Access to Justice (司法公正)

最高法：有权人、有钱人减刑快服刑短现象得到有效遏制 (Supreme People's Court: phenomenon of powerful and wealthy inmates cutting prison terms short has been “effectively contained")
Chinanews.com, November 23, 2017
http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2017/11-23/8383522.shtml

遭吊销执照律师祝圣武祸不单行 旗下律所或被迫解散 (Rights lawyer Zhu Shengwu, who was revoked of license, fears to be forced to disband law firm)
Radio Free Asia, November 22, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf1-11222017101554.html

乐山小伙朱晋川被改判无罪后获国家赔偿40万余元 (Man in Sichuan compensated over 400,000 yuan by state after serving 3 years plus in prison for crime he didn’t commit)
Chengdu Business News, November 22, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1874892

宁夏出台建立以案释法制度实施意见 (Ningxia issues opinion on using cases to interpret laws)
Ministry of Justice, November 22, 2017
http://www.moj.gov.cn/news/content/2017-11/22/fzxc_9931.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

China blocks debate about downfall of Internet censor Lu Wei
The Guardian, November 23, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/23/china-blocks-debate-about-downfall-of-internet-censor-lu-wei

苹果为下架数百VPN辩护：留在中国有助言论自由 (Apple defends itself for removing hundreds of VPN apps: To stay in China and help with free speech)
Voice of America, November 22, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/apple-vpn-20171122/4130753.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

教育部发布预警后，全国仍有多所高校泄露学生个人信息 (Universities across country continue to leak students’ personal information post education authority’s warning)
The Paper, November 23, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1875831

北京一幼儿园被指对幼儿扎针喂药，区教委成立工作组驻园调查 (Local education authority investigates as Beijing kindergarten accused of abusing children, including feeding them with unknown pills)
The Paper, November 23, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1876621

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Foxconn stops interns' illegal overtime at iPhone X factory
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 23, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-42090777

China's “police cloud” mines big data to track population's every move
Radio Free Asia, November 22, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/cloud-11222017113254.html

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

“储存分享《古兰经》音视内容，可被”三级暴恐“论处” (Storing and sharing audio and video of Quran deemed as “level-three violent and terrorist activities”)
Radio Free Asia, November 22, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql1-11222017101125.html

Hong Kong (香港)

民主派拉布阻修改議事規則 立法會流會 (Pro-democracy camp filibusters to stop changing of LegCo rules)
Inmediahk, November 23, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1053476

Related:
“Month-long war”: Legislative meeting halted as pro-democracy camp fight to resist rule changes and “evil laws”
Hong Kong Free Press, November 23, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/11/23/month-long-war-legislative-meeting-halted-pro-democracy-camp-fight-resist-rule-changes-evil-laws/

「七警案」首被告提上訴 律師指呈堂片段真確性可爭辯 (First defendant of “Seven Police Case” appeals sentencing, as defense lawyer questions authenticity of video evidence of officers beating Occupy activist KEN Tsang)
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 23, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1366416-20171123.htm

港政党中联办抗议江天勇「被认罪」 (Political parties protest in front of Liaison Office against “forced confession” of rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong)
Radio Free Asia, November 22, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/cp-11222017101738.html

Former Hong Kong leader asks city to look at bigger picture for China’s development
South China Morning Post, November 22, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2121152/former-hong-kong-leader-asks-city-look-bigger-picture-chinas

Commentary (评论)

幼儿园安全与中产自救 (Kindergarten safety and self-salvation of middle class)
Financial Times, November 23, 2017
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001075188

Related:
虐童事件再现，“幼有所育”的底线不容击穿 | 锐评 (Bottom line of “caring for the young” can never be toed, as another child abuse scandal breaks out)
People’s Daily, November 23, 2017
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/MT6dxtMemq0e_sVIb3QpKA

中共完全當基本法隱形 (CPC takes the Basic Law as completely invisible)
Apple Daily, November 23, 2017
https://hk.news.appledaily.com/local/daily/article/20171123/20222972

吳凱宇：守護學術自主，基本法教育須容多元觀點 (To defend academic freedom, education of the Basic Law should allow diversified perspectives)
Inmediahk, November 22, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1053467

Access to Justice (司法公正)

最高法大法官刘贵祥：考虑建设“一带一路”国际商事法庭 (China to set up international commercial court for One Belt One Road Initiative, Supreme People’s Court judge Liu Guixiang says)
Chinanews.com, November 21, 2017
http://www.chinanews.com/cj/2017/11-21/8382328.shtml

Access to Information (信息公开)

China widens personality cult around “unrivaled helmsman” Xi
Associated Press, November 21, 2017
http://wapo.st/2B2hJ0z

安徽省下“特急”维稳通知 报道监督类新闻须报批 (Anhui province issues stability maintenance order censoring reports on elderly care, healthcare, housing, and stock market)
Radio Free Asia, November 21, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/ql1-11212017103946.html

Australian furor over Chinese influence follows book’s delay
涉华书籍遭延迟出版，澳大利亚人担忧中国影响力
The New York Times, November 20, 2017
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/20/world/australia/china-australia-book-influence.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/asia-pacific/20171121/china-australia-book-influence/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

上海公民近日上街举牌强烈呼吁中共政权释放全国政治犯 (Citizens in Shanghai hold placards on street demanding release of political prisoners)
Weiquanwang, November 22, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/11/blog-post_22.html

陕西民代幼教师300多人到省教育厅上访维权 (Over 300 teachers in Shaanxi petition at provincial education authority for fair treatment and respect)
Weiquanwang, November 21, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/11/300.html

Xi calls on NGOs along Silk Road to enhance cooperation
首届丝绸之路沿线民间组织合作网络论坛在北京开幕 习近平致贺信
Xinhua News Agency, November 21, 2017
EN: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-11/21/c_136768804.htm
CH: http://news.xinhuanet.com/2017-11/21/c_1121988513.htm

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China’s flashy ex-Internet censor faces corruption investigation
中国互联网审查官鲁炜落马
The New York Times, November 22, 2017
EN: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20171122/china-internet-censorship-lu-wei-corruption/en-us/
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20171122/china-internet-censorship-lu-wei-corruption/

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Apple’s iPhone X assembled by illegal student labor
富士康郑州工厂非法使用学生加班组装iPhone X
Financial Times, November 21, 2017
EN: https://www.ft.com/content/7cb56786-cda1-11e7-b781-794ce08b24dc
CH: http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001075170

中国警方大数据系统侵犯公民隐私 人权组织批评 (Human rights group criticizes Chinese police’s big data system for invasion of citizen privacy)
Radio Free Asia, November 21, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yl-11212017105441.html

Related:
1.399b entries in China's population database
Xinhua News Agency, November 21, 2017
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2017-11/21/content_34816543.htm

Skype pulled from China's app stores
Reuters, November 21, 2017
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/skype-pulled-from-china-s-app-stores-9426806

Hong Kong (香港)

王晨指港獨零容忍　港區人大選舉必須牢固樹立一國意識 (Beijing Official says Central Government has zero tolerance towards Hong Kong independence, and Hong Kong NPC election must uphold “One Country”)
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 22, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1366183-20171122.htm

Bailed Hong Kong democracy activists Joshua Wong, Nathan Law and Alex Chow urge prison reforms
Hong Kong Free Press, November 21, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/11/21/bailed-hong-kong-democracy-activists-joshua-wong-nathan-law-alex-chow-urge-prison-reforms/

Commentary (评论)

港人為何要為中共建黨百周年奮鬥？ (Why do Hongkongers have to fight for 100th anniversary of founding of CPC)
Mingpao, November 22, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171122/s00022/1511270793635

The national anthem dilemma: Contextualizing the political dissent of football fans in Hong Kong
Hong Kong Free Press, November 21, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/11/21/national-anthem-dilemma-contextualising-political-dissent-football-fans-hong-kong/

专访：鲍彤评“中国是最大民主国家” (Bao Tong comments on “China is world’s biggest democracy”)
Deutsche Welle, November 20, 2017
http://bit.ly/2hL7tCx

Access to Justice (司法公正)

中国人权律师江天勇被判监禁两年 (Chinese human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong sentenced to 2 years in prison)
Voice of America, November 21, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/china-rights-lawyer-jiang-tianyong-sentenced-20171120/4127915.html

Related:
“Influenced by anti-China forces”: Rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong jailed for 2 years as crackdown intensifies
Agence France-Presse, November 21, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/11/21/influenced-anti-china-forces-rights-lawyer-jiang-tianyong-jailed-2-years-crackdown-intensifies/

高智晟失踪百日 陕西佳县刑警队称被国保羁押 (Gao Zhisheng confirmed by Shaanxi police to be detained by state security agents after missing for 100 days)
Radio Free Asia, November 20, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-11202017104210.html#.WhOKl74PP_E.twitter

打压维权律师搞株连 儿子护照被废申诉拒受理 (Supreme People's Procuratorate rejects rights lawyer’s complaint of son being banned from leaving China)
Radio Free Asia, November 20, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf1-11202017104521.html

法治课｜拒绝律师“突袭”辩护，江西赣州中院此举是否妥当 (Is it appropriate for Ganzhou Intermediate Court in Jiangxi to ban lawyer from performing “surprise defense” duty?)
The Paper, November 20, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1870719

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

数百访民北京游行受阻 多人被控制 (Hundreds of petitioners in Beijing banned from protesting, many put under police custody)
Radio Free Asia, November 20, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-11202017104356.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

As wage arrears escalate in the run up to the Lunar New Year, the trade union needs to act
China Labor Bulletin, November 21, 2017
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/wage-arrears-escalate-run-lunar-new-year-trade-union-needs-act

湖南省桃江縣有中學集體肺癆 多名官員及校長遭革職 (Officials and head of school removed from duty after cluster TB outbreak in rural Hunan)
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 21, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1365975-20171121.htm

Related:
Officials sacked for tuberculosis outbreaks in Central China
Xinhua News Agency, November 21, 2017
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2017-11/21/content_34808821.htm

China punishes 6,190 officials in anti-graft campaign
Xinhua News Agency, November 21, 2017
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-11/21/c_136766895.htm

北京大兴火灾已致19死8伤 警方刑拘18人 (Police criminally detains 18 people after Beijing outskirt flame claimed 19 lives and injured 8)
People’s Daily, November 20, 2017
http://bit.ly/2hI0o5K

Related:
Another tragedy unfolds in Beijing’s migrant worker shanty towns
China Labor Bulletin, November 20, 2017
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/another-tragedy-unfolds-beijing%E2%80%99s-migrant-worker-shanty-towns

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

公安部提醒：身份证将迎来巨变！影响每个人 (Ministry of Public Security: revolutionary change in ID card will affect everyone)
China Central Television, November 20, 2017
http://bit.ly/2B9c2yG

我国治理安卓应用市场秩序 阻断违法有害移动应用进入市场 (Chinese authorities tighten control of Android apps to “prevent illegal and harmful mobile apps from entering market”)
Xinhua News Agency, November 20, 2017
http://news.xinhuanet.com/local/2017-11/20/c_1121984506.htm

Hong Kong (香港)

周永康黃之鋒羅冠聰等就在囚人士待遇權利向懲教署投訴 (Alex Chow, Joshua Wong, Nathan Law and others file complaint against Hong Kong Correctional Services for better treatment of inmates and protection of their rights)
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 21, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1366008-20171121.htm

林鄭月娥：中央文獻研究室主任冷溶來港解釋十九大內容 (Carrie Lam confirms Beijing official will come to Hong Kong to chair seminar on 19th party congress)
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 21, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1365960-20171121.htm

Related:
Beijing official to hold seminar on Communist Party Congress for senior Hong Kong civil servants
Hong Kong Free Press, November 21, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/11/21/beijing-official-hold-seminar-communist-party-congress-senior-hong-kong-civil-servants/

聯署要求政府立即公開高鐵西九「一地兩檢」《合作安排》全文 (Lawmakers start signature campaign demanding SAR government to reveal details of co-location deal with mainland)
Inmediahik, November 20, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1053429

Related:
Meaningless for Hong Kong gov’t to submit bills to legislature if filibustering continues, says Chief Exec. Carrie Lam
Hong Kong Free Press, November 21, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/11/21/meaningless-hong-kong-govt-submit-bills-legislature-filibustering-continues-says-chief-exec-carrie-lam/

Commentary (评论)

花崗岩的啟示 (Granite’s revelation)
Mingpao, November 21, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171121/s00022/1511180284622

不畏威權 繼續燃燒——致我的社民連黨友 (Don’t be afraid of Authoritarianism and keep on going - to my fellow League of Social Democrats)
Inmediahk, November 21, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1053435

Carrie Lam between a rock and hard place
South China Morning Post, November 21, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2120773/carrie-lam-between-rock-and-hard-place