Tuesday, November 09, 2010

November 09, 2010

Top news
Nobel Peace Prize / Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)

Chinese Dissidents to Attend Nobel Peace Award Rite
Reuters, November 08, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6A749Q20101108

Liu Xiaobo's Lawyer Blocked from Visiting Britain
The Daily Telegraph, November 09, 2010
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/8118943/Liu-Xiaobos-lawyer-blocked-from-visiting-Britain.html

加国会议员要求总理向胡锦涛施压 促释放高智晟刘晓波 (Canadian MPs Call on Harper to Put Pressure on Hu to Free Gao and Liu)
Radio Free Asia, November 08, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/to-11082010141841.html

劉曉波囑千萬獎金公用 胞弟深受感動 一家被禁代領諾獎 (Liu Xiaobo: Nobel Winnings Should Be Put to Public Use; Family Told to Avoid Media and Not Go to Prize Ceremony)
Ming Pao, November 08, 2010
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/101107/4/l4q7.html


News
Bilateral Ties
China Aids Africa in Food Insecurity
China Daily, November 09, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/09/content_11519266.htm

Freedom of Speech
北大教授夏业良遭学生举报“反党反社会主义” (Students Report Peking U Professor for Being "Anti-Party" and "Anti-Socialism")
Radio France Internationale, November 09, 2010
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20101109-北大教授夏业良遭学生举报“反党反社会主义”

Government
Sex Life Questions in Civil Service Test
Shanghai Daily, November 09, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=454048

Land Policy
村民盖新房遭强拆 邻居发表意见被殴打 (Villager Beaten for Speaking Up after Neighbor's New Home Was Forcibly Demolished)
Dahe Daily, November 09, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/1109/10/6L1R3SRV00011229.html

Law
Innocent Man Met Real Killer in Jail
Shanghai Daily, November 09, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=454046

最高法力推量刑规范化改革 法官将受更多制约 (SPC Pushes for Legalization of Sentencing Discretion; Judges to Be under More Constraints)
Xinhua News Agency, November 09, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20101109/u1a5538000.html

Social Strains Call for Fairer Rule of Law
Reuters, November 09, 2010
http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-52761320101109
Related information:
国务院关于加强法治政府建设的意见
State Council, October 10, 2010
http://www.gov.cn/zwgk/2010-11/08/content_1740765.htm
Politics
As China's Next Leader Rises, Online Articles about His Marriage to a Celebrity Disappear
Associated Press, November 08, 2010
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-as-china-future-first-lady,0,287820.story

Protests and Petitions
Petitioners Demand Apology from County Govt
Xinhua News Agency, November 09, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/09/content_11519186.htm

江苏盱眙上访农民遭政府强收信访保证金 (Farmers Petitioning Jiangsu Capital for Land Compensation Made to Deposit Money in Pledge to Not Petition)
Xinhua News Agency, November 09, 2010
http://news.dayoo.com/china/201011/09/53868_14414307.htm

Religion
Guangzhou Bans Prayer Meetings
Radio Free Asia, November 08, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/religion-11082010152826.html