六四伤残者齐志勇肾衰竭送院抢救 (Qi Zhiyong, disabled 1989 democracy activist, hospitalized with kidney failure)
Radio Free Asia, January 7, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ml1-01072017133125.html
No Nobel outreach program with China because it “jails” Laureates
The Hindu, January 9, 2017
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/No-Nobel-outreach-programme-with-China-because-it-%E2%80%98jails%E2%80%99-Laureates/article17012948.ece
Chinese professor sacked after criticizing Mao online
Reuters, January 10, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-mao-idUSKBN14U0EG
北方雾霾全面南下 网民创作“霾人”被广传 (As smog spreads from Beijing to southern China, netizens circulate a "smog person" on social media)
Radio Free Asia, January 9, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/xl3-01092017104033.html
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雾霾笼罩的冬天，中国人这样度过 (Chinese defy pollution, a stubborn visitor)
The New York Times, January 9, 2017
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20170109/china-smog-pollution/dual/
乌坎关注组发起联署签名 呼吁释放被捕村民 (Wukan Concern Group launches joint signature calling for the release of arrested villagers)
Radio Free Asia, January 7, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-01092017104115.html
民政部办公厅关于《社会组织抽查暂行办法（征求意见稿）》公开征求意见的通知 (Ministry of Civil Affairs of PRC Notice Regarding Solicitation of Comments on Provisional Measures on the Random Inspections of Social Organizations (Draft for solicitation of comments))
Ministry of Civil Affairs, January 3, 2017
http://www.mca.gov.cn/article/zwgk/tzl/201701/20170100002847.shtml
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Provisional Measures on the Random Inspections of Social Organizations (Draft for solicitation of comments)
China Law Translate, January 9, 2017
http://bit.ly/2idHqF5
China combats corruption within anti-corruption agency
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 9, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-38551841
中纪委开会：前有反腐大片 后有满意民调 (7th Plenary session of 18th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection: opinion poll shows 90% of Chinese citizens satisfied with government’s anticorruption work)
Deutsche Welle, January 7, 2017
http://bit.ly/2iasdBr
中国3年抓回外逃贪官2566人 (In 3 years, China brings back 2566 corrupt officials who fled the country)
Radio France Internationale, January 9, 2017
http://rfi.my/2ichGsN
China’s graft watchdog confirms investigations of former civil affairs minister and deputy
South China Morning Post, January 9, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2060577/chinas-graft-watchdog-confirms-investigations-former
After One-Child Policy, outrage at China’s offer to remove IUDs
开放二胎后中国为女性“取环”，引发众怒
The New York Times, January 9, 2017
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20170109/after-one-child-policy-outrage-at-chinas-offer-to-remove-iuds/dual/
中国环保部长陈吉宁就大面积雾霾道歉 “冬季污染基本无改善 (Minister of Environmental Protection Chen Jining apologizes for vast areas of smog saying "there has been little improvement in winter pollution")
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 7, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-38539787
Choked by smog, Beijing creates new environmental police
Associated Press, January 8, 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/choked-by-smog-beijing-creates-new-environmental-police/2017/01/07/c87dc034-d552-11e6-9651-54a0154cf5b3_story.html
China tightens Xinjiang border amid rising terrorist threats
Associated Press, January 10, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2060837/china-tightens-xinjiang-border-amid-rising-terrorist
Joshua Wong under close police protection in Taiwan after failed assault attempt
Straits Times, January 7, 2017
http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/joshua-wong-under-close-police-protection-in-taiwan-after-failed-assault-attempt
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黃之鋒來台參加座談 暴力黑衣人竟揮拳要打人 (Unidentified persons attempt to beat Joshua Wong as he arrives in Taiwan for a conference)
Apple Daily, January 10, 2017
http://www.appledaily.com.tw/realtimenews/article/new/20170107/1029911/
Pro-democracy lawmaker says violent attack at Hong Kong airport was “coordinated” and “not isolated”
Hong Kong Free Press, January 9, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/01/09/pro-democracy-lawmaker-says-violent-attack-at-hong-kong-airport-was-coordinated-and-not-isolated/
Hong Kong's legal elite voice autonomy fears after China intervention
Reuters, January 9, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-law-idUSKBN14T1FZ
人权律师谢燕益取保候审后仍不自由 (Human rights lawyer Xie Yanyi detained at a Tianjin hotel after release on bail)
Voice of America, January 6, 2017
http://www.voachinese.com/a/news-china-activist-20160106/3665686.html
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Freeing ourselves from fear: A call to join the “709 trial observation group”
China Change, January 8, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/01/08/freeing-ourselves-from-fear-a-call-to-join-the-709-trial-observation-group/ 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, June 10, 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
Court in China's Guizhou jails Protestant pastor on spying charges
Radio Free Asia, January 6, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/charges-01062017155155.html
后真相时代中国网民为可靠知识付费 (Chinese netizens willing to pay for reliable knowledge in the post-truth era)
The Wall Street Journal, January 5, 2017
http://cn.wsj.com/gb/20170105/LLW175331.asp
China deletes online criticism of toxic smog choking its cities
Radio Free Asia, January 6, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/deletes-01062017122700.html
Minitrue: Pollution lawsuit, smog classification
China Digital Times, January 5, 2017
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2017/01/minitrue-air-pollution-management-smog-classification/
《环时》警告《纽时》：别碰中国"敏感带" (Global Times opinion piece warns The New York Times: Do not touch China's "sensitive zone")
Deutsche Welle, January 6, 2017
http://dw.com/p/2VNy0
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社评：纽约时报APP从苹果中国店下架刍议 (Global Times Opinion: My thoughts on Apple’s removal of the New York Times app for its store in China)
Global Times, January 6, 2017
http://opinion.huanqiu.com/editorial/2017-01/9910913.html
Stop making our children sick: Beijing parents force government action over smog
Washington Post, January 6, 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/01/06/stop-making-our-children-sick-beijing-parents-force-government-action-over-smog/
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Chinese defy pollution, a stubborn visitor
The New York Times, January 6, 2017
http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/06/world/asia/china-smog-pollution.html
中纪委七次全会今起召开 2017年反腐怎么干？(7th Plenary session of the 18th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection opens, how will corruption be fought in 2017?)
Global Times, January 6, 2017
http://china.huanqiu.com/article/2017-01/9911694.html
中纪委再次清理门户 两名中纪委委员被处理 (To clean house again, CCDI expels two more commissioners)
The Beijing News, January 9, 2017
http://epaper.bjnews.com.cn/html/2017-01/09/content_667357.htm
China tightens rules after anti-corruption staff caught up in graft
Reuters, January 8, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-idUSKBN14T02C
Close aide to China’s President Xi Jinping named Beijing’s anti-graft chief
South China Morning Post, January 4, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1897988/close-aide-chinas-president-xi-jinping-named-beijings
Tiananmen protest student leader Wang Dan plans China think tank
South China Morning Post, January 8, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2060224/tiananmen-protest-student-leader-wang-dan-plans-china
新疆高调举行3000人反恐演习 首套“无形哨兵”监控系统正式启用 (3,000 person high profile counterterrorism drills conducted in Xinjiang, "invisible sentry" monitoring system officially deployed for first time)
Radio Free Asia, January 5, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/xl1-01052017102514.html
Three terrorism suspects shot dead in Xinjiang
South China Morning Post, January 9, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2060507/three-terrorism-suspects-shot-dead-xinjiang
Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong under police protection in Taiwan after assault attempt
South China Morning Post, January 7, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/2060205/hong-kong-democracy-activist-joshua-wong-under-police-protection-taiwan
Pro-China protesters attack Hong Kong lawmaker Nathan Law and reporters at airport
Hong Kong Free Press, January 9, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/01/09/pro-china-protesters-attack-hong-kong-lawmaker-nathan-law-and-reporters-at-airport/
In Pictures: Tiananmen protesters opposed to gov’t Palace Museum project gather at MTR posters
Hong Kong Free Press, January 9, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/01/09/in-pictures-tiananmen-protesters-opposed-to-govt-palace-museum-project-gather-at-mtr-posters/
Apple is not the only tech company kowtowing to China’s censors
The Guardian, January 6, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/06/apple-china-censors-new-york-times
No, Hong Kong’s democracy movement is not anti-mainland
ChinaFile, January 6, 2017
http://www.chinafile.com/viewpoint/no-hong-kongs-democracy-movement-not-anti-mainland
唐志顺、幸清贤获释 幸清贤下落不明 (709 Crackdown: Tang Zhishun and Xing Qingxian reportedly released, Xing Qingxian's whereabouts still unknown)
Radio Free Asia, January 5, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ck-01052017100436.html
Chinese rights lawyer released on bail more than a year after crackdown
South China Morning Post, January 6, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2059892/chinese-rights-lawyer-released-bail-over-year-after
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维权律师谢燕益获得取保候审 (Rights lawyer Xie Yanyi released on bail pending further investigation)
Voice of America, January 6, 2017
http://www.voachinese.com/a/china-human-rights-lawyers-20170105/3665340.html
Detained Chinese rights lawyer “at risk of torture”: Amnesty International
Radio Free Asia, January 5, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/detained-chinese-rights-lawyer-at-risk-of-torture-amnesty-international-01052017101916.html
How nine Wukan villagers were illegally tried and sentenced in December, 2016
China Change, January 5, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/01/05/how-nine-wukan-villagers-were-illegally-tried-and-sentenced-in-december-2016/
Giving credit
China Law Translate, January 4, 2017
http://www.chinalawtranslate.com/giving-credit/?lang=en
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国务院办公厅关于加强个人诚信体系建设的指导意见
Guiding Opinion on the Establishment of a Personal Creditworthiness System
General Office of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China, December 23, 2016
CH: http://www.gov.cn/zhengce/content/2016-12/30/content_5154830.htm EN: http://www.chinalawtranslate.com/7079-2/?lang=en
Lecturer fired in China's Shandong after he criticized Chairman Mao
Radio Free Asia, January 5, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/mao-lecturer-01052017141728.html
A mass gathering organized on Chinese social media? No problem says government
Foreign Policy, January 5, 2017
http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/01/05/a-mass-gathering-organized-on-chinese-social-media-no-problem-says-government-coal-town-forced-demolition-middle-class/
Former Chinese drugs official jailed over graft
Taipei Times, January 5, 2017
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2017/01/05/2003662561
Xi Jinping is busy arranging a huge reshuffle
The Economist, January 5, 2017
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21713913-reading-runes-will-be-even-more-difficult-usual-xi-jinping-busy-arranging-huge
Party rules: China’s Communist Party goes for quality over quantity
Wall Street Journal, January 5, 2017
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2017/01/05/party-rules-chinas-communist-party-goes-for-quality-over-quantity/
China vows “zero tolerance” for election fraud in forthcoming party congress
Reuters, January 5, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-politics-idUSKBN14Q0A4
Tiananmen leader Wang Dan to move to U.S.; will continue fight for China’s democracy and human rights
Hong Kong Free Press, January 6, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/01/06/tiananmen-leader-wang-dan-move-us-will-continue-fight-chinas-democracy-human-rights/
Apple removes New York Times apps from its store in China
苹果中国区商店下架《纽约时报》新闻应用
The New York Times, January 5, 2017
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20170105/new-york-times-apps-apple-china/dual/
National Cyberspace Security Strategy
China Copyright and Media, December 27, 2016
https://chinacopyrightandmedia.wordpress.com/2016/12/27/national-cyberspace-security-strategy/
China’s cybersecurity chiefs pledge total loyalty to leadership under Xi
South China Morning Post, January 5, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2059692/chinas-cybersecurity-chiefs-pledge-total-loyalty-xi
闖入公民廣場非法集結罪上訴 羅冠聰：理據於法庭交代 (Nathan Law appeals unlawful assembly charges)
Radio Television Hong Kong, January 5, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1305857-20170105.htm
香港九旬老人上街卫民主 (90-year-old Hong Konger defends democracy on street)
Radio Free Asia, January 4, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/wsw-01042017102121.html
Localist group Civic Passion to “withdraw from all social movements,” citing increased risks
Hong Kong Free Press, January 6, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/01/06/localist-group-to-withdraw-from-all-social-movements-citing-increased-risks/
公民要求公布雷洋案协议内容 联署质疑检警枉法 (In joint petition, citizens request authorities disclose contents of settlement in Lei Yang’s case, suspect that officers violated the law)
Voice of America, January 5, 2017
http://www.voachinese.com/a/news-china-leiyang-case-20170103/3661439.html
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中国逾百所高校学生及民众为雷洋鸣不平 (Over 100 Chinese high school students and others launch online petition to express concern over Lei Yang case)
Radio Free Asia, December 26 , 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-12262016103014.html The death of a young man in police custody is rattling the trust of China’s middle class
Quartz, January 4, 2017
https://qz.com/876828/the-death-of-a-young-man-in-police-custody-is-rattling-the-trust-of-chinas-middle-class/
Shanghai court accepts detained rights lawyer’s defamation case against state-backed media
South China Morning Post, January 5, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2059516/shanghai-court-accepts-detained-rights-lawyers
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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, June 10, 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
Couple held in China are free, but “even now we live under a cloud”
加拿大“间谍”夫妇讲述在中国被关押经历
The New York Times, January 4, 2017
http://cn.nytimes.com/world/20170104/canadian-couple-china-detention/dual/
NGOs are trying to stay alive in China’s latest crackdown against “foreign forces”
Quartz, January 5, 2017
https://qz.com/873489/ngos-are-trying-to-stay-alive-in-chinas-latest-crackdown-against-foreign-forces/
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VOA连线：36名律师自发成立《境外NGO法》律师团 (36 Chinese lawyers to form legal services group to advise foreign organizations on Foreign NGO Law)
Voice of America, January 4, 2017
http://www.voachinese.com/a/3662623.html
中国退伍军人再度集体上访北京 (Chinese veterans petition Beijing once again)
Voice of America, January 5, 2017
http://www.voachinese.com/a/news-chinese-veteran-20170104/3662788.html