HRIC Daily Brief: 03.18.2014

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Business and Economics (商业和经济)

Economist warns that China's “Bear Stearns Moment” may strike any time
Business Insider, March 18, 2014
www.businessinsider.in/Economist-Warns-That-Chinas-Bear-Stearns-Moment-May-Strike-Any-Time/articleshow/32224328.cms

Children (儿童)

Chinese city suspends baby hatch after it is overwhelmed by unwanted children
The Guardian, March 17, 2014
www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/17/china-baby-hatch-suspended-parents-abandon-infants

Corruption (腐败)

网友实名举报四川一镇党委书记与自己妻子婚外情 (Netizen uses real identity to expose local party secretary's affair with netizen's own wife)
Chengdu Shangbao, March 18, 2014
www.chinanews.com/gn/2014/03-18/5961214.shtml

北京98个市级单位晒预算支出总额超1300亿元: 医管局319亿元支出全市居首 (Work-related expenses of 98 Beijing municipal gov't offices exceed budget by 13 billion yuan)
Jinghua Times, March 18, 2014
http://www.chinanews.com/sh/2014/03-18/5963368.shtml

China's Xi urges officials to “sweat” corruption out of system
Reuters, March 18, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/18/us-china-corruption-idUSBREA2H0NS20140318

Disasters (灾难)

China finds no terror link to its nationals on jet
Associated Press, March 18, 2014
http://www.kvue.com/news/China-finds-no-terror-link-to-its-nationals-on-jet--250771091.html

Health (健康)

卫计委：禁要求流动孕妇返乡孕检 (Family Planning Commission to reduce processing time for migrant birth permits and prohibit forced pregnancy tests on migrant women in their rural hometowns)
Beijing News, March 18, 2014
www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2014/03/18/309570.html

Hukou (户口)

中国宣布将给1亿多农民工颁发城市户口 (China announces plan to grant urban household registration to more than 100 million rural migrant workers by 2020)
Voice of America, March 17, 2014
www.voachinese.com/content/china-urbanization-plan-20140315/1873307.html

China reveals blueprint to expand urbanisation
中国发布《国家新型城镇化规划》
Financial Times, March 17, 2014
EN: http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/ea62ecc2-ad89-11e3-af3e-00144feab7de.html
CH: www.ftchinese.com/story/001055307

Related:
国家新型城镇化规划(2014-2020年) (National new-type urbanization plan, 2014-2020)
Xinhua, March 16, 2014
news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2014-03/16/c_119791251.htm

China’s “people-centered” urbanization drive will leave over 200 million Chinese without benefits
Quartz, March 17, 2014
qz.com/188721/chinas-people-centered-urbanization-drive-will-leave-over-200-million-chinese-without-benefits

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

曹顺利死亡事件引欧美关注香港多个团体中联办抗议 (Cao Shunli's death draws attention from Europe and U.S., HK groups stage protest)
Radio Free Asia, March 17, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/sy1-03172014104331.html

Related:
Chinese government must be held accountable for death of activist Cao Shunli
必须让中国政府承担迫害曹顺利致死的
China Human Rights Defenders, March 14, 2014
EN: http://chrdnet.com/2014/03/chinese-government-must-be-held-accountable-for-death-of-activist-cao-shunli/
CH: http://chrdnet.com/2014/03/chinese-government-must-be-held-accountable-for-death-of-activist-cao-shunli-chinese-version/

The life and death of Cao Shunli (1961 — 2014)
China Change, March 18, 2014
http://chinachange.org/2014/03/18/the-life-and-death-of-cao-shunli-1961-2014/

Chinese government responsible for the death of Cao Shunli
Frontline Defenders, March 14, 2014
http://www.frontlinedefenders.org/node/25405

Related:
The Audacity of Hopelessness
China Change, March 18, 2014
http://chinachange.org/2014/03/18/the-audacity-of-hopelessness/

U.S. ambassador to China says “level playing field” a top goal
Reuters, March 18, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/18/us-china-usa-idUSBREA2H0OY20140318?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews

China splits with Russia over Ukraine
Voice of America, March 18, 2014
http://www.voanews.com/content/china-splits-with-russia-over-ukraine/1873418.html

Refugees and Asylum Seekers (难民和庇护寻求者)

China says too soon to say if Thai trafficking victims Uighur
Reuters, March 17, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/17/us-china-thailand-uighur-idUSBREA2G0DR20140317

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