China’s Great Uprooting: Moving 250 Million into Cities
The New York Times, June 15, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/16/world/asia/chinas-great-uprooting-moving-250-million-into-cities.html
Monday, June 17, 2013
Land, Property, Housing
June Fourth
常熟公民发六四图片申请游行被煽颠批捕 (Jiangsu Citizen Arrested for “Inciting Subversion of State Power” after Applying to March on June 4 and Posting Related Photos Online)
Voice of America, June 17, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/jiansu-activists-arrested-20130617/1683066.html
Open Government Information
长沙公示干部电话接通率低 部分官员称打错了 (Most Phone Calls to Changsha Officials Go Unanswered or Callers Told “Wrong Number”)
Law Weekly, June 17, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-06-15/020027401601.shtml
Society
Faltering Economy in China Dims Job Prospects for Graduates
The New York Times, June 16, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/17/business/global/faltering-economy-in-china-dims-job-prospects-for-graduates.html
浙江永康男子被关派出所数小时后身亡 (Man Beaten to Death Hours after Being Taken to Police Station)
People's Daily, June 17, 2013
http://news.eastday.com/c/20130617/u1a7460667.html
13岁少女被父亲朋友强奸 父母选择算了 (Parents’ Inaction to Childhood Rape Leaves Woman Traumatized, Homeless, and Imprisoned)
Guangzhou Daily, June 17, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/s/2013-06-17/093427418444.shtml
Taiwan
「中国大陆人权实录展」在台北开幕 (U.S.-Based Research Foundation Holds Exhibit in Taiwan on PRC Human Rights Abuses since 1949)
Radio Free Asia, June 16, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/al-06162013115921.html
Tibet
Tibet Issue: NCP Urges Centre, Arunachal Pradesh Govt to Review China Policy
The Times of India, June 17, 2013
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/Tibet-issue-NCP-urges-Centre-Arunachal-Pradesh-govt-to-review-China-policy/articleshow/20622153.cms
Opinion
Risks of Following Chinese Model
The Age, June 17, 2013
http://www.theage.com.au/business/risks-of-following-chinese-model-20130616-2ocgb.html
胡佳谈曼德拉精神和对中国的影响 (Hu Jia Discusses Nelson Mandela's Influence on China)
Radio France Internationale, June 17, 2013
http://rfi.my/13UjtCe
Friday, June 14, 2013
Children
幼儿园业主将荷载5人轿车改成校车 挤入21名儿童 (Kindergarten Owner Overloads Five-Passenger Sedan with 21 Children in Daily Commute)
China News Service, June 14, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/0614/18/91BO7U1J00014JB6.html
Corruption
律师称刘志军374套房不实 系丁羽心等名下财产 (Defense Lawyer Says 374 Properties Do Not Belong to Rail Minister on Trial for Corruption)
The Beijing News, June 14, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0614/c1001-21835536.html
Culture
Body Politic: Gao Brothers Photographs Are Naked Criticism of Modern China
The Independent, June 14, 2013
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/body-politic-gao-brothers-photographs-are-naked-criticism-of-modern-china-8658015.html
Cyber Security
好一个伪君子——美"棱镜门"引中国网民痛批 (Xinhua: Chinese Netizens Call U.S. a “Hypocrite” in Wake of Snowden’s Revelation)
Xinhua News Agency, June 14, 2013
http://news.eastday.com/c/20130614/u1a7455015.html
Eric Holder Promises Edward Snowden Will Face Justice
Financial Times, June 14, 2013
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/3f3ac846-d4aa-11e2-8639-00144feab7de.html
中國日報:美監控手段不合理 (Official Chinese Media Outlets Criticize U.S. Surveillance Methods)
Ming Pao, June 14, 2013
http://news.mingpao.com/20130614/gad1.htm
Health
美国报告:中国移民体内重金属含量高 (U.S. Report: Chinese Immigrants Show High Levels of Heavy Metals)
Deutsche Welle, June 14, 2013
http://dw.de/p/18pOy
Hong Kong
Strange Haven: Freedom without Democracy Leads Hong Kong into All Sorts of Trouble
The Economist, June 15, 2013
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21579475-freedom-without-democracy-leads-hong-kong-all-sorts-trouble-strange-haven
港立法会议员致信奥巴马吁宽容斯诺登 (Two HK Legislators Urge Obama to Be Tolerant towards Snowden)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 14, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/06/130614_hk_snowden_obama.shtml
Human Rights Defenders
刘霞致信习近平:“别使我们变成中国噩梦?” (Liu Xiaobo’s Wife in Open Letter to Xi Jinping: “Don’t Let Our ‘Chinese Dream’ Become a Nightmare”)
Deutsche Welle, June 14, 2013
http://dw.de/p/18pBu
张林父女失联络引外界关注 (Zhang Lin and Daughter Not Heard from after Receiving Overseas Fund)
Radio Free Asia, June 14, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/fy-06132013100143.html
For more information on Zhang Lin and his daughter, see:
合肥声援张安妮就学活动遭清场
Police End Protest in Support of 10-Year-Old’s Right to Attend School
Human Rights in China, April 17, 2013
CH:http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/6637
EN:http://www.hrichina.org/content/6644
被构陷入狱维权村长许坤提前获释 政府加强控制村民不满升级 (Authorities Tighten Control on Villagers after Rights Defense Village Chief’s Prison Release)
Radio Free Asia, June 13, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl1-06132013100100.html
For more information on Xu Kun, see:
广西维权村长许坤获释
Guangxi Rights Defense Village Chief Released from Prison
Human Rights in China, June 12, 2013
CH:http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/6742
EN:http://www.hrichina.org/content/6741
International Relations (Security, Trade and Investment)
Over There: China Ponders Sending More Combat Troops on UN Peacekeeping Missions
The Economist, June 15, 2013
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21579495-china-ponders-sending-more-combat-troops-un-peacekeeping-missions-over-there
The Cheapest Thing Going is Gone
The Economist, June 15, 2013
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21579488-after-enduring-decade-criticism-its-weakness-chinas-currency-now-looks-uncomfortably
Political and Economic Reform
"Chinese Dream" Trumps the Constitution, Says Communist Party Paper
South China Morning Post, June 14, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1260791/chinese-dream-trumps-constitution-says-communist-party-paper
Society
山西5岁男童被火车撞死 铁路方索要出警救护费 (Authorities Deduct “Rescue Fee” from Compensation for Boy Crushed to Death by Train)
China News Service, June 14, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/0614/20/91BTF8PL00014JB6.html
北京高考生信息被售卖 2万人信息卖800元 (Personal Information of 20,000 Beijing Gaokao Students Sold to Telemarketers)
Beijing Youth Daily, June 14, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/s/2013-06-14/120127397007.shtml
Taiwan
习吴会 吴伯雄首度提“一个中国框架”回应大陆 (Honorary KMT Chairman Affirms “One China Framework” in Meeting with Xi)
Global Times, June 14, 2013
http://news.eastday.com/c/20130614/u1a7455168.html
Tibet
体制内学者建议中共重新思考西藏政策 (Professor at CPC School: Government Must Re-Think Tibet Policy)
Voice of America, June 14, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-tibet-part-1-20130614/1681687.html
Women
西安雁塔城管局辞退全部女监督员 称女性不适合 (Xi’an Dismisses all Female Urban Management Inspectors, Claims Women “Unsuitable for Job”)
Hua Shang Wang, June 14, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-06-14/012827391416.shtml