Monday, August 19, 2013

Bo Xilai Case (薄熙来案)

For Chinese politician, few doubts on guilty verdict
薄熙来周四济南受审,中共慎重安排
New York Times, August 19, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20130819/c19bo/dual/

王雪梅退出法医学会继续引发热议 (Wang Xuemei, who questioned Gu Kailai’s conviction, quits as vice president of Chinese Forensic Medicine Association)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 19, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/08/130819_webusers_talking_wangxuemei.shtml

Related:
China: Wang Xuemei, forensic scientist in Neil Heywood murder case, quits
The Guardian, August 19, 2013
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/19/wang-xuemei-neil-heywood-gu-kailai-quits

Bo Xilai's wife expected to testify against him
华尔街日报:谷开来将出庭指证薄熙来
Wall Street Journal, August 16, 2013 British Broadcasting Corporation, August 18, 2013
EN: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323455104579016803531203952.html
CH: http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/08/130818_gu_bo_wsj.shtml

Related:
Wife of China's Bo would only testify to protect son: sources
The Reuters, August 19, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/19/us-china-politics-bo-idUSBRE97I06X20130819

Consumer Product Safety (消费品安全)

舆情蓝皮书:2012年食品安全事件的解决程度较高 (Blue paper: higher rate of solved food safety incidents in 2012)
The People’s Daily, August 19, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0819/c99014-22615333.html

Health 健康

全国被锁精神病人或超百万 收治资源严重不足 (China’s more than one million mental patients seriously lack resources)
JWB.com, August 19, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/0819/11/96KVGKVA00011229.html

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

Prominent Advocate Held in Southern China
中国维权人士郭飞雄失踪数日后被证实刑拘
New York Times, August 19, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20130819/c19detain/dual/

Related:
环球时报评维权者被刑拘:他们陶醉与当局对抗 (Global Times’ opinion piece: detained rights defenders enjoy confrontation with authorities)
The People’s Daily, August 19, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0819/c1001-22608773.html

ICT (信息和通信技术)

国务院印发“宽带中国”战略及实施方案的通知 (State Council issues notice on the Strategy and Implementation Plan of "Broadband China")
Xinhua, August 17, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0817/c1001-22600744.html

Intellectual Property Rights (知识产权)

Baidu Deal May Reduce App Piracy in China
百度收购91无线或有助于遏制移动应用盗版
New York Times, August 19, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/business/20130819/c19apps/dual/

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)

首届中国政治学30人圆桌会议举行 (30 participate in China's first Political Science Roundtable)
The People’s Daily, August 19, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0819/c1001-22613560.html

Climbing trees to catch fish
The Economist, August 19, 2013
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21583697-curious-and-fro-about-chinas-constitution-bodes-ill-political-reform-climbing-trees

China's leader embraces Mao as he tightens grip on country
The Wall Street Journal, August 19, 2013
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323455104579014960827162856.html?mod=rss_about_china

Population (人口)

China's one-child policy's human cost fuels calls for reform
The Guardian, August 19, 2013
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/16/china-one-child-policy-calls-reform