Thursday, January 20, 2011

January 20, 2011

Top news
Bilateral Ties
A Summit in Translation: The Statements behind Hu and Obama’s Polished Political Prose
The Globe and Mail, January 19, 2011
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/americas/a-summit-in-translation-the-statements-behind-hu-and-obamas-polished-political-prose/article1876611/singlepage/

China, US Sign MOU to Establish Governors' Forum
Xinhua News Agency, January 20, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011huvisistsus/2011-01/20/content_11885637.htm

「有人權才有和諧」 奧巴馬高規格接待胡錦濤 公開談人權 (Obama Speaks Openly on Rights: "Only When There Are Human Rights Can a Society Be Harmonious")
Apple Daily, January 20, 2011
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20110120&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=2756&art_id=14888769
Related news:
China's Hu Admits Rights Failings
Al Jazeera, January 20, 2011
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2011/01/201112005013574411.html

奥巴马“曾对胡锦涛提出刘晓波问题” (Obama Has Raised Issue of Liu Xiaobo to Hu)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 20, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2011/01/110120_us_china_rights.shtml
U.S. - China Joint Statement
中华人民共和国与美利坚合众国联合声明
January 19, 2011
EN: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/01/19/us-china-joint-statement
CH: http://www.fmcoprc.gov.hk/chn/wj/wjxw/t788163.htm


News
IMAR
内蒙作家邬那嘎拟出版新书遭秘密逮捕 (Inner Mongolian Writer Unaga Secretly Detained Post Book Launch)
Radio Free Asia, January 19, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/neimeng-01192011124904.html

Land Policy
「新拆遷條例」 按市價補償 (New Demolition Regs: Compensation to Be Per Market Value)
Ming Pao, January 20, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/1989630/1.html

国土部:土地违法违规问题依然突出 (Ministry of Land and Resources: Illegal Land Use Remains Prominent)
China News Service, January 20, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/c/20110120/u1a5681422.html

Politics
Top PLA Post for Ex-president's Son
Shanghai Daily, January 20, 2011
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=461986&type=National

Protests and Petitions
China Police Open Fire on Protesters: Rights Group
China Post, January 20, 2011
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national-news/2011/01/20/288383/China-police.htm

Rural Issues
Beijing Farmers to Become Shareholders of Firms
Xinhua News Agency, January 20, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-01/20/content_11884431.htm

Society
地方两会透露解决社会问题新突破 (Local Congresses Reveal New Breakthroughs in Resolving Social Issues)
Xinhua News Agency, January 20, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/c/20110120/u1a5681480.html

各地两会热议食品房价出行等民生话题 (Cost of Food a Hot Topic at Government Sessions across China)
Xinhua News Agency, January 20, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/c/20110120/u1a5681810.html