Playing chicken
News China, August 2013
http://www.newschinamag.com/magazine/playing-chicken
Thursday, August 01, 2013
Consumer Product Safety (消费品安全)
Corruption (腐败)
湖南衡东一县人大代表实名举报后两次遇袭 (Hunan NPC deputy attacked after making allegations of misconduct against former NPC deputy)
China Youth Daily, August 1, 2013
http://zqb.cyol.com/html/2013-08/01/nw.D110000zgqnb_20130801_2-11.htm
政府购买公共服务要出指导目录 (State Council warns against vanity infrastructure projects and shoddy construction)
Jinghua Times, August 1, 2013
http://epaper.jinghua.cn/html/2013-08/01/content_14647.htm
Cybersecurity (网络安全)
Chinese hackers target remote conferencing gear: Dell researchers
Reuters, July 31, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/31/us-china-hacking-idUSBRE96U0YI20130731
Environment (环境)
福建漳州对古雷PX闪燃事故展开全面调查 (Fujian gov't sets up special committee to investigate accident at petrochemical plant)
China News, July 31, 2013
http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2013/07-31/5108502.shtml
Freedom of Expression and Privacy (言论自由和隐私)
吴虹飞从刑拘改行政拘留10日并被处罚款500元 (Beijing singer transferred to administrative detention, will be released tomorrow and fined RMB 500 for microblog outburst)
Jinghua Times, August 1, 2013
http://epaper.jinghua.cn/html/2013-08/01/content_14667.htm
China singer set to be freed after bomb threat: lawyer
Agence France-Presse, July 31, 2013
http://bit.ly/14FylmG
Health （健康）
湖南女性艾滋病病毒感染例数去年比2010年增长89.3% (Number of women living with HIV/AIDS rises by 89.3% in Henan)
Xiaoxiang Chenbao, August 1, 2013
http://epaper.xxcb.cn/xxcba/html/2013-08/01/content_2725872.htm
GSK scandal dangles prospects of real medical reforms
China Economic Review, July 31, 2013
http://www.chinaeconomicreview.com/GSK-pharmaceuticals-drugs-probe-corruption-travel-reform-AstraZeneca-UCB-healthcare
Hukou （户口）
发改委：下半年将推动户籍等改革 提升城镇化质量 (Top planning official: plans and measures to be rolled out in second half of 2013 to enhance quality of urbanization, including hukou reform)
China News, July 31, 2013
http://finance.jrj.com.cn/people/2013/07/31112215610859.shtml
Related:
China to meet growth target, push on with reform-NDRC chief
Reuters, July 31, 2013
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/07/31/uk-china-economy-ndrc-idUKBRE96U02I20130731
June Fourth (六四)
"八九民运"人士发"天下围城"召集令 (Democratic movement members call to rally outside China’s overseas institutions at next year’s 25th anniversary of June Fourth)
Deutsche Welle, August 1, 2013
http://http://bit.ly/1edO1mH
Labor （劳工）
Indian deal for Cooper Tire riles Chinese workers
Wall Street Journal, July 31, 2013
http://stream.wsj.com/story/latest-headlines/SS-2-63399/SS-2-291148/
Land, Housing, Property （土地、财产、房屋）
民不畏死，湖南 “生死状”PK“国家掠夺” (Hunan farmers defend land rights through "death pact," highlights rising social tension amidst rampant lawless land-grabs)
Deutsche Welle, July 31, 2013
http://www.dw.de/民不畏死湖南-生死状pk国家掠夺/a-16989298
Media （媒体）
China cracks down on independent news websites
South China Morning Post, August 1, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china-insider/article/1293559/china-cracks-down-independent-news-websites
Political and Economic Reform （政治经济改革）
分析：动荡与稳定 民主与独裁 (Analysis: turbulence and stability, democracy and dictatorship)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 1, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/08/130801_china_termoil.shtml
Related:
中国若动荡，只会比苏联更惨 (China Would End up Worse than Former USSR in Case of Political Turmoil)
Xinhua, August 1, 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2013-08/01/c_116766533.htm 新华社文章狂批公知，谎言被揭成笑话 (Xinhua’s article madly criticizes public intellectuals, but its lie has become a joke)
Deutsche Welle, August 1, 2013
http://bit.ly/14ld9ctRelated Weibo:
謙女時評, August 1, 2013
[【 新华社:中国若动荡，只会比苏联更惨】请看俄罗斯现在"惨状":1,全民免费医疗;2,实行学龄前,基础和中等职业免费教育，并提供免费午餐;3,女55岁，男60岁，就可领养老金，不论是否为国家工作过;4,水,电,暖气由国家承担;5,人均收入达12700美元(中国人均收入约1000美元);6,还有更惨的，俄罗斯人有选票。]
([Xinhua News Agency: China Would End up Worse than Former USSR in Case of Political Turmoil] Let’s take a look at how “bad” the situation is in Russia. 1. Universal health coverage. 2. Free pre-school, elementary, and secondary vocational school education with free lunch provided; 3. Pension available to all female citizens aged 55 and above and male, 60 and above, regardless of previous employment. 4. Water, electricity, and heat covered by the State. 5. GDP per capita of $12,700 (China’s being $1,000). 6. You know what’s even worse? They can vote.)
http://weibo.com/2312330067/A2LDwgn9A?mod=weibotime
Rule of Law （法治)
案件撤销，但他仍未走出看守所 (Detained since he was a teenager, man still in detention despite provincial court decision to drop prosecution)
Dahe Daily, August 1, 2013
http://newpaper.dahe.cn/dhb/html/2013-08/01/content_933192.htm
临武公布瓜农死因外力诱发血管破裂 (Autopsy on watermelon vendor shows he died from internal bleeding in the brain caused by external trauma, authorities promise to expedite investigation)
Beijing News, August 1, 2013
http://epaper.bjnews.com.cn/html/2013-08/01/content_454414.htm
XUAR （新疆维吾尔自治区）
伊力哈木再度遭软禁 维族学生网络发文被抓 (Uyghur professor put under house arrest again in Beijing, Uyghur university students detained for online posts)
Radio Free Asia, July 31, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql-07312013101605.html
Opinion （观点）
超强诚不易
Why China is still no superpower
Caixin, July 17, 2013
CH:http://opinion.caixin.com/2013-07-19/100558399.html
EN:http://www.worldcrunch.com/business-finance/why-china-is-still-no-superpower/china-usa-economy-superpower-confucius/c2s12860/
Revenge of the mistresses
中国情妇们的报复
New York Times, August
http://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20130801/c01friedman/dual/
反思“开宝马喝污水”的现代化 (Modernization cannot be achieved at the expense of the environment)
Southern Daily, August 1, 2013
http://epaper.nfdaily.cn/html/2013-08/01/content_7212590.htm
让人民参与清除贪污 (Public participation key to effective anti-corruption efforts)
Financial Times, August 1, 2013
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001051712
The wake-up call in China's "visit your parents" law
The Atlantic Cities, July 31, 2013
http://www.theatlanticcities.com/politics/2013/07/wake-call-chinas-visit-your-parents-law/6377/
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Bo Xilai Case (薄熙来案)
《财经》杂志透露薄熙来控罪新细节 (Caijing magazine reveals new details about Bo Xilai charges)
Caijing, July 30, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/07/130730_bo_xilai.shtml
薄瓜瓜传入学哥大，微博开放讨论 (Bo Xilai's son is admitted to Columbia, talk about him allowed online)
Deutsche Welle, July 31, 2013
http://bit.ly/15bho9C
Bo Xilai to plead guilty, but maybe not to all charges
South China Morning Post, July 31, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1293400/bo-xilai-plead-guilty-maybe-not-all-charges
Civil Society (民间社会)
中国公民运动团体要求参与撰写人权报告 (New Citizens’ Movement calls for participation in drafting nation’s human rights report to UN)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 31, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2013/07/130731_rights_china_cao.shtml
Corruption (腐败)
Success Brings Scrutiny to Chinese Mystic
王林，「氣功大師」掉進輿論漩渦
New York Times, July 31, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20130731/c31wanglin/dual/
China’s Communist Party warns cadres: no wine at lunch, no expensive wedding banquets
Associated Press, July 30, 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/chinas-communist-party-warns-cadres-no-wine-at-lunch-expensive-wedding-banquets/2013/07/29/9e6d7e16-f8c8-11e2-a954-358d90d5d72d_story.html
Environment (环境)
环保部公布6月城市空气质量 19城达标天数不足50% (Ministry of Environmental Protection announces urban air quality for June, 19 cities meet standards less than half of the time)
Beijing News, July 31, 2013
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2013/07/31/276028.html
福建PX项目爆炸背后：所属集团环保记录不佳 (Explosion at Fujian petrochemical plant reveals spotty record of corporation)
First Caijing Daily, July 31, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-07-31/013827813964.shtml
Related:
Explosion hits China factory at center of influential protest
Wall Street Journal, July 30, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/07/30/explosion-hits-china-factory-at-center-of-influential-protest/
Freedom of Expression and Privacy (言论自由、隐私)
特寫﹕高官斥不愛國掀熱議 (Deputy governor of Guizhou faces backlash after accusing gov't critics as "unpatriotic scumbags")
Ming Pao, July 30, 2013
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20130730/ca21644y.htm
Related:
Uproar after Guangxi official Chen Mingming calls critics "human scumbags"
South China Morning Post, July 30, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1292946/uproar-after-guangxi-official-chen-mingming-calls-critics-human-scumbags
Example of "backlash" to Chen Mingming's Weibo comment:
歪瓜裂枣假正经：为什么你们眼睛总是盯着别人的缺失，当甘肃地震了，看到了那些倒塌的土坯房，死了那么多群众，真他妈的作孽，三十年前人民住什么什么样的房子，喊着城市化建设这么多年，尼玛现在还住着！！汶川地震关于断裂带上房屋构建，灾害评估。你们长点心好不好！还尼玛天天扯淡爱不爱国，你对得起这片土地啊？！ (7月29日 16:48)
Free speech debate after China singer held for bomb threat
Agence France-Presse, July 30, 2013
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gQ_I37PiZZGGsgZymqlmIjM5hiUw?docId=CNG.241ae6670bf257d64850017e3a1a84e8.01
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