March 02, 2010

Top news
Human Rights Defender – Liao Yiwu (廖亦武)
China Writer Blocked from Going to German Festival
Associated Press, March 02, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jmS19vCSQuOscmUllwS3YlX2mqeAD9E69VT80

On March 1, 2010, dissident writer Liao Yiwu (廖亦武) was taken off a plane bound for Beijing by police in Chengdu; he was en route to Germany, where he had planned to fly on his way to attend lit.Cologne, a literature festival. Liao then was interrogated at a local police station for several hours. Upon his release, he was told not to leave his house “during this period.” In response, Liao, the author of the internationally-acclaimed The Corpse Walker: Real Life Stories: China from the Bottom Up,issued a public letter to his German readers, whom he had hoped to meet at the festival.

Related information:
Barred from Traveling, Writer Liao Yiwu Speaks to German Readers in Open Letter
廖亦武被禁离境 发表致德国读者公开信
Human Rights in China, March 01, 2010
http://www.hrichina.org//public/contents/173374
http://gb.hrichina.org/gate/gb/big5.hrichina.org/public/contents/18347

Related news:
Chinese Author Put under House Arrest
Deutsche Presse Agentur, March 01, 2010
http://www.timeslive.co.za/world/article332211.ece

News
Bilateral Ties
U.S. Official's Visit Signals Thaw in China Ties
The Wall Street Journal, March 02, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704754604575095091771389002.html

Environment
Widespread Dry Spell Hits 11m
China Daily, March 26, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2010-02/26/content_9508436.htm

Food Security
Parent of China Melamine Victim Receives Compensation
Xinhua News Agency, March 01, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-03/01/c_13192999.htm

Hukou
Chinese Newspapers in Joint Call to End Curb on Migrant Workers
The Guardian, March 01, 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/mar/01/chinese-newspapers-migrant-workers-rights

Related news:
Chinese Editorials Assail a Government System
New York Times, March 01, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/02/world/asia/02china.html

京郊打工子弟寒假后集体失学 教育为拆迁利益让路 (Beijing Migrant Workers' Children Cannot Attend School after Winter Break)
Radio Free Asia, March 01, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/dagong-03012010161032.html

Human Rights Defender – Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)
China's 'Terminal' Activist Vows to Fight On
Agence France-Presse, March 01, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100301/wl_asia_afp/chinarightslawjapan

Related news:
上海国保警察沈国良用车撞冯正虎 (Shanghai's State Security Barrel into Feng Zhenghu in Patrol Car)
Radio France Internationale, March 01, 2010
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/123/article_19745.asp

Human Rights Defenders
北京维权人士刘安军被软禁 公安驾车两度撞向冯正虎 (Beijing Activist Liu Anjun Put under House Arrest; Harassment of Feng Zhenghu Continues)
Radio Free Asia, March 01, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/feng-03012010095402.html

Labor
One Dead, 31 Trapped in Latest Coal Mine Tragedy
China Daily, March 02, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/02/content_9521797.htm

Media
全国政协委员严琦语出惊人：取缔社会网吧 (CPPCC's Yan Qi's Astounding Remarks: Ban Internet Cafes )
Chongqing Morning Post, March 02, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/2010lh/u1a5051967.html

Military
China PLA Officer Urges Challenging U.S. Dominance
Reuters, March 01, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6201CC20100301

Police
China Police Ordered to Resign Over Detainee 'Torture'
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 01, 2010
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8543744.stm

Public Health
Hepatitis B Activist Wins Right to Work in Test of New Anti-bias Rules
South China Morning Post, March 02, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8c1fe5bf20a17210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

XUAR
Top US Court Dismisses Uighur Guantanamo Appeal
Agence France-Presse, March 02, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100302/pl_afp/usattacksguantanamojusticeuighur_20100302021151

中国拒绝日本支持“疆独”学者入境 日媒关注 (China Denies Entry for Pro-Xinjiang Independence Japanese Scholar)
Global Times, February 28, 2010
http://world.huanqiu.com/roll/2010-03/729246.html

March 01, 2010

Disasters
China Reports At Least 29 Injured in Yunnan Quake
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), February 26, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100226/ap_on_re_as/as_china_earthquake

Education
Government to Increase Spending on Education
China Daily, March 01, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/01/content_9515384.htm

Related News:

教育經費支出17年未達標 (China's Education Spending Never Reaches Its Four-percent-of-GDP Target Set in 1993)
Ming Pao, March 01, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100301/caa1.htm

中國政府放權學校自主辦學 (Authorities Plan to Allow Greater School Autonomy)
China News Service (via Ming Pao), February 28, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20100228/ca71210p.htm

Related Information:

國家中長期教育改革和發展規劃綱要(2010-2020年)全文 (National Outline for Medium and Long-term Education Reform and Development (2010-2020): Full text)
China News Service, March 01, 2010
http://big5.china.com.cn/policy/txt/2010-03/01/content_19492625.htm

Government
温总理网上"真情对话"遭网民"打假" (Wen Jiabao Chats with Internet Users, Criticized for His Hypocritical Speech)
Radio France Internationale, February 28, 2010
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/122/article_19728.asp

Hukou
內地13報社論同斥戶籍制 (13 Papers Publish Joint Editorial Criticizing Current Household Registration System)
China Review News (via Sina), March 01, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/32/1/1/1442185/1.html

Human Rights Defender - Zhang Sizhi (张思之)
Losing Hope: The Defence Lawyer Who Always Loses
South China Morning Post, February 28, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7a14f80295f07210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender - Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
My Dear Husband Liu Xiaobo, The Writer China Has Put behind Bars
The Guardian, February 28, 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/feb/28/liu-xia-china-dissident-xiaobo

Labor
The Beautiful Game's Ugly Secret Exposed
South China Morning Post, February 28, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3822f80295f07210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Politics
China's National People's Congress - Democracy in action
The Economist, February 25, 2010
http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15580832

Protests and Petitions
Dissidents And Petitioners Targeted Before NPC Session
South China Morning Post, March 01, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2e1aa93fd7517210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Shanghai World Expo
Olympics-style Blowout Rejected for Expo Opening
South China Morning Post, March 01, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0bc9a93fd7517210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet
China Raises Profile of Its Choice of Dalai Lama's No 2
Reuters, February 28, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62007920100301

XUAR
Discriminatory Job Notice Comes as No Surprise to Uygurs
South China Morning Post, February 27, 2010

http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b0f00c6d14a07210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

February 26, 2010

News
Civil Society
NGOs Say They Adapt to Survive in China
South China Morning Post, February 26, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9e15b69280607210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Death Penalty
非政府组织：中国每年判处死刑人数2000至5000 (NGO: 2000-5000 Sentenced to Death in China Each Year)
Radio France Internationale, February 26, 2010
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/122/article_19676.asp

景德镇监狱三名死刑犯绝食吁国际关注 (Three Prisoners on Death Row Call for International Attention)
Radio Free Asia, February 25, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sixing-02252010111012.html

Human Rights Defenders
China Police Detain 18 for Assaulting Artists
Agence France-Presse, February 25, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100225/wl_asia_afp/chinaartprotestpropertyrights

Land Policy
Shanghai Residents Fight Forced Demolitions
China Daily, February 26, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/26/content_9506528.htm

Law
中国法治蓝皮书出炉 学者指司法倒退 (CASS Rule of Law Blue Book: The Legal System Regressed in 2009)
Radio Free Asia, February 25, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sifa-02252010102145.html

Crime Up in 2009; More Expected in 2010
China Daily, February 26, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/26/content_9506191.htm

Police
河南青年在看守所死亡 警方称喝开水后发病 (Henan Police Claim Boy's Detention Center Death due to Drinking Boiled Water)
Chongqing Evening News, February 26, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2010-02/26/content_13050841.htm

Protests and Petitions
粤新会采石引发警民冲突 (Jiangmen Quarry Leads to Clash with Police)
Radio Free Asia, February 25, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xinhui-02252010103149.html

Public Health
Dairy Bosses on Trial for Reselling Melamine Milk
South China Morning Post, February 26, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c375758f34507210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet
Nepal Police Arrest Five Including Four Tibetans
Press Trust of India, February 22, 2010
http://www.ptinews.com/news/529688_Nepal-police-arrest-five-including-four-Tibetans

XUAR
Xinjiang Rumor Mongers Punished over Texts
China Daily, February 26, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/26/content_9506714.htm

February 25, 2010

News

Bilateral Ties
China's Military Warns Washington, Denies Hacking
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), February 25, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100225/ts_nm/us_china_usa

Civil Society
Oxfam Hong Kong Halts Training Programme in China
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 24, 2010
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8533752.stm

Economic Development
Put Brakes on Nationalisation, Academic Urges
South China Morning Post, February 25, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=cc8af8ae4e007210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Food Security
Too Many Cooks in The Kitchen for Food Safety
China Daily, February 25, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/25/content_9499122.htm

Government
China Amends Law to Tighten Civil Servants Supervision
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), February 24, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/24/content_9498885.htm

Related News:

Real-name Whistleblowers Must Be Replied to: Draft Law
China Daily, February 25, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/25/content_9499130.htm

Disciplined Officials Can Be Promoted
China Daily, February 25, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/25/content_9503554.htm

China's Communists Issue Ethics Code
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), February 23, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100224/wl_asia_afp/chinacorruptionpolitics

Related Information:

中国共产党党员领导干部廉洁从政若干准则 (Code of Ethics for Communist Party Officials (Full text))
People's Daily, February 24, 2010
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1026/11012525.html

信息公开条例遭曲解 地方政府过度收集申请人个人信息 (Information Disclosure Regulations Misinterpreted: Local Gov'ts Unnecessarily Collect Applicants' Personal Info)
Legal Daily (via Xinhua News Agency), February 24, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2010-02/24/content_13037386.htm

Human Rights Defender - Huang Qi (黄琦)
家人仍不知黄琦服刑地点和探视安排 (Family Is Still Not Informed of Huang's Detention Location, Visiting Arrangements)
Radio Free Asia, February 24, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissident_huangqi-02242010105953.html

Military
China Mulls Defence Industry Subsidies: Media
Agence France-Presse (via China Post), February 25, 2010
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national-news/2010/02/25/245836/China-mulls.htm

Politics
Jiang's New Chapter Hits Headlines
South China Morning Post, February 25, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a199f8ae4e007210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Shanghai World Expo
10,000 Journalists Apply for Shanghai World Expo
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), February 24, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009worldexpo/2010-02/24/content_9498994.htm

上海世博招聘政审把关 (Recruitment for Shanghai World Expo Involves Political Vetting)
Radio Free Asia, February 24, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/shanghai_expo-02242010104615.html

State Security
中國擬修法進一步明確“什麼是國家秘密” (China to Amend Law to Further Clarify "What Is State Secrets")
China Review News, February 24, 2010
http://www.chinareviewnews.com/doc/1012/4/0/2/101240258.html?coluid=7&kindid=0&docid=101240258&mdate=0224211625

Related News:

绝密定级权收归中央及省级单位 (Only Central, Provincial-level Gov'ts Have Power to Classify Top State Secrets)
The Beijing News, February 25, 2010
http://epaper.bjnews.com.cn/html/2010-02/25/content_69044.htm

Key Questions Go Unanswered in Draft Changes to State Secrets Law
South China Morning Post, February 25, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=33e4f448c6007210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

February 24, 2010

News
Food Security
Study Raises Concerns of Long-term Problems in Children after China's Tainted Milk Scandal
The Canadian Press, February 23, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5g3tAN8r2nNq--Q8NV_f66HMsSlhA

Human Rights Defender – Ai Weiwei (艾未未)
Beijing Police Beat Artists Protesting Evictions
New York Times, February 23, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/24/world/asia/24china.html

Related news:
百余人夜袭北京正阳艺术区 疑因强拆发生冲突 (100+ Invade Beijing's Zhengyang Art Zone after Alleged Forced Demolition Brings Conflict)
Southern Metropolis Daily, February 24, 2010
http://nf.nfdaily.cn/nfdsb/content/2010-02/24/content_9448095.htm

Human Rights Defender – Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)
Activist Stranded in Airport for Three Months Files Suit
South China Morning Post, February 24, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d66dc4a93bbf6210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Labor
尘肺病“死亡接力棒” (The "Relay Baton" of Pneumoconiosis)
China Youth Daily, February 24, 2010
http://www.cyol.net/zqb/content/2010-02/24/content_3098446.htm

Media
China Denies Links to Google Cyber Attacks
The Guardian, February 23, 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/feb/23/china-denies-google-cyber-attacks

China Further Tightens Rules for Domain Name Owners
IDG News Service, February 23, 2010
http://www.pcworld.com/article/190013/china_further_tightens_rules_for_domain_name_owners.html

中国推动全国性连锁网吧 (China Pushes for National Net Cafe Chains)
Radio Free Asia, February 23, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wangguan-02232010162630.html

Related information:
全国网吧连锁企业认定工作申报指南 (Guidelines on the Declaration and Determination of National Internet Cafe Chain Enterprises)
Ministry of Culture, February 23, 2010
http://www.gov.cn/gzdt/2010-02/23/content_1539494.htm

Military
China Postpones Some Military Exchanges with U.S.
Reuters, February 23, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE61N0IU20100224

Public Health
China Pilots Public Hospital Reform in 16 Cities
Xinhua News Agency, February 24, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-02/24/c_13185277.htm

艾滋病是造成最多中国人死亡的传染病 (MOH: HIV/AIDS Leading Cause of Death amongst Infectious Diseases in 2009)
Radio Free Asia, February 23, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/AIDS-02232010131423.html

Related news:
专家称中国管制互联网对艾滋病防治教育不利 (Expert: Net Censorship Detrimental to HIV/AIDS Education)
Radio Free Asia, February 23, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/AIDS-02232010092622.html

February 23, 2010

News

Civil Society
Mainland Students 'Told to Shun Oxfam'
South China Morning Post, February 23, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=82f249df716f6210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related Information:
关于防止香港"乐施会"中国分部通过互联网在我高校招聘"大学生志愿者"的紧急通知 (Urgent Notice about Preventing Oxfam Hong Kong from Recruiting University Volunteers through Internet)
Minzu University of China, February 11, 2010
http://www.career.muc.edu.cn/jyw/detail.jsp?seq=2382

Corruption
Government Funds to Get Tighter Audits
China Daily, February 22, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/23/content_9486145.htm

Internet Censorship
Citing National Security, Officials Urge More Controls on Internet
South China Morning Post, February 23, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=003649df716f6210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Law
China Releases New Rules for Detention Centers
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), February 22, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/22/content_9485982.htm

Related News:
我國拘留所將實行管理教育新模式 (China's Detention Centers to Implement New Management Rules)
Xinhua News Agency, February 22, 2010
http://big5.xinhuanet.com/gate/big5/news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2010-02/22/content_13026649.htm

Media
Crackdown Fears as Censor Slams Citizen Journalists
South China Morning Post, February 23, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a9d549df716f6210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

U.S. Pinpoints Code Writer behind Google Attack: Report
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), February 22, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100222/ts_nm/us_china_internet

China's President Hu Signs up for Microblogging
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), February 22, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100222/wl_asia_afp/chinapoliticsitinternethu

Related News:
Hu's Microblog Disappears Before It Gets Going
South China Morning Post, February 23, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=837549df716f6210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Migrant Workers
China's Pearl River Manufacturing Hub 'Lacks Workers'
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 22, 2010
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8527621.stm

Protests and Petitions
Ai Weiwei Protests Beijing Art Zone Demolition, Xinhua Reports
Bloomberg, February 22, 2010
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601089&sid=aHJBH7w_uZOo

Public Health
毒奶粉维权家长悄然判五年 敲诈勒索原是钓鱼执法？ (Tainted Milk Parent Sentenced to Five Years; Believed to Be in Retaliation for His Whistle Blowing)
Radio Free Asia, February 22, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/dunai-02222010162003.html

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