February 20-22, 2010

News

Civil Society
地方政府透明度年度报告称部分政府网站不及格 (Some Official Websites Are Below Standards, CASS Report on Transparency of Local Gov't Says)
China Youth Daily, February 22, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100222/u1a5032186.html

Disasters

Fake Quake Warning Sends Thousands Outdoors
South China Morning Post, February 22, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=244b505ab61f6210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Education
Education Minister Faces Tough Entry Exam
South China Morning Post, February 22, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e55b505ab61f6210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Environment
Villagers Live in Fear of Yellow River Floods
China Daily, February 22, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/2010-02/22/content_9481591.htm

Human Rights Defender - Gao Yaojie (高耀洁)
港媒播出高耀潔美國流亡專訪 (Hong Kong TV Interviews Anti-AIDS Activist)
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 20, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/trad/china/2010/02/100220_rthk_gao.shtml

Related information:

Gao’s Interview on RTHK

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHQHoCakFBk

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsmEm7ArYqo

Human Rights Defender - Liu Jie (刘杰)
维权人士刘杰强烈要求废除劳动教养制度 (Rights Defender Liu Jie Calls for Abolition of Re-education Through Labor System)
Radio Free Asia, February 21, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wei-02212010162433.html

Internet Censorship

China PLA Officer Urges New Internet Control Agency
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), February 22, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100222/ts_nm/us_china_internet

Law
改革选举法城乡居民“同票同权” (Electoral Law Reform Aims for Equal Vote Weight for Urban, Rural Constituencies)
Sichuan Online (via Xinhua), February 22, 2010
http://news.66wz.com/system/2010/02/22/101707640.shtml

Media
Chinese Colleges Deny Google Hacking
Irish Times, February 22, 2010
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2010/0222/1224264939208.html

Protests and Petitions
中国安保无止境 访民抗议公安摄像被刑拘 (Shanghai Petitioner Criminally Detained for "Obstructing Official Duties" After Attempting to Stop Police Filming at Private Home)
Radio Free Asia, February 21, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fang-02212010145013.html

Tibet
Censorship at Heart of Tibet/China Issue: Dalai Lama
Reuters, February 21, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61K0FP20100221

February 19, 2010

News

Bilateral Ties
Obama Meets Dalai Lama, Angering China
Reuters, February 19, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1116932520100218

Food Security
China Says "Most" Melamine-tainted Milk Destroyed
Reuters, February 15, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61E39C20100215

Gender
China Contender at Mr Gay World Event Fears Hometown Return
Agence France-Presse, February 18, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hZ-PSIH4J_CUBQdPBn-ADRZFqXAA

Human Rights Defenders
Nervous Times for Uighur Lecturer
Financial Times, February 18, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/28cb287e-1c2c-11df-86cb-00144feab49a.html

张怀阳劳教上诉案草草开庭 (Appeal Case of Charter 08 Signatory Zhang Huaiyang against His RTL Sentence Handled Improperly)
Radio Free Asia, February 18, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/China-dissident-02182010105302.html

Internet Censorship

China Shuts Down 16,000 Websites in Latest Crackdown
The Daily Princetonian, February 18, 2010
http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2010/02/18/25222/

Labor
安监总局：重大和特别重大事故信息3小时内上报至总局 (China Requires "Large," "Especially Serious" Work Accidents Reported to Authorities Within 3 Hours)
Xinhua News Agency, February 18, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2010-02/18/content_12998733.htm

Land Policy
Hire Stands Up to Chinese Government, Developers
Voice of America, February 17, 2010
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Hire-Stands-Up-to-Chinese-Government-Developers-84644077.html

Law
Lawyer's Trial Renews Rule-Of-Law Concerns In China
National Public Radio, February 18, 2010
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123821142

Media
上海“短信监控”变成业务服务 (“Text Message Monitoring” Becomes Business Service in Shanghai)
Radio Free Asia, February 18, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hu-02182010095625.html

Two Chinese Schools Said to Be Tied to Online Attacks
New York Times, February 18, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/19/technology/19china.html

Tibet
阿坝僧人静坐抗议大批武警严控寺院 (Tibetan Monks Stage Sit-in Protest in Sichuan; Monasteries Surrounded by Armed Troops)
Radio Free Asia, February 18, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/China-Tibetan-02182010103527.html

February 18, 2010

Top News of The Day
Human Rights Defender - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
Missing Chinese Rights Lawyer 'Located'
Voice of America, February 16, 2010
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Missing-Chinese-Rights-Lawyer-Located-84486732.html

Related Information:

Statement by Geng He, Wife of Gao Zhisheng
Human Rights in China, February 17, 2010
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/173340

Missing Activist May Be in Jail, Ex-lawyer Says
Associated Press, Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), February 16, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5cce1ba41f1d6210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Rights Group Says Missing Chinese Lawyer in Urumqi
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), February 14, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100214/ap_on_re_as/as_china_missing_lawyer

News

Bilateral Ties
U.S. Warship on Schedule in HK Despite China Tension
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), February 17, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100217/pl_nm/us_china_us_warship

Government
Warning as Unrest Grows
Radio Free Asia, February 17, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/warning-02172010112910.html

Human Rights Defenders
王丹等发表“网路革命”宣言 (Exiled Chinese Dissidents Issue Declaration of "Internet Revolution")
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 16, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2010/02/100216_internet_revolution_declaration.shtml

Land Policy
房屋征收条例征意见结束 非公共利益拆迁成焦点 (Consultation on Draft House Expropriation Regulation Ends; Non-public Interests Demolition Is Main Focus of Discussion)
Beijing News (via Xinhua News Agency), February 13, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2010-02/13/content_12978414.htm

Law
China Has over 166,000 Lawyers
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), February 16, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/16/content_9471615.htm

Related News:

中国律师行业全面实现共产党党组建设 (CCP's "Party Building" Fully Implemented in Chinese Legal Profession)
Radio Free Asia, February 16, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lushi-02162010152928.html

Protests and Petitions
200多名访民年初一试图到温家宝官邸上访 (More than 200 Petitioners Attempt to Visit Wen Jiabao's Official Residence on Chinese New Year)
Radio Free Asia, February 15, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_arrest-02152010115121.html

女访民交五万元不上访保证金后离开精神病院 (Petitioner Released from Mental Hospital After Paying 50,000 Yuan Deposit, Writing An Affidavit That She Won’t Petition Again)
Radio Free Asia, February 17, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/petitioner_abuse-02172010111135.html

桂林农民护地多人被打成重伤 (Farmers Trying to Protect Their Farmland Seriously Wounded in Guilin, Guangxi)
Radio Free Asia, February 17, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/China-demolition-02172010112025.html

男子大年初三县政府门前引爆炸药 (Man Detonates Explosives in Front of Gov't Office After His Long-running Petitioning to No Avail)
Radio Free Asia, February 17, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhayao-02172010094640.html

Society
China's "Ant Tribe" Poses Policy Challenge for Beijing
Reuters, February 17, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61H01220100218

Taiwan
Taipei Set to Challenge Beijing's 'Soft Power'
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), February 18, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1da874747dcd6210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet
Beijing Bets on Economy to Stabilise Tibet
Financial Times, February 17, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f8e37a52-1beb-11df-a5e1-00144feab49a.html

February 12, 2010

Top news
Human Rights Defender – Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)
馮正虎抵達上海心情平靜 (Feng Zhenghu Arrives in Shanghai, Calm)
Hong Kong Cable Television, February 12, 2010
http://cablenews.i-cable.com/webapps/news_video/index.php?news_id=325635

Related news:
Chinese Activist Leaves Japan after 92-day Protest at Narita Airport
Kyodo News, February 12, 2010
http://home.kyodo.co.jp/modules/fstPhotos/index.php?photoid=43689

'Terminal' Activist Heads Home from Japan to China
Agence France-Presse, February 12, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h1Jsi1QAHSoCUcNIP4DK-z_P1tlQ

News
Food Security
'Unsafe' Pork in Market
China Daily, February 11, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/11/content_9459644.htm

Hong Kong
Democrats Confident of Deal on Suffrage: Beijing Concessions Likely, Says Albert Ho
South China Morning Post, February 12, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=18529e1dc7db6210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

New Push to Revive Article 23 Legislation: Security Law Needed, Says NPC Deputy
South China Morning Post, February 12, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ce139e1dc7db6210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender – Huang Xiaoqin (黄小勤)
黄小勤获联合国政治庇护来美 (Chinese Democracy Party Member Huang Xiaoqin Granted Political Asylum from UN, Arrives in U.S.)
Radio Free Asia, February 10, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huangxiaoqin-02102010115818.html

Human Rights Defender – Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
二審 10分鐘　維持 11年寃獄　劉曉波：我無罪　妻准見緊抱不捨 (Liu's Original Verdict Upheld in 10 Min Trial, Liu: I Am Innocent)
Apple Daily, February 12, 2010
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20100212&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=13724015

Related information:
Court Affirms 11-Year Sentence for Liu Xiaobo against International Appeal for His Release
不顾国际社会强烈呼吁，当局维持对刘晓波重判
Human Rights in China, February 11, 2010
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/173323
http://gb.hrichina.org/gate/gb/big5.hrichina.org/public/contents/18327

Human Rights Defenders
Activist 'Surrenders' to Publicise Arrests
South China Morning Post, February 11, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2df4331c158b6210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Chinese Factory Worker Jailed for Joining Political Party
Associated Press, February 10, 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/feb/10/chinese-worker-jailed-political-party

郭庆海申请联合国难民受阻吁外界支持 (Author and Dissident Guo Qinghai’s Application for UN Refugee Status Rejected, Issues Call for Support)
Radio Free Asia, February 10, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/guoqinghai-02102010103009.html

Media
China Blocks Sun TV Signal in Content Crackdown
Reuters, February 12, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BD0UP20091214

Innocent Websites Suffer in Beijing's Anti-porn Push
South China Morning Post, February 12, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=32459e1dc7db6210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Police
民警驾警车撞死人 被免刑事处罚 (Patrol Car Injures 4, Kills 1, Crazy-Driving Policeman Goes Free)
Southern Metropolis Daily, February 12, 2010
http://epaper.nddaily.com/A/html/2010-02/12/content_1014099.htm

Tibet
Obama to Meet Dalai Lama on Feb 18: White House
Reuters, February 11, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61A4F420100211

Related news:
China Warns of Damage from Obama-Dalai Meet
Agence France-Presse, February 12, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iVQg4_79ahdN2_sW7PYq9VwE1r7Q

February 11, 2010

Top News of The Day

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

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

News

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

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

Related News:

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

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

Related News:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

February 10, 2010

Top News of The Day

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

Related News:

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

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

News

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

Related Information:

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

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

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

Related News:

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

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

Related News:

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

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

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

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

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

Media

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

Related Information:

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

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

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

February 09, 2010

Top news
Human Rights Defender – Tan Zuoren (谭作人)
內地維權人士譚作人判5年 (Mainland Rights Defender Tan Zuoren Sentenced to 5 Years)
Ming Pao, February 09, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20100209/ca20941p.htm

Related news:
China Quake Activist Jailed for Subversion: Lawyer
Agence France-Presse, February 09, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jvBivpEvRgVGOXmXVVS0ImRbFUog

Sichuan-based writer and environmentalist Tan Zuoren (谭作人) was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment and three years’ deprivation of political rights on charges of “inciting subversion of state power”; according to his lawyer, Pu Zhiqiang (浦志强), the sentence was related to his criticism of the June Fourth crackdown and not due to his work on investigating the May 2008 Sichuan earthquake. Tan was detained in March 2009, and tried on August 12, 2009; before being detained, he had been investigating the students who were victims of the Sichuan earthquake and the sub-standard construction of the collapsed schools. In February 2009, he wrote a proposal, “5.12 Student Archive,” which called on volunteers to travel to Sichuan to document the cases.

News
Education
深圳南山教育局稱約談3名代課教師並非軟禁 (Nanshan District Education Bureau: We only Arranged a Meeting with the Three Substitute Teachers and Did Not Put Them Under House Arrest)
Southern Metropolis Daily, February 09, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1423583/1.html

Human Rights Defender – Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)
冯正虎召开记者会宣布12号返回上海 (Feng Announces Return to Shanghai Set for February 12)
Radio Free Asia, February 08, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fengzhenghu-02082010131402.html

Human Rights Defender – Huang Qi (黄琦)
大陆维权人士黄琦上诉失败已被送到监狱 (Mainland Activist Huang Qi’s Appeal Rejected, Sent to Prison )
Radio France Internationale, February 08, 2010
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/122/article_19307.asp

Human Rights Defender – Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
起草零八憲章 劉曉波案11日終審宣判 (Appeal Verdict in Charter 08 Drafter Liu Xiaobo’s Case to be Announced February 11)
Central News Agency, February 09, 2010
http://news.sina.com.tw/article/20100209/2783710.html

Labor
湖北8年2万多人染上尘肺病 其中近5千人已死亡 (20,000+ Hubei Workers Inflicted with Lung Disease Pneumoconiosis in Past 8 Years, 5,000 Died)
Chutian Metropolis Daily, February 09, 2010
http://ctdsw.cnhubei.com/chutianyaowen/201002/t951091.shtml

Media
China Announces Arrests in Hacking Crackdown
New York Times, February 08, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/08/world/asia/09hacker.html

Related news:
资深媒体人分析中国的黑客现象 (Interview with Senior Journalist on the Chinese Hacker Phenomenon)
Radio Free Asia, February 08, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/heike-02082010184158.html

Protests and Petitions
Building Stormed by Angry Villagers
South China Morning Post, February 09, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d04c74b6d7ea6210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Shanghai World Expo
Middle Class Protestors March over World Expo Threat to Shanghai Homes
The Daily Telegraph, February 08, 2010
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/7189446/Middle-class-protestors-march-over-World-Expo-threat-to-Shanghai-homes.html

Society
91% Think New Rich Use Govt Connections
China Daily, February 09, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/09/content_9447134.htm

February 08, 2010

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

February 05, 2010

Top news
Human Rights Defender – Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
高智晟妻子耿和要求美国帮助她的丈夫 (Missing Lawyer Gao Zhisheng's Wife Calls on the U.S. to Help Her Husband)
Voice of America, February 04, 2010
http://www1.voanews.com/chinese/news/china/missing-lawyer-china-20100204-83541082.html

Related information:
Wife of Disappeared Lawyer Says to Chinese Government: Give Back My Husband
高智晟妻子对中国政府说：还我丈夫！
Human Rights in China, February 04, 2010
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/172970
CH: http://gb.hrichina.org/gate/gb/big5.hrichina.org/public/contents/18169

News
Bilateral Ties
The Careful Choreography of China-US Ties
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 05, 2010
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8499658.stm

Corruption
Beijing Internet Monitor Takes Bribes to Frame Software House
Global Times, February 05, 2010
http://china.globaltimes.cn/society/2010-02/503814.html

Death Penalty
25 Sentenced to Death over Kidnapping in S. China
Xinhua News Agency, February 04, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/04/content_9430893.htm

Gender
家暴投诉去年比前年要多 (Increased Number of Domestic Violence Cases Reported in Guangzhou in 2009)
Southern Metropolis Daily, February 05, 2010
http://epaper.nddaily.com/G/html/2010-02/05/content_1009774.htm

Hong Kong
Hong Kong Farewells Unique Activist Luo Haixing
The Times, February 05, 2010
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article7016098.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=797093

Law
Drama over Lawyer's Guilty Plea at Retrial
South China Morning Post, February 03, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ef91f86831f86210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Media
New Guidelines for Child Porn on Internet and Texts
South China Morning Post, February 05, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ddf25358e6996210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Multilateral
China Could Block Sanctions against Iran
The Washington Post, February 05, 2010
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/04/AR2010020404792_pf.html

Protests and Petitions
重庆访民集体控诉北京的“黑监狱” (Chongqing Petitioners File Complaint with the Beijing Police on Security Company Involved with Black Jails)
Radio Free Asia, February 04, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-02042010141327.html

Police
福州访民揭劳教所黑幕 (Fujianese Petitioners Reveal Scandal inside Reeducation-Through-Labor Center)
Radio Free Asia, February 05, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hei-02042010102014.html

Shanghai World Expo
Shanghai's Many Proud Pyjama-wearers Feeling the Heat Ahead of World Expo
South China Morning Post, February 05, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=aea25358e6996210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet
Pilgrims and Progress
The Economist, February 04, 2010
http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15452843

Dalai Lama to Visit White House 'This Month'
Sky News, February 04, 2010
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Dalai-Lama-To-Visit-Barack-Obama-At-White-House-Later-This-Month/Article/201002115542749

February 04, 2010

Environment
Consumers Urged to Help Rein in 'Unruly' Polluters
South China Morning Post, February 04, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=db38bcd295496210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Hong Kong
New League Chairman Charged with Assaulting Officer during Protest
South China Morning Post, February 04, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0cbebcd295496210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
1 Year on, China Stays Silent on Missing Lawyer
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), February 04, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100204/ap_on_re_as/as_china_missing_lawyer

Human Rights Defenders
China Charges Tainted Milk Scandal Activist
The Daily Telegraph, February 03, 2010
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/7149749/China-charges-tainted-milk-scandal-activist.html

作家廖亦武第十三次被限制出境（图） (Writer Liao Yiwu Barred from Leaving China for The 13th Time)
Radio Free Asia, February 03, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/liao-02032010142913.html

Media
Mobile Phone Users Will Have to Provide ID Information
China Daily, February 04, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/04/content_9425113.htm

Public Health
China Arrests Four amid New Milk Scare
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), February 03, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100203/wl_asia_afp/chinafoodsafetymilkchild

陝西毒奶供應商仍做生意 (Tainted Milk Suppliers Still Doing Business in Shaanxi Despite Recent Gov’t Crackdown)
Guangzhou Daily (via Ming Pao), February 04, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20100204/ca40841a.htm

Protests and Petitions
张家港访民天安门伸冤被判处有期徒刑 (Petitioners from Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu Sentenced to Prison)
Radio Free Asia, February 03, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhang-02032010150752.html

Shanghai World Expo
China Strives for First 'Green' Expo
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), February 04, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100204/sc_afp/chinaexpo2010environmentenergy

Tibet
China's Panchen Lama Voted VP of State Buddhism Body: Report
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), February 03, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100203/wl_sthasia_afp/chinatibetbuddhismreligion

XUAR
Xinjiang Set to Beef up Police Forces
China Daily, February 04, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/04/content_9424343.htm

February 03, 2010

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

February 02, 2010

News

Bilateral Ties
China Accuses US of Arrogance over Taiwan Deal
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 01, 2010
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8490537.stm

Corruption
'Gang Protector' Faces Trial Today
China Daily, February 02, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/02/content_9410743.htm

Food Security
10-Day Crackdown on Latest Milk Scare
China Daily, February 02, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/02/content_9410731.htm

Government
China Gov't Opens Cracks in Its Culture of Secrecy
Associated Press (via China Post), February 01, 2010
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national-news/2010/02/01/243209/China-govt.htm

Human Rights Defender - Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
20中共元老上書﹕劉曉波案錯判 (20 Senior Communist Cadres Sign Letter Urging The Gov't to Rectify Liu's Wrongful Conviction)
Ming Pao, February 02, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100202/caa1.htm

Related Information:

中共元老上書中央全文 (Full text of Cadres' Open Letter to The Central Gov't)
Ming Pao, February 02, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100202/caa1a_er.htm

Human Rights Defenders
网民快闪行动高喊游精佑回家 ("Flash Mobs" in Fujian Call Detained Netizen You Jingyou to Return Home)
Radio Free Asia, February 01, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/you-02012010094247.html

湖南维权人士罗茜被劳教两年 (Hunan Rights Defender Luo Qian Sentenced to Two Year of Reeducation-Through-Labor)
Radio Free Asia, February 01, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/luo-02012010100423.html

Internet Censorship
China’s Domain Name Rules Spur Website Flight
Financial Times, February 01, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7374f5ee-0f52-11df-a450-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1

Labor
First Non-government Labor Dispute Center Opens in Shanghai
China Daily, February 02, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/02/content_9411435.htm

Rural Issues
Rural Policy Blueprint A Damp Squib, Analysts Say
South China Morning Post, February 02, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=39875b79fe986210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related News:

China Pledges More Support for Rural Poor
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), February 01, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100201/ap_on_re_as/as_china_rural_poor

Society
Chinese Tweeter Wins US Democracy Contest
Agence France-Presse (via The Sydney Morning Herald), February 02, 2010
http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/digital-life-news/chinese-tweeter-wins-us-democracy-contest-20100202-n9wb.html

Tibet
China Says Won't Relax Grip on Tibet
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), February 01, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100201/wl_asia_afp/chinatibetdalaidiplomacy2ndleadwrap

XUAR
新疆民族团结地方法规周一生效 (Regulations on Education for Ethnic Unity Takes Effect Monday)
Radio Free Asia, February 01, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/xinjiang_tension-02012010122442.html