April 23, 2010

Top News of the Day

Law
Human Rights Lawyers on Defense in China
Time, April 23, 2010
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1983765,00.html

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Judicial Authorities Target Lawyers, Eroding Rule of Law

Human Rights in China, April 22, 2010

http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/174246

律师“吊照门”听证 场内外同演公权枉法 (Supporters of the Lawyers Facing License Revocation Taken away by Police; Supporting Lawyers, Rights Defenders Put under Tight Surveillance)
Radio Free Asia, April 22, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/law-04222010134014.html

News

Bilateral Ties
US, China to Hold Human Rights Dialogue
China Daily, April 23, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/23/content_9766174.htm

Children
綁廠內十小時 民工子女如坐監 (Migrant Workers Tie Their Children to Factory Gate for 10 Hours Every Day)
Oriental Daily, April 23, 2010
http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20100423/00178_004.html

Corruption
黄光裕案本周四开庭审理 (No Verdict Yet in China Tycoon's Bribery Case)
Radio Free Asia, April 22, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huang-04222010154024.html

Disasters
Two Dead, 8,870 Evacuated in S China Flood
China Daily, April 23, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/23/content_9764444.htm

China: Snow Snarls Recovery
New York Times, April 23, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/23/world/asia/23briefs-China.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Human Rights Defender - Tan Zuoren (谭作人)
谭作人二审 律师申请李鹏作证 (Lawyers Want Then-Premier Li Peng, Other Former Chinese Leaders to Testify at Second Trial for Tan Zuoren)
Radio Free Asia, April 22, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/tan-04222010160408.html

Law
Microsoft Wins Chinacourt Battleover Piracy of Software
Financial Times, April 23, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2da92122-4e70-11df-b48d-00144feab49a.html

Media
China Goes into Quake Coverage Overdrive
Financial Times, April 23, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d14e3d2c-4d3e-11df-baf3-00144feab49a.html

Military
China Military Paper Spells out Nuclear Arms Stance
Reuters, April 23, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100422/wl_nm/us_china_military_nuclear

Protests and Petitions
云南宣传官员演讲遭抗议 被扔五毛纸币 (Man Throws 50-cent Banknotes to Protest a Speech by Yunnan's Propaganda Official at People’s University in Beijing)
Net Ease, April 22, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/0422/19/64TACNJ70001124J.html

Public Health
Regulations Issued to Tighten Supervision of Food Additives
China Daily, April 23, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/23/content_9764453.htm

Taiwan
Lawmakers Clash over PRC Students
Taipei Times, April 22, 2010
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2010/04/22/2003471186