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, November 05, 2009

November 05, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
Dalai Lama's Border Visit Set to Strain Sino-Indian Ties
South China Morning Post, November 05, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=40b247bd5dfb4210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

US General Urges Dialogue on Space
South China Morning Post, November 05, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c0a247bd5dfb4210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Death Penalty
最高法行使死刑复核权2年半 过渡平稳 (Smooth Implementation since Power to Review Death Sentences Vested in SPC 2.5 Years Ago)
Xinhua News Agency, November 04, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-11/04/content_12382396.htm

Environment
Residents Opposed to Incinerator Project
China Daily, November 05, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-11/05/content_8915389.htm

Human Rights Defenders – Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)
上海访民被无理关押 冯正虎再被拒回国 (Shanghai Petitioners Unlawfully Detained, Feng Zhenghu Denied Entry to China Yet Again)
Radio Free Asia, November 04, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fang-11042009141630.html

Land Policy
广西百名村民阻拆迁遭警察暴殴 (Guangxi Villagers Brutally Assaulted by Police for Obstructing Land Appropriation)
Radio Free Asia, November 04, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/bei-11042009121029.html

Law
李蕊蕊轟官派律師未盡責 (Li Ruirui: The Government-appointed Lawyer Did Not Fulfill His Duty)
Ming Pao, November 05, 2009
http://news.mingpao.com/20091105/caa1.htm

公安部：儿童失踪案件一律立为刑事案件 (Child Abduction Listed as Criminal Offence: PSB)
Xinhua News Agency, November 04, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-11/04/content_12382634.htm

Media
网民因组党而以涉嫌煽动颠覆国家政权罪受审 (Netizen Tried on Inciting Subversion of State Power for Forming "Party" on the Internet)
Radio Free Asia, November 03, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wang-11032009145950.html

Religion
王怡余杰香港开讲谈家庭教会公开化趋势 (Wang Yi and Yu Jia Speak in HK on the Increasing Trend for House Churches to Go Public)
Radio Free Asia, November 04, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jiaohui-11042009151501.html

Tibet
Dalai Lama Relative Joins Communist Party: State Media
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), November 04, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091104/wl_asia_afp/chinatibetpoliticsdalainiece
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Wednesday, November 04, 2009

November 04, 2009

Top News
Human Rights Defenders
民主党人李志友携妻女逃离中国 (Democracy Activist Li Zhiyou Flees to Thailand with Family)
Radio Free Asia, November 04, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/li-11032009130350.html

Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region-based activist and China Democracy Party Member Li Zhiyou (李志友) fled China with his wife and daughter last week, arriving in Bangkok, Thailand on Tuesday. Li told RFA that the journey took five days. Li Zhiyou was involved with forming of the China Democracy Party and served three years in prison (1999-2001) on charges of inciting subversion of state power for his involvement with it. Since his release, Li has been subject to constant harassment from authorities and has been detained many times.

News
Corruption
Chinese Trial Reveals Vast Web of Corruption
New York Times, November 04, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/world/asia/04crimewave.html

Death Penalty
Migrant Escapes Death Penalty over Killings
South China Morning Post, November 04, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=39922c1009ab4210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Environment
China Seeks Laws to Protect Polluted Lakes: State Media
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), November 03, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091103/sc_afp/chinaenvironmentpollutionwater

Human Rights Defenders
Founder Faces Life Term over His Political Party
South China Morning Post, November 04, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9b222c1009ab4210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

济源维权人士原红遭到警察殴打 (Jiyuan, Henan Rights Activist Yuan Hong Beaten by Police)
Radio Free Asia, November 03, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_assault-11032009113454.html

Internet Censorship
內容不良 魔獸世界遭封殺 (GAPP Shuts Down Popular Online Game World of Warcraft Due to "Harmful Content")
China Times, November 04, 2009
http://news.chinatimes.com/2007Cti/2007Cti-News/2007Cti-News-Content/0,4521,11052101+122009110400382,00.html

China Police Chief Urges Harsher Internet Controls
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), November 03, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091103/wl_asia_afp/chinainternetcensorship

內地封鎖柏林圍牆網站 (Berlin Twitter Wall Site Blocked in China)
Apple Daily, November 04, 2009
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20091104&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=13383513
Related information:
Berlin Twitter Wall (柏林Twitter围墙)
http://www.berlintwitterwall.com/
Land Policy
上海迪士尼已启动拆迁安置 占地4.12平方公里 (Shanghai to Begin Evictions and Demolitions as 4.12 sqkm Planned for Newly-Approved Disney Park)
21st Century Business Herald, November 04, 2009
http://news.dayoo.com/finance/200911/04/54391_100323926.htm

Law
78％基层法院建立立案信访大厅 (78% of Grass-roots Courts Have Case Petitioning Offices)
People's Daily, November 04, 2009
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1026/10312527.html

Police
Torture Continues to Be the Main Investigative Tool in China
AsiaNews, November 03, 2009
http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=16765&size=A

Protests and Petitions
被姦上訪女抵京 今赴庭審 (Trial of Female Petitioner Raped while Held in Black Jail to Be Heard Today in Beijing)
Ming Pao, November 04, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1316045/1.html
Related news:
安徽当局阻扰李蕊蕊听审被强奸案 (Anhui Authorities Obstruct Li Ruirui's Case)
Radio Free Asia, November 03, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/petitioner_rape-11032009112625.html
Public Health
China's Economy Powering Syphilis Spread
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), November 03, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091103/hl_nm/us_china_syphilis

Religion
北京守望家庭教会被迫在雪中进行主日崇拜 (Beijing's Shouwang House Church Forced to Hold Sunday Services Outside in Snow)
Voice of America, November 03, 2009
http://www1.voanews.com/chinese/news/china/BEIJING-HOUSE-CHURCH-FORCED-WORSHIP-OUTDOORS-IN-THE-SNOW-20091103-68841587.html

社科院副研究员范亚峰因参予教会维权被开除 (CASS Researcher Loses Position after Participating in House Church Rights Defense Movement)
Radio Free Asia, November 03, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_dissident-11032009112913.html

Three Gorges
China's Three Gorges Dam Comes of Age
Asia Times Online, November 04, 2009
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/KK04Ad01.html
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Tuesday, November 03, 2009

November 03, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
China, New Zealand Sign Labor Market Agreement
Xinhua News Agency, November 03, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-11/03/content_12373935.htm

Disasters
1,000 Homes Ruined in Yunnan Quake
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), November 03, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0

Human Rights Defender - Guo Quan (郭泉)
異見教授郭泉上訴 料月底有結果 (Democracy Activist Guo Quan Appeals against Sentence for Subversion, Court Ruling Expected by End of The Month)
Ming Pao, November 03, 2009
http://news.mingpao.com/20091103/cac1.htm

June Fourth
天安门母亲联署 港团体抗议限制回国权利 ("Tiananmen Mothers" Sign Petition to Protest China's Entry Restriction on Their HK Group Member)
Radio Free Asia, November 02, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ding-11022009095624.html

Law
最高法院：六种情形下政府信息不予公开 (SPC: Government Information Withheld from Disclosure under Six Circumstances)
Eastday, November 03, 2009
http://news.eastday.com/c/20091103/u1a4778684.html


Related information:
关于审理政府信息公开行政案件若干问题的规定（征求意见稿） (Regulations on Several Issues Regarding the Hearing of Open Government Information Cases [Draft for Soliciting Opinions])
ChinaCourt.org, November 03, 2009
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1026/10309068.html
Military
China 'to Put Weapons in Space'
South China Morning Post, November 03, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=010557e7425b4210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
惠州“10·26”事件 8人被拘留 (Eight Detained for the "October 26 Incident" in Huizhou)
Southern Metropolis Daily, November 03, 2009
http://epaper.nddaily.com/A/html/2009-11/03/content_931599.htm

Related news:
惠州工商通报百人冲击机关事件 多名警察被打 (Several Police Beaten in Assault
Involving 100+ People in Huizhou)
Southern Metropolis Daily, October 30, 2009
http://law.southcn.com/c/2009-10/30/content_6143993.htm

番禺数百民工与警冲突三十多人被拘 (Hundreds of Migrant Workers in Guangzhou Clash With Police; More than 30 Detained)
Radio Free Asia, November 02, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/min-11022009095427.html

XUAR
中国反对美国将维吾尔人移交帕劳 (China Opposes The Transfer of Uyghurs to Palau)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 03, 2009
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2009/11/091103_china_palau_uighurs.shtml

Xinjiang Police to 'Strike Hard'
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 03, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8339367.stm
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Monday, November 02, 2009

October 31 - November 02, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
China's Africa Goals More than Just Natural Resources
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), November 02, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091102/bs_nm/us_africa_china_objectives

Stronger Japan Ties, But with Riders
China Daily, November 02, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-11/02/content_8880766.htm

Corruption
China Sacks Education Minister amid Scandal
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), November 01, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091101/ap_on_re_as/as_china_education

Environment
Acid Ship 'Sinks in China's Yangtze'
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), November 01, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091101/wl_asia_afp/chinayangtzeenvironmentaccident

China Cracks Down on Garbage Smuggling
Xinhua News Agency (via Shanghai Daily), October 31, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=418058

Gender
Raids Release Missing Women
Shanghai Daily, November 02, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200911/20091102/article_418176.htm

Human Rights
自由之家:世界不自由人口中国占一半(组图) (Freedom House: China Accounts for over One Half of Those Living under Not Free Conditions)
Radio Free Asia, November 02, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ziyou-10302009102640.html

Human Rights Defender - Qi Zhiyong (齐志勇)
驻京美国记者未能采访中国异议人士齐志勇 (American Journalist Not Allowed to Interview Chinese Dissident Qi Zhiyong)
Radio Free Asia, November 02, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ji-10302009163931.html

Human Rights Defender – Ai Xiaoming (艾晓明)
广州中山大学教授艾晓明被限制入港后因私访问香港成功 (Professor Ai Xiaoming Successfully Enters HK for Personal Visit)
Radio Free Asia, November 02, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gang-11012009165446.html

Labor
Furniture Factory Fire Leaves 3 Dead, 3 Injured in Chongqing
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), October 31, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-10/31/content_8878178.htm

Multilateral
Japan, China, S Korea to Strengthen Cooperation in Disaster Control
Xinhua News Agency, October 31, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/31/content_12366180.htm

Protests and Petitions
浙江访民朱爱莲进京上访却被劳教一年 (Zhejiang Petitioner Sentenced to Reeducation-through-labor after Protesting in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, October 31, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhe-10312009000855.html

Taiwan
Singer Stages Camouflaged PLA Landing on Taiwan, DPP Fumes
South China Morning Post, October 31, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2c913216495213d5df646910cba0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6fb741be365a4210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

More Missiles across Strait
Asia Times Online, October 31, 2009
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/KJ31Ad01.html

Tibet
China Is Trying a Tibetan Filmmaker for Subversion
New York Times, October 30, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/31/world/asia/31tibet.html

Dalai Lama Says Trip to a Disputed Region in India Isn’t Political
New York Times, October 31, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/01/world/asia/01lama.html

XUAR
China Jails 19 in Xinjiang for Security Crimes: Uighur Group
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), October 30, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091030/wl_asia_afp/chinaunrestxinjiangrights

接受境外媒體採訪 維族記者被捕 (Uyghur Journalist Arrested after Accepting Media’s Interview)
Ming Pao, November 02, 2009
http://news.mingpao.com/20091102/cae1.htm

Related information:
Ethnic Uighur Journalist Detained in China
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), October 30, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091030/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_uighur_unrest


Xinjiang Sentences for Riots Will Stand
Xinhua News Agency (via Shanghai Daily), October 31, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=418059
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Friday, October 30, 2009

October 30, 2009

Top News
Protests and Petitions
上海市民沈佩兰在探望郑恩宠时被殴打 (Shanghai Citizen Shen Peilan Beaten when on Her Way to Visit Rights Defense Lawyer Zheng Enchong)
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, October 29, 2009
http://crd-net.org/Article/Class53/200910/20091029142116_17982.html

On October 27, 2009, a Shanghai petitioner Shen Peilan (沈佩兰) was beaten by police officers when she went to visit rights defense lawyer Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠). On October 29, 2009, Shen was taken away from their home by officers from the public security bureau of Maqiao Township in Pudong New District, Shanghai.

Related information:
Rights Activist Beaten and Detained Following Protest
Human Rights in China, October 29, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/172281

News
Bilateral Ties
Chinese Vice Premier Visits Albania
Xinhua News Agency, October 29, 2009
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE59S08N20091029?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews

Canada Looks to Renew Ties with China
China Daily, October 30, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-10/30/content_8870515.htm

Obama Meets Senior Chinese Military Officer
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), October 29, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-10/29/content_8867137.htm

Li Calls for 'New Level' in Australia Ties
South China Morning Post, October 30, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9fb313f35a3a4210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Corruption
Guangdong Uses Lie Detector in Corruption Probe
Shanghai Daily, October 30, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=417969

Environment
Climate Diplomacy Stepped up as Copenhagen Looms
South China Morning Post, October 29, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7346ae080ae94210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Government
艾未未要求地震信息公开　邮寄行动冀望网友加入 (Ai Weiwei Call on Chinese Authorities for Information Disclosure on Sichuan Earthquake)
Radio Free Asia, October 29, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ai-10292009094225.html

Labor
26名工人集體食物中毒 施工方稱投毒可能性大 (26 Workers in Xian Suffer Food Poisoning)
Sina, October 30, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1311098/1.html

Law
侵权责任立法须审慎客观——聚焦人大常委会审议侵权责任法草案 (Careful Review on Draft Tort Liability Law Needed)
Xinhua News Agency, October 30, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-10/30/content_12358456.htm

North Korea
China's Hu Invites North Korea's Kim to Visit: Report
Reuters, October 29, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE59S1GN20091029?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews

Protests and Petitions
上海四百访民聚京抗议 商议每月都要集体上访 (400 Petitioners Protest in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, October 29, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fang-10292009101905.html

Tibet
EU Denounces China's Execution of Two Tibetans
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), October 29, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091029/wl_asia_afp/chinatibetunresteu

XUAR
中国当局逮捕新疆维吾尔族著名媒体人海来特 (Uyghur Journalist Heyrat Niyaz Arrested)
Radio France Internationale, October 30, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/118/article_17116.asp
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Thursday, October 29, 2009

October 29, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
Chinese Visit Seals End of Chilly Ties with Australia
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), October 29, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091029/wl_nm/us_australia_china

Corruption
中国政府官员贪腐、涉黑犯罪日趋严重 (Corruption and Related Crimes Involving Chinese Government Officials Shows Signs of Worsening)
Radio Free Asia, October 28, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fu-10282009084837.html

Environment
China Poisoning Pearl River Delta: Greenpeace
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), October 28, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091028/sc_afp/chinaenvironmentgreenpeace

Human Rights Defenders
慈溪农民因控告地方官员腐败被追杀 (Zhejiang Farmer Listed as Wanted for Exposing the Corruption of Local Officials)
Radio Free Asia, October 28, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/nong-10282009101629.html

贵州活动人士周二聚会 启动“第五届人权研讨会” (Guizhou Activists Gather Tuesday for the Fifth Human Rights Seminar)
Radio Free Asia, October 28, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/guizhou-10282009115653.html

中国多名维权律师访美 探讨法制在中国的发展 (Chinese Rights Defense Lawyers Discuss the Development of the Chinese Legal System in Washington)
Radio Free Asia, October 29, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lushi-10282009170351.html

Law
最高检:严查刑讯逼供、暴力取证等侵犯人权犯罪 (SPP: Investigation into Forced Confessions, Evidence Obtained through Violence, and Other Acts Violating Human Rights during Criminal Investigations)
Xinhua News Agency, October 29, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-10/29/content_12352152.htm

Media
最高法研究室答新华网：增强法律意识 规范网络行为 (Interview with SPC Research Office: Strengthen Legal Consciousness, Regulate Internet Activities)
Xinhua News Agency, October 29, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-10/29/content_12354346.htm

Multilateral
VP Xi: China to Take Active Part in UN Work
Xinhua News Agency, October 28, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/28/content_12350274.htm
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009

October 28, 2009

News
Internet Censorship
China Purges Porn Works on Internet
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), October 27, 2009 http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-10/27/content_8857867.htm
June Fourth
北京又拒港人入境 被指违反联合国公约 ("Tiananmen Mothers Campaign - Hong Kong" Member Refused Entry into Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, October 28, 2009
Law
Draft Amendment Aims for Electoral Balance
South China Morning Post, October 28, 2009
Children
China Rescues Kidnapped Children
BBC Chinese, October 28, 2009
Bilateral Ties
China, Malawi Vow to Further Military Ties
Xinhua News Agency, October 27, 2009
Ukraine Reliable Friend, Partner: Chinese Vice Premier
Xinhua News Agency, October 28, 2009
China, Mongolia Vow to Step Up Parliamentary Ties
Xinhua News Agency, October 28, 2009
Multilateral
Russia, India, China to Forge Common Approach to Global Issues
Voice of America, October 28, 2009
4th Ministerial Meeting of Forum on China-African Cooperation to Be Held in Egypt
Xinhua News Agency, October 27, 2009
Beijing Runs a Diplomatic Marathon
Asia Times Online, October 28, 2009
Tibet
China Confirms Two Tibetans Executed Over 2008 Unrest
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), October 27, 2009
China Urges Push for Tibet Stability: State Media
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), October 28, 2009 http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091027/wl_asia_afp/chinatibetpoliticsunrest
Society
中国网上人体肾脏器官买卖活跃 (Human Organ Trafficking Rampant through Internet in China)
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 27, 2009
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Tuesday, October 27, 2009

October 24-27, 2009

Top News

Human Rights Defender
“零八宪章”签署人之一的段春芳被判处一年半徒刑 ("Charter 08" Signer Duan Chunfang Sentenced to One Year And Six Months)
Radio France Internationale, October 24, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/118/article_17011.asp

Duan Chunfang (段春芳), a Shanghai petitioner and Charter ’08 signer, was sentenced by a Shanghai court to one year and six months in prison for “obstructing official business” on October 23, 2009. Since 2000, Duan had petitioned the authorities for her demolished home and justice for her brother death. On June 23, 2009, Duan and her husband were beaten by policemen; she was detained and accused of assaulting policemen on July 3, 2009.


Related information:
Petitioner Gets One Year and Six Months for “Obstructing Official Business”
Human Rights in China, October 23, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/172212

News
Bilateral Ties
Australia Declares End to China Tensions
Reuters (via South China Morning Post), October 26, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0

Beijing Hides North Korea Trade Statistics
Reuters (via South China Morning Post), October 27, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0

Myanmar, China to Boost Trade, Ties: State Media
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), October 24, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-10/24/content_8844061.htm

China, Switzerland Vow to Tighten up Law Enforcement Collaboration
Xinhua News Agency, October 26, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/26/content_12332348.htm

China's Top Legislator Pledges to Advance Relations with Kenya
Xinhua News Agency, October 23, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/23/content_12311209.htm

Chinese Vice President Meets Senior Vietnamese Official
Xinhua News Agency, October 26, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/26/content_12331573.htm

Corruption
Shenzhen Sacks Two More Officials in Corruption Probe
Shanghai Daily, October 26, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200910/20091026/article_417516.htm#ixzz0V6rdhAMV
Chongqing Billionaire on Trial over Crippling Taxi Strike, Bribery
South China Morning Post, October 27, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0

Disasters
Drought in South And Central Areas to Continue
South China Morning Post, October 24, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0

Environment
Bloggers Map China’s Pollution
Radio Free Asia, October 26, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/google-10252009155101.html

Internet Censorship
《南风窗》网站突然停止运作 (Guangzhou-based Magazine "Nanfeng Chuang" Site Suspended)Radio Free Asia, October 26, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_magzine-10262009123741.html?encoding=simplified

Labor
3 Trapped Chinese Coal Miners Rescued After 8 Days
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), October 24, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091025/ap_on_re_as/as_china_miners_rescued

Factory Fire Kills Two, Injures Four in E China
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), October 26, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-10/26/content_8846626.htm

Military
PLA Commander Begins Tour of US Military Sites
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), October 25, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0

China 'Developing Cyber Warfare Capability'
Associated Press (via South African Press Association), October 23, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0

Multilateral
84 Countries And Regions Converge on Beijing for Int'l Fiscal Summit
China Daily (via Xinhua News Agency), October 26, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/26/content_12327786.htm

Sixth China-ASEAN Expo Closes, Bringing Closer Ties
Xinhua News Agency, October 24, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/24/content_12315584.htm

Protests and Petitions
西安盐西村非法拆迁数名村民被打伤，一人生命垂危(图) (Villagers in Xian Beaten After Protesting against Illegal Eviction, One Severely Injured)
Radio Free Asia, October 24, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xi-10232009233349.html

Fourteen Arrested over China Mine Dispute: Govt
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), October 23, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091023/wl_asia_afp/chinaminingcrime

３００名复员军人在北京总政示威 (300 Retired Military Officials Demonstrate in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, October 26, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/petition_veterans-10262009112125.html?encoding=simplified

Religion
美指華續打壓疆藏宗教自由 (China Continues to Suppress Religious Freedom in Tibet and Xinjiang: US)
Ming Pao, October 27, 2009
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20091027/ca20850i.htm

Society
How Burying A Tradition Fuelled Black Market in Corpse-selling
South China Morning Post, October 24, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0

Taiwan
Taiwan Leader Ma Calls for Lasting Cross-Strait Peace
Xinhua News Agency, October 25, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/25/content_12324322.htm

Uygur Leader Kadeer Is No Terrorist: Ma
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), October 23, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0

Tibet
India to China: Dalai Lama An 'Honored Guest'
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), October 25, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091025/ap_on_re_as/as_asean_india_china_dalai_lama

XUAR
China's Xinjiang Isolated by E-mail, Phone Cuts
Agence France-Presse (via China Post), October 25, 2009
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/local-news/other/2009/10/25/230059/Chinas-Xinjiang.htm
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Friday, October 23, 2009

October 23, 2009

Top News

Law
国务院法制办负责人就《保安服务管理条例》答问 (Representative from the State Council Legal Affairs Office Responds to Questions Regarding the Regulations on the Administration of Security Services)
Xinhua News Agency, October 21, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-10/21/content_12289351.htm


Related information:
保安服务管理条例 (Regulations on the Administration of Security Services)
State Council, October 13, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-10/19/content_12270284.htm
News
Bilateral Ties
China Sends Volunteers to Niger
China Daily, October 23, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-10/22/content_8835613.htm

U.S.-China Military Ties Vital to Bilateral Ties: Clinton
Xinhua News Agency, October 23, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/23/content_12303381.htm

China, India Stoke 21st-Century Rivalry
The Wall Street Journal, October 23, 2009
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125625173429702481.html?mod=rss_asia_whats_news

Corruption
宁夏辽宁各一名省级高官被免职 (High-ranking Provincial and Regional Officials Removed from Office in Ningxia and Liaoning)
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 23, 2009
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2009/10/091022_china_corruption.shtml

Guangdong Officials and Senior Judges Sacked for Corruption
South China Morning Post, October 23, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=96ca471e32d74210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Hong Kong
Hong Kong Law under Beijing’s Shadow
Asia Times Online, October 23, 2009
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/KJ23Ad01.html

Activists Face Trial after Constitutionality Ruling
South China Morning Post, October 23, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=90df2022f8c74210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders
Two Activist Writers Turned away at Border
South China Morning Post, October 23, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d62b471e32d74210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
獲准與家人見面 胡佳獄中肝硬化 (Family of Hu Jia Permitted Meeting, Hu's Health Worsens due to Cirrhosis)
Ming Pao, October 23, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1303935/1.html

Internet Censorship
China Authors Say Google Violated Copyrights
Reuters, October 22, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE59L20V20091022

Law
Does China Need an Animal Protection Law?
Beijing Review, October 22, 2009
http://www.bjreview.com.cn/quotes/txt/2009-10/23/content_225363.htm

North Korea
China Forces POW Relatives Back to N.Korea - Activist
Reuters, October 22, 2009
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE59L14S20091022

Protests and Petitions
江苏吴江垃圾焚烧厂投产 数万人连续街头抗议 (Wujiang, Jiangsu Residents Take to the Street to Protest Construction of Waste Incineration Plant)
Radio Free Asia, October 22, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/trash-10222009100241.html

河北村民抗議逼遷堵國道 (Hebei Villagers Block Highway Protesting Land Confiscation)
Ming Pao, October 23, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1303929/1.html

Public Health
深圳等10城市两年内实现公共场所全面禁烟 (Shenzhen amongst Ten Cities to Ban Smoking in Public Places within Next Two Years)
Jiangxi Daily, October 21, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/1021/16/5M5MN04U0001124J.html

Analysts Unimpressed by Cut in Prices of More than 1,000 Drugs
South China Morning Post, October 23, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d54b471e32d74210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet
西藏流亡组织称中国枪决四名参与骚乱的藏人 (Tibetan Exile Organization: China Has Executed Four Tibetan Participants in Riots)
Radio Free Asia, October 22, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/tibet-10222009170637.html

Related news:
China Executes Tibetan Protesters
The Guardian, October 22, 2009
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/22/china-executes-tibet-protesters



XUAR
美最高法院将审理关塔那摩湾维族在押人员案 (U.S. Supreme Court Accepts Case of Uyghurs Detained at Guantanamo)
Voice of America, October 22, 2009
http://www1.voanews.com/chinese/news/china/UIGHERS-20091022-65511362.html

Guantánamo Uighurs Know Justices Took Their Case
The Miami Herald, October 22, 2009
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1294146.html
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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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