Friday, December 04, 2009

December 04, 2009

News
Death Penalty
2 Sentenced to Death Over Gang Crime in S China
Xinhua News Agency, December 03, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-12/03/content_9111267.htm

Environment
500,000 Chinese Sign to Support Low-Carbon Lifestyles
China Daily, December 03, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-12/03/content_9111525.htm

Food Security
北京宣武法院受理结石儿童家长向伊利集团索偿案 (Beijing Court Accepts Lawsuit Filed by Tainted Milk Victims against Yili Group Co.)
Radio Free Asia, December 03, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/lawsuit_milk-12032009104106.html?encoding=simplified

Hukou
Overhaul for Temporary Residency Permit
China Daily (via People's Daily), December 03, 2009
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90782/90872/6831594.html

Human Rights
China: Human Rights Action Plan Implemented Well
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), December 04, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-12/04/content_9113362.htm

Human Rights Defender - Huang Qi (黄琦)
法院继续拖延和阻挠黄琦案上诉 (Authorities Continue to Delay and Obstruct Huang Qi's Appeal Attempts)
Radio Free Asia, December 03, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissident_huangqi-12032009104339.html?encoding=simplified

Related Information:
Case Update: Authorities Obstruct Huang Qi’s Appeal Attempts
Human Rights in China, December 01, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/172557
Human Rights Defender - Zhang Lin (张林)
中國知名異議人士張林被抄家帶走 (Authorities Detain Chinese Dissident and Ransack His Home)
China News Agency, December 03, 2009
http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1123823

Internet Censorship
中国网络严打全面展开 料更多网站将关闭 (Internet Crackdown in China Tightens, More Websites Expected to Be Shut Down)
Radio Free Asia, December 03, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wang-12032009101427.html

Labor
开胸验肺农民工工友提出工伤赔偿 遭厂方拒绝 (Company Denies Work Injury Compensation Claim by Factory Workers Who Were Forced to Undergo an Unnecessary Surgical Chest Incision)
Xinhua News Agency, December 04, 2009
http://news.eastday.com/c/20091204/u1a4855736.html

Society
China Arrests 85 in Drugs Raids
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 03, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8392886.stm

Taiwan
Taipei Promises to Protect Beijing Envoy
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), December 03, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=80644ce0db255210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Tibet
China Delegation from Tibet Tours France
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), December 03, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-12/03/content_9110882.htm

XUAR
5 Sentenced to Death in Urumqi, 7 to be Prosecuted
China Daily, December 04, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-12/04/content_9113582.htm

Related News:
国际特赦呼吁“停止判处维族人死刑” (Amnesty International Urges China to Stop
Death Sentences against Uyghurs)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 04, 2009
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2009/12/091203_amnesty_uighurs_deaths.shtml
Uygur Leader Condemns Death Sentences
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), December 04, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=86a79d924e755210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD