幼儿园业主将荷载5人轿车改成校车 挤入21名儿童 (Kindergarten Owner Overloads Five-Passenger Sedan with 21 Children in Daily Commute)
China News Service, June 14, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/0614/18/91BO7U1J00014JB6.html
Friday, June 14, 2013
Corruption
律师称刘志军374套房不实 系丁羽心等名下财产 (Defense Lawyer Says 374 Properties Do Not Belong to Rail Minister on Trial for Corruption)
The Beijing News, June 14, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0614/c1001-21835536.html
Culture
Body Politic: Gao Brothers Photographs Are Naked Criticism of Modern China
The Independent, June 14, 2013
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/body-politic-gao-brothers-photographs-are-naked-criticism-of-modern-china-8658015.html
Cyber Security
好一个伪君子——美"棱镜门"引中国网民痛批 (Xinhua: Chinese Netizens Call U.S. a “Hypocrite” in Wake of Snowden’s Revelation)
Xinhua News Agency, June 14, 2013
http://news.eastday.com/c/20130614/u1a7455015.html
Eric Holder Promises Edward Snowden Will Face Justice
Financial Times, June 14, 2013
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/3f3ac846-d4aa-11e2-8639-00144feab7de.html
中國日報:美監控手段不合理 (Official Chinese Media Outlets Criticize U.S. Surveillance Methods)
Ming Pao, June 14, 2013
http://news.mingpao.com/20130614/gad1.htm
Health
美国报告:中国移民体内重金属含量高 (U.S. Report: Chinese Immigrants Show High Levels of Heavy Metals)
Deutsche Welle, June 14, 2013
http://dw.de/p/18pOy
Hong Kong
Strange Haven: Freedom without Democracy Leads Hong Kong into All Sorts of Trouble
The Economist, June 15, 2013
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21579475-freedom-without-democracy-leads-hong-kong-all-sorts-trouble-strange-haven
港立法会议员致信奥巴马吁宽容斯诺登 (Two HK Legislators Urge Obama to Be Tolerant towards Snowden)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 14, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/06/130614_hk_snowden_obama.shtml
Human Rights Defenders
刘霞致信习近平:“别使我们变成中国噩梦?” (Liu Xiaobo’s Wife in Open Letter to Xi Jinping: “Don’t Let Our ‘Chinese Dream’ Become a Nightmare”)
Deutsche Welle, June 14, 2013
http://dw.de/p/18pBu
张林父女失联络引外界关注 (Zhang Lin and Daughter Not Heard from after Receiving Overseas Fund)
Radio Free Asia, June 14, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/fy-06132013100143.html
For more information on Zhang Lin and his daughter, see:
合肥声援张安妮就学活动遭清场
Police End Protest in Support of 10-Year-Old’s Right to Attend School
Human Rights in China, April 17, 2013
CH:http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/6637
EN:http://www.hrichina.org/content/6644
被构陷入狱维权村长许坤提前获释 政府加强控制村民不满升级 (Authorities Tighten Control on Villagers after Rights Defense Village Chief’s Prison Release)
Radio Free Asia, June 13, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl1-06132013100100.html
For more information on Xu Kun, see:
广西维权村长许坤获释
Guangxi Rights Defense Village Chief Released from Prison
Human Rights in China, June 12, 2013
CH:http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/6742
EN:http://www.hrichina.org/content/6741
International Relations (Security, Trade and Investment)
Over There: China Ponders Sending More Combat Troops on UN Peacekeeping Missions
The Economist, June 15, 2013
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21579495-china-ponders-sending-more-combat-troops-un-peacekeeping-missions-over-there
The Cheapest Thing Going is Gone
The Economist, June 15, 2013
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21579488-after-enduring-decade-criticism-its-weakness-chinas-currency-now-looks-uncomfortably
Political and Economic Reform
"Chinese Dream" Trumps the Constitution, Says Communist Party Paper
South China Morning Post, June 14, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1260791/chinese-dream-trumps-constitution-says-communist-party-paper
Society
山西5岁男童被火车撞死 铁路方索要出警救护费 (Authorities Deduct “Rescue Fee” from Compensation for Boy Crushed to Death by Train)
China News Service, June 14, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/0614/20/91BTF8PL00014JB6.html
北京高考生信息被售卖 2万人信息卖800元 (Personal Information of 20,000 Beijing Gaokao Students Sold to Telemarketers)
Beijing Youth Daily, June 14, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/s/2013-06-14/120127397007.shtml
Taiwan
习吴会 吴伯雄首度提“一个中国框架”回应大陆 (Honorary KMT Chairman Affirms “One China Framework” in Meeting with Xi)
Global Times, June 14, 2013
http://news.eastday.com/c/20130614/u1a7455168.html
Tibet
体制内学者建议中共重新思考西藏政策 (Professor at CPC School: Government Must Re-Think Tibet Policy)
Voice of America, June 14, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-tibet-part-1-20130614/1681687.html
Women
西安雁塔城管局辞退全部女监督员 称女性不适合 (Xi’an Dismisses all Female Urban Management Inspectors, Claims Women “Unsuitable for Job”)
Hua Shang Wang, June 14, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-06-14/012827391416.shtml
XUAR
Chinese Controls on Uyghur Students Ahead of Ramadan
外省回疆维族生电脑须被检查 斋月推出“十户联保”罚封斋
Radio Free Asia, June 13, 2013
EN:http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql2-06132013104647.html
CH:http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/students-06132013105142.html
Opinion
U.S. Retreat Is China's Opportunity
The Wall Street Journal, June 14, 2013
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323495604578539603440889298.html
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Corruption
公车改革被指多数夭折回潮 专家称缺更高层统筹 (Most Spending Cuts on Government Vehicles Fail)
Economic Information Daily, June 13, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-06-13/012627381549.shtml
高校为何成为工程腐败“重灾区”? (Rampant Corruption Found in University Construction and Renovation Projects)
Xinhua News Agency, June 13, 2013
http://news.eastday.com/c/20130613/u1a7452882.html
Culture
广州民国建筑深夜遭偷拆 专家建议加大惩戒力度 (Developers Destroy Historic Guangzhou Buildings, Experts Urge Criminal Sanctions to Protect Cultural Relics)
China News Service, June 13, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-06-13/211227390520.shtml
Cyber Security
Pressure Builds on U.S. over Hong Kong Civilian Hacking Allegations
The Guardian, June 13, 2013
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/13/hong-kong-demands-us-answer-hacking-allegations
Related:
美“监控门”揭秘者:美长期监控中国内地和香港目标 (Snowden Says U.S. Has Been Hacking Mainland and HK for Years)
China News Service, June 13, 2013
http://news.eastday.com/c/20130613/u1a7452868.htmlChina Silent on Snowden Case, but Hits out at "Double Standards"
The Hindu, June 13, 2013
http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/china-silent-on-snowden-case-but-hits-out-at-double-standards/article4810031.eceWhistle-Blower Edward Snowden Tells SCMP: "Let Hong Kong People Decide My Fate"
South China Morning Post, June 13, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1259422/edward-snowden-let-hong-kong-people-decide-my-fate外交部:中国是最主要的黑客攻击受害国之一 (China One of “Major Victims” of Hacking Attacks, Says Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, June 13, 2013
http://news.eastday.com/c/20130613/u1a7453431.html
Ethnic Groups
Inner Mongolian Historian on Hunger Strike in Ulan Bator Jail
Radio Free Asia, June 12, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/mongolia-06122013170523.html
Hong Kong
梁振英:民主诉求有可能导致京港对抗 (HK Chief Exec Says Democratic Demand May Cause Confrontation with Beijing, NPC Official: PRC Will Not Accept a Contentious HK Chief)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 13, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/06/130613_leung_china_hk.shtml