Friday, October 29, 2010

October 29, 2010

Top news
Nobel Peace Prize / Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
China Dissidents under Lockdown as Nobel Tensions Linger
Reuters, October 29, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE69S0LP20101029
Related news:
China Crackdown on Dissidents Continues despite Citizen's Nobel Peace Prize
The Washington Post, October 28, 2010
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/28/AR2010102803774.html

Related information:
Dozens Put Under House Arrest as Chinese Authorities Intensify Crackdown Following Nobel Peace Prize Announcement
刘晓波获诺奖后中国当局加大打压力度 数十人被软禁
Human Rights in China, October 28, 2010
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/190772
CH: http://gb.hrichina.org/public/contents/22429

News
Bilateral Ties
Singapore Grooms China's Rising Star Cadres
South China Morning Post, October 29, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=fa8d5513f93fb210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Corruption
河南省人大常委会原副主任借卖字敛财上千万 (Former Deputy Director of Henan Standing Committee Made Millions by Selling Words)
Qilu Evening News, October 29, 2010
http://v.news.163.com/video/2010/10/I/J/V6J7INEIJ.html

Labor
Officials Penalized After Deadly Mine Flood
China Daily, October 29, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-10/29/content_11475022.htm

Law
Top Legislature Adopts Social Insurance Law
China Daily, October 28, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-10/28/content_11473448.htm
Related information:
中华人民共和国社会保险法 (Social Insurance Law of the People's Republic of China)
National People's Congress, October 28, 2010
http://www.gov.cn/jrzg/2010-10/28/content_1732870.htm
Media
Media Recall Reporters after Ban on Coverage of Hit-and-run Case
South China Morning Post, October 29, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=71305513f93fb210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
大時代小人物系列﹕最牛舉報人 死也要告官 山東農民唐雲濤抗爭5年揪貪官 (Shandong Farmers Still Fighting despite 5 Years of Petitioning to No Response)
Ming Pao, October 29, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20101029/cca1h.htm

Public Health
昆明供血危机目前仍未得到缓解 (Blood Supply Shortage Has Yet to Wane)
Xinhua News Agency, October 29, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20101029/u1a5518735.html

Society
Outcry as China Billionaire Gets Housing Subsidy
Agence France-Presse, October 29, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gJXLSLO-Oi_7W7IzKp9KfuWMCbEA

梁思成林徽因子梁從誡病逝 (Environmental Activist Liang Congjie Passes)
Ming Pao, October 29, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20101029/ca51240p.htm
Related news:
Pioneer of China Environmental NGOs Dies
Reuters, October 29, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE69S0ED20101029