中国对美国起诉黑客做出强烈回应 (China angered by US espionage charges against Chinese army personnel)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 19, 2014
www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/05/140519_spy_chinareaction.shtml
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China denies U.S. cyberspying charges, claims it is the real “victim”
The Washington Post, May 20, 2014
www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-denies-us-cyberspying-charges-claims-it-is-the-real-victim/2014/05/19/4b9a195c-df71-11e3-810f-764fe508b82d_story.html
Is English necessary? China debates whether college exams should bother
The Wall Street Journal, May 20, 2014
blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/05/20/is-english-necessary-china-debates-whether-college-exams-should-bother/?mod=WSJBlog
657个城市300多个喊“渴” 节水城市建设需加速跑 (300 out of 657 Chinese cities face severe water shortages)
Xinhua, May 17, 2014
news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2014-05/17/c_1110734884.htm
武汉多人听佛法被控“煽动颠覆” 刑拘 法师也未幸免 (Activists, including Buddhist monk, criminally detained in Wuhan on suspicion of “inciting subversion”)
Radio Free Asia, May 19, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/sy2-05192014102953.html
Chinese activist “disappeared” ahead of Tiananmen anniversary
武汉异议人士秦永敏夫妇被带走
Radio Free Asia, May 19, 2014
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/disappeared-05192014154411.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-05192014103044.html
China's rights lawyers willing to pay for progress
South China Morning post, May 20, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1515778/chinas-rights-lawyers-willing-pay-progress
推动公民不合作的唐荆陵律师被广州国保刑拘 (Citizen activist and lawyer Tang Jingling detained by Guangzhou authorities)
China Free Press, May 16, 2014
http://www.canyu.org/n88291c6.aspx
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Two more rights lawyers criminally detained, another’s home searched
China Change, May 18, 2014
chinachange.org/2014/05/18/two-more-rights-lawyers-criminally-detained-anothers-home-searched/
中国监管社交媒体内紧外松 被指歧视国人 (Chinese gov't uses foreign social media sites but bans citizens from accessing them)
Voice of America, May 19, 2014
www.voachinese.com/content/china-soica-media-20140519/1917699.html
Related:
How Chinese officials “like” banned Facebook
Agence France-Presse, May 18, 2014
www.thejakartaglobe.com/international/chinese-officials-like-banned-facebook/
“中英人权对话”5月20日伦敦举行 (China-UK human rights dialogue begins in London)
Radio Free Asia, May 19, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/junshiwaijiao/zaa-05192014115906.html
Putin courts China as west turns away
西方制裁促使普京转向中国
Financial Times, May 19, 2014
EN: www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/0344dc50-df44-11e3-86a4-00144feabdc0.html#axzz32DMFgpf1
CH: www.ftchinese.com/story/001056310
China “uses channels” to warn North Korea against nuclear test: source
Reuters, May 19, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/19/us-china-northkorea-nuclear-idUSBREA4I08W20140519
Chinese flee Vietnam as Hanoi counts cost of riots
The Guardian, May 19, 2014
www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/19/chinese-flee-vietnam-hanoi-riots
天下围城，德国异议人士团体将举办系列纪念六四活动 (All to Surround the City, German overseas dissident group organizes a series of June Fourth commemorative events)
Radio Free Asia, May 20, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gr-05202014095647.html
Tears of a rickshaw driver
25年前天安门广场上三轮车夫的眼泪
The New York Times, May 20, 2014
cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20140520/c20kristof/dual/
“六四”之后的中国群体性事件和互联网 (China’s mass incidents after June Fourth, and the Internet: U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission hearing)
Radio Free Asia, May 19, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/hc-05192014104320.html
See webcast of hearing:
Hearing: stability in China: lessons from Tiananmen and implications for the United States (webcast)
U.S.- China Economic and Security Review Commission, May 15, 2014
http://www.uscc.gov/Hearings/hearing-stability-china-lessons-tiananmen-and-implications-united-states-webcast
纪念六四25周年旧金山将举行中国民权研讨会 (San Francisco Chinese civil rights group organizes June Fourth 25th anniversary civil rights forum)
Radio Free Asia, May 20, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ck-05202014100619.html
在城大談六四 新加坡藝術家疑遇襲 (Singaporean artist allegedly beaten in HK after discussing June Fourth in lecture)
Apple Daily, May 18, 2014
hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/news/20140518/52487938
For more information about June Fourth, see:
June Fourth at 25: resisting enforced amnesia, building a just future
纪念六四25周年：抵制强迫失忆，建设公正的未来
Human Rights in China, April 10, 2014
EN: www.hrichina.org/en/june-fourth-25-resisting-enforced-amnesia-building- >just-future
CH: www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/zhong-guo-ren-quan-jian-xun/ji-nian-liu-si-25zhou-nian-di-zhi-qiang-po-shi-yi-jian
Thousand Christians forced from church as demolition campaign spreads
The Telegraph, May 19, 2014
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10841738/Thousand-Christians-forced-from-church-as-demolition-campaign-spreads.html
Related:
Cross “too shiny” on Chinese church facing demolition
The Telegraph, May 19, 2014
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10842485/Cross-too-shiny-on-Chinese-church-facing-demolition.html
Uighur biker takes message of peace on the road
维族青年周游全国呼吁民族团结
The New York Times, May 20, 2014
cn.nytimes.com/china/20140520/c20uighur/dual/
UPDATE 2-Chinese police blame separatist group for Urumqi bombing - Xinhua
中国警方称“东伊运”策划指挥乌鲁木齐火车南站暴恐袭击案
Reuters, May 19, 2014
EN: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/18/china-xinjiang-idUSL3N0O405C20140518
CH: http://cn.reuters.com/article/cnBizNews/idCNL3S0O50VD20140519
U.S. charges Chinese army personnel with cyberspying
美国将指控中国军方人士盗窃商业机密
The New York Times, May 19, 2014
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/20/us/us-to-charge-chinese-workers-with-cyberspying.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/usa/20140519/cc19steal/
Green teeth: the government amends its environmental law
The Economist, May 17, 2014
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21602286-government-amends-its-environmental-law-green-teeth
Fighting for identity: people born outside family-planning regulations are fighting to obtain legal documents that prove they exist
The Economist, May 17, 2014
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21602257-people-born-outside-family-planning-regulations-are-fighting-obtain-legal-documents-prove
They ban it from citizens, but Chinese officials are active on Facebook
South China Morning Post, May 19, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1514835/how-chinese-officials-banned-facebook
Vietnamese officials intolerant of violence as standoff with China continues
越南政府制止暴力，海上对峙依旧
The New York Times, May 19, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/asia-pacific/20140519/c19vietnam/dual/
Aggression is not part of national character
South China Morning Post, May 19, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1515149/aggression-not-part-national-character
Chinese workers kidnapped by suspected Boko Haram militants in Cameroon
中国工人在喀麦隆疑遭博科圣地绑架
The Wall Street Journal, May 17, 2014
EN: http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304908304579567933126108684?mod=rss_about_china&mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702304908304579567933126108684.html%3Fmod%3Drss_about_china
CH: http://cn.wsj.com/gb/20140519/bch111711.asp?source=rss
Two Chinese workers kidnapped at controversial Myanmar mine
The Wall Street Journal, May 19, 2014
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304422704579571592040830408?mod=rss_about_china&mg=reno64-wsj
Tiananmen Massacre 25th anniversary: how Chinese triads enabled the Great Escape
The Telegraph, May 18, 2014
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10820248/Tiananmen-Massacre-25th-anniversary-how-Chinese-triads-enabled-the-Great-Escape.html
Son of purged liberal leader Zhao Ziyang tells of China's shame, 25 years after martial law in Beijing
South China Morning Post, May 19, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1515862/son-purged-liberal-leader-zhao-ziyang-tells-chinas-shame-25-years-after
In Chinese schools, disabled get shortchanged
The New York Times, May 19, 2014
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/19/world/asia/in-chinese-schools-disabled-get-shortchanged.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Cab fair: smartphone apps are changing the way people use taxis
The Economist, May 17, 2014
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21602284-smartphone-apps-are-changing-way-people-use-taxis-cab-fair?fsrc=rss
VOA连线：胡佳：中国再刑拘记者律师，打压力度前所未有 (Hu Jia: China again detains journalist, lawyer; toughest crackdown ever)
Voice of America, May 16, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/media/video/1915888.html
党内民主要从中央做起 (Intra-party democracy must start from central leadership)
The New York Times, May 19, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20140519/cc19wuwei15/
Closer look: the double-edged sword of nationalism draws blood – again
Caixin, May 19, 2014
http://english.caixin.com/2014-05-19/100679306.html