Human rights, Snowden, and how not to get hacked
Foreign Policy, November 6, 2013
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/11/06/gary_locke_american_ambassador_china_interview%20?page=0,1
Thursday, November 07, 2013
International Relations (Security, Trade and Investment), 国际关系(安全,贸易和投资)
Internet (互联网)
China farmer turns yarn baron as villages embrace Alibaba
Bloomberg, November 6, 2013
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-11-06/china-farmer-turns-yarn-baron-as-villages-embrace-alibaba.html
Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)
A clash of goals for China’s leader
政治严经济宽,中国改革议程难两全
New York Times, November 7, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20131107/c07plenum/dual/
上海自贸区不能栽盆景 (Financial rules of Shanghai Free Trade Zone not introduced yet, disagreement between Shanghai and central government suspected cause)
People’s Daily, November 7, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/1107/c1001-23458248.html
Society (社会)
Explosions near Communist Party building in China
山西省委大楼外爆炸疑是土造炸弹所致
New York Times, November 7, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20131107/c07shanxi/dual/
China media: Taiyuan blasts
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 7, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-24846861
Related:
China's desperate "terrorists"
The Wall Street Journal, November 4, 2013
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303936904579177382991370134
Taiwan (台湾)
国旗事件后张悬北京演唱会传被取消 (Taiwan singer’s Beijing concert may be cancelled after national flag incident)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 7, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/11/131107_taiwan_china_chang.shtml
Tibet (西藏)
Oops: China state media website plays banned Tibetan national anthem
Voice of America, November 6, 2013
http://www.voanews.com/content/oops-china-state-media-website-plays-banned-tibetan-national-anthem/1784867.html
XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)
维族学者受死亡威胁 立遗嘱生死无关汉人—视频专访伊力哈木(一) (Uyghur scholar threatened to death by police after comment on Tiananmen crash)
Voice of America, November 7, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/uighur-interview-1-20131107/1785447.html
Opinion (观点)
北京政權的制高點 (Beijing regime’s highest mandate limits its ability to reform)
Yazhou Zhoukan, November, 2013
http://www.yzzk.com/cfm/content_archive.cfm?id=1383795778247&docissue=2013-45
U.S. spooks play into the hands of Russia, China and others who want control over global digital citizens
The Guardian, November 6, 2013
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/07/us-spooks-russia-china-internet-authoritarian
Wednesday, November 06, 2013
Corruption (腐败)
辽宁投资2亿饮水工程不安全 市长关注无进展 (Liaoning drinking water still unsafe after RMB 200 million purifying project)
Guangming Daily, November 6, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/sd/2013-11-06/114128635918.shtml
Culture (文化)
China demands "positive images" in return for access to markets
The Guardian, November 6, 2013
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/nov/06/china-hollywood-positive-images-movies
Cyber security (网络安全)
World cybersecurity leaders call for cooperation
American Broadcasting Corporation, November 6, 2013
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/world-cybersecurity-leaders-call-cooperation-20791483
Related:
全球网络空间合作峰会在美举行 中国呼吁各国加强合作维护网络安全 (China calls for enhanced cooperation between states to maintain cybersecurity)
China Radio International, November 6, 2013
http://gb.cri.cn/42071/2013/11/06/6071s4311218.htm
Environment (环境)
连续6天霾过程增加两倍 雾霾造成癌症几率增加 (Smog levels triple after 6 successive days of extreme pollution, may cause more cancer)
People’s Daily, November 6, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/1106/c1001-23451013.html
Health (健康)
An 8-year-old girl’s lung cancer is blamed on air pollution
中国最小肺癌患者仅8岁,空气污染是病因
New York Times, November 6, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20131106/c06pollution/dual/
Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)
陈光诚的哥哥和母亲登机离开中国启程赴美 (Chen Guangcheng’s relatives leave China for the U.S.)
Voice of America, November 6, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/cheng-guangcheng-brother-and-mother-left-for-us-20131106/1784547.html
Related:
Mother, brother of China activist lawyer Chen Guangcheng depart to visit him in US
Associated Press, November 5, 2013
http://www.theprovince.com/news/Mother+brother+China+activist+lawyer+Chen+Guangcheng+depart/9129966/story.html
International Human Rights (国际人权)
「中国人权」组织促中国政府释放民运人士 (Human Rights in China urges Chinese government to release activists)
Radio Free Asia, November 5, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/Humanright-11052013221108.html
人权组织: 中俄若任UN人权理事国 = “狐狸给鸡看家” (Rights Organization: China and Russia becoming members of UN Human Rights Council is equivalent to a "fox guarding the henhouse")
Voice of America, November 5, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-other-countries-unhrc-seats-blocking-20131105/1784140.html
For more information on the Human Right Council, see:
HRIC urges China to release rights activists to show human rights commitment
中国人权敦促中国政府释放活跃人士以示其对人权的承诺
Human Rights in China, November 5, 2013
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/7031
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/7032
International Relations (Security, Trade and Investment) , 国际关系(安全,贸易和投资)
China tells Norway it must take first step to heal Nobel rift
Bloomberg, November 6, 2013
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-11-06/china-tells-norway-it-must-take-first-step-to-heal-nobel-rift
美国表态支持日本监视中国军演 (U.S. supports Japan’s monitoring of China’s military excises)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 6, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2013/11/131106_japan_us_china_military.shtml
Internet (互联网)
文化部解禁单体网吧审批 (Ministry of Culture lifts restrictions on opening non-franchise Internet bars)
Xinhua, November 6, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/1106/c1001-23443306.html
Media (媒体)
Radio Free Asia, November 5, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/sy-11052013093253.html
Related:
CNN就涉天安门撞车案评论文章发声明 (CNN issues statement about its opinion piece on the Tiananmen jeep crash)
South China Morning Post, November 6, 2013
http://www.scmpchinese.com/sc/international/15668/cnnjiu-she-tian-men-zhuang-che-ping-lun-wen-zhang-fa-sheng-ming
Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)
曹思源:政治和经济改革不配套将付代价 (Pro-reform scholar: if political reform does not correspond with economic reform there will be great costs)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 5, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/11/131105_china_soe_reform_caosiyuan.shtml
Protests and Petitions (抗议和请愿)
China detains hundreds of veterans ahead of third plenum
Radio Free Asia, November 5, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/plenum-11052013104702.html