Friday, October 03, 2014

Corruption (腐败)

江西66人公款大吃大喝被查出 (66 civil servants found dining on public funds in Jiangxi)
Xinhua, October 3, 2014
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2014-10-03/101830946271.shtml

Health (健康)

广东单日新增登革热确诊病例1189例 同比升20倍 (1,189 new Dengue fever cases in one day in Guangdong, a 20-fold increase over last year)
People’s Daily, October 3, 2014
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2014/1003/c1001-25775763.html

Hong Kong (香港)

香港学联:搁置原定与特区政府对话 (HKFS suspends agreed upon dialogue with government)
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 3, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/10/141003_hk_dialogue_not

LIVE: Federation of Students call off talks with Carrie Lam over attacks in Mong Kok
South China Morning Post, October 3, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1608996/live-police-struggle-keep-order-street-fights-break-out-mong-kok

Related:
占中集会今日有131人受伤需送院 (131 injured at Occupy Central assembly areas)
Radio Television Hong Kong, October 3, 2014
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20141003/news_20141003_55_1042649.htm

Hong Kong protests: Scuffles break out in Mongkok shopping district
The Straits Times, October 3, 2014
http://www.straitstimes.com/news/asia/east-asia/story/hong-kong-protests-scuffles-break-out-mongkok-shopping-district-20141003

Timeline: Hong Kongers call for democracy and universal suffrage
Human Rights in China, October 3, 2014
http://www.hrichina.org/en/timeline-hong-kongers-call-democracy-and-universal-suffrage

百家海外华文媒体保卫香港宣言 (Xinhua: "142 Overseas Chinese media sign “manifesto” to defend Hong Kong”)
Xinhua, October 2, 2014
http://news.163.com/14/1003/08/A7KCEVHD0001124J.html

Hong Kong protests: Did China go back on its promises?
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 2, 2014
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-29454385

Hong Kong Democracy protests carry a Christian mission for some
The Wall Street Journal, October 3, 2014
http://online.wsj.com/articles/hong-kong-democracy-protests-carry-a-christian-mission-for-some-1412255663

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

China Uighur scholar appeals life sentence: Lawyer
Channel News Asia, October 3, 2014
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/china-uighur-scholar/1395740.html

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)

China to cap local government debt
Financial Times, October 2, 2014
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/a2fb9fec-4a18-11e4-8de3-00144feab7de.html#axzz3F5q9qt2u

Related:
中国经济改革:地方举债中央不救 (China’s economic reform: Beijing refrains from bailing out local governments’ debts)
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 2, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/10/141002_china_economy_localdebts

Taiwan (台湾)

Taiwan's view of the Hong Kong protests
Deutsche Welle, October 2, 2014
http://www.dw.de/taiwans-view-of-the-hong-kong-protests/a-17969838

Tibet (西藏)

达赖喇嘛与北京就返乡问题举行非正式谈判 (Dalai Lama holds informal talks with Beijing on trip home)
Radio Free Asia, October 2, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/nu-10022014150925.html

Related:
达赖喇嘛秘书否认与中共谈判有重大进展 (Dalai Lama’s secretary denies claims of progress in talks with Beijing)
Voice of America, October 3, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/dalai-lama-china-20141002/2470405.html

两知名诺贝尔和平奖得主称:始终和藏人站在一起 (Nobel Laureates Jody Williams and Shirin Ebadi: always stand by Tibetans)
Radio Free Asia, October 2, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-10022014161041.html

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

英媒:北京担心香港抗议蔓延大陆 (British media: Beijing fears Hong Kong protests will spill over to mainland)
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 2, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/press_review/2014/10/141002_press_hongkong_china_panic

“习近平的字典里没有‘妥协’”(“‘Compromise’ is not in Xi Jinping’s dictionary”)
Deutsche Welle, October 2, 2014
http://www.dw.de/习近平的字典里没有妥协/a-17971072?maca=chi-rss-chi-ca-1044-rdf

为什么“占中”在当下爆发?(Why is “Occupy Central” happening now?)
South China Morning Post, October 3, 2014
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/opinion/39356/wei-shi-yao-zhan-zhong-zai-dang-xia-bao-fa

Why Hong Kong’s economy can take on protesters
Fortune, October 2, 2014
http://fortune.com/2014/10/02/why-hong-kongs-economy-can-take-on-protesters/