Thursday, November 25, 2010

November 25, 2010

Top news
Nobel Peace Prize / Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
Chinese Dissent Crackdown Shrinks Nobel Turnout
Associated Press, November 24, 2010
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2010/11/24/chinese_dissent_crackdown_shrinks_nobel_turnout/

万延海证实将出席诺贝尔和平奖颁奖礼 (Wan Yanhai Confirms Peace Prize Ceremony Attendance)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 24, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2010/11/101124_nobel_liu_wanyanhai.shtml

专访:张先玲谈刘晓波获诺贝尔和平奖 (Exclusive: Tiananmen Mothers' Zhang Xianling Discusses Liu's Nobel Prize Win)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 24, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2010/11/101124_iv_zhangxianling.shtml


News
Corruption
四川成立预防腐败局 监察厅长兼任局长 (Sichuan Establishes Anti-Corruption Bureau: Provincial Supervision Department Head to Become Bureau Chief)
Sichuan Online, November 25, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20101125/u1a5570012.html

Food Security
Search on for Melamine Dairy Drinks
China Daily, November 25, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/25/content_11604830.htm

Human Rights Defender -- Ai Weiwei, 艾未未
Artist-Activist Digging Up Names of Fire Victims
South China Morning Post, November 25, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b2e85148dce7c210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender -- Qin Yongmin, 秦永敏
秦永敏将出狱文稿或被扣 其前妻被抄家帐户被冻结 (Qin Soon to Be Released, Manuscripts May Be Seized; Ex-wife’s Home Raided, Accounts Frozen)
Radio Free Asia, November 22, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/qin-11222010095148.html

Land Policy
Reform to End Violent Demolitions
China Daily, November 25, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/25/content_11604795.htm

湖南祁阳村民不满征地补偿 抬棺材堵水泥厂暴流血冲突 (Hunan Villagers Unhappy with Land Compensation: Raising Coffins for Cement Factory Leads to Violent Bloodshed)
Radio Free Asia, November 24, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hunan-11242010103342.html

Law
中国司法部要求严格律师执业准入条件 (Ministry of Justice Demands Lawyers Uphold Onerous Conditions)
Radio Free Asia, November 24, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sifa-11242010105620.html

Media
Internet Offers Netizens a New Voice
China Daily, November 25, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/25/content_11604803.htm

Religion
The Vatican Denounces China over Ordination of Own Bishop
Associated Press, November 25, 2010
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national-news/2010/11/25/281239/The-Vatican.htm

Social Security
Local Gov'ts Subsidize Low-income Earners
Xinhua News Agency, November 24, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/24/content_11598436.htm

XUAR
Chinese Immigrants Killed in Xinjiang
Radio Free Asia, November 24, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/immigrants-11242010133344.html