October 07, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
China, Japan Plan Group on EU Lines
The Times of India, October 07, 2009
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/china/China-Japan-plan-group-on-EU-lines/articleshow/5092076.cms

Economic Development
China Wants Monetary Fix as Ideas on IMF Reform Fly
Reuters, October 06, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSTRE5954LF20091006

Environment
Climate Agency Sees China’s Efforts Paying Dividends
New York Times, October 07, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/07/business/energy-environment/07emissions.html

Human Rights Defender – Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
刘晓波继续遭拘押 (Liu Xiaobo Remains in Detention)
Deutsch Welle, October 06, 2009
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4767271,00.html

Human Rights Defender – Wang Rongqing (王荣清)
民主党人士王荣清狱中命在旦夕 家属中秋探望遭拒 (Family Denied Visit to Ailing Imprisoned China Democracy Party Member Wang Rongqing on Mid-Autumn Festival)
Radio Free Asia, October 06, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wrq-10062009092927.html

Human Rights Defenders
China Dissidents Top Nobel Peace Prize Speculation
Associated Press, October 07, 2009
http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1075907

Law
中国司法制度不改 非正常死亡事件难免 ("Unusual Deaths" Unavoidable without Changes to China's Judicial System)
Radio Free Asia, October 06, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sifa-10062009170304.html

Migrant Workers
调查称广东部分农民工已按揭买房 渴望融入城市 (New Survey Examines Differences between "Old Generation" and "New Generation" Migrant Workers in Guangdong)
Guangzhou Daily, October 07, 2009
http://news.eastday.com/c/20091007/u1a4710416.html

Police
安徽公安施酷刑囚12年 (Anhui Police Officers Sentenced up to 12 Years for Torturing Man to Death)
Ming Pao, October 07, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1287114/1.html

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安徽6旬老人遭刑讯逼供致死 鼻孔被插90支香烟 (60-year-old Man Tortured to Death during Investigation, 90 Cigarettes Stuffed in his Nose)
Xinhua News Agency, October 06, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/1006/22/5KVO5DDB00011229.html

被劳教的退伍军人金有发家人呼吁外界关注 (Family of Veterans' Representative Sentenced to Reeducation-Through-Labor Ask for Support )
Radio Free Asia, October 06, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jyf-10062009100923.html

Protests and Petitions
嘉兴村民国庆堵厂抗污染　 (Villagers in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Blockade Factory in Anti-Pollution Protest during Anniversary)
Radio Free Asia, October 06, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jiaxing-10062009122652.html

Public Health
Mainland's First Swine Flu Death Occurs in Tibet
South China Morning Post, October 07, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9926e43855a24210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related news:
北京出现首例甲流危重病人 现进入流感高发期 (Beijing Sees First Severe Case of H1N1 as It Enters Flu Season)
The Beijing News, October 07, 2009
http://news.bjnews.com.cn/news/2009/1007/46335.shtml

Tibet
Dalai Lama Honored in Washington with Human Rights Award
Voice of America, October 06, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-10-06-voa45.cfm

Related news:
Obama to Meet Dalai Lama after China Trip
Agence France-Presse, October 07, 2009
http://www.smh.com.au/world/obama-to-meet-dalai-lama-after-china-trip-20091007-gllp.html