Friday, January 23, 2009

January 23, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
英国外交部出台英中交往政策文件 (UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office Issues China-UK Relations Policy)
Radio Free Asia, January 22, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/waijiao-01222009155336.html

Related information:
The UK and China: A Framework for Engagement
Foreign & Commonwealth Office, January 22, 2009
http://ukinchina.fco.gov.uk/en/working-with-china/uk-and-china

Children
All Young People Kidnapped to Myanmar Released
Xinhuanet, January 23, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-01/23/content_10707861.htm

Related information:
山西18名遭跨国绑架少年获解救 3名疑犯被抓 (18 Kidnapped Youths Released, 3 Suspects Detained)
Xinhua (via Beijing Times), January 23, 2009
http://news.jinghua.cn/351/c/200901/23/n2314284.shtml

Corruption
Top Fujian Official Sacked over Graft
South China Morning Post, January 23, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=bc75b60a9aefe110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Disasters
China Parents Press Demands in Wake of Milk Sentences
Reuters, January 22, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE50L0ZG20090123

Human Rights Defender - Mao Hengfeng (毛恒风)
上海访民上访遭打压 计划过年到天安门前抗议(图) (Shanghainese Petitioners Beaten, Plan Protest at Tiananmen)
Radio Free Asia, January 22, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-01222009114220.html

Internet Censorship
China's E-crackdown Here to Stay
Reuters (via TVNZ), January 23, 2009
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/536641/2450995

教育部要求加强管理校园网和上网场所 (Ministry of Education Demands Greater Management of School Networks and Computer Halls)
Radio Free Asia, January 22, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/campus_internet-01222009100253.html

Law
Court Sentences 15 Human Traffickers
Xinhua (via China Daily), January 23, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-01/23/content_7425205.htm

Media
China Says It's Unaware of Media Censoring Obama's Speech
Voice of America, January 22, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-01-22-voa8.cfm

Related news:
China Defends Censorship of Obama Speech
Reuters, January 22, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE50L1K320090122

Public Health
卫生部启动公共场所卫生监督量化分级管理制度 (Ministry of Health Commences Classification System for Sanitation in Public Places)
China News Service, January 23, 2009
http://www.chinanews.com.cn/jk/kong/news/2009/01-23/1539596.shtml

Taiwan
Taiwan Wins Landmark Access to WHO amid China Thaw
Reuters, January 22, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE50M0UH20090123