Monday, March 12, 2018

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Civil society groups maligned as Western conspiracy in Asia
The Sydney Morning Herald, March 11, 2018
https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/civil-society-groups-maligned-as-western-conspiracy-in-asia-20180311-p4z3t3.html

Taiwanese protesters rally for “nuclear-free” island
Agence France-Presse, March 11, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2136732/taiwanese-protesters-rally-nuclear-free-island

违宪损害法治 公民吁罢免司法部长张军 (Citizens and lawyers launch petition and call head of Ministry of Justice to resign, claiming new regulations on legal practitioners violate the Constitution)
Radio Free Asia, March 9, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-03092018093225.html

Far from home and censors, some Chinese students protest Xi’s power move
“不是我的国家主席”:在美中国留学生抗议修宪
The New York Times, March 9, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/09/us/xi-student-protest-china.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/usa/20180312/xi-student-protest-china/