Tuesday, November 30, 2010

November 30, 2010

Top news
Nobel Peace Prize / Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
加拿大部分城市举办活动声援刘晓波 (Section of Canadian City Holds Event in Support of Liu Xiaobo)
Radio Free Asia, November 29, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/canada-11292010114446.html


News
Bilateral Ties
China 'Scared to Death' of Pelosi: Leaked Cable
Agence France-Presse, November 30, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gZFrZk7E8PRzZgX9SIZnyMJlLLag

Civil Society
NGOs Swing Spotlight on Protecting Gays
China Daily, November 30, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/30/content_11626922.htm

Corruption
北京公安局原网监处长于兵贪污受贿获死缓 (Former Director of Beijing Police Internet Monitoring Department Receives Stay of Execution)
Beijing Daily, November 30, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20101130/u1a5579621.html

Disasters
Crush Hurts over 40 Pupils
Global Times, November 30, 2010
http://china.globaltimes.cn/society/2010-11/597509.html

Education
HIV Boy Rejected by Primary School
Shanghai Daily, November 29, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2010/201011/20101129/article_455877.htm

Environment
China Approves More Hydropower amid Clean Energy Push
Reuters, November 29, 2010
http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFTOE6AS06F20101129

Human Rights Defenders -- Chen Guangcheng, (陈光诚); Qin Yongmin, (秦永敏)
Chinese Legal Activist's Wife Calls on International Community for Help
The Guardian, November 29, 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/29/chinese-activist-wife-international-community-help
Related information:
Democracy Activist Qin Yongmin Released from Prison after 12-Year Sentence 老资格民运人士秦永敏12年刑满获释
Human Rights in China, November 29, 2010
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/public/191183
CH: http://gb.hrichina.org/public/contents/23613
Labor
Minimum Wage Rise Is Mooted for Migrants
China Daily, November 30, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/30/content_11626935.htm

Protests and Petitions
顺德陈村黑势力征地砍人 数千村民连日抗议遭镇压 (Guangdong: Oppression on Days-long Protest against Dark Forces Land Requisition and Attack)
Radio Free Asia, November 29, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/guangdong-11292010123154.html

天安门自焚夫妻遭分别判刑五年及四年半 (Tianjin Petitioners Who Set Selves Alight at Tiananmen Receive Sentenced to 4.5 Years and 5 Years)
Radio Free Asia, November 29, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zifen-11292010144943.html

Public Health
China AIDS Death Toll Up Nearly 20,000 in a Year
Agence France-Presse, November 29, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iQBjuBp4P5rgM0Z4QIvtaZ8nFdAw.61

国务院:艾滋病防控关系到国家存亡 (State Council: AIDS Control Connected to Fate of the Country)
The Beijing Times, November 30, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20101130/u1a5579698.html

Tibet
Tibetan Protester Escapes to India
Radio Free Asia, November 29, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/escape-11292010170259.html

November 29, 2010

Top news
Nobel Peace Prize / Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
諾貝爾頒獎禮為劉曉波設空櫈 (Empty Chair for Liu at Nobel Ceremony)
Ming Pao, November 28, 2010
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/101127/4/lhdp.html

Human Rights Defender – Qin Yongmin (秦永敏)
中国民主党创建人秦永敏刑满出狱(China Democracy Party Co-founder Qin Yongmin Released from Prison after 12-yr Sentence)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 29, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2010/11/101129_china_dissident_release.shtml

China Dissident Defiant after Release from 12-year Sentence
Deutsche Presse Agentur, November 29, 2010
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/asiapacific/news/article_1602089.php


News
Freedom of Speech

Caught in an ‘Authoritarian Moment’
New York Times, November 25, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/26/world/asia/26iht-letter.html

Human Rights Defender – Hada (哈达)
China Harassing Mongols ahead Of Dissident Release: Activist
Agence France-Presse, November 26, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20101126/wl_asia_afp/chinarightsmongolsactivist


Related information:
About the Individual: Hada
Incorporating Responsibility 2008
http://www.ir2008.org/04/about.php


Human Rights Defenders
《零八憲章》簽署者「煽動顛覆」罪被拘留 (Activist and Charter 08 Signatory Bai Dongping Detained for Inciting Subversion)
Ming Pao, November 29, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/1933925/1.html

维权律师刘晓原被禁止出境 (Rights Lawyer Liu Xiaoyuan Prevented from Leaving PRC)
Radio Free Asia, November 28, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wei-11282010162226.html

Land Policy
收地無賠償名貴草木一朝毁 (No Compensation for Land Resumption, Crops Also Destroyed en Masse)
Ming Pao, November 29, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/1933929/1.html

Media
5 Hurt in Attack on Newspaper
South China Morning Post, November 27, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=472e3d1d2198c210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China Directed Google Hacking: Leaked US Documents
Agence France-Presse, November 28, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5guVse87DQ-PhutAFYqUN0gCsg-_w

Migrant Workers
Migrant Families Complain about Educational Exclusion
China Daily, November 27, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/27/content_11618385.htm

Public Health
Justice Tough to Find for Chinese Who Got HIV/AIDS through Tainted Blood
The Los Angeles Times, November 27, 2010
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/nov/27/world/la-fg-china-blood-20101128

艾滋病就业歧视案原告提出上诉 (Plaintiff in HIV/AIDS Discrimination Case to Appeal)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 29, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2010/11/101129_chinahiv_appeal.shtml