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