Monday, July 29, 2013

Children (儿童)

流浪儿童重复流浪问题待解 (Street children return to the street due to lack of comprehensive protection measures)
Jinghua Times, July 29, 2013
http://epaper.jinghua.cn/html/2013-07/29/content_13526.htm

网络收养平台被指违规卖出生证 (Online adoption websites accused of falsifying birth certificates, charging exorbitant fees)
Beijing News, July 29, 2013
http://epaper.bjnews.com.cn/html/2013-07/29/content_453801.htm

Corruption (腐败)

China orders audit of local government debt
Associated Press, July 28, 2013
http://money.msn.com/business-news/article.aspx?feed=AP&date=20130728&id=16746341

See announcement by the National Audit Office issued on July 28, 2013
http://www.audit.gov.cn/n1992130/n1992150/n1992379/3315364.html

Environment (环境)

环保联合会会员涉污 (Member corporations of gov't environmental protection group face pollution allegations)
21 Century Media, July 29, 2013
http://epaper.21cbh.com/html/2013-07/29/content_72299.htm

杭州湾污染:我国最大渔场近海渔业资源已枯竭 (Pollution in Hangzhou Bay threatens to deplete local fishery resources)
China National Radio, July 29, 2013
http://native.cnr.cn/society/201307/t20130729_513170114.shtml

Freedom of Expression (言论自由)

解放特稿:一群官员的微博实践 (Government officials who microblog find themselves treading on thin ice)
Jiefang Daily, July 28, 2013
http://www.jfdaily.com/a/6573931.htm

吴虹飞被刑拘引发的各种疑问 (Netizens and supporters oppose criminal detention of Beijing pop singer over her Weibo outburst)
Deutsche Welle, July 27, 2013
http://www.dw.de/吴虹飞被刑拘引发的各种疑问/a-16979427

Health (健康)

Health care reform in China to make life easier for patients, not hospitals
South China Morning Post, July 29, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1292679/health-care-plan-cut-bills-patients-lauded-falls-short-what-do-about

Why China pays too much for medicines
Reuters, July 26, 2013
http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/07/26/us-gsk-china-pricing-idINBRE96P0OV20130726

International Human Rights (国际人权)

外交部:中美第18次人权对话7月底将在昆明举行 (China: 18th China-U.S. Human Rights Dialogue to be held in Kunming late July)
China News, July 27, 2013
http://china.huanqiu.com/roll/2013-07/4179489.html

Related:
第18次中美人權對話昆明舉行 (The 18th China-U.S. Human Rights Dialogue will be held in Kunming)
Ming Pao, July 28, 2013
http://news.mingpao.com/20130728/cae1.htm

Land, Housing, Property (土地、财产、房屋)

农民立生死状讨地卖地协议已解除 (After farmers' protest, Hunan authorities pressure local rural cooperative into revoking land sales agreement)
Southern Metropolis Daily, July 29, 2013
http://epaper.oeeee.com/A/html/2013-07/29/content_1904685.htm

Chinese land available for development at record in H1
Reuters, July 28, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/28/china-economy-land-idUSL4N0FY06G20130728

Rule of Law (法治)

练摊被殴事件工作人员停工 (Beijing officials suspended after being accused of beating vendor and his young daughter)
Beijing News, July 29, 2013
http://epaper.bjnews.com.cn/html/2013-07/29/content_453802.htm

Related:
City management beats father in front of crying daughter
chinaSMACK, July 27, 2013
http://www.chinasmack.com/2013/videos/city-management-beats-father-in-front-of-crying-daughter.html

Chief justice calls for efficient, fair trials
Xinhua News Agency, July 26, 2013
http://www.china.org.cn/china/2013-07/26/content_29542366.htm

As a disgraced Chinese politician is indicted, rights activists also feel the law's wrath
Time Magazine, July 26, 2013
http://world.time.com/2013/07/26/as-a-disgraced-chinese-politician-is-indicted-rights-activists-also-feel-the-laws-wrath/

Society (社会)

New survey finds China unequal, unemployed and untrusting
Wall Street Journal, July 26, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/07/26/survey-casts-doubt-on-chinas-jobless-data/

Category

Tibet (西藏)

四藏人为丹增德勒仁波切获释进京上访被捕 (Four Tibetans arrested for attempting to petition for release of imprisoned Buddhist leader Tenzin Rinpoche)
Radio Free Asia, July 28, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-07282013180949.html

Opinion (观点)

“危险言论”界定,法律还需探讨 (Criminal detention of Beijing singer over Weibo post underscores need for precise legal definition of “harmful speech”)
Changjiang Daily, July 29, 2013
http://cjmp.cnhan.com/cjrb/html/2013-07/29/content_5196162.htm

The rule of law: bizarrely consistent
The Economist, July 27, 2013
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21582310-crackdown-legal-activists-bizarrely-consistent