“空气治理需要民间团体监督” (Expert: Air Quality Control Requires Monitoring from Civil Society)
The Beijing News, February 20, 2013
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2013/02/20/249047.html
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Environment
Human Rights Defenders
Human Rights Lawyer Banned from Mainland Microblogging Sites
South China Morning Post, February 20, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1154225/human-rights-lawyer-banned-mainland-microblogging-sites
Related:
Lawyer Targets Ex-Security Chief
Radio Free Asia, February 7, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/scholar-02072013154334.html
Internet
揭秘中国网络战部队
Chinese Army Unit Is Seen as Tied to Hacking against U.S.
The New York Times, February 19, 2013
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/article/china/2013/02/19/c19hack/
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/19/technology/chinas-army-is-seen-as-tied-to-hacking-against-us.html
Related:
APT1: Exposing One of China's Cyber Espionage Units
Mandiant Intelligence Center, 2013
http://intelreport.mandiant.com/BBC Reporter Detained Investigating China Hacking
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 19, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-21505803中方否认美企有关解放军参与黑客攻击报告 (China Deny Army Involvement in Hack Attacks on American Corps)
Global Times, February 20, 2013
http://world.huanqiu.com/exclusive/2013-02/3656778.html
删帖生意，一条灰色产业链 (The Grey Industry of Posts Deletion)
Caixin, February 18, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/article/china/2013/02/18/cc18caixin/
Related:
A Shocking Expose of China’s Black PR Industry Implicates Government Officials, Is Quickly Deleted from the Web
Tech in Asia, February 19, 2013
http://www.techinasia.com/caixin-posts-shocking-expose-chinas-black-pr-industry-story-quickly-deleted-web/
Labor
工人讨薪 相关部门：请示领导后决定不作回复 (Sichuan: Workers Demand Back Pay, Authorities Decide to Not Give Any Response after Questioning Leadership)
Southern Metropolis Daily, February 20, 2013
http://ndnews.oeeee.com/html/201302/20/24266.html
Law
广东法院出版网络舆情白皮书 五类事件易成热点 (Guangdong High Court Issues White Paper on Online Public Opinion)
Yangcheng Evening News, February 20, 2013
http://www.xwcbj.gd.gov.cn/news/html/snlx/zh/article/1361281998942.html
Related:
White Paper Aims for Better Judicial Transparency
China Daily, February 20, 2013
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-02/20/content_16238412.htm
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Food Security
我国每年粮食损失浪费量相当于2亿亩耕地产量 (China's Annual Food Waste Equivalent to Produce of 13.3mil Hectares of Arable Land)
China National Radio, February 19, 2013
http://china.cnr.cn/ygxw/201302/t20130219_511985122.shtml
Hong Kong
Asylum Seeker Screening Overhaul Urged
Radio Television Hong Kong, February 18, 2013
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20130218/news_20130218_56_902967.htm
Human Rights Defenders
维权人士街头抗议当局刁难异见人士家属 (Sichuan: Rights Defenders Hold Street Protest against Authorities Making Things Difficult for Dissidents' Relatives)
Radio Free Asia, February 18, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/sy1-02182013091609.html
Internet
Former Google China Chief Banned from Microblogging Sites
South China Morning Post, February 19, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1153446/former-google-china-chief-banned-microblogging-sites
Related:
My Adventures in China Social Media
Kai Fu Lee, February 19, 2013
http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20130219024955-416648-making-a-difference-in-china-social-mediaYou’ve Been Jiked!
China Media Project, February 18, 2013
http://cmp.hku.hk/2013/02/18/31356/
Law
內地禁用姓名查房產 疑保護貪腐 防官員下馬 (Mainland Ban on Searching Property Ownership via a Name Called into Question as Method of Protecting Corruption)
Apple Daily, February 19, 2013
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/international/art/20130219/18169676
Related:
Tighter Property Inquiry Rules Slammed
Global Times, February 19, 2013
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/762435.shtml
Social Stability
报告解读：建立健全重大决策社会稳定风险评估制 (Deciphering the 18th Party Congress Report: Build a Strong and Robust Decision-making Social Stability Risk Assessment Mechanism)
Xinhua News Agency, February 18, 2013
http://www.gov.cn/jrzg/2013-02/18/content_2333627.htm
Society
'Enemy of the People' Historian Song Yongyi Gives as Good as He Gets
South China Morning Post, February 19, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1153447/enemy-people-historian-song-yongyi-gives-good-he-gets
For an interview with Song Yongyi, see:
Hostage to History
China Rights Forum, 2000, Summer/Fall
http://www.hrichina.org/crf/article/4735
Monday, February 18, 2013
Environment
北京灰霾驗出大量毒素 (Large Amount of Toxins Found in Beijing Smog)
Sing Tao Daily, February 18, 2013
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20130218/-9-2897684/1.html
Related:
Beijing Smog Contains Toxic Organic Compounds: Research
Global Times, February 17, 2013
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/761942.shtml
Gender
A Beginning for China’s Battered Women
China File, February 11, 2013
http://www.chinafile.com/beginning-china-battered-women
Activists Lament Workplace Discrimination against Women in China
South China Morning Post, February 18, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1152662/activists-lament-workplace-discrimination-against-women
Hong Kong
Law Expert Plans a Blockade for Vote
South China Morning Post, February 16, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1151206/law-expert-plans-blockade-vote
Related:
公民抗命的最大殺傷力武器 (The Most Lethal Weapon of Civil Disobedience)
Hong Kong Economic Journal, January 16, 2013
http://hkreporter.loved.hk/talks/thread-1776343-1-1.html
Labor
中国承诺7年内落实带薪休假 (China Promises Paid Leave within the Next Seven Years)
British Broadcasting Corporation, February, 18, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/02/130218_china_paidleaves.shtml
Related:
国民旅游休闲纲要（2013—2020年） (Outline on National Tourism and Recreation [2013-2020])
General Office of the State Council, February 2, 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2013-02/18/c_124357463.htm
Media
保护记者委员会：中国记者处境糟糕 (CPJ Report: Situation is Terrible for Chinese Journalists)
Radio Free Asia, February 15, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/xql-02152013162123.html
Related:
Attacks on the Press in 2012: China
https://www.cpj.org/2013/02/attacks-on-the-press-in-2012-china.php
Society
社會信任度新低 七成不信陌生人 (CASS Report: Low Level of Social Trust, with 70% Saying They Do Not Trust Strangers)
Ming Pao, February 18, 2013
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20130218/-9-2897599/1.html
Related:
Chinese Distrust Strangers, Lack Shared Values
People's Daily, February 18, 2013
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90882/8132101.html
Tibet
甘肃夏河县又发生藏人自焚抗议事件 四川理塘一藏人被捕 (Self-immolation in Gansu and Detention in Sichuan)
Radio Free Asia, February 17, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-02172013144034.html
Friday, February 15, 2013
Environment
The Forgotten Legacy of the Banqiao Dam Collapse
The Economic Observer, February 8, 2013
http://www.eeo.com.cn/ens/2013/0208/240078.shtml
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