HRIC Daily Brief

Friday, January 10, 2014

Hong Kong (香港)

香港大学发现赵紫阳许诺民主治港信函 (University uncovers 1984 letter by late premier Zhao Ziyang voicing support for democracy in Hong Kong)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 9, 2014
www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/01/140109_hongkong_zhao_ziyang_letter.shtml

Information Control (信息控制)

Guardian website unblocked in China after users reported access was denied
The Guardian, January 9, 2014
www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/09/guardian-website-unblocked-china

China renews Western journalists’ visas after months-long standoff
Washington Post, January 9, 2014
www.washingtonpost.com/world/china-renews-western-journalists-visas-after-months-long-standoff/2014/01/09/fde67b9c-792c-11e3-8963-b4b654bcc9b2_story.html

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

美国批评中国实施南海捕鱼新规定
US: Chinese fishing regulations "provocative, dangerous"
Voice of America, January 9, 2014
CH:www.voachinese.com/content/usa-criticizes-china-fishing-regulations/1826991.html
EN:http://www.voanews.com/content/us-chinese-fishing-regulations-provocative-dangerous/1827142.html

Labor (劳工)

China disciplines 48 for pipeline explosions in Qingdao
The Wall Street Journal, January 10, 2014
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303848104579312201882800282

Rule of Law (法治)

Xi Jinping’s vision for China’s courts
The Diplomat, January 9, 2014
http://thediplomat.com/2014/01/xi-jinpings-vision-for-chinas-courts/

Chinese president tells judiciary to follow law
Voice of America, January 9, 2014
www.voanews.com/content/chinese-president-tells-judiciary-to-follow-law/1826472.html

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

China officials dismissed over deadly stampede
Associated Press, January 9, 2014
abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/china-officials-dismissed-deadly-stampede-21470619

Opinion (观点)

“Opening and reform” in China
Workers' Liberty, January 8, 2014
www.workersliberty.org/story/2014/01/08/“opening-and-reform”-china

Thursday, January 09, 2014

Animal Welfare and Rights (动物福利和权利)

Chinese man caught with dead Siberian tiger in car
South China Morning Post, January 9, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1401398/chinese-man-caught-dead-siberian-tiger-car

Business and Human Rights 商业和人权

Are Google, Yahoo and Microsoft living up to their promises in China?
Time, January 8, 2014
business.time.com/2014/01/08/are-google-yahoo-and-microsoft-living-up-to-their-promises-in-china/#ixzz2prEKca8h

See:
GNI report finds Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo compliant with free expression and privacy principles
Global Network Initiative, January 8, 2014
www.globalnetworkinitiative.org/news/gni-report-finds-google-microsoft-and-yahoo-compliant-free-expression-and-privacy-principles

Civil Society (民间社会)

NGO发布《中国民间组织发展与公民结社自由现状调研报告》 (NGO releases report on freedom of association and assembly in China)
Radio Free Asia, Januray 8, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/nu-01082014143220.html

Corruption (腐败)

“禁令年” 近八成公务员未收礼 (Survey finds 80% of civil servants did not accept gifts in 2013 as a result of tighter regulations)
Beijing News, January 9, 2014
epaper.bjnews.com.cn/html/2014-01/09/content_489160.htm?div=-1

Consumer Product Safety (消费品安全)

假肉毒姜牵出46人失职渎职 (Ministry of Supervision investigations into consumer products safety incidents implicate 46 officials)
Beijing Morning Post, January 9, 2014
www.morningpost.com.cn/szb/html/2014-01/09/content_266274.htm

Education (教育)

“Bostonian” elitism in China irritates the country’s other college grads
Quartz, January 8, 2014
qz.com/164597/bostonian-elitism-in-china-irritates-the-countrys-other-college-grads/

Health (健康)

China aims to ban smoking in public places by end of the year
Reuters, January 8, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/08/us-china-smoking-idUSBRE9BT04320140108

Information Control 信息控制

Guardian website blocked in China
英国《卫报》网站在中国被屏蔽
New York Times, January 9, 2014
cn.nytimes.com/china/20140109/c09guardian/dual/

Related:
Guardian investigates website block in China
The Drum, January 8, 2014
www.thedrum.com/news/2014/01/08/guardian-investigates-website-block-china

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

中国埃塞俄比亚电信投资遭质疑 (Chinese investment in telecom sector in Ethiopia raises suspicion)
Voice of America, January 8, 2014
www.voachinese.com/content/china-telecom-20140108/1826228.html

Media (媒体)

Rebuffed by New York Times, Chinese millionaire remains undaunted
The Wall Street Journal, January 8, 2014
blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/01/08/rebuffed-by-new-york-times-chinese-billionaire-chen-guangbiao-remains-undaunted/?mod=WSJBlog

Population (人口)

China slaps largest one-child policy fine, 7.5 million yuan, against director Zhang Yimou
South China Morning Post, January 9, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1401596/china-slaps-largest-one-child-policy-fine-75-million-yuan-against

Rule of Law (法治)

政法工作会近年首次以中央名义召开 (Political-legal working meeting convened under the banner of Central Committee for the first time, rule of law reform on agenda)
Beijing News, January 9, 2014
epaper.bjnews.com.cn/html/2014-01/09/content_489125.htm?div=-1

习近平：建立制度追究干部干预司法 (Xi Jinping calls for institutional mechanisms to combat political interference in judiciary)
Beijing News, January 9, 2014
epaper.bjnews.com.cn/html/2014-01/09/content_489141.htm?div=-1

Wednesday, January 08, 2014

Children (儿童)

小学生做错数学题，老师当堂动手 (Teacher beat student for making math mistakes)
Yangtze Evening News, January 8, 2014
epaper.yzwb.net/html_t/2014-01/08/content_130590.htm

Culture (文化)

China's Neo-Confucianism: an ancient text intended to produce obedient children is finding new favor with the Communist Party
Foreign Policy, January 7, 2014
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/01/07/chinas_neo_confucianism#sthash.3DLmR43Z.dpbs

See related text:
弟子規 (Guide To a Happy Life)
Translated by Pure Land Learning College Assn., Inc., March 2005
http://www.amtb.org.tw/pdf/hz32-05.pdf

Death penalty (死刑)

China sentences man to death for making gutter oil
Associated Press, January 7, 2014
www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-sentences-man-to-death-for-making-gutter-oil/2014/01/07/1d8c9446-77a6-11e3-a647-a19deaf575b3_story.html

Environment (环境)

31省份签治气军令状京津冀PM2.5年均浓度降25% (31 provinces sign pact to prevent ozone pollution)
Economic Daily, January 8, 2014
news.xinhuanet.com/2014-01/08/c_125971216.htm

China's “airpocalypse” kills 350,000 to 500,000 each year
The Telegraph, January 7, 2014
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10555816/Chinas-airpocalypse-kills-350000-to-500000-each-year.html

China sets air pollution goals
The Guardian, January 8, 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/08/china-sets-air-pollution-goals

China approves massive new coal capacity despite pollution fears
Voice of America, January 8, 2014
http://www.voanews.com/content/reu-china-approves-massive-new-coal-capacity-despite-pollution-fears/1825528.html

China on world's “biggest push” for wind power
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 8, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25623400

Information Control (信息控制)

China lifts 13-year ban on video game consoles
The Guardian, January 7, 2014
www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jan/07/china-lifts-13-year-ban-video-games-consoles

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

中国调停南苏丹引世界关注巨大利益考验外交原则 (China's attempt to mediate South Sudan conflict draws global attention)
Caijing, January 8, 2014
overseas.caijing.com.cn/2014-01-08/113787171.html

China-Japan "Voldemort" attacks up ante in propaganda war
Reuters, January 7, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/07/us-china-japan-idUSBREA0609O20140107

China reacts to news that suspect in consulate fire was a Chinese national
Wall Street Journal, January 7, 2014
blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/01/07/china-reacts-to-news-that-suspect-in-consulate-fire-was-a-chinese-national/?mod=chinablog

Internet (互联网)

Chinese inventors fear abuse of their web user profiling software
South China Morning Post, January 8, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1399656/chinese-inventors-fear-abuse-their-web-user-profiling-software

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)

China to allow 5 privately financed banks as part of reform effort
Associated Press, January 7, 2014
ajw.asahi.com/article/asia/china/AJ201401070066

Population (人口)

卫计委启动修订社会抚养费办法 (Top health body to amend regulations on collecting family planning fees)
Beijing News, January 8, 2014
epaper.bjnews.com.cn/html/2014-01/08/content_488952.htm?div=-1

卫计委：明令禁止“大月份引产”行为 (Health and Family Planning Commission reiterates prohibition of violent law enforcement and forced termination of later-term pregnancy)
Beijing Youth Daily, January 8, 2014
epaper.ynet.com/html/2014-01/08/content_34595.htm?div=-1

Rule of Law (法治)

中国民间公开信呼吁法官依法秉公审理公民权利案 (Citizens call on judges to uphold rule of law in trials of activists)
Radio Free Asia, January 7, 2013
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/aw-01072014155331.html

See:
Align Your Loyalty with the Constitution and the Law—An Open Letter to Judges Who Will Be Presiding over the Civil Rights Trials in China
January 7, 2014
gongminlianshu.blogspot.tw/2014/01/blog-post_7.html

Tibet (西藏)

与达赖喇嘛对话 (A conversation with the Dalai Lama)
Financial Times, January 8, 2014
www.ftchinese.com/story/001054168?full=y

Women （妇女）

Bishop who protected Chinese girls from Japanese soldiers could become patron saint of sex abuse victims
The Telegraph, January 7, 2014
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/10555036/Bishop-who-protected-Chinese-girls-from-Japanese-soldiers-could-become-patron-saint-of-sex-abuse-victims.html

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

Chinese tightrope walkers' balancing act between Xinjiang and Beijing
The Guardian, January 6, 2014
www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/06/china-tightrope-walkers-xinjiang-beijing

Tuesday, January 07, 2014

Corruption (腐败)

江苏南通房产局原局长取保候审期间自杀身亡 (Jiangsu official commits suicide while awaiting trial for graft)
Xinhua, January 7, 2014
news.163.com/14/0107/03/9HV3OUTL00014Q4P.html

14年来百名省部级官员落马一半与房地产业有关 (Half of the 100 provincial-level officials sacked over past 14 years were involved in real-estate graft)
Caijing, January 7, 2014
economy.caijing.com.cn/2014-01-07/113783115.html

A heavily indebted Chinese railway company reportedly lost its president to suicide
Quartz, January 6, 2014
qz.com/163692/chinas-heavily-indebted-state-railway-reportedly-loses-president-to-suicide/

Environment (环境)

前卫生部长:中国每年因空气污染致数十万人早死 (Former Minister of Health: Air pollution causes 100,000 pre-mature deaths in China annually)
21st Century Economics, January 7, 2014
news.163.com/14/0107/06/9HVFF4LC0001124J.html

Desolation of smog: Tackling China's air quality crisis
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 6, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25576716

Information Control (信息控制)

China unblocks Reuters, Wall Street Journal
Politico, January 6, 2014
www.politico.com/blogs/media/2014/01/china-unblocks-reuters-wall-street-journal-180612.html

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

FBI：中国驻旧金山领馆纵火嫌犯系持美国绿卡中国公民 (FBI: Suspect in arson attack against Chinese consulate in San Francisco is a Chinese citizen with U.S. green card)
China News, January 7, 2014
www.chinanews.com/gj/2014/01-07/5704631.shtml

Related:
China urges U.S. to punish accused arsonist in consulate fire
Voice of America, January 7, 2014
http://www.voanews.com/content/man-charged-with-arson-at-chinese-consulate-in-us/1824793.html

China urges immediate end to conflict in South Sudan
The Guardian, January 7, 2014
www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/06/presidents-sudan-south-sudan-meet-juba-discuss-conflict

June Fourth (六四)

“摇滚教父”崔健或将登上春晚舞台 (China's “father of rock” Cui Jian may perform in Spring Festival gala)
Deutsche Welle, January 6, 2014
dw.de/p/1AlrJ

Related:
Chinese state TV eyes Tiananmen rocker for new year gala
Agence France-Presse, January 6, 2014
au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/world/a/20624197/chinese-state-tv-eyes-tiananmen-rocker-for-new-year-gala/

Protests and Petitions (抗议和请愿)

“南周事件”一周年：当局恐惧街头之火 (On 1-year anniversary of the Southern Weekly “incident,” authorities detain activists to prevent another protest)
Deutsche Welle, January 7, 2014
http://bit.ly/1dO1JQ3

Related:
Police detain Chinese activists ahead of newspaper protest
Reuters, January 7, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/07/us-china-media-idUSBREA0606320140107

河北一村庄18访民受审下周开庭另有三十多人被通缉 (Eighteen Hebei petitioners to stand trial next week, arrest warrants out for another 30)
Radio Free Asia, January 7, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-01072014100309.html

【紀念六四】何謂「天下圍城」(Activists stage year-long hunger strike relay to commemorate June Fourth victims)
The Apple Daily, January 7, 2014
http://bit.ly/1gdKRlv

Hundreds protest over grievances outside China's Wuhan legislature
Radio Free Asia, January 6, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/protest-01062014155105.html

Reeducation-Through-Labor (劳教)

50余载劳教制度走向终结：从管制转向治理 (End of RTL: Long road from control to governance)
China Newsweek, January 7, 2014
news.sina.com.cn/c/sd/2014-01-07/094129176921.shtml

China camp closures prompt calls for compensation
Epoch Times, January 6, 2014
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/435329-china-camp-closures-prompt-calls-for-compensationrecompense/

Monday, January 06, 2014

Animal Welfare and Rights (动物福利和权利)

中国首次公开销毁六吨多没收象牙
China destroys tonnes of ivory in landmark move
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 6, 2014
CH:http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/01/140106_ivory_destruction_guangdong.shtml
EN:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-25618687

Children (儿童)

Chinese man gets death for daycare center attack
Associated Press, January 4, 2014
www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/chinese-man-gets-death-for-daycare-center-attack/2014/01/04/8d05b7b8-751b-11e3-bc6b-712d770c3715_story.html

Civil Society (民间社会)

内部管理不全捐助渠道不畅造血能力不足民间公益不能“做好事只有自己知道” (Many public interest groups and NGOs face management, funding, staffing and other sustainability challenges)
China Youth Daily, January 6, 2014
zqb.cyol.com/html/2014-01/06/nw.D110000zgqnb_20140106_2-06.htm

Consumer Product Safety (消费品安全)

Chinese gang accused of injecting dirty pond water into meat
The Guardian, January 6, 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/06/china-gang-accused-injecting-dirty-pond-water-lamb

Vaccine father slams official report on babies' deaths
Radio Free Asia, January 3, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/vaccine-01032014164833.html

Corruption (腐败)

中央纪委网站刊文：国外官邸制经验表明官员住房信息需公开 (Central Discipline Committee calls for transparency of government-supplied official housing)
Xinwen Morning Post, January 6, 2014
newspaper.jfdaily.com/xwcb/html/2014-01/06/content_1132353.htm

去年前11月日均110名贪官落马共查办27236件案件36907人其中贪贿大案占80.2% (36,907 officials investigated for corruption January-November 2013)
Jinghua Times, January 6, 2014
epaper.jinghua.cn/html/2014-01/06/content_53939.htm

Related:
China probes almost 37,000 officials for graft
Agence France-Presse, January 5, 2014
bit.ly/19YdajZ

Labor (劳工)

China says it saw a drop in mining deaths in 2013
Associated Press, January 4, 2014
money.msn.com/business-news/article.aspx?feed=AP&date=20140104&id=17230874

Land, Property, Housing (土地、财产、房屋)

北京划一半商品房用地建自住房或推高商品房价格 (Beijing government to increase affordable housing)
China Economy, January 4, 2014
www.ce.cn/cysc/fdc/fc/201401/04/t20140104_2050422.shtml

China sentences six Mongol herders in land-grab case
Reuters, January 5, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/06/us-china-trial-idUSBREA0503720140106

Media (媒体)

China's oddball demolition king eyes the New York Times
Reuters, January 3, 2014
au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/20593533/chinas-oddball-demolition-king-eyes-the-new-york-times/

Reeducation-Through-Labor (劳教)

司法部官员：目前有66.7万人正接受社区矫正 (Ministry of Justice official: community correction is not a replacement of RTL)
Beijing News, January 6, 2014
news.163.com/14/0106/02/9HSEMVU500014AED.html

Technology (科技)

Why it's so difficult for app developers to take advantage of China's rapidly growing mobile market
Business Insider, January 3, 2014
www.businessinsider.com/chinas-app-advertising-difficulties-2014-1#ixzz2pZwcn0w0

Women (妇女)

收容教育制度下，中国性工作者权利失去保障
For prostitutes jailed in China, forced labor with no recourse
The New York Times, January 4, 2014
cn.nytimes.com/china/20140104/c04laborcamps/dual/

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

Stampede at mosque in northern China kills 14
宁夏清真寺踩踏事故导致14人死亡
The Washington Post, January 4, 2014
EN:http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303933104579304271374884180
CH:http://cn.wsj.com/gb/20140106/bch111102.asp

Opinion (观点)

环球时报：书记百平米办公室，全国决非个例 (Liaoning party official's enormous office exposes a widespread problem in China)
Global Times, January 6, 2014
news.sina.com.cn/pl/2014-01-06/073129167078.shtml

Friday, January 03, 2014

Consumer Product Safety (消费品安全)

China says child deaths not linked to hepatitis vaccine
国家卫计委称乙肝疫苗死亡病例与疫苗质量无关
Reuters, January 3, 2014
EN:http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/03/us-china-vaccine-idUSBREA0204S20140103
CH:http://cn.reuters.com/article/CNTopGenNews/idCNCNEA0207R20140103

Corruption (腐败)

China tells police to be loyal to party amid graft crackdown
Reuters, January 2, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/03/us-china-security-idUSBREA0203B20140103

Education (教育)

Not educating the masses: the proportion of rural students at university has declined dramatically
The Economist, January 4, 2014
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21592664-proportion-rural-students-university-has-declined-dramatically-not-educating-masses

Hong Kong (香港)

Thousands rally for full and free elections in Hong Kong
Radio Free Asia, January 1, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/hongkong-01012014150517.html

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

郭飞雄案律师张雪忠致信南方报业集团新掌门人莫高义 (Guo Feixiong’s lawyer challenges Southern Newspaper Media Group’s testimony against Guo)
Radio France Internationale, January 3, 2014
http://rfi.my/1evaNrH

陈光诚侄子狱中病情加重 (Chen Guangcheng’s nephew seriously ill in prison)
Deutsche Welle, January 1, 2014
http://bit.ly/1e0gCwP

China democracy activist Chen Ziming awarded for lifetime achievement
NTD TV, January 2, 2014
http://www.ntd.tv/en/China%20Forbidden%20News/20140102/84392-china-democracy-activist-chen-ziming-awarded-for-lifetime-achievement.html

王炳章书信称被转狱王家接信疑患精神病 (Wang Bingzhang transferred to new prison, family members fear for his mental health)
Radio Free Asia, January 3, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql-01032014110456.html

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

Chinese icebreaker stuck after helping in Antarctic rescue
成功施救的中国“雪龙”号破冰船被厚冰困住
Reuters, January 3, 2014
EN:http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/03/us-antarctica-ship-rescue-idUSBREA000JX20140103
CH:http://cn.reuters.com/article/CNTopGenNews/idCNCNEA0207320140103

Attacker sets fire at Chinese consulate in San Francisco
美国调查中国驻旧金山领馆纵火案
The New York Times, January 3, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20140103/c03consulate/dual/

Media (媒体)

China media: U.S. criticised
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 3, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-25584845

Related:
Double standards on anti-terrorism threaten endeavor
Global Times, January 3, 2014
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/835498.shtml#.UsbzDNJDvTo

中国公安部长撰文呼吁抵制反华势力渗透 (Minister of Public Security urges police to “staunchly resist the ideological infiltration of Western anti-Chinese forces”)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 3, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/01/140103_peoplesdaily_guo.shtml

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)

A new flavor: Xi Jinping gets down with the people
The Economist, January 4, 2014
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21592665-xi-jinping-gets-down-people-new-flavour

China's urban nightmare: gridlock
中国的城市化难题：交通拥堵
The Washington Post, January 3, 2014
EN:http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303330204579247731532836694
CH:http://cn.wsj.com/gb/20140103/bch104954.asp

Rule of Law (法治)

Court refuses probe over Beijing airport bomber's police brutality claim
Radio Free Asia, January 2, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/review-01022014174506.html

Opinion (观点)

Save the shark, save the world
中国鱼翅外交给全球环境带来希望
The New York Times, January 2, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20140101/c01reichert/dual/

Thursday, January 02, 2014

Children (儿童)

Social media contest invites controversy with violence against children theme
South China Morning Post, January 2, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1393690/social-media-contest-invites-controversy-violence-against-children-theme

China: Baby-stealing obstetrician faces death penalty
Voice of America, January 2, 2014
http://www.voanews.com/content/china-babystealing-obstetrician-faces-death-penalty/1820526.html

Consumer Product Safety (消费品安全)

中国三大乙肝疫苗厂商未获认证停产 (Chinese drug producers halt production of hepatitis B vaccines after failing to meet quality standards)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 2, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/01/140102_china_vaccines_ceased_production.shtml

Wal-Mart recalls donkey meat in China
沃尔玛在中国召回问题驴肉
The Wall Street Journal, January 2, 2014
EN: http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303870704579295570378526270
CH: http://cn.wsj.com/gb/20140102/bch164815.asp

Corruption (腐败)

China sacks senior provincial official over vote-buying scandal in Hengyang
The Guardian, January 2, 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/02/china-sacks-official-vote-buying-hengyang-bribery

四川政协主席李崇禧涉违纪已被免职 (Sichuan official sacked, under investigation for corruption)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 2, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/01/140102_china_corruption_sichuan.shtml

Environment (环境)

Good earth no more: soil pollution plagues Chinese countryside
中国因土壤污染失去大片良田
The New York Times, January 2, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20131231/c31soil/dual/

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

Southern Weekly's parent firm slammed for “betraying” free-speech protesters
South China Morning Post, January 2, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1393743/southern-weeklys-parent-firm-slammed-betraying-free-speech-protesters

Health (健康)

The Chinese farmer who amputated his own leg
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 2, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-25211346

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

Chinese lawyers call for rights progress as Wuhan activist is detained
Radio Free Asia, January 2, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/detention-12312013133505.html

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

China to open high speed rail link to North Korean border in 2015
Voice of America, January 2, 2014
http://www.voanews.com/content/reu-china-open-high-speed-rail-link-north-korean-border-2015/1821855.html

Reeducation-Through-Labor (劳教)

马三家劳教所受害者声明索偿指控劳教期间遭遇非人对待 (Victims of Masanjia women’s labor camp request compensation for inhumane treatment)
Radio Free Asia, January 2, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/sy-01022014103945.html

Religion (宗教)

Report: 8 countries on UN Human Rights Council restrict religious freedom
The Washington Post, December 31, 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/religion/report-8-countries-on-un-human-rights-council-restrict-religious-freedom/2013/12/31/20ac8dd2-7244-11e3-bc6b-712d770c3715_story.html

See report:
Freedom of Religion or Belief & Blasphemy Prisoners List
Human Rights Without Frontiers International, December 30, 2013
http://www.hrwf.net/publications/reports/year-2014/458-freedom-of-religion-or-belief-prisoners-list-2013-in-25-countries

Women (妇女)

Chinese women “name and shame” companies they say discriminate
中国女大学生投诉企业性别歧视
The New York Times, January 2, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20131231/c31discriminate/dual/

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

China denounces U.S. for sending Uighur “terrorists” to Slovakia
Reuters, January 2, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/02/us-china-usa-uighurs-idUSBREA0107R20140102

Related:
中国谴责美国把维族囚犯送往第三国 (China condemns U.S. for releasing Uyghur ”terrorists” to Slovakia)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 2, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/01/140102_china_us_uighurs.shtml

Opinion (观点)

China must purge Mao's ghost
中国必须摆脱毛泽东的阴影
The New York Times, December 31, 2013
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20131231/cc31gao/
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/26/opinion/china-must-purge-maos-ghost.html

Save the shark, save the world
中国鱼翅外交给全球环境带来希望
The New York Times, January 2, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20140101/c01reichert/dual/

Monday, December 30, 2013

Children (儿童)

陕西产科医生张淑侠涉嫌拐卖儿童案将择日宣判 (Trial of Shaanxi obstetrician accused of child trafficking closes without a verdict)
Xinhua, December 28, 2013
http://news.sohu.com/20131230/n392675594.shtml

Related:
Trial of obstetrician accused of child trafficking opens in Shaanxi
South China Morning Post, December 30, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1393267/trail-obstetrician-accused-child-trafficking-opens-shaanxi

Education (教育)

China parents count cost of sending children to overseas universities
Financial Times, December 30, 2013
http://on.ft.com/1d3tAbn

Related:
英媒：中国父母送子女海外留学还划算吗？(Financial Times: Chinese parents calculate costs of sending children to overseas universities)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 30, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/press_review/2013/12/131229_press_overseas_students_parents.shtml

Tibetans, Uyghurs call for end to China’s Confucius Institutes
The Tibet Post, December 26, 2013
http://www.thetibetpost.com/en/news/international/3800--tibetans-uyghurs-call-for-end-to-chinas-confucius-institutes-in-canada

Related:
Universities and colleges urged to end ties with Confucius Institutes
The Canadian Association of University Teachers, December 23, 2013
http://www.caut.ca/news/2013/12/17/universities-and-colleges-urged-to-end-ties-with-confucius-institutes

Environment (环境)

中国中度与重度污染土壤约达5000万亩无法耕种 (Eight million acres of China's farmland too polluted to grow crops)
Xinhua, December 30, 2013
http://money.163.com/13/1230/11/9HBDMCPA00252G50.html

Related:
China says over 3 mln hectares of land too polluted to farm
Reuters, December 28, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/30/china-environment-farmland-idUSL3N0K90OY20131230

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

With flowers, Ai Weiwei protests his loss of freedom
艾未未用鲜花抗议旅行自由被剥夺
The New York Times, December 30, 2013
http://cn.tmagazine.com/culture/20131230/t30aiweiwei/dual/

美国国家民主基金会褒奖陈子明 (NED chair pays tribute to Chen Ziming for his decades-long democracy activism)
Epoch Times, December 30, 2013
http://bit.ly/1eR3WNV

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)

全国人大常委会通过废止劳教制度决定 (China's national legislature adopts resolution to abolish Reeducation-Through-Labor)
Guanming Network, December 28, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-12-28/101629105626.shtml

Related:
China eases one-child policy, ends re-education through labor camps
CNN, December 28, 2013
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/12/28/world/asia/china-one-child-policy-official/

Celebrating Mao and visiting Yasukuni shrine
The Diplomat, December 28, 2013
http://thediplomat.com/2013/12/celebrating-mao-and-visiting-yasukuni-shrine/

Population (人口)

Four Uyghur women forced to abort their babies in Xinjiang
Radio Free Asia, December 30, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/abortion-12302013050902.html

Protests and Petitions (抗议和请愿)

普宁千人堵路阻建垃圾焚烧厂汕头学生政府前抗议造发电厂 (Residents in Puning and Shantou protest construction of industrial plants)
Radio Free Asia, December 30, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/yf1-12302013100043.html

广东省东莞市，鸿泰玩具厂工人堵门讨薪 (Dongguan toy-factory workers protest over wages, 200 police arrive to clear scene)
Boxun, December 29, 2013
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2013/12/201312301832.shtml#.UsGqx9JDvTp

Rule of Law (法治)

China: City workers sent to prison for vendor’s death
Associated Press, December 27, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/28/world/asia/china-city-workers-sent-to-prison-for-vendors-death.html

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

新疆莎车发生暴袭事件8人被击毙
Further Xinjiang violence claims eight lives
Financial Times, December 30, 2013
CH: http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001054167
EN: http://on.ft.com/1cCfpO1

Opinion （观点）

Here's the truth about Shanghai schools: they're terrible
The Guardian, December 28, 2013
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/dec/28/shanghai-china-schools-terrible-not-ideal

30高校年度三公经费近7000万浙大最高逾千万 (30 universities spent nearly RMB 70 million [approx. $ 12 million] a year on perks for school officials, over 10 million for Zhejiang University alone)
South China Morning Post, December 27, 2013
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/china/18647/30gao-xiao-nian-du-san-gong-jing-fei-jin-7000mo-zhe-da-zui-gao-yu-qian-mo

Related:
赵紫阳夫人梁伯琪去世享年95岁 (Liang Boqi, Zhao Ziyang’s wife, dies at age 95)
South China Morning Post, December 27, 2013
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/china/18596/zhao-zi-yang-fu-ren-liang-bo-qi-qu-shi-xiang-nian-95sui

Land, Property, Housing （土地、财产、房屋）

Homeowner’s ‘Cannons’ Warn Demolition Teams: No Closer
河南市民自制黑色大炮抵抗拆迁
New York Times, December 27, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20131227/c27homeowners/dual/

See the pictures
河南荥阳现防拆闹剧:老汉制“大炮”摆房前屋后 (Elderly Henan man mounts homemade cannons around his house to resist demolition)
China News Service, December 27, 2013
http://news.21cn.com/caiji/roll1/a/2013/1223/20/25683002.shtml

Political and Economic Reform （政治经济改革）

We should not worship Mao as a god, says China’s president
The Telegraph, December 26, 2013
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10538324/We-should-not-worship-Mao-as-a-god-says-Chinas-president.html

Chairman Mao's old home to reopen inside luxury mall
The Telegraph, December 26, 2013
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10538153/Chairman-Maos-old-home-to-reopen-inside-luxury-mall.html

China cancels plans for Mao's 120th but in one village, his spirit lives on
The Guardian, December 26, 2013
www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/26/nanjiecun-commune-capitalism

For Mao’s birthday, a changing China cashes in and celebrates — carefully
Associated Press, December 25, 2013
seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2022531545_maoanniversaryxml.html

Society (社会)

贫富分化成2013最热社会问题两极收入差20多倍 (Official stats show highest paid in 2013 earned 20 times that of lowest)
China News Service, December 27, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/1226/17/9H1MK9T500014JB5.html

Related Tencent weibo post:
李尧鑫, December 27, 2013
何至百倍，已有几千倍的差距了，不能以平均来计算。 || 老于: 我认为数据极不准确！收入最高的百分之十少算年收入超百万最低的年收入仅一万余差距达一百倍之多，天地之别！除非```````````！
http://t.qq.com/p/t/228549041628101

Opinion （观点）

特写：一个中国记者的靖国神社印象 (A Chinese reporter’s impression of Yasukuni Shrine)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 27, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/12/131227_japan_yasukuni_byliuhaining.shtml

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