Apple hiring manager in Beijing to handle China government data requests
South China Morning Post, September 18, 2014
http://bit.ly/1uLbffi
Thursday, September 18, 2014
Censorship and Surveillance (审查和监控)
Civil Society (民间社会)
Even seemingly benign causes draw China crackdown
The Washington Post, September 18, 2014
http://wapo.st/1rfOM9n
Corruption (腐败)
中国应善用联合国反腐公约 不让贪官有逃亡天堂 (China should utilize UNCAC to prevent corrupted official from escaping)
South China Morning Post, September 18, 2014
http://bit.ly/1p2tQOo
Education (教育)
China’s schoolchildren practise democracy in the classroom
Financial Times, September 15, 2014
http://on.ft.com/1wIqGXQ
Hong Kong (香港)
Pro-democracy bankers urge Xi Jinping against Tiananmen-style crackdown on Occupy Central
The South China Morning Post, September 18, 2014
http://on.ft.com/1wIqGXQ
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Human Rights in China, September 18, 2014
http://on.fb.me/1yiuHnO
Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士,)
维吾尔族学者伊力哈木否认分裂国家的指控 (Ilham Tohti denies charges of “separatism”)
Voice of America, September 18, 2014
http://bit.ly/1wsTMHY
Related:
伊力哈木•土赫提分裂国家案一审公开开庭审理 (Ilham Tohti’s public trial on “separatism” charges begins)
China News, September 18, 2014
http://bit.ly/1wsTMHY
LGBTI
Lawsuit aims to put an end to “gay conversion therapy” in China
The New York Times, September 18, 2014
http://nyti.ms/1ATjYfk
Coming out in china: parents of LGBT fight for their children’s acceptance
The Wall Street Journal, September 18, 2014
http://on.wsj.com/1mgqLPm
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助内地同志顺利出柜 团体吁做父母工作
South China Morning Post, September 18, 2014
http://bit.ly/1p2tXJU
Media (媒体)
Chinese government makes life difficult for international journalists
The Guardian, September 17, 2014
http://bit.ly/1DlL6rE
State Security (国家安全)
专家称三战仍存可能 中国要早发展军力做准备(Chinese Military must improve its World War III preparedness)
Xinhua, September 16, 2014
http://bit.ly/1svw8GN
Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)
China's corrupt officials must be denied an overseas haven
中国应善用联合国反腐公约 不让贪官有逃亡天堂
South China Morning Post, September 17, 2014
EN: http://bit.ly/1DlPUgy
CH: http://bit.ly/1p2tQOo
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Censorship and Surveillance (审查和监控)
China's social media underground
Foreign Policy, September 16, 2014
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/09/16/chinas_social_media_underground_twitter
Corruption (腐败)
China takes anti-corruption drive overseas
Financial Times, September 16, 2014
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/6ec199d0-3cc5-11e4-871d-00144feabdc0.html
Bosses and cash vanish at shoe firm Ultrasonice
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 16, 2014
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-29227907
Environment (环境)
Meet the biggest polluter in China's most polluted city
The Wall Street Journal, September 16, 2014, Date
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203937904580119960842299020.html
Hong Kong (香港)
港民主派申请十一游行但拒证实会否占中 (Pan-democrats apply for October 1 march, but refuse to confirm if it’s for Occupy Central)
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 16, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/09/140916_hk_occupy_demo.shtml
Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)
九律师欲旁听程海听证会被羁押 联名告北京昌平公安局分局长 (9 lawyers file complaint against police for preventing them to attend Cheng Hai’s hearing)
Radio Free Asia, September 16, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-09162014101909.html
See more information on Cheng Hai:
hrichina.org/en/defenders/cheng-hai
Uighur scholar charged with separatism goes on trial in China
The New York Times, September 17, 2014
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/18/world/asia/separatism-trial-of-ilham-tohti-uighur-scholar-begins-in-china.html
Uighur scholar’s daughter laments China’s “ridiculous” charges against her father
The Washington Post, September 16, 2014
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/09/16/ilham-tohtis-daughter-laments-chinas-ridiculous-charges-against-her-father/
International Human Rights (国际人权)
Human rights forum kicks off in Beijing
Xinhua, September 17, 2014
http://www.ecns.cn/2014/09-17/134963.shtml
Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)
China's unhappy rich
The Wall Street Journal, September 17, 2014
http://online.wsj.com/articles/chinas-unhappy-rich-1410889484
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Corruption (腐败)
Fancy wine and French-trained chefs: China goes after officials’ luxe “training centers”
The Wall Street Journal, September 16, 2014
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/09/16/fancy-wine-and-french-trained-chefs-china-goes-after-officials-luxe-training-centers/
Environment (环境)
《自然》暗示水电站“触发”鲁甸地震,地震局官员说不科学 (China Earthquake Administration: Nature Magazine’s intimation that hydropower plant triggered Ludian earthquake lacks unscientific basis)
The Paper, September 16, 2014
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1267153
Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)
民主党成员相继被捕 不排除是新一轮打压 (Democracy Party members detained one after another, could this be a new round of suppression?)
Radio Free Asia, September 12, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/arrest-09122014095905.html
Related:
Another Zhejiang democracy activist in custody for “subversion”
Human Rights in China, September 15, 2014
http://www.hrichina.org/en/another-zhejiang-democracy-activist-custody-subversion