December 17, 2009

News
Corruption
New Twist over Held Lawyer in Triad Trial
South China Morning Post, December 17, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=36d99c6596895210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender - Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
“天安门母亲”声援刘晓波 ("Tiananmen Mothers" Express Support for Liu Xiaobo)
Radio Free Asia, December 16, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissident_liuxiaobo-12162009110734.html?encoding=simplified

Human Rights Defender - Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)
“人道中国”支持冯正虎继续抗争 ("Humanitarian China" Group Expresses Support for Feng Zhenghu)
Radio Free Asia, December 16, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/rendao-12162009111939.html

Law
China May Rebuild Demolition Rule after Suicide
China Daily, December 17, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-12/17/content_9190497.htm

Related Information:
国务院法制办已形成新的拆迁制度草案文件 (State Council Legislative Affairs
Office Prepares New draft documents for Demolition Regulation)
Beijing News (via Xinhua News Agency), December 17, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-12/16/content_12653077.htm

Protests and Petitions
Chinese Man Sets Himself on Fire to Protest Eviction
The Daily Telegraph, December 17, 2009
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/6829809/Chinese-man-sets-himself-on-fire-to-protest-eviction.html

Related News:
Urban Land Grab Sparks Unrest in China
Associated Press (via MSNBC), December 16, 2009
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34450213/ns/world_news-asiapacific/

郧西强征农田 农民搭窝棚抗争 (Village Land Protest in Hubei)
Radio Free Asia, December 16, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yunxi-12162009143408.html

Public Health
China Swine Flu Toll Soars past 400: Ministry
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), December 16, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091216/wl_asia_afp/healthchinaflutoll_20091216131358

Tibet
國際組織關注四川藏人示威 (International Organization Concerned about Tibetan Protesters in Sichuan)
China News Agency (via Ming Pao), December 16, 2009
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20091216/ca31315v.htm