Thursday, October 21, 2010

October 21, 2010

Top news
Nobel Peace Prize / Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
U.S., China Disagree on Nobel But Look to Cooperate - Holder
Reuters, October 21, 2010
http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-52343420101021

學生慶劉曉波獲獎 遭北大取消獎學金 (Peking U Student's Scholarship Cancelled after Celebrating Liu’s Prize)
Apple Daily, October 21, 2010
http://tw.nextmedia.com/applenews/article/art_id/32902431/IssueID/20101021


News
Hukou
Rule-breakers Expected to Be Wary of Census
Agence France-Presse, October 21, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d959a2c7b8acb210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender
Exiled China Aids Activist Mourns Her Former Life
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 20, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-11446636

Labor
China Planning Better Mine Rescue Facilities
China Daily, October 21, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-10/21/content_11437123.htm

More Strikes to Hit China
Radio Free Asia, October 20, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/strikes-10202010112702.html

Land Policy
Villagers Take A Stand On Wrecking Ball Beach
Caixin, October 20, 2010
http://english.caing.com/2010-10-20/100190785.html

Media
新聞自由度 中國全球尾8 (2010 World Press Freedom Index: China Ranks from Bottom)
Ming Pao, October 21, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20101021/cac1.htm


Related information:
Press Freedom Index 2010
Reporters Without Borders, October 20, 2010
http://en.rsf.org/press-freedom-index-2010,1034.html


中国网络公司设立并培训网络媒体自律专员 (Chinese Net Firms to Train Internal Censors)
Radio Free Asia, October 20, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wangluo-10202010101302.html

Police
郑州城管殴打小贩 三辆执法车被民众掀翻 (Zhengzhou: Urban Management’s Beating of Venders Draws Ire of Crowds)
Dahe Daily, October 21, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/1021/05/6JGBOA0I00011229.html

Politics
China Paper Blasts Western-style Democracy
Associated Press, October 20, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101020/ap_on_re_as/as_china_politics

Protests and Petitions
Police Detain Land Protesters
Radio Free Asia, October 20, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/protests-10202010140809.html

Public Health
HIV Positive Teacher Sues County Government
China Daily, October 21, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-10/21/content_11437684.htm

Tibet
Tibetan Writers Face Trial
Radio Free Asia, October 20, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/trial-10202010152253.html

Tibetan Students Protest Use of Chinese in Classes
Associated Press, October 20, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101020/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tibet