Thursday, November 15, 2012

Government

Where Are China's Women Leaders?
McClatchy Newspapers, November 14, 2012
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2012/1114/Where-are-China-s-women-leaders

Hong Kong

Indentured Servitude in Hong Kong Abetted by Loan Firms
Bloomberg, November 14, 2012
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-11-13/indentured-servitude-in-hong-kong-abetted-by-loan-firms.html

香港压力促广东信息公开全国第一 (Guangdong Comes Clean about Air Pollution under Pressure from Hong Kong)
China Dialogue, November 13, 2012
http://www.chinadialogue.net/blog/5331-Guangdong-comes-clean-about-air-pollution-under-pressure-from-Hong-Kong/ch

Human Rights Defenders

Chinese Petitioners Claim Hotel Used as 'Black Jail'
CNN, November 14, 2012
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/11/14/business/china-hotel-black-jail/index.html

Internet

Hu Jia Explains Why Mobile Apps Make Activism Spooky
South China Morning Post, November 15, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1083025/hu-jia-explains-why-mobile-apps-make-activism-spooky

Poverty

A Fifth of Chinese to Be 'Affluent' by 2020 Report
China Daily, November 15, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-11/15/content_15929516.htm

Protests and Petitions

环境抗议中的反应错位 (Local Officials in China in Muddle over Protests)
China Dialogue, November 14, 2012
http://www.chinadialogue.net/blog/5334-Local-officials-in-China-in-muddle-over-protests/ch

Public Health

各地维权人士发起反歧视活动 吁保障盲人权利 (Activists across China Hold Anti-discriminatory Activities to Call for Protection of Rights of the Blind)
Radio Free Asia, November 14, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yl-11142012155924.html