December 22, 2010

News
Death Penalty
辽宁抚顺“三最”女贪官罗亚平一审被判死刑 (Liaoning Official Sentenced to Death for Bribery and Corruption)
Xinhua News Agency, December 22, 2010
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2010-12/21/content_2409341.htm

Disasters
36 Punished over Fatal Dam Breach in S China
Xinhua News Agency, December 22, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-12/22/content_11736349.htm

Government
Netizens Asked to Vote Yes or Forget It
China Daily, December 22, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2010-12/22/content_11736893.htm

Human Rights Defender – Ni Yulan (倪玉兰)
Dark Days and Rights
South China Morning Post, December 22, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a307cf91fc80d210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Land Policy
新拆迁条例亮点：明确政府与被拆迁人是基本法律关系 (High Points of New Urban Demolition Regs: Clarifying Basic Legal Relationship between Government and Relocatees)
Legal Daily, December 22, 2010
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2010-12/22/content_2409769.htm

Media
Uyghur Journalist Handed Life Term
Radio Free Asia, December 21, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/journalist-12212010162519.html

內地中文書禁摻英文單詞 (GAPP Bans English in Mainland Chinese Publications)
Ming Pao, December 22, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/1959006/1.html

Related information:
关于进一步规范出版物文字使用的通知 (Notice on Further Standardizing the Use of Written Language in Publications)
General Administration of Press and Publication, November 23, 2010
http://www.gapp.gov.cn/cms/html/21/508/201012/708310.html

新疆一记者被殴致脑死亡 警方否认因报道遭报复 (Police Deny that Beating of Xinjiang Reporter Was in Retaliation for Story)
Eastday, December 22, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20101222/u1a5624545.html

Migrant Workers
AIDS Program Targets Migrant Workers
China Daily, December 22, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-12/22/content_11736574.htm

四因素致两亿流动人口困境不解或将诱发城市并发症 (Four Factors Facing 200mill Migrant Population Which If Unrevolved Could Lead to Complications in Urban Areas)
Legal Daily, December 22, 2010
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2010-12/22/content_2409789.htm

Related news:
Help Is at Hand for Migrant Workers
China Daily, December 22, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-12/22/content_11736494.htm

Population
Living under the Hukou System
Economic Observer, December 21, 2010
http://www.eeo.com.cn/ens/feature/2010/12/21/189562.shtml

Abuses Cited in Enforcing China Policy of One Child
New York Times, December 21, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/22/world/asia/22population.html

Protests and Petitions
陕西数千女工抗议补偿不足 与公安冲突大批工人被抓 (Thousands of Shaanxi Female Workers Clash with Police, Detained in Protest for Increased Compensation)
Radio Free Asia, December 21, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gong-12212010105702.html

Rural Issues
Rural Work Conference Focuses on Threats to Stable Food Supply
South China Morning Post, December 22, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=17d353822a90d210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Society
Social Conflict on the Rise: Top Judge
China Daily, December 21, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-12/21/content_11730595.htm