Access to Justice (司法公正)

China rights lawyer says legal license revoked after criticizing President Xi Jinping
Reuters, January 16, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-rights/china-rights-lawyer-says-legal-license-revoked-after-criticizing-president-xi-jinping-idUSKBN1F5067

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北京律师被吊销执照 曾建议罢免习近平 (Beijing lawyer who once suggested removing Xi Jinping from office gets his license revoked)
Voice of America, January 16, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/yu-wensheng-suspension-20180116/4209585.html

蘇嘉豪被控加重違令罪案件於澳門初級法院開審 (Suspended Macau lawmakers Sulu Hou faces trial after charged with aggravated disobedience)
Radio Television Hong Kong, January 16, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1375428-20180116.htm

因海祭刘晓波案遭刑事拘留的黎学文今取保获释 (Li Xuewen released on bail from criminal detention after commemorating Liu Xiaobo)
Weiquanwang, January 15, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/01/blog-post_15.html

滞台4年，中国异议人士王中义成功抵美 (Chinese dissident Wang Zhongyi arrives in US after stuck in Taiwan for 4 years)
Voice of America, January 15, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/voaweishi-20180115-connect-wang-zhongyi/4208374.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Qantas changes website to recognize Chinese territories
Reuters, January 16, 2018
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/qantas-changes-website-to-recognise-chinese-territories-9865982

Chinese institute at UMass Boston is accused of promoting censorship
Boston Globe, January 16, 2018
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/01/15/chinese-institute-umass-boston-accused-promoting-censorship/U5nL824cIpKTFF7h186TSP/story.html

網曝內地把逃港歷史 淡化為「赴港就業潮」 (China allegedly sugarcoats mainlanders fleeing to Hong Kong from 1950s to 1970s as “wave of going and working in Hong Kong”)
HKET, January 15, 2018
http://bit.ly/2DiSdsJ

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Chinese students use #MeToo to take fight against sexual harassment to elite universities
South China Morning Post, January 16, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2128341/chinese-students-use-metoo-take-fight-against-sexual-harassment

北京盲人影院：引發對中國殘障人事業的思考 (Beijing movie theater for the visually disabled draws attention to rights protection in China)
British Broadcasting Company, January 16, 2018
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/world-42689261

内蒙古五旗牧民自治区政府上访 (Inner Mongolia herdsmen petition at local government for grassland rights)
Radio Free Asia, January 15, 2018
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql1-01152018105041.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

How China outsourced work-related accidents and deaths
China Labor Bulletin, January 16, 2018
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/how-china-outsourced-work-related-accidents-and-deaths

China’s education ministry to launch mechanism for dealing with sexual harassment on campus
Hong Kong Free Press, January 16, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/16/chinas-education-ministry-launch-mechanism-dealing-sexual-harassment-campus/

西藏拉多乡牧民土地被强占 矿产资源仍被滥采 (Land-grabbing against herdsmen and exploitation of mineral resources continue in Lhatok, Tibet)
Radio Free Asia, January 15, 2018
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-01152018133330.html

噴水、塞棉紗……中國地方官員逃避空氣監測有奇招 (Chinese officials pull stunts to cheat air quality monitoring)
British Broadcasting Company, January 15, 2018
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/chinese-news-42687637

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Alibaba and Microsoft AI beat humans in Stanford reading test
人工智能在阅读测试中胜过人类
Financial Times, January 15, 2018
EN: https://www.ft.com/content/8763219a-f9bc-11e7-9b32-d7d59aace167
CH: http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001075942

Hong Kong (香港)

姚松炎勝初選 「DQ風險愈來愈低」 泛民范國威戰新東 建制3人直選搶灘 (4 democratic candidates to run for upcoming by-election, as pro-establishment camp sends 3 to compete)
Mingpao, January 16, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180116/s00001/151603887619

Related:
Hong Kong gov’t wouldn’t dare to bar me from running for legislature again, says by-election hopeful Edward Yiu
Hong Kong Free Press, January 16, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/16/hong-kong-govt-wouldnt-dare-bar-running-legislature-says-election-hopeful-edward-yiu/

與中聯辦「行埋一齊」是合作非干預 林鄭反轟 HK Watch 對香港事務「指指點點」 (Carrie Lam claims Liaison Office is collaborating with SAR government instead of intervening, and slams Hong Kong Watch for interfering in Hong Kong internal affairs)
Stand News, January 16, 2018
http://bit.ly/2DlUtzC

Related:
Video: Chief Exec. Carrie Lam slams new UK watchdog report on Hong Kong rule of law as foreign “meddling”
Hong Kong Free Press, January 16, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/16/chief-exec-carrie-lam-slams-new-uk-watchdog-report-hong-kong-rule-law-foreign-meddling/

Beijing’s office in Hong Kong not involved in city’s affairs unless “mainland angle” emerges, says leader Carrie Lam
Hong Kong Free Press, January 16, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/16/beijings-office-hong-kong-not-involved-citys-affairs-unless-mainland-angle-emerges-says-leader-carrie-lam/

Related:
〈13天愛上解放軍〉 港女生入青少年軍營後寫信感動中聯辦主任 (Hong Kong girl writes letter claiming she fell in love with People's Liberation Army after spending 13 days at youth camp, and that moves Wang Zhimin, head of Liaison Office)
Mingpao, January 15, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180115/s00001/1515977179184

Joshua Wong and fellow Occupy Hong Kong student leaders made to wait as top court reserves judgment on jail terms appeal
South China Morning Post, January 16, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2128374/jailed-hong-kong-student-leaders-appeal-jail-terms

Related:
Magistrate who gave Occupy trio community service was lenient but within sentencing range, says chief justice
Hong Kong Free Press, January 16, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/16/magistrate-gave-occupy-trio-community-service-lenient-within-sentencing-range-says-chief-justice/

Hong Kong woman, 63, arrested for insulting judge in Frankly Chu case
South China Morning Post, January 16, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2128398/hong-kong-woman-63-arrested-insulting-judge-frankly-chu

Commentary (评论)

林鄭護短比司長僭建更醜陋 (Carrie Lam’s cover-up is even uglier than illegal structures at Teresa Cheng’s residence)
Apple Daily, January 16, 2018
https://hk.news.appledaily.com/local/daily/article/20180115/20274678

HKU’s reputation has been hurt by politics
South China Morning Post, January 16, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2128383/hkus-reputation-has-been-hurt-politics

2017 shows us that it is time for the international community to speak up for Hong Kong
Hong Kong Free Press, January 14, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/14/2017-shows-us-time-international-community-speak-hong-kong/

Why China’s good environmental policies have gone wrong
中国式治污：为什么好政策会出错？
The New York Times, January 14, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/14/opinion/china-environmental-policies-wrong.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20180116/china-environmental-policies-wrong/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

I slept handcuffed to a chair: Li Fangping recalls his secret detention
戴着手铐睡觉：李方平回忆他的秘密关押经历
RSDL Monitor, January 14, 2018
EN: http://rsdlmonitor.com/li-fangping-recalls-secret-detention/
CH: http://rsdlmonitor.com/zh/li-fangping-recalls-secret-detention-ch/

翟岩民突发脑梗 妻子刘二敏怒斥当局狱中酷刑 (Liu Ermin, wife of Zhai Yanmin, accuses regime of torturing her husband after Zhai suffered from cerebral infarction)
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/9-01142018155218.html

Related:
709案王全璋律师被失踪917天 律师要求探望仍遭拒绝 (Lawyers once again banned from meeting with 709 lawyer Wang Quanzhang after he disappeared 917 days ago)
Weiquanwang, January 12, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/01/709917.html

中共中央政治局召开会议 讨论拟提请十九届二中全会审议的文件 中共中央总书记习近平主持会议 (Politburo forwards suggested constitutional amendment to “raise high the banner of socialism with Chinese characteristics” for consideration at second plenum of 19th party congress later this month)
Xinhua News Agency, January 12, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2018-01/12/c_1122250299.htm

Chinese bishop freed after seven months in captivity
Agence France-Presse, January 12, 2018
https://www.yahoo.com/news/chinese-bishop-freed-seven-months-captivity-141028629.html

Chinese authorities arrest Xinjiang intellectual amid crackdown on prominent Uyghurs
Radio Free Asia, January 12, 2018
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/arrest-01122018152937.html

How China used a Times documentary as evidence against its subject
當我製作的影片成為中國政府審判扎西文色的證據
The New York Times, January 10, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/10/insider/tashi-wangchuk-documentary-china.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180111/tashi-wangchuk-documentary-china/zh-hant/

Access to Information (信息公开)

业内人士揭网络“水军”产业链运作内情 (Insider reveals how RMB 60,000 will mobilize “water army” robots to produce enough comments to lift Weibo post to top spot in “Hot Topic Search list”)
Legal Daily, January 12, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-01/12/content_7446221.htm

上海网信办责令zara和美敦力网站立即更正违法违规内容 (Shanghai Internet Information Office orders Zara and Medtronic to stop listing Taiwan as country)
Xinhua News Agency, January 12, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2018-01/12/c_1122252032.htm

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

上海市46万的失地农民的58名维权代表冒着严寒来第40次维权到上海市人力资源和社会保障局维权 (58 representatives of 460,000 peasants in Shanghai who lost their lands petition at local Human Resources and Social Security Bureau)
Weiquanwang, January 13, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/01/465840.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China sees 1,300 fugitives returned from overseas in 2017: China Daily
Reuters, January 15, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-crime/china-sees-1300-fugitives-returned-from-overseas-in-2017-china-daily-idUSKBN1F404O

China punishes officials for tampering with smog monitoring
Reuters, January 15, 2018
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/china-punishes-officials-for-tampering-with-smog-monitoring-9861374

企业隐瞒工伤伤情职工追问遭二次伤害 申请司法鉴定错漏百出 (Shenyang railway worker demands work-related injury compensation but gets beaten up by local railway authority, and his forensic report is full of mistakes)
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2018
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf-01142018101843.html

”Frost Boy” in China warms up the Internet, and stirs poverty debate
“冰花男孩”揭示中国留守儿童困境
The New York Times, January 13, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/13/world/asia/frozen-boy-china-poverty.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180115/frozen-boy-china-poverty/

Related:
Chinese officials slammed for flushing US$31,000 from poverty reduction fund down the toilet
South China Morning Post, January 15, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2128301/chinese-officials-slammed-flushing-us31000-poverty-reduction-fund

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

內地網絡犯罪領先全球 馬化騰：「三新」方式應對 (Pony Ma, head of Tencent, pledges to work with authorities and crackdown on cybercrime using AI)
Mingpao, January 15, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180115/s00013/1515952964700

关于督促互联网网络接入服务企业依法持证经营的通知 (Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issues notice to require Internet service providers and content delivery network enterprises to obtain license starting Jan 1, 2018)
Ministry of Industry and Information Technology , January 12, 2018
http://www.miit.gov.cn/n1146290/n1146402/n1146440/c6011525/content.html

工信部约谈支付宝等三家企业 (Ministry of Industry and Information Technology questions Baidu, Alipay, Toutiao on purposes of personal information collection and adequacy of notification)
Legal Daily, January 12, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-01/12/content_7446644.htm

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

China’s hybrid warfare and Taiwan
The Diplomat, January 13, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/01/chinas-hybrid-warfare-and-taiwan/

Hong Kong (香港)

Ex-lawmakers Gary Fan, Edward Yiu win pro-democracy camp primaries, ahead of legislative by-election
Hong Kong Free Press, January 15, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/15/breaking-ex-lawmakers-gary-fan-edward-yiu-win-pro-democracy-camp-primaries-ahead-legislative-election/

Related:
More than 26,000 Hongkongers vote in pro-democracy camp primary election for legislative by-election
Hong Kong Free Press, January 15, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/15/26000-hongkongers-vote-pro-democracy-camp-primary-election-legislative-election/

Pro-democracy Demosisto activist Agnes Chow officially announces candidacy for legislative by-election
Hong Kong Free Press, January 15, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/15/pro-democracy-demosisto-activist-agnes-chow-officially-announces-candidacy-legislative-election/

王志民籲「信國家」 傳承「愛國愛港」香港精神 (Wang Zhimin, head of Liaison Office, urges Hong Kong teenagers to “trust the country” and carry on the Hong Kong spirit of “love the motherland, love Hong Kong”)
Mingpao, January 15, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180115/s00001/1515974539678

Related:
王志民：與林鄭皆感「中西環行埋一齊幾好」 稱中聯辦將與港府走得更近 泛民批影響管治 (Wang Zhimin, head of Liaison Office, says the Office will work more closely with SAR government; pan-democrats criticize)
Mingpao, January 14, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180115/s00002/1515952893268

In Hong Kong, most child abuse victims suffer at hands of parents
South China Morning Post, January 15, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2128210/when-care-turns-cruelty-hong-kong-most-child-abuse-victims

Related:
Hong Kong welfare minister pledges action on child abuse after shocking death of girl, 5
South China Morning Post, January 14, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2128209/hong-kong-welfare-minister-pledges-action-child-abuse-after

Commentary (评论)

四個視角，看中國施派的誤讀與反西方現代性使命 (How Strauss theories are distorted in China)
The Intinium, January 15, 2018
https://theinitium.com/article/20180115-opinion-chenchun-carl-schmitt-leo-strauss/

Hong Kong’s “#MeToo” movement is only just warming up, and we have ways to go
South China Morning Post, January 14, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/2128167/hong-kongs-me-too-movement-only-just-warming-and-we-have

Why China’s good environmental policies have gone wrong
The New York Times, January 14, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/14/opinion/china-environmental-policies-wrong.html

Marriott fiasco shows there’s no room for disrespect when it comes to China’s sovereignty
South China Morning Post, January 14, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2128191/marriott-fiasco-shows-theres-no-room-disrespect-when-it

University rejects Chinese Communist Party-linked influence efforts on campus
The Washington Post, January 14, 2018
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/university-rejects-chinese-communist-party-linked-influence-efforts-on-campus/2018/01/14/c454b54e-f7de-11e7-beb6-c8d48830c54d_story.html

Access to Justice (司法公正)

李明哲轉囚湖南高戒備監獄 (Taiwanese activist Lee Ming-che transferred to high-security prison in Hunan)
Central News Agency, January 12, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180112/s00013/1515693961456

安徽男子涉贪被捕检察院13年后决定不起诉，已申请国家赔偿 (Anhui man, once arrested for suspected corruption, demands state compensation after procuratorate spent 13 years deciding not to press charges)
The Paper, January 11, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1943320

检察院办案如何防范人情案关系案？海南省检：随机分配案件 (Hainan provincial Procuratorate randomly distributes cases to prosecutors to prevent personal relationship from getting involved)
Supreme People's Procuratorate, January 11, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1944284

珠海市公安局不认可蔺其磊律师担任甄江华辩护人 (Rights lawyer Lin Qilei denied by Zhuhai police to represent activist Zhen Jianghua)
Human Rights Campaign in China, January 10, 2018
https://www.hrcchina.org/2018/01/blog-post_10.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

旅美导演摄制「六四」纪录片 大陆家人遭警问话 (Family members of June Fourth documentary director questioned by mainland police)
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 2018
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/director-01112018091046.html

Related:
1989的女孩 (Children of 1989)
YouTube, January 8, 2018
https://youtu.be/0CWbcYz1VHA

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Beijing professor dismissed as sexual harassment allegations spark campus activism
Reuters, January 12, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-harassment/beijing-professor-dismissed-as-sexual-harassment-allegations-spark-campus-activism-idUSKBN1F10J9

入围奥斯卡的艾未未：我和中国政权是恒久不变的对立关系 (Ai Weiwei, whose documentary gets shortlisted for Oscar, calls himself dissident against Chinese regime forever)
The Initium, January 12, 2018
https://theinitium.com/article/20180112-mainland-aiweiwei/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

2017年全国纪检监察机关处分52.7万人 (527,000 people punished by discipline inspection authorities nationwide in 2017)
People’s Daily, January 12, 2018
http://paper.people.com.cn/rmrb/html/2018-01/12/nw.D110000renmrb_20180112_2-04.htm

Samsung faces French legal case over alleged abuses and use of child labor in China
Agence France-Presse, January 12, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/12/samsung-faces-french-legal-case-alleged-abuses-use-child-labour-china/

A blue sky in Beijing? It’s not a fluke, says Greenpeace
北京冬日重现蓝天，中国治理污染初见成效
The New York Times, January 11, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/11/world/asia/pollution-beijing-declines.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180112/pollution-beijing-declines/

In China, gauging public opinion is hard
The Economist, January 11, 2018
https://www.economist.com/news/china/21734396-explaining-it-harder-china-gauging-public-opinion-hard

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Skype's rolling out end-to-end encryption for hundreds of millions of people
Wired, January 11, 2018
https://www.wired.com/story/skype-end-to-end-encryption-voice-text/

WhatsApp security flaws could allow snoops to slide into group chats
Wired, January 10, 2018
https://www.wired.com/story/whatsapp-security-flaws-encryption-group-chats/