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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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