The HRIC Daily Brief is a daily selection of news stories and commentary related to human rights in China, drawn from Chinese- and English-language news and online media sources that we monitor daily. In addition to headlines and source links, HRIC also provides English translation of Chinese headlines.

Thursday, October 22, 2009

October 22, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
India, China Leaders to Meet amid War of Words
Reuters, October 22, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091021/wl_nm/us_india_china
Related news:
India, China Agree to Cooperate on Climate Change
Associated Press, October 21, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_india_china_climate_change
China Top Legislator Expects Stable Relations with Costa Rica
Xinhua News Agency, October 21, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/21/content_12291850.htm
Related information:
Cash Helped China Win Costa Rica’s Recognition
The New York Times, September 12, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/13/world/asia/13costa.html
Death Penalty
China Sentences Six to Death in Mega-mafia Trial
Agence France-Presse, October 21, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091021/wl_asia_afp/chinacrimecorruptiontrial

Suspended Death Sentence for Professor's Murderer
South China Morning Post, October 22, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2c913216495213d5df646910cba0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e7be0b807c774210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Hong Kong
Citizens' Radio Activists Lose Legal Challenge
South China Morning Post, October 22, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b5dcfd6c69b74210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Media
世界新闻自由排行榜上 中国垫底 (Reporters Without Borders Ranks PRC 168 out of 175 Countries in World Press Freedom Index)
Radio Free Asia, October 21, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/mediafree-10212009103836.html
Related news:
HK Rises in Press Freedom Index, but KMT 'Interference' Hits Taiwan
South China Morning Post, October 22, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=472d0b807c774210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Related information:
Press Freedom Index 2009
Reporters Without Borders, October 20, 2009
http://www.rsf.org/en-classement1003-2009.html
Military
Growing Chinese Military Creates Uncertainty: U.S.
Reuters, October 21, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091021/pl_nm/us_usa_china_military

Police
Policeman Suspended for Beating Journalist
China Daily, October 22, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-10/22/content_8828508.htm

China Orders Jails to Intensify Security Measures after Prison-breaking
Xinhua News Agency, October 22, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/22/content_12293590.htm
Related news:
內蒙越柙犯 切獄警手指開鎖 (To Escape from Hohhot Prison, Inmates Cut Off Guard's Finger to Breach Security Measures)
Ming Pao, October 22, 2009
http://news.mingpao.com/20091022/cad1.htm
Protests and Petitions
Beijing Protest over Disabled Rights
China Daily, October 22, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/metro/2009-10/22/content_8830481.htm

Police Detain Suspects in Coal Mine Clash
Shanghai Daily, October 21, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200910/20091021/article_417010.htm

毒奶受害家长续遭打压 维权代表拟成立相关联盟 (Parents of Children Poisoned by Tainted Milk Powder Come under Increased Pressure, Activists Propose Formation of Related Rights-defense Alliances)
Radio Free Asia, October 22, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/milk-10212009085308.html

Religion
山东法轮功修炼者遭判刑家人吁奥巴马访华时关注 (Shandong Falun Gong Practitioners Sentenced, Relatives Call for Obama's Attention during China Visit)
Radio Free Asia, October 21, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/falungong-10212009083229.html

Top US Envoy in Taiwan: No Change in Island Ties
Associated Press, October 22, 2009
http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1088188

XUAR
China Accused over ‘Missing’ Uighurs
Financial Times (via Financial Times), October 22, 2009
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2c7c0f1e-bda0-11de-9f6a-00144feab49a.html
Related news:
“人权观察”发布新疆维族青年失踪报告 (Human Rights Watch Publishes Report on Disappearances of Uyghurs following XUAR Protests)
Radio Free Asia, October 21, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xinjiang-10212009085904.html
Related information:
"We Are Afraid to Even Look for Them"
Human Rights Watch, October 20, 2009
http://www.hrw.org/en/reports/2009/10/22/we-are-afraid-even-look-them-0
指北京打壓維族 熱比婭籲日本關注 (Beijing Accused of Suppressing Uyghurs, Kadeer Calls for Japan's Attention)
Ming Pao, October 22, 2009
http://news.mingpao.com/20091022/caf1.htm
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Wednesday, October 21, 2009

October 21, 2009

News
XUAR
China Secretly Detained 43 Uighur Men, Group Says
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), October 21, 2009
Uighur Leader's Japan Visit Draws Fire from China
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), October 20, 2009
Multilateral
China, ASEAN to Further Promote Trade Facilitation
Xinhua News Agency, October 20, 2009
Tibet
China Opposes Dalai Lama Visit to Disputed India Border Area
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), October 20, 2009
流亡蒙藏医学院校长贝策尔格从乌兰巴托押回中国 (Chinese Police Arrest Principal of Mongol-Tibetan Medical School in Mongolia)
Radio Free Asia, October 20, 2009
Disasters
Drought Continues in Central, Southern China
Xinhua News Agency, October 21, 2009
Death Penalty
College Teacher Killer Given Capital Punishment with Reprieve in Beijing
Xinhua News Agency, October 21, 2009
Society
New Rules to Rein in Overzealous Guards
South China Morning Post, October 21, 2009
Human Rights Defenders - Guo Quan ( 郭泉)
郭泉的辩护律师郭莲辉不断遭受当局打压和骚扰 (Authorities Continue to Harass Guo Quan's Lawyer)
Radio Free Asia, October 20, 2009
Children
Canada Asks China to Probe Suspicious Adoptions: Report
China Post (via China Post), October 21, 2009
Taiwan
Taiwan's Military Warns Closer Ties May Not Prevent War
South China Morning Post, October 21, 2009
Ma Will Not Meet China Leader Unless Taiwan Public Approves: Premier
China Post (via China Post), October 20, 2009
Bilateral Ties
China-EU Summit Set for November 30 in Nanjing: EU
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), October 20, 2009
China, US to Hold 20th JCCT Meeting
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), October 20, 2009 http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-10/20/content_8821918.htm
China Opens A New Front in Kashmir
Asia Times Online (via Asia Times Online), October 20, 2009
China, Romania Pledge to Cement Friendship, Enhance Cooperation
Xinhua News Agency, October 21, 2009
Chinese State Councilor Meets Britain's Conservative Party Leader
Xinhua News Agency, October 20, 2009
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009

October 20, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
Chinese Minister Calls for Strengthening Sino-Israeli Exchanges
Xinhua News Agency, October 20, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/20/content_12271002.htm

Kenyan National Assembly Speaker to Visit China
China Daily, October 20, 2009
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90776/90883/6787985.html

Death Penalty
Death Sentence Upheld for Crime Boss
Xinhua News Agency (via Shanghai Daily), October 20, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200910/20091020/article_416859.htm

Human Rights Defenders
中国人权活动人士发表致奥巴马总统公开信并征集签名 (Chinese Activists Issue An Open Letter to President Obama for His Upcoming Trip to China)
Radio Free Asia, October 19, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquan-10192009161158.html

Media
China Book Fair Role Irks Uygurs
South China Morning Post, October 20, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=bae13ac583d64210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

法兰克福书展闭幕 贝岭和戴睛被临时取消发言 (The Frankfurt Book Fair Closes - Bei Ling and Dai Jing's Speeches Cancelled)
Radio Free Asia, October 20, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/bookshow-10192009100010.html

Reporter Locked Up and Beaten by Police
China Daily, October 20, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-10/17/content_12255588.htm

Multilateral
CPC Delegation Leaves for Japan, Singapore, Malaysia Visit
Xinhua News Agency, October 20, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/20/content_12272533.htm

China, EU Will Hold Summit in November
China Daily, October 20, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-10/20/content_8816508.htm

Police
Driver Cuts Finger to Protest 'Police Trap'
China Daily, October 20, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-10/20/content_8816730.htm

Public Health
千童中鉛毒 河南10億遷村 (Authorities Spend 1 bln Yuan on Relocation of Lead-poisoned Village Residents in Henan)
Ming Pao, October 20, 2009
http://news.mingpao.com/20091020/caf1.htm

Taiwan
Taiwan Leader Won't Rule out Hu Meeting
Reuters (via China Daily), October 20, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-10/20/content_8816382.htm

Taiwan Calls on China to Scrap Missiles
RTTNews, October 20, 2009
http://news.ino.com/headlines/?newsid=102020090021

XUAR
熱比婭再訪日 恐惹抗議 (Kadeer's Re-visit to Japan Likely to Upset China)
Ming Pao, October 20, 2009
http://news.mingpao.com/20091020/cae1.htm

Monday, October 19, 2009

October 19, 2009

Top news
Human Rights Defender – Guo Quan (郭泉)
China Jails Ex-professor 10 Years for Subversion
Reuters, October 17, 2009
http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-43225420091017

On October 16, 2009, Guo Quan (郭泉), a former associate professor at Nanjing Normal University, was sentenced to ten years in prison on charges of subversion of state power. The verdict comes well over four months following his trial on August 7, 2009, exceeding by two months the time limit required to conclude a case under the Criminal Procedure Law. Guo, who was detained on November 13, 2008, by the Nanjing police, was formally a member of the state-approved China Democratic League and is the founder of the New Democracy Party of China; he was expelled from the league and fired from his university in late 2007, after founding the NDP.
Related information:
Democracy Activist Gets Ten Years for “Subversion of State Power”
Human Rights in China, October 16, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/172027
Related news:
學者郭泉顛覆國家罪成囚 10年 (Scholar Guo Quan Convicted of Subversion, Sentenced to 10)
Apple Daily, October 18, 2009
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?&iss_id=20091018&sec_id=15335&art_id=13324938
News
Corruption
New Anti-Graft Laws, Including on Bribery, Get Judicial Blessing
South China Morning Post, October 17, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=99ff83a1d3e54210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Environment
粤北粤东大面积受旱影响5万人饮用水 (Large-scale Drought effecting 500,000 in Northern and Eastern Guangdong)
Eastday, October 19, 2009
http://news.eastday.com/c/20091018/u1a4738520.html

Hong Kong
香港擬在台灣設立辦事機構 充當兩岸中介角色 (Hong Kong to Establish an Administrative Office in Taiwan, Playing the Mediator between Both Sides of the Straits)
International Herald Leader, October 19, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1299862/1.html

Human Rights Defenders
異見女作家小喬 入境處限今日離境 (HK Immigration Tells Exiled Writer Xiao Qiao to Leave Today)
Ming Pao, October 18, 2009
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20091018/gon1.htm

Labor
山西煤焦领域成腐败“重灾区” 小煤矿走向消亡 (Corruption Has Turned Shanxi Mining Areas into "Disaster Zones"; Small Mines Dying Out)
Eastday, October 19, 2009
http://news.eastday.com/c/20091019/u1a4738823.html

药厂毒气泄漏致13名工人紧急入院 (13 Workers Hospitalized after Poisonous Gas Leak in Pharmaceutical Factory)
Changjiang Times, October 18, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/1018/01/5LSE840800011229.html

Land Policy
河南水庫遷民規模僅次三峽 (Henan Evicts Residents for Reservoir Project; Second in Scale to Three Gorges Eviction)
Ming Pao, October 18, 2009
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20091018/ca71238i.htm
Related news:
China Starts Resettling 330,000 for Water Project
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), October 18, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091018/ap_on_re_as/as_china_water
無地農民工成城市新群體 移民化傾向引擔憂 (Landless Farmers Become a New Group in Cities)
Economic Information Daily, October 19, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1299776/1.html

Law
全國人大常委會將首次審議選舉法修正案草案 (Standing Committee to Deliberate Draft Amendment of Election Law)
China News Service, October 19, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1299895/1.html

Media
Frankfurt Book Fair's Controversial Guest of Honor: China
Christian Science Monitor, October 17, 2009
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1017/p06s01-woeu.html

网吧是应该关还是应该管？——“冠县无网吧”追踪 (Should Internet Cafes Be Regulated or Should They Be Shut Down? The Case of Guan County, Shandong)
Xinhua News Agency, October 18, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-10/18/content_12262794.htm

Migrant Workers
新疆计划生育免费服务将全面覆盖流动人口 (Free Family Planning Services for Migrant Workers in XUAR)
Xinhua News Agency, October 18, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-10/18/content_12260778.htm

Police
湖北石首市人民法院公开宣判“6·17”聚众扰乱社会秩序案 (Hubei Court Tries Participants in Shishou Riot)
Xinhua News Agency, October 17, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-10/17/content_12255588.htm
Related news:
Ten Convicted of Rioting after Chef's Death
South China Morning Post, October 19, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=32224058c8864210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Public Health
15,000 to Move Away from Lead Poisoning Threat in C China
Xinhua News Agency, October 16, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-10/16/content_8805161.htm

Industrial Salt in Food Poisons 26 in Shanghai
China Daily, October 18, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-10/18/content_8807717.htm

Taiwan
Kaohsiung Risks the Wrath of Beijing by Screening Kadeer Film
South China Morning Post, October 19, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=217f83a1d3e54210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

XUAR
China's Xinjiang Trials Fail Global Standards: Rights Group
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), October 16, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091016/wl_asia_afp/chinaunrestxinjiangtrialrights

Beijing Presents 'Evidence' Kadeer was Behind Riots
South China Morning Post, October 17, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c0bf83a1d3e54210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
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Friday, October 16, 2009

October 16, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
Chinese President Meets Pakistani PM on Advancing Bilateral Links
Xinhua News Agency, October 13, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/13/content_12223818.htm

Corruption
Official in NE China Gets Life Sentence for Corruption
Xinhua News Agency, October 15, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-10/15/content_8800288.htm

Human Rights
维权风起云涌 网站公布详尽报告 (Oversea Website Publishes Report on Popular Support for the Rights Defense Movement)
Radio Free Asia, October 15, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/weiquan-10152009091829.html

Human Rights Defender – Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
陈光诚妻子致信世界盲人联盟求助 (Wife of Chen Guangcheng Writes to World Blind Union for Help)
Radio Free Asia, October 15, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/cgc-10152009093820.html
Related news:
Fears for Health of Jailed Activist
South China Morning Post, October 16, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=20c93768b1954210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Human Rights Defenders
流亡女作家經港回國受阻 (Exiled Writer Xiao Qiao (Li Jianhong) Denied Entry to Mainland)
Ming Pao, October 16, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1296848/1.html

Labor
寧夏煤礦爆炸11死3失蹤 (Ningxia Mine Explodes; 11 Die, 3 Missing)
Ming Pao, October 16, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1296845/1.html

Law
13个刑法罪名司法解释全文及相关解读 (Analysis and Judicial Interpretation of the Names of 13 Crimes)
Eastday, October 16, 2009
http://news.eastday.com/c/20091016/u1a4730831.html

公安部：县级公安可强制检测吸毒人员 (Ministry of Public Security: County-level Public Security Can Compel Suspected Drug Users to Take Exam)
The Beijing News, October 16, 2009
http://news.bjnews.com.cn/news/2009/1016/47500.shtml

Media
China Seeks to Enhance Broadcast Coordination with Developing Countries
Xinhua News Agency, October 16, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/15/content_12241737.htm

Military
Chinese Top Commander to Visit US
China Daily, October 15, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-10/15/content_8800057.htm

中澳軍方高層會談達成協議 (High-level Sino-Australian Military Talks Reach Agreement)
Ming Pao, October 16, 2009
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20091016/ca50810i.htm

Politics
中国需要「第二次改革开放」 (China Needs a "Second Phase of Reform and Opening Up")
Radio France Internationale, October 15, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/118/article_16806.asp

Poverty
消除饥饿”报告称赞巴西中国 (ActionAid Report Praises Brazil and China for Hunger Deduction)
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 16, 2009
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2009/10/091016_food_day_poverty.shtml

Protests and Petitions
湖南凤凰县逾千教师罢课 抗议工资大缩水 (1000+ Teachers Strike in Hunan, Protesting Reduced Salary)
Radio Free Asia, October 15, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/bake-10152009094111.html

Taiwan
Cross-strait Summit Scheduled for December
Agence France-Presse, October 14, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8b0759c0bc154210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Viewed from Afar
South China Morning Post, October 15, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=02f85d85b0354210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Thursday, October 15, 2009

October 15, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
China Protests Trip by India Leader
New York Times, October 13, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/14/world/asia/14border.html

Premier: China to Maintain High-level Exchanges with Iran
Xinhua News Agency, October 15, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/15/content_12237360.htm

Environment
Ample Space to Bury CO2 on Mainland, Scientists Say
South China Morning Post, October 15, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6bde60499b354210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Government
Guangdong Officials to Disclose Assets - But Not to the Public
South China Morning Post, October 15, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=08135d85b0354210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Officials Punished for Violating Disciplines in Economic Stimulus Projects
Xinhua News Agency, October 14, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-10/14/content_8794953.htm

Human Rights Defender – Ni Yulan (倪玉兰)
北京维权人士倪玉兰向高检投诉 (Ni Yulan's Family Files Complaint to Supreme People's Procuratorate)
Radio Free Asia, October 14, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/nyl-10142009112255.html

Law
最高人民检察院出台检察官职业道德基本准则 (Supreme People's Procuratorate Issues Provisional Professional Code of Conduct for Procurators)
Xinhua News Agency, October 13, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-10/13/content_12224434.htm
Related information:
中华人民共和国检察官职业道德基本准则（试行） (Basic Standards of Professional Ethics for Procurators in the People's Republic of China [For Trial Implementation])
Supreme People's Procuratorate, September 3, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-10/14/content_12227219.htm
Media
Google Docs在中国访问受阻 相关分析文章亦遭删除 (Google Docs Service Blocked in China, Relevant Documents Removed from Site)
Radio Free Asia, October 13, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wangluo-10132009095407.html

Shandong County Closes Cyber Cafes
China Daily, October 15, 2009
http://www.china.org.cn/china/2009-10/15/content_18706149.htm

Multilateral
Security Summit Ends in China with Little to Show
Reuters, October 14, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091014/wl_nm/us_china_summit

Protests and Petitions
山东军转人员成立上访申诉团以集体维权 (Shandong Veterans Form Petition Group to Defend Rights)
Radio Free Asia, October 14, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/veterans-10142009130617.html

Public Health
调查称八成广东农妇终身未做过妇检 (Survey: 80 Percent of Guangdong's Rural Women Have Never Undergone a Gynaecological Examination)
Guangzhou Daily, October 15, 2009
http://news.eastday.com/c/20091015/u1a4727325.html

XUAR
China Sentences Six More to Die for Xinjiang Unrest
Agence France-Presse, October 15, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091015/ts_afp/chinaunrestxinjiangtrialsentence
Related news:
熱比婭：維族被告判死加深矛盾 (Kadeer: Sentencing Uyghur Defendants to Death Intensifies Confrontation)
Ming Pao, October 14, 2009
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/091013/4/enzj.html
騷亂三月後 維漢衝突仍一觸即發 (Three Months after Riots, Uyghur-Han Relations Remain on Edge)
Ming Pao, October 15, 2009
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/091014/4/eov8.html
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Wednesday, October 14, 2009

October 14, 2009

News
Death Penalty
Man Executed for Trafficking 48 kg of Drugs
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), October 13, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-10/13/content_8788767.htm

Brown Asks China to Spare Drug Smuggler
Associated Press (via Sydney Monring Herald), October 14, 2009
XUAR
Death Sentences Will 'Enrage' Uygurs, says Kadeer
South China Morning Post, October 13, 2009
Public Health
Lead Poisoning Sickens Nearly 1,000 Kids in China
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), October 14, 2009
China's Island Province Reports First A/H1N1 Case
Xinhua News Agency, October 14, 2009
Religion
山西省临汾教会成员被抓捕 (House Church Members in Shanxi Arrested)
Radio Free Asia, October 13, 2009
Media
China spreads the word at Frankfurt fair
Financial Times, October 14, 2009
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/448e0e3a-b81a-11de-8ca9-00144feab49a.html

Related News:
Controversy as Frankfurt Book Fair Fetes Beijing
Spiegel, October 13, 2009
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,654713,00.html

Protests and Petitions
本台独家首发：山西临县煤矿主雇凶 维权村民至少三人死亡（图） (RFA News Exclusive: +100 Hired Thugs Attack Villagers in Shanxi over Land Dispute, Kill 3 Villagers)
Radio Free Asia, October 13, 2009
Taiwan
Mainland, Taiwan to Hold Talks in mid or late December
Xinhua News Agency, October 14, 2009
Corruption
Liaoning Official Probed Over Huge Embezzlement
Environment
China Claiming Lead on Climate
Sydney Monring Herald, October 14, 2009
Bilateral Ties
China, Russia Sign Deals Worth Billions of Dollars
Voice of America, October 13, 2009
China, Mongolia Marks 60th Anniversary of Diplomatic Ties
Xinhua News Agency, October 14, 2009
China to Exchange Views with U.S.'s Campbell on Regional, Int'l Issues
Xinhua News Agency, October 13, 2009
Police
Alleged Forger Starves to Death in Custody
South China Morning Post, October 14, 2009
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

October 13, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
Chinese Vice President Meets German President
Xinhua News Agency, October 13, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/13/content_12219646.htm
Related news:
默克尔:言论自由不是威胁是机会 (Merkel: Freedom of Speech Is Not a Threat But an Opportunity)
Radio France Internationale, October 12, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/118/article_16745.asp
Pakistani PM Starts China Visit
Xinhua News Agency, October 12, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/12/content_12218063.htm

Strategy for Better Sino-US Relations Pays Off for Obama
South China Morning Post, October 13, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4f24b2812f844210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Environment
环保工作面临矛盾高发态势 环境行政复议有三难 (Environmental Work Faces Increasing Problems)
China News Service, October 13, 2009
http://www.chinanews.com.cn/gn/news/2009/10-13/1907436.shtml

Human Rights Defender – Zhou Yongjun (周勇军)
Transfer to China of Dissident Unlawful: Hong Kong Lawmaker
Agence France-Presse, October 13, 2009
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hrNt5vm0MW0fKqbNZIuhdSp3i_Gg
Related news:
港府遣送前民运人士去大陆遭到质疑 (HK Government Challenged for Repatriating Zhou Yongjun to Mainland)
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 13, 2009
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2009/10/091012_china_hk_deportation.shtml
Human Rights Defenders
胡佳等4人荣获2009年度美国《人权观察》“海尔曼人权奖” (Hu Jia, Shi Tao, and Others Awarded Human Rights Watch's 2009 Hellman/Hammett Grant)
Radio Free Asia, October 12, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquan-10122009162544.html
Related news:
37 Writers Get Hellman/Hammett Grants
United Press International, October 12, 2009
http://www.timesoftheinternet.com/118329.html
杭州维权农民杨云彪面临正式逮捕 (Hangzhou-based Farmer-Activist Yang Yunbiao Faces Formal Arrest)
Radio Free Asia, October 12, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yyb-10122009140030.html

Law
我国正努力培养专职农民工法律援助律师队伍 (China Endeavors to Form Specialized Team to Provide Legal Aid to Migrant Workers)
Southern Daily, October 13, 2009
http://china.nfdaily.cn/content/2009-10/13/content_5980263.htm

Media
專家稱中國媒體應該進一步開放 (Experts: Chinese Media Should Be Less Restrained)
Sina, October 13, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1293549/1.html

Police
Chinese Reveals Latest in Series of Deaths in Custody
Reuters, October 13, 2009
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE59C0FK20091013

Population
中国呼吁国际社会加强人口领域合作 (China Urges International Community to Increase Cooperation in Population Control)
Xinhua News Agency, October 13, 2009
http://news.eastday.com/c/20091013/u1a4723179.html

Tibet
英國會小組發表西藏報告 (British Parliament's All Party Parliamentary China Group Publishes Report on Tibet)
Ming Pao, October 13, 2009
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20091013/ca20737i.htm
Related information:
Tibet: Breaking the Deadlock
All Party Parliamentary China Group, October 12, 2009
http://www.derekwyatt.co.uk/news_item.aspx?i_PageID=117782
XUAR
Xinjiang to Strengthen Education on National Unity among Youth
China Daily, October 12, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-10/12/content_8783223.htm

法律界人士:"75"事件被告人合法权利得到了保障 (Jurists: Lawful Rights of Defendants in the "July 5 Urumqi Riot" Case Are Protected)
Eastday, October 13, 2009
http://news.eastday.com/c/20091013/u1a4721470.html
Related news:
7．5騷亂 6維人開審即日判死 「快刀斬亂麻」懾疆獨 淡化政治色彩 (6 Uyghurs Sentenced to Death on First Day of Trial; "Quickly Cutting to the Core" to Intiminate Independence Advocates)
Ming Pao, October 13, 2009
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/091012/4/engt.html
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Monday, October 12, 2009

October 12, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
Putin's Visit to Consolidate Relations
China Daily, October 12, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/12/content_12215378.htm

Death Penalty
China Sentences Six to Death over Xinjiang Riots
Reuters, October 12, 2009
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK217072.htm

广东韶关玩具厂群殴事件主犯一审被判死刑 (Xiao Jianhua, Prime Suspect in Shaoguan Toy Factory Riot, Sentenced to Death)
Southern Weekend, October 10, 2009
http://www.infzm.com/content/35752
Related news:
China: Death for Man in Brawl Linked to Riots
Associated Press, October 11, 2009
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/8748986
Environment
As China's Economy Grows, So Do Mounds of Garbage
Associated Press, October 11, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091011/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_too_much_trash

Human Rights Defenders
Activist Detained for Hours for "Anti-revolutionary" Slogan on T-shirt
Asia News, October 12, 2009
http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=16558&size=A

贝岭再次受邀参加德国法兰克福书展 (Poet Bei Ling again Invited to Participate in Frankfurt Book Fair)
Radio Free Asia, October 09, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/aobama-10092009141659.html
Related information:
Exiled Writer Condemns Snub in Run-up to Frankfurt Fair
Deutsche Presse-Agentur, September 12, 2009
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/285333,exiled-writer-condemns-snub-in-run-up-to-frankfurt-fair--feature.html
个别京律师终过执业证审核 忆通停业处罚结束又陷年审 (Certain Beijing Lawyers Finally Pass Examination for License Renewal; Yitong Law Firm Has further Difficulties after End of Suspension Period)
Radio Free Asia, October 09, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lvshi-10092009143428.html

Media
民间人士授权维权网发布一份关于当局对舆论控制的报告书 (Liu Yonghong Issues Report on the Control of Public Opinion by Chinese Authorities)
Radio Free Asia, October 11, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/min-10112009160241.html

World Media Summit
胡锦涛在世界媒体峰会开幕式上的致辞 (Hu Jintao's Speech at the Opening Ceremony of the World Media Summit)
Radio Free Asia, October 12, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-10/09/content_12200932.htm
Related news:
As China Cranks Up PR Machine, Media Groups want Openness
New Europe, October 12, 2009
http://www.neurope.eu/articles/As-China-cranks-up-PR-machine-media-groups-want-openness-/96833.php

Media Urged to Provide 'Fair' Reportage
Xinhua News Agency, October 12, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2009-10/12/content_8778275.htm
Police
绝食49天 嫌犯死在看守所 (30-year-old Man Dies in Beijing Detention Center, 49 Days into Hunger Strike)
Chengdu Economic Daily, October 12, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/1012/02/5LD3NFJI000120GR.html

Public Health
China to Stop Mandatory Hepatitis B Tests: State Media
Agence France-Presse, October 11, 2009
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hcls2gd7jl_cACfGJos5Ux0mTg8A

Society
中国近千万老人无法生活自理 (Close to 10 Million Elderly Chinese are Unable to Care for Themselves)
Radio Free Asia, October 10, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lao-10092009212814.html

Tibet
Realpolitik Hits Dalai Lama’s Cause
Financial Times, October 07, 2009
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/78bc4756-b358-11de-ae8d-00144feab49a.html
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Friday, October 09, 2009

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
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Thursday, October 08, 2009

October 08, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
Obama to Visit China in Mid-November, Says White House
Xinhua News Agency, October 08, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/08/content_12192521.htm
Related news:
White House Denies Dalai Lama Snubbed ahead of Beijing Visit
South China Morning Post, October 08, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5ca94350a6f24210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Children
One-child Policy Gives Birth to a Selfish Generation
South China Morning Post, October 08, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6a075fb6c7f24210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Environment
Climate Poses Bigger Challenge than Recession
China Daily, October 08, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-10/08/content_8767823.htm

Government
President Hu Urges Patriotism to Serve Construction
China Daily, October 06, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-10/06/content_8765863.htm

Human Rights Defenders
防外媒异议人士国庆被旅游　至今随警漂流异地者难统计 (Dissidents Sent Away before National Day to Prevent Foreign Media Interview, Exact Number Remains Unknown)
Radio Free Asia, October 07, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/guoqing-10072009173238.html

Multilateral
溫總未獲朝重返六方承諾 (Premier Wen Failed to Obtain N Korea's Promise to Re-engage in Six-Party Talks)
Ming Pao, October 07, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1287121/1.html

Protests and Petitions
济源搬校强制幼儿药排铅　工厂不停民众维权受威胁 (School Children in Henan Forced to Remove Blood Lead by Medication, Factory Protesters Threatened by Local Authorities)
Radio Free Asia, October 07, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jiyuan-10072009171038.html

无锡多访民被押遭恐吓 要求保证不再进京上访 (Jiangsu Petitioners Detained and Intimidated, Authorities Demand Guarantee to Not Petition in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, October 07, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-10072009143158.html

State Security
Al-Qaida Threatens to Attack China
China Daily, October 08, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-10/08/content_8767743.htm

Tibet
尼泊尔在中国压力下加强监督藏人活动 (Under Pressure from China, Nepal Increases Pressure on Tibetans)
Voice of America, October 07, 2009
http://www1.voanews.com/chinese/news/china/nepali-tibet-200910007-63670112.html
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Wednesday, October 07, 2009

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
Related news:
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
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Tuesday, October 06, 2009

October 06, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
Barack Obama Cancels Meeting with Dalai Lama 'to Keep China Happy'
Telegraph, October 06, 2009
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/6262938/Barack-Obama-cancels-meeting-with-Dalai-Lama-to-keep-China-happy.html

China and Japan Begin Talks on Building Alliance
Telegraph, October 05, 2009
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/6258990/China-and-Japan-begin-talks-on-building-alliance.html

China Vows to Stand by Isolated North Korea
Reuters, October 05, 2009
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE59421820091005
Related news:
Premier Pushes for Nuclear-free Peninsula
China Daily, October 05, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-10/05/content_8763900.htm
議員邀熱比婭訪問 新西蘭政府未批簽證 (New Zealand MP Issues Invitation to Rebiya Kadeer; Government Yet to Approve Entry Visa)
Ming Pao, October 06, 2009
http://news.mingpao.com/20091006/cac1.htm

Environment
Environment Watchdog Vows to Assess Heavy Metal Pollution Levels
South China Morning News, October 04, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=166a8a030ea14210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights
Praise from World Leaders amid Jabs at Rights Record
Agence France Presse, October 03, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=fca8c866c2614210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders
港府移交周勇军到深圳 香港多名法律界人士抗议 (Hong Kong Government Turns Over Zhou Yongjun to Shenzhen, Many Lawyers Protest)
Radio Free Asia, October 05, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zyj-10052009101002.html

四川博客作家冉云飞在成都机场被捕下落不明 (Sichuanese Blogger Ran Yunfei Goes Missing in Chengdu Airport)
Voice of America, October 03, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/2009-10-03-voa31.cfm

Internet Censorship
Party Monitors Untangle Web of Disharmony
South China Morning Post, October 06, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a11d12b537024210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

網民維權意識增 與網警大鬥法 (Rights Defense Mentality Increases amongst Netizens as They Scheme against Net Police)
Ming Pao, October 04, 2009
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/091003/4/eiqr.html

Multilateral
World Media Summit to Be Held in Beijing from Oct. 8 to 10
Xinhua News Agency, October 05, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/05/content_12184645.htm
Related news:
新华社社长李从军就世界媒体峰会有关情况专访 (Interview with Xinhua News Agency President Li Congjun on World Media Summit)
Outlook, October 05, 2009
http://news.sohu.com/20091005/n267176453.shtml
Protests and Petitions
河北66岁女访民劳教所猝死 (66-year-old Female Petitioner from Hebei Dies in a Labor Camp)
Radio Free Asia, October 06, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-10052009161538.html

山东访民李淑莲“被上吊”死亡 (Shandong Petitioners Question Authorities' Claim of "Suicide" by Fellow Petitioner Li Shulian)
Radio Free Asia, October 04, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/li-10042009153421.html

上海当局国庆后继续拘留，毒打及软禁访民 (Shanghai Authorities Continue Beatings and House Arrests after National Day)
Radio Free Asia, October 06, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shfm-10052009112919.html

Society
Traditions Fade as China Settles Nomads in Towns
Associated Press, October 05, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091005/ap_on_re_as/as_fea_china_ewenki

Taiwan
Zhejiang to Host Cross-strait Forum with Taiwanese Opposition Party
South China Morning Post, October 06, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e36ce2ffd9524210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet
四川阿坝现逾千张藏人传单 当局突禁境外人士游甘孜 (Authorities Abruptly Block Overseas Visitors to Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan)
Radio Free Asia, October 05, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/aba-10052009095903.html

XUAR
新疆维族人面临生存危机　英维协会呼吁联合国调查 (Uighur U.K. Association Calls on the UN to Investigate Crisis of Subsistence for XUAR's Uyghurs)
Radio Free Asia, October 02, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wei-10022009115158.html

新疆外来工人就业须持有“无犯罪记录”证明 (Workers from Other Localities in XUAR Must Prove They Lack Criminal Records to Obtain Employment)
Radio Free Asia, October 05, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xj-10052009103853.html

Friday, October 02, 2009

October 2, 2009

Top News of the Day
Government
The Darker Side of the Chinese 'Miracle'

Chinese Translation:
中文翻譯: 孔傑榮專欄－「中國人民從此站起來了！」
China Times, October 1, 2009
http://news.chinatimes.com/2007Cti/2007Cti-News/2007Cti-News-Content/0,4521,110514+112009100100421,00.html

Related Information:
Spectacle of Power Cannot Conceal Deep Insecurity
Human Rights in China, September 30, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/171961


News
State Security
Lockdown in The Capital ahead of Military Parade
South China Morning Post, October 01, 2009

Protests and Petitions
上海访民周四试图前往天安门告状被截 (Authorities Intercept Shanghai Petitioners Who Intend to Go to Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, October 01, 2009

Internet Censorship
Bluetooth Breaches Firewall
Radio Free Asia, October 01, 2009

Multilateral
Chinese Vice President to Visit 5 European Countries
Xinhua (via China Daily), October 01, 2009

Tibet
六十名藏人在印度和尼泊尔示威时被捕 (60 Tibetan Arrests in India and Nepal after Protesting against China's Crackdown in Tibet)
Radio Free Asia, October 01, 2009

Bilateral Ties
US Congratulates China But Critics abound
Agence France Presse, October 02, 2009

Empire State Building Lit for China, Drawing Criticism
Associated Press (available at South China Morning Post), October 01, 2009

Related Information:
Bright Lights that Mask the Darkness
New York Times, October 02, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/02/nyregion/02nyc.html

消息稱習近平考慮訪問南韓 (Chinese Vice President Considers Official Visit to S. Korea: Yonhap News Report)
Singtao Daily, October 02, 2009

XUAR
世維會：維族生存受威脅 (Cultural Survival of Uyghur Minorities in China Jeopardized: World Uyghur Congress)
Ming Pao, October 01, 2009

Hong Kong
Hong Kong Activists Urge Human Rights on National Day
Agence France-Presse, October 01, 2009

Human Rights Defender - Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
US Congress Demands China Free Dissident Liu
Agence France-Presse, October 01, 2009
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009

September 30, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
China Says Willing to Improve U.S. Defense Ties
Reuters, September 29, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE58S2ZH20090929

德国立法大选推西藏支持者威斯特维勒上台 北京有不安 (Beijing Concerned with the Possibility of Tibet Supporter Westerwelle Taking over German Foreign Ministry)
Radio France Internationale, September 29, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/117/article_16460.asp

Freedom of Association
China's 60th Anniversary of Communism: Public Barred from Celebrations
Telegraph, September 30, 2009
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/6245241/Chinas-60th-anniversary-of-Communism-public-barred-from-celebrations.html

Hong Kong
In Hong Kong, One Holiday and Lots of Book Sales
International Herald Tribune, September 30, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/30/world/asia/30hong.html

Tsang Powers Up after Meeting Xi
The Standard, September 30, 2009
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=88575&sid=25538272&con_type=3
Related news:
Xi Urges More Co-operation on the Use of Clean Energy
South China Morning News, September 30, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=eb55cba62b604210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=Hong+Kong&s=News
Human Rights
流亡异见人士在美抨击中国人权 (Exiled Dissidents Criticize China's Human Rights Record during U.S. Congressional Public Hearing)
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 30, 2009
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2009/09/090927_uschina_politics_rights.shtml
Related news:
美国国会敦促北京释放刘晓波 (U.S. Congress to Urge Beijing to Release Liu Xiaobo)
Radio France Internationale, September 29, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/117/article_16467.asp
Human Rights Defenders
异议作家廖亦武出席法兰克福书展受阻 (Author Liao Yiwu again Deterred from Attending Frankfurt Book Fair)
Radio Free Asia, September 29, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/liaoyiwu-09292009103315.html

Media
New Hubei Law Bans Parents from Checking Minors' Text Messages
South China Morning Post, September 30, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6e390c278b604210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China 'Blocks Websites' amid Anniversary
Agence France-Presse, September 30, 2009
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/china-blocks-websites-amid-anniversary-20090930-gbbp.html
Related news:
無國界記者：中國國慶前壓制網路和外媒更甚 (Reporters Without Borders: China Oppress Internet and Foreign Press Even Harder before Anniversary)
Central News Agency, September 30, 2009
http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/090930/5/1s2a7.html
香港记协要求大陆停止打压记者采访 (HK Press Association Asks Mainland to Stop Pressuring Journalists in Their Work)
Radio France Internationale, September 30, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/117/article_16475.asp

Society
Life in One of China's Last Communes
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 29, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8278128.stm

Taiwan
U.S. Urges China Not to Be Afraid of `a Strong Taiwan'
Central News Agency, September 28, 2009
http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1069499

Three Gorges
Chinese Dam May Be a Methane Menace
Nature, September 29, 2009
http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090929/full/news.2009.962.html

Tibet
Tibet Restrictions Denied
Xinhua News Agency, September 30, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200909/20090930/article_415383.htm
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009

September 29, 2009

News
Corruption
University Official Gets Life for Bribery
ShanghaiDaily, September 29, 2009
Multilateral
Chinese PM to Visit North Korea Amid Nuclear Standoff
Reuters, September 28, 2009
Protests and Petitions
中央政法委组织编写《涉法涉诉信访问答》(全文) (CPC Political and Legislative Affairs Committee Releases "Questions and Answers Regarding Petitions Dealing with Law or Suits")
Xinhua News Agency, September 28, 2009
HK Petitioners Detained on Arrival in Beijing
无锡拆迁户在网上号召国庆日万人集会游行 (Internet Users among Victims of Illegal Eviction in Jiangsu Call for Protest Rally on The National Day)
Radio Free Asia, September 28, 2009
Tibet
New Curbs in Tibet
Radio Free Asia, September 28, 2009
Public Health
Mainland is Number Two in World for Rabies Deaths
AFP (via SCMP), September 28, 2009
河南济源大批农村儿童被查出血铅超标 (Elevated Blood-lead Levels Found among Children in Rural Henan)
Radio Free Asia, September 28, 2009
Human Rights Defenders -Yao Lifa (姚立法)
姚立法从上周四起与家人失去联系 (Family Members Lose Contact with Yao Lifa)
Radio Free Asia, September 28, 2009
Human Rights
中国发表民族白皮书 (China Issues White Paper on Ethnic Policy)
Radio Free Asia, September 28, 2009

Related information:
Full Text of White Paper on Ethnic Policy
China Daily, September 27, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-09/27/content_8743072.htm

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Monday, September 28, 2009

September 28, 2009

News
Corruption
Official Arrested over Allegedly Protecting Gangs in Chongqing
Xinhua News Agency, September 28, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-09/28/content_8744717.htm

Environment
China to Rely on Coal 'for Long Time': Beijing Official
Agence France-Presse, September 25, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090925/sc_afp/chinaenergyenvironmentclimate

Stimulus on Track but at Cost to the Environment
South China Morning Post, September 28, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0657ff8d96cf3210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

河南济源市多个村发生严重铅污染和铅中毒 (Severe Lead Pollution and Poisoning Found in Henan Villages)
Radio Free Asia, September 27, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/he-09272009183230.html

Human Rights Defender – Sun Wenguang (孙文广)
學者籲停慶典被嚇「放血」 (Retired Shandong Scholar Sun Wenguang Threatened with Stabbing after Proposing the Elimination of the National Day Parade)
Apple Daily, September 28, 2009
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20090928&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=13255334

Human Rights Defenders
家庭教会领袖陈天石国庆期间被迫离京 (House Church Activist Chen Tianshi Forced to Leave Beijing for National Holiday)
Radio Free Asia, September 27, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/7-09272009171959.html

Labor
3 Killed, 7 Injured as Police Destroy Explosives
Xinhua News Agency, September 26, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-09/26/content_8739760.htm

Law
Xinjiang Authorities Ban Online Separatist Talk: State Media
Agence France-Presse, September 27, 2009
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gTLP1deIqZHXJjr5F6EqfGwFfu_Q
Related information:
新疆立法禁止通过网络煽动民族分裂等七类行为 (XUAR Legislation Prohibits Online Discourse Inciting Ethnic Separatism and Other Behaviors)
China News Service, September 27, 2009
http://www.chinanews.com.cn/gn/news/2009/09-27/1888808.shtml

Media
Banned History Book's HK Release to Go ahead Despite Warnings
South China Morning Post, September 26, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=21304c94b12f3210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Chinese Spam from Pam Targets Foreign Reporters
Australian Broadcasting Corporation, September 28, 2009
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/connectasia/stories/200909/s2698315.htm

Military
China to Display Upgraded Missiles in Oct 1 Parade
Reuters, September 27, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE58Q1JO20090927

Multilateral
Hu Hailed for Summit Diplomacy
China Daily, September 28, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-09/28/content_8743801.htm

Police
國慶開恩1300川囚減刑 (1300 Inmates to Receive Reduced Sentences for the National Holiday)
Ming Pao, September 28, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1278660/1.html

Protests and Petitions
珠海访民陈风强被正式逮捕 (Zhuhai, Guangdong Petitioner Chen Fengqiang Formally Arrested)
Radio Free Asia, September 27, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhu-09272009184625.html

Society
60 Years On, China Faces Major Social Struggles
Agence France-Presse, September 28, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090928/wl_asia_afp/chinapolitics60yearschallenges

State Security
廣州地鐵今起對乘客攜帶物品進行安檢 (Guangzhou Metro to Begin Scanning Passengers' Bags)
Guangzhou Daily, September 27, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/113/1/1/1277425/1.html

十•一反恐　北京求助鄰國 (Beijing Seeks the Assistance of Its Neighbors to Fight Terrorism during National Holiday)
Apple Daily, September 28, 2009
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20090928&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=13255332

XUAR
China Lays First Charges over Xinjiang Riots
Reuters, September 26, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE58P0HR20090926
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