Thursday, May 21, 2015

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

专题 : 加强监控境外NGO政策被指大倒退 (Special topic: increased monitoring of overseas NGOs seen as a great setback)
Radio Free Asia, May 20, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/features/hottopic/Feature-NGO-05202015113352.html

贾西津:用国家安全视角看境外NGO管理法
Considering the foreign NGO law from the perspective of national security
Phoenix News, May 11, 2015
CH: http://news.ifeng.com/a/20150511/43732232_0.shtml/
EN: http://chinalawtranslate.com/en/用国家安全视角看境外ngo管理法/

Related:
HRIC Law Note: Draft Law on Foreign NGOs Undermines Chinese Civil Society and China’s International Engagement
Human Rights in China, May 21, 2015
http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/press-release/hric-law-note-draft-law-foreign-ngos-undermines-chinese-civil-society-and

Feedback and Suggestions on the “Overseas NGO Management Law of the People’s Republic of China (Draft)” (Second reading)
Anthony Spires (translated by China Development Brief), May 20, 2015
http://chinadevelopmentbrief.cn/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/OverseasNGODraftLaw-Feedback-and-Suggestion-English-version-Final-Draft.pdf


境外非政府组织管理法(草案二次审议稿)全文 (Overseas NGO Draft Law (2nd draft for review)) [Proposed Overseas NGO Draft Law now open for public comment]
The National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China
http://www.npc.gov.cn/npc/xinwen/lfgz/flca/2015-05/05/content_1935666.htm

Interview with Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei: “The State is scared”
Der Spiegel, May 20, 2015
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/spiegel-interview-with-chinese-artist-ai-weiwei-a-1034661-druck.html

China holds two activists linked to Heilongjiang shooting death
Radio Free Asia, May 21, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/files-05202015150018.html

These Chinese people want high-speed rail so badly they are fighting police to get it
Foreign Policy, May 19, 2015
http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/05/19/linshui-china-high-speed-rail-protest-police/

拒发护照--中国打压异议的强力工具 (Denial of passports: A powerful tool to suppress dissent in China)
Deutsche Welle, May 21, 2015
http://www.dw.de/拒发护照-中国打压异议的强力工具/a-18463764

信息公开 引导公众参与环境保护(Open government information leads to public participation in environmental protection)
China Radio International, May 20, 2015
http://gb.cri.cn/42071/2015/05/20/6351s4969048.htm

Related:

中华人民共和国环境保护法
Environmental Protection Law of the People's Republic of China
The National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China
CH: http://www.npc.gov.cn/huiyi/lfzt/hjbhfxzaca/2014-04/25/content_1861320.htm
EN: https://www.chinadialogue.net/Environmental-Protection-Law-2014-eversion.pdf

河北回迁房烂尾300业主维权遭抓打 (Replacements for demolished buildings left unfinished in Hebei: 300 proprietors and activists protest, some beaten and picked up by police)
Radio Free Asia, May 20, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl1-05202015103027.html