Friday, March 28, 2014

Children (儿童)

Chinese parents abandon children at Guangzhou baby hatch
广州婴儿岛24小时:记者目睹8个婴孩被弃养
China Smack, March 28, 2014 (English)
Phoenix Online, March 23, 2014 (Chinese)
EN: http://www.chinasmack.com/2014/stories/chinese-parents-abandon-children-at-guangzhou-baby-hatch.html
CH:http://news.ifeng.com/photo/hdsociety/detail_2014_03/23/35048609_0.shtml#p=1

Corruption (腐败)

最高检:建立在逃职务犯罪嫌疑人信息数据库 (Supreme People's Procuratorate to establish database of graft suspects at large)
Procuratorate Daily, March 28, 2014
www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2014-03/28/content_5405980.htm?node=5955

China sacks ally of former security chief as graft probe widens
Reuters, March 27, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/27/us-china-corruption-idUSBREA2Q0UM20140327

Death penalty (死刑)

国际特赦组织:中国仍是执行死刑大国 (Amnesty International: China still one of the world's top executors)
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 27, 2014
www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2014/03/140327_amnesty_executions.shtml

Related:
Report: Death sentences and executions 2013
Amnesty International, March 27, 2014
https://www.amnesty.org.uk/sites/default/files/amnesty_death_penalty_report_2014_final_0.pdf

Disasters (灾难)

China’s criticism over handling of missing flight stirs Malaysian backlash
中国的批评引发马来西亚国内反弹
The New York Times, March 28, 2014
cn.nytimes.com/asia-pacific/20140328/c28malaysia/dual/

Education (教育)

The rise of alternative education in China
CNN, March 26, 2014
http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/26/world/asia/china-alternative-education/

China’s Peng Liyuan named UNESCO envoy for advancing education of women, girls
United Nations News Centre, March 27, 2014
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=47442&Cr=girls&Cr1=education#.UzWgb6hdXTo

Ethnic Groups (少数民族团体)

Fissures in China’s ethnic policy
中国关于民族政策发生内部争论
The New York Times, March 27, 2014
cn.nytimes.com/china/20140327/c27ethnic/dual/

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

China's Baidu defeats U.S. lawsuit over censored search results
Reuters, March 27, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/27/us-baidu-china-lawsuit-idUSBREA2Q1VS20140327

Related:
China’s freedom of search
中国的互联网搜索自由
The Wall Street Journal, March 28, 2014
EN:http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2014/03/28/chinas-freedom-of-search/?KEYWORDS=Baidu
CH:http://cn.wsj.com/gb/20140328/bog171232.asp

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

张俊杰律师获释曝遭警殴打 公安强硬民众及律师续声援 (Released lawyer recounts detention and beating by police, supporters step up calls for release of others)
Radio Free Asia, March 27, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql-03272014095231.html

Related:
HRIC urges international attention: lawyers and citizens detained in Heilongjiang, lawyers on hunger strike in protest
中国人权敦促国际社会关注黑龙江当局非法关押律师和公民
Human Rights in China, March 26, 2014
EN: www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/hric-bulletin/hric-urges-international-attention-lawyers-and-citizens-detained
CH: www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/zhong-guo-ren-quan-jian-xun/zhong-guo-ren-quan-dun-cu-guo-ji-she-hui-guan-zhu-hei

Zhang Junjie's Account (Parts I, II, and III)
张俊杰律师:亲历贱三江
Siweiluozi's Blog, March 28, 2014 (English)
Sohu, March 28, 2014 (Chinese)
EN: Part I:www.siweiluozi.net/2014/03/zhang-junjies-account-part-one.html
EN: Part II:www.siweiluozi.net/2014/03/zhang-junjies-account-part-two.html
EN: Part III:www.siweiluozi.net/2014/03/zhang-junjies-account-part-three.html
CH:http://3g.k.sohu.com/t/n17339001

Chinese authorities release rights lawyer, keep three others behind bars
Radio Free Asia, March 27, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/lawyers-03272014150355.html

律师冀为杨匡申办保外就医 刘沙沙担忧丈夫成曹顺利第二 (Lawyer to apply for medical parole for HK activist detained in Shenzhen)
Radio Free Asia, March 27, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl2-03272014094956.html

Lawyer: no answers for family of Chinese activist who died in prison
Voice of America, March 27, 2014
www.voanews.com/content/lawyer-no-answers-for-family-of-chinese-activist-who-died-in-prison/1880321.html

Information Control (信息控制)

Chinese policeman makes a million with online “deletion service”
Radio Free Asia, March 27, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/policeman-03272014115300.html

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

Xi says world has nothing to fear from awakening “peaceful lion”
South China Morning Post, March 28, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1459168/xi-says-world-has-nothing-fear-awakening-peaceful-lion

Related:
China's Xi Jinping visit to Paris results in deals worth €18bn
The Telegraph, March 27, 2014
www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/10726060/Xi-Jinpings-Paris-visit-results-in-deals-worth-18bn.html

Manila raises stakes with Beijing, seeks arbitration over South China Sea
Reuters, March 28, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/27/us-philippines-china-tribunal-idUSBREA2Q23720140327

Labor (劳工)

China's workers take on the big brands as strikes and protests increase
China Labour Bulletin, March 28, 2014
http://www.clb.org.hk/en/content/chinas-workers-take-big-brands-strikes-and-protests-increase

Related:
Map of strikes and protests, 2013-2014
China Labour Bulletin
http://www.numble.com/PHP/mysql/clbmape.html

LGBTI (男女同性恋、双性恋、变 性人和两性人)

China's Xiang Xiaohan: first gay man to sue the government
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 27, 2014
www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-26631161

Taiwan (台湾)

Students threaten huge rally to pressure Ma Ying-jeou to drop trade pact with Beijing
South China Morning Post, March 28, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1458798/taiwanese-students-threaten-huge-rally-pressure-ma-ying-jeou-drop-trade

Opinion (观点)

火墙内外:米歇尔访华柔性外交绵里藏针(On both sides of the Great Fire Wall: Michelle Obama's soft diplomacy with a subtle sharp edge)
Voice of America, March 27, 2014
www.voachinese.com/content/error-404-first-lady-20140327/1880888.html

Officials who closed “baby hatch” abandoned their duty
Caixin, March 28, 2014
http://english.caixin.com/2014-03-28/100657848.html