Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Civil Society (民间社会)

慈善事业法草案年底有望审议 (Draft charity law expected to be reviewed in 2015)
The Beijing Times, March 11, 2015
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2015/0311/c1001-26673619.html

Corruption (腐败)

Retired generals point to “horrible” graft in PLA
South China Morning Post, March 11, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1734592/retired-generals-point-horrible-graft-pla

党媒曝苏荣忏悔:我就是权钱交易所所长 (State media publicizes confession by Su Rong, former vice chair of CPPCC: “I was the head of power-money exchange center”)
South China Morning Post, March 11, 2015
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/china/49351/dang-mei-pu-su-rong-chan-hui-wo-jiu-shi-quan-qian-jiao-yi-suo-suo-chang

Death penalty (死刑)

Doubts over China prisoner organ harvesting ban
Business Insider, March 10, 2015
http://www.businessinsider.com/afp-doubts-over-china-prisoner-organ-harvesting-ban-2015-3

Hong Kong (香港)

China angered as Martin Lee urges Canada's MPs to support democracy in Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, March 11, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1734906/martin-lee-tells-canadian-mps-speak-hk-democracy-ambassador-objects

Related:
You are fighting this battle for 1.3 billion people: Speech by Martin Lee (text and video)
Human Right in China, January 2015
http://www.hrichina.org/en/china-rights-forum/you-are-fighting-battle-13-billion-people-speech-martin-lee-text-and-video

Beijing official scraps Hong Kong trip after pan-democrats vow to veto reform proposal
South China Morning Post, March 11, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1734659/beijing-official-scraps-hong-kong-trip-after-pan-democrats-vow-veto

深圳海关严查征税打水货 前海港货城最快年底开业 (Shenzhen customs to strictly prohibit parallel imports, Hong Kong goods center to open in Qianhai District by year end)
South China Morning Post, March 11, 2015
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/china/49365/shen-zhen-hai-guan-yan-cha-zheng-shui-da-shui-huo-qian-hai-gang-huo-cheng-zui-kuai-nian

Media (媒体)

Twitter在香港设立办事处 (Twitter opens Hong Kong office)
Financial Times, March 11, 2015
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001060982

Social Security (社会安全)

China sets timeline for first change to retirement age since 1950s
The Wall Street Journal, March 10, 2015
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/03/10/china-sets-timeline-for-first-change-to-retirement-age-since-1950s/?mod=WSJBlog

Tibet (西藏)

Chinese police shoot Tibetan youth who refused traffic stop
Radio Free Asia, March 10, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/shooting-03102015181357.html

Women (妇女)

What’s with all the Chinese misogyny?
Foreign Policy, March 10, 2015
https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/03/10/china-misogyny-international-womens-day/

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

ISIL fighters arrested in China’s Xinjiang, politician says
Aljazeera, March 10, 2015
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/3/10/beijing-isil-fighters-arrested-in-china.html

Official claims China has “best religious policy in the world”
The Telegraph, March 10, 2015
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/11460847/Official-claims-China-has-best-religious-policy-in-the-world.html

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

反腐落马者中为何鲜有民主党派高官? (Why aren’t there democratic party officials among those officials dismissed in anti-graft campaign?)
Voice of America, March 11, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/ccp-fallen-tigers-20150310/2674718.html