Thursday, April 14, 2016

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China punishes hundreds of officials over vaccine scandal
South China Morning Post, April 14, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1935826/china-punishes-hundreds-officials-over-vaccine-scandal

China to prosecute former graft buster for suspected corruption
Reuters, April 13, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-idUSKCN0XB05P?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews

World’s first Tiananmen museum to close as organizers complain of political “targeting”
Hong Kong Free Press, April 14, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/04/14/worlds-first-tiananmen-museum-to-close-as-organisers-complain-of-political-targeting/

China to prosecute Taiwanese in fraud case despite acquittals in Kenya
The New York Times, April 14, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/14/world/asia/china-to-prosecute-taiwanese-in-fraud-case-despite-acquittals-in-kenya.html

2015 saw sharp increase in “repression and coercion” in China—U.S.
Radio Free Asia, April 13, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-rights-04132016175820.html

中国发表报告列举美国不良人权纪录 (China issues report listing out U.S. poor human rights records)
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 14, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2016/04/160414_china_usa_human_rights