Tuesday, October 19, 2010

October 19, 2010

Top news
Nobel Peace Prize / Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
Chinese Media Seeks Apology over Nobel Peace Prize to Liu Xiaobo
Agence France-Presse, October 18, 2010
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Chinese-media-seeks-apology-over-Nobel-Peace-Prize-to-Liu-Xiaobo/articleshow/6767711.cms

Tiananmen Activists Condemn Crackdown on Liu Supporters
Agence France-Presse, October 18, 2010
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Tiananmen-activists-condemn-crackdown-on-Liu-supporters/Article1-614448.aspx

Tight Controls Hamper Appeal
Radio Free Asia, October 18, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/appeal-10182010131042.html


News
Bilateral Ties
Japanese Prime Minister Demands China Stop Violent Protests
The Daily Telegraph, October 18, 2010
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/8070813/Japanese-prime-minister-demands-China-stop-violent-protests.html

Economic Development
Five-year Plan to Attack Rich-poor Divide
South China Morning Post, October 19, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8511d69aaffbb210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Food Security
Shrinking Arable Land Threatens Grain Security
Xinhua News Agency, October 18, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-10/18/content_11423618.htm

Labor
Death Toll Rises to 31 in China Coal Mine Gas Leak
China Daily, October 18, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-10/18/content_11424368.htm

Law
我国首例艾滋感染者歧视案原告担心隐私泄露 (Privacy Concerns in China's First HIV/AIDS Discrimination Case)
Shandong Business Daily, October 18, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20101018/u1a5498970.html

Police
江苏盐城城管副局长被指执法时殴打拍照女孩 (Deputy Head of Urban Management in Yancheng, Jiangsu Accused of Hitting Girl whilst on Duty)
Yang Cheng Wan Bao, October 19, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/1019/09/6JBKQTKM00011229.html

Public Health
昆明库存血量少迫使手术多被推迟 (Kunming: Blood Shortage Leads to Surgeries Being Put on Hold)
Shandong Business Daily, October 19, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20101019/u1a5501660.html

State Security
亚运期间拆迁空置房禁住人 (Guangzhou Plans Special Security Arrangements for Asiad)
Southern Metropolis Daily, October 19, 2010
http://epaper.oeeee.com/A/html/2010-10/19/content_1201854.htm

Tibet
阿嘉活佛:95年选择班禅转世灵童有作弊 (Arjia Rinpoche: Fraud in the 1995 Panchen Lama Selection)
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 19, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2010/10/101018_arjia_golden_urn.shtml