Human Rights Defenders

China Tightens Restrictions on Activist's Family
The Associated Press, May 11, 2012
http://news.yahoo.com/china-tightens-restrictions-activists-family-102808946.html

Lawyers for China Dissident's Nephew Say They Face Threats
Reuters, May 11, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/11/us-china-lawyers-idUSBRE84A06F20120511

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Blind Lawyer Chen Guangcheng Reported Missing, Brother Taken Away, Nephew Fears for His Own Life
陈光诚下落不明
Human Rights in China, April 26, 2012
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/5991
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5992

哈达获淮与家人会面 妻缓刑获释再遭软禁 (Wife of Mongolian Scholar Hada Given Suspended Sentence in Secret Trial, again Placed under House Arrest)
Radio Free Asia, May 9, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/scholar-05092012092235.html

冯正虎遭软禁 已超七十天 (Shanghai Activist Feng Zhenghu under House Arrest)
Radio Free Asia, May 10, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yl-05092012160430.html

Human Rights Defenders

"奥斯陆空椅子后一年" (An Empty Chair of Liu: One Year Later)
Deutsche Welle, December 12, 2011
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15596336,00.html

冯正虎华春辉被失踪　任意绑架打压人权何在 (Missing Activists Feng Zhenghu and Hua Chunhui Return Home)
Radio Free Asia, December 12, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/f-12122011100024.html

内蒙古政治异见者哈达在刑满1年后仍被非法羁押 (Inner Mongolian Activists Call for Release of Hada, Still Being Held 1 Year after End of Prison Sentence)
Radio Free Asia, December 12, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/5-12112011165316.html

Human Rights Defenders - Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)

冯正虎被带走近一周音讯仍杳 (No Word from Feng Zhenghu after Being Detained a Week Ago)]
Radio Free Asia, December 01, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_dissidents_b-12012011104915.html

May 26, 2010

News
Bilateral Ties
中美对话签八项协议坦陈分歧争取双赢 (Sino-American Dialogue: 8 Agreements Signed, with Benefits for Both Side)
Radio Free Asia, May 25, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/mei-05252010155724.html

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Summit Shows Superpowers' Shifting Dynamic
The Wall Street Journal, May 25, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703341904575266291812173592.html

Disasters
Floods Kill 115 in Southern China
Associated Press, May 25, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100525/ap_on_re_as/as_china_floods

Education
Town Offers 25-year Free Education
China Daily, May 25, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/25/content_9891447.htm

Hukou
北京要求平等对待外地户口中小学生 (Beijing Demands Equal Treatment for Primary and Secondary Schoolers without Beijing Hukou)
Radio Free Asia, May 25, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xuesheng-05252010114105.html

Human Rights Defender – Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)
Chinese Dissident Optimistic about China's Future Despite His Plight
Voice of America, May 25, 2010
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Chinese-Dissident-Optimistic-about-Chinas-Future-Despite-His-Plight-94845509.html

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冯正虎欲参观世博会再遭“度假”三天 发公开信质问俞正声 (Feng Zhenghu Issues Open Letter to Municipal Party Secretary after Being Taken on a 3-Day "Vacation" for Wanting to Go to Expo)
Radio Free Asia, May 25, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/f-05252010122932.html

Labor
Suicides Expose Stresses of China Factory Life
Reuters, May 25, 2010
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE64O2EY20100525

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Protesters Demand Answers Over Deaths from Company's HK Office
South China Morning Post, May 26, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=272e6f1c320d8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Land Policy
New Demolition Payment Rules Are Coming
China Daily, May 26, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/26/content_9892392.htm

One Beaten to Death in N China Land Dispute
Xinhua News Agency, May 25, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/25/content_9889624.htm

Protests and Petitions
村民阻止施工被碾死 3嫌犯被捕 (Three Arrested on Suspicion of Killing Farmers Protesting Road Project)
Southern Metropolis Daily, May 26, 2010
http://epaper.nddaily.com/A/html/2010-05/26/content_1088819.htm

福州近百失地农民请愿 毛恒凤狱中绝食王岛面临起诉 (Around 100 Fujianese Farmers Petition Government for Lost Land)
Radio Free Asia, May 25, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fu-05252010120724.html

Public Health
17 Babies Sickened by Expired Measles Injections
China Daily, May 26, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/photo/2010-05/26/content_9894322.htm

Watchdog in Bid to End Collusion on Drug Prices
South China Morning Post, May 26, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=059e6f1c320d8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

广东清远全市仅10%精神病人就医 (Qingyuan, Guangdong: Only 1:10 Mental Patients Get Medical Treatment)
Southern Daily, May 26, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100526/u1a5226116.html

May 24, 2010

News
Bilateral Ties
胡錦濤促中美4新領域合作 (Hu Urges Sino-American Cooperation in Four New Fields)
Ming Pao, May 24, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20100524/ca11131a.htm

Corruption
'Severe Graft' Hits Building Industry
China Daily, May 21, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/21/content_9875043.htm

Human Rights Defender – Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)
Activist's Plan to Visit Expo Park Blocked
South China Morning Post, May 22, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8d1b819ca2bb8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders
Stifling Voices of Those Who Question Authority
South China Morning Post, May 22, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2f4b819ca2bb8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related news:
Nation Rapt by Detained Petitioner's Story
South China Morning Post, May 22, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c06b819ca2bb8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

维权人士杨剑昌高票连任深圳人大代表 (Rights Activists Yang Jianchang Reelected as Delegate to Shenzhen People's Congress by a High Margin of Votes)
Radio France Internationale, May 23, 2010
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20100523-维权人士杨剑昌高票连任深圳人大代表

Labor
China to Improve Coal Mine Safety Facilities
Xinhua News Agency, May 20, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/20/content_9874478.htm

Law
'Get Rid of Interference in Local Courts'
China Daily, May 24, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/24/content_9883086.htm

Beijing Plans Curbs on Number of Foreigners Working in China
The Daily Telegraph, May 23, 2010
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/7756638/Beijing-plans-curbs-on-number-of-foreigners-working-in-China.html

Law Chokes Chinese NGOs' Foreign Funding
Christian Science Monitor, May 20, 2010
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2010/0520/Law-chokes-Chinese-NGOs-foreign-funding

中央要求严格征地拆迁管理工作 修法进程正提速 (Central Authorities Demand Strict Management of Evictions; Revision of the Law Proposed)
Outlook, May 24, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100524/u1a5221530.html

Media
中央人民广播电台大幅增加维语广播 (Report: China National Radio to Increase Broadcasts in Non-Sinitic Language)
Radio Free Asia, May 21, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/guang-05212010220954.html

Protests and Petitions
Tibetan Victims in Yushu Quake Protest for Funds
South China Morning Post, May 23, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d26c74034e0c8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Public Health
富士康聘两千专家阻员工自杀 (FOXCONN Recruits 2000 Specialists to Curb Suicides among Staff)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 24, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2010/05/100524_foxconn_help.shtml

Society
Lack of Rain Results in Poverty for Many
China Daily, May 22, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/22/content_9880833.htm

Tibet
Dalai Lama Tweets to Chinese Citizens about Tibet
Associated Press, May 21, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100521/ap_on_re_as/as_china_dalai_lama_twitter

Related information:
直播：达赖喇嘛与中文推特网友首次对话
Free More News
http://docs.google.com/View?id=df2gh45v_15cjqqdcgb

汉藏推特对话显功效 官媒记者叫封杀 (Journalists and Officials Say They Were Kept Out of Sino-Tibetan Dialogue on Twitter)
Radio Free Asia, May 23, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/han-05232010162352.html

XUAR
China Hopes Development Solves Region's Tensions
Associated Press, May 20, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100520/ap_on_re_as/as_china_xinjiang

新疆全面通网后25人因传播"有害信息"被查 (XUAR: 25 Investigated and Prosecuted for Disseminating Harmful Information)
Tianshannet, May 23, 2010
http://www.tianshannet.com/news/content/2010-05/23/content_4991576.htm

新华社副总编谈新疆事件报道引风波 (Xinhua Deputy Editor Cases Stir with Lecture on the Sensitive Topics, Particularly 2008 XUAR Unrest)
Radio France Internationale, May 23, 2010
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20100523-新华社副总编谈新疆事件报道引风波

April 30, 2010

Top News of the Day

State Security
China Includes Internet in Secrets Law Revision
Financial Times, April 30, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/d7944740-537d-11df-bfdf-00144feab49a.html

Related information:

China Sharpens Legal Weapons for Information Control

Human Rights in China, April 29, 2010

http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/174305

State Secrets Transparently Clear
Shanghai Daily, April 30, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2010/201004/20100430/article_435742.htm

China Passes Tighter Information Law
New York Times, April 30, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/30/world/asia/30leaks.html

Human Rights Defender - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
Human Rights Lawyer Disappears, Again
South China Morning Post, April 30, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=08f6a4cc91a48210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

News

Environment
China's New Threat - a Mountain of Waste
South China Morning Post, April 30, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=fff4a4cc91a48210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender - Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)
'Speak Out and You Will Disappear', Activist Told
The Independent, April 30, 2010
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/speak-out-and-you-will-disappear-activist-told-1958699.html

Law
国家赔偿法修改获通过 取消刑事赔偿确认程序 (Amendments to the State Compensation Law Adopted)
Legal Daily (via Eastday), April 30, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100430/u1a5178747.html

Related News:

Controversial Compensation Law on Detainees Approved
South China Morning Post, April 30, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5057a4cc91a48210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

解读国家赔偿法修改四大亮点 (Four Key Points to Understand Amendments to the State Compensation Law)
Procuratorial Daily (via Law.com), April 29, 2010
http://www.chinalawinfo.com/fzdt/NewsContent.aspx?ID=26449

Migrant Workers
Foreign Workers (and Wives) Pour into China
Asia Times Online, April 30, 2010
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/LD30Ad01.html

深圳公安局长建议立法清除无业流动人员 (Shenzhen PSB's Director: Unemployed Migrants Should Return Home)
Southern Daily (via Eastday), April 30, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100430/u1a5179082.html

Protests and Petitions
广州村民遭强拆 冲突中枪击拆迁人员 (One Shot in Clash between Security Personnel and Villagers in Guangzhou over Forced Eviction)
Southern Daily (via Net Ease), April 30, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/0430/08/65GLDL8000011229.html

Shanghai World Expo
On Eve of Shanghai Expo 2010, China Finds 'Soft Power' an Elusive Goal
Christian Science Monitor, April 30, 2010
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2010/0429/On-eve-of-Shanghai-Expo-2010-China-finds-soft-power-an-elusive-goal

Society
China's Alarming Spate of School Knifings
Time, April 30, 2010
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1985834,00.html

April 29, 2010

Top News of the Day

Human Rights Defender - Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)
Most Famous Shanghai Activist Kept Quiet for Expo
Associated Press, April 28, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gGlI66t_-GaZT9xSgwXHbqXT13aQD9FC858O1

Related information:

Shanghai Petitioner Mounts “Expo of Judicial Injustice” (世博会前夕冯正虎遭当局严密监控)

Human Rights in China, April 27, 2010

EN: http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/174291

CH: http://gb.hrichina.org/public/contents/18695

News

Labor
Black Lung Remains Lethal
China Daily, April 29, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/29/content_9788408.htm

Law
《刑法》伪证罪针对律师 高院被要求作出解释 (组图) (Lawyer Collecting Signatures to Call for SPC's Interpretation on "Lawyer Perjury" Cases under Article 306 of the Criminal Law)
Radio Free Asia, April 28, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fa-04282010142430.html

保密法获通过 国家秘密保密期已满的将自行解密 (State Secret Law Revision Passes)
China News Service, April 29, 2010
http://www.chinanews.com.cn/gn/news/2010/04-29/2254856.shtml

Media
Hong Kong Newspaper Says China Banning Its Journalists from Shanghai World Expo
The Canadian Press, April 28, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jnoN2SqTKvCvuY9mQZiCZPneQjCQ.com.tw/china/local-news/hong-kong/2010/04/29/254370/Apple-Daily.htm

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世博封殺《蘋果》記協促特首跟進　美聯社法新社關注　世博宣傳部：沒有資料 (HK Journalists Association Urges Chief Executive Tsang to Follow Up on the Banning of Apple Daily from Expo)
Apple Daily, April 29, 2010
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20100429&sec_id=4104&subsec_id=12731&art_id=13977932

Beijing to Impose Encryption Disclosure Rules
The Wall Street Journal, April 29, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704423504575211842948430882.html

Migrant Workers
China to Improve Social Services for Migrant Workers
China Daily, April 29, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/29/content_9788378.htm

Protests and Petitions
Controversial SW China Dam Sparks New Showdown
Reuters (via China Post), April 28, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTOE63R08S

Public Health
4 Officials Sacked for Locking Up Petitioner in Mental Hospitals
South China Morning Post, April 29, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6d98bcba65548210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Sex Liberation Stymied by Law
China Daily, April 29, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/29/content_9788404.htm

揭陽化工廠泄毒二百人中招 (Toxic Gas Leak Sends 200 Villagers to Hospital in Guangdong)
Southern Daily (via Ming Pao), April 29, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20100429/ca41256a.htm

Three Gorges
粵一個三峽移民村成「紅燈區」 (A Village of Three Gorges Migrants in Guangdong Turns into a "Red-light District")
Ta Kung Pao, April 28, 2010
http://www.takungpao.com/news/10/04/28/images_0702-1250029.htm

April 20, 2010

News

Bilateral Ties
Human Rights Talks with US Set to Resume
South China Morning Post, April 20, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0dced101fb618210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Civil Society
Green NGO Drives Change at Grass Roots
China Daily, April 20, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/20/content_9749784.htm

清华大学报告:为何"越维稳越不稳" (Tsinghua Report: Why China Is "More Instable as It Increases Its Attempt to Maintain Social Stability")
Radio France Internationale, April 19, 2010
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20100419-清华大学报告为何越维稳越不稳

Disasters
国防部：中国在灾难救援国际合作上持开放态度 (Ministry of Defense: China Holds Open Attitude towards Cooperation with International Community in Quake Relief Work)
China News Service (via Eastday), April 20, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100420/u1a5159828.html

国新办官员称玉树地震不可能隐瞒死亡数字 (State Council Information Office: Impossible to Hide Quake's Death Toll)
Eastday, April 20, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100420/u1a5159807.html

Environment
Villagers Worry as Toxic Plant Assets Are Sold
South China Morning Post, April 20, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c584859a46618210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

New Road Ruins Historic Pass, Villagers Lament
Shanghai Daily, April 20, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=434722&type=National

Human Rights Defender - Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)
冯正虎拟办冤案博览会遭沪警方“抄家”(Police Summon Feng, Raid His Home)
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 20, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2010/04/100420_china_activist_expo.shtml

Human Rights Defenders
In China, One Man Crusades to Help Disabled People
USA Today, April 18, 2010
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2010-04-18-china-disabled_N.htm

Labor
China Factories Break Labor Rules
Associated Press, April 19, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100419/ap_on_bi_ge/as_microsoft_china_labor

Land Policy
上海闵行区一村民被强拆 成都村民睡眠中被强拆砸伤 (Houses in Shanghai and Chengdu Demolished while People Sleeping in Them)
Radio Free Asia, April 19, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/qiangchai-04192010150058.html

Media
中国官媒对胡锦涛灾区之行歌功颂德引发关注 (Official Media's Praise of Hu's Visit to Quake Zone Leads to Criticism)
Radio France Internationale, April 19, 2010
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20100419-中国官媒对胡锦涛灾区之行歌功颂德引发关注

Report: China Hackers Stole Key Google Program
Associated Press, April 20, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jXtSWyl3OUA_IMMHzzyv6TwPrJyAD9F6IEHG1

Protests and Petitions
上访维权遭打压 访民再提起控诉 (Jilin Worker Petitioning against Corruption Retaliated by Authorities; Jiangsu Petitioner Lodges Complaint to Provincial High Court over Police Abuse of Power)
Radio Free Asia, April 19, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shangfang-04192010152351.html

Ex-bankers Seek Help
Shanghai Daily, April 19, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=434721&type=National

Public Health
Students Shower in Waste Water
Shanghai Daily, April 20, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=434642&type=National

新规：残疾人可考驾照 驾校：他们还不能报名 (New Regulations Allow More Handicapped Obtain Driving Licenses)
Southern Metropolis Daily, April 20, 2010
http://epaper.nddaily.com/A/html/2010-04/20/content_1059809.htm

Shanghai World Expo
6,000 Detained in Shanghai Expo Crime Sweep: Media
Agence France-Presse, April 20, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gSupLJf0kEUQkRP_es-5cvcZ0HrQ

March 04, 2010

News

Corruption
Online Diaries Expose China Official to Graft Probe
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), March 03, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100303/wl_asia_afp/chinapoliticscorruptioninternet

Education
Not Enough Schools for Handicapped Children
China Daily, March 04, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/04/content_9534173.htm

Food Security
Three Jailed for Toxic Dairy Food in Shanghai
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), March 03, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/03/content_9533736.htm

China Official Wanted Toxic Bean Case Hushed up
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), March 02, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100302/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tainted_beans

Freedom of Speech
Censor Shows His Soft Side, with Taste for Banned Books
South China Morning Post, March 04, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d8618c8d3b427210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Government
政府信息公开司解征求意见：对不予公开范围争议大 (More Controversy over Scope of What to Be Withheld from Disclosure: Opinions on Draft Regulations on Several Issues Regarding the Hearing of Open Gov't Information Cases)
Legal Daily (via Xinhua News Agency), March 03, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2010-03/03/content_13086817.htm

Hukou
籲戶籍改革13媒體遭封殺 (13 Newspapers under Gov't Pressure After Calling for Household Registration Reform)
Ming Pao, March 04, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100304/cak1.htm

Human Rights Defender - Ai Weiwei (艾未未)
China Activist Demands Quake Recovery Budget Info
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), March 03, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100303/ap_on_re_as/as_china_quake

Human Rights Defender - Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)
冯正虎被撞成妨碍公务　周三传唤八小时 (Feng Summoned to 8 Hours for "Obstructing Official Duties" on Wednesday)
Radio Free Asia, March 03, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/feng-03032010153704.html

Internet Censorship
Delegate Suggests Closing Internet Cafes - Then Has Website Hacked
South China Morning Post, March 04, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6bc18c8d3b427210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related News:
提议关闭社会网吧政协委员公司网站被黑(图) (Website of CPPCC Delegate's Company Hacked After His Proposal to Nationalize Cyber Cafe)
Dahe Daily, March 03, 2010
http://shehui.daqi.com/article/2830218.html

Microblogging Services Halted
Radio Free Asia, March 02, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/microblogging-03022010172017.html

Labor
“开胸验肺”催促职业病防治法修订 修订程序启动 (Authorities Plan to Revise Occupational Disease Prevention Law After Outcry over Cases of Factory Workers Forced to Undergo Unnecessary Surgical Chest Incision)
Legal Daily (via Xinhua News Agency), March 03, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2010-03/03/content_13086952.htm

Military
China's Defence Budget to Rise 7.5 Percent in 2010
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), March 04, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100304/bs_afp/chinacongressnpcmilitary

Police
上海将出台执法行为规范 剑指利诱欺诈等收集证据 (Shanghai to Introduce Code of Conduct on Law Enforcement to Prohibit Using Violence, Fraud, Coercion, etc. to Collect Evidence)
Legal Daily (via Xinhua News Agency), March 03, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2010-03/03/content_13086915.htm

Protests and Petitions
杨秋雨投诉央视被公安拘押 (Rights Defender Yang Qiuyu, Petitioners Taken away by Police After Attempting to File Complaint with Propaganda Department about CCTV Report)
Radio Free Asia, March 03, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/petitioners_detain-03032010112838.html

Society
Nearly Half of CPPCC Proposals Focus on Housing
China Daily, March 03, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2010-03/03/content_9532849.htm

青年賣腎4萬酬金遭騙剩3000 (Youth Cheated Most of Money Earned from Selling His Kidney)
Ming Pao, March 04, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100304/ccb1.htm

Urban-rural Income Gap Widest Since Opening-up
China Daily, March 02, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2010-03/02/content_9524530.htm

February 24, 2010

News
Food Security
Study Raises Concerns of Long-term Problems in Children after China's Tainted Milk Scandal
The Canadian Press, February 23, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5g3tAN8r2nNq--Q8NV_f66HMsSlhA

Human Rights Defender – Ai Weiwei (艾未未)
Beijing Police Beat Artists Protesting Evictions
New York Times, February 23, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/24/world/asia/24china.html

Related news:
百余人夜袭北京正阳艺术区 疑因强拆发生冲突 (100+ Invade Beijing's Zhengyang Art Zone after Alleged Forced Demolition Brings Conflict)
Southern Metropolis Daily, February 24, 2010
http://nf.nfdaily.cn/nfdsb/content/2010-02/24/content_9448095.htm

Human Rights Defender – Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)
Activist Stranded in Airport for Three Months Files Suit
South China Morning Post, February 24, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d66dc4a93bbf6210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Labor
尘肺病“死亡接力棒” (The "Relay Baton" of Pneumoconiosis)
China Youth Daily, February 24, 2010
http://www.cyol.net/zqb/content/2010-02/24/content_3098446.htm

Media
China Denies Links to Google Cyber Attacks
The Guardian, February 23, 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/feb/23/china-denies-google-cyber-attacks

China Further Tightens Rules for Domain Name Owners
IDG News Service, February 23, 2010
http://www.pcworld.com/article/190013/china_further_tightens_rules_for_domain_name_owners.html

中国推动全国性连锁网吧 (China Pushes for National Net Cafe Chains)
Radio Free Asia, February 23, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wangguan-02232010162630.html

Related information:
全国网吧连锁企业认定工作申报指南 (Guidelines on the Declaration and Determination of National Internet Cafe Chain Enterprises)
Ministry of Culture, February 23, 2010
http://www.gov.cn/gzdt/2010-02/23/content_1539494.htm

Military
China Postpones Some Military Exchanges with U.S.
Reuters, February 23, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE61N0IU20100224

Public Health
China Pilots Public Hospital Reform in 16 Cities
Xinhua News Agency, February 24, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-02/24/c_13185277.htm

艾滋病是造成最多中国人死亡的传染病 (MOH: HIV/AIDS Leading Cause of Death amongst Infectious Diseases in 2009)
Radio Free Asia, February 23, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/AIDS-02232010131423.html

Related news:
专家称中国管制互联网对艾滋病防治教育不利 (Expert: Net Censorship Detrimental to HIV/AIDS Education)
Radio Free Asia, February 23, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/AIDS-02232010092622.html

February 10, 2010

Top News of The Day

Human Rights Defender - Tan Zuoren (谭作人)
譚作人囚5年：坐牢是光榮 (Tan Zuoren Sentenced to Five Years: My Honor to Go to Prison)
Ming Pao, February 10, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100210/gaa1.htm

Related News:

Sichuan Activist Sentenced to Five Years for “Inciting Subversion of State Power”
Human Rights in China, February 9, 2010
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/173295

譚作人案判決書 (Verdict on Tan's Case)
Ming Pao, February 10, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100210/gaa1a_er.htm

News

Death Penalty
China Issues Guidelines to Limit Death Penalty Use
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), February 09, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/09/content_9453134.htm

Related Information:

最高人民法院关于贯彻宽严相济刑事政策的若干意见 (Full Text: SPC's Guidelines on Handling Criminal Cases with A Policy of "Justice Tempered with Mercy")
Xinhua News Agency, February 10, 2010

http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2010-02/10/content_12960937.htm

Environment
China Releases First National Pollution Census
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), February 09, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_as/as_china_pollution_census

Related News:

Beijing Considers Pollution Tax
Financial Times, February 09, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d5668418-15c2-11df-ad7e-00144feab49a.html?nclick_check=1

Food Security
China Calls for New Checks amid Milk Scare
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), February 09, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_asia_afp/chinafoodsafetymilkchild

Related News:

廣東奶糖驗出三聚氰胺超標 (Milk Candy Products in Guangdong Found with Melamine Exceeding Legal Limit)
China News Agency (via Ming Pao), February 10, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20100210/ca31156a.htm

Human Rights Defender - Ai Weiwei (艾未未)
China Artist-activist Says Google Email Hacked
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), February 10, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100210/wl_afp/chinausitinternetgoogleart

Human Rights Defender - Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)
RFA独家首发：日众议院特别委员长牧野在国会接见冯正虎(组图，视频) (Member of Japan's House of Representatives Seishu Makinoa Meets Feng)
Radio Free Asia, February 09, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fzh-02092010120648.html

Human Rights Defenders
山東青年顛覆國家罪成判囚 (Shandong Activist Xue Mingkai Jailed 1.5 Years for Subversion)
Hong Kong Cable Television, February 10, 2010
http://cablenews.i-cable.com/webapps/news_video/index.php?news_id=325454&category=

Law
李庄二审宣判 当庭表示认罪有假 (Beijing Lawyer Li Zhuang Sentenced to Prison at Second Trial; Li Denounces Authorities to Mislead Him into A Plea Bargain that Spares Jail Terms)
Radio Free Asia, February 09, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lz-02092010155133.html

Media

HK Reporters Manhandled And Held Briefly by Police
South China Morning Post, February 10, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7ab67f23013b6210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related Information:

成都公安再以暴力阻港記採訪 (TV News Video: Chengdu Police Force HK Reporters to Stop Filming and Interviewing)
Now TV (via YouTube), February 10, 2010
http://www.youtube.com/v/ABM7UGkCWCw&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl

Protests and Petitions
上海高压访民被拘留软禁 民众关注冯正虎周五回国 (Shanghai Authorities Tighten Grip on Petitioners)
Radio Free Asia, February 09, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-02092010121136.html

XUAR
Across China: Xinjiang
China Daily, February 10, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/10/content_9454925.htm

February 03, 2010

News
Disasters
美国反映四川地震纪录片获奥斯卡奖提名 (American Documentary on Sichuan Quake Nominated for Oscar)
Radio Free Asia, February 02, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jilu-02022010165341.html

Related information:
China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
HBO Documentaries
http://www.hbo.com/documentaries/chinas-unnatural-disaster-tears-of-sichuan-province/index.html

Food Security
Chinese Police Investigate Mercury Poisoning in Coca-Cola's Sprite
The Daily Telegraph, February 02, 2010
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/7138166/Chinese-police-investigate-mercury-poisoning-in-Coca-Colas-Sprite.html

Human Rights Defender – Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)
专访冯正虎：是否同使馆达成协议 (Interview with Feng: Have Any Agreements Been Reached with the Embassy?)
Radio France Internationale, February 02, 2010
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/122/article_19188.asp

Human Rights Defender – Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
China’s Defiance on Rights Stirs Fears for Dissident
New York Times, February 03, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/03/world/asia/03dissident.html

Human Rights Defender – Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
China Warns against Nobel Prize for Leading Dissident
Reuters, February 02, 2010
http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-45845320100202

Related news:
美国笔会提名刘晓波竞逐诺奖 中方反对向“这样的人”授和平奖 (China Voices Discontent with "Such a Person's" Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize)
Radio Free Asia, February 02, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/liu-02022010135310.html

Human Rights Defenders
上海异议人士何健被关精神病院 (Shanghainese Dissident and Charter 08 Signatory He Jian Sent to Mental Institution)
Radio Free Asia, February 02, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hejian-02022010095310.html

Law
The People's Will: Public Sentiment Can Play a Dangerous Role in Mainland Justice
South China Morning Post, February 03, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d72af2f9bae86210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
无锡、张家港两地访民被送“法制学习班” (Petitioners from Wuxi and Zhangjiagang Detained and Sent to Law Classes)
Radio Free Asia, February 02, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fazhi-02022010135314.html

XUAR
瑞士同意接纳从关塔纳摩获释的中国维族囚犯 (Switzerland Agrees to Receive Chinese Uyghur Prisoners Released from Guantanamo )
Radio France Internationale, February 03, 2010
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/122/article_19193.asp

Related news:
Switzerland to Accept Chinese Guantanamo Detainees
Global Times, January 29, 2010
http://world.globaltimes.cn/europe/2010-01/502133.html

January 26, 2010

News

Corruption
China to Move Against Local Lobbyists
New York Times, January 25, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/26/world/asia/26chinalobby.html

Ex-Chinese Political Advisor on Trial for Graft
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), January 25, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/25/content_9374373.htm

Human Rights Defender - Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
Retired Communists Urge China Dissident Review
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), January 25, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100125/wl_asia_afp/chinarightsdissident

Human Rights Defender - Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)
駐日領事探望 馮正虎拒談判 (Chinese Embassy Officials Meet Feng at Tokyo Airport)
Ming Pao, January 26, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100126/cad1.htm

Human Rights Defender - Zhao Dagong (赵达功)
Outspoken Chinese Writer Released After 2 Weeks
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), January 25, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100125/ap_on_re_as/as_china_detained_writer

Human Rights Defender - Wang Rongqing (王荣清)
付不起药费王荣清欲返监狱 黄金秋力虹保外就医被拒 (Released Pro-democracy Activist Who Cannot Afford Medical Expenses Wishes to Return to Jail)
Radio Free Asia, January 25, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wangrongqing-01252010093715.html

Human Rights Defenders
赵连海案被移送检察院四毒奶被瞒８个月 (Case of Tainted-milk Activist Zhao Lianhai Transferred to Procuratorate)
Radio Free Asia, January 25, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhaolianhai-01252010095035.html

Internet Censorship

Ministry Orders Net Filters for Schools
South China Morning Post, January 26, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9c1b92959e566210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Media
Google: China Dispute Could Be Resolved in Weeks
Associated Press (via American Broadcasting Company), January 25, 2010
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=9657302

Population
Beijing Will Not Ease Only-child Policy
China Daily, January 26, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/26/content_9377735.htm

Related News:

One-child 'Changes' Spark Confusion
South China Morning Post, January 26, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3c5692959e566210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
Two More Rallies against Building of Trash Incinerators
South China Morning Post, January 26, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1c2b92959e566210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

桂林强徵土地防暴警打伤村民 (Police, Villagers Clash in Guangxi over Forced Eviction, More Than 20 Villagers Injured)
Radio Free Asia, January 25, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/clash_land-01252010113912.html

Shanghai World Expo
《上海不欢迎你》主唱被约谈"喝茶"(图,视频) (Singer Invited for "Tea" by Authorities After Writing A Hit Song Ridiculing Shanghai World Expo)
Radio Free Asia, January 25, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhuchang-01252010150951.html

Tibet
Dalai Lama Envoys to Revive Talks with Beijing
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), January 25, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100125/wl_sthasia_afp/chinatibetdalaidiplomacytalks2ndlead