Tuesday, January 04, 2011

January 04, 2011

News
Bilateral Ties

Beijing Eyes Stronger Sino-EU Partnership
Xinhua News Agency, January 03, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-01/03/content_11788361.htm

Environment
中华环保联合会贵阳打赢环境诉讼环保法庭 新举措解难题 (All-China Environmental Federation-Guiyang Public Environmental Education Centre Win Water Pollution Suit against Paper Mill)
Legal Daily, January 04, 2011
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2011-01/04/content_2425810.htm

Food Security
County Focus to Ensure Food Safety
China Daily, January 03, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-01/03/content_11787165.htm

Rita Fan Defends Beijing Envoy in Tainted Milk Saga
South China Morning Post, January 03, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=37be8bd20174d210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

食品安全 七成人不放心 (7/10 Chinese Do Not Trust Safety of Food)
Ming Pao, January 03, 2011
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/110102/4/m0wj.html
Related news:
Worries over Food Safety
Shanghai Daily, January 03, 2011
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=460581&type=National
Human Rights Defender – Li Hong (力虹)
力虹骨灰安葬宁波 海内外将共同悼念 (Li Hong's Bones Laid to Rest in Ningbo)
Radio Free Asia, January 03, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lihong-01032011091814.html
Related information:
沉痛悼念异议作家力虹先生 (Mourning the Passing of Dissident-Writer Li Hong)
HRIC, January 03, 2010
http://gb.hrichina.org/public/contents/24965
Human Rights Defender – Tan Zuoren (谭作人)
譚作人患痛風 拒保外就醫 (No Medical Bail for Tan Zuoren Despite Gout)
Ming Pao, January 01, 2011
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/101231/4/m00y.html

Human Rights Defenders
Hong Kong Democracy Activist Szeto Dies
Associated Press, January 02, 2011
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704735304576057462930773374.html
Related news:
Szeto Wah: Staunch Democrat and Patriot
South China Morning Post, January 03, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=41d9b2197674d210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Villagers Silenced after Death of Campaigner
South China Morning Post, January 03, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=030cb2197674d210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Labor
Stronger Bargaining Voice for Beijing's Workers
China Daily, January 04, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/metro/2011-01/04/content_11788646.htm

Law
专家预测2011年全国刑事案件总量或将攀升 (Experts Predict Increase in Criminal Cases for 2011)
Legal Daily, January 04, 2011
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2011-01/04/content_2425827.htm

刑法老人免死条款引争议 限制条件被指过窄 (Dispute Arises over Draft Criminal Law Clause Exempting Elderly from Death Penalty)
Guangzhou Daily, January 04, 2011
http://news.dayoo.com/china/201101/04/53868_14902057.htm

Multilateral
China Quietly Extends Footprints into Central Asia
New York Times, January 02, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/03/world/asia/03china.html

Police
北京城管在官网接受市民评价 (Beijing Urban Management to Accept Public Criticism via Website)
The Beijing News, January 03, 2011
http://epaper.bjnews.com.cn/html/2011-01/03/content_187948.htm

拆屋城管打斷公安腳 (Policeman Beaten Severely by Urban Management after Home Demolition)
Ming Pao, January 04, 2011
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/110103/4/m1mi.html

Politics
China's Next President "Redder than the Red"
The Daily Telegraph, January 03, 2011
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/8237411/Chinas-next-president-redder-than-the-red.html

Taiwan
INTERVIEW: China’s Five-Year Plan Veering toward Unification
Taipei Times, January 03, 2011
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2011/01/03/2003492556