Thursday, November 12, 2009

November 12, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
Activists Urge President Obama to Question China's One Child Policy
Voice of America, November 10, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-11-11-voa24.cfm?rss=asia

Environment
Residents in the Pearl River Delta Region Worried about Pollution and Water Quality, Survey Shows
South China Morning Post, November 12, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1f5a0393724e4210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender – Tan Zuoren (谭作人)
谭作人看守所录像公开 律师促依法宣判 (Video Footage of Tan Zuoren Detained Made Available, Lawyer Urges Verdict in Accordance with the Law)
Radio Free Asia, November 11, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/tan-11112009161630.html

Media
80pc of Caijing Staff Quit to Follow Editor
South China Morning Post, November 12, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=207a0393724e4210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Related news:
Hu Shuli's Successor at Caijing Confirmed
Economic Observer, November 11, 2009
http://www.eeo.com.cn/ens/homepage/briefs/2009/11/11/155346.shtml
中国舆论监督网受到黑客攻击 ("China Public Opinion Monitor Network" Attacked by Hackers)
Radio Free Asia, November 11, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yulun-11112009155905.html

Police
拘留所推进新模式 由“看押型”向“矫治型”转变 (Detention Centers Go from "Custodial" to "Correctional")
Xinhua News Agency, November 12, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-11/12/content_12438182.htm

Protests and Petitions
Shenzhen Petitioners may be Sent to Labour Camps
South China Morning Post, November 12, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d1aa0393724e4210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Related news:
深圳:多次非正常上访或被劳教 (Shenzhen: Those Submitting Multiple "Atypical" Petitions Could Be Ordered to Reeducation-Through-Labor)
Southern Metropolis Daily, November 11, 2009
http://gcontent.nddaily.com/3/10/310ce61c90f3a46e/Blog/9ac/002b57.html
逾百访民申请游行 部分访民被拘留 (100+ Petitioners Apply to Demonstrate, Some Detained)
Radio Free Asia, November 11, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-11112009093041.html

Tibet
达赖喇嘛:别把我的宗教访问过于政治化 (Don't Politicize My Religious Visits: Dalai Lama)
Radio France Internationale, November 11, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/119/article_17385.asp