Thursday, September 25, 2014

Corruption (腐败)

China detains two executives at embattled business newspaper
Reuters, September 25, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/25/us-china-corruption-media-idUSKCN0HK17O20140925

河北、河南、四川、吉林四省清理10万“吃空饷”人员 (100,000 civil servants dismissed for “freeloading” in four Chinese provinces)
Beijing News, September 25, 2014
http://epaper.bjnews.com.cn/html/2014-09/25/content_537532.htm

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong's David and Goliath democracy battle
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 24, 2014
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-29340676

港民调: 过半市民认为北京背弃普选承诺 (Poll: more than half of HK citizens agree Beijing broke its promise of universal suffrage)
Voice of America, September 25, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/oc-organzies-first-major-march-in-sep-20140925/2461745.html

Health (健康)

报告称中国职业病九成是尘肺病 煤炭粉尘系元凶 (Report: 90% of occupational diseases in China caused by coal dust)
People’s Daily, September 25, 2014
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2014/0925/c70731-25730241.html

广东登革热一天激增881例 专家吁清积水源头灭蚊 (881 new Dengue fever cases in one day in Guangdong, experts urge to clean standing water that breeds mosquitoes)
South China Morning Post, September 25, 2014
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/china/38839/yan-dong-deng-ge-re-yi-tian-ji-zeng-881li-zhuan-jia-xu-qing-ji-shui-yuan-tou-mie-wen

Internet (互联网)

An Internet where nobody says anything
Foreign Policy, September 25, 2014
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/09/25/an_internet_where_nobody_says_anything

Labor (劳工)

China’s secret to keeping labor costs low: student workers
The Wall Street Journal, September 25, 2014
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/09/25/chinas-secret-to-keeping-labor-costs-low-student-workers/

Population (人口)

Addressing the disastrous consequences of China’s one-child policy
Town Hall, September 25, 2014
http://townhall.com/columnists/marcorubio/2014/09/25/addressing-the-disastrous-consequences-of-chinas-onechild-policy-n1896256

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)

Chinese leaders discuss replacing PBOC Chief
The Wall Street Journal, September 24, 2014
http://online.wsj.com/articles/china-considers-replacing-central-bank-head-party-officials-say-1411566509

Related:
媒体:央行行长周小川或将离任 (China considers replacing Central Bank Head Zhou Xiaochuan)
Deutsche Welle, September 25, 2014
http://dw.de/p/1DKne

中国社科院院长撰文大谈阶级斗争引热议 (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences dean’s class struggle essay stirs controversy)
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 25, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/09/140924_cn_struggle

Taiwan (台湾)

国台办:台湾问题和苏格兰问题性质完全不同 (State Council Office for Taiwan Affairs: Taiwan and Scotland’s issues are of different nature)
South China Morning Post, September 25, 2014
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/china/38843/guo-tai-ban-tai-wan-wen-ti-he-su-ge-lan-wen-ti-xing-zhi-wan-quan-bu-tong

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Ilham Tohti should get the Nobel peace prize, not life in prison
The Guardian, September 24, 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/24/ilham-tohti-nobel-peace-prize-uighur-han-people-china

Photos: Release Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti Protest
Human Rights In China, September 25, 2014
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152833406001414.1073741845.94042326413&type=1

让改革不违法的可能途径 (How to have legitimate reforms?)
Financial Times, September 24, 2014
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001058342