Access to Justice (司法公正)

Cheers as Kazakh court thwarts deportation of Chinese woman who fled “re-education camp ” in Xinjiang
South China Morning Post, August 2, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/2157893/cheers-kazakh-court-thwarts-deportation-chinese-woman

Access to Information (信息公开)

文化和旅游部集中执法检查27家网站 (Ministry of Culture and Tourism investigates 27 websites, orders removal of allegedly inappropriate contents, including comments)
Legal Daily, August 2, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-08/02/content_7609428.htm?node=5955

中共党内两大体系发通知 知识分子面临洗脑教育 (Chinese scholars face brainwashing as two CPC organs issue notice of patriotic campaign)
Radio Free Asia, August 2, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/ql2-08022018101541.html

Related:
两部门负责人谈知识分子弘扬爱国奋斗精神活动：强化政治引领 (CPC Organization and Propaganda Departments push patriotic campaign among scholars)
People’s Daily, August 2, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2312892

“Profit before human rights”: NGOs slam Google’s reported plan to launch censored service in China
Hong Kong Free Press, August 2, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/02/profit-human-rights-ngos-slam-googles-reported-plan-launch-censored-service-china/

Google to develop AI-powered news-aggregation app for China in addition to mobile search
South China Morning Post, August 2, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/2157946/google-said-also-develop-ai-powered-news-aggregation-app-china-addition-mobile

Related:
China’s numbers force Google to recalculate its morals
Wired, August 2, 2018
https://www.wired.com/story/google-might-be-ready-to-play-by-chinas-censorship-rules

A Chinese activist was challenging Xi on live TV. The police came to stop him
The New York Times, August 2 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/02/world/asia/china-sun-wenguang-voa.html

Related:
中国教授家中接受美国之音采访 直播期间警察强行破门抓人
Chinese Police Remove Professor During Broadcast of VOA Program
Voice of America, August 2, 2018
CH: https://www.voachinese.com/a/china-professor-voa-20180801/4510276.html
EN: https://www.voanews.com/a/chinese-police-remove-professor-during-broadcast-of-voa-program/4509815.html

“信用中国”网站让“老赖”无处遁形 (“Credit China” website to receive further upgrade as unified platform for information on social credit blacklists)
People’s Daily, August 2, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0802/c1001-30192803.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China investigates high-ranking Buddhist monk accused of coercing nuns into sex
South China Morning Post, August 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2158046/china-investigates-high-ranking-buddhist-monk-accused-coercing

Related:
【大陸metoo】住持釋學誠被舉報性侵女弟子　北京龍泉寺否認　斥偽造證據 (Beijing monastery abbot accused of sexual assault, alleges fabrication of evidence, whistleblowers’ report censored on social media)
The Stand News, August 2, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/china/大陸metoo-住持釋學誠被舉報性侵女弟子-北京龍泉寺否認-斥偽造證據/

关于对举报中国佛教协会会长学诚一事的回应 (Response to report against Chinese Buddhist Association President Xue Cheng)
State Administration of Religious Affairs Official Website, August 2, 2018
http://www.sara.gov.cn/xwfb/xwjj20170905093618359691/583297.htm

湖北潜江梁志英可能步丈夫后尘被坐冤牢，其5岁的儿子会造成怎样的被伤害后果？(Wife to follow husband in jail in rights defense action, what will happen to their five-year-old son?)
China Human Rights Defenders, August 1, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2018/08/5.html

China students challenge curbs on trade unionists
中国学生在线声援深圳被捕工人
Financial Times, August 2, 2018
EN: https://www.ft.com/content/8cad5b66-960b-11e8-b67b-b8205561c3fe
CH: http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001078774?full=y

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Army Day in China exposes Xi Jinping’s PLA challenges
The Diplomat, August 2, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/08/army-day-in-china-exposes-xi-jinpings-pla-challenges/

一周内8名落马官员被纪委通报：有官员非法私藏弹药 (Central Commission for Discipline Inspection announces 8 corruption cases in one week)
People’s Daily, August 2, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0802/c1001-30203180.html

China tears down Tibetan homes, businesses at Qinghai Lake
Radio Free Asia, August 1, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/lake-08012018161820.html

ICT and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

GPS追踪，中国再出监控穆斯林新招？(China uses GPS to track Muslims on Mecca pilgrimage)
Voice of America, August 2, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/china-tracking-muslims-making-mecca-pilgrimage-20180801/4510223.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong autonomy, oath-taking saga among issues NGO delegation will raise at meeting with UN committee on racism
South China Morning Post, August 2, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2157866/hong-kong-autonomy-oath-taking-saga-among-issues-ngo

入境处同志案：香港LGBT平权再现进退节点 (Civil servant Leung Chung-kwong’s case will be another turning point for Hong Kong LGBT rights)
BBC News, August 2, 2018
https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-45028142

Commentary (评论)

Ex-Cyberczar indicted, but Internet still has brakes
China Digital Times, August 1, 2018
https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2018/08/ex-cyberczar-indicted-but-internet-still-has-brakes

中国也有“立法堵塞”？(Does “legislative gridlock” happen in China too?)
CNPolitics, August 1, 2018
http://cnpolitics.org/2018/08/understanding-delay-in-the-chinese-legislative-system

The way coffins were seized is deplorable
South China Morning Post, August 2, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2158045/way-coffins-were-seized-deplorable

需要给Me Too设“纱窗”吗？(Do we need to customize MeToo for China?)
Financial Times, August 2, 2018
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001078770?full=y

梁國雄上訴 考驗法院獨立性 (Leung’s appeal marks real test for judicial independence)
Inmediahk.net, August 2, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1058701a

Access to Justice (司法公正)

福建执行攻坚直播：省委政法委书记督战，356名老赖被拘 (Fujian livestreams arrests, Party secretaries supervise on-site as 356 debt defaulters are nabbed in single day )
The Paper, August, 1, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2311401

“结石宝宝”父亲郭利要求雅士利集团赔偿4000万美元 (Parent of tainted powder formula victim sues company for USD 40 million for wrongful conviction)
The Cover, August 1, 2018
http://news.ifeng.com/a/20180801/59555745_0.shtml

董瑶琼父亲探望女儿被公安带走 (Father of ink-splash woman is taken away by police in attempt to to visit daughter in mental hospital)
Radio Free Asia, August, 1, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-08012018101255.html

Related:
「潑墨女孩」父親聲明：違不違法，絕不是精神病醫院的事(Statement by father of ink-splash woman)
The Stand News, August, 1, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/china/潑墨女孩-父親聲明-違不違法-絕不是精神病醫院的事/

Access to Information (信息公开)

Google plans to launch censored search engine in China, lead documents reveal
The Intercept, August, 1, 2018
https://theintercept.com/2018/08/01/google-china-search-engine-censorship/

Related:
媒体：谷歌计划在中国使用"过滤版"搜索发动机 (Google plans to launch version of search engine that filters out phrases such as human rights, democracy, and peaceful demonstration)
Deutsche Welle, August 1, 2018
https://p.dw.com/p/32S3J

限韩令解除？韩国公司与央视签约合作 推韩流明星重入中国市场 (Chinese authorities rumored to have lifted “Korea Ban” in entertainment industry)
Eastday, August 1, 2018
http://xinwen.eastday.com/a/n180801202627555.html

Who is allowed to report the news in China?
Sup China, July 31, 2018
https://supchina.com/2018/07/31/who-is-allowed-to-report-the-news-in-china/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Chinese officials sacked for blocking elderly woman’s application for disability allowance
South China Morning Post, August 1, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2157791/obstructive-chinese-officials-sacked-after-disability-red-tape

中国制定新法规 严控藏民群体活动 (New regulations tighten control of Tibetan civil organizations)
Voice of America, August 1, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-hrw-on-tibet-control-20180801/4508928.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

河北承德市委原副秘书长王瑞林受审 涉受贿1342万 (Former Deputy Secretary of Chengde is tried for accepting bribes of over RMB 13 million)
Jiancha Daily, August 1, 2018
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2018-08-01/doc-ihhacrcf0930130.shtml

重庆教会遭冲击 广州牧师被罚单 (Chongqing church raided, Guangzhou priest fined for conducting "illegal religious activities")
Radio Free Asia, July 31, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/yf2-07312018101227.html

Related:
Drug induced torture of believers at the hands of Chinese government
Bitter Winter, July 30, 2018
https://bitterwinter.org/drug-induced-torture

国务院：加快建设全国一体化在线政务服务平台 2022年实现“一网通办” (State Council urges complete integration of government online service platforms by 2022)
Beijing News, July 31, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/07/31/497538.html

爱奇艺CEO：限制综艺节目演员片酬的指导意见已开始执行 (Online video platform starts salary cap on actors, to comply with government request)
The Paper, August, 1, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2309800

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

脸书一心想进中国但官方拒发杭州建创新公司执照 (Chinese authorities denies Facebook license to operate in Hangzhou)
Radio France Internationale, August 1, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20180731-脸书一心想进中国称杭州建创新公司官方否认发执照

人工智能：中国与美俄角力国际外交舞台的新利器 (AI: China's new weapon in diplomatic contest with US, Russia)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 31, 2018
https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/world-45019143

Beijing names new Internet watchdog as China keeps door closed to global tech giants
South China Morning Post, August 1, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2157762/beijing-names-new-internet-watchdog-china-keeps-door

50元就能让网站瘫痪1小时，浙江景宁批捕3名“黑客” (Three hackers are arrested for providing “Distributed Denial of Service” attacks on websites)
Procuratorial Daily, August, 1, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2309752

Hong Kong (香港)

民間代表團往聯合國就消除一切種族歧視進行遊說 (Hong Kong civil society attends UN Hearing on Racial Discrimination)
Inmediahk.net, August 1, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1058675a

【取締民族黨】保安局批准民族黨申述期限延長至9月初 (Security Bureau extends deadline for Hong Kong National Party rebuttal to September 4)
The Stand News, July 31, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/politics/取締民族黨-保安局批准民族黨申述期限延長至9月初/

深圳佳士工人搞工會遭拘捕 團體聲援斥中共打壓 (Hong Kong civil organizations rally in support of Shenzhen Jasic workers)
Inmediahk.net, August 1, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1058665

警方今日起全港推行科技攝錄執法試驗計劃 (Police begins pilot program to use video recordings to aid proseuction of traffic offences)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 1, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1409992-20180801.htm

Related:
Watch out, Hong Kong drivers – cameras will be recording where you pull over, as police step up battle against motorists causing traffic jams
South China Morning Post, July 31, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2157645/watch-out-hong-kong-drivers-cameras-will-be

Commentary (评论)

Will China be the next tech powerhouse? Maybe with the next 20 years of sustained investment
South China Morning Post, August, 1, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/united-states/article/2157728/will-china-be-next-tech-powerhouse-maybe-next

China’s victims of sexual harassment denied justice
Human Rights Watch, July 31, 2018
https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/07/31/chinas-victims-sexual-harassment-denied-justice

如何量化中国互联网管制的冲击？(How to quantify the impact of China's Internet regulations?)
New York Times, August 1, 2018
https://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20180801/how-censorship-breeds-instability/

长平观察：假疫苗事件与Me Too运动 (Faulty vaccine and MeToo: Rights movement of China’s middle class)
Deutsche Welle, August 1, 2018
https://p.dw.com/p/32Pj6

微摘大胆教授直言宏观 财政与货币政策全失灵疑批当局政策 (Economist Xu Xiaonian: Chinese fiscal, monetary policies are failing)
Radio France Internationale, August 1, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20180731-微摘大胆教授直言宏观-财政与货币政策全失灵疑批当局政策

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese police block lawyer hired for ink-splash woman in mental hospital
Radio Free Asia, July 31, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/lawyer-07312018121245.html

傅政华：促进基本公共法律服务均等，年底村居法律顾问全覆盖 (Ministry of Justice to achieve nation-wide coverage of “village legal counsel” by end of 2018)
The Paper, July 30, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2305381

宁夏辅警抗洪抢险中牺牲，三男子在网上发表侮辱言论被抓 (Three men are detained for disparaging policeman who died in flood)
Yinchuan Police WeChat, July 30, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2305302

Access to Information (信息公开)

政治压力增大微信加紧钳制颁发新八戒 (Rumored bans on posting information in eight categories spread in WeChat)
Radio France Internationale, July 31, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20180731-政治压力大微信加紧钳制颁发新八戒

斗鱼：禁封主播陈一发儿直播间，对所有主播启动爱国主义教育 (Live streaming platform bans popular presenter, imposes patriotic education on all presenters)
The Paper, July 31, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2308699

贵州独山一网民恶意诽谤当地精准扶贫工作，被行政拘留7日 (Netizen detained for 7 days for allegedly defaming local government on WeChat)
The Paper, July 31, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2307130

全国性宗教团体共同倡议：在宗教活动场所升挂国旗 (Religious groups call for displaying national flag in religious gatherings)
Xinhua News, July 31, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2018-07/31/c_1123204072.htm

“信用交通”网站两年公布失信黑名单1326个 (Ministry of Transportation’s “credit” website has named 1326 who “lost trustworthiness” over past two years in transportation- related misconduct)
Legal Daily, July 30, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-07/30/content_7605363.htm?node=5955

海南检察机关立案4起英烈保护领域公益诉讼案 (Hainan procuratorate starts four heroes and martyrs protection suits)
Legal Daily, July 30, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2307419

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

As China’s woes mount, Xi Jinping faces rare bebuke at home
The New York Times, July 31, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/31/world/asia/xi-jinping-internal-dissent.html

China appeals to military veterans not to protest, respect law
Reuters, July 31, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-defence-veterans/china-appeals-to-military-veterans-not-to-protest-respect-law-idUSKBN1KL0FU

Chinese parents protest bad vaccines for hundreds of thousands
“给受害者一个公道”：中国家长抗议疫苗丑闻
The New York Times, July 30, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/30/world/asia/china-protest-faulty-vaccines.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180731/china-protest-faulty-vaccines/

Related:
疫苗受害者中国药监局抗议 警察抢条幅 (Vaccine victims protest outside China Food and Drug Administration again)
The Voice of America, July 31, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/4507173.html

深圳佳士工人抗争获到场民众支持及高校学生联署声援 (Group of 15 activists arrives in Shenzhen to support workers’ rights defense action, detained after submitting petition letter)
The Voice of America, July 31, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-latest-development-of-shenzhen-workers-protest-20180730/4506039.html

Related:
Letter of Support for Shenzhen Jasic Workers Arrested for Demanding to Form Labor Union
Human Rights in China, July 29, 2018
https://www.hrichina.org/en/citizens-square/letter-support-shenzhen-jasic-workers-arrested-demanding-form-labor-union

中国人权律师团律师就佳士工人维权事件的声明 (China Human Rights Lawyers Group’s statement on Shenzhen factory workers rights defense action)
China Human Rights Lawyers Group, July 30, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2018/07/blog-post_307.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

反腐高压震慑！这个“老虎”选择投案自首 (Former Vice Chairman of Hebei People’s Political Consultative Conference surrenders to authorities for serious disciplinary and legal violations)
China News, July 31, 2018
http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2018/07-31/8584938.shtml

Related:
Top cadre under investigation after turning himself in to China’s graft-buster
South China Morning Post, July 31, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2157690/top-cadre-under-investigation-after-turning-himself

广东省中山市政协党组副书记贺振章被“双开” (Deputy Secretary of Zhongshan Political Consultative Conference’s Party Committee is expelled from Party and removed from job for serious disciplinary and legal violations)
The Paper, July 31, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2307604

又一次鼓起“挤水分”的勇气？辽宁人大成立全国首个地方债调查委 (Liaoning Province People’s Congress forms committee to investigate local government debts, first of its kind in the country)
Guancha Syndicate, July 31, 2018
https://www.guancha.cn/economy/2018_07_31_466336.shtml

千万级罚单再现！整肃第三方支付行业，央行是认真的 (China’s central bank imposes heavy fines on third party payment platforms)
Legal Daily, July 31, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-07/31/content_7606774.htm?node=5955

山东省疾控中心官员自杀 目前正在山东省立医院抢救 (Attempted suicide by Shandong Province Disease Control Center official who served on original review panel for faulty vaccines)
China Times, July 31, 2018
http://www.chinatimes.net.cn/article/78927.html

Foxconn workers are the latest victims of Shenzhen’s gentrification
China Labour Bulletin, July 31, 2018
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/foxconn-workers-are-latest-victims-shenzhen%E2%80%99s-gentrification

37,000 Chinese officials punished for “frugality code” breaches
The Guardian, July 31, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/31/37000-chinese-officials-punished-for-frugality-code-breaches

How China’s protectionist vaccine policy has backfired on Beijing
South China Morning Post, July 31, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2157532/how-chinas-protectionist-vaccine-policy-has-backfired

Coffins smashed, seized, exhumed in China as province bans burials to save land
South China Morning Post, July 31, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2157531/coffins-smashed-seized-exhumed-china-province-bans-burials-save

Related:
江西网友建议殡葬改革“先建好灵堂”，官方：正加快建设 (Netizens urge building memorial halls amid government’s push for “zero burial” policy) The Paper, July 31, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2308730

China’s two-child policy is having unintended consequences
The Economist, July 26, 2018
https://www.economist.com/china/2018/07/26/chinas-two-child-policy-is-having-unintended-consequences

ICT and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Chinese surveillance expands to muslims making Mecca pilgrimage
Wall Street Journal, July 31, 2018
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinese-surveillance-expands-to-muslims-making-mecca-pilgrimage-1533045703

工信部调查多家涉及用户个人信息安全问题企业 (Ministry of Industry and Information Technology investigates IT companies on data breach and privacy infringement)
Legal Daily, July 31, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-07/31/content_7607438.htm?node=5955

官媒宣称中国迈向“刷脸时代” (Chinese state media: China enters Facial Recognition Era)
Radio Free Asia, July 31, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/gf1-07312018102042.html

National Security and Counterterrorism (国家安全与反恐)

China boosts “stability” measures ahead of People's Liberation Army Day
Radio Free Asia, July 31, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/stability-07312018110120.html

Related:
老兵八一上访：昔日保卫政权 今被政权围堵 (Authorities intercept and disperse veterans at train station from going to Beijing to protest)
Deutsche Welle, July 31, 2018
https://p.dw.com/p/32N8g