Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Hong Kong

北京列出香港特首“必备条件” (Beijing Lists "Necessary Requirements" for HK Chief Executive)
Deutsche Welle, July 11, 2011
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15226424,00.html

Human Rights Defender – Ai Weiwei (艾未未)

艾未未案重要证人仍被失踪 当局持续打压艺术自由表达 (Important Witnesses in Ai Weiwei Case Still Missing)
Radio Free Asia, July 11, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/aww-07112011092132.html

Human Rights Defender – Hada

Ethnic Mongol Activist, Family Held
Radio Free Asia, July 11, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/held-07112011133648.html

Media

Top China Editor Says 'Private Interests' Censor Press
Agence France-Presse, July 11, 2011
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110711/wl_asia_afp/chinapoliticsmediapeople

《山东新闻网》报江泽民死讯遭整肃 (Shandong Online Newsportal Shut Down Temporarily for Reporting Jiang Zemin's Death)
Radio Free Asia, July 11, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_media-07112011085808.html

Protests and Petitions

Chinese Court Jails Six for Role in Guangdong Riot
Reuters, July 12, 2011
http://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFTRE76B0SH20110712

Public Health

民生三问:如何防止“被精神病”? (How Can Forcible Commitment to Mental Hospitals Be Avoided?)
People's Daily, July 11, 2011
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2011-07/11/c_121648793.htm

Tibet

China Says Tibetans 'Closely' Linked to Majority Han
Agence France-Presse, July 11, 2011
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110711/wl_asia_afp/chinareligiontibetrightspolitics
For full text of the whitepaper, see:
西藏和平解放60年
Sixty Years since Peaceful Liberation of Tibet
State Council Information Office, July 11, 2011
CH: http://www.gov.cn/zwgk/2011-07/11/content_1903871.htm
EN: http://www.gov.cn/english/official/2011-07/11/content_1904075.htm
四川十多名藏人因示威被判刑 (Sichuan: Several Tibetans Sentenced for Demonstrations)
Radio Free Asia, July 11, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_tibetan-07112011120828.html

XUAR

Uyghur Leaflets Prompt Crackdown
Radio Free Asia, July 11, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/leaflets-07112011113203.html