Access to Justice (司法公正)

维权律师王全璋之妻李文足短暂被拘后获释 (Li Wenzu, wife of rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang, released after short detention during her march advocating for husband)
Voice of America, April 10, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/chinese-lawyer-arrest-20180409/4339299.html

上访连坐？湖南蓝山县称“影响子女前途” (Local authorities in Human threaten petitioners with their children's future)
Radio Free Asia, April 9, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf2-04092018103541.html

China sends prominent Muslim poet for ideological “re-education”
Radio Free Asia, April 9, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/poet-04092018105524.html

江苏全面开展庭审网络直播：以直播为原则、不直播为例外 (Jiangsu High Court to start comprehensive live streaming of all court hearings, exceptions will need approval)
People's Court Daily, April 9, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2065320

Access to Information (信息公开)

江雪：微信个人帐号被封记 (WeChat account of independent investigative journalist shut down)
The Initium, April 10, 2018
https://theinitium.com/article/20180410-mainland-jiangxue/

Related:
China arrests journalist for “spreading rumors” after he reported on Yili Group
Committee to Protect Journalists, April 6, 2018
https://cpj.org/2018/04/china-arrests-journalist-for-spreading-rumors-afte.php

China’s censors take aim at six-year-old game Call of Duty: Black Ops II
Abacus, April 9, 2018
https://www.abacusnews.com/digital-life/chinas-censors-take-aim-six-year-old-game-call-duty-black-ops-ii/article/2140830

安卓应用商店已下架今日头条、网易新闻、凤凰新闻、天天快报四款应用 (Toutiao, NetEase News, Phoenix News, Tiantian Kuaibao suspended from Android app stores)
Caijing, April 9, 2018
http://tech.caijing.com.cn/20180409/4432565.shtml

Related:
China state media say 4 popular news apps suspended
Associated Press, April 9, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/04/09/world/asia/ap-as-china-apps-removed.html

China launches campaigns to clean up cultural environment
全国“扫黄打非”办部署“净网2018”等专项行动
Xinhua News Agency, April 9, 2018
EN: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201804/09/WS5acb737ba3105cdcf65170d1.html
CH: http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-04/09/content_7516277.htm

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China’s #MeToo: How a 20-year-old rape case became a rallying cry
北大高岩事件助推中國「我也是」運動
The New York Times, April 9, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/09/world/asia/china-metoo-gao-yan.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180410/china-metoo-gao-yan/zh-hant/

Related:
Academic exploitation in China: Online voices help three victims speak from beyond the grave
What’s On Weibo, April 9, 2018
https://www.whatsonweibo.com/academic-exploitation-in-china-online-voices-help-three-victims-speak-from-beyond-the-grave/

七旬老妇羁押后离世 广东佛山村民护地维权 (Guangdong villagers fight for land rights after old woman dies following police detention)
Radio Free Asia, April 9, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-04092018103243.html

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

China's Xi urges Taiwan business community to shun independence
Reuters, April 10, 2018
https://goo.gl/h1pPSE

Related:
China demands halt of U.S. arms sales to Taiwan
Reuters, April 9, 2018
https://goo.gl/75Fi2b

“Impossible”: China denies planning military base in Vanuatu
The Guardian, April 9, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/10/concerns-china-in-talks-with-vanuatu-about-south-pacific-military-base

Hong Kong (香港)

Help detained bookseller and improve domestic workers’ rights, Hong Kong told in submission to UN
South China Moring Post, April 10, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2140978/help-detained-bookseller-and-improve-domestic-workers-rights

These accusations are libelous, says ex-Hong Kong leader CY Leung as democrats launch HK$2m crowdfunded investigation
Hong Kong Free Press, April 10, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/10/accusations-libelous-says-ex-hong-kong-leader-cy-leung-democrats-launch-hk2m-crowdfunded-investigation/

Related:
CY Leung exhorts Hong Kong’s advisers to Beijing to strengthen society’s love for China and safeguard national security
South China Morning Post, April 10, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2140965/cy-leung-exhorts-hong-kongs-advisers-beijing-strengthen

政權畫紅線限學運發展 學者：學運有涯，前進是岸 (Regime draws red line to keep a lid on student movement, marching forward is the only way out)
Inmediahk, April 9, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1056270

Related:
Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong joins Chinese dissident Wang Dan’s think tank
Hong Kong Free Press, April 9, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/09/hong-kong-democracy-activist-joshua-wong-joins-chinese-dissident-wang-dans-think-tank/

Only HKU can decide whether Benny Tai should be sacked over independence remarks, says education chief
Hong Kong Free Press, April 9, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/09/hku-can-decide-whether-benny-tai-sacked-independence-remarks-says-education-chief/

Fears parts of world's longest sea bridge are floating away
The Guardian, April 9, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/09/fears-parts-of-world-longest-sea-bridge-are-floating-away

Related:
Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge breakwater design scientific, reasonable and safe, says top gov’t official
Hong Kong Free Press, April 10, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/10/hong-kong-zhuhai-macao-bridge-breakwater-design-scientific-reasonable-safe-says-top-govt-official/

Commentary (评论)

India and China: lessons on how not to tackle inequality
The Conversation, April 10, 2018
https://theconversation.com/india-and-china-lessons-on-how-not-to-tackle-inequality-94333

With its latest human rights council resolution, China continues its assault on the UN human rights framework
China Change, April 9, 2018
https://chinachange.org/2018/04/09/with-its-latest-human-rights-council-resolution-china-continues-its-assault-on-the-un-human-rights-framework/

Why Chinese filmgoers don’t buy Hollywood’s values anymore
Sixth Tone, April 9, 2018
http://www.sixthtone.com/news/1002055/why-chinese-filmgoers-dont-buy-hollywoods-values-anymore

China-Africa relations in the Xi Jinping era
China File, April 9, 2018
http://www.chinafile.com/library/china-africa-project/china-africa-relations-xi-jinping-era

Access to Justice (司法公正)

內地維權律師王全璋妻子於天津疑遭國保帶走音訊全無 (Wife of detained rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang reportedly taken by police in Tianjin, remains incommunicado)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 9, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1390186-20180409.htm

Imperfect democracy: The way for marriage equality in Taiwan
The Diplomat, April 6, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/04/imperfect-democracy-the-way-for-marriage-equality-in-taiwan/

Access to Information (信息公开)

China isn’t happy about its newest Internet stars: Teenage moms
The New York Times, April 6, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/06/technology/china-censor-teen-moms.html

China to purge online video services
China Media Project, April 6, 2018
http://chinamediaproject.org/2018/04/06/china-to-purge-online-video-services/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Beijing court tells employers to resolve labor disputes through negotiation
China Labor Bulletin, April 9, 2018
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/beijing-court-tells-employers-resolve-labour-disputes-through-negotiation

沈阳案：北大“metoo”，制度与程序正义的迷思 (Multiple former students accuse Peking University professor of sexual assault: Myth of the system and procedural justice)
The Initium, April 9, 2018
https://theinitium.com/article/20180409-opinion-yeungshan-pku/

Related:
As #MeToo movement gains traction in China, professor is sacked 20 years after alleged rape
South China Morning Post, April 7, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2140724/chinese-professor-sacked-friends-suicide-victim-demand-apology-20

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Hong Kong cardinal seeks conservative help to block a Vatican-China deal
Reuters, April 8, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pope-china-conservatives/hong-kong-cardinal-seeks-conservative-help-to-block-a-vatican-china-deal-idUSKBN1HF0EM

Related:
河南伊川教堂十字架面临强拆 安阳市全面登记“信仰人员” (Party-recognized church in Henan ordered to have cross removed, believers asked to register their IDs)
Radio Free Asia, April 6, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/ql1-04062018102438.html

Reunited after 24 years: rare happy ending for China's broken families
The Guardian, April 7, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/07/reunited-after-24-years-rare-happy-ending-for-chinas-broken-families

I take the calls at a Chinese suicide prevention hotline
Sixth Tone, April 6, 2018
http://www.sixthtone.com/news/1002052/I%20Take%20the%20Calls%20at%20a%20Chinese%20Suicide%20Prevention%20Hotline

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

A Chinese e-commerce giant is becoming a major investor in facial-recognition technology
Quartz, April 9, 2018
https://qz.com/1247511/alibaba-is-now-a-major-investor-in-facial-recognition-startup-sensetime/

起底网络水军：三千元刷“10万+”阅读量，AI水军已上岗 (Investigation of “Internet Water Army”: RMB 3,000 buys 100,000 reads, AI “Water Army” is now online)
China National Radio, April 6, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2061880

公安部拟规定：窃取个人信息即使不构成犯罪也处罚 (Ministry of Public Security drafts new rules: Theft of personal information will be penalized even if act does not constitute a crime)
Beijing Daily, April 6, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-04/06/content_7515020.htm

Related:
公安部关于《公安机关互联网安全监督检查规定（征求意见稿）》公开征求意见的公告 (Ministry of Public Security solicits public opinions on Draft Regulations of Public Security Organs’ Supervision and Inspection of Internet Security)
Ministry of Public Security, April 4, 2018
http://www.mps.gov.cn/n2254536/n4904355/c6090144/content.html

Hong Kong (香港)

In Pictures: Supporters of embattled academic Benny Tai rally to protect free speech in Hong Kong
Hong Kong Free Press, April 9, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/09/pictures-supporters-embattled-academic-benny-tai-rally-protect-free-speech-hong-kong/

Related:

回應被指在台發表「港獨」言論 (Benny Tai responds to his alleged “Hong Kong independence” speech in Taiwan)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 6, 2018
http://www.rthk.hk/tv/dtt31/programme/pentaprismII/episode/490298

影像特區﹕為戴耀廷拍張肖像照 (A portrait of Benny Tai and his reference books)
Mingpao, April 8, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180408/s00005/1523122856042

No taboo topics, scholars say, as they launch first ever academic journal on Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, April 8, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/2140532/no-taboo-topics-scholars-say-they-launch-first-ever

In Pictures: Hong Kong activists demand release of China’s political prisoners
Hong Kong Free Press, April 7, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/07/pictures-hong-kong-activists-demand-release-chinas-political-prisoners/

Design docs suggest HK-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge breakwater blocks should sit above water, not below
Hong Kong Free Press, April 7, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/07/design-docs-show-hk-zhuhai-macao-bridge-breakwater-blocks-sit-water/

中大生遭拒入境澳門 曾任學生會被標籤「港獨」 (Former CUHK student union officer labeled as pro-independence and banned from entering Macau)
Apple Daily, April 7, 2018
https://hk.news.appledaily.com/local/realtime/article/20180407/58045328

Leslie Cheung: Asia's gay icon lives on 15 years after his death
張國榮的性別遺產：15年後仍然領先時代
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 30, 2018
EN: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-43637749
CH: http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/chinese-news-43593167

Commentary (评论)

人民日报海外版：遏制“港独”需要落下实锤 (People’s Daily: Keeping a check on “Hong Kong independence” needs “action in accordance with the law”)
People’s Daily, April 9, 2018
http://www.chinanews.com/ga/2018/04-09/8486000.shtml

Why supporters of Hong Kong’s joint checkpoint plan should not compare it to the US/Canada arrangement
Hong Kong Free Press, April 8, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/08/supporters-hong-kongs-joint-checkpoint-plan-not-compare-uscanada-arrangement/

Hong Kong has a role to play in creating the “Chinese dream” – if it can tread the middle ground
South China Morning Post, April 8, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2140572/hong-kong-has-role-play-creating-chinese-dream-if-it-can

從ROC到PRC，陳香梅的愛情和政治 (From Republic of China to People’s Republic of China: The love story and politics of Anna Chennault)
The Initium, April 6, 2018
https://theinitium.com/article/20180406-taiwan-anna-chennault/

I thought studying journalism outside of China would open doors. Now I’m not so sure.
China File, April 6, 2018
http://www.chinafile.com/reporting-opinion/viewpoint/i-thought-studying-journalism-outside-of-china-would-open-doors-now-im

How far will China go?
Foreign Policy, April 6, 2018
http://foreignpolicy.com/2018/04/06/how-far-will-china-go/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

监察全覆盖彰显震慑力 (Total coverage: Detention under Supervision Law sends shockwaves across the country)
People’s Daily, April 6, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0406/c1001-29909277.html

US lawmakers call for investigation of mass incarcerations, surveillance of Uyghurs in Xinjiang
Radio Free Asia, April 5, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/lawmakers-04052018141926.html

甄江华案通报：律师要求会见甄冮华 看守所称查无此人 (Human rights activist Zhen Jianghua denied access to legal counsel after 7 months in detention)
Weiquanwang, April 3, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/04/201843.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

China’s media watchdog takes a tough line on content uploaded to popular sites
Abacus, April 5, 2018
https://www.abacusnews.com/big-guns/chinas-media-watchdog-takes-tough-line-content-uploaded-popular-sites/article/2140355

Sunset for China’s “sunshine boy”
China Media Project, April 5, 2018
http://chinamediaproject.org/2018/04/05/sunset-for-chinas-sunshine-boy/

Crushing a rose under foot: Chinese authorities target Internet chat groups
China Change, April 4, 2018
https://chinachange.org/2018/04/04/crushing-a-rose-under-foot-chinese-authorities-target-internet-chat-groups/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Sanitation workers are out on strike again in China
China Labor Bulletin, April 6, 2018
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/sanitation-workers-are-out-strike-again-china

1,000 days on, wife of “vanished” Chinese lawyer Wang Quanzhang marches 100km for answers
Agence France-Presse, April 5, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/05/1000-days-wife-vanished-chinese-lawyer-wang-quanzhang-marches-100km-answers/

西安教师强烈要求根据教师法 给广大教师也下发同样的绩效工资的公开信 (School teachers in Xi’an write open letter demanding equal performance-related wages as civil servants)
Weiquanwang, April 3, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/04/blog-post_85.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Life in a “coffin home”: how poverty drove six elderly men in China to share a 161 sq ft room
South China Morning Post, April 6, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2140496/life-coffin-home-how-poverty-drove-six-elderly-men-china-share

Tearful reunion highlights plight of China's missing children
Agence France-Presse, April 5, 2018
http://www.asiaone.com/china/tearful-reunion-highlights-plight-chinas-missing-children

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Ex-Google executive opens a school for AI, with China's help
Wired, April 5, 2018
https://www.wired.com/story/ex-google-executive-opens-a-school-for-ai-with-chinas-help/

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

Taiwan is again becoming a flashpoint between China and America
The Economist, April 5, 2018
https://www.economist.com/news/asia/21740049-unlike-tensions-over-trade-and-north-korea-it-involves-red-lines-both-sides-taiwan-again

Chinese hackers targeting US firms’ financial data, report says
Bloomberg, April 5, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2140423/chinese-hackers-targeting-us-firms-financial-data

Hong Kong (香港)

“Worst precedent since handover”: Lawyers hit out at gov’t’s legal justification for joint checkpoint rail plan
Hong Kong Free Press, April 6, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/06/worst-precedent-since-handover-lawyers-hit-govts-legal-justification-joint-checkpoint-rail-plan/

Attacks against academic Benny Tai may be paving way for controversial national security law, scholars warn
Hong Kong Free Press, April 6, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/06/attacks-academic-benny-tai-may-paving-way-controversial-national-security-law-scholars-warn/

Related:
林鄭月娥稱任何鼓吹港獨自決言論完全不能接受 (Carrie Lam claims any speech advocating for independence or self-determination “totally unacceptable”)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 6, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1389762-20180406.htm

No place for disruptive political protests at Chinese University, new president says
South China Morning Post, April 6, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/2140480/no-place-disruptive-political-protests-chinese

Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge “scientifically proven to be safe” says Carrie Lam
South China Morning Post, April 6, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2140583/hong-kong-zhuhai-macau-bridge-scientifically-proven-be-safe

Hong Kong democracy activists in call to “end one-party dictatorship” at June 4 ceremony despite earlier warning
South China Morning Post, April 5, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2140456/hong-kong-democracy-activists-call-end-one-party