Internet (互联网)

K-Pop, Cat GIFs, and Constitutionalism
Tea Leaf Nation, February 11, 2014
http://www.tealeafnation.com/2014/02/k-pop-cat-gifs-and-constitutionalism/

Information Control (信息控制)

梦鸽将向警方申请 查“秦火火谣言幕后真凶” (Authorities asked to investigate "real murder behind Qin Huohuo’s rumors")
Beijing News, August 21, 2013
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2013/08/21/279611.html

Related Twitter post
艾未未 Ai Weiwei@aiww, August 21, 2013
秦火火的言论无论如何离谱，也仅仅是属于个人传递的言论信息，并不比李白的文字夸张。人民日报，央视，新华社，环球，政权宣传系统的存在使命既(即)为蓄意伪造事实，扭曲真相，给人民洗脑。(However outrageous Qin Huohuo’s remarks are, they are just the expression and information transmitted by an individual. They are no more exaggerated than [poet] Li Bai’s words. The raison d’etre of the regime’s propaganda machine—People’s Daily, CCTV, Xinhua, Global Times—is the deliberate falsification of facts, distortion of truth, and brainwashing of the people.)
https://twitter.com/aiww/status/370113206305308672

山西百人因网络违法被查处 多人因网上造谣被拘 (Hundreds investigated for "violations" online, many criminally detained for spreading rumors)
China News Service, August 21, 2013
http://news.eastday.com/c/20130821/u1a7609020.html

王建琦：网上“寻衅滋事”罪是突破 (Crime of "picking quarrels and provoking trouble" online is a breakthrough)
Legal Evening News, August 21, 2013
http://www.fawan.com.cn/html/2013-08/21/content_450850.htm

Beijing police detain online "rumour-mongers" in veiled warning to liberal opinion leaders
South China Morning Post, August 20, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china-insider/article/1298276/beijing-police-detain-online-commentators-crackdown-rumours/

Children (儿童)

13岁少女自曝被逼卖淫4年续：3嫌犯移交检察院 (13-year-old girl reveals experience of being forced into prostitution on Weibo)
Hangzhou Daily, August 13, 2013
http://news.eastday.com/c/20130813/u1a7588248.html

See Weibo post:
MissingApril6, July 31, 2013
12岁的孩子被强奸4年，得救后没人作证，有良心的转下去！ “我叫瞿彬鑫，出生于1996年2月29日，浙江省丽水市景宁县九龙乡人…”
http://weibo.com/1696129157/A2wLe93nO

暑期溺亡性侵事件频发凸显农村儿童留守危机 (Frequent incidents of sexual assault and drowning over summer holiday highlight crisis of "left-behind" rural children)
Xinhua, August 13, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-08-13/174927938920.shtml

广西13岁少女遭强奸曾被警方戴上手铐 称防其打人 (13-year-old Guangxi girl sent to mental hospital by police after being raped five times)
Beijing Times, August 12, 2013
http://www.chinanews.com/fz/2013/08-12/5148686.shtml

Media (媒体)

Chinese state media: online critics "incite political unrest"
Tea Leaf Nation, August 8, 2013
http://www.chinafile.com/chinese-state-media-online-critics-incite-political-unrest

Related Weibo post:
謙女時評, August 1, 2013
[【 新华社:中国若动荡，只会比苏联更惨】请看俄罗斯现在"惨状":1,全民免费医疗;2,实行学龄前,基础和中等职业免费教育，并提供免费午餐;3,女55岁，男60岁，就可领养老金，不论是否为国家工作过;4,水,电,暖气由国家承担;5,人均收入达12700美元(中国人均收入约1000美元);6,还有更惨的，俄罗斯人有选票。]
([Xinhua News Agency: China Would End up Worse than Former USSR in Case of Political Turmoil] Let’s take a look at how “bad” the situation is in Russia. 1. Universal health coverage. 2. Free pre-school, elementary, and secondary vocational school education with free lunch provided; 3. Pension available to all female citizens aged 55 and above and male, 60 and above, regardless of previous employment. 4. Water, electricity, and heat covered by the State. 5. GDP per capita of $12,700 (China’s being $1,000). 6. You know what’s even worse? They can vote.)
http://weibo.com/2312330067/A2LDwgn9A?mod=weibotime

Updated (更新）

U.S.-China (美中关系)

中美举行第18次人权对话 中方望美方停止纠缠个案 (China wants U.S. to stop interfering in individual cases during the 18th China-U.S. Human Rights Dialogue)
Xinhua, August 3, 2013
http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2013/08-03/5118686.shtml

Related:
Press Conference Following U.S.-China Human Rights Dialogue
民主、人权和劳工事务局代理助理国务卿乌兹拉•泽雅美国大使馆新闻发布会
U.S. Department of State, August 2, 2013
EN: http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/rm/2013/212667.htm
CH: http://chinese.usembassy-china.org.cn/remarks-of-acting-assistant-secretary-of-state-uzra-zeya-at-press-conference-on-us-china-human-rights-dialogue.html

Related Weibo commentary:
南方人物周刊 (Southern People Weekly, August 6, 2013 中国的人权状况处于历史最好时期，人民生活水平不断提高，公民享受的各项权利达到前所未有的水平。——中国－美国第18次人权对话近日在昆明举行，中方这样强调（354期声音）(“China's human rights situation is in its best period historically. The people's living standards have constantly improved and the rights citizens enjoy are at unprecedented levels”: China emphasized recently at the 18th China – U.S. Human Rights Dialogue in Kunming.)
http://weibo.com/1653460650/A3Ba3uTdM

信达韦爵爷 (Xin Da Wei Jue Ye), August 7, 2013
中方强调：中国的人权状况处于历史最好时期，人民生活水平不断提高，公民享受的各项权利达到前所未有的水平（中美第18次人权对话近日在昆明举行）。【简评】：食品含毒；空气污染；土地重金属超标；蔬菜农药残留；楼歪歪、桥塌塌、地陷陷；马路排水口一次次吃人；妇产科医生成为了贩卖婴儿的人贩子…… (The Chinese side emphasized at the dialogue that China's human rights situation is in its best period in the history, people's living standards have constantly improved, and the rights citizens are enjoying are at the unprecedented levels. (The 18th China-U.S. Human Rights Dialogue held recently in Kunming). My Comments: Food is toxic; air is polluted; land contains heavy metals above standards; vegetables contain residual pesticides; buildings are unstable; bridges collapse; grounds sink; road drainage sucks people in again and again; obstetricians become baby traffickers ...)
http://weibo.com/1379915517/A3FbCBtth

沉舟听潮2 (Shen Zhou Ting Chao 2), August 7, 2013
这次所谓的人权对话，根本就没有“对”的意思。对美方指出中方的人权问题，中国一概不接招，只是反复声明中国人权历史最好，美国佬只能干瞪眼。他们不懂，人话是对人说的。中方这些人连人话都听不进去，还和他们讲什么人权？(During the so-called human rights dialogue, there was never really an “exchange.” China will not react to the human rights problems pointed out by the U. S., instead it just repeatedly states that China's human rights situation is the best in history, as a result, the Yankees can only look on in despair. They do not understand: dialogue should be done by human beings. Those on the Chinese side never listened to what the people said, why should we talk to them about human rights?)
http://weibo.com/u/2398596494

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)

中国网友、学者热议人民日报批评“宪政” (Chinese netizens and scholars debate People Daily's attack on “constitutional governance”)
Radio France International August 6, 2013
http://rfi.my/13VwQka

中国官媒再刊马钟成文章批“美国宪政” (Chinese official media again publishes Ma Zhongcheng’s article which attacks "American constitutionalism")
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 6, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/08/130806_peopledaily_chinaconstitution.shtml

Related:
马钟成：美国宪政的名不副实 (U.S. constitutionalism is not worthy of its name)
People's Daily, August 6, 2013
http://opinion.huanqiu.com/thought/2013-08/4211575.html

“反宪政”的荒唐逻辑 (The flawed logic of "anti-constitutionalism")
Financial Times, August 5, 2013
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001051805

Related Weibo post:
任志强, August 5, 2013
[【“反宪政”的荒唐逻辑】耶鲁大学教授陈志武：我们不能把中国过去一百年宪政改革的不成功经历作为一个完整样本来定论，这一百年只能算个观察点。我觉得我们做领导的，稍不注意就容易在方法论和逻辑上出错，说一些让老百姓听起来觉得有道理但实属谬论的东西] (Chen Zhiwu, Yale, FT article “The absurd logic of ‘anti-constitutionalism’”: We can’t view China’s past 100 years of failed constitutional reform as a definitive sample. Those 100 yrs can only be considered as a point of observation. I feel, as leaders, if we are not careful, we can easily err in methodology & logic, and say something that sounds reasonable to common people, when it’s in fact a fallacy.)
http://weibo.com/1182389073/A3ngoyDge

中国社科院发布《中国政治发展报告(2013)》认为：应探索司法政治属性与独立 行使司法权关系 (CASS: China should seek a balance between the political aspects of the judiciary and the need for judicial independence)
Southern Metropolis Daily, August 6, 2013
http://epaper.oeeee.com/A/html/2013-08/06/content_1909583.htm

中国改革出入境条例 外籍人士入境更难 (Will be more difficult for foreigners to get in and out of China after Entry-Exit Administrative Law is amended)
Deutsche Welle, August 6, 2013
http://bit.ly/15Fan14

Political and Economic Reform （政治经济改革）

分析：动荡与稳定 民主与独裁 (Analysis: turbulence and stability, democracy and dictatorship)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 1, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/08/130801_china_termoil.shtml

Related:
中国若动荡，只会比苏联更惨 (China Would End up Worse than Former USSR in Case of Political Turmoil)
Xinhua, August 1, 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2013-08/01/c_116766533.htm

新华社文章狂批公知，谎言被揭成笑话 (Xinhua’s article madly criticizes public intellectuals, but its lie has become a joke)
Deutsche Welle, August 1, 2013
http://bit.ly/14ld9ct

Related Weibo:
謙女時評, August 1, 2013
[【 新华社:中国若动荡，只会比苏联更惨】请看俄罗斯现在"惨状":1,全民免费医疗;2,实行学龄前,基础和中等职业免费教育，并提供免费午餐;3,女55岁，男60岁，就可领养老金，不论是否为国家工作过;4,水,电,暖气由国家承担;5,人均收入达12700美元(中国人均收入约1000美元);6,还有更惨的，俄罗斯人有选票。]
([Xinhua News Agency: China Would End up Worse than Former USSR in Case of Political Turmoil] Let’s take a look at how “bad” the situation is in Russia. 1. Universal health coverage. 2. Free pre-school, elementary, and secondary vocational school education with free lunch provided; 3. Pension available to all female citizens aged 55 and above and male, 60 and above, regardless of previous employment. 4. Water, electricity, and heat covered by the State. 5. GDP per capita of $12,700 (China’s being $1,000). 6. You know what’s even worse? They can vote.)
http://weibo.com/2312330067/A2LDwgn9A?mod=weibotime

Freedom of Expression and Privacy (言论自由、隐私)

特寫﹕高官斥不愛國掀熱議 (Deputy governor of Guizhou faces backlash after accusing gov't critics as "unpatriotic scumbags")
Ming Pao, July 30, 2013
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20130730/ca21644y.htm

Related:
Uproar after Guangxi official Chen Mingming calls critics "human scumbags"
South China Morning Post, July 30, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1292946/uproar-after-guangxi-official-chen-mingming-calls-critics-human-scumbags

Example of "backlash" to Chen Mingming's Weibo comment:
歪瓜裂枣假正经：为什么你们眼睛总是盯着别人的缺失，当甘肃地震了，看到了那些倒塌的土坯房，死了那么多群众，真他妈的作孽，三十年前人民住什么什么样的房子，喊着城市化建设这么多年，尼玛现在还住着！！汶川地震关于断裂带上房屋构建，灾害评估。你们长点心好不好！还尼玛天天扯淡爱不爱国，你对得起这片土地啊？！ (7月29日 16:48)

Free speech debate after China singer held for bomb threat
Agence France-Presse, July 30, 2013
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gQ_I37PiZZGGsgZymqlmIjM5hiUw?docId=CNG.241ae6670bf257d64850017e3a1a84e8.01

Corruption (腐败)

《新快报》记者刘虎实名举报工商总局副局长马正其渎职 (Guangdong reporter makes misconduct allegations against Chinese official on Weibo)
Zhengjuan Times, July 29, 2013
http://kuaixun.stcn.com/2013/0729/10636982.shtml

Related:
Senior Chinese official from industry regulator is latest to face allegations of wrongdoing
Associated Press, July 29, 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/senior-chinese-official-from-industry-regulator-is-latest-to-face-allegations-of-wrongdoing/2013/07/29/cb6404e2-f82f-11e2-a954-358d90d5d72d_story.html

How Chinese reporters have turned to Weibo to expose corruption
South China Morning Post, July 30, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1292945/chinese-reporters-try-weibo-expose-corruption-when-print-fails

Related Weibo:
记者刘虎, July 30, 2013
[#举报马正其# 就凭这样一个假文件，75万国有资产就蒸发无踪了。“公务员私营企业”重庆万州乳峰乳业的老板牟东安冯国琼夫妇和刘弘，实在好惬意！] ([#Report on Ma Zhengqi#] Relying on this false document, RMB 750,000 of state-owned assets evaporated without a trace. The couple, Mou Dongan and Feng Guoqiong, along with Liu Hong, the bosses of Chongqing Wanzhou Rufeng Dairy...are all really comfortable!)
http://weibo.com/2489302951/A2pCuEwlb

Land, Property, Housing

Land rights campaigners strike at second embassy
South China Morning Post, July 16, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1283503/chinese-embassy-canada-becomes-second-be-targeted-land-rights-campaigners

Related Weibo:
屈默, July 17, 2013
[【屈默：“拆”字为何挂在中国驻加拿大使馆门口？】继中国驻美国大使馆遭“拆” 字涂鸦后，中国驻加拿大使馆近日也被挂上写有“拆”字的白板。拆迁是当下中国各 级政府乐此不疲的大事。在各大城市街头，随处可见“拆”字。一个“拆”字，几乎就 是一部老百姓的血泪史。对此，政府需要反思，而不是愤怒。] (After the word "demolish" was spray-painted onto the front entrance of the Chinese Embassy in the U.S., a white board with the same character was affixed to the fence of the Chinese Embassy in Canada. Forced eviction is currently a favorite activity among Chinese authorities at all levels. We can see the word "demolish" everywhere on the streets, amounting to a people's history of tears and blood. The government needs to reflect on this situation rather than get angry.)
http://weibo.com/1227481183/A0pA9qqIO

Women

清华教授惊人言论被斥无良 (Tsinghua professor angers public by suggesting "raping bar girls is less harmful than raping innocent women")
Beijing Morning Post, July 17, 2013
http://www.morningpost.com.cn/szb/html/2013-07/17/content_235884.htm

Related Weibo:
黒幇, July 17, 2013
[昨日，身为清华大学高管的@易延友 发表言论力挺一一的律师：＂强奸陪酒女比 强奸良家妇女危害性要小＂，被网友喷成筛子后改口为：＂强奸良家妇女比强奸陪 酒女、陪舞女、三陪女、妓女危害性要大＂。最基本的人人平等你特么懂么？连清 华人都这素质，国家未来堪忧啊，不多说，围观傻逼！] (Yesterday, Tsinghua University professor Yi Yanyou made the following comments in support of the lawyer of [Li Tianyi]: "raping bar girls brings less harm than raping innocent women. After a wave of criticisms online, he made a different comment: "raping innocent women is more harmful than raping bar girls, disco girls, escorts, and prostitutes." Do you even understand the basic concept of equality? If Tsinghua-educated people are like this, the future of our country is in danger.)
http://weibo.com/1806348177/A0pSb0cT3

Death Penalty

曾成杰之女：想当面问问法官父亲是否有遗言 (Daughter of executed prisoner wants to question presiding judge directly, legal experts point to potential violations of law)
Caijing, July 15, 2013
http://politics.caijing.com.cn/2013-07-15/113041483.html

Related:
In China they execute Ponzi schemers in secret, and the rule of law is questionable
Quartz, July 15, 2013
http://qz.com/104043/in-china-they-execute-ponzi-schemers-in-secret-and-the-rule-of-law-is-questionable/

Related Weibo:
检察官杨斌 (Prosecutor Yang Bin), July 15, 2013
[公众哗然于曾成杰的被“秘密”执行死刑，如果人们知道，此乃死刑执行的常态， 甚至只是死刑执行中诸多人性与法律幽暗深处的小小一角，又该当何想呢？公权的 傲慢与狂妄，司法的冷酷与残暴，其实远远超出人们想象。清算总会到来，即使我 深怀敬畏，即使我日日忏悔，即使，我也是那该被诅咒与被审判的一员。] (The public is in uproar over the "secret" execution of Zeng Chengjie, but how will the public react if it is told that this is how execution is carried out normally in China and that this case is only a small corner in the vast darkness of human nature and the legal system? Official power is so arrogant and out of control, the judicial system is so cruel and cold that it is beyond our comprehension. The day of reckoning will come. Despite my fear and daily repentance, I am also one of those who should be cursed and judged.)
http://weibo.com/2184287602/A09YDC93h?mod=weibotime

Death Penalty

湖南一起死刑执行 未通知家属引争议 (China executes businessman without informing his family, court apologizes for misleading Weibo post claiming no right to family visit before execution)
Beijing News, July 14, 2013
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2013/07/14/273250.html

Chinese court executes man without telling family
Agence France-Presse,July 14, 2013
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gb39u4De2oIPAuUKX7n1YZDXc1PA?docId=CNG.019754b778134f8f84efbc7f5424d121.6f1

See announcement:
Changsha Intermediate People's Court, July 13, 20
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-07-13/203627660703.shtml

Related:
曾成杰被处死 女儿微博称不知情 (Court failed to inform family before execution, daughter of businessman claims)
West China City Daily, July 15, 2013
http://www.wccdaily.com.cn/shtml/hxdsb/20130715/124428.shtml

Related Weibo:
曾成杰之女, July 14, 2013
……我6月14还见了最高院刑二庭法官，他说一定会秉公执法，查清所有证据，不受湖南官员和周强的影响，让我相信法律。结果我7月13日看三湘都市报的报道才知道6月14日死刑核准书已经下达 (I met the judge from the criminal court of the Supreme Court on June 14, he said the court would go through the procedure impartially and according to law. ……In fact, after reading the newspaper on July 13, I discovered that the approval for the death penalty was actually issued on June 14.)
http://weibo.com/2815443080/A08awtjSv

Reeducation-Through-Labor

“唐慧案”二审作出终审判决 唐慧获得赔偿 (Mother wins case on appeal against labor camp committee, court orders compensation)
Xinhua News Agency, July 15, 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2013-07/15/c_116536940.htm

Related:
唐慧案行政赔偿判决书全文 (Full text of Administrative Compensation verdict)
湖南省高级人民法院，July 8，2013
http://domestic.kankanews.com/c/2013-07-15/0042150518.shtml

劳教妈妈二审胜诉但道歉要求未得满足 (Appeal court rules in favor of RTL victim, but stops short of ordering apology)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 15, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/07/130715_hunan_tanghui.shtml

Related Weibo:
我是西蒙周, July 15, 2013
[【迟到的法治胜利】唐慧案终审，这位母亲终于沉冤得雪。一路走来，万恶的劳 教制度仍旧阴魂不散，官方扯不下那个他自己看得很重、其实是皇帝新衣的所谓面 子。这是迟到的法治胜利，尽管步履维艰，官方仍不愿书面道歉，但时代在进步， 公民意识在觉醒，任何旧有体制已经无法阻挡，劳教制度必须彻底废除！] (The Tang Hui case has reached a final verdict and the mother has finally won redress. But the RTL system continues to haunt us and the government has yet to acknowledge its deep flaws. Today's verdict is justice delayed after a long and arduous process. The government refuses to issue a written apology, but as time progresses and civic awareness increases, any archaic institutions will inevitably be dismantled. The RTL system must be completely abolished.)
http://weibo.com/1561015262/A07285KLM

Political and Economic Reforms

习近平：使红色江山永远不变色 (Xi Jinping: we should never change the color of the red country)
CCTV, July 12, 2013
http://news.ifeng.com/mainland/special/qunzhongluxian/content-3/detail_2013_07/12/27455823_0.shtml

Related Weibo:
吴祚来, July 12, 2013
[红色江山，人民的江山，党的江山，权贵的江山，绿色江山，黄色江山，雾色江山，灰色江山。你喜欢哪种颜色江山？江山是谁的？](Red country, people’s country, Party’s country, elite’s country, green country, yellow country, smog country, and gray country. Which color of the country do you like? Whose country is it anyway?)
http://weibo.com/1093622153/zFGQ8Fu8F

世外桃源独行者-超人, July 12, 2013
[不谈法律，连最起码的人道都没有，这就是红色江山] (Even the most basic humanitarianism is lacking—not to mention law—this is what a red country is about)
http://weibo.com/3216864211/zFHgWf0lZ

International Relations

汪洋称中美不能走离婚路:邓文迪默多克代价太大 (Wang Yang: China and U.S. should not divorce like Wendi and Murdoch, which is too costly)
China News Service, July 11, 2013
http://www.china.com.cn/news/2013-07/11/content_29388254.htm

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莴苣小姐 Elaine, July 11, 2013
[汪洋说的中美是夫妻，看到网上翻出几年前《THE ODD COUPLE》做过的一期封面＂古怪夫妻＂：山姆大叔和毛主席躺在一起，床头都是武器，生理上（经济）互相依靠，但心理上（意识形态）却格格不入，是所谓同床异梦]
http://weibo.com/1569047505/zFxh6n3Yh

小爱打听, July 11, 2013
[……无非就是警告反华的，别闹事，闹事没有好果子吃。这倒好，引起一群喷子，中国要嫁给美国了，中国要当小老婆了，中国领导人去上门提亲了。你们闲的蛋疼？]
http://weibo.com/1425360565/zFx4ReBj5

U.S.-China talks cover cyber issues, currency, Chinese reform
Reuters, July 10, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/10/us-usa-china-dialogue-idUSBRE9690T520130710

Related:
中：美國以前罵我們共匪　網友：現在還是啊 (Wang Yang: U.S. labeled us "communist bandits" in the past; netizen: now they are too)
Apple Daily, July 11, 2013
http://www.appledaily.com.tw/realtimenews/article/new/20130711/223396/

Land, Property, Housing

中国驻美大使馆遭人涂鸦“拆”字 (“Chai” [demolish] sprayed on entrance to Chinese Embassy in D.C.)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 11, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/07/130711_china_embassy_us.shtml

Related Weibo:
立耳犬, July 11, 2013
[我强烈抗议:坚决不允许美国城管、警察、黑社会、拆迁办拆我国大使馆！！！ //@立耳犬:转发微博]
http://weibo.com/1280835882/zFtWsq0C7