Bilateral Ties
India, China Leaders to Meet amid War of Words
Reuters, October 22, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091021/wl_nm/us_india_china
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India, China Agree to Cooperate on Climate Change
Associated Press, October 21, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_india_china_climate_change
Xinhua News Agency, October 21, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/21/content_12291850.htm
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Cash Helped China Win Costa Rica’s Recognition
The New York Times, September 12, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/13/world/asia/13costa.html
China Sentences Six to Death in Mega-mafia Trial
Agence France-Presse, October 21, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091021/wl_asia_afp/chinacrimecorruptiontrial
Suspended Death Sentence for Professor's Murderer
South China Morning Post, October 22, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2c913216495213d5df646910cba0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e7be0b807c774210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Hong Kong
Citizens' Radio Activists Lose Legal Challenge
South China Morning Post, October 22, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b5dcfd6c69b74210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Media
世界新闻自由排行榜上 中国垫底 (Reporters Without Borders Ranks PRC 168 out of 175 Countries in World Press Freedom Index)
Radio Free Asia, October 21, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/mediafree-10212009103836.html
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HK Rises in Press Freedom Index, but KMT 'Interference' Hits Taiwan
South China Morning Post, October 22, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=472d0b807c774210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
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Press Freedom Index 2009
Reporters Without Borders, October 20, 2009
http://www.rsf.org/en-classement1003-2009.html
Growing Chinese Military Creates Uncertainty: U.S.
Reuters, October 21, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091021/pl_nm/us_usa_china_military
Police
Policeman Suspended for Beating Journalist
China Daily, October 22, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-10/22/content_8828508.htm
China Orders Jails to Intensify Security Measures after Prison-breaking
Xinhua News Agency, October 22, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/22/content_12293590.htm
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內蒙越柙犯 切獄警手指開鎖 (To Escape from Hohhot Prison, Inmates Cut Off Guard's Finger to Breach Security Measures)
Ming Pao, October 22, 2009
http://news.mingpao.com/20091022/cad1.htm
Beijing Protest over Disabled Rights
China Daily, October 22, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/metro/2009-10/22/content_8830481.htm
Police Detain Suspects in Coal Mine Clash
Shanghai Daily, October 21, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200910/20091021/article_417010.htm
毒奶受害家长续遭打压 维权代表拟成立相关联盟 (Parents of Children Poisoned by Tainted Milk Powder Come under Increased Pressure, Activists Propose Formation of Related Rights-defense Alliances)
Radio Free Asia, October 22, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/milk-10212009085308.html
Religion
山东法轮功修炼者遭判刑家人吁奥巴马访华时关注 (Shandong Falun Gong Practitioners Sentenced, Relatives Call for Obama's Attention during China Visit)
Radio Free Asia, October 21, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/falungong-10212009083229.html
Taiwan
Cross-straits Postings Break New Ground
Reuters, October 21, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f5e485c459674210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Top US Envoy in Taiwan: No Change in Island Ties
Associated Press, October 22, 2009
http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1088188
XUAR
China Accused over ‘Missing’ Uighurs
Financial Times (via Financial Times), October 22, 2009
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2c7c0f1e-bda0-11de-9f6a-00144feab49a.html
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“人权观察”发布新疆维族青年失踪报告 (Human Rights Watch Publishes Report on Disappearances of Uyghurs following XUAR Protests)
Radio Free Asia, October 21, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xinjiang-10212009085904.html
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"We Are Afraid to Even Look for Them"
Human Rights Watch, October 20, 2009
http://www.hrw.org/en/reports/2009/10/22/we-are-afraid-even-look-them-0
Ming Pao, October 22, 2009
http://news.mingpao.com/20091022/caf1.htm