Monday, January 04, 2010

January 01-04, 2010

News
Corruption
Top Ex-judge Charged with Taking 4-million-yuan Bribe
China Radio International (via China Daily), January 03, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/03/content_9256996.htm

Death Penalty
Three Sentenced to Death in Southeast China Gang Trial
Xinhua News Agency, January 04, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2010-01/04/content_12749295.htm

Environment
中石油渭河油污已流入黃河 (Oil Spill Enters Yellow River)
China News Service (via Ming Pao), January 04, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20100104/ca11110v.htm


Related Information:
Oil Leak Pollutes Large Stretch of China River
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), January 02, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100102/ap_on_re_as/as_china_oil_spill
Human Rights Defender - Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
三万港人游行声援刘晓波及争取普选 (30000 March in HK for Liu Xiaobo and Democracy)
Radio Free Asia, January 03, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/HK_procession-01012010082758.html

刘晓波国内博客除夕被封(图) (Liu Xiaobo's Blog Closed on New Year's Eve)
Radio Free Asia, January 01, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/liu-01012010120321.html

Human Rights Defenders
北京教授萧瀚遭政治停职 (Beijing Professor Suspended for "Excessive Involvement in Public Affairs")
Radio Free Asia, January 01, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_professor-01012010093507.html

Internet Censorship
China Nabs 5,400 People for Online Porn in 2009
Agencies (via China Daily), January 03, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/03/content_9257224.htm

网民批评温家宝 齐齐哈尔吧网页被百度关闭(图,视频) (Heilongjiang's Internet Forum Page Closed after Posting Criticism of Chinese Premier)
Radio Free Asia, January 03, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wang-01032010155953.html

內地著名網站始創人涉淫網 (China's Renowned Website Founder Arrested for Setting up Porn Websites)
Ming Pao, January 02, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20100102/ca61727c.htm

Land Policy
关注《拆迁条例》修改:不该被遗忘的土地使用权 (Amendments to Law on Demolition and Eviction: Don't Forget Land Use Rights)
People's Daily (via Xinhua News Agency), January 02, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2010-01/02/content_12742824.htm

北大教授建言:尽快出台新条例遏制突击拆迁苗头 (New Regulation Needed ASAP to Curb Demolition Blitz: Peking U Professors)
Legal Daily (via Xinhua News Agency), December 31, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-12/31/content_12735327.htm

Media
Xinhua Challenges CCTV with Launch of Worldwide TV Network
South China Morning Post, January 01, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0a139837145e5210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

XUAR
Angry Minority Finds A Voice on Chinese Campus
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), January 03, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100103/ap_on_re_as/as_china_outspoken_uighur