Corruption
Former Supreme Court Judge Stands Trial
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/15/content_9323515.htm
Vice-mayor Detained as Graft Crackdown Spreads
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=46f1c80014d26210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Human Rights Defender - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
Brother: Police Say China Lawyer 'Went Missing'
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), January 14, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100114/ap_on_re_as/as_china_missing_lawyer
Human Rights Defenders
Man Who Aided Escape of Mainland Dissidents Dies
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a3d2c80014d26210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
赵达功羁押三天无手续 马晓明下落不明 (Charter 08 Signatory Zhao Dagong Detained without Explanation; Xi'an Writer Missing)
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhao-01142010145304.html
异议人士谢福林“偷电”案开审 (Hunan Dissident Xie Fulin on Trial on Charge of "Stealing Electricity")
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissident_trial-01142010121218.html
Law
Rule Set to Distance Court Staff from Lawyers
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2bfcae4c60826210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
A Heated Debate at the Top
The Wall Street Journal, January 14, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704675104575001281662251848.html
Chinese Hackers Used Microsoft Browser to Launch Google Strike
The Guardian, January 15, 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/jan/15/microsoft-china-google
Xinhua News Agency, January 15, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2010-01/15/content_12814113.htm
香港评论谷歌可能退出中国市场 (Hong Kong Discusses Google Possibly Leaving the Chinese Market)
Voice of America, January 14, 2010
http://www1.voanews.com/chinese/news/hongkong-macao/hk-reaction-google-20100114-81472352.html
Protests and Petitions
Police Shoot Five in China Land Protest: Official
Agence France-Presse, January 14, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100114/wl_asia_afp/chinacorruptionpropertyrights
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广西警民冲突一村民危殆 相关报道被压(视频) (7 Injured, 1 Feared Dead as Police, Villagers Clash in Guangxi)
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/guangxi-01142010145007.html
Farmers Block Highway to Protest against Property Developers in Central China
Xinhua News Agency, January 15, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2010-01/15/content_12811595.htm
Rural Issues
全国人大立法完善村民自治制度 (NPC Reviews Legislation on Village Self-government System)
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/village-01142010113504.html