October 15, 2010

Top news
Nobel Peace Prize / Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
Chinese Activists Urge Beijing to Release Liu Xiaobo
The Guardian, October 15, 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/oct/15/chinese-activists-beijing-liu-xiaobo

Related information:
Chinese Rights Supporters Issue Open Letter in Support of Liu Xiaobo
Chinese Law Prof Blog, October 15, 2010
http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/china_law_prof_blog/2010/10/chinese-rights-supporters-issue-open-letter-in-support-of-liu-xiaobo.html

China Denounces Foreign Backers of Nobel Winner
Voice of America, October 14, 2010
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/China-Denounces-Foreign-Backers-of-Nobel-Winner-104954399.html

挪威学者批评诺贝尔委员会居心不良 (Norwegian Scholar Questions Intention of Nobel Prize Committee)
Xinhua News Agency, October 15, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20101015/u1a5494808.html


News
Corruption
Energy Audit Uncovers Misuse of Funds
China Daily, October 15, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-10/15/content_11413966.htm

Disasters
Wounds That Won't Heal
Global Times, October 14, 2010
http://special.globaltimes.cn/2010-10/582180.html

Environment
天堂里的安琪儿 - 记上海松江区“癌症村” (Angels in Heaven: Documenting Shanghai's Cancer Village)
Radio Free Asia, October 14, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/aizhen-10142010155715.html

Food Security
溫總拜託黑龍江做國家大糧倉 保糧食安全守3條底線 (Wen Shines Light on Heilongjiang to Be China's Breadbasket)
Ming Pao, October 15, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20101015/cha1h.htm

Hong Kong
Beijing Eyed New Article 23 Push, Researcher Says
South China Morning Post, October 15, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0b560a7524bab210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Labor
Apple Manufacturer Foxconn Targeted Again over Human Rights
Network World, October 14, 2010
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/101410-apple-manufacturer-foxconn-targeted-again.html

Police
城管行政处罚权不能无限扩张 (Urban Management’s Administrative Punishment Power Cannot Be Infinite)
Xinmin Evening News, October 14, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20101014/u1a5494367.html

Politics
温家宝登上《时代》周刊封面 (Premier Wen on Cover of TIME)
Southern Weekend, October 14, 2010
http://www.infzm.com/content/51200

Related news:
Media Play Up Wen in 'Time'
South China Morning Post, October 12, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2c913216495213d5df646910cba0a0a0/?vgnextoid=613d19fd7fb9b210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

十七届五中全会今起召开 (Fifth Plenary Session of 17th Central Committee Starts Today)
Caijing Magazine, October 15, 2010
http://www.caijing.com.cn/2010-10-15/110544066.html

Protests and Petitions
维稳烦恼：地方官员有何难言之隐 (Stability Maintenance: Hard Work for Local Officials)
Renmin Luntan, October 15, 2010
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/sd/2010-10-15/150921283285.shtml

Riots and Protests Break Out ahead of Meeting of Top Cadres
South China Morning Post, October 15, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d1880a7524bab210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet
Tibetan Protest Students Jailed
Radio Free Asia, October 14, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/jailed-10142010134709.html