Monday, October 04, 2010

October 04, 2010

News
Death Penalty

Chongqing Execution Raises Political Spectre
South China Morning Post, October 04, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d368fe30edd6b210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Environment
Forecasts for China's Rising Carbon Emissions
Reuters, September 30, 2010
http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFLDE68K28J20100930

湘江下游接连发生大规模死鱼事件 原因待查 (Investigation Coming into Massive Number of Dead Fish of Xiang River)
Xinhua News Agency, October 03, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/1003/16/6I36JAT900014JB5.html

Human Rights Defender -- Gao Zhisheng , 高智晟
高智晟―有勇气的中国律师 (Gao Zhisheng the Brave Chinese Lawyer)
Radio France Internationale, October 03, 2010
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20101003-高智晟―有勇气的中国律师

Human Rights Defender -- Liu Xiaobo, 刘晓波
Contender for Nobel Prize Is in Chinese Prison
Associated Press, October 02, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101003/ap_on_re_as/as_china_nobel_prize_favorite

Labor
Virus Bars Chinese from Jobs
Radio Free Asia, September 30, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/hepatitis-09302010150154.html

Building, Factory Wall in China Topple, Killing 14
Associated Press, October 03, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101003/ap_on_re_as/as_china_building_collapse

Law
China's Revised State-Secrets Law Comes into Effect Today, Xinhua Reports
Bloomberg, October 01, 2010
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-09-30/china-s-revised-state-secrets-law-comes-into-effect-today-xinhua-reports.html
Related information:
Nationwide State Secrets Education Campaign Launched as New Law Goes into Effect
新《保密法》在当局发动全国性保密教育宣传运动中生效
Human Rights in China, October 1, 2010
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/189648
CH: http://gb.hrichina.org/public/contents/21432
Official Urges Rule of Law in Decision Making
Xinhua News Agency, October 03, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-10/03/content_11375621.htm

村民不满补偿阻拆迁被拘 告县政府胜诉 (Evicted Villager Wins State Compensation Lawsuit)
Hubei Daily, October 04, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/1004/06/6I4MA7IM0001124J.html

Migrant Workers
Migrant ‘Villages’ within a City Ignite Debate
New York Times, October 03, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/04/world/asia/04beijing.html

Multilateral
EU-Asian Summit to Focus on Climate Change, Global Financial Crisis
Agence France-Presse, October 04, 2010
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,6071608,00.html

Politics
Wen Jiabao Promises Political Reform For China
The Daily Telegraph, October 04, 2010
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/8040534/Wen-Jiabao-promises-political-reform-for-China.html
Full video of the CNN interview:
Fareed Zakaria GPS Podcast 10/03/2010: Wen Jiabao
Cable News Network, October 03, 2010
http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/podcasts/fareedzakaria/site/2010/10/03/gps.podcast.10.03.cnn
Protests and Petitions
Protest Amid Rocket Fanfare
Radio Free Asia, October 01, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/rocket-10012010152634.html

Public Health
东莞发现10例基孔肯雅热病例 被认定聚集性疫情 (Guangdong: 10 Chikungunya Fever Cases Found; Community Clustered Outbreak Confirmed)
Guangzhou Daily, October 04, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20101004/u1a5477315.html

Social Security
“十二五”期末我国8亿人将实现社会保障一卡通 (800 Million Will Receive Social Security Card by 2015)
Global Times, October 04, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20101004/u1a5477318.html