January 26, 2011

News
Environment
Can the Sea Solve China's Water Crisis?
The Guardian, January 24, 2011
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jan/24/china-water-crisis

河南开封杞县大面积停水超一个月 (Supply Network Restructuring Leaves Henan County without Water for More than a Month )
Eastday, January 26, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/c/20110126/u1a5692386.html

Government
Beijing Asks for Foreign Companies' Input on Plan
South China Morning Post, January 26, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8b24675431ebd210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Hong Kong
Chinese Dissident Barred from Hong Kong for Activist's Funeral
Deutsche Presse Agentur, January 26, 2011
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/asiapacific/news/article_1614638.php/Chinese-dissident-barred-from-Hong-Kong-for-activist-s-funeral

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Tiananmen Activist Accuses HK of Bowing to China
Agence France-Presse, January 26, 2011
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iRXm_2XgfLPvSO6BoHgNL3B5-ZZw

Human Rights Defenders
聚餐已成柔性抗争新形式 国保无理阻断被指违法 (Activist Dinner Parties Crashed by Police)
Radio Free Asia, January 25, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/can-01252011105027.html

Labor
Bitter Life for Migrant 'Cupboard Tribe'
China Daily, January 26, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-01/26/content_11919725.htm

China's Urban Jobless Rate at 4.1%: Official
Xinhua News Agency, January 25, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-01/25/content_11916239.htm

Land Policy
Security Guards Gang 'Only Following Orders'
Shanghai Daily, January 26, 2011
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=462435&type=National

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强拆者当庭供述：警方要我们作假 (Demolisher Implicates Police in Court)
Southern Metropolis Daily, January 26, 2011
http://epaper.oeeee.com/A/html/2011-01/26/content_1288202.htm

拆迁动员不力 教师遭停薪 (Teachers Suspended for Failing to Convince Relatives to Make Way for Demolition Project)
Southern Metropolis Daily, January 26, 2011
http://epaper.oeeee.com/A/html/2011-01/26/content_1287995.htm

Media
代表：利用人肉搜索加强网络反腐 (Representatives Debate Using "Human-Flesh Search" to Fight Corruption)
Southern Metropolis Daily, January 26, 2011
http://epaper.oeeee.com/A/html/2011-01/26/content_1288232.htm

Migrant Workers
外来人口可获更多市民待遇 (Suzhou Pilot Program to Replace "Temporary" Status with Residency)
Legal Daily, January 26, 2011
http://www.legaldaily.cn/index_article/content/2011-01/26/content_2459638.htm

Population
人口调控成为北京两会关键词 承载数量尚存争议 (The Controversy over Beijing's Population Capacity)
Century Weekly, January 26, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/c/20110126/u1a5692363.html

Police
大学生遭官二代打死 公安被指漠视人命 (College Student Beaten by Official's Son, Dies after Police Refuse Medical Treatment)
Radio Free Asia, January 25, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xue-01252011102106.html

Protests and Petitions
Wen Hears Petitioner Complaints
Xinhua News Agency, January 26, 2011
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=462472&type=National

Related news:
China's Premier Says Public Should Criticize Govt
Associated Press, January 26, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110126/ap_on_re_as/as_china_public_criticism

State Security
China Tightens Security Measures
Xinhua News Agency, January 26, 2011
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=462469&type=National

Tibet
Officials Risk Lives to Aid Tibet
China Daily, January 26, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-01/26/content_11916688.htm

Writers Face Hard Labor
Radio Free Asia, January 25, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/writers-01252011172620.html

XUAR
Restive Chinese City to Be under Full Surveillance
Associated Press, January 25, 2011
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g9XYdM7Li5Eumflo12-VDe9XMx5w