HRIC Daily Brief

Thursday, January 17, 2013

Protests and Petitions

官吞徵地款江門千人騷亂 (Jiangmen, Guangdong: Many Injured in Clash between 1K Villagers and Police over Land Requisition)
Oriental Daily, January 17, 2013
http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20130117/00178_001.html

Tibet

Fifteen Held over Burnings
Radio Free Asia, January 16, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/held-01162013163844.html

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Economic Development

社科院报告称中国不能搞“超城市化” (CASS Report: China Must Not "Over-Urbanize")
Economic Observer, January 16, 2013
http://www.eeo.com.cn/2013/0116/238758.shtml

Government

Is This Really the End of Re-education through Labour?
South China Morning Post, January 16, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1128734/really-end-re-education-through-labour

Media

“The Whole World Knows”: But If You’re in China, You Still Gotta Read between the Lines
Ethnic ChinaLit, January 15, 2013
http://www.bruce-humes.com/?p=7789

How a Feisty Chinese Newspaper Stood Up for Press Freedom
Reuters, January 15, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/15/us-china-censorship-idUSBRE90E12O20130115

For a translation of a recent article by Li Chengpeng on the Southern Weekly scandal, see:
你删除得了世界，删除不了尊严
You Can Expunge the World, but Not Dignity
Li Chengpeng, January 7, 2013
CH: http://biweekly.hrichina.org/repost/4335
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/crf/article/6506

反击宣传部 (Striking Back at the Propaganda Department)
iSunAffairs, January 9, 2013
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/chinese/2013/01/阳光时务-长平：反击宣传部/

To read a sectional translation of the article, see:
Former Editor Attacks Propaganda Department’s Abuses
The Epoch Times, January 15, 2013
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/china-news/former-editor-attacks-propaganda-department-s-abuses-336241.html

Tibet

Police Block Funeral Rights
Radio Free Asia, January 15, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/funeral-01152013163825.html

甘肃称侦破达赖集团策划自焚杀人案抓获7人 (7 Tibetans Arrested in Gansu on Suspicion of Inciting Self-immolations, Being Invested as Members of the Tibetan Youth Congress)
Xinhua News Agency, January 15, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/0115/19/8L9L82QV00014JB5.html

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Environment

中国猪肉需求大增带来严重污染问题
China's Growing Appetite for Pork Creates New Pollution
ChinaDialogue, January 10, 2013
CH: http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/ch/5599-China-s-growing-appetite-for-pork-creates-new-pollution
EN: http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/5599-China-s-growing-appetite-for-pork-creates-new-pollution

Government

Local Govts Confused by Re-education Reforms
Global Times, January 15, 2013
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/755842.shtml

Hong Kong

Many `N-nothings' Fail to See Ray of Hope
The Standard, January 15, 2013
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?art_id=130120&con_type=1

私隱專員：私隱權不是絕對 (Privacy Commissioner Chiang: Right to Privacy Not Absolute)
Ming Pao, January 15, 2013
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/私隱專員-私隱權不是絕對-051822636.html

Human Rights Defenders

贵州异议人士廖双元遭殴打浙江民主党人被禁出门 (Dissident Beaten in Guizhou, Democracy Activist Forbidden to Leave Home in Zhejiang)
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gz-01142013103348.html

Inner Mongolia

Language Boost Debated
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/inner-mongolia-01142013150104.html

Media

Attacked by Leftists, Author Li Chengpeng Mulls over Filing Charges
South China Morning Post, January 15, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1128163/author-attacked-leftists-mulls-filing-charges

Protests and Petitions

北京外交公寓外50余农民工抗议欠薪 (Beijing: 50+ Migrant Workers Surround Boss' Home Calling for Unpaid Wages)
Netease, January 15, 2013
http://news.163.com/photoview/00AP0001/31068.html

Monday, January 14, 2013

Bilateral Ties

Yunnan Prepares to Receive Possible Kachin Refugees
Global Times, January 14, 2013
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/755580.shtml

Environment

中国严重空气污染情况恐将持续 (Grave Pollution in China to Continue)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 14, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2013/01/130114_china_air.shtml

Related:
多数人对北京空气质量认知过于乐观 (CASS Report: Majority of People Overly Optimistic about Beijing's Air Quality)
Legal Daily, January 14, 2013
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2013-01/14/content_4125590.htm

Human Rights Defenders

Recently Denied State Compensation, Tang Hui Still Demands an Investigation into Two Police Officers She Claims Raped her Daughter in 2006
Locustland, January 14, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1127764/recently-denied-state-compensation-tang-hui-still-demands

Media

李承鹏签售新书遭掌掴 (Writer Li Chengpeng Attacked at a Book Signing)
Southern Metropolis Daily, January 14, 2013
http://epaper.oeeee.com/A/html/2013-01/14/content_1792468.htm

Related:
China's Silent Book Signing Raises Voices
Global Voices, January 14, 2013
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2013/01/14/chinas-silent-book-signing-raises-voices/

廣州30農民撐南周被捕 (30+ Farmers Detained after Supporting Southern Weekly)
Ming Pao, January 13, 2013
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20130113/-9-2870570/1.html

Related:
《南周》事件：公民抗命运动正在中国兴起
Southern Weekly Incident: The Rise of Civil Disobedience in China
HRIC Commentary, January 11, 2013
http://www.hrichina.org/crf/article/6500

Protests and Petitions

富士康江西工厂千名员工因不满薪资待遇上街游行 (1K Workers Take to Streets over Wages at Jiangxi Foxconn Factory)
Caijing, January 13, 2013
http://politics.caijing.com.cn/2013-01-13/112430472.html

Tibet

Young Tibetan Dies in Year's First Fiery Act
Agence France-Presse, January 14, 2013
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?art_id=130041&con_type=1

Friday, January 11, 2013

Civil Society

Rescuing China’s Bears from Bile Farms, One by One
IHT Rendezvous, January 10, 2013
http://rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/10/rescuing-chinas-bears-from-bile-farms-one-by-one/

Hong Kong

Journalists Slam Move to Hide Directors' Data from Public
South China Morning Post, January 11, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1124976/journalists-slam-move-hide-directors-data-public

Internet

China Censors Chat Users outside China: Report Says Messages Discussing Press Freedom Campaign Blocked
The Register, January 11, 2013
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/01/11/china_censors_beyond_borders/

中国各知名网站纷纷成立党组织 (Popular Chinese Websites Add Party Committees One by One)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 11, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2013/01/130111_china_internet_party.shtml

Related:
新浪网党委开通微博引围观 (Sina Party Committee Opens Weibo Account)
Southern Metropolis Daily, January 11, 2013
http://ndnews.oeeee.com/html/201301/11/15471.html

Media

Censors Kept Busy as Strike-hit Chinese Paper Hits Newsstands
Reuters, January 10, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/10/us-china-censorship-idUSBRE90903O20130110

The Dead Children of Guizhou
Der Spiegel, January 07, 2013
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/reports-on-death-of-children-highlights-repression-of-journalists-in-china-a-876073-2.html

Protests and Petitions

堅持掛反拆遷橫額七旬翁被打死 (Septuagenarian Beaten to Death after Continuing to Voice Protest of Forced Eviction)
Ming Pao, January 11, 2013
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20130111/-9-2869071/1.html

Public Health

河南两矽肺病人去世 5家属讨说法被拘 (Henan: Relatives Demanding Explanation in Deaths of Two Silicosis Patients Detained)
Southern Metropolis Daily, January 11, 2013
http://ndnews.oeeee.com/html/201301/11/15497.html

Tibet

青海黄南州一藏人作家被捕印度喜邦新任首席部长承诺力挺西藏 (Qinghai: Tibetan Writer Detained)
Radio Free Asia, January 10, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/dz-01102013150141.html

Wednesday, January 09, 2013

Environment

水源遭污邯郸冬泳协会索赔2000万 (Swimming Association Sues Company Who Polluted River)
Southern Metropolis Daily, January 10, 2013
http://epaper.oeeee.com/A/html/2013-01/10/content_1790408.htm

Hong Kong

Pro-democracy Hong Kong Lawmakers Fail in Impeachment Try against Beijing-backed Leader
The Associated Press, January 09, 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/pro-democracy-hong-kong-lawmakers-fail-in-impeachment-try-against-beijing-backed-leader/2013/01/09/0fa37acc-5acc-11e2-b8b2-0d18a64c8dfa_story.html

Law

Beijing to Require ID for Cellphone Numbers
China Daily, January 10, 2013
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-01/10/content_16100329.htm

Related:
北京拟出手机实名制管理规定六成用户已经实名 (Beijing Drafts Regs on Real-name Identification System for Mobile Phone Subscribers)
Beijing Times, December 31, 2012
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2012-12/31/c_124168591.htm

Fears over Labor Camp Reforms
Radio Free Asia, January 08, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/rtl-01082013152629.html

Related:
司法部：内地将增加戒毒康复收治规模 (Ministry of Justice: China to Increase Drug Rehab Capacity)
Xinhua News Agency, January 09, 2013
http://news.ifeng.com/mainland/detail_2013_01/09/21015745_0.shtml

Media

China Paper: Regulation Must 'Keep Pace with the Times'
Agence France-Presse, January 10, 2013
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/world/15794974/china-paper-regulation-must-keep-pace-with-the-times/

Related:
Activists Are Held for Supporting Southern Weekly
South China Morning Post, January 10, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1124186/activists-are-held-supporting-southern-weekly

山西规定报道省委书记稿件不超1500字 (Shanxi Limits Length of Reports on Provincial Party Leadership)
Shanxi Daily, January 09, 2013
http://gb.cri.cn/27824/2013/01/09/3365s3985016.htm

一个记者的“恐怖救助”之旅！ (Reporter Goes Undercover to Learn Why Changsha Homeless Not Using Shelters, Beaten by Shelter Staff)
Sanxiang City Express, January 09, 2013
http://ndnews.oeeee.com/html/201301/09/15029.html

Related:
Probe after Reporter Beaten Up at Shelter
Shanghai Daily, January 10, 2013
http://www.china.org.cn/china/2013-01/10/content_27641185.htm

央视记者湖南平江暗访遭围殴当地政府作检讨 (Hunan: CCTV Reporter Beaten on the Job, Authorities to Give Self-critical Account of Situ)
Xinhua News Agency, January 10, 2013
http://news.cn.yahoo.com/ypen/20130110/1544012.html

Hukou

呼應城鎮化戶籍改革將啟動 (Household Registration Reform to Commence)
Want Daily, January 09, 2013
http://news.chinatimes.com/mainland/11050501/112013010900701.html

Human Rights Defenders

毛恒凤被判劳教三月余仍在看守所 (Mao Hengfeng Remains in Detention Center 3 Months after Being Ordered to Reeducation)
Radio Free Asia, January 07, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/2-01072013102356.html

Related:
上海公安非法关押被劳教的维权人士
Rights Defender Mao Hengfeng Held in Illegal Criminal Detention
Human Rights in China, January 07, 2012
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/6484
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/6483

Internet

Bloggers Using the Internet to Spread Truth in China
The New York Times, January 09, 2013
http://movies.nytimes.com/2013/01/09/movies/high-tech-low-life-about-two-chinese-citizen-reporters.html

Law

No Love Lost for 'Re-education through Labour' System
South China Morning Post, January 08, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1122455/no-love-lost-re-education-through-labour-system

Media

Tentative Deal Reported in Chinese Censorship Dispute
The New York Times, January 08, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/09/world/asia/faceoff-in-chinese-city-over-censorship-of-newspaper.html

The Beijing News' Night of Sorrow
Morning Clicks, SCMP Blog, January 09, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1123555/beijing-news-night-sorrow

聲援《南周》重提六四訴求 (Solitary for Southern Weekly Revisits Demands of June Fourth)
Ming Pao, January 09, 2013
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20130109/-9-2867320/1.html

Related:
廣州同行：只敢心裏默默支持 (Guangzhou Journalists: We Only Dare to Silently Support SW in Our Hearts)
Ming Pao, January 09, 2013
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20130109/-9-2867317/1.html

Politics

中紀委通報查案情況:薄熙來劉志軍案已移送司法 (CPC Central Discipline Commission Report: Bo Xilai and Liu Zhijun Cases Sent to Judiciary)
China News Service, January 09, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20130109/-9-2867632/1.html

Religion

China to Register all Clergy
Global Times, January 08, 2013
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/754510.shtml

Tibet

Official Stresses Patriotism among Monks
Global Times, January 08, 2013
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/754509.shtml

Related:
俞正声赴藏区，矛头再指达赖喇嘛 (Politburo Member Yu Zhengsheng Attacks Dalai Lama and Supporters during Tibet Visit)
Deutsche Welle, January 08, 2013
http://www.dw.de/俞正声赴藏区-矛头再指达赖喇嘛/a-16506560

Tuesday, January 08, 2013

Economic Development

Looking for China’s Missing Inequality Plan
China Realtime Report, January 08, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/01/08/looking-for-chinas-missing-inequality-plan/

Education

广东拟禁止患性病艾滋病者当老师引争议 (Guangdong: Controversy as Draft Standards Prohibit HIV/AIDS Patients from Becoming Teachers)
Southern Metropolis Daily, January 07, 2013
http://learning.sohu.com/20130107/n362661547.shtml

Hong Kong

限查公司註冊廢傳媒武功　阻記者核實身份　損公眾利益 (New Regulations Limit Journalists’ Ability to Check Company Registry Identity Information)
Apple Daily, January 08, 2012
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20130108/18126934

Human Rights Defenders

朱承志改監視居住料阻見律師 (Activist Zhu Chengzhi Transferred to Residential Surveillance for 6 Months, May Be Prevented Meeting with Lawyer)
Ming Pao, January 05, 2013
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20130105/-9-2864092/1.html

For the notice on Zhu’s residential surveillance, see:
指定居所监视居住通知书 (Notice of Residential Surveillance at a Designated Residence)
Shaoyang Municipal Public Security Bureau, January 04, 2013
http://twitter.com/liu_xiaoyuan/status/288447734665588736

Law

劳教制度的经济账：一个局79个编制 (Financial Cost of Reeducation-Through-Labor System a Growing Question)
21st Century Business Herald, January 08, 2013
http://ndnews.oeeee.com/html/201301/08/14595.html

Related:
針對「反革命」變打壓訪民 (RTL: A Tool Used against "Counterrevolutionaries" Turned into a Method of Suppressing Petitioners)
Ming Pao, January 08, 2013
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20130108/-9-2866387/1.html

Media

Beijing Says Party’s Control of Press ‘Unshakable’ after Southern Weekend Strike
SCMP Blog, January 08, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1122825/beijing-says-partys-control-press-unshakable-after-southern-weekend

Related:
China Celebrities Back Censorship Protest
Agence France-Presse, January 08, 2013
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hK5N3g6581KXQjrzHuEA2R1Msmig

Odd Stirrings Online amid Official Silence as Authorities Plan Southern Weekend's Future
Locustland, January 08, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1122837/odd-stirrings-online-amid-official-silence-authorities-plan-southern

德国记者毕节采访器材“遭破坏” (Guizhou: Der Spiegel Reporter’s Equipment “Destroyed” whilst Covering Story on Children Who Suffocated in Trash Bin)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 08, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2013/01/130108_china_germany_media_censor.shtml

Protests and Petitions

Thugs Strip Petitioners of Winter Clothes
Global Times, January 08, 2013
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/754405.shtml

Society

Beijing Times, January 08, 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/fortune/2013-01/08/c_124201752.htm

Related:
網民對強拆最不滿社會信任不及格 (CASS Report: Forced Demolitions Cause Most Ire amongst Netizens)
Want Daily, January 08, 2013
http://news.chinatimes.com/mainland/11050501/112013010800199.html

Monday, January 07, 2013

Children

`Blind Eye' to Death Home
The Standard, January 07, 2013
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?art_id=129807&con_type=1

Environment

China Facing 'Extremely Grave' Environmental Crisis
The Telegraph, January 06, 2013
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/9783784/China-facing-extremely-grave-environmental-crisis.html

Hong Kong

HKU Dean Rages over Beijing Abode Call
The Standard, January 07, 2013
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?art_id=129838&con_type=1

Law

Defense Lawyers Face Uphill Battle
China Daily, January 07, 2013
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-01/07/content_16089498.htm

孟建柱：今年将停止使用劳教制度 (Central Pol and Law Commission Secretary Meng: We Will Stop Using Reeducation-Through-Labor This Year)
Dushi Shibao, January 07, 2013
http://news.ifeng.com/mainland/detail_2013_01/07/20909473_0.shtml

Media

Southern Weekend's Moment of Reckoning
Locustland, January 07, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1121880/southern-weekends-moment-reckoning

Related:
中宣部：南方周末事件，环球时报评论及东方卫视新年献词
Ministry of Truth: Southern Weekly Tempest
China Digital Times, January 06, 2013
CH: http://chinadigitaltimes.net/chinese/2013/01/中宣部：南方周末事件，环球时报评论及东方卫视/
EN: http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2013/01/ministry-of-truth-southern-weekly-tempest/

《南周》微博淪陷記者：抗爭到底 (Southern Weekly's Sina Weibo Account Falls into Enemy's Hands; Journalists: We'll Fight till the End)
Ming Pao, January 07, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20130107/-9-2865520/1.html

陸港台學者連署籲罷免庹震 (Scholars from Mainland, HK, and Taiwan Issue Appeal Calling for Removal of Guangdong Propaganda Chief Tuo Zhen)
Central News Agency, January 06, 2013
http://news.chinatimes.com/realtime/110109/112013010600725.html

For the full text of the letter and English translation, see:
Inside the Southern Weekly Incident
China Media Project, January 07, 2013
http://cmp.hku.hk/2013/01/07/30402/

Tibet

青海循化两僧为自焚者祈福被捕同仁县一藏人被判刑 (Qinghai: 2 Monks Arrested for Praying for Self-immolated; 1 Tibetan Sentenced due to Photos on Phone)
Radio Free Asia, January 04, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/qh-01042013144746.html

Friday, January 04, 2013

Gender

Rule against Gender Discrimination Takes Effect
China Daily, January 03, 2013
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-01/03/content_16078280.htm

Labor

What Worker Shortage? The Real Story of China’s Migrants
China Realtime Report, January 04, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/01/04/what-worker-shortage-the-real-story-of-chinas-migrants/

Law

Bo Xilai Case Is the biggest Test for China's Legal Progress Since Gang of Four Trial
South China Morning Post, January 04, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1119183/bo-xilai-case-biggest-test-chinas-legal-progress-gang-four

Policeman Wang Dengchao Jailed for Graft 'after Calling for Democracy'
South China Morning Post, January 04, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1119383/policeman-wang-dengchao-jailed-graft-after-calling-democracy

Related:
深圳警员王登朝因民主活动入狱案再添新证据 (New Evidence in Case of Shenzhen Officer Sent to Jail for Activities Promoting Democracy)
Civil Rights & Livelihood Watch, December 21, 2012
http://www.msguancha.com/Article/ShowArticle.asp?ArticleID=16175

Media

《南周》聲明轟新聞審查 (Southern Weekly Appeal Blasts News Censorship)
Ming Pao, January 04, 2013
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20130104/-9-2863209/1.html

Related:
Open Letter Ups the Ante in the Southern Weekly Incident
China Media Project, January 04, 2013
http://cmp.hku.hk/2013/01/04/30311/

中国否认对纽约时报记者拒发签证 (MFA Denies New York Times Reporter's Visa App Rejected)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 03, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2013/01/130103_nytimes_visa.shtml

Politics

这样的政治改革，不值得期待 (Not Worth Waiting for Political Reform Like This)
Radio France Internationale, January 03, 2013
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20130103-这样的政治改革，不值得期待

Protests and Petitions

東莞千川籍民工示威爆警民衝突 (Dongguan: Demonstration by 1K Migrant Workers from Sichuan Becomes Clash with Police)
Australia Daily, January 04, 2013
http://dailynews.sina.com/bg/chn/chnnews/ausdaily/20130103/15544117335.html

Thursday, January 03, 2013

Civil Society

In China, Grass-roots Groups Take on H.I.V./AIDS Outreach Work
The New York Times, January 02, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/03/world/asia/chinese-groups-slowly-carve-out-space-in-work-against-hiv-aids.html

中国民间组织报告监督维护艾滋病人权益工作维权人士称艾滋病患权益有改善 (Chinese NGO Publishes Report on Gov'ts Work Preventing HIV/AIDS and Protecting Patients' Rights; Activists Say Rights Slowly Improving)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/aids-01022013104115.html

Environment

重庆规定环境违法企业贷款将受到限制 (Chongqing Regs: Loans of Polluting Companies to Be Restricted)
China Youth Daily, January 03, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/0103/02/8K8SC0KB00014AED.html

Human Rights Defenders

陈光诚侄子陈克贵已被送到临沂监狱 (Chen Kegui, Nephew of Chen Guangcheng, Transferred to Linyi Prison)
Duowei News, January 02, 2013
http://china.dwnews.com/news/2013-01-02/59054894.html

探訪劉霞之後——紀錄片與社會行動 (Aftermath of Visit to Liu Xia: Documentary and Social Movement)
iSun Affairs, January 02, 2013
http://www.isunaffairs.com/?p=12714

Media

宣傳部長刪改《南周》獻辭 (Propaganda Department Edits Southern Weekly's New Years Message, Yanhuang Chunqiu Scolds CPC for Going against Constitution)
Apple Daily, January 03, 2013
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/international/art/20130103/18121691

Related:
A Consensus for Political Reform
China Media Project, January 02, 2013
http://cmp.hku.hk/2013/01/02/30203/

Reform Realities
Chang Ping, January 01, 2013
http://changping.posterous.com/reform-realities

Protests and Petitions

Woman Held Over Letter to Wen
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/letter-01022013154705.html

元旦上千访民被关北京久敬庄 (1K+ Petitioners Held in Beijing's de facto Detention Hub Jiujingzhuang during New Year)
Radio Free Asia, January 01, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/fm-01012013104559.html

环境维权引发中国动荡
China’s New ‘Middle Class’ Environmental Protests
China Dialogue, January 02, 2013
CH: http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/ch/5561-China-s-new-middle-class-environmental-protests
EN: http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/5561-China-s-new-middle-class-environmental-protests

XUAR

Writer's Death Reports Doubted
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/writer-01022013195012.html

Related:
国际特赦呼吁中国澄清维族作家生死 (Amnesty International Calls for China to Clarify whether Uyghur Writer Remains Living)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 02, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2013/01/130102_xinjiang_writer_amnesty.shtml

About the Individual: Nurmuhemmet Yasin
Incorporating Responsibility 2008
http://www.ir2008.org/12/about.php

Wednesday, January 02, 2013

Environment

北京等74城市空气质量已可查部分官网无法打开 (New Air Quality Standards for Beijing and 73 Other Cities Commence, Some Official Monitoring Pages Inaccessible)
The Beijing News, January 02, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/0102/02/8K6A044F00014AED.html

Hong Kong

香港“倒梁”游行，抗议北京之手 (Hong Kongers March Calling for Chief Executive to Resign and Protesting Beijing's Involvement in HK)
Deutsche Welle, January 01, 2013
http://www.dw.de/香港倒梁游行抗议北京之手/a-16490803

愛港力量遊行本台採訪期間受襲 (Reporter with NOW TV Attacked while Covering Pro-establishment March)
NOW TV, December 30, 2012
http://news.now.com/home/local/player?newsId=55298

Related:
Hong Kong Pro-Government March Gets Caught for Hiring Protesters
BadCanto, January 02, 2013
http://badcanto.wordpress.com/2013/01/02/hong-kong-pro-government-march-gets-caught-for-hiring-protesters/

Human Rights Defenders

Police Break Up New Year Dinner
Radio Free Asia, January 01, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/dinner-01012013174422.html

Activists Visit Liu Xia
Radio Free Asia, January 01, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/nobel-01012013110843.html

For the activist’s video from the visit, see:
2012年12月28日胡佳、徐友渔等网友架走保安，成功探访刘霞
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJumioueaAo

胡佳：不能让对刘霞的非法拘禁再继续下去 (Hu Jia: This Illegal Detention of Liu Xia Cannot Be Allowed to Continue)
Radio France Internationale, January 01, 2013
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20130101-胡佳：不能让对刘霞的非法拘禁再继续下去

For a map and photos of Liu Xia's residential compound, see:
「行動施壓還劉霞自由」 (Operation: Restore Liu Xia's Freedom)
Ming Pao, January 02, 2013
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20130102/-9-2861766/1.html

Media

China Forces New York Times Reporter Chris Buckley to Leave Country
The Guardian, December 31, 2012
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/dec/31/china-new-york-times-journalist

Society

The Disappeared
Foreign Policy, January 02, 2013
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/01/02/the_disappeared

Monday, December 31, 2012

Environment

“PX项目”群体过敏症 (Mass Hypersensitivity toward PX Projects)
The Beijing News, December 24, 2012
http://focus.news.163.com/12/1224/10/8JFUNIGT00011SM9.html

Education

Easing of College Exam Barriers Fails to Satisfy Migrant Parents
South China Morning Post, December 31, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1116179/easing-college-exam-barriers-fails-satisfy-migrant-parents

Related:
14省份出台异地高考方案京沪粤门槛高 (Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangdong at Forefront as 14 Provinces and Cities Introduce Uni Exam Schemes for Migrants)
China News Service, December 31, 2012
http://news.163.com/12/1231/00/8K0U55GD00014AEE.html

Government

“公知上书”遭禁，新政难启？ (Access to Intellectuals' "Proposal for a Consensus on Reform" Blocked – Poor Start for the New Gov't?)
Deutsche Welle, December 29, 2012
http://www.dw.de/公知上书遭禁新政难启/a-16487367

Related:
改革共识倡议书 (Proposal for a Consensus on Reform)
December 25, 2012
http://www.mingpaonews.com/download/ga20121227_1465.pdf

Internet

Real-name Rule for Internet Adopted
Shenzhen Daily, December 31, 2012
http://www.szdaily.com/content/2012-12/31/content_7558910.htm

Related:
关于加强网络信息保护的决定
Decision to Strengthen the Protection of Online Information
Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, December 28, 2012
CH: http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2012-12/28/c_114195221.htm
EN: http://chinacopyrightandmedia.wordpress.com/2012/12/28/national-peoples-congress-standing-committee-decision-concerning-strengthening-network-information-protection/

网络谣言泛滥岂能袖手旁观 (How Can One Stand By while Inundated with Online Rumors?)
China Youth Daily, December 30, 2012
http://ndnews.oeeee.com/html/201212/30/13125.html

Hukou

中国户籍制度改革的困局 (China's Household Registration Reform Dilemma)
Radio France Internationale, December 30, 2012
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20121230-中国户籍制度改革的困局

Land Policy

征地补偿制度修法延期到明年 (Revised Compensation System for Land Requisitions Delayed to 2013)
Southern Weekly, December 31, 2012
http://www.21cbh.com/HTML/2012-12-31/xNNTc5XzU5NTExNA.html

Population

福建计生办被指私设黑监狱关押老幼纪委正调查 (Fujian Family Planning Office Turned into Black Jail for Young and Old under Investigation)
Legal Daily, December 31, 2012
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/report_supervise/content/2012-12/31/content_4101028.htm

Related:
Eight Punished for Holding Captives in E China
China Daily, December 31, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-12/31/content_16069900.htm

Society

China: Parents Can Sue Children for Neglect
The Associated Press, December 28, 2012
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/china-parents-can-sue-children-for-neglect-8432781.html

Related:
中华人民共和国老年人权益保障法 (Law on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of the Elderly [Amended])
Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, December 28, 2012
http://www.gov.cn/jrzg/2012-12/29/content_2301597.htm

Thursday, December 27, 2012

Environment

China’s Boom Bangs Up Coral Reefs
Agence France-Presse, December 28, 2012
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2012/12/28/2003551195

Internet

网络非法删帖背后的生意经 (Business Logic behind Illegal Deletion of Online Posts)
China Youth Daily, December 24, 2012
http://focus.news.163.com/12/1224/09/8JFU42BA00011SM9.html

Labor

深圳港资电子厂易手四千工人堵路维权 (Shenzhen: 4K Factory Workers Protest to Defend Their Rights)
Radio Free Asia, December 27, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/shenzhen_labor-12272012100126.html

北京最低工資加11.1% (Beijing Minimum Wage to Increase 11.1%)
Ming Pao, December 28, 2012
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/北京最低工資加11-1-055324967.html

Land Policy

Land Reform: Home of Communist Revolution Flattens Hills to Expand
Want China Times, December 28, 2012
http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20121228000043&cid=1102&MainCatID=0

四川省发生两起强拆事件 (Two Forced Demolitions in Sichuan) Radio Free Asia, December 27, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hc-12272012143100.html

Migrant Workers

李克强九江调研：农民工变市民要解决住房问题 (Li Keqiang: Housing Issues Must Be Resolved for Migrant Workers to Become Urban Residents)
Caijing, December 28, 2012
http://news.163.com/12/1228/07/8JQ0C2EP0001124J.html

Tibet

China Seizes TVs, Satellite Equipment in Tibetan Area
Reuters, December 27, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/27/us-china-tibet-idUSBRE8BQ02O20121227

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Government

內地71學者聯署倡改革 (71 Mainland Intellectuals Issue Joint Appeal for Reform)
Ming Pao, December 27, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20121227/-2-2857562/1.html

Related:
改革共识倡议书 (Proposal for a Consensus on Reform)
December 25, 2012
~~http://zhangqianfan.blog.caixin.com/archives/50779~~
http://www.mingpaonews.com/download/ga20121227_1465.pdf

Chinese Scholars Demand Communist Leaders Relax Their Grip
Bloomberg News, December 27, 2012
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-26/china-scholars-demand-ruling-party-relax-its-grip-on-government.html

Human Rights Defenders

Activist Sent Back to Labor Camp
Radio Free Asia, December 24, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/labor-12242012182135.html

川震灾民李依乾被判刑五年质疑控方证据将提上诉 (Quake Activist Li Yiqian Sentenced to 5 Years for "Disrupting Public Order" by Asking Where Funds to Rebuild following the 2008 Sichuan Quake Went)
Radio Free Asia, December 25, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/cz-12252012104257.html

拒認錯旺陽戰友朱承志送檢察院 (Case of Zhu Chengzhi, Friend and Supporter of Activist Li Wangyang, Sent to Procuratorate, Now Awaiting Indictment)
Ming Pao, December 26, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20121226/-2-2856850/1.html

Related:
朱承志——社会的良知！
Zhu Chengzhi as the Conscience of Society
Fan Yanqiong, June 20, 2012
CH: http://canyu.org/n52154c6.aspx
EN: http://underthejacaranda.wordpress.com/2012/06/23/zhu-chengzhi-as-the-conscience-of-society/

Internet

全国人大常委会立法推网络实名制
Policymakers Float Tighter Internet Regulations
Caixin, December 25, 2012
CH: http://china.caixin.com/2012-12-24/100476192.html
EN: http://english.caixin.com/2012-12-25/100476735.html

Law

Courtroom Participants Forbidden to Broadcast Trials
Xinhua News Agency, December 25, 2012
http://english.cri.cn/6909/2012/12/25/2724s740126.htm

Related:
关于适用《中华人民共和国刑事诉讼法》的解释 (Judicial Interpretation on the Applicability of the Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China)
Supreme People's Court, December 20, 2012
http://www.chinacourt.org/article/detail/2012/12/id/807033.shtml

Police

公安部規定明年嚴禁刑訊逼供避免冤錯案件 (Ministry of Public Security Regulations Prohibit Extortion of Confessions by Torture Beginning 2013)
Xinhua News Agency, December 27, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20121227/-9-2857819/1.html

Related:
公安机关办理刑事案件程序规定 (Regulations on the Procedures for the Handling of Criminal Cases by Public Security Organs)
Ministry of Public Security, December 13, 2012
http://www.mps.gov.cn/n16/n1282/n3493/n3823/n442421/3486957.html

Religion

Come to China During Christmas to Enjoy Religious Freedom!
Global Voices Online, December 27, 2012
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2012/12/27/come-to-china-during-christmas-to-enjoy-religious-freedom/

Related:
Clampdown on Memorials, Christians
Radio Free Asia, December 26, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/clampdown-12262012130754.html

Related:
Chinese Ambassador to UK Doesn't Understand What You Mean by Censorship
Shanghaiist, December 23, 2012
http://shanghaiist.com/2012/12/23/ambassador-liu-xiaoming-censorship.php

Law

涉黑美籍华人胡炜升今审判 (Chinese-American Vincent Wu to Be Tried Today on Various Criminal Charges)
Sing Pao, December 24, 2012
http://www.singpao.com/xw/nd/201212/t20121224_409676.html

Related:
Chinese-American Faces Trial in China
The New York Times, December 22, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/23/world/asia/chinese-american-faces-trial-in-china-over-business-dispute.html

Related:
廢死聯盟：死刑非萬靈丹 (Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty: the Death Penalty Is Not a Panacea)
United Daily News, December 21, 2012
http://udn.com/NEWS/NATIONAL/NATS1/7582691.shtml

Tibet

Torture Rampant at Chushur
Radio Free Asia, December 21, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/torture-12212012151636.html

Friday, December 21, 2012

Children

China’s Stolen Kids
Global Times, December 21, 2012
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/751473.shtml

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