幼儿园业主将荷载5人轿车改成校车 挤入21名儿童 (Kindergarten Owner Overloads Five-Passenger Sedan with 21 Children in Daily Commute)
China News Service, June 14, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/0614/18/91BO7U1J00014JB6.html
Friday, June 14, 2013
Children
Corruption
律师称刘志军374套房不实 系丁羽心等名下财产 (Defense Lawyer Says 374 Properties Do Not Belong to Rail Minister on Trial for Corruption)
The Beijing News, June 14, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0614/c1001-21835536.html
Culture
Body Politic: Gao Brothers Photographs Are Naked Criticism of Modern China
The Independent, June 14, 2013
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/body-politic-gao-brothers-photographs-are-naked-criticism-of-modern-china-8658015.html
Cyber Security
好一个伪君子——美"棱镜门"引中国网民痛批 (Xinhua: Chinese Netizens Call U.S. a “Hypocrite” in Wake of Snowden’s Revelation)
Xinhua News Agency, June 14, 2013
http://news.eastday.com/c/20130614/u1a7455015.html
Eric Holder Promises Edward Snowden Will Face Justice
Financial Times, June 14, 2013
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/3f3ac846-d4aa-11e2-8639-00144feab7de.html
中國日報:美監控手段不合理 (Official Chinese Media Outlets Criticize U.S. Surveillance Methods)
Ming Pao, June 14, 2013
http://news.mingpao.com/20130614/gad1.htm
Health
美国报告:中国移民体内重金属含量高 (U.S. Report: Chinese Immigrants Show High Levels of Heavy Metals)
Deutsche Welle, June 14, 2013
http://dw.de/p/18pOy
Hong Kong
Strange Haven: Freedom without Democracy Leads Hong Kong into All Sorts of Trouble
The Economist, June 15, 2013
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21579475-freedom-without-democracy-leads-hong-kong-all-sorts-trouble-strange-haven
港立法会议员致信奥巴马吁宽容斯诺登 (Two HK Legislators Urge Obama to Be Tolerant towards Snowden)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 14, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/06/130614_hk_snowden_obama.shtml
Human Rights Defenders
刘霞致信习近平:“别使我们变成中国噩梦?” (Liu Xiaobo’s Wife in Open Letter to Xi Jinping: “Don’t Let Our ‘Chinese Dream’ Become a Nightmare”)
Deutsche Welle, June 14, 2013
http://dw.de/p/18pBu
张林父女失联络引外界关注 (Zhang Lin and Daughter Not Heard from after Receiving Overseas Fund)
Radio Free Asia, June 14, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/fy-06132013100143.html
For more information on Zhang Lin and his daughter, see:
合肥声援张安妮就学活动遭清场
Police End Protest in Support of 10-Year-Old’s Right to Attend School
Human Rights in China, April 17, 2013
CH:http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/6637
EN:http://www.hrichina.org/content/6644
被构陷入狱维权村长许坤提前获释 政府加强控制村民不满升级 (Authorities Tighten Control on Villagers after Rights Defense Village Chief’s Prison Release)
Radio Free Asia, June 13, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl1-06132013100100.html
For more information on Xu Kun, see:
广西维权村长许坤获释
Guangxi Rights Defense Village Chief Released from Prison
Human Rights in China, June 12, 2013
CH:http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/6742
EN:http://www.hrichina.org/content/6741
International Relations (Security, Trade and Investment)
Over There: China Ponders Sending More Combat Troops on UN Peacekeeping Missions
The Economist, June 15, 2013
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21579495-china-ponders-sending-more-combat-troops-un-peacekeeping-missions-over-there
The Cheapest Thing Going is Gone
The Economist, June 15, 2013
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21579488-after-enduring-decade-criticism-its-weakness-chinas-currency-now-looks-uncomfortably
Political and Economic Reform
"Chinese Dream" Trumps the Constitution, Says Communist Party Paper
South China Morning Post, June 14, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1260791/chinese-dream-trumps-constitution-says-communist-party-paper
Society
山西5岁男童被火车撞死 铁路方索要出警救护费 (Authorities Deduct “Rescue Fee” from Compensation for Boy Crushed to Death by Train)
China News Service, June 14, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/0614/20/91BTF8PL00014JB6.html
北京高考生信息被售卖 2万人信息卖800元 (Personal Information of 20,000 Beijing Gaokao Students Sold to Telemarketers)
Beijing Youth Daily, June 14, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/s/2013-06-14/120127397007.shtml
Taiwan
习吴会 吴伯雄首度提“一个中国框架”回应大陆 (Honorary KMT Chairman Affirms “One China Framework” in Meeting with Xi)
Global Times, June 14, 2013
http://news.eastday.com/c/20130614/u1a7455168.html
Tibet
体制内学者建议中共重新思考西藏政策 (Professor at CPC School: Government Must Re-Think Tibet Policy)
Voice of America, June 14, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-tibet-part-1-20130614/1681687.html
Women
西安雁塔城管局辞退全部女监督员 称女性不适合 (Xi’an Dismisses all Female Urban Management Inspectors, Claims Women “Unsuitable for Job”)
Hua Shang Wang, June 14, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-06-14/012827391416.shtml
XUAR
Chinese Controls on Uyghur Students Ahead of Ramadan
外省回疆维族生电脑须被检查 斋月推出“十户联保”罚封斋
Radio Free Asia, June 13, 2013
EN:http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql2-06132013104647.html
CH:http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/students-06132013105142.html
Opinion
U.S. Retreat Is China's Opportunity
The Wall Street Journal, June 14, 2013
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323495604578539603440889298.html