January 21, 2011

Top news
Bilateral Ties
Top US Lawmakers Press Hu on Rights, Trade
Agence France-Presse, January 20, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110120/pl_afp/uschinadiplomacycongresshouse

Related media:
China, Human Rights and the Role of Washington: A Debate: Featuring HRIC ED Sharon Hom and Oberlin College Prof Marc Blecher
Democracy Now, January 20, 2011
http://www.democracynow.org/2011/1/20/china_human_rights_and_the_role

Common Interests Shared
China Daily, January 21, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011huvisistsus/2011-01/21/content_11892164.htm

Related information:
Highlights of Sino-US Joint Statement
China Daily, January 21, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011huvisistsus/2011-01/21/content_11892190.htm

Chinese Public Kept in the Dark on Hu Jintao's Human Rights Admission
The Washington Post, January 20, 2011
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/20/AR2011012001386.html

Related news:
華記者官方味濃 美記者問題辛辣 (Chinese Reporters: Toe Party Lie, American Reporters: Ask Biting Questions)
Apple Daily, January 21, 2011
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20110121&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=2756&art_id=14892277

News
Corruption
Officials to Be Required to Report Assets
China Daily, January 21, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-01/21/content_11892528.htm

Related news:
广东纪委书记:腐败从资金集中部门向清水衙门渗透 (Interview with Guangdong Deputy Party Committee Secretary Zhu Mingguo on Anti-Corruption Efforts)
Southern Daily, January 20, 2011
http://www.ce.cn/xwzx/gnsz/gdxw/201101/20/t20110120_22156012.shtml

药监局4高官落马 郑筱萸死刑副局长张敬礼被捕 (Drug Administration Officials Sacked, Deputy Director Arrested in Corruption Scandal)
Southern Daily, January 21, 2011
http://nf.nfdaily.cn/nfrb/content/2011-01/21/content_19466896.htm

湖南省安监局原局长谢光祥受贿199.9万被判刑14年 (Hunan Work Safety Chief Gets 14-Year Prison Sentence for Bribery )
Xinhua News Agency, January 21, 2011
http://news.ifeng.com/mainland/detail_2011_01/21/4389059_0.shtml

Disasters
Quake Victims Still Waiting for Rebuilding Funds
China Daily, January 21, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-01/21/content_11892520.htm

Man Sought as Factory Blast Kills 9
Xinhua News Agency, January 21, 2011
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=462046&type=National

Residential Building Collapse Kills 3 in C China
Xinhua News Agency, January 20, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-01/20/content_11891787.htm

Gender
济南规定女性遭性骚扰可向对方单位投诉 (Jinan Regulations Allow Harassed Women to Make a Complaint to Harasser's Workplace)
Chongqing Evening News, January 21, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/c/20110121/u1a5682572.html

Law
Regulation Introduced to Manage Compensation Funds
Xinhua News Agency, January 20, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-01/20/content_11892010.htm

Related information:
国家赔偿费用管理条例 (Regulations on the Use and Administration of State Compensation Funds)
State Council, January 17, 2011
http://www.gov.cn/zwgk/2011-01/20/content_1789325.htm

国务院法制办、财政部负责人就《国家赔偿费用管理条例》有关问题答记者问 (Government Rep Responds to Questions on State Compensation Regulations)
Xinhua News Agency, January 20, 2011
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2011-01/20/content_2452541.htm

Labor
Chinese Accused of Zambian Labour Abuses
Financial Times, January 20, 2011
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/eaed6742-24b8-11e0-a919-00144feab49a.html

北京市住建委发言人：鼓励单位自建公租房 (Beijing Housing Commission Encourages Orgs, Companies to Build Worker Housing)
Beijing Evening News, January 21, 2011
http://jingji.cyol.com/content/2011-01/21/content_4111076.htm

Land Policy
Hectares of Arable Land Used Illegally
China Daily, January 21, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-01/21/content_11892571.htm

Migrant Workers
新生代农民工犯罪调查 (Investigation into Criminal Behavior amongst New Generation of Migrant Workers)
International Herald Leader, January 18, 2011
http://news.xinhuanet.com/herald/2011-01/18/c_13695610.htm

Multilateral
Beijing and Troubled Nations: Signals of a Shift
Financial Times, January 20, 2011
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/426c3912-24c8-11e0-a919-00144feab49a.html

Police
Daughter Outraged as Police Officer Cleared
Shanghai Daily, January 21, 2011
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=462045&type=National

Population
Hu Denies Forced Abortions: US Lawmaker
Agence France-Presse, January 20, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110121/pl_afp/uschinadiplomacyrightsabortion

Protests and Petitions
Family Compensated after Accident
Shanghai Daily, January 21, 2011
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=462048&type=National

Social Security
China in 10.4b Yuan Holiday Giveaway to Needy
China Daily, January 20, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-01/20/content_11891129.htm