Access to Justice (司法公正)

From bench to bar: Meet China’s ex-judges
Sixth Tone, May 5, 2016
http://www.sixthtone.com/news/bench-bar-meet-shanghai%E2%80%99s-ex-judges#

Lawyers' meeting with jailed Chinese activist cut short by guards
Radio Free Asia, May 6, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/lawyers-meeting-with-jailed-chinese-activist-cut-short-by-guards-05062016111226.html

Related:
Sister of dissident Chinese lawyer Guo Feixiong vows hunger strike outside jail if his medical needs aren’t met
South China Morning Post, May 7, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1942065/sister-dissident-chinese-lawyer-guo-feixiong-vows

成秋波呼吁美国政府和联合国拯救郭飞雄生命 (Cheng Qiubo calls on American government and the UN to rescue Guo Feixiong)
Radio Free Asia, May 6, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ck-05062016143807.html

香港支联会举行游行要求中国当局释放郭飞雄保外就医 (HK Alliance organizes march demanding Chinese authorities to release Guo Feixiong on medical parole)
Radio Free Asia, May 8, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/xl1-05082016112420.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

New York dance troupe says China banned shows over Falun Gong links
The Guardian, May 6, 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/06/shen-yun-dance-troupe-falun-gong-china-cancelled-performances

China bans “erotic” banana-eating live streams
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 6, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-36226141

Widespread online leaks of personal information in China prompt new data collection laws
South China Morning Post, May 8, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1942260/widespread-online-leaks-personal-information-china-prompt-new

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Riot police deployed as teachers in central China stage protest over unpaid wages
South China Morning Post, May 6, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1941615/riot-police-deployed-teachers-central-china-stage-protest-over

Tibetan mother of five burns to death to protest Chinese rule
Radio Free Asia, May 6, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/mother-05062016131403.html

Chinese police clamp down on Tibetan mining protest
Voice of America, May 6, 2016
http://www.voanews.com/content/chinese-police-clamp-down-tibetan-mining-protest/3319093.html

非敏感时期在京访民突遭警方大扫荡 (Police carries out large scale clamp down on petitioners in Beijing in non-sensitive period)
Radio Free Asia, May 8, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl2-05082016110827.html

中国从俄取经打压NGO 两国联手抵制西方 (China learns repression on NGOs from Russia, the two countries collaborating to resist the West)
Voice of America, May 8, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/voa-news-russia-china-will-together-20160508/3320556.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Accusations fly thick and fast over Chinese cultural group’s Cultural Revolution “red songs” concert
South China Morning Post, May 8, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1942195/accusations-fly-thick-and-fast-over-chinese-cultural-groups-cultural

Taiwan's new government accuses mainland China of interfering in its status at WHO
South China Morning Post, May 9, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1942567/taiwans-new-government-accuses-mainland-china

How far is China from another Cultural Revolution?
The Diplomat, May 7, 2016
http://thediplomat.com/2016/05/how-far-is-china-from-another-cultural-revolution/

Related:
The cost of the Cultural Revolution, fifty years later
The New Yorker, May 7, 2016
http://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-cost-of-the-cultural-revolution-fifty-years-later

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

China to expand bilingual schooling in Xinjiang: Xinhua
Reuters, May 6, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-xinjiang-idUSKCN0XX1NT

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

高文谦：毛的文革遗产与习近平治国模式(二) (Gao Wenqian: Legacy of Mao’s Cultural Revolution and Xi Jinping’s mode of governance [Part 2])
Voice of America, May 6, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/gaowenqian-20160506/3318302.html

高文谦：毛的文革遗产与习近平治国模式(三) (Gao Wenqian: Legacy of Mao’s Cultural Revolution and Xi Jinping’s mode of governance [Part 3])
Voice of America, May 7, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/gao-wenqian-on-the-cultural-revolution-20160507/3319574.html

高文谦：毛的文革遗产与习近平治国模式(四之上) (Gao Wenqian: Legacy of Mao’s Cultural Revolution and Xi Jinping’s mode of governance [Part 4.1])
Voice of America, May 8, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/mao-20160507/3320350.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

网络新闻作品非法转载将治理 (Unlawful re-posting of Internet news items will be dealt with)
Legal Daily, April 27, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160427/Articel06004GN.htm

As Tiananmen anniversary nears, June 4 disappears from the China's web
百度突解禁“六四”、“王维林”等敏感字词
Radio Free Asia, May 5, 2016
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/as-tiananmnen-anniversary-nears-05052016125211.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/xl2-05052016104418.html

Related:
中國大學生魏則西一條命，為何會推倒百度搜尋引擎？ (How did Chinese university student Wei Zexi’s death cause a blow to Baidu search engine?)
TechNews, May 5, 2016
http://technews.tw/2016/05/05/baidu-crisis/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

境外NGO管理法明年起实施, 公安机关将负责其代表机构登记和年度检查 (Foreign NGO management law to come into effect next year, public security authorities will be responsible for the registration and annual inspection of FNGOs’ representative offices)
Beijing Times, April 29, 2016
http://epaper.jinghua.cn/html/2016-04/29/content_299425.htm

联合国人权专家呼吁中共废除境外NGO管理法 (UN human rights experts urge Chinese authorities to repeal foreign NGO management law)
Voice of Tibet, May 4, 2016
http://bit.ly/1NlvrAW

Related:
联合国人权专员联合声明 批评中国NGO管理法 (UN human rights experts issue joint statement, criticizing China's NGO management law)
Radio Free Asia, May 4, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/12-05032016144110.html

Charity ends at home: China’s leader guards against nasty foreign influences
The Economist, May 7, 2016
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21698292-chinas-leader-guards-against-nasty-foreign-influences-charity-ends-home

外交部：希望美方尊重中国立法主权 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs: We hope that U.S. will respect China’s law-making sovereignty)
Xinhua, April 29, 2016
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2016-04/29/c_1118775378.htm

China slashes influential Communist Youth League's budget
Reuters, May 4, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-politics-league-idUSKCN0XU0OG

Video of little girl reciting Koran prompts Chinese province to order nursery schools to enforce ban on religious activity
South China Morning Post, May 6, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1941622/video-little-girl-reciting-koran-prompts-chinese-province-order

陈忠和呼吁声援于世文 (Chen Zhonghe calls for support for Yu Shiwen)
Radio Free Asia, May 5, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gr-05052016105838.html

湖南千余民师集体讨薪 政府回复被指敷衍 (Over a thousand private school teachers in Hunan unite to demand unpaid salary, dismissed government’s response as heedless)
Radio Free Asia, May 5, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-05052016104606.html

倪玉兰被堵门软禁达16天 丈夫出入被开包检查 (Ni Yulan under house arrest for 16 days, her husband to go through open package inspection going in and out)
Radio Free Asia, May 5, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql3-05052016104226.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

七申请人获赔 2334万余元 (7 applicants receive RMB 23.34 million total in state compensation 18 years after illegal detention)
Guangzhou Evening News, April 28, 2016
http://news.163.com/16/0429/14/BLR01FJF00014AED.html

PLA’s new top-level anti-corruption units swing into action
South China Morning Post, May 5, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1941520/plas-new-top-level-anti-corruption-units-swing-action

China protests at U.S. accusations of abuse of religious groups
Reuters, May 5, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-usa-religion-idUSKCN0XW0N0

Clause celebre: Taiwan leader must convince China she's no “splittist”
Channel NewsAsia, May 6, 2016
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/clause-celebre-taiwan/2761326.html

Xi says China will boost cooperation with foreign groups
Channel NewsAsia, May 5, 2016
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/xi-says-china-will-boost/2760014.html

县公安局将扣押车辆办公用, 国家赔偿书下达执行拖半年 (County-level PSB use seized vehicles for official business, but enforcement of state compensation decision drags on for half a year)
China National Radio, May 3, 2016
http://china.cnr.cn/yaowen/20160503/t20160503_522046038.shtml

Chinese police to patrol in Italy in two-week experiment
Reuters, May 4, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-italy-security-china-idUSKCN0XT1UG

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

2015年中国网络版权保护年度报告发布, IP成为“互联网+文化”核心价值 (2015 China Internet Copyright Protection report released, intellectual property becomes the core value of “Internet and culture”)
Legal Daily, April 27, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160427/Articel06003GN.htm

公安机关打击电信诈骗犯罪再获重大战果, 97名电信诈骗犯罪嫌疑人押解回国 (Public security authorities strike at telecommunications fraudsters and get another big victory, 97 telecommunications fraud suspects detained and repatriated back to China)
Legal Daily, May 2, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160502/Articel01006GN.htm

国家网信办牵头成立联合调查组进驻百度 (Cyberspace Affairs Office leads establishment of a joint investigation team to be stationed within Baidu)
People’s Daily, May 3, 2016
http://finance.people.com.cn/n1/2016/0503/c1004-28319295.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Dalai Lama urges Hong Kong not to quit democracy fight, says pro-independence activist after visit
South China Morning Post, May 5, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1941462/dalai-lama-urges-hong-kong-not-quit-democracy-fight-says-pro

Ming Pao stands by termination, but chief editor sorry “if anything was inappropriate”
Hong Kong Free Press, May 6, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/05/06/ming-pao-stands-by-termination-but-chief-editor-sorry-if-anything-was-inappropriate/

“Beijing is almost certainly at work,” says Reporters Without Borders in HK press freedom report
Hong Kong Free Press, May 6, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/05/06/beijing-is-almost-certainly-at-work-says-reporters-without-borders-in-hk-press-freedom-report/

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

How should global stakeholders respond to China’s New NGO management law?
China File, May 5, 2016
http://www.chinafile.com/conversation/how-should-global-stakeholders-respond-china-new-ngo-management-law

Related:
Q&A: Steven Balla on NGO law & public consultation
China Digital Times, May 4, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/05/qa-prof-steven-balla-chinas-ngo-law-public-consultation/

China’s new FNGO law seeks to divide and conquer China’s civil society
Human Rights in China, April 28, 2016
http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/statement/chinas-new-fngo-law-seeks-divide-and-conquer-chinas-civil-society

高文谦：毛的文革遗产与习近平治国模式(一) (Gao Wenqian: Legacy of Mao’s Cultural Revolution and Xi Jinping’s mode of governance [Part 1])
Voice of America, May 6, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/gao-wenqian-cultural-revolution-part1-20160505/3317245.html

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese woman’s mundane query turns into surreal court scuffle
为证明“姐姐是姐姐”，她被拘留15天
The New York Times, May 5, 2016
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/05/world/asia/china-police-justice-systems.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20160505/c05chinaletter/

Access to Information (信息公开)

China said to explore taking stakes in some news websites
Bloomberg, May 3, 2016
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-05-03/china-said-to-explore-taking-stakes-in-some-news-websites-apps

Government Accountability (政府问责)

New legal guidelines set clearer criteria for punishments in graft cases
Caixin, May 4, 2016
http://english.caixin.com/2016-05-04/100939541.html

Meet China’s RoboCop: the robot police officer who doesn’t tire—or second-guess commands
中国智能安保机器人亮相 人权专家担忧被政府滥用
South China Morning Post, May 5, 2016
EN: http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1941394/meet-chinas-robocop-robot-police-officer-who-doesnt
CH: http://www.nanzao.com/sc/national/1548039549c0d92/zhong-guo-zhi-neng-an-bao-ji-qi-ren-liang-xiang-ren-quan-zhuan-jia-dan-you-bei-zheng-fu-lan-yong

China slams UN criticism of controls on foreign NGOs
Hong Kong Free Press, May 5, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/05/05/china-slams-un-criticism-controls-foreign-ngos/

Related:
China: Newly adopted Foreign NGO Law should be repealed, UN experts urge
United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner, May 3, 2016
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

It's time Google came back to China
The Diplomat, May 3, 2016
http://thediplomat.com/2016/05/its-time-google-came-back-to-china/

Unorthodox financing fuels a tech dream in China
The Wall Street Journal, May 5, 2016
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2016/05/05/unorthodox-financing-fuels-a-tech-dream-in-china/

Hong Kong (香港)

學聯就中大校董會主席委任一事之聲明 (Statement by Federation of Students regarding the appointment of CUHK Council chairperson)
InMedia HK, May 5, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1042190

人大委员长张德江访港前 香港多个团体准备示威抗议 (Several groups protest before chairman of NPC Standing Committee Zhang Dejiang visits)
Radio Free Asia, May 4, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/xl2-05042016102917.html

任建峰指港獨言論不足入罪　批建制派「講到好大」以政治凌駕法律 (Lawyer Kevin Yam: Discussions on Hong Kong’s independence are insufficient to incriminate, pro-establishment camp exaggerates its gravity placing politics above law)
Ming Pao, May 5, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160505/s00001/1462415289772

Related:
多名法律界人士等發表反港獨宣言　促律政司長檢控香港民族黨發起人 (Several legal field personages issue anti-Hong Kong independence declaration, urging Secretary of Justice to charge organizer of Hong Kong National Party)
Ming Pao, May 4, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160504/s00001/1462361526992

Access to Information (信息公开)

China crackdown on data sales opens gaps in economic statistics
The Financial Times, May 3, 2016
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/fe50f19e-1113-11e6-91da-096d89bd2173.html

《中国共产党党性教育手册》系列丛书出版发行 (“CPC Party Culture Education Manual” series to be published)
Xinhua, May 3, 2016
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2016/0503/c1001-28322289.html

China steps up ideological campaign on World Press Freedom Day
Radio Free Asia, May 3, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-steps-up-ideological-campaign-on-world-press-freedom-day-05032016105006.html

Related:
世界新闻自由日中国呼吁更严控媒体 (China advocates tighter control on media on World Press Freedom Day)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 3, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/indepth/2016/05/160503_china_media_mornitoring

习近平强调“党校姓党” 再次痛斥“普世价值” (Xi Jinping stresses “party schools bear the surname of the party”, denounces again “universal values” )
Radio Free Asia, May 3, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/xl2-05032016104229.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Is China cracking down on Jewish community in Kaifeng?
The Forward, May 3, 2016
http://forward.com/news/339909/is-china-cracking-down-on-jewish-community-in-kaifeng/

Yu Shiwen hunger strikes in protest at two year detention without trial for holding Zhao Ziyang memorial
China Change, May 3, 2016
https://chinachange.org/2016/05/03/yu-shiwen-hunger-strikes-in-protest-at-two-year-detention-without-trial-for-holding-zhao-ziyang-memorial/

Exiled Tibetans: Man detained, tortured for singing national anthem
Voice of America, May 3, 2016
http://www.voanews.com/content/man-detained-tortured-singing-national-anthem-china-exiled-tibetans-say/3314059.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

联合国人权专家呼吁中国废除监管境外NGO草案 (UN human rights experts call on China to abolish FNGO draft law)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 4, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2016/05/160504_china_united_nations_ngo

Related:
China’s New FNGO Law Seeks to Divide and Conquer China’s Civil Society
《境外非政府组织境内活动管理法》旨在分化和控制中国公民社会
Human Rights in China, April 28, 2016
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/statement/chinas-new-fngo-law-seeks-divide-and-conquer-chinas-civil-society
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/sheng-ming/jing-wai-fei-zheng-fu-zu-zhi-jing-nei-huo-dong-guan-li-fa-zhi-zai-fen

中纪委公开曝光七起国有企业和金融机构人员违反中央八项规定精神问题 (CCDI publicly exposes 7 persons connected with state-owned enterprises and financial institutions who have violated the spirit of the Eight-Point Regulation)
CCDI, April 27, 2016
http://www.ccdi.gov.cn/xwtt/201604/t20160426_78122.html

Son-in-law of ex-senior Chinese leader Jia Qinglin named in latest batch of Panama Papers
South China Morning Post, May 3, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1940984/son-law-ex-senior-chinese-leader-jia-qinglin-named

China’s last Tiananmen Square protests’ prisoner to be released in October
South China Morning Post, May 4, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1940997/chinas-last-tiananmen-square-protests-prisoner-be

China sports ministry hauled over the coals for not taking anti-corruption fight seriously
South China Morning Post, May 4, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/1941051/china-sports-ministry-hauled-over-coals-not-taking-anti-corruption-fight

郭飞雄狱中病情恶化 妻子致信联合国求援 (Guo Feixiong’s illness aggravated in detention, wife writes to UN to seek help)
Radio Free Asia, May 3, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ck-05032016105347.html