Access to Justice (司法公正)

多地出台省级深化户籍改革意见告别农户时代, 公安户籍改革缩小城乡间差异 (Proposed provincial-level opinions for intensifying hukou reform will bid farewell to era of farmer household registration status, rural urban divide to be reduced)
Legal Daily, September 16, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150916/Articel05002GN.htm

China's top court stresses harsh penalties after Tianjin blasts
China Daily, September 16, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-09/16/content_21897107.htm

已被罚处：邓某造谣描黑纠纷 (Man penalized for starting rumors after posting false information about a violent dispute)
Legal Daily, September 16, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150916/Articel05007GN.htm

Access to Information (信息公开)

中国政府提交联合国的“酷刑”报告数据涉嫌造假各部门相互推诿拒绝公开具体数据（图）(Chinese government’s "torture" report submitted to UN suspected of fraudulent data, various departments shirk responsibility and refuse to disclose specific numbers)
Weiquanwang, September 16, 2015
http://wqw2010.blogspot.se/2015/09/blog-post_55.html

River crabbed: the emperor’s left hand
China Digital Times, September 16, 2015
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2015/09/river-crabbed-the-emperors-left-hand/

The Chinese government is censoring a documentary about mothers who love their gay kids
Quartz, September 17, 2015
http://qz.com/504022/a-filmmaker-is-suing-the-chinese-government-for-banning-his-documentary-about-mothers-who-love-their-gay-children/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Cooperation with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights - Report of the Secretary-General [This report on the problem of reprisals at the UN highlights concerns about China censoring civil society participation at the recent CEDAW review and the death of Cao Shunli.]
与联合国、其代表和机制在人权领域的合作 - 秘书长的报告 [本报告就联合国重点强调的关于报复的问题，对中国审查民间社会参与最近的消除对妇女歧视的审议以及曹顺利死亡事件提出了关切。]
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, August 17, 2015
EN:http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/RegularSessions/Session30/Documents/A_HRC_30_29_ENG.docx
CH: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/RegularSessions/Session30/Documents/A_HRC_30_29_CHI.docx

Guangdong newspaper prints black page on International Day of Democracy
Radio Free Asia, September 16, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/guangdong-newspaper-prints-black-page-on-international-day-of-democracy-09162015110446.html

中国维权律师联盟声援被捕律师 (China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group rallies support for the detained lawyers)
The New York Times, September 17, 2015
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20150917/c17sino-chinese-lawyers/

Tibetan woman is detained in fifth solo protest in Ngaba County
Radio Free Asia, September 16, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/detention-09152015171118.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

司法改革“新风”破解律师“取证难、会见难”(New judicial reform trends will resolve difficulties for lawyers in gathering evidence and meeting clients)
Youth Daily, August 22, 2015
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2015/0822/c70731-27499992.html

After Tianjin explosion, residents lose the battle for justice
Tea Leaf Nation, September 16, 2015
http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/09/16/china-tianjin-chemical-explosion-grassroots-organizing-government/

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Guangzhou police place police stations at 83 websites and internet companies
Fei Chang Dao, September 17, 2015
http://blog.feichangdao.com/2015/09/guangzhou-police-place-police-stations.html

China tries to extract pledge of compliance from U.S. tech firms
中国要求美国科技公司服从政府管控
The New York Times, September 17, 2015
http://cn.nytimes.com/technology/20150917/c17pledge/dual/

Related:
The pledge China wants tech companies to sign
New York Times, September 16, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/09/16/technology/document-the-pledge-china-wants-tech-companies-to-sign.html

Obama warns of “weaponizing the internet” ahead of Xi Jinping's U.S. visit
The Guardian, September 16, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/sep/16/obama-china-cybersecurity-weaponise-the-internet-xi-jinping-visit

How China boosts Its tech startups
Wall Street Journal, September 16, 2015
http://www.wsj.com/articles/how-china-boosts-its-tech-startups-1442443212

白宫不会透露美国就网络间谍活动可能对中国所采取措施的详情 (White House will not disclose details of possible measures taken by U.S. in response to China’s cyber espionage)
Reuters, September 17, 2015
http://cn.reuters.com/article/2015/09/17/usa-china-cybersecurity-whitehouse-idCNKCS0RH06520150917

Hong Kong (香港)

30 Hong Kong pupils get half a day in Stanley prison, but government denies radical scheme is bid to frighten youth from political activism
South China Morning Post, September 17, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/article/1858876/30-hong-kong-pupils-get-half-day-stanley-prison-government-denies-radical

”The separation of powers is not a necessary condition for democracy”—LegCo president
Hong Kong Free Press, September 17, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/09/17/the-separation-of-powers-is-not-a-necessary-condition-for-democracy-legco-president/

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

覆巢：中国权利NGO生死劫（万字完整版）(The life of death tragedy of China’s rights NGOs)
Initium Media, September 17, 2015
https://www.zine.la/article/532ff3e45d2911e5974252540d79d783/?from=groupmessage&isappinstalled=0

From China, messages to President Obama before Xi Jinping’s visit (1)
China Change, September 16, 2015
http://chinachange.org/2015/09/16/from-china-messages-to-president-obama-before-xi-jinpings-visit-1/

Related:
Letter to President Obama. Re: Xi Jinping Visit
Human Rights in China, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International USA et. al., September 9, 2015
http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/joint-statement/letter-president-obama

Corruption, once useful, has no place today in China's aspiring market economy
South China Morning Post, September 16, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1858773/corruption-once-useful-has-no-place-today-chinas-aspiring

Sieren's China: Difficult reforms in store
Deustche Welle, September 17, 2015
http://www.dw.com/en/sierens-china-difficult-reforms-in-store/a-18719009?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

浅析反家庭暴力立法中的法理 (Basic analysis of legal principles within the domestic violence legislation)
Legal Daily, September 16, 2015
http://news.sina.com.cn/o/2015-09-16/doc-ifxhxzxp4358993.shtml

Tianjin disaster exposes China’s compensation lottery
China Labor Bulletin, September 17, 2015
http://www.clb.org.hk/en/content/tianjin-disaster-exposes-china%E2%80%99s-compensation-lottery

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Despite crackdown, Chinese lawyers vow to press for human rights
The New York Times, September 16, 2015
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/09/16/china-lawyers-human-rights-crackdown/

中国女性面对家庭暴力为何多容忍 (Why do China's women tolerate domestic violence?)
Phoenix Blog News, September 15, 2015
http://blog.ifeng.com/article/37449081.html

法官检察官将享受特殊政策 (Judges and prosecutors to enjoy special policies)
Xinhua, September 15, 2015
http://view.inews.qq.com/a/NEW2015091505215801?

全国律协举办第一期省级律师协会领导成员培训班, 学习贯彻全国律师工作会议精神大力加强律师协会领导班子建设 (ACLA holds 1st leader training session for provincial-level lawyers' associations)
Legal Daily, September 15, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150915/Articel02003GN.htm

公安改革驶入快车道群众受益更多获得感 (Public security reforms enter the fast lane, let the masses truly feel they have benefited)
Legal Daily, September 15, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150915/Articel05006GN.htm

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Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Activists’ families targeted
China Digital Times, September 15, 2015
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2015/09/dont-return-sydney-student-told-fathers-disappearance/

Related:
Don't return, a Sydney uni student is told after his father “disappears” in China
Sydney Morning Herald, September 14, 2015
http://www.smh.com.au/world/dont-return-a-sydney-uni-student-is-told-after-his-father-disappears-in-china-20150913-gjlee1.html

A Hong Kong business magnate “runs away”. Chinese netizens ask, why shouldn't he?
Global Voices, September 15, 2015
https://globalvoices.org/2015/09/15/a-hong-kong-business-magnate-runs-away-chinese-netizens-ask-why-shouldnt-he/

Foxconn sacks Shenzhen workers for protest over social insurance payments
China Labor Bulletin, September 15, 2015
http://www.clb.org.hk/en/content/foxconn-sacks-shenzhen-workers-protest-over-social-insurance-payments

Chinese police say school for homeless petitioner children “illegal”
Radio Free Asia, September 15, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/school-09152015113010.html

习近平访美前 中国维权学者郭玉闪获释 (Chinese rights defender and academic Guo Yushan released before Xi Jinping’s visit to the U.S.)
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 15, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/09/150915_china_guoyushan_release

艾未未：我会少讲一点政治 (Ai Weiwei: I will talk less about politics)
Radio France Internationale, September 15, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20150915-艾未未：我會少講一點政治

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China moves diplomat to graft-busting role as Beijing seeks global help in bringing suspects home
South China Morning Post, September 15, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1858385/china-moves-diplomat-senior-role-anti-graft-bureau

China's finance minister wants better corruption fighting mechanisms
Reuters, September 16, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/16/us-china-corruption-finmin-idUSKCN0RG07G20150916

China military says senior officer probed
China Daily, September 15, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-09/15/content_21885775.htm

Mooncakes under spotlight after Chinese government crackdown
Channel NewsAsia, September 15, 2015
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/mooncakes-under-spotlight/2127918.html

Villager in Shandong burns to death in row over forced demolition
Hong Kong Free Press, September 16, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/09/16/villager-in-shandong-burns-to-death-in-row-over-forced-demolition/

Chinese state dinner now a date: Sept. 25
USA Today, September 15, 2015
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/09/15/chinese-state-dinner-now-date-sept-25/72334032/

Related:
Letter to President Obama. Re: Xi Jinping Visit
Human Rights in China, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International USA et. al., September 9, 2015
http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/joint-statement/letter-president-obama

Speakers from U.S., Cuba, China, Russia, Iran line up for 70th UN General Assembly
Deutsche Welle, September 15, 2015
http://www.dw.com/en/speakers-from-us-cuba-china-russia-iran-line-up-for-70th-un-general-assembly/a-18716650

美国百名企业家致函奥巴马和习近平 (100 American entrepreneurs send open letter to Obama and Xi Jinping)
Radio France Internationale, September 16, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20150915-美国百名企业家致函奥巴马和习近平

美调查：中国人对反腐满意度创新高 对基层政府满意度创新低 (Harvard survey: Chinese satisfaction with central government’s anti-graft work reaches a new high, but an all-time 11-year low in satisfaction with local governments)
South China Morning Post, September 16, 2015
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/14fd4299287d1b1/mei-diao-cha-zhong-fan-fu-man-yi-du-chuang-xin-gao-dui-ji-ceng-zheng-fu-man-yi-du-chuang-xin-di

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Cyberthreat posed by China and Iran confounds White House
The New York Times, September 15, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/16/world/asia/cyberthreat-posed-by-china-and-iran-confounds-white-house.html

Hong Kong (香港)

No one is above the law, says Hong Kong’s top judge in surprise rebuke to leader CY Leung's defense of his “transcendent” position
South China Morning Post, September 16, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1858653/hong-kong-leader-cy-leung-makes-fresh-defence-beijing

Related:
香港特首梁振英：特首地位“确实是超然” (CY Leung: Chief executive’s position “truly has overriding power”)
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 16, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/09/150916_hongkong_zhang_xiaoming_responses

Counterterrorism (反恐)

阅兵后无人机再现身“雄鹰-2015”警方反恐演练 (After troop reviews, drones reappear in “Operation Eagle 2015" police counterterrorism exercises)
Chinabyte.com, September 15, 2015
http://news.chinabyte.com/256/13549256.shtml

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Above the law: China official undermines Hong Kong’s core values
Hong Kong Free Press, September 15, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/09/16/above-the-law-china-official-undermines-hong-kongs-core-values/

Market misdirection in Hong Kong
The Wall Street Journal, September 15, 2015
http://www.wsj.com/articles/market-misdirection-in-hong-kong-1442359715

Ai Weiwei: a changed man
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 15, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-34258880

China’s state-owned enterprise reform plans face compromise
Financial Times, September 16, 2015
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/5eeeb84a-5aaa-11e5-97e9-7f0bf5e7177b.html

Access to Justice (司法公正)

346 days in jail
China Media Project, September 14, 2015
http://cmp.hku.hk/2015/09/14/39233/

Detained scholar released ahead of Chinese president’s visit to the United States
South China Morning Post, September 15, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1858341/detained-scholar-released-ahead-chinese-presidents

沈阳妇女权益保护条例获批准, 政府应设立家暴受害妇女庇护场所 (Shenyang regulations for protecting the rights and interests of women approved, government should establish domestic violence shelters)
Legal Daily, September 14, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150914/Articel03003GN.htm

Access to Information (信息公开)

Liberal media group forced onto “correct road”
China Digital Times, September 12, 2015
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2015/09/liberal-media-group-forced-onto-correct-road/

What do U.S. economists think of official China statistics? “Only a fool would believe them”
Wall Street Journal, September 15, 2015
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/09/15/what-do-u-s-economists-think-of-official-china-statistics-only-a-fool-would-believe-them/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

3千陸豐村民抗議核電站 遭逾2千警鎮壓 (3,000 Lufeng, Guangdong villagers protesting nuclear plant are suppressed by over 2,000 policemen)
Apple Daily, September 13, 2015
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/china/20150913/54199899

A joke about refrigerators mocks China's trend toward extreme patriotism
Global Voices, September 14, 2015
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2015/09/14/a-joke-about-refrigerators-mocks-chinas-trend-toward-extreme-patriotism/

Nanjing police hold 23 evictees who used social media to organize
Radio Free Asia, September 14, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-evictees-09142015120853.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Opening Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein at the 30th session of the Human Rights Council
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, September 20, 1993
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/Media.aspx?IsMediaPage=true&LangID=E

Related:
联合国人权专员担忧中国被拘禁律师处境 (UN human rights chief Zeid Raad al-Hussein expresses concern about detained Chinese rights lawyers)
Deutsche Welle, September 14, 2015
http://www.dw.com/zh/联合国人权专员担忧中国被拘禁律师处境/a-18713047

习近平访美 纽约时报欢迎广告引起质疑 (Xi Jinping’s US Visit, Full Page Welcome Ad in New York Times raises questions)
Radio Free Asia, September 14, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/xql-09142015111717.html

Related:
New York Times carries full-page ad for new Xi Jinping book
Want China Times, September 14, 2015
http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx

Senior official at China's labor ministry investigated for alleged corruption
South China Morning Post, September 15, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1858255/senior-official-chinas-labour-ministry-investigated

China begins nationwide nuclear safety checks after deadly Tianjin explosions
South China Morning Post, September 15, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1858284/china-begins-nationwide-nuclear-safety-checks-after

SOEs take measures to reduce graft
China Daily, September 15, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-09/15/content_21853284.htm

Citic Securities draws Beijing’s ire after meltdown
Wall Street Journal, September 14, 2015
http://www.wsj.com/articles/citic-securities-draws-beijings-ire-after-meltdown-1442272270

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

U.S. will not impose sanctions on Chinese firms before state visit by President Xi Jinping
美媒：习访美前不制裁中国黑客 上周五通宵开会达协议
South China Morning Post, September 15, 2015
EN: http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/1858319/us-will-not-impose-sanctions-chinese-firms-state-visit
CH: http://www.nanzao.com/sc/international/14fcfe8ec8b7e37/mei-mei-xi-fang-mei-qian-bu-zhi-cai-zhong-guo-hei-ke-shang-zhou-wu-tong-xiao-kai-hui-da-xie-yi

社交媒体网络直播自杀行为渐多专家呼吁, 网络运营商不应对直播自杀“放任自流”(Experts urge online business operators to stop allowing suicides to be broadcasted live online)
Legal Daily, September 14, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150914/Articel04002GN.htm

Hong Kong (香港)

C.Y. defends Zhang’s comments about separation of powers amid protest
Hong Kong Free Press, September 15, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/09/15/cy-defends-zhangs-comments-about-separation-of-powers-amid-protest/

中联办主任语出惊人 香港律师界深表遗憾 (Hong Kong legal circles expresses deep regret over Liaison chief’s shocking comment on the supremacy of the powers of the Chief Executive) British Broadcasting Corporation, September 12, 2015 )
Deutsche Welle, September 14, 2015
http://www.dw.com/zh/中联办主任语出惊人-香港律师界深表遗憾/a-18714300