China to tally suicides by civil servants
中国将统计公务员非正常死亡情况
The New York Times, February 2, 2015
EN: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20150102/c02suicides/en-us/
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20150102/c02suicides/
Wednesday, February 04, 2015
Corruption (腐败)
Culture (文化)
Mao in demand than ever: Chinese actors line up to play leader
The Guardian, February 3, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/03/mao-demand-chinese-actors-lookalikes-play-leader
Hong Kong (香港)
Removal of Tiananmen crackdown story prompts questions in Hong Kong
六四密件涉赵紫阳子疑贪污 明报遭撤头版
Radio Free Asia, February 3, 2015
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/story-02032015105301.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/64-02022015081719.html?searchterm%3Autf8%3Austring=%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF&encoding=simplified
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《明報》員工擱筆1小時抗議總編撤六四頭條 (Mingpao staff hold hour-long “pens-down” strike to protest chief editor’s sudden removal of June Fourth headline)
Apple Daily, February 3, 2015
http://hkm.appledaily.com/detail.php?guid=53401264&category_guid=6996647&category=instant&issue=20150203
教協公開信：要求見面討論明報編輯方針 (In open letter, HK Professional Teachers’ Union requests to meet Ming Pao editor to discuss outlet’s editorial policy)
Hong Kong In-media, February 2, 2015
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1031176Ming Pao editor defends his decision
RTHK, February 4, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150204/news_20150204_56_1074604.htmMing Pao staff strike over June 4 story
RTHK, February 4, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150204/news_20150204_56_1074480.htm
Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)
找 官 百 次 未 果 上 訪 戶 截 停 火 車 (After a hundred failed petition attempts, petitioners resort to blocking a running train)
Sing Tao News Corporation, February 4, 2015
http://std.stheadline.com/yesterday/chi/0204eo06.html
International Relations (国际关系)
中国官媒：台军方发言人“言论情绪化” (Chinese official media attack Taiwanese military spokesman’s “emotional” speech)
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 4, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/02/150204_china_taiwan_military_history_ww2
Internet (互联网)
China has 649 million people online, less are microblogging
The Washington Post, February 3, 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/china-has-649-million-people-online-less-are-microblogging/2015/02/03/f017562a-abae-11e4-8876-460b1144cbc1_story.html
Protests and Petitions (抗议和请愿)
Chinese police jail four herders over grasslands protest
牧民接连示威 警方再拘数人
Radio Free Asia, February 3, 2015
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/four-herders-jailed-02032015112302.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/herbsman-02022015100238.html?searchterm%3Autf8%3Austring=%E7%89%A7%E6%B0%91&encoding=simplified
Rule of Law (法治)
China's first circuit court opens in Shenzhen to crowds of hopefuls
South China Morning Post, February 4, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1701151/first-circuit-court-opens-crowds-hopefuls
China’s President raises eyebrows with sharp rhetoric on rule of law
Foreign Policy, February 3, 2015
https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/02/03/chinas-president-raises-eyebrows-with-sharp-rhetoric-on-rule-of-law/
Tibet (西藏)
In war on terror, China takes aim at Tibet
The Diplomat, February 3, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/02/in-war-on-terror-china-takes-aim-at-tibet/
XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)
Uighurs flee China for Turkey in search of peace
Aljazeera, February 3, 2015
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/2/3/Uighurs-flee-China-for-Turkey-in-search-of-peace.html
Tuesday, February 03, 2015
Corruption (腐败)
China broadens graft probe into financial sector
中国反腐：北京能源集团原董事长陆海军涉嫌严重违纪，正接受组织调查
Reuters, February 3, 2015
EN: http://in.reuters.com/article/2015/02/03/china-corruption-bankofbeijing-idINKBN0L708P20150203
CH: http://cn.reuters.com/article/2015/02/03/idCNL4S0VD0AY20150203
Education (教育)
中大澄清與「蘇文大學」無關 淘寶證書已下架 (CUHK states it has no connection to “Suwen University,” degrees for purchase online removed from Taobao)
Apple Daily, February 2, 2015
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/news/20150202/53396067
Related:
Fake Hong Kong university peddles degrees online for just HK$1,250
South China Morning Post, February 2, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1699288/fake-hong-kong-university-sells-diploma-hk100-and-degree-hk1250
陳文敏獲薦港大副校長--近期屢受左報炮轟 陳批嚴重干預院校自主 (Johannes Chan nominated to be HKU Deputy Vice-Chancellor, criticizes severe interference in university’s autonomy, repeatedly attacked by leftist press)
Ming Pao, February 3, 2015
http://news.mingpao.com/pns/陳文敏獲薦港大副校長-近期屢受左報炮轟%20陳批嚴重干預院校自主/web_tc/article/20150203/s00001/1422901072956
Internet (互联网)
Why internet users all around the world should be worried about China’s great firewall
The Washington Post, February 2, 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2015/02/02/why-internet-users-all-around-the-world-should-be-worried-about-chinas-great-firewall/
Land, Property, Housing (土地、财产、房屋)
為採300萬噸煤 無良政府強拆明清古村 (Government forcibly demolishes ancient village from Ming and Qing dynasties to mine 3 million tons of coal)
Apple Daily, February 3, 2015
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/china/20150203/53399800
Migrants (农民工)
See China’s migrant scrap peddlers eke out a living on booming Beijing’s edge
Time, February 3, 2015
http://time.com/3642959/migrant-scrap-trade-beijing/
Religion (宗教)
Communist party bans believers in province of "China’s Jerusalem"
Guardian, February 2, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/02/chinese-communist-party-officials-crack-down-believers
Rule of Law (法治)
Xi Jinping orders elite cadres to put more weight behind "rule by law" rollout
South China Morning Post, February 3, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1699901/xi-jinping-orders-elite-cadres-put-more-weight-behind-rule-law-rollout
Academic urges rationality on China's human rights
Shanghai Daily, February 2, 2015
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=266433
Tibet (西藏)
China warns Obama against meeting Dalai Lama at prayer breakfast
Bloomberg, February 2, 2015
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-02/china-warns-obama-against-meeting-dalai-lama-at-prayer-breakfast
Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)
China sharpens its censorship blade
The New York Times, February 2, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/03/opinion/china-sharpens-its-censorship-blade.html?_r=0
Related:
Notes on China’s “new normal”
China Media Project, February 2, 2015
http://cmp.hku.hk/2015/02/02/38038/
China sharpens its censorship blade
Shanghai Daily, February 2, 2015
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=266433
Monday, February 02, 2015
Education (教育)
河南一高中要求学生集体跪拜孔子 每天读“圣贤书” (Henan high school requires students to kneel down to worship Confucius and read the “Saints’ classics” every day)
The Beijing News, January 30, 2015
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2015/01/30/352111.html
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