Monday, December 03, 2012

Hong Kong

Myths about Poor Justify Hong Kong's 'Third World' Spending on Social Welfare
South China Morning Post, November 30, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1094265/myths-about-poor-justify-hong-kongs-third-world-spending-social

Human Rights Defenders

Blind Activist Chen Guangcheng Appeals to China's Xi Jinping
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 3, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-20576828

外交部不滿別國干涉陳克貴被判刑 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs Not Pleased That Other Countries Are Meddling in Sentence of Chen Guangcheng's Nephew Chen Kegui)
Metro Radio, December 3, 2012
http://www.metroradio.com.hk/997/News/Default.aspx?NewsID=20121203165641

Related:
美批中国审陈克贵司法不公 (US: Chen Kegui Trial Unjust)
Sinchew Daily, November 30, 2012
http://dailynews.sina.com/gb/news/int/sinchewdaily/20121130/17194010344.html

Law

Black Jail Sentence Fake: Court
Global Times, December 3, 2012
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/747787.shtml

Related:
10截訪者首判囚 「中國人權里程碑」 (10 Men Who Intercepted Henan Petitioners Tried and Convicted of "Illegal Detention" in "Milestone" for Human Rights)
Ming Pao, November 29, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20121129/-1761-2835229/1.html

河北2名青年骂官员被劳教 或成“劳教任务”牺牲品 (Two Hebei Youths Ordered to Reeducation for Scolding Official)
China Newsweek, December 2, 2012
http://ndnews.oeeee.com/html/201212/02/5997.html

Public Health

Pilot Project on Mainland Helps Identify More Patients with TB
South China Morning Post, December 3, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1096041/pilot-project-mainland-helps-identify-more-patients-tb

Tibet

四川若尔盖县再有藏人自焚抗议 流亡西藏内阁称将用行动缓和藏区局势 (Ngawa, Sichuan: Another Self-immolation)
Radio Free Asia, November 30, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xz-11302012151821.html