November 18, 2010

Top news
Nobel Peace Prize / Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
China's Liu the only Jailed Peace Laureate
Australian Associated Press, November 18, 2010
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/world/8342263/chinas-liu-the-only-jailed-peace-laureate/

诺委会：刘晓波家人无法前往挪威领奖 (Nobel Committee: Family of Liu Cannot Go to Norway for Ceremony)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 18, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2010/11/101118_nobel_institute_liuxiaobo.shtml

Related news:
No One to Come Pick up Nobel Peace Prize: Nobel Institute
Agence France-Presse, November 18, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jIEw1odZ-tin2oQ5OB05zSdq2Bpw

News
Children
Tough Measures Called for in Illegal Abortions
China Daily, November 17, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/17/content_11564105.htm

Corruption
Officials Took Poor's Home Cash
Shanghai Daily, November 18, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2010/201011/20101118/article_454926.htm

Food Security
Beijing’s Focus on Food Prices Ignores Broader Inflation Risk
New York Times, November 17, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/18/world/asia/18china.html

Human Rights Defenders
Activist Artist Goes on Trial in Beijing
New York Times, November 17, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/18/world/asia/18beijing.html

内蒙古维权人士高布如特•胡琴呼被软禁 (Inner Mongolia Rights Activist Put under House Arrest)
Radio Free Asia, November 17, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/menggu-11172010153848.html

新媒体推动者北风获法国人权奖中国网民与政府博弈愈加激烈 (Bei Feng Awarded French International Human Right Prize)
Radio Free Asia, November 17, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/bei-11172010102649.html

Land Policy
专家称部分地区为获取农民土地进行户籍改革 (Expert: Certain Hukou Reforms Conducted for Obtaining Farmers’ Land)
Xinhua News Agency, November 17, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20101117/u1a5555937.html

Labor
Illegal Work Practices behind Shanghai Fire
Xinhua News Agency, November 18, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/18/content_11566527.htm

Law
China's Tarzan of Jungle Law Advocates Reform
Caixin, November 17, 2010
http://english.caing.com/2010-11-17/100199481.html

Related information:
Lawyer Asks Head of Supreme People’s Court to Resign over Execution
湖南律师要求最高人民法院院长为一死刑案引咎辞职
Human Rights in China, October 07, 2010
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/189880
CH: http://gb.hrichina.org/public/contents/21583

Poverty
中国目前尚有3597万绝对贫困人口顿顿面条白菜 (35.97mil under Poverty Line in China)
People's Daily, November 18, 2010
http://news.gmw.cn/2010-11/18/content_1396635.htm

Protests and Petitions
Police Hunt Protesters
Shanghai Daily, November 18, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2010/201011/20101118/article_454907.htm

Shanxi Parent Activist Detained
Radio Free Asia, November 17, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/detained-11172010133233.html

Public Health
“公立医院改革不知怎么改” (Guangdong: “No Clues for Public Hospital Reforms” Even for Health Department Deputy)
Southern Metropolis Daily, November 18, 2010
http://epaper.oeeee.com/D/html/2010-11/18/content_1228753.htm

Hospital Scam Sparks Crackdown
China Daily, November 18, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/18/content_11566543.htm

Religion
Religious Freedom Setback
Radio Free Asia, November 17, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/vietnam/religion-11172010193635.html

Society
Minister Prepares to Solve Ethnic Challenges
China Daily, November 18, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/18/content_11566569.htm