January 27, 2010

Bilateral Ties
Swiss Leader Meets Chinese amid Uighur Tension
Agence France-Presse, January 27, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gk3aJ5UKhYb6oKcIyR2EZRv3yFiQ

China and US Fail to Set Timetable for Talks on Human Rights
The Guardian, January 26, 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/26/china-us-talks-human-rights

Children
北京试点城市家庭寄养孤儿 由政府出生活费 (Beijing: Trial Run for Subsidized In-home Foster Care Program among Urban Families)
The Beijing Times, January 27, 2010
http://www.chinanews.com.cn/gn/news/2010/01-27/2093295.shtml

Civil Society
Beijing Resident Sues the Ministry of Finance, Requiring the Disclosure of the Three Gorges Dam Cost
The Beijing News (via Probe International), January 26, 2010
http://www.probeinternational.org/three-gorges-probe/beijing-resident-sues-ministry-finance-requiring-disclosure-three-gorges-dam-cost

Hong Kong
Hong Kong Lawmakers Resign to Push a Controversial Vote
The Wall Street Journal, January 26, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703906204575026663130135900.html

Human Rights Defenders
刘仕辉状告广州司法局 网友声援遭误拘 (Rights Lawyer Sues Guangzhou Bureau of Justice)
Radio Free Asia, January 26, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/liushihui-01262010094628.html

Human Rights Defender - Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
刘晓波之妻对改判不抱希望 (Liu's Wife Sees No Hope for Change of Liu's Sentence)
Radio Free Asia, January 27, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/9-01262010164959.html

Internet Censorship

China: Beijing’s Relentless Repression of Internet Users, Activists and Petitioners
Spero News, January 26, 2010
http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?id=26204&t=China%3A+++Beijing%92s+relentless+repression+of+internet+users

Labor
Forced Labour Exposed at China Kiln: Report
Agence France-Presse, January 26, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hCx5O6V1Sit6CHfEc97cVTVmQZaw

Foxconn Worker Killed; Reward Offered for Info
Xinhua News Agency, January 26, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/26/content_9380139.htm

Law
China to Jail People for up to 15 Days Who Eat Dog
China Daily, January 27, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/26/content_9379689.htm

Media
Gates Weighs in on Google-China Spat
Agence France-Presse, January 26, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h6xLzW9vQePrrOxo-PUHkl3EPLBQ

Protests and Petitions
人大会场不准访民接近代表陈情 (Petitioners Barred from Petitioning to National People's Congress Delegates)
Radio Free Asia, January 26, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renda-01262010105201.html

Taiwan
China Issues Warning over US Arms Sales to Taiwan
Associated Press, January 27, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100127/ap_on_re_as/as_china_us

XUAR
China Sentences Four More to Death in Xinjiang
Agence France-Presse, January 26, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100126/wl_asia_afp/chinaunrestxinjiangrightstrial