September 17, 2010

News
Corruption
媒体称黑龙江千亿铁矿遭贱卖背后还存死亡瞒报 (Heilongjiang: Hundreds Billion Iron Mine Cheaply Sold, Concealing Death Accidents)
Economic Information Daily, September 17, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100917/u1a5451913.html

Food Security
中国以死刑警告食品安全犯罪 (China to Impose Death Penalty for the Crimes Concerning Food Safety)
Radio Free Asia, September 16, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shipin-09162010164416.html

Human Rights Defenders
First the Writer, Now Printer of Book on Corruption Detained
South China Morning Post, September 17, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2c17d5d25fa1b210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

人大代表民师维权被捕 以贪污罪判刑 (Local Congress Rep, Teacher, and Activist Ma Hanchen Arrested and Convicted on Corruption Charges)
Radio Free Asia, September 16, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renda-09162010160810.html

Land Policy
钉子户上访被拘 看守所内被迫向拆迁者鞠躬 (Evicted Petitioner Forced to Bow to Developer in Detention Centre)
Procuratorial Daily, September 16, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/0916/13/6GN5SUGF00011229.html

Law
Courts Seeking Uniform Standards for Prosecution
Xinhua News Agency, September 17, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-09/17/content_11316268.htm

Police
湖北十堰开审“被精神病”案 (Hubei: Police Trial on “Hospitalizing” Petition Photo Taker Begin)
Southern Metropolis Daily, September 17, 2010
http://epaper.oeeee.com/A/html/2010-09/17/content_1180775.htm

湖南邵东保安管治安引争议 专家称授权须公告 (Hunan: Urban Management Outsourced to Security Company)
China Youth Daily, September 17, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100917/u1a5452123.html

Politics
Western Democracy Rejected by Leftists
South China Morning Post, September 17, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2c913216495213d5df646910cba0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c9f5ca99a7b1b210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related information:
划清中国特色民主同西方民主界限 (Drawing a Line between Democracy with Chinese Characteristics and Western Democracy)
Seeking Truth, September 16, 2010
http://www.qstheory.cn/zxdk/2010/201018/201009/t20100911_46966.htm

Protests and Petitions
Petitioners Protest in Beijing
Radio Free Asia, September 16, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/petitioners-09162010165732.html

舟曲百人示威促彻查人祸 官员称豆腐渣无疑政府认错难 (100+ Demand Investigation into Man-made Disasters before Zhugqu County Government Offices)
Radio Free Asia, September 16, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhouqu-09162010154906.html

县委书记率几十人机场厕所堵截进京访民引热议 (Jiangxi: Self-immolated Evictees' Family Intercepted in Airport Toilet by Dozens of Officials Led by County Secretary)
Radio Free Asia, September 16, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jiefang-09152010164754.html

Public Health
Health Alert Issued over Dengue Fever
China Daily, September 17, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-09/17/content_11315133.htm

联合国:中国是营养不足人口最集中国家之一 (UN: China Home to High Concentration of Malnourished)
China Daily, September 17, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/zgrbjx/2010-09/16/content_11308869.htm