Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Censorship and Surveillance (审查和监控)

金加里:解读中国网络审查制度 (Gary King: interpretation of the Chinese Internet censorship system)
New York Times, October 16, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20131016/cc16ouyangbin/

Children (儿童)

云南官员强奸幼女获刑5年 检方公布抗诉三理由 (Zhaotong procuratorate protests light sentence for county official convicted of raping 4-year-old girl)
Beijing News, October 16, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/1016/c1001-23215956.html

Consumer Product Safety (消费品安全)

食药监总局:“染色”中药材流向广 已达医药机构 (Food and Drug Administration: "dyed" Chinese herbal medicines sold to medical institutions)
China News Service, October 16, 2013
http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2013/10-16/5387946.shtml

Corruption (腐败)

南京市市长季建业被双规 (Nanjing mayor Ji Jianye placed under disciplinary investigation)
South China Morning Post, October 16, 2013
http://www.scmpchinese.com/sc/china/14588/nan-jing-shi-shi-chang-ji-jian-ye-bei-shuang-gui

China milk powder crackdown is tough medicine for doctors, sales reps
Reuters, October 15, 2013
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/10/15/uk-china-milkpowder-idUKBRE99E0ZS20131015

Danone to name new management at China unit after bribery scandal
Reuters, October 15, 2013
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/10/15/uk-china-danone-bribery-idUKBRE99E01Y20131015

Education (教育)

Hong Kong’s new big draw for mainlanders: the SAT
Wall Street Journal, October 16, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/10/16/hong-kongs-new-big-draw-for-mainlanders-the-sat/

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

Chinese activists face arrests, travel bans before U.N. forum: experts
Reuters, October 16, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/16/us-china-un-rights-idUSBRE99F0DQ20131016

Related:
UN experts alarmed by reprisals against activists linked to China’s international human rights review
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, October 16, 2013
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=13860

联合国:中国维权人士面临逮捕与旅行禁令
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 16, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/10/131016_china_un_humanrights.shtml

For more information on Cao Shunli, see:
Cao Shunli: UPR Submission and other Documents
曹顺利为联合国普遍定期审议提交的报告和文件
Human Rights in China, October 8, 2013
EN:http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/16/us-china-un-rights-idUSBRE99F0DQ20131016
CH:http://hrichina.org/cn/content/6965

As China moves to lower professor’s profile, colleges are seeking to raise theirs
夏业良,从经济学家到异见者
New York Times, October 16, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20131015/c15professor/dual/

律师投诉公安行政不作为 郭飞雄被正式批捕 ()
Radio Free Asia, October 16, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/sy-10152013094241.html

International Relations (Security, Trade and Investment) 国际关系(安全,贸易和投资)

UK opens doors to Chinese banks with special terms for lenders
英媒:奥斯本同中国的协议震惊美国银行
Financial Times, October 14, 2013
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 16, 2013

EN: http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/d2de8356-34f6-11e3-a13a-00144feab7de.html#axzz2htrPEoNb
CH: http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/press_review/2013/10/131016_press_ft_china_banks.shtml

Labor (劳工)

Forced student labour is central to the Chinese economic miracle
The Guardian, October 14, 2013
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/14/forced-student-labour-china-apple

报告呼吁为“同志”营造共融工作环境
China's gays and lesbians start to fight for rights in the workplace
Caixin, September 27, 2013
CH: http://china.caixin.com/2013-09-27/100587376.html
EN: http://www.worldcrunch.com/culture-society/china-039-s-gays-and-lesbians-start-to-fight-for-rights-in-the-workplace/gays-lesbians-china-lgbt-corporate-social-responsibility/c3s13551/#.Ul3279IW3Sk

Land, Property, Housing (土地、财产、房屋)

前三季度中国政府卖地获2万亿 同比增70% (Chinese gov’t earns RMB 2 trillion for land sales in first 3 quarters, up 70% from same period last year)
South China Morning Post, October 16, 2013
http://www.scmpchinese.com/sc/china/14573/qian-san-ji-du-zhong-guo-zheng-fu-mai-di-huo-2mo-yi-tong-bi-zeng-70

Political and Economic Reforms

透视中国:吸取苏联教训,反对非议毛泽东 (Inside China: Chinese leaders want to learn from Soviet Union and oppose criticism of Mao)
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 16, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china_watch/2013/10/131015_china_watch_mao_stalin.shtml

China marks 100 years since birth of Xi's war-hero father
Agence France-Presse, October 15, 2013
http://bit.ly/19LVcPM

Protests and Petitions (抗议和请愿)

余姚灾民抗议:“不为人民服务,下台” (Yuyao flood victims’ protest: officials that "do not serve the people should step down")
Deutsche Welle, October 16, 2013
http://bit.ly/1byhFTP

Rural Issues (农村)

黑龙江「黑地」猖獗引民愤 (Heilongjiang farm authority secretly collects profits on “black land” that is removed from gov’t registry)
South China Morning Post, October 16, 2013
http://www.scmpchinese.com/sc/china/14575/hei-long-jiang-hei-di-chang-jue-yin-min-fen

Opinion (观点)

Consensus is key to ongoing reform
中国改革要啃的“硬骨头”是哪些
Global Times, October 15, 2013
CH: http://opinion.huanqiu.com/editorial/2013-10/4452138.html
EN: http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/818007.shtml#.Ul3zndIW3Sk

中国政府的“网络反右”
Busting China’s bloggers
New York Times, October 16, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20131016/c16murong/dual/