China’s Communist Party ever so slightly pries the lid off its secretive work
The Wall Street Journal, January 6, 2015
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/01/06/chinas-communist-party-ever-so-slightly-pries-the-lid-off-its-secretive-work/?mod=WSJBlog
中国反腐波及南方航空
Widening graft probe snares China Southern CFO
Financial Times, January 6, 2015
CH: http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001059993
EN: http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/08891b12-9557-11e4-8fc1-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3NxeZNIQg
New government proposal to allow more candidates in 2017 Hong Kong elections
The South China Morning Post, January 6, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1674869/new-push-allow-more-2017-candidates
Dozens of Hong Kong protest leaders facing arrest, standard says
Bloomberg, January 6, 2015
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2015-01-06/dozens-of-hong-kong-protest-leaders-facing-arrest-standard-says.html
Hong Kong government submits report surrounding Occupy protests to Beijing
The South China Morning Post, January 6, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1674961/hong-kong-government-submits-post-occupy-public-sentiment-report
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港府今交民情报告 港澳办回应“适当”(State Council HK and Macao Affairs Office deems Hong Kong government’s submission of report “appropriate”)
South China Morning Post, January 6, 2015
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/hk/45702/gang-fu-jin-jiao-min-qing-bao-gao-gang-ao-ban-hui-ying-gua-dang
中国正式逮捕帮助陈光诚出逃学者 (China formally arrests Guo Yushan, scholar who assisted in Cheng Guangcheng’s escape)
Voice of America, January 6, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-arrests-scholar-20150106/2587216.html
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China arrests activist who assisted in daring 2012 escape
The New York Times, January 6, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/07/world/asia/guo-yushan-arrest-china-chen-guangcheng.html?_r=0
南周事件两周年当局严控 维权人士被禁赴广州 (Human rights defenders are forbidden to enter Guangzhou on 2nd anniversary of Southern Weekly Incident)
Radio Free Asia, January 5, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/yf2-01052015100834.html
Shandong mine workers strike over months of back pay, bonuses
Radio Free Asia, January 5, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/pay-01052015135604.html
日处理5000吨垃圾场建居民区 深圳数百人围政府抗议遭殴打 (Hundreds beaten in Shenzhen when protesting against building of a trash incinerator to handle 5000 tons of trash per day in residential area)
Radio Free Asia, January 5, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/xl2-01052015100937.html
China's villages are dying. A new film asks if they can be saved
NPR, January 5, 2015
http://www.npr.org/blogs/goatsandsoda/2015/01/05/372491552/chinas-villages-are-dying-a-new-film-asks-if-they-can-be-saved
北京抗议台湾在美举行元旦升旗典礼 (Beijing protests Taiwan’s flag-raising ceremony in U.S. on New Year’s Day)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 6, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/01/150105_us_taiwan_flag
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China fumes after Taiwan’s flag raising in Washington
Reuters, January 5, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/05/us-china-taiwan-idUSKBN0KE0M320150105
Normalisation of Sino-US ties was the right move, as today's China shows
South China Morning Post, January 6, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1674956/normalisation-sino-us-ties-was-right-move-todays-china-shows
Protect the Internet: Keep the contract with ICANN
The Washington Post, January 4, 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/protect-the-internet-keep-the-contract-with-icann/2015/01/04/b1ff61c2-7bff-11e4-9a27-6fdbc612bff8_story.html
Why China's ruling party is bearing down on “cliques”
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 5, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-china-blog-30685782
Graft offensive may expose something more vile in China: factions
习近平反腐，更反“山头主义”
The New York Times, January 6, 2015
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20150106/c06factions/dual/
薄熙来长子：父亲身体还好 望增探视机会 (Bo Xilai’s eldest son: My Father’s health is OK, I’m hoping for increased visitation opportunities)
South China Morning Post, December 31, 2014
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/china/45542/bo-xi-lai-chang-zi-fu-qin-shen-ti-huan-hao-wang-zeng-tan-shi-ji-hui
江泽民与家人现身海南网络报道遭删除 (Media reports on Jiang Zemin and family’s appearance in Hainan removed)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 15, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/01/150104_jiang_zemin_travel
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Jiang Zemin and family take a mountain hike in fresh public appearance
South China Morning Post, January 4, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1673595/jiang-zemin-family-steps-out-public
China targets Shanghai stampede critics
Financial Times, January 5, 2015
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/5fd1b920-93ee-11e4-82c7-00144feabdc0.html
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中国试图对民众不满踩踏事故言论噤声 (China tries to silence citizens’ criticism of Shanghai stampede)
Voice of America, January 5, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-stampede-20150105/2585847.html
Maoists in China, Given New Life, Attack Dissent
The New York Times, January 4, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/05/world/chinas-maoists-are-revived-as-thought-police.html
Top Chinese diplomat being investigated for corruption
中国外交部部长助理张昆生遭免职调查
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 2, 2015
EN: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-30654253?OCID=twitterasia
CH:http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/01/150102_china_foreign_minister_assistant
习近平：2015年继续高举反腐利剑 深化改革和依法治国 (Xi Jinping: In 2015, we will continue to hold high the sharp sword against corruption, deepen reform and rule by law)
Reuters, December 31, 2014
http://cn.reuters.com/article/CNTopGenNews/idCNKBS0K90LQ20141231
中国从1月1日起全面停止死囚器官移植 (China’s ban on organ transplant from death row prisoners effective January 1)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 3, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/01/150103_china_organ_donation
China State Media Question Crowd-Safety Procedure After Shanghai Stampede
Forbes, January 2, 2015
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ywang/2015/01/02/china-state-media-question-crowd-safety-procedure-after-shanghai-stampede/
沪踩踏事件首批死者名单公布 官媒：管理部门难辞其咎 (Official list of casualties from Shanghai stampede released, state media: management department should be held accountable)
South China Morning Post, January 2, 2015
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/china/45531/hu-cai-ta-shi-jian-shou-pi-si-zhe-ming-dan-gong-bu-guan-mei-guan-li-bu-men-nan-ci-qi-jiu
上海踩踏事件突显中国城市管理弊病 (Shanghai stampede highlights severe flaws in China’s city management)
Financial Times, January 4, 2015
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001059936
40 return to Admiralty Occupy site in show of support for arrested girl
The South China Morning Post, January 2, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1672766/40-return-admiralty-occupy-site-show-support-arrested-girl
China warns veteran democracy activists in renewed crackdown
浙江民主党新年遭新一轮打压 邹巍毛庆祥以“颠覆国家”遭传唤
Radio Free Asia, January 1, 2015
EN:http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/zhejiang-dissident-crackdown-01012015114651.html
CH:http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl1-01012015104530.html
广东300工人讨欠薪遭特警殴打60人被捕 内蒙千国企员工抗议待遇不公持续罢工 (300 Guangdong workers protest owed wage, many beaten and 60 taken away by riot police, thousands of Inner Mongolian state workers continue strikes to protest unfair treatment)
Radio Free Asia, December 29, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl2-12292014101343.html
劳工界千人联署抗议针对公益维权人士暴力事件 (Labor sector collects a thousand signatures protesting violence against public welfare rights activists)
Radio Free Asia, December 29, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-12292014101218.html
First women to benefit from new Chinese laws on domestic violence
The Guardian, December 31, 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/31/first-women-beneift-chinese-laws-domestic-violence
Facebook and Beijing
The Wall Street Journal, January 1, 2015
http://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-and-beijing-1420155729
Xi’s crackdown on corruption has hit the obvious targets
Financial Times, January 1, 2015
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/32b90fd8-8129-11e4-b956-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3NxeZNIQg
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美国教授孔杰荣：习近平“反腐”背后隐藏危机 (U.S. professor Jerome A. Cohen: crisis lies in Xi Jinping’s “anti-corruption” campaign)
Radio Free Asia, January 2, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/jz-01022015111525.html
为什么反宪政没有未来？(Why does anti-constitutionalism have no future?)
Financial Times, January 5, 2015
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001059920
令计划落马 反映人脉关系不再是贪官保护伞 (Ling Jihua’s dismissal: personal connections and “guanxi” no longer guarantee protection)
South China Morning Post, December 31, 2014
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/opinion/45506/ling-ji-hua-luo-ma-fan-ying-ren-mai-guan-xi-bu-zai-shi-tan-guan-bao-hu-san
马岳：雨伞运动后，政党与议会功能会慢慢减退 (Ma Ngok: After the “Umbrella Revolution” political parties and parliamentary functions will slowly decline)
Radio France Internationale, December 30, 2014
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20141223-马岳：香港占领运动意义
Chinese businessman who bought and ate three tigers is jailed for 13 years
Agence France-Presse, December 31, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1670705/china-businessman-jailed-13-years-buying-tigers-eating-them-and-drinking