December 30, 2009

News

Civil Society
民主運動起硝煙 官民對峙更激烈 (2009 Review of the Chinese Democratic and Civic Movement)
Ming Pao, December 30, 2009
http://news.mingpao.com/20091230/cad1.htm

Death Penalty
Chinese Execution Triggers British, EU Protests
Agence France-Presse, December 30, 2009
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iojW6LUAkJJwWGYRR1H-v2tq_wEw

Food Security
索赔路随“三鹿”终结？ (Will Claims for Damages from Poisoned Milk Powder End Along with Sanlu?)
Southern Metropolis Daily, December 30, 2009
http://epaper.nddaily.com/F/html/2009-12/30/content_980084.htm

Human Rights Defender – Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
海内外继续声援刘晓波 (Support for Liu Continues within China and Abroad)
Radio Free Asia, December 29, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/liu-12292009114601.html

Land Policy
China Speeds Up Resettlement in Water Mega-scheme
Reuters, December 29, 2009
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/TOE5BS02L.htm

Media
China Starts to Lift Region’s Web Blackout
New York Times, December 30, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/30/world/asia/30xinjiang.html

中国网民正在形成有现实影响力的“压力集团” (China Netizens Become Influential "Pressure Group")
China Youth Daily, December 30, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-12/30/content_12727821.htm

Related information:
2009年中国互联网舆情分析 (Analysis on Internet Public Opinion in China 2009)
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
http://yq.people.com.cn/htmlArt/Art392.htm

Protests and Petitions
中国各地血友病患者北京维权遭打压 (Hemophilia Patients Oppressed whilst Defending Their Rights in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, December 29, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xue-12292009134245.html

Taiwan
The Two Frenemies: China and Taiwan
The Globe and Mail, December 29, 2009
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rob-magazine/the-two-frenemies-china-and-taiwan/article1401058/

Tibet
甘孜活佛被囚八年余 当局禁维权律师出庭 (Tulku Phurbu Tsering Sentenced to 8 Years in Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan)
Radio Free Asia, December 29, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fo-12292009093840.html

XUAR
Uyghurs Decry 'Reconstruction Project' Set to Change the Face of Old Town in Kashgar
South China Morning Post, December 30, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4f84073ee1bd5210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD