January 05, 2010

News
Bilateral Ties
Beijing's Push for Soft Power Runs Up against Hard Absolutes
Financial Times, January 04, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c67477f4-f8cf-11de-beb8-00144feab49a.html

Related news:
U.S.-China Relations to Face Strains, Experts Say
The Washington Post, January 03, 2010
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/02/AR2010010201751.html

Human Rights Defender – Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)
馮正虎滯留成田機場滿2月 (Activist-scholar Feng Zhenghu Stuck in Tokyo Airport for over Two Months Now)
Ming Pao, January 04, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20100104/ca11831a.htm

Human Rights Defender – Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
Top China Dissident Appeals Subversion Conviction
Agence France-Presse, January 04, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100104/wl_asia_afp/chinarightsdissidenttrial

Related news:
劉曉波上訴 不滿未扣關押時間 (Liu Appeals, Expresses Discontent over the Court Not Deducting Pre-trial Detention from the Sentence)
Ming Pao, January 05, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100105/cac1.htm

Human Rights Defender – Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠)
郑恩宠被传唤及抄家 世博会将引来外省访民 (Police Summon Rights Defense Lawyer Zheng Enchong, Raid His Home)
Radio Free Asia, January 04, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/enchong-01042010105728.html

Labor
矿难不认所有权 09年国有大型煤矿发生3起特大矿难 (Review: Three Major Accidents at State-owned Mines in 2009)
China Youth Daily, January 05, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2010-01/05/content_12754813_2.htm

Law
最高法司法解释增加两新型诉讼 (Supreme People's Court Expounds on Two New Administrative Suits Types)
Southern Metropolis Daily, January 04, 2010
http://epaper.nddaily.com/A/html/2010-01/04/content_983845.htm

Related information:
关于审理行政许可案件若干问题的规定 (Regulations on Several Issues Regarding the Hearing of Administrative Licensing Cases)
Supreme People's Court, December 14, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2010-01/04/content_12751961.htm

Media
Web Freedom in China as Great Firewall Falls Briefly
The Los Angeles Times, January 04, 2010
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010695243_chinanet05.html

Protests and Petitions
Hundreds Clash with Police in Bid to Halt Spread of Chemical
South China Morning Post, January 05, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9bc556ae3b9f5210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet
Beijing Imposes Harsh Sentences on Tibetan Monks and Lama
AsiaNews, January 04, 2010
http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=17256

XUAR
China Sees Long-term Stability Struggle in Xinjiang
Reuters, January 03, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6020AJ20100103