Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Labor

陕西比亚迪员工罢工堵路 东莞家具厂持续罢工近一周 (Strikes over Low Wages and Workers' Rights at Factories in Shaanxi and Guangdong)
Radio Free Asia, April 23, 2012 
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fy-04232012102631.html

Law

Bo's Fall Sparks Rise in Retrial Applications
Financial Times, April 23, 2012 
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/1079a706-8ac9-11e1-b855-00144feab49a.html
Related:
薄熙來打黑受害者要求翻案 (Victims to Bo's Chongqing Anti-Mafia Campaign Apply for Retrial)
Ming Pao, April 24, 2012
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20120424/ca20805i.htm

Politics

State-run Press Issues Rare Call for Political Overhaul
South China Morning Post, April 24, 2012 
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d11dd2e2020e6310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

人民日报刊周永康谈话辟谣 (Official Paper Publishes Piece by Zhou Yongkang on Rumors)
Ming Pao, April 24, 2012
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20120424/ca21224p.htm 
Related:
加强新形势下政法委书记队伍建设 努力开创政法事业科学发展新局面 (Strengthening the Building of the Politics and Law Secretary Team in the New Situation and Striving to Create a New Phase of Scientific Development of Politics and Law)
People's Daily, April 24, 2012 
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1024/17727980.html
乌坎村原村书记村主任因非法卖地被开除党籍 (Former Wukan Village Secretary and Head Expelled from Party for Illegally Selling Land)
Southern Daily, April 24, 2012 
http://news.cyol.com/content/2012-04/24/content_6118793.htm

Protests and Petitions

常州八十名拆迁户省政维权十人被刑拘 (Jiangsu: ~10 Criminally Detained for Disturbing Social Order whilst Petitioning Evictions)
Radio Free Asia, April 23, 2012 
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ql1-04232012094516.html

Society

Servicepeople to Get Free Insurance in China
Xinhua News Agency, April 24, 2012 
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-04/24/content_15126799.htm