《印度斯坦時報》 7月11日

China Slashes National Games Budget By 78 %

Sporting powerhouse China has slashed the budget for its National Games by 78 percent amid dramatically slowing economic growth and a government campaign to rein in public spending. Spending on the 12th games， to be held from Aug. 31st to Sept. 12th in Liaoning， will be kept to a maximum of 800 million yuan.

中國全運會預算削減78%

在經(jīng)濟增長放緩和政府嚴格控制公共開支的大背景下，體育強國中國決定將全運會預算縮減78%，被控制在8億元人民幣以內(nèi)。8月31日至9月12日，第十二屆全國運動會將在遼寧舉行?？s減預算的決定不僅反映出官場風氣的徹底轉(zhuǎn)變，也折射出中國經(jīng)濟的現(xiàn)狀。

《外交政策》 7月15日

Chinese Economic Growth Slows

Chinese economic growth slowed to 7.5 percent in the second quarter of the year amid efforts by the country's new leaders to rein in credit and pivot toward reforms. But there is no sign from the Chinese central government that they plan to intervene in the economy and inject more stimuli. "I think the second half will be even weaker. The government's tolerance for slower growth is definitely higher，" Zhu Haibin， a JP Morgan economist said.

中國經(jīng)濟增長放緩

在中國的新領導層努力控制信貸并意圖改革之時，今年第二季度中國經(jīng)濟增長7.5%。但是，中央政府并未釋放出要干預經(jīng)濟，并出臺更多刺激措施的信號。就職于摩根大通公司的朱海賓說：“我認為，第二季度增長勢頭將更為乏力。政府對低速增長率的容忍度明顯較高。

《大西洋月刊》7月10日

China Set Law To Guarantee Filial Piety

Chinese government took filial piety to a whole new level when it passed a revised "Elderly Rights Law" in July ， which allows seniors to sue their children for neglect. The particulars of the law may be lacking and elicited a caustic reaction from an online population. Its passage raises this question： Why， in a culture known for venerating the elderly， is enforcing filial piety even necessary？

中國為“孝道”立法

7月，中國政府將孝道推向全新的高度，通過了經(jīng)修訂的《老年人權益保障法》，允許老年人起訴子女照顧不周。這項法規(guī)的細節(jié)尚不完善，招致廣大網(wǎng)民的嘲諷。這項法規(guī)的出臺提出了一個問題：為什么在一個以尊老著稱的文化里竟然需要強制執(zhí)行孝道？

《福布斯》7月16日

Ghost City Will Not Block

Chinas Economic Development

On July 16th， Forbes released an article China May Have Ghost Cities but Rapid Growth Is No Apparition. The article believes that whatever overbuilding China may have done， it was simply insufficient to create an economic crisis， because Chinas debts， unlike those of the U.S. and most other countries， are owed to China itself.

鬼城不阻中國經(jīng)濟發(fā)展

許多批評人士往往會以中國的鬼城為證唱衰中國經(jīng)濟。7月16日，《福布斯》發(fā)表題為《中國雖有鬼城，但迅速的發(fā)展并非幻象》的文章，認為不管中國可能存在怎樣的過度建設，都不足以導致經(jīng)濟危機，因為中國的債務與美國及其他國家不同，是內(nèi)部債務。

路透社7月18日

Public Trust Crisis Threatens

China's Nuclear Power Ambitions

A plan to build a uranium processing plant in Jiangmen，Guangdong was canceled in July after about a thousand people took to the streets demanding the project was scrapped over public health and environmental fears. Experts say that the Chinese state-run nuclear power companies and local governments lack the communication skills to reassure the public at a time of heightened fears about safety. “China got a long way to go in developing public consultation，" said Steve Kidd， former head of World Nuclear Association.

公共信任危機威脅中國核電雄心

由于約1000人走上街頭，要求政府考慮公眾健康和環(huán)境危害，取消計劃建設的核燃料處理工廠的項目。最終，廣東江門取消了這一項目。專家表示，在高度關注安全的時期，中國國有核電公司和地方政府缺少說服公眾的交流技巧。世界核能協(xié)會會長史蒂夫·基德表示，中國在公共協(xié)商方面，還有很長的路要走。

英國廣播公司7月18日

Chengguan in Linwu Killed Watermelon Farmer

Deng Zhengjia， in his 50s， was beaten to death by Chengguan with a scale weight on July 17th in Linwu County， Hunan. Chengguan are unpopular with the Chinese public after a series of high-profile violent incidents. Chengguans thuggish behavior had led to public anger and undermined stability.

臨武城管打死瓜農(nóng)

7月17日，50多歲的臨武縣瓜農(nóng)鄧正加被城管用秤砣打死（目前此案仍未定性—編者注）。一系列廣受關注的暴力事件后，城管在中國民眾眼中的形象陷入負面。城管幫助警察處理城市中的輕微犯罪，但這一群體的“暴徒行為”激怒了中國公眾，帶來社會不穩(wěn)定因素。在許多中國公民眼中，他們成為肢體暴力、非法拘禁和偷竊的同義詞。