Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China combats corruption within anti-corruption agency
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 9, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-38551841

中纪委开会:前有反腐大片 后有满意民调 (7th Plenary session of 18th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection: opinion poll shows 90% of Chinese citizens satisfied with government’s anticorruption work)
Deutsche Welle, January 7, 2017
http://bit.ly/2iasdBr

中国3年抓回外逃贪官2566人 (In 3 years, China brings back 2566 corrupt officials who fled the country)
Radio France Internationale, January 9, 2017
http://rfi.my/2ichGsN

China’s graft watchdog confirms investigations of former civil affairs minister and deputy
South China Morning Post, January 9, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2060577/chinas-graft-watchdog-confirms-investigations-former

After One-Child Policy, outrage at China’s offer to remove IUDs
开放二胎后中国为女性“取环”,引发众怒
The New York Times, January 9, 2017
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20170109/after-one-child-policy-outrage-at-chinas-offer-to-remove-iuds/dual/

中国环保部长陈吉宁就大面积雾霾道歉 “冬季污染基本无改善 (Minister of Environmental Protection Chen Jining apologizes for vast areas of smog saying "there has been little improvement in winter pollution")
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 7, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-38539787

Choked by smog, Beijing creates new environmental police
Associated Press, January 8, 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/choked-by-smog-beijing-creates-new-environmental-police/2017/01/07/c87dc034-d552-11e6-9651-54a0154cf5b3_story.html