Human Rights Defender - Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
China Opens Trial of Leading Dissident Liu Xiaobo
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), December 23, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091223/wl_nm/us_china_dissident
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Diplomats Kept away from China Dissident's Trial
Associated Press (via Google News), December 23, 2009
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jhUm7us8viZgI3LPIS4ekels25DAD9CON8F00
歐美使節被拒旁聽劉曉波案 (US, EU Diplomats Refused to Attend the Hearing)
Ming Pao, December 23, 2009
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20091223/ca31005.htm
当局在刘晓波案开审前恐吓维权人士 (Authorities Warn Several Rights Defenders Not to Voice Support for Liu Xiaobo)
Radio Free Asia, December 22, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissident_assault-12222009110420.html
Ding Zilin Urges Charter 08 Signers to “Join” Liu Xiaobo’s Trial
Human Rights in China, December 18, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/172613
Gender
China Opens State-backed Gay Bar to Fight Spread of Aids
The Independent, December 23, 2009
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/china-opens-statebacked-homosexual-bar-to-combat-aids-1848122.html
Human Rights Defenders
Tainted-milk Activist Zhao Lianhai Officially Arrested for 'Making Trouble'
South China Morning Post, December 23, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5d639b8b7a6b5210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Internet Censorship
"短命"的人民网微博客 (Twitter-like Microblog by People's Daily Shut down 3 Hours After Its Launch)
Radio France Internationale, December 22, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/120/article_18284.asp
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官方關注迷你博客殺傷巨 (Internet Could Trigger Major Unrest:
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)
Ming Pao, December 22, 2009
http://news.mingpao.com/20091222/cca1h.htm
Protests and Petitions
两地维权农民遭到打击报复 (Rights Defenders for Evicted Rural Residents Face Retaliation)
Radio Free Asia, December 22, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/nongmin-12222009122339.html
Law
Arbitrary Justice: Ignoring Its Own Laws, China Is Set to Execute a Briton with an Apparent History of Severe Mental Illness
South China Morning Post, December 23, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=11e17bf1576b5210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Public Health
Chinese Vice Premier Calls for Deepened Medical Reform
Xinhua News Agency, December 22, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-12/22/content_12690251.htm
Social Security
China Considers Establishing State Social Security Fund
Xinhua News Agency, December 23, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-12/23/content_12692178.htm
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Pensions up Again, and They'll Be Portable Too
South China Morning Post, December 23, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=00bc93f9067b5210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD