HRIC Daily Brief

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Civil Society (民间社会)

中国公民运动团体要求参与撰写人权报告 (New Citizens’ Movement calls for participation in drafting nation’s human rights report to UN)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 31, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2013/07/130731_rights_china_cao.shtml

Corruption (腐败)

Success Brings Scrutiny to Chinese Mystic
王林，「氣功大師」掉進輿論漩渦
New York Times, July 31, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20130731/c31wanglin/dual/

China’s Communist Party warns cadres: no wine at lunch, no expensive wedding banquets
Associated Press, July 30, 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/chinas-communist-party-warns-cadres-no-wine-at-lunch-expensive-wedding-banquets/2013/07/29/9e6d7e16-f8c8-11e2-a954-358d90d5d72d_story.html

Environment (环境)

环保部公布6月城市空气质量 19城达标天数不足50% (Ministry of Environmental Protection announces urban air quality for June, 19 cities meet standards less than half of the time)
Beijing News, July 31, 2013
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2013/07/31/276028.html

福建PX项目爆炸背后：所属集团环保记录不佳 (Explosion at Fujian petrochemical plant reveals spotty record of corporation)
First Caijing Daily, July 31, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-07-31/013827813964.shtml

Related:
Explosion hits China factory at center of influential protest
Wall Street Journal, July 30, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/07/30/explosion-hits-china-factory-at-center-of-influential-protest/

Freedom of Expression and Privacy (言论自由、隐私)

特寫﹕高官斥不愛國掀熱議 (Deputy governor of Guizhou faces backlash after accusing gov't critics as "unpatriotic scumbags")
Ming Pao, July 30, 2013
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20130730/ca21644y.htm

Related:
Uproar after Guangxi official Chen Mingming calls critics "human scumbags"
South China Morning Post, July 30, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1292946/uproar-after-guangxi-official-chen-mingming-calls-critics-human-scumbags

Example of "backlash" to Chen Mingming's Weibo comment:
歪瓜裂枣假正经：为什么你们眼睛总是盯着别人的缺失，当甘肃地震了，看到了那些倒塌的土坯房，死了那么多群众，真他妈的作孽，三十年前人民住什么什么样的房子，喊着城市化建设这么多年，尼玛现在还住着！！汶川地震关于断裂带上房屋构建，灾害评估。你们长点心好不好！还尼玛天天扯淡爱不爱国，你对得起这片土地啊？！ (7月29日 16:48)

Free speech debate after China singer held for bomb threat
Agence France-Presse, July 30, 2013
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gQ_I37PiZZGGsgZymqlmIjM5hiUw?docId=CNG.241ae6670bf257d64850017e3a1a84e8.01

Health (健康)

精神病救治难堪重负 (Over 100 million Chinese with mental illness, only 1 doctor for every 800 patients)
Legal Weekly, July 30, 2013
http://news.ifeng.com/shendu/fzzm/detail_2013_07/31/28101446_0.shtml

International Human Rights (国际人权)

美中人权对话人权组织促设定切实指标 (U.S. urges China to improve rule of law, freedom of religion and expression, rights of ethnic minorities, and labor during bilateral dialogue)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 31, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2013/07/130730_us_china_rights_talk.shtml

Foreign minister Bob Carr presses China on human rights reform
The Australian, July 29, 2013
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/foreign-affairs/foreign-minister-bob-carr-presses-china-on-human-rights-reform/story-fn59nm2j-1226687625923

Land, Housing, Property (土地、财产、房屋)

九成受访者认为不应取缔群租 (Survey: 90% of respondents oppose banning affordable group-rental housing)
Xiaoxiang Chenbao, July 31, 2013
http://epaper.xxcb.cn/xxcba/html/2013-07/31/content_2725627.htm

Media (媒体)

人民网舆情监测室发布《2013年上半年新浪政务微博报告》 (Sina-gov't joint report highlights big jump in number of government Weibo accounts and posts)
People's Daily, July 31, 2013
http://yuqing.people.com.cn/n/2013/0731/c210118-22387424.html

See full report:
http://vdisk.weibo.com/s/A-q4TgwJY4hz/1375195858

China cracks down on televised singing competitions
Wall Street Journal, July 30, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/07/30/china-cracks-down-on-televised-singing-competitions/

Population (人口)

One-child policy “weakens china's military”
Radio Free Asia, July 30, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/pla-07302013120137.html

Rule of Law (法治)

河南试点“民告官”异地审理 (Pilot reform in Henan aims to prevent political interference in lawsuits against gov't by holding trials in other jurisdictions)
Dongfang Jinbao, July 31, 2013
http://www.jinbw.com.cn/jinbw/xwzx/zzsx/201307311353.htm

一朝办错案，终身被追责 (New regulations in Henan eliminate statute of limitation on accountability measures against law enforcement misconduct)
Dahe Daily, July 31, 2013
http://newpaper.dahe.cn/dhb/html/2013-07/31/content_932470.htm

Society (社会)

China grapples with understanding spate of random violence
Washington Post, July 30, 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/07/30/china-grapples-with-understanding-spate-of-random-violence/

Technology (科技)

中国城市未成年人触网比例近97% (97% of Chinese minors have access to the Internet)
Radio Free Asia, July 30, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/aw-07302013152211.html

Opinion (观点)

“大农民工教育观”助推人的城镇化 (Improving education for migrant workers in rural areas before their migration to cities helps to ensure people-centered urbanization)
Guangming Daily, July 31, 2013
http://epaper.gmw.cn/gmrb/html/2013-07/31/nw.D110000gmrb_20130731_6-02.htm

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Consumer Product Safety (消费品安全)

石家庄毒饺子案详情：员工不满待遇下毒泄愤 (Employee purposefully poisoned dumplings to show anger over mistreatment)
Xinhua, July 30, 2013
http://news.eastday.com/c/20130730/u1a7558218.html

Corruption (腐败)

《新快报》记者刘虎实名举报工商总局副局长马正其渎职 (Guangdong reporter makes misconduct allegations against Chinese official on Weibo)
Zhengjuan Times, July 29, 2013
http://kuaixun.stcn.com/2013/0729/10636982.shtml

Related:
Senior Chinese official from industry regulator is latest to face allegations of wrongdoing
Associated Press, July 29, 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/senior-chinese-official-from-industry-regulator-is-latest-to-face-allegations-of-wrongdoing/2013/07/29/cb6404e2-f82f-11e2-a954-358d90d5d72d_story.html

How Chinese reporters have turned to Weibo to expose corruption
South China Morning Post, July 30, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1292945/chinese-reporters-try-weibo-expose-corruption-when-print-fails

Related Weibo:
记者刘虎, July 30, 2013
[#举报马正其# 就凭这样一个假文件，75万国有资产就蒸发无踪了。“公务员私营企业”重庆万州乳峰乳业的老板牟东安冯国琼夫妇和刘弘，实在好惬意！] ([#Report on Ma Zhengqi#] Relying on this false document, RMB 750,000 of state-owned assets evaporated without a trace. The couple, Mou Dongan and Feng Guoqiong, along with Liu Hong, the bosses of Chongqing Wanzhou Rufeng Dairy...are all really comfortable!)
http://weibo.com/2489302951/A2pCuEwlb

Environment (环境)

The Chinese government’s real pollution dilemma is feeding its people
Quartz, July 29, 2013
http://qz.com/109090/the-chinese-governments-real-pollution-dilemma-is-feeding-its-people/

Hukou (户口)

报告称城镇化率被高估 3.9亿人口需市民化 (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences’ blue book: China’s urbanization rate previously overstated, by 2030, China needs 390 million villagers-turned-urbanites)
China News, July 30, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0730/c1001-22382912.html

Related:
城市蓝皮书：农业转移人口市民化面临六大障碍 (Urban blue book: villagers-turned-urbanites face six big obstacles)
People’s Daily, July 30, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0730/c1001-22382692.html

蓝皮书：中国农民工市民化人均公共成本约13万元 (Urban blue book: average gov't cost to go from villager to urbanite is RMB 130,000)
Beijing News, July 30, 2013
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2013/07/30/275888.html

城市蓝皮书：当前中国农业转移人口市民化仅40% (Urban blue book: large disparity in political rights, public services, economic life, and cultural quality between migrant workers and urban residents)
People’s Daily, July 30, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0730/c1001-22382610.html

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

Activists call for Xu Zhiyong's release and end to crackdown
South China Morning Post, July 30, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1292947/legal-scholar-teng-biao-and-hong-kong-rights-groups-call-release-moderate

Related:
滕彪聲援許志永斥當局愚蠢「打壓溫和派逼人變激進」(Teng Biao shows solidarity with Xu Zhiyong, denounces authorities for "suppressing moderates and letting them becoming radicalized")
Ming Pao, July 30, 2013
http://news.mingpao.com/20130730/caa1.htm

Internet (互联网)

107家非法新闻信息网站被关闭 (107 non-news websites shut down in China)
Beijing News, July 30, 2013
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2013/07/30/275892.html

Labor (劳工)

Worker group alleges abuses at Apple supplier in China
Wall Street Journal, July 20, 2013
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324170004578633951552047928.html

See report
Apples unkept promises: cheap iPhones come at high costs to Chinese workers
China Labor Watch, July 29, 2013
http://www.chinalaborwatch.org/pdf/apple_s_unkept_promises.pdf

Worked to Death
News China, August, 2013
http://www.newschinamag.com/magazine/worked-to-death

Land, Housing, Property (土地、财产、房屋)

八问地方政府债务 (National audit office: most local governments repay debt with land sales revenue)
Beijing News, July 30, 2013
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2013/07/30/275828.html

Open Government Information (信息公开)

拆也拆了查也查了官方仍“正在调查” (Lack of transparency regarding investigations into public interest cases raises doubts about gov't accountability)
Beijing News, July 30, 2013
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2013/07/30/275835.html

Protests and Petitions (抗议和请愿)

“代表委员可随时约见市领导” (Nanjing municipal party committee issues directives to bar officials from preventing public to air grievances during leaders' visits)
Dongfang Daily, July 30, 2013
http://epaper.dfdaily.com/dfzb/html/2013-07/30/content_798087.htm

律师：吴虹飞被提请逮捕向警方认错但自认无罪 (Beijing police seeks official arrest of dissident singer for “fabricating false, terrorizing information”)
Southern Metropolis Daily, July 30, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/0730/04/950MFLHE0001124J.html

Opinion (观点)

推进改革需要自信 (Lack of confidence amongst political elites a roadblock to rule of law and democratic reforms)
Study Times, July 29, 2013
http://www.studytimes.com.cn:9999/epaper/xxsb/html/2013/07/29/12/12_35.htm

中国人权事业，博采众长的实践 (Human rights protection in China is an on-going process and should draw lessons from other countries)
People's Daily, July 30, 2013
http://paper.people.com.cn/rmrb/html/2013-07/30/nw.D110000renmrb_20130730_7-05.htm

Monday, July 29, 2013

Children (儿童)

流浪儿童重复流浪问题待解 (Street children return to the street due to lack of comprehensive protection measures)
Jinghua Times, July 29, 2013
http://epaper.jinghua.cn/html/2013-07/29/content_13526.htm

网络收养平台被指违规卖出生证 (Online adoption websites accused of falsifying birth certificates, charging exorbitant fees)
Beijing News, July 29, 2013
http://epaper.bjnews.com.cn/html/2013-07/29/content_453801.htm

Corruption (腐败)

China orders audit of local government debt
Associated Press, July 28, 2013
http://money.msn.com/business-news/article.aspx?feed=AP&date=20130728&id=16746341

See announcement by the National Audit Office issued on July 28, 2013
http://www.audit.gov.cn/n1992130/n1992150/n1992379/3315364.html

Environment (环境)

环保联合会会员涉污 (Member corporations of gov't environmental protection group face pollution allegations)
21 Century Media, July 29, 2013
http://epaper.21cbh.com/html/2013-07/29/content_72299.htm

杭州湾污染：我国最大渔场近海渔业资源已枯竭 (Pollution in Hangzhou Bay threatens to deplete local fishery resources)
China National Radio, July 29, 2013
http://native.cnr.cn/society/201307/t20130729_513170114.shtml

Freedom of Expression (言论自由)

解放特稿：一群官员的微博实践 (Government officials who microblog find themselves treading on thin ice)
Jiefang Daily, July 28, 2013
http://www.jfdaily.com/a/6573931.htm

吴虹飞被刑拘引发的各种疑问 (Netizens and supporters oppose criminal detention of Beijing pop singer over her Weibo outburst)
Deutsche Welle, July 27, 2013
http://www.dw.de/吴虹飞被刑拘引发的各种疑问/a-16979427

Health (健康)

Health care reform in China to make life easier for patients, not hospitals
South China Morning Post, July 29, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1292679/health-care-plan-cut-bills-patients-lauded-falls-short-what-do-about

Why China pays too much for medicines
Reuters, July 26, 2013
http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/07/26/us-gsk-china-pricing-idINBRE96P0OV20130726

International Human Rights (国际人权)

外交部：中美第18次人权对话7月底将在昆明举行 (China: 18th China-U.S. Human Rights Dialogue to be held in Kunming late July)
China News, July 27, 2013
http://china.huanqiu.com/roll/2013-07/4179489.html

Related:
第18次中美人權對話昆明舉行 (The 18th China-U.S. Human Rights Dialogue will be held in Kunming)
Ming Pao, July 28, 2013
http://news.mingpao.com/20130728/cae1.htm

Land, Housing, Property (土地、财产、房屋)

农民立生死状讨地卖地协议已解除 (After farmers' protest, Hunan authorities pressure local rural cooperative into revoking land sales agreement)
Southern Metropolis Daily, July 29, 2013
http://epaper.oeeee.com/A/html/2013-07/29/content_1904685.htm

Chinese land available for development at record in H1
Reuters, July 28, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/28/china-economy-land-idUSL4N0FY06G20130728

Rule of Law (法治)

练摊被殴事件工作人员停工 (Beijing officials suspended after being accused of beating vendor and his young daughter)
Beijing News, July 29, 2013
http://epaper.bjnews.com.cn/html/2013-07/29/content_453802.htm

Related:
City management beats father in front of crying daughter
chinaSMACK, July 27, 2013
http://www.chinasmack.com/2013/videos/city-management-beats-father-in-front-of-crying-daughter.html

Chief justice calls for efficient, fair trials
Xinhua News Agency, July 26, 2013
http://www.china.org.cn/china/2013-07/26/content_29542366.htm

As a disgraced Chinese politician is indicted, rights activists also feel the law's wrath
Time Magazine, July 26, 2013
http://world.time.com/2013/07/26/as-a-disgraced-chinese-politician-is-indicted-rights-activists-also-feel-the-laws-wrath/

Society (社会)

New survey finds China unequal, unemployed and untrusting
Wall Street Journal, July 26, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/07/26/survey-casts-doubt-on-chinas-jobless-data/

Tibet (西藏)

四藏人为丹增德勒仁波切获释进京上访被捕 (Four Tibetans arrested for attempting to petition for release of imprisoned Buddhist leader Tenzin Rinpoche)
Radio Free Asia, July 28, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-07282013180949.html

Opinion (观点)

“危险言论”界定，法律还需探讨 (Criminal detention of Beijing singer over Weibo post underscores need for precise legal definition of “harmful speech”)
Changjiang Daily, July 29, 2013
http://cjmp.cnhan.com/cjrb/html/2013-07/29/content_5196162.htm

The rule of law: bizarrely consistent
The Economist, July 27, 2013
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21582310-crackdown-legal-activists-bizarrely-consistent

Friday, July 26, 2013

Bo Xilai Case (薄熙来案)

China carefully curates online reaction to Bo Xilai indictment
Wall Street Journal, July 25, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/07/25/online-reaction-to-bo-indictment-carefully-curated/

Related:
大公網撤稿微博禁討論（Article discussing Bo case removed from Ta Kung Pao website, similar discussion on microblog banned）
Ming Pao, July 26, 2013
http://news.mingpao.com/20130725/caa2.htm

挺薄網友遭軟禁擬庭外聲援 (Teacher supporting Bo under house arrest)
Ming Pao, July 26, 2013
http://news.mingpao.com/20130726/caa4.htm

Civil Society (民间社会)

台湾发起联署声援中国"新公民运动" (Taiwan groups launch joint signature campaign to support China’s New Citizen Movement)
Deutsche Welle, July 26, 2013
http://www.dw.de/%E5%8F%B0%E6%B9%BE%E5%8F%91%E8%B5%B7%E8%81%94%E7%BD%B2%E5%A3%B0%E6%8F%B4%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E6%96%B0%E5%85%AC%E6%B0%91%E8%BF%90%E5%8A%A8/a-16975406?maca=chi-rss-chi-ca-1044-rdf

Consumer Product Safety (消费品安全)

Chinese search for infant formula goes global
中国人走遍世界，敢问奶粉在何方
New York Times, July 26, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20130726/c26babypowder/dual/

Corruption (腐败)

Ji Yingnan and other jilted mistresses expose Chinese officials’ corruption
Washington Post, July 26, 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/ji-yingnan-and-other-jilted-mistresses-expose-chinese-officials-corruption/2013/07/25/8d8d35f6-eb02-11e2-aa9f-c03a72e2d342_story.html

Culture (文化)

或因展出艾未未作品港艺团失政府资助 (Independent art group may have lost gov't funding due to exhibition of Ai Weiwei artwork)
DW News, July 25, 2013
http://hongkongmacao.dwnews.com/news/2013-07-25/59287609.html

Health (健康)

中国民间团体呼吁河南落实艾滋儿童福利政策 (Ahead of UN review, Chinese NGOs urge Henan authorities to improve welfare for children living with HIV/AIDS)
Radio Free Asia, July 25, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/aw-07252013143709.html

我国乙肝病毒携带者近1亿每年新发感染者10万(China has nearly 100 million hepatitis B carriers, 100,000 new cases each year)
Xinhua, July 26, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-07-26/203927782239.shtml

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

许志永会见律师称愿为公民宪法权利落实付出代价 (Xu Zhiyong meets with lawyer, willing to "pay a price" for rights activism)
Radio France International, July 25, 2013
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD/20130725-%E8%AE%B8%E5%BF%97%E6%B0%B8%E4%BC%9A%E8%A7%81%E5%BE%8B%E5%B8%88-%E7%A7%B0%E6%84%BF%E4%B8%BA%E5%85%AC%E6%B0%91%E5%AE%AA%E6%B3%95%E6%9D%83%E5%88%A9%E8%90%BD%E5%AE%9E%E4%BB%98%E5%87%BA%E4%BB%A3%E4%BB%B7

For more on Xu Zhiyong, see:
律师会见许志永
Lawyer Meets with Xu Zhiyong
Human Rights in China, July 25, 2013
CN: http://http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/6858
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/6857

Land, Housing, Property (土地、财产、房屋)

国土部：农村集体土地确权完成(Minister of Land and Resources: registration of collective-owned land in rural area is complete)
Economic Information Daily, July 26, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0725/c1001-22318631.html

北大学者姜明安：新土管法或明年出台 (Beijing law professor: new land management legislation may be introduced in 2014, rural land rights to be strengthened)
21st Century Media, July 26, 2013
http://www.yicai.com/news/2013/07/2890359.html

山东调查“夫妻裸体被绑房屋遭强拆” (Shandong authorities are investigating abduction and forced eviction case)
Dongfang Daily, July 25, 2013
http://www.dfdaily.com/html/33/2013/7/25/1039880.shtml

湖南近百农民立“生死状”讨5亩地 (Hunan farmers pledge to fight to the death to reclaim land unlawfully sold)
Beijing News, July 26, 2013
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2013/07/26/275296.html

Protests and Petitions (抗议和请愿)

北京两律师为冀中星提供法援定于今天申请会见冀中星 (Two Beijing human rights lawyers take up Ji Zhongxing case)
Jinghua Times, July 26, 2013
http://epaper.jinghua.cn/html/2013-07/26/content_12998.htm

Re-education Through Labor (劳教)

任建宇向渝劳教委索国家赔偿 (Chongqing man seeks compensation for labor camp sentence)
Jinghua Times, July 26, 2013
http://epaper.jinghua.cn/html/2013-07/26/content_12995.htm

Rule of Law (法治)

万人民调：77.0%受访者要求立法规范城管执法行为 (Survey: 77% support stricter regulations of urban management officers)
China Youth Daily, July 26, 2013
http://zqb.cyol.com/html/2013-07/26/nw.D110000zgqnb_20130726_1-07.htm

China’s disappearing official problem
Wall Street Journal, July 26, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/07/26/chinas-disappearing-official-problem/?mod=WSJBlog

Society （社会）

黑龙江敬老院火灾11名遇难者均为男性起因系200块(11 died in arson of nursing home in Heilongjiang)
China Broadcasting Net, July 26, 2013
http://china.cnr.cn/xwwgf/201307/t20130726_513160941.shtml

Women （妇女）

Assault on equality: China's obsolete legal culture exposed
South China Morning Post, July 26, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1290711/assault-equality

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区）

新疆2500名大学生村官到13个地区村组织任职(XUAR to select 2500 students from nation as village heads for its 13 regions)
China Youth Daily, July 26, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0725/c1001-22321928.html

Opinion (观点)

许志永：“一切是为纯粹理想” (A profile of Xu Zhiyong: "everything I did was out of pure ideals")
Radio France International, July 25, 2013
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD/20130725-%E8%AE%B8%E5%BF%97%E6%B0%B8%EF%BC%9A%E4%B8%80%E5%88%87%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%BA%E7%BA%AF%E7%B2%B9%E7%90%86%E6%83%B3

法治没有特区反腐没有例外 (There must be no exceptions granted when upholding the rule of law and combating corruption)
People's Daily, July 26, 2013
http://paper.people.com.cn/rmrb/html/2013-07/26/nw.D110000renmrb_20130726_8-01.htm

冀中星的绝望之路 (Beijing bomb protester's road to desperation)
New York Times, July 26, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20130726/cc26lianqingchuan/

谁在中国非法执法？(Unlawful enforcement of the law is widespread in China)
Deutsche Welle, July 25, 2013
http://www.dw.de /谁在中国非法执法/a-16975151

China’s ruling party tries to deal with its edifice complex
Wall Street Journal, July 25, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/07/25/chinas-ruling-party-tries-to-deal-with-its-edifice-complex/

Thursday, July 25, 2013

Bo Xilai Case （薄熙来案）

薄熙来涉嫌受贿、贪污、滥用职权案提起公诉 (Bo Xilai to be prosecuted for bribery, corruption, and abuse of power)
Beijing News, July 25, 2013
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2013/07/25/275127.html

Related:
Disgraced Chinese official may go on trial soon
薄熙来被提起公诉审判地为济南
The New York Times, July 25, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20130725/c25trial/dual/

Censorship and Surveillance (审查和监控)

Despicable Me 2 blocked by Chinese censor, but Smurfs sequel approved
The Guardian, July 24, 2013
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2013/jul/24/despicable-me-2-blocked-china-smurfs-2

Corruption (腐败)

GSK丑闻促进西方与中国司法合作 (GlaxoSmith Kline scandal spurs judicial cooperation between China and the West)
Financial Times, July 25, 2013
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001051620

Related:
GSK China probe a bitter pill for foreign firms
Agence France-Presse, July 24, 2013
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h884BqB6kfYv4KwB-QxlcAJ0qgmA?docId=CNG.57481ee8271cf3436c7ed566a627568d.761

Disasters (自然灾害)

湖南14个市州出现旱情 53万余人饮水困难 (14 cities or prefectures in Hunan suffering from drought, 53 million have restricted access to drinking water)
Beijing News, July 25, 2013
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2013/07/25/275145.html

Environment (环境)

北京拟立法提高大气污染违法成本排污违法成本大大提高 (Beijing mulls legislation to increase pollution penalty)
Xinhua News Agency, July 25, 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2013-07/25/c_116678451.htm

See draft:
[北京市大气污染防治条例 (草案送审稿)] (Beijing City Regulations on the Prevention of Ozone Pollution)
Legal Affairs Office of the People’s Govt of Beijing, published on January 19, 2013
http://210.73.64.50/advice/user/content_new.asp?UNID=427

Freedom of Expression and Privacy (言论自由、隐私)

Beijing singer held over “explosive” tweet
Radio Free Asia, July 24, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/explode-07242013111623.html

自由之家：中国新领导人加紧控制因特网 (Freedom House report accuses Chinese leaders of tightening Internet control)
Voice of America, July 25, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-internet-control-20130724/1709072.html

See full report:
Throttling Dissent: China's New Leaders Refine Internet Control
Freedom House, July 24, 2013
http://www.freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/resources/Throttling%20Dissent_FOTN%202013_China_0.pdf

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

紧急关注：滕彪律师和维权人士胡佳在深圳被国保带走 (Teng Biao and Hu Jia taken away by police)
Bo Xun, July 25, 2013
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2013/07/201307252300.shtml#.UfE0pdKsgyo

Related Twitter:
Maya Wang 阿莲, July 25, 2013
[滕彪律师说“我正在被国保带走请告诉朋友”。然后失去联系。网友说滕彪与胡佳（还有女儿谦慈）都被国保控制，他们都是在今晚为胡佳在深圳庆生晚宴时被国保控制的。现在情况不明。]
https://twitter.com/wang_maya/status/360401746612330497

Internet (互联网)

Chinese netizens shrink under scrutiny
The Wall Street Journal, July 25, 2013
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324564704578627364253232692.html

Persons with Disabilities (残疾人)

上海残疾人有望优先申请保障房 (Under new draft regulations, persons with disabilities in Shanghai may receive preferential treatment in affordable housing and other social services)
Dongfang Daily, July 25, 2013
http://epaper.dfdaily.com/dfzb/html/2013-07/25/content_796265.htm

See draft:
[上海市实施《中华人民共和国残疾人保障法》办法（修订草案）] (Shanghai City measures to implement the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Disabled Persons)
Political Affairs, July 24, 2013
http://shzw.eastday.com/shzw/G/20130724/u1ai110378.html

Population (人口)

Killing highlights concerns over china’s one-child policy
The New York Times, July 25, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/26/world/asia/killing-highlights-concerns-over-chinas-one-child-policy.html

Protests and Petitions (抗议和请愿)

广西钟山县珊瑚镇数千村民日前与警察发生冲突 (Thousands of Guangxi villagers clash with police during protest against govt-approved mining activity)
Radio Free Asia, July 24, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/hc-07242013141800.html

Rule of Law (法治)

“跳踩商户头”延安城管取保候审 (Ya'an urban management officer accused of assault released on bail)
Beijing News, July 25, 2013
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2013/07/25/275103.html

Opinion (观点)

Can Chinese leaders all agree on how to try Bo Xilai?
South China Morning Post, July 25, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1289898/can-chinese-leaders-all-agree-how-try-bo-xilai

王议斐：法治是根治腐败“毒瘤”的有效“药方” (Wang Yifei: Rule of law is the best cure for corruption)
Global Times, July 25, 2013
http://opinion.huanqiu.com/opinion_china/2013-07/4170810.html

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Environment (环境), Rule of Law

环保法修正草案二次征民意公益诉讼主体成焦点 (Public sector expresses opposition to public interest lawsuits being directed to ACEF during second public comment period for draft amendments to Environmental Protection Law)
Beijing News, July 23, 2013
http://legal.people.com.cn/n/2013/0723/c42510-22287321.html

首批6家企业网上公布污染排放值 (Six Beijing-based enterprises disclose pollution statistics under new regulations)
Beijing Daily, July 24, 2013
http://bjrb.bjd.com.cn/html/2013-07/24/content_92873.htm

绿色和平批中国神华集团煤厂破坏水资源 (Green Peace accuses Chinese coal company of water pollution)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 23, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/07/130723_greenpeace_shenhua.shtml

See report:
Thirsty Coal 2
Greenpeace, July 23, 2013
http://www.greenpeace.org/eastasia/publications/reports/climate-energy/2013/thirsty-coal-two-china/

Bo Xilai Case （薄熙来案）

“薄熙来将以贪污受贿等三罪公审” (Bo Xilai faces three criminal charges)
Brtish Broadcasting Corporation, July 24, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/07/130724_china_bo_xilai_trial.shtml

報道：重慶宣布薄熙來三罪 (Chongqing announces official charges against Bo Xilai)
Ming Pao, July 23, 2013
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20130723/ca22216a.htm

Related:
Bo Xilai to face trial for bribery and embezzlement “soon”
The Telegraph, July 24, 2013
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10198862/Bo-Xilai-to-face-trial-for-bribery-and-embezzlement-soon.html

Corruption (腐败)

五年内党政机关全面停建楼堂馆所--国务院 (State Council restricts construction of new government buildings)
Reuters, July 24, 2013
http://cn.reuters.com/article/CNTopGenNews/idCNCNE96N01J20130724

Related:
China bans construction of government buildings for 5 years
Associated Press, July 23, 2013
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/23/china-bans-construction-government-buildings_n_3639314.html

众反腐举报贪官代价高 (Citizen whistleblowers face harsh reprisal)
Radio Free Asia, July 23, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xql-07232013152933.html

Consumer Product Safety (消费品安全)

农业部：五年内健全食用农产品安全标准体系 (Agriculture Ministry: food safety standards will be improved in five years)
The People’s Daily, July 23, 2013
http://china.huanqiu.com/politics/2013-07/4160837.html

Health (健康)

儿童大病不亚于一场劫难 (Medical expenses for common diseases among children far exceed income of their families)
Legal Weekly, July 23, 2013
http://www.legalweekly.cn/index.php/Index/article/id/3201

Bribery serves as life-support for Chinese hospitals
Reuters, July 23, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/23/us-china-hospitals-bribery-idUSBRE96M12Y20130723

Internet (互联网)

工信部：移动互联网发展迅猛微信用户超过4亿 (MIIT: We Chat users in China exceed 400 million)
The People’s Daily, July 24, 2013
http://news.dayoo.com/china/201307/24/53868_31714382.htm

Labor (劳工)

调查称半数人认为已婚未育女性求职易受歧视 (Survey finds married women without children face employment discrimination)
Xiaoxiang Chenbao, July 24, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-07-24/050127753763.shtml

Land, Housing, Property (土地、财产、房屋)

广州村民不满农田被征楼顶抗议百人维稳 (Over 100 police mobilized to contain Guangzhou villagers' land protest)
Sina News, July 23, 2013
http://slide.news.sina.com.cn/c/slide_1_2841_33788.html

Society (社会)

Chinese man “kills one-child policy officials”
The Telegraph, July 23, 2013
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10197495/Chinese-man-kills-one-child-policy-officials.html

Opinion (观点)

一个民间机构的法外生存 (A civil organization's survival outside of the law)
Financial Times, July 24, 2013
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001051581?full=y

城镇化绝不能让农村荒芜 (Rural development must not be sacrificed for excessive urbanization)
Nanfang Daily, July 24, 2013
http://epaper.nfdaily.cn/html/2013-07/24/content_7209517.htm

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Corruption

葛兰素史克仅是冰山一角 (GSK scandal only tip of the iceberg in corrupted healthcare system)
Financial Times, July 23, 2013
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001051556

Consumer Safety

河南新乡在建“共产主义大桥”坍塌引关注(Collapse of "Communism Bridge" in Henan triggers concern)
China News Net, July 23, 2013
http://news.21cn.com/domestic/difang/a/2013/0723/18/22975599.shtml

Environment

环保法修正案草案二次征民意 (Second public comment period opens for draft amendments to Environmental Protection Law, right to file public interest lawsuits under scrutiny)
Jinghua Post, July 23, 2013
http://epaper.jinghua.cn/html/2013-07/23/content_11820.htm

See the draft amendments to the Environmental Protection Law after the second reading by the National People's Congress Standing Committee, published on July 17, 2013
http://www.npc.gov.cn/npc/xinwen/lfgz/flca/2013-07/17/content_1801189.htm

Health

大病保险将于两年后覆盖全民 (People’s Daily: medical insurance for serious illness will cover everyone in two years)
The People’s Daily, July 22, 2013
http://news.dayoo.com/china/201307/22/53868_31678180.htm

Hukou

居住证管理办法有望年内推出或设国家城市权益双标准 (Draft residential permit regulations may expand coverage of migrant population)
Diyi Caijing Daily, July 23, 2013
http://www.yicai.com/news/2013/07/2880940.html

Land, Housing, Property

保定一市民告市政府立案十年未开庭 (Forced eviction lawsuit filed against Baoding govt still waiting for trial ten years later)
China Youth Daily, July 23, 2013
http://zqb.cyol.com/html/2013-07/23/nw.D110000zgqnb_20130723_1-07.htm

Xi hints at just minor reform down on the farm
South China Morning Post, July 23, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1288679/xi-hints-just-minor-reform-down-farm

Open Government Information

中国市级财政透明度报告公布：三市透明度为零 (Tsinghua University study ranks financial transparency of 289 Chinese cities)
China Economic Weekly, July 23, 2013
http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2013/07-23/5071176.shtml

Protests and Petitions

中国数百公知联署抗议许志永被刑拘 (Hundreds of Chinese intellectuals jointly protest criminally detained Xu Zhiyong)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 23, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/07/130723_xuzhiyong_petition.shtml

冀中星父亲披露儿子被打残细节 (Beijing bomb protester's father recounts police brutality against his son)
Da Zhong Wang, July 23, 2013
http://sd.dzwww.com/sdnews/201307/t20130723_8675425.htm

Airport blast leads China to reflect on injustice
Associated Press, July 23, 2013
http://news.yahoo.com/airport-blast-leads-china-reflect-injustice-125812443.html

XUAR

张春贤与50名重点乡镇反恐维稳正厅级干部座谈 (Xinjiang Party Head: containing religious extremism is our foremost task)
The People’s Daily, July 20, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0720/c1001-22263063.html

Opinion

Chinese corruption: the ultimate protests
英媒：中国政府面对的最致命问题
The Guardian, July 22, 2013
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 23, 2013
EN: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jul/22/chinese-corruption-protests-editorial
CH: http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/press_review/2013/07/130723_press_china.shtml

预防冤假错案比纠正更重要 (Preventing miscarriages of justice is more important than rectifying it)
Nanfang Daily, July 23, 2013
http://epaper.nfdaily.cn/html/2013-07/23/content_7209286.htm

China’s wrong turn
Washington Post, July 23, 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/for-chinas-xi-jinping-party-trumps-country/2013/07/22/46990bca-f0a7-11e2-a1f9-ea873b7e0424_story.html

Monday, July 22, 2013

Civil Society

Foreign NGO registration rules eased
China Daily, July 19, 2013
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2013-07/19/content_16796799.htm

Environment

环保专家：中国成PM2.5污染最严重地区 (Chinese environmental experts say China has the worst air pollution in the world)
China News, July 21, 213
http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2013/07-21/5065971.shtml

Xinhua Insight: China resorts to judicial protection in green push
Xinhua News Agency, July 21, 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/indepth/2013-07/21/c_132560138.htm

Freedom of Expression and Privacy

Chinese blogger 'gagged' after attacking government for treatment of poor
The Telegraph, July 19, 2013
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10190892/Chinese-blogger-gagged-after-attacking-government-for-treatment-of-poor.html

Related:
See Li Chengpeng's blog essay, posted July 18, 2013
一个瓜农的中国梦
Watermelon vendor died pursuing the Chinese dream
CH: http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_46e7ba410102eddj.html
EN: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10190914/Li-Chengpengs-essay-translated-watermelon-vendor-died-pursuing-the-Chinese-dream.html

Health

Infant’s death inflames health-care tensions in China
Wall Street Journal, July 21, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/07/21/infants-death-inflames-health-care-tensions-in-china/

Human Rights Defenders

中国知名人士微博声援被关押的许志永 (New Citizens' Movement participants issue open letter in support of detained legal scholar Xu Zhiyong)
Radio France International, July 22, 2013
http:// http://rfi.my/1aCusEG

Related:
See full statement in Chinese and English
China Media Project, July 21, 2013
http://cmp.hku.hk/2013/07/21/33622/

Open Government Information

环保部要求加强污染源监管信息公开 (Ministry of Environmental Protection orders disclosure of information regarding pollution starting September 2013)
Xinhua News Agency, July 17, 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/energy/2013-07/17/c_125020281.htm

Related:
See full text:
[关于加强污染源环境监管信息公开工作的通知] (Notice on Strengthening Disclosure of Information Regarding the Monitoring of Sources of Pollution)
Ministry of Environmental Protection, July 12, 2013
http://www.zhb.gov.cn/gkml/hbb/bwj/201307/t20130717_255667.htm

“超部级机构”的国务院领导小组 (Experts call for more information about the work of 'supra-ministry working groups' within the State Council)
Beijing News, July 22, 2013
http://epaper.bjnews.com.cn/html/2013-07/22/content_452158.htm

Rule of Law

外国人出入境管理条例9月施行 4情况被认定为非法居留 (New entry-exit law for foreigners to take effect in September, four conditions constitute illegal residence)
The People’s Daily, July 22, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0722/c1001-22279711.html

Related:
China Issues Regulations for New Entry-Exit Law
Society for Human Resource Management, June 24, 2013
http://www.shrm.org/hrdisciplines/global/Articles/Pages/China-Regulations-Entry-Exit-Law-Visas.aspx

Full text of the law:
“The Exit and Entry Administration Law of the People’s Republic of China”
http://www.china-botschaft.de/det/lsfw/t1054810.htm

东莞市回应称,已成立专案组,对冀中星案重新全面核查 (Authorities to investigate alleged police brutality against petitioner who detonated bomb at Beijing airport)
Xinhua News Agency, July 21, 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/local/2013-07/21/c_116626019.htm

Opinion

对网络声音不能简单否定 (Online voices should not be easily dismissed, the Internet is a key platform to gauge public opinion)
Changjiang Daily, July 22, 2013
http://cjmp.cnhan.com/cjrb/html/2013-07/22/content_5192964.htm

中国模式遇上了大麻烦
Hitting China's Wall
The New York Times, July 20, 2013
CH:http://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20130720/c20krugman/
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/19/opinion/krugman-hitting-chinas-wall.html

Friday, July 19, 2013

Education

98.9%受访者深感当下年轻人缺少质疑精神 (Survey finds Chinese youth lack critical thinking skills)
China Youth Daily, July 19, 2013
http://zqb.cyol.com/html/2013-07/19/nw.D110000zgqnb_20130719_2-08.htm

Environment

Nuclear activism: limiting the fallout
The Economist, July 20, 2013
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21582016-rare-protest-prompts-government-scrap-plans-build-uranium-processing-plant

超三分之一城市遭垃圾围城 (One-third of cities in China surrounded by garbage)
Global Times, July 19, 2013
http://china.huanqiu.com/depth_report/2013-07/4149225.html

Human Rights Defenders

维权律师刘卫国探望许志永被拘押 (Human rights lawyer detained after attempt to visit Xu Zhiyong)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 18, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/07/130718_china_lawyer_ngo.shtml

Related:
Xu Zhiyong’s Lawyer Liu Weiguo in Custody, Rights Group is Shut Down
Human Rights in China, July 18, 2013
http://www.hrichina.org/content/6825

Xu Zhiyong, Advocate of Disclosure of Official Assets, Criminally Detained
许志永被刑事拘留
Human Rights in China, July 16, 2013
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/6825
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/6824

Related Social Media:
Patrickpoon潘嘉伟@patrickpoon July 19, 2013
刘卫国：关于北京警方违法阻拦律师会见许志永的严正声明 (Liu Weiguo: Solemn declaration about Beijing police illegally blocking lawyer from visiting Xu Zhiyong)
http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1rleoul

International Relations

In China and U.S., mutual distrust grows, study finds
中美民众间好感下降，不信任增强
The New York Times, July 19, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/world/20130719/c19distrust/dual/

See full survey conducted by the Pew Research Center:
http://www.pewglobal.org/files/2013/07/Pew-Research-Global-Attitudes-Project-Balance-of-Power-Report-FINAL-July-18-2013.pdf

Related:
Probe over China fruit-seller “beaten by enforcers”
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 18, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23340096

Vendor death shines light on China’s urban enforcers
Wall Street Journal, July 19, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/07/19/vender-assault-shines-ugly-light-on-chinas-urban-enforcers/?mod=WSJBlog

Opinion

叶青专栏：该公开的不仅仅是“三公” (Ye Qing: Budgetary disclosure should be expanded to tackle other irregular expenses)
Southern Metropolis Daily, July 19, 2013
http://epaper.oeeee.com/A/html/2013-07/19/content_1898920.htm

“习俗”岂是违纪违法挡箭牌 (“Local traditions” cannot be an excuse for unlawful behavior)
Southern Daily, July 19, 2013
http://epaper.nfdaily.cn/html/2013-07/19/content_7208544.htm

周少来：打造“内地版廉政公署” (Zhou Shaolai: Mainland needs its own Independent Commission Against Corruption)
Global Times, July 19, 2013
http://opinion.huanqiu.com/opinion_china/2013-07/4148487.html

何清涟：天堂与地狱：中国政商结合的路径指向 (Government-business collaboration: a high-wire act in China)
Voice of America, July 18, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/heqinglian-china-20130718/1704860.html/