December 16, 2009

News
Death Penalty
China Injects 'Humanity' into Death Sentence
Asia Times Online, December 16, 2009
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/KL16Ad01.html

Economic Development
No Glitch in Computer-sales Regulations: China
China Daily, December 16, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-12/16/content_9183835.htm

Human Rights Defender - Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
China Warns West from Taking up Dissident Case
Reuters, December 16, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BE12C20091215

Human Rights Defender - CHEN Yunfei (陈云飞), Liu Zhengyou (刘正有)
陈云飞被囚期间遭围殴　刘正有关单间 (Sichuan Rights Activists Chen Yun-fei Beaten, Liu Zhengyou Put in Solitary Confinement)
Radio Free Asia, December 15, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/chen-12152009154814.html

Human Rights Defender - Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)
冯正虎公开信致习近平 网友忧其安危（图） (Feng Zhenghu Sends Open Letter to Xi Jinping)
Radio Free Asia, December 15, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fzh-12152009093924.html

Internet Censorship
ISC Publishes Proposal On Running Civilized Chinese Websites
China Tech News, December 16, 2009
http://www.chinatechnews.com/2009/12/16/11211-isc-publishes-proposal-on-running-civilized-chinese-websites

中國掃黃關近七百不良域名 (Nearly 700 "Vulgar" Website Domain Names Closed)
Ming Pao, December 15, 2009
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20091216/ca30945v.htm

Law
全国人大常委会将首次审议村委会组织法修订草案 (NPC Standing Committee to Consider Draft Amendments to the Organic Law of Village Committees for the First Time)
China News Service (via Xinhua News Agency), December 14, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-12/15/content_12647190.htm

Laws on Pet Attacks Urged
China Daily, December 16, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-12/16/content_9184799.htm

Police
Suspect's 'Suicide' at Police Station Questioned
China Daily, December 16, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-12/16/content_9184093.htm

XUAR
China Says Asylum-seeking Uighurs Suspected Criminals
Reuters, December 15, 2009
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE5BE1S720091215?sp=true

December 15, 2009

News
Corruption
Alleged Gang Leader Rats Out Attorney
China Daily, December 15, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-12/15/content_9177561.htm

Environment
Green Giant: Beijing’s Crash Program for Clean Energy
The New Yorker, December 21, 2009
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/12/21/091221fa_fact_osnos

Human Rights Defender - Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
China’s Strong and Brittle State
Financial Times, December 14, 2009
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8091c49e-e8e4-11de-a756-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2340.html

律师将为刘晓波做无罪辩护 (Lawyers Say Liu Xiaobo to Plead Not Guilty)
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lxb-12142009153259.html

U.S., EU Urge China to Release Prominent Dissident
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), December 14, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091214/wl_nm/us_eu_china

Human Rights Defenders
薛明凯犯有 “颠覆国家政权罪”吗? (Shandong Activist Xue Mingkai Charged with Subversion after Contacting Foreign Organization)
Radio France Internationale, December 15, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/120/article_18119.asp

Internet Censorship
Mainland Bans Private Websites
South China Morning Post, December 15, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=244d0da8ddd85210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related Information:
CNNIC Halts Website Domain Name Registration For Individuals In China
China Tech News, December 15, 2009
http://www.chinatechnews.com/2009/12/15/11208-cnnic-halts-website-domain-name-registration-for-individuals-in-china

Media
Beijing Cuts Broadcaster's Signal amid Media Crackdown
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), December 14, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091214/wl_asia_afp/chinahongkongmediacensorship

Protests and Petitions
公安部警察暴打访民 无锡拆迁再添冤魂 (Shenyang Petitioners against Forced Eviction Badly Beaten up by Police)
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gongan-12142009095852.html

Taiwan
Most Taiwanese Oppose Envoy's Visit, Poll Finds
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), December 15, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=15300da8ddd85210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD