Bilateral Ties

Falun Gong Says NY Parade Pressured to Ban Group
The Associated Press, January 29, 2012
http://www.njherald.com/story/16622759/falun-gong-says-ny-parade-pressured-to-ban-group

Human Rights

中国批驳人权观察年度报告 (China Refutes Human Rights Watch Annual Report)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 29, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2012/01/120129_human_rights_china.shtml

Related news:
Human Rights Report Flawed by Omissions and Bias
China Daily, January 29, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-01/29/content_14498408.htm

Related information:
World Report 2012
Human Rights Watch
http://www.hrw.org/world-report-2012

Human Rights Defenders

陈光诚为兄奔丧遭限 外界呼吁早日自由 (Chen Guangcheng Prevented from Attending Brother's Funeral)
Radio Free Asia, January 29, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/chen-01292012143527.html

倪玉兰女儿代母领奖出境被阻 (Ni Yulan's Daughter Prevented from Leaving China to Accept Rights Award on Behalf of Mother)
Deutsche Welle, January 29, 2012
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15697657,00.html

Protests and Petitions

廣東電白百人怒砸村政府 (Dianbai County Villagers Attack Government Offices to Protest Dump Project Thought to Be a Crematorium)
Ming Pao, January 30, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/2562139/1.html

Rural Issues

Annual Rural-policy Ritual Goes Nowhere
South China Morning Post, January 28, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1a43048c39f15310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

逾億農民返城搶工 (100+mil Migrant Workers Rush Back to City after Spring Festival Holiday)
Ming Pao, January 29, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/2561322/1.html

Tibet

Chinese Crack Down to Curb Spread of Tibetan Unrest
The New York Times, January 28, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/29/world/asia/chinese-crack-down-to-curb-spread-of-tibetan-unrest.html

Dalai Lama and West 'Distorting' Tibetan Protests to Tarnish China
Reuters, January 30, 2012
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jan/30/dalai-lama-west-distorting-tibetan-protests-china

XUAR

Two More Uyghurs Get Life Sentences
Radio Free Asia, January 27, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/life-01272012201754.html