Access to Justice (司法公正)

上海维权人士丁德元不服2年6个月枉法判决 已委托纪中久律师提起上诉 (Shanghai rights defender Ding Deyuan to file appeal against conviction)
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, August 25, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2018/08/26_25.html

China pressures family of Australian-based corruption suspect to ensure his return
Sydney Morning Herald, August 25, 2018
https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/china-pressures-family-of-australian-based-corruption-suspect-to-ensure-his-return-20180824-p4zznf.html

甘肃省检察院撤销庆阳女生遭猥亵“不起诉”决定，检方将公诉 (Gansu province procuratorate reverts earlier decision not to prosecute teacher for sexual assault of student who committed suicide)
The Paper, August 24, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2376940

Access to Information (信息公开)

Mainland Chinese university bars two Hong Kong human rights lawyers from teaching regular course there
South China Morning Post, August 27, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2161531/mainland-chinese-university-bars-two-hong-kong-human-rights

网上留言遭严打 鲁粤网民被拘留 (Shandong netizens detained for spreading “plague rumors” for warning others via WeChat to avoid consuming pork after flood for fear of contracting viruses)
Radio Free Asia, August 27, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/ql2-08272018102247.html

佳士工潮：广东跨省抓人 毛左网站遭禁 (Jasic workers’ rights movement: Office of “Red Reference” in Beijing searched, staff arrested by Guangdong authorities)
Radio Free Asia, August 27, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-08272018101614.html

《未成年人节目管理规定》征求意见：禁止宣传、介绍电子游戏 (National Radio and Television Administration releases new draft administration provisions for comment, proposes comprehensive content restrictions on programs for minors)
The Paper, August 25, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2379216

Chinese Communist Party is stepping up efforts to stifle dissent abroad, U.S. officials are told
South China Morning Post, August 25, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2161306/chinese-communist-party-stepping-efforts-stifle-dissent

内蒙古一网民在直播平台传播暴恐视频图片，获刑3年6个月 (Inner Mongolian netizen sentenced to 3.5 years imprisonment for sharing “violent and bloody” images, videos of terrorism)
The Paper, August 25, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2380683

Remaking history as reform anniversary approaches
China Digital Times, August 24, 2018
https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2018/08/remaking-history-as-reform-anniversary-approaches/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Beijing to take action to tackle P2P lending, stock market leverage risks
South China Morning Post, August 27, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/2161562/beijing-take-action-tackle-p2p-lending-stock-market-leverage

河南逼迫基督教 十字架大规模被拆 (Christian church crosses in Henan demolished on large scale)
Radio Free Asia, August 27, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/yf2-08272018102651.html

高智晟获“沙赫巴兹·巴蒂自由奖” (Missing human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng granted Shahbaz Bhatti Freedom Award)
Radio Free Asia, August 26, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ck-08252018132817.html

The public education project that targets the “taboo” subject of child sexual abuse in China
South China Morning Post, August 25, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2160915/public-education-project-targets-taboo-subject-child-sexual-abuse

“No one can resist the tides of history”: Detained activist Yue Xin on the Jasic workers
China Digital Times, August 24, 2018
https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2018/08/no-one-can-resist-the-tides-of-history-detained-activist-yue-xin-on-the-jasic-workers/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China targets rumors, religion in updated party rules
Reuters, August 27, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption/china-targets-rumors-religion-in-updated-party-rules-idUSKCN1LC0AQ

Related:
《中国共产党纪律处分条例》修订前后对照表 (Comparison chart of amendments on Regulation of the Communist Party of China on Disciplinary Actions)
People’s Daily, August 27, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0827/c1001-30253493.html

修订后的党纪处分条例印发 (CPC Central Committee issues revised disciplinary measures ordinance)
Beijing News, August 27, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/08/27/501335.html

三部委在交通出行领域开展严重失信行为专项治理，覆盖网约车 (National Development and Reform Commission to expand social credit system on transport regulation violations)
The Paper, August 27, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2382802

Xi Jinping says belt and road plan isn’t about creating a “China club”
South China Morning Post, August 27, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2161580/xi-jinping-says-belt-and-road-plan-isnt-about-creating

“When is it going to end?”: Taiwan condemns China for demanding Spanish university cancel cultural events
Hong Kong Free Press, August 27, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/27/going-end-taiwan-condemns-china-demanding-spanish-university-cancel-cultural-events/

Chinese media says “Australian hawks” to control foreign affairs
Sydney Morning Herald, August 27, 2018
https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/chinese-media-says-australian-hawks-to-control-foreign-affairs-20180827-p5000w.html

China may scrap limit on number of children: Report
Agence France-Presse, August 27, 2018
https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/china-may-scrap-limit-on-number-of-children-report/article24794046.ece

河北省邢台市人大常委会原副主任李俊良涉嫌受贿罪遭检方逮捕 (Deputy secretary of Xingtai People’s Congress Standing Committee arrested for bribery)
People's Daily, August 27, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0827/c1001-30254243.html

黑龙江省交通运输厅原副厅长朱金玉被"双开 (Former deputy director of transportation department of Heilongjiang investigated for serious disciplinary, legal violations)
People's Daily, August 27, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0827/c1001-30253983.html

As China detains Muslim Uyghurs, its economic clout mutes world criticism
Christian Science Monitor, August 24, 2018
https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2018/0824/As-China-detains-Muslim-Uyghurs-its-economic-clout-mutes-world-criticism

Related:
More than 1 in 10 residents of Xinjiang township held in political “re-education camps”
Radio Free Asia, August 24, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/township-08242018143331.html

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

China leader calls for “anti-separatism efforts” in Tibet
Associated Press, August 27, 2018
https://apnews.com/f326e94682554cdb9ea8b3064aeef0c8

Hong Kong (香港)

Chinese state police seized members of Hong Kong political party during mainland visits – claims Demosisto founder Joshua Wong
South China Morning Post, August 27, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2161573/chinese-state-police-seized-members-hong-kong-political

Related:
Detention of Hong Kong pro-democracy activists when visiting mainland China must be investigated
Amnesty International, August 27, 2018
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/08/hong-kong-detention-in-mainland-pro-democracy-activists/

Hong Kong pro-democracy group denounces Chinese agents “scare tactics”
Reuters, August 27, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-politics/hong-kong-pro-democracy-group-denounces-chinese-agents-scare-tactics-idUSKCN1LC17D

Hong Kong Bar Assoc. axes its Peking University legal course after two members barred from teaching
Hong Kong Free Press, August 27, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/27/hong-kong-bar-assoc-axes-peking-university-legal-course-two-members-barred-teaching/

HKU scholar Eric Cheung says ex-leader CY Leung accused him of libel in legal letters
Hong Kong Free Press, August 27, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/27/hku-scholar-eric-cheung-says-ex-leader-cy-leung-accused-libel-legal-letters/

Commentary (评论)

Event: NGO Justice Centre accepts submissions for the 2018 Human Rights Arts Prize
Hong Kong Free Press, August 25, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/25/event-ngo-justice-centre-accepts-submissions-2018-human-rights-arts-prize/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

上海:外逃24年的贪污犯罪嫌疑人倪小沪回国投案 (Corruption suspect who hid overseas for 24 years returns to China, surrenders)
People's Daily, August 24, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0824/c1001-30250055.html

It’s too easy to wind up in a Chinese psychiatric hospital, and far too hard to get out
China File, August 23, 2018
http://www.chinafile.com/reporting-opinion/viewpoint/its-too-easy-wind-chinese-psychiatric-hospital-and-far-too-hard-get-out

Access to Information (信息公开)

“护苗·网络安全课”全国讲师培训活动举办 (Office for “Eradicating pornography and illegal publications” holds training for teachers to raise student awareness)
Legal Daily, August 24, 2018
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20180824/Articel06009GN.htm

疫苗受害者家属记者会被迫延期
China deploys police, “interceptors” to warn off, detain parents of substandard vaccine victims
Radio Free Asia, August 23, 2018
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/yf2-08232018101435.html
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/vaccine-parents-08232018120743.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

【佳士工潮】聲援團住處突遭防暴警清場　逾50名工人及學生被帶走 (Shenzhen police evict Jasic protest supporters from apartment, more than 50 students and workers arrested)
HK01, August 24, 2018
https://www.hk01.com/即時中國/226897/佳士工潮-聲援團住處突遭防暴警清場-逾50名工人及學生被帶走

Related:
Student activists disappear after police raid as China clamps down on labour movement
Reuters, August 24, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2161288/student-activists-disappear-after-police-raid-china

NGO reports custodial deaths, tortures in China's Xinjiang
Suryaa, August 24, 2018
http://www.suryaa.com/52532-ngo-reports-custodial-deaths-tortures-in-chinas-xinjiang.html

Students revolt over “Taiwan, China” switch for English language test
South China Morning Post, August 24, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2161167/students-revolt-over-taiwan-china-switch-english

The simple but ingenious system Taiwan uses to crowdsource its laws
MIT Technology Review, August 21, 2018
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/611816/the-simple-but-ingenious-system-taiwan-uses-to-crowdsource-its-laws/

翟岩民因穿“江天勇”T恤衫三度被传唤 (Rights defender summoned 3 times in 2 days for wearing shirt displaying name of imprisoned rights lawyer)
Radio Free Asia, August 24, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf2-08242018102403.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

What satellite images can show us about “re-education” camps in Xinjiang: A Q&A with Shawn Zhang
China File, August 23, 2018
http://www.chinafile.com/reporting-opinion/features/what-satellite-images-can-show-us-about-re-education-camps-xinjiang

Related:
UBC student uses satellite images to track suspected Chinese re-education centers where Uyghurs imprisoned
The Globe and Mail, July 8, 2018
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-ubc-student-uses-satellite-images-to-track-suspected-chinese-re/

网曝河南安徽强迫民众承诺放弃基督教 (Priest reveals Anhui provincial authorities forced Christians to sign declaration to abandon religion)
Voice of America , August 24, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-some-local-authorities-in-china-force-people-to-give-up-religion-20180823/4541253.html

U.S. “deeply concerned” after China denies BuzzFeed reporter visa
South China Morning Post, August 24, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2161124/us-deeply-concerned-after-china-denies-buzzfeed

Young son of Uyghurs held in Xinjiang political “re-education camps” dies in drowning incident
Radio Free Asia, August 23, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/drowning-08232018135551.html

中梵或将进入新一轮谈判 大陆教友不抱期望 (Chinese Catholics remains pessimistic at possible new round of China-Vatican negotiations)
Radio Free Asia, August 23, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/ql2-08232018101133.html

Germany stops deporting Uygurs after asylum seeker is mistakenly sent to China, then vanishes
South China Morning Post, August 24, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/2161091/concerned-about-rights-germany-halts-deportation-uygurs-china

White House criticizes China over El Salvador recognition
The New York Times, August 24, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/world/asia/taiwan-el-salvador-china.html

京东发布反腐公告：4人被刑拘16人遭辞退 (4 detained, 16 dismissed: Chinese e-commerce company JD.com issues anti-corruption announcement)
Beijing News, August 24, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/finance/2018/08/24/501036.html

广东省湛江市委原常委、政法委原书记陈吴接受纪律审查和监察调查 (Former secretary of Zhanjiang CPC Political and Legal Affairs Committee investigated for serious disciplinary, legal violations)
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, August 24, 2018
http://www.ccdi.gov.cn/yaowen/201808/t20180824_178408.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Waymo sets up subsidiary in Shanghai as Google plans China push
Reuters, August 24, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-waymo-china/waymo-sets-up-subsidiary-in-shanghai-as-google-plans-china-push-idUSKCN1L90BP

China’s surveillance network moves into the country to catch farmers illegally burning straw
South China Morning Post, August 24, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2161225/chinas-surveillance-network-moves-country-catch-farmers-illegally

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

扎西文色二审维持原判 法院：煽动分裂国家 (Tibetan education advocate Tashi Wangchuk’s second instance trial upholds 5-year sentence for “inciting splittism”)
Deutsche Welle, August 24, 2018
https://p.dw.com/p/2y631

Hong Kong (香港)

Airport breached safety regulations by granting special treatment to ex-leader CY’s daughter, court rules
Hong Kong Free Press, August 24, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/24/airport-breached-safety-regulations-granting-special-treatment-ex-leader-cys-daughter-court-rules/

Woman takes unprecedented step to advance LGBT cause in Hong Kong and sues government over civil partnerships ban
Hong Kong Free Press, August 24, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2161287/woman-takes-unprecedented-step-advance-lgbt-cause-hong-kong

Ex-leader CY Leung sues Stand News and university professor for defamation
Hong Kong Free Press, August 24, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/24/ex-leader-cy-leung-sues-stand-news-university-professor-defamation/

Related:
梁振英控告鍾劍華及《立場新聞》誹謗　記協：極度關注 (Former chief executive of Hong Kong sues media, journalist for defamation)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 24, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1414405-20180824.htm

Commentary (评论)

We need to be careful about how we use the word “Chinese”
China File, August 23, 2018
http://www.chinafile.com/reporting-opinion/viewpoint/we-need-be-careful-about-how-we-use-word-chinese

美參議員將提「反斷交法案」：不只為了台灣，更防中國「有機可乘」(U.S. senator to propose “Taiwan Act 2018”: Not just for Taiwan, but also to guard against China)
The News Lens, August 24, 2018
https://www.thenewslens.com/article/102661

American moral indifference to human rights in China
Intermountain Jewish News, August 23, 2018
https://www.ijn.com/american-moral-indifference-to-human-rights-in-china/

從前他們追着人做結紮，如今他們求着人生二胎 (They used to chase people to do ligation, and now they’re begging them for a second child)
Initium, August 22, 2018
https://theinitium.com/article/20180824-mainland-birth-control-staff/

中国的精神卫生、强制收治和任意拘留 (Mental health, compulsory treatment, arbitrary detention in China)
Ftchinese, August 24, 2018
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001079108?full=y

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China’s re-education camps for a million Muslims: What everyone needs to know
SupChina, August 22, 2018
https://supchina.com/2018/08/22/xinjiang-explainer-chinas-reeducation-camps-for-a-million-muslims/

Legislator says “hukou” system is squandering China’s labor
Caixin, August 22, 2018
https://www.caixinglobal.com/2018-08-22/legislator-says-hukou-system-is-squandering-chinas-labor-101317613.html

尘肺工人的困惑：我的赔偿金该找谁要？(Workers suffering from lung disease have no adequate avenue to seek compensation)
Worker.cn, August 23, 2018
http://media.workercn.cn/sites/media/grrb/2018_08/23/GR0501.htm

Ex-journalist questions legality of security checks
The Sixth Tone, August 23, 2018
http://www.sixthtone.com/news/1002808/ex-journalist-questions-legality-of-security-checks

Access to Information (信息公开)

China arrests three for fake reports about smog crackdown
Reuters, August 23, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-pollution/china-arrests-three-for-fake-reports-about-smog-crackdown-idUSKCN1L80CP?

“Single’s tax”: A hot term that is banned on Weibo now
What’s On Weibo, August 23, 2018
https://www.whatsonweibo.com/singles-tax-a-hot-term-that-is-banned-on-weibo-now/

Xi calls for better fulfilling missions of publicity work
Sina English, August 23, 2018
http://english.sina.com/china/p/2018-08-23/detail-ihhzsnec3025432.shtml

国家网信办：要让网络短视频充满正能量 (Cyberspace Administration of China wants short videos to be filled with “positive energies,” suspends Kuaishou for 15 days)
Cyberspace Administration of China, August 23, 2018
http://www.cac.gov.cn/2018-08/23/c_1123318088.htm

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Top Chinese Buddhist monk Xuecheng faces police investigation after #MeToo sexual harassment claims upheld
South China Morning Post, August 23, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2160975/top-chinese-buddhist-monk-xuecheng-faces-police-investigation

Group: China denies Tibet activist’s appeal of jail sentence
Washington Post, August 23, 2018
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/group-china-denies-tibet-activists-appeal-of-jail-sentence/2018/08/23/18a45cc2-a6c5-11e8-ad6f-080770dcddc2_story.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Macau “homosexual” recording raises policy worry
The Standard, August 23, 2018
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=199389&sid=4&sid=4

Hundreds of thousands displaced as Shenzhen “upgrades” its urban villages
The Guardian, August 23, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/aug/23/hundreds-of-thousands-displaced-as-shenzhen-upgrades-its-urban-villages

宁夏西吉2亿多元扶贫专项资金被挤占挪用，书记县长均被免职 (Over RMB 200 million of poverty alleviation special funds misappropriated; party secretary, county magistrate removed from office)
The Paper, August 23, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2374372

吉林省食品藥品監督管理局局長郭洪志被免職 (Jilin Food and Drug Administration chief dismissed over vaccine scandal)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 22, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1413956-20180822.htm

医院只准用国产 牺牲民众利益 (Regulation requiring hospitals to use only “made in China” equipment puts civilian lives at stake)
Radio Free Asia, August 22, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/yf1-08222018101226.html

五部门敦促职务犯罪外逃人员投案自首：年底前自动投案可从轻或减轻处罚 (Five departments urge overseas fugitives to surrender themselves before end of year in exchange for lighter punishment)
Beijing News, August 23, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/08/23/500831.html

大连原常务副市长曹爱华犯贪污罪受贿罪，获刑8年6个月 (Former deputy mayor of Dalian convicted of corruption for bribery, sentenced to 8.5 years)
The Paper, August 23, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2373160

原国家食药监总局药化注册司司长王立丰涉嫌严重违纪违法接受纪律审查和监察调查 (Former director of Pharmaceutical Registration Department of the State Food and Drug Administration investigated for serious disciplinary, legal violations)
Beijing News, August 23, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/08/23/500862.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Australia blocks China’s Huawei, ZTE from 5G network citing security risks
Hong Kong Free Press, August 23, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/23/australia-blocks-chinas-huawei-zte-5g-network-citing-security-risks/

Related:
China lashes Australia saying it’s “gravely concerned” about Huawei decision
Sidney Morning Herald, August 23, 2018
https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/china-lashes-australia-saying-it-s-gravely-concerned-about-huawei-decision-20180823-p4zzf2.html

Apple may build China’s BeiDou navigation into future iPhones
AsiaTimes, August 22, 2018
http://www.atimes.com/article/apple-may-build-chinas-beidou-navigation-into-future-iphones/

China to take nearly half of global face recognition device market by 2023
China Money Network, August 23, 2018
https://www.chinamoneynetwork.com/2018/08/23/china-to-take-nearly-half-of-global-face-recognition-device-market-by-2023