December 21, 2010

News
Bilateral Ties
China Pays Nepal Police 'to Catch Tibet Refugees'
Agence France-Presse, December 20, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gAcJ673go50URtzW2B9jl3owe10g

Civil Society
“微民”当选公益人物 “微博女王”姚晨颁奖 (Micro-blogger Chosen as Public Interest Role Model)
Southern Metropolis Daily, December 21, 2010
http://epaper.oeeee.com/A/html/2010-12/21/content_1259041.htm

Death Penalty
China Criminal Law Draft Amendment Unchanged in Reducing Number of Crimes Subject to Death Penalty
Xinhua News Agency, December 20, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-12/20/c_13657264.htm

Related news:
China's Top Legislature Opens Bimonthly Session
Xinhua News Agency, December 21, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-12/21/content_11730308.htm

最高人民法院法官对外透露中国死刑复核情况 (SPC Judge Speaks about Death Penalty Review)
Radio France Internationale, December 20, 2010
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20101220-最高人民法院法官对外透露中国死刑复核情况

Hong Kong
Activists Not Guilty of Unlawful Assembly
South China Morning Post, December 20, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8f8d8e035830d210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender – Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
China Says Liu's Nobel 'Ludicrous', Australia Urges Release
Agence France-Presse, December 20, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g7xOEPyPEE4uzRqn63HRWW87rv7g

Human Rights Defenders
王译劳教行政诉讼法庭逃避立案 李铁颠覆案官方指派律师 (Court Declares Wang Yi's Case Inadmissible)
Radio Free Asia, December 20, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wang-12202010140347.html

Law
China Jails 8 for Selling Fake Rabies Vaccine
Associated Press, December 20, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101220/ap_on_re_as/as_china_fake_vaccine

Fewer Meetings and Documents for Top Court
China Daily, December 21, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-12/21/content_11731114.htm

Media
'Father' of Firewall's Microblog Removed after User Backlash
South China Morning Post, December 21, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=729534335140d210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

北疆晨报记者遇暴力袭击致脑死亡 (North Xinjiang Morning Herald Reporter Beaten, Reported Brain Dead)
The Beijing News, December 21, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/1221/02/6OD3TO4F00011229.html

Related news:
Journalist Left in a Coma after Gang's Attack
China Daily, December 21, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-12/21/content_11731267.htm

Population
China to Improve Family Planning Policies
China Daily, December 21, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-12/21/content_11730448.htm

Related news:
'One-Child' Policy to Stay
Radio Free Asia, December 20, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/policy-12202010123717.html

Protests and Petitions
网帖称60余村民送村支书违法乱纪先锋锦旗 (Web Post: 60 Villagers Give Village Official «Law-Breaking » Silk Banner)
City Sun, December 20, 2010
http://www.cnr.cn/gblm/lmgw/yw/201012/t20101220_507480692.html

Society
郑州市民遭"官二代"殴打 打人者称可随时报警 (Zhengzhou: Civilian Beaten by Official’s Son, Perpetrator Not Afraid of Police)
Dahe Daily, December 21, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/1221/08/6ODPGFIU00011229.html

垃圾堆里有没有明天？ (Hope for the Trash Dump?)
Southern Metropolis Daily, December 21, 2010
http://epaper.oeeee.com/B/html/2010-12/21/content_1258884.htm

XUAR
新疆看守所在押人员猝死 家属奔走一年余难求真相 (Xinjiang: Family of Detainee Who Died "Abnormally" Still Unable to Untangle Truth 1 Year Later)
Radio Free Asia, December 20, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xin-12202010154907.html