Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Why foreign NGOs are struggling with new Chinese law
South China Morning Post, June 13, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2097923/why-foreign-ngos-are-struggling-new-chinese-law

湖南落选村支书被打死 逾2千村民围堵镇政府抗议 (Hunan village Party Secretary beaten to death, more than 2,000 villagers surround township government in protest)
Radio Free Asia, June 12, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ml1-06122017121558.html

中石油数百下岗工人追讨养老金 成都500警驱散 多人被抓打 (A few hundred workers of PetroChina demand unpaid pension, protestors dispersed by 500 police from Chengdu, some beaten up)
Radio Free Asia, June 13, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-06132017114740.html

Shanghai loosens housing policy after rare protests
Financial Times, June 13, 2017
https://www.ft.com/content/e576b706-4fee-11e7-bfb8-997009366969