Friday, November 13, 2009

November 13, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
China Cautions Obama over Meeting Dalai Lama
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), November 12, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091112/ap_on_re_as/as_china_obama_dalai_lama

Obama to Press China on Afghanistan
Financial Times, November 12, 2009
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7f2bf2d0-cf78-11de-b876-00144feabdc0.html

China Carefully Navigates Ties with Straits Chinese
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), November 12, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091112/wl_nm/us_china_southeastasia

Chilean President Visits Shanghai
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), November 13, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-11/13/content_8961338.htm

Disasters
Storm Causes 38 Deaths in North China
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), November 13, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-11/13/content_8966997.htm

Economic Development
Chinese President Arrives in Singapore for State Visit, APEC Meeting
Xinhua News Agency, November 11, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-11/11/content_12434952.htm

Freedom of Speech
Report Details Threats to Mainland Journalists
Associated Press (via South China Morning Post), November 13, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d68ddbf4a39e4210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights
Abuse in China's 'Black Jails': Rights Group
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), November 12, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091112/wl_asia_afp/chinasecurityrightshrw

Human Rights Defender - Ding Zilin (丁子霖)
丁子霖發公開信 籲奧營救劉曉波 (Tiananmen Mother Ding Zilin Urges President Obama to Rescue Jailed Dissident Liu Xiaobo)
Ming Pao, November 13, 2009
http://news.mingpao.com/20091113/caa2.htm

Human Rights Defender - Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)
Activist Stuck in Tokyo Airport Limbo
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), November 13, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=577ddbf4a39e4210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Internet Censorship
美国驻华使领馆邀请了民间博客聚会 (US Embassy Meets Chinese Bloggers via Video-conference)
Radio Free Asia, November 12, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/us_china_internet-11122009105459.html?encoding=simplified

Protests and Petitions
Holdout in ‘Fight to Death’
Radio Free Asia, November 12, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/holdouthomeowner-11122009164445.html

Religion
温州白象教会领袖黄乐敏被判刑并罚款 (Baixiang Church Leader in Zhejiang Sentenced and Fined)
Radio Free Asia, November 12, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/religion_christian-11122009112738.html?encoding=simplified

Taiwan
Cross-Strait Talks Set for December
South China Morning Post, November 13, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4cbad34f327e4210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD