Thursday, October 27, 2011

Human Rights

Chinese U.N. Envoy Urges International Community to Abandon Double Standard on Human Rights
Xinhua News Agency, October 26, 2011
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-10/27/c_131215887.htm
Related information:
常驻联合国副代表王民大使在第66届联大三委关于人权问题(议题69b、c)的发言
Statement by Ambassador Wang Min at the Third Committee of the Sixty-sixth Session of the United Nations General Assembly on Human Rights (Agenda Item 69 6&c)
October 26, 2011
CH: http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/chn/pds/wjdt/zwbd/t871079.htm
EN: http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/wjb/zwjg/zwbd/t871085.htm

Internet

Where an Internet Joke Is Not Just a Joke
New York Times, October 26, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/30/magazine/the-dangerous-politics-of-internet-humor-in-china.html

Labor

人大修正職業病法 可向政府申醫療救助 (NPC Deliberates Draft Amendment to Occupational Disease Law)
Ming Pao, October 27, 2011
http://news.mingpao.com/20111027/cha2.htm

Law

China Issues White Paper on Law
Xinhua News Agency, October 27, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-10/27/content_13988033.htm

Full text of the white paper:
中国特色社会主义法律体系 (Socialist System of Laws with Chinese Characteristics)
Information Office of the State Council, October 2011
CH: http://www.gov.cn/jrzg/2011-10/27/content_1979498.htm   
EN: http://english.cri.cn/6909/2011/10/27/1781s664676.htm  

Transcript of the press conference for the release of the white paper:
http://www.news.cn/zhibo/20111027/wz.htm

Population

Experts Challenge China's 1-child Population Claim
Associated Press, October 27, 2011
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hHPdPXL9HAUxVeromJZIxD3x5sCQ

Public Health

艾滋儿童内地求医无门 其父携子赴港求诊 (HIV/AIDS Activist, Unable to Find Treatment for Son in Mainland, Turns to HK)
Deutsche Welle, October 25, 2011
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15487035,00.html