Chinese police raid office of prominent NGO: co-founder
Reuters, March 26, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/26/us-china-rights-idUSKBN0MM0CD20150326
Thursday, March 26, 2015
Civil Society (民间社会)
Corruption (腐败)
China's environment watchdog to exit from evaluation services
Xinhua News, March 25, 2015
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-03/25/c_134096838.htm
Freedom of Expression (言论自由)
Freed Tibetan monk's welcoming ceremony blocked by police
Radio Free Asia, March 25, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/blocked-03252015121602.html
Another monk is detained in Tibet's Sog county
Radio Free Asia, March 25, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/another-03252015150315.html
Hong Kong (香港)
Universal suffrage is “genuine” if it fits within the law, CY Leung argues in Legco Q&A
South China Morning Post, March 26, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1747561/cy-leung-condemns-anti-parallel-goods-protests-legco-qa-session
Internet (互联网)
Chinese have no need for websites blocked by Great Firewall, says Beijing official
South China Morning Post, March 26, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics-policy/article/1747592/olympics-beijing-official-says-chinese-have-no-need
反审查网站:中国政府参与攻击谷歌等公司 (Anti-censorship website: Chinese government participated in attacks on Google and other companies)
Voice of America, March 26, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-google-cyberspace-20150323/2694433.html
Population (人口)
”Secret” children could cost State workers their jobs
China Daily, March 26, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-03/26/content_19918610.htm
Rule of Law (法治)
Environmental NGO sues polluter
China Daily, March 26, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-03/26/content_19912406.htm
China's Xi says miscarriages of justice must be tackled properly
Reuters, March 25, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/26/us-china-politics-court-idUSKBN0MM04L20150326
习近平:司法体制改革成效人民来评判 (Xi Jinping: people are to judge the effectiveness of judicial reform)
South China Morning Post, March 26, 2015
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/national/14c53a3a1ef7d36/xi-jin-ping-si-fa-ti-zhi-gai-ge-cheng-xiao-ren-min-lai-ping-pan
Lawyers demand more autonomy for bar associations as country pushes for rule of law
Global Times, March 25, 2015
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/913965.shtml
China's Inner Mongolia police chief held for murder
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 26, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-32062296
Women (妇女)
China rejects international pleas to release five feminists from jail
The Guardian, March 25, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/25/china-rejects-release-five-detained-feminist-activists-international-womens-day
Related:
China rejects calls to free women's rights activists
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 25, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-32046346
In China, supporters of detained feminists come under pressure
The New York Times, March 25, 2015
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/03/25/in-china-supporters-of-detained-feminists-come-under-pressure/
Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)
Detention of women activists makes a mockery of China's rule of law aspirations
South China Morning Post, March 26, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1747586/detention-women-activists-makes-mockery-chinas-rule-law
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Corruption (腐败)
China hands US list of corrupt officials alleged to have fled to America
South China Morning Post, March 25, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1746947/china-gives-us-list-corrupt-officials-alleged-have-fled-america
Related:
China, US work to clear legal hurdles
China Daily, March 25, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2015-03/25/content_19900801.htm
中国向美国提供逃往美国贪腐嫌疑人“优先名单” (China provides U.S. with “priority list” of graft suspects who have fled to the country)
Reuters, March 25, 2015
http://cn.reuters.com/article/2015/03/25/cn-clj-idCNKBS0ML0NZ20150325
China's local gov'ts urged to implement power list system
Sina News, March 24, 2015
http://english.sina.com/china/2015/0324/794762.html
Freedom of Association and Assembly (结社自由、集会自由)
Christian pastor in China gets one-year prison term in battle over crosses
New York Times, March 24, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/25/world/asia/christian-pastor-in-china-gets-one-year-prison-term-in-battle-over-crosses.html
China orders square dancers to walk the line
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 24, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/32033315
Freedom of Expression (言论自由)
艾未未獲頒國際特赦最高人權獎 (Ai Weiwei receives Amnesty’s top honor)
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 24, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/trad/china/2015/03/150324_aiweiwei_award
西藏艺术家阿旺坚赞被拘押 (Tibetan artist Ngawang Gyaltsen detained)
Voice of America, March 25, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/tibet-20150324/2692282.html
Hong Kong (香港)
Sha Tau Kok shops plan would take pressure off other border areas, local councillors argue
South China Morning Post, March 25, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1746521/sha-tau-kok-shops-plan-would-take-pressure-other-border-areas-local
Information Control (信息控制)
China's great firewall: Fortune at the expense of freedom?
CNN, March 25, 2015
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/03/25/asia/china-internet-censorship-kristie-lu-stout/
Refugees and Asylum Seekers (难民和庇护寻求者)
Tug-of-war between China, Turkey over suspected Uighurs in Thailand
Yahoo News, March 25, 2015
http://news.yahoo.com/tug-war-between-china-turkey-over-suspected-uighurs-175355040.html
Related:
中国土耳其分别要求泰国遣返维吾尔移民 (China and Turkey request Thailand to extradite Uyghur immigrants)
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 24, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/03/150324_uighurs_thai_turkey_china
Taiwan (台湾)
Taiwan activists fan China fears as protest trial opens
Reuters, March 25, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/25/us-taiwan-protests-idUSKBN0ML0JQ20150325?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews
Women (妇女)
Britain calls for release of Chinese female activists
The Telegraph, March 25, 2015
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/11493546/Britain-calls-for-release-of-Chinese-female-activists.html
Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)
Chinese officials must learn that clarity is key to good governance
South China Morning Post, Date
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1746593/chinese-officials-must-learn-clarity-key-good-governance
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Civil Society (民间社会)
Chinese law would bring civic groups under state security supervision
Washington Post, March 23, 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/chinese-law-would-bring-civic-groups-under-state-security-supervision/2015/03/23/5d8ad994-cce7-11e4-8730-4f473416e759_story.html
Corruption (腐败)
Love of photography proves Chinese official's undoing
South China Morning Post, March 24, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1745693/love-photography-proved-chinese-officials-undoing
North China province tackles official shortage after corruption war
Xinhua News, March 24, 2015
http://english.sina.com/2015/0324/794534.html
Wife of Chinese military officer at center of corruption probe “mired in business debt, disputes”
South China Morning Post, March 24, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1746265/wife-chinese-military-officer-centre-corruption-probe-mired-business-debt