Corruption
Alleged Gang Leader Rats Out Attorney
China Daily, December 15, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-12/15/content_9177561.htm
Environment
Green Giant: Beijing’s Crash Program for Clean Energy
The New Yorker, December 21, 2009
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/12/21/091221fa_fact_osnos
Human Rights Defender - Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
China’s Strong and Brittle State
Financial Times, December 14, 2009
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8091c49e-e8e4-11de-a756-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2340.html
律师将为刘晓波做无罪辩护 (Lawyers Say Liu Xiaobo to Plead Not Guilty)
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lxb-12142009153259.html
U.S., EU Urge China to Release Prominent Dissident
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), December 14, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091214/wl_nm/us_eu_china
Human Rights Defenders
薛明凯犯有 “颠覆国家政权罪”吗? (Shandong Activist Xue Mingkai Charged with Subversion after Contacting Foreign Organization)
Radio France Internationale, December 15, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/120/article_18119.asp
Internet Censorship
Mainland Bans Private Websites
South China Morning Post, December 15, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=244d0da8ddd85210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Related Information:Media
CNNIC Halts Website Domain Name Registration For Individuals In China
China Tech News, December 15, 2009
http://www.chinatechnews.com/2009/12/15/11208-cnnic-halts-website-domain-name-registration-for-individuals-in-china
Beijing Cuts Broadcaster's Signal amid Media Crackdown
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), December 14, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091214/wl_asia_afp/chinahongkongmediacensorship
Protests and Petitions
公安部警察暴打访民 无锡拆迁再添冤魂 (Shenyang Petitioners against Forced Eviction Badly Beaten up by Police)
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gongan-12142009095852.html
Taiwan
Most Taiwanese Oppose Envoy's Visit, Poll Finds
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), December 15, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=15300da8ddd85210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD