Consumer Product Safety (消费品安全)

Chinese billionaires hope their money can help buy better food
Wall Street Journal, April 11, 2014
blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/04/11/chinese-billionaires-hope-their- money-can-help-buy-better-food/?mod=WSJBlog

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

建三江被拘遭遇记 (An account of my detention in Jiansanjiang)
New York Times, April 11, 2014
cn.nytimes.com/china/20140411/cc11wangquanzhang/

For more information, see:
Post Reeducation-Through-Labor "abolition": lawyers and defenders monitor legal reform implementation--the Jiansanjiang case
"废除"劳教： 律师和维权人士监督法律改革实施--建三江案
Human Rights in China, April 2014
EN: www.hrichina.org/en/post-reeducation-through-labor-abolition-lawyers-and-defenders-monitor-legal-reform-implementation
CH: www.hrichina.org/chs/fei-chu-lao-jiao-lu-shi-he-wei-quan-ren-shi-jian-du-fa-lu-gai-ge-shi-shi-jian-san-jiang

赵常青庭审拒认罪将择期宣判 律师提法院违反程序不被采纳 (Verdict in trial of activist Zhao Changqing forthcoming, court rejects lawyers' objection to procedural problems)
Radio Free Asia, April 10, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/sy-04102014110214.html

China rejects appeal of citizens movement founder
Associated Press, April 11, 2014
qctimes.com/news/world/asia/china-rejects-appeal-of-citizens-movement-founder/article_001b1039-fff2-54fc-8c38-91c201862f96.html

Chinese civil rights lawyer Xu Zhiyong releases autobiography amid likely court rebuff
South China Morning Post, April 11, 2014
www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1474623/chinese-civil-rights-lawyer-xu-zhiyong-releases-autobiography-amid-likely

For more information, see:
Lawyers dismissed or withdrawn in protest of unfair trials of three citizen activists
Human Rights in China, January 31, 2014
http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/hric-bulletin/lawyers-dismissed-or-withdrawn-protest-unfair-trials-three-citizen

Citizen activists on trial 2014: schedule/status and essays
Human Rights in China, April 7, 2014
http://www.hrichina.org/en/citizen-activists-trial-2014-schedulestatus-and-essays

Information Control (信息控制)

奖项空缺 抗议中国电影审查? (Is lack of winners in Chinese film awards a subtle rebuke of censorship?)
Deutsche Welle, April 10, 2014
dw.de/p/1Bfni

Related: China film directors' guild declines to award best picture
Agence France-Presse, April 10, 2014
www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/140410/china-film-directors-guild- declines-award-best-picture

International Human Rights (国际人权)

英国人权报告关注中国人权捍卫者处境 (In human rights report, UK expresses concern over the situation of human rights defenders in China)
Radio Free Asia, April 10, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/zaa-04102014120725.html

See report:
Human Rights and Democracy 2013-14: China
United Kingdoms Foreign and Commonwealth Office, April 10, 2014
www.hrdreport.fco.gov.uk/china/

Spain: A human-rights avenger no longer?
Christian Science Monitor, April 10, 2014
www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2014/0410/Spain-A-human-rights-avenger-n o-longer

International Relations (国际关系)

The legal question that could stop China's maritime power grab
Foreign Policy, April 11, 2014
theweek.com/article/index/259525/the-legal-question-that-could-end-chinas-maritime-power-grab

China explores regional security framework with Asian nations
First Post, April 10, 2014
www.firstpost.com/world/china-explores-regional-security-framework-with-asian-nations-1474567.html

Chinese lending to Latin America: flexible friends
The Economist, April 12, 2014
www.economist.com/news/americas/21600686-china-lends-disproportionately -countries-lack-other-options-flexible-friends

Protests and Petitions (抗议和请愿)

上海数千访民市政府集会要人权 当局如临大敌特警维稳 (Several thousand petitioners gather outside Shanghai city hall demanding human rights, special police forces arrive to maintain control)
Radio Free Asia, April 10, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/jp2-04102014123744.html

Civil Society (民间社会)

Beneath the glacier: In spite of a political clampdown, a flourishing civil society is taking hold
The Economist, April 12, 2014
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21600747-spite-political-clampdown-flourishing-civil-society-taking-hold-beneath-glacier?fsrc=rss

Corruption (腐败)

广东省纪委出台规定:不准用私款私物大办婚丧事宜 (Guangdong corruption watchdog issues new directive banning officials from holding opulent weddings and funerals)
Guangzhou Daily, April 9, 2014
www.bjd.com.cn/jryw/gnxw/201404/09/t20140409_6586061.html

Related:
Planning a wedding or funeral? China’s Communist Party wants to know
The Wall Street Journal, April 9, 2014
blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/04/09/planning-a-wedding-or-funeral-chinas-communist-party-wants-to-know/?mod=WSJBlog

Graft inquiry fells another ally of former security chief
周永康旧部郭永祥被宣布 “双开”
The New York Times, April 10, 2014
cn.nytimes.com/china/20140410/c10graft/dual/

Health (健康)

China recruits “guardian angels” to protect embattled doctors
Reuters, April 9, 2014
news.yahoo.com/china-recruits-guardian-angels-protect-embattled-doctors-071140651.html

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

中国当局为何加紧对维权人士的打压？(What is behind China's intensified crackdown on rights defenders?)
Radio Free Asia, April 9, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/nu-04092014145517.html

Related:
Understanding China’s crackdown on rights advocates: personal accounts and perspectives
Congressional-Executive Commission on China, April 8, 2014
www.cecc.gov/events/hearings/understanding-china’s-crackdown-on-rights-advocates-personal-accounts-and

China corruption plan: punish those who expose it
USA Today, April 9, 2014
www.wtsp.com/story/news/2014/04/09/china-corruption-fight/7497461/

北京公民案律师退庭抗议法院违法违规 (Lawyers withdraw from court in protest of procedural problems)
Voice of America, April 9, 2014
www.voachinese.com/content/attorney-withdraw-from-the-court-trial-20140409/1889364.html

Related:
Lawyers quit in protest at China graft activists' trial
Agence France-Presse, April 10, 2014
au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/world/a/22513120/lawyers-quit-in-protest-at-china-graft-activists-trial/

Anti-corruption activist on trial in China
Al Jazeera, April 10, 2014
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2014/04/anti-corruption-activist-trial-china-201441071430605364.html

Citizen activists on trial 2014: schedule/status and essays
Human Rights in China, April 7, 2014
www.hrichina.org/en/citizen-activists-trial-2014-schedulestatus-and-essays

Information Control (信息控制)

秦火火损害谁的形象？ (Online defamation trial a key test case in China's Internet crackdown)
Deutsche Welle, April 9, 2014
www.dw.de/秦火火损害谁的形象/a-17553189?maca=chi-rss-chi-all-1127-rdf

International Relations (Security, Trade and Investment) 国际关系（安全，贸易和投资）

US Senate resolution calls for greater press freedom in China
Business Standard, April 10, 2014
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/us-senate-resolution-calls-for-greater-press-freedom-in-china-114041000299_1.html

June Fourth (六四)

Owners threaten legal action over world's first June 4 museum
South China Morning Post, April 10, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1472402/owners-threaten-legal-action-over-worlds-first-june-4-museum

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)

Party insider offers rare insight into what China’s reforms mean
The Conversation, April 10, 2014
theconversation.com/party-insider-offers-rare-insight-into-what-chinas-reforms-mean-25367

Taiwan (台湾)

Taiwan activists peacefully exit parliament after weeks-long occupation
South China Morning Post, April 10, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1473317/taiwan-president-insists-trade-pacts-benefits-student-activists-prepare

Tibet (西藏)

西藏索县两藏民被捕 青海玛多县转经轮被拆除 (Tibetan residents reportedly arrested, sacred religious items dismantled in Qinghai)
Radio Free Asia, April 9, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-04092014140946.html

Business and Economics (商业和经济)

南华早报：外企进军内地幼儿园 关系决定成败 (SCMP: Success of mainland kindergartens funded by foreign enterprises depends on “guanxi”)
Sina News, April 9, 2014
http://mil.news.sina.com.cn/2014-04-09/0822772934.html

Death Penalty (死刑)

中国计划取消死囚器官移植 (China to stop harvesting organs from death row inmates)
Deutsche Welle, April 9, 2014
http://dw.de/p/1BeBb

Freedom of Expression and Privacy (言论自由和隐私)

北京法院审理网民诽谤诋毁雷锋案 (Two netizens to go on trial for "defaming" Communist hero)
Radio Free Asia, April 8, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/xql-04082014154848.html

Health (健康)

卫计委：将公布幼儿园擅自喂药查处结果 (Top health body to publish results of investigation into kindergartens drug scandals)
China Youth Daily, April 9, 2014
www.chinanews.com/gn/2014/04-09/6042099.shtml

Black lungs, rotting teeth: China urged to use graphic warnings on cigarette packs
South China Morning Post, April 9, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1471021/black-lungs-rotting-teeth-china-urged-switch-more-graphic-warnings