Party issues rules to curb “naked” corruption
中共明文规定不得再提拔“裸官”
The New York Times, January 17, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20140117/c17promotion/dual/
中国富豪减少送礼支出 (Wealthy Chinese reduce spending on expensive gifts)
Financial Times, January 17, 2014
www.ftchinese.com/story/001054449
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Luxury in China loses luster as wealthy flee
Reuters, January 16, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/16/us-china-luxury-hurun-idUSBREA0F0H320140116
China's big polluters exceed emission limits - report
Reuters, January 16, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/16/us-china-environment-idUSBREA0F0K720140116
Eleven things to watch for in the trial of chinese activist Xu Zhiyong
The Epoch Times, January 16, 2014
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/453316-eleven-things-to-watch-for-in-the-trial-of-chinese-activist-xu-zhiyong/
Sakharov Prize: 25 years of promoting human rights, past Chinese winners weigh in
NTD TV, January 16, 2014
http://www.ntd.tv/en/China%20Forbidden%20News/20140116/84805-sakharov-prize-25-years-of-promoting-human-rights-past-chinese-winners-weigh-in.html
U.S. presses China prominent academic's detention
Agence France-Presse, January 16, 2014
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/140116/us-presses-china-prominent-academics-detention-0
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Outspoken Uighur scholar detained in Beijing
中央民族大学维族教授遭警方拘留
The New York Times, January 17, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20140117/c17tohti/dual/
EU envoy criticises “tightening” curbs on China human rights
Captial News, January 17, 2014
http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2014/01/eu-envoy-criticises-tightening-curbs-on-china-human-rights/
Chinese troops bolster UN peacekeeping mission in Mali
Agence France-Presse, January 16, 2014
bit.ly/1eFNQSj
留美副教授超生被开除 计生办建议再处理其妻 (Professor sacked for violating one-child policy)
Southern Metropolis, January 17, 2014
news.sina.com.cn/s/2014-01-17/040029266395.shtml
中国互联网新数字 5亿多人用手机上网 (New stats show over 500 million Chinese users go online using mobile phones)
Voice of America, January 16, 2014
www.voachinese.com/content/chinese-cell-phone-user-20140116/1831731.html
In China, A new space for new questions
Tea Leaf Nation, January 16, 2014
http://www.tealeafnation.com/2014/01/let-a-hundred-questions-bloom-how-political-speech-thrives-on-chinas-quora/
中国微博用户规模下降2783万人 (Weibo loses 27.83 million users)
Radio Free Asia, January 16, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/nu-01162014112625.html
China web users surge to 618 million: government
Agence France-Presse, January 16, 2014
bit.ly/19xTQip
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第33次中国互联网络发展状况统计报告 (33rd Statistical Report on Internet Development in China)
China Internet Network Information Center, January 16, 2014
www.cnnic.cn/hlwfzyj/hlwxzbg/hlwtjbg/201401/t20140116_43820.htm
Xinjiang steps up fight against religious extremists in China
The Guardian, January 17, 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/17/xinjiang-religious-extremists-china-terrorism
Blame it on the booze
Tea Leaf Nation, January 10, 2014
http://www.tealeafnation.com/2014/01/blame-it-on-the-booze/
有铁面问责，才有进取动力 —— 三论如何看待“为官不易” (Robust accountability system crucial to achieving progress in good governance)
People's Daily, January 17, 2014
paper.people.com.cn/rmrb/html/2014-01/17/nw.D110000renmrb_20140117_1-05.htm
China’s unprecedented political reforms
Council on Foreign Relations, January 16, 2014
blogs.cfr.org/asia/2014/01/16/chinas-unprecedented-political-reforms/
崔健拒绝接受审查，与春晚说再见 (Tiananmen rocker Cui Jian rejects censorship of lyrics, will not perform at Spring Festival gala)
Deutsche Welle, January 16, 2014
http://bit.ly/1i1FSbF
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Spring Festival gala performance by Chinese rock Icon in doubt
The New York Times, January 16, 2014
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/15/spring-gala-performance-by-chinese-rock-icon-in-doubt/
Chinese premier vows reform to curb govn't corruption
Xinhua, January 16, 2014
news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-01/16/c_126011215.htm
Chinese Communist Party school official caught up in sex scandal
Reuters, January 15, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/15/us-china-corruption-sex-idUSBREA0E0OV20140115
Communist Party expels former executive at China Mobile parent
Reuters, January 15, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/15/us-chinamobile-probe-idUSBREA0E06420140115
Can China kickstart its circular economy and kick its smog?
The Guardian, January 15, 2014
www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/china-recycling-waste-circular-economy
China's Shanghai announces new measures to curb pollution
Reuters, January 15, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/15/us-china-pollution-idUSBREA0E0RD20140115
梁振英施政报告避谈民主直选 (Hong Kong’s leader skirts democracy issue in address)
The New York Times, January 16, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20140116/c16hongkong/
新公民运动受挫揭示中国政府底线
Chinese activists test new leader and are crushed
The New York Times, January 16, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20140116/c16citizen/dual/
非洲变成中日外交战场 (Sino-Japan diplomatic battle plays out in Africa)
Voice of America, January 15, 2014
www.voachinese.com/content/africa-asia-rivalry-20140115/1830981.html
From Weibo to WeChat: after a crackdown on microblogs, sensitive online discussion has shifted
The Economist, January 18, 2014
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21594296-after-crackdown-microblogs-sensitive-online-discussion-has-shifted-weibo-wechat
广西定“单独两孩”时间表：3月起实施 (Guangxi to implement new family planning policy in March)
21st Century Economics, January 16, 2014
jingji.21cbh.com/2014/1-16/1NMDA2NTFfMTA0NTI1NA.html
No end to China's notorious re-education camps
Deutsche Welle, January 15, 2014
http://www.dw.de/no-end-to-chinas-notorious-re-education-camps/a-17362570
任意拘禁何时休？ (When will China stop arbitrary arrests?)
Deutsche Welle, January 15, 2014
dw.de/p/1Aqlt