HRIC Daily Brief: 03.26.2014

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

中国空气污染：一年三千亿美元医疗代价 (Air pollution costs China $300 billion per year in medical expenses)
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 25, 2014
www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/03/140325_china_urbanisation_health.shtml

China's Hangzhou latest city to restrict car sales
Reuters, March 25, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/25/us-china-autos-regulations-idUSBREA2O0S620140325

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

人权组织对刘霞健康状况表达关切 (Amnesty Int'l deeply concerned by Liu Xia's health)
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 25, 2014
www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/03/140325_china_liu_xia.shtml

Related:
China: further information: Liu Xia receives medical treatment
Amnesty International, March 25, 2014
amnesty.org/en/library/asset/ASA17/017/2014/en/036947fc-bc36-4efa-9f3c- e61aa48aafc5/asa170172014en.html

Information Control (信息控制)

“记者无国界”谴责中国对信息自由的践踏 (RSF condemns violations of freedom of information in China)
Radio Free Asia, March 25, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/sd-03252014141117.html

Related:
Xi Jinping, enemy of freedom of information, visits France
Reporters Without Borders, March 25, 2014
en.rsf.org/chine-xi-jinping-enemy-of-freedom-of-25-03-2014,46042.html

Editor leaves Bloomberg, citing China coverage
彭博亚洲资深编辑不满编辑方针辞职
The New York Times, March 25, 2014
cn.nytimes.com/china/20140325/c25bloomberg/dual/

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

米歇尔•奥巴马在成都提及敏感话题 (Michelle Obama makes reference to civil rights movement, racial equality in remarks in Chengdu)
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 25, 2014
www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/03/140325_first_lady_chengdu.shtml

Related:
Police beat, detain activists during US first lady's trip
Radio Free Asia, March 25, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/michelle-obama-03252014152659.html

Remarks by the First Lady before Number Seven School classroom visit -- Chengdu, China
The White House, March 25, 2014
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/03/25/remarks-first-lady-number-seven-school-classroom-visit-chengdu-china

Michelle Obama generates Internet comment after Tibetan lunch
Reuters, March 26, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/26/us-china-obama-tibet-idUSBREA2P0PV20140326

Labor (劳工)

沃尔玛员工向美工会发信总工会定性为政治事件 (China's state-controlled union labels Wal-Mart workers' appeal to US union a “political act”)
Radio Free Asia, March 25, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/nu-03252014142321.html

Land, Property, Housing (土地、财产、房屋)

平度纵火案村主任指使 (7 suspects detained, real estate developer and village chief accused of masterminding fatal arson related to land grab death in Shandong)
Beijing News, March 26, 2014
www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2014/03/26/310711.html

Related:
China police detain local official, developer over land grab death
Reuters, March 26, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/26/us-china-land-idUSBREA2P0A820140326?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)

世界银行为中国城镇化献计 (World Bank issues recommendations on urbanization to China)
Voice of America, March 25, 2014
www.voachinese.com/content/world-bank-on-china-urbanization-20140325/1879224.html

Related:
World Bank urges China to reform urban development
Financial Times, March 25, 2014
www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/24614178-b404-11e3-a09a-00144feabdc0.html?siteedition=intl#axzz2x258qGqC

Urban China: toward efficient, inclusive, and sustainable urbanization
中国：推进高效、包容和可持续的城镇化
The World Bank, March 25, 2014
EN: www.worldbank.org/en/country/china/publication/urban-china-toward-efficient-inclusive-sustainable-urbanization
CH: www.shihang.org/zh/country/china/publication/urban-china-toward-efficient-inclusive-sustainable-urbanization

Social Security (社会安全)

China’s rebalancing should start with a safety net
The Wall Street Journal, March 25, 2014
blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/03/25/chinas-rebalancing-should-start-with-a-safety-net/?mod=chinablog

Society (社会)

余杰：习近平是个不折不扣的中国教父 (In biography, Chinese dissident writer calls Xi Jinping a "Chinese Godfather")
Deutsche Welle, March 25, 2014
dw.de/p/1BVJX

Technology (科技)

China detains more than 1,500 in text spam crackdown
Reuters, March 26, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/25/us-china-telecoms-spam-idUSBREA2O0WI20140325

United Nations (联合国)

中国NGO代表因偷拍异议人士被联合国吊销证件 (UN revokes accreditation of Chinese "NGO" representative caught photographing dissidents at Human Rights Council)
Voice of America, March 25, 2014
www.voachinese.com/content/china-ngo-20140325/1878928.html