Thursday, July 03, 2014

Business and Human Rights (商业和人权)

人权组织批评“四大”登广告反“占中” (Rights group blasts major accounting firms for opposing Occupy Central)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 2, 2014
www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/07/140702_hk_companies.shtml

China to try GSK-linked investigator in secret: family friends
中国将不公开审理与葛兰素史克有关的外籍调查员
Reuters, July 3, 2014
EN: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/03/us-china-gsk-trial-idUSKBN0F80HO20140703
CH: http://cn.reuters.com/article/CNTopGenNews/idCNKBS0F810V20140703?feedType=RSS&feedName=CNTopGenNews

Corruption (腐败)

Secretive agency leads most intense anti-corruption effort in modern Chinese history
Washington Post, July 2, 2014
www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/secretive-agency-leads-most-intense-anti-corruption-effort-in-modern-chinese-history/2014/07/02/48aff932-cf68-11e3-937f-d3026234b51c_story.html

China ousts three allies of former security chief
Agence France-Presse, July 2, 2014
www.ngrguardiannews.com/news/world-news/168978-china-ousts-three-allies-of-former-security-chief

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong protesters say more to come if China won’t bend
Bloomberg Businessweek, July 2, 2014
www.businessweek.com/news/2014-07-02/hong-kong-protesters-say-more-to-come-if-china-wont-bend

Police accused of heavy-handed treatment of protesters arrested after July 1 march
South China Morning Post, July 2, 2014
www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1544897/police-criticised-handling-july-1-march-and-arrested-sit-protesters

Messy protest shows rising HK fears about China
Associated Press, July 2, 2014
www.nbc40.net/story/25921899/messy-protest-shows-rising-hk-fears-about-china

In Hong Kong, a democracy march with a sense of humor
The Wall Street Journal, July 2, 2014
blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/07/02/in-hong-kong-a-democracy-march-with-a-sense-of-humor/?mod=chinablog

Bankers on the march: Hong Kong financiers join democracy fight
Agence France-Presse, July 3, 2014
http://www.afp.com/en/news/bankers-march-hong-kong-financiers-join-democracy-fight

In Hong Kong, a potent visual echo of Tiananmen
25年后,香港又见天安门 “民主女神”
The New York Times, July 3, 2014
EN: www.amnesty.org.hk/web/index.php/20140702-ai-71/
CH: www.amnesty.org.hk/web/index.php/20140702-ai-71/

See video:
July 1, 2014 march in Hong Kong
Human Rights in China, July 2, 2014
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzF7cPl3bXY

Related:
香港: 大规模拘捕侵犯和平集会权利 (Mass arrest in Hong Kong violates right to peaceful assembly)
Amnesty International Hong Kong, July 2, 2014
www.amnesty.org.hk/web/index.php/20140702-ai-71/

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

中国记者殷玉生家人正式收到拘留通知书 (Chinese journalist Yin Yusheng criminally detained for “disturbing public order”)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 2, 2014
www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/07/140702_china_yin_yusheng.shtml

Related:
Restrictions, detentions, disappearances, and arrests related to June 4, 2014
六四25周年被限制自由、拘留、失踪、逮捕者名单
Human Rights in China
EN: www.hrichina.org/en/restrictions-detentions-disappearances-arrests-and-beyond-june-4-2014
CH: www.hrichina.org/chs/2014nian-liu-si-25zhou-nian-qian-hou-bei-xian-zhi-zi-you-ju-liu-shi-zong-dai-bu-zhe-ming-dan

耿和: 高智晟将刑满但未知能否回家 (Jail term of Chinese human rights Lawyer to end; going home remains unknown, lawyer’s wife says)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 3, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/07/140703_china_gaozhisheng.shtml

Information Control (信息控制)

Weibo more heavily censored during Hong Kong's July 1 march than on Tiananmen anniversary
South China Morning Post, July 3, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china-insider/article/1545652/chinas-government-pursues-more-censorship-july-1-it-did-june-4

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

中国警告美国勿就香港“说三道四” (China warns U.S. against "gesticulating" about Hong Kong)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 2, 2014
www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/07/140702_us_china_hk.shtml

See U.S. Department of State comment:
Daily Press Briefing
U.S. Department of State, July 2, 2014
www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2014/07/228689.htm#CHINA2

Labor (劳工)

Disputes become a feature of labour relations in China
白领或成中国工运推动力量
Financial Times, July 2, 2014
EN: http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/90554ba2-011d-11e4-a938-00144feab7de.html
CH: http://www.ftchinese.com/story/0010570482

Religion (宗教)

China bans Ramadan fast in Muslim northwest
Associated Press, July 3, 2014
news.yahoo.com/china-bans-ramadan-fast-muslim-northwest-103756197.html

Opinion (观点)

Hong Kong nears tipping point with Beijing
Asia Times Online, July 2, 2014
www.atimes.com/atimes/China/CHIN-01-020714.html

The China syndrome: Beijing will only harm itself if it seeks to muzzle Hong Kong
The Times, July 3, 2014
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/leaders/article4137055.ece