Monday, November 08, 2010

November 08, 2010

Top news
Nobel Peace Prize / Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
Chinese Activist to Attend Nobel Award for Jailed Dissident
Irish Times, November 08, 2010
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2010/1108/1224282865190.html

Dalai Lama in Japan, Backs Chinese Dissident Liu
Reuters, November 06, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6A50D420101106

Peace Prize Pressure Fails to Work
South China Morning Post, November 07, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5550ad96a122c210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

中国阻止在刘晓波诺贝尔和平奖颁奖典礼邀请名单中的教授出境 (Professor on Nobel Invite List Barred from Leaving Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, November 07, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhong-11072010165636.html

News
Bilateral Ties
Press Beijing on Human Rights, Top Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei TellsPM
The Guardian, November 07, 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/07/china-beijing-ai-weiwei-human-rights

Civil Society
PLA to Join Oxfam Race Despite Beijing Attack on Charity
South China Morning Post, November 07, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=338d40ef6122c210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Environment
China May Further Tighten Environmental Standards for Rare Earth Production
Xinhua News Agency, November 07, 2010
http://china.globaltimes.cn/society/2010-11/590012.html

Human Rights Defender – Ai Weiwei (艾未未)
China Releases Dissident Artist Ai
Voice of America, November 07, 2010
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/China-Releases-Dissident-Artist-Ai-106862354.html

Food Security
质检局要求生产婴幼儿奶粉乳企重新申请许可证 (National Quality Bureau Demands that Infant Formula Enterprises Reapply for Production Permit)
The Beijing News, November 07, 2010
http://news.sohu.com/20101107/n277202002.shtml

Human Rights Defenders
毒奶粉事件家長代表還押一年周三再審 (Trial of Tainted Milk Victims' Advocate Zhao Lianhai to Reconvene Wednesday following Six-month Break)
aTV News, November 07, 2010
http://www.hkatvnews.com/v3/share_out/_content/2010/11/07/atvnews_144555.html
Related news:
Detained Man Pleads for Verdict
Global Times, November 05, 2010
http://china.globaltimes.cn/society/2010-11/589656.html
Law
刑事二审程序改革已到关键阶段 (Reform of Criminal Case Appeals Reaches Crucial Stage)
Southern Metropolis Daily, November 07, 2010
http://epaper.oeeee.com/A/html/2010-11/07/content_1219292.htm

Media
京城密語﹕「智庫」成官媒斂財新招 (“Think Tank” Services the Revenue Source for Official Media)
Ming Pao, November 08, 2010
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/101106/4/l45c.html

Tibet
Tibetan Writers Tried as 'Splittists'
Radio Free Asia, November 05, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/writers-11052010164530.html