China Daily, May 13, 2013
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Corruption
China's Illegal 'Black Jails': How A Government Incentive Created More Corruption
International Business Times, May 13, 2013
刘铁男涉嫌严重违纪 被免去领导职务 (Senior Planning Official Sacked for “Disciplinary Violations”)
Southern Weekly, May 14, 2013
Related:
China Social Media Hailed after Official
Toppled
Agence France-Presse, May 14, 2013
简讯：重庆公安局原副局长唐建华被双开
(Former Chongqing Police Official Sacked, Expelled from CPC for Taking Bribes)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 13, 2013
Disaster
Five Years After A Quake, Chinese Cite Shoddy
Reconstruction
National Public Radio, May 13, 2013
Environment
北京九成受访者认为PM2.5主要来自汽车尾气
(Survey: 90% of Beijingers Think Automobile Exhaust is Major Cause of Pollution)
Caijing, May 14, 2013
Health
中国已有35人死于H7N9禽流感
(Bird Flu Fatalities Reach 35, 130 Infected)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 14, 2013
www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/05/130514_china_bird_flu.shtml
Human Rights Defenders
Lawyers Held, Beaten After Sichuan 'Black Jail' Visit
Radio Free Asia,
May 13, 2013
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围观“黑监狱” 多名律师遭殴打关押
Lawyers Beaten During Attempt to
Visit Black Jail
Human Rights in China, May 13, 2013
Daughter of a Detained Chinese Rights Activist Speaks
The New York Times,
May 13, 2013
Information Control
中国整治网站编发虚假新闻、恶意篡改标题行为 (China to Tighten Regulation on Internet News and Combat “Fake Information”)
Caijing, May 14, 2013
China Launches New Crackdown on Internet Celebrities
The Telegraph, May 13, 2013
International Relations
In Cambodia, China Fuels Deadly Illegal Logging Trade
Time, May 14, 2013
Beijing's Blue Berets: UN Peacekeeping and the Evolution
of Chinese Diplomacy
The Atlantic, May 13, 2013
Labor
四川泸县矿难28人遇难全省煤矿停产整顿
(All Sichuan Coal Mines Shut Down after Fatal Explosion)
Xinhua News Agency, May 13, 2013
Land, Housing and Property
村民豪华别墅被强拆告赢政府获赔238万
(Kunming Villager Wins Forced Demolition Case Against Government)
Kunming Daily, May 14, 2013
Protests and Petitions
非法拘禁上访者主犯获刑2年
(Appeal
Court Upholds Convictions in Case of Illegal Detention of Petitioners)
The Beijing News, May 14, 2013
'I Am Scared': Chinese Creator of White House Petition Seeks
Help after Police Visit
South China Morning Post, May 14, 2013
Cover-Up Suspicions As Authenticity Of Footage Of
Mysterious Chinese Woman's Suicide Questioned
International Business Times, May
13, 2013
Opinion
曹林：不能把正常批评与合理怀疑归为假新闻 (Combating “Fake News” Cannot Justify Silencing of Legitimate Criticisms)
China Youth Daily,
May 14, 2013
Reform Can End Loose Talk of a Chinese Revolution
Financial Times,
May 13, 2014
Public Opinion Empowers Weibo's Effect
Global Times, May
13, 2013
Monday, May 13, 2013
Animal Welfare and Rights
Bear Attack on Monkey Sparks Calls for Laws
China Daily, May 13, 2013
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-05/10/content_16489258.htm
Children
学校私自放假四学童溺亡 校方卸责官员并逼迫家属埋尸 (Authorities Deny Responsibility for Students Drowned during Unscheduled Break, Threaten Families)
Radio Free Asia, May 10, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/kejiaowen/xx-05102013141856.html
Corruption
After a Journalist’s Prodding, China Investigates a Top Official
The New York Times, May 12, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/13/world/asia/china-eyes-liu-tienan-an-official-challenged-by-a-journalist.html
中国审计报告揭央企财务问题处理70名官员 (70 SOE Officials Disciplined for Mishandling Finances)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 11, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/05/130511_china_audit_report.shtml
Disasters
四川地震遇难学生母亲被禁祭奠儿子 (Mother Banned from Mourning Son Killed in 2008 Earthquake)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 12, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/05/130512_sichuan_ban.shtml
Related:
The Children Airbrushed from The Story of China's Devastating Quake
Telegraph India, May 11, 2013
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10051077/The-children-airbrushed-from-the-story-of-Chinas-devastating-quake.html网民促追究汶川地震豆腐渣工程责任 (Netizens Demand Accountability for Building Collapses in 2008 Earthquake)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 13, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/05/130512_china_earthquake_weibo.shtml
Environment
山东14家企业地下排污 共计被罚款35万元 (Environmental Ministry Finds 558 Violations Within 40 Days, Fines Companies)
Shandong Business Daily, May 11, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/0511/04/8UIM3JDR0001124J.html
Freedom of Expression and Privacy
京滬大學遭令「七不講」 禁談新聞自由普世價值 教授：課堂無話可說 (Beijing and Shanghai Universities Told Not to Discuss Rights and Freedoms)
Ming Pao, May 13, 2013
http://bit.ly/YQRo1g
Related:
网民对“七不讲”存疑并忧虑“文革再来” (Gag Order on Universities Causes Uproar Online)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 11, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/05/130511_china_weibo_orders.shtmlSeven Subjects Off Limits for Teaching, Chinese Universities Told
South China Morning Post, May 13, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1234453/dont-teach-freedom-press-or-communist-party-mistakes-chinese-academics
International Human Rights
Boehner, Pelosi Urge US to Protect Blind Chinese Activist Chen Guangcheng's Family
Christian News Wire, May 12, 2013
http://www.christianpost.com/news/boehner-pelosi-urge-us-to-protect-blind-chinese-activist-chen-guangchengs-family-95713/
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