Access to Justice (司法公正)

China claims move to scrap presidential term limit has wide support
South China Morning Post, March 6, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2135838/china-claims-move-scrap-presidential-term-limit-has

Related:
「好皇帝」、「壞皇帝」 福山如何看習近平修憲 (“Good emperor”, “bad emperor”, Fukuyama’s views on Xi amending the Constitution)
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 5, 2018
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/chinese-news-43276770

China is not a garden-variety dictatorship
The Atlantic, March 5, 2018
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/03/china-xi-jinping-president/554795/

Related:
NPC: Should Xi Jinping be China's president for life?
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 6, 2018
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-43293242/npc-should-xi-jinping-be-china-s-president-for-life

Uyghur journalist Gulchehra Hoja: “I have my own sad story to tell”
Deutsche Welle, March 5, 2018
http://www.dw.com/en/uighur-journalist-gulchehra-hoja-i-have-my-own-sad-story-to-tell/a-42835267

Daughter of Uyghur camp detainee in need of urgent treatment following stove accident
Radio Free Asia, March 5, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/daughter-03052018144433.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Why China won’t let people compare Xi Jinping with an imperial predecessor
The Conversation, March 5, 2018
https://theconversation.com/why-china-wont-let-people-compare-xi-jinping-with-an-imperial-predecessor-92617

Behind public persona, the real Xi Jinping is a guarded secret
官方形象背後，神秘的習近平主席
The New York Times, March 5, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/05/world/asia/xi-jinping-china-leader.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180306/xi-jinping-china-leader/zh-hant/

Lantern Festival riddles outwit and enrage Chinese censorship authorities
Global Voices, March 5, 2018
https://advox.globalvoices.org/2018/03/05/lantern-festival-riddles-outwit-and-enrage-chinese-censorship-authorities/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Hong Kong fears for its freedoms as China's president plans to rule indefinitely
抗议任期没限制　支联会游行反对修宪
Radio Free Asia, March 4, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/hongkong-termlimits-03052018143037.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/htm/hk-alliance-03042018095206.html?encoding=simplified

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Corruption surveillance to triple as China's new anti-graft agency tightens screws
South China Morning Post, March 6, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2135829/chinas-new-anti-graft-agency-will-be-watching-triple

This remote Chinese school has just three students. But with live streaming technology, they share a classroom with hundreds
South China Morning Post, March 6, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/tech/china-tech/article/2135718/china-connects-remote-schools-technology-part-goal-eliminate-poverty

长沙发动群众检举揭发黑恶势力犯罪线索，公布举报电话和邮箱 （People in Changsha asked to report "black and evil powers" to police）
The Paper, March 6, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2019468

China’s women-only subway cars, where men rush in
广州地铁：挤满男人的女性专用车厢
The New York Times, March 4, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/04/business/china-women-only-subway-cars.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180306/china-women-only-subway-cars/

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

WeChat hits one billion monthly users - are you one of them?
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 6, 2018
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43283690

Big brother stops millions boarding planes, trains in China
The Sydney Morning Herald, March 6, 2018
https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/big-brother-stops-millions-boarding-planes-trains-in-china-20180306-p4z33u.html

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

China wants “beautiful” reunification with Taiwan
Al Jazeera, March 5, 2018
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/03/china-beautiful-reunification-taiwan-180305160655195.html

Related:
Taiwan looks to domestic arms industry to respond to China
Associated Press, March 6, 2018
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/taiwan-looks-to-domestic-arms-industry-to-respond-to-china/2018/03/06/0329b1e8-2106-11e8-946c-9420060cb7bd_story.html

No. 2 spender China to boost defense spending in 2018
Associated Press, March 5, 2018
https://www.yahoo.com/news/china-says-defense-budget-rise-173-billion-2018-004816205.html

Related:
China defends hike in military spending as proportionate and low
Reuters, March 6, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-parliament-defence/china-defends-hike-in-military-spending-as-proportionate-and-low-idUSKBN1GI01S

Hong Kong (香港)

Zero tolerance for Hong Kong independence, top Chinese official quoted as saying
Hong Kong Free Press, March 6, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/06/zero-tolerance-hong-kong-independence-top-chinese-official-quoted-saying/

Up to 100 Hong Kong civil groups can air views on joint checkpoint plan ... but each speaker gets only 3 minutes
South China Morning Post, March 6, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2135833/100-hong-kong-civil-groups-can-air-views-joint-checkpoint

Three Hong Kong police officers arrested for allegedly planting evidence
Hong Kong Free Press, March 6, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/06/three-hong-kong-police-officers-arrested-allegedly-planting-evidence/

Raphael Wong did not intend to obstruct justice during Occupy protest, appellate court hears
South China Morning Post, March 6, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2135812/raphael-wong-did-not-intend-obstruct-justice-during-occupy

China’s power to interpret Hong Kong’s Basic Law “greatest threat to rule of law,” Bar Assoc. head
Hong Kong Free Press, March 6, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/06/chinas-power-interpret-hong-kongs-basic-law-greatest-threat-rule-law-bar-assoc-head/

Commentary (评论)

What China's elimination of presidential term limits does and doesn't mean
The Diplomat, March 6, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/03/what-chinas-elimination-of-presidential-term-limits-does-and-doesnt-mean/

Invest in Hong Kong’s future instead of giving us cash handouts
South China Morning Post, March 6, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2135910/invest-hong-kongs-future-instead-giving-us-cash-handouts

China’s “win-win” resolution is anything but
中国提“共赢”决议是睁眼瞎话
Human Rights Watch, March 5, 2018
EN: https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/03/05/chinas-win-win-resolution-anything
CH: https://www.hrw.org/zh-hans/news/2018/03/05/315502

Xi’s no Mao … or Deng … or Chiang – So who is he?
South China Morning Post, March 4, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/2135162/xis-no-mao-or-deng-or-chiang-so-who-he

Does a stronger Xi mean a weaker Chinese Communist Party?
更强大的习近平，更弱小的共产党？
The New York Times, March 2, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/02/opinion/xi-jinping-china.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20180305/xi-jinping-china/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

修憲草案倡增設「國家監察委員會」為最高監察機關 (National Supervisory Commission to become top supervision agency, says Constitution amendments draft)
Radio Television Hong Kong, March 5, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1383942-20180305.htm

Xi power play in focus as China parliament opens
Agence France-Presse, March 5, 2018
https://www.afp.com/en/news/826/xi-power-play-focus-china-parliament-opens-doc-11w6fs2

Related:
China's “two sessions”: Economics, environment and Xi's power
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 5, 2018
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-43239646

Hu Jia and NPC: China's dissidents silenced by enforced “holidays”
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 5, 2018
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-china-43278771/hu-jia-and-npc-china-s-dissidents-silenced-by-enforced-holidays

Access to Information (信息公开)

China presses its Internet censorship efforts cross the globe
冲出“防火长城”，中国互联网审查走向世界
The New York Times, March 2, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/02/technology/china-technology-censorship-borders-expansion.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180305/china-technology-censorship-borders-expansion/

人民日报：表情包也要有“法治脸” (People’s Daily: Internet memes should be based on public interest and comply with laws, not break moral code or contain superstitious content)
People’s Daily, March 2, 2018
http://paper.people.com.cn/rmrb/html/2018-03/02/nw.D110000renmrb_20180302_5-05.htm

多部门重拳整治网络直播间违法行为 记者调查发现网络直播平台“雾霾”正在消散 (“Content becomes more elegant” after multiple departments crack down on “illegal behavior” during live-streaming)
Legal Daily, March 2, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-03/02/content_7485909.htm

Zhihu, China’s Quora, removed from app stores for one week for insufficient censorship
Shanghaiist, March 2, 2018
https://medium.com/shanghaiist/zhihu-chinas-quora-removed-from-app-stores-for-one-week-for-insufficient-censorship-bff15280741c

China bans George Orwell's Animal Farm and letter “N” as censors bolster Xi Jinping's plan to keep power indefinitely
Independent, March 1, 2018
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/china-animal-farm-ban-censorship-george-orwell-xi-jinping-power-letter-n-a8235071.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Five lawyers write to Minister of Justice: Cease the campaign-style political crackdown against China’s lawyers
China Change, March 2, 2018
https://chinachange.org/2018/03/02/five-lawyers-write-to-minister-of-justice-cease-the-campaign-style-political-crackdown-against-chinas-lawyers/

Related:
致司法部部长张军的一封公开信: 请终止对律师的运动式打压 (Open letter to Zhang Jun, Minister of Justice: Please cease the campaign-style political crackdown against lawyers)
Evernote, March 2, 2018
https://www.evernote.com/shard/s574/sh/bedbe526-4424-4624-9e1f-9a8813dd84ab/9a8ac8cd87c235d2cbe0435232acd755

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China to be more open to foreign investment, speed up Beijing-led trade bloc and strengthen its military: Li Keqiang
South China Morning Post, March 5, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2135619/what-will-chinas-parliamentary-session-reveal-about-its

China’s women-only subway cars, where men rush in
The New York Times, March 4, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/04/business/china-women-only-subway-cars.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Tencent CEO urges ID link for Hong Kong and Chinese citizens
Bloomberg, March 5, 2018
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-05/tencent-ceo-urges-id-link-for-hong-kong-and-chinese-citizens

The increasing use of artificial intelligence is stoking privacy concerns in China
South China Morning Post, March 5, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2135713/increasing-use-artificial-intelligence-stoking-privacy-concerns

“飞屏”“ＶＲ”来袭 北京检方首次启用可视化系统公诉 (Beijing procurators provide witnesses with virtual reality technology to reconstruct crime scene in court)
Xinhua News Agency, March 1, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/legal/2018-03/01/c_1122474043.htm

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

China NPC: Government sets trillion yuan military budget
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 5, 2018
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-43282527

Europe once saw Xi Jinping as a hedge against Trump. Not anymore.
The New York Times, March 4, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/04/world/europe/europe-china-xi-trump-trade.html

Chinese police are demanding personal information from Uyghurs in France
Foreign Policy, March 2, 2018
http://foreignpolicy.com/2018/03/02/chinese-police-are-secretly-demanding-personal-information-from-french-citizens-uighurs-xinjiang/

China's cyber militias
The Diplomat, March 1, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/03/chinas-cyber-militias/

Hong Kong (香港)

No plans to merge Hong Kong and Taiwan affairs offices, former Beijing official says
South China Morning Post, March 5, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2135638/no-plans-merge-hong-kong-and-taiwan-affairs-offices-former

Related:
China’s Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Offices to merge, top Beijing adviser says
Hong Kong Free Press, March 2, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/02/chinas-taiwan-hong-kong-macao-affairs-offices-merge-top-beijing-adviser-says/

Premier Li Keqiang declares China’s hold over Hong Kong is being strengthened, stops short of warning against independence
South China Morning Post, March 5, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2135685/premier-li-keqiang-declares-chinas-hold-over-hong-kong-being

Related:
China cuts reference to Hong Kong’s people governing themselves in key report
The Washington Post, March 5, 2018
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/03/05/china-cuts-reference-to-hong-kongs-people-governing-themselves-in-key-report/

Ex-lawmaker “Long Hair” cannot be charged with contempt for taking files from official, magistrate rules
Hong Kong Free Press, March 5, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/05/ex-lawmaker-long-hair-cannot-charged-contempt-taking-files-official-magistrate-rules/

區諾軒義工街頭遇襲骨裂 陳家珮強烈譴責促查 (Volunteer of pan-dems by-election hopeful Au Nok-hin attacked and suffered from fracture)
Mingpao, March 5, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180305/s00001/1520207832250

Related:
Interview: Why accidental by-election hopeful Au Nok-hin is seeking your “protest vote”
Hong Kong Free Press, March 4, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/04/interview-accidental-election-hopeful-au-nok-hin-seeking-protest-vote/

Hong Kong’s McSleeper trend rises 50 per cent in three years, as NGO highlights vulnerability of women in the group
South China Morning Post, March 4, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2135647/hong-kongs-mcsleeper-trend-rises-50-cent-three-years-ngo

姚松炎的社區大計：我要同 48 萬人一齊做議員！ (Edward Yiu’s big community plan: I will be a lawmaker together with 480,000 people!)
Stand News, March 2, 2018
http://bit.ly/2I2dBC8

Commentary (评论)

China’s “win-win” resolution is anything but
Human Rights Watch, March 5, 2018
https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/03/05/chinas-win-win-resolution-anything

民主疲憊 文明倒退？ (Democracy fatigue and civilization in regression)
Mingpao, March 5, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180305/s00022/1520165472721

只有用宪法，宪法才有用 (Constitution can only be useful when used constitutionally)
Financial Times, March 5, 2018
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001076552

With term limits move, Xi is setting himself up for failure
South China Morning Post, March 5, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/2135418/term-limits-move-xi-setting-himself-failure

Related:
Xi Jinping’s power play: from president to China’s new dictator?
The Guardian, March 4, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/04/xi-jinping-from-president-to-china-new-dictator

Hong Kong in 2018 – time to pack your bags, or is there still room for utopianism?
Hong Kong Free Press, March 4, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/04/hong-kong-2018-time-pack-bags-still-room-utopianism/

High Court ruling on “live-in” rule guarantees further abuse of Hong Kong’s domestic workers
Hong Kong Free Press, March 4, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/04/high-court-ruling-live-rule-guarantees-abuse-hong-kongs-domestic-workers/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China's top paper says Xi Jinping won't necessarily serve for life
Cable News Network, March 1, 2018
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/03/01/asia/china-peoples-daily-xi-jinping-term-limits-intl/index.html

Related:
保证党和国家长治久安的重大制度安排 (People’s Daily: Important institutional arrangements [constitutional amendments] are meant to ensure long-term stability of party and state)
People’s Daily, March 1, 2018
http://paper.people.com.cn/rmrb/html/2018-03/01/nw.D110000renmrb_20180301_2-03.htm

After U.S.-based reporters exposed abuses, China seized their relatives
中国拘留多名自由亚洲电台维族记者亲属
The New York Times, March 1, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/01/world/asia/china-xinjiang-rfa.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180302/china-xinjiang-rfa/

Related:
Rights groups condemn China’s detention of RFA reporters’ relatives
Radio Free Asia, March 1, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/reporters-relatives-03012018164751.html

全国政协委员吕红兵提案：建议只有律师能担任刑事案件辩护人 (CPPCC’s Lyu Hongbin: Prohibit disbarred lawyers from representing clients in criminal defense posing as relatives and friends)
The Paper, March 1, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2014209

Cybersecurity law causing “mass concerns” among foreign firms in China
South China Morning Post, March 1, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/2135338/cybersecurity-law-causing-mass-concerns-among-foreign-firms-china

China places outspoken dissidents under house arrest ahead of parliament
Radio Free Asia, March 1, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/dissidents-03012018125427.html

李昱函受虐绝食 律师拟申请取保候审 (Rights lawyer Li Yuhan stages hunger strike against torture under detention. Lawyer to apply for bail)
Radio Free Asia, February 28, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf3-02282018101545.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

重拳整治乱象 还网络一片清朗 (Chinese authorities crack down on “illegal” and “vulgar” online video games)
People’s Daily, March 2, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0302/c1001-29842942.html

批澳大利亚出版反华书籍，华春莹送出一句古诗 (MFA spokesperson criticizes book “Silent Invasion: China's Influence in Australia” by quoting ancient poem: “Despite the incessant cry of apes from the banks, the swift boat has already sailed through thousands of hills”)
Global Times, March 1, 2018
http://world.huanqiu.com/exclusive/2018-03/11634025.html

Related:
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying's Regular Press Conference on March 1, 2018
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, March 1, 2018
http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/xwfw_665399/s2510_665401/t1538767.shtml

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China Media Bulletin: Resisting Beijing’s influence, New Year Gala, #MeToo in China (Issue No. 126)
中国媒体快报：抵抗北京的影响力、春晚、#MeToo在中国 (Issue 126, Simplified Chinese)
Freedom House, March 1, 2018
EN: https://freedomhouse.org/china-media/china-media-bulletin-resisting-beijings-influence-new-year-gala-metoo-in-china-issue-no-126
CH: https://freedomhouse.org/china-media/metooissue-126-simplified-chinese

陕西富平县两个村村民：我们坚决反对建垃圾焚烧发电厂 (Villagers in Shaanxi petition against construction of waste incineration power plants)
Weiquanwang, March 1, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/03/blog-post_1.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China’s new vice-premiers to lead battles against poverty, pollution and economic risks
South China Morning Post, March 2, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2135094/chinas-new-vice-premiers-lead-battles-against-poverty

Related:
Exclusive: Xi confidant set to become China's new spy master - sources
Reuters, February 28, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-politics-security-exclusive/exclusive-xi-confidant-set-to-become-chinas-new-spy-master-sources-idUSKCN1GC17K

China’s parliament is a growing billionaires’ club
人大和政协，中国的“亿万富翁俱乐部”
The New York Times, March 1, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/01/business/china-parliament-billionaires.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/business/20180302/china-parliament-billionaires/

专访陈日君: 中梵协议是"投降" 出卖了地下教会 (Joseph Zen calls Sino-Vatican deal “surrender”, claiming it betrays underground Churches)
Deutsche Welle, March 1, 2018
http://bit.ly/2GV2f1l