Friday, February 12, 2010

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
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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