Thursday, November 26, 2009

November 26, 2009

Bilateral Ties
China's Top Political Advisor Starts Visit to Brazil
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), November 26, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-11/26/content_9054592.htm

DPRK top leader meets visiting Chinese defense minister
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), November 25, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-11/25/content_9051723.htm

Tunisia and China Look to Boost Cooperation Ties
Xinhua News Agency, November 25, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-11/25/content_12539163.htm

Environment
垃圾分类被指作秀 北京正面临垃圾围城危机 (Beijing's Waste Recycling Policy Fails; The City Faces "Trash" Crisis)
Xinhua News Agency, November 26, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-11/26/content_12540422_2.htm

Gender
Crackdown Fails to Scare Dongguan's Sex-trade Veterans
South China Morning Post, November 26, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c2570d0039b25210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Human Rights Defender - Liu Xiaobo(刘晓波)
Detention of China Dissident Liu Xiaobo Extended
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), November 25, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_as/as_china_detained_dissident

Labor
Death Toll Rises to 15 in Central China Colliery Blast
Xinhua News Agency, November 25, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-11/25/content_12539469.htm

Death toll in mine blast rises to 107
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), November 25, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d77730d519925210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Media
广东东莞将发放“专用采访证”引争议 (Authorities in Dongguan, Guangdong Draft A Document on "Special Press Cards" for Reporters Causing Widespread Criticism)
Radio Free Asia, November 25, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jizhe-11252009092803.html

报道高干巨富 数家报刊遭警告 (Several Newspapers Warned After Reporting Figures about Senior Cadres' Wealth)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 25, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/119/article_17686.asp

Military
Mainland May Pull Some Missiles: Expert
China Daily, November 26, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-11/26/content_9052055.htm

Police
State-run Magazine Reports on Black Jails in China
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), November 25, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_as/as_china_black_jails

Chinese officials reveal jails
The Age, November 26, 2009
http://www.theage.com.au/world/chinese-officials-reveal-jails-20091125-jrq5.html

Protests and Petitions
帮助上访者 福州网民被控"诬告陷害" (Netizens in Fuzhou Charged with "Making False Charges" After Helping A Petitioner)
Radio France Internationale, November 25, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/119/article_17685.asp

Public Health
联合国在中国发布艾滋病情况报告 (UN Releases Report on HIV in China)
Radio France Internationale, November 25, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/119/article_17692.asp

China Confronts "Severe Task" of AIDS Prevention, Treatment: Vice Premier
Xinhua News Agency, November 25, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-11/25/content_12539359.htm

Rural Issues
广州大学城下暴力強拆 二百人流离失所 (200 Left Homeless in Guangzhou After Forced Eviction)
Radio Free Asia, November 26, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/chaiqian-11252009095746.html