Wednesday, October 20, 2010

October 20, 2010

Top news
Nobel Peace Prize / Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
Wife of Chinese Nobel Peace Prize Winner Still under House Arrest, Brother Denied Prison Visit
The Canadian Press, October 19, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5h-iH0pjft9g6ycOkRWnd_N-2G_Aw

盜用學生名字強加觀點 斥諾獎「政治道具」 官報偽造訪問貶劉曉波獲獎 (Students: China Youth Daily Misappropriated Our Names to Attack Liu's Nobel Prize)
Apple Daily, October 20, 2010
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20101020&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=14571520
Related news:
诺贝尔和平奖究竟唱的是哪出戏 (Just What Sort of Show Is the Nobel Prize Putting On?)
China Youth Daily, October 18, 2010
http://news.ifeng.com/gundong/detail_2010_10/18/2811019_0.shtml

中国青年报批诺贝尔和平奖文章被指造假 (China Youth Daily Article Criticizing Liu's Nobel Prize Accused of Fabricating Quotes)
Radio France Internationale, October 20, 2010
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20101020-中国青年报批诺贝尔和平奖文章被指造假

News
Media
国际记者联合会看中国严控敏感新闻 (International Federation of Journalists Looks into Control of Sensitive Information in China)
Voice of America, October 19, 2010
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20101019-Party-dillama-controlling-Press-105262353.html
Related report:
In China, a Debate on Press Rights
Committee to Protect Journalists, October 19, 2010
http://cpj.org/reports/2010/10/in-china-a-debate-on-press-rights.php
Law
Rights Expert: We Need Rule of Law
China Daily, October 20, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-10/20/content_11431672.htm

山西临汾:一篇网帖将六名版主卷入一起刑事案件 (One Forum Post Nets Six Board Admins in Criminal Case)
China Youth Daily, October 19, 2010
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2010-10/19/content_3428196.htm

Politics
Hopes of Political Reform Hit Brick Wall
South China Morning Post, October 20, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=dee79456594cb210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
Guangzhou Uses PR to Nip Protests in the Bud
South China Morning Post, October 20, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b61b2674365cb210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

信访办公室内一村民病亡 (Villager Dies in Petition Bureau)
The Beijing News, October 20, 2010
http://news.bjnews.com.cn/2010/1020/94976.shtml

Tibet
Students Protest Language Change
Radio Free Asia, October 19, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/language-10192010170120.html

XUAR
新疆借人口普查追查流亡者和访民行踪 (Xinjiang Uses Census to Keep Track of Petitioners and People in Exile)
Radio Free Asia, October 19, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/xinjiang_census-10192010104525.html