Thursday, March 19, 2015

Civil Society (民间社会)

NGOs feel the pinch as China mulls law on foreign funds
Global Times, March 19, 2015
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/912721.shtml

Corruption (腐败)

Top court said Zhou Yongkang's influence cleared
China Daily, March 19, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-03/19/content_19853505.htm

China sheds light on its quest to track down fleeing officials
South China Morning Post, March 18, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1741458/china-sheds-light-fox-hunt-its-quest-track-down-fleeing-officials

Hong Kong (香港)

Guangdong to limit cross-border visits to curb Hong Kong parallel goods trade
South China Morning Post, March 19, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1741850/guangdong-plans-restrictions-cross-border-visits-curb-hong-kong

Natural Resources (自然资源)

China to stop commercial logging of natural forests
Global Times, March 19, 2015
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/912839.shtml

National Defense (国防)

PLA fears of "Vietnamese invasion" halt Chinese city government's road construction project
South China Morning Post, March 19, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1741840/pla-fears-vietnamese-invasion-halt-chinese-city-governments-road

PLA tries to woo educated youngsters to join the military
Sina News, March 19, 2015
http://english.sina.com/china/p/2015/0318/792978.html

Population (人口)

美国投资移民申请者中超过80%为中国大陆居民-第一太平戴维斯 (Savills says over 80% investor immigrants to U.S. are mainland Chinese)
Reuters, March 18, 2015
http://cn.reuters.com/article/2015/03/18/cn-us-idCNKBS0ME12H20150318

Society (社会)

Chinese man solves decades-old mystery of family’s missing cash…the government took it
South China Morning Post, March 19, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1741800/chinese-man-solves-mystery-familys-missing-cash-government-took-it

Taiwan (台湾)

台湾太阳花运动周年 示威者重返立院 (Taiwan protesters go back to LegCo on Sunflower Movement one-year anniversary)
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 18, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/03/150318_taiwan_sunflower-movement_anni

Tibet (西藏)

西藏那曲索县七僧在三月“敏感日”被捕 (Seven Tibetan monks arrested on March “sensitive day”)
Radio Free Asia, March 18, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-03182015144407.html

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

Chinese police shoot seven Uyghurs dead following fatal Xinjiang knife attack
Radio Free Asia, March 18, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/attack-03182015121024.html