Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Civil Society

劳工NGO:成长的烦恼
Southern Daily, September 3, 2012
http://help.3g.163.com/12/0903/14/8AG1A9IF00964JEU.html

For an English translation, see:
Labor NGOs: Growing Pains
China Development Brief, September 25, 2012
http://www.chinadevelopmentbrief.cn/?p=1167

Hong Kong

《讀者》雜誌登陸香港 不談政治 (Mainland's Best-selling General Interest Mag Hits HK, Doesn't Cover Politics)
Ming Pao, September 26, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/2781498/1.html

Human Rights Defenders

Chinese Dissident Artist Says the Authorities Still Have His Passport
The New York Times, September 25, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/26/world/asia/ai-weiwei-says-chinese-authorities-still-have-his-passport.html

焦国标转监视居住对外隔绝 网民见胡佳只许院内交谈 (Former Professor Detained for Subversion, Jiao Guobiao, Put Under House Arrest at Non-Residential Location)
Radio Free Asia, September 25, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sy2-09252012095639.html

Labor

广东珠海日企罢工漫延 工人要求资方加薪 (Zhuhai, Guangdong: Workers Continue Strike at Japanese Factory, Calling for Higher Wages)
Radio Free Asia, September 25, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hc-09252012150421.html

For more information on strikes in China, see:
CLB Collective Labour Incidents Map
China Labour Bulletin
http://numble.com/clbmape.html

Society

China May Increase Fine for 'Inaccurate' Maps
ABC News, September 26, 2012
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-09-26/anchina-japan-map-dispute/4281134