November 19, 2010

Top news
Nobel Peace Prize / Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
Six Countries Turn Down Nobel Ceremony Invite: Institute
Agence France-Presse, November 18, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jFKAVM8BeOqhxL1nyx51HrJhK2Mw

Nobel Winner’s Absence May Delay Awarding of Prize
New York Times, November 18, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/19/world/asia/19nobel.html

諾委會批中國所為前所未見 (What China Did Is Unprecedented: Nobel Committee)
Ming Pao, November 19, 2010
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/101118/4/lbzf.html

U.S. Worries Over Nobel Pick's Wife
The Wall Street Journal, November 19, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703374304575622063375802420.html


News
Corruption
Policeman Settles China Hit-And-Run Case with Cash
Associated Press, November 18, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101118/ap_on_re_as/as_china_policeman_and_the_peasant

国家药监局处级官员受审承认收25家公司贿赂 (SFDA Officials Admit to Receiving Bribes from 25 Companies)
The Beijing Times, November 19, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/1119/03/6LQSIA8N00014AED.html

Disasters
Shanghai fire toll at 58; Beijing reviews projects
Associated Press, November 19, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101119/ap_on_re_as/as_china_fire

Human Rights Defenders
Supporters of Jailed Activist under Pressure
South China Morning Post, November 19, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=63a349bdd2f5c210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders -- Zheng Enchong, 郑恩宠
王宇二审维持原判　郑恩宠被传唤抄家 (Appellate Court Upholds Wang Yu’s Sentence; Zheng Enchong Summoned and House Raided)
Radio Free Asia, November 18, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wang-11182010143753.html

Related information:
In Important Move, Railway Court Vacates Lawyer’s Sentence on Appeal, Citing Unclear Facts 北京铁路中院裁定撤销王宇“故意伤害罪”原判
Human Rights in China, August 11, 2010
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/176813
CH: http://gb.hrichina.org/public/contents/20292

Labor
Dispute over Coal Mine Leaves 9 Dead in SW China
Xinhua News Agency, November 19, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/19/content_11573972.htm

乌鲁木齐60余工人讨薪引发群殴致10人受伤 (10 Injured in Urumqi Brawl after 60+ Workers Gather to Discuss Wages)
Xinhua News Agency, November 18, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/1118/11/6LP3L4CM00014JB5.html

Land Policy
中国《城市房屋拆迁管理条例》立法受阻修改无期 (Amendment to Urban Housing Demolition Regulations on Hold Indefinitely)
Radio Free Asia, November 18, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/chai-11182010094258.html

Religion
Vatican in New Dispute with China
Associated Press, November 18, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101118/ap_on_re_eu/eu_vatican_china

京城多名基督徒受骚扰 黑社会流氓化恶招不断 (Christians in Beijing Harassed: Mafiaization Continues Unabated)
Radio Free Asia, November 18, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ji-11182010095425.html

Society
2,000 Arrested during Asian Games
South China Morning Post, November 19, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=68f649bdd2f5c210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD