Friday, November 27, 2009

November 27, 2009

News

Children
China Executes 2 Men for Abducting, Selling Children
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), November 26, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091127/wl_nm/us_china_abduction

Environment
China Unveils Carbon Target for Copenhagen Deal
Reuters, November 26, 2009
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE5AP1JM20091126

NW China Lead Victims to Be Relocated
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), November 26, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-11/26/content_9059700.htm

Food Security
中國查獲六億元違法食品 (Authorities Seize 0.6 Billion RMB Worth of Illegal Food)
Xinhua News Agency (via Ming Pao), November 26, 2009
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20091126/ca42245c.htm

Freedom of Speech
全国扫黄打非办就严打手机淫秽色情信息答记者问 (Official Responds to Reporters' Queries about The National Campaign to Crack down on Obscene Phone Messages)
Xinhua News Agency, November 26, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-11/26/content_12541473.htm

Human Rights Defender - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
高智晟现被非法羁留在北京看守所 (Gao Zhisheng Reportedly Illegally Detained in Beijing's Detention Center)
Radio Free Asia, November 26, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissident_gaozhisheng-11262009103211.html?encoding=simplified


Related News:
Family Plea for Missing Lawyer
Radio Free Asia, November 26, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/gaozhisheng-11262009091324.html


Human Rights Defenders
中国工党主席方圆被香港拒绝入境(图) (Chinese Labor Party Chairman Fang Yuan Denied Entry to Hong Kong)
Radio Free Asia, November 26, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangyuan-11262009132230.html

Labor
9 Dead, 1 Missing in SW China Colliery Gas Leak
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), November 27, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-11/27/content_9064482.htm

黑龙江矿难被质疑 家属拒遗体火化 (Family Members Refuse to Cremate Victims of Heilongjiang Coal Mine Accident)
Radio Free Asia, November 26, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hei-11262009111105.html

Police
Out in the Open
South China Morning Post, November 26, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8685c56194b25210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
逾千人联署要求废除深圳“信访恶法” (Over 1000 Sign A Petition for Abolition of Shenzhen's "Unjust Regulation" on Petitioning)
Radio Free Asia, November 26, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_petition-11262009104848.html?encoding=simplified

Religion
China House Church Leaders Sentenced
Associated Press, November 26, 2009
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gcwPZdgx2c7bPVLxm71nb1xl11ZQD9C7444O0

Related News:
临汾教会五名信徒被罗织罪名判刑 (Five House Church Members Sentenced on
Trumped-up Charges)
Radio Free Asia, November 26, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/religion_christian-11262009095634.html?encoding=simplified