HRIC Daily Brief

Friday, January 17, 2014

Environment (环境)

China's big polluters exceed emission limits - report
Reuters, January 16, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/16/us-china-environment-idUSBREA0F0K720140116

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

Eleven things to watch for in the trial of chinese activist Xu Zhiyong
The Epoch Times, January 16, 2014
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/453316-eleven-things-to-watch-for-in-the-trial-of-chinese-activist-xu-zhiyong/

Sakharov Prize: 25 years of promoting human rights, past Chinese winners weigh in
NTD TV, January 16, 2014
http://www.ntd.tv/en/China%20Forbidden%20News/20140116/84805-sakharov-prize-25-years-of-promoting-human-rights-past-chinese-winners-weigh-in.html

International Human Rights (国际人权)

U.S. presses China prominent academic's detention
Agence France-Presse, January 16, 2014
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/140116/us-presses-china-prominent-academics-detention-0

Related:
Outspoken Uighur scholar detained in Beijing
中央民族大学维族教授遭警方拘留
The New York Times, January 17, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20140117/c17tohti/dual/

EU envoy criticises “tightening” curbs on China human rights
Captial News, January 17, 2014
http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2014/01/eu-envoy-criticises-tightening-curbs-on-china-human-rights/

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

Chinese troops bolster UN peacekeeping mission in Mali
Agence France-Presse, January 16, 2014
bit.ly/1eFNQSj

Population (人口)

留美副教授超生被开除计生办建议再处理其妻 (Professor sacked for violating one-child policy)
Southern Metropolis, January 17, 2014
news.sina.com.cn/s/2014-01-17/040029266395.shtml

中国互联网新数字 5亿多人用手机上网 (New stats show over 500 million Chinese users go online using mobile phones)
Voice of America, January 16, 2014
www.voachinese.com/content/chinese-cell-phone-user-20140116/1831731.html

In China, A new space for new questions
Tea Leaf Nation, January 16, 2014
http://www.tealeafnation.com/2014/01/let-a-hundred-questions-bloom-how-political-speech-thrives-on-chinas-quora/

中国微博用户规模下降2783万人 (Weibo loses 27.83 million users)
Radio Free Asia, January 16, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/nu-01162014112625.html

China web users surge to 618 million: government
Agence France-Presse, January 16, 2014
bit.ly/19xTQip

See report:
第33次中国互联网络发展状况统计报告 (33rd Statistical Report on Internet Development in China)
China Internet Network Information Center, January 16, 2014
www.cnnic.cn/hlwfzyj/hlwxzbg/hlwtjbg/201401/t20140116_43820.htm

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

Xinjiang steps up fight against religious extremists in China
The Guardian, January 17, 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/17/xinjiang-religious-extremists-china-terrorism

Women (妇女)

Blame it on the booze
Tea Leaf Nation, January 10, 2014
http://www.tealeafnation.com/2014/01/blame-it-on-the-booze/

Opinion (观点)

有铁面问责，才有进取动力 —— 三论如何看待“为官不易” (Robust accountability system crucial to achieving progress in good governance)
People's Daily, January 17, 2014
paper.people.com.cn/rmrb/html/2014-01/17/nw.D110000renmrb_20140117_1-05.htm

China’s unprecedented political reforms
Council on Foreign Relations, January 16, 2014
blogs.cfr.org/asia/2014/01/16/chinas-unprecedented-political-reforms/

Thursday, January 16, 2014

Censorship and Surveillance (审查和监控)

崔健拒绝接受审查，与春晚说再见 (Tiananmen rocker Cui Jian rejects censorship of lyrics, will not perform at Spring Festival gala)
Deutsche Welle, January 16, 2014
http://bit.ly/1i1FSbF

Related:
Spring Festival gala performance by Chinese rock Icon in doubt
The New York Times, January 16, 2014
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/15/spring-gala-performance-by-chinese-rock-icon-in-doubt/

Corruption (腐败)

Chinese premier vows reform to curb govn't corruption
Xinhua, January 16, 2014
news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-01/16/c_126011215.htm

Chinese Communist Party school official caught up in sex scandal
Reuters, January 15, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/15/us-china-corruption-sex-idUSBREA0E0OV20140115

Communist Party expels former executive at China Mobile parent
Reuters, January 15, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/15/us-chinamobile-probe-idUSBREA0E06420140115

Environment (环境)

Can China kickstart its circular economy and kick its smog?
The Guardian, January 15, 2014
www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/china-recycling-waste-circular-economy

China's Shanghai announces new measures to curb pollution
Reuters, January 15, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/15/us-china-pollution-idUSBREA0E0RD20140115

Hong Kong (香港)

梁振英施政报告避谈民主直选 (Hong Kong’s leader skirts democracy issue in address)
The New York Times, January 16, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20140116/c16hongkong/

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

新公民运动受挫揭示中国政府底线
Chinese activists test new leader and are crushed
The New York Times, January 16, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20140116/c16citizen/dual/

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

非洲变成中日外交战场 (Sino-Japan diplomatic battle plays out in Africa)
Voice of America, January 15, 2014
www.voachinese.com/content/africa-asia-rivalry-20140115/1830981.html

Internet (互联网)

From Weibo to WeChat: after a crackdown on microblogs, sensitive online discussion has shifted
The Economist, January 18, 2014
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21594296-after-crackdown-microblogs-sensitive-online-discussion-has-shifted-weibo-wechat

Population (人口)

广西定“单独两孩”时间表：3月起实施 (Guangxi to implement new family planning policy in March)
21st Century Economics, January 16, 2014
jingji.21cbh.com/2014/1-16/1NMDA2NTFfMTA0NTI1NA.html

Reeducation-Through-Labor (劳教)

No end to China's notorious re-education camps
Deutsche Welle, January 15, 2014
http://www.dw.de/no-end-to-chinas-notorious-re-education-camps/a-17362570

Rule of Law (法治)

任意拘禁何时休？ (When will China stop arbitrary arrests?)
Deutsche Welle, January 15, 2014
dw.de/p/1Aqlt

Technology (科技)

China's Huawei denies U.S. compromised equipment security
Agence France Presse, January 15, 2014
www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/140115/chinas-huawei-denies-us-compromised-equipment-security-0

China Mobile's Apple iPhone preorders hit 1.2m as Xiaomi and Huawei rise
The Guardian, January 15, 2014
www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jan/15/apple-iphone-preorders-china-mobile-xiaomi-huawei

Nice little earner: can WeChat become a world-beating app?
The Economist, January 18, 2014
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21594312-can-wechat-become-world-beating-app-nice-little-earner

Tibet (西藏)

青海果洛僧人作家更嘎仓央获释 (China releases Tibetan monk-writer jailed for "leaking state secretes")
Radio Free Asia, January 15, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-01152014152741.html

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

维族教师母子遭警方带走原因不明新疆一学生被国保带走
Uyghur scholar, mother detained in Beijing
Radio Free Asia, January 15, 2014
CH:www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql2-01152014112920.html
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/ilham-tohti-01152014172830.html

Opinion (观点)

China improves human rights, really
Bloomberg, January 15, 2014
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-15/china-improves-human-rights-really.html

Balancing act: Mr Xi talks about people’s rights
The Economist, January 18, 2014
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21594313-mr-xi-talks-about-peoples-rights-balancing-act

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Corruption (腐败)

China's Xi warns of grim fight against corruption
Reuters, January 14, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/14/us-china-corruption-idUSBREA0D0PN20140114

Chinese army banned from foreign cars
The Guardian, January 14, 2014
www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/14/chinese-army-banned-from-foreign-cars

Home of Chinese general raided as officials step up graft probe
Financial Times, January 14, 2014
www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/14/chinese-army-banned-from-foreign-cars

Culture (文化)

"文革之恶，光有个人道歉远远不够” (Observers say apologies alone cannot address crimes committed during Cultural Revolution)
Deutsche Welle, January 14, 2014
dw.de/p/1AqFX

Hong Kong (香港)

香港观察：《明报》撤换总编震动港媒 (Hong Kong media shocked as Ming Pao changes its chief editor)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 14, 2014
www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/hong_kong_review/2014/01/140114_hkreview_mingbao_editor.shtml

Hong Kong’s leader skirts democracy issue in address
The New York Times, January 15, 2014
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/16/world/asia/hong-kongs-leader-skirts-democracy-issue-in-address.html

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

刘霞诗作朗诵会纽约举行 (Liu Xia poetry reading held at international writers’ event in New York)
Voice of America, January 15, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/ny-calling-for-liu-xia-freedom-20140114/1830242.html

Nobel winner's wife Liu Xia speaks out from house arrest through her poems
The Guardian, January 15, 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/15/liu-xiaobo-wife-secretly-filmed-video-china-poem

International Human Rights (国际人权)

The EU and free expression: Human rights dialogues
Index on Censorship, January 15, 2014
http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2014/01/eu-free-expression-beyond-neighbourhood/

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

Chinese dominance in Kenyan digital migration raises alarm
Inter Press Service, January 14, 2014
www.ipsnews.net/2014/01/chinese-dominance-digital-migration-raises-alarm/

Labor (劳工)

Abuse images put focus on Hong Kong maids
Wall Street Journal, January 14, 2014
blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/01/14/abuse-images-put-focus-on-hong-kong-maids/?mod=chinablog

Media (媒体)

China media: Tibetan blaze probe
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 15, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-25740589

Population (人口)

Japanese companies relish China’s one-child policy reform
The National, January 14, 2014
www.thenational.ae/business/industry-insights/economics/japanese-companies-relish-chinas-one-child-policy-reform

Protests and Petitions (抗议和请愿)

内蒙古4位牧民因上访被刑警队拘押 (Inner Mongolian herders detained after petitioning against land grabs)
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/hc-01142014151345.html

Rule of Law (法治)

Struggling for justice: China's courts and the challenge of reform
World Politics Review, January 14, 2014
www.worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/13495/struggling-for-justice-chinas-courts-and-the-challenge-of-reform

Opinion (观点)

大家谈中国：没有澄清真相的道歉是伪道歉 (Apologies that fail to tell the truth are not genuine)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 14, 2014
www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/comments_on_china/2014/01/140114_coc_apology_and_truth.shtml

有严格监督，才有为民本色 —— 论如何看待“为官不易” (Robust oversight key to people-centered governance)
People's Daily, January 15, 2014
http://news.china.com.cn/2014-01/15/content_31198788.htm

Chinese officials should stop commenting on electoral reform
South China Morning Post, January 14, 2014
www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1405273/chinese-officials-should-stop-commenting-electoral-reform

This is how China treats the wife of a Nobel peace prize winner
The Guardian, January 15, 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/15/liu-xiaobo-china-nobel-prize-prison-wife-liu-xia-mistreat

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Children (儿童)

China doctor jailed for selling babies to traffickers
陕西贩婴妇科医生一审被判死缓
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 14, 2014
EN:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-25723863
CH:http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/01/140114_shaanxi_abduction_sentencing.shtml

Culture (文化)

Bowed and remorseful, former red guard recalls teacher’s death
宋彬彬为文革中校长被打致死道歉
The New York Times, January 14, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20140114/c14apology/dual/

Environment (环境)

China wetlands shrank 9% in a decade
The Guardian, January 13, 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/13/china-wetlands-shrank-decade

Health (健康)

中国新增H7N9型禽流感感染及死亡病例--WHO
China reports 5 new illnesses, 1 death from h7n9 bird flu
Reuters, January 14, 2014
CH:http://cn.reuters.com/article/CNTopGenNews/idCNCNEA1C12A20140114
EN:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/13/china-h7n9-bird-flu-illnesses-death_n_4589226.html

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

中国的诺贝尔和平奖得主是怎么炼成的？(How was China’s Nobel Peace Prize winner, Liu Xiaobo, “made”? Group discusses Liu’s Two Visits to New York)
Voice of America, January 14, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/liu-xiaobo-20140114/1829490.html

Trial of Chinese activist Xu Zhiyong may be imminent, says his lawyer
The Guardian, January 14, 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/14/trial-chinese-activist-xu-zhiyong-immenent-lawyer

Related:
许志永案开庭前会议民众申请旁听 (Citizens apply to attend Xu Zhiyong’s pretrial conference)
Sound of Hope, January 14, 2014
http://soundofhope.org/node/436840

International Human Rights (国际人权)

US congress to examine prisoner of conscience cases
美国国会将听证审查越南和中国良心犯案件
Voice of America, January 14, 2014
EN:http://www.voanews.com/content/congressional-hearing-to-examine-vietnamese-chinese-prisoner-of-conscience-cases/1829313.html
CH:http://www.voachinese.com/content/vietnam-us-human-rights-20140113/1829386.html

Labor (劳工)

浙江温岭鞋厂火灾致16人死亡
16 die in China factory fire
The Wall Street Journal, January 14, 2014
CH:http://cn.wsj.com/gb/20140114/bch203550.asp
EN:http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303595404579320102856294952

Despite slowdown, employers in china gave bigger raises
The Wall Street Journal, January 14, 2014
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/01/14/despite-slowdown-employers-in-china-gave-more-raises/

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)

Q. & A.: Wu Wei reflects on reform, now and in the 1980s
吴伟访谈：80年代与当前改革的异同
The New York Times, January 13, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20140113/c13wuwei/dual/

Population (人口)

Uyghur woman forced to abort six-month pregnancy while ill
Radio Free Asia, January 13, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/abortions-01132014185518.html

Protests and Petitions (抗议和请愿)

Chinese protesters use steamed buns to voice anger
The Telegraph, January 14, 2014
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10570286/Chinese-protesters-use-steamed-buns-to-voice-anger.html

Tibet (西藏)

达赖喇嘛尝试过境台湾遭到马英九政府拒绝 (Dalai Lama’s attempt to pass through Taiwan refused by Ma Ying-jeou government)
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/al-01142014095703.html

Monday, January 13, 2014

Censorship and Surveillance (审查和监控)

Chinese journalists face tighter censorship, Marxist retraining
The Washington Post, January 10, 2014
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/chinese-journalists-face-tighter-censorship-marxist-re-training/2014/01/10/6cd43f62-6893-11e3-8b5b-a77187b716a3_story.html

Children (儿童)

Desperate Chinese parents team up to look for missing children
Radio Free Asia, January 13, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/black-factories-01102014132409.html

Corruption (腐败)

Hunan official "hired bogus police officers to ransack offices of company involved in dispute"
South China Morning Post, January 13, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1404519/hunan-official-hired-bogus-police-officers-ransack-offices-company

Education (教育)

Nanjing politicians claim pupils at risk of gender identity disorder due to excess of female teachers
South China Morning Post, January 13, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1404510/nanjing-politicians-claim-pupils-risk-gender-identity-disorder-due-excess

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

电邮显示北大教授被解职原因因签名支持许志永公盟运动 (Emails show Peking University professor sacked for supporting Xu Zhiyong and New Citizens’ Movement)
Voice of America, January 13, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/emails-suggest-embattled-chinese-scholar-xia-yeliang-20140113/1828702.html

Q. & A.: Ai Weiwei on creating art in a cage
艾未未：护照被没收的1001天
The New York Times, January 13, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20140113/c13aiweiwei/dual/

中国民间维权机构负责人刘飞跃遭警方扣押 (Head of rights defense group, Liu Feiyue, detained by the police)
Voice of America, January 13, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/liu-feiyao-detained/1828356.html

独立中文笔会会长贝岭和瑞典人士联合为刘霞状况呼吁 (Heads of Chinese and Swedish PEN Centers sign joint appeal to bring attention to plight of Liu Xia and Liu Xiaobo)
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gr-01132014101012.html

林昭：被葬送的青春一代的集体化身 (The present-day meaning of commemorating Lin Zhao—interview with Beijing Spring editor, Hu Ping)
Radio France Internationale, January 10, 2014
http://rfi.my/1dqfpT3

Land, Property, Housing (土地、财产、房屋)

郑州疯狂强拆不停手一周百余户顿失家园 (Rapid demolitions continue in Zhengzhou, hundreds of families will lose their homes in one week)
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-01132014102253.html

Population (人口)

China’s forced abortion tragedies continue under the CCP’s birth control policy
NDT Television, January 9, 2014
http://www.ntd.tv/en/China%20Forbidden%20News/20140110/84653-chinas-forced-abortion-tragedies-continue-under-the-ccps-birth-control-policy.html

张艺谋超生案引发有关人权生育权的讨论 (Zhang Yimou’s one child policy case triggers discussion about reproductive rights)
Radio France Internationale, January 11, 2014
http://rfi.my/1cWEF0w

Reeducation-Through-Labor (劳教)

Former Chinese labor camp inmates struggle for justice
Radio Free Asia, January 13, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/masanjia-01102014124010.html

Tibet (西藏)

Fire destroys hundreds of homes in ancient Tibetan town
香格里拉古镇大火数百房屋被焚毁
The New York Times, January 13, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20140113/c13fire/dual/

中国官方：西藏自治区去年处理涉国安案20起 (Chinese Officials: Tibet Autonomous Region handled 20 cases involving national security last year)
Voice of America, January 13, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-tibet-20140113/1828846.html

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

Group stages sit-in for Uighurs in China
Taipei Times, January 13, 2014
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2014/01/12/2003581119

Opinion (观点)

The real Chinese dream isn't prosperity, it's reform of the one-child policy
The Guardian, January 12, 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/12/chinese-dream-one-child-reform

Friday, January 10, 2014

Animal Welfare and Rights (动物福利和权利)

Police find dead tiger in S.U.V. in Wenzhou
温州警方闹市区发现老虎尸体
The New York Times, January 10, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20140110/c10wenzhou/dual/

Children (儿童)

广西兴业警方披露“留守女童遭性侵案” (Concerns raised as 16 men who lured girl with money are charged with “prostituting a minor” instead of rape)
Xinhua, January 9, 2014
news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2014-01/09/c_118905454.htm

Corruption (腐败)

官员查处密度近30年最大 (Graft investigation at 30-year high with 182,000 officials probed by CPC)
Beijing Morning Post, January 10, 2014
www.morningpost.com.cn/szb/html/2014-01/10/content_266496.htm

Environment (环境)

China mulls national pollution permit trading system
Reuters, January 9, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/10/us-china-environment-pollution-idUSBREA0906P20140110

中国“生态红线”概念不清 ("Ecological redlines" concept still murky in China)
Financial Times, January 9, 2014
www.ftchinese.com/story/001054342

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/

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