Thursday, October 24, 2013

Corruption (腐败)

18央企上市公司招待费超31亿 内部人称吃喝玩乐 (Eighteen listed central enterprises spent over RMB 3.1 billion on entertainment in 2012)
China Security, October 24, 2013
http://news.eastday.com/c/20131024/u1a7731775.html

Children (儿童)

最高法等发布意见严惩幼女性侵、校园性侵等行为
China orders severe penalties for child abuse
Xinhua, Ocober 24, 2013
CH: http://news.eastday.com/c/20131024/u1a7732662.html
EN: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-10/24/c_132828042.htm

Chinese children die in school wall collapse
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 24, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-24649333

Environment (环境)

China to send air pollution inspection teams to provinces
South China Morning Post, October 24, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1338763/china-send-air-pollution-inspection-teams-provinces

China hit by another airpocalypse as air pollution cancer link confirmed
The Guardian, October 24, 2013
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/chinas-choice/2013/oct/24/china-airpocalypse-harbin-air-pollution-cancer

Freedom of Expression and Privacy (言论自由和隐私)

《新快报》醒目标题呼吁警方释放记者陈永洲
Chinese newspaper asks police to free detained reporter
The New York Times, October 24, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20131024/c24reporter/dual/

Hong Kong (香港)

“党报批港占中勾结台独是不了解台湾” (Party papers accuse Occupy Cental organisers of “colluding with Taiwan Separatists”)
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 24, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/10/131024_china_hongkong_taiwan_occupy.shtml

Related:
Occupy group's flirt with Taipei slammed
The Standard, October 24, 2013
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=11&art_id=138829&sid=40700216&con_type=1&d_str=20131024&fc=4

記協不滿無公布梁振英北京期間行程 (HK journalists association disgruntled over undisclosed Beijing trip of chief executive)
Radio Hong Kong, October 24, 2013
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20131024/news_20131024_55_958812.htm

See the Statement:
記協不滿特區政府隱瞞特首之訪京行程 (HK journalists association angered by secrecy of HK chief executive’s Beijing trip)
Hong Kong Journalists Association, October 24, 2013
http://www.hkja.org.hk/site/portal/Site.aspx?id=A1-1123&lang=en-US

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

浙江中国民主党人士吕耿松被国保带走并被抄家 (Zhejiang democratic party member Lu Gengsong taken by police, home searched)
Radio Free Asia, October 24, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/hc-10232013133412.html

International Human Rights (国际人权)

联合国:代表称中国不存在任意拘留、强迫失踪 (UN: China says there are no arbitrary detentions or enforced disappearances)
Free More News, October 23, 2013
http://cn.fmnnow.com/2013/10/23/17422/

Internet (互联网)

国信办查处人民内参网等31家网站 (State Letters and Visits Office shuts down 31 websites to “clean up” phony information)
Xinhua, October 24, 2013
http://news.eastday.com/c/20131024/u1a7732704.html

Media (媒体)

Running dog eat dog: Nationalists, united against Western media bias, are divided over money
The Economist, October 19, 2013
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21588102-nationalists-united-against-western-media-bias-are-divided-over-money-running-dog-eat-dog?fsrc=rss

Protests and Petitions (抗议和请愿)

Chinese police injured in clash with villagers
云南发生群体性事件 多名警察受伤
Reuters, October 24, 2013
EN:http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/23/us-china-unrest-idUSBRE99M0LA20131023
CH:http://cn.reuters.com/article/CNTopGenNews/idCNCNE99N06I20131024

Tibet (西藏)

达赖喇嘛与华人作家在纽约举行对话会 (Dalai Lama holds dialogue with Chinese writers in NYC)
Voice of America, October 24, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/dalai-lama-20131023/1775373.html

Tibetan trio jailed for preventing police from stopping self-immolation
Radio Free Asia, October 23, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/jail-10232013205242.html

Torture (酷刑)

Insight: China party's secretive judicial system laid bare in torture case
Reuters, October 23, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/24/us-china-corruption-insight-idUSBRE99M1LG20131024