January 12, 2011

News
Bilateral Ties
EU-China 'Year of Youth' Campaign Begins
China Daily, January 12, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-01/12/content_11831084.htm

Corruption
China's Hu Pledges Renewed Battle on Corruption
Agence France-Presse, January 11, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110111/wl_asia_afp/chinacorruptionpolitics

Related news:
Corrupt Officials Fired for Colluding with Gangs
China Daily, January 12, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-01/12/content_11831928.htm

Graft-Busting Site Blocked
Radio Free Asia, January 12, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/graft-01112011130420.html

Environment
Giant Pandas 'Need Old-growth Forests'
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 12, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12161671

Human Rights
China's Human Rights 'Action Plan' Short on Any Action, Say Rights Groups
Christian Science Monitor, January 11, 2011
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2011/0111/China-s-human-rights-action-plan-short-on-any-action-say-rights-groups

Related information:
Promises Unfulfilled: An Assessment of China’s National Human Rights Action Plan
Human Rights Watch, January 11, 2011
http://www.hrw.org/en/reports/2011/01/11/promises-unfulfilled-0

Human Rights Defender – Ai Weiwei (艾未未)
Chinese Artist Says Shanghai Studio Demolished
Agence France-Presse, January 12, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110112/wl_asia_afp/chinaartpropertyrights

Human Rights Defender – Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
中国当局继续监控刘晓波家人及《零八宪章》签署人 (Authorities Continue Harassment of Liu's Family and Charter 08 Signers)
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/liu-01112011111605.html

Related news:
劉曉波獲獎後 中挪首簽大單 (First Major Deal Post-Nobel Signed between China-Norway)
Ming Pao, January 12, 2011
http://news.mingpao.com/20110112/cac1.htm

Labor
Workers Overcome by Toxic Fumes
South China Morning Post, January 12, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6321f182df57d210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Media
Decision to Sack Editor on Hold after Outcry
South China Morning Post, January 12, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f012f182df57d210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

文化部副部长：未来5年将逐步取消单体网吧 (Cultural Ministry Vice Minister: Sole-proprietor Net Cafes to Be Eliminated over Next Five Years)
Xinhua News Agency, January 12, 2011
http://tech.163.com/11/0112/14/6Q735I92000915BF.html

Police
Volunteers to Help Out in Urban Crackdown
Shanghai Daily, January 12, 2011
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2011/201101/20110112/article_461311.htm

Protests and Petitions
法轮功学员随同李克强及中国商务代表团 会场外抗 (Falun Gong Practitioners Protest at UK Meeting of Li Keqiang and Chinese Businessmen)
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/flg-01112011141428.html