Wednesday, August 25, 2010

August 25, 2010

News
Bilateral Ties
Prudently Handle Tibet Issue: China Tells India
The Times of India, August 24, 2010
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Prudently-handle-Tibet-issue-China-tells-India/articleshow/6424968.cms

Death Penalty
Senior Chinese Police Officer Condemned for Graft
Associated Press, August 24, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gALRrCAZxLZPKFEkhypCXsKBNJTQD9HPPOB81

Disasters
Experts Call for Better Planning in China's Mudslide Zones
Xinhua News Agency, August 24, 2010
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/7116167.html

Education
东莞石排推25年免费教育 (Dongguan: Citizens of Shipai Town to Enjoy 25-Year Free Education )
Beijing News, August 25, 2010
http://epaper.bjnews.com.cn/html/2010-08/25/content_140656.htm

Hukou
为办居住证被迫假租房 (Man Fabricates Lease Agreement for Resident Permit Application )
Southern Metropolis Daily, August 25, 2010
http://epaper.oeeee.com/G/html/2010-08/25/content_1160937.htm

Human Rights Defenders
北京突然加紧对维权人士的检控 (Beijing Tightens up Surveillance over Rights Activists )
Radio Free Asia, August 24, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_abuse-08242010113903.html

Land Policy
Govt Replacing Slums with Basic Housing
China Daily, August 25, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-08/25/content_11197909.htm

Law
China to Revise Criminal Law to Better Protect Worker's Rights
Xinhua News Agency, August 23, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-08/23/c_13457434.htm

我国拟批准《制止核恐怖主义行为国际公约》 (China to Ratify International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism)
Xinhua News Agency, August 23, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2010-08/23/c_12475773.htm

Media
Chinese Increasingly Use Microblogs to Get News
Xinhua News Agency, August 24, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-08/24/content_11197484.htm

Police
四川藏人反对采矿武警开枪 藏人三死35人伤 (Sichuan: Tibetans Shot by Armed Police during Protest against Mining)
Radio Free Asia, August 24, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sc-08242010093948.html

广东廉江去年投3100余万维稳 (Guangdong: Lianjiang City Spent 31 Million on “Social Stability Maintenance” Last Year)
Southern Daily, August 25, 2010
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/p/2010-08-25/082020970644.shtml

Politics
Premier Wen Calls for Major Political Reform
Global Times, August 23, 2010
http://china.globaltimes.cn/chinanews/2010-08/566074.html

Protests and Petitions
云南永胜县政府否认"丽江警察群殴百姓"传言 (Yunnan: Yongsheng County Government Denies Rumor of “Citizens Beaten by Police” )
Yunnan Daily, August 25, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/0825/08/6ETUTELH00011229.html

Public Health
China Plans to Establish Health Records for Residents
People's Daily, August 24, 2010
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/7115686.html