HRIC Daily Brief

Monday, May 20, 2013

Technology

Bloomberg Snooping Scandal Alerts China on Data Security
Xinhua News Agency, May 19, 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/sci/2013-05/19/c_132393186.htm

Opinion

及时公布有毒食品信息是执法底线 (Prompt Disclosure of Information Crucial to Enforcing Food Safety Laws)
Dongfang Morning Post, May 20, 2013
http://epaper.dfdaily.com/dfzb/html/2013-05/20/content_770390.htm

媒体札记：选择性公开 (Selective Transparency Undermines Public Safety and Trust in Government)
Financial Times, May 20, 2013
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001050506?full=y

Wishing for China's Trade, Fearing Its Prowess
The Japan Times, May 19, 2013
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/05/19/commentary/wishing-for-chinas-trade-fearing-its-prowess/#.UZo4XqLVB8E

Friday, May 17, 2013

Civil Society

NGOs Spring Free from Official Bonds
Global Times, May 16, 2013
www.globaltimes.cn/content/782160.shtml

广州食药监局公布首季度餐饮食品抽验结果 (Excessive Level of Cadmium Found in 44% of Rice Products Sampled, Guangzhou Authorities Withhold Names of Producers)
Nanfang Daily, May 17, 2013
epaper.nfdaily.cn/html/2013-05/17/content_7190406.htm

Corruption

上海环保局长回应质疑：排污费未用作环保局福利 (Shanghai Authorities Deny Using Pollution Fines for Bonuses)
Beijing News, May 17, 2013
www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2013/05/17/264248.html

Culture

At Cannes, Shock Movie Tests China's Boundaries
Agence France-Presse, May 16, 2013
www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/130516/at-cannes-shock-movie-tests-chinas-boundaries

黑板公布乙肝名单单位被判侵犯隐私 (Guangzhou Company is Found Guilty of “Invasion of Privacy” for Publishing Former Worker’s Health Status)
Guangzhou Daily, May 17, 2013
gzdaily.dayoo.com/html/2013-05/17/content_2249457.htm

Hong Kong

美驻港总领事谈政改遭批干预内部事务 (Beijing: U.S. Consul's Comments on HK Election is "Interference in Internal Affairs")
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 17, 2013
www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/05/130517_young_hongkong_affairs.shtml

Human Rights Defenders

China Bans Travel for Activist
Australian Financial Review, May 16, 2013
www.afr.com/p/world/china_bans_travel_for_award_activist_CjCc3zYopA2N4MNp3ElFjK

Labor

国务院：高校毕业生招聘禁止设年龄性别户籍等限制 (State Council: Hukou, Gender, and Age of University Graduates Must Not be Obstacles to Employment)
Caijing, May 17, 2013
politics.caijing.com.cn/2013-05-17/112790667.html

Foxconn Audit Finds a Workweek Still Too Long
The New York Times, May 16, 2013
www.nytimes.com/2013/05/17/business/foxconn-audit-reveals-workweek-still-too-long.html

Media

中国广电主管部门整治“抗战雷剧
China Cracks Down on Over-the-Top Anti-Japan Dramas
Reuters, May 17, 2013
CH: cn.reuters.com/article/CNTopGenNews/idCNCNE94G03720130517
EN: www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/17/entertainment-us-china-japan-television-idUSBRE94G03B20130517

Political and Economic Reform

中国政府改革审批制度发改委权力受限 (China Limits Power of Top Economic Planning Body)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 17, 2013
www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/05/130517_china_ndrc.shtml

传高层正起草七大领域改革方案明年初或现重大突破 (Seven High-Level Working Groups Draft Proposals for Key Reforms)
Business Times, May 17, 2013
www.businesstimes.com.cn/2013/economy_0517/4818.html

Protests and Petitions

Lawyers Petition NPC Commission to Legalise Gay Marriage
South China Morning Post, May 16, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1239296/lawyers-petition-npc-commission-legalise-gay-marriage

Shanghai Protests Force Battery-Maker to Abandon Factory
Bloomberg News, May 16, 2013
www.businessweek.com/news/2013-05-16/shanghai-protests-force-battery-maker-to-abandon-factory-plans

Technology

人民日报：我国未成年手机网民约1亿 (100 Million Chinese Minors Are Mobile Internet Users)
People's Daily, May 17, 2013
www.peopledaily.me/archives/11555

Tibet

Tibetan Receives Five-Year Prison Term for His Writings
Radio Free Asia, May 17, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/writings-05162013170531.html

Opinion

南方周末：改变“权力造富”是一场转型硬仗 (Curbing Accumulation of Wealth through Power is Key to Reform)
Caijing, May 17, 2013
comments.caijing.com.cn/2013-05-17/112792189.html

人民日报：食品安全不能总打“运动战” (Reactionary Crackdowns Insufficient to Ensure Food Safety, Systemic Reforms Needed to Address Root Causes)
People's Daily, May 17, 2013
www.peopledaily.me/archives/11676

Walking the Talk: Can China’s Leaders Revive the Economy and Reform it at the Same Time?
The Economist, May 17, 2013
www.economist.com/news/china/21578058-can-chinas-leaders-revive-economy-and-reform-it-same-time-walking-talk

Checked and Balanced? Officials Try to Rein in Corruption without Undertaking Political Reform
The Economist, May 17, 2013
www.economist.com/news/china/21578065-officials-try-rein-corruption-without-undertaking-political-reform-checked-and-balanced

The EU and U.S. Must Promote Human Rights Worldwide – that Includes China
The Guardian, May 16, 2013
www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/may/16/eu-us-promote-human-rights-china

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Children

Legal Barriers Aggravate Child Abuse
Global Times, May 15, 2013
www.globaltimes.cn/content/781870.shtml

Death Penalty

Businesswoman Sentenced to Death
China Daily, May 16, 2013
usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-05/16/content_16502327.htm

Education

国务院:进一步提高重点高校招收农村学生比例 (China to Boost Rural Student Enrollment at Top Universities)
China News Service, May 15, 2013
http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2013/05-15/4822578.shtml

Environment

China Gives Environmental Approval to Country's Biggest Hydro Dam
Reuters, May 15, 2013
www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/15/us-china-hydropower-idUSBRE94E0EW20130515

Hukou

中国户籍就业歧视第一案 (Nanjing Graduate Sues Government Over Employment Discrimination Based on Hukou)
Radio Free Asia, May 15, 2013
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/kejiaowen/cyl-05152013153957.html

International Human Rights

中德人权对话论及少数民族权利封闭式对话难以改善中国人权 (Closed-Door Sino-German Discussion on Human, Minority Rights Not Conducive to Improvement)
Radio Free Asia, May 15, 2013
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/yf-05152013105012.html

Information Control

China Tightens its Grip on Discourse, Ideology
Boston Globe, May 14, 2013
www.bostonglobe.com/news/world/2013/05/14/china-tightens-grip-discourse-ideology/qYb42EXLxzu68DHhcFt7JN/story.html

Related:
中共“九号文件”秘密下达意识形态斗争烽烟味浓 (Recent Crackdown on Free Speech Suggests Ideological Struggle in Party)
Radio Free Asia, May 15, 2013
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/xl-05152013105236.html

International Relations

China Reaffirms Political Solution Only Way to Address Syria Crisis
Xinhua News, May 16, 2013
news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-05/16/c_132384965.htm

Labor

Beijing Signals Concerns at Rising Unemployment
Financial Times, May 15, 2013
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/481dd63e-bd66-11e2-a735-00144feab7de.html#axzz2TT2Xe9X3

Political and Economic Reforms

Slower Chinese Growth Adds to Pressure on Leaders
Associated Press, May 16, 2013
www.boston.com/news/world/asia/2013/05/16/slower-chinese-growth-adds-pressure-leaders/aQ9V0UlZSrApstJQNwB0bM/story.html

Chinese Human Rights Activist Sees No Hope For Government-led Reform In China
Business Insider, May 15, 2013
http://www.businessinsider.com/reform-prospects-in-a-consensus-led-china-2013-5

Protests and Petitions

江苏城管打死女贩惹民愤遭千人围攻砸车 (Thousands in Jiangsu Protest Fatal Beating of Street Vendor by Officer)
Radio Free Asia, May 15, 2013
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/vt-05152013144646.html

昆明市民再次抗议中石油PX炼化项目 (Hundreds in Kunming March in 2nd Protest Against Planned Refinery)
Reuters, May 16, 2013
cn.reuters.com/article/CNTopGenNews/idCNCNE94F06Z20130516

Technology

港大软件恢复被删微博译成英文并可搜索 (HK University Database Compiles, Restores, and Translates Deleted Microblog Posts)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 14, 2013
www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/05/130514_hku_weiboscope_posts.shtml

Tibet

Chinese Police Expel Tibetans From Disputed Land
Radio Free Asia, May 15, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/land-dispute-05152013134449.html

Opinion

茅于轼撰写博客反击《环球时报》批评 (Mao Yushi Lashes Back at State Media and Chinese Leftists)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 15, 2013
www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/05/130515_maoyushi_global_times.shtml

Why Isn't the Chinese Press All Over the AP Phone-Record Scandal?
Foreign Policy, May 15, 2013
http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/05/15/chinese_press_ap_justice_department_phone_record_scandal

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Death Penalty

Beijing Touts Drop in Capital Crimes in Annual Human Rights Reports
South China Morning Post, May 15, 2013
www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1237864/beijing-touts-drop-capital-crimes-annual-human-rights-reports

Environment

云南发改委:中石油昆明项目环评报告涉密不公示 (Yunnan Authorities: Environmental Impact Assessment of Oil Refinery Project is Secret)
China National Radio, May 14, 2013
news.163.com/13/0514/19/8US23FMU00014JB5.html

Healthy Environment Vital, Says White Paper
China Daily, May 15, 2013
usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-05/15/content_16499510.htm

Health

Man Sues Chinese Hospital Over Forced Psychiatric Admission
Radio Free Asia, May 15, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/sues-05142013105349.html

Human Rights Defenders

Change in China 'Inevitable', Says Blind Activist Chen
Agence France-Presse, May 14, 2013
www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/130514/change-china-inevitable-says-blind-activist-chen

Information Control

发泡餐具5月1日解禁产品标准、准入条件与回收机制饱受质疑, 律师要求发改委公开解禁信息 (Lawyer Seeks Information on Controversial Decision to Lift Ban on Polyfoam Utensils)
The Beijing Times, May 15, 2013
epaper.jinghua.cn/html/2013-05/15/content_1989303.htm

China Tries to Rein in Microbloggers
The Guardian, May 14, 2013
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/may/15/china-microblogging-accounts-closed

International Relations

88 Generation Students Hold Talks with U.S., China
Radio Free Asia, May 14, 2013
www.rfa.org/english/news/burma/88-generation-students-05142013135841.html

Arctic Council Adds Six Members, Including China
The New York Times, May 15, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/16/world/europe/arctic-council-adds-six-members-including-china.html

Land, Housing, Property

中国多地现暴力征地官方紧急通知严肃查处 (Ministry Issues Urgent Directive to Investigate Unlawful and Violent Land Grabs)
Beijing News, May 14, 2013
www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2013/05/14/263693.html

Related:
China Ministry Urges End to "Forcible" Land Requisition: Paper
Reuters, May 14, 2013
www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/15/us-china-land-idUSBRE94E04320130515

Political and Economic Reform

Binding the Baton in China
Asia Times Online, May 14, 2013
www.atimes.com/atimes/China/CHIN-01-140513.html

Population

北上广超生人群调查:明星富豪及中低收入者均有 (Survey: Celebrities, Millionaires, and Low-to Middle-Income Families Among Those Exceeding Birth Quota)
Beijing Evening Post, May 15, 2013
news.sina.com.cn/c/sd/2013-05-15/151927130901.shtml

Refugees and Asylum Seekers

Shan Rebels Ask China to Provide Shelter for Refugees
The Irrawaddy, May 15, 2013
www.irrawaddy.org/archives/34582

Vulnerable Groups

China Sex Workers 'Abused by Police'
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 14, 2013
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-22520455

Opinion

中国缺乏开放的思想市场 (China Still Lacks Free Thinking)
Financial Times, May 15, 2013
www.ftchinese.com/story/001050413

人民日报：期待昆明成功走出“PX困局” (Transparency and Open Information are Key to Building Public Trust and Reducing Mass Protests against Industrial Projects)
The People's Daily, May 15, 2013
comments.caijing.com.cn/2013-05-15/112781409.html

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Business and Human Rights

PPG Funds Social Responsibility Research at Tsinghua

China Daily, May 13, 2013

www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2013-05/13/content_16495449.htm

Civil Society

Quake Prompts Growth in NGOs

China Daily, May 13, 2013

usa.chinadaily.com.cn/epaper/2013-05/13/content_16494692.htm

Corruption

China's Illegal 'Black Jails': How A Government Incentive Created More Corruption

International Business Times, May 13, 2013

www.ibtimes.com/chinas-illegal-black-jails-how-government-incentive-created-more-corruption-1254695

刘铁男涉嫌严重违纪被免去领导职务 (Senior Planning Official Sacked for “Disciplinary Violations”)

Southern Weekly, May 14, 2013

www.infzm.com/content/90359

Related:

China Social Media Hailed after Official Toppled

Agence France-Presse, May 14, 2013

news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Science%2Band%2BTech/Story/A1Story20130514-422459.html

简讯：重庆公安局原副局长唐建华被双开 (Former Chongqing Police Official Sacked, Expelled from CPC for Taking Bribes)

British Broadcasting Corporation, May 13, 2013

www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/05/130513_brief_chongqing_tang.shtml

Disaster

Five Years After A Quake, Chinese Cite Shoddy Reconstruction

National Public Radio, May 13, 2013

www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2013/05/13/183635289/Five-Years-After-A-Quake-Chinese-Cite-Shoddy-Reconstruction

Environment

北京九成受访者认为PM2.5主要来自汽车尾气 (Survey: 90% of Beijingers Think Automobile Exhaust is Major Cause of Pollution)

Caijing, May 14, 2013

politics.caijing.com.cn/2013-05-14/112775884.html

Health

中国已有35人死于H7N9禽流感 (Bird Flu Fatalities Reach 35, 130 Infected)

British Broadcasting Corporation, May 14, 2013

www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/05/130514_china_bird_flu.shtml

Human Rights Defenders

Lawyers Held, Beaten After Sichuan 'Black Jail' Visit

Radio Free Asia, May 13, 2013

http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/lawyers-05132013104116.html

For more information, see:

围观“黑监狱” 多名律师遭殴打关押

Lawyers Beaten During Attempt to Visit Black Jail

Human Rights in China, May 13, 2013

CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/6681

EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/6680

Daughter of a Detained Chinese Rights Activist Speaks

The New York Times, May 13, 2013

rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/13/daughter-of-a-detained-chinese-rights-activist-speaks/

Information Control

中国整治网站编发虚假新闻、恶意篡改标题行为 (China to Tighten Regulation on Internet News and Combat “Fake Information”)

Caijing, May 14, 2013

politics.caijing.com.cn/2013-05-14/112776398.html

China Launches New Crackdown on Internet Celebrities

The Telegraph, May 13, 2013

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10053820/China-launches-new-crackdown-on-internet-celebrities.html

International Relations

In Cambodia, China Fuels Deadly Illegal Logging Trade

Time, May 14, 2013

http://world.time.com/2013/05/14/in-cambodia-illegal-logging-unabated-on-anniversary-of-leading-activists-death/

Beijing's Blue Berets: UN Peacekeeping and the Evolution of Chinese Diplomacy

The Atlantic, May 13, 2013

www.theatlantic.com/china/archive/2013/05/beijings-blue-berets-un-peacekeeping-and-the-evolution-of-chinese-diplomacy/275793/

Labor

四川泸县矿难28人遇难全省煤矿停产整顿 (All Sichuan Coal Mines Shut Down after Fatal Explosion)

Xinhua News Agency, May 13, 2013

www.infzm.com/content/90350

Land, Housing and Property

村民豪华别墅被强拆告赢政府获赔238万 (Kunming Villager Wins Forced Demolition Case Against Government)

Kunming Daily, May 14, 2013

http://news.sznews.com/content/2013-05/14/content_8048545.htm

Protests and Petitions

非法拘禁上访者主犯获刑2年 (Appeal Court Upholds Convictions in Case of Illegal Detention of Petitioners)

The Beijing News, May 14, 2013

epaper.bjnews.com.cn/html/2013-05/14/content_432703.htm?div=-1

'I Am Scared': Chinese Creator of White House Petition Seeks Help after Police Visit

South China Morning Post, May 14, 2013

www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1237408/i-am-scared-chinese-creator-white-house-petition-seeks-help-after-police

Cover-Up Suspicions As Authenticity Of Footage Of Mysterious Chinese Woman's Suicide Questioned

International Business Times, May 13, 2013

www.ibtimes.com/cover-suspicions-authenticity-footage-mysterious-chinese-womans-suicide-questioned-1254743

Opinion

曹林：不能把正常批评与合理怀疑归为假新闻 (Combating “Fake News” Cannot Justify Silencing of Legitimate Criticisms)

China Youth Daily, May 14, 2013

ndnews.oeeee.com/html/201305/14/59691.html

Reform Can End Loose Talk of a Chinese Revolution

Financial Times, May 13, 2014

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/230abf60-b348-11e2-b5a5-00144feabdc0.html

Public Opinion Empowers Weibo's Effect

Global Times, May 13, 2013

www.globaltimes.cn/content/781063.shtml#.UZHvPStgaI0

Monday, May 13, 2013

Animal Welfare and Rights

Bear Attack on Monkey Sparks Calls for Laws
China Daily, May 13, 2013
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-05/10/content_16489258.htm

Children

学校私自放假四学童溺亡校方卸责官员并逼迫家属埋尸 (Authorities Deny Responsibility for Students Drowned during Unscheduled Break, Threaten Families)
Radio Free Asia, May 10, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/kejiaowen/xx-05102013141856.html

Corruption

After a Journalist’s Prodding, China Investigates a Top Official
The New York Times, May 12, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/13/world/asia/china-eyes-liu-tienan-an-official-challenged-by-a-journalist.html

中国审计报告揭央企财务问题处理70名官员 (70 SOE Officials Disciplined for Mishandling Finances)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 11, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/05/130511_china_audit_report.shtml

Disasters

四川地震遇难学生母亲被禁祭奠儿子 (Mother Banned from Mourning Son Killed in 2008 Earthquake)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 12, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/05/130512_sichuan_ban.shtml

Related:
The Children Airbrushed from The Story of China's Devastating Quake
Telegraph India, May 11, 2013
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10051077/The-children-airbrushed-from-the-story-of-Chinas-devastating-quake.html

网民促追究汶川地震豆腐渣工程责任 (Netizens Demand Accountability for Building Collapses in 2008 Earthquake)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 13, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/05/130512_china_earthquake_weibo.shtml

Environment

山东14家企业地下排污共计被罚款35万元 (Environmental Ministry Finds 558 Violations Within 40 Days, Fines Companies)
Shandong Business Daily, May 11, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/0511/04/8UIM3JDR0001124J.html

Freedom of Expression and Privacy

京滬大學遭令「七不講」禁談新聞自由普世價值教授：課堂無話可說 (Beijing and Shanghai Universities Told Not to Discuss Rights and Freedoms)
Ming Pao, May 13, 2013
http://bit.ly/YQRo1g

Related:
网民对“七不讲”存疑并忧虑“文革再来” (Gag Order on Universities Causes Uproar Online)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 11, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/05/130511_china_weibo_orders.shtml

Seven Subjects Off Limits for Teaching, Chinese Universities Told
South China Morning Post, May 13, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1234453/dont-teach-freedom-press-or-communist-party-mistakes-chinese-academics

上海民众再度集会抗议电池厂项目 (Shanghai Residents March Against Planned Battery Factory)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 11, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/05/130511_shanghai_factory_protest.shtml

Changing Nature of Urbanization
China Daily, May 10, 2013
http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2013-05/10/content_16490815.htm

For full issue brief, see:
Environmental and Social Policies in Overseas Investments: Progress and Challenges in China
World Resources Institute, May 2013
http://www.wri.org/publication/environmental-and-social-policies-in-overseas-investments-progress-and-challenges-for-china

Human Rights Defenders

Chinese Police Detain Anti-Graft Activist's Supporters
Radio Free Asia, May 9, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/supporters-05092013144659.html

For more information on Liu Ping, see:
江西维权人士刘萍被刑拘
Activist Detained on Suspicion of “Inciting Subversion of State Power” after Calling for Disclosure of Officials’ Assets
Human Rights in China, May 9, 2013
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/6678
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/6677

Related:
Chinese Netizens Post 'Anti-Suicide Pledges'
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 10, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-22478620

Related:
Uyghur Students Detained in Regionwide Crackdown
Radio Free Asia, May 9, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/crackdown-05092013114334.html

Opinion

权力在中国的傲慢态度
In China, Power is Arrogant
The New York Times, May 9, 2013
CN: http://cn.nytimes.com/article/opinion/2013/05/09/c09yu/
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/09/opinion/yu-in-china-power-is-arrogant.html

福建冤案昭雪但司法蒙羞 (Wrongful Convictions in Fujian Expose Serious Lack of Judicial Independence)
Yazhou Zhoukan, May 9, 2013
http://www.yzzk.com/cfm/Content_Archive.cfm?channel=ag&path=3494354932/19ag3.cfm

朱虞夫“保外就医”申请被拒妻遭威胁刘本琦案到法院决定自辩 (Authorities Deny Activist Zhu Yufu Medical Parole and Threaten His Wife, Hubei Activist Liu Benqi to Defend Himself in Court Against 'Subversion' Charges)
Radio Free Asia, May 08, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/z-05082013104725.html

Brother of Blind Chinese Activist Says He Was Beaten
Voice of America, May 09, 2013
http://www.voanews.com/content/brother-of-blind-chinese-activist-says-he-was-beaten/1657507.html

Related:
Beijing Police Smother Area after Hundreds Protest Migrant Worker’s Death
The Washington Post, May 09, 2013
http://wapo.st/10sfyu5

Chinese Petition Obama on Invasion, Poisoning and Tofu
中国网民的白宫“上访潮”
Financial Times, May 09, 2013
EN: http://on.ft.com/174owoE
CH: http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001050333

Related:
Chinese Netizens' White House Petition Draws Beijing Response
Radio Free Asia, May 08, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/petition-05082013134549.html

浙江东阳村民举报村支书贪污被鉴定为精神病 (Zhejiang Local Police to Compensate Petitioner Subjected to Forced Treatment in Mental Hospital)
Caijing Magazine, May 08, 2013
http://politics.caijing.com.cn/2013-05-08/112752892.html

Opinion

人民网评：取消信访排名，变截访为接访 (Authorities Should Abolish Stats on “Abnormal Petitioners” and Accept All without Conditions)
People's Daily, May 09, 2013
http://opinion.people.com.cn/n/2013/0508/c1003-21413099.html

China May Not Overtake America This Century After All
The Daily Telegraph, May 09, 2013
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/10044456/China-may-not-overtake-America-this-century-after-all.html

China's Citizens Must Act to Save Their Environment
Nature, May 09, 2013
http://www.nature.com/news/china-s-citizens-must-act-to-save-their-environment-1.12939

Related:
英媒：达赖喇嘛或是卡梅伦访华的障碍 (Meeting Dalai Lama May Hinder Cameron’s Visit to Beijing)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 08, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/press_review/2013/05/130508_press_cameron_china.shtml

China and Africa Discuss Health Treatment Problems
Voice of America, May 07, 2013
http://www.voanews.com/content/china-africa-health-treatment/1656329.html

人民日报：钓鱼岛归中国琉球也到可再议的时候 (As Diaoyu Islands Return to China, it’s Time to Claim Okinawa)
People's Daily, May 08, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn//n/2013/0508/c1001-21400715.html

Land, Property, Housing

粤陆丰三日连爆两起千人土地维权事件晋拆迁队与民激战强拆被迫叫停 (1500 Join Two Guangdong Land Grab Protests in 3 Days, Shanxi Villagers Stop Demolition)
Radio Free Asia, May 08, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ky-05072013122546.html

Open Government Information

China Detains Activist Liu Ping on Subversion Charges
The Guardian, May 08, 2013
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/may/08/china-detains-activist-liu-ping

Related:
江西独立参选人刘萍因煽动颠覆罪被刑拘 (Liu Ping, Jiangxi Local Congress Candidate, Detained for Requesting Disclosure of Official Assets)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 08, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/05/130508_china_activist_subversion.shtml

Political and Economic Reform

习近平：否定了毛泽东，天下会大乱 (Xi Jinping: Repudiating Maoism Will Throw China into Chaos)
Deutsche Welle, May 08, 2013
http://bit.ly/YuqTMB

Related:
党史专家：习近平“两个不能否定”讲话有3大意义 (Party Historian: Xi Says Party Cannot Stand without Maoism)
Phoenix TV, May 08, 2013
http://news.ifeng.com/mainland/detail_2013_05/07/24995842_0.shtml

Population

Escape From China: One-Fifth Of Affluent Chinese Plan To Emigrate
International Business Times, May 08, 2013
http://www.ibtimes.com/escape-china-one-fifth-affluent-chinese-plan-emigrate-1242501

Rule of Law

北京警方首次就朱令中毒案作出回应 (Beijing Police Says Zhu Ling Poisoning Case Can’t Be Cracked)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 08, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/05/130508_zhu_ling_beijing_police.shtml

Related:
BBC News Hour (Coverage of Chinese poisoning case at 26 minutes in)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 08, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p017vz39

Opinion

茅于轼先生的被威胁和伪民意 (Mao Yushi Attacked by Same Citizens whose Rights He Defends)
The New York Times, May 08, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/article/opinion/2013/05/08/cc08xiaohan/

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