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Bilateral Ties
China's Hu to Engage in Rare Q&A with Media in US
Associated Press, January 18, 2011
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2011/01/18/chinas_hu_to_engage_in_rare_qa_with_media_in_us/
Chinese Netizens Expect Hu's US Visit to Boost Bilateral Ties
Xinhua News Agency, January 19, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-01/19/content_11876923.htm
Question Time: Will a More Realistic Approach to Ties Give the US More Sway with China on Human Rights Issues
South China Morning Post, January 19, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=adbdc5be5099d210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
One Insider's Push for Better Ties with China
China Daily, January 19, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011huvisistsus/2011-01/19/content_11877040.htm
The West Needs to Stand Up to Beijing
Financial Times, January 18, 2011
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f413f6fe-2316-11e0-ad0b-00144feab49a.html
U.S., Chinese Companies to Meet with Hu and Obama
Reuters, January 18, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110118/ts_nm/us_usa_china_trade
White House Defends Hu State Visit Invite
Agence France-Presse, January 18, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110118/pl_afp/uschinadiplomacyrights
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Corruption
Chinese University Offers Anti-Corruption Course
The Guardian, January 18, 2011
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/18/chinese-uni-course-anti-corruption
2010反腐路线图：贪腐与反腐各有“新意” (2010 Corruption Map: Novelty in Both Corruption and Anti-corruption Efforts)
Legal Daily, January 19, 2011
http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2011/01-19/2796199.shtml
Education
PKU Bans Sensitive Photocopies
Global Times, January 19, 2011
http://china.globaltimes.cn/society/2011-01/614126.html
Human Rights
The Unbearable Cost
Caixin, January 19, 2011
http://english.caing.com/2011-01-19/100218601.html
Human Rights Defender – Tan Zuoren (谭作人)
家人盼谭作人保外就医 (Family Hopes for Medical Parole as Imprisoned Activist Tan Zuoren's Health Worsens)
Deutsche Welle, January 18, 2011
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,14773224,00.html
Human Rights Defenders
Church Leader Barred from Travel
Radio Free Asia, January 18, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/travel-01182011164243.html
Population
Shanghai Officially Just Got a Bit More Crowded
CNN, January 19, 2011
http://www.cnngo.com/shanghai/life/shanghai-just-officially-got-bit-more-crowded-096925
“生儿育女是一个人的基本需求” ("Raising Children Is a Person's Fundamental Necessity")
Deutsche Welle, January 18, 2011
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,14772086,00.html
北京采取措施努力遏制人口无序过快增长 (Beijing Adopts Measures to Restrain Population Growth)
Xinhua News Agency, January 18, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/1987935/1.html
河南全面放开户籍限制 工作满2年可全家落户 (Henan Loosens Residency Restrictions; Work Two Years, Receive Hukou)
Henan Business Daily, January 19, 2011
http://news.163.com/11/0119/09/6QOIJ6TB0001124J.html
Protests and Petitions
Doubts Escalate over Grisly Death
Global Times, January 19, 2011
http://special.globaltimes.cn/2011-01/614115.html
上海将探索“律师代理信访” (Shanghai to Explore Allowing Lawyers to Represent Petitions)
Oriental Morning Post, January 18, 2011
http://epaper.dfdaily.com/dfzb/html/2011-01/18/content_439745.htm
访民爬塔抗议被判刑两年至六年 (Jilin Petitions Who Climbed Beijing Tower in Protest Sentenced 2-6 Years)
Radio Free Asia, January 18, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_petitioner-01182011104846.html
Tibet
Tibetan Democracy Moves Forward, Faces Challenges
Radio Free Asia, January 18, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/democracy-01182011102742.html