October 30, 2009

Top News
Protests and Petitions
上海市民沈佩兰在探望郑恩宠时被殴打 (Shanghai Citizen Shen Peilan Beaten when on Her Way to Visit Rights Defense Lawyer Zheng Enchong)
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, October 29, 2009
http://crd-net.org/Article/Class53/200910/20091029142116_17982.html

On October 27, 2009, a Shanghai petitioner Shen Peilan (沈佩兰) was beaten by police officers when she went to visit rights defense lawyer Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠). On October 29, 2009, Shen was taken away from their home by officers from the public security bureau of Maqiao Township in Pudong New District, Shanghai.

Related information:
Rights Activist Beaten and Detained Following Protest
Human Rights in China, October 29, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/172281

News
Bilateral Ties
Chinese Vice Premier Visits Albania
Xinhua News Agency, October 29, 2009
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE59S08N20091029?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews

Canada Looks to Renew Ties with China
China Daily, October 30, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-10/30/content_8870515.htm

Obama Meets Senior Chinese Military Officer
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), October 29, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-10/29/content_8867137.htm

Li Calls for 'New Level' in Australia Ties
South China Morning Post, October 30, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9fb313f35a3a4210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Corruption
Guangdong Uses Lie Detector in Corruption Probe
Shanghai Daily, October 30, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=417969

Environment
Climate Diplomacy Stepped up as Copenhagen Looms
South China Morning Post, October 29, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7346ae080ae94210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Government
艾未未要求地震信息公开　邮寄行动冀望网友加入 (Ai Weiwei Call on Chinese Authorities for Information Disclosure on Sichuan Earthquake)
Radio Free Asia, October 29, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ai-10292009094225.html

Labor
26名工人集體食物中毒 施工方稱投毒可能性大 (26 Workers in Xian Suffer Food Poisoning)
Sina, October 30, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1311098/1.html

Law
侵权责任立法须审慎客观——聚焦人大常委会审议侵权责任法草案 (Careful Review on Draft Tort Liability Law Needed)
Xinhua News Agency, October 30, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-10/30/content_12358456.htm

North Korea
China's Hu Invites North Korea's Kim to Visit: Report
Reuters, October 29, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE59S1GN20091029?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews

Protests and Petitions
上海四百访民聚京抗议 商议每月都要集体上访 (400 Petitioners Protest in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, October 29, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fang-10292009101905.html

Tibet
EU Denounces China's Execution of Two Tibetans
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), October 29, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091029/wl_asia_afp/chinatibetunresteu

XUAR
中国当局逮捕新疆维吾尔族著名媒体人海来特 (Uyghur Journalist Heyrat Niyaz Arrested)
Radio France Internationale, October 30, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/118/article_17116.asp

October 29, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
Chinese Visit Seals End of Chilly Ties with Australia
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), October 29, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091029/wl_nm/us_australia_china

Corruption
中国政府官员贪腐、涉黑犯罪日趋严重 (Corruption and Related Crimes Involving Chinese Government Officials Shows Signs of Worsening)
Radio Free Asia, October 28, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fu-10282009084837.html

Environment
China Poisoning Pearl River Delta: Greenpeace
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), October 28, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091028/sc_afp/chinaenvironmentgreenpeace

Human Rights Defenders
慈溪农民因控告地方官员腐败被追杀 (Zhejiang Farmer Listed as Wanted for Exposing the Corruption of Local Officials)
Radio Free Asia, October 28, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/nong-10282009101629.html

贵州活动人士周二聚会 启动“第五届人权研讨会” (Guizhou Activists Gather Tuesday for the Fifth Human Rights Seminar)
Radio Free Asia, October 28, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/guizhou-10282009115653.html

中国多名维权律师访美 探讨法制在中国的发展 (Chinese Rights Defense Lawyers Discuss the Development of the Chinese Legal System in Washington)
Radio Free Asia, October 29, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lushi-10282009170351.html

Law
最高检:严查刑讯逼供、暴力取证等侵犯人权犯罪 (SPP: Investigation into Forced Confessions, Evidence Obtained through Violence, and Other Acts Violating Human Rights during Criminal Investigations)
Xinhua News Agency, October 29, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-10/29/content_12352152.htm

Media
最高法研究室答新华网：增强法律意识 规范网络行为 (Interview with SPC Research Office: Strengthen Legal Consciousness, Regulate Internet Activities)
Xinhua News Agency, October 29, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-10/29/content_12354346.htm

Multilateral
VP Xi: China to Take Active Part in UN Work
Xinhua News Agency, October 28, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/28/content_12350274.htm

October 28, 2009

News

Internet Censorship

China Purges Porn Works on Internet

Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), October 27, 2009 http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-10/27/content_8857867.htm

June Fourth

北京又拒港人入境 被指违反联合国公约 ("Tiananmen Mothers Campaign - Hong Kong" Member Refused Entry into Beijing)

Radio Free Asia, October 28, 2009

http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/bei-10272009171711.html

Law

Draft Amendment Aims for Electoral Balance

South China Morning Post, October 28, 2009

http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0

Children

China Rescues Kidnapped Children

BBC Chinese, October 28, 2009

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8329172.stm

Bilateral Ties

China, Malawi Vow to Further Military Ties

Xinhua News Agency, October 27, 2009

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/27/content_12343153.htm

Ukraine Reliable Friend, Partner: Chinese Vice Premier

Xinhua News Agency, October 28, 2009

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/28/content_12345879.htm

China, Mongolia Vow to Step Up Parliamentary Ties

Xinhua News Agency, October 28, 2009

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/27/content_12342056.htm

Multilateral

Russia, India, China to Forge Common Approach to Global Issues

Voice of America, October 28, 2009

http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-10-27-voa51.cfm?rss=asia

4th Ministerial Meeting of Forum on China-African Cooperation to Be Held in Egypt

Xinhua News Agency, October 27, 2009

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/27/content_12341005.htm

Beijing Runs a Diplomatic Marathon

Asia Times Online, October 28, 2009

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/KJ28Ad01.html

Tibet

China Confirms Two Tibetans Executed Over 2008 Unrest

Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), October 27, 2009

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091027/wl_afp/chinaunresttibet

China Urges Push for Tibet Stability: State Media

Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), October 28, 2009 http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091027/wl_asia_afp/chinatibetpoliticsunrest

Society

中国网上人体肾脏器官买卖活跃 (Human Organ Trafficking Rampant through Internet in China)

British Broadcasting Corporation, October 27, 2009

http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2009/10/091027_online_kidneys.shtml

October 24-27, 2009

Top News

Human Rights Defender
“零八宪章”签署人之一的段春芳被判处一年半徒刑 ("Charter 08" Signer Duan Chunfang Sentenced to One Year And Six Months)
Radio France Internationale, October 24, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/118/article_17011.asp

Duan Chunfang (段春芳), a Shanghai petitioner and Charter ’08 signer, was sentenced by a Shanghai court to one year and six months in prison for “obstructing official business” on October 23, 2009. Since 2000, Duan had petitioned the authorities for her demolished home and justice for her brother death. On June 23, 2009, Duan and her husband were beaten by policemen; she was detained and accused of assaulting policemen on July 3, 2009.

Related information:
Petitioner Gets One Year and Six Months for “Obstructing Official Business”
Human Rights in China, October 23, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/172212

News
Bilateral Ties
Australia Declares End to China Tensions
Reuters (via South China Morning Post), October 26, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0

Beijing Hides North Korea Trade Statistics
Reuters (via South China Morning Post), October 27, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0

Myanmar, China to Boost Trade, Ties: State Media
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), October 24, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-10/24/content_8844061.htm

China, Switzerland Vow to Tighten up Law Enforcement Collaboration
Xinhua News Agency, October 26, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/26/content_12332348.htm

China's Top Legislator Pledges to Advance Relations with Kenya
Xinhua News Agency, October 23, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/23/content_12311209.htm

Chinese Vice President Meets Senior Vietnamese Official
Xinhua News Agency, October 26, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/26/content_12331573.htm

Corruption
Shenzhen Sacks Two More Officials in Corruption Probe
Shanghai Daily, October 26, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200910/20091026/article_417516.htm#ixzz0V6rdhAMV
Chongqing Billionaire on Trial over Crippling Taxi Strike, Bribery
South China Morning Post, October 27, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0

Disasters
Drought in South And Central Areas to Continue
South China Morning Post, October 24, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0

Environment
Bloggers Map China’s Pollution
Radio Free Asia, October 26, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/google-10252009155101.html

Internet Censorship
《南风窗》网站突然停止运作 (Guangzhou-based Magazine "Nanfeng Chuang" Site Suspended)Radio Free Asia, October 26, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_magzine-10262009123741.html?encoding=simplified

Labor
3 Trapped Chinese Coal Miners Rescued After 8 Days
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), October 24, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091025/ap_on_re_as/as_china_miners_rescued

Factory Fire Kills Two, Injures Four in E China
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), October 26, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-10/26/content_8846626.htm

Military
PLA Commander Begins Tour of US Military Sites
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), October 25, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0

China 'Developing Cyber Warfare Capability'
Associated Press (via South African Press Association), October 23, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0

Multilateral
84 Countries And Regions Converge on Beijing for Int'l Fiscal Summit
China Daily (via Xinhua News Agency), October 26, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/26/content_12327786.htm

Sixth China-ASEAN Expo Closes, Bringing Closer Ties
Xinhua News Agency, October 24, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/24/content_12315584.htm

Protests and Petitions
西安盐西村非法拆迁数名村民被打伤，一人生命垂危(图) (Villagers in Xian Beaten After Protesting against Illegal Eviction, One Severely Injured)
Radio Free Asia, October 24, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xi-10232009233349.html

Fourteen Arrested over China Mine Dispute: Govt
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), October 23, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091023/wl_asia_afp/chinaminingcrime

３００名复员军人在北京总政示威 (300 Retired Military Officials Demonstrate in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, October 26, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/petition_veterans-10262009112125.html?encoding=simplified

Religion
美指華續打壓疆藏宗教自由 (China Continues to Suppress Religious Freedom in Tibet and Xinjiang: US)
Ming Pao, October 27, 2009
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20091027/ca20850i.htm

Society
How Burying A Tradition Fuelled Black Market in Corpse-selling
South China Morning Post, October 24, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0

Taiwan
Taiwan Leader Ma Calls for Lasting Cross-Strait Peace
Xinhua News Agency, October 25, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/25/content_12324322.htm

Uygur Leader Kadeer Is No Terrorist: Ma
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), October 23, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0

Tibet
India to China: Dalai Lama An 'Honored Guest'
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), October 25, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091025/ap_on_re_as/as_asean_india_china_dalai_lama

XUAR
China's Xinjiang Isolated by E-mail, Phone Cuts
Agence France-Presse (via China Post), October 25, 2009
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/local-news/other/2009/10/25/230059/Chinas-Xinjiang.htm

October 23, 2009

Top News

Law
国务院法制办负责人就《保安服务管理条例》答问 (Representative from the State Council Legal Affairs Office Responds to Questions Regarding the Regulations on the Administration of Security Services)
Xinhua News Agency, October 21, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-10/21/content_12289351.htm

Related information:
保安服务管理条例 (Regulations on the Administration of Security Services)
State Council, October 13, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-10/19/content_12270284.htm

News
Bilateral Ties
China Sends Volunteers to Niger
China Daily, October 23, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-10/22/content_8835613.htm

U.S.-China Military Ties Vital to Bilateral Ties: Clinton
Xinhua News Agency, October 23, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/23/content_12303381.htm

China, India Stoke 21st-Century Rivalry
The Wall Street Journal, October 23, 2009
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125625173429702481.html?mod=rss_asia_whats_news

Corruption
宁夏辽宁各一名省级高官被免职 (High-ranking Provincial and Regional Officials Removed from Office in Ningxia and Liaoning)
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 23, 2009
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2009/10/091022_china_corruption.shtml

Guangdong Officials and Senior Judges Sacked for Corruption
South China Morning Post, October 23, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=96ca471e32d74210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Hong Kong
Hong Kong Law under Beijing’s Shadow
Asia Times Online, October 23, 2009
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/KJ23Ad01.html

Activists Face Trial after Constitutionality Ruling
South China Morning Post, October 23, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=90df2022f8c74210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders
Two Activist Writers Turned away at Border
South China Morning Post, October 23, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d62b471e32d74210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
獲准與家人見面 胡佳獄中肝硬化 (Family of Hu Jia Permitted Meeting, Hu's Health Worsens due to Cirrhosis)
Ming Pao, October 23, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1303935/1.html

Internet Censorship
China Authors Say Google Violated Copyrights
Reuters, October 22, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE59L20V20091022

Law
Does China Need an Animal Protection Law?
Beijing Review, October 22, 2009
http://www.bjreview.com.cn/quotes/txt/2009-10/23/content_225363.htm

North Korea
China Forces POW Relatives Back to N.Korea - Activist
Reuters, October 22, 2009
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE59L14S20091022

Protests and Petitions
江苏吴江垃圾焚烧厂投产 数万人连续街头抗议 (Wujiang, Jiangsu Residents Take to the Street to Protest Construction of Waste Incineration Plant)
Radio Free Asia, October 22, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/trash-10222009100241.html

河北村民抗議逼遷堵國道 (Hebei Villagers Block Highway Protesting Land Confiscation)
Ming Pao, October 23, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1303929/1.html

Public Health
深圳等10城市两年内实现公共场所全面禁烟 (Shenzhen amongst Ten Cities to Ban Smoking in Public Places within Next Two Years)
Jiangxi Daily, October 21, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/1021/16/5M5MN04U0001124J.html

Analysts Unimpressed by Cut in Prices of More than 1,000 Drugs
South China Morning Post, October 23, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d54b471e32d74210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet
西藏流亡组织称中国枪决四名参与骚乱的藏人 (Tibetan Exile Organization: China Has Executed Four Tibetan Participants in Riots)
Radio Free Asia, October 22, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/tibet-10222009170637.html

Related news:
China Executes Tibetan Protesters
The Guardian, October 22, 2009
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/22/china-executes-tibet-protesters

XUAR
美最高法院将审理关塔那摩湾维族在押人员案 (U.S. Supreme Court Accepts Case of Uyghurs Detained at Guantanamo)
Voice of America, October 22, 2009
http://www1.voanews.com/chinese/news/china/UIGHERS-20091022-65511362.html

Guantánamo Uighurs Know Justices Took Their Case
The Miami Herald, October 22, 2009
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1294146.html

October 22, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
India, China Leaders to Meet amid War of Words
Reuters, October 22, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091021/wl_nm/us_india_china

Related news:
India, China Agree to Cooperate on Climate Change
Associated Press, October 21, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_india_china_climate_change

China Top Legislator Expects Stable Relations with Costa Rica
Xinhua News Agency, October 21, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/21/content_12291850.htm

Related information:
Cash Helped China Win Costa Rica’s Recognition
The New York Times, September 12, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/13/world/asia/13costa.html

Death Penalty
China Sentences Six to Death in Mega-mafia Trial
Agence France-Presse, October 21, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091021/wl_asia_afp/chinacrimecorruptiontrial

Suspended Death Sentence for Professor's Murderer
South China Morning Post, October 22, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2c913216495213d5df646910cba0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e7be0b807c774210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Hong Kong
Citizens' Radio Activists Lose Legal Challenge
South China Morning Post, October 22, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b5dcfd6c69b74210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Media
世界新闻自由排行榜上 中国垫底 (Reporters Without Borders Ranks PRC 168 out of 175 Countries in World Press Freedom Index)
Radio Free Asia, October 21, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/mediafree-10212009103836.html

Related news:
HK Rises in Press Freedom Index, but KMT 'Interference' Hits Taiwan
South China Morning Post, October 22, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=472d0b807c774210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related information:
Press Freedom Index 2009
Reporters Without Borders, October 20, 2009
http://www.rsf.org/en-classement1003-2009.html

Military
Growing Chinese Military Creates Uncertainty: U.S.
Reuters, October 21, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091021/pl_nm/us_usa_china_military

Police
Policeman Suspended for Beating Journalist
China Daily, October 22, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-10/22/content_8828508.htm

China Orders Jails to Intensify Security Measures after Prison-breaking
Xinhua News Agency, October 22, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/22/content_12293590.htm

Related news:
內蒙越柙犯 切獄警手指開鎖 (To Escape from Hohhot Prison, Inmates Cut Off Guard's Finger to Breach Security Measures)
Ming Pao, October 22, 2009
http://news.mingpao.com/20091022/cad1.htm

Protests and Petitions
Beijing Protest over Disabled Rights
China Daily, October 22, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/metro/2009-10/22/content_8830481.htm

Police Detain Suspects in Coal Mine Clash
Shanghai Daily, October 21, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200910/20091021/article_417010.htm

毒奶受害家长续遭打压 维权代表拟成立相关联盟 (Parents of Children Poisoned by Tainted Milk Powder Come under Increased Pressure, Activists Propose Formation of Related Rights-defense Alliances)
Radio Free Asia, October 22, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/milk-10212009085308.html

Religion
山东法轮功修炼者遭判刑家人吁奥巴马访华时关注 (Shandong Falun Gong Practitioners Sentenced, Relatives Call for Obama's Attention during China Visit)
Radio Free Asia, October 21, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/falungong-10212009083229.html

Taiwan
Cross-straits Postings Break New Ground
Reuters, October 21, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f5e485c459674210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Top US Envoy in Taiwan: No Change in Island Ties
Associated Press, October 22, 2009
http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1088188

XUAR
China Accused over ‘Missing’ Uighurs
Financial Times (via Financial Times), October 22, 2009
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2c7c0f1e-bda0-11de-9f6a-00144feab49a.html

Related news:
“人权观察”发布新疆维族青年失踪报告 (Human Rights Watch Publishes Report on Disappearances of Uyghurs following XUAR Protests)
Radio Free Asia, October 21, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xinjiang-10212009085904.html

Related information:
"We Are Afraid to Even Look for Them"
Human Rights Watch, October 20, 2009
http://www.hrw.org/en/reports/2009/10/22/we-are-afraid-even-look-them-0

指北京打壓維族 熱比婭籲日本關注 (Beijing Accused of Suppressing Uyghurs, Kadeer Calls for Japan's Attention)
Ming Pao, October 22, 2009
http://news.mingpao.com/20091022/caf1.htm

October 21, 2009

News

XUAR

China Secretly Detained 43 Uighur Men, Group Says

Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), October 21, 2009

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091021/ap_on_re_as/as_china_protests

Uighur Leader's Japan Visit Draws Fire from China

Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), October 20, 2009

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091020/wl_asia_afp/chinaunrestxinjiangpoliticsjapankadeerprotest

Multilateral

China, ASEAN to Further Promote Trade Facilitation

Xinhua News Agency, October 20, 2009

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/20/content_12282326.htm

Tibet

China Opposes Dalai Lama Visit to Disputed India Border Area

Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), October 20, 2009

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091020/wl_sthasia_afp/chinaindiadiplomacyborder

流亡蒙藏医学院校长贝策尔格从乌兰巴托押回中国 (Chinese Police Arrest Principal of Mongol-Tibetan Medical School in Mongolia)

Radio Free Asia, October 20, 2009

http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_refugee-10202009113303.html?encoding=simplified

Disasters

Drought Continues in Central, Southern China

Xinhua News Agency, October 21, 2009

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/20/content_12273519.htm

Death Penalty

College Teacher Killer Given Capital Punishment with Reprieve in Beijing

Xinhua News Agency, October 21, 2009

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/21/content_12286604.htm

Society

New Rules to Rein in Overzealous Guards

South China Morning Post, October 21, 2009

http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0

Human Rights Defenders - Guo Quan ( 郭泉)

郭泉的辩护律师郭莲辉不断遭受当局打压和骚扰 (Authorities Continue to Harass Guo Quan's Lawyer)

Radio Free Asia, October 20, 2009

http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_lawyer-10202009105541.html?encoding=simplified

Children

Canada Asks China to Probe Suspicious Adoptions: Report

China Post (via China Post), October 21, 2009

http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national-news/2009/10/21/229478/Canada-asks.htm

Taiwan

Taiwan's Military Warns Closer Ties May Not Prevent War

South China Morning Post, October 21, 2009

http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0

Ma Will Not Meet China Leader Unless Taiwan Public Approves: Premier

China Post (via China Post), October 20, 2009

http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national-news/2009/10/20/229427/Ma-will.htm

Bilateral Ties

China-EU Summit Set for November 30 in Nanjing: EU

Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), October 20, 2009

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091020/bs_afp/chinaeudiplomacysummit

China, US to Hold 20th JCCT Meeting

Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), October 20, 2009 http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-10/20/content_8821918.htm

China Opens A New Front in Kashmir

Asia Times Online (via Asia Times Online), October 20, 2009

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/KJ21Df02.html

China, Romania Pledge to Cement Friendship, Enhance Cooperation

Xinhua News Agency, October 21, 2009

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/20/content_12283621.htm

Chinese State Councilor Meets Britain's Conservative Party Leader

Xinhua News Agency, October 20, 2009

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/20/content_12282647.htm

October 20, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
Chinese Minister Calls for Strengthening Sino-Israeli Exchanges
Xinhua News Agency, October 20, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/20/content_12271002.htm

Kenyan National Assembly Speaker to Visit China
China Daily, October 20, 2009
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90776/90883/6787985.html

Death Penalty
Death Sentence Upheld for Crime Boss
Xinhua News Agency (via Shanghai Daily), October 20, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200910/20091020/article_416859.htm

Human Rights Defenders
中国人权活动人士发表致奥巴马总统公开信并征集签名 (Chinese Activists Issue An Open Letter to President Obama for His Upcoming Trip to China)
Radio Free Asia, October 19, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquan-10192009161158.html

Media
China Book Fair Role Irks Uygurs
South China Morning Post, October 20, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=bae13ac583d64210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

法兰克福书展闭幕 贝岭和戴睛被临时取消发言 (The Frankfurt Book Fair Closes - Bei Ling and Dai Jing's Speeches Cancelled)
Radio Free Asia, October 20, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/bookshow-10192009100010.html

Reporter Locked Up and Beaten by Police
China Daily, October 20, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-10/17/content_12255588.htm

Multilateral
CPC Delegation Leaves for Japan, Singapore, Malaysia Visit
Xinhua News Agency, October 20, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/20/content_12272533.htm

China, EU Will Hold Summit in November
China Daily, October 20, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-10/20/content_8816508.htm

Police
Driver Cuts Finger to Protest 'Police Trap'
China Daily, October 20, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-10/20/content_8816730.htm

Public Health
千童中鉛毒 河南10億遷村 (Authorities Spend 1 bln Yuan on Relocation of Lead-poisoned Village Residents in Henan)
Ming Pao, October 20, 2009
http://news.mingpao.com/20091020/caf1.htm

Taiwan
Taiwan Leader Won't Rule out Hu Meeting
Reuters (via China Daily), October 20, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-10/20/content_8816382.htm

Taiwan Calls on China to Scrap Missiles
RTTNews, October 20, 2009
http://news.ino.com/headlines/?newsid=102020090021

XUAR
熱比婭再訪日 恐惹抗議 (Kadeer's Re-visit to Japan Likely to Upset China)
Ming Pao, October 20, 2009
http://news.mingpao.com/20091020/cae1.htm

October 19, 2009

Top news

Human Rights Defender – Guo Quan (郭泉)
China Jails Ex-professor 10 Years for Subversion
Reuters, October 17, 2009
http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-43225420091017

On October 16, 2009, Guo Quan (郭泉), a former associate professor at Nanjing Normal University, was sentenced to ten years in prison on charges of subversion of state power. The verdict comes well over four months following his trial on August 7, 2009, exceeding by two months the time limit required to conclude a case under the Criminal Procedure Law. Guo, who was detained on November 13, 2008, by the Nanjing police, was formally a member of the state-approved China Democratic League and is the founder of the New Democracy Party of China; he was expelled from the league and fired from his university in late 2007, after founding the NDP.

Related information:
Democracy Activist Gets Ten Years for “Subversion of State Power”
Human Rights in China, October 16, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/172027

Related news:
學者郭泉顛覆國家罪成囚 10年 (Scholar Guo Quan Convicted of Subversion, Sentenced to 10)
Apple Daily, October 18, 2009
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?&iss_id=20091018&sec_id=15335&art_id=13324938

News

Corruption
New Anti-Graft Laws, Including on Bribery, Get Judicial Blessing
South China Morning Post, October 17, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=99ff83a1d3e54210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Environment
粤北粤东大面积受旱影响5万人饮用水 (Large-scale Drought effecting 500,000 in Northern and Eastern Guangdong)
Eastday, October 19, 2009
http://news.eastday.com/c/20091018/u1a4738520.html

Hong Kong
香港擬在台灣設立辦事機構 充當兩岸中介角色 (Hong Kong to Establish an Administrative Office in Taiwan, Playing the Mediator between Both Sides of the Straits)
International Herald Leader, October 19, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1299862/1.html

Human Rights Defenders
異見女作家小喬 入境處限今日離境 (HK Immigration Tells Exiled Writer Xiao Qiao to Leave Today)
Ming Pao, October 18, 2009
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20091018/gon1.htm

Labor
山西煤焦领域成腐败“重灾区” 小煤矿走向消亡 (Corruption Has Turned Shanxi Mining Areas into "Disaster Zones"; Small Mines Dying Out)
Eastday, October 19, 2009
http://news.eastday.com/c/20091019/u1a4738823.html

药厂毒气泄漏致13名工人紧急入院 (13 Workers Hospitalized after Poisonous Gas Leak in Pharmaceutical Factory)
Changjiang Times, October 18, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/1018/01/5LSE840800011229.html

Land Policy
河南水庫遷民規模僅次三峽 (Henan Evicts Residents for Reservoir Project; Second in Scale to Three Gorges Eviction)
Ming Pao, October 18, 2009
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20091018/ca71238i.htm

Related news:
China Starts Resettling 330,000 for Water Project
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), October 18, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091018/ap_on_re_as/as_china_water

無地農民工成城市新群體 移民化傾向引擔憂 (Landless Farmers Become a New Group in Cities)
Economic Information Daily, October 19, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1299776/1.html

Law
全國人大常委會將首次審議選舉法修正案草案 (Standing Committee to Deliberate Draft Amendment of Election Law)
China News Service, October 19, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1299895/1.html

Media
Frankfurt Book Fair's Controversial Guest of Honor: China
Christian Science Monitor, October 17, 2009
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1017/p06s01-woeu.html

网吧是应该关还是应该管？——“冠县无网吧”追踪 (Should Internet Cafes Be Regulated or Should They Be Shut Down? The Case of Guan County, Shandong)
Xinhua News Agency, October 18, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-10/18/content_12262794.htm

Migrant Workers
新疆计划生育免费服务将全面覆盖流动人口 (Free Family Planning Services for Migrant Workers in XUAR)
Xinhua News Agency, October 18, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-10/18/content_12260778.htm

Police
湖北石首市人民法院公开宣判“6·17”聚众扰乱社会秩序案 (Hubei Court Tries Participants in Shishou Riot)
Xinhua News Agency, October 17, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-10/17/content_12255588.htm

Related news:
Ten Convicted of Rioting after Chef's Death
South China Morning Post, October 19, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=32224058c8864210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Public Health
15,000 to Move Away from Lead Poisoning Threat in C China
Xinhua News Agency, October 16, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-10/16/content_8805161.htm

Industrial Salt in Food Poisons 26 in Shanghai
China Daily, October 18, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-10/18/content_8807717.htm

Taiwan
Kaohsiung Risks the Wrath of Beijing by Screening Kadeer Film
South China Morning Post, October 19, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=217f83a1d3e54210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

XUAR
China's Xinjiang Trials Fail Global Standards: Rights Group
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), October 16, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091016/wl_asia_afp/chinaunrestxinjiangtrialrights

Beijing Presents 'Evidence' Kadeer was Behind Riots
South China Morning Post, October 17, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c0bf83a1d3e54210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

October 16, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
Chinese President Meets Pakistani PM on Advancing Bilateral Links
Xinhua News Agency, October 13, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/13/content_12223818.htm

Corruption
Official in NE China Gets Life Sentence for Corruption
Xinhua News Agency, October 15, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-10/15/content_8800288.htm

Human Rights
维权风起云涌 网站公布详尽报告 (Oversea Website Publishes Report on Popular Support for the Rights Defense Movement)
Radio Free Asia, October 15, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/weiquan-10152009091829.html

Human Rights Defender – Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
陈光诚妻子致信世界盲人联盟求助 (Wife of Chen Guangcheng Writes to World Blind Union for Help)
Radio Free Asia, October 15, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/cgc-10152009093820.html

Related news:
Fears for Health of Jailed Activist
South China Morning Post, October 16, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=20c93768b1954210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders
流亡女作家經港回國受阻 (Exiled Writer Xiao Qiao (Li Jianhong) Denied Entry to Mainland)
Ming Pao, October 16, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1296848/1.html

Labor
寧夏煤礦爆炸11死3失蹤 (Ningxia Mine Explodes; 11 Die, 3 Missing)
Ming Pao, October 16, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1296845/1.html

Law
13个刑法罪名司法解释全文及相关解读 (Analysis and Judicial Interpretation of the Names of 13 Crimes)
Eastday, October 16, 2009
http://news.eastday.com/c/20091016/u1a4730831.html

公安部：县级公安可强制检测吸毒人员 (Ministry of Public Security: County-level Public Security Can Compel Suspected Drug Users to Take Exam)
The Beijing News, October 16, 2009
http://news.bjnews.com.cn/news/2009/1016/47500.shtml

Media
China Seeks to Enhance Broadcast Coordination with Developing Countries
Xinhua News Agency, October 16, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/15/content_12241737.htm

Military
Chinese Top Commander to Visit US
China Daily, October 15, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-10/15/content_8800057.htm

中澳軍方高層會談達成協議 (High-level Sino-Australian Military Talks Reach Agreement)
Ming Pao, October 16, 2009
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20091016/ca50810i.htm

Politics
中国需要「第二次改革开放」 (China Needs a "Second Phase of Reform and Opening Up")
Radio France Internationale, October 15, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/118/article_16806.asp

Poverty
消除饥饿”报告称赞巴西中国 (ActionAid Report Praises Brazil and China for Hunger Deduction)
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 16, 2009
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2009/10/091016_food_day_poverty.shtml

Protests and Petitions
湖南凤凰县逾千教师罢课 抗议工资大缩水 (1000+ Teachers Strike in Hunan, Protesting Reduced Salary)
Radio Free Asia, October 15, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/bake-10152009094111.html

Taiwan
Cross-strait Summit Scheduled for December
Agence France-Presse, October 14, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8b0759c0bc154210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Viewed from Afar
South China Morning Post, October 15, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=02f85d85b0354210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

October 15, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
China Protests Trip by India Leader
New York Times, October 13, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/14/world/asia/14border.html

Premier: China to Maintain High-level Exchanges with Iran
Xinhua News Agency, October 15, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/15/content_12237360.htm

Environment
Ample Space to Bury CO2 on Mainland, Scientists Say
South China Morning Post, October 15, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6bde60499b354210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Government
Guangdong Officials to Disclose Assets - But Not to the Public
South China Morning Post, October 15, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=08135d85b0354210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Officials Punished for Violating Disciplines in Economic Stimulus Projects
Xinhua News Agency, October 14, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-10/14/content_8794953.htm

Human Rights Defender – Ni Yulan (倪玉兰)
北京维权人士倪玉兰向高检投诉 (Ni Yulan's Family Files Complaint to Supreme People's Procuratorate)
Radio Free Asia, October 14, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/nyl-10142009112255.html

Law
最高人民检察院出台检察官职业道德基本准则 (Supreme People's Procuratorate Issues Provisional Professional Code of Conduct for Procurators)
Xinhua News Agency, October 13, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-10/13/content_12224434.htm

Related information:
中华人民共和国检察官职业道德基本准则（试行） (Basic Standards of Professional Ethics for Procurators in the People's Republic of China [For Trial Implementation])
Supreme People's Procuratorate, September 3, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-10/14/content_12227219.htm

Media
Google Docs在中国访问受阻 相关分析文章亦遭删除 (Google Docs Service Blocked in China, Relevant Documents Removed from Site)
Radio Free Asia, October 13, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wangluo-10132009095407.html

Shandong County Closes Cyber Cafes
China Daily, October 15, 2009
http://www.china.org.cn/china/2009-10/15/content_18706149.htm

Multilateral
Security Summit Ends in China with Little to Show
Reuters, October 14, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091014/wl_nm/us_china_summit

Protests and Petitions
山东军转人员成立上访申诉团以集体维权 (Shandong Veterans Form Petition Group to Defend Rights)
Radio Free Asia, October 14, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/veterans-10142009130617.html

Public Health
调查称八成广东农妇终身未做过妇检 (Survey: 80 Percent of Guangdong's Rural Women Have Never Undergone a Gynaecological Examination)
Guangzhou Daily, October 15, 2009
http://news.eastday.com/c/20091015/u1a4727325.html

XUAR
China Sentences Six More to Die for Xinjiang Unrest
Agence France-Presse, October 15, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091015/ts_afp/chinaunrestxinjiangtrialsentence

Related news:
熱比婭：維族被告判死加深矛盾 (Kadeer: Sentencing Uyghur Defendants to Death Intensifies Confrontation)
Ming Pao, October 14, 2009
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/091013/4/enzj.html

騷亂三月後 維漢衝突仍一觸即發 (Three Months after Riots, Uyghur-Han Relations Remain on Edge)
Ming Pao, October 15, 2009
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/091014/4/eov8.html

October 14, 2009

News

Death Penalty

Man Executed for Trafficking 48 kg of Drugs

Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), October 13, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-10/13/content_8788767.htm

Brown Asks China to Spare Drug Smuggler

Associated Press (via Sydney Monring Herald), October 14, 2009

http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/brown-asks-china-to-spare-drug-smuggler-20091014-gwmp.html

XUAR

Death Sentences Will 'Enrage' Uygurs, says Kadeer

South China Morning Post, October 13, 2009

http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b51f784bcec44210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Public Health

Lead Poisoning Sickens Nearly 1,000 Kids in China

Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), October 14, 2009

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091013/ap_on_re_as/as_china_lead_poisoning

China's Island Province Reports First A/H1N1 Case

Xinhua News Agency, October 14, 2009

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/14/content_12226973.htm

Religion

山西省临汾教会成员被抓捕 (House Church Members in Shanxi Arrested)

Radio Free Asia, October 13, 2009

http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/linfen-10132009172918.html

Media

China spreads the word at Frankfurt fair
Financial Times, October 14, 2009
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/448e0e3a-b81a-11de-8ca9-00144feab49a.html

Related News:
Controversy as Frankfurt Book Fair Fetes Beijing
Spiegel, October 13, 2009
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,654713,00.html

Protests and Petitions

本台独家首发：山西临县煤矿主雇凶 维权村民至少三人死亡（图） (RFA News Exclusive: +100 Hired Thugs Attack Villagers in Shanxi over Land Dispute, Kill 3 Villagers)

Radio Free Asia, October 13, 2009

http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shanxi%20-10132009132320.html

Taiwan

Mainland, Taiwan to Hold Talks in mid or late December

Xinhua News Agency, October 14, 2009

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/14/content_12228439.htm

Corruption

Liaoning Official Probed Over Huge Embezzlement

South China Morning Post, October 14, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d36e7e87bce44210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Environment

China Claiming Lead on Climate

Sydney Monring Herald, October 14, 2009

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/china-claiming-lead-on-climate-20091013-gvql.html

Bilateral Ties

China, Russia Sign Deals Worth Billions of Dollars

Voice of America, October 13, 2009

http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-10-13-voa8.cfm?rss=asia

China, Mongolia Marks 60th Anniversary of Diplomatic Ties

Xinhua News Agency, October 14, 2009

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/14/content_12226366.htm

China to Exchange Views with U.S.'s Campbell on Regional, Int'l Issues

Xinhua News Agency, October 13, 2009

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/13/content_12225223.htm

Police

Alleged Forger Starves to Death in Custody

South China Morning Post, October 14, 2009

http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d7ce7e87bce44210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

October 13, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
Chinese Vice President Meets German President
Xinhua News Agency, October 13, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/13/content_12219646.htm

Related news:
默克尔:言论自由不是威胁是机会 (Merkel: Freedom of Speech Is Not a Threat But an Opportunity)
Radio France Internationale, October 12, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/118/article_16745.asp

Pakistani PM Starts China Visit
Xinhua News Agency, October 12, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/12/content_12218063.htm

Strategy for Better Sino-US Relations Pays Off for Obama
South China Morning Post, October 13, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4f24b2812f844210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Environment
环保工作面临矛盾高发态势 环境行政复议有三难 (Environmental Work Faces Increasing Problems)
China News Service, October 13, 2009
http://www.chinanews.com.cn/gn/news/2009/10-13/1907436.shtml

Human Rights Defender – Zhou Yongjun (周勇军)
Transfer to China of Dissident Unlawful: Hong Kong Lawmaker
Agence France-Presse, October 13, 2009
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hrNt5vm0MW0fKqbNZIuhdSp3i_Gg

Related news:
港府遣送前民运人士去大陆遭到质疑 (HK Government Challenged for Repatriating Zhou Yongjun to Mainland)
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 13, 2009
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2009/10/091012_china_hk_deportation.shtml

Human Rights Defenders
胡佳等4人荣获2009年度美国《人权观察》“海尔曼人权奖” (Hu Jia, Shi Tao, and Others Awarded Human Rights Watch's 2009 Hellman/Hammett Grant)
Radio Free Asia, October 12, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquan-10122009162544.html

Related news:
37 Writers Get Hellman/Hammett Grants
United Press International, October 12, 2009
http://www.timesoftheinternet.com/118329.html

杭州维权农民杨云彪面临正式逮捕 (Hangzhou-based Farmer-Activist Yang Yunbiao Faces Formal Arrest)
Radio Free Asia, October 12, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yyb-10122009140030.html

Law
我国正努力培养专职农民工法律援助律师队伍 (China Endeavors to Form Specialized Team to Provide Legal Aid to Migrant Workers)
Southern Daily, October 13, 2009
http://china.nfdaily.cn/content/2009-10/13/content_5980263.htm

Media
專家稱中國媒體應該進一步開放 (Experts: Chinese Media Should Be Less Restrained)
Sina, October 13, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1293549/1.html

Police
Chinese Reveals Latest in Series of Deaths in Custody
Reuters, October 13, 2009
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE59C0FK20091013

Population
中国呼吁国际社会加强人口领域合作 (China Urges International Community to Increase Cooperation in Population Control)
Xinhua News Agency, October 13, 2009
http://news.eastday.com/c/20091013/u1a4723179.html

Tibet
英國會小組發表西藏報告 (British Parliament's All Party Parliamentary China Group Publishes Report on Tibet)
Ming Pao, October 13, 2009
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20091013/ca20737i.htm

Related information:
Tibet: Breaking the Deadlock
All Party Parliamentary China Group, October 12, 2009
http://www.derekwyatt.co.uk/news_item.aspx?i_PageID=117782

XUAR
Xinjiang to Strengthen Education on National Unity among Youth
China Daily, October 12, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-10/12/content_8783223.htm

法律界人士:"75"事件被告人合法权利得到了保障 (Jurists: Lawful Rights of Defendants in the "July 5 Urumqi Riot" Case Are Protected)
Eastday, October 13, 2009
http://news.eastday.com/c/20091013/u1a4721470.html

Related news:
7．5騷亂 6維人開審即日判死 「快刀斬亂麻」懾疆獨 淡化政治色彩 (6 Uyghurs Sentenced to Death on First Day of Trial; "Quickly Cutting to the Core" to Intiminate Independence Advocates)
Ming Pao, October 13, 2009
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/091012/4/engt.html

October 12, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
Putin's Visit to Consolidate Relations
China Daily, October 12, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/12/content_12215378.htm

Death Penalty
China Sentences Six to Death over Xinjiang Riots
Reuters, October 12, 2009
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK217072.htm

广东韶关玩具厂群殴事件主犯一审被判死刑 (Xiao Jianhua, Prime Suspect in Shaoguan Toy Factory Riot, Sentenced to Death)
Southern Weekend, October 10, 2009
http://www.infzm.com/content/35752

Related news:
China: Death for Man in Brawl Linked to Riots
Associated Press, October 11, 2009
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/8748986

Environment
As China's Economy Grows, So Do Mounds of Garbage
Associated Press, October 11, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091011/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_too_much_trash

Human Rights Defenders
Activist Detained for Hours for "Anti-revolutionary" Slogan on T-shirt
Asia News, October 12, 2009
http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=16558&size=A

贝岭再次受邀参加德国法兰克福书展 (Poet Bei Ling again Invited to Participate in Frankfurt Book Fair)
Radio Free Asia, October 09, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/aobama-10092009141659.html

Related information:
Exiled Writer Condemns Snub in Run-up to Frankfurt Fair
Deutsche Presse-Agentur, September 12, 2009
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/285333,exiled-writer-condemns-snub-in-run-up-to-frankfurt-fair--feature.html

个别京律师终过执业证审核 忆通停业处罚结束又陷年审 (Certain Beijing Lawyers Finally Pass Examination for License Renewal; Yitong Law Firm Has further Difficulties after End of Suspension Period)
Radio Free Asia, October 09, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lvshi-10092009143428.html

Media
民间人士授权维权网发布一份关于当局对舆论控制的报告书 (Liu Yonghong Issues Report on the Control of Public Opinion by Chinese Authorities)
Radio Free Asia, October 11, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/min-10112009160241.html

World Media Summit
胡锦涛在世界媒体峰会开幕式上的致辞 (Hu Jintao's Speech at the Opening Ceremony of the World Media Summit)
Radio Free Asia, October 12, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-10/09/content_12200932.htm

Related news:
As China Cranks Up PR Machine, Media Groups want Openness
New Europe, October 12, 2009
http://www.neurope.eu/articles/As-China-cranks-up-PR-machine-media-groups-want-openness-/96833.php

Media Urged to Provide 'Fair' Reportage
Xinhua News Agency, October 12, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2009-10/12/content_8778275.htm

Police
绝食49天 嫌犯死在看守所 (30-year-old Man Dies in Beijing Detention Center, 49 Days into Hunger Strike)
Chengdu Economic Daily, October 12, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/1012/02/5LD3NFJI000120GR.html

Public Health
China to Stop Mandatory Hepatitis B Tests: State Media
Agence France-Presse, October 11, 2009
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hcls2gd7jl_cACfGJos5Ux0mTg8A

Society
中国近千万老人无法生活自理 (Close to 10 Million Elderly Chinese are Unable to Care for Themselves)
Radio Free Asia, October 10, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lao-10092009212814.html

Tibet
Realpolitik Hits Dalai Lama’s Cause
Financial Times, October 07, 2009
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/78bc4756-b358-11de-ae8d-00144feab49a.html

October 09, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
中国副主席习近平到访欧洲 (Vice President Xi Jinping on Two-week Tour of Europe)
Radio France Internationale, October 09, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/118/article_16664.asp

Education
校長集資辦學遭起訴續：7成網友認為應法外開恩 (Principal Indicted for Raising Funds for School: 70% of Netizens Polled Think Mercy Should be Granted)
China Youth Daily, October 09, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1289302/1.html

Human Rights Defender – Fang Zheng (方政)
Tiananmen Amputee Stands in US -- to Dance
Agence France-Presse, October 09, 2009
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/tiananmen-amputee-stands-in-us--to-dance-20091009-gp81.html

Human Rights Defenders – Liang Liwan (梁丽婉), Yao Lifa (姚立法)
维权人士十一期间遭中国政府非法拘禁 (China Illegal Detains Rights Defenders around National Holiday)
Voice of America, October 08, 2009
http://www1.voanews.com/chinese/news/china/RIGHTS-ADVOCATES-DETAINED-20091008-63755232.htm

Related information:
Activist Detained after Telling UN Official of Impending Eviction
Human Rights in China, October 7, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/171995

Related news:
湖北维权人士姚立法被非法拘禁半月 (Hubei Activist Yao Lifa Illegally Detained for Half Month)
Radio Free Asia, October 09, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ylf-10082009092252.html

Human Rights Defenders
十五位知识界人士发布《网络人权宣言》 (15 Intellectuals Publish "International Human Rights Declaration")
Radio Free Asia, October 08, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/internet-10082009090740.html

Related information:
网络人权宣言 (Internet Human Rights Declaration)
October 8, 2009
http://docs.google.com/View?id=df3tk255_0fvdzvkfn

Unofficial translation: Internet Human Rights Declaration
Under the Jacaranda Tree, October 8, 2009
http://underthejacaranda.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/internet-human-rights-declaration/

Labor
Lift Collapse Kills China Miners
Al Jazeera, October 09, 2009
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2009/10/2009109316401425.html

Law
全国量刑程序改革试点项目在安徽芜湖启动 (Pilot National Sentencing Procedure Reform Begins in Wuhu, Anhui)
Xinhua News Agency, October 07, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-10/07/content_12190557.htm

Media
China Pledges to Protect Foreign Media
Associated Press, October 09, 2009
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/10/09/ap/asia/main5373096.shtml

新修订的《新闻记者证管理办法》15日正式施行 (Newly Revised Measures on the Administration of Press Cards Take Effect Oct 15)
Eastday, October 08, 2009
http://news.eastday.com/c/20091008/u1a4712619.html

自由之声网站被“哑” (Sound of Freedom's Website "Muted")
Radio Free Asia, October 08, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ziyou-10082009162719.html

Military
China's Military Might Should Not Be Feared, Says Analyst
Channel News Asia, October 09, 2009
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/eastasia/view/1010093/1/.html

Police
Hu Urges More Vigilant Policing
Associated Press, October 09, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=11ec34444a434210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

中国在国庆期间“特赦一批囚犯 (China "Grants Special Amnesty to a Group of Prisoners" during Anniversary)
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 08, 2009
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2009/10/091008_china_prisoner_rights.shtml

Protests and Petitions
福建上杭数千村民抗议铅污染 三名医生替儿童化验被扣 (Thousands of Villagers Protest against Lead Contamination in Fujian, Three Doctors Testing Children for Lead Detained)
Radio Free Asia, October 08, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lead-10082009094853.html

Society
民族政策寬嚴失當 中央將微調 (Government to Fine-tune Its Strict Policy toward Minorities)
Ming Pao, October 09, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1289109/1.html

XUAR
新疆「7．5」屠殺案情首度披露 (Case Details for Six of the Urumqi "July 5 Incident" Cases Published for the First Time)
Ming Pao, October 09, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1289110/1.html

October 08, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
Obama to Visit China in Mid-November, Says White House
Xinhua News Agency, October 08, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/08/content_12192521.htm

Related news:
White House Denies Dalai Lama Snubbed ahead of Beijing Visit
South China Morning Post, October 08, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5ca94350a6f24210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Children
One-child Policy Gives Birth to a Selfish Generation
South China Morning Post, October 08, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6a075fb6c7f24210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Environment
Climate Poses Bigger Challenge than Recession
China Daily, October 08, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-10/08/content_8767823.htm

Government
President Hu Urges Patriotism to Serve Construction
China Daily, October 06, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-10/06/content_8765863.htm

Human Rights Defenders
防外媒异议人士国庆被旅游　至今随警漂流异地者难统计 (Dissidents Sent Away before National Day to Prevent Foreign Media Interview, Exact Number Remains Unknown)
Radio Free Asia, October 07, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/guoqing-10072009173238.html

Multilateral
溫總未獲朝重返六方承諾 (Premier Wen Failed to Obtain N Korea's Promise to Re-engage in Six-Party Talks)
Ming Pao, October 07, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1287121/1.html

Protests and Petitions
济源搬校强制幼儿药排铅　工厂不停民众维权受威胁 (School Children in Henan Forced to Remove Blood Lead by Medication, Factory Protesters Threatened by Local Authorities)
Radio Free Asia, October 07, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jiyuan-10072009171038.html

无锡多访民被押遭恐吓 要求保证不再进京上访 (Jiangsu Petitioners Detained and Intimidated, Authorities Demand Guarantee to Not Petition in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, October 07, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-10072009143158.html

State Security
Al-Qaida Threatens to Attack China
China Daily, October 08, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-10/08/content_8767743.htm

Tibet
尼泊尔在中国压力下加强监督藏人活动 (Under Pressure from China, Nepal Increases Pressure on Tibetans)
Voice of America, October 07, 2009
http://www1.voanews.com/chinese/news/china/nepali-tibet-200910007-63670112.html

October 07, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
China, Japan Plan Group on EU Lines
The Times of India, October 07, 2009
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/china/China-Japan-plan-group-on-EU-lines/articleshow/5092076.cms

Economic Development
China Wants Monetary Fix as Ideas on IMF Reform Fly
Reuters, October 06, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSTRE5954LF20091006

Environment
Climate Agency Sees China’s Efforts Paying Dividends
New York Times, October 07, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/07/business/energy-environment/07emissions.html

Human Rights Defender – Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
刘晓波继续遭拘押 (Liu Xiaobo Remains in Detention)
Deutsch Welle, October 06, 2009
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4767271,00.html

Human Rights Defender – Wang Rongqing (王荣清)
民主党人士王荣清狱中命在旦夕 家属中秋探望遭拒 (Family Denied Visit to Ailing Imprisoned China Democracy Party Member Wang Rongqing on Mid-Autumn Festival)
Radio Free Asia, October 06, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wrq-10062009092927.html

Human Rights Defenders
China Dissidents Top Nobel Peace Prize Speculation
Associated Press, October 07, 2009
http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1075907

Law
中国司法制度不改 非正常死亡事件难免 ("Unusual Deaths" Unavoidable without Changes to China's Judicial System)
Radio Free Asia, October 06, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sifa-10062009170304.html

Migrant Workers
调查称广东部分农民工已按揭买房 渴望融入城市 (New Survey Examines Differences between "Old Generation" and "New Generation" Migrant Workers in Guangdong)
Guangzhou Daily, October 07, 2009
http://news.eastday.com/c/20091007/u1a4710416.html

Police
安徽公安施酷刑囚12年 (Anhui Police Officers Sentenced up to 12 Years for Torturing Man to Death)
Ming Pao, October 07, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1287114/1.html

Related news:
安徽6旬老人遭刑讯逼供致死 鼻孔被插90支香烟 (60-year-old Man Tortured to Death during Investigation, 90 Cigarettes Stuffed in his Nose)
Xinhua News Agency, October 06, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/1006/22/5KVO5DDB00011229.html

被劳教的退伍军人金有发家人呼吁外界关注 (Family of Veterans' Representative Sentenced to Reeducation-Through-Labor Ask for Support )
Radio Free Asia, October 06, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jyf-10062009100923.html

Protests and Petitions
嘉兴村民国庆堵厂抗污染　 (Villagers in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Blockade Factory in Anti-Pollution Protest during Anniversary)
Radio Free Asia, October 06, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jiaxing-10062009122652.html

Public Health
Mainland's First Swine Flu Death Occurs in Tibet
South China Morning Post, October 07, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9926e43855a24210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related news:
北京出现首例甲流危重病人 现进入流感高发期 (Beijing Sees First Severe Case of H1N1 as It Enters Flu Season)
The Beijing News, October 07, 2009
http://news.bjnews.com.cn/news/2009/1007/46335.shtml

Tibet
Dalai Lama Honored in Washington with Human Rights Award
Voice of America, October 06, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-10-06-voa45.cfm

Related news:
Obama to Meet Dalai Lama after China Trip
Agence France-Presse, October 07, 2009
http://www.smh.com.au/world/obama-to-meet-dalai-lama-after-china-trip-20091007-gllp.html