Tuesday, November 23, 2010

November 23, 2010

Top news
Nobel Peace Prize / Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
Liu Xiaobo Will only Accept Unconditional Release, Says Lawyer
The Guardian, November 22, 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/22/liu-xiaobo-release-offer-reports

Lech Walesa Offers to PIck Up Nobel Prize for Jailed Chinese Dissident
Voice of America, November 22, 2010
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/Lech-Walesa-Offers-to-PIck-Up-Nobel-Prize-for-Jailed-Chinese-Dissident-110018494.html

News
Disasters
Shanghai Government Takes Blame for Fire That Killed 58 People
Bloomberg, November 22, 2010
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-11-22/shanghai-government-takes-blame-for-fire-that-killed-58-people.html

Human Rights Defenders
Milk Activist's Lawyers Fired in Note from Jail
South China Morning Post, November 23, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=203dae12c747c210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

艾晓明讲座突遭取消 打压学术自由蔓延各校 (Ai Xiaoming’s Seminar Abruptly Canceled, Crackdown on Research Freedom Extends to Various Higher Education Institutes)
Radio Free Asia, November 22, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ai-11222010103045.html

Labor
Workers are Finding Their Voice to Fight for Rights in China
China Post, November 22, 2010
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national-news/2010/11/22/280826/Workers-are.htm

Unions Train Staff for Wage Deals
China Daily, November 23, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/23/content_11592766.htm

Law
China Works to Boost Legal System Reform
Xinhua News Agency, November 23, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/23/content_11592299.htm
Related news:
两高三部”联合发出通知要求加强协调配合积极推进量刑规范化改革 (5 Organs Jointly Release Circular Demanding Cooperation on Progressive Promotion of Reforms on Legalization of Sentencing Discretion)
Supreme People's Court Website, November 23, 2010
http://www.court.gov.cn/xwzx/yw/201011/t20101123_11338.htm
Media
Outspoken Magazine under Pressure to Soften Its Line
South China Morning Post, November 23, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=dab007368147c210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China Prepared to Defend Administration of Net
China Daily, November 23, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/23/content_11592512.htm

Police
郑州严禁城管部门聘用临时工执法 (Henan: Zhengzhou to Ban on Use of Contract Workers as Urban Management Officials)
The Beijing Times, November 23, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20101123/u1a5565590.html

Protests and Petitions
艾滋病人上访遇暴力 民间研讨受压取消 (HIV/AIDS Patients Meet Violence while Petitioning)
Radio Free Asia, November 22, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/aizi-11222010115559.html

Society
Chinese Regions Fight Back Against Surge of Mandarin
Reuters, November 22, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6AL16K20101122

Tibet
Dalai Lama Hints at Full Retirement within a Year
The Guardian, November 22, 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/22/dalai-lama-retirement-next-year

Tibetans Mount Lone Protests
Radio Free Asia, November 22, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/protesters-11222010154248.html