Thursday, August 08, 2013

Bo Xilai Case (薄熙来案)

Swift trial expected for China's Bo Xilai
Mail and Guardian, August 8, 2013
http://mg.co.za/article/2013-08-08-00-swift-trial-expected-for-chinas-bo-xilai

顾玉树:薄熙来要换律师 法院拒绝 (Bo Xilai wants to switch lawyers, court refuses)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 8, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/08/130808_bo_lawyer_denied.shtml

Consumer Product Safety (消费品安全)

Internet users praise Fonterra for apologizing (video)
Wall Street Journal, August 7, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/08/07/chinese-internet-users-praise-fonterra-for-apologizing/

Despite tainted baby formula, Chinese women still shun breastfeeding
Quartz, August 5, 2013
http://qz.com/111662/despite-tainted-baby-formula-chinese-women-still-shun-breastfeeding/

Corruption (腐败)

“污点”官员复出盘点 (Many sacked officials return to other positions)
China News Weekly, August 8, 2013
http://china.huanqiu.com/depth_report/2013-08/4224072.html

China sex scandal judges expelled from Communist Party
Agence France-Presse, August 7, 2013
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iLOk8wyK8uH50rZfSeNSy220AY1A?docId=CNG.02cfccf80e9b2689582de51e0f16e757.121

李建军:受到华润宋林关联人士威胁收手 (Li Jianjun: I was threatened by people connected with China Resources chairman, Song Lin)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 8, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/08/130808_china_resources_allegations.shtml

中国前能源局局长刘铁男被双开 (Former top official Liu Tienan expelled from Party and post)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 8, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/08/130808_liu_tienan_expulsion.shtml

Health (健康)

国家卫计委公布165家开展人体器官移植医院名单 (National Health and Family Planning Commission released list of 165 hospitals permitted to perform human organ transplant)
Xinhua, August 8, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0808/c1001-22492618.html

江苏省发现H7N9有限人传人证据 (H7N9: limited evidence of human-to-human transmission found in Jiangsu)
Yangtse Evening Post, August 8, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0808/c1001-22486409.html

Hong Kong (香港)

香港政治以激鬥激沉默大多數被綁架 (Radical vs radical in Hong Kong’s politics, the silent majority is kidnapped)
Yazhou Zhoukan (亚洲周刊), August 8, 2013
http://www.yzzk.com/cfm/content_archive.cfm?id=1375932767143&docissue=2013-32

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

许志永狱中视频:在自己的姓名前署上公民二字 (In video from detention center, Xu Zhiyong urges citizens to continue to push for rights, equality, and transparency)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 7, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/press_review/2013/08/130807_xuzhiyong_video_in_jail.shtml

Related:
Video: Xu Zhiyong Speaks from Detention Center, 8/1/2013
许志永狱中视频 2013年8月1日
Human Rights in China, August 7, 2013
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/6871
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/6872

Labor (劳工)

人社部:单位“临时工”占比禁超10% 工伤要担责 (Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security: percentage of "contract workers" in each unit cannot exceed 10% of total, each unit is responsible for all workers’ injuries)
Beijing Times, August 8, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0808/c1001-22490089.html

Related:
关于《劳务派遣若干规定(征求意见稿)》公开征求意见的通知m (Solicitation for public comments about "Quotas on Contract Labor (Draft)" )
Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, August 7, 2013
http://www.mohrss.gov.cn/SYrlzyhshbzb/zxhd/SYzhengqiuyijian/201308/t20130807_109508.htm

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革 )

中国网民热议“马钟成三批宪政” (Chinese netizens heatedly discuss Ma Zhongcheng's third attack on constitutionalism)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 8, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/08/130807_china_constitution_netizen.shtml

城镇化,幸福吗?(Does China's urbanization make people happy?)
Economic Observer, August 8, 2013
http://www.eeo.com.cn/2013/0808/248213.shtml

Population (人口)

China to reform one-child policy, slowly
Radio Free Asia, August 7, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/one-child-policy-08072013110951.html

Refugees and Asylum Seekers (难民和庇护寻求者)

China extends North Korean border fences to bolster security
Radio Free Asia, August 5, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/fences-08052013162858.html

Rule of Law (法治)

The ticking bomb of China’s urban para-police
Wall Street Journal, August 8, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/08/08/the-ticking-bomb-of-chinas-urban-para-police/

Opinion (观点)

The Price of "Made in China"
购买“中国制造”的代价
New York Times, August 7, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20130807/c07navarro/dual/

Central government must take the lead on China's hukou reform
South China Morning Post, August 8, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1295108/central-government-must-take-lead-chinas-hukou-reform

Why Bo Xilai's trial is a victory for the rule of law in China
The Atlantic, August 7, 2013
http://www.theatlantic.com/china/archive/2013/08/why-bo-xilais-trial-is-a-victory-for-the-rule-of-law-in-china/278448/

What will come out of the Communist Party’s polling the people online?
China File, August 7, 2013
http://www.chinafile.com/what-will-come-out-communist-party-polling-people-online

Scrapping the one-child policy won't solve China's problems
South China Morning Post, August 8, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/business/article/1295125/scrapping-one-child-policy-wont-solve-chinas-problems