深圳劳工NGO遭遇逼迁 (Shenzhen Labor NGOs Evicted)
Xiaoxiang Morning Herald, October 18, 2012
http://focus.news.163.com/12/1018/09/8E3BA21L00011SM9.html
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Civil Society
Environment
广东电子垃圾拆解重镇污染接近成灾 (Guangdong: Pollution from Recycling Electronics near Disastrous)
Caixin, October 7, 2012
http://china.caixin.com/2012-10-17/100448076.html
Hong Kong
香港支持及反對國教團體集會對陣 (Opponents and Supporters of National Education Square Off in Demonstrations Government Headquarters)
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 17, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/trad/chinese_news/2012/10/121017_hk_national_education.shtml
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Spar for the Course as Ng Quit Call Fails
The Standard, October 18, 2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_print.asp?art_id=127455&sid=
Human Rights Defenders
Chen Guangcheng's Brother Sues Police for Storming His Home
Reuters, October 17, 2012
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/oct/17/chen-guangchen-brother-sues-police
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陳光誠兄被炒 一家借錢度日 (Chen Guangcheng's Broth Fired, Family Must Borrow to Survive)
Ming Pao, October 18, 2012
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/陳光誠兄被炒-家借錢度日-211704687.html与陈光诚共进午餐 (Lunch with Chen Guangcheng)
Financial Times, October 17, 2012
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001046921
Labor
人社部报告称2成职工5年内从未涨工资 (Human Resources Ministry Report: 20% of Workers Have Not Received Pay Rises in Last 5 Years)
Southern Daily, October 18, 2012
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2012-10-18/130925385911.shtml
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中国薪酬发展报告(2011年) (2011 Report on the Development of Salary in China)
Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, 2012
http://guoqing.china.com.cn/2012-10/17/content_26817959.htm
Land Policy
Success of Crackdown on Forced Demolition Revealed
Xinhua News Agency, October 18, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-10/18/content_15825999.htm
Protests and Petitions
三十多访民赴京遭围殴遣送 上访村再遭政府人员夜袭 (Beijing: 30+ Petitioners Beaten and Returned to Their Hometowns, Petitioning Village Again Attacked by in the Night)
Radio Free Asia, October 17, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ql2-10172012122944.html
湖南湘潭承认拆迁导致村民自焚 (Xiangtan, Hunan Authorities Confirm Demolition Lead to Villager Shi Ganming’s Self-immolation)
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 18, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/rolling_news/2012/10/121018_rolling_china_xiangtan.shtml
川官指猝死司機肇因病發 (Sichuan Official: Driver’s Death Caused by Illness)
Ming Pao, October 18, 2012
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/川官指猝死司機肇因病發-030803971.html
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Chinese Residents Take to Streets after Man Reported Killed
Reuters, October 17, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/17/us-china-unrest-idUSBRE89G1AC20121017Video of the crowd and police surrounding driver in Luzhou:
泸州红星村农贸市场交警打死人了 (Traffic Police Beat Man to Death in Hongxing Village Farmers' Market)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvrMOhXiP2E