Monday, May 18, 2015

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Cabinet said to approve study for law on public's gripes against gov't
Caixin, May 14, 2015
http://english.caixin.com/2015-05-14/100809259.html

The future of NGOs in China
ChinaFile, May 14, 2015
http://www.chinafile.com/conversation/future-ngos-china

Related:
Pounding mentors to death: China’s draft law on foreign NGO management
China Change, May 17, 2015
http://chinachange.org/2015/05/17/pounding-mentors-to-death-chinas-draft-law-on-foreign-ngo-management/

Activist lawyer who defended Ai Weiwei charged with “provoking trouble”
The Guardian, May 15, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/15/lawyer-pu-zhiqiang-ai-weiwei-charged-provoking-trouble-china

Over 80 mothers spotted breastfeeding in public in Fujian province
The Shanghaiist, May 17, 2015
http://shanghaiist.com/2015/05/17/mothers_breastfeeding_in_fuzhou.php

Mainland church rebels over cross restrictions
Radio Television Hong Kong, May 16, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150516/news_20150516_56_1099984.htm

China urged to release Panchen Lama after 20 years
流亡藏人紀念「藏班禪」失蹤20週年
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 17, 2015
EN: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-32771242
CH: http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/trad/world/2015/05/150517_china_tibet_panchen_lama

四川数万人游行抗议铁路规划变更 酿流血冲突逾百人被抓 (Tens of thousands in Sichuan protest change of railway plan, leads to bloody conflict with police and over a hundred arrests)
Radio Free Asia, May 17, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/yf1-05172015104721.html

China: massive protest in Linshui intense repression and resistance
Revolution News, May 16, 2015
http://revolution-news.com/china-massive-protest-in-linshui-intense-repression-and-resistance/