News
Bilateral Ties
China Spins Web, Claims It’s Victim of Hacking
Economic Times, January 20, 2010
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/China-spins-web-claims-its-victim-of-hacking/articleshow/5478792.cms
Corruption
China’s Sentences Former Supreme Court Official to Life in Jail
Bloomberg, January 19, 2010
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-01-19/china-s-sentences-former-supreme-court-official-to-life-in-jail.html
Death Penalty
Gang Boss and His Aide Executed in Chongqing
South China Morning Post, January 20, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f86dc0eec7746210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Human Rights Defender – Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
Tip Reveals Detained Lawyer Alive But Location Remains a Mystery
The Sydney Morning Herald, January 20, 2010
http://www.smh.com.au/world/tip-reveals-detained-lawyer-alive-but-location-remains-a-mystery-20100119-mj7c.html
Human Rights Defender – Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
Cadre Questioned on Remarks
Radio Free Asia, January 19, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/cadre-01192010161914.html
刘晓波案二审不开庭 赵达功周日见家人 (Liu's Trial at Second Instance Not to Be Open to Public)
Radio Free Asia, January 19, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lxb-01192010130140.html
Human Rights Defender – Liu Zhengyou (刘正有)
四川维权人士刘正有案出现新进展 (Sichuan Rights Defender Liu Zhengyou's Case Tendered to Procuratorate)
Radio Free Asia, January 19, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lzy-01192010155639.html
Human Rights Defenders
多名维权律师又被严密监控 (Rights Defense Lawyers Again under Strict Surveillance)
Radio Free Asia, January 19, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lawyer-01192010104300.html
Media
Avatar Banned by Chinese Censors Because Plot 'Could Cause Civil Unrest'
The Daily Telegraph, January 19, 2010
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/7022894/Avatar-banned-by-Chinese-censors-because-plot-could-cause-civil-unrest.html
China Urges Google to Follow Chinese Laws as Google Postpones Mobile Phone Launch
Voice of America, January 19, 2010
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/China-Urges-Google-to-Follow-Chinese-Laws-as-Google-Postpones-Mobile-Phone-Launch-82051752.html
Migrant Workers
Labor Pains: Stabbing Highlights Need to Protect Migrant Workers
China Daily, January 20, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/20/content_9345637.htm
Population
China to Maintain Low Birth Rate: Vice Premier
China Daily, January 20, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/2010-01/20/content_9345361.htm
Protests and Petitions
Parents of Missing Children Held after Staging Protest in Shenzhen
South China Morning Post, January 20, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b37cc0eec7746210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Workers Protest at Chinese Touch Screen Maker
Digital Journal, January 19, 2010
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/285960
Public Health
Health Fears over Chinese Villagers Clearing Up Toxic Rocket Debris
The Guardian, January 19, 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jan/19/health-fears-chinese-rocket-debris
湖北大冶一医院80多患者因输血感染艾滋病 (80+ Patients Inflicted with HIV through Blood Transfusion in One Hubei Hospital)
Wuhan Morning Post, January 20, 2010
http://news.ifeng.com/mainland/201001/0120_17_1517728.shtml