We have concluded our Daily Brief Special Feature on Liu Xiaobo, prominent Chinese public intellectual and 2010 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, who died tragically in Chinese custody on July 13, 2017. For more information on Liu Xiaobo’s life and work, background information, and updates on his wife, Liu Xia, please see HRIC’s special action page: Liu Xiaobo's Living Legacy. We hope this page will be a useful information resource and help generate more effective action by the international community.

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Widow of late dissident Liu Xiaobo back in Beijing, relative says
South China Morning Post, August 1, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2105006/widow-late-dissident-liu-xiaobo-back-beijing-relative

Related:
劉霞據悉已回京 與當局協商出國 (Liu Xia said to be back in Beijing and negotiating with the authorities about going abroad)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 1, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1345725-20170801.htm

河南抓获62名“善心汇”传销组织涉案人员 (Henan criminally detain 62 from Shan Xin Hui for pyramid scheme)
China News Service, August 1, 2017
http://www.chinanews.com/sh/2017/08-01/8293128.shtml

国家信访局请律师“坐堂”接访初显成效 (State Bureau for Letters and Visits invitation to lawyers to petition by “sitting in reception hall” shows early success)
Xinhua, August 1, 2017
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2017-08/01/c_1121415895.htm

Access to Information (信息公开)

In China, a pioneering transgender movie made by teens is trying to skirt censorship
Quartz, August 2, 2017
https://qz.com/1043174/%E9%80%83%E7%A6%BB-escape-film-chinese-transgender-movie-made-by-high-school-students-tries-to-skirt-censorship-rules/

China's Internet crackdown reaches new level of restriction
Deutsche Welle, August 1, 2017
http://www.dw.com/en/chinas-internet-crackdown-reaches-new-level-of-restriction/a-39909546

China Communist Party members face tighter curbs on Internet use
South China Morning Post, August 1, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2104985/china-communist-party-members-face-tighter-curbs

传承红色基因 激发奋进力量 江西纪念“三个90周年”网络媒体主题宣传活动正式启动 (“Red Gene” stimulates progressive strength, Jiangxi commemorates “Three 90th Anniversaries,” network media officially launches activities)
Office of the Central Leading Group for Cyberspace Affairs, July 31, 2017
http://www.cac.gov.cn/2017-07/31/c_1121405057.htm

Essay on Beijing migrants' plight fuels online debate in China
Reuters, August 1, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-society-beijing-idUSKBN1AH38D

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Pollution inspectors sharply criticize Tianjin, Anhui, Shanxi
China Daily, July 31, 2017
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2017-07/31/content_30299991.htm

New regulation enacted to make China's statistics more trustworthy
Xinhua, August 1, 2017
EN: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-08/01/c_136491451.htm
CH: http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2017-08/01/c_1121416038.htm

China expels anti-graft inspector from party for corruption
Reuters, August 2, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-politics-corruption-idUSKBN1AI05G

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

华为回应手机安装监听软件收集隐私传闻：恶意诽谤 (Huawei responds to rumors of monitoring software installed on mobile phones to collect private information: this is a malicious falsehood)
Phoenix Technologies, August 1, 2017
http://tech.ifeng.com/a/20170801/44657757_0.shtml

亚马逊步苹果后尘，在中国下架VPN (Amazon follows Apple’s example and stops VPN service in China)
Voice of America, August 2, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/vpn-20170801/3968026.html

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

Dozens of ethnic Kazakhs detained amid security crackdown in China's Xinjiang
Radio Free Asia, August 1, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/kazakh-detainees-08012017132013.html

Hong Kong (香港)

陳文敏：倘高鐵擴建 中央在港管轄權勢必擴大 (Johannes Chan: administrative power of central gov’t will be extended if high-speed rail expands)
Mingpao, August 2, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170802/s00001/1501637714675

An appointment “at all costs”: Choice of education deputy slammed by pro-democracy activists
Hong Kong Free Press, August 1, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/01/appointment-costs-choice-education-deputy-slammed-pro-democracy-activists/

Related:
蔡若蓮任副局 林鄭月娥稱不明為何提升至與教育界開戰 (Carrie Lam on CHOI Yuk-lin: I don’t understand why the appointment issue has escalated and is raging war with the education sector)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 2, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1345802-20170802.htm

Plug Hong Kong’s legal loopholes on human-trafficking and forced labor, legislator tells officials
South China Morning Post, August 1, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2105007/plug-hong-kongs-legal-loopholes-human-trafficking-and-forced

Commentary (评论)

Apple’s silence in China sets a dangerous precedent
The New York Times, July 31, 2017
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/31/technology/apple-vpn-china-dangerous-precedent.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20170801/apple-vpn-china-dangerous-precedent/

香港教育要撥亂反正 從委任愛國愛港者開始 (Comment: setting the record straight for education in Hong Kong begins with the appointment of people who love China and Hong Kong)
Mingpao, August 2, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170802/s00022/1501636816722

Access to Justice (司法公正)

中国流亡律师滕彪，要做黑暗中的闪电 (Teng Biao, Chinese lawyer in exile, will become a lightning flash in the dark)
The New York Times, August 1, 2017
https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20170801/where-are-you-teng-biao/

Paying homage to Liu Xiaobo from behind bars
China Change, July 31, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/07/31/paying-homage-to-liu-xiaobo-from-behind-bars/

Tibetan self-immolator released after serving five-year prison term in Sichuan
Radio Free Asia, July 31, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/released-07312017162747.html

最高法出台司法责任制实施意见，院庭长不得以口头指示等变相批案 (Supreme People’s Court introduces implementation of ideas on judicial accountability, chief judges shall not approve cases through verbal instruction)
Legal Daily, July 31, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-07/31/content_7263737.htm

安徽阜阳男子违停被贴罚单在朋友圈骂交警发泄不满，行拘5日 (Fuyang, Anhui man vents dissatisfaction against police after receiving traffic ticket, is detained for five days)
The Paper, July 31, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1747565

习近平阅兵疑违反国旗法 珠海钢管舞劳军引舆论炮轰 (Xi Jinping’s PLA parade allegedly violates national flag law)
Radio Free Asia, July 31, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/xl3-07312017101542.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

北京网信办约谈多家网站负责人，责令立即整治自媒体八大乱象 (Beijing Internet Information office meets with various internet platform representatives, orders immediate regulation of the “eight big sources of chaos” in personal media)
The Paper, July 31, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1748029

民政部：网络求助不属于慈善募捐 平台应加强审查甄别且设置求助上限 (Ministry of Civil Affairs: online appeals for help do not count as charitable fundraising, platforms should strengthen screening examinations and place caps on appeals for help)
Legal Daily, July 31, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-07/31/content_7263134.htm

In China, Internet censors are accidentally helping revive an invented “Martian” language
Quartz, July 30, 2017
https://qz.com/1028258/in-china-internet-censors-are-accidentally-helping-revive-an-invented-language-called-martian/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

過百市民出席劉曉波「追詩會」 教師：文學方式悼念合適 (Over 100 citizens in Hong Kong mourn Liu Xiaobo by reading poems)
Apple Daily, July 31, 2017
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/news/20170731/57025304

Government Accountability (政府问责)

安徽:深化落实中央八项规定精神 上半年处分1120人 (1,120 officials in Anhui punished in the first half of 2017 for disciplinary issues)
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, August 1, 2017
http://www.ccdi.gov.cn/yw/201707/t20170731_103884.html

China work safety chief demoted after corruption probe
South China Morning Post, July 31, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2104763/china-work-safety-chief-demoted-after-corruption-probe

Trump administration quietly pressing China to free Liu Xiaobo’s widow
The Washington Post, July 30, 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/trump-administration-quietly-pressing-china-to-free-liu-xiaobos-widow/2017/07/30/35d5dbe8-73c4-11e7-8839-ec48ec4cae25_story.html

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

習近平：軍隊依法履行港澳防務職責 打擊分裂破壞活動 (Xi Jinping: PLA defends Hong Kong and Macau in accordance with the law and fights against separatist and sabotaging activities)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 1, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1345595-20170801.htm

在台西藏人在台北举行“丹增曲英烛光晚会” (Tibetans in Taiwan hold candlelight vigil for student who died from self-immolation)
Radio Free Asia, July 31, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/hx-07312017113643.html

Hong Kong (香港)

吳靄儀指公安在香港執行內地法律令港人失信心政府失分 (Margaret Ng: mainland police enforcing mainland laws in Hong Kong makes Hong Kongers lose confidence and gov’t loose support)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 1, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1345578-20170801.htm

Looming Hong Kong government pick sparks new national education fears
South China Morning Post, August 1, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2104833/looming-hong-kong-government-pick-sparks-new-national

梁國雄涉收黎智英捐款案控罪不成立 官：行為可疑但有模式可循 (Leung Kwok-hung not guilty of misconduct after receiving donation from Jimmy Lai)
Mingpao, July 31, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170731/s00001/1501478552182

團體抗議蔡若蓮任教育局副局長 教聯會關門拒對話 (Groups protest against potential appointment of CHOI Yuk-lin as education deputy)
Inmediahk, July 31, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1051081

Hong Kong court suspends legal challenge to oust two more pro-democracy lawmakers
Hong Kong Free Press, July 31, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/31/hong-kong-court-suspends-legal-challenge-oust-two-pro-democracy-lawmakers/

Hong Kong gets more power under joint checkpoint plan, not less, legal scholar argues
South China Morning Post, July 31, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2104735/joint-checkpoint-plan-rail-link-grants-hong-kong-more-power

Veteran Hong Kong democracy activist found not guilty in donation case
Reuters, July 31, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-politics-idUSKBN1AG0XJ

Commentary (评论)

Leopards and spots: Liu Xiaobo and China’s soft power
China Policy Institute, July 31, 2017
https://cpianalysis.org/2017/07/31/leopards-and-spots-liu-xiaobo-and-chinas-soft-power/

The world ignores an outrage
The Washington Times, July 30, 2017
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jul/30/editorial-the-world-ignores-an-outrage/

Even in death Liu Xiaobo is an inspiration to many Hong Kong people
South China Morning Post, July 28, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/article/2104497/even-death-liu-xiaobo-inspiration-many-hong-kong-people

We have concluded our Daily Brief Special Feature on Liu Xiaobo, prominent Chinese public intellectual and 2010 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, who died tragically in Chinese custody on July 13, 2017. For more information on Liu Xiaobo’s life and work, background information, and updates on his wife, Liu Xia, please see HRIC’s special action page: Liu Xiaobo's Living Legacy. We hope this page will be a useful information resource and help generate more effective action by the international community.

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Mainland Chinese driver for Hong Kong reporters arrested after Liu Xiaobo service
South China Morning Post, July 28, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2104552/mainland-chinese-driver-hong-kong-reporters-arrested-after

Related:
刘霞尚未返家继续被禁止与亲友通话 (Liu Xia hasn’t returned home and is not allowed to talk to family and friends)
Radio France Internationale, July 30, 2017
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20170730-刘霞尚未返家继续被禁止与亲友通话

台湾追悼刘晓波 余杰：软禁刘霞超越法西斯 (Church in Taiwan mourns Liu Xiaobo; Yu Jie: the house arrest of Liu Xia is worse than what the fascists and Nazis did)
Radio Free Asia, July 30, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/hcm-07302017122900.html

吴淦狱中祭刘晓波文披露 言及自己所遭酷刑 (Wu Gan mourns Liu Xiaobo in prison and says he is tortured)
Weiquanwang, July 29, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/07/blog-post_178.html

Liu Xiaobo: Thousands urge China to free Liu Xia
Al Jazeera, July 30, 2017
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/07/liu-xiabo-thousands-urge-china-free-liu-xia-170729092534849.html

709事件被捕人获委派律师　家属称不会尽信 (709 crackdown targets are appointed lawyers, family members say they do not believe it)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 28, 2017
http://gbcode.rthk.hk/TuniS/news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/video-gallery.htm

广东出台全国首部实施《律师法》地方性立法规定, 设置专门救济途径保障律师执业权利 (Guangdong introduces local legislation for national “Law of the People’s Republic of China on Lawyers,” sets up specialized project to protect lawyers’ right to practice)
Legal Daily, July 28, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-07/28/content_7262612.htm

广东警方刑拘142名“善心汇”传销组织涉案人员 (Guangdong police hold 142 Shan Xin Hui members under criminal detention for allegedly carrying out pyramid scheme)
Xinhua News Agency, July 30, 2017
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2017-07-30/doc-ifyinwmp0880746.shtml

Access to Information (信息公开)

稱違中國法律 蘋果中國App Store下架VPN程式 (Apple removes VPN apps from App Store in China, saying they are against Chinese law)
Mingpao, July 29, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170729/s00004/1501336087537

Related:
Apple removes apps offering virtual private networks from its China store
Global Voices, July 30, 2017
https://globalvoices.org/2017/07/30/apple-removes-apps-offering-virtual-private-networks-from-its-china-store/

Weibo next to carry torch in crusade against celebrity gossip
Sixth Tone, July 28, 2017
http://www.sixthtone.com/news/1000593/weibo-next-to-carry-torch-in-crusade-against-celebrity-gossip

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

吉林市23村突遭水库泄洪家被淹 上千灾民政府讨说法无果堵路抗议 (23 villages in Jilin city suddenly flooded, over 1,000 victims protest after discussions with government fail to produce results)
Radio Free Asia, July 27, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/xl2-07272017094211.html

湖南万人上街抗议建垃圾厂 当局逼党员签名支持 (10,000 Hunan residents protest garbage plant construction, authorities force party members to sign in support of the project)
Radio Free Asia, July 27, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/xl1-07272017093953.html

Transgender activists in China just scored a historic victory
Vox, July 27, 2017
https://www.vox.com/world/2017/7/27/16049820/china-transgender-discrimination-lawsuit-mr-c

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China's Xi: We can't be “blindly optimistic” on corruption inside the Communist Party
Newsweek, July 27, 2017
http://www.newsweek.com/communist-party-blindly-optimistic-about-corruption-643166

Germany said concerned by China's unwillingness to discuss Nobel laureate's widow
Reuters, July 28, 2017
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-rights-idUSKBN1AD0YY

Related:
德国关注中国继续限制刘晓波遗孀基本自由 (Germany pays close attention to China’s continued restriction of Liu Xiaobo’s widow’s basic freedoms)
Voice of America, July 28, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/voanews-20170728-germany-china-liu-xia/3962861.html