HRIC Daily Brief

Monday, January 05, 2015

Bo Xilai (薄熙来案)

薄熙来长子：父亲身体还好望增探视机会 (Bo Xilai’s eldest son: My Father’s health is OK, I’m hoping for increased visitation opportunities)
South China Morning Post, December 31, 2014
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/china/45542/bo-xi-lai-chang-zi-fu-qin-shen-ti-huan-hao-wang-zeng-tan-shi-ji-hui

Censorship and Surveillance (审查和监控)

江泽民与家人现身海南网络报道遭删除 (Media reports on Jiang Zemin and family’s appearance in Hainan removed)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 15, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/01/150104_jiang_zemin_travel

Related:
Jiang Zemin and family take a mountain hike in fresh public appearance
South China Morning Post, January 4, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1673595/jiang-zemin-family-steps-out-public

China targets Shanghai stampede critics
Financial Times, January 5, 2015
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/5fd1b920-93ee-11e4-82c7-00144feabdc0.html

Related:
中国试图对民众不满踩踏事故言论噤声 (China tries to silence citizens’ criticism of Shanghai stampede)
Voice of America, January 5, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-stampede-20150105/2585847.html

Maoists in China, Given New Life, Attack Dissent
The New York Times, January 4, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/05/world/chinas-maoists-are-revived-as-thought-police.html

Corruption (腐败)

Top Chinese diplomat being investigated for corruption
中国外交部部长助理张昆生遭免职调查
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 2, 2015
EN: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-30654253?OCID=twitterasia
CH:http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/01/150102_china_foreign_minister_assistant

习近平：2015年继续高举反腐利剑深化改革和依法治国 (Xi Jinping: In 2015, we will continue to hold high the sharp sword against corruption, deepen reform and rule by law)
Reuters, December 31, 2014
http://cn.reuters.com/article/CNTopGenNews/idCNKBS0K90LQ20141231

Death penalty (死刑)

中国从1月1日起全面停止死囚器官移植 (China’s ban on organ transplant from death row prisoners effective January 1)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 3, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/01/150103_china_organ_donation

Domestic security (国内安全)

China State Media Question Crowd-Safety Procedure After Shanghai Stampede
Forbes, January 2, 2015
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ywang/2015/01/02/china-state-media-question-crowd-safety-procedure-after-shanghai-stampede/

沪踩踏事件首批死者名单公布官媒：管理部门难辞其咎 (Official list of casualties from Shanghai stampede released, state media: management department should be held accountable)
South China Morning Post, January 2, 2015
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/china/45531/hu-cai-ta-shi-jian-shou-pi-si-zhe-ming-dan-gong-bu-guan-mei-guan-li-bu-men-nan-ci-qi-jiu

上海踩踏事件突显中国城市管理弊病 (Shanghai stampede highlights severe flaws in China’s city management)
Financial Times, January 4, 2015
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001059936

Hong Kong (香港)

40 return to Admiralty Occupy site in show of support for arrested girl
The South China Morning Post, January 2, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1672766/40-return-admiralty-occupy-site-show-support-arrested-girl

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

China warns veteran democracy activists in renewed crackdown
浙江民主党新年遭新一轮打压邹巍毛庆祥以“颠覆国家”遭传唤
Radio Free Asia, January 1, 2015
EN:http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/zhejiang-dissident-crackdown-01012015114651.html
CH:http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl1-01012015104530.html

Labor (劳工)

广东300工人讨欠薪遭特警殴打60人被捕内蒙千国企员工抗议待遇不公持续罢工 (300 Guangdong workers protest owed wage, many beaten and 60 taken away by riot police, thousands of Inner Mongolian state workers continue strikes to protest unfair treatment)
Radio Free Asia, December 29, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl2-12292014101343.html

Protests and Petitions (抗议和请愿)

劳工界千人联署抗议针对公益维权人士暴力事件 (Labor sector collects a thousand signatures protesting violence against public welfare rights activists)
Radio Free Asia, December 29, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-12292014101218.html

Women (妇女)

First women to benefit from new Chinese laws on domestic violence
The Guardian, December 31, 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/31/first-women-beneift-chinese-laws-domestic-violence

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Facebook and Beijing
The Wall Street Journal, January 1, 2015
http://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-and-beijing-1420155729

Xi’s crackdown on corruption has hit the obvious targets
Financial Times, January 1, 2015
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/32b90fd8-8129-11e4-b956-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3NxeZNIQg

Related:
美国教授孔杰荣：习近平“反腐”背后隐藏危机 (U.S. professor Jerome A. Cohen: crisis lies in Xi Jinping’s “anti-corruption” campaign)
Radio Free Asia, January 2, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/jz-01022015111525.html

为什么反宪政没有未来？(Why does anti-constitutionalism have no future?)
Financial Times, January 5, 2015
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001059920

令计划落马反映人脉关系不再是贪官保护伞 (Ling Jihua’s dismissal: personal connections and “guanxi” no longer guarantee protection)
South China Morning Post, December 31, 2014
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/opinion/45506/ling-ji-hua-luo-ma-fan-ying-ren-mai-guan-xi-bu-zai-shi-tan-guan-bao-hu-san

马岳：雨伞运动后，政党与议会功能会慢慢减退 (Ma Ngok: After the “Umbrella Revolution” political parties and parliamentary functions will slowly decline)
Radio France Internationale, December 30, 2014
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20141223-马岳：香港占领运动意义

Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Animal Welfare and Rights (动物福利和权利)

Chinese businessman who bought and ate three tigers is jailed for 13 years
Agence France-Presse, December 31, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1670705/china-businessman-jailed-13-years-buying-tigers-eating-them-and-drinking

Corruption (腐败)

In Limbo, a city in China faces life after graft
山西吕梁，中国式腐败标本
The New York Times, December 31, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20141231/c31chinacorrupt/dual/

Disasters (灾难)

17 killed in huge factory explosions in China
广东顺德一工厂爆炸已致17死20伤
South China Morning Post, December 31, 2014
EN:http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1671653/17-killed-guangdong-factory-blast
CH:http://www.nanzao.com/sc/china/45492/yan-dong-shun-de-yi-gong-han-bao-zha-yi-zhi-17si-20shang

中国严处昆山8月爆炸事故责任人市委书记免职市长撤职
China sacks officials for factory blast, 17 dead in latest incident
Reuters, December 31, 2014
CH:http://cn.reuters.com/article/CNTopGenNews/idCNKBS0K908W20141231?feedType=RSS&feedName=CNTopGenNews
EN:http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/31/us-china-blast-punishment-idUSKBN0K903520141231

Environment (环境)

China hands out record fine to six polluters: Xinhua
Reuters, December 30, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/31/us-china-pollution-fine-idUSKBN0K902X20141231

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong Deploys Thousands of Police Amid Fears of New Protests
Radio Free Asia, December 30, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/occupation-12302014140555.html

Special Report: The mainland's colonization of the Hong Kong economy
Reuters, December 30, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/31/us-hongkong-china-economy-specialreport-idUSKBN0K901320141231

Hong Kong protest teenager sent to children's home
Channel News Asia, December 30, 2014
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/hong-kong-protest/1558786.html

Information Control (信息控制)

Prison sentence for maker of documentary on Chinese Constitutional rule
中国宪政纪录片制片人被判刑
The New York Times, December 31, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20141231/c31documentary/dual/

Internet (互联网)

The Great Firewall of China is nearly complete
CNN, December 30, 2014
http://money.cnn.com/2014/12/30/technology/china-internet-firewall-google/

Nudity, graphic imagery pose China questions for Facebook
The Wall Street Journal, December 30, 2014
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/12/30/nudity-graphic-imagery-pose-china-questions-for-facebook/

Gmail中国内地服务得以部分恢复
Access restored to Google’s email service in China
Financial Times, December 31, 2014
CH:http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001059914
EN:http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/42d6be36-8ffe-11e4-a0e5-00144feabdc0.html?siteedition=intl#axzz3NUdKkdoX

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)

China's princelings versus tuanpai
The Straits Times, December 31, 2014
http://www.stasiareport.com/the-big-story/asia-report/china/story/chinas-princelings-versus-tuanpai-20141231

Chinese repression of dissent intensifies under ruthless Xi Jinping
The Guardian, December 30, 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/30/china-repression-dissent-xi-jinping

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

The elusive Chinese dream
镜花水月中国梦
The New York Times, December 31, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20141231/c31wasserstrom/dual/

Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Academic Exchange (学术交流)

专访：汉办主任反驳孔子学院干扰学术自由
How open is China's global Confucius Institute programme?
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 29, 2014
CH:http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/12/141229_confucius_interview
EN:http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/12/141229_confucius_interview

Corruption (腐败)

中共党内决不容忍结党营私对腐败保持高压态势--新华
CPC says that cliques within the Party are not tolerated
Xinhua, December 30, 2014
CH:http://cn.reuters.com/article/CNTopGenNews/idCNKBS0K70LB20141229?feedType=RSS&feedName=CNTopGenNews
EN:http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/899199.shtml

Education (教育)

Chinese president signals tightening of control over universities
The Guardian, December 30, 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/30/chinese-president-signals-tightening-of-control-over-universities

Health (健康)

Dust in the lung
Al Jazeera, December 29, 2014
http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/witness/2014/12/dust-lung-20141229919544772.html

"AIDS demolition brigades” clear path for property developer
The Wall Street Journal, December 29, 2014
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/12/29/aids-demolition-brigades-clear-path-for-property-developer/?mod=WSJBlog

Hong Kong (香港)

Britain made 1984 vow to Hong Kong on Sino-British joint declaration, declassified documents show
South China Morning Post, December 30, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1670635/britain-made-1984-vow-hong-kong-joint-declaration-documents-show

The New Lion Rock Spirit -- how a banner on a hillside redefined the Hong Kong dream
Huffington Post, December 29, 2014
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/yuen-chan/the-new-lion-rock-spirit-_b_6345212.html

Students watch as Hong Kong prepares to explain protests to Beijing
The Wall Street Jounal, December 29, 2014
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/12/29/students-watch-as-hong-kong-prepares-to-explain-protests-to-beijing/?mod=chinablog

Internet (互联网)

外交部回应Gmail被封环时：中国使用者应接受现实
Chinese internet users "should accept blocking of Gmail in China": Global Times
South China Morning Post, December 29, 2014
CH: http://www.nanzao.com/sc/china/45357/wai-jiao-bu-hui-ying-gmailbei-feng-huan-shi-zhong-guo-shi-yong-zhe-ying-jie-shou-xian
EN:http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1670661/chinese-internet-users-should-accept-blocking-gmail-china-claims-global

Media (媒体)

Film director jailed in China for making documentary about the constitution
South China Morning Post, December 30, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1670695/film-director-jailed-china-making-documentary-about-constitution

Rule of Law (法治)

In China, a rare criminal case in which evidence made a difference
The Washington Post, December 29, 2014
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/in-china-a-rare-criminal-case-in-which-evidence-made-a-difference/2014/12/29/23f86b80-796b-11e4-9721-80b3d95a28a9_story.html

Technology (科技)

Xiaomi, Chinese smartphone maker, valued at $45 billion
小米再度融资，市值接近雅虎
The New York Times, December 30, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/business/20141230/c30xiaomi/dual/

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

China's 2014: the view from house arrest
Radio Free Asia, December 29, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/english/commentaries/baotong/2014-12292014154005.html

Caving in to China's power
向中国出版审查低头的世界
The New York Times, December 30, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20141230/c30kitto/dual/

Monday, December 29, 2014

Children (儿童)

Agonizing, lonely search for missing kids in China
Concord Monitor, December 28, 2014
http://www.concordmonitor.com/news/nation/world/14981675-95/agonizing-lonely-search-for-missing-kids-in-china

Corruption (腐败)

令计划被调查前后，贪官继续落马 (As Ling Jihua is investigated, corrupt officials continue to be sacked)
Radio France Internationale, December 26, 2014
http://rfi.my/1y1PifJ

Related:
令计划妻弟谷源旭已被带走调查 (Ling Jihua’s brother-in-law, Gu Yuanxu, taken for questioning)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 29, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/12/141229_cn_guyuanxu_investigation

“40多名中高级将领职务调整与反腐有关”的网传消息大部分得到证实 (Online information verified: more than 40 mid-to-high ranking officials to be reassigned in connection with anti-corruption campaign)
Radio France Internationale, December 26, 2014
http://rfi.my/1tuT14a

Death Penalty (死刑)

死刑错案引发对中国司法的质疑 (Misjudged death penalty cases raise questions about China’s judicial system)
Radio France Internationale, December 26, 2014
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD/20141226-%E5%8F%B8%E6%B3%95%E9%94%99%E6%A1%88%E5%BC%95%E5%8F%91%E8%B4%A8%E7%96%91

Environment (环境)

央视曝珠江广州段抗生素污染严重水公司：取水点安全 (CCTV exposes severe antibiotic pollution in Pearl River near Guangzhou, water company claims water intake location is safe)
South China Morning Post, December 26, 2014
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/china/45226/yang-shi-pu-zhu-jiang-yan-zhou-duan-kang-sheng-su-wu-ran-yan-zhong-shui-gong-si-qu-shui

Freedom of Association and Assembly (结社自由、集会自由)

河南拆迁户游行抗议安置房货不对版政府带黑社会镇压多人被殴伤 (Demonstrations held to protest Henan housing demolitions, government suppression using organized crime groups leaves many beaten and injured)
Radio Free Asia, December 24, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl2-12242014104011.html

Health, 健康

WHO: 'China faces growing public health crisis from tobacco use'
Deutsche Welle, December 25, 2014
http://www.dw.de/who-china-faces-growing-public-health-crisis-from-tobacco-use/a-18151535

Hong Kong (香港)

More Hong Kong arrests on second night of renewed protests
Deutsche Welle, December 26, 2014
http://www.dw.de/more-hong-kong-arrests-on-second-night-of-renewed-protests/a-18152245

China's Premier Li Keqiang praises Hong Kong govt for not giving in to protesters
Straits Times, December 28, 2014
http://www.straitstimes.com/news/asia/east-asia/story/chinas-premier-li-keqiang-praises-hong-kong-govt-not-giving-protesters-201

China's leaders “fear Hong Kong will be a base for subversion”
刘兆佳：中央忧港成“颠覆基地
The South China Morning Post, December 29, 2014
EN:http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1670363/chinas-leaders-fear-subversion-hong-kong-professor-lau-siu-kai
CH:http://www.nanzao.com/sc/hk/45265/liu-zhao-jia-zhong-yang-you-gang-cheng-dian-fu-ji-di

香港又有37名示威者被逮捕 (Another 37 demonstrators arrested in Hong Kong)
Deutsche Welle, December 26, 2014
http://www.dw.de/%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E5%8F%88%E6%9C%8937%E5%90%8D%E7%A4%BA%E5%A8%81%E8%80%85%E8%A2%AB%E9%80%AE%E6%8D%95/a-18152147

习近平：港政改须利于安居乐业和国家安全 (Xi Jinping: Hong Kong political reform must be beneficial to “living in peace and working happily” and national security)
South China Morning Post, December 26, 2014
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/hk/45232/xi-jin-ping-gang-zheng-gai-xu-li-yu-ju-le-ye-he-guo-jia-quan

香港多个团体平安夜发起争取真普选活动中国社科院称占中未对大陆产生影响 (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences: Christmas Eve activities, organized by Hong Kong groups calling for universal suffrage, have no impact on mainland)
Radio Free Asia, December 24, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/yf2-12242014104102.html

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

Chinese poet “tortured,” suffers heart attack in police custody: lawyer
Radio Free Asia, December 26, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/poet-12262014154152.html

刘晓波获刑五周年中国斥美侵犯司法主权 (China denounces U.S. for violating judicial sovereignty on 5th anniversary of Liu Xiaobo’s imprisonment)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 24, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/12/141225_liu_xiaobo_anniversary

维权律师称内地过百人因声援占中被控寻衅滋事罪 (Rights lawyer says over 100 mainlanders arrested for “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” for supporting Hong Kong protests)
Radio France Internationale, December 24, 2014
http://rfi.my/1wwuDcR

蒙古族异议人士哈达将起诉政府4年非法关押 (Mongolian dissident Hada to sue government for 4 years of illegal detention)
Radio France Internationale, December 25, 2014
http://rfi.my/1Bk1I02

Internet (互联网)

Google's Gmail blocked in China, Great Firewall suspected
Reuters, December 29, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/29/google-china-idUSL3N0UD1SB20141229

Labor (劳工)

Labor disputes a growing threat to social stability in China, state-backed think tank says
The Wall Street Journal, December 25, 2014
http://on.wsj.com/1D2YzTR

Religion (宗教)

China tightens church control ahead of Christmas
The Washington Post, December 25, 2014
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-tightens-church-control-ahead-of-christmas/2014/12/24/388bc73a-8bd2-11e4-ace9-47de1af4c3eb_story.html

China will publish a list of legal places to worship in an effort to root out illegal cults
International Business Times, December 29, 2014
http://www.ibtimes.com/china-will-publish-list-legal-places-worship-effort-root-out-illegal-cults-1767976

The Chinese Christians forced to celebrate Christmas in secret
The South China Morning Post, December 29, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1670434/christians-who-celebrate-christmas-secret

西北大学现代学院禁止学生过圣诞节 (Modern College of Northwest University bans students from celebrating Christmas)
Radio Free Asia, December 25, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/kejiaowen/hc-12252014122436.html

Social Security (社会安全)

China’s migrant workers struggle for pensions
The Wall Street Journal, December 29, 2014
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/12/29/chinas-migrant-workers-struggle-for-pensions/

State Security (国家安全)

How China classifies State Secrets
Diplomat, December 23, 2014
http://thediplomat.com/2014/12/how-china-classifies-state-secrets/

Taiwan (台湾)

六四学运领袖吾尔开希宣布退出台湾立委补选 (Wu'erkaixi, student leader in 1989 Democracy Movement, announces withdrawal from by-election for Taiwan legislator)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 25, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/12/141226_taiwan_wuer_kaixi_withdrawn

Tibet (西藏)

China police fire on Tibetans after self-immolations: rights group
Reuters, December 26, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/26/us-china-tibet-idUSKBN0K404J20141226

人权组织：川西藏族抗议警察向僧人开枪 (Human rights group: police fire on monks in Tibetan protest in Western Sichuan)
Deutsche Welle, December 26, 2014
http://www.dw.de/%E4%BA%BA%E6%9D%83%E7%BB%84%E7%BB%87%E5%B7%9D%E8%A5%BF%E8%97%8F%E6%97%8F%E6%8A%97%E8%AE%AE-%E8%AD%A6%E5%AF%9F%E5%90%91%E5%83%A7%E4%BA%BA%E5%BC%80%E6%9E%AA/a-18152170

Facebook deletes post on Tibetan monk’s self-immolation
The New York Times, December 27, 2014
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/12/27/facebook-deletes-post-on-tibetan-monks-self-immolation/?_r=0

Opinion (观点)

The elusive Chinese Dream
The New York Times, December 26, 2014
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/27/opinion/the-elusive-chinese-dream.html

Like the Romans, the Chinese are threatened by the real Christmas
The Guardian, December 26, 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/belief/2014/dec/26/like-romans-chinese-threatened-real-christmas

China’s empty promise of rule by law
The Washington Post, December 28, 2014
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/chinas-empty-promise-of-rule-by-law/2014/12/28/16dc04ec-8baf-11e4-a085-34e9b9f09a58_story.html

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Civil Society (民间社会)

China to "regulate" foreign NGOs with new law
Reuters, December 22, 2014
http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/12/22/china-politics-ngos-idINKBN0K00PG20141222

中国立法应对境内外安全挑战? (China makes law to cope with security challenges from domestic and foreign sources?)
Deutsche Welle, December 22, 2014
http://dw.de/p/1E8jd

Corruption (腐败)

China to investigate ex-President Hu's top aide
ABC News, December 22, 2014
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/china-investigate-president-hus-top-aide-27759509

How son’s death in a high-speed car crash led to powerful Chinese official’s fall from grace
South China Morning Post, December 23, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1668151/how-sons-death-high-speed-car-crash-led-powerful-chinese-officials-fall

China's Xi Cautions Macau Against Foreign Forces
ABC News, December 20, 2014
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/china-leader-cautions-external-forces-27731965

北京推动澳门变革新路径 (Beijing impels Macau to follow a new path)
Radio France Internationale, December 20, 2014
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20141220-北京推动澳门变革新路径

Friday, December 19, 2014

Corruption (腐败)

山西太原公安局原局长李亚力被捕 (Li Yali, former Taiyuan, Shanxi Public Security Bureau chief, arrested)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 18, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/12/141218_china_li_yali

河南一天通报10官员被查均为正副处级 (Ten deputy departmental level officials investigated in one day in Henan)
China News Service, December 19, 2014
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2014/1219/c1001-26240584.html

港前政务司长许仕仁涉贪8项控罪 5项罪成
Rafael Hui and Thomas Kwok found guilty of bribery in Hong Kong’s biggest graft trial
South China Morning Post, December 19, 2014
CH: http://www.nanzao.com/sc/hk/44913/xu-shi-ren-8xiang-kong-zui-5xiang-zui-cheng
EN: http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1665519/rafael-hui-and-thomas-kwok-found-guilty-bribery-hong-kongs-biggest

Hong Kong (香港)

Folding the umbrellas: Police finish clearing protesters off the streets after an 11-week stand-off
The Economist, December 20, 2014
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21636798-police-finish-clearing-protesters-streets-after-11-week-stand-folding-umbrellas

China leads the world in jailing journalists
Bloomberg, December 17, 2014
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-12-17/china-leads-the-world-in-jailing-journalists

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Animal Welfare and Rights (动物福利和权利)

China to recognise “animal welfare” for the first time in milestone law change
South China Morning Post, December 16, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1663199/china-write-animal-welfare-law-first-time

Corruption (腐败)

China indicts former mayor of Nanjing on corruption charges
ABC News, December 17, 2014
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/china-indicts-mayor-nanjing-corruption-charges-27654643

China’s corruption fight inseparable from economic reform
The Wall Street Journal, December 17, 2014
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/12/17/chinas-corruption-fight-inseparable-from-economic-reform/

2012年中国贪腐外流资金2500亿美元 (China’s corruption-related money outflows near $250 billion in 2012)
Radio Free Asia, December 16, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/xql-12162014103229.html

Environment (环境)

Inside Beijing's airpocalypse – a city made "almost uninhabitable" by pollution
The Guardian, December 16, 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/dec/16/beijing-airpocalypse-city-almost-uninhabitable-pollution-china

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong’s chief executive snubs UK committee probe into Joint Declaration
South China Morning Post, December 17, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1663521/hong-kongs-chief-executive-snubs-uk-committee-probe-joint-declaration

Hong Kong protesters take fight for “true democracy” to UK
The Telegraph, December 16, 2014
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/hongkong/11296888/Hong-Kong-protesters-take-fight-for-true-democracy-to-UK.html

长平：中央和港府对学生比六四前更冷漠高傲 (Chang Ping: Bejing and Hong Kong governments more indifferent and arrogant towards students than before June Fourth)
Radio France Internationale, December 15, 2014
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20141215-长平：中央和港府对学生比六四前更冷漠高傲

香港民主派人士疑遭中国特工监视立法会议员自曝榜上有名 (Hong Kong’s Democratic Party members suspect monitoring by Chinese intelligence services, Legislative Council member learns she is on a “blacklist”)
Radio Free Asia, December 16, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/xl2-12162014102717.html

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Corruption (腐败)

China demotes 1,000 officials with family abroad in graft fight
Reuters, December 15, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/15/us-china-corruption-idUSKBN0JT1B620141215?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews

China official admits huge jade bribes
Bangkok Post, December 16, 2014
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/450171/china-official-admits-huge-jade-bribes

Related:
安徽前副省长倪发科出庭受审 (Former vice governor of Anhui to stand trial in connection with accepting bribes)
Deutsche Welle, December 16, 2014
http://bit.ly/1sAEIdV

Death penalty (死刑)

内蒙男青年枪决18年后洗刷罪名 (Inner Mongolian court exonerates teenager executed for murder)
The New York Times, December 16, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20141216/c16teenager/

Hong Kong (香港)

Three months of protests end quietly in Hong Kong
“占中”落幕，被捕者等待法律裁决
The New York Times, December 16, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20141216/c16hongkong/dual

Hong Kong rights groups set up database on Occupy police violence complaints
South China Morning Post, December 16, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1663355/hong-kong-rights-groups-set-database-occupy-police-violence

Hong Kong’s protests are over, but the fight over free speech has just begun
Quartz, December 16, 2014
http://qz.com/311287/hong-kongs-protests-are-over-but-the-fight-over-free-speech-has-just-begun/

Media (媒体)

无国界记者：中国囚禁记者人数全球最多(Reporters Without Borders: China imprisons most reporters worldwide)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 16, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2014/12/141216_journalists_prisoned

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

China is said to have freed jailed Uighur Linguist
中国提前释放获刑维族语言学家
The New York Times, December 16, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20141216/c16xinjiang/dual/

China's anti-ISIL rhetoric aims to globalize Uighur crackdown, say experts
Al Jazeera, December 15, 2014
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/12/15/china-isil-uighur.html

Three hurt in knife attack in China's Xinjiang
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 16, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-30490727

Opinion (观点)

Post Occupy, will the government speak for the Hong Kong people
South China Morning Post, December 15, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1662934/post-occupy-will-government-speak-hong-kong-people

Hong Kong activists fear they are being monitored by Beijing
The Guardian, December 14, 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/14/hong-kong-activists-beijing-chinese-spying-pro-democracy

Hong Kong needs to be “re-enlightened” on law following Occupy protests, says top Beijing official
South China Morning Post, December 14, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1661865/hong-kong-macau-need-enlightenment-law-and-identity-says-npc-official

从天安门到金钟：六四幸存者唐路细述两次运动 (From Tiananmen to Admiralty: June Fourth survivor Rose Tang on the two movements)
Radio Free Asia, December 12, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/ql2-12122014120122.html

中联办：“占中”是挑战中央对香港的管制权 (Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in Hong Kong: “Occupy Central” challenges the central government’s authority)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 14, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/12/141214_occupy_central_cahkms_conference

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

A Chinese dissident's plea for freedom and love
The Atlantic, December 13, 2014
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/12/liu-xiaobo-china-i-have-no-enemies/383714/

异议人士哈达将展开申诉 (Freed dissident Hada to press charges for torture and maltreatment in detention)
Radio Free Asia, December 12, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql1-12122014113734.html

Related:
Freed Mongol dissident Hada says he was tortured in jail, remains under house arrest
South China Morning Post, December 15, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1662965/freed-mongol-dissident-hada-says-he-was-tortured-jail-remains-under-house

Internet (互联网)

中共党媒批三名微博名人公开“反党”(Three microblogging celebrities slammed by CPC official media for challenging the Party on Weibo)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 14, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/12/141214_blog_celebrity

Protests and Petitions (抗议和请愿)

中国逾200名律师联署抗议律师庭上被抓 (Over 200 Chinese lawyers sign petition to protest police removal of Falun Gong defense lawyer from court)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 12, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/12/141212_china_lawyer_falungong

Population (人口)

社科院：中国应尽快放宽生育两孩政策 (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences: China should allow two children per family as soon as possible)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 15, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/12/141215_china_two-child_policy

The Global Lawyer: A Salute to Hong Kong’s Occupy Central
The American Lawyer, December 14, 2014
http://www.international.law.com/the-global-lawyer/id=1202678990078/The-Global-Lawyer-A-Salute-to-Hong-Kongs-Occupy-Central?mcode=1202616134283&curindex=0&back=LitDaily

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