Monday, May 23, 2016

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

NGOs take chemical factories to court
China Daily, May 23, 2016
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2016-05/23/content_25426849.htm

Chinese press freedom activist on hunger strike for two weeks, says family
South China Morning Post, May 23, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1951569/chinese-press-freedom-activist-hunger-strike-two-weeks

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声援郭飞雄接力绝食抗议已20天,200多人参加 (Hunger strike relay to support Guo Feixiong into 20 days, over 200 participants)
Voice of America, May 23, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/voa-news-feixiong-guo-protest-20160522/3341187.html

Guo Feixiong on day 11 of hunger strike in prison, wife asks president Xi Jinping to intervene
Human Rights in China, May 19, 2016
http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/case-update/guo-feixiong-day-11-hunger-strike-prison-wife-asks-president-xi-jinping

Chinese protests over university quotas spread to third province
South China Morning Post, May 23, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1951077/chinese-protests-over-university-quotas-spread-third-province

Chinese blogger detained over Buddhist temples "smear"
South China Morning Post, May 23, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1951038/chinese-blogger-detained-over-buddhist-temples-smear

北京自由派学者例行聚餐因六四临近被阻挠 (Beijing liberal scholars’ regular gathering meal obstructed in the run up to June Fourth)
Voice of China, May 23, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/beijing-dissident-20160523/3341838.html