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