Access to Justice (司法公正)

黄琦狱中病情危重 母亲促当局放人 (Dissident Huang Qi in critical condition in prison, mother urges his release)
Radio Free Asia, August 6, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-08062018093111.html

Detained Chinese professor moved to unknown location
Voice of America, August 5, 2018
https://www.voanews.com/a/china-professor-sun-whereabouts-unknown/4514282.html

Related:
Arrest seen as part of China's efforts to crush criticism
Voice of America, August 4, 2018
https://www.voanews.com/a/observers-sun-wenguang-s-arrest-is-part-of-china-s-attempts-to-crush-anti-government-sentiments/4513653.html

Tibetan protest singer freed after serving more than three years in prison
Radio Free Asia, August 3, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/singer-08032018153355.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Chris Patten: China “wrong” to try to silence Hong Kong activist
Agence France-Presse, August 6, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/06/chris-patten-china-wrong-to-try-to-silence-hong-kong-activist

Some Ai Weiwei art will be lost to wrecking ball, artist’s assistant says as demolition work on his Beijing studio continues
South China Morning Post, August 6, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/culture/arts-entertainment/article/2158500/some-ai-weiwei-art-will-be-lost-wrecking-ball-artists

二季度全国政府网站抽查 共300人被问责 (Second quarter of government website spot-check holds 300 people accountable for website management, errors)
People’s Daily, August 6, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0806/c1001-30212376.html

环境监测数据造假 生态环境部约谈临汾市政府负责人 (Ministry of Ecology and Environment questions key municipal officials in Linyi air quality data fraud incident)
People’s Daily, August 6, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0806/c1001-30211937.html

Gay-themed drama is latest victim of China’s drive to purge “harmful and obscene” content from web
South China Morning Post, August 4, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2158196/gay-themed-drama-latest-victim-chinas-drive-purge-harmful-and

“Christopher Robin” won’t get a release in China, where Winnie the Pooh is a symbol of resistance
Quartz, August 4, 2018
https://qz.com/quartzy/1348099/christopher-robin-wont-get-a-release-in-china-where-winnie-the-pooh-is-a-symbol-of-resistance/

Is Western media biased against China? (Part Two)
Global Voices, August 3, 2018
https://globalvoices.org/2018/08/03/is-western-media-biased-against-china-part-two/

Related:
Is Western media biased against China? (Part One)
Global Voices, July 26, 2018
https://globalvoices.org/2018/07/26/is-western-media-biased-against-china-part-one/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Police thwart protest rallies by victims of China’s underground financial system
South China Morning Post, August 6, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/2158533/police-thwart-protest-rallies-victims-chinas-underground

Related:
P2P 投资人北京集体维权遭维稳 (Mass of P2P fundraising victims from across China travel to petition in Beijing, demonstrations suppressed)
Voice of America, August 6, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/china-p2p-petitioners-blocked-20180806/4515240.html

Chinese P2P chief Yao Kunjie makes the Forbes high achievers list while under investigation
South China Morning Post, August 4, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/2158299/chinese-p2p-chief-yao-kunjie-makes-forbes-high-achievers-list

辽宁氧化铝项目叫停 政府打压抗议者 (Environmental protests succeed in halting Liaoning aluminum oxidization plant project, authorities suppress protests)
Radio Free Asia, August 6, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/yf1-08062018100450.html

Cracks appear in “invincible” Xi Jinping's authority over China
The Guardian, August 4, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/04/cracks-appear-in-invincible-xi-jinpings-authority-over-china

Taipei-born actress Vivian Sung causes social media storm for calling Taiwan her “favorite country”
What’s on Weibo, August 3, 2018
https://www.whatsonweibo.com/taipei-born-actress-vivian-sung-causes-social-media-storm-for-calling-taiwan-her-favorite-country/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Taiwan national flag flies at Paris Gay Games opening despite pressure from China
Hong Kong Free Press, August 6, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/06/taiwan-national-flag-flies-paris-gay-games-opening-despite-pressure-china/

Taiwan considering countermeasures against airlines referring to island as part of China
Hong Kong Free Press, August 6, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/06/taiwan-considering-countermeasures-airlines-referring-island-part-china/

Related:
Taiwan: How airlines are being dragged into China’s bitter dispute over the island’s sovereignty
The Conversation, August 6, 2018
https://theconversation.com/taiwan-how-airlines-are-being-dragged-into-chinas-bitter-dispute-over-the-islands-sovereignty-100932

Shanghai Airport Authority boss under investigation for violating Party discipline and laws
South China Morning Post, August 6, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2158536/shanghai-airport-authority-boss-under-investigation-violating

Related:
上海机场（集团）董事长吴建融接受纪律审查和监察调查 (Chairman of board of Shanghai Airport Authority investigated for serious disciplinary, legal violations)
People’s Daily, August 6, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0806/c1001-30212395.html

陕西省纪委原预防腐败室主任胡传祥接受纪律审查和监察调查 (Director of Shaanxi Provincial Commission for Disciple Inspection, Hu Chuanxiang, investigated for serious disciplinary, legal violations)
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, August 6, 2018
http://www.ccdi.gov.cn/yaowen/201808/t20180806_177285.html

Worries grow in Singapore over China’s calls to help “motherland”
The New York Times, August 5, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/05/world/asia/singapore-china.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Google eyes China cloud tie-ups
Bloomberg, August 6, 2018
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=198687&sid=2&sid=2

British putting Huawei under spotlight over use of US firm’s ageing software
Reuters, August 5, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/2158312/british-putting-huawei-under-spotlight-over-use-us-firms-ageing

Drones, facial recognition and a social credit system: 10 ways China watches its citizens
South China Morning Post, August 4, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2157883/drones-facial-recognition-and-social-credit-system-10-ways-china

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

In new admin error, Germany expels Uighur man to China
Channel NewsAsia, August 6, 2018
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/in-new-admin-error--germany-expels-uighur-man-to-china-10593792

Related:
德国误将维吾尔难民遣返回中国 音讯全无 (Germany mistakenly sends Uyghur refugee back to China)
Deutsche Welle, August 6, 2018
https://www.dw.com/zh/德国误将维吾尔难民遣返回中国-音讯全无/a-44967857?maca=chi-rss-chi-ca-1044-rdf&zhongwen=simp

Crackdown in Xinjiang: Where have all the people gone?
Financial Times, August 5, 2018
https://www.ft.com/content/ac0ffb2e-8b36-11e8-b18d-0181731a0340

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong’s domestic helper groups push for 25 per cent pay rise as soaring loan charges and fees bite
South China Morning Post, August 6, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/2158525/hong-kongs-domestic-helper-groups-push-25-cent-pay

As Hong Kong clamps down, a tiny political party finds itself in the spotlight
The New York Times, August 6, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/06/world/asia/hong-kong-political-party.html

Related:
Ex-leader CY Leung dares Foreign Correspondents’ Club to give up lease and make open bid for site as Andy Chan row escalates
South China Morning Post, August 6, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2158527/ex-leader-cy-leung-dares-foreign-correspondents-club-give

Head of press club refutes claim it pays gov’t “token rent” amid independence activist censorship row
Hong Kong Free Press, August 6, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/06/head-press-club-refutes-claim-pays-govt-token-rent-amid-independence-activist-censorship-row/

香港外國記者會：邀請嘉賓演講不代表支持或反對其立場 (FCC statement on Andy Chan event)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 6, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1410880-20180806.htm

Throwing glass towards ex-Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying could not have been assault, Wong Yuk-man says at appeal
South China Morning Post, August 6, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2158495/throwing-glass-towards-ex-hong-kong-leader

Vandals take aim at satirical banners outside China office featuring Mao Zedong democracy quotes
Hong Kong Free Press, August 4, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/04/vandals-take-aim-satirical-banners-outside-china-office-featuring-mao-zedong-democracy-quotes/

Mainland Chinese police to Hong Kong criminals: You can run, but you can’t hide here – as they hand back three suspects in HK$23 million jewelry robbery
South China Morning Post, August 4, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2158290/mainland-police-tell-hong-kongs-criminals-you

Commentary (评论)

China’s global “community” falls short of rhetoric
Financial Times, August 6, 2018
https://www.ft.com/content/08239ba2-997c-11e8-ab77-f854c65a4465

How China’s constitution ensured that the Basic Law remains pre-eminent in Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, August 6, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/hong-kong/article/2158137/how-chinas-constitution-ensured-basic-law-remains

Pooh ban shows China trapped in past
The Standard, August 6, 2018
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=198675&sid=17&sid=17

The true purpose of banning the National Party
South China Morning Post, August 5, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2158351/true-purpose-banning-national-party

China’s attempts to bully Taiwan into submission are overbearing and ridiculous
Hong Kong Free Press, August 4, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/04/chinas-attempts-bully-taiwan-submission-overbearing-ridiculous/

Google’s censored Chinese search engine: A catalogue of ethical violations?
The Conversation, August 3, 2018
https://theconversation.com/googles-censored-chinese-search-engine-a-catalogue-of-ethical-violations-101046

If Google goes back to China, it will be on the government's terms. What will that mean for human rights?
Global Voices, August 3, 2018
https://globalvoices.org/2018/08/03/if-google-goes-back-to-china-it-will-be-on-the-governments-terms-what-will-that-mean-for-human-rights/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Ai Weiwei says Beijing studio wrecked without notice
Channel NewsAsia, August 3, 2018
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/ai-weiwei-says-beijing-studio-wrecked-without-notice-10587540

China asks Sweden to extradite man wanted on embezzlement charges
Reuters, August 3, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sweden-extradition-china/china-asks-sweden-to-extradite-man-wanted-on-embezzlement-charges-idUSKBN1KO121

曾祭劉曉波　維權人士許光利被指毆維穩人員　「尋釁滋事」判囚4年10個月 (Rights activist who commemorated Liu Xiaobo is for assaulting “stability maintenance” personnel)
Ming Pao, August 3, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180803/s00004/1533291033677

在审判执行中切实维护残疾人合法权益 (Supreme People's Procuratorate and China Disabled Persons' Federation jointly issue opinion on protecting rights of disabled persons in legal process)
Legal Daily, August 2, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-08/02/content_7609419.htm?node=5955

蔺其磊律师、刘正清律师：秦永敏先生案件的进展通报 (Jailed veteran activist Qin Yongmin files appeal against conviction, is denied meeting with lawyer)
China Human Rights Defenders, August 2, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2018/08/201882.html

江西余干一女子拍摄传播被害人图片视频，被公安机关依法处理 (Bystander is detained for taking and posting pictures of murder victim on the Internet)
Shangrao Public Security Bureau WeChat, August 3, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2317615

Access to Information (信息公开)

Who is Chinese professor Sun Wenguang?
Voice of America, August 2, 2018
https://www.voanews.com/a/who-is-chinese-professor-wenguang-sun/4511975.html

Related:
孙文广接受外媒采访被破门带走 凸显中国人权状况恶化 (Sun Wenguang incident exemplifies deterioration of human rights conditions in China)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 3, 2018
https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-45058881

孙文广教授据信被软禁在济南军区燕子山庄2号楼(Professor Sun Wenguang rumored to be held under house arrest in Jinan military district)
Voice of America, August 3, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/chinese-professor-sun-wenguang-detained/4512069.html

广东律协新规限制律师网络言论 (Guangdong Lawyers Association issues new regulations on online speech)
Radio Free Asia, August 3, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-08032018100520.html

威海发布“黑红名单”信息8400余条 (Weihai embeds residents’ city public credit scores into ID cards)
Legal Daily, August 3, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-08/03/content_7609565.htm?node=5955

Related:
南京打造市民“诚信身份证” (Nanjing implements "social credit ID" with monetary rewards for "good credit" citizens)
Legal Daily, August 2, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-08/02/content_7608556.htm?node=5955

晚報：稱台灣「最喜歡國家」惹大陸網民聲討，女星宋芸樺道歉並自稱中國人 (Taiwanese actress forced to apologize and identify as Chinese after uproar from mainland netizens)
The Initium, August 3, 2018
https://theinitium.com/article/20180803-evening-brief/

China to require all places of worship to fly the national flag, expanding Xinjiang policy
Radio Free Asia, August 2, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/flags-08022018145629.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Interview: “I felt that sense of threat very keenly”
Radio Free Asia, August 2, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/threat-08022018111401.html

胡鞍钢被讽“给帝王唱赞歌” 千人联名要求清华将其开除 (Thousands sign petition to remove Tsinghua professor, stout advocate of China supremacy)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 3, 2018
https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-45058201

Related:
胡鞍钢、中美贸易战与“厉害了，我的国” (Professor Hu Angang, trade war, and “My Superior Homeland”)
Deutsche Welle, August 3, 2018
https://p.dw.com/p/32aVF

纽时称有谷歌员工不满公司推中国“净身版”搜寻器愤而辞职 (Google employees rumored to quit job and refuse to participate in developing censored version of search engine)
Radio France Internationale, August 3, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20180803-纽时称有谷歌员工不满公司推中国净身版搜寻器愤而辞职

Government Accountability (政府问责)

焦点对话：习近平高层促维稳 (Xi urges stepped up stability maintenance in six fields: jobs, finance, foreign trade, foreign investment, investment, forecast)
Voice of America, August 3, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/voaweishi-20180803-xi-jinping-and-politburo-on-economy-and-stability/4512539.html

上海海洋大学原副校长李延臣被开除党籍和公职 (Former Vice President of Shanghai Ocean University is arrested for serious disciplinary and legal violations)
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection Official Website, August 3, 2018
http://www.chinanews.com/sh/2018/08-03/8588468.shtml

山西省检察院副检察长秦文峰严重违纪被撤职，曾任纪检组长 (Former Deputy Attorney General of Shanxi People’s Procuratorate is removed from job for serious disciplinary violation)
The Paper, August, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2318645

检察机关依法对苏州市政协原主席高雪坤涉嫌受贿案提起公诉 (Former Chairman of Suzhou Political Consultative Conference is indicted for corruption charges)
Supreme People's Procuratorate, August 3, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2316648

安徽广德通报24名公职人员交通违法信息，含姓名单位车牌号 (Local government broadcasts traffic violations by public officials, including personal information such as license plate and work unit)
Anhui Net, August 3, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2319336

重磅！央企负责人重大决策将终身问责！ (State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission to remove statute of limitation for serious violations)
Economic Information Daily, August 2, 2018
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5MzcwMjgyMw==&mid=2651367873&idx=1&sn=f4bb803db4ab619d6c7dae630c02dc8c&chksm=bd6eff098a19761f38698f825a26cec0754fcb991b254501fe73922f583724b03cf850cea3b7&scene=0

范冰冰不见了？中国政府要修理娱乐圈？(Celebrities are banned from dissolving companies and studios amid tax evasion probe)
Radio Free Asia, August 2, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/hj2-08022018105933.html

ICT and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Understanding China’s technological rise
The Diplomat, August 2, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/08/understanding-chinas-technological-rise/

Hong Kong (香港)

Judge ruling a blow to transgender rights in Hong Kong as inmates told they must do time according to their biology not what they identify as
South China Morning Post, August 3, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2158230/judge-ruling-blow-transgender-rights-hong

Related:
準變性人囚犯不滿被囚男子監獄提覆核　獲裁部分勝訴(Transgender inmate receives partial victory in appeal)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 3, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1410466-20180803.htm

Beijing tells Hong Kong Foreign Correspondents’ Club to call off talk by separatist party leader Andy Chan Ho-tin
South China Morning Post, August 3, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2158188/beijing-tells-hong-kong-foreign-correspondents-club-call

Related:
“They are treating Hong Kong like parts of China”: Pro-independence activist Andy Chan condemns move to censor talk
Hong Kong Free Press, August 3, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/03/treating-hong-kong-like-parts-china-pro-independence-activist-andy-chan-condemns-move-censor-talk/

聲援深圳佳士工人鬥爭 組織獨立工會無罪 (Socialist Action issues statement to support Shenzhen Jasic workers)
Inmediahk, August 3, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1058720

中國「國家藝術基金」開放港澳台申請　重點資助謳歌黨國項目 (China National Arts Fund opens to applicants in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan, encourages projects on praising Party and country)
The Stand News, August 3, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/art/中國-國家藝術基金-開放港澳台申請-重點資助謳歌黨國項目/

Court of Appeal calls on Hong Kong government to do more to investigate forced labor
South China Morning Post, August 3, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2158052/court-appeal-calls-hong-kong-government-do

Hong Kong’s poor forced to eat food only fit “for pigs and dogs” as city’s money-hungry companies exploit need for basic items
South China Morning Post, August 3, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2158024/hong-kongs-poor-forced-eat-food-only-fit-pigs-and-dogs

Commentary (评论)

Remaking China’s civil society in the Xi Jinping era
ChinaFile, August 2, 2018
http://www.chinafile.com/reporting-opinion/viewpoint/remaking-chinas-civil-society-xi-jinping-era

Outgoing UN rights chief: No regrets for speaking up
Washington Post, August 3, 2018
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/un-rights-chief-defends-speaking-out-against-rights-abuses/2018/08/02/3c40fe6a-96c1-11e8-818b-e9b7348cd87d_story.html?utm_term=.f60eb2386940

China’s AI giants can’t say no to the Party
Foreign Policy, August 2, 2018
https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/08/02/chinas-ai-giants-cant-say-no-to-the-party/

China’s controversies create cracks in Xi’s facade
Financial Times, August 3, 2018
https://www.ft.com/content/bf0227a2-96e4-11e8-b67b-b8205561c3fe

China finds things hard to contain in and out
The Standard, August 3, 2018
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=198658&sid=5&sid=5

中式「自 high」的代價(Price of China’s self-claimed success)
The Stand News, August 3, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/china/中式-自-high-的代價/

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

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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

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【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