云南楚雄法庭开庭审理7名基督徒 指涉邪教罪 (Yunnan puts 7 Christians on trial for suspected “cult” crimes)
Radio Free Asia, May 8, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/junshiwaijiao/ql2-05082018100616.html
衡水警方：司机以辅警拿不出执法证不配合并拍视频，被拘十日 (Hebei driver takes video of auxiliary police who couldn’t show law enforcement credentials is detained 10 days for “refusing to cooperate”)
Jizhou Traffic Police WeChat Public Account, May 8, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2117764
China’s curbs on foreign press should be eased, says German Foreign Ministry State Secretary Andreas Michaelis
Reuters, May 8, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2145162/chinas-curbs-foreign-press-should-be-eased-says-german
Wang Bing gives voice to “re-education” camp survivors
《死灵魂》：记录中国劳改营幸存者的苦难记忆
The New York Times, May 5, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/05/movies/wang-bing-dead-souls.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/film-tv/20180508/wang-bing-dead-souls/
湖南常宁警方：5人联合小区业主拉横幅堵市政府门，被拘5日 (5 people in Hunan are detained 5 days for gathering proprietors to hold banners in front of city government)
Changning Police WeChat Public Account, May 8, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2116891
淋汽油守护家园 广西北海再爆强拆冲突 (Villagers in Guangxi fight against forced eviction with Molotov Cocktails)
Radio Free Asia, May 8, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf1-05082018100028.html
国有四大银行维权军人在北京军人退役事务部抗议 (Dismissed veterans at state-owned banks protest at Ministry of Veterans Affairs in Beijing)
Weiquanwang, May 8, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/05/blog-post_85.html
Shanghai tops list of China’s highest earners, but national wealth gap continues to grow
South China Morning Post, May 9, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/2145238/shanghai-tops-list-chinas-highest-earners-national-wealth-gap
刊发照片！吉林多地纪委监委网站通报落马官员时打破惯例 (Jilin Provincial Discipline Inspection Commission, Supervision Commission unprecedentedly release photos of government officials under investigation)
The Paper, May 8, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2117807
China's ruling party trials Virtual Reality tests of members’ loyalty
山东青阳镇首创检验党员党性的虚拟场景 惹争议
Radio Free Asia, May 8, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/tests-05082018111042.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/nu-05072018105340.html
Ex-C.I.A. officer indicted in dismantling of U.S. informant network in China
前CIA雇员李振成被控帮助中国破坏美国在华谍网
The New York Times, May 8, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/08/us/politics/cia-china-jerry-lee-indictment.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/usa/20180509/cia-china-jerry-lee-indictment/
China's ambitious foreign policy agenda
Deutsche Welle, May 8, 2018
http://www.dw.com/en/chinas-ambitious-foreign-policy-agenda/a-43706383
Democrat files complaint accusing legislator Junius Ho of failing to declare interest in two properties
Hong Kong Free Press, May 9, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/05/09/democrat-files-complaint-accusing-legislator-junius-ho-failing-declare-interest-two-properties/
Hong Kong gov’t hires Shenzhen company to build new email system, raising security concerns
Hong Kong Free Press, May 9, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/05/09/hong-kong-govt-hires-shenzhen-company-build-new-email-system-raising-security-concerns/
Is there middle ground in Fanling golf course debate as Hong Kong tries to solve housing crisis?
South China Morning Post, May 9, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2145217/there-middle-ground-fanling-golf-course-debate-hong-kong
Six in 10 teachers want liberal studies to remain as is, according to new survey on controversial Hong Kong school subject
South China Morning Post, May 8, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/2145232/six-10-teachers-want-liberal-studies-remain-according-new
Demosisto party candidate Agnes Chow launches High Court bid to have Hong Kong election ban overturned on Bill of Rights grounds
South China Morning Post, May 8, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2145146/demosisto-party-candidate-agnes-chow-launches-high-court-bid
Use Hong Kong’s example to argue against “China model” of development, opposition politicians tell US audience
South China Morning Post, May 8, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2145084/use-hong-kongs-example-argue-against-china-model-development
China’s rise will continue, whether the West likes it or not
South China Morning Post, May 8, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2145155/chinas-rise-will-continue-whether-west-likes-it-or-not
Homosexuality, social media activism and the future of a queer China
China Policy Institute, April 25, 2018
https://cpianalysis.org/2018/04/27/homosexuality-social-media-activism-and-the-future-of-a-queer-china/
秦永敏案将于2018年5月11日正式开庭 (Veteran political dissident Qin Yongmin to face trail on May 11 in Wuhan on subversion charges)
Weiquanwang, May 8, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/05/2018511.html
著名人权律师江天勇被转到河南第二监狱 (Human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong transferred to Henan No. 2 Prison)
Weiquanwang, May 8, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/05/blog-post_12.html
学者：新疆再教育营关人或近百万 警察抓人有指标 (Xinjiang police puts nearly 1 million in re-education camp to meet quota: Scholar)
Voice of America, May 8, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/4383631.html
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新疆“培训中心”系统性强迫灌服不明药物 女人停经男人丧失生殖功能 (Xinjiang said to systemically sterilize people at re-education camps)
China Aid, May 4, 2018
http://www.chinaaid.net/2018/05/blog-post_89.html?m=1#.WuzezrGp9L0.whatsapp
Chinese writers arrested for online “slurs” about dairy firm as Beijing tightens grip on social media
South China Morning Post, May 7, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2145060/chinese-writers-arrested-online-slurs-about-dairy-firm
中共中央印发《社会主义核心价值观融入法治建设立法修法规划》 (CPC Central Committee issues plan to “integrate socialists core values into” drafting and revision of laws)
Xinhua News Agency, May 7, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2018-05/07/c_1122796215.htm
最高检：持续加大刑事申诉案件公开审查力度 (Supreme People’s Procuratorate: Will continue to increase open court hearings of criminal appeals )
Supreme People's Procuratorate, May 7, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-05/07/content_7538610.htm
“五四”北大突现大字报 批习近平搞个人崇拜 (73-year-old Peking University alumnus criticizes Xi Jinping for cult of personality on campus posters)
Radio Free Asia, May 7, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yl-05072018105616.html
Xi capitalizes on Marx’s legacy to rally China around communist party
The Wall Street Journal, May 7, 2018
https://www.wsj.com/articles/xi-capitalizes-on-marxs-legacy-to-rally-china-around-communist-party-1525707225
快手党支部：树立正确的网络安全观，用科技提升人民的幸福感 (CPC cell inside video-streaming platform Kuaishou vows to shape a “correct” view of cybersecurity and use technology to enhance people’s sense of well-being, seriously study and implement the spirit of Xi Jinping’s important speeches)
Beijing Internet Association Party Committee, May 7, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2116150
家長申訴京維穩 譚作人：校舍問題爛尾 重建談何成就 (Tan Zuoren and deceased students’ parents continue to demand justice 10 years after Sichuan Earthquake)
Mingpao, May 8, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180508/s00013/1525716432623
Former top Chinese Communist official Sun Zhengcai jailed for life for bribery
Agence France-Presse, May 8, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/05/08/former-top-chinese-communist-official-sun-zhengcai-jailed-life-bribery/
「全國之愛匯聚」 汶川定512為感恩日 (Wenchuan County authority sets May 12 as “Day of Gratitude” 10 years after devastating earthquake hit Sichuan)
HKET, May 7, 2018
https://bit.ly/2rqIh8w
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The young amputees of the Wenchuan earthquake
Sixth Tone, May 7, 2018
http://www.sixthtone.com/news/1002219/The%20Young%20Amputees%20of%20the%20Wenchuan%20Earthquake
“车脸识别”神器秒查涉牌违法 1秒分析300余张照片 (Intelligent “car-recognition system” used by Chinese traffic police can analyze over 300 photos per second)
People's Daily, May 7, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/yuqing/2018-05/07/c_129865742.htm
Taiwan accuses World Health Organization of bowing to Beijing over invitation to top health meeting
Agence France-Presse, May 8, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2145129/taiwan-accuses-world-health-organisation-bowing-beijing
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US and international airlines risk curbs on mainland operations if they refuse to obey Beijing’s “one-China” rules in Taiwan row
South China Morning Post, May 8, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2145062/foreign-airlines-risk-curbs-mainland-operations-if-they
Chinese missiles are transforming the balance of power in the skies
Bloomberg, May 8, 2018
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-07/chinese-missiles-are-transforming-balance-of-power-in-the-skies
US ramps up criticism of Beijing on Weibo over demands that airlines list Taiwan and Hong Kong as part of China
Agence France-Presse, May 7, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/05/07/us-ramps-criticism-beijing-weibo-demands-airlines-list-taiwan-hong-kong-part-china/
U-turn as lawmaker Regina Ip files motion to condemn democrat Ted Hui over phone snatching row
Hong Kong Free Press, May 8, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/05/08/u-turn-lawmaker-regina-ip-files-motion-condemn-democrat-ted-hui-phone-snatching-row/
“Death threat” with nine dead cockroaches sent to Hong Kong lawmaker Elizabeth Quat
South China Morning Post, May 8, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2145092/hong-kong-lawmaker-elizabeth-quat-makes-police-report-after
Controversial Express Rail joint checkpoint bill passes committee stage amid protests; next reading in June
Hong Kong Free Press, May 7, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/05/07/controversial-express-rail-joint-checkpoint-bill-passes-committee-stage-amid-protests-next-reading-june/
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No more ways to convince lawmakers about Express Rail joint checkpoint bill, says Chief Exec. Carrie Lam
Hong Kong Free Press, May 8, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/05/08/no-ways-convince-lawmakers-express-rail-joint-checkpoint-bill-says-chief-exec-carrie-lam/
Hear China’s totalitarian cruelty in this widow’s sobs
The Washington Post, May 7, 2018
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/hear-chinas-totalitarian-cruelty-in-this-widows-sobs/2018/05/07/c3b271ec-5221-11e8-abd8-265bd07a9859_story.html
2017 Annual Report on Human Rights Situation in Tibet
2017年西藏人权状况年度报告
Tibetan Center for Human Rights and Democracy, May 7, 2018
EN: http://e.issuu.com/embed.html#33384233/61019923
CH: http://e.issuu.com/embed.html#33384233/61021262
Think it's funny that China is cracking down on Peppa Pig? Think again
The Guardian, May 7, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/may/07/china-cracking-down-on-peppa-pig
Playing with fire: why are Donald Trump and Xi Jinping whipping up nationalist fervor?
South China Morning Post, May 7, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2145008/playing-fire-why-are-donald-trump-and-xi-jinping-whipping
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What role does soft power play in China-US relations?
The Diplomat, May 8, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/05/what-role-does-soft-power-play-in-china-us-relations/
The significance of crane operators across China going on strike
China Change, May 7, 2018
https://chinachange.org/2018/05/07/the-significance-of-crane-operators-across-china-going-on-strike/
You could never replace Cantonese as the language of Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, May 7, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2145001/you-could-never-replace-cantonese-language-hong-kong
High-speed empire: Chinese expansion and the future of Southeast Asia
China File, May 3, 2018
http://www.chinafile.com/library/books/high-speed-empire
河南著名人权捍卫者贾灵敏今日刑满获释 众多维权人士前往迎接 (Veteran human rights defender Jia Lingmin released from Henan prison after 4 years in jail)
Weiquanwang, May 7, 2018
https://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/05/blog-post_54.html
709王全璋律师妻子李文足就王全璋失踪1029天向最高检提起第29次控告 竟遭法警强行驱离 (Police forces Li Wenzu, wife of rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang, out of Supreme People's Procuratorate)
Weiquanwang, May 4, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/05/709102929.html
Top Chinese rights lawyer banned from traveling to United States
丁家喜律师被指可能危害国家安全禁出境
Radio Free Asia, May 4, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/ban-05042018135234.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/lawyer-05042018074419.html
检察日报刊文：女性求职，面试官不应问“生不生二孩” (Procuratorate Daily: Employers should not ask about plans for a second child when interviewing female job seekers)
Procuratorate Daily, May 4, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2110561
How China censors its Internet and controls information, from Great Firewall to 50 Cent Army: two new books explain
South China Morning Post, May 7, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/culture/books/article/2144692/how-china-censors-its-internet-and-controls-information-great-firewall
WeChat has blocked 500 million postings in fight against fake news
South China Morning Post, May 7, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/tech/china-tech/article/2144900/wechat-has-blocked-500-million-postings-fight-against-fake-news
On this Chinese TV show, participants have nothing to lose but their chains
“马克思是对的”，中共向千禧一代灌输“正统”思想
The New York Times, May 5, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/05/world/asia/china-karl-marx-xi-jinping.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180507/china-karl-marx-xi-jinping/
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Living Marxism: the Chinese Communist party reasserts control
Financial Times, May 6, 2018
https://www.ft.com/content/766d2a42-419d-11e8-803a-295c97e6fd0b
汶川地震十年系列—公民社会从爆发到沉寂的艰难之路 (From explosive flourishing to dead silence: The hard trail trekked by civil society 10 years after the Sichuan Earthquake)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 7, 2018
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-43972586
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积分制要来了 境外NGO日子或将更难过 (Foreign NGOs face tougher days ahead as credit-rating mechanism looms)
Deutsche Welle, May 6, 2018
https://bit.ly/2KH1gEF
湖南省武冈市教师一千多人冒雨在市政府门前游行示威 (Over 1,000 school teachers in Hunan protest at government for fair pay)
Weiquanwang, May 6, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/05/blog-post_20.html
【川震十年】遇難學生家長堅持追究責任 (Parents of students who died under shoddy school buildings during Sichuan Earthquake continue to demand accountability after 10 years)
Radio Television Hong Kong, May 7, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1395069-20180507.htm
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回家 (Going home)
China Youth Daily, May 28, 2008
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2008-05/28/content_2200571.htm