HRIC Daily Brief

Monday, August 12, 2013

Protests and Petitions (抗议和请愿)

首都机场爆炸案嫌犯山东访民冀中星被起诉 (Shandong petitioner suspected in Beijing International Airport bombing case prosecuted)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 12, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/08/130812_airport_blast_charged.shtml

Rule of Law (法治)

最高检：上半年逾6千名损害群众利益的公职人员涉渎职被立案 (Supreme People's Procuratorate: over 6,000 civil servants under investigation in first half of 2013 for abusing power and harming public interests)
Xinhua, August 12, 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2013-08/12/c_116903185.htm

Wrongful verdicts targeted
Global Times, August 12, 2013
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/803168.shtml#.UghJjNIwde4

Related:
最高人民法院关于适用《中华人民共和国国家赔偿法》若干问题的解释（一） (Supreme People's Court Regulations concerning the Procedures for Handling Compensation Cases by People's Courts)
Supreme People's Court, May 31, 2013
http://rmfyb.chinacourt.org/paper/html/2011-03/18/content_24476.htm

Society (社会)

Chinese students flock to join the Communist Party
The Telegraph, August 9, 2013
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10234401/Chinese-students-flock-to-join-the-Communist-Party.html

Opinion (观点)

Pollution Economics
The New York Times, August 9, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/10/opinion/pollution-economics.html

Friday, August 09, 2013

Bo Xilai Case (薄熙来案)

A pivotal moment for China's economic reforms: Bo Xilai's trial
Reuters, August 8, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/08/us-china-politics-bo-idUSBRE97714Q20130808

Lawyer says not allowed to represent China's disgraced Bo Xilai
Reuters, August 8, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/08/us-china-politics-bo-idUSBRE97708V20130808

Children (儿童)

韶关16岁少女引诱12岁幼女卖淫一次即获利5000元 (16 year-old girl receives RMB 5000 to lure 12 year-old girl into prostitution in Shaoguan, Guangdong)
Guangzhou Daily, August 9, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0809/c1001-22503481.html

Consumer Product Safety (消费品安全)

法沒收不合格華製電驅蚊器 (France seizes 20,000 China-made mosquito plugs due to safety concerns)
Ming Pao, August 9, 2013
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20130809/ca50828k.htm

Related:
France seizes 20,000 "dangerous" mosquito plugs from China
Agence France-Presse, August 8, 2013
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/130808/france-seizes-20000-dangerous-mosquito-plugs-china

Corruption (腐败)

审计署：57.99亿保障性安居工程专项资金被挪用 (National Audit Office: RMB 5.8 billion embezzled from government housing projects)
China News Net, August 8, 2013
http://news.eastday.com/c/20130809/u1a7581764.html

Related:
Nearly 6b yuan stolen from China low-cost housing programme
South China Morning Post, August 9, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1295517/nearly-6b-yuan-stolen-china-low-cost-housing-programme

79家医院503位医生被指受贿爆料人或曾为药企高层 (French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi bribes 503 Chinese doctors in 79 hospitals)
Beijing Morning Post, August 9, 2013
http://news.eastday.com/c/20130809/u1a7582521.html

China fires senior planning official for alleged corruption after reporter first accuses him
Associated Press, August 8, 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/senior-chinese-planning-official-fired-expelled-from-party-over-corruption-allegations/2013/08/08/a88be272-0014-11e3-8294-0ee5075b840d_story.html

多地政府机关巨资租房办公内部食堂变豪华饭店 (Local governments circumvent regulations, pay huge sums to rent luxurious offices)
Economic Information Daily, August 9, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0809/c1001-22498789.html

全国缴存公共维修基金万亿使用率不足百分之一 (More than one trillion "public maintenance fees" collected, less than 1% used)
CCTV, August
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0809/c1001-22501959.html

Culture (文化)

New release of Lao She books revisits a dark history
Wall Street Journal, August 9, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/08/09/new-release-of-lao-she-books-revisits-a-dark-history/

Environment (环境)

Climate change: Can China clean up fast enough?
The Economist, August 8, 2013
http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21583277-worlds-biggest-polluter-going-green-it-needs-speed-up-transition-can-china

China and the environment: The East is grey
The Economist, August 10, 2013
http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21583245-china-worlds-worst-polluter-largest-investor-green-energy-its-rise-will-have

Health (健康)

中国布控H7N9疫情可能卷土重来 (H7N9: epidemic may return in China )
Xinhua, August 9, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0808/c1001-22496928.html

Related
Guangdong woman tests positive for H7N9 avian flu
South China Morning Post, August 9, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1295613/guangdong-woman-tests-positive-h7n9-avian-flu

Media (媒体)

Chinese state media: online critics "incite political unrest"
Tea Leaf Nation, August 8, 2013
http://www.chinafile.com/chinese-state-media-online-critics-incite-political-unrest

Related Weibo post:
謙女時評, August 1, 2013
[【新华社:中国若动荡，只会比苏联更惨】请看俄罗斯现在"惨状":1,全民免费医疗;2,实行学龄前,基础和中等职业免费教育，并提供免费午餐;3,女55岁，男60岁，就可领养老金，不论是否为国家工作过;4,水,电,暖气由国家承担;5,人均收入达12700美元(中国人均收入约1000美元);6,还有更惨的，俄罗斯人有选票。]
([Xinhua News Agency: China Would End up Worse than Former USSR in Case of Political Turmoil] Let’s take a look at how “bad” the situation is in Russia. 1. Universal health coverage. 2. Free pre-school, elementary, and secondary vocational school education with free lunch provided; 3. Pension available to all female citizens aged 55 and above and male, 60 and above, regardless of previous employment. 4. Water, electricity, and heat covered by the State. 5. GDP per capita of $12,700 (China’s being $1,000). 6. You know what’s even worse? They can vote.)
http://weibo.com/2312330067/A2LDwgn9A?mod=weibotime

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)

中国城镇化阵痛与担忧：10年90万自然村销声匿迹 (90,0000 villages disappeared in ten years due to China’s urbanization)
China National Radio, August 9, 2013
http://news.eastday.com/c/20130809/u1a7582522.html

Population (人口)

卫计委: 开放二胎适时出台调整方案 (Public Health and Family Planning Commission: adjustments to one-child policy will occur in due time)
China.com, August
http://news.china.com.cn/2013-08/09/content_29672903.htm

Anti-abortion activism: Uncommon cause
The Economist, August 10, 2013
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21583315-new-type-moral-activist-emerges-uncommon-cause

In China, one-child policy compounds loss of child for parents
Washington Post, August 8, 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/in-china-one-child-policy-compounds-loss-of-child-for-parents/2013/08/07/063716fe-e877-11e2-a301-ea5a8116d211_story.html

Torture (酷刑)

A lost decade
News China, August 2013
http://www.newschinamag.com/magazine/a-lost-decade

Opinion (观点)

严刑解决不了医生卖婴道德危机
The "Sick man of Asia" indeed - China's disturbing moral crisis
Economic Observer, August 6, 2013
CH: http://www.eeo.com.cn/2013/0806/248001.shtml
EN: http://www.worldcrunch.com/culture-society/the-quot-sick-man-of-asia-quot-indeed-china-039-s-disturbing-moral-crisis/shaanxi-ethics-child-trafficking-values-materialism/c3s13006/

China's legal system leading to “terrorism”
Asia Times Online, August 8, 2013
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/CHIN-01-080813.html

Thursday, August 08, 2013

Bo Xilai Case (薄熙来案)

Swift trial expected for China's Bo Xilai
Mail and Guardian, August 8, 2013
http://mg.co.za/article/2013-08-08-00-swift-trial-expected-for-chinas-bo-xilai

顾玉树：薄熙来要换律师法院拒绝 (Bo Xilai wants to switch lawyers, court refuses)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 8, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/08/130808_bo_lawyer_denied.shtml

Consumer Product Safety (消费品安全)

Internet users praise Fonterra for apologizing (video)
Wall Street Journal, August 7, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/08/07/chinese-internet-users-praise-fonterra-for-apologizing/

Despite tainted baby formula, Chinese women still shun breastfeeding
Quartz, August 5, 2013
http://qz.com/111662/despite-tainted-baby-formula-chinese-women-still-shun-breastfeeding/

Corruption (腐败)

“污点”官员复出盘点 (Many sacked officials return to other positions)
China News Weekly, August 8, 2013
http://china.huanqiu.com/depth_report/2013-08/4224072.html

China sex scandal judges expelled from Communist Party
Agence France-Presse, August 7, 2013
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iLOk8wyK8uH50rZfSeNSy220AY1A?docId=CNG.02cfccf80e9b2689582de51e0f16e757.121

李建军：受到华润宋林关联人士威胁收手 (Li Jianjun: I was threatened by people connected with China Resources chairman, Song Lin)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 8, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/08/130808_china_resources_allegations.shtml

中国前能源局局长刘铁男被双开 (Former top official Liu Tienan expelled from Party and post)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 8, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/08/130808_liu_tienan_expulsion.shtml

Health (健康)

国家卫计委公布165家开展人体器官移植医院名单 (National Health and Family Planning Commission released list of 165 hospitals permitted to perform human organ transplant)
Xinhua, August 8, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0808/c1001-22492618.html

江苏省发现H7N9有限人传人证据 (H7N9: limited evidence of human-to-human transmission found in Jiangsu)
Yangtse Evening Post, August 8, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0808/c1001-22486409.html

Hong Kong (香港)

香港政治以激鬥激沉默大多數被綁架 (Radical vs radical in Hong Kong’s politics, the silent majority is kidnapped)
Yazhou Zhoukan (亚洲周刊), August 8, 2013
http://www.yzzk.com/cfm/content_archive.cfm?id=1375932767143&docissue=2013-32

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

许志永狱中视频：在自己的姓名前署上公民二字 (In video from detention center, Xu Zhiyong urges citizens to continue to push for rights, equality, and transparency)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 7, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/press_review/2013/08/130807_xuzhiyong_video_in_jail.shtml

Related:
Video: Xu Zhiyong Speaks from Detention Center, 8/1/2013
许志永狱中视频 2013年8月1日
Human Rights in China, August 7, 2013
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/6871
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/6872

Labor (劳工)

人社部：单位“临时工”占比禁超10% 工伤要担责 (Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security: percentage of "contract workers" in each unit cannot exceed 10% of total, each unit is responsible for all workers’ injuries)
Beijing Times, August 8， 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0808/c1001-22490089.html

Related:
关于《劳务派遣若干规定（征求意见稿）》公开征求意见的通知m (Solicitation for public comments about "Quotas on Contract Labor (Draft)" )
Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, August 7, 2013
http://www.mohrss.gov.cn/SYrlzyhshbzb/zxhd/SYzhengqiuyijian/201308/t20130807_109508.htm

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革 )

中国网民热议“马钟成三批宪政” (Chinese netizens heatedly discuss Ma Zhongcheng's third attack on constitutionalism)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 8, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/08/130807_china_constitution_netizen.shtml

城镇化，幸福吗？(Does China's urbanization make people happy?)
Economic Observer, August 8, 2013
http://www.eeo.com.cn/2013/0808/248213.shtml

Population (人口)

China to reform one-child policy, slowly
Radio Free Asia, August 7, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/one-child-policy-08072013110951.html

Refugees and Asylum Seekers (难民和庇护寻求者)

China extends North Korean border fences to bolster security
Radio Free Asia, August 5, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/fences-08052013162858.html

Rule of Law (法治)

The ticking bomb of China’s urban para-police
Wall Street Journal, August 8, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/08/08/the-ticking-bomb-of-chinas-urban-para-police/

Opinion (观点)

The Price of "Made in China"
购买“中国制造”的代价
New York Times, August 7, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20130807/c07navarro/dual/

Central government must take the lead on China's hukou reform
South China Morning Post, August 8, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1295108/central-government-must-take-lead-chinas-hukou-reform

Why Bo Xilai's trial is a victory for the rule of law in China
The Atlantic, August 7, 2013
http://www.theatlantic.com/china/archive/2013/08/why-bo-xilais-trial-is-a-victory-for-the-rule-of-law-in-china/278448/

What will come out of the Communist Party’s polling the people online?
China File, August 7, 2013
http://www.chinafile.com/what-will-come-out-communist-party-polling-people-online

Scrapping the one-child policy won't solve China's problems
South China Morning Post, August 8, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/business/article/1295125/scrapping-one-child-policy-wont-solve-chinas-problems

Wednesday, August 07, 2013

Updated (更新）

U.S.-China (美中关系)

中美举行第18次人权对话中方望美方停止纠缠个案 (China wants U.S. to stop interfering in individual cases during the 18th China-U.S. Human Rights Dialogue)
Xinhua, August 3, 2013
http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2013/08-03/5118686.shtml

Related:
Press Conference Following U.S.-China Human Rights Dialogue
民主、人权和劳工事务局代理助理国务卿乌兹拉•泽雅美国大使馆新闻发布会
U.S. Department of State, August 2, 2013
EN: http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/rm/2013/212667.htm
CH: http://chinese.usembassy-china.org.cn/remarks-of-acting-assistant-secretary-of-state-uzra-zeya-at-press-conference-on-us-china-human-rights-dialogue.html

Related Weibo commentary:
南方人物周刊 (Southern People Weekly, August 6, 2013 中国的人权状况处于历史最好时期，人民生活水平不断提高，公民享受的各项权利达到前所未有的水平。——中国－美国第18次人权对话近日在昆明举行，中方这样强调（354期声音）(“China's human rights situation is in its best period historically. The people's living standards have constantly improved and the rights citizens enjoy are at unprecedented levels”: China emphasized recently at the 18th China – U.S. Human Rights Dialogue in Kunming.)
http://weibo.com/1653460650/A3Ba3uTdM
信达韦爵爷 (Xin Da Wei Jue Ye), August 7, 2013
中方强调：中国的人权状况处于历史最好时期，人民生活水平不断提高，公民享受的各项权利达到前所未有的水平（中美第18次人权对话近日在昆明举行）。【简评】：食品含毒；空气污染；土地重金属超标；蔬菜农药残留；楼歪歪、桥塌塌、地陷陷；马路排水口一次次吃人；妇产科医生成为了贩卖婴儿的人贩子…… (The Chinese side emphasized at the dialogue that China's human rights situation is in its best period in the history, people's living standards have constantly improved, and the rights citizens are enjoying are at the unprecedented levels. (The 18th China-U.S. Human Rights Dialogue held recently in Kunming). My Comments: Food is toxic; air is polluted; land contains heavy metals above standards; vegetables contain residual pesticides; buildings are unstable; bridges collapse; grounds sink; road drainage sucks people in again and again; obstetricians become baby traffickers ...)
http://weibo.com/1379915517/A3FbCBtth

沉舟听潮2 (Shen Zhou Ting Chao 2), August 7, 2013
这次所谓的人权对话，根本就没有“对”的意思。对美方指出中方的人权问题，中国一概不接招，只是反复声明中国人权历史最好，美国佬只能干瞪眼。他们不懂，人话是对人说的。中方这些人连人话都听不进去，还和他们讲什么人权？(During the so-called human rights dialogue, there was never really an “exchange.” China will not react to the human rights problems pointed out by the U. S., instead it just repeatedly states that China's human rights situation is the best in history, as a result, the Yankees can only look on in despair. They do not understand: dialogue should be done by human beings. Those on the Chinese side never listened to what the people said, why should we talk to them about human rights?)
http://weibo.com/u/2398596494

Bo Xilai Case (薄熙来案)

薄熙来支持者因称要聚众闯法院被捕 (Bo’s supporters arrested for saying they want to "crash" court)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 7, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/08/130806_ft_songyangbiao_boxilai.shtml

济南法院门外大批军人驻守薄案开庭逼近多人被当局维稳 (Security increased ahead of Bo Xilai trial, supporters under surveillance and restrictions)
Radio Free Asia, August 6, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/sy2-08062013104454.html

Police in China arrest Bo Xilai supporter Song Yangbiao
The Guardian, August 7, 2013
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/07/china-arrest-bo-xilai-supporter-song-yangbiao

Consumer Product Safety (消费品安全)

中国重罚奶粉行业六大生产企业 (Six milk producers in China heavily fined)
Radio France International, August 7, 2013
http://rfi.my/12ZPwp4

Corruption (腐败)

上海4名集体招嫖法官嫖娼经过公布 (Four Shanghai judges punished for prostitution)
eastday.com (东方网), August 7, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0807/c1001-22475501.html

Legal commentary on the GSK China bribery case — from a China law perspective
Lexology, August 6, 2013
http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=86fd7057-eee0-4f48-be6c-84bc94c0ba2a

Chinese officials “should be banned from nightclubs”
The Telegraph, August 6, 2013
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10225041/Chinese-officials-should-be-banned-from-nightclubs.html

Education（教育）

Exam Boot Camp
NewsChina, August 2013
http://www.newschinamag.com/magazine/exam-boot-camp

Freedom of Expression and Privacy (言论自由和隐私)

隐私保护和反腐败不矛盾多地监控视频"想看就看" (Henan authorities deny that ban on unauthorized transmission of close-circuit TV recording is designed to undermine whistleblowing)
China National Radio, August 6, 2013
http://china.cnr.cn/yxw/201308/t20130806_513247463.shtml

Health (健康)

Authorities lash out at poor hospital management over trafficking babies
South China Morning Post, August 7, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1294864/authorities-lash-out-poor-hospital-management-over-trafficking-babies

Hukou (户口)

Cracking the hukou code to hasten urbanization
Caixin, August 7, 2013
http://english.caixin.com/2013-08-07/100566666.html

Related report:
城镇发展改革试点经验总结专题二：户籍改革 (Second Thematic Report on Urbanization Development and Reform Pilot Programs: Hukou Reform)
China Center for Urban Development of the National Development and Reform Commission, May 14, 2013
http://www.town.gov.cn/csxwlb/shidian/zhuanti2/201305/14/t20130514_743151.shtml

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

深圳维权人士杨林失踪各界联署要求当局公开真相 (Activist Yang Lin missing for two months, supporters urge government to come clean and ratify enforced disappearance convention)
Radio Free Asia, August 6, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/sy1-08062013104402.html

Information Control (信息控制)

“共产党好”标语亮相北京街头 (Pro-CCP slogans shown on street as part of China Dream campaign)
Deutsche Welle, August 7, 2013
http://bit.ly/19agiO7

Intellectual Property Rights (知识产权)

旅美中国学者赵华军被判两年缓刑 (Chinese researcher sentenced to time served plus two years probation on charges of stealing cancer research drug)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 7, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/08/130806_us_chinese_espionage.shtml

Media (媒体)

China denies Despicable Me 2 ban
The Guardian, August 6, 2013
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/aug/06/china-denies-despicable-me-2-ban

Population (人口)

Ending China's one-child policy could boost its economy
Quartz, August 6, 2013
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2013/08/what-95-million-babies-year-could-mean-chinese-economy/68041/

卫计委：调整生育政策不代表放开二胎 (Top health body: adjustments to family planning policy doesn’t mean a second child would be allowed)
Beijing Morning Post, August 7, 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/yuqing/2013-08/07/c_125128555.htm

Protests and Petitions (抗议和请愿)

十年上访超千次再给60万就停止？ (Guangdong man made over 1000 petitioning trips in 10 years, authorities reportedly offered to paid millions to silence him)
Southern Metropolis Daily, August 7, 2013
http://epaper.oeeee.com/A/html/2013-08/07/content_1910253.htm

Reeducation-Through-Labor (劳教)

China labor camps under fire from State think tank
Wall Street Journal, August 7, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/08/07/china-labor-camps-under-fire-from-state-think-tank/

Society (文化)

红卫兵忏悔：举报母亲反革命致其被枪决 (Ex-Red Guard living with guilt of sending his mother to her death during the Cultural Revolution)
Beijing news, August 7, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/0807/02/95L34PK700014AED_all.html#p1

Tibet (西藏)

一藏僧在尼泊尔自焚身亡四川甘孜州五藏人被判刑 (Remains of self-immolated Tibetan remains in Nepalese police custody)
Radio Free Asia, August 7, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-08062013104802.html

Opinion (观点)

马钟成：在中国搞所谓宪政只能是缘木求鱼 (Ma Zhongcheng: efforts to introduce constitutionalism in China are futile)
Global Times, August 7, 2013
http://opinion.huanqiu.com/thought/2013-08/4216413.html

中国的公民社会
China: Citizens united
Financial Times, July 29, 2013
CH: http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001051837?full=y
EN: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/39cf53e8-f829-11e2-b4c4-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2bFDRnJFg

Tuesday, August 06, 2013

Bo Xilai Case (薄熙来案)

Cannes Villa is expected to play role in bribery case against Chinese ex-official
法国别墅或成为薄熙来案重要证据
New York Times, August 6, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20130806/c06boxilai/dual/

如流星跌落，官方删除薄熙来政治痕迹 (China moves to erase references to Bo Xilai from official records)
Deutsche Welle, August 5, 2013
http://bit.ly/1b88Gcg

Related:
China expunges Bo's once-stellar reputation
Agence France-Presse, August 5, 2013
http://bit.ly/13C3nAa

Consumer Product Safety (消费品安全)

恒天然就食品污染向中国消费者道歉 (Fonterra apologizes to Chinese consumers for product contamination)
Financial Times, August 6, 2013
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001051817

Environment (环境)

China agency sued over oil production in spill-hit bay
Agence France-Presse August 5, 2013
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/business/international/china-agency-sued-over/765902.html

广西贺江水体污染事件肇事企业7名责任人被批捕 (Police make arrests in river pollution case in Guangxi)
Xinhua, August 6, 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2013-08/06/c_116821922.htm

上海金山区“1•10”水污染事故渎职案件提起公诉 (Shanghai district prosecutor press dereliction charges against local officials in water pollution case)
Xinhua, August 5, 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/local/2013-08/05/c_116820187.htm

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

笑蜀获释后称继续声援许志永宜昌刘家财组织“同城饭醉” 被带走 (Xiao Shu to continue campaign for Xu Zhiyong despite intimidation, Hubei activist taken by police after organizing restaurant meetings)
Radio Free Asia, August 5, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/sy1-08052013110148.html

Related:
Chinese journalist “was illegally abducted” by security forces
The Telegraph, August 5, 2013
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10223238/Chinese-journalist-was-illegally-abducted-by-security-forces.html

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)

中国网友、学者热议人民日报批评“宪政” (Chinese netizens and scholars debate People Daily's attack on “constitutional governance”)
Radio France International August 6, 2013
http://rfi.my/13VwQka

中国官媒再刊马钟成文章批“美国宪政” (Chinese official media again publishes Ma Zhongcheng’s article which attacks "American constitutionalism")
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 6, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/08/130806_peopledaily_chinaconstitution.shtml

Related:
马钟成：美国宪政的名不副实 (U.S. constitutionalism is not worthy of its name)
People's Daily, August 6, 2013
http://opinion.huanqiu.com/thought/2013-08/4211575.html
“反宪政”的荒唐逻辑 (The flawed logic of "anti-constitutionalism")
Financial Times, August 5, 2013
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001051805

Related Weibo post:
任志强, August 5, 2013
[【“反宪政”的荒唐逻辑】耶鲁大学教授陈志武：我们不能把中国过去一百年宪政改革的不成功经历作为一个完整样本来定论，这一百年只能算个观察点。我觉得我们做领导的，稍不注意就容易在方法论和逻辑上出错，说一些让老百姓听起来觉得有道理但实属谬论的东西] (Chen Zhiwu, Yale, FT article “The absurd logic of ‘anti-constitutionalism’”: We can’t view China’s past 100 years of failed constitutional reform as a definitive sample. Those 100 yrs can only be considered as a point of observation. I feel, as leaders, if we are not careful, we can easily err in methodology & logic, and say something that sounds reasonable to common people, when it’s in fact a fallacy.)
http://weibo.com/1182389073/A3ngoyDge

中国社科院发布《中国政治发展报告(2013)》认为：应探索司法政治属性与独立行使司法权关系 (CASS: China should seek a balance between the political aspects of the judiciary and the need for judicial independence)
Southern Metropolis Daily, August 6, 2013
http://epaper.oeeee.com/A/html/2013-08/06/content_1909583.htm

中国改革出入境条例外籍人士入境更难 (Will be more difficult for foreigners to get in and out of China after Entry-Exit Administrative Law is amended)
Deutsche Welle, August 6, 2013
http://bit.ly/15Fan14

Population (人口)

放宽独生子女政策有助缓解老龄化压力
“One-child” reform would help China age more gracefully
Wall Street Journal, August 6, 2013
CH: http://cn.wsj.com/gb/20130806/hrd073138.asp
EN: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324653004578649663289200822.html

Rule of Law (法治)

胡春华：维稳根本的出路是建设法治社会 (Guangdong party chief: stability requires the rule of law)
Southern Metropolis Daily, August 6, 2013
http://epaper.oeeee.com/A/html/2013-08/06/content_1909632.htm

Tibet (西藏)

尼泊尔一流亡藏人自焚抗议身亡 (Exiled Tibetan self-immolates in Nepal)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 6, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2013/08/130806_nepal_china_tibet_protest.shtml

Related:
Tibetan exile dies after self-immolating in Nepal
South China Morning Post, August 6, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1294650/tibetan-exile-dies-after-self-immolating-nepal

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

新疆维汉冲突一死两伤肉孜节当局提升戒备 (One died, two injured in Uyghur-Han conflict)
Radio Free Asia, August 6, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql2-08052013110053.html

Opinion (观点)

“大月份引产”参与者共担罪恶 (Officials who force "late term abortion" should take accountability)
Beijing News, August 6, 2013
http://epaper.bjnews.com.cn/html/2013-08/06/content_455503.htm

“社评：进口奶粉出事，国产奶粉没权利乐 (Recall of imported baby formula should spur domestic brands to enhance safety standards)
Global Times, August 6, 2013
http://opinion.huanqiu.com/editorial/2013-08/4210989.html

活在中国，直面雾霾和有毒食品的每一天
Life in a toxic country
New York Times, August 6, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20130806/c06wong/dual/

Is China’s vast web monitoring actually helping to grow democracy?
Washington Post, August 5, 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/08/05/is-chinas-vast-web-monitoring-actually-helping-to-grow-democracy/

Monday, August 05, 2013

Children (儿童)

性教育缺失留守儿童更易受侵害 (Left-behind children lack sex education, vulnerable to sexual abuses)
Hua Shang Bao, August 5, 2013
http://hsb.hsw.cn/2013-08/05/content_8506486.htm

Consumer Product Safety (消费品安全)

新西兰在华乳制品被下令召回 (China orders recall of all New Zealand-made dairy products after Fonterra finds contaminated ingredient)
Financial Times, August 5, 2013
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001051793

Related:
Botulism halts Fonterra’s milk-powder sales to China
Bloomberg, August 4, 2004
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-04/china-halts-fonterra-milk-powder-imports-in-blow-to-new-zealand.html

Corruption (腐败)

李建军向香港廉署和警方举报华润高管 (Ex-journalist to take China Resources "corruption" files to Hong Kong ICAC and police)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 5, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/08/130805_lijianjun_crc.shtml

Whistleblowers pay price even as China vows to fight corruption
Reuters, August 4, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/04/us-china-corruption-whistleblowers-idUSBRE9730BB20130804

Environment (环境)

京津冀应率先削减燃煤 (Ministry of Environmental Protection recommends coal-burning reduction pilot programs in high-pollution areas, starting with Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei)
21st Century Media, August 5, 2013
http://epaper.21cbh.com/html/2013-08/05/content_72906.htm

全国5253万亩耕地受旱，439万人因旱饮水困难 (Drought affects 5.2 million hectares of farmland and access to drinking water for 4.39 million people)
People's Daily, August 5, 2013
http://paper.people.com.cn/rmrb/html/2013-08/05/nw.D110000renmrb_20130805_1-01.htm

Freedom of Expression and Privacy (言论自由和隐私)

作家、音乐人吴虹飞近日因发微博称要“炸建委”被拘；获释后，吴虹飞向本报记者讲述此事过程 (Beijing singer Wu Hongfei recounts her arrest and detention)
Xiaoxiang Chenbao, August 5, 2013
http://epaper.xxcb.cn/XXCBA/html/2013-08/05/content_2726767.htm

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

笑蜀重获自由揭露中国当局非法绑架 (Veteran journalist Xiao Shu forcibly taken back to Guangdong, accuses Beijing police of abduction)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 4, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/08/130804_china_xiaoshu_free.shtml

Related:
Xiao Shu freed, releases statement
China Media Project, August 4, 2013
http://cmp.hku.hk/2013/08/04/33768/

International Human Rights (国际人权)

Meet the seven imprisoned Chinese activists whom the U.S. brought up in Beijing this week
Washington Post, August 2, 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/08/02/meet-the-seven-chinese-activists-whom-the-u-s-brought-up-in-beijing-this-week/

美国国会议员提案反对中国重获联合国人权理事会成员国 (U.S. Congressman proposes resolution to oppose China's bid for Human Rights Council membership)
Voice of America, August 4, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-human-rights/1723245.html

China says human rights situation is at a historic best, rejects U.S. criticism
Associated Press, August 3, 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-says-human-rights-situation-is-at-a-historic-best-rejects-us-criticism/2013/08/02/b5bdb400-fbed-11e2-89f7-8599e3f77a67_story.html

Media (媒体)

报道说《华尔街日报》中文网被封 (Wall Street Journal Chinese site reportedly blocked in mainland China)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 4, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/08/130804_wsj_china.shtml

Related:
Wall Street Journal's Chinese version blocked in China
Agence France-Presse, August 5, 2013
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/business/international/wall-street-journal-s/765348.html

Land, Property, Housing（土地、财产、房屋）

陕西强拆城中村殴伤村民千人堵路抗议遭镇压 (Police crackdown on large protest against beating of villagers during forced eviction in Shaanxi)
Radio Free Asia, August 4, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl-08042013102825.html

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)

人民日报再刊文批“宪政”思潮引热议 (People’s Daily attacks "constitutionalism" again, netizens react intensely)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 5, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/08/130805_peoples_daily_criticize.shtml

Related:
“宪政”本质上是一种舆论战武器 ("Constitutionalism" is a weapon of the West to win public opinion war)
the People’s Daily, August 5, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0805/c1001-22440827.html

执政党应善于领导政治体制改革 (Ruling Party should do better at political system reform)
Study Times, August 5, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0805/c1001-22440812.html

蓝皮书：60多年来中国人权事业面貌焕然一新 (CASS’ blue paper: China's human rights "cause" has a new look since founding of PRC)
China News Service, August 5, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0805/c1001-22450616.html

Population (人口)

China to ditch its one-child policy as ageing crisis looms
The Telegraph, August 4, 2013
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/china-business/10221730/China-to-ditch-its-one-child-policy-as-ageing-crisis-looms.html

Related:
女权无疆界”吁联合国制止中国强迫堕胎政策 (Women rights group urges UN to press China to end forced abortion)
Deutsche Welle, August 4, 2013
http://bit.ly/13xpdF3

Reeducation-Through-Labor (劳教)

社科院蓝皮书称改革劳教制度成社会共识 (CASS’ blue paper: RTL reform becomes social consensus)
Beijing News, August 5, 2013
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2013/08/05/276881.html

Rule of Law （法治）

三位退休高官担任独董惹争议 (Ex-officials' Sinotruk board memberships may violate conflict-of-interest regulations)
China Youth Daily, August 5, 2013
http://zqb.cyol.com/html/2013-08/05/nw.D110000zgqnb_20130805_1-10.htm

考场内偷拍考研试题被判刑 (Hunan court finds students guilty of "leaking state secrets" by taking photos of graduate school exam questions)
Xiaoxiang Chenbao, August 5, 2013
http://epaper.xxcb.cn/xxcba/html/2013-08/05/content_2726802.htm

In China, Communist Party takes unprecedented step: it is listening
Washington Post, August 2, 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/in-china-government-mines-public-opinion/2013/08/02/33358026-f2b5-11e2-ae43-b31dc363c3bf_story.html

Opinion （观点）

外国人眼中的中国和朝鲜 (How foreigners view and compare China and North Korea)
Financial Times, August 5, 2013
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001051782?full=y

City chickens and country eggs
The Economist, August 4, 2013
http://www.economist.com/blogs/analects/2013/08/urbanisation-and-growth

记者实名举报是反腐合力一部分
Off-duty reporters are China's newest whistleblowers
Economic Observer, August 4, 2013
CH: http://www.eeo.com.cn/2013/0723/247147.shtml
EN: http://www.worldcrunch.com/opinion-analysis/off-duty-reporters-are-china-039-s-newest-whistleblowers/china-anti-corruption-whistleblower-soe-fortune-500/c7s12919/

Friday, August 02, 2013

Corruption (腐败)

违规发放津补贴严重或被撤职执行到位需细化政策 (Gov't tightens restrictions on illegitimate stipends and subsidies for civil servants)
First Caijing Daily, August 2, 2013
http://www.yicai.com/news/2013/08/2907650.html

China’s latest product recall: tainted diplomas
Wall Street Journal, August 2, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/08/02/chinas-latest-product-recall-tainted-diplomas/

Death Penalty (死刑)

Strike less hard: Most of the world’s sharp decline in executions can be credited to China
The Economist, August 3, 2013
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21582557-most-worlds-sharp-decline-executions-can-be-credited-china-strike-less-hard

Environment (环境)

富士康被指污染太湖流域 (Foxconn denies Lake Tai basin pollution allegations)
Beijing News, August 2, 2013
http://epaper.bjnews.com.cn/html/2013-08/02/content_454546.htm

Health （健康）

广东精神病非自愿医疗侵犯人身自由权案开庭 (Guangdong man sues hospital for his involuntary admission to psychiatric treatment, trial begins)
Radio Free Asia, August 1, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/hc-08012013155745.html

多地试点逐步艾滋病“全员治疗” (Nine provinces to experiment with one-stop HIV/AIDS treatment centers)
Beijing News, August 2, 2013
http://epaper.bjnews.com.cn/html/2013-08/02/content_454621.htm

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

律师大连出庭涉法轮功案遭殴打 (Lawyers representing Falun Gong cases beaten and harassed during trial in Dalian)
Deutsche Welle, August 2, 2013
http://bit.ly/11zwG55

International Human Rights （国际人权）

美中在年度人权对话中谈及具体案例 (U.S. raises individual cases during human rights dialogue with China)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 2, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/08/130801_us_china_hr.shtml

Media （媒体）

河北记者调查法院无牌车被打伤 (Hebei reporter beaten by court employee while investigating the use of a court vehicle without license-plate)
China Youth Daily, August 2, 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/local/2013-08/02/c_116779818.htm

法院将为记者采访开通道 (Guangdong high court issues directives to facilitate media access and strengthen courts' use of social media)
Xinkuai Daily, August 2, 2013
http://epaper.xkb.com.cn/view.php?id=877038

Migrants (农民工)

谁捧红了群租房
The tenement nightmares of Beijing's migrant masses
The Economic Observer, July 22, 2013
CH: http://www.eeo.com.cn/2013/0722/246910.shtml
EN: http://bit.ly/17okSld

Open Government Information (信息公开)

计生悲歌：四川超生少女用生命换户籍香港大学生申请政府信息公开 (HK university student files freedom of info request to Sichuan gov't over household registration regulations, after hukou-less girl attempts to kill herself over high school entrance exam ban)
Radio Free Asia, August 1, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xql-08012013154810.html

学者争议城镇化：核心是户籍和土地制度改革 (Scholars' debate on urbanization focuses on reforms of the hukou and land management systems)
21st Century Economic News, August 2, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-08-02/031327838739.shtml

Population （人口）

“单独二胎”政策有望重启或明年试行 (Exception to one-child policy may undergo trial implementation in 2014, two-child policy may be introduced in 2015)
Xinhua News, August 2, 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/edu/2013-08/02/c_125104391.htm

Reeducation-Through-Labor （劳教）

Efficiency versus justice
Global Times, August 1, 2013
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/800936.shtml

Rule of Law （法治）

问责官员免职被指成“带薪休假” (Many sacked officials return with new titles, public doubts gov't and party accountability systems)
Beijing News, August 2, 2013
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2013/08/02/276392.html

村民举报村干部被打成脑震荡或因拆迁问题引发 (Whistleblower suffers head trauma after being beaten by officials)
Market Star News, August 2, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/s/2013-08-02/034327838908.shtml

Opinion （观点）

观点：中国的中间社会站出来 (China’s moderates have taken a stand)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 2, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/07/130731_china_middle_society.shtml

Related Tweet:
唐吉田, August 2, 2013
[接向莉（@alicedreamss）的短信：今日14时许，笑蜀先生在北京学院路一餐厅被国保带走。国保威胁他必须离开北京，否则让他“消失”。他拒绝国保非法要求，坚持留下来救援好友许志永，结果被失踪。国保必须无条件放人！]
(Today around 2pm, Mr. Xiao Shu (Chen Min) was taken away by State Security personnel at a restaurant on Xueyuan Road in Beijing. He was forcibly disappeared after rejecting State Security’s warnings of forced disappearance and insisted on staying in Beijing to rescue and support his friend Xu Zhiyong. Mr. Xiao Shu must be released unconditionally!)
https://twitter.com/tjitian/status/363232351356067840

1.7万亿元空气污染治理计划能否还北京一个晴空
Will Beijing's $277 billion air pollution plan work?
China Dialogue, August 1, 2013
CH: http://www.chinadialogue.net/blog/6255-Will-Beijing-s-277-billion-air-pollution-plan-work-/ch
EN: http://www.chinadialogue.net/blog/6255-Will-Beijing-s-277-billion-air-pollution-plan-work-/en

A caged tiger
The Economist, August 3, 2013
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21582524-party-wants-arrange-quiet-burial-chinas-biggest-political-scandal-1989-caged

Thursday, August 01, 2013

Civil Society (民间社会)

China’s cadres balk at showing the money
The Wall Street Journal, August 2013
http://stream.wsj.com/story/latest-headlines/SS-2-63399/SS-2-291414/

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

Consumer Product Safety (消费品安全)

Playing chicken
News China, August 2013
http://www.newschinamag.com/magazine/playing-chicken

Corruption (腐败)

湖南衡东一县人大代表实名举报后两次遇袭 (Hunan NPC deputy attacked after making allegations of misconduct against former NPC deputy)
China Youth Daily, August 1, 2013
http://zqb.cyol.com/html/2013-08/01/nw.D110000zgqnb_20130801_2-11.htm

政府购买公共服务要出指导目录 (State Council warns against vanity infrastructure projects and shoddy construction)
Jinghua Times, August 1, 2013
http://epaper.jinghua.cn/html/2013-08/01/content_14647.htm

Cybersecurity (网络安全)

Chinese hackers target remote conferencing gear: Dell researchers
Reuters, July 31, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/31/us-china-hacking-idUSBRE96U0YI20130731

Environment (环境)

福建漳州对古雷PX闪燃事故展开全面调查 (Fujian gov't sets up special committee to investigate accident at petrochemical plant)
China News, July 31, 2013
http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2013/07-31/5108502.shtml

Freedom of Expression and Privacy (言论自由和隐私)

吴虹飞从刑拘改行政拘留10日并被处罚款500元 (Beijing singer transferred to administrative detention, will be released tomorrow and fined RMB 500 for microblog outburst)
Jinghua Times, August 1, 2013
http://epaper.jinghua.cn/html/2013-08/01/content_14667.htm

China singer set to be freed after bomb threat: lawyer
Agence France-Presse, July 31, 2013
http://bit.ly/14FylmG

Health （健康）

湖南女性艾滋病病毒感染例数去年比2010年增长89.3% (Number of women living with HIV/AIDS rises by 89.3% in Henan)
Xiaoxiang Chenbao, August 1, 2013
http://epaper.xxcb.cn/xxcba/html/2013-08/01/content_2725872.htm

GSK scandal dangles prospects of real medical reforms
China Economic Review, July 31, 2013
http://www.chinaeconomicreview.com/GSK-pharmaceuticals-drugs-probe-corruption-travel-reform-AstraZeneca-UCB-healthcare

Hukou （户口）

发改委：下半年将推动户籍等改革提升城镇化质量 (Top planning official: plans and measures to be rolled out in second half of 2013 to enhance quality of urbanization, including hukou reform)
China News, July 31, 2013
http://finance.jrj.com.cn/people/2013/07/31112215610859.shtml

Related:
China to meet growth target, push on with reform-NDRC chief
Reuters, July 31, 2013
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/07/31/uk-china-economy-ndrc-idUKBRE96U02I20130731

Related:
中国若动荡，只会比苏联更惨 (China Would End up Worse than Former USSR in Case of Political Turmoil)
Xinhua, August 1, 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2013-08/01/c_116766533.htm
新华社文章狂批公知，谎言被揭成笑话 (Xinhua’s article madly criticizes public intellectuals, but its lie has become a joke)
Deutsche Welle, August 1, 2013
http://bit.ly/14ld9ct

Related Weibo:
謙女時評, August 1, 2013
[【新华社:中国若动荡，只会比苏联更惨】请看俄罗斯现在"惨状":1,全民免费医疗;2,实行学龄前,基础和中等职业免费教育，并提供免费午餐;3,女55岁，男60岁，就可领养老金，不论是否为国家工作过;4,水,电,暖气由国家承担;5,人均收入达12700美元(中国人均收入约1000美元);6,还有更惨的，俄罗斯人有选票。]
([Xinhua News Agency: China Would End up Worse than Former USSR in Case of Political Turmoil] Let’s take a look at how “bad” the situation is in Russia. 1. Universal health coverage. 2. Free pre-school, elementary, and secondary vocational school education with free lunch provided; 3. Pension available to all female citizens aged 55 and above and male, 60 and above, regardless of previous employment. 4. Water, electricity, and heat covered by the State. 5. GDP per capita of $12,700 (China’s being $1,000). 6. You know what’s even worse? They can vote.)
http://weibo.com/2312330067/A2LDwgn9A?mod=weibotime

Rule of Law （法治)

案件撤销，但他仍未走出看守所 (Detained since he was a teenager, man still in detention despite provincial court decision to drop prosecution)
Dahe Daily, August 1, 2013
http://newpaper.dahe.cn/dhb/html/2013-08/01/content_933192.htm

临武公布瓜农死因外力诱发血管破裂 (Autopsy on watermelon vendor shows he died from internal bleeding in the brain caused by external trauma, authorities promise to expedite investigation)
Beijing News, August 1, 2013
http://epaper.bjnews.com.cn/html/2013-08/01/content_454414.htm

XUAR （新疆维吾尔自治区）

伊力哈木再度遭软禁维族学生网络发文被抓 (Uyghur professor put under house arrest again in Beijing, Uyghur university students detained for online posts)
Radio Free Asia, July 31, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql-07312013101605.html

Opinion （观点）

超强诚不易
Why China is still no superpower
Caixin, July 17, 2013
CH:http://opinion.caixin.com/2013-07-19/100558399.html
EN:http://www.worldcrunch.com/business-finance/why-china-is-still-no-superpower/china-usa-economy-superpower-confucius/c2s12860/

Revenge of the mistresses
中国情妇们的报复
New York Times, August
http://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20130801/c01friedman/dual/

反思“开宝马喝污水”的现代化 (Modernization cannot be achieved at the expense of the environment)
Southern Daily, August 1, 2013
http://epaper.nfdaily.cn/html/2013-08/01/content_7212590.htm

让人民参与清除贪污 (Public participation key to effective anti-corruption efforts)
Financial Times, August 1, 2013
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001051712

The wake-up call in China's "visit your parents" law
The Atlantic Cities, July 31, 2013
http://www.theatlanticcities.com/politics/2013/07/wake-call-chinas-visit-your-parents-law/6377/

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Bo Xilai Case (薄熙来案)

《财经》杂志透露薄熙来控罪新细节 (Caijing magazine reveals new details about Bo Xilai charges)
Caijing, July 30, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/07/130730_bo_xilai.shtml

薄瓜瓜传入学哥大，微博开放讨论 (Bo Xilai's son is admitted to Columbia, talk about him allowed online)
Deutsche Welle, July 31, 2013
http://bit.ly/15bho9C

Bo Xilai to plead guilty, but maybe not to all charges
South China Morning Post, July 31, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1293400/bo-xilai-plead-guilty-maybe-not-all-charges