November 14-16, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
Obama Arrives in China for Maiden Visit
Agence France-Presse, November 15, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091116/wl_asia_afp/chinausdiplomacy

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Taiwan Issue, Spying Hold Back Ties With US Military
South China Morning Post, November 16, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d52e2f6a148f4210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

奥巴马在上海与青年学生对话 (Obama Holds Open Forum with University Students in Shanghai)
Radio France Internationale, November 16, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/119/article_17483.asp

中美关系：人权重，重几何？ (Sino-American Relations: Human Rights Is Important, But How Much?)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 13, 2009
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/indepth/2009/11/091112_ana_uschina_humanright.shtml

Related information:
丁子霖致奥巴马总统的信 (Letter to President Barack Obama from Ding Zilin)
November 13, 2009
English: http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/172409
Chinese: http://gb.hrichina.org/gate/gb/big5.hrichina.org/public/contents/17967

Human Rights Defenders
China Dissidents 'Detained Ahead of Obama Visit'
Agence France-Presse, November 14, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091114/wl_asia_afp/chinarightsusdiplomacy

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Organizer of Families of Tainted Milk Powder Victims Detained
Human Rights in China, November 13, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/172422

維權人士被強行帶離北京 (Rights Activists Forced to Leave Beijing prior to Obama Visit)
Ming Pao, November 16, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1328958/1.html

Labor
民工討薪遭百人圍毆 (Hunan Migrant Workers Demanding Back Wages Surrounded, Beaten by 100+ People )
Ming Pao, November 14, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1327308/1.html

Multilateral
UN Slated for Stifling Net Debate
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 16, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8361849.stm
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Police
教師寫網誌被拘 狀告公安 (Liaoning Elementary School Teacher Criminally Detained after Writing Online Magazine Criticizing Local PSB)
Ming Pao, November 16, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1328957/1.html

Protests and Petitions
Shenzhen Hardens Rules on Detaining Citizens
Financial Times, November 13, 2009
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ba2f01ee-d039-11de-a8db-00144feabdc0.html

上海访民吁请美国总统奥巴马关注中国人权问题 (200 Shanghainese Petitioners Send Joint Letter to Obama Calling for Attention on Human Rights)
Radio Free Asia, November 15, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shang-11152009161451.html

Religion
China Blocks Unregistered Church Service Again
Associated Press, November 15, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091115/ap_on_re_as/as_china_closed_churches

Tibet
Dalai Lama Was a Slave Master, China Tells Obama
Associated Press, November 15, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091115/ap_on_re_as/as_china_obama_tibet