Thursday, August 16, 2012

Bilateral Ties

Coordination Needed to Succeed in Diaoyu
Global Times, August 16, 2012
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/727238.shtml

Hong Kong

梁:23条不应今届推 (CY Leung: Security Law Legislation Shouldn't Be Promoted This Session)
Ming Pao, August 16, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/2/1/1/2745946/1.html

Law

深圳拟立法授权城管处罚不文明行为 (Shenzhen Draft Regs Authorize Urban Management Officers to Penalize Uncivilized Behavior)
China Youth Daily, August 15, 2012
http://news.163.com/12/0815/11/88UO764E0001124J.html

Police

10名律师致信司法部与公安部建议调整劳教制度 (Lawyers Send Proposing Change in Reeducation-Through-Labor System)
Beijing Times, August 15, 2012
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2012-08/15/c_112726033.htm

Related:
专家称劳教制度在部分地区成打击报复工具 (CASS Expert: Reeducation System Used in Some Places as a Tool of of Suppression and Retaliation)
The Beijing News, August 16, 2012
http://news.163.com/12/0816/02/890EADFR00014AED.html

Protests and Petitions

Migrants Protest Unpaid Wages in Lhasa
Radio Free Asia, August 15, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/wages-08152012150149.html

各地访民在京频频“被失踪” (Constant Reports of Petitioners across China "Going Missing" in Lead-up to 18th Party Congress)
Radio Free Asia, August 15, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fm-08152012102545.html

Tibet

Tibetan Shot Dead in Protest
Radio Free Asia, August 15, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/mine-08162012000425.html