Government Accountability (政府问责)

上海：推进未成年被害人“一站式”取证工作 (Shanghai: Promote the “one-stop method” for evidence collection in cases involving juvenile victims)
People’s Procuratorate Daily, October 17, 2016
http://newspaper.jcrb.com/2016/20161017/20161017_001/20161017_001_6.htm

“疑案从挂”被关6年 4名当事人各获赔偿50万 (Disputed cases reopened—4 victims imprisoned for 6 years each receives 50k compensation)
Dahe Bao, October 18, 2016
https://perma.cc/BD7C-5TD4

In China, foreign companies struggle with forced demolition disputes
Voice of America, October 17, 2016
http://www.voanews.com/a/china-foreign-companies-struggle-forced-demolition-desputes/3550949.html

China jails officer in probe that led to execution of wrong man
Reuters, October 18, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-crime-idUSKCN12I0PI

Doctors hail China's pledge to stop harvesting inmate organs
Voice of America, October 17, 2016
http://www.voanews.com/a/china-organ-transplants/3554474.html

China issues white paper on poverty reduction, human rights
受权发布：中共中央办公厅　国务院办公厅印发《脱贫攻坚责任制实施办法》
Xinhua, October 17, 2016
EN: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-10/17/c_135759848.htm
CH: http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2016-10/17/c_1119734520.htm

中国反腐败：令计划二哥令政策受贿当庭认罪 (Anti-graft in China: Ling Zhengce, brother of jailed Hu Jintao aide Ling Jihua admits graft)
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 18, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2016/10/161018_china_corruption_ling_zhengce

Focus Topic: Extreme Poverty and Human Rights (专题：赤贫和人权)

习近平：扶贫要“不破楼兰终不还” (Xi Jinping: Poverty relief must be “all or nothing”)
People’s Daily, August 25, 2016
http://paper.people.com.cn/rmrb/html/2016-08/25/nw.D110000renmrb_20160825_2-01.htm

Related:
End-of-mission statement on China, by Professor Philip Alston, United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
联合国赤贫和人权问题特别报告员菲利普•奥尔斯顿结束对中国访问的声明
UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, August 23, 2016
EN: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=20402&LangID=E
CH: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=20402&LangID=C

China: “Poverty alleviation needs to be accompanied by accountability” –UN expert on extreme poverty and human rights
中国：“减缓贫穷需伴随问责”——联合国赤贫和人权问题专家
UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, August 23, 2016
EN: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=20404&LangID=E
CH: http://www.ohchr.org/CH/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=20404&LangID=C

中国对联合国人权特使的特殊接待 (China treats UN envoy on human rights to special reception)
Voice of America, August 25, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/a/china-un-human-rights-20160824/3479568.html

UN Expert: Chinese Government Needs “Genuine Accountability”
联合国专家：中国政府需要“真正的问责”
Human Rights in China, August 23, 2016
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/hric-bulletin/un-expert-chinese-government-needs-genuine-accountability
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/zhong-guo-ren-quan-jian-xun/lian-he-guo-zhuan-jia-zhong-guo-zheng-fu-xu-yao-zhen

宁夏两年清退不符合条件低保人员6万余人 (Ningxia rid over 60,000 unqualified welfare subsidies recipients in 2 years)
Xinhua, August 25, 2016
http://www.nx.xinhuanet.com/2016-08/25/c_1119449863.htm

Focus Topic: Extreme Poverty and Human Rights (专题：赤贫和人权)

China gives not so warm welcome to UN envoy
Voice of America, August 24, 2016
http://www.voanews.com/a/china-gives-not-so-warm-welcome-to-un-envoy/3478643.html

China denies restricting activities of UN rights envoy
Reuters, August 24, 2016
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/china-denies-restricting/3070042.html

End-of-mission statement on China, by Professor Philip Alston, United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
联合国赤贫和人权问题特别报告员菲利普•奥尔斯顿结束对中国访问的声明
UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, August 23, 2016
EN: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=20402&LangID=E
CH: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=20402&LangID=C

Related:
China: “Poverty alleviation needs to be accompanied by accountability” –UN expert on extreme poverty and human rights
中国：“减缓贫穷需伴随问责”——联合国赤贫和人权问题专家
UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, August 23, 2016
EN: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=20404&LangID=E
CH: http://www.ohchr.org/CH/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=20404&LangID=C

UN Expert: Chinese Government Needs “Genuine Accountability”
联合国专家：中国政府需要“真正的问责”
Human Rights in China, August 23, 2016
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/hric-bulletin/un-expert-chinese-government-needs-genuine-accountability
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/zhong-guo-ren-quan-jian-xun/lian-he-guo-zhuan-jia-zhong-guo-zheng-fu-xu-yao-zhen

现在就医，药品价格明显低了 (Doctors’ visits nowadays clearly show lower costs of medicine)
Procuratorate Daily, August 23, 2016
http://newspaper.jcrb.com/2016/20160823/20160823_002/20160823_002_7.htm

河北：上半年城乡低保支出资金超26亿 (Hebei: Urban and rural welfare subsidies for first half of year topped 2.6 billion yuan)
Xinhua, August 23, 2016
http://news.ifeng.com/a/20160823/49822037_0.shtml

陕西：住新房开轿车的人享低保 贫困户申请却不批 (Shaanxi: People in new homes driving limos are enjoying welfare subsidies while destitute families are denied them)
Phoenix News, August 23, 2016
http://news.ifeng.com/a/20160823/49822037_0.shtml

“生理假”会增加女性就业难度？ (Will “Menstrual Leave” make it harder for women to get jobs?)
Procuratorate Daily, August 24, 2016
http://newspaper.jcrb.com/2016/20160824/20160824_006/20160824_006_2.htm

Focus Topic: Extreme Poverty and Human Rights (专题：赤贫和人权)

End-of-mission statement on China, by Professor Philip Alston, United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
联合国赤贫和人权问题特别报告员菲利普•奥尔斯顿结束对中国访问的声明
UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, August 23, 2016
EN: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=20402&LangID=E
CH: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=20402&LangID=C

Related:
China: “Poverty alleviation needs to be accompanied by accountability” – UN expert on extreme poverty and human rights
中国：“减缓贫穷需伴随问责”——联合国赤贫和人权问题专家
UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, August 23, 2016
EN: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=20404&LangID=E
CH: http://www.ohchr.org/CH/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=20404&LangID=C

China’s Crackdown on Dissent Could Lead to Unrest, U.N. Adviser Says
The New York Times, August 23, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/24/world/asia/china-un-human-rights-philip-alston.html?_r=0

U.N. rights envoy says Chinese authorities interfered with his work
Reuters, August 23, 2016
http://in.reuters.com/article/china-un-rights-idINKCN10Y19K

UN official criticises China over ‘shrinking space’ for human rights
Financial Times, August 23, 2016
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ef42792c-691d-11e6-a0b1-d87a9fea034f.html

UN expert slams China on human rights
Agence France-Presse, August 23, 2016
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/un-expert-slams-china-on/3067556.html

UN Envoy: China Must Give Public Voice to Stamp Out Poverty
The Associated Press, August 23, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/08/23/world/asia/ap-as-china-human-rights.html?_r=0

联合国特别报告员考察中国人权状况 (UN Special Rapporteur inspects China’s human rights situation)
Deutsche Welle, August 23, 2016
http://www.dw.com/zh/联合国特别报告员考察中国人权状况/a-19496210

联合国盛赞中国造血式开发扶贫 (UN report praises China's empowerment-style poverty alleviation)
People's Daily, August 23, 2016
http://finance.sina.com.cn/stock/usstock/c/2016-08-23/doc-ifxvcsrm2282261.shtml

UN Expert: Chinese Government Needs “Genuine Accountability”
Human Rights in China, August 23, 2016
http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/hric-bulletin/un-expert-chinese-government-needs-genuine-accountability

Focus Topic: Extreme Poverty and Human Rights (专题：赤贫和人权)

End-of-mission statement on China, by Professor Philip Alston, United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, August 23, 2016
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=20402&LangID=E

China: “Poverty alleviation needs to be accompanied by accountability”–UN expert on extreme poverty and human rights
中国：“减缓贫穷需伴随着问责”——联合国赤贫和人权问题专家
UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, August 23, 2016
EN: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=20404&LangID=E#sthash.OUfqUeh0.dpuf
CH: http://www.ohchr.org/CH/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=20404&LangID=C

Related:
UN expert on extreme poverty and human rights to visit China
联合国赤贫和人权问题专家即将访问中国
UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, August 10, 2016
EN: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=20356&LangID=E#sthash.liTWhFZm.02ZoFW0f.dpuf
CH: http://www.ohchr.org/CH/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=20356&LangID=C

补贴“被领取”，村民不知情 (Their subsidies were being “withdrawn,” but the villagers had no idea)
Procuratorate Daily, August 22, 2016
http://newspaper.jcrb.com/2016/20160818/20160818_005/20160818_005_1.htm

云南鲁甸一副局长震后重建中受贿, 获刑1年3个月 (Deputy bureau chief in Yunnan's Ludian County who took bribes in post-earthquake reconstruction sentenced to one year and three months)
Xinhua, August 18, 2016
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2016-08/18/c_129239520.htm

扶贫开发难点较多, 亟需靠法律途径解决, 代表委员建议制定扶贫法 (Committee delegates propose poverty assistance law: Legal channels urgently needed to resolve numerous difficulties in expanding poverty alleviation)
Legal Daily, March 14, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160314/Articel06003GN.htm

Government Accountability (政府问责)

大陆城乡贫富悬殊香港成罪恶输出受害者 (Hong Kong a victim of crimes exported from China spawned by large urban-rural wealth gap)
Radio France Internationale, November 9, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20151109-大陆城乡贫富悬殊香港成罪恶输出受害者

中共在西藏反腐还包括反对信仰宗教 (Chinese government’s anti-corruption campaign in Tibet includes opposition to religious belief)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 9, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/11/151109_tibet_anti_graft_religion

青海省国家赔偿费用管理办法 (Management Measures on state compensation expenditures in Qinghai province)
Qinghai Daily, November 9, 2015
http://roll.sohu.com/20151109/n425733788.shtml

《开展领导干部自然资源资产离任审计试点方案》出台 (Pilot program to asses natural resources management by outgoing cadres launched)
Xinhua, November 9, 2015
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2015-11/09/c_1117083130.htm

Did Ma Ying-jeou stand up for Taiwan in closed-door summit with Xi Jinping? Full transcript of Ma's remarks has the answers
South China Morning Post, November 10, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1877213/did-ma-ying-jeou-stand-taiwan-closed-door-summit-xi

Related:
Historic Xi-Ma handshake wins mixed reviews amid Taiwan election
Radio Free Asia, November 9, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-taiwan-11082015152511.html

China's Xi calls for strengthening of reform and governance
Reuters, November 9, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/09/us-china-xi-reforms-idUSKCN0SY12Q20151109

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Hundreds march in China to protest pollution, gov’t indifference
Hong Kong Free Press, August 7,2 015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/08/07/hundreds-march-in-china-to-protest-pollution-govt-indifference/

Despite millions of recruits, criticism of China’s online civilization army mounts
Hontg Kong Free Press, August 6, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/08/06/despite-millions-of-recruits-criticism-of-chinas-online-civilization-army-mounts/

Related:
How China's online civilization army turned a youth street fight into a patriotic struggle
Global Witness, July 31, 2015
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2015/07/30/how-chinas-online-civilization-army-turned-a-youth-street-fight-into-a-patriotic-struggle/

浙江当局威胁升级 “不拆十字架就拆教堂” (Zhejiang authorities step up threats: “If we don’t tear down the cross, we’ll tear down the church”)
Radio Free Asia, August 6, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/yf2-08062015113409.html

Related:
Chinese Christians hold protest on church roof to protect cross
Reuters, August 6, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/06/us-china-rights-idUSKCN0QB18820150806

德媒：艾未未还不像一个获得了自由的人 (German media: Ai Weiwei still doesn't look like a freed man)
Radio Free Asia, August 6, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/gr-08062015102435.html

Related:
Ai Weiwei: “All I ask for is a normal life”
SZ International, August 6, 2015
http://international.sueddeutsche.de/post/126018336495/ai-weiwei-all-i-ask-for-is-a-normal-life

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

A day in the life of china's first cyber dissident
The Huffington Post, August 5, 2015
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/chinas-first-cyber-dissident_55acb432e4b065dfe89ea4a6

China has promised I can return, says Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei
South China Morning Post, August 5, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1846764/china-has-promised-i-can-return-says-chinese-dissident

Tears and hymns as crosses toppled in China's Christian heartland
South China Morning Post, August 5, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1846785/tears-and-hymns-crosses-topple

Poverty (贫穷)

中国官员说，中国贫困人口按照国际标准达两亿 (Chinese official admits China has 200 million in poverty by int’l standards)
Radio Free Asia, October 14, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/xql-10142014111521.html

Poverty (贫穷)

中国贫困人口超过8200万人 将继续向贫困宣战 (China continues to declare war on poverty as its poor population exceeds 82 million)
Eastday, October 14, 2014
http://news.eastday.com/c/20141014/u1a8390430.html

Poverty (贫穷)

Target: 10 million
New China, September 2014
http://www.newschinamag.com/magazine/target-10-million#id:1872#date:17:28

Poverty (贫穷)

New China cities: shoddy homes, broken hope
中国城镇化副作用：农民变贫民
New York Times, November 10, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20131110/c10chinaurban/dual/

Population (人口)

审计署：45县违规拨超生罚款16亿 3.2亿未上缴 （National audit office: 45 counties misappropriated RMB 1.6 billion of one-child penalty fees）
Beijing News, September 19, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0919/c1001-22969863.html

Related:
“超生罚款”是否还有存在的意义？(Is there any reason for one-child penalty fees to continue?)
Deutsche Welle, September 19, 2013
http://bit.ly/18COECK

China’s transformation frays traditional family ties, hurting many seniors
Washington Post, September 19, 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/chinas-transformation-frays-traditional-family-ties-hurting-many-seniors/2013/09/18/50765b42-1538-11e3-961c-f22d3aaf19ab_story.html

Poverty (贫穷)

贫困地区农民人均纯收入不及全国六成 (Average income of farmers in poor areas falls below 60% of national average)
The People’s Daily, September 13, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0913/c1001-22906251.html

Poverty ( 贫穷)

报告显示两年来中国扶贫对象减少6700万人 (Report shows number of poor down by 67 million in 2 years)
The People’s Daily, September 5, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/0905/08/980E302T00014JB6.html