Thursday, December 19, 2013

Censorship and Surveillance (审查和监控)

EU angst on U.S. snooping is helping China to steal secrets, congressman says
EU Observer, December 18, 2013
euobserver.com/justice/122524

UK to boost control over cyber centre run by China's Huawei
Agence France-Presse, December 18, 2013
bit.ly/18Y5DnJ

Corruption (腐败)

China's graft crackdown hits watches, luxury market
Agence France-Presse, December 18, 2013
bit.ly/1fGqeyA

Counterterrorism (反恐)

Terrorism lawsuit clouds Chinese Israel visit
Associated Press, December 18, 2013
www.krqe.com/news/international/terrorism-lawsuit-clouds-chinese-israel-visit_95035464

Cyber security (网络安全)

Are Huawei the enemy within? GCHQ is tightening its supervision of the giant Chinese telecoms company’s UK headquarters
Independent, December 19, 2013
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/are-huawei-the-enemy-within-gchq-is-tightening-its-supervision-of-the-giant-chinese-telecoms-companys-uk-headquarters-9013869.html

Related:
英媒:华为出钱自我监测谋求海外发展 (ICT giant Huawei spends money on improving transparency to increase trust and development in UK)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 19, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/press_review/2013/12/131219_press_huawei_banbury.shtml

Environment (环境)

Hospital in southwest China opens smog clinic
Associated Press, December 18, 2013
www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/dec/18/chinese-hospital-opens-smog-treatment-clinic/

土壤修复启动纠结 数十万亿市场待解(Local governments slow to implement soil remediation policies despite huge potential market for repaired land)
Economic Observer, December 17, 2013
http://www.eeo.com.cn/2013/1217/253618.shtml

京沪雾霾同源于重工业(Beijing and Shanghai smog caused by heavy industry)
China News Service, December 19, 2013
http://focus.news.163.com/13/1219/13/9GFB301300011SM9.html

Health (健康)

China confirms human death from new bird flu type
Agence France-Presse, December 18, 2013
bit.ly/1cSiKbq

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

“南周事件”后续:郭飞雄遭秘密移送起诉 刘远东被控“聚扰” (Authorities prepare to indict Guo Feixiong, Liu Yuandong is charged with “gathering a crowd”)
Radio Free Asia, December 18, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/24-12182013142151.html

Information Control (信息控制)

Mass re-education for China’s reporters
Wall Street Journal, December 18, 2013
blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/12/18/mass-re-education-for-chinas-reporters/

彭博新闻社驻中国记者获发记者证 (China renews Bloomberg reporters’ press cards)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 19, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/12/131219_china_foreign_journalists.shtml

Chinese journalists face Marxist ideology exam
The Guardian, December 19, 2013
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/19/chinese-journalists-ideology-exam-media

Intellectual Property Rights (知识产权)

相同字符达97% 马爱农诉出版社获胜 (Translator to appeal $5000 received in compensation for 97% of new book copied from her work)
Beijing News, December 19, 2013
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2013/12/19/298210.html

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

Baucus, conflicted architect of health overhaul, is Obama’s pick for China
奥巴马医改法案设计师获下任驻华大使提名
The New York Times, December 19, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/usa/20131219/c19baucus/dual/

White House to nominate Baucus for ambassador to China
The Washington Post, December 18, 2013
www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/12/18/white-house-to-nominate-baucus-for-ambassador-to-china/

June Fourth (六四)

香港支联会购置房产建永久“六四纪念馆”
Hong Kong Rights Group Buys Property For June 4 Memorial Hall
Radio Free Asia, December 18, 2013
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/yf-12182013095821.html
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/tiananmen-12172013160412.html

Reeducation-Through-Labor (劳教)

China's sex workers face paying for their incarceration
The Guardian, December 18, 2013
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/19/china-sex-workers-pay-incarceration

Opinion (观点)

No better time for fundamental reform of China's state enterprises
South China Morning Post, December 18, 2013
www.scmp.com/business/economy/article/1384939/no-better-time-fundamental-reform-chinas-state-enterprises

Riding the tiger: China’s struggle with rule of law
The Wall Street Journal, December 18, 2013
blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/12/18/riding-the-tiger-chinas-struggle-with-rule-of-law/