Access to Justice (司法公正)

China lets Swedish doctor see detained bookseller Gui Minhai 8 months after he was arrested in Beijing
South China Morning Post, August 14, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2159548/china-allows-swedish-doctor-see-detained-publisher

Related:
中国准许在押铜锣湾书店老板桂民海见医生 (China permits detained bookseller Gui Minhai to see Swedish doctor)
Voice of America, August 14, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/Gui-Minhai-Visited-By-Swedish-Doctor-20180814/4527655.html

84岁老太申请保外就医被拒 狱中自发性骨折 (Imprisoned woman aged 84 with lumbar spine fracture is refused medical parole)
Beijing News, August 14, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/08/14/499472.html

Chinese landlord rents to Uyghurs, is arrested on “terror” charge
Radio Free Asia, August 14, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/rents-08142018094509.html

Veteran human rights lawyer Cheng Hai disbarred
China Change, August 13, 2018
https://chinachange.org/2018/08/13/veteran-human-rights-lawyer-cheng-hai-disbarred/

拒绝认罪 维权人士刘家财刑满出狱 (Hubei rights defender who refused to plead guilty completes prison sentence)
Radio Free Asia, August 13, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf2-08132018093816.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

美国政界、人权组织和活动人士谴责中国当局扣押VOA记者 (VOA reporters freed after hours-long detention by Chinese authorities)
Voice of America, August 13, 2018
EN: https://www.voanews.com/a/voa-reporters-freed-after-hours-long-detention-by-chinese-authorities-/4526885.html
CH: https://www.voachinese.com/a/reactions-to-yebing-detention-20180813/4526989.html

Related:

原始视频实录: VOA记者济南采访时被强行带走始末 (Raw footage: VOA reporter forcibly taken away during interview with retired Shandong University professor in Jinan)
Voice of America, August 14, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/raw-footage-voa-reporters-taken-away-20180813/4527439.html

广电总局对“快手”、“今日头条”系APP作出警告和罚款 (State Administration of Radio and Television warns and fines Kuaishou, Jinri Toutiao apps)
Beijing News, August 14, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/finance/2018/08/14/499484.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

苏州维权人士被羁押两年健康恶化 (Suzhou rights defender’s health deteriorates during 2-year detention without trial)
Radio Free Asia, August 14, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-08142018093556.html

流亡藏人组织批评中国施压联合国弃置有关西藏报告 (Tibetans-in-exile organization criticizes China for pressuring UN to remove from its website NGO report for the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination review of China)
Voice of America, August 14, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-free-tibet-criticize-china-over-report-on-tibet-20180814/4527726.html

Chinese activist who wrote “down with the Communist Party” in toilet disappears
Radio Free Asia, August 13, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/toilet-08132018125207.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

外交部：新疆各民族和諧相處　任何造謠抹黑都是徒勞 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Ethnic groups in Xinjiang live in harmony; spreading rumors is futile)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 14, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1412297-20180814.htm

Related:
UN’s claim China holds 1 million Uygurs in Xinjiang camps has ulterior motives, repeats Beijing
Reuters, August 14, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2159639/uns-claim-china-holds-1-million-uygurs-xinjiang-camps

Warm, high-profile welcome for Taiwanese president in the United States
South China Morning Post, August 14, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2159677/warm-high-profile-welcome-taiwanese-president-united

东亚奥委会回函拒绝台中市所提申复林佳龙将寻求国际仲裁 (East Asian Games committee rejects Taiwan’s appeal over loss of right to host, Taichung mayor to seek international arbitration)
Radio France Internationale, August 13, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20180813-东亚奥委会回函拒绝台中市所提申复林佳龙将寻求国际仲裁

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Beijing enters 5G network era with China Unicom's experimental sites
Sina English, August 14, 2018
http://english.sina.com/buz/b/2018-08-14/detail-ihhtfwqq8823911.shtml

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

“Project Dazzling Snow”: How China’s total surveillance experiment will cover the country
Hong Kong Free Press, August 12, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/12/project-dazzling-snow-chinas-total-surveillance-experiment-set-expand-across-country/

Related:
中国加大力度建设“雪亮工程” 将实现农村全覆盖 (“Project Dazzling Snow” to cover all rural areas)
Radio Free Asia, June 22, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/wy-06222018105535.html

Hong Kong (香港)

黄之锋等3名学运领袖上诉得直 终审法院裁定港府须付诉讼费 (Court of Final Appeal rules in favor of Joshua Wong, other student leaders; government must pay legal fees)
Radio France Internationale, August 14, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/港澳台/20180814-黄之锋等3名学运领袖上诉得直终审法院裁定港府须付诉

Hong Kong separatist party leader Andy Chan Ho-tin calls China “a threat to all free peoples in the world” in fiery Foreign Correspondents’ Club speech
South China Morning Post, August 14, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2159652/hong-kong-separatist-party-leader-andy-chan-ho-tin-calls

Related:
In Pictures: Hong Kong is “being annexed and destroyed by China,” says independence activist Andy Chan
Hong Kong Free Press, August 14, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/14/pictures-hong-kong-annexed-destroyed-china-says-independence-activist-andy-chan/

【陳浩天演講】政府聲明：外國記者會提供平台予「港獨」深表遺憾 (HKSAR Government statement after Andy Chan’s talk: “deep regrets” on FCC providing platform for advocating Hong Kong independence)
Inmediahk.net , August 14, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1058917

【陳浩天演講】工聯會促終止香港外國記者會租約 (Political party calls for government to terminate FCC’s property lease in protest against Andy Chan’s talk)
Inmediahk.net, August 14, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1058913

Hong Kong activist decries “colonial invasion” in defiant speech
Associated Press, August 14, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/14/hong-kong-activist-andy-chan-decries-china-colonial-invasion-defiant-speech

“Very substantial” financial loss: Hong Kong court rejects application to halt controversial joint checkpoint plan
Hong Kong Free Press, August 14, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/14/substantial-financial-loss-hong-kong-court-rejects-application-halt-controversial-joint-checkpoint-plan/

Commentary (评论)

全世界都知道：習近平才是中美貿易戰的罪魁禍首 (Entire world knows Xi Jinping is the chief culprit in the Sino-U.S. trade war)
The News Lens, August 14, 2018
https://www.thenewslens.com/article/101855

The gender imbalance in China’s PhD studies: Why women make up only a third of the cohort
South China Morning Post, August 14, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2159295/gender-imbalance-chinas-phd-studies-why-women-make-only-third

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China tries leading members of banned religious group “Almighty God”
Reuters, August 13, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2159474/china-tries-leading-members-banned-religious-group-almighty-god

Chinese professor detained during VOA interview reportedly returns home
Voice of America, August 12, 2018
https://www.voanews.com/a/chinese-professor-detained-during-voa-interview-reportedly-returns-home/4525809.html

Tasting freedom: Liu Xia regains her health as she settles into new life in Germany
South China Morning Post, August 11, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2159053/tasting-freedom-liu-xia-regains-her-health-she-settles

Access to Information (信息公开)

China state media justify Muslim Uighur crackdown to prevent “China's Syria”
Deutsche Welle, August 13, 2018
https://www.dw.com/en/china-state-media-justify-muslim-uighur-crackdown-to-prevent-chinas-syria/a-45055678

Related:
China has prevented “great tragedy” in Xinjiang, state-run paper says
Channel NewsAsia, August 13, 2018
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/china-has-prevented--great-tragedy--in-xinjiang--state-run-paper-says-10611542

China expels German journalism student who wrote about rights lawyers
Associated Press, August 13, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2159460/china-expels-german-journalism-student-who-wrote-about

Users in China found Reddit blocked over the weekend
Quartz, August 13, 2018
https://qz.com/1354441/china-blocked-reddit-but-access-is-returning-for-some-users/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

內地律師協會：律師不應過激表達訴求 (Mainland lawyers association: lawyers should not be overly expressive in expressing their demands)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 13, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1412038-20180813.htm

浙江教会唱红歌 当局酱缸基督教 (Authorities continue to assimilate churches, require them to sing revolutionary songs and hang national flag)
Radio Free Asia, August 13, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/yf2-08132018093547.html

佳士员工遭酷刑 声援团成员被失踪 (Detained Jasic workers are tortured and members of solidarity team are missing)
Radio Free Asia, August 13, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-08132018093447.html

China delays plan to demolish Weizhou Grand Mosque after protest by Hui Muslims
South China Morning Post, August 12, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2159345/china-delays-plan-demolish-weizhou-grand-mosque-after

Related:
宁夏清真寺抗议风波 官方暂时妥协 (Ningxia protest against mosque demolition strikes temporary win)
Deutsche Welle, August 12, 2018
https://p.dw.com/p/331jX

被政府盯上的穹顶 宁夏韦州清真大寺对峙事件原委
China mosque demolition sparks standoff in Ningxia
BBC News , August 10, 2018
CH: https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-45146943
EN: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-45140551

中国学者异议人士吁关注新疆人权灾难 (Chinese scholars call for attention on Xinjiang human rights crisis)
Radio Free Asia, August 10, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/hj-08102018162956.html

「最後人民公社」村民抗議村官賣地 (Villagers rally to protest sale of land to government)
Ming Pao, August 13, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180813/s00013/1534096995703

「上海民族党」在纽约成立 反共并要求上海独立 (“Shanghai Nation Party” registers in New York, seeks Shanghai self-governance)
Radio France Internationale, August 12, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20180812-上海民族党在纽约成立-公开要求上海独立

How peer-to-peer lending turned middle-class Chinese dreamers into angry protesters
Quartz, August 11, 2018
https://qz.com/1351198/how-p2p-lending-turned-middle-class-chinese-dreamers-into-angry-protesters/

Religion must obey Chinese law: Paper
Taipei Times, August 12, 2018
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2018/08/12/2003698405

Government Accountability (政府问责)

《环球时报》为新疆高压政策作辩护 (Global Times defends Xinjiang's high-pressure policy)
Deutsche Welle, August 13, 2018
https://p.dw.com/p/333vW

福建:上半年问责47个党组织809名领导干部 (Fujian: 809 leading cadres of 47 party organizations are held accountable for misdeeds in first half of year)
People's Daily, August 13, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0813/c1001-30225377.html

UN rights panel grills China over mass detention of Uyghurs
Radio Free Asia, August 10, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/panel-08102018165922.html

UN panel confronts China over reports that it holds a million Uighurs in camps
New York Times, August 10, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/10/world/asia/china-xinjiang-un-uighurs.html

Related:
U.N. says it has credible reports that China holds million Uighurs in secret camps
Reuters, August 10, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-rights-un/u-n-says-it-has-credible-reports-that-china-holds-million-uighurs-in-secret-camps-idUSKBN1KV1SU

New evidence emerges of China forcing Muslims into “reeducation” camps
Washington Post, August 10, 2018
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/new-evidence-emerges-that-china-is-forcing-muslims-into-reeducation-camps/2018/08/10/1d6d2f64-8dce-11e8-9b0d-749fb254bc3d_story.html?utm_term=.cca097fbc376

China flat out denies the mass incarceration of Xinjiang’s Uyghurs as testimonies trickle out
Quartz, August 13, 2018
https://qz.com/1354447/china-flat-out-denies-the-mass-incarceration-of-xinjiangs-uyghurs-as-testimonies-trickle-out/

Related:
China to UN panel: No arbitrary detention in Uighur region
Voice of America, August 13, 2018
https://www.voanews.com/a/china-to-un-panel-no-arbitrary-detention-in-uighur-region/4526092.html

China denies violating minority rights amid detention claims
The Guardian, August 13, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/13/china-state-media-defend-intense-controls-xinjiang-uighurs

China Uighurs: Beijing denies detaining one million
BBC, August 13, 2018
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-45173573

China threatens to demolish a mosque, the same day it faces questions at the UN over its treatment of Muslims
Los Angeles Times, August 12, 2018
http://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-china-mosque-20180810-story.html

Senior U.S. politician calls for Taiwan’s president to be granted trip to Washington
South China Morning Post, August 13, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2159508/senior-us-politician-calls-taiwans-president-be-granted

Related:
Taiwan leader still defiant as she goes overseas
Reuters, August 13, 2018
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=198969&sid=6&sid=6

Kenya fraud charges over Chinese-funded $3bn railway
BBC, August 13, 2018
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-45169690

China’s language and cultural centers are growing faster across Africa than we thought
Quartz, August 11, 2018
https://qz.com/africa/1351749/chinas-confucius-institutes-in-africa-spread-mandarin-culture/

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China releases 3-year action plan for information technology consumption
Technode, August 13, 2018
https://technode.com/2018/08/13/china-it-3-year-action-plan/

Related:
《扩大和升级信息消费三年行动计划（2018-2020年）》解读 (How to read the 3-year Action Plan for Expanding and Upgrading Information Consumption (2018-2020))
Ministry of Information and Information Technology, August 10, 2018
http://www.miit.gov.cn/n1146295/n1652858/n1653018/c6309226/content.html

研究人权 德国留学生被迫离开中国 (German student at Tsinghua University is forced to leave for research on human rights)
Radio France Internationale, August 12, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20180812-研究人权-德国留学生被迫离开中国

A former Google China exec says the company’s plan to build a censored search engine in the country is likely a violation of human rights
Business Insider, August 10, 2018
https://www.businessinsider.com/google-china-exec-human-rights-2018-8

Related:
谷歌前高管批谷歌重返中国是“愚蠢”的决定 (Former Google exec criticizes Google’s decision to return to China as “stupid”)
Voice of America , August 11, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/Google-China-Censorship-20180811/4524182.html

How Google is developing its censored search engine
China Digital Times, August 11, 2018
https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2018/08/how-google-is-developing-its-censored-search-engine/

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

State-run paper defends stepping up of security operations in China’s troubled Xinjiang region
South China Morning Post, August 13, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2159416/state-run-paper-defends-stepping-security-operations

Hong Kong (香港)

专访陈浩天: 为了自由与尊严 坚持发表演讲 (Interview with Andy Chan: Will insist on giving speech for freedom and dignity)
Deutsche Welle, August 13, 2018
https://p.dw.com/p/333cm

UN committee tells Hong Kong to show proof that education policy is helping ethnic minority children integrate into society
South China Morning Post, August 13, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/2159545/un-committee-tells-hong-kong-show-proof-education-policy

Maria Tam denies Beijing intervened in Hong Kong separatist’s FCC speech, saying “there is zero tolerance for Hong Kong independence”
South China Morning Post, August 13, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2159349/maria-tam-denies-beijing-intervened-hong-kong-separatists

Related:
Ex-leader CY Leung equates independence activist’s talk with Nazism, racism and Holocaust denial
Hong Kong Free Press, August 13, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/13/ex-leader-cy-leung-equates-independence-activists-talk-nazism-racism-holocaust-denial/

How China's ire put global spotlight on Hong Kong activist Andy Chan
BBC, August 13, 2018
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-45167660

Protesters were not committing a crime because they were not warned they were committing a crime, Hong Kong barristers argue
South China Morning Post, August 13, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2159538/protesters-were-not-committing-crime-because

Priced out and living above a rubbish dump: Where do Hong Kong’s rough sleepers go?
South China Morning Post, August 12, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2159361/priced-out-and-living-above-rubbish-dump-where-do-hong

“Baffling” discrepancies found in population estimates for 2015 Hong Kong district council elections
South China Morning Post, August 12, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2159328/baffling-discrepancies-found-population-estimates-2015-hong

Commentary (评论)

A year on, lawyer’s disappearance highlights China’s escalating human rights disaster
Hong Kong Free Press, August 13, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/13/year-lawyers-disappearance-highlights-chinas-escalating-human-rights-disaster/

习近平： 大权在握 麻烦多多 (Xi Jinping: Plenty of troubles come with holding big power)
Deutsche Welle, August 13, 2018
https://p.dw.com/p/334Nh

中国工人运动观察报告2015-2017 (The Workers’ Movement in China 2015-2017): A new report from CLB
China Labour Bulletin, August 13, 2018
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/中国工人运动观察报告2015-2017-workers-movement-china-2015-2017-new-report-clb

UN approves former Chilean president as next human rights chief
Xinhua News Agency, August 11, 2018
http://www.china.org.cn/world/2018-08/11/content_58435340.htm

Can Taiwan counter China’s mounting pressure?
Deutsche Welle, August 10, 2018
https://www.dw.com/en/can-taiwan-counter-chinas-mounting-pressure/a-45036932

社评：捍卫新疆和平稳定，就是最大的人权 (Global Times: “Preserving peace and stability in Xinjiang is the greatest human right”)
Global Times, August 12, 2018
http://opinion.huanqiu.com/editorial/2018-08/12702719.html

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Star scholar disappears as crackdown engulfs western China
The New York Times, August 10, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/10/world/asia/china-xinjiang-rahile-dawut.html

Tens of thousands of Xinjiang’s Kuchar county residents held in political "re-education camps"
Radio Free Asia, August 9, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/kuchar-08092018124248.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

How Xi Jinping is shaping China’s universities
The Diplomat, August 10, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/08/how-xi-jinping-is-shaping-chinas-universities/

重庆官员因“购买私存反动杂志”落马 (Chongqing city official dismissed, expelled from party for possessing reactionary magazines)
Voice of America, August 10, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-chongqing-official-expelled-for-buying-reactionary-magazines-20180809/4520573.html

Japanese porn star Sora Aoi wears Young Pioneers’ red scarf at charity event sparking anger in China
South China Morning Post, August 10, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2159090/chinese-firm-apologies-letting-japanese-porn-star-sora-aoi-wear

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Thousands of Muslims protest demolition of Chinese mosque in rare moment of defiance
Associated Press, August 10, 2018
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/08/10/thousands-muslims-protest-demolition-chinese-mosque-rare-moment/

Chinese Maoists join students in fight for workers’ rights at Jasic Technology
South China Morning Post, August 10, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2158991/chinese-maoists-join-students-fight-workers-rights

Police swoop on activists as China's leaders gather at Beidaihe resort
Radio Free Asia, August 10, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/police-swoop-on-activists-as-chinas-leaders-gather-at-beidaihe-resort-08102018113107.html

Police in China's Guangdong shut down factory of Liu Xiaobo supporter
Radio Free Asia, August 10, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/factory-08102018111407.html

As #MeToo grows, a Chinese tech giant is accused of being an “imperial harem”
Quartz, August 10, 2018
https://qz.com/1353081/mobike-accused-of-harassment-as-metoo-hits-chinas-tech-industry/

Signs show “core leader” Xi facing rare domestic reproach
China Digital Times, August 9, 2018
https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2018/08/signs-show-core-leader-xi-facing-rare-domestic-reproach/

中国性侵受害者不再隐忍 不惧封锁网上集结 (Victims of sexual assault in China rally online despite censorship)
Radio Free Asia, August 9, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/hc-08092018104248.html

四川籍民主维权人士卫小兵（孤家寡哥）衣服工厂遭广东惠州当局查封 (Textile factory owned by Sichuan rights defender sealed by local government)
China Human Rights Defenders, August 9, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2018/08/blog-post_81.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China Uighurs: One million held in political camps, UN told
BBC, August 10, 2018
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-45147972

Related:
A parallel NGO report by World Uyghur Congress
World Uyghur Congress, July 2018
https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/Treaties/CERD/Shared%20Documents/CHN/INT_CERD_NGO_CHN_31745_E.pdf

Chinese corruption inquiry finds US$39 million in cash at homes of ex-boss of Huarong Asset Management
South China Morning Post, August 10, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2159221/chinese-corruption-inquiry-finds-us39-million-cash

China says Pacific aid has no political strings
Channel NewsAsia, August 10, 2018
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/china-says-pacific-aid-has-no-political-strings-10607070

信访举报增幅明显 正风反腐不可松劲 (Number of letters and calls relating to corruption rises significantly as anti-corruption campaign continues)
People's Daily, August 10, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0810/c1001-30220685.html