Monday, October 07, 2013

Children (儿童)

15岁少女军训时猝死学校卸责 家属讨说法遭警殴其父服毒自杀抗议 (15-year-old girl dies during school military training, father commits suicide after school shirks responsibility for her death)
Radio Free Asia, October 7, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl-10062013100708.html

高文谦:中国儿童权益状况与中国国际地位不相称 (Gao Wenqian: the situation of children’s rights in China is not commensurate with its international status)
Radio France International, October 4, 2013
http://rfi.my/19vjihH

Consumer Product Safety (消费品安全)

国航明知食物过期还让乘客食用 机内厕所排长队 (Air China’s expired food makes passengers sick)
Beijing Evening Post, October 7, 2013
http://news.eastday.com/c/20131007/u1a7698110.html

Hukou (户口)

大城市户籍改革不能知难而退
China's megacities must break the second-class citizen trap
Economic Observer, October 7, 2013
http://www.eeo.com.cn/2013/0928/250424.shtml
http://www.eeo.com.cn/ens/2013/1007/250435.shtml

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong reporters kicked out of APEC summit briefly detained by Bali police
South China Morning Post, October 7, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1326103/hong-kong-reporters-kicked-out-apec-summit-briefly-detained-bali

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香港记者追问菲总统被没收采访证 港府全力跟进 (HK reporters lose press passes after posing questions to Philippine president at APEC)
China News Service, October 7, 2013
http://world.huanqiu.com/regions/2013-10/4418874.html

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

China land rights activist Ni Yulan released from jail
中国维权律师倪玉兰获释 称将状告警方
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 7, 2013
EN: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-24413126
CH:http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/10/131005_ni_yulan_release_china.shtml

The good, the bad and the exiled? China's Class of '77
CNN, October 7, 2013
http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/07/world/asia/china-university-days-florcruz/

请愿者外交部静坐被带走 曹顺利将遭判刑 (Petitioners staging sit-in at MFA taken away, police say Cao Shunli will be sentenced)
Radio Free Asia, October 7, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yl-10042013151726.html

International Human Rights (国际人权)

Uzbekistan, China to strengthen cooperation in human rights sphere
Trend, October 5, 2013
http://en.trend.az/regions/casia/uzbekistan/2197830.html

Land, Property, Housing (土地、财产、房屋)

Six Mongolians face lengthy jail terms after defending grazing land
Radio Free Asia, October 7, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/herders-10042013170943.html

Open Government Information (信息公开)

访民王秀英要求中国公开援助朝鲜信息 (Petitioner Wang Xiuying requests open gov’t information on China’s aid to North Korea)
Radio Free Asia, October 7, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/ko-12252012113631.html

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)

贺卫方港演讲:有生之年能看到宪政民主中国 (Leading legal activist welcomed in HK, expresses optimism about constitutionalism and democracy in China)
South China Morning Post, October 7, 2013
http://www.scmpchinese.com/sc/china/13947/he-wei-fang-gang-yan-jiang-you-sheng-zhi-nian-neng-kan-dao-xian-zheng-min-zhu-zhong-guo

Protests and Petitions (抗议和请愿)

Elderly couple in attempted suicide protest in Sichuan
Radio Free Asia, October 4, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/couple-10042013103657.html

Society (社会)

China schools seek to nip young love in the bud
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 6, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-24347175

Taiwan (台湾)

Pressure Mounts on Taiwan for China Talks
Associated Press, October 7, 2013
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/pressure-mounts-taiwan-china-talks-20490136

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

新疆将建我国最大煤制气项目 (China will build country's largest coal-gas project in Xinjiang)
Xinhua, October 6, 2013
http://news.eastday.com/c/20131006/u1a7697103.html

Opinion (观点)

“文革”从未远离 (Chinese leaders have never officially repudiated the Cultural Revolution)
South China Morning Post, October 7, 2013
http://www.scmpchinese.com/sc/opinion/13996/wen-ge-cong-wei-yuan-chi