Friday, December 24, 2010

December 24, 2010

Top news
Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food
Jailing Food Activists Has 'Chilling Effect', Says UN Envoy
Agence France-Presse, December 23, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gqnDlIVBOfYmlsiz2Z7DQebThExA

UN Hails China's Food Policies
China Daily, December 24, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-12/24/content_11748462.htm

联合国警告中国:37%的土地退化 威胁粮食安全 (SR on Food Warns China: 37% of Land Has Degraded, Endangering Food Supply)
Southern Metropolis Daily, December 24, 2010
http://nf.nfdaily.cn/nfdsb/content/2010-12/24/content_18721789.htm
Related information:
"From Food Security to the Right to Food" – UN Expert Highlights China's Next Steps
OHCHR, December 23, 2010
http://www.un.org.cn/cms/p/news/27/1628/content.html

Preliminary Observations and Conclusions (Mission to the PRC from 15 to 23 Dec 2010)
Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, December 23, 2010
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/food/docs/CHINA_food_preliminary_conclusions.doc

News
Children
老师令65名学生打一名同学耳光 因被其直呼姓名 (Teacher Makes 65 Pupils to Slap One for Calling Her Full Name)
Modern Express, December 24, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/1224/03/6OL06BK200014AED.html

Economic Development
China’s Growth Model ‘Unsustainable’
Financial Times, December 23, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f38e08ce-0e84-11e0-b9f1-00144feabdc0.html

Hukou
国务院报告人大常委会正在调研户籍改革 (NPC Standing Committee Looks into Hukou Reforms)
Southern Metropolis Daily, December 24, 2010
http://epaper.oeeee.com/A/html/2010-12/24/content_1262966.htm

Human Rights Defender – Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
Norway Minister Tasked with China Trade Talks Feels Too 'Sick' for Nobel
Associated Press, December 22, 2010
http://www.macleans.ca/article.jsp?content=w5475328

Media
Beijing’s Housing Price Fury Goes Viral
Financial Times, December 23, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2dacd064-0ece-11e0-9ec3-00144feabdc0.html

Migrant Workers
More Young Migrant Workers Turning to Crime
China Daily, December 23, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-12/23/content_11744634.htm

Urban Health Insurance Covers 45m Migrants
Xinhua News Agency, December 23, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-12/23/content_11744839.htm

昆明志愿者义务辅导民工子女被教育局叫停 (Kunming: Volunteer-run Tutoring Service for Migrant Children Suspended by Authority)
People's Daily, December 24, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20101224/u1a5628409.html

Protests and Petitions
“乙肝斗士”当街脱裤 抗议暗查乙肝现象 (Hepatitis B Activist Strips on Street in Protest of Uninformed Examination)
Guangzhou Daily, December 23, 2010
http://news.china.com/zh_cn/social/1007/20101223/16307903.html

农民多次上访被送精神病院 获30万元赔偿 (Farmer Petitioner Compensated 300, 000 after Being Sent to Psychiatric Hospital)
Eastday, December 24, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20101224/u1a5628566.html

Public Health
Toddler's Plight Sheds Light on Health System
China Daily, December 24, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-12/24/content_11748442.htm

State Security
Experts Dismiss State Secret Claims
China Daily, December 24, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-12/24/content_11748195.htm