Tuesday, October 20, 2009

October 20, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
Chinese Minister Calls for Strengthening Sino-Israeli Exchanges
Xinhua News Agency, October 20, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/20/content_12271002.htm

Kenyan National Assembly Speaker to Visit China
China Daily, October 20, 2009
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90776/90883/6787985.html

Death Penalty
Death Sentence Upheld for Crime Boss
Xinhua News Agency (via Shanghai Daily), October 20, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200910/20091020/article_416859.htm

Human Rights Defenders
中国人权活动人士发表致奥巴马总统公开信并征集签名 (Chinese Activists Issue An Open Letter to President Obama for His Upcoming Trip to China)
Radio Free Asia, October 19, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquan-10192009161158.html

Media
China Book Fair Role Irks Uygurs
South China Morning Post, October 20, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=bae13ac583d64210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

法兰克福书展闭幕 贝岭和戴睛被临时取消发言 (The Frankfurt Book Fair Closes - Bei Ling and Dai Jing's Speeches Cancelled)
Radio Free Asia, October 20, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/bookshow-10192009100010.html

Reporter Locked Up and Beaten by Police
China Daily, October 20, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-10/17/content_12255588.htm

Multilateral
CPC Delegation Leaves for Japan, Singapore, Malaysia Visit
Xinhua News Agency, October 20, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/20/content_12272533.htm

China, EU Will Hold Summit in November
China Daily, October 20, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-10/20/content_8816508.htm

Police
Driver Cuts Finger to Protest 'Police Trap'
China Daily, October 20, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-10/20/content_8816730.htm

Public Health
千童中鉛毒 河南10億遷村 (Authorities Spend 1 bln Yuan on Relocation of Lead-poisoned Village Residents in Henan)
Ming Pao, October 20, 2009
http://news.mingpao.com/20091020/caf1.htm

Taiwan
Taiwan Leader Won't Rule out Hu Meeting
Reuters (via China Daily), October 20, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-10/20/content_8816382.htm

Taiwan Calls on China to Scrap Missiles
RTTNews, October 20, 2009
http://news.ino.com/headlines/?newsid=102020090021

XUAR
熱比婭再訪日 恐惹抗議 (Kadeer's Re-visit to Japan Likely to Upset China)
Ming Pao, October 20, 2009
http://news.mingpao.com/20091020/cae1.htm