October 28, 2010

Top news
Human Rights Defender – Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
Tiananmen Square Protest Leader to Represent Liu Xiaobo at Nobel Laureate Meeting
The Daily Telegraph, October 27, 2010
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/8089937/Tiananmen-Square-protest-leader-to-represent-Liu-Xiaobo-at-Nobel-laureate-meeting.html

诺委会主席驳中国谴责 (Nobel Chairman Refutes Chinese Criticism)
Radio France Internationale, October 26, 2010
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20101026-诺委会主席驳中国谴责

Related news:
China Made Peace Prize Decision for Us, Says Nobel Judge
The Guardian, October 27, 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/oct/27/china-peace-prize-decision-nobel-judge

Human Rights Defender – Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
Daughter of Missing China Dissident Seeks US Help
Agence France-Presse, October 28, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gOLQh3Ez4NxQOo5MLVQgU7SLi-jA

Editorial by Gao’s daughter:
Please Return My Father
The Wall Street Journal, October 28, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303467004575574182213622948.html

News
Environment
China's Rich Fuel Illegal Timber
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 26, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_timber-10272010111011.html

Food Security
Hot Potato in China's Rising Food Costs
The Wall Street Journal, October 27, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304173704575577582904282968.html

Labor
贵州安顺发生一起煤矿透水事故　死12人伤1人 (12 Dead in Guizhou Coal Mine Flood)
Xinhua News Agency, October 28, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2010-10/28/c_12711630.htm

Politics
China Party Paper Rejects Faster Political Change
Reuters, October 27, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101027/wl_nm/us_china_politics

People's Daily editorial:
沿着正确政治方向积极稳妥推进政治体制改革 (Moving in a Correct Direction to Reliably Advance Political Reform)
People's Daily, October 27, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2010-10/26/c_12704266.htm

China Media Project has translated the editorial in part:
China Must Take Its Own Road
China Media Project, October 28, 2010
http://cmp.hku.hk/2010/10/28/8343/

華大使：中國明白要推政改 (Ambassador Wang Min: China Understands It Needs Political Reform)
Ming Pao, October 28, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20101028/ca40752i.htm

Poverty
China to Raise Its Poverty Line
China Daily, October 28, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-10/28/content_11467561.htm

Protests and Petitions
Pressuring Petitioners
Global Times, October 27, 2010
http://special.globaltimes.cn/2010-10/586748.html

辽宁访民因集体爬烟囱被判刑 (Four Liaoning Petitioners Sentenced to 2-4 Years for Gathering a Crowd to Disturb Social Order)
Radio Free Asia, October 27, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_verdict-10272010102655.html

XUAR
Uyghurs Support Language Protest
Radio Free Asia, October 27, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/language-10272010181614.html