January 12, 2010

News

Bilateral Ties
Clinton, Starting Trip, Acknowledges Possible Tensions with China
New York Times, January 11, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/12/world/asia/12diplo.html

China's Soft Power Hardens in Cambodia
Asia Times Online, January 12, 2010
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/LA12Ad02.html

Death Penalty
甘锦华再判死刑 紧急公开信呼吁慎重 (Supreme People's Court Urged to Reconsider Death Penalty Case)
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gan-01112010093657.html

66 Filipinos Face Death in China on Drug Charges: Manila
Agence France-Presse, January 10, 2010
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/01/10/10/66-filipinos-face-death-china-drug-charges-manila

Gender
China Faces Growing Gender Imbalance
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 11, 2010
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8451289.stm

艾晓明和郭建梅获法国西蒙娜•德•波伏娃女权奖 (Two Chinese Women's Rights Activists Awarded Simone de Beauvoir Prize)
Radio France Internationale, January 11, 2010
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/121/article_18709.asp

Hong Kong
Hong Kong Democrats to Resign, Forcing "Referendum"
Reuters, January 11, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60A1FZ20100111

Human Rights
China in a Mood to Punish Britain
The Guardian, January 11, 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jan/11/china-britain-human-rights

Human Rights Defender - Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
香港立法会将提出释放刘晓波动议 (Hong Kong Legislative Council to Debate Releasing Liu Xiaobo)
Radio France Internationale, January 12, 2010
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/121/article_18708.asp

Human Rights Defenders
赵达功被深圳警方带走 (Charter 08 Signer Zhao Dagong Taken Away by Police)
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhao%20-01112010155539.html

Internet Censorship

Microblogging Spreads in China, Even without Twitter
USA Today, January 12, 2010
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2010-01-12-china-microblogging_N.htm

June Fourth

天安门母亲新春聚会 学者吁当局正视历史 (Tiananmen Mothers Gather for Spring Luncheon)
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/tiananmen-01112010095309.html

Media
Subway Newspaper Ban Smacks of Profitable Market Monopoly
China Daily, January 12, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/life/2010-01/12/content_9308159.htm

Police
China's 'Black Jails' Shove Complaints into the Dark
The Los Angeles Times, January 11, 2010
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/asia/la-fg-china-black-jails11-2010jan11,0,4248273.story

Tibet
Tibet Governor Tenders Resignation at Policy Meeting
Reuters, January 12, 2010
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/TOE60B04Q.htm