November 16, 2010

Top news
Nobel Peace Prize / Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
Countries Hesitant to Attend Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony
Agence France-Presse, November 15, 2010
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Countries-hesitant-to-attend-Nobel-Peace-Prize-ceremony/Article1-626662.aspx

大网防往诺奖颁奖礼当局株连家人禁离境 (Family of Potential Guests to Nobel Ceremony Also Banned from Leaving the Country)
Radio Free Asia, November 15, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/da-11152010113518.html

News
Environment
China Still Living Beyond Its Environmental Means -WWF
Reuters, November 15, 2010
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/TOE6AE035.htm

Food Security
China's Vegetable Prices Up 62.4% Year-on-year
Xinhua News Agency, November 15, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/15/content_11552833.htm

Gender
Sham Marriages for Shanghai's Gay Community
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 16, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11735356

Human Rights Defenders
Retweet Gets Bride Labor Camp
Radio Free Asia, November 15, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/twitter-11152010141240.html

趙連海絕食第6天禁見律師 (Zhao Lianhai on Day Six of Hunger Strike, Prohibited from Meeting Attorney)
Ming Pao, November 16, 2010
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/101115/4/l9r2.html

維權人士劉賢斌即將被起訴 (Rights Activist Liu Xianbin Soon to Be Officially Indicted)
Sing Tao Daily, November 16, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/1920649/1.html

Land Policy
Farmers Protest Land Grab with Internet Suicide Threat
Global Times, November 16, 2010
http://china.globaltimes.cn/society/2010-11/592326.html

Games Euphoria Fails to Impress Villagers
South China Morning Post, November 16, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2190b0b66305c210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

山西古寨村拆迁命案调查：部分拆迁没有许可证 (Investigation into Shanxi Eviction Murder: Some Demolitions Unauthorized)
Xinhua News Agency, November 16, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20101115/u1a5551167.html

Media
Google Urges U.S. to Treat Internet Curbs as Trade Threat
Reuters, November 15, 2010
http://ca.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idCATRE6AE2HU20101115

Related information:
Enabling Trade in the Era of Information Technologies: Breaking Down Barriers to the Free Flow of Information
Google, November 15, 2010
http://static.googleusercontent.com/external_content/untrusted_dlcp/www.google.com/en/us/googleblogs/pdfs/trade_free_flow_of_information.pdf

Police
Mental Hospital Blamed for Son's Death
China Daily, November 16, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/16/content_11553278.htm

Protests and Petitions
兩市反日遊行遭警制止 (Anti-Japan Marches in Two Cities Stopped by Police)
Ming Pao, November 16, 2010
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/101115/4/l9qf.html

Teachers Protest over Pay
Radio Free Asia, November 15, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/teachers-11152010173308.html

Public Health
China Has Highest Number of Diabetics
Agence France-Presse, November 16, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20101115/wl_asia_afp/chinahealthdiabetes