Law
国务院法制办负责人就《保安服务管理条例》答问 (Representative from the State Council Legal Affairs Office Responds to Questions Regarding the Regulations on the Administration of Security Services)
Xinhua News Agency, October 21, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-10/21/content_12289351.htm
Related information:News
保安服务管理条例 (Regulations on the Administration of Security Services)
State Council, October 13, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-10/19/content_12270284.htm
Bilateral Ties
China Sends Volunteers to Niger
China Daily, October 23, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-10/22/content_8835613.htm
U.S.-China Military Ties Vital to Bilateral Ties: Clinton
Xinhua News Agency, October 23, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/23/content_12303381.htm
China, India Stoke 21st-Century Rivalry
The Wall Street Journal, October 23, 2009
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125625173429702481.html?mod=rss_asia_whats_news
Corruption
宁夏辽宁各一名省级高官被免职 (High-ranking Provincial and Regional Officials Removed from Office in Ningxia and Liaoning)
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 23, 2009
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2009/10/091022_china_corruption.shtml
Guangdong Officials and Senior Judges Sacked for Corruption
South China Morning Post, October 23, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=96ca471e32d74210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Hong Kong
Hong Kong Law under Beijing’s Shadow
Asia Times Online, October 23, 2009
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/KJ23Ad01.html
Activists Face Trial after Constitutionality Ruling
South China Morning Post, October 23, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=90df2022f8c74210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Human Rights Defenders
Two Activist Writers Turned away at Border
South China Morning Post, October 23, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d62b471e32d74210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
獲准與家人見面 胡佳獄中肝硬化 (Family of Hu Jia Permitted Meeting, Hu's Health Worsens due to Cirrhosis)
Ming Pao, October 23, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1303935/1.html
Internet Censorship
China Authors Say Google Violated Copyrights
Reuters, October 22, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE59L20V20091022
Law
Does China Need an Animal Protection Law?
Beijing Review, October 22, 2009
http://www.bjreview.com.cn/quotes/txt/2009-10/23/content_225363.htm
North Korea
China Forces POW Relatives Back to N.Korea - Activist
Reuters, October 22, 2009
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE59L14S20091022
Protests and Petitions
江苏吴江垃圾焚烧厂投产 数万人连续街头抗议 (Wujiang, Jiangsu Residents Take to the Street to Protest Construction of Waste Incineration Plant)
Radio Free Asia, October 22, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/trash-10222009100241.html
河北村民抗議逼遷堵國道 (Hebei Villagers Block Highway Protesting Land Confiscation)
Ming Pao, October 23, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1303929/1.html
Public Health
深圳等10城市两年内实现公共场所全面禁烟 (Shenzhen amongst Ten Cities to Ban Smoking in Public Places within Next Two Years)
Jiangxi Daily, October 21, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/1021/16/5M5MN04U0001124J.html
Analysts Unimpressed by Cut in Prices of More than 1,000 Drugs
South China Morning Post, October 23, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d54b471e32d74210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Tibet
西藏流亡组织称中国枪决四名参与骚乱的藏人 (Tibetan Exile Organization: China Has Executed Four Tibetan Participants in Riots)
Radio Free Asia, October 22, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/tibet-10222009170637.html
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China Executes Tibetan Protesters
The Guardian, October 22, 2009
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/22/china-executes-tibet-protesters
XUAR
美最高法院将审理关塔那摩湾维族在押人员案 (U.S. Supreme Court Accepts Case of Uyghurs Detained at Guantanamo)
Voice of America, October 22, 2009
http://www1.voanews.com/chinese/news/china/UIGHERS-20091022-65511362.html
Guantánamo Uighurs Know Justices Took Their Case
The Miami Herald, October 22, 2009
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1294146.html