Apple urged to stop using harmful chemicals in its factories
The Guardian, March 12, 2014
www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/mar/12/apple-harmful-chemicals-fact
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Bad Apple: end smartphone sweatshops
Green America, March 12, 2014
www.greenamerica.org/bad-apple/
Hong Kong tycoon Joseph Lau gets Macau jail sentence for graft in Ao Man Long case
South China Morning Post, March 14, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1448455/macau-court-deliver-verdict-joseph-laus-and-steven-los-corruption
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澳门法院裁定港商刘銮雄罗杰承贿赂罪成 (Macao court convicts two HK businessmen for bribing former Macao official and money laundering)
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 14, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/03/140314_macau_hongkong_corruption.shtml
Well-known Chinese dissident dies after being denied treatment
Reuters, March 14, 2014
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/03/14/uk-china-dissident-idUKBREA2D0RX20140314
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中国“强制取保”维权人士曹顺利不治死亡 (Chinese rights defender Cao Shunli dies after “enforced medical parole”)
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 14, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/03/140314_caoshunli_dies.shtmlRights defender Cao Shunli died in hospital in Beijing, lawyer barred from viewing body
Human Rights in China, March 14, 2014
http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/statement/rights-defender-cao-shunli-died-hospital-beijing-lawyer-barred-viewing-body
Veteran anti-graft activist Ou Shaokun slashes wrist in Guangzhou protest
South China Morning Post, March 14, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1448846/veteran-graft-activist-ou-shaokun-slashes-wrist-guangzhou-protest
For foreign journalists in Beijing, it’s all about asking the right question
哪些问题不准出席李克强记者会？
The New York Times, March 14, 2014
cn.nytimes.com/china/20140314/c14npc/dual/
Jia Zhangke explains why censors are scared of his award-winning film
The Wall Street Journal, March 14, 2014
blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/03/14/jia-zhangke-explains-why-censors
>-are-scared-of-his-award-winning-film/?mod=WSJBlog
China warns of dangerous Russia sanctions “spiral”
中国官员警告称西方制裁俄罗斯会引发危险的连锁反应
Reuters, March 14, 2014
EN: www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/13/us-ukraine-crisis-china-idUSBREA2C0P
>B20140313
CH: cn.reuters.com/article/CNTopGenNews/idCNCNEA2D02O20140314?feedType=RSS&
>feedName=CNTopGenNews
A nervous region eyes robust Chinese response to missing Malaysian plane
Reuters, March 13, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/13/us-malaysia-airlines-china-response-
>anal-idUSBREA2C0XE20140313
IBM/联想在深圳的半数工人离职 20名工代被开除 (Half of the workforce at IBM/Lenovo factory laid off, all with compensation except for 20 worker representatives)
Radio Free Asia, March 13, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/nu-03132014095357.html>
“Cures” for homosexuality
The Economist, March 15, 2014
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21599047-confucian-desire-be-dutiful-son-or-daughter-can-lead-horrible-therapies-cures?fsrc=rss
专家解读：政府工作报告77次出现“改革”说明什么 (An expert analyzes a gov’t work report that mentions “reform” 77 times)
WorkerCN.cn, March 14, 2014
http://theory.workercn.cn/251/201403/14/140314134136320.shtml
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Full Text: Report on the Work of the Government
Xinhua, March 14, 2014
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/special/2014-03/14/c_133187027.htm政府工作报告 (Report on the work of the government)
People’s Daily, March 14, 2014
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2014/0314/c1001-24641071.html
Wukan protest leader Yang Semao arrested, accused of taking bribes
South China Morning Post, March 14, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1448618/wukan-protest-leader-arrested-accused-taking-bribes
Five killed in market stabbings in China
The Telegraph, March 14, 2014
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10697924/Five-killed-in-market-stabbings-in-China.html
From his Pakistan hideout, Uighur leader vows revenge on China
Reuters, March 14, 2014
http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/03/14/pakistan-uighurs-idINDEEA2D08U20140314
正视人口结构变化 推进城乡户籍改革 (Genuine hukou reforms require ensuring equal access to social benefits and equitable public financing)
Nanfang Daily, March 13, 2014
epaper.nfdaily.cn/html/2014-03/13/content_7282122.htm
西安兩家幼兒園長期喂幼兒抗生素 家長憤怒 (Two Xi’an Kindergartens anger parents whose healthy children got sick after teachers fed them antibiotics daily)
Asia Pacific Daily, March 13, 2014
http://www.apdnews.com/news/75840.html
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王藏 @wang_zang, March 13, 2014
鞋襠RT@liangxiaojun：RT @na_sheishei:RT @szstupidcool: 父母的呐喊：“我家只要一个娃，你用禁药来喂他。” pic.twitter.com/K0xZEEXOTT [Banner translation: we only have one child, and you feed it illegal drugs]
China Premier Li says will target corruption, no matter how high
Reuters, March 13, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/13/us-china-corruption-li-idUSBREA2C07320140313?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews
New anti-terror laws must protect human right, say legal experts
South China Morning Post, March 13, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1447369/new-anti-terror-laws-must-protect-human-right-say-legal-experts
Panasonic offers China workers pollution compensation
松下将向赴华员工支付“污染津贴”
Financial Times, March 12, 2014
EN:www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/9567823e-a9b3-11e3-adab-00144feab7de.html#axzz2vnwnaqrd
CH:www.ftchinese.com/story/001055234
刘进图遇袭案香港警方再拘捕2人 已11人涉案 (HK police arrest two more suspects in journalist attack case)
China News, March 13, 2014
news.sina.com.cn/c/p/2014-03-13/084529696935.shtml
户籍改革成“敏感”话题: 控制特大城市人口“关门”非上策 (NPC deputies from major cities evade questions on hukou reforms)
Economic Information, March 13, 2014
dz.jjckb.cn/www/pages/webpage2009/html/2014-03/13/content_87535.htm?div=-1
“无国界记者”报告：中国-全球最大的网民监狱 (RSF: China is the world's biggest prison of netizens)
Radio Free Asia, March 12, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/jz-03122014100844.html
中国国家互联网信息办公室被国际组织列为因特网之敌 (Int'l NGO calls State Internet Information Office an “enemy of the net”)
Voice of America, March 12, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-internet-20140312/1869873.html
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China: electronic Great Wall getting taller
Reporters Without Borders, March 12, 2014
12mars.rsf.org/2014-en/2014/03/10/china-electronic-great-wall-getting-taller/
“Internet Enemies” China, Vietnam, North Korea tighten controls
Radio Free Asia, March 12, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/internet-enemies-03122014175502.html
Outburst by prominent party official reverberates online
王岐山批评吉林省委书记言论被删除
The New York Times, March 13, 2014
cn.nytimes.com/china/20140313/c13formalism/dual/
Chinese premier admits “friction” with the United States
Reuters, March 13, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/13/us-china-us-friction-idUSBREA2C07Y20140313