December 16, 2010

News
Food Security
Seeds Shock as Water Turns Black
Shanghai Daily, December 15, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=457345&type=Metro

Government
民眾對政府管治失信心 《社會藍皮書》發布 總體生活滿意度跌 (Blue Book of China's Society (CASS): People Have Lost Faith in Government)
Ming Pao, December 16, 2010
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/101215/4/ls5l.html

Human Rights Defender -- Qin Yongmin (秦永敏)
Activist Held after Release from Prison
Radio Free Asia, December 15, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/activist-12152010123333.html

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/contents/191183
CH: http://gb.hrichina.org/public/contents/23613

June Fourth
June 4 Charge Political, Court Told
South China Morning Post, December 16, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7b7794ff4f9ec210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Labor
南京讨薪民工与保安冲突 数名民工受伤 (Nanjing: Several Workers Injured from Demanding Unpaid Wages)
Yangtse Evening Post, December 16, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/1216/04/6O0GI5JV00011229.html

Land Policy
Land Battles Most Dire Rural Issue: Report
China Daily, December 16, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-12/16/content_11709564.htm

Law
House Expropriation Policy Solicit Suggestions
Xinhua News Agency, December 15, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-12/15/content_11708646.htm

Judges Face Stricter Rules Over Personal Conduct
China Daily, December 16, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-12/16/content_11709825.htm

Media
傳媒挺趙連海遭整頓‧廣東時代週報秘密回收 (Issue of Time Weekly Supporting Zhao Lianhai Recalled)
Sin Chew Daily, December 15, 2010
http://www.sinchew.com.my/node/186818?tid=2

Police
警察在派出所将人打昏抛下楼致死 多人获刑 (Several Convicted after Civilian Beaten to Death in Police Station)
China News Service, December 16, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/1216/05/6O0JUFJD00011229.html

Politics
刘晓波获诺奖可能会分裂北京政权 (Liu's Nobel May Divide Beijing Political Power Structure)
Radio France Internationale, December 15, 2010
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20101215-刘晓波获诺奖可能会分裂北京政权

Protests and Petitions
陕西村长维护村民利益反成被告 再有受害人遭拘留 (Shaanxi: Rights Defending Village Chief Becomes the Accused, Victims Detained)
Radio Free Asia, December 15, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shanxi-12152010132914.html

Public Health
HIV/AIDS Patients to Get Care
China Daily, December 16, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-12/16/content_11709872.htm

Society
孔子学院能否帮中国树立国际形象？ (Do Confucius Institutes Help China's International Image?)
Radio Free Asia, December 15, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/kongzi-12152010103440.html

Tibet
Four Tibetans Detained in Delhi for Staging Protest against Wen Jiabao's Visit
Press Trust of India, December 16, 2010
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_four-tibetans-detained-in-delhi-for-staging-protest-against-wen-jiabao-s-visit_1481868

XUAR
Uyghur Scholar, Family Held
Radio Free Asia, December 15, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/uyghur-12152010203431.html