Access to Information (信息公开)

Headline news: editor at liberal Chinese newspaper fired over front page double meaning
South China Morning Post, March 2, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1919661/headline-news-editor-liberal-chinese-newspaper-fired-over-front-page

Social media purge goes far beyond Ren Zhiqiang
China Digital Times, March 1, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/03/social-media-purge-goes-far-beyond-ren-zhiqiang/

It’s actually really hard to figure out what counts as a “banned book” in China
Buzzfeed, March 1, 2016
http://www.buzzfeed.com/beimengfu/banned-books-in-china#.ji7vj9mdY

政协委员呼吁停止安排疑犯上电视“认罪” (CPPCC committee member calls for a halt of televised “confessions” by suspects)
Radio France Internationale, March 2, 2016
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20160302-政协委员呼吁停止安排疑犯上电视“认罪”

Access to Information (信息公开)

China party to punish former tycoon for microblog posts
Reuters, March 1, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-cyber-idUSKCN0W33I3

Related:
批習「媒體姓黨」遭清算　任志強微博被封　學者：已到二次文革邊緣 (Ren Zhiqiang’s weibo blocked for criticizing Xi’s comment of “media for serving the party”, an academic describes this as the verge of a second Cultural Revolution)
Apple Daily, February 29, 2016
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/international/art/20160229/19509790

Access to Information (信息公开)

China state broadcaster takes over Oscars live stream
China Film Insider, February 29, 2016
http://chinafilminsider.com/china-state-broadcaster-takes-over-oscars-live-stream/

Cyberspace Administration of China orders websites to shut Ren Zhiqiang's accounts
Fei Chang Dao, February 28, 2016
http://blog.feichangdao.com/2016/02/cyberspace-administration-of-china.html

China closes 580 social media accounts for spreading “rumor”
The Hindu, February 27, 2016
http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/china-closes-580-social-media-accounts-for-spreading-rumour/article8289748.ece

Peering through the haze of China’s economic data
The New York Times, February 27, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/27/world/asia/china-economy-outlook.html

Five things China’s censors cut from a famous American scholar’s book
The Washington Post, February 26, 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/02/26/five-things-chinas-censors-cut-from-fukuyamas-book-on-governance/

国际记者联盟谴责中国判藏人作家珠洛有罪 (International Federation of Journalists denounces China for convicting Tibetan writer Druklo)
Voice of America, February 29, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/ifj-20160226/3209220.html

广电总局严管网络剧 中国网友批“锁国” (Chinese netizens criticizes the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television’s tight control on Internet dramas as “locking up the country”)
Radio France Internationale, February 29, 2016
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20160229-广电总局严管网络剧-中国网友批“锁国”

Access to Information (信息公开)

证监会回复：未获取关于熔断的4861条具体反馈意见和建议 (CSRC responds to OGI request: Never received 4,861 specific comments and suggestions concerning circuit breaker)
Economic Observer Online, February 25, 2016
http://www.eeo.com.cn/2016/0225/283413.shtml

贵州创新政府信息公开方式：让权力公开“不含糊” (Guizhou innovates OGI methods: Let openness of public authorities be “unambiguous”)
China National Radio, February 25, 2016
http://china.cnr.cn/ygxw/20160225/t20160225_521466970.shtml

China’s central bank defends halting publication of sensitive financial data as record amounts of capital flow out country
South China Morning Post, February26, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1917178/chinas-central-bank-defends-halting-publication-sensitive

Related:
As China’s economic picture turns uglier, Beijing applies airbrush
习近平强化经济数据审查，打压不利评论
The New York Times, February 26, 2016
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/26/business/international/china-data-slowing-economy.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/business/20160225/c25chinacrackdown/

网信办：中国去年关闭近五千网站 (Cyberspace Administration of China: China closed down around 5,000 websites last year)
Radio France Internationale, February 25, 2016
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20160225-网信办：中国去年关闭近五千网

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Portrait of a purge: Who is being investigated for corruption and why?
The Economist, February 13, 2016
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21692928-who-being-investigated-corruption-and-why-portrait-purge

Brother of disgraced Chinese presidential aide Ling Jihua is sharing golf secrets in U.S.—not state secrets: lawyer
South China Morning Post, February 12, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1912288/brother-disgraced-chinese-presidential-aide-ling-jihua

Steel imports from China investigated by European Commission
欧盟扩大调查中国钢铁“倾销”种类
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 12, 2016
EN: http://www.bbc.com/news/business-35559540
CH: http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/world/2016/02/160212_eu_china_steel_investigation

Government Accountability (政府问责)

共产党通过支付宝和腾讯 春节期间分发红包 (The Communist Party distributes “red envelopes” via Alipay and Tencent during Chinese New Year)
Radio France Internationale, February 5, 2016
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20160205-共产党通过支付宝和腾讯-春节期间分发红包

Corruption found across China’s financial industry
South China Morning Post, February 5, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1909672/corruption-found-across-chinas-financial-industry

Another prominent Chinese official has been sacked as Xi Jinping tightens his grip on power
Quartz, February 5, 2016
http://qz.com/610785/another-prominent-chinese-official-has-been-sacked-as-xi-jinping-tightens-his-grip-on-power/

Access to Information (信息公开)

Bureau of the week: Dicking around
China Digital Times, January 28, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/01/bureau-of-the-week-dicking-around/

Grossly deceptive plans: China’s obsession with GDP targets threatens its economy
The Economist, January 30, 2016
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21689628-chinas-obsession-gdp-targets-threatens-its-economy-grossly-deceptive-plans

A Chinese company buys Corbis. What happens to Tiananmen Square photos?
Christian Science Monitor, January 28, 2016
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2016/0128/A-Chinese-company-buys-Corbis.-What-happens-to-Tiananmen-Square-photos

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Glory days of Chinese steel leave behind abandoned mills and broken lives
The Guardian, January 22, 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/22/chinese-steel-production-abandoned-mills-broken-lives

Business and Economics (商业和经济)

Qualcomm to pay record $975m in China antitrust case
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 10, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-31335551

In China, heavy industry unexpectedly falls sharply
New York Times, February 9, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/10/business/international/in-chinaheavy-industry-unexpectedly-falls-sharply.html

Related:
Chinese inflation falls to 0.8%, fuelling fears of deflationary spiral
The Guardian, February 10, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/10/chinese-inflation-falls-to- 08-fuelling-fears-of-deflationary-spiral

Business and Economics (商业和人权)

全球经济自由度：香港第一 中国第139 (2015 Economic Freedom Index: Hong Kong claims first place, China 139th)
Voice of America, January 28, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/world-economic-20150127/2615909.html

Related:
2015 Index of Economic Freedom
Heritage Foundation, January 2015
http://www.heritage.org/index/

Business and Economics (商业和经济)

中国经济增速降至24年最低 (China’s economic growth hits 24-year low)
Voice of America, January 21, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-economy-20150120/2605670.html

Business and Economics (商业和经济)

Half of Chinese provinces deserve junk ratings, S&P warns
标普：中国近半地方政府应评“垃圾级”
Financial Times, November 20, 2014
EN:http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/255d73e6-7077-11e4-9129-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3JcX0B1wO
CH: http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001059245

Business and Economics (商业和经济)

发改委专家：中国廉价劳动成本时代已经过去 (National Development and Reform Commission expert: China's era of cheap labor costs is over)
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 12, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/09/140912_china_cheap_labour_gone.shtml

Corruption (腐败)

China graft crackdown helps drive money into Australia property
Reuters, August 14, 2014
uk.reuters.com/article/2014/08/14/uk-australia-china-realestate-idUKKBN0GE0V720140814

Technology (科技)

China carriers partnering with Google to bring faster Internet to Asia
The Wall Street Journal, August 13, 2014
blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/08/13/google-commits-to-faster-pacific-connection/

Business and Economics (商业和经济)

中国反垄专家张昕竹 帮外企说话遭解聘 (Chinese anti-trust expert: I was fired because I showed support for foreign firms)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 12, 2014
www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/08/140812_china_antitrust_zhangxinzhu.shtml

Corruption (腐败)

China jails British investigator Humphrey linked to GSK
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 8, 2014
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-28712420

Related:
China sentences GSK-linked investigators to prison
Reuters, August 8, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/08/us-china-gsk-trial-idUSKBN0G72GC20140808

How much wealth had Zhou Yongkang's family amassed before the former security tsar's fall?
South China Morning Post, August 8, 2014
www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1568634/keeping-it-family

State Secrets (国家秘密)

Foreign investigators say they didn’t know China law
Bloomberg Businessweek, August 8, 2014
www.businessweek.com/news/2014-08-07/briton-s-trial-reflects-dangers-of-probing-china-secrets

Consumer Product Safety (消费品安全)

McDonald’s says China meat scandal hurting sales
Associated Press, August 4, 2014
www.washingtonpost.com/business/mcdonalds-says-china-meat-scandal-hurting-sales/2014/08/04/fd409156-1c14-11e4-9b6c-12e30cbe86a3_story.html

Corruption (腐败)

上海法庭周五将开审英美籍夫妻侦探 (Shanghai court to try couples tied to GSK corruption probe)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 4, 2014
www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/08/140804_gsk_humphrey_trial.shtml

Elites tremble as Xi cleans house
中共反腐运动令精英阶层感到恐慌
The Wall Street Journal, August 4, 2014
EN: http://online.wsj.com/articles/elites-tremble-as-xi-cleans-house-1407222978
CH: http://cn.wsj.com/gb/20140805/and180407.asp