June 10, 2010

Top news
Human Rights Defender – Tan Zuoren (谭作人)
法院驳回谭作人上诉维持原判 (Court Dismisses Tan Zuoren's Appeal, Affirming the Original Sentence )
Radio Free Asia, June 09, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/China-verdict-06092010100630.html

The Sichuan Provincial Higher People’s Court has upheld the sentence of five years’ imprisonment and three years’ deprivation of political rights of Tan Zuoren (谭作人), the Sichuan environmental activist and writer convicted of “inciting subversion of state power.” The decision was announced on June 9, 2010, in a 12-minute-long hearing held in the Chengdu Municipal Intermediate People’s Court, the court that originally tried Tan on August 12, 2009. In the appeal statement he filed after the original guilty verdict, Tan declared: “I am not guilty; I don’t accept [the verdict]; I protest; I appeal.”

Related information:
Sichuan High Court Upholds Five-Year Sentence for Earthquake Activist Tan Zuoren (谭作人案二审维持原判)
Human Rights in China, June 9, 2010
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/174876
CH: http://gb.hrichina.org/public/contents/19187

News
Environment
China Approves Guidelines to Enhance Forest Protection
Xinhua News Agency, June 09, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-06/09/c_13342047.htm

Hong Kong
Lawmakers Endorse Geoffrey Ma as Top Judge
South China Morning Post, June 10, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b52c50d129d19210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender – Ni Yulan (倪玉兰)
China Housing Activist Maintains Defiant Stand
Agence France-Presse, June 10, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100610/wl_asia_afp/chinapropertyrightshousing

Human Rights Defender – Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠)
Prisoner in His Own Home: The Plight of a 'Rights Lawyer' under Illegal House Arrest Reflects Beijing's Fear of Dissent
South China Morning Post, June 10, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2c913216495213d5df646910cba0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8ab7a54a2ac19210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related information:
美国教授到我家 (An American Professor Pays Me a Visit)
Zheng Enchong, May 31, 2010
http://gb.hrichina.org/public/contents/19116

Labor
安监总局:加强地下矿山通风安全管理工作 (SAWS: Strengthening the Management of Underground Mine Ventilation and Safety)
Xinhua News Agency, June 09, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100609/u1a5253794.html

Related news:
晋煤郊南矿难遇难人数升至3人　正全力搜救2名被困矿工 (Shanxi Mine Death Toll Risen to 3)
Xinhua News Agency, June 09, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/society/2010-06/09/c_12202915.htm

Land Policy
Couple Throw Acid over Six Court Officials Trying to Seize Their Home
Associated Press, June 10, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g81PDeGrRrartC9N8BOAuKt1YBAQD9G7LC600

270名农民土地被支书骗走搞开发 反映三年无果 (270 Farmers Cheated Out of Land by Party Secretary, Exploitation Reflects Three Years without Result)
Dahe Daily, June 10, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/0609/21/68P397VM00011229.html

玉树藏民反抗议征地数名代表被抓 (Tibetans in Yushu Detained for Protesting against Land Expropriation)
Radio Free Asia, June 09, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/China-Tibetan-06092010111954.html

Media
Google Says U.S., E.U. Should Pressure China on Web Censorship
Business Week, June 10, 2010
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-06-10/google-says-u-s-e-u-should-pressure-china-on-web-censorship.html

Population
內地首次明確超生人口可落戶 (China Clarifies for First Time that Newborns Born in Excess of Population Control Limit Can Be Registered)
Sing Tao Daily, June 10, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1544379/1.html

XUAR
新疆库车县清查非法宣传品 销毁维族妇女服饰 (Kuqa, XUAR Bans Illegal Propaganda, Destroys Traditional Uyghur Women’s Clothing)
Radio Free Asia, June 09, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xinjiang-06092010163117.html

June 09, 2010

News
Education
Three Suicides Before China University Entry Exams
Agence France-Presse, June 09, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100609/wl_asia_afp/chinaeducationexamsuicide

Human Rights Defender – Tan Zuoren (谭作人)
China Court Upholds 5-year Sentence for Activist
Associated Press, June 09, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hrAgw7AqH1pDIBfWa3EKeEXLEUhAD9G7HVJ80

Hukou
Migrant Workers Get Chance for Urban Residency
South China Morning Post, June 09, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1e67c8fa9f719210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Hong Kong
北京力挺港府政改方案 民主派呼吁开放真正普选 (Beijing Supports Hong Kong Government Reform Scheme, Citizens Call for a Real Open Election)
Radio Free Asia, June 08, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/beijing-06082010100759.html

Related news:
Democrats Still Hope Electoral Reform Logjam Can Be Broken
South China Morning Post, June 09, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5f64c8fa9f719210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Labor
Rising China Wages May End Cheap Labour: Experts
Agence France-Presse, June 09, 2010
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/rising-china-wages-may-end-cheap-labour-experts-20100609-xvnh.html

中国多省区市确定上调2010年最低工资标准 (Many Provinces and Municipalities Confirm Increases in 2010 Minimum Wage)
Radio Free Asia, June 08, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gongzi-06082010165812.html

Media
Beijing Clarifies Internet Policy, Defends Curbs Controls on Net Required for 'State Security'
South China Morning Post, June 09, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=18c6c8fa9f719210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

中国GFW预作新技术储备 用大奖赛招徕人才 (China's GFW Prepares for New Technology, Uses Contest with Big Rewards to Attract New Talents)
Radio Free Asia, June 08, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/GFW-06082010100521.html

Protests and Petitions
Farmer Fires Home-made Cannon to Defend Land
Reuters, June 08, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE6573RH20100608

Public Health
广州一名牌童衫甲醛超标200％ 或可致白血病 (Well-known Guangzhou Brand's Children's Clothing Exceeds Safe Formaldehyde Levels by 200%)
Information Times, June 09, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/0609/03/68N44MNG00014AED.html

Tibet
北京指定班禅喇嘛访问西藏 (Beijing-appointed Panchen Lama Visits Tibet)
Radio Free Asia, June 08, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/beijing-06082010170359.html

June 08, 2010

News
Corruption
Mining Watchdog Jailed
Shanghai Daily, June 08, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2010/201006/20100608/article_439490.htm

Economic Development
发改委:配套改革集中攻坚 统筹城乡需破五大难题 (Reform Committee: Institutional Reform Needed to Resolve the Country-City Dualism)
People's Daily, June 08, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2010-06/08/c_12193760_3.htm

Human Rights Defender – Tan Zuoren (谭作人)
Court Set to Rule on Appeal of Jailed Earthquake Activist
South China Morning Post, June 08, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9eee47c2f4319210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders
采访中国公益律师黄雪涛 (Interview with Public Interest Lawyer Huang Xuetao)
Radio France Internationale, June 07, 2010
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20100607-采访中国公益律师黄雪涛

June Fourth
Li's 'Diary' Sheds New Light on Tiananmen
Agence France-Presse, June 08, 2010
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national-news/2010/06/08/259835/Lis-diary.htm

Labor
New Strike at Honda Parts Plant in China
New York Times, June 07, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/09/business/global/09honda.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

中國工運要求成立獨立工會改變國運軌跡 (Demand from the Labor Movement for Independent Trade Unions Changes China's Future)
Yazhou Zhoukan, June 02, 2010
http://www.yzzk.com/cfm/Content_Archive.cfm?Channel=ac&Path=241323811/23ae1a.cfm

Media
China Hails Internet, Praises Twitter
The Wall Street Journal, June 08, 2010
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2010/06/08/china-hails-internet-development-praises-twitter-possibly-by-accident/

China Says Will Keep Blocking Online Content
Associated Press, June 08, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100608/ap_on_re_as/as_china_internet

国务院新闻办发表《中国互联网状况》白皮书 (State Council Information Office Publishes White Paper on the State of the Internet in China)
Xinhua News Agency, June 08, 2010
http://gb.cri.cn/27824/2010/06/08/110s2878647.htm

Multilateral
争议不会成为亚信峰会主题 因胡锦涛将出席上合峰会，戴秉国作为胡锦涛特别代表出席亚信峰会 (Hu Jintao: Disputes Cannot Become the Main Theme of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA))
Southern Metropolis Daily, June 08, 2010
http://epaper.nddaily.com/A/html/2010-06/08/content_1099311.htm

Protests and Petitions
农民造土炮轰退强拆队 为保卫25亩地，武汉一农民建起“炮楼”与拆迁队对峙 (Wuhan: Farmer Builds Blockhouse to Protest Forceful Eviction)
Southern Metropolis Daily, June 08, 2010
http://epaper.nddaily.com/A/html/2010-06/08/content_1099270.htm

Society
北大教授孙东东再发“雷”人语 (New Provocative Comments from Peking U Professor Sun Dongdong on Hospitals)
Radio Free Asia, June 07, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sdd-06072010170429.html

XUAR
新疆喀什维吾尔族妇女学习古兰经遭查封 (Kashgar: 30+ Uyghur Females Detained for Organizing Qur'an Classes)
Radio Free Asia, June 07, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xj-06072010162422.html

May 31, 2010

News
Children
"80后"匿名志愿者3年解救50余名被拐儿童 (Anonymous 20-something Volunteer Saves 50+ Children From Human Trafficking in 3 Years)
Beijing Youth Daily, May 31, 2010
http://bjyouth.ynet.com/article.jsp?oid=66116505

Corruption
Corrupt Local Official Gets Suspended Death Penalty
China Daily, May 28, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/28/content_9905812.htm

山西煤焦反腐逾千貪官落馬 (1000+ Officials Caught for Shanxi Coal Corruption)
China News Service, May 31, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/32/1/1/1532469/1.html

Death Penalty
China Executes Man Who Attacked 29 Children
Associated Press, May 30, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100530/ap_on_re_as/as_china_students_attacked

Food Security
China Pins Food-security Hopes on Humble Potato
The Washington Post, May 30, 2010
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/30/AR2010053003751.html

Human Rights Defender – Tan Zuoren (谭作人)
谭作人获颁”捍卫言论自由奖” 王丹等人吁无罪释放 (Tan Zuoren Receives Visual Artist Guild's Freedom of Speech Award)
Radio Free Asia, May 30, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/tan-05302010161132.html

Human Rights Defenders
Uygur Professor Battles for His People
South China Morning Post, May 31, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e1ae5dca3e9e8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

June Fourth
支聯僅餘女神像被警檢走 (Police Confiscates HK Alliance's Goddess Statute)
Ming Pao, May 31, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/2/1/1/1532874/1.html

Related news:
Dozens Demand Release of Detained June 4 Activists: New Clashes Erupt as Protesters Rally at Police Station
South China Morning Post, May 31, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=58dc5dca3e9e8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

學校封殺六四討論 會考生上街探真相 (Discussion on June Fourth Banned in School, Students Flock to Streets for Truth)
Ming Pao, May 31, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/2/1/1/1532871/1.html

Labor
Police Free Forced Labourers at China Brick Kiln
Agence France-Presse, May 30, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100530/wl_asia_afp/chinalabourrights

Strikes, Suicides Sign of Growing Labor Tensions in China
Voice of America, May 28, 2010
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Strikes-Suicides-Sign-of-Growing-Labor-Tensions-in-China-95101819.html

Related news:
河南五千工人阻塞廠房半月 (5000 Workers in Henan Block Factory Entrance for Half a Month)
United Daily News, May 31, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20100528/ca52215a.htm

湖南郴州17名矿工在煤矿爆炸中遇难 (17 Killed in a Hunan Mine Explosion)
Radio Free Asia, May 30, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/17-05302010170249.html

Law
New China Rules Rule Out Torture in Confessions
Reuters, May 30, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64T0WW20100530

Related news:
中央政法机关负责人就两个“证据规定”答记者问 (Central Spokesman Responses to Questions on the Two New Regulations on Evidence and Testimonies)
Xinhua News Agency, May 30, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2010-05/30/c_12157696_2.htm

安徽阜阳一农民遭遇“被原告” (Anhui Farmer Loses Home in Court without His Knowledge )
China Youth Daily, May 31, 2010
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2010-05/31/content_3255556.htm

Population
Chinese Hiding Three Million Babies a Year
The Daily Telegraph, May 30, 2010
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/7787661/Chinese-hiding-three-million-babies-a-year.html

Public Health
Plea to Hospitals on Mental Patients
South China Morning Post, May 29, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=752932562dfd8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

內地精神病患超過1億 (100mil+ Mentally Ill in Chinese Mainland)
China News Agency, May 31, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/32/1/1/1531632/1.html

Taiwan
Petition Against Executions Rejected by Court
China Post, May 29, 2010
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2010/05/29/258611/Petition-against.htm

XUAR
北京对维族人放宽钳制？ (Is Beijing Relaxing Its Suppressive Policy toward Uyghurs?)
Radio France Internationale, May 30, 2010
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20100530-北京对维族人放宽钳制？

April 23, 2010

Top News of the Day

Law
Human Rights Lawyers on Defense in China
Time, April 23, 2010
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1983765,00.html

Related Information:

Judicial Authorities Target Lawyers, Eroding Rule of Law

Human Rights in China, April 22, 2010

http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/174246

律师“吊照门”听证 场内外同演公权枉法 (Supporters of the Lawyers Facing License Revocation Taken away by Police; Supporting Lawyers, Rights Defenders Put under Tight Surveillance)
Radio Free Asia, April 22, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/law-04222010134014.html

News

Bilateral Ties
US, China to Hold Human Rights Dialogue
China Daily, April 23, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/23/content_9766174.htm

Children
綁廠內十小時 民工子女如坐監 (Migrant Workers Tie Their Children to Factory Gate for 10 Hours Every Day)
Oriental Daily, April 23, 2010
http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20100423/00178_004.html

Corruption
黄光裕案本周四开庭审理 (No Verdict Yet in China Tycoon's Bribery Case)
Radio Free Asia, April 22, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huang-04222010154024.html

Disasters
Two Dead, 8,870 Evacuated in S China Flood
China Daily, April 23, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/23/content_9764444.htm

China: Snow Snarls Recovery
New York Times, April 23, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/23/world/asia/23briefs-China.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Human Rights Defender - Tan Zuoren (谭作人)
谭作人二审 律师申请李鹏作证 (Lawyers Want Then-Premier Li Peng, Other Former Chinese Leaders to Testify at Second Trial for Tan Zuoren)
Radio Free Asia, April 22, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/tan-04222010160408.html

Law
Microsoft Wins Chinacourt Battleover Piracy of Software
Financial Times, April 23, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2da92122-4e70-11df-b48d-00144feab49a.html

Media
China Goes into Quake Coverage Overdrive
Financial Times, April 23, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d14e3d2c-4d3e-11df-baf3-00144feab49a.html

Military
China Military Paper Spells out Nuclear Arms Stance
Reuters, April 23, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100422/wl_nm/us_china_military_nuclear

Protests and Petitions
云南宣传官员演讲遭抗议 被扔五毛纸币 (Man Throws 50-cent Banknotes to Protest a Speech by Yunnan's Propaganda Official at People’s University in Beijing)
Net Ease, April 22, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/0422/19/64TACNJ70001124J.html

Public Health
Regulations Issued to Tighten Supervision of Food Additives
China Daily, April 23, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/23/content_9764453.htm

Taiwan
Lawmakers Clash over PRC Students
Taipei Times, April 22, 2010
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2010/04/22/2003471186

March 19, 2010

Top news
Human Rights Defender – Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
高智晟哥哥：三月初接到高智晟来电报平安 (Gao Zhisheng's Brother: I Received Notice from Gao That He Is Well in Early March)
Radio Free Asia, March 18, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/China-Gao-03182010110348.html

News
Bilateral Ties
China Refutes British Report on Human Rights
China Daily, March 19, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/18/content_9611042.htm

Food Security
中國人年吃 300萬噸坑渠油　毒性是砒霜 100倍　外出食 10餐有 1餐中招 (3 Mil Tons of Carcinogenic Cooking Oil Injested by Chinese Each Year)
Apple Daily, March 19, 2010
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20100319&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=13836787

Related news:
Old Oil Used in '1 in 10 Meals'
China Daily, March 19, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/19/content_9611395.htm

Government
“代表选举不能丢了广泛代表性” (NPC Legislative Affairs Committee Deputy Director: Campaigns Would Make Elections a Thing for the Wealthy)
The Beijing News, March 19, 2010
http://news.bjnews.com.cn/2010/0319/66363.shtml

Hong Kong
17 Per Cent of Workers Earn Less than HK$33 an Hour
South China Morning Post, March 19, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=471ba5a83f177210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Law
China Warns Australia Not to Politicize Rio Tinto Spying Case
Voice of America, March 19, 2010
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/China-Warns-Australia-Not-to-Politicize-Rio-Tinto-Spying-Case-88423782.html

Draft Law Highlights Ban on Cruelty to Animals
China Daily, March 19, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/19/content_9611306.htm

Human Rights Defender – Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
Supporters of Liu Xiaobo Plead Not Guilty to Unlawful Assembly
South China Morning Post, March 19, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=bdd3db00d7177210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender – Tan Zuoren (谭作人)
四川高法立案受理谭作人上诉申请 (Sichuan Court Accepts Tan Zuoren's Appeal Application)
Radio Free Asia, March 18, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/China-dissident-03182010114300.html

Labor
Hepatitis B Test is Not Vital for Civil Servants
China Daily, March 19, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/18/content_9610982.htm

Protests and Petitions
北京成立信访矛盾研究中心 (Beijing Establishes Country's First Petitioning Conflict Research Center)
Xinhua News Agency, March 18, 2010
http://www.bj.xinhuanet.com/bjpd_sdzx/2010-03/18/content_19284059.htm

Taiwan
Amnesty International Urges Taiwan to Scrap Death Penalty
Reuters, March 19, 2010
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE62H11Q20100318

Tibet
Tibetans Take to the Streets to Mark Uprising
South China Morning Post, March 19, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=958da5a83f177210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related news:
甘肅藏青示威 20人被捕 (20 Detained in Gansu Tibetan Student Protest Commemorating Anniversary of Unrest)
Sing Tao Daily, March 19, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1463002/1.html

February 11, 2010

Top News of The Day

Human Rights Defender - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
EU: China Must Clarify Fate of Human Rights Lawyer
Associated Press (via Jamaica Observer), February 10, 2010
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/missing_7403669

Related Information:
Top EU Official Asks China to Account for Missing Chinese Lawyer Gao Zhisheng
Human Rights in China, February 10, 2010
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/173310

News

Bilateral Ties
Australia Urges China for Speedy Rio Resolution
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), February 11, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100210/bs_nm/us_china_rio

中國稱保護力拓案被告權益 (China Says Will Protect Defendants' Rights in Rio Tinto Case)
United Daily News (via Ming Pao), February 11, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20100211/ca41623v.htm

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China Indicts 4 Rio Tinto Executives
The Wall Street Journal, February 10, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704140104575057311774494140.html

Human Rights Defender - Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
維持原判 劉曉波在庭上只說一句話︰我無罪 (Original Judgment Upheld; Liu Only Says: I Am Innocent)
China News Agency, February 11, 2010
http://www.cna.com.tw/ShowNews/Detail.aspx?pNewsID=201002110122&pType0=aALL&pTypeSel=0

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China Upholds Jail Term for Leading Dissident
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), February 11, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100211/wl_asia_afp/chinarightsdissidenttrial

US And EU Decry Ruling over Chinese Dissident
Reuters (via Financial Times), February 11, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e916b780-16d0-11df-afcf-00144feab49a.html?nclick_check=1

China Says It Has 'No Dissidents'
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), February 11, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100211/wl_asia_afp/chinarightsdissidentdenial

Human Rights Defender - Tan Zuoren (谭作人)
网站删谭作人 央视唱颂歌 (Blogs, Internet Posts Removed for Mentioning "Tan Zuoren")
Radio Free Asia, February 10, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/tanzuoren-02102010123353.html

RFA独家:谭作人提出上诉 民间续告震灾渎职人（视频，组图） (Tan Zuoren Appeals; Other Quake Activists Continue Work of Legal Action against Official Malfeasance)
Radio Free Asia, February 10, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/tanzuoren-02102010160424.html

Human Rights Defenders
毒奶受害家長趙連海被控尋釁滋事罪 料月底開審 (Parent of Tainted Milk Victims Zhao Lianhai Officially Charged with "Provoking An Incident", Expected to Face Trial Later This Month)
Radio Television Hong Kong , February 11, 2010
http://www.rthk.org.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20100211/news_20100211_55_646862.htm

Protests and Petitions
北京为两会在春节前清理访民 (Authorities Remove Petitioners from Beijing Ahead of NPC and CPPCC Sessions)
Radio Free Asia, February 10, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/petitioner_beijing-02102010115558.html

Tibet
Tibetan Kidnaps Prison Guard
Radio Free Asia, February 10, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/kidnapping-02102010152136.html

XUAR
Trekking 1,000km in China for e-Mail
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 11, 2010
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8506601.stm

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

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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 08, 2010

News
Food Security
China Seizes More Melamine-tainted Milk Powder
Reuters, February 07, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6170G920100208

Human Rights Defender – Tan Zuoren (谭作人)
中國維權人士譚作人9日宣判 (Verdict in Tan Zuoren Trial to Be Announced Tuesday)
Central News Agency, February 07, 2010
http://iservice.libertytimes.com.tw/liveNews/news.php?no=329336&type=%E5%8D%B3%E6%99%82%E6%96%B0%E8%81%9E

Related news:
譚作人妻子：宣判後即上訴 (Wife: Tan Zuoren Will Appeal Sentence Following Pronouncement)
Ming Pao, February 08, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1421299/1.html

Human Rights Defenders
Dissidents Named for Peace Prize
Radio Free Asia, February 05, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/dissidents-02052010123907.html

Labor
Work Safety Gaps Suffocate Miners
China Daily, February 08, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/08/content_9440601.htm

Media
撰文刪帖 宣傳部「一條龍」控輿論 (Hunan Propaganda Department Accused of Controlling Public Opinion after Posts Criticizing Government Deleted from Public Forum)
Ming Pao, February 08, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1422090/1.html

Protests and Petitions
长沙拆迁访民遭虐 北京拆迁案重开庭 (Changsha Evictees Petitioning in Beijing Harassed)
Radio Free Asia, February 07, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/chang-02072010160733.html

Tibet
Dalai Lama's Discourse Lands 5 Tibetans in Trouble
Times News Network, February 06, 2010
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/south-asia/Dalai-Lamas-discourse-lands-5-Tibetans-in-trouble/articleshow/5542943.cms

XUAR
Blogger Describes Xinjiang as an 'Internet Prison'
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 03, 2010
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8492224.stm

乌市誓言严打疆独 世维会指有维族人失踪 (Urumqi Vows Crackdown on Independence Movement)
Radio Free Asia, February 07, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wu-02072010110031.html

新疆再刑拘兩名手機短信傳播“分裂言論”者 (XUAR Criminally Detains Two for Sending "Separatist" Text Messages)
China Review News, February 08, 2010
http://www.chinareviewnews.com/doc/1012/2/4/2/101224244.html

November 12, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
Activists Urge President Obama to Question China's One Child Policy
Voice of America, November 10, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-11-11-voa24.cfm?rss=asia

Environment
Residents in the Pearl River Delta Region Worried about Pollution and Water Quality, Survey Shows
South China Morning Post, November 12, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1f5a0393724e4210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender – Tan Zuoren (谭作人)
谭作人看守所录像公开 律师促依法宣判 (Video Footage of Tan Zuoren Detained Made Available, Lawyer Urges Verdict in Accordance with the Law)
Radio Free Asia, November 11, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/tan-11112009161630.html

Media
80pc of Caijing Staff Quit to Follow Editor
South China Morning Post, November 12, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=207a0393724e4210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related news:
Hu Shuli's Successor at Caijing Confirmed
Economic Observer, November 11, 2009
http://www.eeo.com.cn/ens/homepage/briefs/2009/11/11/155346.shtml

中国舆论监督网受到黑客攻击 ("China Public Opinion Monitor Network" Attacked by Hackers)
Radio Free Asia, November 11, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yulun-11112009155905.html

Police
拘留所推进新模式 由“看押型”向“矫治型”转变 (Detention Centers Go from "Custodial" to "Correctional")
Xinhua News Agency, November 12, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-11/12/content_12438182.htm

Protests and Petitions
Shenzhen Petitioners may be Sent to Labour Camps
South China Morning Post, November 12, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d1aa0393724e4210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related news:
深圳：多次非正常上访或被劳教 (Shenzhen: Those Submitting Multiple "Atypical" Petitions Could Be Ordered to Reeducation-Through-Labor)
Southern Metropolis Daily, November 11, 2009
http://gcontent.nddaily.com/3/10/310ce61c90f3a46e/Blog/9ac/002b57.html

逾百访民申请游行 部分访民被拘留 (100+ Petitioners Apply to Demonstrate, Some Detained)
Radio Free Asia, November 11, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-11112009093041.html

Tibet
达赖喇嘛：别把我的宗教访问过于政治化 (Don't Politicize My Religious Visits: Dalai Lama)
Radio France Internationale, November 11, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/119/article_17385.asp

November 07-09, 2009

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defenders
Petitioner, 70, Jailed over 'State Secret' Downloaded from Net
South China Morning Post, November 08, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9bc294e5b8fc4210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

70-year-old Zhejiang-based petitioner Lin Dagang (林大刚) was sentenced in a closed trial Friday to two years' imprisonment on charges of "illegally possessing state secrets." The "secret" was a notice from the former Ministry of Construction available for online. Lin has been a frequent petitioner and is an organizer of a nation-wide group seeking the return of ancestral houses of which the government took possession in 1956.

Related information:
Two-Year Sentence for Property Rights Advocate, 70, Accused of Possessing State Secrets
Human Rights in China, November 6, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/172304

News
Bilateral Ties
China Inks Environmental Deals with Japan
Xinhua News Agency, November 08, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-11/08/content_8929406.htm

Hong Kong
Tsang Offers Olive Branch on 2012
South China Morning Post, November 07, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=20a3602eb99c4210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders
奥巴马访华在即 中国加强管控维权人士 (China Increases Control over Rights Defenders on Eve of Obama Visit)
Voice of America, November 08, 2009
http://www1.voanews.com/chinese/news/china/OBAMA-VISITS-CHINA-11082009-69509027.html

Related news:
四百多人联名呼吁奥巴马关注中国人权 (400+ Rights Activists Make Joint Call to Obama to Pay Attention to Human Rights in China)
Voice of America, November 08, 2009
http://www1.voanews.com/chinese/news/china/HUMAN-RIGHTS-CHINA-11082009-69510552.html

Human Rights Defenders – Huang Qi (黄琦), Tan Zuoren (谭作人)
US House Backs China Quake Activists
Agence France-Presse, November 08, 2009
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hoKaJLJvCO6Bi6FGhcj5aE5ee0PA

Related information:
H.RES.877: Expressing support for Chinese human rights activists Huang Qi and Tan Zuoren for engaging in peaceful expression as they seek answers and justice for the parents whose children were killed in the Sichuan earthquake of May 12, 2008.
Introduced October 29, 2009
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:h.res.00877:

Media
记者，挑战高风险的职业 (Being a Journalist Has Become a Risky Occupation; Accident Insurance Rates Higher than for Other Jobs)
Guangzhou Daily, November 08, 2009
http://gzdaily.dayoo.com/html/2009-11/08/content_757844.htm

Related news:
內地記者節獄中悲歌 (A Sad Song for China's Reporters on Journalists Day)
Apple Daily, November 09, 2009
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20091109&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=13399656

維權律師﹕記者頻受打壓 (Rights Defense Lawyer: Journalists under Increased Pressure)
Ming Pao, November 09, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1321245/1.html

新修订《新闻记者证管理办法》：任何组织不得阻挠记者合法采访活动 (Newly Revised Measures on the Administration of Press Credentials: No Organization Can Prevent a Journalist from Reporting)
Xinhua News Agency, November 08, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-11/08/content_12412408.htm

Multilateral
China Pledges $10 Billion in Low-cost Loans to Africa
The Washington Post, November 09, 2009
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/08/AR2009110818002.html

Politics
Rubble Rousing
Daily News & Analysis, November 09, 2009
http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report_rubble-rousing_1309035

地震灾区逾千干部被提拔 (Sichuan Quake Area a Shortcut for Promotion for Local Cadres)
Guangzhou Daily, November 09, 2009
http://gzdaily.dayoo.com/html/2009-11/09/content_758780.htm

Protests and Petitions
不满征地补偿欲集体上访三农民被拘留 (Three Hebei Farmers Detained after Making Joint Petition against Insufficient Land Compensation)
Radio Free Asia, November 08, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/bu-11082009151727.html

Tibet
Defying China, Dalai Lama Visits Indian Town near Border
The Los Angeles Times, November 09, 2009
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-india-dalai9-2009nov09,0,6596321.story

XUAR
Uyghur Activist Seeks Talks with Beijing
Asia Times Online, November 06, 2009
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/KK06Ad02.html

August 14, 2009

News
Civil Society
益仁平及爱知行被工商局人员上门调查 (Workers from Aizhixing and Yirenping Investigated by Officials from the Industry and Commerce Department)
Radio Free Asia, August 13, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_ngo-08132009114306.html

Government
京18区县机构改革月底完成结合区情设机构 (Restructuring of Beijing's 18 District and County Governmental Organs to Be Completed by End of August)
The Beijing News, August 14, 2009
http://news.bjnews.com.cn/2009/0814/41156.shtml

Green Dam
Green Dam Launch "Not Handled Well"
Xinhua News Agency, August 14, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/14/content_11879750.htm

Human Rights Defender – Tan Zuoren (谭作人)
English-language Papers Report on Activist’s Trial
South China Morning Post, August 14, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7602b6cc9a413210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related news:
Independent Investigator Put on Trial in Chengdu
Global Times, August 13, 2009
http://china.globaltimes.cn/society/2009-08/457211.html

Labor
环保维权：索赔未果 300员工集体捡垃圾抗议 (Environmental Rights Defense: After Claiming Damages Fails, 300 Workers Collect Rubbish in Protest)
Southern Metropolis News, August 14, 2009
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/nfdsb/200908140078.asp

江蘇化工廠爆炸3死3重傷 (Three Dead, Three Severely Injured after Jiangsu Factory Explosion)
Ming Pao, August 14, 2009
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20090814/ca50950k.htm

Media
Action Promised on Detained Reporters
South China Morning Post, August 14, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6051b6cc9a413210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

U.S. Tests System to Break Foreign Web Censorship
Reuters, August 13, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE57C5OQ20090813

Related news:
美國新系統破中伊網上封鎖 (New U.S. System Breaks through Internet Blockades in China and Iran)
Ming Pao, August 14, 2009
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20090814/ta50841a.htm

Related information:
Feed Over Email Project
http://code.google.com/p/foe-project/

Police
Chinese Policemen Jailed after Detention Center Death
Xinhua News Agency, August 14, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/14/content_11881307.htm

Related news:
“躲猫猫”案一审宣判 看守所两民警分别获刑 (Two Officers in Detention Center Death Case Separately Sentenced)
Xinhua News Agency, August 14, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-08/14/content_11881502.htm

Two Officers Jailed for Torturing Suspect to Death
Shanghai Daily, August 14, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=410621

Politics
四川打人官員閃電復職 (Sichuan Communications Official Sacked for Beating Someone Is Given New Job of Same Stature Five Days Later)
Ming Pao, August 14, 2009
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20090814/ca51535c.htm

Protests and Petitions
失地农民上访 索赔获补偿后被判4年 (Hebei Villager Zhang Jianjun Petitions for Land, Receives Compensation, then Sentenced to Four Years in Prison)
Southern Metropolis News, August 13, 2009
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/nfdsb/200908130061.asp

河南政法委书记:不截访、也不许赴京告"洋状" (Secretary of the Henan Provincial Political and Legislative Affairs Committee: Neither Intercepting Petitioners nor Petitioners Reporting to Foreign Journals or Officials Is Permitted)
Southern Metropolis News, August 14, 2009
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/nfdsb/200908130054.asp

Public Health
China Child Lead Poisoning Cases Double to 615: Report
Agence France-Presse (via Google News), August 14, 2009
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5idWZQOOFVCsiSOX1LsfljBEacvDQ

Religion
Chinese Falun Gong Practitioners back to Normal Life
Xinhua News Agency, August 14, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/14/content_11881079.htm

XUAR
China Promotes Xinjiang Armed Police Chief: Report
Agence France-Presse (via Google News), August 14, 2009
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hy8DoBvCFjoZL75bhHlQQC0PyqiA

August 12, 2009

Top news of the day
Human Rights Defender – Tan Zuoren (谭作人)
Chinese Police Detain Supporters of Quake Critic
Associated Press (via Google News), August 12, 2009
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gFyEqcNB-Gm7aOov5sHvjKouNkPQD9A14DCG0

The trial of Sichuan-based writer and environmentalist Tan Zuoren (谭作人) was scheduled to begin Friday morning in the Chengdu Intermediate Court, but eleven supporters of Tan were detained – and two beaten – by police to prevent them from attending the trial. Tan, who has been accused of “subversion of state power,” was detained in March 2009; he was investigating the students who were victims of the May 2008 Sichuan earthquake and the sub-standard construction of the collapsed schools. In February 2009, he wrote a proposal, “5.12 Student Archive,” which called on volunteers to travel to Sichuan to document the cases.

Related news:
谭作人成都受审 王丹要求为其作证 (Tan Zuoren on Trial in Chengdu, Wang Dan Asks to Testify)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 12, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_8190000/newsid_8196500/8196558.stm

News
Bilateral Ties
Australia, China at Odds over Uighur Activist
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), August 12, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090811/ap_on_re_as/as_australia_china_uighur_activist

Civil Society
北京德先生研究所网站被关 (Website of Beijing De Xiansheng Research Institute Shut Down)
Radio Free Asia, August 11, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/de-08112009155555.html

北京公益机构公盟缴纳罚款遭拒 (Gongmeng Tries to Pay Fine but Is Denied by Authorities)
Radio Free Asia, August 11, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gongmeng-08112009155911.html

Disasters
谁来执掌760亿元地震捐赠 (Tsinghua Investigation Reveals that Possibly 80% of Quake Relief Donations Entered Government Coffers)
China Youth Daily, August 12, 2009
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2009-08/12/content_2800866.htm

Human Rights Defender – Xu Zhiyong (许志永)
一批中国公民发请愿书要求释放维权律师 (Chinese Citizens Petition the Release of Rights Defense Lawyer Xu Zhiyong)
Voice of America, August 11, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/2009-08-11-voa45.cfm

Land Policy
Residents Protest Forced Relocation
China Daily, August 12, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-08/12/content_8557979.htm

山东黑社会人员夜袭商户 民众指受官员指使 (Shandong Shop Owners Attacked by Thugs and Gangsters at Night, People Claim Attacks Were Directed by Officials)
Radio Free Asia, August 11, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/heishehui-08112009105633.html

Law
China's Supreme Court to Standardize Sentences for Criminal Convictions
Xinhua News Agency, August 11, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/11/content_11865090.htm

Population
中国城镇人口明年首超农村 城乡差距拉大 (China's Urban Population Shall Exceed Rural Population Next Year)
Radio Free Asia, August 12, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/chengxiang-08112009092501.html

State Security
China Formally Arrests Rio Tinto Employees
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), August 12, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090812/bs_nm/us_china_rio

Related news:
Rio Employees Face Trade Secrets, Bribery Charges
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), August 12, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090812/ap_on_re_as/as_china_rio_tinto_employees_detained

Tibet
达赖喇嘛：西藏问题是中国内政 (Dalai Lama: Tibet Issue Is China's Internal Matter)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 10, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_8190000/newsid_8194000/8194006.stm