Monday, May 12, 2014

Counterterrorism (反恐)

More than 200 held in China terror video crackdown: report
Agence France Presse, May 12, 2014
http://news.yahoo.com/more-200-held-china-terror-video-crackdown-report-035315513.html

Beijing deploys armed anti-terror units after attacks
The Telegraph, May 12, 2014
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10824030/Beijing-deploys-armed-anti-terror-units-after-attacks.html

Education (教育)

呼和浩特各高校禁学生离校 指境外敌对势力周末有活动 (Inner Mongolia university students warned against leaving campus amidst reports of potential activities by "foreign hostile forces")
Radio Free Asia, May 10, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/kejiaowen/ql-05102014123115.html

Environment (环境)

China mulls amending water pollution law
People's Daily, May 9, 2014
english.peopledaily.com.cn/90882/8621855.html

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

Chinese elite push for release of jailed Nobel laureate
Reuters, May 11, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/11/us-china-dissident-idUSBREA4A01120140511

Related:
中国有“太子党”私下向高层建言:假释刘晓波 (China's princelings discretely push for release of Liu Xiaobo)
Radio Free Asia, May 11, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/sd-05112014132846.html

港团体中联办外抗议促释放近期被捕人士 (HK groups hold protest to call for release of activists detained in recent weeks)
Voice of America, May 11, 2014
www.voachinese.com/content/hk-group-protest-20140511/1912106.html

Communist Party newspaper denounces detained lawyer
《环球时报》称人权律师触犯“法律红线”
The New York Times, May 12, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20140512/c12lawyer/dual/

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

Chinese resort plans alarms Mexican activists
Associated Press, May 11, 2014
www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/chinese-resort-plans-alarms-mexican-activists/2014/05/10/433d73ca-d8a1-11e3-8f7d-7786660fff7c_story.html

Is China losing faith in North Korea?
The Guardian, May 9, 2014
www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/09/is-china-losing-faith-in-north-korea

China's Li signs trade, conservation agreements in Kenya
Agence France Presse, May 10, 2014
http://news.yahoo.com/chinas-li-signs-trade-conservation-agreements-kenya-154852030.html

South China Sea becoming “boiling pot” amid rising tensions, analysts say
South China Morning Post, May 12, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1508702/south-china-sea-becoming-boiling-pot-amid-rising-tensions-analysts-say

June Fourth (六四)

推平反六四被指颠覆前学运领袖徐光被拘 (Former student leader detained on subversion charge)
Radio France Internationale, May 11, 2014
www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20140511-推平反六四被指颠覆前学 运领袖徐光被拘

Related:
Chinese artist detained before Tiananmen anniversary
私下纪念六四的艺术家被警方拘捕
The New York Times, May 12, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20140512/c12artist/dual/

China cracks down on those remembering ’89 Tiananmen crackdown
McClatchy DC, May 9, 2014
www.mcclatchydc.com/2014/05/09/227032/china-cracks-down-on-those-remembering.html?sp=/99/117/

Party Chief’s downfall a central act in Tiananmen drama
天安门事件的核心一幕:赵紫阳的下台
The New York Times, May 12, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20140512/c12tiananmen/dual/

For more information about June Fourth, see:
June Fourth at 25: resisting enforced amnesia, building a just future
纪念六四25周年:抵制强迫失忆,建设公正的未来
Human Rights in China, April 10, 2014
EN: www.hrichina.org/en/june-fourth-25-resisting-enforced-amnesia-building-just-future
CH: www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/zhong-guo-ren-quan-jian-xun/ji-nian-liu-si-25zhou-nian-di-zhi-qiang-po-shi-yi-jian

Labor (劳工)

China labour activism: crossing the line
中国劳资力量对比的变化
Financial Times, May 7, 2014
EN: www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/bb0f1c3a-c953-11e3-99cc-00144feabdc0.html#axzz31SMGaQCI
CH: www.ftchinese.com/story/001056164

Protests and Petitions (抗议和请愿)

China waste incinerator protest turns violent
杭州垃圾焚烧厂项目引发激烈抗议
Financial Times, May 11, 2014
EN: www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/7035866e-d8ca-11e3-a1aa-00144feabdc0.html#axzz31SMGaQCI
CH: www.ftchinese.com/story/001056169

Society (社会)

China hesitates to label Guangzhou attack terrorism
中国未将广州砍人事件定性为恐怖袭击
The New York Times, May 12, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20140512/c12guangzhou/dual/

Tibet (西藏)

Tibetan death sparks wider protest against Chinese mine
Radio Free Asia, May 9, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/wider-05092014151245.html

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

More than 100 relatives of Urumqi bomber detained
Radio Free Asia, May 9, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/sedirdin-sawut-05092014174749.html

Opinion (观点)

Taiwan's handling of murder case raises question of cross-strait co-operation
South China Morning Post, May 12, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1509864/taiwans-handling-murder-case-raises-question-cross-strait-co