Wednesday, April 03, 2013

Death Penalty

平反冤案盘点 案中人均曾遭刑讯逼供
Closer Look: Putting China on the Path to Ending Capital Punishment
Caixin, April 03, 2013
CH: http://special.caixin.com/2013-03-28/100507309.html
EN: http://english.caixin.com/2013-04-03/100509655.html

Environment

绿色和平组织揭露中国工业磷肥污染严重 (Greenpeace Exposes Serious Pollution of Industrial Phosphate Fertilizer in China)
Radio Free Asia, April 02, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/hf-04022013152121.html

北京一季度天气史上较差 环保局长释因 (EPA Official: Air Pollution Worsens in Beijing, Coal and Oil Burning Prime Cause)
Beijing Daily, April 03, 2013
http://bj.people.com.cn/n/2013/0403/c82840-18399313.html

Related:
Beijing's Major Air Pollutants Up Almost 30 percent in First 3 Months of 2013
The Economic Observer, April 03, 2013
http://www.eeo.com.cn/ens/2013/0403/242156.shtml

Freedom of Expression

广东举牌抗议朝鲜核试爆 刘远东拘留逾期疑被捕 (Guangdong Rights Defender Liu Yuandong Detained for Protesting N Korea Nuclear Test)
Radio Free Asia, April 02, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/junshiwaijiao/h-04022013121119.html

International Human Rights

China Rights Review 'Shrouded in Secrecy,' Activists Pressured
Radio Free Asia, April 03, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/rights-04032013094446.html

International Relations (Human Rights, Security, Trade and Investment)

Feds: Researcher at Medical College of Wisconsin Stole US cancer data to study in China
Associated Press, April 03, 2013
http://host.madison.com/news/local/education/feds-researcher-at-medical-college-of-wisconsin-stole-us-cancer/article_ce99e738-9c51-11e2-a60a-001a4bcf887a.html

Related:
FBI逮捕又一华裔旅美研究人员 (FBI Accuses another Chinese American Researcher of Stealing Confidential Data for China)
Voice of America, April 03, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/wisconsin-china-researcher-20130402/1633547.html

The End of the Line
The Age, April 03, 2013
http://www.theage.com.au/world/the-end-of-the-line-20130403-2h60k.html

Chinese Tanker Loads Iranian Oil
Voice of America, April 02, 2013
http://www.voanews.com/content/chinese-tanker-loads-iranian-oil/1633071.html

Internet

Global Insight: China is Losing Virtual Propaganda War
Financial Times, April 03, 2013
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/11f239c2-9c4d-11e2-ba3c-00144feabdc0.html

June Fourth

从未忘却!民间首次公祭六四死难者 (Dissidents Gather in Hebei to Mourn Victims of June Fourth in First Such Public Memorial in China)
Deutsche Welle, April 03, 2013
http://bit.ly/Z8qlIk

Tibet

拉萨3.29山体滑坡被困和遇难人员名单公布 (81 of 83 Dead in Lhasa Gold Mine Landslide are Han Chinese)
Eastday, April 03, 2013
http://news.eastday.com/c/20130403/u1a7301967.html

United Nations

China Says UN Arms Treaty Lack Consensus
Agence France-Presse, April 03, 2013
http://www.nst.com.my/latest/china-says-un-arms-treaty-lack-consensus-1.247410

Opinion

China: 'Rogue' Donor or Beacon of South-South Co-operation?
The Guardian, April 02, 2013
http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development-professionals-network/2013/apr/02/china-aid-africa-development

Why Apple Caved to China: iPhone, Android and Market Share
The Diplomat, April 03, 2013
http://thediplomat.com/pacific-money/2013/04/03/why-apple-caved-to-china-iphone-android-and-market-share/

China's Empowered Women Deliver A Slap in The Face to Gender Equality
South China Morning Post, April 02, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1204075/chinas-empowered-women-deliver-slap-face-gender-equality