China's Xi purging corrupt officials to put own men in place - sources
Reuters, April 16, 2014
in.reuters.com/article/2014/04/16/uk-china-corruption-xi-idINKBN0D20UO20140416
Thursday, April 17, 2014
Corruption (腐败)
Environment (环境)
China blames France's Veolia for tap water pollution
Reuters, April 16, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/16/us-china-water-veolia-idUSBREA3E05P20140416
Hukou (户口)
专家：2/3农业户籍人口不愿转非农 城镇化埋隐患 (Expert: 2/3 of rural hukou holders do not want to switch hukou)
China Net, April 17, 2014
finance.china.com.cn/news/zjsd/20140417/2340531.shtml
Information Control (信息控制)
秦火火被判3年 法院称因认罪态度较好从轻处罚 (Netizen sentenced to three years in online “defamation” case)
China News, April 17, 2014
news.sina.com.cn/c/2014-04-17/094429952954.shtml
Related:
China releases blogger on bail, jails another amid rumor crackdown
Reuters, April 16, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/17/us-china-blogger-idUSBREA3G04A20140417?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews
International Relations (Security, Trade and Investment) 国际关系（安全，贸易和投资）
F.B.I. video warns of efforts to recruit American students as spies
FBI警告美国青年别被中国政府利用
The New York Times, April 16, 2014
cn.nytimes.com/usa/20140416/c16shriver/dual/
报告：朝鲜贩毒 中国最受害 (Report: North Korea's drug trade affects China the most)
Voice of America, April 16, 2014
www.voachinese.com/content/article/1895082.html
Related:
Illicit: North Korea’s evolving operations to earn hard currency
The Committee for Human Rights in North Korea, April 15, 2014
www.hrnk.org/events/announcements-view.php?id=15
June Fourth (六四)
香港一栋商业楼宇的法人代表称将通过司法程序阻止“六四纪念馆”的开馆 (HK building owners seek court ruling to stall opening of June Fourth Memorial Museum)
Radio Free Asia, April 16, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/sd-04162014102445.html
Related:
The Tiananmen Square Museum China doesn’t want to see
The Wall Street Journal, April 17, 2014
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/04/17/the-tiananmen-square-museum-china-doesnt-want-to-see/?mod=chinablog
Tiananmen exile dies as 25th anniversary nears
The Telegraph, April 17, 2014
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10771709/Tiananmen-exile-dies-as-25th-anniversary-nears.html
Labor (劳工)
China's workforce: smaller, more savvy, more restive
Reuters, April 16, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/16/china-labour-idUSL3N0N71LM20140416
Media (媒体)
Scooped: crowd-funding is improving journalism
The Economist, April 19, 2014
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21601010-crowd-funding-improving-journalism-scooped?fsrc=rss
Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)
China is advancing Hu Yaobang reforms: State media
Zee News, April 16, 2014
zeenews.india.com/news/world/china-is-advancing-hu-yaobang-reforms-state-media_924916.html
Special Report: China: building the dream
The Economist, April 17, 2014
http://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21600797-2030-chinese-cities-will-be-home-about-1-billion-people-getting-urban-china-work
全国人大2014年度立法计划公布:将制定网络安全法 (NPC announces plan to draft new Internet safety law in 2014)
CRI Online, April 17, 2014
http://roll.sohu.com/20140417/n398419124.shtml
Population (人口)
“单独二孩”让全国年新增200万人 8成集中在城市 (80% of 2 million new births under the new family planning policy expected in cities)
Beijing News, April 17, 2014
www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2014/04/17/313360.html
You’re welcome to leave Beijing
News China, April 2014 Issue
http://www.newschinamag.com/magazine/youre-welcome-to-leave-beijing
Rule of Law (法治)
一个美国学者在中国坐牢的经历 (The experience of an American scholar in a Chinese prison)
Voice of America, April 16, 2014
www.voachinese.com/content/an-american-in-china-detention-center-20140416/1895064.html
Society (社会)
The urban voice: China’s new middle classes, quiescent so far, may soon become more demanding
The Economist, April 16, 2014
www.economist.com/news/special-report/21600805-chinas-new-middle-classes-quiescent-so-far-may-soon-become-more-demanding-urban
China’s losers: amid spreading prosperity, a generation of self-styled also-rans emerges
The Economist, April 19, 2014
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21601007-amid-spreading-prosperity-generation-self-styled-also-rans-emerges-chinas-losers?fsrc=rss