HRIC Daily Brief

Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Business and Human Rights (商业和人权)

报告：中国形象不佳外国游客逐年减少 (Report: international tourists to China fall year by year as its image declines)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 13, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/01/150113_china_inbound_tourists

Censorship and Surveillance (审查和监控)

自由之家：压制政策危及共产党地位 (Freedom House: Repressive policy endangers CPC rule)
Voice of America, January 13, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/freedom-house-says-repression-in-china-growing-20150113/2596113.html

Related:
The Politburo’s predicament: confronting the limitations of Chinese Communist Party repression
Freedom House, January 13, 2015
https://freedomhouse.org/china-2015-politiburo-predicament#.VLVAacb9J58

Children (儿童)

Police rescue 37 babies “fed on noodles and leftovers” in China child trafficking crackdown
内地孕妇工厂：一出生即被卖藏婴太平间
South China Morning Post, January 13, 2014
EN:http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1679020/chinese-police-rescue-37-babies-after-raid-103-child-traffickers
CH:http://www.nanzao.com/sc/china/46116/nei-di-yun-fu-gong-han-yi-chu-sheng-ji-bei-mai-cang-ying-tai-ping-jian

Environment (环境)

China’s water problems are even worse than you think: report
The Wall Street Journal, January 13, 2015
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/01/13/chinas-water-problems-are-even-worse-than-you-think-report/

北京周边拟建国家级人工消霾实验室 (National laboratory to research manual smog removal to be built near Beijing)
South China Morning Post, January 13, 2015
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/lifestyle/46112/bei-jing-zhou-bian-ni-jian-guo-jia-ji-ren-gong-xiao-mai-shi-yan-shi

Health (健康)

Let me die, Chinese mother says as cancer bills pile up
Bloomberg, January 13, 2014
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2015-01-12/let-me-die-chinese-mother-says-as-cancer-bills-pile-up.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong’s legal big guns tussle over rule of law
占领示威后首次港法律界三巨头论法治
South China Morning Post, January 12, 2015
EN: http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1678651/no-room-politics-judiciary-says-hong-kongs-top-judge-speech-extolling
CH: http://www.nanzao.com/sc/hk/46123/zhan-ling-shi-wei-hou-shou-ci-gang-fa-lu-jie-san-ju-tou-lun-fa-zhi

Fresh Occupy-style sit-in “could take place after Hong Kong's February 1 march”
South China Morning Post, January 13, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1678900/organisers-hong-kongs-february-1-democracy-rally-say-theyre-open-new

Related:
香港酝酿新一轮街头行动 (Hong Kong plans another round of street actions)
Voice of America, January 13, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/hongkong-new-occupy-20150113/2596263.html

Internet (互联网)

国家网信办：微博、贴吧今年将实名制 (State Internet Information Office: microblogs and discussion boards to require real-name registration by end of year)
People’s Daily, January 13, 2015
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2015/0113/c1001-26376687.html

蒋经国逝世周年大陆网民称赞他开放民主 (Mainland netizens commend Chiang Ching-kuo for democratizing Taiwan on anniversary of his death)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 13, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/01/150113_chiang_chingkuo_xi_jinping

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

The colourful propaganda of Xinjiang
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 12, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-30722268

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

法治社会要开放言论自由 (A rule-of-law society requires freedom of speech)
Financial Times, January 13, 2015
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001060088

Monday, January 12, 2015

Censorship and Surveillance (审查和监控)

Shanghai blocks access to bund stampede site
The Wall Street Journal, January 10, 2015
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/01/10/shanghai-blocks-access-to-bund-stampede-site/

Children (儿童)

Sold in Myanmar and trafficked to China
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 11, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30272273

Corruption (腐败)

Chinese spy chief Ma Jian detained in corruption crackdown
The South China Morning Post, January 11, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/article/1678537/chinese-spy-chief-ma-jian-detained-corruption-crackdown

A turning point in China’s anti-graft campaign
The Diplomat, January 11, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/01/a-turning-point-in-chinas-anti-graft-campaign/

Health (健康)

China arrests 110 people suspected of selling contaminated pork
The Guardian, January 12, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/12/china-arrests-110-people-suspected-of-selling-contaminated-pork

Hong Kong (香港)

Q. and A.: Jimmy Lai on the Democracy Movement in Hong Kong
The New York Times, January 12, 2015
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/01/12/q-and-a-jimmy-lai-on-the-democracy-movement-in-hong-kong/?_r=0

Hong Kong media HQ, tycoon residence targeted in Molotov cocktail attack
CNN, January 12, 2015
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/12/china/jimmy-lai-molotov-cocktail-attack/index.html

Related:
香港壹传媒连遭袭民众忧新闻自由受限 (Attack on Next Media raises concern over Hong Kong’s freedom of press)
Radio Free Asia, January 12, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/xl1-01122015093326.html

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

武汉公安非法抓捕异议人士秦永敏并处以10天行政拘留 (Wuhan police unlawfully detain dissident Qin Yongmin, penalize him with 10-day administrative detention)
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/sd-01112015132440.html

浙江异议人士陈树庆及吕耿松案退侦 (Cases of Zhejiang dissidents Chen Shuqing and Lu Gengsong returned by the procuratorate for insufficient evidence)
Radio Free Asia, January 9, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-01092015102208.html

International Human Rights (国际人权)

中国领导人缺席巴黎游行官媒评论引发热议 (Chinese leader absent from Paris solidarity walk, Chinese official media’s comments on need to limit press freedom stir controversy)
Voice of America, January 12, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/world-terror-20150112/2594655.html

Related:
中国官媒鼓吹新闻自由有限论称巴黎恐袭冲突双方应换位思考 (Chinese official media advocate limiting freedom of press, urge both sides of Paris attack to put themselves in others’ shoes)
Radio France Internationale, January 12, 2015
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20150112-中国官媒鼓吹新闻自由有限论-称巴黎恐袭冲突双方应换位思考

Media (媒体)

Arrest of inspirational editor Shen Hao marks end of an era for Chinese journalism
The Washington Post, January 10, 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/arrest-of-inspirational-editor-shen-hao-marks-end-of-an-era-for-chinese-journalism/2015/01/09/4e7e9ece-8924-11e4-ace9-47de1af4c3eb_story.html

Population (人口)

多地单独二孩申请未如预期专家吁彻底改变国策 (Number of applications to have second child if one parent is an only child fall short of expectations, experts urge for national policy overhaul)
South China Morning Post, January 12, 2015
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/china/46046/duo-di-dan-du-er-hai-shen-qing-wei-ru-yu-qi-zhuan-jia-xu-che-di-gai-bian-guo-ce

About one million Chinese couples ask to have second child after easing of one-child policy
South China Morning Post, January 12, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1678642/about-one-million-chinese-couples-ask-have-second-child-after-easing-one

Religion (宗教)

In China, a church-state showdown of biblical proportions
The Christian Science Monitor, January 11, 2015
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2015/0111/In-China-a-church-state-showdown-of-biblical-proportions

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

新疆通过乌市公共场所禁穿蒙面罩袍规定 (Xinjiang promulgates ban on wearing burka in public in Urumqi)
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/yf2-01112015090049.html

中国新疆称击毙6名欲制造爆炸“激进分子” (Chinese police shoot 6 “radicals” attempting to detonate explosives in Xinjiang)
Voice of America, January 12, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-xinjiang-20150112/2594645.html

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Fred Hiatt: The cracks in China’s crackdown
The Washington Post, January 11, 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/fred-hiatt-china-steps-up-the-repression/2015/01/11/adf1551c-9825-11e4-927a-4fa2638cd1b0_story.html

观点：“颜色革命”恐惧症与中国维稳2.0版 (Opinion: fear of “color revolutions” and Chinese stability maintenance 2.0)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 11, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/indepth/2015/01/150111_viewpoint_china_stability

Friday, January 09, 2015

Children (儿童)

County official tied to high school prostitution ring
The South China Morning Post, January 9, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1677738/legislator-tied-high-school-prostitution-ring

Corruption (腐败)

Chinese Communist Party officials in hot water over their luxury wardrobes
The Telegraph, January 8, 2015
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/11333720/Chinese-Communist-Party-officials-in-hot-water-over-their-luxury-wardrobes.html

Chinese official is removed from post, and again, salacious details Flow
中国官员落马，总与桃色新闻相伴
The New York Times, January 9, 2015
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20150109/c09official/dual/

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

驻北京外国记者声援法国受警方干预 (Police interferes Beijing-based foreign journalists’ gathering to support France after terrorist attack)
Voice of America, January 9, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/france-gun-shooting-20150109/2591575.html

Hong Kong （香港）

Beijing supervision needed for HK education chief: Chen Zuoer
Hong Kong Economic Journal, January 9, 2015
http://www.ejinsight.com/20150109-beijing-supervision-needed-for-hk-education-chief-chen-zuoer/

"Report for arrest”, police tell Occupy leaders Benny Tai, Chan Kin-man and Chu Yiu-ming
The South China Morning Post, January 9, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1677969/occupy-leaders-benny-tai-chan-kin-man-and-chu-yiu-ming-ordered-report

Human Rights Defenders （人权卫士）

Chinese rights lawyer's phone calls limited under house arrest
Radio Free Asia, January 8, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/gao-zhisheng-house-arrest-01082015160550.html

北京律师余文生代理声援占中者案被抓迄今未能会见律师 (Beijing lawyer Yu Wensheng detained for representing Occupy Central supporters, denied meeting with lawyer)
Radio France Internationale, January 9, 2015
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20150109-北京律师余文生代理声援占中者案被抓迄今未能会见律师

“中国人权捍卫者面临严冬”(“Human rights defenders in China face harsh winter”)
Deutsche Welle, January 8, 2015
http://www.dw.de/中国人权捍卫者面临严冬/a-18180329?maca=chi-rss-chi-ca-1044-rdf

Related:
Harsh climate for human rights defenders in China: 2014 in photos
中国大陆人权捍卫者面临严冬：2014年图像回顾
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, December 24, 2014
http://chrdnet.com/2014/12/harsh-climat-for-human-rights-defenders-in-china：2014-in-photos-中国大陆人权捍卫者面临严冬：-2/

中国以危害国家安全罪名迫害异见人士 (China persecutes dissidents for “endangering domestic security”)
Radio Free Asia, January 8, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/hc-01082015103817.html

Internet (互联网)

Netizen report: China adds yet another layer of control to the internet
Slate, January 8, 2014
http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2015/01/08/netizen_report_china_adds_yet_another_layer_of_control_to_the_internet.html?wpisrc=burger_bar

State Security (国家安全)

China steps up political arrests, prosecutions
The Nation, January 9, 2015
http://nation.com.pk/international/09-Jan-2015/china-steps-up-political-arrests-prosecutions

Related:
State security indictments, cult trials up in Xi Jinping's 2013
Dui Hua, January 7, 2014
http://www.duihuahrjournal.org/2015/01/state-security-indictments-cult-trials.html

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

China uses long-range intimidation of U.S. reporter to suppress Xinjiang coverage
The Washington Post, January 8, 2014
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/china-uses-long-range-intimidation-of-us-reporter-to-suppress-xinjiang-coverage/2015/01/08/1098c8ab-6a12-449d-87f4-8654e2f4c5ab_story.html

China punishes 17 officials after Xinjiang attack
Reuters, January 8, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/09/us-china-xinjiang-idUSKBN0KI0BC20150109

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

上海外滩事件很可能改变中共的权力格局 (Shanghai stampede might shift CPC’s power structure)
Radio France Internationale, January 8, 2015
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20150108-上海外滩事件很可能改变中共的权力格局

Thursday, January 08, 2015

Academic Exchange (学术交流)

欧洲第一座孔子学院将被关闭民间团体表支持 (Shutdown of Europe’s first Confucius Institute supported by civil society)
Radio Free Asia, January 7, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/kejiaowen/gr-01072015124922.html

Related:
香港学生领袖黄之锋法庭上抨击当局 (Hong Kong student leader Joshua Wong slams authorities in court)
Deutsche Welle, January 8, 2015
http://www.dw.de/香港学生领袖黄之锋法庭上抨击当局/a-18176607

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

"Tortured" Guangzhou activist refuses food in detention center
Radio Free Asia, January 7, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/guangzhou-rights-cases-01072015131915.html

Related:
孙德胜狱中受酷刑自虐抗议律师抗议拖延判决 (Sun Desheng attempts suicide, self-abuse to protest torture in prison, lawyers challenge verdict delay)
Radio Free Asia, January 7, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl1-01072015105354.html

Internet (互联网)

中国网络文学作者将实名引发网友热议 (China to force Internet writers to register real name, stirs controversy)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 8, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/01/150108_cn_online_literature_real_name

中国大学网络资源分享平台被封引争议 (Blockage of resource-sharing platform in Chinese universities stirs controversy)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 7, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/01/150107_china_education_internet

Migrants (农民工)

China to expand unemployment benefits to lure migrants to cities
Reuters, January 7, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/07/us-china-unemployment-idUSKBN0KG11Z20150107

Tibet (西藏)

Nearly 70 Tibetans detained following clash over forced vote
Radio Free Asia, January 7, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/vote-01072015144955.html

美国鼓励中国与达赖喇嘛加深接触 (U.S. urges China to deepen contact with Dalai Lama)
Voice of America, January 8, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/us-china-dalai-20150107/2589496.html

Related:
United States calls for direct talks between China, Dalai Lama
The Economic Times, January 8, 2015
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/united-states-calls-for-direct-talks-between-china-dalai-lama/articleshow/45806943.cms

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Collision course in Hong Kong
The Wall Street Journal, January 7, 2015
http://www.wsj.com/articles/collision-course-in-hong-kong-1420675908

鲍彤：对滋生腐败的制度不应“自信”而要改革 (Bao Tong: the corruption-breeding system needs reform, not “self-confidence”)
Radio France Internationale, January 8, 2015
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20150108-鲍彤：对滋生腐败的制度不应”自信“而要改革

Wednesday, January 07, 2015

Censorship and Surveillance (审查和监控)

People around the world are voluntarily submitting to China’s great firewall. Why?
Slate, January 6, 2015
http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2015/01/06/tencent_s_wechat_worldwide_internet_users_are_voluntarily_submitting_to.html

Corruption (腐败)

周永康等已被移送司法
Charges against China’s ex-security chief sent to prosecutors
Voice of America, January 7, 2015
CH: http://www.voachinese.com/content/zhou-yongkong-20150107/2588630.html
EN: http://www.voanews.com/content/charges-against-china-ex-security-chief-sent-to-prosecutors/2588612.html

中国反腐败：去年纪检系统内部查处近1600人(1,600 discipline inspection cadres punished last year in China’s anti-corruption campaign)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 7, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/01/150107_china_corruption_zhou

Domestic Security (国内安全)

Shanghai mourns victims of New Year’s Eve stampede 上海民众悼念新年踩踏事件遇难者
The New York Times, January 7, 2015
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20150107/c07shanghai/dual/

Health (健康)

China regulator to strengthen 'grim' food, drug safety control
Reuters, January 7, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/07/us-china-foodsafety-idUSKBN0KG0DB20150107

Hong Kong (香港)

Pan-democrats hoist umbrellas as Carrie Lam announces new political reform consultation
The South China Morning Post, January 7, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1675987/pan-democrats-hoist-umbrellas-carrie-lam-announces-new-political

Hong Kong “consults public” on political reform, but signals intransigence, arrests
The Washington Post, January 7, 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/hong-kong-consults-public-on-political-reform-but-signals-intransigence-arrests/2015/01/07/9ebd72a6-524a-4703-a5dc-3d565fa3fc0c_story.html

Hong Kong government cements support for China's pre-screening of poll candidates
Reuters, January 7, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/07/us-hongkong-china-idUSKBN0KG0JF20150107

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

Mongolian writer hits out at China over treatment of dissident
被软禁的蒙古族作家胡琴夫呼吁当局恢复她自由
Radio Free Asia, January 6, 2015
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/huuchinhuu-govruud-01062015111405.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/hc-01062015134326.html

维权人士李碧云狱中遭酷刑已失语瘫痪 (Rights defender Li Biyun lost speech ability and paralyzed due to torture in prison)
Radio Free Asia, January 6, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl2-01062015105935.html

Tuesday, January 06, 2015

Corruption (腐败)

China’s Communist Party ever so slightly pries the lid off its secretive work
The Wall Street Journal, January 6, 2015
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/01/06/chinas-communist-party-ever-so-slightly-pries-the-lid-off-its-secretive-work/?mod=WSJBlog

中国反腐波及南方航空
Widening graft probe snares China Southern CFO
Financial Times, January 6, 2015
CH: http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001059993
EN: http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/08891b12-9557-11e4-8fc1-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3NxeZNIQg

Hong Kong (香港)

New government proposal to allow more candidates in 2017 Hong Kong elections
The South China Morning Post, January 6, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1674869/new-push-allow-more-2017-candidates

Dozens of Hong Kong protest leaders facing arrest, standard says
Bloomberg, January 6, 2015
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2015-01-06/dozens-of-hong-kong-protest-leaders-facing-arrest-standard-says.html

Hong Kong government submits report surrounding Occupy protests to Beijing
The South China Morning Post, January 6, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1674961/hong-kong-government-submits-post-occupy-public-sentiment-report

Related:
港府今交民情报告港澳办回应“适当”(State Council HK and Macao Affairs Office deems Hong Kong government’s submission of report “appropriate”)
South China Morning Post, January 6, 2015
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/hk/45702/gang-fu-jin-jiao-min-qing-bao-gao-gang-ao-ban-hui-ying-gua-dang

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

中国正式逮捕帮助陈光诚出逃学者 (China formally arrests Guo Yushan, scholar who assisted in Cheng Guangcheng’s escape)
Voice of America, January 6, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-arrests-scholar-20150106/2587216.html

Related:
China arrests activist who assisted in daring 2012 escape
The New York Times, January 6, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/07/world/asia/guo-yushan-arrest-china-chen-guangcheng.html?_r=0

南周事件两周年当局严控维权人士被禁赴广州 (Human rights defenders are forbidden to enter Guangzhou on 2nd anniversary of Southern Weekly Incident)
Radio Free Asia, January 5, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/yf2-01052015100834.html

Migrants (农民工)

Shandong mine workers strike over months of back pay, bonuses
Radio Free Asia, January 5, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/pay-01052015135604.html

Protests and Petitions (抗议和请愿)

日处理5000吨垃圾场建居民区深圳数百人围政府抗议遭殴打 (Hundreds beaten in Shenzhen when protesting against building of a trash incinerator to handle 5000 tons of trash per day in residential area)
Radio Free Asia, January 5, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/xl2-01052015100937.html

Rural Issues (农村)

China's villages are dying. A new film asks if they can be saved
NPR, January 5, 2015
http://www.npr.org/blogs/goatsandsoda/2015/01/05/372491552/chinas-villages-are-dying-a-new-film-asks-if-they-can-be-saved

Taiwan (台湾)

北京抗议台湾在美举行元旦升旗典礼 (Beijing protests Taiwan’s flag-raising ceremony in U.S. on New Year’s Day)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 6, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/01/150105_us_taiwan_flag

Related:
China fumes after Taiwan’s flag raising in Washington
Reuters, January 5, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/05/us-china-taiwan-idUSKBN0KE0M320150105

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Normalisation of Sino-US ties was the right move, as today's China shows
South China Morning Post, January 6, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1674956/normalisation-sino-us-ties-was-right-move-todays-china-shows

Protect the Internet: Keep the contract with ICANN
The Washington Post, January 4, 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/protect-the-internet-keep-the-contract-with-icann/2015/01/04/b1ff61c2-7bff-11e4-9a27-6fdbc612bff8_story.html

Why China's ruling party is bearing down on “cliques”
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 5, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-china-blog-30685782

Graft offensive may expose something more vile in China: factions
习近平反腐，更反“山头主义”
The New York Times, January 6, 2015
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20150106/c06factions/dual/

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

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

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