Friday, June 08, 2012

Education

Beijing Mulls Lifting Hukou Restriction on Gaokao
China Daily, June 7, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-06/07/content_15484019.htm

Human Rights Defenders

Blind Chinese Activist's Brother Says Officials Destroyed Abuse Evidence
Reuters, June 7, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/08/us-china-dissident-village-idUSBRE8570FP20120608

李旺阳的亲人被警方软禁 警方同意尸检 (Li Wangyang's Family under Police Watch)
Radio Free Asia, June 7, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/liwangyang-06072012111122.html

Related:
Relatives of Li Wangyang Being Held by Authorities
李旺阳亲属遭监控
Human Rights in China, June 7, 2012
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/6108
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/6109

Internet

Harvard Researchers: Yes, You Really Can Criticize the Government on China’s Social Media
Tea Leaf Nation, June 7, 2012
http://tealeafnation.com/2012/06/harvard-researchers-you-really-can-criticize-the-government-on-chinas-social-media/

Related:
What Chinese Citizens Write but Cannot Read: How Censorship Allows Government Criticism vut Silences Collective Expression
King, Gary, Jennifer Pan, and Molly Roberts, 2012
http://gking.harvard.edu/publications/how-censorship-china-allows-government-criticism-silences-collective-expression

互联网管理办法公开征求意见 论坛博客实名注册 (Draft Revised Internet Services Measures Calls for Real-name Registration on Forums and Blogs)
Xinhua News Agency, June 7, 2012
http://tech.sina.com.cn/i/2012-06-07/09407235997.shtml

Related:
互联网信息服务管理办法(修订草案征求意见稿) (Measures for the Administration of Internet Information Services [Draft for Soliciting Input])
June 7, 2012
http://www.scio.gov.cn/zxbd/zcfg/201206/t1169111.htm

June Fourth

艺术家悼念六四遭秋后算账 香港晚会大陆参与者捐款均增 (Beijing: Artists Detained for Commemorating Tiananmen Anniversary)
Radio Free Asia, June 6, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/64-06062012110714.html

Society

China's Great Leap Forward: One Man's Quiet Crusade to Remember the Disaster
Christian Science Monitor, June 7, 2012
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2012/0607/China-s-Great-Leap-Forward-One-man-s-quiet-crusade-to-remember-the-disaster

For a review of Tombstone, see:
Historical Documents of the Sins of the Mao Era
Gao Wenqian, China Rights Forum, 2009, no. 2
http://www.hrichina.org/crf/article/3796

Tibet

Tibetans Forced Back into Nepal
Radio Free Asia, June 7, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/forced-06072012153204.html