Human Rights Defenders

Chinese Writer Yu Jie Describes 'Inhumane Treatment'
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 19, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-16625119

Related information:
Dissident Writer-in-Exile Yu Jie Details Torture by Police
流亡异议作家余杰详述遭中国警方酷刑经过
Human Rights in China, January 18, 2012
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/5778
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5779

Yu Jie (余杰), author of China’s Best Actor: Wen Jiabao and former vice president of the Independent Chinese PEN Center, recounted Wednesday his torture by state security police at a press conference in Washington, D.C. Yu was kidnapped on December 9, 2010, the day before the award ceremony for Liu Xiaobo’s Nobel Peace Prize, and tortured to unconsciousness. He and his family went into exile in the U.S. earlier this month with the approval of state security police. Yu’s press statement, “Exposing CPC Tyranny and Running to the Free World: My Statement on Leaving China,” has been translated and released by Human Rights in China at Yu’s request.

Bilateral Ties

"软实力"提出者说中国为何缺乏软实力 ("Soft Power" Proponent Joseph Nye on Why China Lasts Soft Power)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 18, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2012/01/120118_china_softpower_nye.shtml

Environment

River Protection Rules Cut into Incomes
China Daily, January 19, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-01/19/content_14472933.htm

Human Rights Defenders

中国又一异见人士被当局重判 (Wuhan Dissident Li Tie Given 10 Years for Subversion)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 19, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2012/01/120119_china_dissident.shtml

IMAR

内蒙古“杀人求死”案揭开中国监狱黑幕 (Inner Mongolian Prison Death Highlights China's Prison Conditions)
Deutsche Welle, January 18, 2012
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15673401,00.html

Internet

Government 'Must Utilize Blogs Better'
China Daily, January 19, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-01/19/content_14472147.htm

Politics

鄧小平南巡講話二十周年 (20th Anniversary of Deng's Southern Tour Speech)
Ming Pao, January 18, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/32/1/1/2553531/1.html

Population

Larger Migrating Population in China Last Year
Xinhua News Agency, January 18, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-01/19/content_14471965.htm

Public Health

China to Lift Disabled out of Poverty
Xinhua News Agency, January 18, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-01/18/content_14471534.htm

XUAR

新疆：加強維穩防暴力恐襲 (Xinjiang to Increase Stability Maintenance and Terrorist Attack Prevention)
Ming Pao, January 18, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/32/1/1/2553390/1.html