HRIC Daily Brief

Wednesday, July 03, 2013

International Relations (Security, Trade, and Investment)

中美戰略經濟對話下周舉行 (China-U.S. Strategic and Economic Dialogue to be held next week in D.C.)
China News Service, July 3, 2013
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20130703/ca30828y.htm

Open Government Information

浙江大学生申请公开临时工未果拟提行政诉讼 (University student may file administrative lawsuit against ministry for not responding to OGI request)
China News Service, July 2, 2013
http://www.chinanews.com/sh/2013/07-02/4995023.shtml

Reeducation-Through-Labor

Police chief "apologizes" to labor camp mom
Global Times, July 3, 2013
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/793360.shtml#.UdOF2z5gaI0

Related:
"上访妈妈"赔偿上诉案听证结束 (Mother of rape victim appeal case heard by Hunan high court)
Deutsche Welle, July 2, 2013
http://www.dw.de/上访妈妈赔偿上诉案听证结束/a-16922363

勞教委首向上訪媽媽道歉 (Hunan RTL Commission apologizes to “petitioning mom”)
Ming Pao, July 2, 2013
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20130702/ca22250a.htm

Rule of Law

专家：“养老法”使法律具有可诉性 (Expert: “Elderly Protection Law” allows “unethical actions” to be punishable by law)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 3, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/07/130702_iv_china_senior_care.shtml

Police’s job is to beat people, says Chinese official in video gone viral
Headlines and Global News, July 2, 2013
http://www.hngn.com/articles/6740/20130702/police-s-job-beat-people-chinese-official-video-gone-viral.htm

Guangdong chief justice calls for reform of China's "Soviet" court system
South China Morning Post, July 3, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1273758/guangdong-chief-justice-calls-reform-chinas-soviet-court-system

Tibet

Signs of the Dalai Lama: is China’s Tibet policy changing?
Time, July 2, 2013
http://world.time.com/2013/07/02/signs-of-the-dalai-lama-is-chinas-tibet-policy-changing/#ixzz2XwVC31o8

XUAR

新疆冲突：北京在外国寻找替罪羊 (China in search of foreign scapegoats for ethnic clashes in Xinjiang)
Deutsche Welle, July 2, 2013
http://www.dw.de/新疆冲突北京在外国寻找替罪羊/a-16921712

Opinion

刘植荣：“不常回家看看违法”太荒唐 (Liu Zhirong: making it illegal to not visit your parents often is preposterous)
Southern Metropolis Daily, July 2, 2013
http://ndnews.oeeee.com/html/201307/02/78448.html

Related:
鲁国平：反对道德立法 (Lu Guoping: opposes "ethics legislation")
Southern Metropolis Daily, July 2, 2013
http://ndnews.oeeee.com/html/201307/02/78446.html
Why China is ordering adult children to visit their parents
Bloomberg Businessweek, July 2, 2013
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-07-02/why-china-is-ordering-adult-children-to-visit-their-parents

Tuesday, July 02, 2013

Corruption

China probes U.K. pharmaceutical firm GlaxoSmithKline after corruption claims aired
Forbes, July 1, 2013
http://www.forbes.com/sites/simonmontlake/2013/07/01/china-probes-u-k-pharmaceutical-firm-glaxosmithkline-after-corruption-claims-aired/

北航数学院原主任被判10年 260万科研费炒期货 (Former mathematics dean of a Beijing university sentenced to ten years in prison for misappropriating RMB 2.6 million in research funds to invest in futures)
Beijing News, July 1, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0701/c1001-22027252.html

Environment

No quick end in sight for Beijing smog
AsiaOne News, July 2, 2013
http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20130702-433887.html

Call for transparency over China's water quality
Radio Free Asia, July 1, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/quality-07012013163443.html

Polluters paid to join govt environment org
Global Times, July 1, 2013
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/793044.shtml

Freedom of Expression and Privacy

Stronger laws urged to protect personal information
China Daily, July 1, 2013
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2013-07/01/content_16694049.htm

Hong Kong

Occupy Central Movement gaining support among young
South China Morning Post, July 2, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1273490/occupy-central-movement-gaining-support-among-young

Human Rights Defenders

Blind activist Chen Guangcheng faces tough road in redefining himself in U.S.
South China Morning Post, June 30, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1272054/blind-activist-chen-guangcheng-faces-tough-road-redefining-himself-us

International Relations

Report to U.S. Congress notes concerns over Cambodia-China ties
Cambodia Daily, July 1, 2013
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/report-to-us-congress-notes-concerns-over-cambodia-china-ties-32711/

Political and Economic Reforms

习近平任内至少会有两次社会危机 (Influential Chinese commentator predicts major social upheavals during Xi Jinping's rule)
Deutsche Welle, July 1, 2013
http://www.dw.de/习近平任内至少会有两次社会危机/a-16918021

Protests and Petitions

国家信访局网上投诉首日系统瘫痪消息不实, (National Petitions Office's new online submission system did not crash on first day)
Xinhua News Agency, July 2, 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2013-07/02/c_116361633.htm

Related:
国家信访局门户网站网上投诉全面放开受理内容 (Petitions Office launches online submission system)
Heilongjiang News, July 1, 2013
http://www.hljnews.cn/gn_gj/2013-07/01/content_2031061.htm

Rule of Law

昆明城管“临时工”7月1日起禁止执法 (New regulations in Kunming bar 'temporary' urban management personnel from enforcing the law)
Yunnan Online, June 30, 2013
http://yn.yunnan.cn/html/2013-06/30/content_2786281.htm

Social Security

“常回家看看”入法律师呼吁出台司法解释 (Lawyers call for judicial interpretation of new law that requires adults to regularly visit their parents)
Xinhua News Agency, July 2, 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/local/2013-07/02/c_124940700.htm

Related:
Deadbeat couple first offenders of new law to protect elderly
South China Morning Post, July 2, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1273376/deadbeat-couple-first-offenders-new-law-protect-elderly

China law 'forcing' children to visit parents ridiculed
Agence France-Presse, July 1, 2013
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hmdmgs1hSiG-Xzwul75yHMHH-sZw?docId=CNG.2489a43c562b1a9baeaf654f3c6341e4.3d1

Full text of the Law on the Protection of the Rights of Elderly People [老年人权益保障法（修订草案）全文]
China National People’s Congress Online, July 2, 2013
http://www.npc.gov.cn/npc/xinwen/lfgz/flca/2012-07/06/content_1729109.htm

Tibet

Address grievances of Tibetans in Tibet: UNHR asks China
Tibet Post, July 1, 2013
http://www.thetibetpost.com/en/news/international/3499-address-grievances-of-tibetans-in-tibet-unhr-asks-china

XUAR

EU Asks China for clarity on Xinjiang violence
Associated Press, July 1, 2013
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/eu-asks-china-clarity-xinjiang-violence-19540759

China state media blames Syria rebels for Xinjiang violence
Reuters, July 1, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/01/us-china-xinjiang-idUSBRE96005I20130701

Opinion

Recalibrating expectations on labor camp reform
Wall Street Journal, June 28, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/06/28/recalibrating-expectations-on-labor-camp-reform/

京华时报：应为“常回家看看”留自治空间 (On elderly care, government should exercise legislative restraint and avoid judicial expansionism)
Jinghua Times, July 1, 2013
http://comments.caijing.com.cn/2013-07-02/112981933.html

中国青年报：“做好删帖工作”就能消除恐慌？(Public panic or speculations should be addressed by greater transparency, not by online censorship)
China Youth Daily, July 2, 2013
http://comments.caijing.com.cn/2013-07-02/112981311.html

Monday, July 01, 2013

Edward Snowden Case

Kerry says Snowden affair will not upset China relations
The New York Times, July 1, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/02/world/asia/john-kerry-china-relations.html

Hong Kong

香港七一游行结束组织者称参加者达43万 (July 1 petition for fully democratic elections in 2017 draws 430,000 participants)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 1, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/07/130701_hk_rally_latest.shtml

Thousands brave typhoon rains demanding China honor Hong Kong democracy pledge
Reuters, July 1, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/01/us-hongkong-march-idUSBRE9600AP20130701

See the "Hong Kong July 1st Demonstration 2013" photo album on HRIC's Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/hrichina

International Relations

Ghana’s crackdown on Chinese gold miners hits one rural area hard
The New York Times, June 29, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/30/world/asia/ghanas-crackdown-on-chinese-gold-miners-hits-one-rural-area-hard.html

Open Government Information

”No reply” on bid for China online surveillance data
Radio Free Asia, June 28, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/bid-06282013103439.html

Related:
Snowden affair prompts lawyer to request disclosure of surveillance information
谢燕益：就斯诺登事件致公安部信息公开申请书
Human Rights in China, June 25, 2013
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/6765
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/6766

Political and Economic Reform

習近平：選幹部不以票取人 (Xi Jinping: selection of party officials should not be decided by votes)
Ming Pao, June 30, 2013
http://news.mingpao.com/20130630/cac1.htm

中共党员总数突破8500万 (Total CPC members exceeds 85 million)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 1, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/07/130701_ccp_members.shtml

Mixed messages: Xi Jinping signals left while turning right. Or is it the other way round?
The Economist, July 1, 2013
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21580195-xi-jinping-signals-left-while-turning-right-or-it-other-way-round-mixed-messages

Protests and Petitions

外交部前要求参与“人权报告”撰写的访民被清场 (Activists petitioning for participation in drafting of human rights report for the UN taken away by police)
Boxun, July 1, 2013
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2013/07/201307011247.shtml

Related:
Chinese Activists Calling for Greater Participation in China’s International Human Rights Reporting Taken Away by Police
Human Rights in China, July 1, 2013
http://hrichina.org/content/6801

Beijing, police "tolerate" pro human rights sit-in
Asia News, June 27, 2013
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Beijing,-police-tolerate-pro-human-rights-sit-in-28317.html

XUAR

Chinese authorities confirm police fired at Uyghur protesters
Radio Free Asia, June 30, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/violence-06302013201357.html

新疆武警7萬兵力冠全國 (70,000 armed police deployed in Xinjiang, largest number in a single province)
Ming Pao, July 1, 2013
http://news.mingpao.com/20130701/caa2.htm

Opinion

Standing at the crossroads
Caixin, July 1, 2013
http://english.caixin.com/2013-07-01/100550000.html

Friday, June 28, 2013

Consumer Product Safety

南山奶粉曝维生素K1超标逾900倍 (Domestic brand of baby milk formula found to contain 900 times the amount of vitamin K1)
Xinkuai Daily, June 28, 2013
http://economy.gmw.cn/2013-06/28/content_8105159.htm

Corruption

57亿城镇保障房专项资金被挪用 (5.7 billion yuan in affordable housing funds misused, audit reveals)
China Youth Daily, June 28, 2013
http://zqb.cyol.com/html/2013-06/28/nw.D110000zgqnb_20130628_4-02.htm

Death Penalty

Clemency sought for Filipina on China’s death row
Wall Street Journal, June 27, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/searealtime/2013/06/27/clemency-sought-for-filipina-on-chinas-death-row/

Hukou

43个城市外地人员下月起可就近办护 (43 cities to allow non-residents to apply for passports)
Sina News, June 27, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-06-27/214727516861.shtml

Human Rights Defenders

Understanding of Chinese human rights movement crucial: activist
Central News Agency, June 27, 2012
http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aall/201306270032.aspx

Information Control/Technology

方滨兴辞任校长，防火长城依然“矗立 (“Father” of Great Firewall resigns, leaves behind a hated legacy)
Deutsche Welle, June 27,2013
http://www.dw.de/%E6%96%B9%E6%BB%A8%E5%85%B4%E8%BE%9E%E4%BB%BB%E6%A0%A1%E9%95%BF%E9%98%B2%E7%81%AB%E9%95%BF%E5%9F%8E%E4%BE%9D%E7%84%B6%E7%9F%97%E7%AB%8B/a-16911315

Labor

U.S. boss released by angry Chinese factory workers
The Telegraph, June 27, 2013
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10145220/US-boss-released-by-angry-Chinese-factory-workers.html

Media

31家非法新闻业务网站被关 (31 news websites shutdown for 'unauthorized' operation)
Xinhua News Agency, June 27, 2013
http://whb.news365.com.cn/xwdj/201306/t20130628_1274562.html

Political and Economic Reforms

华西村：中国式困境样本, (Huaxi Village is the poster child of China's economic transition woes)
Financial Times, June 28, 2013
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001051145

Rule of Law

陕西省委书记：延安城管打人虽偶然却有必然背景 (Provincial party chief says excessive use of force by Yanan urban management personnel (chengguan) due to lack of leadership and oversight)
China News, June 28, 2013
http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2013/06-28/4979767.shtml

Tibet

Seven years in Tibet: 2 million 'displaced' by Chinese relocation policy
The Telegraph, June 27, 2013
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/tibet/10146867/Seven-years-in-Tibet-2-million-displaced-by-Chinese-relocation-policy.html

XUAR

流亡维族组织要求对“6•26”血案进行独立调查 (Uyghur groups in exile demand independent investigation into 6.26 bloody incident)
Deutsche Welle, June 27, 2013
http://www.dw.de/%E6%B5%81%E4%BA%A1%E7%BB%B4%E6%97%8F%E7%BB%84%E7%BB%87%E8%A6%81%E6%B1%82%E5%AF%B9626%E8%A1%80%E6%A1%88%E8%BF%9B%E8%A1%8C%E7%8B%AC%E7%AB%8B%E8%B0%83%E6%9F%A5/a-16911097

Thursday, June 27, 2013

Children

南京两女孩饿死家中女律师追问政府失职 (Two girls starved to death in Nanjing home, five female lawyers seek government’s accountability)
Radio Free Asia, June 26, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xql-06262013153903.html

江西一留守家庭三兄妹池塘边戏水不幸全部溺亡 (Three “left-behind” siblings in Jiangxi drown while washing clothes in pond)
China National Radio, June 26, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/0627/08/92C57QAR00014JB5.html

Death Penalty

Ahead of International Drug Day, China executes 6
The Diplomat, June 27, 2013
http://thediplomat.com/china-power/ahead-of-international-drug-day-china-executes-6/

Edward Snowden Case

With Snowden gone, Hong Kong focuses on U.S. surveillance
斯诺登走了，香港的麻烦继续
The New York Times, June 27, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/world/20130627/c27hongkong/dual/

Environment

Green law change would limit lawsuits
South China Morning Post, June 27, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1269766/green-law-change-would-limit-lawsuits

Hukou

China pushes forward residency reform, China National Radio says
Bloomberg, June 26, 2013
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-26/china-pushes-forward-residency-reform-china-national-radio-says.html

Related:
国家发改委主任:城镇化仍要牢牢守住18亿亩耕地红线 (NDRC: Farmland must be protected to ensure food security even as urbanization continues)
China National Radio, June 26, 2013
http://china.cnr.cn/NewsFeeds/201306/t20130626_512907034.shtml

Human Rights Defenders

律师启动刘晓波申诉案 (Lawyer Mo Shaoping to submit appeals for Liu Xiaobo, Liu Xia, and Liu Hui)
Deutsche Welle, June 27, 2013
http://bit.ly/1aQzbDK

四川异议人士李必丰终审改判为10年徒刑 (Appeals court reduces Sichuan dissident’s sentence to ten years in prison on charge of contract fraud)
Radio Free Asia, June 26, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/hc-06262013120328.html

Chinese dissident favors “one country, two systems” -- with twist
Central News Agency, June 26, 2013
http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=2245233

International Human Rights

贵州中欧人权对话警方软禁维权人士上海广州活动人士遭软禁 (Guizhou, Shanghai, and Guangzhou activists face severe restrictions as China holds human rights talk with EU)
Radio Free Asia, June 26, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql-06262013114423.html

Related:
Activists held in run-up to EU rights talks in Guizhou
Radio Free Asia, June 26, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/held-06262013110706.html
EU-China rights talks marred by deadly riots
EU Observer, June 27, 2013
http://euobserver.com/foreign/120648

Land, Housing, Property

广东省民政厅批准建墓园被10名村民告上法庭 (Guangdong villagers sue government for approving land appropriation without consultation and compensation)
Southern Metropolis Daily, June 27, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-06-27/043927508598.shtml

Open Government Information

Ed Snowden inspired this Chinese lawyer to challenge Beijing's digital spying
Foreign Policy, June 26, 2013
http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/06/26/meet_the_chinese_human_rights_lawyer_inspired_by_edward_snowden

Related:
Snowden affair prompts lawyer to request disclosure of surveillance information
谢燕益：就斯诺登事件致公安部信息公开申请书
Human Rights in China, June 25, 2013
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/6765
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/6766

Political and Economic Reforms

习李体制修正依赖投资路线 (New Chinese leadership tries to reform investment driven policy)
Nikkei, June 27, 2013
http://http://cn.nikkei.com/china/ceconomy/5866-20130627.html

Reeducation Through Labor

上訪媽媽告勞教委案快開庭 (Lawsuit against Hunan RTL committee to get first hearing)
Ming Pao, June 26, 2013
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20130626/ca32359c.htm

Rule of Law

公安部：全国愈54万民警取得中级执法资格 (Ministry of Public Security claims incidents of forced confession decreased by 87%)
New Beijing Daily, June 27, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/0627/02/92BHMDUA0001124J.html

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Consumer Products Safety

中国7成中药材含残余农药因违法成本低监管不力
Popular chinese medicine herbs 'poisoned' by pesticides
Radio Free Asia, June 25, 2013
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/yf-06252013100714.html
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/herbs-06252013110158.html

Death Penalty

Inmate appeals death sentence
China Daily, June 26, 2013
http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-06/26/content_16658521.htm

Environment

中石油云南炼油项目环评报告及批复向社会公开 (PetroChina publishes EIA on Yunnan refinery and government approval)
Yunnan Net, June 25, 2013
http://yn.yunnan.cn/html/2013-06/25/content_2779998.htm

Health

China’s cancer villages are victims of rural-urban inequality
China Dialogue, June 25, 2013
http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/6136

Human Rights Defenders

Ironic democracy lesson as Chinese civil rights activist visits Taiwan
Forbes, June 25, 2013
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ralphjennings/2013/06/25/ironic-democracy-lesson-as-civil-rights-activist-chen-guangcheng-visits-taiwan/

Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng on freedom, surveillance and speaking out
Time, June 25, 2013
http://world.time.com/2013/06/25/chinese-dissident-chen-guangcheng-on-freedom-surveillance-and-speaking-out/

Chinese obstruction to planned Japan trip inevitable, activist Chen
Global Post, June 24, 2013
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/kyodo-news-international/130624/chinese-obstruction-planned-japan-trip-inevitable-acti

Riot police raid Chinese dissident's legal team
Radio Free Asia, June 25, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/raid-06252013105618.html

International Human Rights

第32次中欧人权对话在贵阳举行 (32nd EU-China Dialogue on human rights held in Guiyang)
Xinhua News Agency, June 25, 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/photo/2013-06/25/c_124910658.htm

Related:
China, EU hold human rights dialogue in SW China
People's Daily, June 26, 2013
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90883/8299194.html

China-EU dialogue on human rights held in Guizhou
RTT News, June 25, 2013
http://www.rttnews.com/2141475/china-eu-dialogue-on-human-rights-held-in-guizhou.aspx

EU Press Release: EU-China dialogue on human rights
European Union, June 25, 2013 http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_Data/docs/pressdata/EN/foraff/137607.pdf

Open Government Information

斯诺登案：律师申请中国公安部信息公开 (Chinese lawyer applies to Ministry of Public Security for open information)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 26, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/06/130626_snowden_china_activist.shtml

Related:
Snowden affair Prompts Lawyer to Request Disclosure of Surveillance Information
谢燕益：就斯诺登事件致公安部信息公开申请书
Human Rights in China, June 25, 2013
EN:http://www.hrichina.org/content/6765
CH:http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/6766

Political and Economic Reform

Can China's hated local police reform their image?
The Atlantic, June 25, 2013
http://www.theatlantic.com/china/archive/2013/06/can-chinas-hated-local-police-reform-their-image/277202/

国务院报告称要全面放开小城镇小城市落户限制 (State Council: China will “fully open” settlement restrictions in small towns and cities)
China News Service, June 26, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-06-26/211227506605.shtml

Woman

赴美生子人数5年增加20倍全程灰色处处“地雷” (More than 10000 Chinese women came to U.S. to give birth in 2012, a twentyfold increase in five years)
China News Service, June 26, 2013
http://health.people.com.cn/n/2013/0626/c14739-21977324.html

XUAR

Violence in China's Xinjiang 'kills 27'
新疆吐鲁番暴力事件致27人死亡
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 26, 2013
EN: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-23050288
CH:http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/06/130626_xinjiang_riots.shtml

Opinion

Environmental watchdogs lack bite
China Daily, June 25, 2013
http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/opinion/2013-06/25/content_16657830.htm/

奶粉质量事关经济安全 (Baby formula scandals threaten economic security)
People's Daily, June 26, 2013
http://finance.people.com.cn/n/2013/0626/c1004-21974017.html

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Animal Welfare and Rights

China animal activists rescue hundreds of pooches before dog meat festival
South China Morning Post, June 25, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1268740/china-animal-activists-rescue-hundreds-pooches-dog-meat-festival

Corruption

周永康“大秘”落马，习要动“终极老虎”？(Protege of former security Chief Zhou Yongkang targeted in corruption investigation)
Deutsche Welle, June 24, 2013
http://bit.ly/10iiIE8

Edward Snowden Case

For Snowden, a hasty exit started with pizza inside a Hong Kong hideout

斯诺登逃离香港始末
The New York Times, June 25, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20130625/c25hongkong-update/dual/

港律政司长罗列美国引渡斯诺登文件纰漏 (HK Secretary for Justice lists flaws in U.S. extradition documents in Snowden case)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 25, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/06/130625_snowden_hongkong.shtml

Environment

中国土壤污染总体情况不容乐观相关立法亟待提速 (Experts call for legislation to prevent soil pollution)
China News, June 25, 2013
www.chinanews.com/gn/2013/06-25/4964106.shtml

Human Rights Defenders

陳光誠﹕法治不入內地人治必進香港 (Chen Guangcheng in Taiwan: Without Rule of Law in China, Rule of Man must succeed in HK)
Ming Pao, June 24, 2013
http://news.mingpao.com/20130625/cab1.htm

陈光诚：台湾应助中国走向民主 (Chen Guangcheng urges Taiwan to support democratization in China)
Deutsche Welle, June 24, 2013
http://bit.ly/11ColxX

Chinese dissident skirts talk of NYU
Wall Street Journal, June 24, 2013
online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323998604578565310545277192.html

男子說發微博交警轉身走 (Traffic police scared off by Weibo user)
Ming Pao, June 24, 2013
inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20130624/ca12236a.htm

Intellectual Property Rights

中国新闻网：国家版权局部署“剑网行动” 保护网络知识产权 (China National Copyright Administration launches campaign to protect Internet intellectual property rights)

China News Service, June 25, 2013
http://china.huanqiu.com/politics/2013-06/4061711.html

Labor

China to strictly regulate secondment/staffing business model
National Law Review, June 24, 2013
www.natlawreview.com/article/china-to-strictly-regulate-secondmentstaffing-business-model

Natural Resources

Rivers threatened as China, Kazakhstan water pact remains elusive
Radio Free Asia, June 24, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/delay-06242013164251.html

Media

Calls for probe into Chinese journalist's death
Radio Free Asia, June 24, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/calls-06242013103636.html

Political and Economic Reform

Credit warnings give world a peek into China’s secretive banks

银行钱荒暴露中国影子银行隐忧
The New York Times, June 25, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china-biz/20130625/c25chinaecon/dual/

Protests and Petitions

北京众访民坚守外交部要求参与编写人权报告 (Beijing petitioners gather in front of MFA, seek participation in writing China’s human rights report for UPR)

Voice of America, June 25, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/beijing-activitists-demanded-to-participate-human-rights-report-20130625/1688613.html

Society

华西都市报：四川一复读女生高考失意割腕喝农药自杀身亡 (Sichuan girl student commits suicide after failing Gaokao twice)

Huaxi Metropolis Daily, June 25, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/0625/07/926TBBHL00011229.html

Opinion

The twisted tales of Chen Guangcheng and Edward Snowden
Huffington Post, Jun 24, 2013
www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-wasserstrom/chen-guangcheng-edward-snowden_b_3492205.html

China's bullying tactics backfire
Sydney Morning Herald, June 24, 2013
www.smh.com.au/comment/chinas-bullying-tactics-backfire-20130624-2osru.html

Related:

澳民调：民众高度认同美澳同盟对中国情感复杂 (Poll in Australia reveals complex reactions to China's rise)
Caijing, June 25, 2013
overseas.caijing.com.cn/2013-06-25/112949294.html

不怕污染的究竟是哪些“别人 (Only when 'GDP worship' is ended will government officials be afraid of pollution)
China Youth Daily, June 25, 2013
zqb.cyol.com/html/2013-06/25/nw.D110000zgqnb_

Monday, June 24, 2013

Children

湖南靖州"猥亵8女童教师"被刑拘校长被停职处理 (Middle School Teacher Criminally Detained for Sexually Harassing Female Students)
China National Radio, June 22, 2013
china.cnr.cn/yaowen/201306/t20130622_512870834.shtml

河南强奸11名幼女被处死官员关押期间企图自杀 (Henan Official Convicted of Raping 11 Young Girls Attempts Suicide in Detention)
Xinhua News Agency, June 24, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/0624/10/924L4LA00001124J.html

Chinese Girls Found Dead after Starving to Death
The Telegraph, June 24, 2013
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10138843/Chinese-girls-found-dead-after-starving-to-death.html

Edward Snowden Case

Snowden, in Russia, Is Said to Seek Asylum in Ecuador
斯诺登去向搅动三大洲国际关系
The New York Times, June 24, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/world/20130624/c24snowden-update/dual/

斯诺登留下的“烂摊子 (Controversies over Mass Surveillance Remain as Snowden Leaves HK)
Deutsche Welle, June 23, 2013
http://bit.ly/19tDcws

Related:
社评：世界公众不愿看到斯诺登遭厄运 (Opinion: International Community Does Not Wish to See Snowden Persecuted)
Global Times, June 24, 2013
opinion.huanqiu.com/editorial/2013-06/4055409.html

美国务卿称斯诺登事件将影响与中俄关系 (U.S. Secretary of State: Snowden Incident Will Impact U.S.-China and Russia Relations)
Global Times, June 24, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/w/2013-06-24/193827485860.shtml

何俊仁：北京促请斯诺登离开香港 (Albert Ho: Beijing Urged Snowden to Leave HK)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 24, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/06/130624_snowden_hongkong.shtml

Human Rights Defenders

China Activist Ai Weiwei Releases Protest Music Album
Associated Press, June 22, 2013
http://www.newsdaily.com/asia/9488949736581c4156637d5e99284c2b/china-activist-ai-weiwei-releases-protest-album

陈光诚：台湾证明民主非西方独有 (Chen Guangcheng: Taiwan Proves Democracy is Not Only for the West)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 24, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/06/130624_chenguangcheng_byjames.shtml

Chinese Dissident Arrives in Taiwan
Associated Press, June 24, 2013
www.nytimes.com/2013/06/24/world/asia/chinese-dissident-arrives-in-taiwan.html

Related:
陈光诚访问台湾传有安全隐忧 (Security Concerns Overshadow Chen Guangcheng's Visit to Taiwan)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 23, 2013 www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/06/130623_taiwan_chen_guangcheng.shtml

FBI To Investigate Whether Chen Guangcheng Was Being Spied On
The Telegraph, June 21, 2013
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10135643/FBI-to-investigate-whether-Chen-Guangcheng-was-being-spied-on.html

Information Control

In China: an Entire Bookstore Gets Censored？
Christian Science Monitor, June 21, 2013
www.csmonitor.com/Books/chapter-and-verse/2013/0621/In-China-an-entire-bookstore-gets-censored

International Relations

Congo Defends Chinese Mining Companies
Associated Press, June 22, 2013
www.businessweek.com/ap/2013-06-22/congo-defends-chinese-mining-companies

Chinese Gold Miners Flee Ghana amid Crackdown and Reports of Abuse
South China Morning Post, June 23, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1267251/chinese-gold-miners-flee-ghana-amid-crackdown-and-reports-abuse

Rule of Law

Inside the Secret Chinese Jails That Strike Fear into the Communist Party

The Telegraph, June 23, 2013
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10137650/Inside-the-secret-Chinese-jails-that-strike-fear-into-the-Communist-Party.html

Society

中国35城市生活质量报告:主观满意度平均50.87 (Survey: Residents in 35 Cities Barely Satisfied with Quality of Life)
Caijing, June 22, 2013
politics.caijing.com.cn/2013-06-22/112941195.html

Tibet

唯色：藏人说真话的机会越来越少 (Tibetan Writer Laments Shrinking Space for Free Expression and Media Freedom)

Deutsche Welle, June 22, 2013

http://bit.ly/12ihxRq

Opinion

奶粉安全终究系于监管 (Government Oversight Key to Ensuring Baby Formula Safety)
Changjiang Daily, June 22, 2013

cjmp.cnhan.com/cjrb/html/2013-06/22/content_5178920.htm

Friday, June 21, 2013

Children

全国妇联权益部部长蒋月娥等做客人民网谈儿童合法权益保护, 建议废除嫖宿幼女罪 (All China Women's Federation Official Calls for Abolition of Controversial Law on Sex with Minors)
People's Daily, June 21, 2013
paper.people.com.cn/rmrb/html/2013-06/21/nw.D110000renmrb_20130621_2-11.htm

Civil Society

Chinese Nonprofits Survive and Thrive
Bloomberg Business Week, June 19, 2013
www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-06-19/chinese-non-profits-survive-and-thrive

Cyber Security

Quantum Communications System Was Used at Party Congress in Beijing
South China Morning Post, June 21, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1265416/quantum-communications-system-was-used-party-congress-beijing

Environment

Air Quality in China's Major Cities Drops in May
Xinhua News Agency, June 20, 2013
http://www.china.org.cn/environment/2013-06/20/content_29178356.htm

淘金者 (Searching for Gold in China's Poison Land)
Economic Observer, June 15, 2013
CN: www.eeo.com.cn/2013/0615/245371.shtm l
EN: http://www.worldcrunch.com/tech-science/searching-for-gold-in-china-039-s-poison-land/soil-pollution-environment-bceg-beijing/c4s12417/

Hong Kong

港大民调：港人不再信任“一国两制 (HKU Poll Shows Hong Kongers Have Lost Faith in “One Country, Two Systems”)
Deutsche Welle, June 20, 2013
www.dw.de/港大民调港人不再信任一国两制/a-16895887

Human Rights Defenders

民间“光明中国梦”行动遭打压 “赤壁五君子”被控煽动颠覆
(Five Democracy Advocates from Guangdong and Hunan Detained for "Inciting Subversion")
Radio Free Asia, June 20, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/sy-06202013103414.html

Chen Guangcheng Spyware Row: Blind Chinese Dissident May Have Been Spied On During NYU Tenure
Reuters, June 21, 2013
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/21/chen-guangcheng-spyware-row_n_3476188.html

光诚收到“间谍软件”礼物再惹争议 (Controversy over Tracking Software Installed in Gifts Given to Chen)

British Broadcasting Corporation, June 21, 2013

http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/06/130621_chen_guangcheng_spyware.shtml

Whatever Happened to the Chen Guangcheng of the 1970's?
The Atlantic, June 20, 2013
http://www.theatlantic.com/china/archive/2013/06/whatever-happened-to-the-chen-guangcheng-of-the-1970s/277074/

Lawmaker, University Spar over “Control” of Chinese Dissident

Chicago Tribune, June 20, 2013

www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-rt-us-china-activist-usabre95j03v-20130619,0,781685.story

美议员指责纽大阻止他见陈光诚 (U.S. Congressman Accuses NYU of Obstructing His Meetings with Chen Guangcheng)

Deutsche Welle, June 20, 2013

www.dw.de/美议员指责纽大阻止他见陈光诚/a-16895959

Blind Chinese Activist Could Jump To Pro-Life Think Tank

Business Insider, June 19, 2013

http://www.businessinsider.com/chen-guangcheng-and-witherspoon-institute-2013-6

Blind Activist’s Former Adviser: Pressure Claims "Mystifying"

The Wall Street Journal, June 19, 2013

http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/06/19/mystifying-blind-activists-adviser-speaks-out-on-pressure-claims

Related:

Chen Guangcheng Case Widens the Political Rift
China Digital Times, June 21, 2013
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2013/06/chen-guangcheng-case-widens-political-rift/

Statement from Former Special Advisor to Chen Guangcheng, Mattie Bekink

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/china_law_prof_blog/2013/06/more-materials-on-the-chen-guangchengnyu-affair.html

Chen Guangcheng and the Commandeering of Our China Human Rights Policy

Article by Elizabeth M. Lynch
http://chinalawandpolicy.com/2013/06/20/chen-guangcheng-and-the-commandeering-of-our-china-human-rights-policy/

Bold New Proposals: Welcome Signs That Some Officials Are at Last Starting to Question Policies on Tibet
The Economist, June 22, 2013
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21579847-welcome-signs-some-officials-are-last-starting-question-policies-tibet-bold-new

Grid Locked: with the Help of Experts from Beijing, Tibet Tightens its Systems of Surveillance
The Economist, June 22, 2013
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21579848-help-experts-beijing-tibet-tightens-its-systems-surveillance-grid-locked

一藏人被殴致死拉萨万人迎见已故班禅喇嘛妻女被阻 (Sichuan Tibetan Beaten to Death by Police)
Radio Free Asia, June 20, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-06202013142657.html

Opinion

Why SOE Reform Cannot Be Avoided
Caixin, June 20, 2013
english.caixin.com/2013-06-20/100543612.html

Thursday, June 20, 2013

Animal Welfare and Rights

猪老板用加压机给猪灌料增重部分猪肚胀惨死 (Pig Owners Force Feed Pigs to Increase Weight, Many Die in Process)
Yangcheng Evening News, June 20, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/0620/20/91RBN5IV00011229.html

郑州千余燕子窝被"强拆" 施工现场遍地燕子尸体 (Zhengzhou Construction Team Uses Excavator to Remove Nests, Thousand Swallows Killed)

China Central Television, June 20, 2013

http://news.163.com/13/0620/19/91RBFS2200011229.html