February 26, 2010

News
Civil Society
NGOs Say They Adapt to Survive in China
South China Morning Post, February 26, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9e15b69280607210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Death Penalty
非政府组织：中国每年判处死刑人数2000至5000 (NGO: 2000-5000 Sentenced to Death in China Each Year)
Radio France Internationale, February 26, 2010
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/122/article_19676.asp

景德镇监狱三名死刑犯绝食吁国际关注 (Three Prisoners on Death Row Call for International Attention)
Radio Free Asia, February 25, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sixing-02252010111012.html

Human Rights Defenders
China Police Detain 18 for Assaulting Artists
Agence France-Presse, February 25, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100225/wl_asia_afp/chinaartprotestpropertyrights

Land Policy
Shanghai Residents Fight Forced Demolitions
China Daily, February 26, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/26/content_9506528.htm

Law
中国法治蓝皮书出炉 学者指司法倒退 (CASS Rule of Law Blue Book: The Legal System Regressed in 2009)
Radio Free Asia, February 25, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sifa-02252010102145.html

Crime Up in 2009; More Expected in 2010
China Daily, February 26, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/26/content_9506191.htm

Police
河南青年在看守所死亡 警方称喝开水后发病 (Henan Police Claim Boy's Detention Center Death due to Drinking Boiled Water)
Chongqing Evening News, February 26, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2010-02/26/content_13050841.htm

Protests and Petitions
粤新会采石引发警民冲突 (Jiangmen Quarry Leads to Clash with Police)
Radio Free Asia, February 25, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xinhui-02252010103149.html

Public Health
Dairy Bosses on Trial for Reselling Melamine Milk
South China Morning Post, February 26, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c375758f34507210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet
Nepal Police Arrest Five Including Four Tibetans
Press Trust of India, February 22, 2010
http://www.ptinews.com/news/529688_Nepal-police-arrest-five-including-four-Tibetans

XUAR
Xinjiang Rumor Mongers Punished over Texts
China Daily, February 26, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/26/content_9506714.htm

February 25, 2010

News

Bilateral Ties
China's Military Warns Washington, Denies Hacking
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), February 25, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100225/ts_nm/us_china_usa

Civil Society
Oxfam Hong Kong Halts Training Programme in China
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 24, 2010
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8533752.stm

Economic Development
Put Brakes on Nationalisation, Academic Urges
South China Morning Post, February 25, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=cc8af8ae4e007210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Food Security
Too Many Cooks in The Kitchen for Food Safety
China Daily, February 25, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/25/content_9499122.htm

Government
China Amends Law to Tighten Civil Servants Supervision
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), February 24, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/24/content_9498885.htm

Related News:

Real-name Whistleblowers Must Be Replied to: Draft Law
China Daily, February 25, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/25/content_9499130.htm

Disciplined Officials Can Be Promoted
China Daily, February 25, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/25/content_9503554.htm

China's Communists Issue Ethics Code
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), February 23, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100224/wl_asia_afp/chinacorruptionpolitics

Related Information:

中国共产党党员领导干部廉洁从政若干准则 (Code of Ethics for Communist Party Officials (Full text))
People's Daily, February 24, 2010
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1026/11012525.html

信息公开条例遭曲解 地方政府过度收集申请人个人信息 (Information Disclosure Regulations Misinterpreted: Local Gov'ts Unnecessarily Collect Applicants' Personal Info)
Legal Daily (via Xinhua News Agency), February 24, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2010-02/24/content_13037386.htm

Human Rights Defender - Huang Qi (黄琦)
家人仍不知黄琦服刑地点和探视安排 (Family Is Still Not Informed of Huang's Detention Location, Visiting Arrangements)
Radio Free Asia, February 24, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissident_huangqi-02242010105953.html

Military
China Mulls Defence Industry Subsidies: Media
Agence France-Presse (via China Post), February 25, 2010
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national-news/2010/02/25/245836/China-mulls.htm

Politics
Jiang's New Chapter Hits Headlines
South China Morning Post, February 25, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a199f8ae4e007210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Shanghai World Expo
10,000 Journalists Apply for Shanghai World Expo
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), February 24, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009worldexpo/2010-02/24/content_9498994.htm

上海世博招聘政审把关 (Recruitment for Shanghai World Expo Involves Political Vetting)
Radio Free Asia, February 24, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/shanghai_expo-02242010104615.html

State Security
中國擬修法進一步明確“什麼是國家秘密” (China to Amend Law to Further Clarify "What Is State Secrets")
China Review News, February 24, 2010
http://www.chinareviewnews.com/doc/1012/4/0/2/101240258.html?coluid=7&kindid=0&docid=101240258&mdate=0224211625

Related News:

绝密定级权收归中央及省级单位 (Only Central, Provincial-level Gov'ts Have Power to Classify Top State Secrets)
The Beijing News, February 25, 2010
http://epaper.bjnews.com.cn/html/2010-02/25/content_69044.htm

Key Questions Go Unanswered in Draft Changes to State Secrets Law
South China Morning Post, February 25, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=33e4f448c6007210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

February 24, 2010

News
Food Security
Study Raises Concerns of Long-term Problems in Children after China's Tainted Milk Scandal
The Canadian Press, February 23, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5g3tAN8r2nNq--Q8NV_f66HMsSlhA

Human Rights Defender – Ai Weiwei (艾未未)
Beijing Police Beat Artists Protesting Evictions
New York Times, February 23, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/24/world/asia/24china.html

Related news:
百余人夜袭北京正阳艺术区 疑因强拆发生冲突 (100+ Invade Beijing's Zhengyang Art Zone after Alleged Forced Demolition Brings Conflict)
Southern Metropolis Daily, February 24, 2010
http://nf.nfdaily.cn/nfdsb/content/2010-02/24/content_9448095.htm

Human Rights Defender – Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)
Activist Stranded in Airport for Three Months Files Suit
South China Morning Post, February 24, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d66dc4a93bbf6210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Labor
尘肺病“死亡接力棒” (The "Relay Baton" of Pneumoconiosis)
China Youth Daily, February 24, 2010
http://www.cyol.net/zqb/content/2010-02/24/content_3098446.htm

Media
China Denies Links to Google Cyber Attacks
The Guardian, February 23, 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/feb/23/china-denies-google-cyber-attacks

China Further Tightens Rules for Domain Name Owners
IDG News Service, February 23, 2010
http://www.pcworld.com/article/190013/china_further_tightens_rules_for_domain_name_owners.html

中国推动全国性连锁网吧 (China Pushes for National Net Cafe Chains)
Radio Free Asia, February 23, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wangguan-02232010162630.html

Related information:
全国网吧连锁企业认定工作申报指南 (Guidelines on the Declaration and Determination of National Internet Cafe Chain Enterprises)
Ministry of Culture, February 23, 2010
http://www.gov.cn/gzdt/2010-02/23/content_1539494.htm

Military
China Postpones Some Military Exchanges with U.S.
Reuters, February 23, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE61N0IU20100224

Public Health
China Pilots Public Hospital Reform in 16 Cities
Xinhua News Agency, February 24, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-02/24/c_13185277.htm

艾滋病是造成最多中国人死亡的传染病 (MOH: HIV/AIDS Leading Cause of Death amongst Infectious Diseases in 2009)
Radio Free Asia, February 23, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/AIDS-02232010131423.html

Related news:
专家称中国管制互联网对艾滋病防治教育不利 (Expert: Net Censorship Detrimental to HIV/AIDS Education)
Radio Free Asia, February 23, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/AIDS-02232010092622.html

February 23, 2010

News

Civil Society
Mainland Students 'Told to Shun Oxfam'
South China Morning Post, February 23, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=82f249df716f6210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related Information:
关于防止香港"乐施会"中国分部通过互联网在我高校招聘"大学生志愿者"的紧急通知 (Urgent Notice about Preventing Oxfam Hong Kong from Recruiting University Volunteers through Internet)
Minzu University of China, February 11, 2010
http://www.career.muc.edu.cn/jyw/detail.jsp?seq=2382

Corruption
Government Funds to Get Tighter Audits
China Daily, February 22, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/23/content_9486145.htm

Internet Censorship
Citing National Security, Officials Urge More Controls on Internet
South China Morning Post, February 23, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=003649df716f6210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Law
China Releases New Rules for Detention Centers
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), February 22, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/22/content_9485982.htm

Related News:
我國拘留所將實行管理教育新模式 (China's Detention Centers to Implement New Management Rules)
Xinhua News Agency, February 22, 2010
http://big5.xinhuanet.com/gate/big5/news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2010-02/22/content_13026649.htm

Media
Crackdown Fears as Censor Slams Citizen Journalists
South China Morning Post, February 23, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a9d549df716f6210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

U.S. Pinpoints Code Writer behind Google Attack: Report
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), February 22, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100222/ts_nm/us_china_internet

China's President Hu Signs up for Microblogging
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), February 22, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100222/wl_asia_afp/chinapoliticsitinternethu

Related News:
Hu's Microblog Disappears Before It Gets Going
South China Morning Post, February 23, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=837549df716f6210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Migrant Workers
China's Pearl River Manufacturing Hub 'Lacks Workers'
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 22, 2010
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8527621.stm

Protests and Petitions
Ai Weiwei Protests Beijing Art Zone Demolition, Xinhua Reports
Bloomberg, February 22, 2010
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601089&sid=aHJBH7w_uZOo

Public Health
毒奶粉维权家长悄然判五年 敲诈勒索原是钓鱼执法？ (Tainted Milk Parent Sentenced to Five Years; Believed to Be in Retaliation for His Whistle Blowing)
Radio Free Asia, February 22, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/dunai-02222010162003.html

February 20-22, 2010

News

Civil Society
地方政府透明度年度报告称部分政府网站不及格 (Some Official Websites Are Below Standards, CASS Report on Transparency of Local Gov't Says)
China Youth Daily, February 22, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100222/u1a5032186.html

Disasters

Fake Quake Warning Sends Thousands Outdoors
South China Morning Post, February 22, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=244b505ab61f6210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Education
Education Minister Faces Tough Entry Exam
South China Morning Post, February 22, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e55b505ab61f6210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Environment
Villagers Live in Fear of Yellow River Floods
China Daily, February 22, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/2010-02/22/content_9481591.htm

Human Rights Defender - Gao Yaojie (高耀洁)
港媒播出高耀潔美國流亡專訪 (Hong Kong TV Interviews Anti-AIDS Activist)
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 20, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/trad/china/2010/02/100220_rthk_gao.shtml

Related information:

Gao’s Interview on RTHK

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHQHoCakFBk

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsmEm7ArYqo

Human Rights Defender - Liu Jie (刘杰)
维权人士刘杰强烈要求废除劳动教养制度 (Rights Defender Liu Jie Calls for Abolition of Re-education Through Labor System)
Radio Free Asia, February 21, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wei-02212010162433.html

Internet Censorship

China PLA Officer Urges New Internet Control Agency
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), February 22, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100222/ts_nm/us_china_internet

Law
改革选举法城乡居民“同票同权” (Electoral Law Reform Aims for Equal Vote Weight for Urban, Rural Constituencies)
Sichuan Online (via Xinhua), February 22, 2010
http://news.66wz.com/system/2010/02/22/101707640.shtml

Media
Chinese Colleges Deny Google Hacking
Irish Times, February 22, 2010
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2010/0222/1224264939208.html

Protests and Petitions
中国安保无止境 访民抗议公安摄像被刑拘 (Shanghai Petitioner Criminally Detained for "Obstructing Official Duties" After Attempting to Stop Police Filming at Private Home)
Radio Free Asia, February 21, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fang-02212010145013.html

Tibet
Censorship at Heart of Tibet/China Issue: Dalai Lama
Reuters, February 21, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61K0FP20100221

February 19, 2010

News

Bilateral Ties
Obama Meets Dalai Lama, Angering China
Reuters, February 19, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1116932520100218

Food Security
China Says "Most" Melamine-tainted Milk Destroyed
Reuters, February 15, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61E39C20100215

Gender
China Contender at Mr Gay World Event Fears Hometown Return
Agence France-Presse, February 18, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hZ-PSIH4J_CUBQdPBn-ADRZFqXAA

Human Rights Defenders
Nervous Times for Uighur Lecturer
Financial Times, February 18, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/28cb287e-1c2c-11df-86cb-00144feab49a.html

张怀阳劳教上诉案草草开庭 (Appeal Case of Charter 08 Signatory Zhang Huaiyang against His RTL Sentence Handled Improperly)
Radio Free Asia, February 18, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/China-dissident-02182010105302.html

Internet Censorship

China Shuts Down 16,000 Websites in Latest Crackdown
The Daily Princetonian, February 18, 2010
http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2010/02/18/25222/

Labor
安监总局：重大和特别重大事故信息3小时内上报至总局 (China Requires "Large," "Especially Serious" Work Accidents Reported to Authorities Within 3 Hours)
Xinhua News Agency, February 18, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2010-02/18/content_12998733.htm

Land Policy
Hire Stands Up to Chinese Government, Developers
Voice of America, February 17, 2010
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Hire-Stands-Up-to-Chinese-Government-Developers-84644077.html

Law
Lawyer's Trial Renews Rule-Of-Law Concerns In China
National Public Radio, February 18, 2010
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123821142

Media
上海“短信监控”变成业务服务 (“Text Message Monitoring” Becomes Business Service in Shanghai)
Radio Free Asia, February 18, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hu-02182010095625.html

Two Chinese Schools Said to Be Tied to Online Attacks
New York Times, February 18, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/19/technology/19china.html

Tibet
阿坝僧人静坐抗议大批武警严控寺院 (Tibetan Monks Stage Sit-in Protest in Sichuan; Monasteries Surrounded by Armed Troops)
Radio Free Asia, February 18, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/China-Tibetan-02182010103527.html

February 18, 2010

Top News of The Day
Human Rights Defender - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
Missing Chinese Rights Lawyer 'Located'
Voice of America, February 16, 2010
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Missing-Chinese-Rights-Lawyer-Located-84486732.html

Related Information:

Statement by Geng He, Wife of Gao Zhisheng
Human Rights in China, February 17, 2010
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/173340

Missing Activist May Be in Jail, Ex-lawyer Says
Associated Press, Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), February 16, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5cce1ba41f1d6210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Rights Group Says Missing Chinese Lawyer in Urumqi
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), February 14, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100214/ap_on_re_as/as_china_missing_lawyer

News

Bilateral Ties
U.S. Warship on Schedule in HK Despite China Tension
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), February 17, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100217/pl_nm/us_china_us_warship

Government
Warning as Unrest Grows
Radio Free Asia, February 17, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/warning-02172010112910.html

Human Rights Defenders
王丹等发表“网路革命”宣言 (Exiled Chinese Dissidents Issue Declaration of "Internet Revolution")
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 16, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2010/02/100216_internet_revolution_declaration.shtml

Land Policy
房屋征收条例征意见结束 非公共利益拆迁成焦点 (Consultation on Draft House Expropriation Regulation Ends; Non-public Interests Demolition Is Main Focus of Discussion)
Beijing News (via Xinhua News Agency), February 13, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2010-02/13/content_12978414.htm

Law
China Has over 166,000 Lawyers
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), February 16, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/16/content_9471615.htm

Related News:

中国律师行业全面实现共产党党组建设 (CCP's "Party Building" Fully Implemented in Chinese Legal Profession)
Radio Free Asia, February 16, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lushi-02162010152928.html

Protests and Petitions
200多名访民年初一试图到温家宝官邸上访 (More than 200 Petitioners Attempt to Visit Wen Jiabao's Official Residence on Chinese New Year)
Radio Free Asia, February 15, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_arrest-02152010115121.html

女访民交五万元不上访保证金后离开精神病院 (Petitioner Released from Mental Hospital After Paying 50,000 Yuan Deposit, Writing An Affidavit That She Won’t Petition Again)
Radio Free Asia, February 17, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/petitioner_abuse-02172010111135.html

桂林农民护地多人被打成重伤 (Farmers Trying to Protect Their Farmland Seriously Wounded in Guilin, Guangxi)
Radio Free Asia, February 17, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/China-demolition-02172010112025.html

男子大年初三县政府门前引爆炸药 (Man Detonates Explosives in Front of Gov't Office After His Long-running Petitioning to No Avail)
Radio Free Asia, February 17, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhayao-02172010094640.html

Society
China's "Ant Tribe" Poses Policy Challenge for Beijing
Reuters, February 17, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61H01220100218

Taiwan
Taipei Set to Challenge Beijing's 'Soft Power'
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), February 18, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1da874747dcd6210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet
Beijing Bets on Economy to Stabilise Tibet
Financial Times, February 17, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f8e37a52-1beb-11df-a5e1-00144feab49a.html

February 12, 2010

Top news
Human Rights Defender – Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)
馮正虎抵達上海心情平靜 (Feng Zhenghu Arrives in Shanghai, Calm)
Hong Kong Cable Television, February 12, 2010
http://cablenews.i-cable.com/webapps/news_video/index.php?news_id=325635

Related news:
Chinese Activist Leaves Japan after 92-day Protest at Narita Airport
Kyodo News, February 12, 2010
http://home.kyodo.co.jp/modules/fstPhotos/index.php?photoid=43689

'Terminal' Activist Heads Home from Japan to China
Agence France-Presse, February 12, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h1Jsi1QAHSoCUcNIP4DK-z_P1tlQ

News
Food Security
'Unsafe' Pork in Market
China Daily, February 11, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/11/content_9459644.htm

Hong Kong
Democrats Confident of Deal on Suffrage: Beijing Concessions Likely, Says Albert Ho
South China Morning Post, February 12, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=18529e1dc7db6210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

New Push to Revive Article 23 Legislation: Security Law Needed, Says NPC Deputy
South China Morning Post, February 12, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ce139e1dc7db6210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender – Huang Xiaoqin (黄小勤)
黄小勤获联合国政治庇护来美 (Chinese Democracy Party Member Huang Xiaoqin Granted Political Asylum from UN, Arrives in U.S.)
Radio Free Asia, February 10, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huangxiaoqin-02102010115818.html

Human Rights Defender – Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
二審 10分鐘　維持 11年寃獄　劉曉波：我無罪　妻准見緊抱不捨 (Liu's Original Verdict Upheld in 10 Min Trial, Liu: I Am Innocent)
Apple Daily, February 12, 2010
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20100212&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=13724015

Related information:
Court Affirms 11-Year Sentence for Liu Xiaobo against International Appeal for His Release
不顾国际社会强烈呼吁，当局维持对刘晓波重判
Human Rights in China, February 11, 2010
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/173323
http://gb.hrichina.org/gate/gb/big5.hrichina.org/public/contents/18327

Human Rights Defenders
Activist 'Surrenders' to Publicise Arrests
South China Morning Post, February 11, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2df4331c158b6210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Chinese Factory Worker Jailed for Joining Political Party
Associated Press, February 10, 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/feb/10/chinese-worker-jailed-political-party

郭庆海申请联合国难民受阻吁外界支持 (Author and Dissident Guo Qinghai’s Application for UN Refugee Status Rejected, Issues Call for Support)
Radio Free Asia, February 10, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/guoqinghai-02102010103009.html

Media
China Blocks Sun TV Signal in Content Crackdown
Reuters, February 12, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BD0UP20091214

Innocent Websites Suffer in Beijing's Anti-porn Push
South China Morning Post, February 12, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=32459e1dc7db6210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Police
民警驾警车撞死人 被免刑事处罚 (Patrol Car Injures 4, Kills 1, Crazy-Driving Policeman Goes Free)
Southern Metropolis Daily, February 12, 2010
http://epaper.nddaily.com/A/html/2010-02/12/content_1014099.htm

Tibet
Obama to Meet Dalai Lama on Feb 18: White House
Reuters, February 11, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61A4F420100211

Related news:
China Warns of Damage from Obama-Dalai Meet
Agence France-Presse, February 12, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iVQg4_79ahdN2_sW7PYq9VwE1r7Q

February 11, 2010

Top News of The Day

Human Rights Defender - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
EU: China Must Clarify Fate of Human Rights Lawyer
Associated Press (via Jamaica Observer), February 10, 2010
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/missing_7403669

Related Information:
Top EU Official Asks China to Account for Missing Chinese Lawyer Gao Zhisheng
Human Rights in China, February 10, 2010
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/173310

News

Bilateral Ties
Australia Urges China for Speedy Rio Resolution
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), February 11, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100210/bs_nm/us_china_rio

中國稱保護力拓案被告權益 (China Says Will Protect Defendants' Rights in Rio Tinto Case)
United Daily News (via Ming Pao), February 11, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20100211/ca41623v.htm

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China Indicts 4 Rio Tinto Executives
The Wall Street Journal, February 10, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704140104575057311774494140.html

Human Rights Defender - Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
維持原判 劉曉波在庭上只說一句話︰我無罪 (Original Judgment Upheld; Liu Only Says: I Am Innocent)
China News Agency, February 11, 2010
http://www.cna.com.tw/ShowNews/Detail.aspx?pNewsID=201002110122&pType0=aALL&pTypeSel=0

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China Upholds Jail Term for Leading Dissident
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), February 11, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100211/wl_asia_afp/chinarightsdissidenttrial

US And EU Decry Ruling over Chinese Dissident
Reuters (via Financial Times), February 11, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e916b780-16d0-11df-afcf-00144feab49a.html?nclick_check=1

China Says It Has 'No Dissidents'
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), February 11, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100211/wl_asia_afp/chinarightsdissidentdenial

Human Rights Defender - Tan Zuoren (谭作人)
网站删谭作人 央视唱颂歌 (Blogs, Internet Posts Removed for Mentioning "Tan Zuoren")
Radio Free Asia, February 10, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/tanzuoren-02102010123353.html

RFA独家:谭作人提出上诉 民间续告震灾渎职人（视频，组图） (Tan Zuoren Appeals; Other Quake Activists Continue Work of Legal Action against Official Malfeasance)
Radio Free Asia, February 10, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/tanzuoren-02102010160424.html

Human Rights Defenders
毒奶受害家長趙連海被控尋釁滋事罪 料月底開審 (Parent of Tainted Milk Victims Zhao Lianhai Officially Charged with "Provoking An Incident", Expected to Face Trial Later This Month)
Radio Television Hong Kong , February 11, 2010
http://www.rthk.org.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20100211/news_20100211_55_646862.htm

Protests and Petitions
北京为两会在春节前清理访民 (Authorities Remove Petitioners from Beijing Ahead of NPC and CPPCC Sessions)
Radio Free Asia, February 10, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/petitioner_beijing-02102010115558.html

Tibet
Tibetan Kidnaps Prison Guard
Radio Free Asia, February 10, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/kidnapping-02102010152136.html

XUAR
Trekking 1,000km in China for e-Mail
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 11, 2010
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8506601.stm

February 10, 2010

Top News of The Day

Human Rights Defender - Tan Zuoren (谭作人)
譚作人囚5年：坐牢是光榮 (Tan Zuoren Sentenced to Five Years: My Honor to Go to Prison)
Ming Pao, February 10, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100210/gaa1.htm

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Sichuan Activist Sentenced to Five Years for “Inciting Subversion of State Power”
Human Rights in China, February 9, 2010
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/173295

譚作人案判決書 (Verdict on Tan's Case)
Ming Pao, February 10, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100210/gaa1a_er.htm

News

Death Penalty
China Issues Guidelines to Limit Death Penalty Use
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), February 09, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/09/content_9453134.htm

Related Information:

最高人民法院关于贯彻宽严相济刑事政策的若干意见 (Full Text: SPC's Guidelines on Handling Criminal Cases with A Policy of "Justice Tempered with Mercy")
Xinhua News Agency, February 10, 2010

http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2010-02/10/content_12960937.htm

Environment
China Releases First National Pollution Census
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), February 09, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_as/as_china_pollution_census

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Beijing Considers Pollution Tax
Financial Times, February 09, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d5668418-15c2-11df-ad7e-00144feab49a.html?nclick_check=1

Food Security
China Calls for New Checks amid Milk Scare
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), February 09, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_asia_afp/chinafoodsafetymilkchild

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廣東奶糖驗出三聚氰胺超標 (Milk Candy Products in Guangdong Found with Melamine Exceeding Legal Limit)
China News Agency (via Ming Pao), February 10, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20100210/ca31156a.htm

Human Rights Defender - Ai Weiwei (艾未未)
China Artist-activist Says Google Email Hacked
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), February 10, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100210/wl_afp/chinausitinternetgoogleart

Human Rights Defender - Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)
RFA独家首发：日众议院特别委员长牧野在国会接见冯正虎(组图，视频) (Member of Japan's House of Representatives Seishu Makinoa Meets Feng)
Radio Free Asia, February 09, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fzh-02092010120648.html

Human Rights Defenders
山東青年顛覆國家罪成判囚 (Shandong Activist Xue Mingkai Jailed 1.5 Years for Subversion)
Hong Kong Cable Television, February 10, 2010
http://cablenews.i-cable.com/webapps/news_video/index.php?news_id=325454&category=

Law
李庄二审宣判 当庭表示认罪有假 (Beijing Lawyer Li Zhuang Sentenced to Prison at Second Trial; Li Denounces Authorities to Mislead Him into A Plea Bargain that Spares Jail Terms)
Radio Free Asia, February 09, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lz-02092010155133.html

Media

HK Reporters Manhandled And Held Briefly by Police
South China Morning Post, February 10, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7ab67f23013b6210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

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成都公安再以暴力阻港記採訪 (TV News Video: Chengdu Police Force HK Reporters to Stop Filming and Interviewing)
Now TV (via YouTube), February 10, 2010
http://www.youtube.com/v/ABM7UGkCWCw&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl

Protests and Petitions
上海高压访民被拘留软禁 民众关注冯正虎周五回国 (Shanghai Authorities Tighten Grip on Petitioners)
Radio Free Asia, February 09, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-02092010121136.html

XUAR
Across China: Xinjiang
China Daily, February 10, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/10/content_9454925.htm

February 09, 2010

Top news
Human Rights Defender – Tan Zuoren (谭作人)
內地維權人士譚作人判5年 (Mainland Rights Defender Tan Zuoren Sentenced to 5 Years)
Ming Pao, February 09, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20100209/ca20941p.htm

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China Quake Activist Jailed for Subversion: Lawyer
Agence France-Presse, February 09, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jvBivpEvRgVGOXmXVVS0ImRbFUog

Sichuan-based writer and environmentalist Tan Zuoren (谭作人) was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment and three years’ deprivation of political rights on charges of “inciting subversion of state power”; according to his lawyer, Pu Zhiqiang (浦志强), the sentence was related to his criticism of the June Fourth crackdown and not due to his work on investigating the May 2008 Sichuan earthquake. Tan was detained in March 2009, and tried on August 12, 2009; before being detained, he had been investigating the students who were victims of the Sichuan earthquake and the sub-standard construction of the collapsed schools. In February 2009, he wrote a proposal, “5.12 Student Archive,” which called on volunteers to travel to Sichuan to document the cases.

News
Education
深圳南山教育局稱約談3名代課教師並非軟禁 (Nanshan District Education Bureau: We only Arranged a Meeting with the Three Substitute Teachers and Did Not Put Them Under House Arrest)
Southern Metropolis Daily, February 09, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1423583/1.html

Human Rights Defender – Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)
冯正虎召开记者会宣布12号返回上海 (Feng Announces Return to Shanghai Set for February 12)
Radio Free Asia, February 08, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fengzhenghu-02082010131402.html

Human Rights Defender – Huang Qi (黄琦)
大陆维权人士黄琦上诉失败已被送到监狱 (Mainland Activist Huang Qi’s Appeal Rejected, Sent to Prison )
Radio France Internationale, February 08, 2010
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/122/article_19307.asp

Human Rights Defender – Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
起草零八憲章 劉曉波案11日終審宣判 (Appeal Verdict in Charter 08 Drafter Liu Xiaobo’s Case to be Announced February 11)
Central News Agency, February 09, 2010
http://news.sina.com.tw/article/20100209/2783710.html

Labor
湖北8年2万多人染上尘肺病 其中近5千人已死亡 (20,000+ Hubei Workers Inflicted with Lung Disease Pneumoconiosis in Past 8 Years, 5,000 Died)
Chutian Metropolis Daily, February 09, 2010
http://ctdsw.cnhubei.com/chutianyaowen/201002/t951091.shtml

Media
China Announces Arrests in Hacking Crackdown
New York Times, February 08, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/08/world/asia/09hacker.html

Related news:
资深媒体人分析中国的黑客现象 (Interview with Senior Journalist on the Chinese Hacker Phenomenon)
Radio Free Asia, February 08, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/heike-02082010184158.html

Protests and Petitions
Building Stormed by Angry Villagers
South China Morning Post, February 09, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d04c74b6d7ea6210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Shanghai World Expo
Middle Class Protestors March over World Expo Threat to Shanghai Homes
The Daily Telegraph, February 08, 2010
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/7189446/Middle-class-protestors-march-over-World-Expo-threat-to-Shanghai-homes.html

Society
91% Think New Rich Use Govt Connections
China Daily, February 09, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/09/content_9447134.htm