Monday, September 23, 2013

Bo Xilai (薄熙来)

薄熙来对无期徒刑判决提出上诉 (Bo Xilai appeals life sentence)
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 23, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/09/130923_boxilai_appeal.shtml

With official’s conviction, China calls attention to graft crackdown
中国政府试图借处置薄熙来证明反腐决心
New York Times, September 23, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20130923/c23bo/dual/

北京的目的:警告必须听命于中央 (Beijing’s objective in sentencing Bo: to warn cadres they must obey central authorities)
Deutsche Welle, September 23, 2013
http://bit.ly/14zjyyy

See the verdict
薄熙来案一审判决书全文 (Full text of first instance verdict on Bo Xilai’s trial)
The People’s Daily, September 22, 2013 http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0922/c1001-22990526.html

Children (儿童)

学校施工方因拖欠工程款将700名学生赶出教室 (Seven hundred pupils kicked out of classrooms as school owes construction fees)
Zhengzhou Evening News, September 23, 2013
http://news.zynews.com/2013-09/23/content_7197831_2.htm

9岁男童被挖右眼杀害抛尸湖中 身中100多刀 (Nine-year-old child found dead in Henan lake with right eye gouged out)
Dahe.cn, September 23, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/0922/16/99D1KNJJ00014AEE.html

Civil Society (民间社会)

民间NGO:草根组织的人才困境 (Civil Society NGO: grassroots organizations face difficulties in keeping talent)
Gongyi Times, September 17, 2013
http://www.gongyishibao.com/gongyi1/yaowen/201309/ed29ac0aa1c44a73ae6c3b2c495db708.shtml

Corruption (腐败)

丁书苗被控非法经营获利20余亿 行贿8900余万 (Entrepreneur involved in railway scandal earned RMB 2 billion illegally, accepted 8.9 million in bribes)
Beijing News, September 23, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-09-23/121728277354.shtml

张曙光案揭出院士评选黑幕 (Sacked official admits: even being selected as scholars in top academies “requires money”)
The Global Times, September 23, 2013
http://china.huanqiu.com/depth_report/2013-09/4382131.html

收入的真相 (“Grey income” made up 12% of China’s 2011 GDP)
Caixin, September 23, 2013
http://magazine.caixin.com/2013-09-19/100584305.html

China graft crackdown highlights weibo's power
Voice of America, September 20, 2013
http://www.voanews.com/content/china-graft-crackdown-highlights-power-of-weibo/1753580.html

Information Control (信息控制)

China releases teenager accused of online rumour-mongering
The Financial Times, September 23, 2013
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/a791e658-2429-11e3-a8f7-00144feab7de,Authorised=false.html

Related:
Chinese teen held over retweets sparks "save the child" campaign
Radio Free Asia, September 20, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/retweet-09202013105724.html

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)

In trial program, six foreign hedge funds to gain foothold in China
中国允许六家海外对冲基金落地
New York Times, September 22, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20130922/c22hedge/dual/

Population (人口)

多地对社会抚养费下达征收任务 被指“鼓励超生” (Local officials seen as encouraging multiple children to collect one-child policy penalty fees)
Beijing News, September 20, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0920/c1001-22976119.html

Tibet (西藏)

Images show China continues its crackdown on Tibet mine protest
Zee News, September 21, 2013
http://zeenews.india.com/news/world/eu-expresses-concern-over-rights-violations-in-tibet_878174.html

EU expresses concern over rights violations in Tibet
The Tibet Post, September 23, 2013
http://www.thetibetpost.com/en/news/tibet/3644-images-show-china-continues-its-crackdown-on-tibet-mine-protest

Opinion (观点)

早让官员申报财产 才能避免更多薄熙来 (Disclosure of officials’ assets is necessary for preventing more corrupt officials like Bo)
South China Morning Post, September 23, 2013
http://www.scmpchinese.com/sc/opinion/13204/zao-rang-guan-yuan-shen-bao-cai-chan-cai-neng-bi-mian-geng-duo-bo-xi-lai

薄案判决:罪责越大,代价必然越大 (Bo verdict: the greater the guilt, the greater the price)
The Global Times, September 23, 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2013-09/23/c_117468506.htm