Friday, January 12, 2018

Government Accountability (政府问责)

2017年全国纪检监察机关处分52.7万人 (527,000 people punished by discipline inspection authorities nationwide in 2017)
People’s Daily, January 12, 2018
http://paper.people.com.cn/rmrb/html/2018-01/12/nw.D110000renmrb_20180112_2-04.htm

Samsung faces French legal case over alleged abuses and use of child labor in China
Agence France-Presse, January 12, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/12/samsung-faces-french-legal-case-alleged-abuses-use-child-labour-china/

A blue sky in Beijing? It’s not a fluke, says Greenpeace
北京冬日重现蓝天,中国治理污染初见成效
The New York Times, January 11, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/11/world/asia/pollution-beijing-declines.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180112/pollution-beijing-declines/

In China, gauging public opinion is hard
The Economist, January 11, 2018
https://www.economist.com/news/china/21734396-explaining-it-harder-china-gauging-public-opinion-hard