HRIC Daily Brief

Friday, December 13, 2013

Health （健康）

Global cancer cases reach 14 million, World Health Organization says
WHO：全球癌症病例升至1400万
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 13, 2013
EN: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-25346639
CH: http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2013/12/131212_who_cancer.shtml

Hong Kong （香港）

香港调查：七成港人不满生活环境 (70% of Hong Kongers dissatisfied with social conditions)
South China Morning Post, December 13, 2013
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/hong-kong/17885/diao-cha-qi-cheng-gang-ren-bu-man-sheng-huo-huan-jing

Human Rights Defenders （人权卫士）

Chinese prosecutors file charges against leading activist Xu Zhiyong
The Washington Post, December 13, 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/chinese-prosecutors-file-charges-against-leading-activist-xu-zhiyong/2013/12/13/9ee771a4-63e3-11e3-aa81-e1dab1360323_story.html

Related:
中国人权活动人士许志永遭当局起诉 (Chinese activist Xu Zhiyong formally charged by authorities)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 13, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/12/131213_xu_zhiyong_prosecuted.shtml

The Leading Global Thinkers of 2013 (Including Xu Zhiyong, Pu Zhiqiang, Wang Gongquan)
Foreign Policy, December 12, 2013
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/2013_global_thinkers/public/

Activist Trial Ends with Irregularities, but No Verdict
The Epoch Times, December 12, 2013
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/394963-activist-trial-ends-with-irregularities-but-no-verdict/

美国国会及行政当局举行圆桌会议吁中国停止打压外国记者 (U.S. Congress urges China to stop suppression of foreign journalists)
Washington Post, December 12, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/nu-12122013142951.html

Foreign correspondents personae non gratae
The Economist, December 12, 2013
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21591636-if-anyone-going-expose-corruption-it-will-be-us-says-party-personae-non-gratae

China crafts a pro-Beijing image for Nelson Mandela
Washington Post, December 12, 2013
www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/12/12/china-crafts-a-pro-beijing-image-for-nelson-mandela/

Intellectual Property Rights (知识产权)

美国指控中国公司六名雇员盗窃专利种子 (U.S. charges six Chinese with stealing seed technology)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 13, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2013/12/131213_us_tradesecrets_charges_china.shtml

Related:
Chinese national arrested for allegedly stealing trade secrets
Journal Express, December 13, 2013
http://www.journalexpress.net/breakingnews/x825835241/Chinese-national-arrested-for-allegedly-stealing-trade-secrets

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

调查：美中互不信任，但很少视彼此为敌 (Survey: U.S. and China distrust each other but are not foes)
Deutsche Welle, December 12, 2013
http://bit.ly/1dwJjl0

See the Survey:
U.S.-China Security Perceptions Survey
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, December 12, 2013
http://carnegieendowment.org/files/us_china_security_perceptions_report.pdf

China loses N. Korea link but may welcome Kim purge: analysts
Agence France-Presse, December 13, 2013
bit.ly/18Fo3X9

Labor （劳工）

Apple says death at Pegatron unrelated to working conditions
Reuters, December 12, 2013
www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/12/us-apple-pegatron-idUSBRE9BB05X20131212

Media （媒体）

Insight: China CCTV Starbucks report set off storm inside network
Reuters, December 12, 2013
www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/12/us-china-cctv-insight-idUSBRE9BB17A20131212

Political and Economic Reform （政治经济改革）

周永康墜落內情習近平打老虎驚心動魄 (Inside story of how Zhou Yongkang was struck down by Xi)
Yazhou Zhoukan, December 22, 2013
http://www.yzzk.com/cfm/content_archive.cfm?id=1386820468251&docissue=2013-50

Religion （宗教）

Lawyers protest detention of Chinese pastor, aides
Associated Press, December 12, 2013
www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/lawyers-protest-china-official-church-detentions/2013/12/12/767e502a-6302-11e3-af0d-4bb80d704888_story.html

Rule of Law （法治）

法治当条例遇到法律 (When provision contradicts law)
The Economic Observer, December 12, 2013
http://www.eeo.com.cn/2013/1212/253396.shtml

Society (社会)

China's revised 2014 holiday schedule sparks public ire
Reuters, December 12, 2013
www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/12/us-china-holiday-idUSBRE9BB08320131212

Opinion （观点）

Journo for a Journo
Slate, December 12, 2013
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_world_/2013/12/12/if_china_kicks_out_u_s_journalists_should_the_u_s_do_the_same_to_chinese.html

Christmas in China: The season when Beijing punishes the families of dissidents
Wall Street Journal, December 12, 2013
online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303293604579251763851479696?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEFTTopBucket

Thursday, December 12, 2013

Environment （环境）

China’s rust belt cities hit with new air pollution fines
The Wall Street Journal, December 11, 2013
blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/12/11/new-air-pollution-fines-hit-chinas-rust-belt-cities/

Related:
Local officials to obsess less over growth
Xinhua, December 10, 2013
www.globaltimes.cn/content/831125.shtml#.UqkwEtIW3Sl

Human Rights Defenders （人权卫士）

Nelson Mandela and China: controversial legacy
The Economist, December 11, 2013
http://www.economist.com/blogs/analects/2013/12/nelson-mandela-and-china

Chinese paper rejects comparison between Mandela and Liu
Malay Mail Online, December 11, 2013
www.themalaymailonline.com/world/article/chinese-paper-rejects-comparison-between-mandela-and-liu#sthash.qyxbxPbz.dpuf

Health （健康）

Israelis to UN: “China must cease organ harvesting”
The Jewish Voice, December 11, 2013
http://jewishvoiceny.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6037:israelis-to-un-china-must-cease-organ-harvesting&catid=107:israel&Itemid=290

China eyes smoking ban
The Wall Street Journal, December 11, 2013
blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/12/11/china-eyes-smoking-ban/

Internet （互联网）

中国封锁翻墙软件Lantern 开发团队称将更新版本 (Developer is working on new version of Lantern, censorship circumvention software blocked by China)
Radio Free Asia, December 11, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/sy2-12112013100043.html

See the statement:
Lantern News, December 10, 2013
http://get-lantern.tumblr.com/post/69653304417/lantern-news-lantern

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

Nelson Mandela and China: a controversial legacy
The Economist, December 11, 2013
www.economist.com/blogs/analects/2013/12/nelson-mandela-and-china

No soft-pedal on China rights - PM
News Guardian, December 12, 2013
www.newsguardian.co.uk/news/national/no-soft-pedal-on-china-rights-pm-1-6288971

International Human Rights （国际人权）

联合国歧视妇女问题工作组周四访华外界呼吁关注感染艾滋妇女权益 (UN working group on the issue of discrimination against women to make first China visit)
Radio Free Asia, December 11, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf-12112013100150.html

Media （媒体）

New York Times warns China is subjecting foreign journalists to serious harassment
The Telegraph, December 11, 2013
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10512559/New-York-Times-warns-China-is-subjecting-foreign-journalists-to-serious-harassment.html

Natural Resources （自然资源）

A quiet start to South-North water transfer
中国南水北调一期工程低调投用
The New York Times, December 12, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20131212/c12water/dual/

Political and Economic Reform （政治经济改革）

China puts former security chief under house arrest-sources
Reuters, December 11, 2013
www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/11/us-china-politics-zhou-idUSBRE9BA0C420131211

Related:
路透社：前政法大佬周永康被“监控” (Reuters: former security chief Zhou Yongkang under house arrest)
Voice of America, December 12, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/reuters-zhou-yongkang-20131211/1808088.html

A leader in Mao’s Cultural Revolution faces his past
陈毅之子为文革而忏悔
The New York Times, December 12, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20131212/c12chenxiaolu/dual/

Population (人口)

中国老龄化高峰临近挑战严峻今年60岁老年人超2亿 (China faces severe challenges as aging population peaks, 60-year-olds number 200 million+)
Beijing News, December 12, 2013
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2013/12/12/297166.html

Protests and Petitions （抗议和请愿）

12武汉强拆户人权日在北京集体自杀 (Twelve forced-evictees from Wuhan attempt group suicide in Beijing on Human Rights Day)
Radio Free Asia, December 11, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl-12112013100350.html

China residents drink pesticide in Beijing protest
Associated Press, December 11, 2013
www.vcstar.com/news/2013/dec/11/china-residents-drink-pesticide-in-beijing/

Religion （宗教）

旧城改造与古寺突围福州瑞云寺拆迁困局调查 (Fuzhou temple built in 1896 faces demolition for urban development)
Phoenix TV website, December 7, 2013
http://fo.ifeng.com/news/detail_2013_12/07/31888498_0.shtml

Related Tencent Weibo post:
寿哥,(李福寿，作家，策划人，湖北云梦人。8年教...), December 11, 2013
胡作非为，天怒人怨。 || @叶檀: 为了方寸之地，些许溢价，丧尽天良　　以后去寺庙、禅院，烧头柱香时　　小心天眼天谴
http://t.qq.com/p/t/292997091525873

Society (社会)

China seen as "confident," "belligerent," and "arrogant"
Agence France-Presse, December 10, 2013
au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/world/a/20249360/china-seen-as-confident-belligerent-and-arrogant-state-media-poll/

Technology (科技)

China's hot messaging app WeChat may be good news for censors
Reuters, December 11, 2013
www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/11/us-china-censorship-tencent-idUSBRE9BA16M20131211

Women (妇女)

Survey finds many female workers experience sexual harassment
调查显示广州工厂女工多遭性骚扰
The New York Times, December 11, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20131211/c11workers/dual/

See also:
Up to 70 percent of women factory workers in Guangzhou sexually harassed
China Labor Bulletin, December 6, 2013
www.clb.org.hk/en/content/70-percent-women-factory-workers-guangzhou-sexually-harassed

Opinion (观点)

No one is immune from Beijing’s "gravity machine"
Financial Times, December 11, 2013
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/32470bd8-619d-11e3-b7f1-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2nHR7a2HI

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Corruption (腐败)

深圳政法委一副巡视员被举报索贿80万嫖娼40次 (Shenzhen Party official allegedly took bribes of RMB 800,000 and solicited prostitutes 40 times)
Southern Metropolis Daily, December 11, 2013
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/13news/auto/news/china/u7ai326180_K4.html

China anti-corruption reform: shark fins, bird nests, upmarket cigarettes and alcohol banned from state events
International Business Times, December 9, 2013
www.ibtimes.com/china-anti-corruption-reform-shark-fins-bird-nests-upmarket-cigarettes-alcohol-banned-state-events

Disasters (灾难)

深圳今晨大火16人死亡近百人聚集讨说法无人应 (Shenzhen market fire kills 16)
China National Radio, December 11, 2013
http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2013/12-11/5608448.shtml

Environment (环境)

China state media under fire for arguing benefits of smog
Reuters, December 10, 2013
www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/10/us-china-pollution-idUSBRE9B903O20131210

Related:
State media effort to spin the "5 benefits" of China's smog falls flat
Wall Street Journal, December 10, 2013
blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/12/10/state-media-effort-to-spin-the-5-benefits-of-chinas-smog-falls-flat/

New EPA chief visits China to talk air pollution in first trip abroad
Washington Post, December 10, 2013
www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/wp/2013/12/10/new-epa-chief-visits-china-to-talk-air-pollution-in-first-trip-abroad/

China boosts research as smog crisis raises fears over infertility
South China Morning Post, December 11, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1378103/china-boosts-research-effect-pollution-fertility-amid-smog-crisis

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

Chinese professor who advocated free speech is fired
教授张雪忠因提倡言论自由被解聘
The New York Times, December 11, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20131211/c11professor/dual/

See Zhang’s article:
2013反宪政逆流的根源及危险 ("The Origin and the Perils of the Anti-Constitutionalism Campaign in 2013")
Independent Chinese Pen Center，December 10, 2013 http://www.chinesepen.org/Article/sxsy/201312/Article_20131210135721.shtml

Fresh fears of crackdown as Chinese professor is fired for "criticising Xi Jinping"
The Telegraph, December 10, 2013
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10507646/Fresh-fears-of-crackdown-as-Chinese-professor-is-fired-for-criticising-Xi-Jinping.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong squirms in the shadow of China, its overpowering big brother
Washington Post, December 10, 2013
www.washingtonpost.com/world/hong-kong-squirms-in-the-shadow-of-china-its-overpowering-big-brother/2013/12/09/cc9e48c0-5dd0-11e3-8d24-31c016b976b2_story.html

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

China says U.S. has no right to comment on fate of activists
Reuters, December 10, 2013
www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/10/us-china-usa-rights-idUSBRE9B908120131210

Related:
Chinese law can't be tailored to suit individuals
Global Times, December 11, 2013
www.globaltimes.cn/content/831374.shtml#.Uqez7WQW0b4

ICT (信息和通信技术)

谷歌叫停香港数据中心原因众说纷纭
Google abandons its Hong Kong data centre project
South China Morning Post, December 11, 2013
CH:http://www.nanzao.com/sc/hong-kong/17737/gu-ge-jiao-ting-xiang-gang-shu-ju-zhong-xin-yuan-yin-zhong-shuo-fen-yun
EN:http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1377908/google-abandons-its-hong-kong-data-centre-project

Labor (劳工)

“芭比女工”揭示中国劳工的悲惨处境 (Barbie employees reveal exploitation of Chinese workers)
Radio France Internationale, December 11, 2013
http://rfi.my/1kzkaIH

Worker deaths raise questions at an Apple contractor in China
The New York Times, December 11, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/11/technology/worker-deaths-raise-questions-at-an-apple-contractor-in-china.html

Society (社会)

劳教权益团体促中国取消对性工作者的收容制度 (Rights group urges China to eliminate “custody and education” system for sex workers)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 11, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/12/131211_china_justice_rights.shtml

Advocacy group calls China to shut labor camps for sex workers
Wall Street Journal, December 10, 2013
blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/12/10/advocacy-group-calls-china-to-shut-labor-camps-for-sex-workers/

See the report:
"Custody and Education": Arbitrary Detention for Female Sex Workers in China
Asia Catalyst, December 2013
asiacatalyst.org/blog/AsiaCatalyst_CustodyEducation2013-12-EN.pdf

Taiwan (台湾)

Taiwan ex-captain gets life term for spying for China
South China Morning Post, December 11, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1378462/taiwan-ex-captain-gets-life-term-spying-china

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Children (儿童)

云南强奸4岁幼女官员被判八年精神赔偿难实现 (Yunnan county official sentenced to 8 years for raping a four-year-old girl)
China News Service, December 10, 2013
http://news.eastday.com/c/20131207/u1a7816969.html

最高法：嫖宿幼女罪是一种侮辱完全赞成废除 (Supreme Court cites “insult” as factor in its support for abolishing “soliciting underage girls for prostitution” charge)
Beijing Evening News, December 10, 2013
http://china.huanqiu.com/politics/2013-12/4642018.html

Corruption (腐败)

北京私秘会所：八项规定没有影响来这领导太多 (Use of public funds for official receptions goes underground)
CCTV, December 10, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/1210/c1001-23793893.html

湖北确认网上嫖娼视频当事人为省高院庭长 (Hubei gov’t confirms authenticity of video posted online showing provincial higher court judge hiring a prostitute)
Xingchu Website, December 10, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/1210/c1001-23793813.html

Cyber security (网络安全)

China is tied to spying on European diplomats
裸照作诱饵，中国黑客攻击外国政府网络
The New York Times, December 10, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/technology/20131210/c10hacks/dual/

Environment (环境)

Chinese media find silver linings in smog clouds
The Guardian, December 10, 2013
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/10/chinese-media-silver-linings-smog-haze

20省份出现雾霾天京津冀长三角重污染区连成片 (Smog turns 20 Chinese provinces—from Beijing and Tianjin to the Yangtze River Delta—into heavily polluted areas)
China News Service, December 10, 2013
http://news.eastday.com/c/20131207/u1a7817029.html

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

中国拒绝续签《纽约时报》和彭博社24记者的签证 (China rejects visas to 24 journalists from the New York Times and Bloomberg)
Radio Free Asia, December 10, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/xql-12092013145400.html

Health (健康)

Rising violence against doctors in China
The Diplomat, December 8, 2013
http://thediplomat.com/2013/12/rising-violence-against-doctors-in-china/

1.5 million people worldwide combat unprecedented evil and sign global petition against forced organ harvesting in China
The Sacramento Bee, December 8, 2013
http://www.sacbee.com/2013/12/09/5985084/15-million-people-worldwide-combat.html

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

刘晓波失去自由五年，美国敦促中国释放 (U.S. urges China to release Liu Xiaobo, Nobel Peace Prize laureate)
Deutsche Welle, December 10, 2013
http://bit.ly/1bzPLZD

Related:
中国驳斥美国提出释放刘晓波的要求 (China rebuffs U.S. request to release Liu Xiaobo)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 10, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/12/131210_china_rebuffs_kerry.shtml

China rebuffs U.S. calls for release of Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo
South China Morning Post, December 10, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1377323/release-nobel-peace-prize-winner-liu-xiaobo-john-kerry-urges-china

《刘宾雁时代》在美国出版 (“The Era of Liu Binyan” published in the U.S.)
Radio Free Asia, December 9, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/kejiaowen/ml-12092013121621.html

Information Control (信息控制)

Beijing bans “sensitive topics” during Mandela funeral coverage
South China Morning Post, December 10, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1377508/beijing-bans-sensitive-topics-during-mandela-funeral-coverage

Intellectual Property Rights (知识产权)

世界专利申请数量大增中国是关键 (China the key factor in significant rise of global patent applications)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 10, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2013/12/131209_patent.shtml

Land, Property, Housing (土地、财产、房屋)

China: The woman who lives in a hole
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 9, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-25302519

Migrants (农民工)

农民工融入城市调查：积分不够子女无法读公办小学 (Survey of migrant workers in cities: children with inadequate points have no chance for public elementary school)
People’s Daily, December 10, 2013
http://news.eastday.com/c/20131208/u1a7817167.html

中国流动人口已达2.36亿逾七成系从农村流向城市 (China’s migrant population reaches 236 million, over 70% of flow is from countryside to cities)
China News Service, December 10, 2013
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2013/12/10/296694.html

Protests and Petitions (抗议和请愿)

Unrelenting Inner Mongolian herders expelled from Beijing after protests
Radio Free Asia, December 9, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/herders-12092013181727.html

Society (社会)

China sex workers face “harsh” detention: rights group
New Straits Times, December 10, 2013
http://www.nst.com.my/latest/china-sex-workers-face-harsh-detention-rights-group-1.428171

Religion (宗教)

China’s treatment of minorities troubles Canada’s religious freedom ambassador
Calgary Herald, December 10, 2013
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/national/China+treatment+minorities+troubles+Canada+religious/9265847/story.html

Opinion (观点)

On Human Rights Day, I'll be thinking of my father in a Chinese prison
The Guardian, December 10, 2013
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/dec/10/human-rights-day-unhrc-progress-china-abuse

Breathe in that dirty doublethink
Financial Times, December 10, 2013
http://on.ft.com/1fgGfeF

The thorny challenge of covering China
《纽约时报》做生意更做新闻
The New York Times, December 10, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20131210/c10pubed/dual/

Monday, December 09, 2013

Children (儿童)

最高法赞成废除嫖宿幼女罪 (Supreme Court supports proposed legislation to protect against child rape)
Xinhua, December 9, 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2013-12/09/c_125827362.htm

Related:
Under-age sex charge puts China's top court and legislature at odds
South China Morning Post, December 9, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1376737/under-age-sex-charge-puts-chinas-top-court-and-legislature-odds

Corruption (腐败)

内地规范公务接待工作餐禁鱼翅 (Consumption of shark’s fin banned from official receptions)
South China Morning Post, December 9, 2013
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/china/17598/nei-di-gui-fan-gong-wu-jie-dai-gong-zuo-can-jin-yu-chi

Related:
《党政机关国内公务接待管理规定》（全文） (Regulations on the Management of Domestic Official Receptions by Party and Government Organs)
Xinhua, December 9, 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/ziliao/2013-12/09/c_125827827.htm

Education (教育)

明年全国高校毕业生将达727万再创纪录 (University graduates in China to reach 7.27 million next year, setting another record)
Jianghua Times, December 8, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/1208/c1001-23777890.html

Environment (环境)

利国防促团结更平等官媒诠释雾霾“好处” (Official media praises smog as being good for defense, solidarity, and equality)
South China Morning Post, December 9, 2013
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/china/17639/li-guo-fang-cu-tuan-jie-geng-ping-deng-guan-mei-quan-shi-wu-mai-hao-chu

Related Tencent Weibo post:
火兴才, December 8, 2013 是不是要让全党全军全民族紧密团结在以央视网为人民日报的环球时报周围，吸霾，呼霾，养霾，赞美霾，歌颂霾？ (Is this a call for the whole Party, army, and nation to rally around CCTV and Global Times to smoke, breathe, cultivate, praise, and extol the smog?)

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

In China, a widespread show of sympathy for Mandela
纪念曼德拉，中国左右派各取所需
The New York Times, December 7, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20131207/c07reaction/dual/

Chinese police recommend trial for rights advocate
中国警方向检察官建议审判民权倡导者许志永
The New York Times, December 9, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20131209/c09xuzhiyong/dual/

Related:
许志永起诉书曝光主要“罪行” 为推动教育平权与官员财产公开 (Main charges in Xu Zhiyong’s indictment: promoting equal education and advocating for disclosure of officials’ assets)
Radio France International, December 9, 2013
http://rfi.my/1gjOtWp

Related Tencent Weibo post:
一贫如洗, December 9, 2013 如果这是罪，那么，每一个有良知、有社会责任感的人，都有罪。感谢有关部门让我们认识了许志永，了解了新公民运动，知道了有这么一群人不为自己，而是为他人争取着利益，为社会寻求着公平，为国家尽着一个公民的义务和责任。 http://t.qq.com/p/t/340526030969077

美国国会举行听证会：中国政治犯女儿呼唤爸爸回家 (U.S. congressional hearing: daughters of China’s political prisoners call for their fathers’ return)
Radio Free Asia, December 6, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/vt-12062013143822.html

律师会见刘晓波失败刘霞见朋友只哭说不出话 (Lawyer’s request to meet Liu Xiaobo ignored)
Radio Free Asia, December 7, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/sy-12072013113538.html

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

在纽约后院建中国式迪斯尼？(Building a Chinese-style Disneyland in upstate New York?)
Deutsche Welle, December 7, 2013
http://bit.ly/1bslVW0

Related:
Mysterious plans to build upstate NY "China City of America"
New York Post, December 4, 2013
http://nypost.com/2013/12/04/mysterious-plans-to-build-upstate-ny-china-city-of-america/

China: the must-visit destination for cash-seeking world leaders
The Guardian, December 6, 2013
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/06/china-cash-seeking-world-leaders-uk-human-rights

Land, Property, Housing (土地、财产、房屋)

北京井底人:曾被城管关狗笼里谈何尊严 (Beijing man evicted from well, his home for 10 years after local authorities locked him in dog cage)
People’s Daily, December 7, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/1207/c1001-23773573.html

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)

China’s labor camps close, but human rights groups say grim detention conditions linger
The Washington Post, December 6, 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/chinas-labor-camps-close-but-human-rights-groups-say-grim-detention-conditions-linger/2013/12/06/4e84cc96-5bfc-11e3-8d24-31c016b976b2_story.html

Population (人口)

Hebei farmer commits suicide over fines for children
South China Morning Post, December 9, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1376796/hebei-farmer-commits-suicide-over-fines-children

Opinion (观点)

China’s strong-arm tactics toward U.S. media merit a response
The Washington Post, December 8, 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/chinas-strong-arm-tactics-toward-us-media-merit-a-response/2013/12/08/164163fc-5eb9-11e3-bc56-c6ca94801fac_story.html

Cameron’s human rights humbug and the Chinese fortune cookie
The Sunday Times, December 8, 2013
http://www.sundaytimes.lk/131208/columns/camerons-human-rights-humbug-and-the-chinese-fortune-cookie-75677.html

Related:
上海學生全球最強香港第三 (Shanghai students top international education assessment, Hong Kong in 3rd place)
Ming Pao, December 5, 2013
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20131205/ca41147w.htm

Related Tencent Weibo post:
RIGHTS律师团, December 6, 2013
杨学林：新余案庭审，全部结束，择日选判。 (Yang Xuelin: Xinyu trial concludes. Sentences to be announced later.)
http://t.qq.com/p/t/315798094103983

Chinese mourn Mandela; ask awkward questions about own dissidents
Reuters, December 5, 2013
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-mandela-china-20131205,0,7974656.story

Related:
北京悼念曼德拉民众避提刘晓波 (Beijing citizens mourn Mandela, avoid mentioning jailed Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo)
Voice of America, December 5, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/mandela-condolence-20131206/1804925.html
China pays tribute to Mandela, an "old friend of the Chinese people"
South China Morning Post, December 6, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1374332/china-pays-tribute-mandela-old-friend-chinese-people
Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s liberator as prisoner and President, dies at 95
解放者曼德拉：从囚徒到总统
The New York Times, December 5, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/obits/20131206/c06mandela-obit/dual/

Related Tencent Weibo post:
温军, December 5, 2013
【中国怎么可能有曼德拉？】说曼德拉伟大，那是因为他在南非！他坐了27年牢，出狱后当选总统，还活了95岁的高龄。如果在中国，将可能面临老虎凳，咽阴毛，喷芥末油，缠铜丝（生殖器与脚趾）等酷刑，一个正常人怎么可能扛得过27年并保持精神正常？这些酷刑并非杜撰，参见腾讯。@袁裕来律师@何兵@徐昕
http://t.qq.com/p/t/336294064216181

Lip service: China seems to be winning its arguments with the West over Tibet and human rights
The Economist, December 7, 2013
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21591182-china-seems-be-winning-its-arguments-west-over-tibet-and-human-rights-lip-service

Let political parties play a central role in 2017 chief executive election
2017特首普选　应予政党提名权
South China Morning Post, December 5, 2013
EN: http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1371694/let-political-parties-play-central-role-2017-chief-executive
CH: http://www.nanzao.com/sc/opinion/17432/2017te-shou-pu-xuan-ying-yu-zheng-dang-ti-ming-quan

張藝謀與自我他者化 (“The Flowers of War” bombed because Zhang Yimou relinquished his critical realism)
Yazhou Zhoukan, December 15, 2013
http://www.yzzk.com/cfm/content_archive.cfm?id=1386214763101&docissue=2013-49

Thursday, December 05, 2013

Corruption (腐败)

Zhou Bin, Son Of China's Security Chief Zhou Yongkang, aids corruption investigation
Reuters, December 5, 2013
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/04/zhou-bin-zhou-yongkang_n_4382996.html

Related:
路透社：周永康之子周滨被软禁协助调查 (Reuters: Zhou Bin, son of Zhou Yongkang, put under house arrest to assist investigation of father)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 5, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/12/131204_iv_hepin_zhouyongkang.shtml

被遺棄的精神病康復者 (Guangdong psychiatric hospital: 20% of recovered patients stay, have nowhere else to go)
Ming Pao, December 5, 2013
http://premium.mingpao.com/cfm/mem_Login1.cfm?SuccessUrl=%2Fcfm%2FContent_News%2Ecfm%3FChannel%3Dca%26Path%3D168095561755%2Fcha1_er%2Ecfm

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

Outspoken billionaire activist Wang Gongquan pleads guilty to public order offences
Associated Press, December 5, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1373529/outspoken-billionaire-activist-wang-gongquan-pleads-guilty-public-order

Related:
企业家王功权“认罪”视频或将在央视播放 (Video of “confession” by Wang Gongquan, detained businessman and supporter of New Citizens’ Movement, may be broadcasted on CCTV )
Deutsche Welle, December 5, 2013
http://bit.ly/1bjxCuA

Rights lawyers harassed as China hails rule of law
Associated Press, December 4, 2013
www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-rights-lawyers-harassed-by-about-200-thugs/2013/12/04/cb57b2dc-5cd4-11e3-8d24-31c016b976b2_story.html

Information Control (信息控制)

恐吓民众的“爱国”文宣 (Patriotic propaganda article in People’s Daily incites “fear of anarchy”)
Deutsche Welle, December 3, 2013
http://bit.ly/1hAv8R0

New York Times and Bloomberg facing expulsion from China
The Telegraph, December 5, 2013
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10498086/New-York-Times-and-Bloomberg-facing-expulsion-from-China.html

Related:
Biden criticizes China on media, human rights
The Wall Street Journal, December 5, 2013
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303997604579239751549316272

International Human Rights (国际人权)

Susan Rice criticizes human rights abuses in China, Russia
Reuters, December 3, 2013
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/04/susan-rice-china-russia_n_4387304.html

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

报告：美国人不满意奥巴马对华政策 (Report: Americans dissatisfied with Obama's China policy)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 4, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2013/12/131204_us_china_policy.shtml

Joe Biden just told Chinese citizens to “challenge the government”
Quartz, December 4, 2013
qz.com/153806/joe-biden-just-told-chinese-citizens-to-challenge-the-government/

Mysterious China-themed “city” proposed in New York’s Catskills
Fox News, December 5, 2013
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/12/04/massive-china-themed-city-proposed-in-new-yorks-catskills/

人教社称早已知道教材出错相关教材不会召回 (People’s Education Publisher, long aware of mistakes in text books, will not issue recall)
China Youth Daily, December 4, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/1204/04/9F7O5G8M0001124J.html

香港启动2017特首普选咨询
City prepares for consultation on 2017 popular election of chief executive
South China Morning Post, December 4, 2013
CH: http://www.scmpchinese.com/sc/hong-kong/17402/xiang-gang-qi-dong-2017te-shou-pu-xuan-zi-xun
EN: http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1372313/city-prepares-consultation-2017-popular-election-chief-executive

Related:
港府启动首轮政改咨询民主派表关注 (HK democrats fear “patriotism” is key factor in first consultation on 2017 popular election of chief executive)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 4, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/12/131204_hongkong_electoral.shtml

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