-how

With changes at top, China's land ministry aims to bolster oversight of graft-prone sector
South China Morning Post, July 29, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1844952/changes-top-chinas-land-ministry-aims-bolster-oversight

After appearing drunk on television, Chinese official faces inquiry
The New York Times, July 29, 2015
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/07/29/after-appearing-drunk-on-television-chinese-official-faces-inquiry/

Chinese prosecutor in murder trial of Gu Kailai found dead
Financial Times, July 29, 2015
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/66ebaa2c-35dd-11e5-b05b-b01debd57852.html

China watchdog says graft risk controls tightened at central bank
Channel NewsAsia, July 30, 2015
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/china-watchdog-says-graft/2017242.html

China anti-graft purge recovers $6.2bn in ill-gotten gains
Financial Times, July 29, 2015
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/f896a9a2-35d5-11e5-b05b-b01debd57852.html

环保部原副部长张力军涉嫌严重违纪违法接受调查--中纪委 (Former deputy environmental protection minister accused of corruption)
Reuters, July 30, 2015
http://cn.reuters.com/article/2015/07/30/cn-anti-corruption-idCNKCS0Q401F20150730

武汉市公安局成立内保支队 (Wuhan PSB establishes internal security detachment)
Legal Daily, July 29, 2015
http://legal.people.com.cn/n/2015/0729/c188502-27376324.html

Critics: China’s president using law to tighten grip on power
Voice of America, July 29, 2015
http://www.voanews.com/content/chinas-president-uses-law-to-tighten-grip-on-power/2883135.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

FireChat, darling of Occupy Central protesters, throws down gauntlet to WhatsApp with off-the-grid texting
South China Morning Post, July 30, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/tech/social-gadgets/article/1844837/firechat-darling-occupy-central-protesters-throws-down-gauntlet

Hong Kong (香港)

HKU struggles to contain fallout over delayed appointment of Johannes Chan Man-mun as pro-vice-chancellor
South China Morning Post, July 30, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/1844970/university-hong-kong-struggles-contain-fallout

Counterterrorism (反恐)

中国和土耳其将共同合作打击恐怖主义 (China & Turkey agree to closer joint counterterrorism efforts)
Deutsche Welle, July 29, 2015
http://www.dw.com/zh/中国和土耳其将共同合作打击恐怖主义/a-18616364