深圳劳工NGO遭遇逼迁 (Shenzhen Labor NGOs Evicted)
Xiaoxiang Morning Herald, October 18, 2012
http://focus.news.163.com/12/1018/09/8E3BA21L00011SM9.html
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Civil Society
Environment
广东电子垃圾拆解重镇污染接近成灾 (Guangdong: Pollution from Recycling Electronics near Disastrous)
Caixin, October 7, 2012
http://china.caixin.com/2012-10-17/100448076.html
Hong Kong
香港支持及反對國教團體集會對陣 (Opponents and Supporters of National Education Square Off in Demonstrations Government Headquarters)
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 17, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/trad/chinese_news/2012/10/121017_hk_national_education.shtml
Related:
Spar for the Course as Ng Quit Call Fails
The Standard, October 18, 2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_print.asp?art_id=127455&sid=
Human Rights Defenders
Chen Guangcheng's Brother Sues Police for Storming His Home
Reuters, October 17, 2012
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/oct/17/chen-guangchen-brother-sues-police
Related:
陳光誠兄被炒 一家借錢度日 (Chen Guangcheng's Broth Fired, Family Must Borrow to Survive)
Ming Pao, October 18, 2012
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/陳光誠兄被炒-家借錢度日-211704687.html与陈光诚共进午餐 (Lunch with Chen Guangcheng)
Financial Times, October 17, 2012
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001046921
Labor
人社部报告称2成职工5年内从未涨工资 (Human Resources Ministry Report: 20% of Workers Have Not Received Pay Rises in Last 5 Years)
Southern Daily, October 18, 2012
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2012-10-18/130925385911.shtml
Related:
中国薪酬发展报告（2011年） (2011 Report on the Development of Salary in China)
Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, 2012
http://guoqing.china.com.cn/2012-10/17/content_26817959.htm
Land Policy
Success of Crackdown on Forced Demolition Revealed
Xinhua News Agency, October 18, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-10/18/content_15825999.htm
Protests and Petitions
三十多访民赴京遭围殴遣送 上访村再遭政府人员夜袭 (Beijing: 30+ Petitioners Beaten and Returned to Their Hometowns, Petitioning Village Again Attacked by in the Night)
Radio Free Asia, October 17, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ql2-10172012122944.html
湖南湘潭承认拆迁导致村民自焚 (Xiangtan, Hunan Authorities Confirm Demolition Lead to Villager Shi Ganming’s Self-immolation)
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 18, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/rolling_news/2012/10/121018_rolling_china_xiangtan.shtml
川官指猝死司機肇因病發 (Sichuan Official: Driver’s Death Caused by Illness)
Ming Pao, October 18, 2012
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/川官指猝死司機肇因病發-030803971.html
Related:
Chinese Residents Take to Streets after Man Reported Killed
Reuters, October 17, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/17/us-china-unrest-idUSBRE89G1AC20121017Video of the crowd and police surrounding driver in Luzhou:
泸州红星村农贸市场交警打死人了 (Traffic Police Beat Man to Death in Hongxing Village Farmers' Market)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvrMOhXiP2E
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Environment
Environmental Survey Launched Nationwide
China Daily, October 17, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-10/17/content_15822971.htm
Food Security
专家称中国30多个省市只有几个粮食“富余” (Experts: 30+ Provinces/Cities in China Have Only a Bit of Grain in Surplus)
Legal Daily, October 17, 2012
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2012-10/17/content_3908809.htm
Human Rights Defenders
NGOs, Activists Call for Release of Detained Eco-warrior Liu Futang
South China Morning Post, October 17, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1062729/ngos-activists-call-release-detained-eco-warrior-liu-futang
Read the open letter calling for the release of Liu Futang online at:
呼吁海南省无罪释放环保人士刘福堂 (Calling for Hainan to Release Environmental Activist Liu Futang sans Guilt)
October 16, 2012
http://liuhongqiao.blog.caixin.com/archives/47550
廖亦武德国获奖，中国不高兴 (China Not Pleased with Liao Yiwu's German Peace Prize Win)
Deutsche Welle, October 16, 2012
http://www.dw.de/廖亦武德国获奖中国不高兴/a-16309167
Related:
海外异见者需有走出仇恨的精神力量
Exiled Dissidents Should Leave Hatred Behind
Global Times, October 16, 2012
CH: http://opinion.huanqiu.com/opinion_world/2012-10/3190220.html
EN: http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/738704.shtml
Labor
Interns as Young as 14 Found at Foxconn Plant
Shanghai Daily, October 16, 2012
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/nsp/National/2012/10/17/Interns+as+young+as+14+found+at+Foxconn+plant
Politics
Chinese Elite Politics: It's Still a Man's World
The Associated Press, October 17, 2012
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jrlcZMk6ggdxS6DYFnRI8_RqDv_g
Protests and Petitions
浙江访民沈志华被送精神病院官员称否则须坐牢 (Zhejiang Petitioner Shen Zhihua Institutionalized; Official: She Would Be behind Bars Otherwise)
Radio Free Asia, October 16, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ql2-10162012105813.html
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Education
教育部：坚决取缔围绕小学招生开展的各种选拔性考试 (Ministry of Education Bans Entrance Exams for Primary Schools)
People's Daily, October 15, 2012
http://www.ce.cn/xwzx/gnsz/gdxw/201210/16/t20121016_23758006.shtml
Hukou
多名村民未参加新农合被开除村籍 数年上访无果 (Guangdong Villagers Petition for Years to Regain Village Residence after Being Expelled for Not Joining New Rural Cooperative Medical System in 2003)
Southern Rural, October 16, 2012
http://news.163.com/12/1016/06/8DTRVGOH00011229.html
Human Rights Defenders
Wife of Mongolian Activist Speaks Out against Chinese Harassment
The Associated Press, October 15, 2012
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/oct/15/wife-mongolian-activist-china
Related:
哈达15年刑满后下落不明 其妻、子刑拘
Mongolian Dissident Hada Missing after Scheduled Prison Release; Wife and Son Detained
Human Rights in China, December 14, 2012
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/4933
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/4883
广州网络作家被严管 异见者吁善待狱中朱虞夫 (Guangzhou Writer Ye Du under Strict Control from Authorities in Lead-up to 18th Party Congress)
Radio Free Asia, October 15, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ql2-10152012172958.html
Law
Lawmakers Deliberate Draft to Amend Prison Law
Xinhua News Agency, October 15, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-10/15/content_15817712.htm
Politics
《求是》发表署名秋石的文章 奋力把改革开放推向前进 (Qiushi Publishes Essay on How No Effort Should Be Spared to Promote Reform and Opening Up Policy)
Xinhua News Agency, October 15, 2012
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2012-10/15/c_113378859.htm
Read the article online at:
奋力把改革开放推向前进 (Sparing No Effort to Promote Reform and Opening Up)
Qiushi, October 16, 2012
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2012-10/16/c_123827747.htm
Protests and Petitions
逾千村民抗议建水库影响水源 (Fujianese Villagers Protest Pollution of Water Source due to Reservoir Project, Some Detained)
Radio Free Asia, October 15, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/pollution_protest-10152012093901.html
Monday, October 15, 2012
Human Rights Defenders
Peace Winner in Feral Attack
Agence France-Presse, October 15, 2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=17&art_id=127315&sid=37911441&con_type=1
Related:
廖亦武：这个帝国必须分裂 (Liao Yiwu: This Empire Must Break Up)
Deutsche Welle, October 14, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,16305414,00.html
陈光诚侄子可能遭不公审判 (Chen Guangcheng's Nephew May Not Get Fair Trial)
Deutsche Welle, October 13, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,16304269,00.html
Related:
陈克贵伤人案已移送检察院起诉 (Chen Kegui's Case Sent to Procuratorate)
Radio Free Asia, October 12, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/chen_prosecution-10122012105834.htmlFor more on Chen Kegui's case, see:
Family of Chen Kegui Rejects Officially Appointed Lawyers
Human Rights in China, July 25, 2012
http://www.hrichina.org/content/6211
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