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