Monday, September 24, 2018

Government Accountability (政府问责)

With Vatican talks and bulldozers, China aims to control Christianity
The New York Times, September 24, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/24/world/asia/china-vatican-agreement-appoint-catholic-bishops.html

Fentanyl crisis: Is China a major source of illegal drugs?
BBC News, September 24, 2018
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-45564744

China opens embassy in Dominican Republic after break with Taiwan
Reuters, September 22, 2018
https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/china-opens-embassy-in-dominican-republic-after-break-with-taiwan/article25013170.ece

China's Liaoning vows to eradicate “bad influence” of Bo Xilai
Reuters, September 22, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-politics/chinas-liaoning-vows-to-eradicate-bad-influence-of-bo-xilai-idUSKCN1M202V?

维族人指控中国强制安置孩童 (Uyghurs accuse China of compulsory orphanage placement of their children)
Deutsche Welle, September 21, 2018
https://p.dw.com/p/35HXF

国家发改委副主任努尔·白克力涉严重违纪违法被查 (High-ranking Uyghur official, deputy director of National Development and Reform Commission, investigated for serious disciplinary, legal violations)
People's Daily, September 21, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0921/c1001-30306632.html

Are Xi Jinping’s demands for Communist Party loyalty a bigger threat to China than Donald Trump’s trade war?
Bloomberg, September 21, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/2165218/are-xi-jinpings-demands-communist-party-loyalty-bigger-threat

As UN gathers, Taiwan, frozen out, struggles to get noticed
The New York Times, September 21, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/21/world/asia/taiwan-united-nations-joseph-wu.html

中宣部举办第十三届中国公民道德论坛 (CPC Propaganda Department holds 13th China Citizen Ethics Forum)
Xinhua, September 21, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2018-09/21/c_1123467958.htm

面对国际社会强烈批评 郭声琨称要继续在新疆加强“教育改造” (Facing strong international criticism, China’s Political and Legal Affairs Commission says it will continue to “intensify re-education” of detainees in Xinjiang)
Voice of America, September 21, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-top-china-official-urges-reform-through-education-for-xinjiang-prisoners-20180921/4581276.html

Related:
Mike Pompeo denounces China’s “awful abuses” of detained Muslim Uygurs
Agence France-Presse, September 22, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2165302/mike-pompeo-denounces-chinas-awful-abuses-detained-muslim