Human Rights Defender – Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
刘晓波被重判纽约各界集会抗议 (Groups Gather in New York to Protest Liu's Harsh Sentence)
Radio Free Asia, December 30, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/liu-12302009135435.html
Related information:
Case Update: International Community Speaks Out on Liu Xiaobo Verdict
Human Rights in China, December 30, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org//public/contents/172713
News
Civil Society
中国民间维权工作艰巨但信心不动摇 (2009 Year in Review: Civic Rights Defense Work in China)
Radio Free Asia, December 30, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wei-12302009140347.html
Corruption
Corrupt Officials Blamed for China's €24bn Shortfall
Irish Times, December 31, 2009
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2009/1231/1224261476842.html
Environment
Guangzhou Shutting Incinerators
South China Morning Post, December 31, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=40ad6dbab70e5210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Human Rights Defenders
维权律师为执业权与司法局交涉不果 (Rights Defense Lawyers Fight for Their Right to Practice)
Radio Free Asia, December 30, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lushi-12302009140559.html
Labor
9 Held as Mentally Ill Murdered in Mines
South China Morning Post, December 31, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=76ed6dbab70e5210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
全国总工会要求推动解决农民工工资拖欠问题 (ACFTU Demands Resolution for the Problem of Migrant Workers' Back Pay)
Xinhua News Agency, December 30, 2009
http://news.eastday.com/c/20091230/u1a4918121.html
Land Policy
Chinese Businesses Resist Eviction by Developers
New York Times, December 31, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/31/world/asia/31nailhouse.html
北大学者建议设立拆迁纠纷裁判机构 (Peking U Scholars Propose Establishing Mediation Organs for Demolitions and Evictions)
China News Service, December 31, 2009
http://news.eastday.com/c/20091231/u1a4918406.html
旧例废除之前 宜兴加紧强拆 (Jiangsu City Hastens Demolition before New Regulation Comes into Force)
Radio Free Asia, December 30, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/qiang-12302009095203.html
Media
Apple Censors Dalai Lama IPhone Apps in China
PC World, December 30, 2009
http://www.pcworld.com/article/185604/apple_censors_dalai_lama_iphone_apps_in_china.html
China Is Losing a War over Internet
The Wall Street Journal, December 31, 2009
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126220137567110673.html
Chinese Editor Hu Shuli Takes over News Magazine
The Guardian, December 30, 2009
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/dec/30/hu-shuli-editor-china-news
Migrant Workers
Migrant Workers Allowed to Take along More Pension Funds
South China Morning Post, December 31, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=107d6dbab70e5210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Multilateral
China Promises to Be 'Fair' as UNSC President
Xinhua News Agency, December 31, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-12/31/content_9249140.htm
Police
China Arrests 4 Foreigners over Heroin Haul: Report
Reuters, December 30, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BU0BD20091231
XUAR
首部加强民族团结教育的地方性法规审议通过新疆2010年2月1日起实施《民族团结教育条例》 (First Regional Regulations on Ethnic Unity Education Passed -- XUAR to Begin Implementing the Regulations on Education for Ethnic Unity February 1, 2010)
People's Daily, December 31, 2009
http://unn.people.com.cn/GB/14748/10688510.html
Related news:
Xinjiang Adopts Regional Law to Enhance Ethnic Unity
Xinhua News Agency, December 31, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-12/31/content_12734112.htm