Thursday, October 03, 2013

Business and Human Rights (商业和人权)

苹果删除翻墙软件为哪般?(Why did Apple remove circumvention app from app store?)
Radio Free Asia, October 2, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/cyl-10022013155228.html

Censorship and Surveillance (审查和监控)

全国约200万网络舆情分析师:要做的不是删帖 (Internet “public sentiment analyst” says job is to guide public opinion not censoring posts)
Beijing News, October 3, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/1003/c1001-23100331.html

Corruption (腐败)

中国官员阳光财产尚挡在乌云之后 (Asset transparency still blocked by a dark cloud, local gov’t the likely cause)
Deutsche Welle, October 1, 2013
http://bit.ly/1c8sKhR

Xi’s mass line campaign casts a dark shadow over China
The Diplomat, October 2, 2013
http://thediplomat.com/china-power/xis-mass-line-campaign-casts-a-dark-shadow-over-china/

Hukou (户口)

南京人社局称“她告错人了” (Court accepts hukou-based employment discrimination case)
Nanjing News, October 3, 2013
http://dz.xdkb.net/html/2013-10/01/content_297606.htm

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

离开纽约大学 陈光诚加盟三机构任学者 (Chen Guangcheng to collaborate with 3 different institutions upon departure from NYU)
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 2, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/10/131002_us_china_chen.shtml

Related:
Chen vows to fight China “threat” from new platform
Agence France-Presse, October 3, 2013
http://bit.ly/19VUG2s

In the prison of China – the journey of Dr. Wang Bingzhang (1)
China Change, October 1, 2013
http://chinachange.org/2013/10/01/in-the-prison-of-china-the-journey-of-dr-wang-bingzhang-1/

Land, Property, Housing (土地、财产、房屋)

湖南村民自焚抗强拆 官员称受其妻教唆 (Hunan villager self-immolates to protest forced demolition, others buy flammable materials and pledge resistance)
Reuters, October 2, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl-10022013094617.html

Media (媒体)

China’s surprising reaction to the U.S. government shutdown
Tea Leaf Nation, October 1, 2013
http://www.tealeafnation.com/2013/10/chinas-surprising-reaction-to-the-u-s-government-shutdown-2/

Protests and Petitions (抗议和请愿)

Police detain hundreds in Chinese National Day protest
国庆期间多人被捕 郑酋午徐光获释
Radio Free Asia, October 1, 2013
EN:http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/protest-10012013105806.html
CH:http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/sy-10022013094542.html

Society (社会)

Teachers in China given highest level of public respect
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 3, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-24381946

Tibet (西藏)

那曲藏人抗议洗脑教育 甘孜藏民集聚活动被阻 (Police crackdown on Tibetans protesting brainwashing disguised as “patriotic education”)
Radio Free Asia, October 2, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-10022013153052.html

Opinion (观点)

Jerome A. Cohen: For China’s leaders, the Bo Xilai problem has not gone away (SCMP)
South China Morning Post, October 1, 2013
http://usali.org/media-entities/jerome-a-cohen-for-chinas-leaders-the-bo-xilai-problem-has-not-gone-away-scmp/