January 14, 2011

Top news
Human Rights Defender – Zhao Lianhai (赵连海)
趙連海傳已回家 (Zhao Lianhai Reportedly Home from Hospital)
Ming Pao, January 14, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/1983194/1.html


News
Bilateral Ties
Discord: China’s Tough New Attitude Is Both Dangerous and Counterproductive
The Economist, January 13, 2011
http://www.economist.com/node/17902953

Obama Discusses China's Civil Liberties with Advocates in White House Meeting
The Washington Post, January 13, 2011
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/13/AR2011011306922.html

Food Security
China Confiscates Tainted Milk Products
Associated Press, January 13, 2011
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/13/chinese-confiscate-tainted-milk-products

Related news:
China Arrests 96 over Tainted Milk - Xinhua
Reuters, January 14, 2011
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/china-arrests-96-over-tainted-milk-xinhua

Human Rights
美国自由之家年度报告：中国继续名列极权国家行列 (Freedom House Report: China Still amongst the Ranks of Totalitarian Nations)
Radio France Internationale, January 13, 2011
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20110113-美国自由之家年度报告：中国继续名列极权国家行列

Government
谁来监督监督者 (Who's Watching the Supervisors?)
China Youth Daily, January 14, 2011
http://zqb.cyol.com/html/2011-01/14/nw.D110000zgqnb_20110114_2-07.htm

Land Policy
China to Build More Low-Cost Apartments
China Daily, January 14, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-01/14/content_11850242.htm

Media
WikiLeaks Founder Hits at China Censorship
Financial Times, January 12, 2011
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5c12e46e-1e98-11e0-a1d1-00144feab49a.html

Migrant Workers
农民工圆梦北大计划反响热烈 多所名校欲加盟 (Universities Sign On to "Dream Scheme" for Migrant Workers)
Southern Daily, January 14, 2011
http://gd.nfdaily.cn/content/2011-01/14/content_19283394.htm

Police
Cabbies' Anger at Police Detention
Shanghai Daily, January 14, 2011
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2011/201101/20110114/article_461465.htm

Protests and Petitions
陕西信访局长殴打老人致昏迷 上访被打成常态 (Shaanxi Petition Bureau Head Severely Beats Elderly Petitioner)
Radio Free Asia, January 13, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sx-01132011141337.html

Public Health
Parents Furious at Punishments for Lead Scandal
South China Morning Post, January 14, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=fce7477e19f7d210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related news:
Officials Punished over Lead Poisoning in Anhui
Xinhua News Agency, January 13, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-01/13/content_11848739.htm

Tibet
China Eyes 15 Mln Tourists to Tibet by 2015
Reuters, January 13, 2011
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/china-eyes-15-mln-tourists-to-tibet-by-2015