Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Corruption (腐败)

中國海關將引入「嗅錢犬」
China to employ customs workers with a nose for hard cash
The New York Times, February 16, 2015
  http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20150216/c16customs/zh-hant/

浙江首个省部级官员落马疑与插手土地工程地产有关 (First Zhejiang provincial level official sacked, suspected of meddling with land and real estate projects)
  Radio France Internationale, February 17, 2015
  http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20150217-浙江首个省部级官员落马疑与插手土地工程地产有关/

Domestic security (国内安全)

China approves police reform plan aimed at improving force's efficiency and public image
  South China Morning Post, February 16, 2015
  http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1714252/china-approves-police-reform-plan-aimed-improving-forces-efficiency-and

Related
凝神聚力全面深化公安改革 (Focus on comprehensively deepening public security reform)
Xinhua Net, February 17, 2015
http://news.xinhuanet.com/comments/2015-02/17/c_1114395420.htm

Environment (环境)

Inside China's toxic Village of Widows
  The Telegraph, February 16, 2015
  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/11416830/Inside-Chinas-toxic-Village-of-Widows.html

China is bragging that air pollution fell by 11% last year
  Quartz, February 16, 2015
  http://qz.com/345115/

Information Control (信息控制)

中国当局封历史网站 中共加强意识形态控制 (Chinese authorities block history websites, CPC intensifies ideological control)
  Radio Free Asia, February 16, 2015
  http://mandarin.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/xql-02162015150432.html

Internet (互联网)

Tighter online controls in China point to wider clampdown
  The Washington Post, February 16, 2015
  http://wapo.st/1yLvTKA

National Defense (国防)

中国国防预算或继续快速增长 经济放缓无碍“强军梦”(Nat’l defense budget may continue rapid growth, China’s “Strong Army Dream” unimpeded by slowing economy)
  Reuters, February 17, 2015
  http://cn.reuters.com/article/2015/02/17/china-defence-idCNKBS0LL0FU20150217

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

"Deaths and injuries" follow clashes between Uyghurs and police in Xinjiang
  Radio Free Asia, February 16, 2015
  http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/hotan-02162015160611.html

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Hong Kong’s classroom crackdown
  The Wall Street Journal, February 16, 2015
  http://www.wsj.com/articles/hong-kongs-classroom-crackdown-1424129830

China's chance to end injustice of the death penalty
  South China Morning Post, February 17, 2015
  http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1716056/chinas-chance-end-injustice-death-penalty