Access to Justice (司法公正)

回應李明哲事件　國台辦：別有用心人士借機製造事端 (Taiwan Affairs Office in response to Li Ming-che case: People with ulterior motives are using it to provoke conflict)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 12, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1324776-20170412.htm

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國台辦：李明哲依法受查　已透過台灣團體通報其妻 (Taiwan Affairs Office: Li Ming-che is under investigation in accordance with law, his wife has been notified through a Taiwanese group)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 12, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1324763-20170412.htm

Access to Information (信息公开)

China blocks South Korean TV in dispute over missile defense
Radio Free Asia, April 11, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/blocks-04112017151500.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

中国民革委员挑战泸州命案结论受压改看法 (Revolutionary Committee member pressured into changing his view criticizing Luzhou murder case)
Voice of America, April 12, 2017
http://www.voachinese.com/a/news-luzhou-man-felt-pressure-for-voicing-doubt-on-student-death-20170412/3806925.html

抗议“综合工时制” 沃尔玛中国员工与资方展开拉锯战 (Walmart and its Chinese employees in “tug of war” over imposition of comprehensive working time system)
Radio Free Asia, April 11, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-04112017101930.html

Ethnic Mongolians clash with police, claim official corruption linked to insurance
内蒙逾千农牧民抗议政府侵吞补偿 十多人被捕多人受伤
Radio Free Asia, April 11, 2017
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/corruption-04112017105813.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql2-04112017101355.html

Feminists criticize depiction of women in anti-graft TV show
China Film Insider, April 12, 2017
http://chinafilminsider.com/feminists-criticize-depiction-women-anti-graft-tv-show/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Chinese police account in death of Sichuan student raises questions
Voice of America, April 11, 2017
http://www.voanews.com/a/china-sichuan-student-death-police-account-questioned/3805439.html

Hong Kong (香港)

习近平指香港矛盾显露 不提民主料对港续推强硬路线 (Xi Jinping says conflict in Hong Kong is visible, does not mention democracy, attracts speculation that Beijing will continue hard line approach for Hong Kong)
Radio France Internationale, April 12, 2017
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20170412-习近平指香港矛盾显露-不提民主料对港续推强硬路线

One more arrested for alleged rioting during Mong Kok unrest
Hong Kong Free Press, April 4, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/04/12/one-arrested-alleged-rioting-mong-kok-unrest/

Hong Kong lawmaker arrested and charged after flipping flags at legislative meeting
Hong Kong Free Press, April 12, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/04/12/hong-kong-lawmaker-arrested-charged-flipping-flags-legislative-meeting/

Related:
倒插旗帜算不算侮辱国旗？(Is it flag desecration to place a flag upside down?)
Deutsche Welle, April 12, 2017
http://www.dw.com/zh/倒插旗帜算不算侮辱国旗/a-38400026

Commentary (评论)

“Ghost in the Shell” is a poem to Hong Kong as it faces the 20th anniversary of its handover to China
Quartz, April 11, 2017
https://qz.com/950919/ghost-in-the-shell-is-a-poem-to-hong-kong-as-it-faces-the-20th-anniversary-of-its-handover-to-china/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

709案升级祸延家属 王峭岭公开“托孤”(“709 Crackdown” escalation: Families are involved, Wang Qiaoling, wife of arrested lawyer, Li Heping, believed to be in danger, openly asks friends to take care of her children)
Radio Free Asia, April 10, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl1-04102017103322.html

Related:
Wife of 709 Lawyer Fears Arrest
李和平律师妻子面临危险，托付友人“善后”
Human Rights in China, April 7, 2017
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/hric-bulletin/wife-709-lawyer-fears-arrest
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/zhong-guo-ren-quan-jian-xun/li-he-ping-lu-shi-qi-zi-mian-lin-wei-xian-tuo-fu-you

Another Shenzhen activist held on “subversion” charges in secret location
深圳李江鹏被控“颠覆” 王军孕妻回深仍受监控
Radio Free Asia, April 10, 2017
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/activist-04102017110245.html
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/zhong-guo-ren-quan-jian-xun/li-he-ping-lu-shi-qi-zi-mian-lin-wei-xian-tuo-fu-you

China’s death penalty is still veiled in secrecy, Amnesty says
数据不透明掩盖中国死刑真相
The New York Times, April 11, 2017
EN: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20170411/china-execution-amnesty-international/en-us/
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20170411/china-execution-amnesty-international/

China's detention of Taiwan rights activist strains relations
Voice of America, April 11, 2017
http://www.voanews.com/a/china-detention-of-taiwan-rights-activist/3805188.html

Related:
Badiucao: Travel ban on wife of detained Taiwan activist
China Digital Times, April 10, 2017
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2017/04/badiucao-travel-ban-detained-taiwan-activists-wife/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Corruption at top rung of China's ancient petition system sparks calls for reform
Reuters, April 11, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-petitioners-idUSKBN17D0QR

浙江贪官刑满后竟能任局长受贿又入狱 (Corrupt Zhejiang official, appointed as department head after release from jail, in jail for graft again)
Radio Franc e Internationale, April 11, 2017
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20170411-浙江一局长贪腐刑满后竟能任局长受贿又入狱

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China draft cyber law mandates security assessment for outbound data
Reuters, April 11, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-cyber-idUSKBN17D0EC

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

China punishes official for not daring to smoke near Muslims
The Washington Post, April 11, 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-punishes-official-for-not-daring-to-smoke-near-muslims/2017/04/11/7301e128-1e7a-11e7-bb59-a74ccaf1d02f_story.html

Hong Kong (香港)

President Xi Jinping gives full backing to Carrie Lam as Hong Kong’s next chief executive
South China Morning Post, April 11, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2086667/chinese-premier-li-keqiang-sets-out-do-list-carrie-lam-take

Related:
林郑月娥上京见习李 获正式任命 (Carrie Lam meets Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang in Beijing to receive official appointment)
Deutsche Welle, April 11, 2017
http://www.dw.com/zh/林郑月娥上京见习李-获正式任命/a-38376496

林鄭月娥稱向習近平提到市民關注人大8.31決定 (Carrie Lam says she expressed Hong Kong people’s concern about “831 Framework” with Xi Jinping)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 11, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1324627-20170411.htm

林鄭月娥：外在因素非她可控制　難訂重啟政改時間表 (Carrie Lam says it’s hard to have a timetable for political reform since she isn’t able to control external factors)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 11, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1324651-20170411.htm

Access to Justice (司法公正)

苏昌兰、陈启棠将提起上诉 家人遭控7日始获自由 (Su Changlan and Chen Qitang, previously convicted after sharing posts supporting “Occupy Central”, to appeal conviction, their families taken by authorities, freed seven days later)
Radio Free Asia, April 10, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-04102017101304.html

张海涛入狱四个月监狱仍不通知 民众怀疑受虐或被殴伤 (Families of Zhang Haitao still not informed four months after his imprisonment, public fears torture or violence against him in jail)
Radio Free Asia, April 8, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-04082017105852.html

陈桂秋致信谢阳案官派律师 陈建刚再被司法局约谈 (Wife of Xie Yang, Chen Guiqiu writes to authority-appointed lawyer for her husband, Xie Yang’s choice of defense lawyer, Chen Jiangang brought in to talk to Justice Bureau again)
Radio Free Asia, April 10, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-04102017101818.html

Related:
As China blocks Xie Yang’s own lawyers following the torture revelation, wife reprimands the lawyer who met him without consent
China Change, April 10, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/04/10/as-china-blocks-xie-yangs-own-lawyers-following-the-torture-revelation-wife-reprimands-the-lawyer-who-met-him-without-consent/

Court in China's Guangdong acquits milk-scandal father jailed for five years
Radio Free Asia, April 7, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/court-in-chinas-guangdong-acquits-milk-scandal-father-jailed-for-five-years-04072017094814.html

Wife of detained Taiwanese activist barred from boarding flight to mainland China
South China Morning Post, April 10, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2086404/beijing-prevents-wife-imprisoned-taiwanese-activist

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李明哲妻欲赴京寻夫 台胞证被注销 (Chinese visa of Li Ming-che’s wife cancelled right before she departs to Beijing to find her husband)
Deutsche Welle, April 10, 2017
http://www.dw.com/zh/李明哲妻欲赴京寻夫-台胞证被注销/a-38363023

Access to Information (信息公开)

《树大招风》中国禁播免提 香港成颁奖礼大羸家 (“Trivisa,” film banned in China, won most awards at Hong Kong Film Awards)
Radio France Internationale, April 10, 2017
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20170410-《树大招风》中国禁播免提-香港成颁奖礼大羸家

Satirical news show “China uncensored” censored by Apple in Hong Kong and Taiwan
Global Voices, April 10, 2017
https://globalvoices.org/2017/04/10/satirical-news-show-china-uncensored-censored-by-apple-in-hong-kong-and-taiwan/

Labor disputes on the rise, authorities call on union to take greater role
China Labor Bulletin, April 7, 2017
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/labour-disputes-rise-authorities-call-union-take-greater-role

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China’s millennials turn anti-graft TV show into gay fan fiction
Sixth Tone, April 7, 2017
http://www.sixthtone.com/news/anti-graft-tv-show-fans-create-gay-fan-fiction

Labor disputes on the rise, authorities call on union to take greater role
China Labor Bulletin, April 7, 2017
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/labour-disputes-rise-authorities-call-union-take-greater-role

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China investigates regulator of fast-moving insurance industry
中国保监会主席项俊波被调查
New York Times, April 10, 2017
EN: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20170410/china-investigates-regulator-of-fast-moving-insurance-industry/en-us/
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20170410/china-investigates-regulator-of-fast-moving-insurance-industry/

How a teenager's mysterious death in China is eroding public trust in authorities
Global Voices, April 10, 2017
https://globalvoices.org/2017/04/10/how-a-teenagers-mysterious-death-in-china-is-eroding-public-trust-in-authorities/

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四川学生“堕楼”案：政府诚信再惹质疑 (Case of Sichuan student falling to death: Credibility of gov't is put in doubt again)
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 9, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-39543471

四川泸州学生死亡事件疑涉官二代引民愤上千军警弹压 (Child of official suspected of involvement in Sichuan Huzhou student’s death, sparks public outrage, 1000 police deployed to suppress protesting crowd)
Radio France Internationale, April 6, 2017
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20170406-四川泸州学生死亡事件疑涉官二代-军方封锁

Guangdong communist boss goes to ground zero of grass-roots democracy crackdown
South China Morning Post, April 10, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2086240/guangdong-communist-boss-goes-ground-zero-grass-roots

Trump to visit China as Beijing touts “new era” of ties with U.S.
The Guardian, April 8, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/08/trump-to-visit-china-as-beijing-touts-new-era-of-ties-with-us

Related:
What Chinese news reports tell us about Beijing’s view of Trump
中国媒体如何报道习近平特朗普的首次会晤
The New York Times, April 8, 2017
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/08/world/asia/china-trump-xi-jinping.html
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/bei-jing-liu-si-bao-tu-zai-ya-ren-yuan-ming-dan-ji-qing-kuang-jie-shao

“Put human rights on the agenda,” rights activists tell Trump, Xi
Radio Free Asia, April 10, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/trump-xi-04072017093950.html

HRIC statement: U.S.-China Summit: ‘Human Rights with Chinese Characteristics’ Hurt Chinese and American people
Human Rights in China, April 4, 2017
http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/statement/us-china-summit-human-rights-chinese-characteristics-hurt-chinese-and-american

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

China offers rewards to root out foreign spies
The Guardian, April 10, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/10/china-offers-rewards-to-root-out-foreign-spies

Related:
北京國安局：舉報間諜行為最高獎勵50萬元人民幣 (Beijing National Security Bureau: Highest award for reporting spy activities is RMB 500, 000)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 10, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1324354-20170410.htm

Measures on Rewards for Citizens Reporting Leads on Espionage Conduct
北京市公民举报间谍行为线索奖励办法
China Law Translate, April 9, 2017
EN: http://www.chinalawtranslate.com/北京市公民举报间谍行为线索奖励办法/?lang=en

Fellow Uygurs should beware of “two-faced” people in separatism fight, Xinjiang official says
Reuters, April 10, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2086401/fellow-uygurs-should-beware-two-faced-people-separatism

Hong Kong (香港)

无国界记者忧港新闻自由分部改设台北 (Asian headquarters of Reporters Without Borders to be set in Taipei amid worries about press freedom in Hong Kong)
Voice of America, April 9, 2017
http://www.voachinese.com/a/3802669.html

香港旺角骚乱者 判监四年九个月 (Activist sentenced to 57-months imprisonment over Mong Kok civil unrest)
Deutsche Welle, April 10, 2017
http://www.dw.com/zh/香港旺角骚乱者-判监四年九个月/a-38367042

Localist Hong Kong lawmaker faces charges for turning flags upside down in Legco chamber
South China Morning Post, April 10, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2086445/localist-hong-kong-lawmaker-faces-charges-turning-flags

Related:
立會內倒插國旗區旗　鄭松泰：接警通知落案起訴 (Cheng Chung-tai receives prosecution notice from police for turning National flag and Hong Kong flag upside down before Legco meeting last year)
Mingpao, April 10, 2017
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170410/s00001/1491811042375

香港民族黨申公司名被拒　被指違基本法　將向公司註冊處提上訴 (Hong Kong National Party to appeal Company Registry’s rejection of their application to register a company name for violation of Basic Law)
Mingpao, April 10, 2017
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170410/s00001/1491833843516

Commentary (评论)

Cantonese, Putonghua or English? The language politics of Hong Kong’s school system
Varsity, April 9, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/04/09/cantonese-putonghua-english-language-politics-hong-kongs-school-system/

Special Topic: Trump-Xi Summit (特别专题：习川峰会)

China's Xi urges trade cooperation in first meeting with Trump
Reuters, April 7, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-idUSKBN17815O

Trump hails 'tremendous' progress in talks with China's Xi
BBC, April 7, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39517569

Dinner-time airstrike leaves China having to reassess Trump
The Guardian, April 7, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/07/dinner-time-syria-airstrike-china-xi-jinping-reassess-trump

China's press has been relatively mute on the Trump-Xi summit—here's why
CNBC, April 7, 2017
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/07/chinas-press-has-been-relatively-mute-on-the-trump-xi-summit-heres-why.html

Spotlight: Xi, Trump engage in deep-going, friendly, long-time talks at Mar-a-Lago resort
Xinhua, April 7, 2017
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-04/07/c_136191088.htm

习近平同特朗普开始举行中美元首会晤 (Xi Jinping, Donald Trump begin Sino-U.S. summit)
Xinhua, April 7, 2017
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2017-04/07/c_1120769372.htm

Trump: ‘Tremendous Progress’ Made with China’s Xi
Voice of America, April 7, 2017
http://www.voanews.com/a/trump-says-tremendous-progress-made-with-chinese-leader-xi/3800929.html

Related:
HRIC statement: U.S.-China Summit: ‘Human Rights with Chinese Characteristics’ Hurt Chinese and American people
Human Rights in China, April 4, 2017
http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/statement/us-china-summit-human-rights-chinese-characteristics-hurt-chinese-and-american

What Exactly Will Trump and Xi Discuss at Mar-a-Lago?
Pacific Standard, April 6, 2017
https://psmag.com/what-exactly-will-trump-and-xi-discuss-at-mar-a-lago-fdb6296e9f64

Commentary (评论)

Is Hong Kong on Its Way to Becoming Just Another City in the P.R.C.?
ChinaFile, March 31, 2017
https://www.chinafile.com/conversation/hong-kong-its-way-becoming-just-another-city-prc