HRIC Daily Brief

Friday, November 22, 2013

Torture (酷刑)

China’s highest court seeks to curtail abuses of justice
中国高法出文件意在打击刑讯逼供
New York Times, November 22, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20131122/c22torture/dual/

Opinion (观点)

China's reforms: enlarging but not discarding the cage
CNN, November 21, 2013
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/11/20/world/asia/china-reform-jaime-florcruz/

Xi's power grab dwarfs market reforms
Asia Times Online, November 21, 2013
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/CHIN-01-211113.html

Thursday, November 21, 2013

Censorship and Surveillance (审查和监控)

谷歌总裁：十年内将战胜网络审查 (Google’s chairman: censorship will be eliminated in 10 years)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 21, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2013/11/131121_google_internet_encryption.shtml

Related:
Google's Schmidt predicts end of censorship within a decade
Reuters, November 20, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/21/usa-google-schmidt-idUSL2N0J521L20131121

Children (儿童)

省卫生厅：“弃婴误送殡仪馆”事件属严重误诊 (Anhui health authority: abandoned infant mistakenly sent to funeral parlor a serious misdiagnosis)
Anhui News, November 21, 2013
http://ah.anhuinews.com/system/2013/11/21/006214354.shtml

Corruption (腐败)

农信社改制曝地方财政巨额烂帐清欠确权阻力大 (Reform of rural credit cooperatives exposes huge bad debts)
South China Morning Post, November 21, 2013
http://www.scmpchinese.com/sc/china/16687/nong-xin-she-gai-zhi-pu-di-fang-cai-zheng-ju-e-lan-zhang-qing-qian-que-quan-zu-li-da

Health (健康)

China starts to turn to drugs as awareness of depression spreads
The Guardian, November 20, 2013
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/20/china-depression-antidepressants-drugs

Hong Kong (香港)

李飞、张荣顺今抵港晤各界谈政改咨询
Top Basic Law Committee members to visit, share views
South China Morning Post, November 21, 2013
CH:http://www.scmpchinese.com/sc/hong-kong/16647/li-fei-zhang-rong-shun-jin-di-gang-wu-ge-jie-tan-zheng-gai-zi-xun
EN:http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1360454/top-basic-law-committee-members-visit-share-views

International Relations (Security, Trade and Investment), 国际关系（安全，贸易和投资）

西法庭令逮捕中共前领袖北京强烈不满 (Beijing displeased about Spanish court’s arrest orders for former Chinese leaders)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 21, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/11/131120_spain_court_tibet.shtml

Report: China “Challenging US Military Preeminence in Asia”
美国国会委员会：中国挑战美国在亚太的军事优势地位
Voice of America, November 21, 2013
EN:http://www.voanews.com/content/report-china-challenging-us-military-preeminence-in-asia/1794585.html
CH:http://www.voachinese.com/content/us-china-military-20131121/1794590.html

China’s Internet users bid adieu to U.S. ambassador Gary Locke
Wall Street Journal, November 20, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/11/20/chinas-internet-users-bid-adieu-to-u-s-ambassador-gary-locke/Link

Labor (劳工)

Hundreds of Chinese Nokia workers protest at Microsoft deal
Reuters, November 20, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/20/us-china-protest-idUSBRE9AJ0LC20131120

Land, Property, Housing (土地、财产、房屋)

Is land reform finally coming to China?
Bloomberg Businessweek, November 20, 2013
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-11-20/is-land-reform-finally-coming-to-china

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)

Xi puts himself at center of China's economic makeover
习近平亲自掌控中国改革议程
New York Times, November 21, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20131121/c21party/dual/

Getting a different reading from Chinese tea leaves at the third plenum
Wall Street Journal, November 21, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/11/21/getting-a-different-reading-from-chinese-tea-leaves-at-the-third-plenum/

China reform plan leaves political battles unresolved
Wall Street Journal, November 20, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/11/20/china-reform-plan-leaves-political-battles-unresolved/

Population (人口)

中国称最终会取消计划生育限制 (China says it will eventually abolish family planning restrictions)
Reuters, November 21, 2013
http://cn.reuters.com/article/CNTopGenNews/idCNCNE9AJ02O20131120?feedType=RSS&feedName=CNTopGenNews

Tibet (西藏)

China demands clarity on Spanish Jiang Zemin arrest order
Agence France-Presse, November 20, 2013
http://bit.ly/1avcOEq

Torture (酷刑)

中国司法将告别“刑讯逼供”时代？ (Will the Chinese judiciary end the era of torture?)
Deutsche Welle, November 21, 2013
http://bit.ly/18aNk0M

China Supreme Court rules out confession through torture
Reuters, November 21, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/21/us-china-torture-idUSBRE9AK06L20131121

Related:
最高法发布意见健全防范冤假错案工作机制(全文) (Supreme Court issues comments on building robust mechanism to prevent miscarriages of justice [full text])
China News Service, November 21, 2013
http://news.ifeng.com/mainland/detail_2013_11/21/31445116_0.shtml

Opinion (观点)

China legal reform promises cause for cautious optimism
Wall Street Journal, November 20, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/11/20/china-legal-reform-promises-cause-for-cautious-optimism/

Bringing an end to a senseless policy: China’s “one-child” rule should be scrapped
The New York Times, November 19, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/20/opinion/chinas-one-child-rule-should-be-scrapped.html

A dissident’s daughter, on rights and reform in China
The New York Times, November 19, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/21/opinion/a-dissidents-daughter-on-rights-and-reform-in-china.html

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Censorship and Surveillance (审查和监控)

青岛计划监控全市星级酒店“非法境外电视”设备 (Qingdao gov’t boasts its ability to block access to “illegal foreign TV stations” previously available in 5-star hotels)
Radio France Internationale, November 20, 2013
http://bit.ly/1dVNpU5

Consumer Product Safety (消费品安全)

Toxic toys seized at Port of Portland, dolls confiscated by U.S. Customs agents
KOIN, November 19, 2013
http://www.koin.com/news/portland/toxic-toy-bust-at-port-of-portland

Related:
消费品安全２０万来自中国的有害玩具被美国海关查扣 (U.S. Customs seizes 200,000 toxic toys from China)
Radio France International, November 20, 2013
http://rfi.my/1atiA9t

Hong Kong (香港)

港大教授推网上设计普选平台
New online platform to rival government consultation on electoral reform
South China Morning Post, November 20, 2013
CH:http://www.scmpchinese.com/sc/hong-kong/16607/gang-da-jiao-shou-tui-wang-shang-she-ji-pu-xuan-ping-tai
EN:http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1360452/new-online-platform-rival-government-consultation-electoral-reform

“占中”忧中央预设港政改框架不利咨询(Occupy Central worries Beijing officials’ HK visit is aimed at undermining general elections in 2016)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 20, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/11/131120_hk_occupy_central.shtml

Information Control (信息控制)

"中国防火长城并非无懈可击” (China’s firewall is not invulnerable)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 20, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/11/131119_china_great_fire.shtml

International Human Rights (国际人权)

Syria, human rights on agenda for China-EU summit
Associated Press, November 20, 2013
http://www.appeal-democrat.com/news/regional_news/asia/article_c963c6af-cab0-578b-a73d-98c354e1d566.html

International Relations (Security, Trade and Investment), 国际关系（安全，贸易和投资）

China offers hospital ship to the Philippines
The New York Times, November 19, 2013
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/11/19/china-offers-hospital-ship-to-the-philippines/

美国驻华大使骆家辉突然宣布明年初离职 (U.S. Ambassador to China, Gary Locke, suddenly announces departure early 2014)
Radio France Internationale, November 20, 2013
http://rfi.my/1bPPl1d

Full text: Gary Locke's statement
South China Morning Post, November 20, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1360991/full-text-gary-lockes-statement

Related:
U.S. Ambassador to China to step down next year
Voice of America, November 20, 2013
http://www.voanews.com/content/us-ambassador-to-china-to-step-down-next-year/1793727.html
Related Tencent Weibo posts:
作家崔成浩, November 20, 2013 【骆家辉大使在中国受尽委屈所以申请辞职】①坐经济舱来上任,被经济周刊主编田俊荣说是贪污剩下的差旅费;②不坐头等舱被芮成钢嘲讽欠中国钱所以才坐经济舱;③用优惠卷排队买咖啡被环球时报警告别作秀好好当大使;④平民作风被北京日报当头棒喝要求公布财产;⑤低调务实被光明日报说是新殖民主义应警惕。("Ambassador Locke resigns after being 'wronged' in China": 5 instances of official media attacking Locke for being a regular guy)
http://t.qq.com/p/t/318259048677034
解密哥, November 20, 2013 【别了，骆家辉】骆家辉要回美国了，不管他是以什么原因离开中国，估计全国官员都会长出一口气——麻烦终于要走了。有明珠在侧，假装"为人民服务"的官员们日夜坐卧不安，一颗明珠映衬出一堆垃圾！骆家辉在中国，是一堆垃圾中的明珠，形成强烈对比。他带给中国人的震撼，远超美国的航母编队！(Gary Locke is going back to the U.S. Regardless of the reason for his departure, I imagine officials nationwide are sighing relief—the problem is finally going away. Against the pearl, the officials who pretend to “serve the people” can’t be at peace. Locke in China is like a pearl in a pile of garbage—there is a sharp contrast. The shock he gave to the Chinese people is far more powerful than the U.S. aircraft carrier fleet!)
http://t.qq.com/p/t/316513083522889

Labor 劳工

Worker safety concerns linger 20 years after Shenzhen factory fire
Radio Free Asia, November 19, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/fire-11192013132650.html

Land, Property, Housing (土地、财产、房屋)

China’s farmers await revolution in land reform
South China Morning Post, November 20, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1361174/chinas-farmers-await-revolution-land-reform

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)

Two children, no options: China’s limited reform
The New Yorker, November 20, 2013
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2013/11/two-children-no-options-chinas-limited-reform.html

内地首个商事调解庭上海自贸区揭牌 (China’s first court of arbitration opens in Shanghai Free Trade Zone)
South China Morning Post, November 20, 2013
http://www.scmpchinese.com/sc/china/16624/nei-di-shou-ge-shang-shi-diao-jie-ting-shang-hai-zi-mao-qu-jie-pai

Population (人口)

英媒：中国放宽一胎政策未必带来婴儿潮 (UK media: relaxed one-child policy may not induce a baby boom in China)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 20, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/press_review/2013/11/131120_press_uk_china.shtml

Director Zhang Yimou sought over “violation” of China's one-child policy
The Guardian, November 20, 2013
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/20/director-zhang-yimou-china-one-child-policy

Society (社会)

Parents of gay children urge first lady Peng Liyuan to help fight gay discrimination
South China Morning Post, November 20, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1361178/parents-gay-children-urge-peng-liyuan-help-fight-gay-discrimination

Anger and angst in hospitals where doctors die
Caixin, November 20, 2013
http://english.caixin.com/2013-11-20/100607237.html

Tibet (西藏)

China dismisses as absurd Spanish arrest warrants over Tibet
Reuters, November 20, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/20/us-china-tibet-spain-idUSBRE9AJ06720131120

西班牙法院向数名前中共高官发出逮捕令 (Spanish court issues arrest warrants for former high-ranking Chinese officials including Li Peng)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 20, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/11/131119_spain_china_jiangzemin.shtml

Opinion (观点)

Plenum pledge won't make scrapping China's labour camps any easier
South China Morning Post, November 19, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1360264/plenum-pledge-wont-make-scrapping-chinas-labour-camps-any

中国透明者
The transparent Chinese
The New York Times, November 20, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20131120/c20murong/dual/

《决定》姓毛还是姓邓 (Do the Third Plenary decisions follow Mao or Deng?)
Deutsche Welle, November 18, 2013
http://bit.ly/1hXg4hB

Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Censorship and Surveillance (审查和监控)

Navigating the constraints on reporting from China
对驻华外媒自我审查的“审查”
New York Times, November 19, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20131119/c19censor/dual/

Children (儿童)

Chinese e-commerce site removes paedophiliac sex doll after outrage
South China Morning Post, November 19, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china-insider/article/1359217/chinese-e-commerce-platform-removes-paedophile-sex-doll-after

Corruption (腐败)

Something’s gotta give
News China, December 2013
http://www.newschinamag.com/magazine/somethings-gotta-give

Information Control (信息控制)

Chinese youth sues over alleged police torture
甘肃发微博被拘少年称遭刑讯逼供
New York Times, November 19, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20131119/c19youth/dual/

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

刘晓波近见妻后正式提出申诉狱方已接受律师会见手续 (Liu Xiaobo, imprisoned Nobel Peace laureate, formally appeals case after meeting with wife, Liu Xia)
Voice of America, November 18, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/liuxiaopo-20131117/1791719.html

International Relations (Security, Trade and Investment), 国际关系（安全，贸易和投资）

习近平：中美关系已建设成摩天大厦(Xi Jinping: Sino-U.S. relations have become strong as a skyscraper)
Xinhua, November 19, 2013
http://china.huanqiu.com/roll/2013-11/4576283.html

Internet (互联网)

央视称微信涉色情，官方扩大“清网”？(CCTV exposes pornographic information on WeChat, are the authorities expanding their “Internet cleanup?”)
Deutsche Welle, November 19, 2013
http://bit.ly/IekFex

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)

图解：十八届三中全会《决定》诞生前的200个日日夜夜 (Pictorial narrative of 200 days and nights before the birth of the third plenary decision of the 18th CPC)
People’s Daily, November 19, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/1119/c1001-23592444.html

Population (人口)

卫计委调查称约5-6成"单独"夫妇愿生二胎 (National family planning office: only 50-60% of couples with one only-child parent are willing to have a second child)
Economic Observer, November 19, 2013
http://www.eeo.com.cn/2013/1119/252335.shtml

Relaxing one-child policy will create near-term baby boom but real benefits will take years to see
South China Morning Post, November 19, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1359802/relaxing-one-child-policy-will-create-near-term-baby-boom-real-benefits

Reeducation-Through-Labor (劳教)

中国维权律师促废除一切法外变相劳教方式 (Chinese rights defense lawyers urge abolition of all extrajudicial practices similar to RTL)
Voice of America, November 19, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/Chinese-human-rights-attorney-statement-20131119/1792983.html

劳教所摘牌，“黑监狱”尚在 (Black jails still exist as RTL is abolished)
Deutsche Welle, November 19, 2013
http://bit.ly/1irlnUe

重庆劳教往事 (Reflection on RTL in Chongqing)
Tencent News, November 19, 2013
http://news.qq.com/photon/record/laojiao.htm

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

China arrests at least 13 North Korean refugees, say human rights group
Agence France-Presse, November 19, 2013
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-11-19/an-china-korea-arrest/5100872

朝鲜难民在中国被捕 (North Korean refugees arrested in China)
Radio Free Asia, November 19, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/junshiwaijiao/nu-11182013145632.html

State Security (国家安全)

過來人：國安委或比勞教更恐怖 (New national security body more frightening than RTL)
Ming Pao, November 16, 2013
http://on-msn.com/1fcYZOA

Technology 科技

China retains supercomputer crown in latest Top500 list
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 18, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24984320

Opinion (观点)

改革首先需要约束政府 (Reform requires restraining the government first)
Financial Times, November 18, 2013
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001053494?full=y

Monday, November 18, 2013

Censorship and Surveillance (审查和监控)

美国新闻组织公布新浪微博被禁图片 (U.S. NGO publicizes censored Sina Weibo images)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 18, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/11/131115_china_sina_censored_images.shtml

Related:
How to get censored on China’s Twitter
新浪微博:遭遇中国式审查
ProPublica, November 14, 2013
EN:http://www.propublica.org/article/how-to-get-censored-on-chinas-twitter
CH:http://www.propublica.org/article/sina-weibo-china

Bloomberg news suspends reporter whose article on china was not published
彭博涉未刊发中国报道记者遭停职
New York Times, November 18, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/world/20131118/c18bloomberg/dual/

Corruption (腐败)

中共研究官邸制反腐学者称关键是财产公示 (CPC studies "official residence system" to fight corruption; scholar says key is to publicize assets)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 17, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/11/131117_china_official_residence_suggestiion.shtml

Environment (环境)

Short of a miracle, China residents take air pollution into their own hands
South China Morning Post, November 18, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1359251/short-miracle-china-residents-take-air-pollution-their-own-hands

Health (健康)

“中国12年后将成世界肺癌第一大国” (Experts: China will be world’s number one lung cancer state in 12 years)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 18, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/11/131117_china_lung_cancer.shtml

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

刘霞提出要求重审诺奖得主刘晓波案申诉 (Liu Xia appeals for re-trial of husband, Liu Xiaobo, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate)
Voice of America, November 18, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/liuxiaopo-20131117/1791719.html

Information Control (信息控制)

张家川发帖被拘少年被退学校方称各方面压力太大 (Teenager expelled from school after release from detention for “spreading rumors” on Weibo)
Beijing News, November 18, 2013
http://edu.southcn.com/e/2013-11/18/content_84839450.htm

Intellectual Property Rights (知识产权)

China: landmark reform plans call for anti-piracy court
The Hollywood Reporter, November 18, 2013
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/china-landmark-reform-plans-call-656862

International Human Rights (国际人权)

China asks Lanka to protect and promote human rights
Business Standard, November 18, 2013
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/china-asks-lanka-to-protect-and-promote-human-rights-113111800607_1.html

Internet (互联网)

Activists say they have found way round Chinese internet censorship
The Guardian, November 18, 2013
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/18/activists-chinese-internet-censorship-mirror-sites

中国收紧管控两家外媒中文网站被封 (Chinese websites of two news outlets blocked as China tightens control on foreign media)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 18, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/11/131115_reuters_website_chinese_blocked.shtml

Land, Property, Housing (土地、财产、房屋)

Success of Chinese leader’s ambitious economic plan may rest on rural regions
中国农村土地权益改革或成为经改最大障碍
New York Times, November 18, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20131118/c18chinaecon/dual/

Natural Resources (自然资源)

They may be some time: putting down roots in Antarctica
The Economist, November 18, 2013
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21589908-putting-down-roots-antarctica-they-may-be-some-time

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)

三中全会决定旨在平衡改革保守两派 (Decisions from Party’s third plenary aimed at balancing reformist and conservative factions)
South China Morning Post, November 18, 2013
http://www.scmpchinese.com/sc/china/16463/san-zhong-quan-hui-jue-ding-zhi-zai-ping-heng-gai-ge-bao-shou-liang-pai

Chinese reforms come in response to public discontent, economic necessity
PBS, November 15, 2013
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/world/july-dec13/china2_11-15.html

China's Potemkin reforms
The Wall Street Journal, November 17, 2013
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303789604579201950156826002

中共力推混合所有制鼓励非公企业参与国企改革 (Party pushes mixed ownership system, encourages non-public enterprises to participate in SOE reform)
China News Service, November 18, 2013
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2013/11/16/292999.html

Population (人口)

Hurdles seen for change to China’s one-child rule
中国全面放开人口政策仍存障碍
New York Times, November 18, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20131118/c18onechild/dual/

Why China’s one-child policy still leads to forced abortions, and always will
The Washington Post, November 15, 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/11/15/why-chinas-one-child-policy-still-leads-to-forced-abortions-and-always-will/?tid=hpModule_04941f10-8a79-11e2-98d9-3012c1cd8d1e

Reeducation-Through-Labor (劳教)

四川现有劳教人员不足10人等待安置干警“转向” (Fewer than 10 officers remain in Sichuan RTL system)
Sichuan Online, November 18, 2013
http://news.eastday.com/c/20131118/u1a7780495.html

Questions over what replaces "re-education through labour"
South China Morning Post, November 17, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1358146/questions-over-what-replaces-re-education-through-labour

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

Chinese police nab N. Korean escapees trying to reach S. Korea: sources
Yonhap News, November 18, 2013
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2013/11/18/0301000000AEN20131118005200315.html

Religion (宗教)

中国河南官方教会牧师及信徒被当局拘押 (Pastor and followers of state-sanctioned church detained in Henan by authorities)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 18, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/11/131118_china_henan_church_arrest.shtml

Rule of Law (法治)

涉法涉诉信访改革目标：以司法终结 (State Bureau for Letters and Visits reform aims at providing judicial solutions)
Beijing News, November 16, 2013
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2013/11/16/292976.html

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

三中全会后新疆首宗暴力袭击又现巴楚11死由当局枪杀维族青年引发
Eleven killed in raid on police station in Xinjiang
Radio Free Asia, November 18, 2013
CH:http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/xl-11172013083410.html
EN:http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/shooting-11162013194621.html

Opinion (观点)

China's children may become the drivers of environmental change
The Guardian, November 18, 2013
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/16/china-children-drivers-environmental-change-pollution

张悬使我们谈政治 (Taiwanese singer flag-incident inspires us to discuss politics)
New York Times, November 18, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/culture/20131118/cc18zhangxuan/

UN rights council welcomes strange bedfellows to the table
The Sydney Morning Herald, November 18, 2013
http://www.smh.com.au/comment/un-rights-council-welcomes-strange-bedfellows-to-the-table-20131116-2xnqu.html

Friday, November 15, 2013

Corruption (腐败)

决定：推行地方政府及部门权力清单制度 (Third plenary decision: implement checks on power of local governments and their departments)
China News Service, November 15, 2013
http://news.sohu.com/20131115/n390232487.shtml

Related Tencent Weibo post:
zippo, November 15, 2013
治标不治本，这样的改革有多大意义？就像一个癌症病人，再怎么用药那也只能延迟一下死期而已。要反腐，却不敢公办官员财产；要市场化，却不敢土地私有；要民生，却不敢谈民主；要法治，却不敢谈宪政。。。这样的改革说到底不过为了巩固某些人的利益，到时候实在撑不住了方向一转，就成第二个俄罗斯了。
http://t.qq.com/p/t/311501121423547

Environment (环境)

三中全会决定：独立进行环境监管和行政执法 (Third plenary decision: implement independent environmental monitoring and administrative enforcement)
China News Service, November 15, 2013
http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2013/11-15/5509763.shtml

China's smog threatens health of global coal projects
Reuters, November 14, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/14/us-china-coal-idUSBRE9AD19L20131114

Health (健康)

Chinese activists continue to be “mentally illed” in spite of new law
Radio Free Asia, November 14, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/law-11142013172615.html

Hukou (户口)

三中全会《决定》：全面放开建制镇和小城市落户限制 (Third plenary decision: China to accelerate hukou reform)
People’s Daily, November 15, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/1115/c1001-23559116.html

Related Tencent Weibo post:
llqlnmy, November 15, 2013
这不是放松，这是通过农民身份转换剥夺其土地集体所有权。根本目的是改变社会结构。
http://weibo.com/1033037903/AiUej9IWM?mod=weibotime

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

超期关押数十天郭飞雄终获准见律师狱中曾绝食25天拒绝认罪 (Guo Feixiong allowed to meet with lawyer for first time since detention in August, refuses confession)
Radio Free Asia, November 14, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl2-11142013101914.html

王登朝案改判11年律师称控罪莫须有 (Former Shenzhen police officer’s sentence reduced to 11 years on "trumped up" charges)
Radio Free Asia, November 15, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/sy-11132013114319.html

China claims credit for blind activist's U.S. studies
Reuters, November 15, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/15/us-china-dissident-idUSBRE9AE0BQ20131115

International Human Rights (国际人权)

The good, the bad and the ugly of China on the UNHRC
The Diplomat, November 15, 2013
http://thediplomat.com/2013/11/15/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-of-china-on-the-unhrc/

Land, Property, Housing (土地、财产、房屋)

以土改再造农村 (Land reform policy will reshape China’s countryside)
Caixin, November 15, 2013
http://magazine.caixin.com/2013-11-15/100605699.html

Police beat back supporters in sensitive China land grab case
Reuters, November 14, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/14/us-china-tri al-idUSBRE9AD05720131114

Migrants (农民工)

China risks tension through urbanization
Asia Times Online, November 14, 2013
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_Business/CBIZ-01-141113.html

National Defense (国防)

三中全会《决定》：我国将减少军队非战斗机构和人员 (Third plenary decision: China to reduce non-combat military institutions and personnel)
People’s Daily, November 15, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/1115/c1001-23559119.html

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)

三中全会《决定》：允许混合所有制经济实行企业员工持股 (Third plenary decision: China to allow employees to own stocks of enterprises financed by mixture of public, collective, and non-public capital)
People’s Daily, November 15, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/1115/c1001-23559474.html

三中全会《决定》：废除对非公有制经济的不合理规定消除隐性壁垒 (Third plenary decision: China to abolish unreasonable regulations on “non-public” economy, including elimination of hidden barriers to development)
People’s Daily, November 15, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/1115/c1001-23559519.html

三中全会《决定》：非公有制经济财产权同样不可侵犯 (Third plenary decision: non-public property rights are as inviolable as their public counterpart)
People’s Daily, November 15, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/1115/c1001-23559025.html

See the official document:
中共中央关于全面深化改革若干重大问题的决定 (CPC Central Committee’s decisions on major issues concerning comprehensively deepening reform)
Xinhua, November 15, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/1115/c1001-23559207.html

Related Tencent weibo post:
热, November 15, 2013
没有具体的时间节点的改革，你说呢呲牙？
http://t.qq.com/p/t/341462044316691

Reform in China: every move you make
The Economist, November 16, 2013
http://www.economist. com/news/leaders/21589882-xi-jinping-has-made-himself-most-powerful-leader-deng-xiaoping-probably-good

Population (人口)

三中全会《决定》：启动实施“单独”生育二胎政策 (Third plenary decision: implement policy allowing two children if one parent is an only child)
People’s Daily, November 15, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/1115/c1001-23558874.html

China reforms: One-child policy to be relaxed
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 15, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-24957303

China to ease 1-child policy, abolish labor camps
Associated Press, November 15, 2013
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/state-media-china-will-loosen-one-child-policy-abolish-labor-camp-system

Related Tencent Weibo post:
苏晓玉, November 15, 2013
放开可以生二胎偶们家也不生.谁爱生谁去生吧.现在是越富的越生.越穷的越生.富的是生再多人家不差钱养的起.穷的是反正没钱罚.也不考虑孩子能否养的起.就是偶们这些中产阶级小资生不起.多一个孩子.就多一份负担.赶生个俩仨出来.等孩子18岁了.全家也从中产被拉回到小康以下了.
http://t.qq.com/p/t/342462044981888

Reeducation-Through-Labor (劳教)

三中全会《决定》：废止劳动教养制度 (Third plenary decision: abolish Reeducation-Through-Labor)
People’s Daily, November 15, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/1115/c1001-23558929.html

China plans to abolish labor camps and ease one-child policy
The New York Times, November 15, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/16/world/asia/china-to-loosen-its-one-child-policy.html

Related Sina Weibo post:
斯言9, November 15, 2013
劳动教养这个名目玩的时间太长，玩旧玩破了，废弃了它换一种新花样玩法，还记得反革命这个罪名么？取消了，但监狱里还是这么些人啊一个也没有少。北京关押访民的窝点比文革时的五七干校还要黑暗残暴的多，这分明是所谓的改革开出的花果，可哪来什么进步。
http://weibo.com/1902453325/AiUuBmvKC?mod=weibotime

Rule of Law (法治)

三中全会《决定》：严禁刑讯逼供、体罚虐待逐步减少适用死刑罪名 (Third plenary decision: prohibit torture and corporal punishment, gradually reduce death penalty sentences)
People’s Daily, November 15, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/1115/c1001-23559111.html

遏制司法地方化 (China to curb judicial localization)
Caixin, November 15, 2013
http://magazine.caixin.com/2013-11-15/100605697.html

Related Tencent Weibo post:
共识网, November 15, 2013
【张思之：我对《全会决议》司法改革部分并不乐观】废除劳教应当肯定，但要密切注意公安机关在执法过程中有没有新的“法外制度”替代劳教制度。比如刑法中的一些口袋罪是适用问题。决议写的再好，没有具体措施跟进，司法机关不能摆脱工具地位，司法改革就不能彻底深入下去。
http://t.qq.com/p/t/276133016218129

State Security (国家安全)

China's new national security committee to blend domestic, foreign duties
Sydney Morning Herald, November 14, 2013
http://www.smh.com.au/world/chinas-new-national-security-committee-to-blend-domestic-foreign-duties-20131114-2xhrc.html

Taiwan (台湾)

台政府：对冈比亚断交感"震惊与遗憾" (Taiwan expresses “shock and regret” as Gambia cuts diplomatic ties)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 15, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/11/131115_taiwan_gambia_china.shtml

State giants emerge unscathed in China's economic road map
国有企业成为三中全会的赢家
Wall Street Journal, November 14, 2013
EN:http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB20001424052702303559504579195551704526972?mod=index_to_people
CH:http://cn.wsj.com/gb/20131114/bch090145.asp?source=newsletter

王健林：三中全会改革没有针对国企比较失望 (Private entrepreneur: It is disappointing that third plenary did not target SOE reform)
Caijing, November 14, 2013
http://estate.caijing.com.cn/2013-11-14/113562855.html /

What was missing in China's reform plan
CNN, November 13, 2013
http://money.cnn.com/2013/11/13/news/economy/china-economic-reform/

China’s state companies ain’t going nowhere
Wall Street Journal, November 13, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/11/13/chinas-state-companies-aint-going-nowhere/

"Leading team" to spearhead drive for reform, party plenum resolves
South China Morning Post, November 13, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1354841/leading-team-spearhead-drive-reform-party-plenum-resolves

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Censorship and Surveillance (审查和监控)

违反“七条底线新浪处理10万微博账户 (Sina punishes 100,000 microblog users for violating "7 Bottom Lines")
Beijing Youth Daily, November 13, 2013
http://www.bjd.com.cn/10bjxw/sh/201311/13/t20131113_5284211.html

Children (儿童)

仅三成父母认为中国适合养孩子 (Int’l survey shows only 30% of parents think China is a suitable place for raising children)
South China Morning Post, November 13, 2013
http://www.scmpchinese.com/sc/china/16221/jin-san-cheng-fu-mu-ren-wei-zhong-guo-gua-he-yang-hai-zi

See the survey:
Concerned Parents?
可怜天下父母心，忧心忡忡的父母们最担心什么？
Ipsos ASI, November 3, 2013
EN: http://www.ipsos.com.cn/sites/default/files/Concerned%20parents.pdf
CH: http://www.ipsos.com.cn/sites/default/files/youxin.pdf

Related:
中俄越古等获选下届UN人权理事国被指人权纪录“不合格” (Criticized for substandard human rights records, China, Russia, Vietnam, Cuba, are elected to UN Human Rights Council)
Voice of America, November 13, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/article/1788712.html

For more information, see:
China elected to UN Human Rights Council
中国当选为联合国人权理事会成员
Human Rights in China, November 12, 2013
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/7034
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/7035

International Relations (Security, Trade and Investment) 国际关系（安全，贸易和投资）

China's meager aid to the Philippines could dent its image
中国援菲出手不大方或令国际形象蒙尘
Reuters, November 12, 2013
EN:http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/12/us-china-philippines-aid-idUSBRE9AB0LM20131112
CH: http://cn.reuters.com/article/CNTopGenNews/idCNCNE9AC05420131113

Philippines relief effort lays bare China limitations
Financial Times, November 13, 2013
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/187e073e-4c52-11e3-958f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_asia-pacific_china%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct&siteedition=intl#axzz2kXbLB3JG

Migrants （农民工）

China points to social welfare reforms needed for urbanization drive
Reuters, November 12, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/12/us-china-reform-labour-idUSBRE9AB16020131112

Political and Economic Reform （政治经济改革）

胡祖六：只要有国企就不可能公平竞争民族复兴靠民企 (Expert: SOEs prevent fair competition, national rejuvenation depends on private enterprises)
Caijing, November 13, 2013
http://economy.caijing.com.cn/2013-11-13/113561255.html

国企将继续做大做强民企前景仍不乐观 (SOEs to grow larger and stronger while prospects for private enterprises remain pessimistic)
Caijing, November 13, 2013
http://blog.caijing.com.cn/expert_article-151502-61331.shtml

Related:
Chinese leader gets more sway on the economy and security
习近平借三中全会掌控安全与经济
New York Times, November 13, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20131113/c13plenum/dual/

China implies domestic focus for new security council
Reuters, November 13, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/13/us-china-reform-security-idUSBRE9AC0AP20131113

Xi vs. the strongmen: the battle for reform in China
The Diplomat, November 12, 2013
http://thediplomat.com/2013/11/12/xi-vs-the-strongmen-the-battle-for-reform-in-china/

State Security (国家安全)

China to revamp security in face of threats at home, abroad
Reuters, November 12, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/12/us-china-reform-politics-idUSBRE9AB0Q920131112

Related:
中国设国家安全委员会“以对内为主” (China creates National Security Committee to "primarily deal with internal affairs")
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 13, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/11/131113_ana_china_plenum_national_security.shtml

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