Access to Justice (司法公正)

“Freed” Chinese human rights activist Zhao Wei still missing, says husband
The Guardian, July 15, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/15/freed-chinese-human-rights-activist-zhao-wei-still-missing-says-husband

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

China’s legal scholars are less credible after South China Sea ruling
Foreign Policy, July 14, 2016
http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/07/14/south-china-sea-lawyers-unclos-beijing-legal-tribunal/

两部门启动网络诈骗举报联动处置机制 (Ministry of Public Security and Cyberspace Administration launch joint mechanism to handle reports of online fraud)
People's Procuratorate Daily, July 6, 2016
http://newspaper.jcrb.com/2016/20160707/20160707_001/20160707_001_9.htm

Access to Information (信息公开)

Publisher sacked at outspoken Chinese political magazine Yanhuang Chunqiu
《炎黄春秋》社长总编被撤换 主管部门派员接替
South China Morning Post, July 14, 2016
EN: http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1989834/publisher-sacked-outspoken-chinese-political-magazine
CH: http://www.nanzao.com/sc/national/155ecc60797399d/yan-huang-chun-qiu-she-chang-zong-bian-bei-che-huan-zhu-guan-bu-men-pai-yuan-jie-ti

Related:
改革派杂志遭整肃 从此炎黄无春秋 (Reformist magazine purged, Yanhuang Chunqiu will never be the same)
Voice of America, July 15, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/a/publisher-sacked-yanhuang-chunqiu-20160714/3418643.html

“Ghostbusters” braces for China rejection
Variety, July 13, 2016
http://variety.com/2016/film/news/ghostbusters-china-release-rejected-1201813649/

China says its quarterly GDP growth is—surprise!—right on track at 6.7%
Quartz, July 15, 2016
http://qz.com/732869/china-says-its-quarterly-gdp-growth-is-surprise-right-on-track-at-6-7/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

内蒙古正蓝旗检察院对当地生态保护局怠于履职提起行政公益诉讼 (Procuratorate of Zhenglan (Xulun Hoh) Banner, Inner Mongolia brings administrative suit against local Ecological Protection Agency for negligence)
People's Procuratorate Daily, July 11, 2016
http://newspaper.jcrb.com/2016/20160711/20160711_001/20160711_001_7.htm

法轮功学员华盛顿集会游行纪念迫害日 (Falungong practitioners rally in Washington to commemorate persecution day)
Voice of America, July 15, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/a/falungong-rally-20160714/3419381.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Ahead of 19th Party Congress, Xi’s struggle continues
China Digital Times, July 14, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/07/ahead-19th-party-congress-xis-struggle-continues/

冤狱男子赵作海5年“赔光”65万国家赔偿金 (Zhao Zuohai, wrongly imprisoned for 5 years, gets RMB 650,000 in state compensation)
Legal Daily, July 11, 2016
http://news.qq.com/a/20160711/020097.htm

“我给国家财产造成了巨大的损失” (First person tried in Sky Net, China’s campaign to catch corrupt officials overseas: “I have caused huge losses to state property”)
People's Procuratorate Daily, July 7, 2016
http://newspaper.jcrb.com/2016/20160706/20160706_001/20160706_001_9.htm

Hong Kong (香港)

劉小麗：為下一代不會行退路 (Lau Siu-lai: For the next generation, no going back)
InMedia HK, July 15, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1043475

Lack of cash: Demosisto leader drops plan to run in Hong Kong Legislative Council elections
South China Morning Post, July 14, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1989817/lack-cash-demosisto-leader-drops-plan-run-hong-kong

Cantopop star Denise Ho successfully crowdfunds upcoming concert following mainland backlash
Hong Kong Free Press, July 14, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/07/14/cantopop-star-denise-ho-successfully-crowdfunds-upcoming-concert-following-mainland-backlash/

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Gao Zhisheng on China’s persecution of rights lawyers
China Change, July 14, 2016
https://chinachange.org/2016/07/14/gao-zhisheng-on-chinas-persecution-of-rights-lawyers/

Is Hong Kong’s “One Country, Two Systems” autonomy in the balance?
Voice of America, July 15, 2016
http://www.voanews.com/content/is-hong-kong-one-country-two-systems-autonomy-in-the-balance/3419380.html

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Supreme People’s Court starring on Court TV
Supreme People’s Court Monitor, July 14, 2016
https://supremepeoplescourtmonitor.com/2016/07/14/supreme-peoples-court-starring-on-court-tv/

19 years on death row
Sixth Tone, July 14, 2016
http://www.sixthtone.com/news/19-years-death-row

Access to Information (信息公开)

Hot peppers for a new China
China Media Project, July 14, 2016
http://cmp.hku.hk/2016/07/14/39838/

Chinese state media savage international tribunal rulings on South China Sea
South China Morning Post, July 13, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/1989326/chinese-state-media-savage-international-tribunal

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Mayor set on fire during land requisition protest
Sixth Tone, July 12, 2016
http://www.sixthtone.com/news/mayor-set-fire-during-land-requisition-protest-0

“Flash mob” at Tiananmen Square evokes mixed feelings
Sixth Tone, July 12, 2016
http://www.sixthtone.com/news/flash-mob-tiananmen-square-invokes-mixed-feelings

中国民政部要求志愿服务组织依法登记 (Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs requires voluntary service organizations to register according to the law)
Radio Free Asia, July 13, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/sd-07132016104713.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China and UNCLOS: An inconvenient history
The Diplomat, July 11, 2016
http://thediplomat.com/2016/07/china-and-unclos-an-inconvenient-history/

Greenpeace warns over China’s excess power capacity
绿色和平就中国发电能力过剩发出警告
Financial Times, July 14, 2016
EN: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/565a872a-480e-11e6-8d68-72e9211e86ab.html#axzz4ENOgAJAK
CH: http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001068443

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Likely hack of U.S. banking regulator by China covered up: probe
Reuters, July 13, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-cyber-fdic-china-idUSKCN0ZT20M

U.S. sentences Chinese hacker for stealing military information
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 14, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36791114

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

Uighurs slam Chinese “occupation” at Paris congress
Radio France Internationale, July 12, 2016
http://en.rfi.fr/asia-pacific/20160712-5th-world-uighur-congress-china-occupation

Hong Kong (香港)

China hardens position against Hong Kong booksellers
Voice of America, July 14, 2016
http://www.voanews.com/content/china-hardens-position-against-hong-kong-booksellers/3417751.html

港府師承共黨“除憶詛咒”電影《十年》被官方滅跡 (Hong Kong government learns “memory loss spell” from CPC, wiping out the film “Ten Years”)
Radio France Internationale, July 9, 2016
http://trad.cn.rfi.fr/中國/20160709-港府師承共黨“除憶詛咒”電影《十年》被官方滅跡

Access to Information (信息公开)

Minitrue: Filter keywords on “Xi Jinping beetle”
China Digital Times, July 12, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/07/minitrue-5/

Chinese state media melt down over South China Sea ruling
The Washington Post, July 12, 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/07/12/chinese-state-media-melt-down-over-south-china-sea-ruling/

Related:
China censors coverage of South China Sea ruling
Hong Kong Free Press, July 12, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/07/12/china-censors-coverage-of-south-china-sea-ruling/

Reading the “Nine-Dash” line
China Media Project, July 12, 2016
http://cmp.hku.hk/2016/07/12/39819/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Larung Gar leaders urge calm as demolition appears set to proceed
Radio Free Asia, July 12, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/calm-07122016125946.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China’s Xi Jinping rejects any action based on international court’s South China Sea ruling
South China Morning Post, July 12, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/1988990/chinas-xi-jinping-rejects-any-action-based

Related:
Beijing blames Philippines for South China Sea trouble
Al Jazeera, July 13, 2016
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/07/beijing-blames-philippines-south-china-sea-trouble-160713041125894.html

11 detained after woman, 60, died in forced demolition of her home
South China Morning Post, July 13, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1989313/11-detained-after-woman-60-died-forced-demolition-her-home

“国际声援西藏”批评“拉萨共识”一些外国学者支持中国的宣传 (The International Campaign for Tibet criticizes “Lhasa Consensus” and some academics’ support for China’s propaganda)
Radio Free Asia, July 12, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/nu-07122016115757.html

台湾公民团体联署呼吁习近平释放709维权律师 (Taiwan civil societies joint petition calls on Xi Jinping to release 709 crackdown lawyers)
Radio Free Asia, July 12, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/hx-07122016115010.html

Hong Kong (香港)

廉署又一高管離職梁振英三緘其口欲蓋彌彰 (Another ICAC high ranked official quits, tight-lipped CY Leung makes it more conspicuous)
Radio France Internationale, July 13, 2016
http://trad.cn.rfi.fr/政治/20160713-廉署又一高管離職梁振英三緘其口欲蓋彌彰

Returned bookseller says he believes others will be released after colleague’s sentencing later this year
Hong Kong Free Press, July 12, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/07/12/returned-bookseller-says-he-believes-others-will-be-released-after-colleagues-sentencing-later-this-year/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Mystery, concern spread with release of Chinese activist
Reuters, July 11, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-rights-idUSKCN0ZR0S2

Related:
Young Chinese legal activist “regrets” civil rights activism
South China Morning Post, July 11, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1988501/young-chinese-legal-activist-regrets-civil-rights

Lawyer for legal assistant Zhao Wei is detained over sexual assault rumors
Radio Free Asia, July 11, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-lawyer-07112016162107.html

VOA连线: 赵威丈夫不能证明她目前是否完全获得自由 (Zhao Wei husband cannot prove if she really has freedom now)
Voice of America, July 12, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/a/connect-you-minglei-20160711/3413739.html

Chinese rights lawyers demand immediate release of colleague
VOA连线常伯阳: 维权律师联名签署声明抗议任全牛律师因言获罪
Voice of America, July 11, 2016
EN: http://www.voanews.com/content/chinese-rights-lawyers-demand-immediate-release-of-colleague/3413103.html
CH: http://www.voachinese.com/a/voaconnect-20160711-renquan-niu-protests/3413211.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Crowd control: The views of Chinese people matter—but only up to a point
The Economist, July 9, 2016
http://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21701652-views-chinese-people-matterbut-only-up-toa-point-crowd-control

A new species of beetle named after President Xi is blacklisted on Chinese social media
Global Voices, July 11, 2016
https://globalvoices.org/2016/07/11/a-new-species-of-beetle-named-after-president-xi-is-blacklisted-on-chinese-social-media/

Indian firms most transparent, Chinese firms most opaque: Transparency International
The Hindu, July 11, 2016
http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/indian-firms-most-transparent-chinese-firms-most-opaque-transparency-international/article8835148.ece

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

金馬獎藏族導演被拘後首回應　正在醫院治療　要求「一個說法」 (Golden Horse Award laureate Tibetan director first talks after arrest, hospitalized, asking for “an explanation”)
Ming Pao, July 12, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160712/s00004/1468293462363

西藏人权组织呼吁中国政府释放扎西旺秀 (Tibetan rights organization urges Chinese government to release Tibetan language rights campaigner)
Radio Free Asia, July 11, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-07112016112007.html

瑞典維權義工達林首披露在中國被囚細節：房間牆有厚墊　「認罪」片與央視員工均照稿讀 (Swedish rights defense volunteer Dahlin first reveals details of being detained in China: room walls heavily carpeted, “confession” video and CCTV reportage all scripted)
Ming Pao, July 11, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160712/s00004/1468254265750