Tuesday, February 06, 2018

Government Accountability (政府问责)

首钢水钢公司煤气中毒致9死 安监总局通报存在问题 (Gas leak kills 9 at Guizhou steel mill as State Administration of Work Safety recognizes safety issues)
Chinanews.com, February 6, 2018
http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2018/02-06/8442292.shtml

State-run Chinese paper confident China will establish ties with Vatican
Reuters, February 6, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2132205/state-run-chinese-paper-confident-china-will-establish

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陳日君點名批教廷國務卿:內地教友最大痛苦 是遭「親人」負賣 (Former Bishop of Hong Kong Joseph Zen criticizes Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin for not understanding the suffering of mainland believers)
Mingpao, February 5, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180205/s00001/1517828867312

河南周口50所民办学校遭关闭强拆 (Henan shuts down and demolishes over 50 private schools and kindergartens)
Radio Free Asia, February 5, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/kejiaowen/ql2-02052018095551.html

江西全面部署扫黑除恶工作 已抓获涉案人员1111人 (Jiangxi arrests 1,111 people amid fully-implemented “remove the black and eradicate the evil” campaign)
Xinhua News Agency, February 5, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/2018-02/05/c_1122372781.htm

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广东部署扫黑除恶,要建“全国最安全地区” (Guangdong pledges to become “the nation’s safest area” amid “remove the black and eradicate the evil” campaign)
China News Service, February 6, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1985780

China boosts intellectual property protection – for its own tech at least
South China Morning Post, February 5, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2132135/drones-dredgers-stop-chinas-top-tech-falling-foreign