HRIC Daily Brief

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Cyber Security

Flight to Hong Kong Muddies Hacking Waters
Radio Free Asia, June 10, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/whistleblower-06102013104608.html

Education

湖北钟祥调查高考点围堵事件考生遭非礼系谣言 (Hubei Parents Besiege Gaokao Proctor for Confiscating Cheating Tools)
Xinhua News Agency, June 11, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-06-11/220327375775.shtml

考生父亲高考前身亡家人和学校近千人联合隐瞒 (Family and School Withhold News of Father’s Death until after Gaokao)
Yangtse Evening Post, June 11, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/0611/05/912J338N00014AED.html

Environment

每天上万吨污水直排高原湖泊贵州草海 (10,000 Tons of Sewage Discharged Daily to Caohai Wetland in Guizhou)
China Central Television, June 11, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-06-11/221027375792.shtml

China's "Green" Highway the Way to the Future
South China Morning Post, June 11, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1258045/chinas-green-highway-way-future

China's Rich Provinces Outsource Emissions to Less Developed Areas
The Guardian, June 10, 2013
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jun/10/china-provinces-outsource-emissions

Freedom of Expression and Privacy

国防大学一教授称微博已成为反体制言论集散地 (Military Professor: Microblogs Are Used by Hostile Forces for “Ideological Infiltration” and “Subversive Online Activities”)
Radio Free Asia, June 10, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/sd-06102013145222.html

International Human Rights

海外人权组织敦促中国释放反腐维权人士 (Overseas Rights NGOs Urge China to Release Detained Anti-Corruption Activists)
Radio Free Asia, June 10, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/aw-06102013145410.html

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

学者：中国强权政治导致南中国海局势紧张 (Scholars in Vietnam and Philippines: China’s Power Politics Creates Tension in South China Sea)
Voice of America, June 10, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/south-china-sea-escalating-tentions-20130610/1679143.html

分析：揭开经营尼运河中资企业的面纱 (“HK” Company to Build, Operate Nicaraguan Canal Has Ties with Chinese State and ITC Industry)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 11, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/06/130611_nicaragua_chinese_fund_enterprises.shtml

Few Chinese Follow NSA Revelations But Embrace Leaker
USA Today, June 11, 2013
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/06/11/nsa-leak-china/2410615/

A Subtle Defrosting in China's Chilly War with America
Financial Times, June 10, 2013
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/594776d2-d1ba-11e2-9336-00144feab7de.html

Natural Resources

China Banks on Desalination to Help Ease Water Woes
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 10, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-22815145

Rule of Law

厦门警方拒绝公布爆炸案嫌犯遗书访民生存境况引发民众关注 (Xiamen Police Will Not Release Suicide Note of Bus Fire Suspect)
Radio Free Asia, June 10, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf-06102013101628.html

Society

八十岁老人称在敬老院遭打院方否认并强关记者 (Journalist Investigating Beating of Octogenarian is Locked Up at Retirement Home)
CN West , June 11, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/s/2013-06-11/212227375677.shtml

女子因女儿未婚产子用裤腰带勒死婴儿 (Woman Gets Three-Year Sentence for Fatally Choking Unwed Daughter’s Newborn)
Voice of China, June 11, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/0610/23/9120Q1VH00011229.html

南宁女性坠井至今搜寻无果家属质疑次日才施救 (Woman Missing after Falling into Uncovered Manhole, Family Criticizes Delayed Rescue)
Xinhua News Agency, June 11, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-06-11/121427373485.shtml

Opinion

China's "Left-Behind Children" Can't Be Ignored Anymore
留守儿童需要的不仅仅是安全
Economic Observer, June 01, 2013
EN: http://bit.ly/11EQio8
CH: http://www.eeo.com.cn/2013/0601/244839.shtml

大家谈中国：香港本土意识是如何炼成的? 香港网友达达 (How is Hong Kong’s Native Consciousness Forged?)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 11, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/comments_on_china/2013/06/130611_coc_hk_identity.shtml

Monday, June 10, 2013

Consumer Safety

河北女孩赶考跌入水渠身亡当地启动追责调查 (Guardrail Installed after Girl Drowns in Drainage Channel)
Yanzhao Daily, June 09, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-06-09/031927356801.shtml

Corruption

China's Former Railways Minister "Took Bribes Worth £7 Million" Court Hears
The Daily Telegraph, June 09, 2013
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10108704/Chinas-former-railways-minister-took-bribes-worth-7-million-court-hears.html

三峡工程2.79亿移民资金被挪用 (Audit Shows RMB 279 Million ($45.3m) Relocation Fund for Three Gorges Project Misappropriated)
The People's Political Consultative Daily, June 08, 2013
http://cppcc.people.com.cn/n/2013/0608/c34948-21782733.html

Education

2013届本科毕业生就业签约率仅为35% (New Report Shows 35% Employment Rate among 2013 College Graduates)
Beijing Evening News, June 10, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-06-09/143927361766.shtml

浙江温州200多名学生无学籍 “民三代”无奈选择 (200 Children of Migrant Workers Found School Unlicensed, Unable to Get Further Education)
Xinhua News Agency, June 08, 2013
http://news.eastday.com/c/20130608/u1a7445602.html

武汉外教试做高考英语卷对部分语法题称困惑 (Two American Tutors in Wuhan Find English Gaokao Test “Confusing”)
China News Service, June 09, 2013
http://news.eastday.com/c/20130609/u1a7448525.html

“黑户”女孩调查：无法正常入学拿不到毕业证 (Girl Born to Unmarried Parents Has No Hukou, Denied School Enrollment)
The Legal Weekly, June 10, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/s/sd/2013-06-08/170427354322.shtml

Hong Kong

程翔：梁振英批評佔中言論令人看到其本質 (HK Chief’s Hard-Line Comment Stirs Concern for Possible Violent Crackdown on “Occupy Central”)
Radio Television Hong Kong , June 10, 2013
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20130609/news_20130609_55_927542.htm

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

U.S.-China Talks Yield Pledge for a New Model of Cooperation
“习奥会”达成中美合作总体共识
The New York Times, June 09, 2013
EN & CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/world/20130609/c09summit/dual/

U.S. and China Move Closer on Climate, but Not on Cyberespionage
中美在网络安全方面仍有分歧
The New York Times, June 09, 2013
EN & CH:http://cn.nytimes.com/world/20130609/c09summit-update/dual/

Despite Sunny Summit, Challenges Remain for U.S., China
Voice of America, June 10, 2013
http://www.voanews.com/content/despite-sunny-summit-challenges-remain-for-us-china/1678643.html

Edward Snowden's Choice of Hong Kong as Haven is a High-Stakes Gamble
The Guardian, June 10, 2013
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/09/edward-snowden-hong-kong-gamble

Kazakhs Launch "Silk Road" China-Europe Rail Route
Reuters, June 10, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/10/us-kazakhstan-railway-idUSBRE9590GH20130610

加纳事件警示中非关系 (Illegal Mining Crackdown in Ghana Exposes China’s Flaws in Management of Overseas Citizens)
Financial Times, June 08, 2013
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001050843?full=y

Land, Property, Housing

20多间房屋夜里突遭强拆半百夫妇光身被丢雨中 (Senior Couple Removed from Bed in Nighttime Forced Demolition)
Jiangsu China Net, June 08, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/s/2013-06-08/143127353165.shtml

Rule of Law

中国以欺诈罪判囚刘晓波妻弟刘晖11年 (China Sentences Liu Xiaobo’s Brother-in-Law to 11 Years in Prison for “Fraud”)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 09, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/06/130609_china_liu_inlaw_verdict.shtml

《天安门屠杀》作者杜斌遭密捕亲属未获官方通知 (Du Bin, Editor of New Book on Tiananmen, is Reportedly Held by Beijing Police)
Voice of America, June 10, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/independent-writer-du-bin-detained-update-20130610/1678796.html

Related: Chinese Dissidents Urge Obama to Ask about Filmmaker
Epoch Times, June 05, 2013
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/91471-chinese-dissidents-urge-president-obama-ask-about-filmmaker/

Society

厦门访民公交纵火案引发网络激辩：谁之罪 (Xiamen Bus Fire Believed to Be Act of Suicide by Petitioner, Stirs Online Debate over Responsibility)
Voice of America, June 09, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/article/1678125.html

Technology

Chinese Astronauts Take to Skies as They Mark a Decade of Human Spaceflight
South China Morning Post, June 10, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1257775/chinese-astronauts-take-skies-they-mark-decade-human-spaceflight

Friday, June 07, 2013

Consumer Safety

农民种“良心菜”不用化肥农药 6元一斤无人买 (Farmer’s Pesticide-Free Vegetables Go Unsold Due to Higher-than-Average Price)
Dahe Daily, June 07, 2013
http://news.eastday.com/c/20130607/u1a7442484.html

食药监管总局：保健食品广告90%以上虚假违法 (China’s FDA: 90% of Ads for Nutrition Products are False and Illegal)
Xinhua News Agency, June 07, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-06-07/190327345554.shtml

Cyber Security

Admit Nothing and Deny Everything
The Economist, June 08, 2013
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21579044-barack-obama-says-he-ready-talk-xi-jinping-about-chinese-cyber-attacks-makes-one

Education

Rise in Chinese Students Shunning State Exams for A-Levels
The Guardian, June 07, 2013
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/07/rise-chinese-students-a-levels

今年百万考生弃考每年递增近10万 (One Million Students Skip Gaokao amid Unemployment Crisis and Study-Abroad Craze)
Guangzhou Daily, June 07, 2013
http://gzdaily.dayoo.com/html/2013-06/07/content_2275656.htm

非京籍考生回乡高考称成绩优秀变垫底 (Students with Non-Beijing Hukou Forced to Take Gaokao in “Hometowns,” Perform Poorly)
China National Radio, June 07, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-06-07/091327340800.shtml

Health

报告：中国人面临新的健康威胁 (Five Pollution-Related Cancers Top List of Diseases Causing Pre-Mature Death in China)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 07, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/06/130607_health_china.shtml

International Human Rights

美中峰会前夕陈光诚山东家人收到护照 (Chen Guangcheng’s Family Members Received Passports on Eve of Obama-Xi Summit)
Voice of America, June 07, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/chen-guangcheng-broth-mother-received-passpost-20130607/1677062.html

多国民间组织吁奥巴马促习近平释放良心犯 (Rights Groups Urge Obama to Press Xi on Release of 16 Political Prisoners)
Voice of America, June 06, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/obama-urged-to-pressure-xi-jinping-20130607/1676980.html

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

From Pivot to Twirl
The Economist, June 08, 2013
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21579062-chinese-leader-tries-smooth-move-americas-backyard-pivot-twirl

The Economist's 'Brokeback Mountain' Cover & PRISM Won't Stop Obama & Xi
The Atlantic, June 07, 2013
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2013/06/economist-brokeback-mountain-cover-obama-xi/65999/

习近平结束拉美行抵洛杉矶奥习峰会在沙漠庄园登场 (Los Angeles Rights Groups Protest Near Obama-Xi Summit Site)
Radio Free Asia, June 07, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/junshiwaijiao/th-06072013095806.html

学者称中美非正式峰会创造良好机会 (Pei Minxin: Informal Summit a Good Opportunity, but U.S.-China Relations Still Far from Mature)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 07, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2013/06/130607_xi_ao_meeting_yuesheng.shtml

加纳羁押124名中国矿工 (124 Chinese Miners Arrested in Ghana’s Illegal Mining Crackdown)
Financial Times, June 07, 2013
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001050815

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

Human Rights Defenders

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

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

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/

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