Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Hong Kong

Anger as Education Bureau Postpones Release of National Education Report
South China Morning Post, September 25, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1046433/anger-education-bureau-postpones-release-national-education-report

Human Rights Defenders

湖南当局以坐牢逼人认同李旺阳自杀结论 (Hunan Authorities Lock Up Rights Defender Zhou Zhirong to Compel Acceptance of "Suicide" Story)
Radio Free Asia, September 24, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ql2-09242012101914.html

十八大来了,胡佳再成“自由城囚徒” (Activist Hu Jia Back under House Arrest as the 18th Party Congress Draws Near)
Deutsche Welle, September 24, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,16257163,00.html

Related:
House-arrested Hu Jia Gets a Few Surprise Visitors
South China Morning Post, September 25, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/article/1046844/house-arrested-hu-jia-gets-few-surprise-visitors

Labor

Working Conditions: The Persistence of Problems in China’s Factories
The Wall Street Journal, September 25, 2012
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2012/09/25/working-conditions-the-persistence-of-problems-in-chinas-factories/

Land Policy

拆迁补偿款"瘦身"记 (The "Downsizing" of Demolition Compensation)
Southern Metropolis Daily, September 25, 2012
http://nd.oeeee.com/sszt/depth/cqbck/default.shtml

Media

New Media Boosts Social Good in China
Xinhua News Agency, September 25, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-09/25/content_15779543.htm

Politics

料十八大後審薄 (Bo Xilai Expected to Be Tried after 18th Party Congress)
Ming Pao, September 25, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/2/1/1/2780491/1.html

Protests and Petitions

海南数千村民示威反贪 警催泪弹镇压十多人被抓 (Dozen Detained after Police Tear-gas Thousands of Hainan Villagers Protesting Corruption)
Radio Free Asia, September 24, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ql1-09242012101913.html

Tibet

'Special Talks' on Tibetan Crisis
Radio Free Asia, September 24, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/talks-09242012151029.html