HRIC Daily Brief

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Culture (文化)

Bad characters: some Chinese forget how to write
The Economist, August 23, 2014
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21613300-some-chinese-forget-how-write-bad-characters

Education (教育)

Chinese vet boss chosen to be city's education chief sparks 'suitability' debate
South China Morning Post, August 27, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1581104/chinese-vet-boss-chosen-be-citys-new-education-chief-sparks-suitability

China Focus: SAT reform causes worry of ideology intrusion
Xinhua, August 27, 2014
http://english.sina.com/culture/2014/0827/731336.html

Hong Kong (香港)

China moves to limit Hong Kong election could stir protests
Reuters, August 27, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/27/us-hongkong-china-occupy-idUSKBN0GR1DL20140827?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews

Internet (互联网)

Report reveals workings of China's online “opinion managers”
Radio Free Asia, August 26, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/report-08262014151334.html

International Relations (国际关系)

Robert Mugabe visits China as critics condemn 'desperate' bid for investment
The Guardian, August 25, 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/26/zimbabwe-robert-mugabe-china-visit-investment

Media (媒体)

一边扶持一边阉割：广电总局纪录片政策令人抓狂 (SAPPRFT's documentary film policies will drive you crazy)
Radio Free Asia, August 26, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/hc-08262014140743.html

Protests and Petitions (抗议和请愿)

西昌农民征地权州政府请愿遭特警殴打刑事拘留13人 (Nearly 100 Xichang farmers protest Quanzhou govt land grab, many attacked by riot police and 13 criminally detained)
Radio Free Asia, August 27, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-08272014115937.html

Poverty (贫穷)

Target: 10 million
New China, September 2014
http://www.newschinamag.com/magazine/target-10-million#id:1872#date:17:28

Rule of Law (法治)

China issues new rule to stop wealthy from buying their way out of jail
South China Morning Post, August 27, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1580977/prosecutors-order-close-watch-applications-get-out-jail-early

Tibet (西藏)

Pregnant wife of fatally shot Tibetan protester commits suicide
Radio Free Asia, August 26, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/suicide-08262014203210.html

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

北京派教师赴新疆推进双语教学同化政策能否解決民族冲突？ (Beijing sends teachers to Xinjiang to promote bilingual education—can assimilation policies resolve ethnic conflicts?)
Radio Free Asia, August 27, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/xl1-08272014105209.html

Fabled Uighur princess coming to Chinese television as a cartoon
中国拟推香妃动画片促维汉团结
The New York Times, August 27, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20140827/c27princess/dual/

Uyghur linguist, two associates sentenced after one year detention
Radio Free Asia, August 26, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/language-08262014235118.html

Opinion (观点)

Ice bucket challenge could give jolt to charities in China
Caixin, August 27, 2014
http://english.caixin.com/2014-08-27/100721996.html

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Consumer Product Safety (消费品安全)

Chinese police bust chicken-foot ring, seize 30,000 tons of tainted poultry
The Washington Post, August 26, 2014
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/world/wp/2014/08/26/chinese-police-bust-chicken-foot-ring-seize-30000-tons-of-tainted-poultry/

Environment (环境)

South-North water diversion project not cause of Hubei and Henan droughts, say officials
South China Morning Post, August 25, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1580527/south-north-water-diversion-project-not-cause-hubei-and-henan-droughts

Troubled waters: huge Poyang Lake dam “back on the agenda”
South China Morning Post, August 25, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1580458/troubled-waters-huge-poyang-lake-dam-back-agenda

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

广州民主人士妻子被威逼指控丈夫 (Wife of Guangzhou democracy activist illegally summonsed, pressured to accuse her husband)
Voice of America, August 26, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-znegjieshan-police-harass-20140824/2426988.html

China extends detention of “Guangzhou three” lawyers
Radio Free Asia, August 25, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/lawyers-08252014152351.html

Internet (互联网)

The Chinese Communist party just opened a WeChat account
Foreign Policy, August 25, 2014
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/08/25/the_chinese_communist_party_just_opened_a_wechat_account

Labor (劳工)

For China’s disabled, jobs are hard to find
The Washington Post, August 26, 2014
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/for-chinas-disabled-jobs-are-hard-to-find/2014/08/26/5d4a3760-294d-11e4-8593-da634b334390_story.html?wprss=rss_worlde

Protecting workers' rights is good for business, in China and elsewhere
South China Morning Post, August 25, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/comment/article/1580756/protecting-workers-rights-good-business-china-and-elsewhere

Land, Property, Housing (土地、财产、房屋)

全国政协常委商人王文彪旗下公司被指强占内蒙牧民草场 (Wang Wenbiao, CPPCC standing committee member and business man, accused of forcibly occupying Inner Mongolian pasture)
Radio Free Asia, August 25, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-08252014105501.html

Macao (澳门)

澳门民间团体不满特首小圈子选举发起公投主办人被拘 (Macao civil society organizes unofficial referendum on democracy, main organizer detained)
Radio Free Asia, August 25, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/xl1-08252014105734.html

Media (媒体)

国际组织谴责中国封杀漫画家“变态辣椒” (IFJ condemns China for banning cartoonist "Bian Tai La Jiao")
Voice of America, August 26, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-big-v-20140825/2426960.html

Protests and Petitions (抗议和请愿)

Ice bucket challenge: who’s pouring cold water on the idea?
The Guardian, August 25, 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/world/shortcuts/2014/aug/25/ice-bucket-challenge-drought-henan-california-animal-rights-rice

Technology (科技)

China plans to oust Microsoft, Apple and Android with own software
The Guardian, August 26, 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/aug/26/china-microsoft-apple-android-state-software

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

China's executions “won't solve tensions” in Xinjiang: analysts
Radio Free Asia, August 25, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/execution-08252014121826.html/

Opinion (观点)

社评：香港政改面临摊牌，国家岂会后退 (Editorial: Hong Kong political reform is facing a showdown, China will not retreat)
The Global Times, August 25, 2014
http://opinion.huanqiu.com/editorial/2014-08/5117448.html

Monday, August 25, 2014

Censorship and Surveillance (审查和监控)

Chinese internet censors target collective activities more than sensitive subjects, says Harvard report
South China Morning Post, August 23, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1579606/chinese-internet-censors-target-collective-activities-more-sensitive

Death penalty (死刑)

新疆8名涉暴恐案犯被执行死刑
8 people executed in Xinjiang on terrorism charges, China says
The New York Times, August 25, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20140825/c25xinjiang/dual/

Education (教育)

Down and out in rural China
The Economist, August 23, 2014
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21613293-many-teenagers-chinese-countryside-do-not-finish-secondary-school-bodes-ill

Hong Kong (香港)

北大教授贺卫方质疑“爱国爱港”法理 (Peking University professor He Weifang questions the legal principle of "Love the Country, Love HK")
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 24, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/08/140824_hongkong_politics_he_weifang.shtml

China leaders discuss Hong Kong's political future
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 25, 2014
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-28923896

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

唐荆陵刑事拘留期被延长刘晓原律师接手代理警方拒会见 (Tang Jingling’s criminal detention extended, police refuse to allow meeting with his lawyer Liu Xiaoyuan)
Radio Free Asia, August 24, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-08252014105633.html

Information Control (信息控制)

Beijing film festival shut down after organisers threatened with power cuts, surveillance
South China Morning Post, August 24, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1579975/beijing-film-festival-shut-down-after-organisers-harassed-and-threatened

Related:
从稳控模式到扫荡模式
From stability maintenance and control to wiping out
Human Rights in China, July 25, 2014
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/ren-quan-lun-tan/cong-wen-kong-mo-shi-dao-sao-dang-mo-shi
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/china-rights-forum/stability-maintenance-and-control-wiping-out

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

如何看待中国屡出争议版地图？
What to make of China’s new maps
The New York Times, August 25, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20140825/c25map/dual/

What China wants
The Economist, August 23, 2014
http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21613263-after-bad-couple-centuries-china-itching-regain-its-place-world-how-should

Internet (互联网)

Alibaba delivers benefits of a new digital economy to remotest China
The Guardian, August 24, 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/aug/25/china-taobao-ecommerce-alibaba-rural-china

Macao (澳门)

5 arrested after Macau attempts Hong Kong-style democracy poll
The Wall Street Journal, August 25, 2014
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/08/25/5-arrested-after-macau-attempts-hong-kong-style-democracy-poll/

Natural Resources (自然资源)

中国开采天然气任重道远
No easy path to natural gas
The New York Times, August 22, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/business/20140822/c22chinagas/dual/

Protests and Petitions (抗议和请愿)

Government, protesters throw cold water on ice bucket challenge in China
The Wall Street Journal, August 22, 2014
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/08/25/government-protesters-throw-cold-water-on-ice-bucket-challenge-in-china

Taiwan (台湾)

Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council urges end to speculation over official’s alleged China leaks
South China Morning Post, August 24, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1580592/taiwans-mainland-affairs-council-urges-end-speculation-over-officials

Women (妇女)

女性的抗议：我的身体不是职场玩物
Women’s photo says it all: no sexual freebies with work
The New York Times, August 25, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20140825/c25women/dual/

Friday, August 22, 2014

Corruption (腐败)

广州“裸官”张新华受审，自认贪腐近4亿不很严重有望获缓刑 (Guangzhou official on trial for corruption admits to taking 400 million in bribes, says it’s not serious and expects a suspended sentence)
Yangcheng Wanbao, August 21, 2014
www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1263048

SOE chiefs could be next target of anti-graft campaign
South China Morning Post, August 22, 2014
www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1578754/soe-chiefs-could-be-next-target-anti-graft-campaign

Consumer Product Safety (消费品安全)

苏宁推出中国首例"奶粉险" (Chinese retailer offers the first "baby formula insurance")
Deutsche Welle, August 22, 2014
http://dw.de/p/1CzJm

Counter-Terrorism (反恐)

China tells villagers to fight terror by frowning
The Telegraph, August 21, 2014
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/11047956/China-tells-villagers-to-fight-terror-by-frowning.html

Death Penalty (死刑)

福建念斌投毒案今日再次宣判被告曾4次被判死刑 (Fujian man who had been sentenced to death 4 times faces another verdict today)
People's Daily, August 22, 2014
news.163.com/14/0822/00/A479N41O00014JB6.html

Hong Kong (香港)

港泛民与北京高官讨论政改分歧仍严重 (Hong Kong pan-democrats and senior Beijing officials discuss electoral reforms, serious differences remain)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 21, 2014
www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/08/140821_hk_reform_china_meet.shtml

Hong Kong's inconvenient truth
Foreign Policy, August 21, 2014
www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/08/21/hong_kong_inconvenient_truth_mainland_resource_dependence

Leave room for debate, moderates urge Beijing
South China Morning Post, August 22, 2014
www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1578670/leave-room-debate-moderates-urge-beijing

Hong Kong democracy stalemate sets stage for possible financial district shutdown
Reuters, August 21, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/21/us-china-hongkong-idUSKBN0GL13320140821

International Relations (国际关系)

China in Africa: empire of the sums
The Economist, August 23, 2014
www.economist.com/news/books-and-arts/21613162-mass-immigration-chinese-people-africa-almost-entirely-driven-money

June Fourth (六四)

香港议员穿“毋忘六四”上衣被拒入境深圳 (HK legislator invited to Shenzhen meeting denied entry for wearing June Fourth t-shirt)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 21, 2014
www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/08/140821_political_reform_npc2.shtml

Labor (劳工)

东莞港企四百工人抗议欠薪警察打伤20人抓近60人 (Twenty injured and 60 detained after hundreds of workers protest wage arrears at a Hong Kong-owned company in Dongguan)
Radio Free Asia, August 21, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-08212014100032.html

The tragedy of the village that built Kunshan Zhongrong
China Labour Bulletin, August 20, 2014
www.clb.org.hk/en/content/tragedy-village-built-kunshan-zhongrong

Media (媒体)

《德国之声》解除自由记者合约引关注 (Deutsche Welle draws flak for terminating contract with freelance Chinese reporter critical of Chinese government)
Radio Free Asia, August 21, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/gr-08212014115604.html

中青记者遇袭学者呼吁新闻立法保护 (Scholars call for legislation to protect journalists after assault of China Youth Daily reporter in Nanjing)
Radio Free Asia, August 21, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/jz-08212014100240.html

Beijing megascreen plays graphic video of James Foley beheading and Ferguson riots on a loop
International Business Times, August 21, 2014
http://www.ibtimes.com/beijing-megascreen-plays-graphic-video-james-foley-beheading-ferguson-riots-loop-1665198

Chinese, Russian media turn criticisms back on U.S.
Associated Press, August 21, 2014
www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-2729629/Chinese-Russian-media-turn-criticisms-US.html#ixzz3B5DM5KXT

时政漫画家“变态辣椒”遭全面封杀常针砭时弊招致官方大字报式批评 (Political cartoonist "Bian Tai La Jiao" censored in China)
Radio Free Asia, August 21, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/yf2-08212014095914.html

Religion (宗教)

Woman on trial for demanding right to visit jailed Falun Gong father
South China Morning Post, August 21, 2014
www.scmp.com/news/china-insider/article/1578585/woman-trial-demanding-right-visit-jailed-falun-gong-father

China tries 5 accused cult members for murder
Associated Press, August 21, 2014
townhall.com/news/world/2014/08/21/china-tries-5-accused-cult-members-for-murder-n1881397

China accused of “crime” against Christianity
The Telegraph, August 21, 2014
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/11047970/China-accused-of-crime-against-Christianity.html

Society (社会)

Soul-searching in China after subway passengers flee fainting foreigner
上海地铁乘客昏厥无人搭救引热议
The New York Times, August 21, 2014
cn.nytimes.com/china/20140821/c21subway/dual/

Tibet (西藏)

5 Tibetans are said to die in Chinese police custody
五名藏人据称在拘押期间死亡
New York Times, August 21, 2014
cn.nytimes.com/china/20140821/c21tibet/dual/

西藏人权组织公布军警枪杀藏人密文天峻藏民被禁止欢迎获释僧人 (Tibetan rights organization releases confidential list of Tibetans killed by military and police; Tianjun Tibetans prohibited from welcoming released monk)
Radio Free Asia, August 21, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-08212014145144.html

中方施壓達賴訪蒙取消 (Mongolia cancels Dalai Lama's visit due to pressure from China)
Mingpao, August 22, 2014
http://news.mingpao.com/20140822/caa3.htm

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

A tale of two Chinese muslim minorities
The Diplomats, August 22, 2014
thediplomat.com/2014/08/a-tale-of-two-chinese-muslim-minorities/

Opinion (观点)

邓小平在港实验“一国两制”是否成功？ (Is Deng Xiaoping’s “one country, two systems” Hong Kong experiment successful?)
British Broadcasting Coporation, August 22, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/08/140822_dengxiaoping_hongkong_.shtml

重估邓小平 (Deng Xiaoping Reassessed)
Financial Times, August 22, 2014
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001057846?full=y

Thursday, August 21, 2014

Death Penalty (死刑)

German sentenced to death in China over killings
Associated Press, August 20, 2014
www.salon.com/2014/08/20/german_sentenced_to_death_in_china_over_killings/

Education (教育)

Canada, eh? Chinese students flock to Canuck high schools
The Wall Street Journal, August 21, 2014
blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/08/21/canada-eh-chinese-students-flock-to-canuck-high-schools/

Health (健康)

China’s health authorities jump on "ice bucket challenge" charity bandwagon
South China Morning Post, August 21, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1578374/chinas-health-authorities-jump-ice-bucket-challenge-charity-bandwagon

Hong Kong (香港)

港26泛民议员联署决志否决假普选会京官递交金正恩像讽香港变朝鲜 (Twenty six Hong Kong pan-democrats vow to veto any universal suffrage proposal that falls short of int’l standards)
Radio Free Asia, August 20, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/xl2-08202014094925.html

Related:
Pan-democrats vow to veto any “unfair” reform plan
South China Morning Post, August 21, 2014
www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1577888/pan-democrats-vow-veto-any- >unfair-reform-plan

Beijing seeks to soften blow of Hong Kong white paper
South China Morning Post, August 21, 2014
www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1577992/beijing-seeks-ways-soften-blow-white-paper-had-hong-kong-says-sources

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

广州维权人士梁颂基被判10月当庭上诉浙江民主党人陈树庆被以“颠覆罪”传唤 (Guangzhou rights activist Liang Songji sentenced to 10 months, Zhejiang China Democratic Party member Chen Shuqing summonsed for “subversion”)
Radio Free Asia, August 20, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-08202014094830.html

International Relations (国际关系)

哈尔滨开庭审理两法轮功学员案律师申请合议庭回避被逐出法庭 (Trial of Falun Gong members opens in Harbin, lawyers ejected from court for requesting judges' recusal)
Radio Free Asia, August 20, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-08202014094703.html

China chides U.S. over Ferguson violence, American racism
The Sydney Morning Herald, August 20, 2014
http://www.smh.com.au/world/china-chides-us-over-ferguson-violence-american-racism-20140820-1061fk.html

Internet (互联网)

”Internet addicts” will be denied entry to Chinese military in Hebei
South China Morning Post, August 20, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1578527/internet-addicts-will-be-denied-entry-chinese-military-hebei

Labor (劳工)

Chinese police arrest three for deadly auto parts factory blast
Reuters, August 20, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/20/us-china-factory-blast-idUSKBN0GK1CK20140820

Land, Housing, Property (土地、财产、房屋)

Why haven't China's cities learned from America's mistakes?
The Guardian, August 20, 2014
www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/aug/20/why-havent-chinas-cities-learned-from-americas-mistakes

Ethnic Mongolian herders evicted from grasslands by China's army
Radio Free Asia, August 20, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/evicted-08202014145709.html

Media (媒体)

无国界记者呼吁欧盟制裁中国中央电视台 (Reporters Without Borders calls for EU sanctions against CCTV)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 20, 2014
www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/08/140820_cctv_eu_sanction.shtml

See statement:
EU urged to sanction CCTV for broadcasting journalist's forced confession
Reporters Without Borders, August 20, 2014
en.rsf.org/china-eu-urged-to-sanction-cctv-for-20-08-2014,46824.html

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

China-North Korea cooperation: crack down on defectors and Christian missionaries
International Business Times, August 18, 2014
www.ibtimes.com/china-north-korea-cooperation-crack-down-defectors-christian-missionaries-1661480

Religion (宗教)

China to Pope Francis: Don’t “interfere” with religion
The Washington Post, August 20, 2014
www.washingtonpost.com/national/religion/china-to-pope-francis-dont-interfere-with-religion/2014/08/20/3d1b88cc-28a3-11e4-8b10-7db129976abb_story.html

Technology (科技)

Frustrated Chinese web users bemoan Baidu and pine for the days of Google
Quartz, August 19, 2014
qz.com/239810/frustrated-chinese-web-users-bemoan-baidu-and-pine-for-the-days-of-google/

Tibet (西藏)

Three more Tibetans die from shooting by Chinese police: rights group
Reuters, August 20, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/20/us-china-tibet-idUSKBN0GK1AB20140820 >

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Corruption (腐败)

After tigers and flies, now a spider: Jiang Zemin
老虎苍蝇挨打引发坊间政治猜想
The New York Times, August 18, 2014
cn.nytimes.com/china/20140818/c18jiang/dual/

Culture (文化)

Pierre Ryckmans, 78, dies; exposed Mao’s hard line
揭露“文化大革命”的汉学家去世
The New York Times, August 20, 2014
cn.nytimes.com/obits/20140820/c20ryckmans-obit/dual/

Hong Kong (香港)

5 things to know ahead of Beijing's decision on Hong Kong political reform
The Wall Street Journal, August 19, 2014
blogs.wsj.com/briefly/2014/08/19/5-things-to-know-ahead-of-beijings-dec >ision-on-hong-kong-political-reform/

After Hong Kong march, speculation over payments and motivations
反“占中”游行疑出现“雇佣军”
The New York Times, August 19, 2014
cn.nytimes.com/china/20140819/c19antioccupy/dual/

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

警方审问浦志强与美国前驻华大使骆家辉会面等细节 (Police question rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang on his meeting with former U.S. ambassador to China)
Radio Free Asia, August 19, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/vt-08192014095644.html

Related:
Chinese rights lawyer grilled by police over meetings with US envoy, “insults” to officials
South China Morning Post, August 20, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1577646/rights-lawyer-pu-zhiqiang-grilled-police-over-meetings-us-envoy

International Relations (国际关系)

China, Tajikistan vow to further law enforcement, security cooperation
Xinhua, August 19, 2014
news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-08/19/c_133568824.htm

Media (媒体)

China’s quest to build an “influential and credible” media
The Diplomat, August 20, 2014
thediplomat.com/2014/08/chinas-quest-to-build-an-influential-and-credible-media/

Denying historians: China’s archives increasingly off-bounds
The Wall Street Journal, August 19, 2014
blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/08/19/denying-historians-chinas-archives-increasingly-off-bounds/

China releases man who wrote for foreign news site
Associated Press, August 19, 2014
abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/china-releases-man-wrote-foreign -news-site-25032674

Related:
狱中还有多少向南夫？ (China releases Boxun reporter while hundreds of journalists remain behind bars)
Radio France International, August 19, 2014
www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20140819-向南夫提前获释-中国狱中还有几百名博客记者

Religion (宗教)

Nearly 1,000 sect members arrested in crackdown
Agence France-Presse, August 20, 2014
www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1577234/nearly-1000-sect-members-arrested-crackdown

Rule of Law (法治)

Zhou Yongkang corruption probe a China rule of law double standard
China Topix, August 19, 2014
www.chinatopix.com/articles/7151/20140818/china-s-rule-law-double-standard-zhou-yongkang.htm

从柯震东吸麻事件看两岸法治观念之不同 (Taiwanese actor's drug case reveals schism in rule of law concepts between China and Taiwan)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 19, 2014
www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/08/140819_viewpoint_showbiz_drug.shtml

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

China punishes Xinjiang official for openly practicing faith
Reuters, August 19, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/19/us-china-xinjiang-idUSKBN0GJ0PC20140819

Opinion (观点)

My life under house arrest
Foreign Policy, August 19, 2014
www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/08/19/China_dissident_Hu_Jia_house_arrest

Under Beijing’s eyes
The New York Times, August 18, 2014
www.nytimes.com/2014/08/19/opinion/murong-xuecun-under-beijings-eyes.html?_r=0

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Civil Society (民间社会)

What is Beijing up to? Summer of increased harassment, surveillance leaves Chinese NGOs on edge
South China Morning Post, August 19, 2014
www.scmp.com/news/china-insider/article/1576613/what-beijing-summer-increased-harassment-surveillance-leaves

Consumer Product Safety (消费品安全)

Heinz recalls four batches of infant food in China
Reuters, August 18, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/18/us-china-heinz-recall-idUSKBN0GI19H20140818

Corruption (腐败)

Budget transparency is the key to tackling corruption
News China, September 2014
http://www.newschinamag.com/magazine/budget-transparency-is-the-key-to-tackling-corruption#id:1835#date:18:50

Cyber security (网络安全)

Chinese hackers stole information on 4.5 Million U.S. hospital patients
Business Insider, August 19, 2014
www.yahoo.com/tech/chinese-hackers-stole-information-on-4-5-million-u-s-95112821024.html

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

House News closed last month, but other independent sites still exist
South China Morning Post, August 18, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/technology/article/1576116/house-news-closed-last-month-other-independent-sites-still

Hong Kong (香港)

中国人大常委会下周审议香港政改报告 (China National People's Congress Standing Committee to consider report on Hong Kong electoral reform next week)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 18, 2014
www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/08/140818_hk_election_beijing.shtml

HK rally draws fake crowd allegations
Financial Times, August 18, 2014
www.ft.com/cms/s/0/09a2679c-2685-11e4-8bb5-00144feabdc0.html

Related:
Pro-China demonstration in Hong Kong Poles apart
The Economist, August 18, 2014
www.economist.com/blogs/analects/2014/08/pro-china-demonstration-hong-kong

Majority in poll opposes Beijing screening candidates for top job
South China Morning Post, August 19, 2014
www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1576341/majority-poll-opposes-beijing-screening-candidates-top-job
See poll:
香港2020公佈政制改革民意調查結果 (Hong Kong 2020 publishes results of public opinion poll on political reforms)
Hong Kong 2020, August 18, 2014
EN: http://bit.ly/1mhLWLb /

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

Inner Mongolian dissident's wife cut off from the Internet
哈达妻新娜披露网警施压遭报复封锁互联网屏蔽境外电话
Radio Free Asia, August 18, 2014
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/internet-08182014134556.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-08182014094651.html

International Relations (国际关系)

China’s dilemma in the Middle East
中国该不该参与中东维稳？
Financial Times, August 19, 2014
EN: blogs.ft.com/nick-butler/2014/08/17/chinas-strategic-dilemma-in-the-middle-east/
CH: www.ftchinese.com/story/001057781

Media (媒体)

Xi Jinping calls for new style of media organisation
South China Morning Post, August 18, 2014
www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1576351/xi-jinping-calls-new-style-media-organisation

Protests and Petitions (抗议和请愿)

China watches the Ferguson protests
The Diplomat, August 18, 2014
thediplomat.com/2014/08/china-watches-the-ferguson-protests/

Related:
Why China hasn’t been milking Ferguson for all it’s worth
The Wall Street Journal, August 18, 2014
blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/08/18/why-china-hasnt-been-milking-fer >guson-for-all-its-worth/

内蒙上千天主教徒抗议政府侵吞教产遭特警喷辣椒水殴打镇压神父被监控 (Over 1000 Inner Mongolian Catholics protest gov’t over land use, several protestors beaten and pepper sprayed by riot police)
Radio Free Asia, August 18, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/xl1-08182014094834.html

Religion (宗教)

For Chinese, Pope seems worlds away in South Korea
中国天主教徒：教皇近在韩国远在天边
The New York Times, August 19, 2014
cn.nytimes.com/world/20140819/c19catholics/dual/

McDonald's murder in China: “evil cult members” face trial for woman's death
The Guardian, August 18, 2014
www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/18/mcdonalds-murder-china-five-stand-trial

Tibet (西藏)

权益组织：两名藏人示威者在押期间死亡 (Rights organization: two Tibetan protestors died during detention)
Deutsche Welle, August 19, 2014
http://dw.de/p/1Cwmx

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

Retired Chinese Minister of Culture Wang Meng makes moderate plea for Xinjiang unity
South China Morning Post, August 18, 2014
www.scmp.com/news/china-insider/article/1576053/retired-chinese-minister-culture-wang-meng-makes-moderate-plea

Monday, August 18, 2014

Culture (文化)

从电视剧《邓小平》谈历史真相
Between truth and TV: China’s New Deng Xiaoping-inspired miniseries
The Wall Street Journal, August 18, 2014
CH: cn.wsj.com/gb/20140813/OPN185353.asp?source=UpFeature
EN: blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/08/18/between-truth-and-tv-chinas-new-deng-xiaoping-inspired-miniseries/

Corruption (腐败)

How poorly paid Chinese officials get away with owning dozens of homes
The Wall Street Journal, August 18, 2014
blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/08/18/how-poorly-paid-chinese-officials-get-away-with-owning-dozens-of-homes/

Health (健康)

中国将严查违法买卖人体器官 (China to conduct serious investigations into illegal organ trading)
Beijing News, August 18, 2014
www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2014/08/18/330116.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong political reform consultation was dominated by “orchestrated” responses
South China Morning Post, August 18, 2014
www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1575617/consultation-dominated-bloc-responses

Thousands protest an “Occupy” movement in Hong Kong
香港数万人举行反“占中”游行
The New York Times, August 18, 2014
cn.nytimes.com/china/20140818/c18hongkong/dual/

Related:
Hong Kong’s pro-Beijing crowd occupies itself with own march
The Wall Street Journal, August 17, 2014
blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/08/17/hong-kongs-pro-beijing-crowd-occupies-itself-with-own-march/

March against Occupy had a mainland flavour
South China Morning Post, August 18, 2014
www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1575709/march-against-occupy-had-mainland-flavour

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

哈达妻子新娜境外网为夫伸冤众公安上门警告指发帖违法 (Several police warn Mongolian dissident's wife that posting appeals on overseas websites is “unlawful”)
Radio Free Asia, August 16, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql1-08162014120212.html

北京公民遭殴打四处骨折或因揭露腐败胡佳再遭威胁恐吓汽车被泼红漆 (Beijing anti-corruption activist beaten, Hu Jia receives more threats)
Radio Free Asia, August 17, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-08172014095935.html

China rights attorney starved in prison, wife says
Associated Press, August 16, 2014
www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/China-rights-attorney-starved-in-prison-wife-says-5692438.php

Zhou Yongkang case shows China's rule of law still good only in theory
观点：中国的“法治”？得问周永康！
South China Morning Post (English), August 18, 2014
British Broadcasting Corporation (Chinese), August 18, 2014
EN: www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1574300/zhou-yongkang-case-shows-chinas-rule-law-still-good-only
CH: http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/indepth/2014/08/140817_analysis_china_law_rule.shtml

China's worrying use of capital punishment for political ends
South China Morning Post, August 18, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/comment/article/1575965/chinas-worrying-use-capital-punishment-political-ends

Friday, August 15, 2014

Censorship and Surveillance (审查和监控)

Blurred lines: the ambiguity of censorship on China’s top messaging app
The Wall Street Journal, August 14, 2014
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/08/15/the-ambiguity-of-censorship-on-chinas-top-messaging-app-wechat/