October 09, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
中国副主席习近平到访欧洲 (Vice President Xi Jinping on Two-week Tour of Europe)
Radio France Internationale, October 09, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/118/article_16664.asp

Education
校長集資辦學遭起訴續：7成網友認為應法外開恩 (Principal Indicted for Raising Funds for School: 70% of Netizens Polled Think Mercy Should be Granted)
China Youth Daily, October 09, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1289302/1.html

Human Rights Defender – Fang Zheng (方政)
Tiananmen Amputee Stands in US -- to Dance
Agence France-Presse, October 09, 2009
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/tiananmen-amputee-stands-in-us--to-dance-20091009-gp81.html

Human Rights Defenders – Liang Liwan (梁丽婉), Yao Lifa (姚立法)
维权人士十一期间遭中国政府非法拘禁 (China Illegal Detains Rights Defenders around National Holiday)
Voice of America, October 08, 2009
http://www1.voanews.com/chinese/news/china/RIGHTS-ADVOCATES-DETAINED-20091008-63755232.htm

Related information:
Activist Detained after Telling UN Official of Impending Eviction
Human Rights in China, October 7, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/171995

Related news:
湖北维权人士姚立法被非法拘禁半月 (Hubei Activist Yao Lifa Illegally Detained for Half Month)
Radio Free Asia, October 09, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ylf-10082009092252.html

Human Rights Defenders
十五位知识界人士发布《网络人权宣言》 (15 Intellectuals Publish "International Human Rights Declaration")
Radio Free Asia, October 08, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/internet-10082009090740.html

Related information:
网络人权宣言 (Internet Human Rights Declaration)
October 8, 2009
http://docs.google.com/View?id=df3tk255_0fvdzvkfn

Unofficial translation: Internet Human Rights Declaration
Under the Jacaranda Tree, October 8, 2009
http://underthejacaranda.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/internet-human-rights-declaration/

Labor
Lift Collapse Kills China Miners
Al Jazeera, October 09, 2009
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2009/10/2009109316401425.html

Law
全国量刑程序改革试点项目在安徽芜湖启动 (Pilot National Sentencing Procedure Reform Begins in Wuhu, Anhui)
Xinhua News Agency, October 07, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-10/07/content_12190557.htm

Media
China Pledges to Protect Foreign Media
Associated Press, October 09, 2009
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/10/09/ap/asia/main5373096.shtml

新修订的《新闻记者证管理办法》15日正式施行 (Newly Revised Measures on the Administration of Press Cards Take Effect Oct 15)
Eastday, October 08, 2009
http://news.eastday.com/c/20091008/u1a4712619.html

自由之声网站被“哑” (Sound of Freedom's Website "Muted")
Radio Free Asia, October 08, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ziyou-10082009162719.html

Military
China's Military Might Should Not Be Feared, Says Analyst
Channel News Asia, October 09, 2009
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/eastasia/view/1010093/1/.html

Police
Hu Urges More Vigilant Policing
Associated Press, October 09, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=11ec34444a434210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

中国在国庆期间“特赦一批囚犯 (China "Grants Special Amnesty to a Group of Prisoners" during Anniversary)
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 08, 2009
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2009/10/091008_china_prisoner_rights.shtml

Protests and Petitions
福建上杭数千村民抗议铅污染 三名医生替儿童化验被扣 (Thousands of Villagers Protest against Lead Contamination in Fujian, Three Doctors Testing Children for Lead Detained)
Radio Free Asia, October 08, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lead-10082009094853.html

Society
民族政策寬嚴失當 中央將微調 (Government to Fine-tune Its Strict Policy toward Minorities)
Ming Pao, October 09, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1289109/1.html

XUAR
新疆「7．5」屠殺案情首度披露 (Case Details for Six of the Urumqi "July 5 Incident" Cases Published for the First Time)
Ming Pao, October 09, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1289110/1.html

June 11, 2009

News

Human Rights Defender -- Liu Xiaobo, 刘晓波
China Extends Detention of Top Dissident
Agence France Presse (via Taiwan News), June 11, 2009
http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=972284


Human Rights Defender -- Fang Zheng, 方政
方政：无怨无悔 (Fang Zheng: No Blame and No Regrets)
BBC.com (Chinese), June 10, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_8070000/newsid_8074400/8074430.stm


Environment
Beijing Headed For 'Garbage Crisis'
China Daily (via China Daily), June 11, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-06/11/content_8270865.htm

Anti-flood Forest Chopped Down for Government Building
Shanghai Daily (via Shanghai Daily), June 11, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200906/20090608/article_403440.htm


June 4th
日本纪念六四事件二十周年集会 (Japan Holds June 4th Commemorative Event)
Radio France Internationale, June 10, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/114/article_14221.asp


Human Rights Defenders -- Gao Zhisheng , 高智晟
何俊仁绝食13周高智晟失踪4个月 (He Junren Goes on Hunger Strike to Protest Gao Zhisheng's 4 Month Disappearance)
Radio France Internationale, June 10, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/114/article_14219.asp


Tibet
Impasse with China Erodes Dalai Lama's Patience
Christian Science Monitor (via Christian Science Monitor), June 11, 2009
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0610/p06s11-woeu.html


Protests and Petitions
广东：城乡基层干部“八要八反对” (Guangdong: Grassroots Efforts by Urbanites and Villagers Create "8 Demands & 8 Oppositions")
Xinhua, June 11, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-06/11/content_11523315.htm


Corruption
China's Central Gov't has Fired Shenzhen Mayor Xu Zongheng for Serious Disciplinary Offences
Shanghai Daily (via Shanghai Daily), June 11, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200906/20090611/article_403797.htm

Officials' Bonuses Prompt Concern over Abuse
South China Morning Post (via South China Morning Post), June 11, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=aa07c7038dac1210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD


Freedom of Speech
Twitterers Defy China's Firewall
BBC News (via BBC News), June 11, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8091411.stm

China Faces Criticism Over New Software Censor
New York Times (via New York Times), June 11, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/11/world/asia/11censor.html

Gender
China Bans Parts of Gay Festival
BBC News (via BBC News), June 11, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8093695.stm

Related News
State Media Praises Shanghai Gays
BBC News (via BBC News), June 11, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8092516.stm

Military
中国组建国庆阅兵方队全面展示武力 (China Reviews Troops in Prep for National Day, to Show Military Strength)
Radio France Internationale, June 01, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/114/article_14222.asp

State Security
公安部"打拐"行动打掉177个犯罪团伙 解救千余人 (Ministry of Public Security Eliminates 177 Human Traffickers & Saves 1 Thousand Others)
Xinhua, June 11, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-06/11/content_11525234.htm

XUAR
七名大学伊斯兰教团契同工遭拘留罚款 (7 Members of Islamic Fellowship Fined and Detained in Urumqi)
Radio Free Asia, June 10, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yisilan-06102009155054.html

Society
全国整治互联网低俗之风行动共核查8万多家网站 (Nationwide, Government Examines 80 Thousand "Vulgar" Websites)
Xinhua, June 11, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-06/11/content_11524298.htm


Bilateral Ties
China, U.S. Hold 10th Meeting between NPC, House
Xinhua (via Xinhua), June 11, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-06/11/content_11522953.htm

Palau Cites Human Rights in Resettling Detainees
Associated Press (via South China Morning Post), June 11, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=53e60b9858dc1210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD