Wednesday, November 03, 2010

November 03, 2010

Top news
Nobel Peace Prize / Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)

广州“刘晓波”案拘留抄家 全国警察联动压民间声音 (Guangzhou Man Detained and Home Searched after Disseminating Information on Liu)
Radio Free Asia, November 02, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gz-11022010142652.html

China's Dissident Dilemma
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 02, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11576637


News
Corruption
Lawyer Pressured to Drop Hit-and-Run Case
South China Morning Post, November 03, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7d34a05c34d0c210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Environment
A Year Later, Villagers Say MSG Plant Still Poses Environmental Danger
Global Times, November 03, 2010
http://china.globaltimes.cn/society/2010-11/588877.html

Government
县委书记放言强拆养活知识分子 (Jiangxi County Secretary: Demolitions Breed Intellectuals)
Southern Metropolis Daily, November 03, 2010
http://epaper.oeeee.com/A/html/2010-11/03/content_1215596.htm

Human Rights Defender -- Ai Weiwei, 艾未未
艾未未将推出“河蟹盛宴” “庆贺”工作室即将被强拆 (Ai Weiwei to Hold “River Crab” Banquet in “Celebration” of His Studio's Demolition)
Radio Free Asia, November 02, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ai-11022010165239.html
Related information:
Eating "River Crab" at the Harmonious Forum
RConversation, September 11, 2007
http://rconversation.blogs.com/rconversation/2007/09/eating-river-cr.html
Labor
河南前三季度平均不到3天因瓦斯事故死亡1人 (Henan: 1 Gas Related Death Every 3 Days)
Henan Business Daily, November 03, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20101103/u1a5525404.html

Land Policy
河北石家庄一座村庄所有建筑面临被拆命运 (Village in Hebei Faces Complete Demolition)
People's Daily, November 03, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20101103/u1a5525789.html

Media
The March of the Netizens
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 02, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11576592

Latest Batch of Rogue Netizens Exposed
China Daily, November 03, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/03/content_11494113.htm

Controversial Magazine in Spotlight Again as Distributor Denies Ban Order
Global Times, November 02, 2010
http://china.globaltimes.cn/society/2010-11/588506.html

Multilateral
UN Chief Raises Human Rights in China Speech
Agence France-Presse, November 03, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iu9KOB0Nrqwxf9g9FX-FNIB10MvQ?docId=CNG.198522806ff7909dc1ba22f84a61beb7.5a1

Tibet
Released Tibetan ‘in Poor Health’
Radio Free Asia, October 29, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/health-10292010173258.html

XUAR
Fate of Uyghur Journalist 'Unknown'
Radio Free Asia, November 01, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/journalist-11012010101314.html