Access to Information (信息公开)

China shuts down 28,000 illegal websites in national crackdown
Xinhua News, March 4, 2016
http://english.sina.com/news/2016/0304/895556.html

Related:
China to build democratic, transparent Internet governance system: draft outline
Xinhua News, March 5, 2016
http://english.sina.com/news/2016/0304/895748.html

China bans depictions of gay people on television
The Guardian, March 4, 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/mar/04/china-bans-gay-people-television-clampdown-xi-jinping-censorship

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

中国民间联署促人大调查抓捕事件 (Chinese civic groups jointly petition to urge NPC to investigate the mass crackdown)
Voice of America, March 6, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-lawyer-20160306/3221717.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China corruption crackdown “netted 300,000 in 2015”
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 7, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-35741357

Hong Kong (香港)

Beijing will not sit by and watch push for Hong Kong independence, top adviser warns
South China Morning Post, March 4, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1920882/beijing-will-not-sit-and-watch-push-hong-kong-independence

Related:
Central authority to follow Constitution, Basic Law of HK, Macao: Top legislator
Xinhua News, March 6, 2016
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2016twosession/2016-03/06/content_23761020.htm

Hong Kong localist’s vote haul in by-election points to further splits in radical groups at Legco polls
South China Morning Post, March 4, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1920904/hong-kong-localists-vote-haul-election-points-further-splits

China warns Hong Kong not to politicize issues
Sina, March 6, 2016
http://english.sina.com/china/p/2016/0306/895945.html

Related:
“Street politics could tarnish Hong Kong’s image,” NPC chairman Zhang Dejiang warns
张德江对旺角骚乱感“惊讶“ 吁港不要诉诸“街头政治”
South China Morning Post, March 7, 2016
EN: http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1921782/street-politics-could-tarnish-hong-kongs-image-npc-chairman
CH: http://www.nanzao.com/sc/national/1535035bcba363f/zhang-de-jiang-dui-wang-jiao-sao-luan-gan-jing-ya-yu-gang-bu-yao-su-zhu-jie-tou-zheng-zhi-

Chair change shows Hong Kong deputies no longer in the driving seat at National People’s Congress
South China Morning Post, March 6, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1921753/chair-change-shows-hong-kong-deputies-no-longer-driving-seat

“Missing” bookseller Lui Por back in Hong Kong: government
Hong Kong Free Press, March 4, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/03/04/missing-bookseller-lui-por-back-in-hong-kong-government/

Related:
Dissident poet turns sleuth to uncover disappearance of bookseller friend Gui Minhai
South China Morning Post, March 6, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1921339/dissident-poet-turns-sleuth-uncover-disappearance

University student unions to sell “banned” books in protest of detained booksellers
Hong Kong Free Press, March 7, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/03/07/university-student-unions-to-sell-banned-books-in-protest-of-detained-booksellers/

Absence of HK tourism from China 5-year plan “reasonable” after anti-tourist sentiment—ex-Lecgo Pres.
Hong Kong Free Press, March 7, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/03/07/absence-of-hk-tourism-from-china-5-year-plan-reasonable-after-anti-tourist-sentiment/

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

香港需要更多梁天琦 (Hong Kong needs more Edward Leungs)
InMedia HK, March 7, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1041091

Access to Justice (司法公正)

国务院修改66部行政法规 (State Council amends 66 administrative laws and regulations)
Legal Daily, March 2, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160302/Articel01003GN.htm

万源市首例强制医疗案开庭审理 (Wanyuan City's first compulsory medical treatment case commences trial)
Sichuan Online, February 26, 2016
http://dazhou.scol.com.cn/wys/201602/54339965.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

China: Hip-hop propaganda boosts cult of Xi Jinping
Aljazeera, march 4, 2016
http://www.aljazeera.com/blogs/asia/2016/03/china-hip-hop-propaganda-cult-xi-jinping-160304075941203.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Tibetan self-immolator's family “pressured” by police
Radio Free Asia, March 3, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/pressured-03032016162204.html

Tibetan woman detained in Ngaba following solo protest
Radio Free Asia, March 3, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/protest-03032016144442.html

政协委员抵京‧两会今揭幕, 传中国军费激增两成 (CPPCC Standing Committee members arrive in Beijing: Two Congresses open today, China's military expenditure said to increase rapidly by 20%)
Nanyang Online, March 3, 2016
http://www.nanyang.com/node/750842?tid=461

千人之诺诺，不如一士之谔谔 (The yeses of a thousand people cannot match the honest opinion of a single gentleman)
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, March 1, 2016
http://www.ccdi.gov.cn/xcjy/lsjj/201602/t20160229_75034.html

Related:
Tense start to China’s political sessions
South China Morning Post, March 3, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1920433/tense-start-chinas-political-sessions

Government Accountability (政府问责)

No one above the law, warns govt to corrupt officials
China Daily, March 4, 2016
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2016twosession/2016-03/04/content_23740934.htm

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Cyberattacks expected to rise as China-based state-linked hackers target Hong Kong organizations
South China Morning Post, March 3, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1920277/cyberattacks-expected-rise-china-based-state-linked-hackers

Hong Kong (香港)

Joshua Wong and student leaders vowed non-violence on eve of Occupy protests, court hears
Hong Kong Free Press, March 3, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/03/03/joshua-wong-and-student-leaders-vowed-non-violence-on-eve-of-occupy-protests-court-hears/

Hong Kong student activist “surprised” when police stopped him at Central Government Offices in 2014
闖公民廣場案 黃之鋒：跟人爬 未料警阻撓
South China Morning Post, March 3, 2016
EN: http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1920431/hong-kong-student-activist-surprised-when-police-stopped
CH: http://www.nanzao.com/tc/hk-macau-tw/15340f27a36b2e3/chuang-gong-min-guang-chang-an-huang-zhi-feng-gen-ren-pa-wei-liao-jing-zu-nao

衝公民廣場被控　黃之鋒聆訊遲到被官訓斥　周永康稱對行動前會議記憶混亂 (Accused for entering Civic Plaza: Joshua Wong late for hearing rebuked by judge, Alex Chow says memory about pre-action meeting unclear)
Ming Pao, March 4, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160304/s00001/1457080747879

“Umbrella soldiers” and pan-dems may join hands in upcoming elections, but localists remain skeptical
Hong Kong Free Press, March 4, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/03/04/upcoming-trends-for-pan-dems/

Beyond the by-election: Hong Kong young people fuel rise of localism at city’s universities
South China Morning Post, March 3, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1920117/beyond-election-hong-kong-young-people-fuel-rise-localism

More support for separate express rail link checkpoints than a shared HK-mainland system
Hong Kong Free Press, March 3, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/03/03/more-support-for-xrl-separate-check-points-than-joint-hong-kong-mainland-checkpoint/

Hong Kong delivery companies scared about sending “banned books” to mainland China in wake of booksellers case
铜锣湾书店事件后 公司停禁书派递业务
South China Morning Post, March 3, 2016
EN: http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1920432/hong-kong-delivery-companies-scared-about-sending-banned
CH: http://www.nanzao.com/sc/hk-macau-tw/15340bcb8211c1b/tong-luo-wan-shu-dian-shi-jian-hou-gong-si-ting-jin-shu-pai-di-ye-wu

香港铜锣湾书店总经理吕波“已从大陆返港” (Hong Kong Causeway Bay Books manager Lui Bo “has returned to Hong Kong from mainland China”)
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 4, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2016/03/160304_hk_bookstore_staff_returns

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

两会代表委员支持中国反恐立法 (Standing committee delegates to Two Congresses support China's legislation on counterterrorism)
Xinhua News, March 3, 2016
http://news.china.com/2016lh/news/11176754/20160303/21667303.html

外交部回应《反恐法》：不会影响公民合法权益 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the Counter-Terrorism Law: It will not affect citizens' lawful rights and interests)
Beijing News, March 1, 2016
http://news.sohu.com/20160301/n439046484.shtml

火车站广场实战反恐演练, 不到一分钟解决战斗 (Train station holds live action counterterrorism exercises, combat is over in under a minute)
Peninsula Capital Times, February 26, 2016
http://www.qdxin.cn/qingdao/2016/65197.html

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Critics fear Beijing's sharp turn to authoritarianism
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 3, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-35714031

Access to Justice (司法公正)

”I can’t stay out of this”—Two statements on the Zhang Kai case
China Change, March 3, 3016
http://chinachange.org/2016/03/03/i-cant-stay-out-of-this-two-statements-on-the-zhang-kai-case/

Chinese activist “worse off” following transfer to prison: sister
Radio Free Asia, March 2, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/chinese-activist-worse-off-following-transfer-to-prison-sister-03022016111244.html

Chinese activists tell parliament: “release our lawyers now”
Radio Free Asia, March 2, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-lawyers-03022016120936.html

Related:
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

Access to Information (信息公开)

中纪委机关报：官员工资、财产信息不透明，让贪官哭穷有底气 (Central Inspection Organs: Lack of transparency of officials' salary and property lends credence to their claims of poverty)
China Discipline and Inspection Newspaper, February 26, 2016
http://www.thepaper.cn/baidu.jsp?contid=1436113

The Communist Party’s strangulation of Chinese expression is now almost total
Time, March 3, 2016
http://time.com/4244317/china-media-communist-censorship/

Related:
February 20, 2016, Southern Metropolis Daily (Shenzhen) front page
China Media Project, March 2, 2016
http://cmp.hku.hk/2016/03/02/39665/

中国智库调查称 98.1%网民拥护习近平的治网主张 (Chinese think tank survey says 98.1% netizens support Xi Jinping’s position on Internet governance)
Radio Free Asia, March 2, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/nu-03022016104505.html

內地電視劇內容通則出台　同性戀鬼上身婚外情全被禁 (Mainland China launches general regulations for TV drama contents: homosexual love, spirit possession, extramarital affairs prohibited)
Ming Pao, March 3, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160303/s00004/1456992018886

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China saw a dramatic increase in wage arrears protests in run up to New Year
China Labor Bulletin, March 2, 2016
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/china-saw-dramatic-increase-wage-arrears-protests-run-new-year

Two Tibetans set themselves on fire: reports
Agence France-Presse, March 2, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/03/02/two-tibetans-set-themselves-on-fire-reports/

Cyber warriors spar over Taiwan's relations with China
Reuters, March 3, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-taiwan-internet-idUSKCN0W50JT

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Chinese court upholds life sentence for top aide to Bo Xilai
薄熙来旧部吴文康二审维持无期判决
The New York Times, March 2, 2016
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/02/world/asia/china-bo-xilai-aide-wu-wenkang.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20160302/c02china/

北京学者胡星斗： 中国应当也有能力取消城乡隔离的户籍制度 (Beijing academic Hu Xingdou: China should have the ability to abolish Hukou system that divides urban and rural areas)
Radio Free Asia, March 2, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jingmao/sd-03022016104338.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Booksellers’ release in “few days” after televised confessions, but return to Hong Kong uncertain
South China Morning Post, March 3, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1919989/booksellers-release-few-days-after-televised-confessions-return-hong

Police made over 1,000 Occupy-related arrests, new figures show, as lawmaker suggests harsher punishments
Hong Kong Free Press, March 2, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/03/02/police-made-over-1000-occupy-related-arrests-new-figures-show-as-lawmaker-urges-harsher-punishments/

Facebook's new “angry” emoji a weapon for Hong Kong activists
USA Today, March 2, 2016
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/03/02/facebooks-new-angry-emoji-weapon-hong-kong-activists/81199680/

港大指215非牟利國際組織在港營運　部分對政治前景有隱憂 (HKU data: 215 international NGOs operate in Hong Kong, some worry about the political outlook)
Ming Pao, March 3, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160303/s00001/1456987913442

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

公安部：不当报道或致恐怖分子获取信息 (Ministry of Public Security: Inappropriate reporting may cause terrorists to obtain information)
China Youth Online, February 26, 2016
http://news.sohu.com/20160227/n438669401.shtml

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

The politics of language could spill on to the streets
Hong Kong Free Press, March 2, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/03/02/the-politics-of-language-could-spill-on-to-the-streets/

Heard in the hutong: What’s fueling violence against Chinese judges and doctors?
The Wall Street Journal, March 3, 2016
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2016/03/03/heard-in-the-hutong-whats-fueling-violence-against-chinese-judges-and-doctors/