Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Food Security

我国每年粮食损失浪费量相当于2亿亩耕地产量 (China's Annual Food Waste Equivalent to Produce of 13.3mil Hectares of Arable Land)
China National Radio, February 19, 2013
http://china.cnr.cn/ygxw/201302/t20130219_511985122.shtml

Hong Kong

Asylum Seeker Screening Overhaul Urged
Radio Television Hong Kong, February 18, 2013
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20130218/news_20130218_56_902967.htm

Human Rights Defenders

维权人士街头抗议当局刁难异见人士家属 (Sichuan: Rights Defenders Hold Street Protest against Authorities Making Things Difficult for Dissidents' Relatives)
Radio Free Asia, February 18, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/sy1-02182013091609.html

Internet

Former Google China Chief Banned from Microblogging Sites
South China Morning Post, February 19, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1153446/former-google-china-chief-banned-microblogging-sites

Related:
My Adventures in China Social Media
Kai Fu Lee, February 19, 2013
http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20130219024955-416648-making-a-difference-in-china-social-media

You’ve Been Jiked!
China Media Project, February 18, 2013
http://cmp.hku.hk/2013/02/18/31356/

Law

內地禁用姓名查房產 疑保護貪腐 防官員下馬 (Mainland Ban on Searching Property Ownership via a Name Called into Question as Method of Protecting Corruption)
Apple Daily, February 19, 2013
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/international/art/20130219/18169676

Related:
Tighter Property Inquiry Rules Slammed
Global Times, February 19, 2013
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/762435.shtml

Social Stability

报告解读:建立健全重大决策社会稳定风险评估制 (Deciphering the 18th Party Congress Report: Build a Strong and Robust Decision-making Social Stability Risk Assessment Mechanism)
Xinhua News Agency, February 18, 2013
http://www.gov.cn/jrzg/2013-02/18/content_2333627.htm

Society

'Enemy of the People' Historian Song Yongyi Gives as Good as He Gets
South China Morning Post, February 19, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1153447/enemy-people-historian-song-yongyi-gives-good-he-gets

For an interview with Song Yongyi, see:
Hostage to History
China Rights Forum, 2000, Summer/Fall
http://www.hrichina.org/crf/article/4735