Wednesday, February 03, 2010

February 03, 2010

News
Disasters
美国反映四川地震纪录片获奥斯卡奖提名 (American Documentary on Sichuan Quake Nominated for Oscar)
Radio Free Asia, February 02, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jilu-02022010165341.html
Related information:
China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
HBO Documentaries
http://www.hbo.com/documentaries/chinas-unnatural-disaster-tears-of-sichuan-province/index.html
Food Security
Chinese Police Investigate Mercury Poisoning in Coca-Cola's Sprite
The Daily Telegraph, February 02, 2010
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/7138166/Chinese-police-investigate-mercury-poisoning-in-Coca-Colas-Sprite.html

Human Rights Defender – Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)
专访冯正虎:是否同使馆达成协议 (Interview with Feng: Have Any Agreements Been Reached with the Embassy?)
Radio France Internationale, February 02, 2010
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/122/article_19188.asp

Human Rights Defender – Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
China’s Defiance on Rights Stirs Fears for Dissident
New York Times, February 03, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/03/world/asia/03dissident.html

Human Rights Defender – Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
China Warns against Nobel Prize for Leading Dissident
Reuters, February 02, 2010
http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-45845320100202
Related news:
美国笔会提名刘晓波竞逐诺奖 中方反对向“这样的人”授和平奖 (China Voices Discontent with "Such a Person's" Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize)
Radio Free Asia, February 02, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/liu-02022010135310.html
Human Rights Defenders
上海异议人士何健被关精神病院 (Shanghainese Dissident and Charter 08 Signatory He Jian Sent to Mental Institution)
Radio Free Asia, February 02, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hejian-02022010095310.html

Law
The People's Will: Public Sentiment Can Play a Dangerous Role in Mainland Justice
South China Morning Post, February 03, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d72af2f9bae86210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
无锡、张家港两地访民被送“法制学习班” (Petitioners from Wuxi and Zhangjiagang Detained and Sent to Law Classes)
Radio Free Asia, February 02, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fazhi-02022010135314.html

XUAR
瑞士同意接纳从关塔纳摩获释的中国维族囚犯 (Switzerland Agrees to Receive Chinese Uyghur Prisoners Released from Guantanamo )
Radio France Internationale, February 03, 2010
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/122/article_19193.asp
Related news:
Switzerland to Accept Chinese Guantanamo Detainees
Global Times, January 29, 2010
http://world.globaltimes.cn/europe/2010-01/502133.html