Bilateral Ties

US Ambassador Sees China Rights Worsening
Agence France-Presse, January 17, 2012
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/us-ambassador-sees-china-rights-worsening-062814812.html

Human Rights Defenders

Veteran Chinese Dissident Indicted for "Subversive" Poem
Reuters, January 17, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/17/us-china-dissident-idUSTRE80G09520120117

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朱虞夫再被控律师领取起诉书 (Lawyer Receives Written Indictment after Zhu Yufu Again Indicted)
Radio Free Asia, January 16, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissidents_jail-01162012101943.html

Internet

China's Micro Blogs Help Fight Corruption
Xinhua News Agency, January 17, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-01/17/content_14462135.htm

Labor

内地清欠农工资十九亿元 (Migrant Workers Paid 1.9b in Back Pay)
Ming Pao, January 16, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/32/1/1/2551529/1.html

Population

我国去年大陆城镇人口数量首次超过农村 (In 2011, China's Urban Population Larger than Rural for First Time)
Xinhua News Agency, January 17, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2552419/1.html

Protests and Petitions

Chinese Revolt Leader Appointed Village Chief
Voice of America, January 16, 2012
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Chinese-Revolt-Leader-Appointed-Village-Chief-137440323.html

Thousands of Workers Protest at Sanyo's China Plant
Reuters, January 16, 2012
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120116/bs_nm/us_china_protest

抗议车票难买 深圳民工堵路 (Shenzhen: Migrant Workers Block Road to Protest Difficulty in Purchasing Tickets Home for Spring Festival)
Ming Pao, January 17, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2551779/1.html

Public Health

China Cancer Village Tests Law against Pollution
Reuters, January 16, 2012
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120116/hl_nm/us_china_pollution_lawsuit