Wednesday, May 01, 2013

Business and Economics

State-Owned Enterprises Now China's Big Losers
Xinhua News Agency, May 01, 2013
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/nsp/National/2013/05/01/Stateowned%2Benterprises%2Bnow%2BChinas%2Bbig%2Blosers/

Chinese Way of Doing Business: In Cash We Trust
The New York Times, May 01, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/01/business/global/chinese-way-of-doing-business-in-cash-we-trust.html

Culture

高6米毛泽东铜像河北临漳县落成 李讷王景清出席 (6-Meter High Bronze Mao Statue Erected near Beijing, Paid for by Businessmen)
Net Ease, May 01, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/0430/23/8TOCFU1R0001124J.html

Hukou

China Past Due: Hukou 'Economic Apartheid'
The World, April 30, 2013
http://www.theworld.org/2013/04/china-past-due-hukou/

Human Rights Defenders

中国维权人士深圳被阻止出境 维权人士妻女护照被作废 (Authorities Bar Rights Defenders from Leaving China, Confiscate Passports of Another Defender’s Relatives)
Radio Free Asia, April 30, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/sy-04302013111107.html

International Human Rights

美国务院呼吁中国停止骚扰陈光诚家人 (U.S. Urges China to Provide Medical Treatment to Chen Guangcheng's Imprisoned Nephew)
Voice of America, April 30, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-us-human-rights-chen-kegui-20130430/1652009.html

Related:
China Urged to Grant Adequate Medical Treatment to Chen Kegui
Radio Free Asia, April 30, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/treatment-04302013165404.html

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

“中国大妈”10天抢金300吨 专家称难撼动金市 (Expert: Chinese Will Buy 300 Tons of Gold in Next 10 Days as Prices Drop)
Eastday, May 01, 2013
http://news.eastday.com/c/20130501/u1a7361645.html

China Manufacturers Survive by Moving to Asian Neighbors
The Wall Street Journal, May 01, 2013
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323798104578453073103566416.html?mod=rss_about_china

崔天凯回应美防长钓鱼岛表态:别搬石头砸自己脚 (Chinese Ambassador Says to U.S.: Don’t Drop Diaoyu “Rock” on Your Own Feet)
Global Times, May 01, 2013
http://china.huanqiu.com/politics/2013-05/3890469.html

美军租用中国卫星“惹麻烦” (Congress Finds U.S. Military Lease of Chinese Satellite "Troublesome")
The Beijing News, May 01, 2013
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/world/2013/05/01/261370.html

China Steps Up Customs Checks, but North Korea Trade Robust
Reuters, April 30, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/30/us-korea-north-sanctions-china-idUSBRE93T15E20130430

China Provides Fighter Copters to Burma Armed Group: Report
Radio Free Asia, April 30, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/burma/wa-04302013201404.html

Labor

规定早就有 执行太无力 劳动法,那些被漠视的条款(政策聚焦) (Many Articles of the Labor Law are Ignored)
People's Daily, May 01, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn//n/2013/0501/c1001-21331752.html

富士康再有女工跳樓死亡 (Another Female Foxconn Worker Jumps to Her Death)
Ming Pao, May 01, 2013
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20130430/ca22054c.htm

Law

中国精神卫生法实施 “被精神病”引关注 (New Mental Health Law, If Properly Implemented, Will Prevent Involuntary Commitment)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 01, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/05/130501_china_mental_law.shtml

Religion

美国国际宗教自由委员会年度报告认为中国宗教自由状况明显恶化 (U.S. Commission: Religious Freedom in China Worsening)
Radio Free Asia, May 01, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/hc-04302013135603.html

Taiwan

CCTV Can Only Air in Taiwan on Reciprocal Basis, Says Culture Minister
South China Morning Post, April 30, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1226630/cctv-can-only-air-taiwan-reciprocal-basis-says-culture-minister

XUAR

Xinjiang Cell Phone Users Forced to Register With Real Names
Radio Free Asia, April 30, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/register-04302013134824.html

Opinion

In China, Let a Thousand Blogs Bloom
The Los Angeles Times, April 30, 2013
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-0430-nossel-china-free-speech-20130430,0,5662198.story

China's Unhealthy Elites
The National Interest, April 30, 2013
http://nationalinterest.org/commentary/chinas-unhealthy-elites-8369

Puffer-fish Protests and Xi's China Dream
Financial Times, May 01, 2013
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/eb197104-b0be-11e2-80f9-00144feabdc0.html

From Symbiosis to Quasi-Autonomy: China’s Evolving Civil-Military Relations
World Politics Review, April 30, 2013
http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/12906/from-symbiosis-to-quasi-autonomy-china-s-evolving-civil-military-relations