China Internet 'Experiment' Called 'Censorship at its Worst' as Tiananmen Anniversary Nears
South China Morning Post, June 01, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1251450/china-internet-experiment-called-censorship-its-worst-tiananmen
Monday, June 03, 2013
Censorship and Surveillance
Children
山东已有留守儿童超60万人 14岁以下占86.5% (86.5% of Shandong’s 600,000 “Left-Behind” Children are Under 14)
China National Radio, June 01, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-06-01/100027284075.shtml
探访临终关怀婴儿房:部分医院称可对患儿安乐死 (Some Hospitals Euthanize Children Facing Terminal Illness at Parents’ Request)
Outlook, June 03, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/sd/2013-06-01/153127285546.shtml
专家称我国儿童专供药物品种不足2% 存安全隐患 (Pediatric Medicine Accounts for Less Than 2% of Total)
Beijing Business Today, June 02, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-06-02/054127288092.shtml
Consumer Safety
Chinese Smithfield Takeover Comes with Added Warnings for U.S. Food Safety
The Guardian, May 31, 2013
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/may/31/chinese-takeover-smithfield-shuanghui-food-supply
Education
90 pct Chinese Parents Support Sex Education
Xinhua News Agency, June 03, 2013
http://english.sina.com/china/2013/0602/595830.html
Health
人大代表钟南山:初步认为雾霾会导致肺癌 (Respiratory Disease Expert Warns Smog Can Cause Lung Cancer)
Qilu Evening News, June 03, 2013
http://news.eastday.com/c/20130603/u1a7434230.html
Human Rights Defenders
Chen Guangcheng Courted by U.S. Institutions with Opposing Views
Financial Times, June 02, 2013
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/1748ef26-c9e6-11e2-8f55-00144feab7de.html#axzz2VA9bW3aq
Intellectual Property Rights
国内多地出现造型各异“大黄鸭” 被指山寨 (Unlicensed Imitations of HK “Yellow Duck” Installation Proliferate in Chinese Cities)
China News Service, June 02, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/0602/06/90BJ1LV700014J34.html
International Relations (Human Rights, Security, Trade and Investment)
China Is Reaping Biggest Benefits of Iraq Oil Boom
The New York Times, June 03, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/03/world/middleeast/china-reaps-biggest-benefits-of-iraq-oil-boom.html
June Fourth
Tiananmen Mothers Activist Ding Zilin Calls for Understanding from Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, June 03, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1250947/tiananmen-mothers-activist-ding-zilin-calls-understanding-hong-kong
China Should 'Repudiate June 4', Says Party Official Jailed over Tiananmen
South China Morning Post, June 03, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1252312/bao-tong-party-official-jailed-over-tiananmen-movement-urges-china
Chinese Activists Call on People to Wear Black
South China Morning Post, June 03, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1252644/chinese-activists-call-people-wear-black
美国政府促中国停止迫害六四参与者 (U.S. Urges China to Stop Persecuting June Fourth Participants)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 01, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/06/130601_us_china_64.shtml
Related:
Message on the Twenty-Fourth Anniversary of Tiananmen Square
US State Department, May 31, 2013
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2013/05/210165.htm
U.S. Call for Full Tiananmen Massacre Disclosure Angers China
中国指责美国借六四事件干涉中国内政
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 01, 2013
EN: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-22744242
CH: http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/06/130601_china_us_64.shtml
每年絕食 六四當事人:有些事還沒完 (1989 Protest Participant Says June Fourth is Not Yet Resolved)
Ming Pao, June 03, 2013
http://news.mingpao.com/20130602/gab2.htm
六四前夕打压不断升级 香港学联开展绝食活动 (Crackdowns Escalate in Mainland on Eve of June Fourth, HK Students Stage Hunger Strike in Commemoration)
Radio Free Asia, June 02, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/sy-06022013130103.html
华盛顿举办六四24周年烛光纪念会 (Chinese Organization Holds June Fourth Candlelight Vigil in D.C.)
Radio Free Asia, June 02, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/tl-06022013161535.html
Labor
Dehui Poultry Plant Fire: Locked Exits 'Blocked Escape'
吉林火灾逾百人死 相关责任人被控制
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 03, 2013
EN: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-22749938
CH: http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/06/130603_jilin_fire_latest.shtml
东莞14岁童工猝死,中国童工现象杜绝不了? (Guangdong Worker Found to be Only 14 after Sudden Death)
Radio Free Asia, June 03, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/aw-05312013143515.html
Society
我国流失顶尖人才数量居世界首位 (China’s “Brain Drain” is World’s Worst)
Xinhua News Agency, June 03, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-06-03/160227299636.shtml
Women
武汉拟对未婚妈妈罚款引争议 (Wuhan’s Plan to Fine Unmarried Mothers Prompts Controversy)
Xiaoxiang Morning Herald, June 02, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-06-02/054227288094.shtml
Opinion
China’s Economic Empire
The New York Times, June 01, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/02/opinion/sunday/chinas-economic-empire.html
Friday, May 31, 2013
Censorship and Surveillance,
记者昆明体验实名制:复印店不敢印炼油相关内容 (Kunming Copy Services Self-Censor in Crackdown on Oil Refinery Protest)
TIME WEEKLY, May 31, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-05-31/120327276625.shtml
Corruption
医生因举报被“待岗”久坐医院走廊1年 (Head Radiologist is Laid off after Reporting Medical Corruption)
Net Ease, May 31, 2013
http://focus.news.163.com/13/0531/10/906RN69900011SM9.html
Culture
杨继绳《墓碑》一书获海耶克奖 (Yang Jisheng Receives Hayek Prize for “Tombstone: The Great Chinese Famine, 1958-62”)
Radio Free Asia, May 31, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/kejiaowen/ml2-05302013145715.html
Related:
The Killing Fields of China - A Review Essay by Roger Garside
盖思德的书评:中国屠杀场
China Rights Forum, December 2012
EN:http://www.hrichina.org/crf/article/6377
CN:http://www.hrichina.org/cn/crf/article/6381Yang Jisheng:Introduction to Tombstone: A Record of the Great Chinese Famine of the 1960s
杨继绳: 永久的墓碑(代前言)《墓碑——中国六十年代大饥荒纪实》
China Rights Forum, No.4, 2009
EN:http://www.hrichina.org/crf/article/3188
CH:http://www.hrichina.org/cn/crf/article/3492
Cyber Security
日本20余家网站名被改为“钓鱼岛是中国的” (Hacker Renames over 20 Japanese Websites as “Diaoyu Belongs to China”)
Global Times, May 31, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/w/2013-05-31/130127277000.shtml
Environment
China: The Electronic Wastebasket of the World
CNN, May 30, 2013
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/05/30/world/asia/china-electronic-waste-e-waste/index.html
报告称内陆核电建设不会影响环境和公众健康 (China Nuclear Energy Association Claims Power Plants Not Hazardous)
Xinhua News Agency, May 31, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/0531/19/907ONTKI00014JB5.html
Health
摆脱对死刑犯器官移植的依赖 (China Launches New Distribution System to Eliminate Dependence on Death Row Organs)
Deutsche Presse Agentur, May 30, 2013
http://dw.de/p/18hSc
Human Rights Defenders
广西警方:叶海燕故意伤害他人被拘留 (Guangxi Police Criminally Detain Ye Haiyan on Charge of “Intentional Harm to Others”)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 31, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/05/130531_china_yehaiyan_arrested.shtml
Related:
叶海燕被拘与“校长开房找我”照片无关 (Rights Defender for Sexually Assaulted Students in Criminal Detention for Intentional Injury)
People's Daily, May 31, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-05-31/182927279318.shtml
Ai Weiwei Shocks in Venice with Scenes of Prison Life
Agence France-Presse, May 30, 2013
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j2OaNKszJNv-CyZIEt8u3OVEntMQ