Hong Kong (香港)

Police monitored pro-independence Hong Kong National Party for 18 months before attempt to ban it
South China Morning Post, July 19, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2156066/police-monitored-pro-independence-hong-kong-national-party

Related:
【民族党公开700页文件】警方：陈浩天曾声援旺角骚乱入狱者　不信已弃暴力手段 (Hong Kong National Party releases 700 pages of documents, police question organization’s non-violence based on presence at event supporting Mong Kok rioters)
The Stand News, July 19, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/politics/民族黨公開700頁文件-警方-陳浩天曾聲援旺角騷亂入獄者-不信已放棄暴力手段-要採取-預防措施

26民间团体联署反对取缔民族党　人民力量快咇：政党结束个人仍可「讲独」 (Twenty six civil organizations sign joint-statement condemning ban on Hong Kong National Party)
The Stand News, July 19, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/politics/ 26民間團體聯署反對取締民族黨-人民力量快咇-政黨結束個人仍可-講獨/

Do not wait until pro-independence party resorts to violence, police say in recommending gov’t ban
Hong Kong Free Press, July 19, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/19/not-wait-pro-independence-party-resorts-violence-police-say-recommending-govt-ban/

社民连、众志到俄领事馆声援 Pussy Riot 指港同迈向威权政府 (In solidarity with Pussy Riot, civil groups protest authoritarianism at Russian embassy)
Inmedia, July 19, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1058423

Commentary (评论)

Explainer: How Hong Kong is seeking to ban a pro-independence party using existing national security laws
Hong Kong Free Press, July 19, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/19/explainer-hong-kong-seeking-ban-pro-independence-party-using-existing-national-security-laws/

Between censorship and self-censorship: Can China Studies academics avoid moral culpability?
Hong Kong Free Press, July 19, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/19/censorship-self-censorship-can-china-studies-academics-avoid-moral-culpability/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

南昌大学遭性侵女生向法院提起诉讼(Sexual assault student victim sues university, 1st case of its kind in China)
China Women’s News, July 18, 2018
http://www.china-woman.com/2018-07/18/content_215001.htm

李锦莲申请4100万国家赔偿：亏欠家人太多，坚决要求追责(Man seeks 41 million yuan state compensation for forced confession, false imprisonment)
The Paper, July 18, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2272744

偷拍举报多名法官违纪违法，湖南商人因非法获取信息获刑4年(Whistleblower on judges receives 4-year sentence for illegally obtaining personal information)
China Youth Daily, July 17, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2269557

顺德31名老赖子女读高价民校查实，法院：责令退学或转校(Court orders high-tuition private schools to remove debt defaulters’ children)
Guangzhou Daily, July 18, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2272369

锁定中国人权审议 台NGO告上联合国 (Taiwan Covenants Watch brings Li Mingzhe case to UN OHCHR)
Deutsche Welle, July 17, 2018
https://www.dw.com/zh/锁定中国人权审议-台ngo告上联合国/a-44704314?maca=chi-rss-chi-ca-1044-rdf&zhongwen=simp

Access to Information (信息公开)

US academic and critic of Beijing censorship loses job at top Chinese university
South China Morning Post, July 18, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2155782/us-academic-and-critic-beijing-censorship-loses-job-top

China closes a fifth of foreign university partnerships in 1 year
中国终止234个本科以上中外合作办学机构和项目
Financial Times, July 18, 2018
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001078542/ce?ccode=LanguageSwitch

中国各地一些家庭教会继续受到当局打压(Chinese house churches subject to severe surveillance by authorities)
Voice of America, July 18, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/China-Tightens-Control-Over-Family-Churches-20180718/4487568.html

“剑网2018”启动 新浪微博：内容抄袭情节恶劣将禁言7天 |寻找中国创客 (“Sword Net 2018” begins, Weibo to ban accounts for posting copyright-protected content)
Beijing News, July 17, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/invest/2018/07/17/495479.html

Airline says it shut down after China labelled Palau an “illegal destination” over its Taiwan recognition
Hong Kong Free Press, July 18, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/18/airline-says-shut-china-labelled-palau-illegal-destination-taiwan-recognition/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China film: Box office hit moves China to act on cancer drugs
BBC News, July 18, 2018
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-44876528

生态环境部：今年6月收到举报较去年同期增长100.5%(Ministry of Ecology and Environment receives over 65,000 complaints in June, doubled that from same period last year )
Legal Daily, July 18, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-07/18/content_7596725.htm?node=5955

China detains Guangdong artist who planned ink-splash installation
广州艺术家苍鹰被刑拘或涉泼墨案
Radio Free Asia, July 18, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-detains-guangdong-artist-who-planned-ink-splash-installation-07182018120116.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-07182018100430.html

青海藏区网控持续 老年牧民遭强制送养(Tibetan herdsmen are forced to live in nursing homes as authorities tightens area surveillance)
Radio free Asia, July 18, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-07182018100911.html

异议人士管桂林获法国暂时庇护(Chinese dissident is granted temporary asylum in France)
Radio Free Asia, July 18, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf1-07182018100526.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

甘肃省原副省长虞海燕受贿案一审宣判：有期徒刑十五年(Former Lieutenant governor of Gansu receives 15 years in prison for corruption)
People’s Daily App, July 18, 2018
https://3w.huanqiu.com/a/m-4eba6c1165e562a55ba262377aef/7EDPQaegXPq?agt=8

湖北省政府原副秘书长贺盛有被开除党籍和公职，涉嫌受贿等(Former vice secretary of Hubei is expelled from Party and removed from job for corruption allegations)
Hubei Daily, July 18, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2268223

财政部深夜问责四省违规举债 首次问责地方人大领导(Ministry of Finance to hold local leaders accountable for illegal debt financing)
Legal Daily, July 18, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-07/18/content_7596795.htm?node=5955

Related:
内蒙古纪委监委：政府违法违规举债，实行终身追责(Discipline Inspection Bureau of Inner Mongolia Province issues guideline on prosecuting government officials for illegal debt financing, removes statute of limitation)
North News WeChat, July 18, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2272508

媒体刊发监督报道并称有干部要求删稿，官方：正在调查(Local Trade and Industry Bureau official is investigated for ordering journalists to remove hospital malpractice reports)
Chongqing Morning News App, July 18, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2274731

乌兰察布市政协原主席常永福接受纪律审查和监察调查(Former CPPCC Chairman of Ulanqab City is investigated for disciplinary and legal violations)
Beijing News, July 18, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/07/18/495639.html

四起环境监测数据造假案已宣判 (Criminal convictions are handed down for fabrication of environmental monitoring data)
Legal Daily, July 17, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-07/17/content_7595949.htm?node=5955

包钢集团原董事长崔臣被查 已退休6年多 (Former board chairman of Baotou Steel Group is investigated, 6 years into retirement)
Sina News, July 17, 2018
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2018-07-17/doc-ihfkffam2660200.shtml

重庆教育界女贪官落马：篡改履历，将学生当做发财路径 (Former dean of Chongqing Security Technology Vocational College is investigated for bribery and falsifying documents, 4 months after retirement)
The Paper, July 17, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2269623

China’s official figures: lies, damned lies, or just changing statistical methods?
South China Morning Post, July 17, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/2155698/chinas-official-figures-lies-damned-lies-or-just-changing

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

中国电信提供苹果中国用户云储存再掀担忧(State-owned China Telecom to provide cloud service for Apple users, privacy concerns loom)
Voice of America, July 18, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-china-telecom-in-control-of-icloud-data-storage-20180718/4487694.html

Beijing did a tech reality check on its industrial champions. The results were not amazing
South China Morning Post, July 18, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/2155862/beijing-did-tech-reality-check-its-industrial-champions-results

Beijing’s new Zaha Hadid-designed airport to showcase latest facial recognition technology
South China Morning Post, July 18, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/2155606/beijings-new-zaha-hadid-designed-airport-showcase-latest-facial-recognition

广东劝阻潜在电诈受骗事主15万余人，反诈先锋APP上线(Guangdong uses app to alert users about potential scams)
China News, July 18, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2273296

Hong Kong (香港)

Video: “A tiger with broken teeth” – anti-discrimination laws fail to prevent school segregation, legislative panel hears
Hong Kong Free Press, July 17, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/17/video-tiger-broken-teeth-anti-discrimination-laws-fail-prevent-school-segregation-legislative-panel-hears/

Hong Kong may ban political party that seeks independence from China
打击分裂主义，港府考虑取缔香港民族党 The New York Times, July 18, 2018
https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180718/hong-kong-ban-independence-party/dual/

九七后首例 港府倡禁港独政党运作 (Concerns over Article 23 rises as HK government seeks ban on pro-independence party and emphasizes “untouchable red line” of national sovereignty)
Deutsche Welle, July 17, 2018
https://www.dw.com/zh/九七后首例-港府倡禁港独政党运作

Related:
Plan to ban pro-independence party marks new legal limits on speech in Hong Kong, says ex-lawmaker Nathan Law
Hong Kong Free Press, July 17, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/17/plan-ban-pro-independence-party-marks-new-legal-limits-speech-hong-kong-says-ex-lawmaker-nathan-law/

What Hong Kong crackdown on pro-independence party means for freedom in the city
South China Morning Post, July 18, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2155716/what-hong-kong-crackdown-pro-independence-party-means

FCO statement on the Hong Kong National Party
Foreign & Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom, July 17, 2018
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/fco-statement-on-the-hong-kong-national-party

梁美芬認為主張自決組織不應登記或註冊成社團 (Basic Law Committee member Pricilla Leung says organizations advocating “self-determination” should not be registered)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 18, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1407599-20180718.htm

Students have no need to discuss Hong Kong independence, says Education Sec. amid potential ban on party
Hong Kong Free Press, July 18, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/18/students-no-need-discuss-hong-kong-independence-says-education-sec-amid-potential-ban-party/

More Hongkongers complain to Ombudsman in 2017-18 about access to official information
South China Morning Post, July 18, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2155713/more-hongkongers-complain-ombudsman-2017-18-about-access

Freedom of speech fears see public confidence in Hong Kong sink to record low
South China Morning Post, July 18, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/2155871/freedom-speech-fears-sees-public-confidence-hong

Commentary (评论)

How to combat China’s rise in tech: Federal spending, not tariffs
The New York Times, July 18, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/18/technology/china-trade-tech.html

Banning separatist party must be done within the local law
South China Morning Post, July 18, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2155877/banning-separatist-party-must-be-done-within-local-law

純粹以國家安全之名禁制組織，有違國際人權標準(Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor: Banning Hong Kong National Party is violation of international human rights standard)
Inmediahk.net, July 18, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1058402

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Video: “This person will simply disappear”: Chinese secretive “reeducation camps” in spotlight at Kazakh trial
Hong Kong Free Press, July 17, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/17/person-will-simply-disappear-chinese-secretive-reeducation-camps-spotlight-kazakh-trial/

150项惩戒措施迫使280万“老赖”低头 (150 disciplinary measures to “subdue” 2.8 million defaulters: An interview with chief of Enforcement Bureau on “credit blacklist”)
Legal Daily, July 16, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-07/16/content_7595039.htm?node=5954

Related:
诚信建设万里行｜公职人员成“老赖”，法院执行不手软 (Enforcement procedures broadcasted live as court cracks down on credit-defaulting prison guard)
The Paper, July 17, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2269962

衡水限制老赖子女就读私立学校，23人主动还款140余万 (23 credit defaulters pay up as their children face ban from private schools)
The Paper, July 16, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2268706

Access to Information (信息公开)

Authorities force Uyghur students to return to Xinjiang from mainland for propaganda drive
Radio Free Asia, July 16, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/students-07162018145903.html

Journalist, family, assistants under probe by China's new supervisory agency
Radio Free Asia, July 16, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/journalist-probe-07162018133910.html

Live from Beijing: a disappearing “Saturday Night Live”
The New York Times, July 17, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/17/world/asia/china-saturday-night-live.html

Related:
广电总局暑假亮剑：“把关”网络综艺 (Live shows taken down as State Administration tightens control over internet entertainment)
Radio Free Asia, July 16, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/yf1-07162018100302.html

China is escalating its war on variety shows, including Saturday Night Live
SupChina, July 16, 2018
https://supchina.com/2018/07/16/china-is-escalating-its-war-on-variety-shows-including-saturday-night-live

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Uyghurs deplore China’s unkind cuts to local women’s skirts
Radio Free Asia, July 16, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/skirts-cut-07162018151636.html

湘潭2名环保志愿者调查洗砂场被打伤 打人者已被行拘 (Two environmental volunteers beaten while investigating sand washing plant, perpetrators detained)
Beijing News, July 17, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/07/17/495504.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

国务院扶贫办召开南疆四地州脱贫攻坚会 北京与受援地签署三年帮扶协议 (Beijing signs 3-year assistance agreement to combat poverty in Xinjiang)
Beijing News, July 16, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/07/16/495307.html

内蒙古经信委原副主任崔臣接受调查 曾任包钢集团董事长 (Former deputy director of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Economic and Information Technology Commission under investigation)
China Economic Net, July 17, 2017
http://district.ce.cn/newarea/sddy/201807/17/t20180717_29772573.shtml

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China’s elite Tsinghua University is now screening visitors using facial recognition
South China Morning Post, July 17, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2155632/chinese-university-uses-facial-recognition-system-screen-visitors

监控升级：人脸识别系统能读出情绪和威胁性 (Surveillance upgrades: Facial recognition technology reads emotions, threats)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 17, 2018
https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/world-44859007

整治自媒体“洗稿”、重点监管短视频平台……四部门启动“剑网2018”专项行动 (“Sword Net 2018”: Crackdown on copyright infringement on video streaming sites)
Beijing News, July 16, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/07/16/495276.html

Hong Kong (香港)

民族党被指违国家安全 李家超：考虑禁止运作 (Pro-independence Hong Kong National Party faces potential official ban on national security grounds)
Inmedia, July 17, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1058367

Related:
Hong Kong may ban political party that seeks independence from China
The New York Times, July 17, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/17/world/asia/hong-kong-ban-independence-party.html

Hong Kong moves to impose unprecedented ban on separatist party
The Guardian, July 17, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/17/hong-kong-moves-to-ban-citys-first-pro-independence-party

【巩固纪律部队票仓？】前保安局长黎栋国、前消防处长　任新民党顾问 (Former chief of Security Bureau joins New People’s Party as consultant)
The Stand News, July 16, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/politics/鞏固紀律部隊票倉-前保安局長黎棟國-前消防處處長-任新民黨顧問/

Commentary (评论)

习近平重新“霸屏”官媒，红墙内斗水深莫测 (Xi Jinping once again “dominates the screens” of official media as internal struggle deepens)
Voice of America, July 17, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/xi-china-20180716/4485737.html

面对AI，劳动者需要数字新政 (With the rise of artificial intelligence, the labor market needs a new deal)
Financial Times, July 17, 2018
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001078506?full=y

政府沒有能力保障香港的文化、權利與制度　引致獨思潮 (Government’s failure to protect Hong Kong’s culture, rights and system leads to calls for independence)
The Stand News, July 16, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/politics/政府沒有能力保障香港的文化-權利與制度引致獨思潮/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China holds father, supporters of woman detained for inking president's image
Radio Free Asia, July 16, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/inking-07162018103924.html

Related:
【泼墨女孩】艺术家华涌助董建彪寻女　传国保半夜带走两人(Father of “Ink Woman” and dissident artist incommunicado, abduction suspected)
The Stand News, July 14, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/china/潑墨女孩-藝術家華湧助董建彪尋女-傳國保半夜帶走兩人/

Police interrupt YouTube live stream by father of “missing” Chinese woman who splashed ink on Xi Jinping photo
Hong Kong Free Press, July 14, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/14/police-interrupt-youtube-live-stream-father-missing-chinese-woman-splashed-ink-xi-jinping-photo

河北妇报称被村书记多次强奸　查案部门：她没有这个姿色(“She’s not pretty enough”: Hebei investigators call woman’s claims of rape by village officer fraudulent)
Ming Pao, July 15, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180715/s00004/1531639636532

上海维权人士丁德元“妨害公务罪案”将于2018年7月25日上午开庭 (Shanghai rights defender sued for “obstructing public duty”)
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, July 15, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2018/07/2018725.html

Liu Xia’s friends “planning meeting” with former German president Joachim Gauck about her brother’s case
South China Morning Post, July 14, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2155293/liu-xias-friends-planning-meeting-joachim-gauck-about

Access to Information (信息公开)

Chinese officials halt show on tainted water
Agence France-Presse, July 14, 2018
https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/chinese-officials-halt-show-on-tainted-water/article24421451.ece

A platform for female factory workers has disappeared from China’s Twitter
Quartz, July 16, 2018
https://qz.com/1328627/a-chinese-platform-for-female-factory-workers-rights-has-been-blocked-on-weibo/

上海网信办责令“好奇心日报”停止互联网新闻信息服务 (Shanghai authorities suspend "Curious Daily" news platform)
Beijing News, July 13, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/07/13/495020.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

被中国判重刑的民运人士秦永敏获“刘晓波良知奖” (Qin Yongmin granted “Liu Xiaobo conscience award”)
Voice of America, July 15, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/qin-yong-min-get-award-20180715/4483337.html

China stifles memorials of Nobel laureate dissident Liu Xiaobo
Channel NewsAsia, July 14, 2018
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/china-stifles-memorials-of-nobel-laureate-dissident-liu-xiaobo-10527114

Related:
Hong Kong activists mark one year since Liu Xiaobo death
Channel NewsAsia, July 14, 2018
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/hong-kong-activists-mark-one-year-since-liu-xiaobo-death--10529092

A Berlin gathering for China’s Liu Xiaobo is a reminder of two very different 1989s
Quartz, July 14, 2018
https://qz.com/1328219/a-berlin-gathering-for-chinas-liu-xiaobo-is-a-reminder-of-two-very-different-1989s/

“We’re scared, very scared” – Muslims in China’s “Little Mecca” fear eradication of Islam
Agence France-Presse, July 16, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/16/scared-scared-muslims-chinas-little-mecca-fear-eradication-islam/

青海玉树藏人阻止开矿 遭警方用带毒气催泪弹镇压 (Police use tear gas to suppress Tibetan protest against mining)
Radio Free Asia, July 13, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-07132018101358.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

地方官企业环保造假五大“花招”揭秘 (Xinhua on how Central Inspectorate uncovered five ways local authorities, companies fake environmental data)
Radio Free Asia, July 13, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/hj-07132018151223.html

天津市委对8名市管干部不作为不担当问题严肃问责 (Eight Tianjin Party officials sanctioned for dereliction of duty)
The Paper, July 16, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2266389

江苏一行使公权力人员微信收受索要“感谢费”617次 (Jiangsu official prosecuted for accepting, soliciting 617 WeChat “red packets”)
China News, July 15, 2018
http://www.chinanews.com/sh/2018/07-15/8567207.shtml

广东省政协原常委蔡宗泽接受纪律审查和监察调查 (Former member of standing committee of Guangdong provincial political consultative conference under investigation for serious disciplinary and legal violations)
People's Daily, July 16, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0716/c1001-30150680.html

兰州市原市长栾克军受贿案将于7月19日开庭 (Public trial of former mayor of Lanzhou who accepted bribes scheduled for July 19)
Beijing News, July 16, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/07/16/495339.html

广西柳州市原体育局局长涉嫌受贿受审 该系统多人被查 (Former director of municipal sports bureau of Liuzhou, Guangxi goes on trial for accepting bribes)
China News Service, July 16, 2018
http://www.chinanews.com/sh/2018/07-16/8568771.shtml

陕西一新城管委会原主任被控受贿两千万受审，曾被指雁过拔毛 (Former director of Shaanxi new city management committee tried for accepting bribes of 20 million)
The Paper, July 16, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2267648

甘肃武威市委原书记火荣贵涉严重违纪违法被查 (Former municipal Party committee secretary in Gansu under investigation for serious disciplinary and legal violations)
People's Daily, July 13, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0713/c1001-30145974.html