December 10, 2010

Top news
Nobel Peace Prize / Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
'Most Nations' Oppose Peace Prize to Liu
China Daily, December 10, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-12/10/content_11679694.htm

Nobel 'Not a Prize against China'
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 09, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11961018

U.N. Rights Chief Calls on China to Release Liu
Reuters, December 09, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101209/wl_nm/us_nobel_china_pillay

Empty Chair Left for Jailed Chinese Nobel Laureate
Associated Press, December 09, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101210/ap_on_re_as/as_china_nobel

News
Bilateral Ties
China Tired of Myanmar Reform 'Foot-dragging': Cables
Agence France-Presse, December 10, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jS0IOiww-jhpqxSQfbyA6fPPykcA

US: China Lacks 'Morals' in Africa
Al Jazeera, December 09, 2010
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2010/12/201012981346664660.html

Corruption
前天津高官因贪腐被判死缓 (Former High-ranking Tianjin Official Pi Qiansheng Given Suspended Death Sentence for Graft)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 10, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2010/12/101210_brief_china_corruption.shtml

Human Rights
China Seeks Int'l Co-Op on Human Rights
China Daily, December 10, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-12/10/content_11682887.htm

Human Rights Defender – Hada (哈达)
No Word on Mongolian Activist's Release in China
China Post, December 10, 2010
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/local-news/beijing/2010/12/10/283117/No-word.htm

Human Rights Defender – Zhao Lianhai (赵连海)
趙連海獲媒體選為年度人士 (Zhao Lianhai Chosen Man of the Year by Guangdong's Time Weekly)
Sing Tao Daily, December 10, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/1946370/1.html

Related news:
赵连海：为了孩子们的未来 (Zhao Lianhai: For the Children's Future)
Time Weekly, December 09, 2010
http://time-weekly.com/story/2010-12-09/862.html

Human Rights Defenders
杭州环保斗士陈余千被判刑10个月 (Hangzhou Environmental Activist Chen Yuqian Sentenced to 10 Months)
Radio Free Asia, December 09, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_verdict-12092010104836.html

Media
China, Iran Jail Most Journalists in World, Media Watch Group Says
Deutsche Presse Agentur, December 10, 2010
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/usa/news/article_1604719.php/China-Iran-jail-most-journalists-in-world-media-watch-group-says

本港記者在北京採訪被打 (Beijing: HK Reporters Attacked outside Zhao Lianhai's Home)
Radio Television Hong Kong , December 10, 2010
http://www.rthk.org.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20101210/news_20101210_55_718840.htm

Population
Home Alone, China's Elderly Need Better Care and Support
China Daily, December 10, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-12/10/content_11679878.htm

XUAR
新疆部署维稳工作 严防恶性暴力恐怖案 (XUAR Party Committee Holds Conference on Using "Stability Maintenance" to Combat Violence and Terrorism)
Radio Free Asia, December 09, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xj-12092010101917.html

December 09, 2010

Top news
Nobel Peace Prize / Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
Analysts: Dissident's Nobel Prize A 'Running Sore' for China
Voice of America, December 08, 2010
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Analysts-Dissidents-Nobel-Prize-Running-Sore-for-China-111553699.html

China Steps Up Anti-Nobel Campaign by Blocking BBC Website
The Daily Telegraph, December 09, 2010
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/8190506/China-steps-up-anti-Nobel-campaign-by-blocking-BBC-website.html

傳中國發動挪威僑民反諾貝爾獎 (China Allegedly Mobilizes Norway-based Oversea Chinese in Anti-Nobel Campaign)
China News Agency, December 08, 2010
http://www.cna.com.tw/SearchNews/doDetail.aspx?id=201012090022

Why I'm Going to Oslo
Foreign Policy, December 09, 2010
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/12/08/interview_wan_yanhai

News
Environment
Growth Threatens Water Supply
China Daily, December 09, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-12/09/content_11673998.htm

Food Security
Crops Suffer from Industrial Pollution
Global Times, December 09, 2010
http://china.globaltimes.cn/society/2010-12/600383.html

Human Rights
China: How Much Freedom Do Its People Have?
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 09, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11949981

Human Rights Defender -- Du Daobin , 杜导斌
Chinese Human Rights Activist Stripped of Rights
Spero News, December 08, 2010
http://www.speroforum.com/a/44715/Chinese-human-rights-activist-stripped-of-rights

Related information:
Writer Imprisoned for Essays; Still Silenced after Release 杜导斌因言获罪 出狱后仍被禁声
Human Rights in China, December 08, 2010
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/191271
CH: http://gb.hrichina.org/public/contents/24037

Human Rights Defenders -- Gao Yu, 高瑜, Tang Jitian, 唐吉田, Zhang Xianling, 张先玲
Beijing Crackdown Widens
Radio Free Asia, December 08, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/crackdown-12082010111324.html

Law
无罪释放后 省体彩中心主任索赔1100万 (After Innocent Acquital, Lottery Director Claims 1.1mil Compensation)
Southern Metropolis Daily, December 09, 2010
http://epaper.oeeee.com/A/html/2010-12/09/content_1247848.htm

Police
市民投诉挨打遭民警斥“刁民” (Citizen Complaining about Being Beaten Scorned by Police as "Trouble-maker")
Southern Metropolis Daily, December 09, 2010
http://epaper.oeeee.com/H/html/2010-12/09/content_1247703.htm

6旬在押人员猝死深圳看守所 警方:正常死亡 (Police Claim Natural Causes after Elderly Man Dies in Custody)
Southern Daily, December 09, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/1209/09/6NEURF9J00014AEE.html

看守所设过渡监室防“躲猫猫” (Guangdong Detention Center Uses Musical Therapy)
Southern Metropolis Daily, December 09, 2010
http://epaper.oeeee.com/B/html/2010-12/09/content_1247678.htm

Public Health
Rural-Urban Healthcare Gap To Be Stitched Up
China Daily, December 09, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-12/09/content_11674633.htm

Society
Public Irate about Villa Subsidies For Rich
China Daily, December 09, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-12/09/content_11674590.htm