U.S. firms wary about China's free-market claims
The Wall Street Journal, July 31, 2014
http://online.wsj.com/articles/u-s-firms-arent-buying-chinas-free-market-claims-1406849667
Friday, August 01, 2014
Business and Economics (商业和经济)
Censorship and Surveillance (审查和监控)
Censorship in China: not letting a hundred flowers bloom
The Economist, July 31, 2014
http://www.economist.com/blogs/analects/2014/07/censorship-china
Children (儿童)
Name that child: Chinese officials offer bonus for mother's moniker
Agence France-Presse, August 1, 2014
http://tribune.com.pk/story/742938/name-that-child-chinese-officials-offer-bonus-for-mothers-moniker/
Consumer Product Safety (消费品安全)
Weak links in China’s food chain
欧喜集团掉进中国食品安全泥沼
The New York Times, July 31, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/business/20140801/c01chinafood/dual/
Corruption (腐败)
More stressed officials taking their own lives as corruption crackdown presses on
South China Morning Post, August 1, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1563906/more-stressed-officials-taking-their-own-lives-corruption-crackdown
China's Xi pledges hard strike against military corruption
Reuters, August 1, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/01/us-china-defence-idUSKBN0G133G20140801
CCTV executive behind “A Bite of China” food documentary detained
Caixin, August 1, 2014
http://english.caixin.com/2014-08-01/100711928.html
Health (健康)
美国会“外交事务委员会”敦促中国停止囚犯器官移植 (U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs calls on China to end organ harvesting from prisoners)
Radio Free Asia, July 31, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/jz-07312014102044.html
Related:
Engel Opening remarks at full Committee markup
U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs, July 30, 2014
http://democrats.foreignaffairs.house.gov/press_display.asp?id=1326
China’s Guangzhou, popular African destination, worried about Ebola
The Wall Street Journal, August, 1, 2014
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/08/01/chinas-guangzhou-popular-african-destination-worried-about-ebola/
Hong Kong (香港)
ICAC drops bribery investigation into CY Leung sparked by Lew Mon-hung interview
South China Morning Post, July 31, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1563360/icac-drops-bribery-investigation-cy-leung-sparked-lew-mon-hung
Internet (互联网)
Breaking through China’s great firewall
The Diplomat, July 30, 2014
http://thediplomat.com/2014/07/breaking-through-chinas-great-firewall/
National Defense (国防)
On the Chinese military’s new map, what borders?
中国新版军用地图如何划定疆界？
The New York Times, July 31, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20140801/c01map/dual/
XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)
In Xinjiang, veils signal conservative shift among Uighurs
新疆女性面纱显示出维族日趋保守
The Wall Street Journal, July 31, 2014
EN: http://online.wsj.com/articles/in-xinjiang-veils-signal-conservative-shift-among-uighurs-1406830554
CH: http://cn.wsj.com/gb/20140801/bch091420.asp
The long campaign to silence Uighur voice of dissent
The Globe and Mail, July 31, 2014
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/china-singles-out-a-voice-of-uyghur-resistance-to-be-silenced/article19871509/
Opinion (观点)
勿让两种极端化民族主义撕裂新疆 (Party school scholar: China should adjust its policy implementation to respect economic, social and cultural situation in Xinjiang)
Financial Times, August 1, 2014
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001057530
Thursday, July 31, 2014
Corruption (腐败)
Spotlight falls on China’s former security chief
中国聚焦周永康落马
The New York Times, July 31, 2014
cn.nytimes.com/china/20140731/c31zhou/dual/
Shanghai to feel full force of Xi's anti-corruption onslaught
中纪委巡视组进驻上海开展工作
Financial Times, July 30, 2014
EN: http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/0fbd483e-17dc-11e4-b842-00144feabdc0.html
CH: http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001057518
Health (健康)
HIV cases rising among the elderly in Beijing
China Daily, July 31, 2014
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2014-07/31/content_18220260.htm
Hong Kong (香港)
Fears at RTHK as veteran “forced out”
South China Morning Post, July 31, 2014
www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1562955/fears-rthk-veteran-forced-out
Hukou (户口)
With urbanization as goal, China moves to change registration rules
中国城市化目标终于撼动城乡户籍壁垒
The New York Times, July 31, 2014
cn.nytimes.com/china/20140731/c31hukou/dual/
Related:
China announces limited hukou reform
The Diplomat, July 31, 2014
thediplomat.com/2014/07/china-announces-limited-hukou-reform/China Focus: Hukou reforms to help 100 mln Chinese
People's Daily, July 30, 2014
english.peopledaily.com.cn/n/2014/0730/c90882-8762952.html
For more on hukou, see:
Parallel submission in advance of the review of the People’s Republic of China’s second report on its implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Human Rights in China, March 2014
http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/Treaties/CESCR/Shared%20Documents/CHN/INT_CESCR_CSS_CHN_16730_E.pdf
Information Control (信息控制)
报道周永康案 中国媒体仍受限制 (Chinese media continue to face restrictions when reporting on Zhou Yongkang case)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 30, 2014
www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/07/140730_zhou_yongkang_media.shtml
China takes step at openness, allows foreigners at defense briefing
Reuters, July 31, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/31/us-china-defence-idUSKBN0G011K20140731
International Relations (Security, Trade and Investment), 国际关系 (安全, 贸易和投资)
Thai junta sets plan for fast rail links to China
Associated Press, July 30, 2014
www.star-telegram.com/2014/07/30/6005586/thai-junta-sets-plan-for-fast.html?rh=1
China corruption probe reaches western breakfast tables
Financial Times, July 31, 2014
EN: http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/517911de-17d4-11e4-a82d-00144feabdc0.html
CH: http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001057519
LGBTI (男女同性恋、双性恋、变性人和两性人)
China court hears case against gay-straight “conversion therapy”
The Guardian, July 31, 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/31/china-court-gay-straight-conversion-therapy
Rule of Law (法治)
Will Zhou Yongkang's downfall change Chinese law?
International Business Times, July 30, 2014
www.ibtimes.com/will-zhou-yongkangs-downfall-change-chinese-law-1644188
XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)
美国敦促中国释放维族学者伊力哈木 (U.S. urges China to release Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 30, 2014
www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/07/140730_us_xinjiang_tohti.shtml
Related:
Daily Press Briefing
U.S. Department of State, July 30, 2014
www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2014/07/230016.htm#CHINA古再努尔：伊力哈木从未分裂国家 (Ilham never engaged in separatist activities, scholar’s wife says)
Deutsche Welle, July 31, 2014
http://dw.de/p/1CmlH
China and Uighurs offer differing accounts of violence in Xinjiang
中国官方与世维会对莎车袭击各执一词
The New York Times, July 31, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20140731/c31xinjiang/dual/
State-appointed Muslim leader killed in China
中国官方批准任命的一位穆斯林主持遇害
The Wall Street Journal, July 31, 2014
EN: http://online.wsj.com/articles/state-appointed-muslim-leader-killed-in-china-1406798803
CH: http://cn.wsj.com/gb/20140731/bch190555.asp
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