January 05, 2011

News
Bilateral Ties
China Challenged over Sudan Referendum
Asia Times Online, January 05, 2011
http://atimes.com/atimes/China/MA05Ad01.html

Geithner, Chinese Envoy Meet Ahead of Hu Visit
Agence France-Presse, January 04, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110104/pl_afp/uschinadiplomacytradeforex

Gender
First Case of Sexual Assault of Man Prosecuted
China Daily, January 05, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-01/05/content_11795172.htm

Hong Kong
港傳媒公信力破新低 (Report: Faith in HK Media Reaches New Low)
Ming Pao, January 05, 2011
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/110104/4/m28q.html

Human Rights Defender – Ni Yulan (倪玉兰)
倪玉兰居住点遭停电逾半个月 (Beijing Rights Lawyer Ni Yulan's Home without Power and Water for over Half Month Now)
Radio Free Asia, January 04, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_protest-01042011112848.html

Human Rights Defenders
Szeto Funeral Door Still Open for Dissidents
South China Morning Post, January 05, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8c58c684fe15d210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Law
广东高法将聘请立案信访窗口监督员 (Guangdong Higher Court Hiring Lawyers to Manage Case Filing and Petition Window)
Radio Free Asia, January 04, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/guangdong-01042011090750.html

Media
群发短信首次被诉非法经营 监管和定罪仍有难度 (Bulk SMS Deemed Illegal for First Time, Yet Supervision and Conviction Remain Difficult )
Southern Weekend, January 05, 2011
http://www.infzm.com/content/54217

Police
China Police Use Micro-Blogs 'to Connect with Public'
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 04, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12112008

Protests and Petitions
Cop Gets Beaten by Demolition Team
Shanghai Daily, January 04, 2011
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=460653

Whistleblower Could Be Released after 14-yrs in Asylum
China Daily, January 04, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-01/04/content_11794200.htm

Related news:
又见“被精神病” 这次关了14年 (Another Rabble-rouser Detained for "Mental Illness", This Time for 14 Years)
Southern Metropolis Daily, January 05, 2011
http://epaper.oeeee.com/A/html/2011-01/05/content_1272386.htm

访民疑组织庆祝刘晓波获奖遭劳教 (Beijing Petitioner Ordered to Reeducation-Through-Labour, Police Suspect He Organised Memorial Activities for Liu's Nobel Win)
Radio Free Asia, January 04, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_petitioner-01042011080226.html

Public Health
中国禁烟承诺基本失败 (China Has Not Met Its Commitment on Tobacco Control)
Ming Pao, January 04, 2011
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20110104/ca22310c.htm

Related news:
四大原因致控烟败局难挽 (Four Main Causes behind the Losing Battle in Tobacco Control)
The Beijing Times, January 04, 2011
http://news.jinghua.cn/351/c/201101/04/n3297838.shtml

Society
老人摔倒猝死 路人欲救遭劝阻 (Heated Debate Online after Old Man Falls, then Dies on Fuzhou Street Yet No Pedestrians Offer Aid)
Southern Metropolis Daily, January 05, 2011
http://epaper.oeeee.com/A/html/2011-01/05/content_1272520.htm

內地富人僱用非法菲傭 (Hiring of Illegal Filipina Domestic Helpers on Rise in Mainland China)
Ming Pao, January 04, 2011
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20110104/ca21755c.htm