Tuesday, January 11, 2011

January 11, 2011

News
Environment
Water Relief by 2014 for Arid Beijing, Planners Say
South China Morning Post, January 11, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=cfb1f041d707d210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Hong Kong
Wang Dan's Entry for Szeto Funeral in HK's Hands, Beijing Official Says
South China Morning Post, January 11, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=06cff041d707d210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender – Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
Missing Chinese Lawyer Told of Abuse
Associated Press, January 10, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110110/ap_on_re_as/as_china_disappeared_lawyer

Land Policy
Man in Coma after Brawl over Apartments in China
Agence France-Presse, January 10, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110110/wl_asia_afp/chinaeconomypropertyunrest

Legal Plea to Cool Tension of Evictions: Report Says Officials at Fault in Land Disputes
South China Morning Post, January 11, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6c4626bba107d210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

拒绝在征地协议上签字村主任被乡党委停职 湖南湘潭“村主任停职”疑云调查 (500+ Villagers Cry Injustice after Village Head Removed by Part Committee for Refusing to Sign Land Requisition Agreement)
Legal Daily, January 11, 2011
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2011-01/11/content_2434477.htm

Media
Helping Hand from the North Offered to HK Journalists on the Mainland
South China Morning Post, January 11, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=06cff041d707d210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

广东设网监管平台“以网管网” (Guangdong "Uses the Web to Monitor the Web" in New Platform)
Radio Free Asia, January 10, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_internet_a-01102011103259.html

向趙連海致敬 粵報總編撤職 (Editors at Guangdong's TIME WEEKLY Dismissed after Paying Tribute to Zhao Lianhai)
Ming Pao, January 10, 2011
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/110109/4/m54x.html

Military
Military Plans Spark Concern
Radio Free Asia, January 10, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/military-01102011104129.html

Protests and Petitions
Protests Surround 'Castle in the Sky'
China Daily, January 11, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-01/11/content_11823139.htm

Public Health
China: Gaps Seen in Government’s Ability to Detect Disease Outbreaks
New York Times, January 11, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/11/health/11global.html

State Security
学者批评中国「维稳」走向反面 (Experts: "Stability Maintenance" Actually Does the Opposite)
Radio France Internationale, January 08, 2011
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20110108-学者批评中国「维稳」走向反面