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