Monday, September 10, 2012

Civil Society


Bad Blood: In Central China AIDS Activists Step Up Pressure on the Government

The Economist, September 8, 2012

http://www.economist.com/node/21562241


Crackdown on China Workers' Rights Groups

Agence France-Presse, September 10, 2012

http://www.mysinchew.com/node/77452


Disasters


雲南震央如戰後廢墟 巨石爛車斷路 記者徒步進入遇險 (Yunnan Looks Like a Warzone Following Devastating Quakes)

Ming Pao, September 10, 2012

http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2767251/1.html


Hong Kong


Amid Protest, Hong Kong Retreats on ‘Moral Education’ Plan

The New York Times, September 8, 2012

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/09/world/asia/amid-protest-hong-kong-backs-down-on-moral-education-plan.html



Related:

Civil Alliance against National Education’s Statement on Ending Hunger Strike and Occupation of Central Government Office

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/4193882/0909%20Statement/0909_Alliance_Statement.htm


Leung Stands Firm despite Climb-down

Global Times, September 10, 2012

http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/732108.shtml


反洗腦 香港大專生 明如期罷課 (Students Boycott Class in Protest of National Education as Planned)

The Liberty Times, September 10, 2012

http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2012/new/sep/10/today-fo1.htm



Internet


国家互联网信息办开会推动社交网络健康发展 (State Internet Information Office Promotes Healthy Development of Online Social Networks at Shenzhen Meeting)

Xinhua News Agency, September 9, 2012

http://news.qq.com/a/20120909/000667.htm


Law


中国劳教制度的历程和演变 (Evolution and History of the Reeducation-Through-Labor System)

Southern People Weekly, September 10, 2012

http://www.infzm.com/content/80648


Politics


China President-in-waiting Signals Quicker Reform - Sources

Reuters, September 7, 2012

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/07/us-china-politics-xi-idUSBRE8860BI20120907


Politics


China President-in-waiting Signals Quicker Reform - Sources

Reuters, September 7, 2012

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/07/us-china-politics-xi-idUSBRE8860BI20120907


Protests and Petitions


八旬老妇反抗徵地被碾死 (Octogenarian Woman Crushed to Death during Land Protest)

Radio Free Asia, September 7, 2012

http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/death-09072012095108.html