Access to Justice (司法公正)

广州诗人浪子取保候审 独立作家指因言获罪 (Guangzhou poet Langzi released on bail as independent writers blast the authorities for oppressing freedom of speech)
Voice of America, September 25, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/Liu-Xiaobo-supporter-released-on-bail-/4042032.html

山东司法厅以祝圣武律师“发表危害国家安全的言论”为由吊销其律师执业证 (Shandong Justice Bureau revokes lawyer Zhu Shengwu’s license for “making speech that endangers national security”)
Weiqianwang, September 23, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/09/blog-post_76.html

Why should we pay attention to China’s televised confessions?
The Diplomat, September 23, 2017
http://thediplomat.com/2017/09/why-should-we-pay-attention-to-chinas-televised-confessions/

News about Uighur Scholar Ilham Tohti on the third anniversary of his sentencing: No news
China Change, September 22, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/09/22/news-about-uighur-scholar-ilham-tohti-on-the-third-anniversary-of-his-sentencing-no-news/

An indomitable spirit: Labor activist Meng Han talks about his prison ordeal and the continued fight for workers’ rights in China
China Labor Bulletin, September 22, 2017
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/indomitable-spirit-labour-activist-meng-han-talks-about-his-prison-ordeal-and-continued

Wang Quanzhang: the last “709” lawyer left in China’s legal limbo
South China Morning Post, September 24, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2111062/wang-quanzhang-last-709-lawyer-left-chinas-legal-limbo

Security tightens around home of ethnic Mongolian dissident Hada
Radio Free Asia, September 22, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/security-tightens-around-home-of-ethnic-mongolian-dissident-hada-09222017111641.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Party schools: Safe spaces don’t exist at Chinese universities
The Wall Street Journal, September 24, 2017
https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-steps-up-ideology-drive-on-college-campuses-1506250801

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

四川数万人抗议区域调整 官方启动反恐级维稳 (Tens of thousands in Sichuan protest against adjustment of administrative areas, the authority responds with anti-terrorism level of stability maintaining mechanism)
Radio Free Asia, September 23, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/protest-09232017100700.html

《中國新歌聲》借台大場地辦活動 學生衝台抗議 批統戰活動促放李明哲 (Students in Taiwan protest during mainland entertainment show held in National Taipei University and demand the release of Lee Ming-che)
Mingpao, September 24, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170924/s00004/1506245587661

陕西山阳“11.30”特大爆炸案死难者家属要求政府赔偿 (Family of victims in the firework factory explosion in Shaanxi demand local gov’t to compensate)
Weiqianwang, September 23, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/09/1130.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

互联网低俗色情信息专项整治成效显著 (Crackdown campaign on online pornography turns out to be highly effective)
CCTV, September 25, 2017
http://news.cctv.com/2017/09/25/ARTIG9je0sqS3zApBVFMGCQc170925.shtml

One of China’s 100 most wanted corruption fugitives gives himself up
South China Morning Post, September 25, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2112695/one-chinas-100-most-wanted-corruption-fugitives-gives

China’s Communist Party expels former insurance watchdog chief over corruption
South China Morning Post, September 23, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2112524/chinas-communist-party-expels-former-insurance-watchdog

China to push for greater cooperation on graft, terrorism at Interpol meeting
Reuters, September 24, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-interpol/china-to-push-for-greater-cooperation-on-graft-terrorism-at-interpol-meeting-idUSKCN1BZ019

China's ruling party expels anti-graft, ex-insurance officials citing graft
Reuters, September 23, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption/chinas-ruling-party-expels-anti-graft-ex-insurance-officials-citing-graft-idUSKCN1BY04N

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

指全國監控鏡頭逾2000萬個 央視節目：中國是治安保障最好國家之一 (CCTV: there are over 20 million surveillance cameras across China and it is one of the safest countries in the world)
Mingpao, September 24, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170924/s00004/1506239102449

Hong Kong (香港)

張曉明稱各界要對港獨零容忍 王志民說支持特首施政 (Zhang Xiaoming: all walks of life should have zero tolerance of Hong Kong independence; Wang Zhiming: will support the chief executive to govern)
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 25, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1355851-20170925.htm

In Pictures: Protesters attend musical rally in solidarity with Hong Kong’s jailed activists
Hong Kong Free Press, September 25, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/09/25/pictures-protesters-attend-musical-rally-solidarity-hong-kongs-jailed-activists/

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團體辦音樂集會聲援在囚者及家屬 何韻詩黃耀明撐場 (Hong Kong groups and singers Denise Ho and Anthony Wong hold concert in support of jailed activists and family members)
Mingpao, September 24, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170924/s00001/1506258500537

Ten university heads unite to write nonsense about Hong Kong independence
Hong Kong Free Press, September 23, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/09/23/ten-university-heads-unite-write-nonsense-hong-kong-independence/

Commentary (评论)

The Umbrella Movement after three years: So much accomplished, and much still to do
Hong Kong Free Press, September 24, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/09/24/umbrella-movement-three-years-much-accomplished-much-still/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

江西丰城发电厂事故25人涉嫌职务犯罪被立案侦查 (25 put under investigation for allegedly committing crimes while on duty in Jiangxi power plant accident that killed 73 workers)
Beijing News, September 22, 2017
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2017/09/22/458901.html

厦门一男子组织出租车车主和司机非法聚集，已被警方刑拘 (Man criminally detained by police in Xiamen for organizing taxi drivers to join illegal assembly)
The Paper, September 21, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1802354

Trial of Inner Mongolia petitioner linked to surveillance row adjourned again
Radio Free Asia, September 21, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/adjourned-09212017125843.html

China strikes off defense lawyer in “Steamed Buns” presidential nickname case
祝圣武律师执照吊销听证会举行 当局阻公民、律师旁听
Radio Free Asia, September 21, 2017
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-strickes-off-defense-lawyer-in-steamed-buns-presidential-nickname-case-09212017123315.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf-09212017110459.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Ai Weiwei attacks latest Chinese crackdown on free speech and sees little hope Communist Party Congress will bring changes
South China Morning Post, September 21, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2112184/ai-weiwei-attacks-latest-chinese-crackdown-free-speech

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

An indomitable spirit: Labor activist Meng Han talks about his prison ordeal and the continued fight for workers’ rights in China
China Labor Bulletin, September 22, 2017
http://clb.org.hk/content/indomitable-spirit-labour-activist-meng-han-talks-about-his-prison-ordeal-and-continued

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China's ruling Communist Party expels former Gansu party boss for graft
Reuters, September 22, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption/chinas-ruling-communist-party-expels-former-gansu-party-boss-for-graft-idUSKCN1BX0AJ

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

中国反邪教“一网两微”今天正式上线 (Official anti-cult website, social media and WeChat go online today)
CCTV, September 22, 2017
http://m.news.cctv.com/2017/09/22/ARTIIXJtPoE7p8WBMxWMYQZS170922.shtml

China’s security chief calls for greater use of AI to predict terrorism, social unrest
South China Morning Post, September 21, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2112203/china-security-chief-calls-greater-use-ai-predict

Hong Kong (香港)

張曉明稱會離任中聯辦 說和香港「從未走遠」 (Zhang Xiaoming confirms that he will leave Liaison Office: Will never walk away from Hong Kong)
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 22, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1355435-20170922.htm

消息指王志民已接任香港中聯辦主任一職 (Wang Zhimin, chief of the Macau Liaison Office, reported to be the new Hong Kong Liaison Office director)
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 22, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1355299-20170921.htm

訪英晤首席大臣 林鄭：回歸20年港成功落實一國兩制 (Carrie Lam in the UK: Hong Kong successfully executes “One Country, Two Systems” twenty years after handover)
Mingpao, September 22, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170922/s00001/1506042553554

CUHK student union removes Hong Kong independence banner but denies bending to pressure
Hong Kong Free Press, September 21, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/09/21/cuhk-student-union-removes-hong-kong-independence-banner-denies-bending-pressure/

Commentary (评论)

「殺無赦」背後的愚蠢 (The stupidity behind “kill mercilessly”)
Mingpao, September 22, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170922/s00022/1506000345293

Don’t give up on pursuit of democracy, former governor Chris Patten tells Hongkongers
South China Morning Post, September 22, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2112312/dont-give-pursuit-democracy-former-governor-chris-patten

李家超引述黃柳權強調不容許港獨或危害國家安全行為 (John Lee, Hong Kong security chief, quotes deputy of Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council: Won’t allow Hong Kong independence or any actions that endanger national security)
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 22, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1355425-20170922.htm

All hands for cybersecurity
China Media Project, September 20, 2017
http://chinamediaproject.org/2017/09/20/all-hands-on-deck-for-cybersecurity/

Chen Quanguo: The strongman behind Beijing’s securitization strategy in Tibet and Xinjiang
Jamestown Foundation, September 21, 2017
https://jamestown.org/program/chen-quanguo-the-strongman-behind-beijings-securitization-strategy-in-tibet-and-xinjiang/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

最高法院紧急通知要求切实加强当前执法办案工作 (Supreme People's Court Emergency Notice Demands Strengthening Current Works on Law Enforcement and Case Handling)
Supreme People’s Court, September 20, 2017
http://www.court.gov.cn/zixun-xiangqing-60582.html

为民请命13载，安徽民选村主任王凤云十九大前疑被“通缉” (Democratically elected village head Wang Fengyun put on wanted list in Anhui before the 19th National Party Congress for defending villagers’ rights for 13 years)
Weiquanwang, September 20, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/09/13.html

国际笔会年会开幕 林培瑞、黎安友等数十人声援浪子 (PEN International holds congress and dozens, including Perry Link and Andrew J. Nathan, support detained Chinese poet Langzi)
Radio Free Asia, September 20, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-09202017131122.html

An emboldened Beijing wields China’s laws to strike at overseas threats
The New York Times, September 20, 2017
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/20/world/asia/china-taiwan-law.html

China lifts travel ban on feminist activist
Financial Times, September 21, 2017
https://www.ft.com/content/33ae550d-4fb6-3d73-8662-859f16018403

China's probes of rights lawyers “alarming”: Human Rights Watch
Reuters, September 20, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-rights/chinas-probes-of-rights-lawyers-alarming-human-rights-watch-idUSKCN1BV108

Access to Information (信息公开)

最高法:将“诉讼化改造”仲裁司法审查 建信息平台 (Supreme People’s Court: to build information platform for judicial review of arbitration)
Xinhua, September 21, 2017
http://news.xinhuanet.com/2017-09/21/c_1121698393.htm

New uni standards needed to counter Chinese censorship bids
The Australian, September 21, 2017
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/new-uni-standards-needed-to-counter-chinese-censorship-bids/news-story/ee439d0c635199bdf62ff3da8cd737a2

中国大陆外国法制史教学受限 大学生禁借西方书刊 (Education of law hindered in China as university students are banned from borrowing books from the West)
Radio Free Asia, September 20, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/kejiaowen/xl2-09202017101725.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Hundreds of police occupy Beijing market amid anger over closures
Radio Free Asia, September 20, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/market-09202017120734.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

十八大以来纪检机关加强自身建设：以担当诠释忠诚 (Party discipline inspection authority strengthens itself since the 18th National Party Congress and demonstrates loyalty through taking responsibilities)
The Paper, September 20, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1800901

Nine members of the UN Human Rights Council accused of violating human rights
The Independent, September 20, 2017
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/un-human-rights-council-members-saudi-arabia-china-venezuela-abusers-violators-a7958271.html

Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong in surprise meeting with China’s anti-graft tsar Wang Qishan
South China Morning Post, September 21, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2112082/singapore-pm-lee-hsien-loong-surprise-meeting-chinas

Former aide to ousted Communist Party leader to be removed from home as party congress approaches
Hong Kong Free Press, September 21, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/09/21/former-aide-ousted-communist-party-leader-removed-home-party-congress-approaches/

China's “fallen” officials leave gaps, silenced voices in Communist Party ranks
Radio Free Asia, September 21, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/chinas-fallen-officials-leave-gaps-silenced-voices-in-communist-party-ranks-09202017112952.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

上海青年网络安全志愿者联盟成立，传播网络安全理念和技能 (Shanghai Youth Cybersecurity Volunteer Alliance established to spread cybersecurity ideas sand skills)
The Paper, September 20, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1801021

Shanghai police turn to facial recognition software to catch misbehaving cyclists
South China Morning Post, September 21, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2112006/shanghai-police-turn-facial-recognition-software-catch

孟建柱：要利用人工智能研究公共安全事件演变规律 (Meng Jianzhu: China must use AI to do research on the changing patterns of public security incidents)
Beijing News, September 21, 2017
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2017/09/21/458749.html

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

孟建柱：中国已是世界命案发案率最低国家之一 (Meng Jianzhu: China is one of the countries with the lowest rate of fatal crimes)
People.cn, September 20, 2017
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2017/0920/c1001-29548327.html