Chinese internet censors target collective activities more than sensitive subjects, says Harvard report
South China Morning Post, August 23, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1579606/chinese-internet-censors-target-collective-activities-more-sensitive
Monday, August 25, 2014
Censorship and Surveillance (审查和监控)
Death penalty (死刑)
新疆8名涉暴恐案犯被执行死刑
8 people executed in Xinjiang on terrorism charges, China says
The New York Times, August 25, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20140825/c25xinjiang/dual/
Education (教育)
Down and out in rural China
The Economist, August 23, 2014
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21613293-many-teenagers-chinese-countryside-do-not-finish-secondary-school-bodes-ill
Hong Kong (香港)
北大教授贺卫方质疑“爱国爱港”法理 (Peking University professor He Weifang questions the legal principle of "Love the Country, Love HK")
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 24, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/08/140824_hongkong_politics_he_weifang.shtml
China leaders discuss Hong Kong's political future
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 25, 2014
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-28923896
Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)
唐荆陵刑事拘留期被延长 刘晓原律师接手代理警方拒会见 (Tang Jingling’s criminal detention extended, police refuse to allow meeting with his lawyer Liu Xiaoyuan)
Radio Free Asia, August 24, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-08252014105633.html
Information Control (信息控制)
Beijing film festival shut down after organisers threatened with power cuts, surveillance
South China Morning Post, August 24, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1579975/beijing-film-festival-shut-down-after-organisers-harassed-and-threatened
Related:
从稳控模式到扫荡模式
From stability maintenance and control to wiping out
Human Rights in China, July 25, 2014
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/ren-quan-lun-tan/cong-wen-kong-mo-shi-dao-sao-dang-mo-shi
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/china-rights-forum/stability-maintenance-and-control-wiping-out
International Relations (Security, Trade and Investment), 国际关系(安全,贸易和投资)
如何看待中国屡出争议版地图?
What to make of China’s new maps
The New York Times, August 25, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20140825/c25map/dual/
What China wants
The Economist, August 23, 2014
http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21613263-after-bad-couple-centuries-china-itching-regain-its-place-world-how-should
Internet (互联网)
Alibaba delivers benefits of a new digital economy to remotest China
The Guardian, August 24, 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/aug/25/china-taobao-ecommerce-alibaba-rural-china
Macao (澳门)
5 arrested after Macau attempts Hong Kong-style democracy poll
The Wall Street Journal, August 25, 2014
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/08/25/5-arrested-after-macau-attempts-hong-kong-style-democracy-poll/
Natural Resources (自然资源)
中国开采天然气任重道远
No easy path to natural gas
The New York Times, August 22, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/business/20140822/c22chinagas/dual/
Protests and Petitions (抗议和请愿)
Government, protesters throw cold water on ice bucket challenge in China
The Wall Street Journal, August 22, 2014
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/08/25/government-protesters-throw-cold-water-on-ice-bucket-challenge-in-china
Taiwan (台湾)
Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council urges end to speculation over official’s alleged China leaks
South China Morning Post, August 24, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1580592/taiwans-mainland-affairs-council-urges-end-speculation-over-officials
Women (妇女)
女性的抗议:我的身体不是职场玩物
Women’s photo says it all: no sexual freebies with work
The New York Times, August 25, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20140825/c25women/dual/
Friday, August 22, 2014
Corruption (腐败)
广州“裸官”张新华受审,自认贪腐近4亿不很严重有望获缓刑 (Guangzhou official on trial for corruption admits to taking 400 million in bribes, says it’s not serious and expects a suspended sentence)
Yangcheng Wanbao, August 21, 2014
www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1263048
SOE chiefs could be next target of anti-graft campaign
South China Morning Post, August 22, 2014
www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1578754/soe-chiefs-could-be-next-target-anti-graft-campaign
Consumer Product Safety (消费品安全)
苏宁推出中国首例"奶粉险" (Chinese retailer offers the first "baby formula insurance")
Deutsche Welle, August 22, 2014
http://dw.de/p/1CzJm
Counter-Terrorism (反恐)
China tells villagers to fight terror by frowning
The Telegraph, August 21, 2014
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/11047956/China-tells-villagers-to-fight-terror-by-frowning.html
Death Penalty (死刑)
福建念斌投毒案今日再次宣判 被告曾4次被判死刑 (Fujian man who had been sentenced to death 4 times faces another verdict today)
People's Daily, August 22, 2014
news.163.com/14/0822/00/A479N41O00014JB6.html
Hong Kong (香港)
港泛民与北京高官讨论政改 分歧仍严重 (Hong Kong pan-democrats and senior Beijing officials discuss electoral reforms, serious differences remain)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 21, 2014
www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/08/140821_hk_reform_china_meet.shtml
Hong Kong's inconvenient truth
Foreign Policy, August 21, 2014
www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/08/21/hong_kong_inconvenient_truth_mainland_resource_dependence
Leave room for debate, moderates urge Beijing
South China Morning Post, August 22, 2014
www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1578670/leave-room-debate-moderates-urge-beijing
Hong Kong democracy stalemate sets stage for possible financial district shutdown
Reuters, August 21, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/21/us-china-hongkong-idUSKBN0GL13320140821
International Relations (国际关系)
China in Africa: empire of the sums
The Economist, August 23, 2014
www.economist.com/news/books-and-arts/21613162-mass-immigration-chinese-people-africa-almost-entirely-driven-money
June Fourth (六四)
香港议员穿“毋忘六四”上衣被拒入境深圳 (HK legislator invited to Shenzhen meeting denied entry for wearing June Fourth t-shirt)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 21, 2014
www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/08/140821_political_reform_npc2.shtml