January 08, 2010

Top News of the Day

Hong Kong

重案上門 陳巧文質疑施壓 (Police Mount Pressure on HK Rights Activist by Harassing Her Father)
Ming Pao, January 08, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100108/gaa1.htm

On January 07, 2010, four police officers from an anti-crime unit in Hong Kong visited and questioned the father of Christine Chan (陈巧文), a Hong Kong-based rights activist who spearheaded the New Year's Day protest outside the Central Government Liaison Office to call for democracy and the release of Liu Xiaobo. Chan criticized the police of harassing her father in an attempt to pressure her not to participate in the protest on January 08 that thousands are expected to rally outside the Legislative Council opposing the multibillion-dollar Guangzhou-Hong Kong-Shenzhen Express Link project that will evict villagers from their homes.

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萬人圍立會前夕　警上門找陳巧文父母 快樂抗爭 vs白色恐怖 (Police Criticized for Using "White Terror" Tactics as Protests Loom)
Apple Daily, January 08, 2010
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?&iss_id=20100108&sec_id=4104&art_id=13605499

Police Tactical Unit on Standby for Rail Protest
South China Morning Post, January 07, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d7fd5d4c31406210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tsoi Yuen Villagers' Last Stand before the Bulldozers Move in
South China Morning Post, January 07, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=eb1e5d4c31406210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

News
Hong Kong
Protest Group Not Allowed Back to Border
South China Morning Post, January 07, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=55127d5692906210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Hukou
10城市全面廢止暫住證 北京2010年起逐步實行 (10 Cities Abolish Temporary Residence Permits; Beijing to Implement Similar Overhaul in 2010)
Xinhua News Agency (via China Economic Net), January 07, 2010
http://big5.ce.cn/cysc/fdc/fc/201001/07/t20100107_19993623.shtml

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Migrant System 'Not Enough'
Radio Free Asia, January 07, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/migrant-workers-01072010111901.html

Human Rights Defender - Ai Xiaoming (艾晓明)
艾晓明出境受阻 (Professor Ai Xiaoming Barred from Leaving China )
Radio Free Asia, January 07, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/China_academic-01072010103943.html

Human Rights Defender - Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
Liu Xiaobo: Vaclav Havel Confronts Chinese on Sentencing of Dissident
Christian Science Monitor, January 07, 2010
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2010/0107/Liu-Xiaobo-Vaclav-Havel-confronts-Chinese-on-sentencing-of-dissident

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劉曉波妻函哈維爾致謝 (Liu's Wife Thanks Vaclav Havel)
Ming Pao, January 08, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100108/cag1.htm

Human Rights Defender - Wang Dan (王丹)
大陆年青人翻墙为王丹做义工 (Mainland Teen Volunteers Use Anonymous Browsing Software and Proxies to Join Wang Dan's Working Group on Facebook)
Radio Free Asia, January 07, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/China_Wang-01072010104740.html?encoding=simplified

Labor
Mass Mercury Poisoning at Foshan Factory
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), January 07, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=60498664d4806210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
村镇争地500村民对峙千人 (500 Villagers, 1000 Police Clash in Guangdong over Land Dispute )
Southern Metropolis Daily, January 08, 2010
http://epaper.nddaily.com/A/html/2010-01/08/content_987683.htm