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