HRIC Daily Brief

Friday, June 07, 2013

Society

KTV扰民投诉多年无果居民请环保局长来家睡觉 (Longstanding Noise Problems are Promptly Fixed after Complaints Spread on Weibo)
Zhejiang Daily, June 07, 2013
http://news.eastday.com/c/20130607/u1a7443441.html

Tibet

Tibetan Prisoner Out in Poor Health After Serving Five-Year Term
Radio Free Asia, June 06, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/prisoner-06062013150205.html

Thursday, June 06, 2013

Cyber Security

日媒指60%黑客來自中國 (Japan Claims 60% of Cyber Attacks Come from China)
Radio Television Hong Kong , June 06, 2013
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20130606/news_20130606_55_926959.htm

Environment

The Houses Built on China's 'Poisoned' Land
Caijing Magazine, June 06, 2013
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jun/06/houses-chinas-posioned-land

李旺陽忌日妹及妹夫被禁外出 (Family of Li Wangyang, Tiananmen Activist Found Dead in 2012, Have Been Under House Arrest for One Year)
Radio Television Hong Kong , June 06, 2013
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20130606/news_20130606_55_926913.htm

For more information on Li Wangyang see:
李旺阳亲属遭监控
Relatives of Li Wangyang Being Held by Authorities
Human Rights in China, June 7, 2012
CH:http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/6109
EN:http://www.hrichina.org/content/6108

作家杜导斌遭抄家及刑拘刘萍涉非法集会罪被逮捕 (Rights Defense Writer Du Daobin Criminally Detained for “Disorderly Conduct,” Liu Ping Formally Arrested for “Illegal Assembly”)
Radio Free Asia, June 06, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-06062013101834.html

International Relations (Human Rights, Security, Trade and Investment)

Michelle Obama Decides Not to Attend Crucial U.S.-China Californian Summit
The Daily Telegraph, June 05, 2013
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/michelle-obama/10101829/Michelle-Obama-decides-not-to-attend-crucial-US-China-Californian-summit.html

奥习会将在加州沙漠小镇登场非正式峰会晤谈世界大事 (Obama To Meet Xi Day after His Arrival, Xi Will Not Stay at Annenberg Estate)
Radio Free Asia, June 06, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/junshiwaijiao/th-06062013095044.html

美华裔工程师在习近平到访前突获准返美 (On Eve of Xi Visit, Chinese American Engineer Suddenly Permitted to Return to U.S.)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 06, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2013/06/130605_us_china_huzhicheng.shtml

Venezuela Secures $4 Billion Funding From China
The Wall Street Journal, June 06, 2013
http://on.wsj.com/14Ad8Lo

China Says EU Must Recognise Its Decline Amid Trade War
Financial Times, June 06, 2013
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/a2711f68-ce7f-11e2-8e16-00144feab7de.html

Chinese Gold Miners Abused and Raped Ghanaians, says Online Report
South China Morning Post, June 06, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1254703/chinese-gold-miners-abused-and-raped-ghanaians-says-online-report

Interview: Why Did Kim Jong Un Dispatch Aide to China?
Radio Free Asia, June 05, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/aide-06052013124156.html

June Fourth

香港六四烛光晚会吸引大量大陆人士参与 (Many Mainland Chinese Attended HK’s June Fourth Candlelight Vigil)
Radio Free Asia, June 06, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/sy1-06052013131648.html

美西海岸最大群雕“记住他们”落成王维林入群雕 (“Champions for Humanity” Sculpture in Oakland Includes Tiananmen Tankman)
Radio Free Asia, June 06, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/ck-06052013111540.html

梁振英：政府不評六四董建華曾蔭權均曾評論 (HK Chief CY Leung Refuses to Comment on June Fourth)
Ming Pao, June 06, 2013
http://news.mingpao.com/20130606/gck1.htm

Chen Xitong Dies Ahead of Anniversary, Still Blamed for Crackdown
Radio Free Asia, June 05, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/tiananmen-06052013182322.html

Land, Property, Housing

南京拆迁办每天高音喇叭念政策居民不堪其扰 (Nanjing Demolition Administration Urges Relocation with Loud Policy Broadcast Daily)
China National Radio, June 06, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/0606/17/90N23M0F00014JB5.html

Political and Economic Reform

China's Constitution Appears Headed for the Growing List of Taboo Topics
South China Morning Post, June 06, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1254349/chinas-constitution-appears-headed-growing-list-taboo-topics

中共党报呼吁当局摒弃错误维稳观念 (Party Paper Urges End to “Improper” Stability Maintenance Approach)
Radio Free Asia, June 06, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/jz-06052013141639.html

Society

如何找回幸福？
Wealth, Power and an Iron Bowl: The Pursuit Of Happiness in Modern China
The Economic Observer, June 04, 2013
CH:http://www.eeo.com.cn/2013/0529/244613.shtml
EN:http://www.worldcrunch.com/culture-society/wealth-power-and-an-iron-bowl-the-pursuit-of-happiness-in-modern-china/happiness-chinese-quality-of-life/c3s12182/

女生因唇裂8次面试被拒父母欲卖房为女儿整形 (Cleft Lip Nursing Graduate Rejected Eight Times in Job Interviews)
China News Service, June 06, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/s/2013-06-06/204427335095.shtml

Wednesday, June 05, 2013

Children

幼儿园六一演出时演讲台坍塌砸死女童 (Kindergarten Girl Killed in Stage Collapse during Children’s Day Performance)
Yanzhao Metropolis Daily, June 05, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/s/2013-06-05/110327317903.shtml

Consumer Safety

郑州安置房被指豆腐渣工程房门用纸做成[图] (Forced Evictees in Zhengzhou are Given Homes With Paper Doors)
Xinhua News Agency, June 05, 2013
http://news.eastday.com/c/20130605/u1a7439124.html

Confronting China's Cadmium-Laced Rice Crisis
Caixin, June 05, 2013
http://english.caixin.com/2013-06-05/100537850.html

Corruption

女出纳拒做假账被仓管杀死焚尸 6岁女儿也遇害 (Female Bookkeeper and Daughter Murdered after Refusing to Commit Fraud)
Jiangxi News, June 05, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/s/2013-06-05/082027315907.shtml

Education

重点大学生源调查：寒门学子比例越来越少 (Alarming Drop in Rural, Underprivileged Students at China’s Top Universities)
Legal Weekend, June 05, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/sd/2013-06-05/161627320813.shtml

Environment

环保部：2012年全国城市空气环境质量仅4成达标 (Ministry of Environmental Protection 2012 Report: Only 40% of Chinese Cities Meet Air Quality Standards)
China National Radio(中央人民广播电台), June 05, 2013
http://news.eastday.com/c/20130605/u1a7438854.html

Hong Kong

700人悼念　尖沙嘴也開花　「向中共施壓最重要」(700 Attend Alternate HK June Fourth Vigil, Say Pressure on China a Priority)
Apple Daily (蘋果日報), June 05, 2013
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20130605/18284828

International Relations (Human Rights, Security, Trade and Investment)

奥巴马夫人将缺席中美元首加州会晤 (U.S. First Lady Will Be Absent from U.S.-China Summit)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 05, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2013/06/130605_us_china_firstladies.shtml

June Fourth

暴雨滂沱香港15万人烛光晚会悼六四 (150,000 Attend HK June Fourth Candlelight Vigil in Deluge)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 05, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/06/130604_hongkong_tiananmen.shtml

一半受訪者：赴會與愛國有關 (50% of Hong Kongers Surveyed Say Patriotism is a Reason for Attending June Fourth Vigil)
Ming Pao, June 05, 2013
http://news.mingpao.com/20130605/gab1.htm

Chinese Activist Held For Posting Tiananmen Photo Online
Radio Free Asia, June 04, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/photo-06042013121801.html

World Focus: Twenty-four Years on, China Marks Tiananmen Square Anniversary – with Silence
The Independent, June 05, 2013
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/world-focus-twentyfour-years-on-china-marks-tiananmen-square-anniversary--with-silence-8644575.html

Natural Resources

China's Mega Water Diversion Project Begins Testing
The Guardian, June 04, 2013
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/chinas-choice/2013/jun/05/chinas-water-diversion-project-south-north

China Signals Hunger for Arctic's Mineral Riches
The Guardian, June 05, 2013
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jun/04/china-arctics-mineral-riches

Political and Economic Reform

《投资者报》提出中国要不要打破邓小平所划禁区问题 (Investors’ Journal Asks Whether China Should Break Taboo Set By Deng Xiaoping)
Radio Free Asia, June 04, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/sd-06042013150124.html

Related:
投资者报：让我们继续关心政治 (Investor Journal Weekly: Let’s Continue to Care about China’s Politics)
Caijing Magazine, June 05, 2013
http://comments.caijing.com.cn/2013-05-31/112853137.html

Society

SOEs Told to Hire More Graduates
The Economic Observer, June 05, 2013
http://www.eeo.com.cn/ens/2013/0605/244959.shtml

Tibet

Tibetan Monks are Jailed for Leading Prayers
Radio Free Asia, June 05, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/prayers-06042013172552.html

Tuesday, June 04, 2013

Animal Welfare and Rights

Bear Bile IPO Scrapped after Protests from Animal Rights Groups
South China Morning Post, June 04, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1253402/controversial-bear-bile-ipo-scrapped-after-protests-animal-rights-groups

Censorship and Surveillance

网民批南京亚青会开放脸书“媚外专内” (Nanjing’s Decision to Open Facebook and Twitter during Asia Youth Games Criticized as “Pandering to Foreigners and Suppressing Compatriots”)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 04, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/06/130604_china_nanjing_internet.shtml

Environment

China Rural Countryside Pollution Worsened Last Year
South China Morning Post, June 04, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1253449/china-rural-countryside-pollution-worsened-last-year

Freedom of Expression and Privacy

世界报业协会敦促中国释放所有被监禁记者 (Newspapers Organization Urges China to Release All Imprisoned Reporters)
Radio Free Asia, June 03, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/sd-06032013132649.html

Human Rights Defenders

Chinese Police Refuse to Release Activist Who Campaigned Against Child Abuse
The Guardian, June 04, 2013
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/03/chinese-police-activist-child-abuse-ye-haiyan

Women Lawyers to Campaign for China's Sex Abuse Victims
Radio Free Asia, June 03, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/victims-06032013151950.html

International Relations (Human Rights, Security, Trade and Investment)

China's 'Great Power' Call to the U.S. Could Stir Friction
Financial Times, June 04, 2013
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/80f4168a-ccca-11e2-9cf7-00144feab7de.html

China Loans Costa Rica U.S. $400 Mln during Xi Visit
Caixin, June 04, 2013
http://english.caixin.com/2013-06-04/100537105.html

China and Russia Set to Press Iran on Nuclear Issue: Diplomats
Reuters, June 04, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/04/us-iran-nuclear-powers-idUSBRE9530HR20130604

June Fourth

Elite in China Molded in Part by Tiananmen
The New York Times, June 03, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/04/world/asia/chinas-new-leadership-has-ties-to-tiananmen-era.html

U.S.-China Summit: Calls for 'Robust' Discussion of Human Rights on Tiananmen Square Anniversary
The Daily Telegraph, June 04, 2013
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10097243/US-China-summit-calls-for-robust-discussion-of-human-rights-on-Tiananmen-Square-anniversary.html

Related:
美国会64听证会吁奥习会谈人权 (U.S. Congress Hearing Urges Obama to Raise June Fourth with Xi in Friday Meeting)
Voice of America, June 04, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/us-congress-20130604/1674650.html

Chinese Evade Censors, as HK Journalists Stopped at Tiananmen
South China Morning Post, June 04, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1253135/chinese-evade-online-censors-remember-tiananmen

香港维园六四烛光晚会因暴雨提前结束 (Candlelight Vigil in Victoria Park Ends Early Due to Sudden Storm)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 04, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/06/130604_64_hk.shtml

澳門有約4百人參與六四燭光晚會 (Nearly 400 Join June Fourth Candlelight Vigil in Macao)
Radio Television Hong Kong , June 04, 2013
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20130604/news_20130604_55_926429.htm

多伦多举行“六四”24周年烛光悼念会 (Candle Light Vigil on 24th Anniversary of June Fourth Held in Toronto)
Radio Free Asia, June 03, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/to-06032013131410.html

旧金山华人举行音乐会和烛光晚会纪念”六四“24周年 (San Francisco Holds Candlelight Vigil and Concert on 24th Anniversary of June Fourth)
Radio Free Asia, June 03, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/ck-06032013095703.html

Labor

北大报告称农村八旬老人仍有20%在务农 (20% of Octogenarian Rural Residents are Still Farming Due to Low Pensions)
Nanfang Daily, June 04, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/0604/05/90GJOTA60001124J.html

Land, Property, Housing

Farmers Complain of Land Grabbing, Corruption in Xinjiang Village
Radio Free Asia, June 03, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/farm-06032013205126.html

Political and Economic Reform

马英九吁大陆创人权新局 (Taiwan President's Statement on June 4 Skips Mention of Tiananmen, Criticized as “Irrelevant” and “Weak”)
Deutsche Welle, June 04, 2013
http://dw.de/p/18jSi

Population

多地取消二胎生育间隔分析称人口政策人性化 (Multiple Chinese Provinces Abolish 30-Year Age Requirement for Second Birth)
Xinhua News Agency, June 04, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-06-04/194627311305.shtml

武汉回应处罚“未婚妈妈”:男女双方都要罚 (In Response to Controversy, Wuhan to Also Fine Unmarried Male Parents)
Xinhua News Agency, June 04, 2013
http://news.eastday.com/c/20130604/u1a7435343.html

Protests and Petitions

河南家长学生机场堵路抗议学校被拆湖北恩施上千中学生罢课抗议学校公立转私立 (Hubei Students Protest Conversion of County’s Only Public High School into Private)
Radio Free Asia, June 04, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-06032013113015.html

Rule of Law

北京司法局不发给维权律师和律师所从业执照 (Beijing Authorities Refuse to Renew Rights Defense Lawyers’ Licenses)
Radio Free Asia, June 03, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/nu-06032013143857.html

Society

調查：零學生自稱中國人歷年首見學者料關國教風波 (Poll Finds Zero HK Students Self-Identify as “Chinese”)
Ming Pao, June 04, 2013
http://news.mingpao.com/20130604/gna1.htm

Monday, June 03, 2013

Censorship and Surveillance

China Internet 'Experiment' Called 'Censorship at its Worst' as Tiananmen Anniversary Nears
South China Morning Post, June 01, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1251450/china-internet-experiment-called-censorship-its-worst-tiananmen

Children

山东已有留守儿童超60万人 14岁以下占86.5% (86.5% of Shandong’s 600,000 “Left-Behind” Children are Under 14)
China National Radio, June 01, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-06-01/100027284075.shtml

探访临终关怀婴儿房:部分医院称可对患儿安乐死 (Some Hospitals Euthanize Children Facing Terminal Illness at Parents’ Request)
Outlook, June 03, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/sd/2013-06-01/153127285546.shtml

专家称我国儿童专供药物品种不足2% 存安全隐患 (Pediatric Medicine Accounts for Less Than 2% of Total)
Beijing Business Today, June 02, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-06-02/054127288092.shtml

Consumer Safety

Chinese Smithfield Takeover Comes with Added Warnings for U.S. Food Safety
The Guardian, May 31, 2013
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/may/31/chinese-takeover-smithfield-shuanghui-food-supply

Education

90 pct Chinese Parents Support Sex Education
Xinhua News Agency, June 03, 2013
http://english.sina.com/china/2013/0602/595830.html

Health

人大代表钟南山:初步认为雾霾会导致肺癌 (Respiratory Disease Expert Warns Smog Can Cause Lung Cancer)
Qilu Evening News, June 03, 2013
http://news.eastday.com/c/20130603/u1a7434230.html

Human Rights Defenders

Chen Guangcheng Courted by U.S. Institutions with Opposing Views
Financial Times, June 02, 2013
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/1748ef26-c9e6-11e2-8f55-00144feab7de.html#axzz2VA9bW3aq

Intellectual Property Rights

国内多地出现造型各异“大黄鸭” 被指山寨 (Unlicensed Imitations of HK “Yellow Duck” Installation Proliferate in Chinese Cities)
China News Service, June 02, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/0602/06/90BJ1LV700014J34.html

International Relations (Human Rights, Security, Trade and Investment)

China Is Reaping Biggest Benefits of Iraq Oil Boom
The New York Times, June 03, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/03/world/middleeast/china-reaps-biggest-benefits-of-iraq-oil-boom.html

June Fourth

Tiananmen Mothers Activist Ding Zilin Calls for Understanding from Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, June 03, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1250947/tiananmen-mothers-activist-ding-zilin-calls-understanding-hong-kong

China Should 'Repudiate June 4', Says Party Official Jailed over Tiananmen
South China Morning Post, June 03, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1252312/bao-tong-party-official-jailed-over-tiananmen-movement-urges-china

Chinese Activists Call on People to Wear Black
South China Morning Post, June 03, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1252644/chinese-activists-call-people-wear-black

美国政府促中国停止迫害六四参与者 (U.S. Urges China to Stop Persecuting June Fourth Participants)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 01, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/06/130601_us_china_64.shtml

Related:
Message on the Twenty-Fourth Anniversary of Tiananmen Square
US State Department, May 31, 2013
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2013/05/210165.htm

U.S. Call for Full Tiananmen Massacre Disclosure Angers China
中国指责美国借六四事件干涉中国内政
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 01, 2013
EN: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-22744242
CH: http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/06/130601_china_us_64.shtml

每年絕食六四當事人：有些事還沒完 (1989 Protest Participant Says June Fourth is Not Yet Resolved)
Ming Pao, June 03, 2013
http://news.mingpao.com/20130602/gab2.htm

六四前夕打压不断升级香港学联开展绝食活动 (Crackdowns Escalate in Mainland on Eve of June Fourth, HK Students Stage Hunger Strike in Commemoration)
Radio Free Asia, June 02, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/sy-06022013130103.html

华盛顿举办六四24周年烛光纪念会 (Chinese Organization Holds June Fourth Candlelight Vigil in D.C.)
Radio Free Asia, June 02, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/tl-06022013161535.html

Labor

Dehui Poultry Plant Fire: Locked Exits 'Blocked Escape'
吉林火灾逾百人死相关责任人被控制
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 03, 2013
EN: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-22749938
CH: http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/06/130603_jilin_fire_latest.shtml

东莞14岁童工猝死，中国童工现象杜绝不了？ (Guangdong Worker Found to be Only 14 after Sudden Death)
Radio Free Asia, June 03, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/aw-05312013143515.html

Society

我国流失顶尖人才数量居世界首位 (China’s “Brain Drain” is World’s Worst)
Xinhua News Agency, June 03, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-06-03/160227299636.shtml

Women

武汉拟对未婚妈妈罚款引争议 (Wuhan’s Plan to Fine Unmarried Mothers Prompts Controversy)
Xiaoxiang Morning Herald, June 02, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-06-02/054227288094.shtml

Opinion

China’s Economic Empire
The New York Times, June 01, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/02/opinion/sunday/chinas-economic-empire.html

Friday, May 31, 2013

Censorship and Surveillance,

记者昆明体验实名制:复印店不敢印炼油相关内容 (Kunming Copy Services Self-Censor in Crackdown on Oil Refinery Protest)
TIME WEEKLY, May 31, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-05-31/120327276625.shtml

Corruption

医生因举报被“待岗”久坐医院走廊1年 (Head Radiologist is Laid off after Reporting Medical Corruption)
Net Ease, May 31, 2013
http://focus.news.163.com/13/0531/10/906RN69900011SM9.html

Culture

杨继绳《墓碑》一书获海耶克奖 (Yang Jisheng Receives Hayek Prize for “Tombstone: The Great Chinese Famine, 1958-62”)
Radio Free Asia, May 31, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/kejiaowen/ml2-05302013145715.html

Related:
The Killing Fields of China - A Review Essay by Roger Garside
盖思德的书评：中国屠杀场
China Rights Forum, December 2012
EN:http://www.hrichina.org/crf/article/6377
CN:http://www.hrichina.org/cn/crf/article/6381

Yang Jisheng：Introduction to Tombstone: A Record of the Great Chinese Famine of the 1960s
杨继绳: 永久的墓碑（代前言）《墓碑——中国六十年代大饥荒纪实》
China Rights Forum, No.4, 2009
EN:http://www.hrichina.org/crf/article/3188
CH:http://www.hrichina.org/cn/crf/article/3492

Cyber Security

日本20余家网站名被改为“钓鱼岛是中国的” (Hacker Renames over 20 Japanese Websites as “Diaoyu Belongs to China”)
Global Times, May 31, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/w/2013-05-31/130127277000.shtml

Environment

China: The Electronic Wastebasket of the World
CNN, May 30, 2013
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/05/30/world/asia/china-electronic-waste-e-waste/index.html

报告称内陆核电建设不会影响环境和公众健康 (China Nuclear Energy Association Claims Power Plants Not Hazardous)
Xinhua News Agency, May 31, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/0531/19/907ONTKI00014JB5.html

Health

摆脱对死刑犯器官移植的依赖 (China Launches New Distribution System to Eliminate Dependence on Death Row Organs)
Deutsche Presse Agentur, May 30, 2013
http://dw.de/p/18hSc

Human Rights Defenders

广西警方：叶海燕故意伤害他人被拘留 (Guangxi Police Criminally Detain Ye Haiyan on Charge of “Intentional Harm to Others”)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 31, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/05/130531_china_yehaiyan_arrested.shtml

Related:
叶海燕被拘与“校长开房找我”照片无关 (Rights Defender for Sexually Assaulted Students in Criminal Detention for Intentional Injury)
People's Daily, May 31, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-05-31/182927279318.shtml

Ai Weiwei Shocks in Venice with Scenes of Prison Life
Agence France-Presse, May 30, 2013
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j2OaNKszJNv-CyZIEt8u3OVEntMQ

International Relations (Human Rights, Security, Trade and Investment)

Shangri-La Dialogue: China's Rising Power in Spotlight
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 30, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22720772

习近平离京对特立尼达和多巴哥、哥斯达黎加、墨西哥进行国事访问并赴美国举行中美元首会晤 (Xi Leaves for South America and U.S.)
Xinhua News Agency, May 31, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0531/c1024-21689015.html

June Fourth

Tiananmen Group Condemns Chinese Leader Xi Jinping
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 31, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-22727940

China's Tiananmen Mothers Criticize Xi for Lack of Reforms
Reuters, May 31, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/31/us-china-tiananmen-idUSBRE94U03Z20130531

天安门母亲批评习近平未实行政治改革 (Tiananmen Mothers Criticize Xi for Lack of Political Reforms, Request Reassessment of June Fourth)
Voice of America, May 31, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/tian-anmen-mothers-20130531/1671985.html

For more information on the Tiananmen Mothers see:
天安门母亲：“希望”已渐渐消失，“绝望”正渐渐逼近——纪念“六四”惨案24周年
Hope Fades as Despair Draws Near: Essay by the Tiananmen Mothers on the 24th Anniversary of the June Fourth Tragedy
Human Rights in China, May 31, 2013
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/6710
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/6709

導火線「愛國」口號丁﹕愚蠢李﹕非愛黨 (“Patriotism” as Slogan for Hong Kong June Fourth Events Causes Controversy)
Ming Pao, May 31, 2013
http://news.mingpao.com/20130531/gaa2.htm

Related:
支聯常委冒犯丁子霖請辭愧爭論愛國口號言詞過火致函道歉 (Official of Major HK Democratic Organization Resigns after Offending Ding Zilin)
Ming Pao, May 31, 2013
http://news.mingpao.com/20130531/gaa1.htm

Migrants

Some Are More Equal Than Others
The Economist, June 01, 2013
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21578675-chinas-need-new-urbanisation-policy-reaches-critical-point-some-are-more-equal-others?fsrc=rss

Political and Economic Reform

Drawing the Battle Lines
The Economist, May 31, 2013
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21578706-conservative-backlash-against-push-reform-drawing-battle-lines

中纪委：全国2290人次因违反中央八项规定受处理 (Party Reports 2,290 Cases of Discipline Violations Punished Since Xi Took Office)
China News Service, May 31, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0531/c1001-21692905.html

Population

China's One-Child Policy Causes Silent Suffering of Mothers
South China Morning Post, May 30, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1249245/one-child-policy-has-caused-suffering-millions

Refugees and Asylum Seekers

U.N. Concerned About North Korean Defectors in China
Reuters, May 30, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/30/us-korea-north-rights-idUSBRE94T0OA20130530

North Korea: UN Special Rapporteur Concerned for the Wellbeing of Nine Young Defectors
UN News Centre, May 30, 2013
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=13381&LangID=E

Thursday, May 30, 2013

Children

广州将针对女童及家长发放防狼手册 (Guangzhou to Distribute 10,000 Anti-Child Molestation Manuals)
Sina, May 30, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-05-30/100327265545.shtml

叶海燕抗议万宁校长性侵被报复家中遭群殴 (Rights Defender Beaten at Home after Protest against Sexual Assault of Girl Students)
Voice of America, May 30, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/chinese-feminist-activist-20130530/1671171.html

Corruption

评论称“15岁初中生入编”折射基层生态被权力扭曲 (15-Year-Old Son of Local Official Already on Payroll for 6 Years)
Yangcheng Evening News, May 30, 2013
http://news.dayoo.com/china/201305/30/53868_30856853.htm

Cyber Security

Obama to Press China on Cyber Hacking
Financial Times, May 29, 2013
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/ad32bbbc-c80a-11e2-be27-00144feab7de.html

Hukou

专家建议取消户籍制度以推动流动人口城镇化 (Expert at State-Run Think Tank Recommends Abolishing Hukou System to Promote Urbanization)
People's Daily, May 30, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0530/c1001-21678835.html

International Human Rights

陈光诚家人忽获准办理护照习奥会前北京释善意？ (Ahead of Xi’s U.S. Visit, Chen Guangcheng’s Relatives Are Permitted to Apply for Passports)
Radio Free Asia, May 29, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/sy2-05292013120657.html

International Relations (Human Rights, Security, Trade and Investment)

英媒：双汇收购史密斯菲尔德的真正原因 (China to Buy Smithfield to Get Safe Meat from U.S.)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 30, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/press_review/2013/05/130530_press_pork_us.shtml

Related:
'China's No. 1 Butcher' Turns to U.S.
The Wall Street Journal, May 30, 2013
http://stream.wsj.com/story/latest-headlines/SS-2-63399/SS-2-242086/?mod=wsj_streaming_latest-headlines

外交部：中国政府绝不承认“旧金山和约” (China Rejects International Treaty as Basis for Japanese Sovereignty over Diaoyu)
Xinhua News Agency, May 30, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-05-30/180327268994.shtml

China, Sri Lanka Agree Loans, Defence; Seek to Allay Indian Worries
Reuters, May 29, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/29/us-china-srilanka-loans-idUSBRE94S0D220130529

June Fourth

調查:63%受訪市民支持平反六四 (63% of HK Citizens Surveyed Support Reassessment of June 4, Highest Since ‘97 Handover)
Radio Television Hong Kong , May 30, 2013
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20130530/news_20130530_55_925329.htm

Political and Economic Reform

OECD Cuts China Growth Outlook, Urges Reform Roadmap
Reuters, May 29, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/29/oecd-china-embargoed-idUSL3N0E92UF20130529

Refugees and Asylum Seekers

Activists Say Laos Sent North Korean Refugees to China
The Wall Street Journal, May 30, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/korearealtime/2013/05/29/activists-say-laos-sent-north-korean-refugees-to-china/

Society

奥巴马总统经常光顾山东济南某网吧？ (Web Café Owner Flouts Real-Name Registration by Providing Fake Obama ID to Customers)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 30, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/05/130529_obama_chinese_id.shtml

Tibet

青海又一藏人自焚身亡四川温波寺数僧被关在丹巴县 (Another Sichuan Tibetan Dies in Self-Immolation)
Radio Free Asia, May 30, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-05292013120159.html

XUAR

Uighur Group Faults China on Islam Practice
Agence France-Presse, May 30, 2013
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/global-filipino/world/05/30/13/uighur-group-faults-china-islam-practice

Opinion

Without Land Reform, China Cannot Meet its Policy Goal of Urbanisation
South China Morning Post, May 30, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1249134/without-land-reform-china-cannot-meet-its-policy-goal

World Eyes China's Coexistence Strategy
Asia Times Online, May 29, 2013
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/CHIN-01-290513.html

What Reform Does and Doesn’t Mean in China
The Diplomat, May 30, 2013
http://thediplomat.com/china-power/what-reform-does-and-doesnt-mean-in-china/

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Children

绵阳农妇卖掉4个亲生儿女称下等人卖儿卖女 (Blind Village Woman Defies Authorities to Birth Four Children, Then Sold Them for Survival)
Net Ease, May 29, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/0529/16/902BANTT00011229.html

洛阳千名小学生冒雨表演庆六一教育局致歉[图] (1000 Luoyang Students Made to Perform for Leaders in Rain to Celebrate Children’s Day)
Henan Web, May 29, 2013
http://news.eastday.com/c/20130529/u1a7424138.html

Corruption

官网刊高官子女限期归国消息被删引揣测 (Xinhua: Official Media’s News about Wang Qishan’s New Anti-Corruption Measure is a Rumor)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 28, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/05/130528_china_weibo_corruption.shtml

China's Spurned Mistresses Can't Be Relied on to Bust Graft: Paper
Reuters, May 29, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/29/us-china-corruption-idUSBRE94R0WO20130529

Education

新中国首批博士30年后再聚首称无愧博士称号 (China’s First Batch of PhDs Voice Concern about Quality of Today’s PhD Education)
China Youth Daily, May 29, 2013
http://news.eastday.com/c/20130529/u1a7422233.html

调查称大学生期望月薪降至3683.6元降幅近千元 (Survey Shows 1,000-Yuan Drop in College Graduates’ Salary Expectation)
Legal Evening News, May 29, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/0529/13/901VLL4S00011229.html

Health

Two Die after H7N9 Bird Flu Virus Develops Drug Resistance
The Guardian, May 29, 2013
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/may/28/two-die-h7n9-bird-flu-resists-treatment

Related:
新病例显示H7N9病毒或已具有抗药性 (New H7N9 Case Shows Virus’ Drug Resistance)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 28, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/science/2013/05/130528_h7n9_drug_resistance.shtml

北京发现第2例人感染H7N9禽流感病例 (Second H7N9 Case is Found in Beijing)
China National Radio, May 29, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0529/c1001-21652474.html

International Relations (Human Rights, Security, Trade and Investment)

软实力已无法解决南海问题该出手时就出手！(Huanqiu: "Soft Power Can No Longer Solve the South China Sea Dispute; Strike Whenever Necessary")
Global Times, May 27, 2013
http://mil.huanqiu.com/observation/2013-05/3973411.html

June Fourth

Censors Ban Talk Online of Tiananmen Massacre
Radio Free Asia, May 28, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/online-05282013110706.html

六四前夕各地打壓拘留軟禁維權者 (Authorities Crack Down on Rights Defenders in Guangzhou and Panyu as June Fourth Approaches)
Ming Pao, May 29, 2013
http://news.mingpao.com/20130529/gaa5.htm

六四临近中国多市民众申请集会游行 (Citizens in Guangzhou, Tianjin, and Hunan Apply to Rally or March on June Fourth)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 29, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/05/130529_64_wrapup.shtml

Land, Property, Housing

湖南又现自焚悲剧，强征强拆何时休？
Hunan Officials 'Cover Up' Self-Immolation Protest
Radio Free Asia, May 28, 2013
CH:http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/coverup-05282013164754.html
EN:http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/aw-05282013123144.html

Political and Economic Reform

习近平新政：七不讲后又有十六条 (Government Orders Young College Professors to Teach More Party Ideology)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 29, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/05/130528_china_thought_control_youth.shtml

Related:
3部門頒令嚴管大學青年教師 (Three Party Departments Order Tighter Control on Young Professors’ Curriculum)
Ming Pao, May 29, 2013
http://news.mingpao.com/20130529/cab1.htm

光明日报发文驳斥反宪政言论 (Guangming Daily Publishes Scholar’s Article Criticizing Official Media’s Recent Anti-Constitutionalism Remarks)
Radio Free Asia, May 28, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/nu-05282013155250.html

Related:
许崇德：宪政是法治国家应有之义 (Constitutionalism is Prerequisite to Rule of Law)
Guangming Daily, May 29, 2013
http://www.21ccom.net/articles/zgyj/xzmj/article_2013052283948_2.html

Tibet

那曲藏民抗议当局开采圣山藏区民众凝聚团结力量
Tibetan Religious Leader, Writer Freed After Serving Prison Terms
Radio Free Asia, May 28, 2013
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-05282013123543.html
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/freed-05282013152809.html

Opinion

When Blue Becomes the New White
Financial Times, May 28, 2013
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/5889c9f2-c6f7-11e2-a861-00144feab7de.html

China's Baby 59 Sewer Pipe Rescue is a Grotesque Image of Abandonment
The Guardian, May 29, 2013
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/photography-blog/2013/may/29/china-baby-59-rescue-ultimate-abandonment

Deaths Must Spur Gov't to Act on Land Reform
Caixin, May 29, 2013
http://english.caixin.com/2013-05-29/100534650.html

Related:
U.S. Weapon Plans Compromised by China: Report
The Age, May 28, 2013
http://www.theage.com.au/it-pro/security-it/us-weapon-plans-compromised-by-china-report-20130528-2n8gn.html

Health

广东新规将允许艾滋感染者当老师多数家长担忧 (Guangdong’s Plan to Lift Teaching Ban on HIV Carriers Faces Opposition from Parents)
Yangcheng Evening News, May 28, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/0528/08/8VUSU4QT0001124J.html

我国年约1300万人次人工流产其中55%重复流产 (Among 13 Million Annual Abortions, 55% Are Repeats)
Xinhua News Agency, April 05, 2013
http://health.people.com.cn/n/2013/0405/c14739-21027820.html

研究：H7N9病毒可通过飞沫传播 (Study Shows H7N9 Virus Can Be Transmitted through Air)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 24, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/science/2013/05/130524_bird_flu_virus.shtml

Information Control

Corrupt Chinese Officials Turn to 'Black' PR
Telegraph India, May 26, 2013
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10081431/Corrupt-Chinese-officials-turn-to-black-PR.html

International Human Rights

Frustrated Chinese Send Complaints to White House Website
The Guardian, May 28, 2013
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/may/28/chinese-complaints-white-house-website

“捍卫言论自由奖”洛杉矶颁奖获奖者缺席体现中国人权现况 (Three Detained Chinese Dissidents Win “Defending Freedom of Expression” Award from Visual Arts Guild, Absent at Ceremony)
Radio Free Asia, May 27, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/th-05272013094155.html

International Relations (Human Rights, Security, Trade and Investment)

日本批评李克强德国谈“窃取领土”说 (China’s Premier Says Japan Must Return Territory “Stolen” from China in World War II)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 28, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/05/130527_japan_china_li_germany.shtml

美中签约允许美监管部门查阅中国公司审计 (U.S.–China Agree to Make Audit Information Public after a Two-Year Stand-Off)
Voice of America, May 25, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/us-china-signs-new-financial-document-20130523/1668137.html

June Fourth

香港六四24周年游行呼吁平反六四
Hong Kong Activists Call for Reappraisal of Tiananmen Crackdown
Radio Free Asia, May 26, 2013
CH:http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/ql-05262013101415.html
EN:http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/tiananmen-05272013141602.html

天安門母親張先玲夫婦被取消來港行程 (Beijing Forbids Tiananmen Mother Zhang Xianling and Husband’s Trip to Hong Kong)
Radio Television Hong Kong , May 28, 2013
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20130528/news_20130528_55_924931.htm

Labor

A Hole in China's Skyline
Caixin, May 24, 2013
http://english.caixin.com/2013-05-24/100532366.html

Open Government Information

九人呼吁公平审判“财产公示十君子” (Nine Rights Lawyers Urge Fair Trial for Ten Activists Detained after Requesting Disclosure of Official Assets)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 25, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/05/130525_china_activists_appeal.shtml

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