Tuesday, November 24, 2009

November 24, 2009

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Huang Qi (黄琦)
曾揭川震豆腐渣 黃琦判囚3年 持有國家機密罪成 妻子批政府報復 (Earthquake Activist Jailed for 3 Years; His Wife Thinks It Is Revenge)
Ming Pao, November 24, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1337895/1.html


Related information:
HRIC Condemns Three-Year Sentence for Earthquake Activist
Human Rights in China, November 23, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/172487

News

Bilateral Ties
Top Chinese Political Advisor Starts visit to Ecuador
Xinhua News Agency, November 24, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-11/24/content_12528558.htm

Corruption
Senior Chinese Official Calls for Greater Efforts Against Commercial Bribery
Xinhua News Agency, November 24, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-11/23/content_12526966.htm

Disasters
Miners' Families Demand Answers as Death Toll from Blast Rises to 104
South China Morning Post, November 24, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2c913216495213d5df646910cba0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0d77552254125210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Environment
农村仍有2.7亿人没有喝上达标水 (270 Million People in Rural Areas Still Lack Access to Clean Drinking Water)
China Youth Daily, November 23, 2009
http://www.cyol.net/zqb/content/2009-11/23/content_2947561.htm

Human Rights Defender - Tan Zuoren (谭作人)
譚作人案料快宣判 (Verdict Expected Soon in Tan Zuoren Trial)
Ming Pao, November 24, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1337894/1.html

Human Rights Defender - Jiang Tianyong (江天勇)
Obama Must Help Chinese Dissident: US Lawmakers
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), November 24, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091124/pl_afp/uschinarightsobamapoliticscongress

Labor
Bosses Blamed for Blast
Radio Free Asia, November 23, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/hegang-mine-blast-11232009094928.html

Law
最高检:监听窃听等有望用于侦察职务犯罪 (SPP: Wiretapping Expected to Be Used during Criminal Investigation)
Xinhua News Agency, November 24, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-11/24/content_12527558.htm

Media
安徽芜湖中院否认禁止媒体旁听“白宫书记案” (Wuhu Intermediate Court Denies Banning Media from Corruption Trial for "White House Secretary")
Xinhua News Agency, November 24, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-11/24/content_12527518.htm


Related news:
'White house director' on Trial for Corruption
China Daily, November 20, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2009-11/20/content_9007518.htm

本报副总编辑突遭歹徒毒打 (Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Hebei Youth Daily Severely Beaten)
Hebei Youth Daily, November 23, 2009
http://www.hbqnb.com/news/html/TopNews/2009/1123/091123140518216212993.html

Police
China Police Officers Stand Trial for Juvenile Death in Custody
Xinhua News Agency, November 24, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-11/24/content_12528841.htm

Official Says Gang Trials Fair, Just
China Daily, November 24, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-11/24/content_9026910.htm

Protests and Petitions
More than 1,000 Protest China Relocation
Associated Press, November 23, 2009
http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1115476

Taiwan
Taiwan Concedes Territorial Waters near China
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), November 24, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091123/wl_nm/us_taiwan_china