HRIC Daily Brief

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Protests and Petitions (抗议和请愿)

Chinese villagers attack polluting factory, police
Associated Press, February 12, 2014
www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/chinese-villagers-attack-poll>uting-factory-police/2014/02/12/7dcf61d6-93ca-11e3-9e13-770265cf4962_story.html

Rule of Law (法治)

中央政法委首次公布系统内10案例 (Central Political-Legal Commission makes first disclosure of cases of law violations by judicial and law enforcement officials)
Beijing News, February 12, 2014
epaper.bjnews.com.cn/html/2014-02/12/content_494370.htm?div=-1

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

China to spend extra $10 billion in restive Xinjiang this year
Reuters, February 12, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/12/us-china-xinjiang-idUSBREA1B0HC20140212

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Animal Welfare and Rights (动物福利和权利)

Beijing's elephant graveyard: how China still drives world ivory market
Telegraph, February 10, 2014
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10628900/Beijings-elephant-graveyard-how-China-still-drives-world-ivory-market.html

Related:
英媒：中国仍然是推动象牙市场的关键 (UK media: China still drives world ivory market)
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 11, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/press_review/2014/02/140211_press_ivory_china.shtml

Corruption (腐败)

李克强：把政府所有收支全部纳入预算管理 (Li Keqiang calls for robust measures to strengthen anti-corruption work)
Caijing, February 11, 2014
economy.caijing.com.cn/2014-02-11/113901204.html

Death penalty (死刑)

Execution with no farewell spotlights China death penalty
Agence France-Presse, February 10, 2014
www.mysinchew.com/node/95719?tid=10

Environment (环境)

Environment watchdog gets tough on polluters, vetoes projects worth 118.4b yuan
Reuters, February 11, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1426038/environment-watchdog-gets-tough-polluters-nixes-projects-worth-1184b-yuan

Hong Kong (香港)

英国：香港普选要满足香港人的意愿 (UK: HK elections should fulfill the people's wish)
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 11, 2014
www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/02/140211_hk_hague_suffrage.shtm l

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

Chinese dissident believed detained after disputing father's "suicide" death
Radio Free Asia, February 11, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/disputing-02102014150547.html

律师团就薛福顺死亡控告曲阜公安办案机关态度引外界质疑 (Lawyers’ group sues Qufu public security officials over Xue Fushun’s unnatural death, authorities’ conduct attracts international suspicion)
Radio Free Asia, February 11, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/sy-02112014095333.html

For more information on Xue Mingkai, see:
Family rejects authorities’ report of suicide by democracy activist’s father
薛明凯拒绝接受警方关于其父“跳楼自杀”
Human Rights in China, February 3, 2014
EN: www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/hric-bulletin/family-rejects-authorities-report-suicide-democracy-activists-father
CH: www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/zhong-guo-ren-quan-jian-xun/xie-ming-kai-ju-jue-jie-shou-jing-fang-guan-yu-qi-fu

Information Control (信息控制)

将公众知情权明确入宪 (Chinese professor calls for constitutional amendment to explicitly guarantee right to information)
Fazhi Evening News, February 11, 2014
www.fawan.com.cn/html/2014-02/11/content_476928.htm

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

Former Chinese prisoner addresses U.S.-China relations at UNL
Daily Nebraskan, February 11, 2014
http://www.dailynebraskan.com/news/former-chinese-prisoner-addresses-u-s--china-relations-at/article_cc95cfc2-92d9-11e3-ba6d-0017a43b2370.html

June Fourth (六四)

“六四事件”的一名死囚仍系狱 (June 4th prisoner serving suspended death sentence still in jail)
Deutsche Welle, February 11, 2014
dw.de/p/1B6lE

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)

A leading Chinese economist warns of a difficult year and “dead” companies
The New York Times, February 11, 2014
sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/02/11/a-leading-chinese-economist-warns-of-a-difficult-year-and-dead-companies/

Women (妇女)

China cracks down on its “sex capital”
Associated Press, February 11, 2014
www.boston.com/news/world/asia/2014/02/11/china-cracks-down-its-sex-capital/x5WtGgdhxweUU0gS79FFwI/story.html

Related:
Prostitution crackdown in China province after TV investigation
The Guardian, February 11, 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/11/china-province-prostitution-crack-down-guangdong-sex-workers

Monday, February 10, 2014

Culture (文化)

崔健：天安門有毛像時代就沒變 (Cui Jian: change remains elusive as long as Mao's portrait adorns Tiananmen)
Ming Pao, February 9, 2014
inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20140209/ca71230a.htm

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

许志永上诉：若不纠正，莫谈法治 (Xu Zhiyong appeals: If original verdict is not corrected, no point in talking about rule of law)
Deutsche Welle, February 10, 2014
http://bit.ly/Nu7XMl

See appeal:
Xu Zhiyong Appeals: Spare Any Talk about Rule of Law in China If the Second Instance Does Not Correct the Decision by the First Instance
许志永上诉书：二审如不纠正，中国莫谈法治
China Change, February 8, 2014
EN: http://chinachange.org/2014/02/08/xu-zhiyong-appeals-spare-any-talk-about-rule-of-law-in-china-if-the-second-instance-does-not-correct-the-decision-by-the-first-instance/
CH: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XqeUtUzchMoNZsxhFoKfPppuTs1OvcAERI6IlgSlztU/edit?pli=1

Chinese dissident lands at Cato Institute with a caution to colleges
The New York Times, February 9, 2014
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/10/us/chinese-dissident-lands-at-cato-institute-with-a-caution-to-colleges.html

Activists converge on eastern Chinese city
Associated Press, February 7, 2014
www.tri-cityherald.com/2014/02/07/2815321/activists-converge-on-eastern.html

薛明凯失踪五天料被当局控制异议人士呼吁关注 (Xue Mingkai thought to be in authorities’ control after missing for 5 days, dissidents urge attention to his case)
Radio Free Asia, February 10, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-02102014094848.html

Supporters call for investigation into death of Chinese activist’s father
The New York Times, February 7, 2014
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/02/07/supporters-call-for-investigation-into-death-of-chinese-activists-father/

For more information on Xue Mingkai, see:
Family rejects authorities’ report of suicide by democracy activist’s father
薛明凯拒绝接受警方关于其父“跳楼自杀”
Human Rights in China, February 3, 2014
EN: www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/hric-bulletin/family-rejects-authorities-report-suicide-democracy-activists-father
CH: www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/zhong-guo-ren-quan-jian-xun/xie-ming-kai-ju-jue-jie-shou-jing-fang-guan-yu-qi-fu

Information Control (信息控制)

被管制到无帖可删？ (Will censorship on Weibo leave nothing to be censored?)
Deutsche Welle, February 9, 2014
dw.de/p/1B5gU

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

On 35th anniversary of diplomatic ties with U.S., China tries to soften image
中国在美国纽约等地展开形象攻势
Radio Free Asia, February 5, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20140207/c07exchanges/dual/

Asia leaders join Sochi as Obama, others stay away
Associated Press, February 7, 2014
http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/gay-rights-issue-asian-leaders-sochi-22404682

June Fourth (六四)

六四央视主播出书谈当年经历习近平下届传有动作 (State news anchor during June Fourth publishes memoir)
Radio France International, February 9, 2014
http://rfi.my/1bjxFhj

Land, Property, Housing (土地、财产、房屋)

How fast can China reform its land laws?
International Business Times, February 7, 2014
www.investing.com/news/economy-news/how-fast-can-china-reform-its-land-laws%20-265135

Population (人口)

卫计委：9省已通过＂单独两孩＂备案 (National Health and Family Planning Commission: Nine provinces are prepared to implement new "second child" policy)
Beijing News, February 10, 2014
www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2014/02/10/304462.html

Rule of Law (法治)

嫌犯十年 (Man languishes in decade-long detention as rape trial continues)
Chengdu Shangbao, February 10, 2014
e.chengdu.cn/html/2014-02/10/content_453463.htm

Tibet (西藏)

Spain orders arrest of former Chinese president, others over Tibet
Reuters, February 10, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/10/us-china-spain-idUSBREA1911W20140210

Friday, February 07, 2014

Environment (环境)

Transparency in the haze: the government takes steps towards more openness
The Economist, February 8, 2014
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21595927-government-takes-steps-towards-more-openness-transparency-haze

Health (健康)

China the hardest hit by global surge in cancer, says WHO report
South China Morning Post, February 7, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1422475/china-hardest-hit-global-surge-cancer-says-who-report

UN agency warns risk of bird flu crossing China's borders grows
South China Morning Post, February 7, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1422473/un-agency-warns-risk-bird-flu-crossing-chinas-borders-grows

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong paper ousts top editor, stirring concern
《明报》总编换人，港人忧心新闻自由
The New York Times, February 7, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20140207/c07hongkong/dual/

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

刘霞获准在除夕夜探视刘晓波 (Liu Xia permitted to visit Liu Xiaobo on New Year’s Eve)
Deutsche Welle, February 7, 2014
http://bit.ly/1dvCSNd

Jailed Nobel dissident, wife denied festive meal on prison visit
Radio Free Asia, February 6, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/meal-02062014143212.html

Media (媒体)

王功权“认罪视频”险上央视 (Friend hints at Wang Gongquan being forced to confess)
Deutsche Welle, February 7, 2014
http://bit.ly/1iCpco8

Learning to spin: at a Communist Party training school, functionaries learn how to handle more aggressive news media
The Economist, February 6, 2014
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21595925-communist-party-training-school-functionaries-learn-how-handle-more-aggressive-news

Religion (宗教)

奥巴马呼吁中国缅甸尊重宗教自由 (Obama urges China and Myanmar to respect religious freedom)
The Economist, February 6, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2014/02/140207_usa_obama_religion_china.shtml

Tibet (西藏)

China tells Spain to prevent Tibet-related lawsuits
中国要西班牙防止再发生西藏相关的诉讼
Reuters (English), February 7, 2014
British Broadcasting Corporation (Chinese), February 7, 2014
EN: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/07/us-china-spain-idUSBREA160WU20140207
CH:http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/02/140207_spain_tibet_china.shtml

Tibetan man sets himself ablaze in first burning protest this year
Radio Free Asia, February 6, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/ablaze-02062014133904.html

Opinion (观点)

The Censorship Pendulum
“对不起，原文已经被删除”
The New York Times, February 6, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20140207/c07yu/dual/

Thursday, February 06, 2014

Children (儿童)

China's baby hatch scheme expands for unwanted disabled newborns
The Guardian, February 6, 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/feb/06/china-baby-hatch-scheme-expands-unwanted-disabled

Education (教育)

亚洲高考竞争疯狂 (Competitiveness of Asia’s college entrance exams reaches fever pitch)
Radio France Internationale, February 6, 2014
http://bit.ly/1euudRj

China's new graduates seek out civil service posts, despite intense competition
South China Morning Post, February 6, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1422037/chinas-new-graduates-seek-out-civil-service-posts-despite-intense

Ethnic Groups (少数民族团体)

Sweeping change across China's Inner Mongolia
BBC记者实地采访：巨变中的内蒙古
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 5, 2014
EN:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-25979564
CH:http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/02/140206_patience_inner_mongolia.shtml

Health (健康)

中国淮河岸边的“癌症村” (The cancer villages along China’s Huai He river)
Deutsche Welle, February 5, 2014
http://bit.ly/1euudRj

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

Five years on: free China's “disappeared” Christian lawyer
Cross Rhythms, February 6, 2014
http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/articles/life/Five_Years_On_Free_Chinas_Disappeared_Christian_Lawyer/53049/p1/

薛明凯寻人启事（图）(Xue Mingkai offers 10,000 yuan for information on "disappeared" mother)
Canyu, February 6, 2014
http://canyu.org/n84561c6.aspx

Shandong authorities refuse probe into "suicide" death
Radio Free Asia, February 5, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/suicide-02052014163532.html

For more information on Xue Mingkai, see:
Family rejects authorities’ report of suicide by democracy activist’s father
薛明凯拒绝接受警方关于其父“跳楼自杀”
Human Rights in China, February 3, 2014
EN:www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/hric-bulletin/family-rejects-authorities-report-suicide-democracy-activists-father
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/zhong-guo-ren-quan-jian-xun/xie-ming-kai-ju-jue-jie-shou-jing-fang-guan-yu-qi-fu

Information Control (信息控制)

记者微博反腐，公安建议“三罪”起诉 (Public security urges indicting anti-corruption reporter and microblogger, Liu Hu, on 3 charges including extortion)
Deutsche Welle, February 6, 2014
http://bit.ly/1btRNYm

“中国新保密法机密标准定义不明
New Chinese regulations on state secrets criticized for lack of transparency
Voice of America, February 5, 2014
CH:http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-secret-law-20140205/1845446.html
EN:http://www.voanews.com/content/new-chinese-regulations-on-state-secrets-criticized-for-lack-of-transparency/1845216.html

Protests and Petitions (抗议和请愿)

Activists call on Chinese leader to set up human rights ministry
Radio Free Asia, February 5, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/rights-02052014105721.html

Reeducation-Through-Labor (劳教)

China ends one notorious form of detention, but keeps others
NPR, February 4, 2014
http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2014/02/05/271412045/china-ends-one-notorious-form-of-detention-but-keeps-others

Wednesday, February 05, 2014

Children (儿童)

中国留守儿童问题日益严重 (China’s “left-behind children” problem steadily worsens)
Radio Free Asia, February 5, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/aw-02042014111428.html

Corruption (腐败)

中纪委：有的地方长期存在团伙性腐败 (Central Commission for Discipline Inspection: long-standing collective corruption exists in some places)
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 5, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/02/140205_china_communist_party_corruption.shtml

Health (健康)

Cases of new deadly bird flu surge in China, experts say
The New York Times, February 5, 2014
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/05/health/cases-of-new-deadly-bird-flu-surge-in-china-experts-say.html

中国家禽业者请求停止通报禽流感病例 (China’s poultry industry urges Ministry of Health to stop publicizing details of bird flu epidemic)
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 5, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/02/140205_china_poultry_association.shtml

Related:
China's poultry industry wants to hush up bird flu news in damage control bid
South China Morning Post, February 5, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china-insider/article/1421319/chinas-poultry-industry-wants-hush-bird-flu-news-damage-control

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

Crackdown on Chinese regime critics condemned
Epoch Times, February 4, 2014
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/488922-crackdown-on-chinese-regime-critics-condemned/

“薛福顺”事件观察团二度遭驱逐律师成立观察团促交代事件
Shandong police detain activists probing suspicious death
Radio Free Asia, February 5, 2014
CH:http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/sy1-02052014095423.html
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/probe-02042014140157.html

For more information on Xue Mingkai, see:
Family rejects authorities’ report of suicide by democracy activist’s father
薛明凯拒绝接受警方关于其父“跳楼自杀”
Human Rights in China, February 3, 2014
EN:www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/hric-bulletin/family-rejects-authorities-report-suicide-democracy-activists-father
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/zhong-guo-ren-quan-jian-xun/xie-ming-kai-ju-jue-jie-shou-jing-fang-guan-yu-qi-fu

Information Control (信息控制)

Zero Dark Dirty: Beijing still considers a surprising amount of information secret
Foreign Policy, February 3, 2014
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/02/04/zero_dark_dirty_china_secrecy_law_still_opaque

June Fourth (六四)

《河殇》、六四、赵紫阳“解冻”，大地回春？(Are “River Elegy,” June Fourth, and Zhao Ziyang “unbanned” topics? A return to spring?)
Deutsche Welle, February 5, 2014
http://bit.ly/LQahvT

Religion (宗教)

时事大家谈：中国的宗教自由在哪里？(Where is China’s religious freedom?)
Voice of America, February 5, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/issues-and-opinions-religious-freedom-and-rights-in-china-20140205/1844925.html

Opinion (观点)

程晓农：中国的反腐将随着权贵海外财富的曝光无疾而终 (Fight against corruption will end when officials’ overseas wealth is exposed)
Radio France Internationale, February 4, 2014
http://rfi.my/1lAOFDH >2

Tuesday, February 04, 2014

Animal Welfare and Rights (动物福利和权利)

Mass slaughter of vulnerable shark species in China, wildlife group says
中国浙江温州“鲨鱼屠宰场”曝光
The New York Times, January 29, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20140129/c29sharks/dual/

Children (儿童)

China's unwanted babies once mostly girls, now mostly sick, disabled
Reuters, February 2, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/02/us-china-babies-idUSBREA110M120140202

Domestic security (国内安全)

Beijing tightened “stranglehold” on dissent last year: report
民间维权组织首次发布维稳人权报告指中国维稳范围扩大力度增强
Radio Free Asia, February 4, 2014
EN:http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/dissent-02032014182738.html
CH:http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-02032014102948.html

Environment (环境)

In China’s war on bad air, government decision to release data gives fresh hope
Washington Post, February 2, 2014
www.washingtonpost.com/world/in-chinas-war-on-bad-air-government-decision-to-release-data-gives-fresh-hope/2014/02/02/5e50c872-8745-11e3-a5bd-844629433ba3_story.html

Health (健康)

H7N9廣東新增1死2確診 (Two H7N9 cases and one death confirmed in Guangdong)
Ming Pao, February 3, 2014
inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20140203/ca11430y.htm

Hong Kong (香港)

Justice minister Rimsky Yuen says Hong Kong should accept “imperfect” reform package
South China Morning post, February 3, 2014
www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1420241/justice-minister-rimsky-yuen-says-hong-kong-should-accept-imperfect

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

China dissident's father dies in disputed suicide: Human Rights in China
Channel News Asia, February 4, 2014
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/china-dissident-s-father/978968.html

异议人士薛明凯躲避追踪下落不明公民观察团抵曲阜促查真相 (Citizens form group to investigate suspicious death of dissident's father)
Radio Free Asia, February 3, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-02032014104425.html

For more information on Xue Mingkai, see:
Family rejects authorities’ report of suicide by democracy activist’s father
Human Rights in China, February 3, 2014
www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/hric-bulletin/family-rejects-authorities-report-suicide-democracy-activists-father

Information Control (信息控制)

China’s secret anti-secrecy act
Wall Street Journal, February 3, 2014
blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/02/03/chinas-secret-anti-secrecy-act/

See:
《中华人民共和国保守国家秘密法实施条例》公布 (Publication of the "Regulations on the Implementation of the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Guarding States Secrets")
People's Daily, February 3, 2014
www.chinanews.com/fz/2014/02-03/5802825.shtml

China denies “deporting” New York Times journalist Austin Ramzy
Guardian, January 31, 2014
www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/31/china-denies-deporting-new-york-times-journalist

It’s true. Your trade secrets aren’t safe in China
Quartz, February 3, 2014
qz.com/173323/its-true-your-trade-secrets-arent-safe-in-china/

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

Chinese on North Korea border unaware of conditions in secretive dictatorship
Fox News, February 3, 2014
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/02/03/chinese-on-north-korea-border-unaware-conditions-in-secretive-dictatorship/

Labor (劳工)

城市与乡村夹缝中的农民工：生存难 (Rural migrant workers scrape by in cities, find no opportunities back home)
Radio Free Asia, February 3, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/cyl-02032014120156.html

Chinese factories act to keep staff in saddle in Year of the Horse
中国工厂挽留员工难度加大
Financial Times, February 4, 2014
EN: www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/b89f35d2-8959-11e3-bb5f-00144feab7de.html#axzz2 >sJUtDx4G
CH: www.ftchinese.com/story/001054686

Rule of Law (法治)

China’s rule of law called into question
The Law Society Gazette, February 3, 2014
www.lawgazette.co.uk/law/chinas-rule-of-law-called-into-question/503968 >0.article

Tibet (西藏)

China's hardliners destroying Tibet's heritage: Dalai Lama
Indo-Asian News Service, February 2, 2014
www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=216281

Opinion (观点)

金泽刚专栏：春晚导演冯小刚是否该被问责？ (Should Spring Festival Gala director be investigated for nepotism?)
Southern Metropolis, February 4, 2014
epaper.oeeee.com/A/html/2014-02/04/content_2017273.htm

Does China’s new state secret regulation mean anything?
The Diplomat, February 4, 2014
http://thediplomat.com/2014/02/does-chinas-new-state-secret-regulation-mean-anything/

Monday, February 03, 2014

Domestic security (国内安全)

民间维权组织首次发布维稳人权报告指中国维稳范围扩大力度增强 (Rights defense group report: scope and strength of stability maintenance effort expanding)
Radio Free Asia, February 1, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-02032014102948.html

Environment (环境)

中国政府能否真正打响空气污染阻击战？(Can the Chinese government really succeed in tackling air pollution?)
Deutsche Welle, February 3, 2014
http://bit.ly/1eteOiD

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

Where are they on New Year’s Eve?
NTD Television, February 3, 2014
http://www.ntd.tv/en/China%20Forbidden%20News/20140131/87316-where-are-they-on-new-years-eve.html

Related:
Lawyers dismissed or withdrawn in protest of unfair trials of three citizen activists
Human Rights in China, January 31, 2014
http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/hric-bulletin/lawyers-dismissed-or-withdrawn-protest-unfair-trials-three-citizen

Information Control (信息控制)

China kills off discussion on Weibo after internet crackdown
The Telegraph, February 3, 2014
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10608245/China-kills-off-discussion-on-Weibo-after-internet-crackdown.html

Related:
中国的打压使微博帖子骤减70% (China's suppression of Weibo causes number of posts to plummet by 70%)
Voice of America, February 3, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-crack-down-cut-weibo-traffic-20140131/1842253.html

China says no cover-ups using state secrecy as excuse
Reuters, February 1, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/03/us-china-secrets-idUSBREA120AH20140203

Related:
中国：应公开事项不得定义为国家秘密 (China: information that should be open to the public should not be defined as a state secret)
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 3, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/02/140203_china_secrets.shtml

International Human Rights (国际人权)

EU "seriously concerned" about China crackdown on rights activists
Reuters, February 3, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/02/us-eu-china-idUSBREA1106J20140202?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews

Internet (互联网)

China’s “chicken fart decade”
Foreign Policy, February 3, 2014
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/01/31/chinas_chicken_fart_decade_netizens_protest_GDP_growth

June Fourth (六四)

民间人士在赵紫阳故乡举行“六四”公祭 (Thirty activists hold June Fourth memorial at home of Zhao Ziyang)
Radio Free Asia, January 30, 2014
http://bit.ly/1fBNxL0

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)

In China, “Once the villages are gone, the culture is gone”
The New York Times, February 3, 2014
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/02/world/asia/once-the-villages-are-gone-the-culture-is-gone.html

Population (人口)

Time running out for China's one-child policy after three decades
The Guardian, February 3, 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/31/time-running-out-china-one-child-policy-exemptions

Thursday, January 30, 2014

Animal welfare rights (动物福利和权利)

Chinese ivory smuggler gets record sentence in Kenya poaching crackdown
South China Morning Post, January 29, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1415789/chinese-ivory-smuggler-gets-record-sentence-kenya-poaching-crackdown0129

Corruption (腐败)

市河湖管理处原主任受贿贪污一审获死缓 (Beijing official received suspended death sentence for graft)
Jinghua Times, January 30, 2014
epaper.jinghua.cn/html/2014-01/30/content_61373.htm

腐败类死刑暂时不会废除建议废除集资诈骗罪死刑 (CASS expert recommends removing "fraudulent fund-raising" as a capital crime)
Southern Metropolis, January 30, 2014
epaper.oeeee.com/A/html/2014-01/30/content_2016837.htm

Environment (环境)

Browner, but greener: China stands out for its greenness in a new environmental ranking
The Economist, February 1, 2014
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21595487-china-stands-out-its-greenness-new-environmental-ranking-browner-greener

China smog fears spur call for ban on New Year fireworks
Reuters, January 29, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/29/us-china-pollution-idUSBREA0S0CE20140129

Health (健康)

Physician, heal thyself: Medicines are over-prescribed and overpriced
The Economist, February 1, 2014
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21595431-medicines-are-over-prescribed-and-overpriced-physician-heal-thyself

China bans cigarettes from schools
Reuters, January 29, 2014
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10604243/China-bans-cigarettes-from-schools.html

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

异议人士薛明凯之父“被自杀” (Dissident Xue Mingkai's father “jumped” to his death under suspicious circumstances)
Radio Free Asia, January 29, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yl-01292014155046.html

China jails another New Citizens activist
Associated Press, January 29, 2014
www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/29/china-jails-another-new-citizens-activist

International Relations (国际关系)

奥巴马：全球最佳投资目的地在美国而非中国 (Obama: U.S., not China, is the best country for investment)
Radio Free Asia, January 29, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/junshiwaijiao/sd-01292014143905.html

Population (人口)

Letter from China: a race against time for a second child
中国夫妇为了生二胎苦苦等待
New York Times, January 30, 2014
cn.nytimes.com/china/20140130/c30child/dual/

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

Students detained with outspoken Uyghur scholar taken to Xinjiang
Radio Free Asia, January 30, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/scholar-01282014210355.html

Opinion (观点)

Xu Zhiyong's trial makes a mockery of Beijing's pledge to enforce rule of law
South China Morning Post, January 30, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1416497/xu-zhiyongs-trial-makes-mockery-beijings-pledge-enforce-rule

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Environment (环境)

26省将大气污染治理列入政府工作报告 (26 provinces include ozone pollution management in government work report)
No. 1 Financial Daily, January 29, 2014
news.sina.com.cn/c/2014-01-29/082929374385.shtml

Health (健康)

珠海政协委员建议：把不孕不育症纳入医保 (Zhuhai CPPCC deputy recommends expanding healthcare coverage to include infertility)
Yangcheng Evening News, January 29, 2014
news.ycwb.com/2014-01/29/content_5995069.htm

Hong Kong (香港)

A poster girl for torture in Hong Kong
Asia Times Online, January 28, 2014
www.atimes.com/atimes/China/CHIN-01-280114.html

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

北京宣判两起聚众扰乱公共场所秩序案 (Verdict reached in two “gathering a crowd to disrupt order in a public place” cases in Beijing)
Sina News, January 29, 2014
news.sina.com.cn/c/2014-01-29/094929374930.shtml

Chinese lawyers warn Communist Party will target legal teams
Telegraph, January 28, 2014
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10601346/Chinese-lawyers-warn-Communist-Party-will-target-legal-teams.html

Five Chinese law professors argue Xu Zhiyong’s innocence
NTD News, January 28, 2014
www.ntd.tv/en/China%20Forbidden%20News/20140128/86586-five-chinese-law-professors-argue-xu-zhiyongs-innocence.html#sthash.IZx5dN8e.dpuf

See the professors' opinion:
为什么我们认为他无罪：对许志永聚众扰乱公共场所罪一审判决的法律意见 (Why we believe he is innocent: legal opinions concerning the first-instance conviction of Xu Zhiyong for gathering a crowd to disrupt order in a public place)
Minzhuzhongguo, January 27, 2014
minzhuzhongguo.org/ArtShow.aspx?AID=38321

Prominent Chinese rights activist to appeal sentence
Reuters, January 28, 2014
uk.reuters.com/article/2014/01/28/uk-china-activist-idUKBREA0R0FB20140128

For more information on Xu Zhiyong, see:
Four years for New Citizens Movement advocate Xu Zhiyong
新公民运动倡导者许志永被判刑4年
Human Rights in China, January 26, 2014
EN:www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/case-update/four-years-new-citizens-movement-advocate-xu-zhiyong
CH:http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/ge-gen-zong/xin-gong-min-yun-dong-chang-dao-zhe-xu-zhi-yong-bei-pan-xing-4nian

"For Freedom, Justice, and Love”—Xu Zhiyong’s Final Statement at Trial
许志永在法庭上的最后陈述
Human Rights in China, January 22, 2014
EN:http://www.hrichina.org/en/citizens-square/freedom-justice-and-love-xu-zhiyongs-final-statement-trial
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/gong-min-yan-chang/xu-zhi-yong-zai-fa-ting-shang-de-zui-hou-chen-shu

Case document:
刑事判决书 (Xu Zhiyong's criminal verdict)
Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court, January 26, 2014
bj1zy.chinacourt.org/public/detail.php?id=951

Statement by lawyer Zhang Qingfang:
“Turning this Page, Let Life Start Anew”
翻过这一页，让生活重新开始--许志永的律师的声明
Human Rights in China, January 26, 2014
EN:www.hrichina.org/en/citizens-square/turning-page-let-life-start-anew-statement-xu-zhiyongs-lawyer
CH:http://www.hrichina.org/chs/gong-min-yan-chang/fan-guo-zhe-yi-ye-rang-sheng-huo-zhong-xin-kai-shi-xu-zhi-yong-de-lu-shi-de-sheng

Information Control (信息控制)

New York Times journalist forced to leave China after visa row
The Guardian, January 29, 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/29/new-york-times-journalist-leave-china-visa

悬崖上的中国新闻自由 (Press freedom deteriorates further, according to International Federation of Journalists)
Deutsche Welle, January 28, 2014
dw.de/p/1AyZj

See report:
Back to Maoist Future
媒体悬崖
International Federation of Journalists, January 2014
EN: asiapacific.ifj.org/assets/docs/114/167/c08fd72-9f00ea7.pdf
CH: asiapacific.ifj.org/assets/docs/245/103/7c6def5-a087167.pdf

International Relations (国际关系)

Baucus says he would press China over trade, human rights
Bloomberg, January 28, 2014
www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-28/baucus-says-he-would-press-china-over-human-rights.html

See:
Testimony of Max Baucus Ambassador-Designate to China
Senate Foreign Relations Committee, January 28, 2014
www.foreign.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Baucus_Testimony1.pdf

Open Government Information (信息公开)

李娜奖金从哪来？律师要求公示 (Lawyer seeks information disclosure on source of prize money designated for tennis star Li Na by provincial government)
Radio Free Asia, January 28, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/Lina-01282014055317.html

See lawyer's request:
律师庞琨向湖北省公开奖励李娜80万法律依据 (Lawyer asks Hubei Province to disclose legal basis for awarding Li Nan RMB 800,000 in prize money)
Sina Blog, January 28, 2014
blog.sina.cn/dpool/blog/s/blog_609f8b000101hmc6.html

Protests and Petitions (抗议和请愿)

組圖：2014年新年前夕逾千人北京抗議示威
Petitioners descend on Beijing Before Chinese new year
Epoch Times, January 27, 2014
CH: http://www.epochtimes.com/b5/14/1/25/n4068270.htm
EN:http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/474255-petitioners-descend-on-beijing-before-new-year/

Society (社会)

Song of herself
Foreign Policy, January 27, 2014
www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/01/27/song_of_herself_china_li_na_state_system

Why tennis star Li Na left China out of her awesome Australian Open victory speech
Quartz, January 27, 2014
qz.com/170915/why-tennis-star-li-na-left-china-out-of-her-awesome-australian-open-victory-speech/

Women (妇女)

China: woman settles in first gender discrimination lawsuit
Guardian, January 28, 2014
www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/28/china-woman-settles-first-gender-discrimination-lawsuit

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

伊力哈木被刑拘半月律师查询无果 (Authorities remain mum about Uyghur professor's whereabouts after taking him into custody two weeks ago)
Radio Free Asia, January 28, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql2-01282014111116.html

Opinions (观点)

张千帆：两种“宪政经济学” (Zhang Qianfan: two types of "constitutional economics")
Gongshiwang, January 28, 2014
www.21ccom.net/articles/zgyj/xzmj/article_2014012899824.html

许志永案须依宪审判 (Courts must base Xu Zhiyong ruling on the Constitution)
Financial Times, January 29, 2014
m.ftchinese.com/story/001054644?ccode=2G138001&from=timeline&isappinstalled=0#utm_campaign=2G138001&utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=campaign

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Animal Welfare and Rights (动物福利和权利)

Demand for traditional Chinese medicine is killing off the world’s quirkiest animal
Quartz, January 27, 2014
qz.com/170554/demand-for-traditional-chinese-medicine-is-killing-off-the-worlds-quirkiest-animal/

Environment (环境)

成都上月仅有1天空气质量达标其余30天均评为污染 (Air quality in Chengdu met minimum standard only one day in December 2013)
Sichuan Daily, January 28, 2014
politics.scdaily.cn/szyw/content/2014-01/28/content_6840711.htm?node=3605

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

China puts four more anti-graft activists on trial
Reuters, January 27, 2014
in.reuters.com/article/2014/01/27/china-activists-trial-idINDEEA0Q06920140127

Who is Xu Zhiyong?
The Telegraph, January 27, 2014
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10597707/Who-is-Xu-Zhiyong.html

Freedom, justice and love: China's day in court
Huffington Post, January 27, 2014
www.huffingtonpost.com/rebecca-novick/freedom-justice-and-love-_b_4670558.html

Jailed dissident’s wife: “I don’t want you to give up”
Wall Street Journal, January 27, 2014
blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/01/27/jailed-dissidents-wife-i-dont-want-you-to-give-up/?mod=WSJBlog

For more information on Xu Zhiyong, see:
Four years for New Citizens Movement advocate Xu Zhiyong
Human Rights in China, January 26, 2014
www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/case-update/four-years-new-citizens-movement-advocate-xu-zhiyong

"For Freedom, Justice, and Love”—Xu Zhiyong’s Final Statement at Trial
许志永在法庭上的最后陈述
Human Rights in China, January 22, 2014
EN:http://www.hrichina.org/en/citizens-square/freedom-justice-and-love-xu-zhiyongs-final-statement-trial
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/gong-min-yan-chang/xu-zhi-yong-zai-fa-ting-shang-de-zui-hou-chen-shu

Case document:
刑事判决书 (Xu Zhiyong's criminal verdict)
Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court, January 26, 2014
bj1zy.chinacourt.org/public/detail.php?id=951

Statement by lawyer Zhang Qingfang:
“Turning this Page, Let Life Start Anew”
Human Rights in China, January 26, 2014
www.hrichina.org/en/citizens-square/turning-page-let-life-start-anew-statement-xu-zhiyongs-lawyer

Information Control (信息控制)

中国:纽约时报记者违反签证规定须离境 (China says New York Times reporter denied visa due to violations of requirements)
Voice of America, January 27, 2014
www.voachinese.com/content/china-wants-nyt-reporter-20140127/1838851.html

Related:
China says New York Times reporter broke visa rules, will leave
Reuters, January 27, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/27/us-china-newyorktimes-idUSBREA0Q0LV20140127

Outspoken China scholar leaves country unimpeded
Agence France-Presse, January 28, 2014
bit.ly/1etX7eN

新闻人物：许志永
Xu Zhiyong, the quiet lawyer holding Beijing to account
Financial Times, January 27, 2014
CH:www.ftchinese.com/story/001054607
EN:http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/d9a136da-838d-11e3-86c9-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_asia-pacific_china%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct&siteedition=uk