Monday, January 11, 2016

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Strikes and protests by China’s workers soar to record heights in 2015
China Labor Bulletin, January 7, 2016
http://www.clb.org.hk/en/content/strikes-and-protests-china%E2%80%99s-workers-soar-record-heights-2015

China arrests four labor activists amid crackdown on dissent, lawyers say
South China Morning Post, January 10, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1899794/china-arrests-four-labour-activists-amid-crackdown

Related:
被抓劳维人士四批捕两取保 矛头直指番禺打工族 (Among labor activists taken away, 4 arrested, 2 out on bail, attack directed at Panyu labor group)
Radio Free Asia, January 10, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-01102016104802.html

Hotel in China bans spoken Tibetan, backs off after outcry
Radio Free Asia, January 8, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/tibetan-01082016163707.html