中国打压维权律师人数达到317名 (Number of people affected in China’s mass crackdown on lawyers reaches 317)
Voice of America, February 20, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/human-right-20160219/3198311.html
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Mass Crackdown on Chinese Lawyers and Defenders
中国大规模镇压维权律师和活跃人士
Human Rights in China, February 5, 2016
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/mass-crackdown-chinese-lawyers-and-defenders CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/zhong-guo-da-gui-mo-zhen-ya-wei-quan-lu-shi-he-huo-yue-ren-shi
习近平调研官媒 要求提升国际影响力 (Xi Jinping surveys state media, demands to raise international clout)
Radio France Internationale, February 20, 2016
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20160220-习近平调研三大官媒-要求好好宣传中国
Outspoken Chinese tycoon comes under fire for attacking Xi Jinping’s lecture to the media
South China Morning Post, February 22, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1915220/outspoken-chinese-tycoon-comes-under-fire-attacking-xi
China’s media wants you to love the state as much as you love your family
Hong Kong Free Press, February 20, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/02/20/chinas-media-wants-you-to-love-the-state-as-much-as-you-love-your-family/
China to ban foreign firms from “online publishing”
Hong Kong Free Press, February 20, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/02/20/china-to-ban-foreign-firms-from-online-publishing/
Prominent rights activist Huang Qi detained in China's Sichuan
Radio Free Asia, February 19, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-detained-02192016125317.html
Tibetan writer sentenced to three years in prison in China’s Qinghai Province
Radio Free Asia, February 19, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/tibetan-writer-sentenced-to-three-years-in-prison-in-chinas-qinghai-province-02192016134844.html
China labels protesters “radical separatists,” and they agree
The New York Times, February 20, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/21/world/asia/hong-kong-indigenous-separatism.html
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Hong Kong Indigenous leader Ray Wong arrested following Mong Kok unrest
Hong Kong Free Press, February 21, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/02/21/hong-kong-indigenous-leader-ray-wong-arrested-following-mong-kok-unrest/
Revealed: the HK$30million anti-riot cars Hong Kong police have never even used
South China Morning Post, February 21, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1914647/revealed-hk30million-anti-riot-cars-hong-kong-police-have-never-even
Brits For Hong Kong plan Lee Po protest to put pressure on UK government
South China Morning Post, February 21, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1914654/brits-hong-kong-plan-lee-po-protest-put-pressure-uk
Hong Kong independence activists elected to head Chinese University’s student union
South China Morning Post, February 21, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1915106/hong-kong-independence-activists-elected-head-chinese-universitys
Dystopian HK film Ten Years leads to Chinese media boycott of Hong Kong Film Awards
Hong Kong Free Press, February 22, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/02/22/ten-years-banned-in-china/
Behind Chinese leader’s warm visit, a cold reality
The New York Times, February 19, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/20/world/asia/china-xi-jinping-lunar-new-year.html
“Reform” in China and the rise of rule by fear
Hong Kong Free Press, February 20, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/02/20/reform-china-rise-rule-fear/
繁簡字衝突源自中共規範思維 (Conflict between traditional and simplified Chinese characters comes from CPC’s intellectual control)
Ming Pao, February 20, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160220/s00022/1455941393716
China to allow family visit for jailed Uyghur scholar
Radio Free Asia, February 18, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/china-tohti-02182016123632.html
Save our statue: dramatic protest in China to save ex-leader Hua Guofeng’s figure from being demolished
South China Morning Post, February 18, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1913979/save-our-statue-dramatic-protest-china-save-ex-leader
Fears grow for hunger-striking Chinese supporter of Hong Kong's Umbrella Movement
Radio Free Asia, February 18, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/fears-grow-for-hunger-striking-chinese-supporter-of-hong-kongs-umbrella-movement-02182016111445.html
Dissidents fearful as Thailand, once a haven, favors China
Reuters, February 17, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-thailand-china-dissidents-idUSKCN0VQ2ZU
Beijing's hand seen in visa issue keeping rights activists out of religious freedom conference
Radio Free Asia, February 18, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/bejings-hand-seen-in-visa-issue-02182016145900.html
Chunwan, art and authoritarianism
The Diplomat, February 19, 2016
http://thediplomat.com/2016/02/chunwan-art-and-authoritarianism/
China’s new wedding vows: To have, hold and not violate national interests
共产党员的婚礼怎么办，中纪委立规矩
The New York Times, February 18, 2016
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/19/world/asia/china-communist-party-weddings-funerals.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20160219/c19chinaweddings/
China's environment minister wants more power to crack down on polluters
Vice News, February 19, 2016
https://news.vice.com/article/chinas-environment-minister-wants-more-power-to-crack-down-on-polluters
Hard times: China’s challenges demand bigger role for centralized leadership, says Communist Party mouthpiece
South China Morning Post, February 18, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1913984/hard-times-chinas-challenges-demand-bigger-role
中国回应人权批评：部分被拘律师涉及严重的经济犯罪 (China’s response to human rights accusations: Some arrested lawyers involve in serious economic crimes)
Radio France Internationle, February 17, 2016
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20160217-中国回应un人权批评：部分被拘维权律师涉及严重的经济犯罪
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Press Statement by the Spokesperson of the Permanent Mission of China on the press release by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on China
Permanent Mission of PRC to the UN Office in Geneva and Other international Organizations in Siwtzerland, February 16, 2016
http://www.china-un.ch/eng/dbtzyhd/t1341068.htm
Two more defendants appear in court accused of rioting in Mong Kok taking total number charged to 45
South China Morning Post, February 19, 2016
://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1914065/two-more-alleged-mong-kok-rioters-appear-court-taking-total
NPC deputy says Beijing should better educate its law enforcement agents on not operating in Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, February 18, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1913903/npc-deputy-says-beijing-should-better-educate-its-law
【旺角暴力衝突】馬時亨：青年不滿明顯 政府應作內部檢討 下任特首需「有仁心」 (Former CEDB chief Ma Si Hang on Mong Kok violent conflicts: Government needs internal review as youth discontent is obvious, chief executive of the next office should have the “virtue of benevolence”)
Ming Pao, February 18, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160219/s00001/1455854754783
學者促獨立調查旺角衝突 泛民擬引用特權法調查 (Academics urge investigation into Mong Kok conflicts, Pan-dems to use Powers and Privileges Ordinance to carry it out)
InMedia HK, February 19, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1040756
Refusal to hold independent inquiry into Mong Kok shows gov’t detached from reality
Hong Kong Free Press, February 18, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/02/18/refusal-hold-independent-inquiry-mong-kok-shows-govt-detached-reality/
“Rule by fear?”: A ChinaFile conversation
ChinaFile, February 18, 2016
http://www.chinafile.com/conversation/rule-fear
China to ban foreign companies from online media business
Radio Free Asia, February 17, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-to-ban-foreign-companies-from-online-media-business-02172016113408.html
Free speech in China gets an unlikely state-media backer
The Wall Street Journal, February 17, 2016
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2016/02/17/free-speech-in-china-gets-an-unlikely-state-media-backer/
全国96％以上法院开通举报网站, 去年法院受理网络举报37967件 (Over 96% of courts nationwide have opened websites for reporting complaints, with 37,967 complaints received online last year)
Legal Daily, February 17, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160217/Articel01007GN.htm
河南法院去年收案106万件 (Henan's courts accepted 1.06 million cases last year)
Legal Daily, February 17, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160217/Articel03003GN.htm
From trying to leap out windows to fainting with fear...how Chinese corruption suspects react when inspectors call
South China Morning Post, February 17, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1913793/trying-leap-out-windows-fainting-fear-how-chinese
公安部公安改革将有六大突破 (Public Security Bureau's reforms will achieve 6 major breakthroughs in 2016
Legal Daily, February 17, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160217/Articel03001GN.htm
“刘晓波广场”？ 北京盛怒 白宫否决 (Senate bill for naming “Liu Xiaobo Plaza” enrages Beijing, White House to veto it)
Deutsche Welle, February 17, 2016
http://www.dw.com/zh/刘晓波广场-北京盛怒-白宫否决/a-19052572
德国支援受迫害族群协会发表声明驳斥中国政府对多利坤的污蔑 (German Society for Threatened Peoples issues statement refuting Chinese government’s vilification of Uyghur rights leader Dolkan)
Radio Free Asia, February 17, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/gr-02172016105046.html
Apple Pay to be available in China from this week
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 18, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35601110
网站发帖扰乱社会秩序; 一男子发布虚假信息被行政拘留 (Online post disturbs social order: Man is administratively detained for posting “false” information)
Legal Daily, February 17, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160217/Articel08003GN.htm
From Occupy to ballot box: new Scholarism party could end up clashing with old guard democrats in Legco elections
South China Morning Post, February 17, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1913732/occupy-ballot-box-new-scholarism-party-could-end-clashing
People’s Daily targets Scholarism and Civic Party for “supporting” Mong Kok “rioters”
Hong Kong Free Press, February 16, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/02/16/peoples-daily-calls-out-scholarism-and-civic-party-for-supporting-rioters-of-the-mong-kok-unrest/
China preparing to charge Hong Kong bookseller Lee Bo with blackmail—report
The Guardian, February 17, 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/17/china-preparing-to-charge-hong-kong-bookseller-lee-bo-with-blackmail-report
International publishers urge Chief Executive to take action on missing booksellers
Hong Kong Free Press, February 18, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/02/18/international-publishers-urge-chief-executive-take-action-missing-booksellers/
香港特区立法会保安委会: 严厉谴责暴力袭击执法人员和记者 (LegCo Security Panel sternly denounces violent attacks on law enforcement and journalists)
Legal Daily, February 17, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160217/Articel01010GN.htm
经济学人指“鱼蛋革命”乃对政府不满北京需正视 (The Economist: “Fishball Revolution” stems from discontent towards government, Beijing should face it squarely)
Radio France Internationale, February 16, 2016
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20160216-经济学人指“鱼蛋革命”乃对政府不满北京需正视
Riots have reasons
Tim's Experiment: Thoughts of an old China Hamlett, February 17, 2016
http://timhamlett.com/
我国深化社区矫正改革取得重要成果, 社区服刑人员矫正期间再犯罪率0.2% (China's deepening reform of community corrections achieves significant results, recidivism among those serving community corrections sentences at 0.2%)
Legal Daily, February 15, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160215/Articel01007GN.htm
超期提出执行异议法院不受理 (Courts not to accept late protests at enforcement)
Legal Daily, February 15, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160215/Articel03005GN.htm
定西临洮开庭审理首例精神病人强制医疗案 (Dingxi City's Lintao Prefecture holds first trial of a person with mental illness for compulsory medical treatment)
Lanzhou Morning News, February 16, 2016
http://gansu.gscn.com.cn/system/2016/02/16/011261549.shtml
China must release detained activists, rights lawyers: UN
Agence France-Presse, February 16, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/02/16/china-must-release-detained-activists-rights-lawyers-un/
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UN Human Rights Chief deeply concerned by China clampdown on lawyers and activists
人权高专对中国压制律师和人权活动人士表达关切
United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner, February 16, 2016
EN: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=53242#.VsQQqbR96Ul CH: http://www.un.org/chinese/News/story.asp?newsID=25662 中国回应联合国批评：称李波不希望受到高度关注 (China’s response to UN’s criticism: Lee Bo does not wish to receive strong attention)
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 17, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/world/2016/02/160217_china_un_right_reax Mass Crackdown on Chinese Lawyers and Defenders
中国大规模镇压维权律师和活跃人士
Human Rights in China, February 5, 2016
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
南昌重大行政执法决定上网公布; 公开行政处罚信息 (Nanchang to publish major administrative enforcement decisions online; public disclosure of administrative punishments information)
Jiangxi News Online, February 16, 2016
http://jx.ifeng.com/news/sz/detail_2016_02/16/4765963_0.shtml
New China regulation seeks to tighten control over “creative works” published online
South China Morning Post, February 15, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/tech/article/1913342/new-china-regulation-seeks-tighten-control-over-creative-works-published-online
Chinese writer says he’s forbidden from traveling to U.S. for Harvard prize
记者杨继绳被禁止赴美领奖，曾撰书记录大饥荒
The New York Times, February 16, 2016
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/17/world/asia/yang-jisheng-tombstone-harvard.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20160217/c17china/
中国对美参议院以刘晓波名更改中国使馆街道名议案表达愤怒 (China furious over U.S. Senate bill to name the plaza where Chinese embassy is situated as “Liu Xiaobo”)
Radio France Internationale, February 16, 2016
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20160216-中国对美国参议院以刘晓波名更改中国使馆街道名议案愤怒
江苏去年查办贪贿案1278件 (Jiangsu investigated and handled 1,278 bribery cases last year)
Legal Daily, February 16, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160216/Articel03005GN.htm
山西去年查办职务案1444件 (Shanxi investigated and handled 1,444 cases of abuse of public office last year)
Legal Daily, February 16, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160216/Articel03006GN.htm
安徽老人被冤20年后告公安局：遭逼供为求死认罪 (Elderly Anhuinese wronged 20 years ago tells Public Security Bureau: You tortured me so much that I wanted to confess just so that I could receive the death penalty and die)
Beijing Times, February 16, 2016
http://news.qq.com/a/20160217/002886.htm
CPC journal stresses continuing anti-graft campaign
Xinua, February 16, 2016
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-02/16/c_135103970.htm
What NOT to learn from Zhou Yongkang and Ling Jihua: Fall of China’s corrupt party “gangs” a lesson for its cadres
South China Morning Post, February 16, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1913589/what-not-learn-zhou-yongkang-and-ling-jihua-fall-chinas
Exploring cybersecurity from China’s perspective
Christian Science Monitor: Passcode, February 11, 2016
http://passcode.csmonitor.com/china
Gov’t rejects scholars’ calls for independent inquiry on Mong Kok unrest
Hong Kong Free Press, February 16, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/02/16/govt-rejects-scholars-calls-for-independent-inquiry-on-mong-kok-unrest/
Hong Kong localist group “knows no bounds” when it comes to protesting, says activist and by-election candidate
South China Morning Post, February 16, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/article/1913594/hong-kong-localist-group-knows-no-bounds-when-it-comes-protesting-says-activist
Protests may continue in Hong Kong
Voice of America, February 16, 2016
http://www.voanews.com/content/protests-may-continue-in-hong-kong/3192761.html
China says missing bookseller doesn't want his case hyped up
Reuters, February 16, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-rights-un-response-idUSKCN0VQ003
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Hong Kong bookseller Lee Po could face 10 years in jail for blackmail
South China Morning Post, February 16, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1913595/hong-kong-bookseller-lee-po-could-face-10-years-jail
HSBC spooked by HK-China “integration” and eroding autonomy, says activist
Hong Kong Free Press, February 16, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/02/16/hsbc-spooked-by-hk-china-integration-and-eroding-autonomy-says-activist/