Friday, December 18, 2009

December 18, 2009

News
Environment
Cities to the Rescue
South China Morning Post, December 18, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3f04060cd8c95210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Green Dam
官方网站出现警告信息 另类绿坝悄然安装 (Warning Sign Pops Up in Government Sites; "Green Dam Alternative" Secretly Installed)
Radio Free Asia, December 17, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/luba-12172009093920.html

Related Information:
China Imposes New Internet Controls
New York Times, December 17, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/18/world/asia/18china.html?partner=rss&emc=rss



Labor
为维权,48名工人闯四关 (48 Workers Determined to Defend Their Rights)
Southern Metropolis Daily, December 18, 2009
http://epaper.nddaily.com/B/html/2009-12/18/content_970726.htm

20多保安在工地上围殴6民工 5人受伤入院 (6 Migrant Workers Beaten by 20 Security Guards; 5 Injured, Hospitalized)
Sanxiang Dushi Bao, December 17, 2009
http://hn.rednet.cn/c/2009/12/17/1873851.htm

Cancer Patient 'Denied Work' in E China
China Daily, December 17, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-12/17/content_9190881.htm

Media
律師稱關停互聯網影音網站法律依據存疑 (Lawyers: Legal Base for Shutdown of File-sharing Sites Is Dubious)
Southern People Weekly, December 18, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1365284/1.html

Migrant Workers
上海:所有农民工子女将与沪籍孩子一样接受义务教育 (Migrant Workers’ Children to Receive Obligatory Education Same as Other Children with Hukou in Shanghai)
Xinhua News Agency, December 17, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-12/17/content_12663425.htm

Police
昆明镟押犯離奇死 「一元紙幣開手銬 鞋帶自縊」 (Detainees in Kunming Die Out of Suspicious Reasons)
Ming Pao, December 18, 2009
http://news.mingpao.com/20091218/caa1.htm

State Security
China Holds US Engineer on Trade Secrets Charge
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), December 17, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091217/ap_on_re_as/as_china_detained_americans

Tibet
Official Repeats Accusation That Dalai Lama Lied
South China Morning Post, December 18, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2fe3f3c96dc95210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD