Access to Justice (司法公正)

UN fears Chinese human rights lawyer has been “disappeared” by authorities
The Guardian, December 6, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/06/un-human-rights-china-missing-lawyer-jiang-tianyong

Related:
聯合國促中國調查人權活動人士江天勇下落 (UN human rights experts demand China to investigate the whereabouts of rights defender Jiang Tianyong)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 6, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/chinese-news-38228457

UN experts urge China to investigate disappearance of human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, December 6, 2016
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=20987&LangID=E

709大抓捕：李和平被起诉 谢燕益、王全璋、李春富案均再次退补 (709 crackdown: Li Heping accused; Xie Yanyi, Wang Quanzhang and Li Chunfu cases investigation period extended again)
Radio Free Asia, December 6, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-12062016104420.html

Related:
Mass Crackdown on Chinese Lawyers, Defenders and International Reactions: A Brief Chronology
Human Rights in China, September 13, 2016
http://www.hrichina.org/en/mass-crackdown-chinese-lawyers-defenders-and-international-reactions-brief-chronology

Beijing court issues first domestic violence protection order to male victim
Hong Kong Free Press, December 7, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/07/beijing-court-issues-first-domestic-violence-protection-order-to-male-victim/

China releases second Tibetan tied to self-immolation protest
Radio Free Asia, December 6, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/releases-12062016151351.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Striking workers call for negotiations at multinationals
China Labor Bulletin, December 6, 2016
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/striking-workers-call-negotiations-multinationals

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China torturing suspects in “war on corruption” says Human Rights Watch
The Guardian, December 8, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2016/dec/06/china-torturing-suspects-in-war-on-corruption-says-human-rights-watch

Related:
人權觀察報告批評中國秘密拘押制度損害反腐運動 (Human Rights Watch report criticizes the harm that China’s secret detention system does to her anti-corruption campaign)
Radio France Internationale, December 6, 2016
http://trad.cn.rfi.fr/中國/20161206-人權觀察報告批評中國秘密拘押制度損害反腐運動

“Special Measures”—Detention and Torture in the Chinese Communist Party’s Shuanggui System
Human Rights Watch, December 6, 2016
https://www.hrw.org/report/2016/12/06/special-measures/detention-and-torture-chinese-communist-partys-shuanggui-system

China vows to record graft probe grillings after torture report
Financial Times, December 7, 2016
https://www.ft.com/content/0f18b7d0-bc1f-11e6-8b45-b8b81dd5d080

Beijing grits teeth in face of Trump's tweets
The Guardian, December 5, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/05/beijing-grits-teeth-in-face-of-trumps-tweets

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Graft buster says officials’ interrogations should be recorded
South China Morning Post, December 7, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2052308/graft-buster-says-officials-interrogations-should-be

China’s securities Czar takes aim at new-money Barbarians
The Wall Street Journal, December 5, 2016
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2016/12/05/chinas-securities-czar-takes-aim-at-new-money-barbarians/

Hong Kong (香港)

Amid uproar, Hong Kong government backs down after barring questions from lawmakers facing review
South China Morning Post, December 5, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/2051892/amid-uproar-government-backs-down-decision-block-questions-lawmakers

Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement changes strategy
Al Jazeera, December 7, 2016
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/12/hong-kong-pro-democracy-movement-election-161205065003667.html

北京解禁回乡证 民主派称坚持平反六四 (Beijing lifts ban on “Home Visit Permit”—but Hong Kong pan-dems insist on principles such as demand for redressing June Fourth)
Radio Free Asia, December 6, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/cp-12062016104557.html

Commentary (评论)

The road of no return Part 1: Beijing’s ruling on Hong Kong’s Basic Law cannot be justified
Hong Kong Free Press, December 6, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/06/the-road-of-no-return-part-1-beijings-ruling-on-hong-kongs-basic-law-cannot-be-justified/

Related:
The road of no return Part 2: How the courts could have handled the oaths row
Hong Kong Free Press, December 7, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/07/road-no-return-part-2-courts-handled-oaths-row/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

A Human Rights Watch report details first-hand accounts of torture under China’s anti-corruption campaign
Quartz, December 6, 2016
http://qz.com/851402/a-human-rights-watch-report-details-first-hand-accounts-of-torture-under-chinas-anti-corruption-campaign/

The People's Republic of the disappeared
The Diplomat, December 6, 2016
http://thediplomat.com/2016/12/the-peoples-republic-of-the-disappeared/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

UN fears Chinese human rights lawyer has been 'disappeared' by authorities
The Guardian, December 6, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/06/un-human-rights-china-missing-lawyer-jiang-tianyong

Related:
UN experts urge China to investigate disappearance of human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, December 6, 2016
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=20987&LangID=E

No more “private vote” for China’s top leaders in Communist Party’s new hiring and firing rules
South China Morning Post, December 6, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2051973/new-chinese-communist-party-rules-underscore-collective

China protests Trump's Taiwan presidential phone call, media issues warnings
Radio Free Asia, December 5, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/phone-12052016124755.html

Related:
China really isn’t joking about Taiwan
Foreign Policy, December 5, 2016
http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/12/05/china-really-isnt-joking-about-taiwan/

U.S.-China relations: Public diplomacy and soft power
The Diplomat, December 5, 2016
http://thediplomat.com/2016/12/us-china-relations-public-diplomacy-and-soft-power/

与蔡英文通话：并非偶然？ (Conversation with Tsai Ing-wen was premeditated?)
Deutsche Welle, December 5, 2016
http://www.dw.com/zh/与蔡英文通话并非偶然/a-36654122

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Alibaba’s Jack Ma sees dawn of data-sharing era in global internet age
South China Morning Post, December 3, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/2051287/alibabas-jack-ma-sees-dawn-data-sharing-era-global-internet-age

There’s only one clear winner if Facebook breaks into China—and it’s not Facebook
Quartz, December 6, 2016
http://qz.com/846464/theres-only-one-clear-winner-if-facebook-fb-breaks-into-china-and-its-not-facebook/

Hong Kong (香港)

【宣誓覆核】羅冠聰CNN專訪：必定會反擊　自決不同港獨 ([Legal challenge to elected lawmakers’ oath-taking] Nathan Law at CNN interview: We have to fight back; self-determination is not the same as independence)
Ming Pao, December 6, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161206/s00001/1480986644471

Lawmaker vacancies announced in gov’t record as localist Youngspiration duo officially ejected
Hong Kong Free Press, December 5, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/05/lawmaker-vacancies-announced-in-govt-record-as-localist-youngspiration-duo-officially-ejected/

香港再有青年组织成立 重点关注教育 (Another youth organization set up in Hong Kong, focusing on education)
Radio Free Asia, December 5, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/ml1-12052016102551.html

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Supporters issue statement after lawyer disappears
China Digital Times, November 29, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/11/lawyers-black-friday-relatives-issue-statement-supporters-disappearance/

Nie Shubin: China clears man 21 years after execution
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 2, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-38179311

Interview: “They humiliate you, and treat you like animals, worse than a dog”
Radio Free Asia, December 2, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/humiliate-12022016120009.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

“Speech is freedom itself”—Chang Ping’s acceptance speech for the CJFE 2016 International Press Freedom Award
China Change, December 4, 2016
https://chinachange.org/2016/12/04/speech-is-freedom-itself-chang-pings-acceptance-speech-for-the-cjfe-2016-international-press-freedom-award/

Chinese local police may soon be able to censor news of disasters
South China Morning Post, December 2, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2051174/chinese-local-police-may-soon-be-able-censor-news

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

中国维权律师李和平的妻子获人权奖 (Wang Qiaoling, Chinese rights lawyer Li Heping’s wife, receives the Franco-German Human Rights Prize)
Deutsche Welle, December 2, 2016
http://www.dw.com/zh/中国维权律师李和平的妻子获人权奖/a-36617455

How many tragedies must there be before the union starts doing its job?
China Labor Bulletin, December 2, 2016
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/how-many-tragedies-must-there-be-union-starts-doing-its-job

China's rebellious Catholics
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 2, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-38179337

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China’s top graft-buster says two party officials absent from key meeting “accountable for systemic corruption”
South China Morning Post, December 2, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2051111/chinas-top-graft-buster-says-two-party-officials-absent

China’s local governments call time on tradition of heavy drinking at official functions
South China Morning Post, December 4, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2051190/chinas-local-governments-call-time-tradition-heavy

Former Chinese central bank chief resurfaces after 18 months
South China Morning Post, December 4, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2051650/former-chinese-central-bank-chief-resurfaces-after-18

Trump, Taiwan and China: The controversy, explained
特朗普蔡英文通话意味着什么？6个问题帮你解读
The New York Times, December 3, 2016
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/03/world/asia/trump-taiwan-and-china-the-controversy-explained.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/asia-pacific/20161204/trump-taiwan-and-china-the-controversy-explained/

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Russia, China, and the push for “digital sovereignty”
Global Voices, December 2, 2016
https://globalvoices.org/2016/12/02/russia-china-and-the-push-for-digital-sovereignty/

Hong Kong (香港)

Resisting dissolution: The stalemate between Hong Kong civil society and China’s central government
Hong Kong Free Press, December 4, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/04/resisting-dissolution-stalemate-hong-kong-civil-society-chinas-central-government/

Hong Kong government seeks to bar four more MPs
The Guardian, December 2, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/02/hong-kong-beijing-sixtus-leung-yau-wai-ching-4-more-mps

Related:
陳弘毅：覆核規模較想像大 (Legal scholar Albert Chen Hung-yee on the judicial review: The scale is larger than I imagined)
Sing Tao, December 2, 2016
https://www.singtaousa.com/976767/post-陳弘毅：覆核規模較想像大/

【宣誓覆核】指中共打壓工具多　羅冠聰稱不驚訝政治生涯被縮短 ([Legal challenge to oath-taking] Nathan Law: The Communist Party has many ways of oppression; wouldn’t be surprised if political career is cut short)
Ming Pao, December 3, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161203/s00001/1480755725176

這是政變，推翻立法會選舉結果的政變 (Civil Human Rights Front’s statement in protest of legal challenge to elected lawmakers’ oath-taking: This is a coup—one that seeks to overthrow LegCo election results)
InMedia HK, December 2, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1046209

Why Hong Kongers are calling for independence
Hong Kong Free Press, December 5, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/05/why-hong-kongers-are-calling-for-independence-explained-for-ex-governor-chris-patten/

Hong Kong officials widen legal attack on fledgling independence movement
Reuters, December 2, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-politics-idUSKBN13R170

“They want us to be silent”: Hong Kong lawmaker under threat vows to fight
Cable News Network, December 5, 2016
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/12/05/asia/hong-kong-democracy-nathan-law/index.html

民族感情蓋過破壞法治憂慮：釋法支持反對相若 (Nationalism overshadows worries about infringed rule of law: For and against NPC interpretation of Basic Law roughly the same level)
Radio France Internationale, December 5, 2016
http://trad.cn.rfi.fr/中國/20161205-民族感情蓋過破壞法治憂慮：釋法支持反對相若

Commentary (评论)

The intersection of Chinese law and politics
ChinaFile, November 30, 2016
http://www.chinafile.com/sinica-podcast/intersection-of-chinese-law-and-politics

Rebel Pepper (变态辣椒): Delayed justice
China Digital Times, December 2, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/12/rebel-pepper-%e5%8f%98%e6%80%81%e8%be%a3%e6%a4%92%ef%bc%9adelayed-justice/

The government’s purge of the legislature is appalling—Hong Kong’s courts must stand firm
Hong Kong Free Press, December 5, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/05/the-governments-purge-of-the-legislature-is-appalling-hong-kongs-courts-must-stand-firm/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Xinjiang police hold Uyghur hostage against brother’s “crime”
Radio Free Asia, December 1, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/hostage-12012016105819.html

News of Chinese lawyer’s beatings in prison “only tip of the iceberg,” wife told
Hong Kong Free Press, December 2, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/02/news-chinese-lawyers-beatings-prison-tip-iceberg-wife-told/

Chinese lawyers call for end to HIV testing of new employees on World AIDS Day
Radio Free Asia, December 1, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/hiv-rights-12012016133246.html

谢阳首获律师会见 会见前遭狱警殴打 (Lawyer in 709 crackdown Xie Yang finally got the first chance to see his lawyer, suffered violence from prison guards before meeting)
Radio Free Asia, December 1, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-12012016105356.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Word of the week: Wall
China Digital Times, December 1, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/12/word-week-wall/

One App, Two Systems: How WeChat uses one censorship policy in China and another internationally
The Citizen Lab, December 2, 2016
https://citizenlab.org/2016/11/wechat-china-censorship-one-app-two-systems/

Related:
How to avoid getting your WeChat messages censored both in and outside China
South China Morning Post, December 2, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2051054/wechat-users-messages-censored-outside-china-says

Draft law gives Chinese police control of online discussion on disasters
Reuters, December 2, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-lawmaking-censorship-idUSKBN13R0E5

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Citizen journalists’ detentions may foreshadow foreign NGO law
China Digital Times, December 1, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/12/citizen-journalists-detentions-may-foreshadow-foreign-ngo-law/

Related:
打压维权人士新一轮浪潮 (New wave of crackdown on rights defenders)
Deutsche Welle, December 1, 2016
http://www.dw.com/zh/打压维权人士新一轮浪潮/a-36604214

“六四天网”创办人黄琦被拘4天其母下落不明 (Four days into arrest of Huang Qi, founder of rights website Tianwang, his mother missing)
Radio Free Asia, December 1, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-12012016105054.html

Whistle-blowing AIDS doctor reflects on roots of epidemic in China
The New York Times, December 1, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/01/world/asia/world-aids-day-china-gao-yaojie.html

China and the Church: The “outlaw” do-it-yourself bishop
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 2, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-38140492

成都可口可樂工人罷工遭武力鎮壓 職工盟到港總部抗議 (Chengdu Coca-Cola workers’ strike violently cracked down, Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions protest at company’s head office in Hong Kong)
InMedia HK, December 2, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1046205