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

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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

October 07, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
China, Japan Plan Group on EU Lines
The Times of India, October 07, 2009
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/china/China-Japan-plan-group-on-EU-lines/articleshow/5092076.cms

Economic Development
China Wants Monetary Fix as Ideas on IMF Reform Fly
Reuters, October 06, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSTRE5954LF20091006

Environment
Climate Agency Sees China’s Efforts Paying Dividends
New York Times, October 07, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/07/business/energy-environment/07emissions.html

Human Rights Defender – Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
刘晓波继续遭拘押 (Liu Xiaobo Remains in Detention)
Deutsch Welle, October 06, 2009
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4767271,00.html

Human Rights Defender – Wang Rongqing (王荣清)
民主党人士王荣清狱中命在旦夕 家属中秋探望遭拒 (Family Denied Visit to Ailing Imprisoned China Democracy Party Member Wang Rongqing on Mid-Autumn Festival)
Radio Free Asia, October 06, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wrq-10062009092927.html

Human Rights Defenders
China Dissidents Top Nobel Peace Prize Speculation
Associated Press, October 07, 2009
http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1075907

Law
中国司法制度不改 非正常死亡事件难免 ("Unusual Deaths" Unavoidable without Changes to China's Judicial System)
Radio Free Asia, October 06, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sifa-10062009170304.html

Migrant Workers
调查称广东部分农民工已按揭买房 渴望融入城市 (New Survey Examines Differences between "Old Generation" and "New Generation" Migrant Workers in Guangdong)
Guangzhou Daily, October 07, 2009
http://news.eastday.com/c/20091007/u1a4710416.html

Police
安徽公安施酷刑囚12年 (Anhui Police Officers Sentenced up to 12 Years for Torturing Man to Death)
Ming Pao, October 07, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1287114/1.html

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安徽6旬老人遭刑讯逼供致死 鼻孔被插90支香烟 (60-year-old Man Tortured to Death during Investigation, 90 Cigarettes Stuffed in his Nose)
Xinhua News Agency, October 06, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/1006/22/5KVO5DDB00011229.html

被劳教的退伍军人金有发家人呼吁外界关注 (Family of Veterans' Representative Sentenced to Reeducation-Through-Labor Ask for Support )
Radio Free Asia, October 06, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jyf-10062009100923.html

Protests and Petitions
嘉兴村民国庆堵厂抗污染　 (Villagers in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Blockade Factory in Anti-Pollution Protest during Anniversary)
Radio Free Asia, October 06, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jiaxing-10062009122652.html

Public Health
Mainland's First Swine Flu Death Occurs in Tibet
South China Morning Post, October 07, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9926e43855a24210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related news:
北京出现首例甲流危重病人 现进入流感高发期 (Beijing Sees First Severe Case of H1N1 as It Enters Flu Season)
The Beijing News, October 07, 2009
http://news.bjnews.com.cn/news/2009/1007/46335.shtml

Tibet
Dalai Lama Honored in Washington with Human Rights Award
Voice of America, October 06, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-10-06-voa45.cfm

Related news:
Obama to Meet Dalai Lama after China Trip
Agence France-Presse, October 07, 2009
http://www.smh.com.au/world/obama-to-meet-dalai-lama-after-china-trip-20091007-gllp.html