“裸官”面临两种选择 要么家属回国 要么接受调岗 (Guangdong anti-graft watchdog tells “naked officials” to either recall family members from overseas or face transfer)
Beijing Chenbao, August 28, 2014
bjcb.morningpost.com.cn/html/2014-08/28/content_307033.htm
Top Chinese former planning official 'under investigation'
Reuters, August 27, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/27/us-china-corruption-idUSKBN0GR0Q720140827
Standing up for indie film in China
China File, August 27, 2014
www.chinafile.com/Standing-Up-for-Indie-Film-in-China
死囚念斌无罪释放 凸显中国司法问题严重 (Acquittal of death row prisoner highlights serious problems in China’s judicial system)
Voice of America, August 28, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/inmate-freed-20140827/2429963.html
港特首参选人需获提委会“过半数”提名 (Beijing draft legislation: candidates must win a “simple majority” in nomination committee to be on ballot for Hong Kong chief executive)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 27, 2014
www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/08/140827_hk_chief_executive_candidates.shtml
Hongkong Post criticised for refusing to send democracy activists'
fliers
South China Morning Post, August 28, 2014
www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1581295/hongkong-post-criticised-refusing-send-democracy-activists-fliers
Beijing scholar admits error and omissions in white paper on Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, August 28, 2014
www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1581361/beijing-scholar-admits-error-and-omissions-white-paper-hong-kong
伊力哈木案件9月7日开庭前会议 控方证据视频长达五小时 (Court to convene pre-trial meeting in Ilham Tohti case on September 7, prosecutors have 5 hours of video evidence)
Radio Free Asia, August 27, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql1-08272014114642.html
A debate over Tiananmen finds echoes in Germany’s fascist past
New York Times, August 27, 2014
sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/08/27/a-debate-over-tiananmen-finds-echoes-in-germanys-fascist-past
Despite the iPhone's popularity, Android remains king in China
South China Morning Post, August 27, 2014
www.scmp.com/news/china-insider/article/1581235/despite-iphones-popularity-android-remains-king-china
See report:
移动互联网发展趋势报告 2014 Q2 (Mobile Internet Trends 2014 Q2)
Baidu, August 2014
http://developer.baidu.com/static/assets/reportpdf/百度移动趋势报告2014Q2.pdf
18岁藏人枪伤未治身亡 怀孕妻子自杀 (Young Tibetan protester dies of gunshot wound, pregnant wife commits suicide)
Voice of America, August 28, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/pregnant-tibetan-suicide-20140827/2430410.html
Hongkongers should back improved legal protection against discrimination
South China Morning Post, August 28, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/comment/article/1581402/hongkongers-should-back-improved-legal-protection-against-discrimination
China's top judge says Zhou Yongkang probe proves nobody is above 'cage' of the law
South China Morning Post, August 27, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1581101/chinas-top-judge-says-zhou-yongkang-probe-proves-nobody-above-cage-law
China acts over poisoned dog meat and chicken feet
The Financial Times, August 27, 2014
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/9a32baf2-2dd6-11e4-b330-00144feabdc0.html
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Target: 10 million
New China, September 2014
http://www.newschinamag.com/magazine/target-10-million#id:1872#date:17:28
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
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
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
Ice bucket challenge could give jolt to charities in China
Caixin, August 27, 2014
http://english.caixin.com/2014-08-27/100721996.html
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/
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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/
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
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
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/
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
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
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
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
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
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
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/
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/
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’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
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/
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
《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
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
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/
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
A tale of two Chinese muslim minorities
The Diplomats, August 22, 2014
thediplomat.com/2014/08/a-tale-of-two-chinese-muslim-minorities/
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
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/
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/
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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/
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
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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/
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/
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/
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
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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
China, Tajikistan vow to further law enforcement, security cooperation
Xinhua, August 19, 2014
news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-08/19/c_133568824.htm
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
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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
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
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
China punishes Xinjiang official for openly practicing faith
Reuters, August 19, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/19/us-china-xinjiang-idUSKBN0GJ0PC20140819
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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Pro-China demonstration in Hong Kong Poles apart
The Economist, August 18, 2014
www.economist.com/blogs/analects/2014/08/pro-china-demonstration-hong-kongMajority in poll opposes Beijing screening candidates for top job
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South China Morning Post, August 19, 2014
www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1576341/majority-poll-opposes-beijing-screening-candidates-top-job
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 /
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
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
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
China watches the Ferguson protests
The Diplomat, August 18, 2014
thediplomat.com/2014/08/china-watches-the-ferguson-protests/
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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
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
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
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
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/