Tuesday, December 01, 2015

Government Accountability (政府问责)

国际人权组织谴责中国重判三位维权人 (Amnesty International condemns China for three rights defenders' heavy sentences)
Voice of America, December 1, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/human-rights-guo-feixiong-20151130/3080338.html

Chinese official blames drunkenness for bribe-taking amid scandal over giant phoenix mural that led to his fall
South China Morning Post, November 29, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1884918/scandal-over-giant-phoenix-mural-southwest-china-mirrors-rise-and

King Coal’s misrule: The rise and fall of a corrupt coal-fueled economy
The Economist, November 28, 2015
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21679263-rise-and-fall-corrupt-coal-fuelled-economy-king-coals-misrule

Meet targets to cut poverty or face the sack, Chinese cadres told
South China Morning Post, December 1, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1885378/meet-targets-cut-poverty-or-face-sack-chinese-cadres-told

For China's Xi Jinping, it's all about the Communist Party (+video)
Christian Science Monitor, November 30, 2015
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2015/1130/For-China-s-Xi-Jinping-it-s-all-about-the-Communist-Party-video

Thailand knew deported Chinese were refugees awaiting resettlement in Canada: U.N. document
Reuters, November 30, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/30/us-china-thailand-refugees-idUSKBN0TJ1E620151130