Chinese courts to receive anti-corruption supervision
Xinhua, July 21, 2014
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-07/21/c_133500286.htm
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
Corruption (腐败)
Disasters (灾难)
Chinese Red Cross takes heat for sending blankets to sweltering Hainan
The Wall Street Journal, July 22, 2014
blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/07/22/chinese-red-cross-takes-heat-for-sending-blankets-to-sweltering-hainan/
China stays quiet on MH17 disaster
The Guardian, July 21, 2014
www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/21/china-mh17-disaster-ukraine-malaysia-airlines
Typhoon Rammasun leaves dozens dead after hitting China and Vietnam
The Guardian, July 22, 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/22/typhoon-rammasun-leaves-dozens-dead-after-hitting-china-and-vietnam
Environment (环境)
上半年京津冀空气质量有所改善 (Air quality improves slightly in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei in first half of 2014)
Jinghua Times, July 22, 2014
epaper.jinghua.cn/html/2014-07/22/content_107749.htm
Freedom of Movement (行动自由)
China bars sex worker rights activist from traveling to international AIDS conference
The Nation, July 21, 2014
http://www.thenation.com/blog/180730/china-bars-sex-worker-rights-activist-traveling-international-aids-conference#
Health (健康)
China “seals off” town after man dies of bubonic plague
Agence France-Presse, July 21, 2014
http://news.yahoo.com/china-seals-off-city-man-dies-bubonic-plague-102913198.html
Interview: “There are segregated HIV/AIDS prisons across China”
Radio Free Asia, July 21, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/prisons-07212014124446.html
Hong Kong (香港)
Newspaper vendors offered cash to display and hand out anti-Occupy posters
South China Morning Post, July 22, 2014
www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1557050/newspaper-vendors-offered-cash-display-and-hand-out-anti-occupy
“Unconstitutional” for Legco to stay as it is
South China Morning Post, July 22, 2014
www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1557058/unconstitutional-legco-stay-it
Macau scholars warn of rising censorship, loss of confidence in “one country, two systems”
South China Morning Post, July 22, 2014
www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1557068/macau-scholars-warn-rising-censorship-loss-confidence-one-country-two
Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)
高瑜家属看守所送钱突遭拒绝 维族留学生囚半年无法请律师 (Detention center rejects family's attempt to give Gao Yu money, Uyghur student has no access to lawyer six months into detention)
Radio Free Asia, July 21, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-07212014105148.html
Information Control (信息控制)
China increases officials' Communist education to prevent “moral decline”
Reuters, July 21, 2014
www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/21/china-communist-party-education-moral-decline
International Relations (Security, Trade and Investment) 国际关系（安全，贸易和投资）
China provides $4 billion credit line to Venezuela
Reuters, July 21, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/21/venezuela-china-idUSL2N0PW16A20140721
China will not fill U.S. void in Afghanistan: official
Reuters, July 21, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/21/us-china-afghanistan-idUSKBN0FQ12I20140721
Internet (互联网)
Twitter acts quickly on suspect pro-China accounts
The New York Times, July 22, 2014
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/07/22/twitter-acts-quickly-on-suspect-pro-china-accounts/?partner=rss&emc=rss
Related:
It’s another perfect day in Tibet!
Twitter假账户向世界宣传中国“好消息”
The New York Times, July 22, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20140722/c22tibettweet/dual/
Labor (劳工)
Shenzhen factory workers rally to support dead colleague
深圳哥士比鞋业一女工跳楼身亡 数百工人哀悼
China Labour Bulletin, July 21, 2014
EN: www.clb.org.hk/en/content/shenzhen-factory-workers-rally-support-dead-colleague
CH: bit.ly/1qZBL0S
Macao (澳门)
INTERACTIVE TIMELINE: No longer a quiet Macau, a journey through the main protests since 2009
South China Morning Post, July 22, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/article/1557009/interactive-timeline-no-longer-quiet-macau-journey-through-main-protests-2009
Media (媒体)
Chinese journalist fired over work for Hong Kong website
中国记者因给外媒撰稿离职的信号
The New York Times, July 22, 2014
EN: http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/07/22/chinese-journalist-fired-over-work-for-hong-kong-website/
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20140722/cc22media/
National Defense (国防)
China's secretive military cracks open door for glimpse inside
Reuters, July 22, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/22/us-china-defence-idUSKBN0FR0KH20140722?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews
Technology (科技)
中国网民增加 社交媒体用户下降 (Number of Internet users increases in China, but that of social media users declines)
Radio Free Asia, July 21, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/xql-07212014150824.html
Related:
China's Internet population reaches 632 million
Agence France-Presse, July 21, 2014
www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/china-s-internet/1275258.htmlCNNIC发布第34次《中国互联网络发展状况统计报告》（CNNIC publishes 34th Statistical Report on Internet Development in China)
China Internet Network Information Center, July 21, 2014
cnnic.net.cn/gywm/xwzx/rdxw/2014/201407/t20140721_47439.htm
Women (妇女)
China domestic abuse victims voiceless as network disbands
Agence France-Presse, July 22, 2014
http://www.mysinchew.com/node/100133
Opinion (观点)
Government's electoral reform report leaves hopes for democracy in tatters
South China Morning Post, July 22, 2014
www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1556993/governments-electoral-reform-report-leaves-hopes-democracy
Is new China the old Japan – and is that bad for Asia?
Rappler, July 21, 2014
www.rappler.com/thought-leaders/63910-new-china-old-japan-asia
Monday, July 21, 2014
Consumer Product Safety (消费品安全)
Yum, McDonald's apologize as new China food scandal brews
Reuters, July 21, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/21/us-yum-brands-food-safety-idUSKBN0FQ01P20140721
Related:
McDonald’s, Yum halt buying from Chinese meat supplier
Bloomberg, July 21, 2014
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-07-21/mcdonald-s-yum-suspend-orders-from-chinese-meat-supplier-husi.html食药总局: 全国追溯、封存上海福喜食品 (CFDA demands tracing illegal acts and sealing up raw materials and products of Shanghai food company)
The Beijing News, July 21, 2014
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2014/07/21/326428.html
Corruption (腐败)
中共中纪委调查天津公安局局长武长顺 (Top graft watchdog investigates Tianjin's public security chief)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 20, 2014
www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/07/140720_china_tianjin_corruption.shtml
Related:
Chinese city police chief under investigation by graft watchdog
Reuters, July 20, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/20/us-china-corruption-idUSKBN0FP03R20140720
Ensure fair trial for GSK probe pair, Foreign Correspondents' Club urges Beijing
South China Morning Post, July 20, 2014
www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1556678/ensure-fair-trial-gsk-probe-pair-foreign-correspondents-club-urges
See statement:
FCC statement on the case of Peter Humphrey and Yu Yingzeng
Foreign Correspondents' Club Hong Kong, July 19, 2014
fcchk.org/article/fcc-statement-case-peter-humphrey-and-yu-yingzeng
Counterterrorism (反恐)
Yining: the front line of China's war on terror
The Telegraph, July 20, 2014
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10978354/Yining-the-front-line-of-Chinas-war-on-terror.html
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