September 18, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
SKorea Bars Uighur Activist from Forum: Organisers
Agence France-Presse, September 17, 2009
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iMzU7PnFqyGrVo0Qv22ICexr1YZQ

Government
北京禁止外省国庆举行大型公众集会？ (Did Beijing Prohibit Other Provinces from Holding Their Own Large Gatherings for the 60th Anniversary? )
Voice of America, September 17, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/2009-09-17-voa29.cfm

Human Rights Defender – Hua Huiqi (华惠棋)
国庆前家庭教会遭打压 华惠棋及王岛被警告 (House Churches and Religious Activists under Pressure before Anniversary; Hua Huiqi and Wang Dao both Warned, Hua Told to Leave Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, September 17, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/religion-09172009091250.html

Human Rights Defenders
北京多名异见人士被软禁或要求离开北京 (Several Beijing-based Dissidents Kept under House Arrest or Told to Leave Beijing for 60th Anniversary)
Radio Free Asia, September 17, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissident_assault-09172009121939.html

荆州维权人士王义华网上批评政府被拘留 (Hubei Rights Defender Wang Yihua Detained after Criticizing the Government Online)
Radio Free Asia, September 17, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_internet-09172009120402.html

Media
《新湘报》网站被关 疑因发表敏感消息 (Hunan News Website Xin Xiang Bao (xxbnews.com) Shut Down for Publishing Sensitive Information)
Radio Free Asia, September 17, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/media-09172009091755.html

广电总局：个人不得安装和使用卫星地面接收设施 (New SARFT Regulations and Measures: Individuals Cannot Install or Use Satellite Receivers for Television Broadcasts)
China News Service, September 15, 2009
http://www.yc.chinanews.com/cul/news/2009/09-15/1867966.shtml

四川擬設網上新聞發言人 (Sichuan to Establish Online News Spokesmen)
Ming Pao, September 18, 2009
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20090918/ca50953i.htm

Police
Police Assault Sends China's Famed Artist-turned-dissident to Hospital
Christian Science Monitor, September 17, 2009
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0917/p06s01-woap.html

陕西一监狱犯人疑遭暴力殴打致死 (Shanxi Inmate Dies Mysteriously, Suspected of Having Been Beaten to Death)
China Business View, September 17, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/0917/08/5JDABH4A00011229.html

Politics
習近平任軍委副主席 四中全會通過 (Vice President Xi Jinping to Be Appointed Vice Chairman to the Central Military Commission of the CPC)
Ming Pao, September 18, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1268391/1.html

Public Health
Hepatitis Carriers Fight Job Discrimination
China Daily, September 18, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-09/18/content_8705926.htm

Religion
宗教局長換人 專家指政策不變 (Wang Zuo'an Promoted to Chairman of the State Administration of Religious Affairs after Ye Leaves for Central Institute of Socialism; Experts Say Policy to Not Change)
Ming Pao, September 18, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1268390/1.html

Related news:
Ye Xiaowen, Party Hound on Vatican and Religions, Is Promoted
AsiaNews, September 18, 2009
http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=16351

State Security
China Seizes 53,000 Guns as National Day Nears
China Daily, September 17, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-09/17/content_8705546.htm

Taiwan
A Work in Progress
South China Morning Post, September 18, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=997a9881403c3210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tourists Boycott Taiwan City over Dalai Lama Visit
Agence France-Presse, September 18, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e528a642bb6c3210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

XUAR
Wide Coverage as Wen Meets Uygur
South China Morning Post, September 18, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2842cce1ee8c3210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

新疆針刺案 再有4維人判監 (Four More Uyghurs Sentenced to 8-15 Years' Imprisonment in XUAR Needle Case)
Ming Pao, September 18, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1268380/1.html