Friday, November 07, 2014

Children (儿童)

China police trace families of trafficked babies
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 7, 2014
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-29947379

Corruption (腐败)

China media: Military corruption
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 7, 2014
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-29947544

Apec to set up network to track down and extradite corrupt officials
South China Morning Post, November 7, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1633824/apec-set-network-track-down-and-extradite-corrupt-officials

Environment (环境)

精确计算中国为煤炭付出的代价
Counting the Varied Costs of China’s Dependence on Coal
The New York Times, November 7, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20141107/c07coal/dual/

Health (健康)

中国癌症患者生存率30%不及美国一半 (China’s cancer survival rate is 30%, less than half of US)
Global Times, November 7, 2014
http://hope.huanqiu.com/domesticnews/2014-11/5195132.html

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

国际特赦促APEC施压北京释放活动人士 (Amnesty International urges APEC leaders to pressure Beijing to release activists)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 7 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2014/11/141107_amnesty_china_hongkong_apec

Hong Kong (香港)

HK protest leaders request formal meeting with Beijing
Channel News Asia, November 7, 2014
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/hk-protest-leaders/1459492.html

习近平认为现在是翻转邓小平“一国两制”的时机 (Xi Jinping believes now is the time to reverse Deng Xiaoping’s “one country, two systems” policy)
Radio France Internationale, November 6, 2014
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20141106-习近平认为现在是翻转邓小平“一国两制”的时机

北京智囊称“占中”危及“香港安全” (Beijing think tank claims “Occupy Central” harms “Hong Kong’s safety”)
South China Morning Post, November 7, 2014
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/hk/41925/bei-jing-zhi-nang-cheng-zhan-zhong-wei-ji-xiang-gang-quan

望获安排见京官 学联下午递信董建华 (Via letter, HKSF hopes Tung Chee-hwa can arrange meetings with Beijing officials)
South China Morning Post, November 7, 2014
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/hk/41919/wang-huo-pai-jian-jing-guan-xue-lian-xia-wu-di-xin-dong-jian-hua

International Relations (国际关系)

APEC期间北京竭力展现最佳形象 (Beijing strains for best image during APEC)
Voice of America, November 7, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/apec-20141107/2511648.html

”APEC蓝”和党的面子 (“APEC blues” and the Party’s image)
Deutsche Welle, November 7, 2014
http://dw.de/p/1Disn

4-Mexico scraps $3.75 bln China rail deal ahead of state visit
Reuters, November 7, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/07/mexico-china-railways-idUSL1N0SX0CP20141107

Migrants (农民工)

After suicide, Foxconn worker’s poems strike a chord
The Wall Street Journal, November 7, 2014
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/11/07/after-suicide-foxconn-workers-poems-strike-a-chord/

Population (人口)

No baby boom from easing of China's 1-child policy
ABC, November 7, 2014
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/baby-boom-ease-chinas-child-policy-26752841