Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Bilateral Ties

美国正式公布被制裁的中国公司名单 (US Names Four Chinese Companies in Violation of Iran, North Korea, Syria Non-Proliferation Act)
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 13, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2013/02/130213_us_china_company.shtml?print=1

Civil Society

中央财政去年安排2亿元支持社会组织 (China Spent RMB 200 million [US$0.02 per person] in 2012 to Support NGOs)
Xinhua News Agency, February 13, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/0213/04/8NIMHO3E0001124J.html

Consumer Products

质监部门打假 地方干扰严重 (Top Agency for Quality Inspection Cites Local Governments for Thwarting Enforcement)
Beijing News, February 12, 2013
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2013/02/12/248294.html
Related:
Coming Soon to China: At-Home Toxic Food Test Kits
The Wall Street Journal, February 13, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/02/13/coming-soon-to-china-at-home-toxic-food-test-kits/?mod=WSJBlog

Public Health

中国艾滋人群被划为“特殊人群”管理范围 (Activist Says AIDS Victims Are Treated as Security Threats)
Radio Free Asia, February 12, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/aw-02122013160639.html

Protests and Petitions

上海访民市中心拉横幅抗议政府 上访多年问题仍未解决 (Shanghai Petitioners Take to Street: “Even Xi Jinping, as Shanghai mayor, could not help”)
Radio Free Asia, February 12, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-02122013152727.html

Labor

Can We Trust Foxconn’s New ‘Democratic’ Chinese Factories?
In These Times, February 11, 2013
http://www.inthesetimes.com/working/entry/14554/

Environment

Many Chinese Cities Fogged Up by Fireworks
Sina, February 13, 2013
http://english.sina.com/china/2013/0212/560908.html

Tibet

一名藏人周三在尼泊尔自焚 伤势严重 (Tibetan in Serious Condition Following Self-Immolation in Nepal)
Voice of America, February 13, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-tibet-20130213/1602653.html
Related:
100th Tibetan self-immolation protest reported in Nepal
The Hindu, February 13, 2013
http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/100th-tibetan-selfimmolation-protest-reported-in-nepal/article4411333.ece
Tibetan 'Independence Day' Marked
Radio Free Asia, February 12, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/marked-02122013154150.html