Thursday, September 15, 2011

Environment

Shenzhen Plans World's Largest Incinerator
South China Morning Post, September 15, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3ce28db507862310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

环保部监察部正起草相关责任追究办法 地方瞒报迟报环境突发事件将究责 (MEP, MOS Drafting Accountability Measures: Delayed or False Reports of Environmental Safety Incidents to Be Investigated)
Legal Daily, September 14, 2011
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2011-09/14/content_2950821.htm

Human Rights Defender – Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)

郭飞雄刑满获释 呼唤温和宽容的民主改革 (Recently Released Guo Feixiong Calls for Moderate and Lenient Democratic Reform in China)
Voice of America, September 14, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20110914-Rights-Defender-Guo-Feixiong-Released-129828168.html

Human Rights Defender – Liao Yiwu (廖亦武)

Banned Chinese Writer Fights 'Brainwashing'
Agence France-Presse, September 14, 2011
http://www.france24.com/en/20110914-banned-chinese-writer-fights-brainwashing
Related information:
Walking Out on China
Liao Yiwu, September 14, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/15/opinion/walking-out-on-china.html

Human Rights Defenders

维权律师刘晓原所在“北京旗鉴律师事务所”年检受阻 (Beijing Law Firm Known for Taking on Sensitive Cases Has Yet to Pass Annual Inspection)
Radio Free Asia, September 14, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/m0914-jz-09142011162058.html

Law

Beijing Warned about Sending Criminal Suspects to Secret Locations
Voice of America, September 14, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/east-pacific/China-Warned-about-Sending-Criminal-Suspects-to-Secret-Locations-129798553.html

Politics

温家宝:改变以党代政和权力过分集中现象 (Premier Wen: Rule by Party and the Over-concentration of Powder Must Change)
Caijing Magazine, September 14, 2011
http://politics.caijing.com.cn/2011-09-14/110859548.html

Protests and Petitions

Police Detain Embassy Protesters
Radio Free Asia, September 14, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/petition-09142011182522.html

Public Health

China's Unhealthy Habits Drive Chronic Diseases Up
Associated Press, September 15, 2011
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110915/ap_on_he_me/as_med_china_chronic_disease2nd_ld_writethru

Tibet

Monk Dies after Beatings
Radio Free Asia, September 14, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/prison-09142011173017.html

XUAR

China Gives the Death Penalty to 4 Uighur Men
Associated Press, September 15, 2011
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110915/ap_on_re_as/as_china_xinjiang