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.

Monday, November 15, 2010

November 15, 2010

Top news
Nobel Peace Prize / Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)

Brother Wants Liu Freed
Agence France-Presse, November 15, 2010
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Asia/Story/STIStory_603435.html

Macau Moves against Nobel Protest as Chinese Premier visits
Agence France-Presse, November 14, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hXXaO5RU2TMXo8AtD8ExOpLUzL-w

乔迪-威廉姆斯呼吁释放刘晓波 (Nobel Laureate Jody Williams Calls for Liu's Release)
Radio Free Asia, November 14, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/qiao-11142010164405.html

News
Children
'Gender Predictor' Declared Illegal
Shanghai Daily, November 15, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.org/article/?id=454617&type=National

Death Penalty
China's Supreme People's Court Approves Four Death Penalties
Xinhua News Agency, November 13, 2010
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/xinhua/2010-11-13/content_1196537.html

Human Rights Defenders
全國約百人 維權律師易受打壓 (Around 100 Rights Lawyers across China Vulnerable to Official Pressure)
Ming Pao, November 14, 2010
http://dailynews.sina.com/bg/chn/chnoverseamedia/mingpao/20101114/16411995575.html

郑存柱搭机返国了无音讯 在美家属忧已被当局拘押 (No Word from Zheng Cunzhu after His Flight Home: Family in US Fears for Detention)
Radio Free Asia, November 14, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zheng-11142010165334.html

Human Rights Defender -- Ni Yulan (倪玉兰)
維權女律師自身難保 為法輪功學員辯護惹禍 (Attorney Ni Yulan Helpless to Defend Self)
Ming Pao, November 15, 2010
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/101114/4/l926.html

Land Policy
柳州市柳东新区发生警民冲突 (Land Clash with Police in Liuzhou, Guangxi)
Radio Free Asia, November 14, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/liu-11142010171358.html

Law
Land Requisition Law May See Light of Day Soon
China Daily, November 15, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/15/content_11547397.htm

Society HIV Discrimination Case Verdict Reflects Ingrained Prejudice
China Daily, November 14, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/14/content_11547158.htm

Police
Chengguan under Fire for Slapping Old Man
China Daily, November 15, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/15/content_11547380.htm

Protests and Petitions
80、90后留美学生就“我爸是李刚”事件致信温家宝 (Chinese Gen Yers Studying in the US Write to Wen Jiabao on Li Gang Incident)
Radio Free Asia, November 14, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/80-11142010160824.html
Related information:
In China, Hit-and-run Death Exposes Class Anger
The Associated Press, November 1, 2010
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9J795CG0.htm
Public Health
Mainland Faces Explosive Rise in Asbestos-related Lung Disease
South China Morning Post, November 14, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b4ab092f1264c210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCR

Society
Tight Security for Games
Radio Free Asia, November 12, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/games-11122010152233.html

Friday, November 12, 2010

November 12, 2010

Top news
Nobel Peace Prize / Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
China's Monitoring of Activists Surges Post-Nobel
Associated Press, November 11, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101111/ap_on_re_as/as_china_nobel_peace_prize

Exit Ban for Liu Supporters
Radio Free Asia, November 11, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/nobel-11112010151809.html

Liu's Prize 'One of the Most Important': Nobel Committee
Agence France-Presse, November 12, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hFYba0DuNaavWr-h7iZxXiu3TBUA

Nobel Peace Prize Winners Meet in Hiroshima to Ban Nukes, Focus on Jailed China Recipient
The Canadian Press, November 12, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gbSsghV_MWsBOycmgUCYItFfZlSw

News
Children
公安部官员:可获暴利致拐卖儿童屡打不绝 (MPS Officials: Child Trafficking Due to High Profit Margin)
Beijing News, November 12, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/1112/06/6L96KRDL0001124J.html

Civil Society
China AIDS Group Says It Is Forced to Shut Down
Associated Press, November 11, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101111/ap_on_re_as/as_china_aids_group

Human Rights Defender – Chang Kun (常坤)
AIDS Activist Hassled over Home Library
Global Times, November 12, 2010
http://china.globaltimes.cn/society/2010-11/591475.html
公民权利教育,从家乡开始困难重重 (Many Difficulties in Beginning Civil Rights Education in One's Homeland)
Chang Kun, November 2010
http://gb.hrichina.org/public/contents/22850
Human Rights Defender – Li Hong (力虹)
作家力虹生命垂危当局依然对其严密监视 (Writer-Activist under Heavy Surveillance Despite Poor Health)
Radio Free Asia, November 11, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lihong-11112010162346.html

Law
北京首家环保审判庭在延庆设立 (Beijing's First Environmental Tribunal Set Up in Yanqing County)
Radio Free Asia, November 11, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/bei-11112010093827.html

Media
Jolt for Online Smear Activities
China Daily, November 12, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/12/content_11538572.htm

Multilateral
Obama Meets China's President, Germany's Merkel at G20 Summit
Voice of America, November 11, 2010
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/Obama-Meets-Chinas-President-at-G-20-in-Seoul-107201804.html

Police
湖北安陆公安聘请调查公司监督民警引热议 (Debate Erupts after Anlu, Hubei Public Security Bureau Hires Private Investigation Firm to Monitor Civilian Police)
People's Daily, November 12, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20101112/u1a5543550.html

Assertive Chinese Risk Confinement in Mental Wards
New York Times, November 11, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/12/world/asia/12psych.html

Religion
黑龙江双城市一教会日前聚会被查抄 (Church Group Raided by Authorities in Shuangcheng, Heilongjiang)
Radio Free Asia, November 11, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jiaohui-11112010170107.html

Thursday, November 11, 2010

November 11, 2010

Top news
Nobel Peace Prize / Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
諾獎高峰會將籲放劉曉波 (Nobel Summit to Call for Release of Liu Xiaobo)
China News Agency, November 11, 2010
http://www.cna.com.tw/ShowNews/WebNews_Detail.aspx?Type=FirstNews&ID=201011110048

S.Korea under Pressure to Skip Nobel Ceremony
Agence France-Presse, November 11, 2010
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20101111/twl-s-korea-under-pressure-to-skip-nobel-ef7dd21.html

China Cracks Down on Activists
Australian Associated Press, November 11, 2010
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/world/8304680/china-cracks-down-on-activists/

Human Rights Defenders
Activist's Supporters React to Prison Term with Defiance
South China Morning Post, November 11, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=46e365fb6163c210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Related news:
維權律師﹕條例淪打壓藉口 (Rights Lawyer: Provision a Pretext for Oppression)
Ming Pao, November 11, 2010
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/101110/4/l6pp.html

Related information:
Food Safety Activist Zhao Lianhai Sentenced to Two-and-a-Half Year Prison Term; Declares Hunger Strike 
“结石宝宝”维权人士赵连海不服被判2年半宣布绝食抗议
Human Rights in China, November 10, 2010
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/191071
CH: http://gb.hrichina.org/public/contents/22841

News
Bilateral Ties
PM Urges Greater Political Freedom in China
Agence France-Presse, November 11, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20101111/wl_uk_afp/chinabritaindiplomacy

Class Act Promotes Global 'Soft Power'
China Daily, November 11, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/11/content_11531284.htm

Children
Disney World in Which Chinese Children 'Toil for 76 Hours a Week'
The Independent, November 11, 2010
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/disney-world-in-which-chinese-children-toil-for-76-hours-a-week-2130870.html

Food Security
Official: China Can Put Inflation Under Control
Xinhua News Agency, November 10, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/10/content_11530919.htm

Human Rights Defenders
律师称赵作海全国维权之旅背后隐藏利益链 (Lawyer: Hidden Interests behind Zhao Zuohai's National Rights Journey)
Chengdu Evening News, November 11, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/1111/07/6L6NQV2O00011229.html

Land Policy
Respect for Farmers' Will in Land Use Stressed
Xinhua News Agency, November 10, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/10/content_11531008.htm

Law
New Rules on Sentencing for Online Crimes
Xinhua News Agency, November 11, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/11/content_11531179.htm

Media
英国首相卡梅伦北大演讲新华社报道回避政改内容 (British PM at Peking U: Xinhua Reports Evade Political Reforms)
Radio Free Asia, November 10, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yanjiang-11102010154507.html

Migrant Workers
Care Could Keep Migrants Out of Prison
China Daily, November 11, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/11/content_11531231.htm

Crime Down in Guangzhou's Rental Homes
China Daily, November 11, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/11/content_11531209.htm

Public Health
New Blood-for-sale Business
Shanghai Daily, November 11, 2010
http://english.eastday.com/e/101111/u1a5541583.html

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

November 10, 2010

Top news
Nobel Peace Prize / Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
China Nobel Winner's Family Denied Prison Visit: Group
Agence France-Presse, November 10, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20101110/wl_asia_afp/nobelpeacechinarightsrelatives

Nobel Winner Liu Xiaobo's Lawyer 'to Sue China'
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 09, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11716358

Police Step Up Anti-Liu Crackdown
South China Morning Post, November 10, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=56bd25b77813c210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

News
Bilateral Ties
David Cameron Says He Won't 'Lecture' China on Human Rights
The Daily Telegraph, November 09, 2010
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/8119085/David-Cameron-says-he-wont-lecture-China-on-human-rights.html

Corruption
河南县委书记受贿1575次 千万赃款存亲属名下 (Henan County Secretary Bribery: Millions Stored Under Relatives' Name)
China Business View, November 10, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/1110/01/6L3EKJB000011229.html

Hukou
100分 学历不高 年龄偏大 有机会入户 (Shenzhen: Older Migrants or Those with Only Secondary Schooling Can Receive Hukou on Point Scheme)
Southern Metropolis Daily, November 10, 2010
http://epaper.oeeee.com/H/html/2010-11/10/content_1222117.htm

Human Rights
中国强调维护执法对象尊严 体现人权意识提升 (China's Emphasis on Maintaining Human Dignity when Enforcing the Law Symbolizes Elevation of Human Rights Awareness)
China News Service, November 10, 2010
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1026/13171276.html

Human Rights Defenders
China Court Sentences Melamine Milk Activist to Jail
Reuters, November 10, 2010
http://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFTRE6A914Y20101110

Labor
我国每年5.7万名煤矿工人患尘肺病 (57K Coal Miners Contract Pneumoconiosis Each Year)
Workers Daily, November 10, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20101110/u1a5539319.html

Law
HIV Job Seeker to Hear Verdict Soon
China Daily, November 10, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/10/content_11525739.htm

Population
专家称我国机构养老床位缺口达540万张 (Experts: China in Short of 5.4 Million Beds for Senior Citizens)
Workers Daily, November 10, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20101110/u1a5539316.html

Protests and Petitions
拆迁起纠纷欲陈情 一农民被拘10天 (Villager Detained 10+ Days over Demolition Dispute)
Southern Metropolis Daily, November 10, 2010
http://gz.house.163.com/10/1110/08/6L47CPEU00873C6D.html

陕西户县:农民上访乡政府被拘 刑讯挂牌公示游街黑打 (Shaanxi Villagers Detained, Forced to Parade, Beaten after Petitioning on Land Rights)
Radio Free Asia, November 09, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shan-11092010161003.html

Public Health
Solitude of an AIDS orphan
Global Times, November 10, 2010
http://china.globaltimes.cn/society/2010-11/590721.html

XUAR
Farmers Vow to Pressure Beijing
Radio Free Asia, November 09, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/farmers-11092010152433.html

Tuesday, November 09, 2010

November 09, 2010

Top news
Nobel Peace Prize / Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)

Chinese Dissidents to Attend Nobel Peace Award Rite
Reuters, November 08, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6A749Q20101108

Liu Xiaobo's Lawyer Blocked from Visiting Britain
The Daily Telegraph, November 09, 2010
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/8118943/Liu-Xiaobos-lawyer-blocked-from-visiting-Britain.html

加国会议员要求总理向胡锦涛施压 促释放高智晟刘晓波 (Canadian MPs Call on Harper to Put Pressure on Hu to Free Gao and Liu)
Radio Free Asia, November 08, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/to-11082010141841.html

劉曉波囑千萬獎金公用 胞弟深受感動 一家被禁代領諾獎 (Liu Xiaobo: Nobel Winnings Should Be Put to Public Use; Family Told to Avoid Media and Not Go to Prize Ceremony)
Ming Pao, November 08, 2010
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/101107/4/l4q7.html


News
Bilateral Ties
China Aids Africa in Food Insecurity
China Daily, November 09, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/09/content_11519266.htm

Freedom of Speech
北大教授夏业良遭学生举报“反党反社会主义” (Students Report Peking U Professor for Being "Anti-Party" and "Anti-Socialism")
Radio France Internationale, November 09, 2010
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20101109-北大教授夏业良遭学生举报“反党反社会主义”

Government
Sex Life Questions in Civil Service Test
Shanghai Daily, November 09, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=454048

Land Policy
村民盖新房遭强拆 邻居发表意见被殴打 (Villager Beaten for Speaking Up after Neighbor's New Home Was Forcibly Demolished)
Dahe Daily, November 09, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/1109/10/6L1R3SRV00011229.html

Law
Innocent Man Met Real Killer in Jail
Shanghai Daily, November 09, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=454046

最高法力推量刑规范化改革 法官将受更多制约 (SPC Pushes for Legalization of Sentencing Discretion; Judges to Be under More Constraints)
Xinhua News Agency, November 09, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20101109/u1a5538000.html

Social Strains Call for Fairer Rule of Law
Reuters, November 09, 2010
http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-52761320101109
Related information:
国务院关于加强法治政府建设的意见
State Council, October 10, 2010
http://www.gov.cn/zwgk/2010-11/08/content_1740765.htm
Politics
As China's Next Leader Rises, Online Articles about His Marriage to a Celebrity Disappear
Associated Press, November 08, 2010
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-as-china-future-first-lady,0,287820.story

Protests and Petitions
Petitioners Demand Apology from County Govt
Xinhua News Agency, November 09, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/09/content_11519186.htm

江苏盱眙上访农民遭政府强收信访保证金 (Farmers Petitioning Jiangsu Capital for Land Compensation Made to Deposit Money in Pledge to Not Petition)
Xinhua News Agency, November 09, 2010
http://news.dayoo.com/china/201011/09/53868_14414307.htm

Religion
Guangzhou Bans Prayer Meetings
Radio Free Asia, November 08, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/religion-11082010152826.html

Monday, November 08, 2010

November 08, 2010

Top news
Nobel Peace Prize / Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
Chinese Activist to Attend Nobel Award for Jailed Dissident
Irish Times, November 08, 2010
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2010/1108/1224282865190.html

Dalai Lama in Japan, Backs Chinese Dissident Liu
Reuters, November 06, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6A50D420101106

Peace Prize Pressure Fails to Work
South China Morning Post, November 07, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5550ad96a122c210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

中国阻止在刘晓波诺贝尔和平奖颁奖典礼邀请名单中的教授出境 (Professor on Nobel Invite List Barred from Leaving Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, November 07, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhong-11072010165636.html

News
Bilateral Ties
Press Beijing on Human Rights, Top Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei TellsPM
The Guardian, November 07, 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/07/china-beijing-ai-weiwei-human-rights

Civil Society
PLA to Join Oxfam Race Despite Beijing Attack on Charity
South China Morning Post, November 07, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=338d40ef6122c210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Environment
China May Further Tighten Environmental Standards for Rare Earth Production
Xinhua News Agency, November 07, 2010
http://china.globaltimes.cn/society/2010-11/590012.html

Human Rights Defender – Ai Weiwei (艾未未)
China Releases Dissident Artist Ai
Voice of America, November 07, 2010
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/China-Releases-Dissident-Artist-Ai-106862354.html

Food Security
质检局要求生产婴幼儿奶粉乳企重新申请许可证 (National Quality Bureau Demands that Infant Formula Enterprises Reapply for Production Permit)
The Beijing News, November 07, 2010
http://news.sohu.com/20101107/n277202002.shtml

Human Rights Defenders
毒奶粉事件家長代表還押一年周三再審 (Trial of Tainted Milk Victims' Advocate Zhao Lianhai to Reconvene Wednesday following Six-month Break)
aTV News, November 07, 2010
http://www.hkatvnews.com/v3/share_out/_content/2010/11/07/atvnews_144555.html
Related news:
Detained Man Pleads for Verdict
Global Times, November 05, 2010
http://china.globaltimes.cn/society/2010-11/589656.html
Law
刑事二审程序改革已到关键阶段 (Reform of Criminal Case Appeals Reaches Crucial Stage)
Southern Metropolis Daily, November 07, 2010
http://epaper.oeeee.com/A/html/2010-11/07/content_1219292.htm

Media
京城密語﹕「智庫」成官媒斂財新招 (“Think Tank” Services the Revenue Source for Official Media)
Ming Pao, November 08, 2010
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/101106/4/l45c.html

Tibet
Tibetan Writers Tried as 'Splittists'
Radio Free Asia, November 05, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/writers-11052010164530.html

Friday, November 05, 2010

November 05, 2010

Top news
Nobel Peace Prize / Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)

Australia's Rudd Calls for Nobel Winner's Release
Agence France-Presse, November 04, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jRQ60quGGycx-YPBLGcfz7n-6uWQ

China against Nobel Ceremony for Liu
Associated Press, November 05, 2010
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/china-against-nobel-ceremony-for-liu-20101105-17glp.html

Legal Appeal Sent to UN for Jailed Nobel Winner
Agence France-Presse, November 05, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g8x8B9JPJBF-xxlXvsxcp_mk3sbw
Related video:
'Not Available for Interview'
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 03, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11682354

News
Civil Society

安徽民间公益组织“常坤的家”受到当局骚扰 (Anhui: “Chang Kun’s House” NGO Harassed by Authorities)
Radio Free Asia, November 04, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ah-11042010111202.html

Food Security
记者暗访黑窝点:低价买死猪批发上市一头仅几元钱 (Journalist Reveals Pork from Non-slaughtered Carrion Entering Market at Low Price)
The Beijing Times, November 04, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20101104/u1a5527808.html

Human Rights Defender – Ai Weiwei (艾未未)
艺术家艾未未遭到北京警方软禁 (Artist-Activist Ai Weiwei under House Arrest following Studio Closing)
Deutsche Welle, November 05, 2010
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,6194062,00.html

Human Rights Defenders
北京警方疲于打压陈天石将被遣返回乡 (Activist Chen Tianshi to Be Sent Home)
Radio Free Asia, November 04, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sj-11042010120609.html

Labor
中国总工会:富士康管理存在严重问题 (ACFTU: Serious Issues in Foxconn’s Management)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 04, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2010/11/101104_acftu_foxconn.shtml

Land Policy
Row over Land Sale Sparks Riot
South China Morning Post, November 05, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=00289f6aec71c210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

网络时代官民关系盘点:征地拆迁成社会滴血伤口 (Review of Civilian-Official Interaction in the Online Era: Land Expropriations and Evictions Become Major Emotional Wounds for Society)
China Youth Daily, November 05, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20101105/u1a5529562.html

Protests and Petitions
江西万载县委书记称赴京非正常上访3次者将劳教 (Jiangxi County Secretary: “Abnormal” Petitioners Who Petition Beijing Thrice to Be Put under Reeducation-Through-Labor)
Yang Cheng Wan Bao, November 05, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20101104/u1a5528661.html

Thursday, November 04, 2010

November 04, 2010

Top news
Nobel Peace Prize / Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)

China Accuses Peace Prize Supporter of Subversion
Associated Press, November 03, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j_FrKyJhJwizMdrMyiB-9T7OR1-w

Liu Freedom Vote Fails as Officials Stay Away
The Standard, November 04, 2010
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=4&art_id=104568&sid=30165223&con_type=1&d_str=20101104&fc=4

北京警察阻止学者议政 忌讳“政改”与“刘晓波” (Beijing Police Stop Academic Protest: "Government Reform" and "Liu Xiaobo" are Taboo)
Radio Free Asia, November 03, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/bj-11032010164238.html

“天安门母亲”张先玲因探望刘霞被拘 (Zhang Xianling of the Tiananmen Mothers Detained for Visting Liu Xia)
Radio Free Asia, November 03, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/tianmen-11032010120545.html


News
Bilateral Ties
法总统无意与胡锦涛谈中国人权受到谴责 (French President Accused of Being Unwilling to Discuss Human Rights in China with Hu Jintao)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 03, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/indepth/2010/11/101103_china_france_rights.shtml
Related information:
State Visit of Hu Jintao in France: Human Rights Concerns Should Finally Be Addressed!
HRIC, FIDH, ICT, LDH, November 03, 2010
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/190999
Civil Society
Beijing Looks at Laws on Philanthropy
China Daily, November 03, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/03/content_11498980.htm

Food Security
我国多种农副产品涨价引发资产价格泡沫忧虑 (Agriculture By-products Price Hike Sparks Worries of Asset Prices)
China Newsweek, November 04, 2010
http://china.huanqiu.com/roll/2010-11/1228123.html

Hukou
Experts: Hukou System is Unfair to Farmers
China Daily, November 04, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/04/content_11499902.htm

Human Rights Defender – Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
US Concerned about Blind Chinese Activist
Agence France-Presse, November 03, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g9QTz84pR0M0taaSoBRgQHLp_SrQ
Related information:
Extreme Measures Used to Control Blind Rights Defender Chen Guangcheng
当局监控陈光诚无所不用其极
Human Rights in China, November 02, 2010
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/190984
CH: http://gb.hrichina.org/public/contents/22591
Media
Party Slams Press Freedom
Radio Free Asia, November 03, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/press-11032010122837.html

Blogging, Bribery and a Security Bureau Drama
Caixin, November 03, 2010
http://english.caing.com/2010-11-03/100195143.html

Police
Holiday Resort is a Hidden Prison
Shanghai Daily, November 04, 2010
http://english.eastday.com/e/101104/u1a5527831.html

Politics
Legal Moves Cast Doubt on Political Reform Plan
South China Morning Post, November 04, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ca9fbe4f2d11c210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Population
Officials Cheat to Get Second Child
Shanghai Daily, November 04, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=453600

Wednesday, November 03, 2010

November 03, 2010

Top news
Nobel Peace Prize / Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)

广州“刘晓波”案拘留抄家 全国警察联动压民间声音 (Guangzhou Man Detained and Home Searched after Disseminating Information on Liu)
Radio Free Asia, November 02, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gz-11022010142652.html

China's Dissident Dilemma
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 02, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11576637


News
Corruption
Lawyer Pressured to Drop Hit-and-Run Case
South China Morning Post, November 03, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7d34a05c34d0c210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Environment
A Year Later, Villagers Say MSG Plant Still Poses Environmental Danger
Global Times, November 03, 2010
http://china.globaltimes.cn/society/2010-11/588877.html

Government
县委书记放言强拆养活知识分子 (Jiangxi County Secretary: Demolitions Breed Intellectuals)
Southern Metropolis Daily, November 03, 2010
http://epaper.oeeee.com/A/html/2010-11/03/content_1215596.htm

Human Rights Defender -- Ai Weiwei, 艾未未
艾未未将推出“河蟹盛宴” “庆贺”工作室即将被强拆 (Ai Weiwei to Hold “River Crab” Banquet in “Celebration” of His Studio's Demolition)
Radio Free Asia, November 02, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ai-11022010165239.html
Related information:
Eating "River Crab" at the Harmonious Forum
RConversation, September 11, 2007
http://rconversation.blogs.com/rconversation/2007/09/eating-river-cr.html
Labor
河南前三季度平均不到3天因瓦斯事故死亡1人 (Henan: 1 Gas Related Death Every 3 Days)
Henan Business Daily, November 03, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20101103/u1a5525404.html

Land Policy
河北石家庄一座村庄所有建筑面临被拆命运 (Village in Hebei Faces Complete Demolition)
People's Daily, November 03, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20101103/u1a5525789.html

Media
The March of the Netizens
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 02, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11576592

Latest Batch of Rogue Netizens Exposed
China Daily, November 03, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/03/content_11494113.htm

Controversial Magazine in Spotlight Again as Distributor Denies Ban Order
Global Times, November 02, 2010
http://china.globaltimes.cn/society/2010-11/588506.html

Multilateral
UN Chief Raises Human Rights in China Speech
Agence France-Presse, November 03, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iu9KOB0Nrqwxf9g9FX-FNIB10MvQ?docId=CNG.198522806ff7909dc1ba22f84a61beb7.5a1

Tibet
Released Tibetan ‘in Poor Health’
Radio Free Asia, October 29, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/health-10292010173258.html

XUAR
Fate of Uyghur Journalist 'Unknown'
Radio Free Asia, November 01, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/journalist-11012010101314.html

Tuesday, November 02, 2010

November 02, 2010

Top news
Nobel Peace Prize / Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
HK Relishes Freedom to Debate Liu Xiaobo
South China Morning Post, November 02, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2cb981fc5580c210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD


News
Education
China to Battle School Enrollment Disorder
Xinhua News Agency, November 02, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/02/content_11487260.htm

Food Security
Puberty Baby in Milk Test Wrangle
Shanghai Daily, November 02, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=453370&type=National

我国农村居民饮水面临缺水和水质差两大难题 (Rural Dwellers' Major Hurdles: Water Shortage, Water Quality)
Legal Daily, November 02, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20101102/u1a5524687.html

Hukou
重庆高校学生“农转城” 户籍问题引发关注 (Concern Arises after Chongqing College Students Forced to Convert Hukou from Rural to Urban)
Radio Free Asia, November 01, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/cq-11012010161206.html

Human Rights Defender
Activist Told Public of Environment in Crisis
Associated Press, November 02, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3a9c81fc5580c210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

June Fourth
U.N. Official Honors Leader of Tiananmen Crackdown
The Wall Street Journal, November 01, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704141104575588862861816120.html

Labor
3 Officials Perish in Closed Mine
South China Morning Post, November 02, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0efb81fc5580c210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Land Policy
List of Forced Demolition Cases Grows Longer
China Daily, November 02, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/02/content_11488093.htm

Law
首例艾滋病就业歧视案调查:法律未明示体检标准 (Look into First HIV/AIDS Employment Discrimination Case: Law Does Not Explicitly Set Out Standards for Physical Examinations)
China Economic Times, November 02, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20101102/u1a5523737.html

Multilateral
UN Chief's Silence on China Rights Draws Critics
Agence France-Presse, November 02, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20101102/wl_asia_afp/chinarightsunban_20101102014942

Population
China Threatened by Shortage of Workers and Wives
Financial Times, November 01, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/76388090-e5dd-11df-af15-00144feabdc0.html

Society
In China, Hit-and-Run Death Exposes Class Anger
Associated Press, November 01, 2010
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2010/11/01/in_china_hit_and_run_death_exposes_class_anger/

Monday, November 01, 2010

November 01, 2010

Top news
Nobel Peace Prize / Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
中国严控民间回应诺奖全国范围打压越演越烈 (Crackdown Intensifies as China Tightens Control over Civic Response to Nobel Prize)
Radio Free Asia, October 29, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/nobel-10292010153143.html

Chinese Court Denounces Awarding Of Nobel Prize
Associated Press, October 29, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101029/ap_on_re_as/as_china_nobel_peace_prize


News
Bilateral Ties
Clinton Challenges China to Boost Co-operation with US to Improve Asia-Pacific, World Stability
The Canadian Press, October 29, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hYJRgBDIpIi3l3E17kCrsbfB45Yg

Human Rights Defender -- Jiang Tianyong, 江天勇
Lawyers: China Blocked US Visit, Citing 'Security'
Associated Press, October 30, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101030/ap_on_re_as/as_china_lawyers_blocked

Human Rights Defender
赵作海出狱后当"公民代理人" 为人维权打官司 (Interview with Zhao Zuohai, Man Imprisoned for Murder That Didn't Occur Who Now Works as a "Citizen Representative")
The Beijing News, October 30, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/1030/02/6K77P9TG00011229.html

Labor
矿工患尘肺病索赔3年 49万判决赔偿缩水至27万 (Compensation for Pneumoconiosis Mine Workers Shrinks)
The Beijing Times, November 01, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/1031/01/6K9MGHV700014AED.html

Land Policy
Chinese Man Beaten to Death in Land Seizure Case
Agence France-Presse, November 01, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20101101/wl_asia_afp/chinapropertyrightscrime

Population
Sustainable Growth Formula Eludes Many China Cities
Reuters, October 31, 2010
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/TOE69S0CW.htm

Migrants Wary as China Launches Census
Agence France-Presse, October 31, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20101031/wl_asia_afp/chinapopulationcensus

Protests and Petitions
上访村民遭村委会责令限期迁走户口 (Village Committee Demands that Petitioning Villagers Move Elsewhere)
The Beijing Times, November 01, 2010
http://society.huanqiu.com/roll/2010-11/1215978.html

Public Health
男子讲述无偿献血15年:难以理解用血返还制度 (Compensated Blood Donation System Incomprehensible for Average Citizens)
Dahe Daily, October 30, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20101030/u1a5519967.html

Beijing Experiencing Blood Supply Shortage
Global Times, October 28, 2010
http://china.globaltimes.cn/society/2010-10/586835.html

Shanghai World Expo
上海世博闭幕 上海维权人士遭软禁 (Shanghai Activists Kept under House Arrest as Expo Ends)
Radio Free Asia, October 31, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shang-10312010172031.html

Friday, October 29, 2010

October 29, 2010

Top news
Nobel Peace Prize / Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
China Dissidents under Lockdown as Nobel Tensions Linger
Reuters, October 29, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE69S0LP20101029
Related news:
China Crackdown on Dissidents Continues despite Citizen's Nobel Peace Prize
The Washington Post, October 28, 2010
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/28/AR2010102803774.html

Related information:
Dozens Put Under House Arrest as Chinese Authorities Intensify Crackdown Following Nobel Peace Prize Announcement
刘晓波获诺奖后中国当局加大打压力度 数十人被软禁
Human Rights in China, October 28, 2010
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/190772
CH: http://gb.hrichina.org/public/contents/22429

News
Bilateral Ties
Singapore Grooms China's Rising Star Cadres
South China Morning Post, October 29, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=fa8d5513f93fb210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Corruption
河南省人大常委会原副主任借卖字敛财上千万 (Former Deputy Director of Henan Standing Committee Made Millions by Selling Words)
Qilu Evening News, October 29, 2010
http://v.news.163.com/video/2010/10/I/J/V6J7INEIJ.html

Labor
Officials Penalized After Deadly Mine Flood
China Daily, October 29, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-10/29/content_11475022.htm

Law
Top Legislature Adopts Social Insurance Law
China Daily, October 28, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-10/28/content_11473448.htm
Related information:
中华人民共和国社会保险法 (Social Insurance Law of the People's Republic of China)
National People's Congress, October 28, 2010
http://www.gov.cn/jrzg/2010-10/28/content_1732870.htm
Media
Media Recall Reporters after Ban on Coverage of Hit-and-run Case
South China Morning Post, October 29, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=71305513f93fb210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
大時代小人物系列﹕最牛舉報人 死也要告官 山東農民唐雲濤抗爭5年揪貪官 (Shandong Farmers Still Fighting despite 5 Years of Petitioning to No Response)
Ming Pao, October 29, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20101029/cca1h.htm

Public Health
昆明供血危机目前仍未得到缓解 (Blood Supply Shortage Has Yet to Wane)
Xinhua News Agency, October 29, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20101029/u1a5518735.html

Society
Outcry as China Billionaire Gets Housing Subsidy
Agence France-Presse, October 29, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gJXLSLO-Oi_7W7IzKp9KfuWMCbEA

梁思成林徽因子梁從誡病逝 (Environmental Activist Liang Congjie Passes)
Ming Pao, October 29, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20101029/ca51240p.htm
Related news:
Pioneer of China Environmental NGOs Dies
Reuters, October 29, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE69S0ED20101029

Thursday, October 28, 2010

October 28, 2010

Top news
Human Rights Defender – Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
Tiananmen Square Protest Leader to Represent Liu Xiaobo at Nobel Laureate Meeting
The Daily Telegraph, October 27, 2010
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/8089937/Tiananmen-Square-protest-leader-to-represent-Liu-Xiaobo-at-Nobel-laureate-meeting.html

诺委会主席驳中国谴责 (Nobel Chairman Refutes Chinese Criticism)
Radio France Internationale, October 26, 2010
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20101026-诺委会主席驳中国谴责
Related news:
China Made Peace Prize Decision for Us, Says Nobel Judge
The Guardian, October 27, 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/oct/27/china-peace-prize-decision-nobel-judge
Human Rights Defender – Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
Daughter of Missing China Dissident Seeks US Help
Agence France-Presse, October 28, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gOLQh3Ez4NxQOo5MLVQgU7SLi-jA
Editorial by Gao’s daughter:
Please Return My Father
The Wall Street Journal, October 28, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303467004575574182213622948.html

News

Environment
China's Rich Fuel Illegal Timber
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 26, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_timber-10272010111011.html

Food Security
Hot Potato in China's Rising Food Costs
The Wall Street Journal, October 27, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304173704575577582904282968.html

Labor
贵州安顺发生一起煤矿透水事故 死12人伤1人 (12 Dead in Guizhou Coal Mine Flood)
Xinhua News Agency, October 28, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2010-10/28/c_12711630.htm

Politics
China Party Paper Rejects Faster Political Change
Reuters, October 27, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101027/wl_nm/us_china_politics
People's Daily editorial:
沿着正确政治方向积极稳妥推进政治体制改革 (Moving in a Correct Direction to Reliably Advance Political Reform)
People's Daily, October 27, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2010-10/26/c_12704266.htm

China Media Project has translated the editorial in part:
China Must Take Its Own Road
China Media Project, October 28, 2010
http://cmp.hku.hk/2010/10/28/8343/
華大使:中國明白要推政改 (Ambassador Wang Min: China Understands It Needs Political Reform)
Ming Pao, October 28, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20101028/ca40752i.htm

Poverty
China to Raise Its Poverty Line
China Daily, October 28, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-10/28/content_11467561.htm

Protests and Petitions
Pressuring Petitioners
Global Times, October 27, 2010
http://special.globaltimes.cn/2010-10/586748.html

辽宁访民因集体爬烟囱被判刑 (Four Liaoning Petitioners Sentenced to 2-4 Years for Gathering a Crowd to Disturb Social Order)
Radio Free Asia, October 27, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_verdict-10272010102655.html

XUAR
Uyghurs Support Language Protest
Radio Free Asia, October 27, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/language-10272010181614.html

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

October 27, 2010

Top news
Nobel Peace Prize / Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
Chinese Twitter User Seized after Supporting Liu Xiaobo
The Guardian, October 26, 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/oct/26/china-nobel-liu-xiaobo-tweet-arrest

Liu Xiaobo's Brothers Offer to Accept Nobel Prize
Agence France-Presse, October 26, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gn5nEt-zUeTWxTSfo1OdzBglGf_w?docId=CNG.f4038d0b7ff98741bcfa1c628ce3111c.701

Peace Nobel Website under Cyber Attack
Agence France-Presse, October 26, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iI9oCWSdpUV9ffoyb973e3L634Ow?docId=CNG.faeec24ca121247e519f47662eae09bf.211


News
Corruption
河南通报6起职务犯罪案件 3官员获无期1人死缓 (Henan Corruption: Officials Sentenced)
Dahe Daily, October 27, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20101027/u1a5514811.html

Government
市民可上QQ提交申诉状 (Guangdong: Public Can Submit Complaints Through QQ)
Southern Metropolis Daily, October 27, 2010
http://epaper.oeeee.com/B/html/2010-10/27/content_1209074.htm

Hukou
昆明农村居民明年起可就近就地转城镇户口 (Kunming Villagers May Transfer Registration Beginning 2011)
Kunming Daily News, October 27, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20101027/u1a5514714.html

Human Rights Defenders
"福建三网友关注团"获杰出民主人士奖 (Support Group for Three Fujianese Netizens in Yan Xiaoling Case Receives Democratic Award)
Deutsche Welle, October 26, 2010
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,6150988,00.html

Human Rights Defender -- Chen Guangcheng, 陈光诚
US Lawmakers Ask Envoy to Check on Chinese Activist Lawyer
Agence France-Presse, October 26, 2010
http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20101026-244294.html

Labor
广东工亡补助金调至人均年收入20倍 (Increase in Death Benefits for Guangdong Mine Workers)
Southern Metropolis Daily, October 27, 2010
http://epaper.oeeee.com/A/html/2010-10/27/content_1209136.htm

Migrant Workers
广东85%流动人口已领居住证 (85% of Guangdong Migrants Receive Residence Permit)
Southern Metropolis Daily, October 27, 2010
http://epaper.oeeee.com/A/html/2010-10/27/content_1209137.htm

Politics
Xi's Rise Shows Democracy off the Menu
Asia Times Online, October 27, 2010
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/LJ27Ad01.html

人民日报署名文章谈推进政治体制改革 (People's Daily Publishes Signed Article on Political Reform)
Southern Metropolis Daily, October 27, 2010
http://epaper.oeeee.com/A/html/2010-10/27/content_1209245.htm

Public Health
我国每年8万人因滥用抗生素死亡 (80,000 Die Each Year From Antibiotic Abuse)
Chongqing Evening News, October 27, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20101027/u1a5514009.html

Social Security
人力资源咨询公司称中国养老金指数倒数第一 (Human Resource Firm Ranks Last in China's Pension Index)
Xi'an Evening News, October 27, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20101027/u1a5514180.html

Tibet
Hundreds Sign Petition for Tibet Language: Activists
Agence France-Presse, October 27, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20101027/wl_asia_afp/chinarightstibeteducationprotest

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

October 26, 2010

Top news
Nobel Peace Prize / Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
15 Nobel Laureates Ask G20 to Raise Liu Case
Reuters, October 25, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE69O33720101025

中国官方媒体否认刘晓波“因言获罪” (Official Chinese Media Deny That Liu Was Convincted due to His Words)
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 26, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2010/10/101026_china_liu_nobel.shtml


News
Bilateral Ties
美国驻华大使洪博培在北京谈参与式民主 (U.S. Ambassador Huntsman Discusses Democracy in Beijing)
Radio France Internationale, October 26, 2010
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20101026-美国驻华大使洪博培在北京谈参与式民主

Civil Society
民间公益组织因为缺少支持陷入恶性循环 (NGOs Fall into Vicious Circle due to Lack of Support)
Legal Daily, October 26, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20101026/u1a5513241.html

Death Penalty
Inmate Seeks Death Sentence to Escape Torture
Shanghai Daily, October 25, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=452646&type=National

Environment
Toxic Leaks Near Cities
Shanghai Daily, October 26, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=452709

Labor
Chinese iPhone Workers Poisoned by Chemical: Report
Agence France-Presse, October 26, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iXoIhaTKPXIe4zpmtIEvRn63fkUg?docId=CNG.4b2893977d9c7251af4049ff83abe349.411

Land Policy
Housing a Basic Right, Says NPC
China Daily, October 26, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-10/26/content_11456033.htm

Law
Draft Law to Prevent Misuse of Social Security Funds
China Daily, October 25, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2010-10/25/content_11455336.htm

Multilateral
China Campaigning against International Probe of Possible War Crimes in Burma
The Washington Post, October 25, 2010
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/25/AR2010102503168.html

Social Security
社会保险法草案四审稿取消一次性领取养老金 (Fourth Draft of Social Security Law Eliminates Lump Sum Pension Payments)
The Beijing Times, October 26, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20101026/u1a5512203.html

XUAR
Uyghur Farmers Protest Land Fees
Radio Free Asia, October 24, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/farmers-10242010162144.html

Monday, October 25, 2010

October 25, 2010

Top news
Nobel Peace Prize / Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
劉霞邀異見者代往挪威領獎 (Liu Xia Asks Dissidents to Accept Nobel Prize in Norway on Liu's Behalf)
Ming Pao, October 25, 2010
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/101025/4/kw3n.html

Why We Gave Liu Xiaobo a Nobel
New York Times, October 22, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/23/opinion/23Jagland.html


News
Education
北京打工子弟校被曝补课收费 (Arbitrary Fees at School for Children of Migrant Workers in Beijing Exposed)
The Beijing Times, October 25, 2010
http://epaper.jinghua.cn/html/2010-10/25/content_596686.htm

Gender
Rural Tradition Hampers Women
Radio Free Asia, October 22, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/rural-10222010133543.html

Human Rights Defender
维权人士朱菊如被警方逮捕 (Rights Activist Zhu Juru Arrested)
Radio Free Asia, October 23, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhu-10222010233621.html

Land Policy
'Bloody Map' Marks Illegal Land Seizures
South China Morning Post, October 23, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=29170e3e304db210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Police
陕西乾县5名城管当街打伤三轮摩托司机 (Shaanxi: Urban Management Officers Beat Motorcycle Driver)
China Review News, October 24, 2010
http://gb.chinareviewnews.com/doc/1014/8/3/1/101483143.html

Protests and Petitions
Shandong Police Prevented from Petitioning
Caixin, October 22, 2010
http://english.caing.com/2010-10-22/100191342.html

Police Snatch Two Runners from Beijing Marathon
Global Times, October 25, 2010
http://china.globaltimes.cn/society/2010-10/585213.html

Anti-Japan Demonstrations Reported in Several Chinese Cities as Protest Movement Spreads
The Canadian Press, October 25, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5j0zPk1J6efwjtzAx7H3vV3B3Iuvg

Public Health
Patient Rights Plea from A Man Labeled Crazy
Caixin, October 21, 2010
http://english.caing.com/2010-10-21/100191065.html

Social Security
China in Need of Nursing Homes
China Daily, October 25, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-10/25/content_11451454.htm

State Security
副厅长夫妇“遭报复” 湖南公安厅反驳 (Hunan Public Security Department Rejects Accusations of Retaliation against Its Vice Head)
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 24, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2010/10/101024_hunanpolice_official_rex.shtml
Related information:
公安厅副厅长的“牢狱”之灾 (Misfortune of Public Security Department Vice Head's "Jailing")
Southern Metropolis Weekly, October 22, 2010
Cached version of original article:
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:V0ZloK0RFfkJ:www.nbweekly.com/Print/Article/11352_0.shtml
Article text shared on Google Docs:
https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1qVYcAhO6EJzcQCn6xBDM-exQbc90dLFgS67FD_ldZMg
Tibet
「挺藏語」千名師生上街示威 (Qinghai: 1000 Teachers and Students March in Support of Tibetan Language)
Apple Daily, October 25, 2010
http://tw.nextmedia.com/applenews/article/art_id/32911496/IssueID/20101025

Friday, October 22, 2010

October 22, 2010

Top news
Nobel Peace Prize / Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
Police Temporarily Arrest Professor for Pro-Liu Xiaobo Plot
Mainichi Daily News, October 22, 2010
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/international/news/20101022p2g00m0dm026000c.html

刘晓波文集明年将在多个国家出版 (Works of Liu Xiaobo to Be Published in Several Countries Next Year)
Radio France Internationale, October 21, 2010
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20101021-刘晓波文集明年将在多个国家出版

香港民间团体接力声援刘晓波 “我为晓波”网站在中国遭封杀 (Hong Kong Liu Xiaobo Website Blocked in China)
Radio Free Asia, October 21, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/liu-10212010133318.html

News
Bilateral Ties
China Hits Out at US Commission's Report on Human Rights
Agence France-Presse, October 22, 2010
http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20101021-243520.html
Related information:
2010 Annual Report on Human Rights and the Rule of Law in China
Congressional-Executive Commission on China, October 10, 2010
Disasters
廣西小學欄杆坍塌27童傷 (Guangxi: 27 Elementary School Children Injured in Banister Collapse)
Xinhua News Agency, October 22, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20101022/ca50839a.htm

Economic Development
国家统计局:我国民众生活富裕程度下降 (National Statistics Bureau: Decline in Wealth of the People)
Guangzhou Daily, October 22, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20101022/u1a5506160.html

Environment
黑龙江发预警:或一氧化碳中毒 (Heilongjiang Issues Warning on Possibility of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning)
Southern Metropolis Daily, October 22, 2010
http://epaper.oeeee.com/A/html/2010-10/22/content_1205408.htm

Human Rights Defender -- Gao Zhisheng , 高智晟
Chinese Police Refuse to Register Human Rights Lawyer as Missing
The Guardian, October 21, 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/oct/21/gao-zhisheng-missing

Human Rights Defender
Chinese Activist Sentenced to 3 Years for Organizing Workers' Rights Group
Associated Press, October 22, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hbEw6fl8ZBj08bPDXKE2QURDUNRw

Labor
China Mines to Beef Up Safety after Chile Rescue
Agence France-Presse, October 21, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20101021/wl_asia_afp/chinaminingsafetychile

Law
Rule Calls for Compensation Money to Be Set Aside
South China Morning Post, October 22, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9a661da043fcb210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Media
Chinese Dissidents Plan Their Own WikiLeaks
South China Morning Post, October 22, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f5841da043fcb210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Multilateral
China Tries to Block Darfur Weapons Report
The Guardian, October 21, 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/oct/21/china-darfur-weapons-report

Population
Chinese Woman Forced to Have Abortion at Eight Months, Claims Husband
The Guardian, October 21, 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/oct/21/chinese-woman-abortion-forced

Religion
U.N. Envoy Defends Falun Gong, "Evil Cult" for China
Reuters, October 21, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/10/21/world/international-us-un-religion.html

Tibet
Security Tight in Tibetan Towns
Radio Free Asia, October 21, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/vietnam/protests-10212010143125.html

Thursday, October 21, 2010

October 21, 2010

Top news
Nobel Peace Prize / Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
U.S., China Disagree on Nobel But Look to Cooperate - Holder
Reuters, October 21, 2010
http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-52343420101021

學生慶劉曉波獲獎 遭北大取消獎學金 (Peking U Student's Scholarship Cancelled after Celebrating Liu’s Prize)
Apple Daily, October 21, 2010
http://tw.nextmedia.com/applenews/article/art_id/32902431/IssueID/20101021


News
Hukou
Rule-breakers Expected to Be Wary of Census
Agence France-Presse, October 21, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d959a2c7b8acb210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender
Exiled China Aids Activist Mourns Her Former Life
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 20, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-11446636

Labor
China Planning Better Mine Rescue Facilities
China Daily, October 21, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-10/21/content_11437123.htm

More Strikes to Hit China
Radio Free Asia, October 20, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/strikes-10202010112702.html

Land Policy
Villagers Take A Stand On Wrecking Ball Beach
Caixin, October 20, 2010
http://english.caing.com/2010-10-20/100190785.html

Media
新聞自由度 中國全球尾8 (2010 World Press Freedom Index: China Ranks from Bottom)
Ming Pao, October 21, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20101021/cac1.htm


Related information:
Press Freedom Index 2010
Reporters Without Borders, October 20, 2010
http://en.rsf.org/press-freedom-index-2010,1034.html


中国网络公司设立并培训网络媒体自律专员 (Chinese Net Firms to Train Internal Censors)
Radio Free Asia, October 20, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wangluo-10202010101302.html

Police
郑州城管殴打小贩 三辆执法车被民众掀翻 (Zhengzhou: Urban Management’s Beating of Venders Draws Ire of Crowds)
Dahe Daily, October 21, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/1021/05/6JGBOA0I00011229.html

Politics
China Paper Blasts Western-style Democracy
Associated Press, October 20, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101020/ap_on_re_as/as_china_politics

Protests and Petitions
Police Detain Land Protesters
Radio Free Asia, October 20, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/protests-10202010140809.html

Public Health
HIV Positive Teacher Sues County Government
China Daily, October 21, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-10/21/content_11437684.htm

Tibet
Tibetan Writers Face Trial
Radio Free Asia, October 20, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/trial-10202010152253.html

Tibetan Students Protest Use of Chinese in Classes
Associated Press, October 20, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101020/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tibet

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

October 20, 2010

Top news
Nobel Peace Prize / Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
Wife of Chinese Nobel Peace Prize Winner Still under House Arrest, Brother Denied Prison Visit
The Canadian Press, October 19, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5h-iH0pjft9g6ycOkRWnd_N-2G_Aw

盜用學生名字強加觀點 斥諾獎「政治道具」 官報偽造訪問貶劉曉波獲獎 (Students: China Youth Daily Misappropriated Our Names to Attack Liu's Nobel Prize)
Apple Daily, October 20, 2010
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20101020&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=14571520
Related news:
诺贝尔和平奖究竟唱的是哪出戏 (Just What Sort of Show Is the Nobel Prize Putting On?)
China Youth Daily, October 18, 2010
http://news.ifeng.com/gundong/detail_2010_10/18/2811019_0.shtml

中国青年报批诺贝尔和平奖文章被指造假 (China Youth Daily Article Criticizing Liu's Nobel Prize Accused of Fabricating Quotes)
Radio France Internationale, October 20, 2010
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20101020-中国青年报批诺贝尔和平奖文章被指造假

News
Media
国际记者联合会看中国严控敏感新闻 (International Federation of Journalists Looks into Control of Sensitive Information in China)
Voice of America, October 19, 2010
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20101019-Party-dillama-controlling-Press-105262353.html
Related report:
In China, a Debate on Press Rights
Committee to Protect Journalists, October 19, 2010
http://cpj.org/reports/2010/10/in-china-a-debate-on-press-rights.php
Law
Rights Expert: We Need Rule of Law
China Daily, October 20, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-10/20/content_11431672.htm

山西临汾:一篇网帖将六名版主卷入一起刑事案件 (One Forum Post Nets Six Board Admins in Criminal Case)
China Youth Daily, October 19, 2010
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2010-10/19/content_3428196.htm

Politics
Hopes of Political Reform Hit Brick Wall
South China Morning Post, October 20, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=dee79456594cb210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
Guangzhou Uses PR to Nip Protests in the Bud
South China Morning Post, October 20, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b61b2674365cb210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

信访办公室内一村民病亡 (Villager Dies in Petition Bureau)
The Beijing News, October 20, 2010
http://news.bjnews.com.cn/2010/1020/94976.shtml

Tibet
Students Protest Language Change
Radio Free Asia, October 19, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/language-10192010170120.html

XUAR
新疆借人口普查追查流亡者和访民行踪 (Xinjiang Uses Census to Keep Track of Petitioners and People in Exile)
Radio Free Asia, October 19, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/xinjiang_census-10192010104525.html

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

October 19, 2010

Top news
Nobel Peace Prize / Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
Chinese Media Seeks Apology over Nobel Peace Prize to Liu Xiaobo
Agence France-Presse, October 18, 2010
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Chinese-media-seeks-apology-over-Nobel-Peace-Prize-to-Liu-Xiaobo/articleshow/6767711.cms

Tiananmen Activists Condemn Crackdown on Liu Supporters
Agence France-Presse, October 18, 2010
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Tiananmen-activists-condemn-crackdown-on-Liu-supporters/Article1-614448.aspx

Tight Controls Hamper Appeal
Radio Free Asia, October 18, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/appeal-10182010131042.html


News
Bilateral Ties
Japanese Prime Minister Demands China Stop Violent Protests
The Daily Telegraph, October 18, 2010
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/8070813/Japanese-prime-minister-demands-China-stop-violent-protests.html

Economic Development
Five-year Plan to Attack Rich-poor Divide
South China Morning Post, October 19, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8511d69aaffbb210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Food Security
Shrinking Arable Land Threatens Grain Security
Xinhua News Agency, October 18, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-10/18/content_11423618.htm

Labor
Death Toll Rises to 31 in China Coal Mine Gas Leak
China Daily, October 18, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-10/18/content_11424368.htm

Law
我国首例艾滋感染者歧视案原告担心隐私泄露 (Privacy Concerns in China's First HIV/AIDS Discrimination Case)
Shandong Business Daily, October 18, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20101018/u1a5498970.html

Police
江苏盐城城管副局长被指执法时殴打拍照女孩 (Deputy Head of Urban Management in Yancheng, Jiangsu Accused of Hitting Girl whilst on Duty)
Yang Cheng Wan Bao, October 19, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/1019/09/6JBKQTKM00011229.html

Public Health
昆明库存血量少迫使手术多被推迟 (Kunming: Blood Shortage Leads to Surgeries Being Put on Hold)
Shandong Business Daily, October 19, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20101019/u1a5501660.html

State Security
亚运期间拆迁空置房禁住人 (Guangzhou Plans Special Security Arrangements for Asiad)
Southern Metropolis Daily, October 19, 2010
http://epaper.oeeee.com/A/html/2010-10/19/content_1201854.htm

Tibet
阿嘉活佛:95年选择班禅转世灵童有作弊 (Arjia Rinpoche: Fraud in the 1995 Panchen Lama Selection)
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 19, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2010/10/101018_arjia_golden_urn.shtml