January 18, 2011

Top news
Bilateral Ties
China Airs Commercial in U.S. to Bolster Image during Hu’s Visit
Bloomberg, January 18, 2011
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-01-17/china-airs-commercial-in-u-s-to-bolster-image-during-hu-s-visit.html

Related news:
"Experience China" Debuts at NYC's Times Square
Xinhua News Agency, January 18, 2011
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-01/18/c_13695172.htm

Related information:
Chinese Government Needs to Demonstrate Concrete Human Rights Progress, Not Launch Publicity Campaigns
中国政府必须切实改善人权而非发动宣传攻势
Human Rights in China, January 18, 2011
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/192079
CH: http://gb.hrichina.org/public/contents/27320

Empty Chair, Dragon to Greet Hu
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/protests-01172011193507.html

Louder Military Voice Raises Concerns
South China Morning Post, January 18, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=517c71940e49d210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

News
Disasters
四川省省长:汶川地震灾后恢复重建基本完成 (Sichuan Provincial Head: Post-Quake Reconstruction Basically Complete)
Xinhua News Agency, January 18, 2011
http://news.xinhuanet.com/local/2011-01/18/c_12995292.htm

Education
Modern University Gets Go-ahead
South China Morning Post, January 18, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9755a560c749d210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Environment
New China Pollution Targets Inadequate: Greenpeace
Agence France-Presse, January 17, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110117/sc_afp/chinaenvironmentpollution

Human Rights Defenders
"国家尊重和保障人权从严禁酷刑开始" (Chinese Lawyers Issue Open Letter on Human Rights on Eve of Hu's US Trip)
Deutsche Welle, January 17, 2011
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,14771988,00.html

Labor
Couple Arrested in Slaves Scandal
Shanghai Daily, January 18, 2011
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=461793&type=National

Land Policy
Backgrounder: Review of China's Affordable Housing Programs over Past Five Years
Xinhua News Agency, January 18, 2011
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/7264155.html

Law
「被精神病」民工亡 家屬索償66萬 (Family Claims 660K Reimbursement after Death Migrant Worker Who Was "Driven Insane")
Ming Pao, January 18, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/1987112/1.html

Media
跟谷歌地圖打對台？中國版「天地圖」啟用 (Rival for Google Maps? China Releases State-sponsored Mapping Service Tianditu.cn)
Apple Daily, January 18, 2011
http://tw.nextmedia.com/rnews/article/SecID/103/art_id/6957/IssueID/20110118

Migrant Workers
北京外来人口下月将可申请公租房 租金拟分三档 (Those in Beijing for Work without Local Hukou May Apply for Public Housing Beginning February)
Legal Evening News, January 17, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/hqcj/fcdt/2011-01-17/content_1589688.html