January 22, 2010

Top News of the Day

Human Rights Defender - Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
EU Parliament Berates China for Human Rights Violations
Deutsche Presse Agentur, January 21, 2010
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/305046,eu-parliament-berates-china-for-human-rights-violations.html

Related information:

European Parliament Resolution of 21 January 2010 on Human Rights Violations in China, Notably the Case of Liu Xiaobo

P7_TA(2010)0006

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&reference=P7-TA-2010-0006&format=XML&language=EN

Media
Clinton Urges Technology Companies to Resist Censors
Business Week, January 21, 2010
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-01-21/clinton-urges-technology-companies-to-resist-censors-update2-.html

Related information:
Remarks on Internet Freedom Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton
The Guardian, January 21, 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jan/21/china-liu-xiaobo-nobel

News

Death Penalty
广西来宾故意撞死交警案的罪犯被执行死刑 (Man Who Intentionally Killed Traffic Officer Executed)
Xinhua News Agency, January 22, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2010-01/21/content_12852155.htm

Economic Development
Growing Costs: Dilemmas, Struggles Facing China
China Daily, January 22, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/22/content_9359443.htm

Gender
Draft Sex Equality Law Proposes Leave for Dads
South China Morning Post, January 22, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f7905409f8156210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders
赵连海取保候审待复 毒奶受害者就医要自费 (Tainted-milk Activist Zhao Lianhai Awaits Bail; Victims's Families Must Pay for Treatment)
Radio Free Asia, January 21, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zlh-01212010103238.html

Human Rights Defender - Chen Yunfei (陈云飞)
各地《零八宪章》签署者再遭打压　监控软禁警告无损支持决心 (Further Crackdowns on Signatories of Charter 08)
Radio Free Asia, January 21, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xian-01212010100037.html

Human Rights Defender - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
外交部称高智晟“在该在的地方” 刘晓波从容面对牢狱 (MFA: Gao Is "Where He Should Be")
Radio Free Asia, January 21, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gzs-01212010151601.html

Human Rights Defender - Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)
日本众议院特别委员长牧野圣修到成田机场看望冯正虎 (Makino Seishu, Member of Japan's Diet, Visits Feng Zhenghu on His 78th Day in Narita)
Radio Free Asia, January 22, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/japan-01202010134643.html

Human Rights Defender - Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
China's Champion of Peace: The Human Rights Activist Liu Xiaobo, Imprisoned in China, Deserves the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize
The Guardian, January 21, 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jan/21/china-liu-xiaobo-nobel

哈维尔及数诺奖得主推刘晓波为2010诺奖人选 (Dissident-turned-President Václav Havel and Others Nominate Liu Xiaobo for 2010 Nobel Peace Prize)
Radio France Internationale, January 21, 2010
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/121/article_18935.asp

劉曉波無悔﹕期待明天 庭上自辯曝光 今晤律師 (Liu: No Regrets, Looking Forward to Tomorrow; Meeting up with Lawyer Today)
Ming Pao, January 22, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100122/gaa1.htm

質疑「罪證」合法性 老幹部聯署促重審 (Senior Cadres Challenge Legitimacy of Convicting Evidence of Liu’s Case, Urge for Retrial)
Ming Pao, January 22, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100122/gaa2.htm

Labor
Only A Third of Migrant Workers Given Contracts
South China Morning Post, January 22, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=16e05409f8156210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Law
Owners to Get Say in Relocation
China Daily, January 22, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/22/content_9359779.htm

Media
China Maintains Tight Grip on Communications
Voice of America, January 21, 2010
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/China-Maintains-Tight-Grip-on-Communications-82240097.html

Google to Stop Censoring China Web Results Shortly: Schmidt
Agence France-Presse, January 21, 2010
http://www.mysinchew.com/node/34339

China Builds up Great Firewall as Economy Grows
The Guardian, January 22, 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/21/china-internet-censorship-great-firewall

网游配合网络实名制　公民吁罢免李毅中 (Online Games to Comply with Real Name Registration System; People Demand Recall of Minister of Industry and Information Technology)
Radio Free Asia, January 21, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wangyou-01212010100536.html

Gmail Accounts of Beijing Reporters Hacked
Agence France-Presse, January 18, 2010
http://www.canada.com/news/Gmail+accounts+Beijing+reporters+hacked/2456867/story.html

Shanghai World Expo
Reservations Will Be Taken at Expo
China Daily, January 22, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/22/content_9359862.htm

Tibet
Tibetans Seek a Way Out of Impasse
Asia Times Online, January 22, 2010
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/LA22Ad01.html