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.

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

December 14, 2010

Top news
Nobel Peace Prize / Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
Activists Slam Nobel Crackdown
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/crackdown-12132010145304.html

諾奬頒獎禮後CNN BBC解封 (CNN and BBC Unblocked in China Post-Nobel)
Ming Pao, December 13, 2010
http://dailynews.sina.com/bg/chn/chnoverseamedia/mingpao/20101213/13262077823.html

颁奖礼后,中国当局打压在持续 (Crackdown of Chinese Regime Continues after Ceremony)
Deutsche Welle, December 13, 2010
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,6323013,00.html

丹頂鶴照扯上和平獎 《南都》認網友想太多 (Southern Media Says Netizens Have Wild Imaginations after Red-crowned Crane Photo Becomes Associated with Peace Prize)
China Times, December 14, 2010
http://news.chinatimes.com/world/0,5246,11050401x112010121400173,00.html


News
Civil Society
我国众多公益组织无法注册致爱心活动不合法 (Most Public Interests Groups Unable to Register, Making Charity Illegal)
China Youth Daily, December 14, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20101214/u1a5607307.html

爱知行继续被停电报复 获释维权人士被禁接受采访 (Power Still Cut at Aizhixing Institute, Freed Activists Prohibited from Interviews)
Radio Free Asia, December 13, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ai-12132010093717.html

Corruption
村支书帮人买卖死人户口套取拆迁补偿款 (Village Official Tangled in Fraud Scandal over Cashing In on Demolition Compensation for the Deceased)
Changjiang Daily, December 14, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/1214/05/6NREUQ5J00011229.html

Human Rights Defenders
Activist Eyes Rural Homes Scheme for Urban Poor
South China Morning Post, December 14, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=45567e71f50ec210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

U.N. Sleuths Say China Rights Crackdown Alarming
Reuters, December 13, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101213/wl_nm/us_china_nobel_un

Labor
砖厂雇大量智障者充当苦力 厂长自称行善 (Brickyard Hires Large Number of Mentally Challenged “for Charity”)
Turpan Daily, December 13, 2010
http://news.qq.com/a/20101213/001464_2.htm
Related news:
Sweatshop Allegedly Abuses Mentally Ill
Global Times, December 14, 2010
http://china.globaltimes.cn/society/2010-12/601404.html
Protests and Petitions
网上信访70天“钉子户”黯然关帖 ("Nail House" Petitioner, Dejected, Deletes Online Petition after 70 Days of No Government Response)
South China Morning Post, December 14, 2010
http://epaper.oeeee.com/H/html/2010-12/14/content_1252343.htm

广西来宾发生涉农纠纷 200名农民围堵糖厂 (200 Farmers Blockade Guangxi Sugar Mill over Dispute)
Xinhua News Agency, December 14, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/1213/19/6NQDDKF900011229.html

Tibet
Thousands of Tibetans Evicted to Make Way for Lhundrub Dam
AsiaNews, December 11, 2010
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Thousands-of-Tibetans-evicted-to-make-way-for-Lhundrub-dam-20230.html

Monday, December 13, 2010

December 13, 2010

Top news
Nobel Peace Prize / Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
Nothing Can Stop the Empty Chair, One Net User Writes as Officials Race to Remove Offending Posts
South China Morning Post, December 11, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7204e8f4890dc210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Related news:
Peace Prize Brings Hope to Exiled Dissidents
South China Morning Post, December 12, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=df2adefe2f5dc210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

曾憲梓:外國打壓中國 (Former NPC Delegate Tsang Hin-chi: It's the Foreign Countries that Suppress China)
Sing Tao Daily, December 12, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/1948351/1.html


News
Civil Society
「公民社會建設」觸動中共神經 汪洋狠批深圳「不講政治」 ("Building Civil Society" Touches a Nerve of the CPC; Guangdong Party Secretary Wang Yang Demands that Shenzhen "Not Speak of Politics")
Apple Daily, December 12, 2010
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20101212&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=14757608

Disasters
More Deceit Uncovered at Deadly Mine Blast Site in Henan
China Daily, December 13, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-12/13/content_11690027.htm

Human Rights Defender – Hada (哈达)
China Releases Long-serving Dissident from Jail: Group
Reuters, December 12, 2010
http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCATRE6BC0DT20101213
Related information:
Hada's Family Reunion Pictures Online but Whereabouts Remain Unknown
SMHRIC, December 12, 2010
http://www.smhric.org/Latest_A.htm
Media
HK Journalists Attacked Near Activist's Flat
South China Morning Post, December 11, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=bd116ba6c41dc210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Related information:
Statement on Beating of Hong Kong Reporters in Beijing
FCC HK, December 13, 2010
http://www.fcchk.org/fccweb/news.html?id=ECFB6408F05B2D7916067BA252E21067
Police
公安部:娱乐场所每周一查 (Anti-prostitution Campaign: MPS: Entertainment Venues Should Be Inspected Weekly)
Southern Metropolis Daily, December 13, 2010
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/4/c4/4c45849517b20f65/Blog/d52/0c3738.html

Protests and Petitions
诺贝尔和平奖颁奖礼已结束 中国打压异议人士还在持续 (Pressure on Dissidents Continues following Nobel Ceremony)
Radio Free Asia, December 12, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yi-12122010142245.html

Public Health
For Chinese with HIV, Unheeded Cries For Hugs
Caixin, December 12, 2010
http://english.caing.com/2010-12-10/100206341.html

Society
China’s Army of Graduates Struggles for Jobs
New York Times, December 11, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/12/world/asia/12beijing.html

Friday, December 10, 2010

December 10, 2010

Top news
Nobel Peace Prize / Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
'Most Nations' Oppose Peace Prize to Liu
China Daily, December 10, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-12/10/content_11679694.htm

Nobel 'Not a Prize against China'
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 09, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11961018

U.N. Rights Chief Calls on China to Release Liu
Reuters, December 09, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101209/wl_nm/us_nobel_china_pillay

Empty Chair Left for Jailed Chinese Nobel Laureate
Associated Press, December 09, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101210/ap_on_re_as/as_china_nobel


News
Bilateral Ties
China Tired of Myanmar Reform 'Foot-dragging': Cables
Agence France-Presse, December 10, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jS0IOiww-jhpqxSQfbyA6fPPykcA

US: China Lacks 'Morals' in Africa
Al Jazeera, December 09, 2010
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2010/12/201012981346664660.html

Corruption
前天津高官因贪腐被判死缓 (Former High-ranking Tianjin Official Pi Qiansheng Given Suspended Death Sentence for Graft)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 10, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2010/12/101210_brief_china_corruption.shtml

Human Rights
China Seeks Int'l Co-Op on Human Rights
China Daily, December 10, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-12/10/content_11682887.htm

Human Rights Defender – Hada (哈达)
No Word on Mongolian Activist's Release in China
China Post, December 10, 2010
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/local-news/beijing/2010/12/10/283117/No-word.htm

Human Rights Defender – Zhao Lianhai (赵连海)
趙連海獲媒體選為年度人士 (Zhao Lianhai Chosen Man of the Year by Guangdong's Time Weekly)
Sing Tao Daily, December 10, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/1946370/1.html
Related news:
赵连海:为了孩子们的未来 (Zhao Lianhai: For the Children's Future)
Time Weekly, December 09, 2010
http://time-weekly.com/story/2010-12-09/862.html
Human Rights Defenders
杭州环保斗士陈余千被判刑10个月 (Hangzhou Environmental Activist Chen Yuqian Sentenced to 10 Months)
Radio Free Asia, December 09, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_verdict-12092010104836.html

Media
China, Iran Jail Most Journalists in World, Media Watch Group Says
Deutsche Presse Agentur, December 10, 2010
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/usa/news/article_1604719.php/China-Iran-jail-most-journalists-in-world-media-watch-group-says

本港記者在北京採訪被打 (Beijing: HK Reporters Attacked outside Zhao Lianhai's Home)
Radio Television Hong Kong , December 10, 2010
http://www.rthk.org.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20101210/news_20101210_55_718840.htm

Population
Home Alone, China's Elderly Need Better Care and Support
China Daily, December 10, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-12/10/content_11679878.htm

XUAR
新疆部署维稳工作 严防恶性暴力恐怖案 (XUAR Party Committee Holds Conference on Using "Stability Maintenance" to Combat Violence and Terrorism)
Radio Free Asia, December 09, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xj-12092010101917.html

December 09, 2010

Top news
Nobel Peace Prize / Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
Analysts: Dissident's Nobel Prize A 'Running Sore' for China
Voice of America, December 08, 2010
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Analysts-Dissidents-Nobel-Prize-Running-Sore-for-China-111553699.html

China Steps Up Anti-Nobel Campaign by Blocking BBC Website
The Daily Telegraph, December 09, 2010
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/8190506/China-steps-up-anti-Nobel-campaign-by-blocking-BBC-website.html

傳中國發動挪威僑民反諾貝爾獎 (China Allegedly Mobilizes Norway-based Oversea Chinese in Anti-Nobel Campaign)
China News Agency, December 08, 2010
http://www.cna.com.tw/SearchNews/doDetail.aspx?id=201012090022

Why I'm Going to Oslo
Foreign Policy, December 09, 2010
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/12/08/interview_wan_yanhai


News
Environment
Growth Threatens Water Supply
China Daily, December 09, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-12/09/content_11673998.htm

Food Security
Crops Suffer from Industrial Pollution
Global Times, December 09, 2010
http://china.globaltimes.cn/society/2010-12/600383.html

Human Rights
China: How Much Freedom Do Its People Have?
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 09, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11949981

Human Rights Defender -- Du Daobin , 杜导斌
Chinese Human Rights Activist Stripped of Rights
Spero News, December 08, 2010
http://www.speroforum.com/a/44715/Chinese-human-rights-activist-stripped-of-rights
Related information:
Writer Imprisoned for Essays; Still Silenced after Release 杜导斌因言获罪 出狱后仍被禁声
Human Rights in China, December 08, 2010
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/191271
CH: http://gb.hrichina.org/public/contents/24037
Human Rights Defenders -- Gao Yu, 高瑜, Tang Jitian, 唐吉田, Zhang Xianling, 张先玲
Beijing Crackdown Widens
Radio Free Asia, December 08, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/crackdown-12082010111324.html

Law
无罪释放后 省体彩中心主任索赔1100万 (After Innocent Acquital, Lottery Director Claims 1.1mil Compensation)
Southern Metropolis Daily, December 09, 2010
http://epaper.oeeee.com/A/html/2010-12/09/content_1247848.htm

Police
市民投诉挨打遭民警斥“刁民” (Citizen Complaining about Being Beaten Scorned by Police as "Trouble-maker")
Southern Metropolis Daily, December 09, 2010
http://epaper.oeeee.com/H/html/2010-12/09/content_1247703.htm

6旬在押人员猝死深圳看守所 警方:正常死亡 (Police Claim Natural Causes after Elderly Man Dies in Custody)
Southern Daily, December 09, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/1209/09/6NEURF9J00014AEE.html

看守所设过渡监室防“躲猫猫” (Guangdong Detention Center Uses Musical Therapy)
Southern Metropolis Daily, December 09, 2010
http://epaper.oeeee.com/B/html/2010-12/09/content_1247678.htm

Public Health
Rural-Urban Healthcare Gap To Be Stitched Up
China Daily, December 09, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-12/09/content_11674633.htm

Society
Public Irate about Villa Subsidies For Rich
China Daily, December 09, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-12/09/content_11674590.htm

Wednesday, December 08, 2010

December 08, 2010

Top news
Nobel Peace Prize / Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
China Has Backing of More Than 100 Countries, Organizations on Nobel Peace Prize
Xinhua News Agency, December 07, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-12/07/c_13638827.htm

Economic Carrot Helps China in Nobel Boycott Drive
Reuters, December 07, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6B657420101207

Chinese Group to Award Rival 'Peace Prize'
Agence France-Presse, December 08, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5je8RwJxVC5EBj3VIyC365jzL4nhg


News
Corruption
国家药监局官员收130万好处费被判11年 (SFDA Official Takes 1.3 Million, Gets 11-year Sentence )
The Beijing Times, December 08, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20101208/u1a5595952.html

Disasters
Gas Blast Kills 26 at Chinese Coal Mine
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 08, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11944956

Over 4,000 Chinese Dead or Missing in Floods This Year
Xinhua News Agency, December 08, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-12/08/content_11666828.htm

Environment
江西旱情蔓延23万人临时饮水困难 (230 Thousand Temporarily without Drinking Water as Jiangxi Drought Spreads)
People's Daily, December 08, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20101208/u1a5595880.html

Hong Kong
Hong Kong Plea Smoothes Milk Scandal Father’s Release
Financial Times, December 07, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8f52b48e-01e3-11e0-b66c-00144feabdc0.html

Human Rights Defenders
Guizhou Detains Activists
Radio Free Asia, December 07, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/activists-12072010141248.html

Land Policy
2.79m Shaanxi Residents to Be Relocated from Mountains
China Daily, December 08, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-12/08/content_11667792.htm

Law
中国律师难:法庭内无故被殴 动辄“涉密”拦见当事人 (China's Troubled Lawyers: Beaten in Court for No Reason, Summarily Refused Meeting with Clients Due to "State Secrets")
Radio Free Asia, December 07, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lawyer-12072010145141.html

Media
China Denies Google Claims
Radio Free Asia, December 07, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/google-12072010112755.html

Police
冷国权得罪警官遭诬告 关键证人翻供曝冤情 (Key Witness Retracts Testimony in Leng Guoquan Case)
Radio Free Asia, December 07, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/leng-12072010103208.html

Public Health
Hospital Suspends 4 over Death of Boy
Shanghai Daily, December 08, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=456661

Religion
China Ignores Vatican Protest, Chooses Church Leaders
The Washington Post, December 07, 2010
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/07/AR2010120702673.html

Tuesday, December 07, 2010

December 07, 2010

Top news
Nobel Peace Prize / Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
Letter Calls for Liu's Release
Radio Free Asia, December 06, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/letter-12062010130810.html
Related information:
中国民主人权活动家秦永敏致国家主席胡锦涛的公开信 (Open Letter to Hu Jintao from Chinese Democracy and Rights Activist Qin Yongmin)
Qin Yongmin, December 06, 2010
http://www.canyu.org/n20647c6.aspx
A Winner, But No Presence at Nobel Award
Asahi Shimbun, December 07, 2010
http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201012060239.html

US Lawmakers to Honor Nobel Peace Laureate
Agence France-Presse, December 07, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hormoQVDy6oGTpaP5sylubZXcDNw?docId=CNG.b9cc66e8282cbcac9efbda058b8506d6.411

观察:北京的诺贝尔和平奖宣传战 (Beijing's Propaganda War against the Nobel Peace Prize)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 07, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2010/12/101206_nobel_chinese_media.shtml

News
Disasters
Rights Activist Finds Higher Toll from Shanghai Fire
South China Morning Post, December 07, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=eb0d06e139cbc210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Food Security
网友热议蘑菇漂白称相信孩子 因学生无维稳担忧 (The Case of the Bleached Mushrooms: Netizens Put More Trust in Students than Officials)
People's Daily, December 07, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20101207/u1a5593873.html

Human Rights Defender – Liu Feiyue (刘飞跃)
刘飞跃看望秦永敏被打 秦永敏发公开信呼吁释放刘晓波 (Liu Feiyao Beaten for Visiting Qin Yongmin)
Radio Free Asia, December 06, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/qinyongmin-12062010092756.html

Law
今日网络直播广州中院杀人案庭审 (Guangzhou Court Broadcasts Murder Trial Proceedings Live)
Southern Metropolis Daily, December 07, 2010
http://epaper.oeeee.com/A/html/2010-12/07/content_1245249.htm

New Rule Allows Lawyers to Attend Interrogations
China Daily, December 07, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-12/07/content_11661042.htm


Related news:
嫌疑人受讯问律师可旁听 (Beijing Procuratorate Issues Provisional Measures on Counsel Attending Interrogations)
Beijing Daily, December 06, 2010
http://bjrb.bjd.com.cn/html/2010-12/06/content_344526.htm


Land Policy
Loopholes Let Greedy Officials Develop Farmland
South China Morning Post, December 07, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=78d906e139cbc210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

村民告北京唐家岭村委会非法强拆 法院不予立案 (Beijing Court Declares Illegal Eviction Case Inadmissible)
The Beijing Times, December 07, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20101207/u1a5593871.html

Protests and Petitions
Mourning for Boy Erupts into Violence
South China Morning Post, December 07, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1ac6128f0fcbc210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Religion
China to Choose Catholic Heads; Vatican Ties Tense
Associated Press, December 06, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jseoAdm662XkHHWXBx9PAJIPZ4-Q

Rural Issues
County's Welfare Projects Give Residents Hope
China Daily, December 07, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-12/07/content_11661693.htm

Society
Official Driving Drunk Kills 5 Teens in C China
Xinhua News Agency, December 07, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-12/07/content_11661680.htm

Monday, December 06, 2010

December 06, 2010

Top news
Nobel Peace Prize / Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
我沒有敵人 諾獎擬讀劉曉波文 (Liu's Final Trial Statement "I Have No Enemies" to Be Read at Nobel Ceremony)
China News Agency, December 04, 2010
http://udn.com/NEWS/WORLD/BREAKINGNEWS5/6014604.shtml
Related information:
我没有敌人——我的最后陈述 (I Have No Enemies: My Final Statement)
Liu Xiaobo, December 23, 2009
CH: http://gb.hrichina.org/public/contents/18550
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/173747
Havel and Tutu Urge China to Release Liu Xiaobo
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 05, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11920761

Hong Kong Protesters Demand China Free Nobel Winner Liu
Reuters, December 05, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101205/wl_nm/us_china_nobel_protest

Jailed Nobel Winner’s Supporters Attack UN
Toronto Star, December 05, 2010
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/902111--jailed-nobel-winner-s-supporters-attack-un


News
Food Security
Parents Beg For Cash to Aid Milk Scandal Children
South China Morning Post, December 06, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b09efd28537bc210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender
人權詩人貝嶺:不再過境北京 (Rights Poet Bei Ling: I'll Never Transit through Beijing Again)
United Daily News, December 03, 2010
http://udn.com/NEWS/MAINLAND/MAI1/6012514.shtml

Human Rights Defender -- Jiang Tianyong (江天勇)
Pressure Rises On Activists
Radio Free Asia, December 03, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/pressure-12032010145542.html

Human Rights Defender -- Hada (哈达)
Mongolian Activist's Son: China Police Took Mother
Associated Press, December 04, 2010
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/04/AR2010120400944.html

Land Policy
Bankruptcy Turmoil and Body Snatching Tales
Caixin, December 03, 2010
http://english.caing.com/2010-12-03/100204276.html

Law
专访﹕「为赵连海心痛」 北京学者吁司法独立 (Interview: Beijing Scholar Sympathizes with Zhao Lianhai, Calls for Judicial Independence)
Ming Pao, December 05, 2010
http://dailynews.sina.com/gb/chn/chnoverseamedia/mingpao/20101205/12532056328.html

Media
Chinese News Sites Steer Clear Of China-Related WikiLeaks Cables
The Guardian, December 05, 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/05/china-news-sites-wikileaks-cables

Police
广东茂名在押人员"闷被死" 警方称系突发疾病 (Guangdong: Police Say Detainee “Suffocated to Death” Due to Sudden Illness)
The Beijing Times, December 06, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/1206/04/6N6NFJAK00014AED.html

Protests and Petitions
"普法日"变"上访伸冤日" (Legal Publicity Day Becomes Petition Day)
Radio Free Asia, December 05, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/pu-12052010144134.html

六旬老人与拆迁公司起纠纷在信访局遭殴打 (Old Man Beaten by Demolition Firm Staff in Municipal Petitioning Bureau)
Zhejiang Online, December 05, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/1205/01/6N3SLUAJ00014AED.html

Public Health
China to Have 1.2 Million HIV-Positive People by 2015
China Daily, December 04, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-12/04/content_11652055.htm

Society
调查称近五成党政干部认为自己是弱势群体 (Survey: ~50% Cadres Consider Themselves "Vulnerable" Due to Competition, Seniority, Wages)
Xi'an Evening News, December 05, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/1205/04/6N44RTHC0001124J.html

Tibet
Bilingual Preschool Policy Spurs Fears of Marginalising of Tibetan
South China Morning Post, December 04, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4573de91e2cac210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

XUAR
Crackdown Launched in Xinjiang
Radio Free Asia, December 03, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/separatism-12032010123747.html

Thursday, December 02, 2010

December 02, 2010

News
Civil Society
世界艾滋病日民间活动受压 爱知行被断电患者被逐 (NGO Activities Suppressed on World AIDS Day)
Radio Free Asia, December 01, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/aizibing-12012010091648.html

Disasters
Schools 'Need Safety Lessons to Avoid Stampedes'
China Daily, December 02, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-12/02/content_11639775.htm

Labor
平谷50余幼师短时停课要求涨薪 区教委承认"差钱" (Beijing: 50 Kindergarten Teachers Go on Temporary Strike for Raise)
The Beijing Times, December 02, 2010
http://acftu.people.com.cn/GB/197470/13374194.html

Land Policy
Mystery Over Demolition Death In Shanghai
China Daily, December 02, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-12/02/content_11640406.htm

七旬夫妇拒搬迁遭拆迁队持铁棍殴打 (Elderly Couple Beaten by Eviction Team for Refusing to Leave)
Zhejiang Online, December 02, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/1202/06/6MSMGT4V00014AED.html

Law
最高法:重复信访案终结后将不再办理 (SPC: Same Petition Case Inadmissible Once Closed)
Chengdu Evening News, December 02, 2010
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2010-12-02/060621569078.shtml

Police
Students Slam Slow Police Response to Fatal Accident
Global Times, December 02, 2010
http://china.globaltimes.cn/society/2010-12/598277.html

Protests and Petitions
Hangzhou Bans Pro-Reform March
Radio Free Asia, December 01, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/protests-12012010132748.html

AIDS Patients Petition for Better Services
Global Times, December 01, 2010
http://china.globaltimes.cn/society/2010-12/597966.html

Public Health
Living Standards of Disabled People Improved
China Daily, December 02, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-12/02/content_11639659.htm

Religion
China’s Urbanites Rediscover Buddhism
Inter Press Service, December 02, 2010
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/LL02Ad01.html

Society
Tide of Discontent Rises against Abuse of Power
South China Morning Post, December 02, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=21cfe9469e1ac210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

XUAR
Uyghur Seeks Justice for Discrimination
Radio Free Asia, December 01, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/discrimination-12012010162044.html

Wednesday, December 01, 2010

December 01, 2010

Top news
Nobel Peace Prize / Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
China Suspends Norway Trade Talks amid Nobel Fury
Agence France-Presse, November 30, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ggLF4CJoqd2GxF3YRRuJxLYPu0Iw

抗议者将在中国驻挪威使馆外示威 (Human Rights Groups to Protest outside Oslo Chinese Embassy)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 30, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2010/11/101130_nobel_hk_protest.shtml


News
Food Security
Tainted Dairy Imports Cause Concern
China Daily, December 01, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-12/01/content_11632703.htm

Labor
HIV Job Discrimination Highlighted in Report
Xinhua News Agency, December 01, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-12/01/content_11632633.htm

Hunan Works All-Out for Miners Missing in Colliery Flood
Xinhua News Agency, December 01, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-12/01/content_11637016.htm

Land Policy
Activist Beaten in Attack
Radio Free Asia, November 30, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/beating-11302010102451.html

Media
WikiLeaks Website Blocked behind Chinese Firewall
Associated Press, December 01, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101201/ap_on_re_as/as_china_wikileaks_blocked

Multilateral
Clinton Presses Central Asian States on Human Rights
Voice of America, November 30, 2010
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Clinton-Presses-Central-Asian-States-on-Human-Rights-111064649.html

Police
11岁幼女3月内被逼卖淫百次 警察阻家属上访 (Girl, 11, Forced into Prostitution, Police Stop Parents from Petitioning)
Northeast Web, November 30, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/1130/11/6MO2BKC700011229.html

Protests and Petitions
Demolition Protesters May Face Charges
China Daily, December 01, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-12/01/content_11632761.htm

Public Health
河南艾滋病婚外性传播人数呈明显上升趋势 (Henan: Extramarital Transmission of HIV/AIDS on Clear Increase)
Henan Business Daily, December 01, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20101201/u1a5581850.html

China's Healthcare Plans Bump against Rural Skills Gap
Reuters, December 01, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101201/wl_nm/us_china_healthcare

Former Health Official Urges Probe of China's 1990s HIV Epidemic
Associated Press, December 01, 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/01/china-blood-selling-scandal-hiv

State Security
China Bars U.S. Officials from American's Appeal
Associated Press, November 30, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704679204575646083157159728.html

China Arrests Hundreds of Hackers, Says Situation "Grim"
Reuters, December 01, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101201/wl_nm/us_china_hackers

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

November 30, 2010

Top news
Nobel Peace Prize / Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
加拿大部分城市举办活动声援刘晓波 (Section of Canadian City Holds Event in Support of Liu Xiaobo)
Radio Free Asia, November 29, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/canada-11292010114446.html


News
Bilateral Ties
China 'Scared to Death' of Pelosi: Leaked Cable
Agence France-Presse, November 30, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gZFrZk7E8PRzZgX9SIZnyMJlLLag

Civil Society
NGOs Swing Spotlight on Protecting Gays
China Daily, November 30, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/30/content_11626922.htm

Corruption
北京公安局原网监处长于兵贪污受贿获死缓 (Former Director of Beijing Police Internet Monitoring Department Receives Stay of Execution)
Beijing Daily, November 30, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20101130/u1a5579621.html

Disasters
Crush Hurts over 40 Pupils
Global Times, November 30, 2010
http://china.globaltimes.cn/society/2010-11/597509.html

Education
HIV Boy Rejected by Primary School
Shanghai Daily, November 29, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2010/201011/20101129/article_455877.htm

Environment
China Approves More Hydropower amid Clean Energy Push
Reuters, November 29, 2010
http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFTOE6AS06F20101129

Human Rights Defenders -- Chen Guangcheng, (陈光诚); Qin Yongmin, (秦永敏)
Chinese Legal Activist's Wife Calls on International Community for Help
The Guardian, November 29, 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/29/chinese-activist-wife-international-community-help
Related information:
Democracy Activist Qin Yongmin Released from Prison after 12-Year Sentence 老资格民运人士秦永敏12年刑满获释
Human Rights in China, November 29, 2010
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/public/191183
CH: http://gb.hrichina.org/public/contents/23613
Labor
Minimum Wage Rise Is Mooted for Migrants
China Daily, November 30, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/30/content_11626935.htm

Protests and Petitions
顺德陈村黑势力征地砍人 数千村民连日抗议遭镇压 (Guangdong: Oppression on Days-long Protest against Dark Forces Land Requisition and Attack)
Radio Free Asia, November 29, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/guangdong-11292010123154.html

天安门自焚夫妻遭分别判刑五年及四年半 (Tianjin Petitioners Who Set Selves Alight at Tiananmen Receive Sentenced to 4.5 Years and 5 Years)
Radio Free Asia, November 29, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zifen-11292010144943.html

Public Health
China AIDS Death Toll Up Nearly 20,000 in a Year
Agence France-Presse, November 29, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iQBjuBp4P5rgM0Z4QIvtaZ8nFdAw.61

国务院:艾滋病防控关系到国家存亡 (State Council: AIDS Control Connected to Fate of the Country)
The Beijing Times, November 30, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20101130/u1a5579698.html

Tibet
Tibetan Protester Escapes to India
Radio Free Asia, November 29, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/escape-11292010170259.html

November 29, 2010

Top news
Nobel Peace Prize / Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
諾貝爾頒獎禮為劉曉波設空櫈 (Empty Chair for Liu at Nobel Ceremony)
Ming Pao, November 28, 2010
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/101127/4/lhdp.html

Human Rights Defender – Qin Yongmin (秦永敏)
中国民主党创建人秦永敏刑满出狱(China Democracy Party Co-founder Qin Yongmin Released from Prison after 12-yr Sentence)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 29, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2010/11/101129_china_dissident_release.shtml

China Dissident Defiant after Release from 12-year Sentence
Deutsche Presse Agentur, November 29, 2010
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/asiapacific/news/article_1602089.php


News
Freedom of Speech

Caught in an ‘Authoritarian Moment’
New York Times, November 25, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/26/world/asia/26iht-letter.html

Human Rights Defender – Hada (哈达)
China Harassing Mongols ahead Of Dissident Release: Activist
Agence France-Presse, November 26, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20101126/wl_asia_afp/chinarightsmongolsactivist


Related information:
About the Individual: Hada
Incorporating Responsibility 2008
http://www.ir2008.org/04/about.php


Human Rights Defenders
《零八憲章》簽署者「煽動顛覆」罪被拘留 (Activist and Charter 08 Signatory Bai Dongping Detained for Inciting Subversion)
Ming Pao, November 29, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/1933925/1.html

维权律师刘晓原被禁止出境 (Rights Lawyer Liu Xiaoyuan Prevented from Leaving PRC)
Radio Free Asia, November 28, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wei-11282010162226.html

Land Policy
收地無賠償名貴草木一朝毁 (No Compensation for Land Resumption, Crops Also Destroyed en Masse)
Ming Pao, November 29, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/1933929/1.html

Media
5 Hurt in Attack on Newspaper
South China Morning Post, November 27, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=472e3d1d2198c210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China Directed Google Hacking: Leaked US Documents
Agence France-Presse, November 28, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5guVse87DQ-PhutAFYqUN0gCsg-_w

Migrant Workers
Migrant Families Complain about Educational Exclusion
China Daily, November 27, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/27/content_11618385.htm

Public Health
Justice Tough to Find for Chinese Who Got HIV/AIDS through Tainted Blood
The Los Angeles Times, November 27, 2010
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/nov/27/world/la-fg-china-blood-20101128

艾滋病就业歧视案原告提出上诉 (Plaintiff in HIV/AIDS Discrimination Case to Appeal)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 29, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2010/11/101129_chinahiv_appeal.shtml

Friday, November 26, 2010

November 26, 2010

News
Bilateral Ties
China Detains Aussie Business Executive for Alleged Embezzlement Probe
Australian Associated Press, November 26, 2010
http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/85872/20101126/china-detains-aussie-business-executive-for-alleged-embezzlement-probe.htm

China Welcomes Growing African Trade, But Not the Africans Who Facilitate It
Christian Science Monitor, November 25, 2010
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2010/1125/China-welcomes-growing-African-trade-but-not-the-Africans-who-facilitate-it

Death Penalty
中国最高法院复核推翻一成死刑判决 (Supreme People's Court Overturns 10 Percent of Death Sentences)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 26, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2010/11/101126_china_court_review.shtml

Gender
调查显家庭暴力是诱发女性和未成年人犯罪主因 (Survey: Domestic Violence Leading Cause in Criminal Offences by Women and Minors)
China National Radio, November 25, 2010
http://finance.ifeng.com/roll/20101125/2953587.shtml

Human Rights Defender -- Liu Zhengyou, 刘正有
四川维权人士刘正有上诉被驳回 (Sichuan Court Overrules Activist Liu Zhengyou's Appeal)
Radio Free Asia, November 25, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissidents-11252010114331.html

Human Rights Defenders
Police Take Christian Leader, Family from Home
South China Morning Post, November 26, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8d1d58850238c210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Labor
北京首次设立安全生产黑名单 (Beijing Establishes First Production Safety Blacklist)
The Beijing Times, November 26, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20101126/u1a5572005.html

Multilateral
Wen, Central Asian Peers Push for Co-operation
South China Morning Post, November 26, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a60758850238c210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Politics
Probe of Disgraced Mayor over, Shenzhen Chief Says
South China Morning Post, November 26, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=25e658850238c210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
Students Rampage over School-meal Price Hikes
Global Times, November 26, 2010
http://china.globaltimes.cn/society/2010-11/596689.html

Public Health
北京卫生局:艾滋病感染者60岁以上老人比例上升 (Beijing Health Department: Increase in HIV/AIDS in the Elderly)
The Beijing Times, November 26, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20101126/u1a5572200.html

社科院调查农村畜禽养殖发现抗生素滥用普遍 (CASS Survey: 50 Percent of China's Antibiotics Fed to Livestock)
Chongqing Evening News, November 26, 2010
http://finance.sina.com.cn/consume/puguangtai/20101126/10439014851.shtml

Religion
中國反對美國攻擊宗教人權 (China Disputes US Attack on Religious Freedom)
Ming Pao, November 26, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20101125/ca42243c.htm
Related information:
2010 International Religious Freedom Report
US Department of State, November 25, 2010
http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2010/index.htm
Shanghai World Expo
Shanghai Suffers 'Poor Air Quality' as Expo Ends
Agence France-Presse, November 25, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20101125/wl_asia_afp/chinaenvironmentpollutionexpo2010

Thursday, November 25, 2010

November 25, 2010

Top news
Nobel Peace Prize / Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
Chinese Dissent Crackdown Shrinks Nobel Turnout
Associated Press, November 24, 2010
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2010/11/24/chinese_dissent_crackdown_shrinks_nobel_turnout/

万延海证实将出席诺贝尔和平奖颁奖礼 (Wan Yanhai Confirms Peace Prize Ceremony Attendance)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 24, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2010/11/101124_nobel_liu_wanyanhai.shtml

专访:张先玲谈刘晓波获诺贝尔和平奖 (Exclusive: Tiananmen Mothers' Zhang Xianling Discusses Liu's Nobel Prize Win)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 24, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2010/11/101124_iv_zhangxianling.shtml


News
Corruption
四川成立预防腐败局 监察厅长兼任局长 (Sichuan Establishes Anti-Corruption Bureau: Provincial Supervision Department Head to Become Bureau Chief)
Sichuan Online, November 25, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20101125/u1a5570012.html

Food Security
Search on for Melamine Dairy Drinks
China Daily, November 25, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/25/content_11604830.htm

Human Rights Defender -- Ai Weiwei, 艾未未
Artist-Activist Digging Up Names of Fire Victims
South China Morning Post, November 25, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b2e85148dce7c210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender -- Qin Yongmin, 秦永敏
秦永敏将出狱文稿或被扣 其前妻被抄家帐户被冻结 (Qin Soon to Be Released, Manuscripts May Be Seized; Ex-wife’s Home Raided, Accounts Frozen)
Radio Free Asia, November 22, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/qin-11222010095148.html

Land Policy
Reform to End Violent Demolitions
China Daily, November 25, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/25/content_11604795.htm

湖南祁阳村民不满征地补偿 抬棺材堵水泥厂暴流血冲突 (Hunan Villagers Unhappy with Land Compensation: Raising Coffins for Cement Factory Leads to Violent Bloodshed)
Radio Free Asia, November 24, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hunan-11242010103342.html

Law
中国司法部要求严格律师执业准入条件 (Ministry of Justice Demands Lawyers Uphold Onerous Conditions)
Radio Free Asia, November 24, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sifa-11242010105620.html

Media
Internet Offers Netizens a New Voice
China Daily, November 25, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/25/content_11604803.htm

Religion
The Vatican Denounces China over Ordination of Own Bishop
Associated Press, November 25, 2010
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national-news/2010/11/25/281239/The-Vatican.htm

Social Security
Local Gov'ts Subsidize Low-income Earners
Xinhua News Agency, November 24, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/24/content_11598436.htm

XUAR
Chinese Immigrants Killed in Xinjiang
Radio Free Asia, November 24, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/immigrants-11242010133344.html

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

November 24, 2010

Top news
Nobel Peace Prize / Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
诺奖颁奖继续引关注 四川刘贤斌被禁见律师 (Nobel Peace Prize Continues to Draw Attention; Liu Xianbin Banned from Meeting with Lawyers)
Radio Free Asia, November 23, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/nuo-11232010114854.html


News
Civil Society
Mainland Charities to Surpass HK, Taiwanese Groups in 10 Years
South China Morning Post, November 24, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e5bbbc167297c210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Disasters
960,000 Yuan Payout for Shanghai Fire Deaths
South China Morning Post, November 24, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ce7fe8916a97c210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Environment
China Says It Is World's Top Greenhouse Gas Emitter
Reuters, November 23, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101123/ts_nm/us_climate_cancun_china

1m Left without Water
Shanghai Daily, November 24, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=455404&type=National

湖北武穴污水处理厂直排废水染黑数公里长江 (Hubei: Sewage Factory Waste Causes Several KMs Contamination of Yangtze River)
Qianlong, November 24, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20101124/u1a5568465.html

Human Rights
加中国人权网络举办论坛 讨论中国政府的威胁 (Canada's China Rights Network to Hold Forum on Intimidation by Chinese Government)
Radio Free Asia, November 23, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquan-11232010160516.html

Human Rights Defenders
Jailed Chinese Activist Drops Appeal, Seeks Parole
Associated Press, November 23, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101123/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tainted_milk_trial

Land Policy
七旬老农拒领拆迁赔偿 被以敲诈勒索罪逮捕 (Septuagenarian Farmer Who Refused Demolition Compensation Arrested)
Henan Business Daily, November 24, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/1124/08/6M88CN8K00011229.html

Law
China to Better Protect Lawyers' Rights
Xinhua News Agency, November 23, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/23/content_11597592.htm

居民找律师不用出社区 (Guangdong: Villagers Can Find Lawyers in Their Community)
Southern Metropolis Daily, November 24, 2010
http://epaper.oeeee.com/B/html/2010-11/24/content_1234159.htm

Media
China Internet Firms Made to Apologise over Feud
Agence France-Presse, November 22, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5idIbE8ALkA7Li1DF4nB_Z2lg7Zeg

Migrant Workers
首个农民工小区 建成三年入住两成 (Banfu Village, Zhongshan: Occupation at 20% at First Residential Development for Migrant Workers)
Southern Metropolis Daily, November 24, 2010
http://epaper.oeeee.com/B/html/2010-11/24/content_1233923.htm

Police
Warden Sentenced For Beating Inmate To Death
Shanghai Daily, November 23, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=455348&type=National

Protests and Petitions
Mother's Tale Causes Online Furor over Student's Death
Shanghai Daily, November 23, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=455347&type=National

Tibet
Tibetan Writer's Blog Hacked
Radio Free Asia, November 23, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/woeser-11232010111803.html

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

November 23, 2010

Top news
Nobel Peace Prize / Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
Liu Xiaobo Will only Accept Unconditional Release, Says Lawyer
The Guardian, November 22, 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/22/liu-xiaobo-release-offer-reports

Lech Walesa Offers to PIck Up Nobel Prize for Jailed Chinese Dissident
Voice of America, November 22, 2010
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/Lech-Walesa-Offers-to-PIck-Up-Nobel-Prize-for-Jailed-Chinese-Dissident-110018494.html

News
Disasters
Shanghai Government Takes Blame for Fire That Killed 58 People
Bloomberg, November 22, 2010
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-11-22/shanghai-government-takes-blame-for-fire-that-killed-58-people.html

Human Rights Defenders
Milk Activist's Lawyers Fired in Note from Jail
South China Morning Post, November 23, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=203dae12c747c210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

艾晓明讲座突遭取消 打压学术自由蔓延各校 (Ai Xiaoming’s Seminar Abruptly Canceled, Crackdown on Research Freedom Extends to Various Higher Education Institutes)
Radio Free Asia, November 22, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ai-11222010103045.html

Labor
Workers are Finding Their Voice to Fight for Rights in China
China Post, November 22, 2010
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national-news/2010/11/22/280826/Workers-are.htm

Unions Train Staff for Wage Deals
China Daily, November 23, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/23/content_11592766.htm

Law
China Works to Boost Legal System Reform
Xinhua News Agency, November 23, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/23/content_11592299.htm
Related news:
两高三部”联合发出通知要求加强协调配合积极推进量刑规范化改革 (5 Organs Jointly Release Circular Demanding Cooperation on Progressive Promotion of Reforms on Legalization of Sentencing Discretion)
Supreme People's Court Website, November 23, 2010
http://www.court.gov.cn/xwzx/yw/201011/t20101123_11338.htm
Media
Outspoken Magazine under Pressure to Soften Its Line
South China Morning Post, November 23, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=dab007368147c210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China Prepared to Defend Administration of Net
China Daily, November 23, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/23/content_11592512.htm

Police
郑州严禁城管部门聘用临时工执法 (Henan: Zhengzhou to Ban on Use of Contract Workers as Urban Management Officials)
The Beijing Times, November 23, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20101123/u1a5565590.html

Protests and Petitions
艾滋病人上访遇暴力 民间研讨受压取消 (HIV/AIDS Patients Meet Violence while Petitioning)
Radio Free Asia, November 22, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/aizi-11222010115559.html

Society
Chinese Regions Fight Back Against Surge of Mandarin
Reuters, November 22, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6AL16K20101122

Tibet
Dalai Lama Hints at Full Retirement within a Year
The Guardian, November 22, 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/22/dalai-lama-retirement-next-year

Tibetans Mount Lone Protests
Radio Free Asia, November 22, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/protesters-11222010154248.html

Monday, November 22, 2010

November 22, 2010

Top news
Nobel Peace Prize / Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
Campaign to Keep Jailed Nobel Winner in Spotlight
Agence France-Presse, November 21, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jDz5Dv0erz5kjl7UsUuQzeMlusZw

Lawyer Slams Nobel Ban
Radio Free Asia, November 19, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/ban-11192010114543.html

诺委会:将无人替刘晓波领奖 (Nobel Committee: No One Will Accept Award on Liu’s Behalf)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 19, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2010/11/101119_nobel_jagland.shtml


News
Children
学生遭老师毒打教育部门却不闻不问 (Education Bureau Makes No Inquiries after Teacher Beats Student)
Radio Free Asia, November 20, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xue-11202010001101.html

Environment
Industry Damaging Arable Land
Global Times, November 22, 2010
http://china.globaltimes.cn/society/2010-11/594359.html

Food Security
Melamine-tainted Drinks Emerge Again in China
Agence France-Presse, November 22, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j_3dBUSSdAJk0YUCUK9nuHD5Nx1w

Government
Jailed in Shanxi Whistling in the Dark
Caixin, November 19, 2010
http://english.caing.com/2010-11-19/100200018.html

Human Rights Defenders
聯署求情驚動中央習近平親掌趙案 (Joint Appeal Shakes the Central, Xi Jinping to Be in Charge of Zhao’s Case)
Ming Pao, November 22, 2010
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/101121/4/ldjr.html

赵连海辩护律师遭软禁难递交上诉状 (Defense Lawyer of Zhao Lianhai under House Arrest, Unable to Submit Appeal)
Radio Free Asia, November 19, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhao-11192010144426.html

Labor
More Problems for China's Foxconn over Workers' Pay
Reuters, November 19, 2010
http://ca.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idCATRE6AI17Y20101119

Media
Chinese Bloggers Meeting Cancelled for Being Too Sensitive
Agence France-Presse, November 21, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iWCP_VykLxoB1zTPSGvZYOitUFGw

Population
Court Rejects Sterilization Suit
Radio Free Asia, November 19, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/population-11192010134456.html

Beijing Faces Aging Population Problem
Xinhua News Agency, November 20, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/20/content_11582593.htm

Protests and Petitions
最高法信访接待室搬迁一年上访人数大幅上升得到遏制 (Number of Petitioners Ceases Rising after Relocation of High Court's Office of Letters and Visits)
Southern Metropolis Daily, November 20, 2010
http://epaper.oeeee.com/A/html/2010-11/20/content_1231129.htm

Friday, November 19, 2010

November 19, 2010

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

Six Countries Turn Down Nobel Ceremony Invite: Institute
Agence France-Presse, November 18, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jFKAVM8BeOqhxL1nyx51HrJhK2Mw

Nobel Winner’s Absence May Delay Awarding of Prize
New York Times, November 18, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/19/world/asia/19nobel.html

諾委會批中國所為前所未見 (What China Did Is Unprecedented: Nobel Committee)
Ming Pao, November 19, 2010
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/101118/4/lbzf.html

U.S. Worries Over Nobel Pick's Wife
The Wall Street Journal, November 19, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703374304575622063375802420.html


News
Corruption

Policeman Settles China Hit-And-Run Case with Cash
Associated Press, November 18, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101118/ap_on_re_as/as_china_policeman_and_the_peasant

国家药监局处级官员受审承认收25家公司贿赂 (SFDA Officials Admit to Receiving Bribes from 25 Companies)
The Beijing Times, November 19, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/1119/03/6LQSIA8N00014AED.html

Disasters
Shanghai fire toll at 58; Beijing reviews projects
Associated Press, November 19, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101119/ap_on_re_as/as_china_fire

Human Rights Defenders
Supporters of Jailed Activist under Pressure
South China Morning Post, November 19, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=63a349bdd2f5c210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders -- Zheng Enchong, 郑恩宠
王宇二审维持原判 郑恩宠被传唤抄家 (Appellate Court Upholds Wang Yu’s Sentence; Zheng Enchong Summoned and House Raided)
Radio Free Asia, November 18, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wang-11182010143753.html
Related information:
In Important Move, Railway Court Vacates Lawyer’s Sentence on Appeal, Citing Unclear Facts 北京铁路中院裁定撤销王宇“故意伤害罪”原判
Human Rights in China, August 11, 2010
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/176813
CH: http://gb.hrichina.org/public/contents/20292
Labor
Dispute over Coal Mine Leaves 9 Dead in SW China
Xinhua News Agency, November 19, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/19/content_11573972.htm

乌鲁木齐60余工人讨薪引发群殴致10人受伤 (10 Injured in Urumqi Brawl after 60+ Workers Gather to Discuss Wages)
Xinhua News Agency, November 18, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/1118/11/6LP3L4CM00014JB5.html

Land Policy
中国《城市房屋拆迁管理条例》立法受阻修改无期 (Amendment to Urban Housing Demolition Regulations on Hold Indefinitely)
Radio Free Asia, November 18, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/chai-11182010094258.html

Religion
Vatican in New Dispute with China
Associated Press, November 18, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101118/ap_on_re_eu/eu_vatican_china

京城多名基督徒受骚扰 黑社会流氓化恶招不断 (Christians in Beijing Harassed: Mafiaization Continues Unabated)
Radio Free Asia, November 18, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ji-11182010095425.html

Society
2,000 Arrested during Asian Games
South China Morning Post, November 19, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=68f649bdd2f5c210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Thursday, November 18, 2010

November 18, 2010

Top news
Nobel Peace Prize / Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
China's Liu the only Jailed Peace Laureate
Australian Associated Press, November 18, 2010
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/world/8342263/chinas-liu-the-only-jailed-peace-laureate/

诺委会:刘晓波家人无法前往挪威领奖 (Nobel Committee: Family of Liu Cannot Go to Norway for Ceremony)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 18, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2010/11/101118_nobel_institute_liuxiaobo.shtml
Related news:
No One to Come Pick up Nobel Peace Prize: Nobel Institute
Agence France-Presse, November 18, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jIEw1odZ-tin2oQ5OB05zSdq2Bpw

News
Children
Tough Measures Called for in Illegal Abortions
China Daily, November 17, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/17/content_11564105.htm

Corruption
Officials Took Poor's Home Cash
Shanghai Daily, November 18, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2010/201011/20101118/article_454926.htm

Food Security
Beijing’s Focus on Food Prices Ignores Broader Inflation Risk
New York Times, November 17, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/18/world/asia/18china.html

Human Rights Defenders
Activist Artist Goes on Trial in Beijing
New York Times, November 17, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/18/world/asia/18beijing.html

内蒙古维权人士高布如特•胡琴呼被软禁 (Inner Mongolia Rights Activist Put under House Arrest)
Radio Free Asia, November 17, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/menggu-11172010153848.html

新媒体推动者北风获法国人权奖中国网民与政府博弈愈加激烈 (Bei Feng Awarded French International Human Right Prize)
Radio Free Asia, November 17, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/bei-11172010102649.html

Land Policy
专家称部分地区为获取农民土地进行户籍改革 (Expert: Certain Hukou Reforms Conducted for Obtaining Farmers’ Land)
Xinhua News Agency, November 17, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20101117/u1a5555937.html

Labor
Illegal Work Practices behind Shanghai Fire
Xinhua News Agency, November 18, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/18/content_11566527.htm

Law
China's Tarzan of Jungle Law Advocates Reform
Caixin, November 17, 2010
http://english.caing.com/2010-11-17/100199481.html
Related information:
Lawyer Asks Head of Supreme People’s Court to Resign over Execution
湖南律师要求最高人民法院院长为一死刑案引咎辞职
Human Rights in China, October 07, 2010
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/189880
CH: http://gb.hrichina.org/public/contents/21583
Poverty
中国目前尚有3597万绝对贫困人口顿顿面条白菜 (35.97mil under Poverty Line in China)
People's Daily, November 18, 2010
http://news.gmw.cn/2010-11/18/content_1396635.htm

Protests and Petitions
Police Hunt Protesters
Shanghai Daily, November 18, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2010/201011/20101118/article_454907.htm

Shanxi Parent Activist Detained
Radio Free Asia, November 17, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/detained-11172010133233.html

Public Health
“公立医院改革不知怎么改” (Guangdong: “No Clues for Public Hospital Reforms” Even for Health Department Deputy)
Southern Metropolis Daily, November 18, 2010
http://epaper.oeeee.com/D/html/2010-11/18/content_1228753.htm

Hospital Scam Sparks Crackdown
China Daily, November 18, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/18/content_11566543.htm

Religion
Religious Freedom Setback
Radio Free Asia, November 17, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/vietnam/religion-11172010193635.html

Society
Minister Prepares to Solve Ethnic Challenges
China Daily, November 18, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/18/content_11566569.htm

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

November 17, 2010

Top news
Nobel Peace Prize / Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
看中国对昂山素季获释的谨慎反应 (Cautious Watch on Chinese Response to Aung San Suu Kyi Release)
Radio France Internationale, November 17, 2010
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20101117-看中国对昂山素季获释的谨慎反应

German PEN Association Honors Chinese Dissident Liu Xiaobo
Deutsche Welle, November 16, 2010
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,6236053,00.html


News

Children
一家五口拐6童卖艺半载 (Family Abducts 6 Children to Perform)
Southern Metropolis Daily, November 17, 2010
http://epaper.oeeee.com/B/html/2010-11/17/content_1227756.htm

Death Penalty
调查称民众希望直接处死大贪官 农民最支持死刑 (Survey: Villagers Support Death Penalty for Corrupt Official)
Oriental Outlook, November 17, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20101117/u1a5554005.html

Hukou
积分入户首批下达2545个指标 (Shenzhen Sends First Batch of Hukou Application Instructions to 2545 Candidates)
Southern Metropolis Daily, November 17, 2010
http://epaper.oeeee.com/H/html/2010-11/17/content_1228299.htm

成都2012年将统一城乡户籍 称不会剥夺农民权益 (Chengdu to Unify Urban and Rural Hukou by 2012, No Deprivation of Rural Residents' Rights)
China News Service, November 17, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20101117/u1a5553929.html

Labor
工地墙塌压死两人 (Wall Collapse at Construction Site Kills Two)
Southern Metropolis Daily, November 17, 2010
http://epaper.oeeee.com/H/html/2010-11/17/content_1228094.htm

Improvement Needed In Combat Against 'Modern Slavery'
China Daily, November 17, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/17/content_11561160.htm

Law
China Jails Coal Mine Chiefs Over Deadly Gas Blast
Agence France-Presse, November 16, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20101116/wl_asia_afp/chinaminingaccidentcourt

Media
Authorities Order Websites to Play Down Coverage of Fire; Write Positive Stories, Reporters Are Told
South China Morning Post, November 17, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=14bfdd2fc555c210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Police
China Law Enforcers Ordered to Make No-beating Vow
Agence France-Presse, November 17, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/chinasocialunrest

Social Security
深圳将调高低保线认定标准 (Shenzhen to Raise Poverty Line)
Southern Metropolis Daily, November 17, 2010
http://epaper.oeeee.com/H/html/2010-11/17/content_1228097.htm

Tibet
Work Starts On Tibet Dam
Radio Free Asia, November 16, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/dam-11162010132853.html

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

November 16, 2010

Top news
Nobel Peace Prize / Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
Countries Hesitant to Attend Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony
Agence France-Presse, November 15, 2010
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Countries-hesitant-to-attend-Nobel-Peace-Prize-ceremony/Article1-626662.aspx

大网防往诺奖颁奖礼当局株连家人禁离境 (Family of Potential Guests to Nobel Ceremony Also Banned from Leaving the Country)
Radio Free Asia, November 15, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/da-11152010113518.html

News
Environment
China Still Living Beyond Its Environmental Means -WWF
Reuters, November 15, 2010
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/TOE6AE035.htm

Food Security
China's Vegetable Prices Up 62.4% Year-on-year
Xinhua News Agency, November 15, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/15/content_11552833.htm

Gender
Sham Marriages for Shanghai's Gay Community
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 16, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11735356

Human Rights Defenders
Retweet Gets Bride Labor Camp
Radio Free Asia, November 15, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/twitter-11152010141240.html

趙連海絕食第6天禁見律師 (Zhao Lianhai on Day Six of Hunger Strike, Prohibited from Meeting Attorney)
Ming Pao, November 16, 2010
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/101115/4/l9r2.html

維權人士劉賢斌即將被起訴 (Rights Activist Liu Xianbin Soon to Be Officially Indicted)
Sing Tao Daily, November 16, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/1920649/1.html

Land Policy
Farmers Protest Land Grab with Internet Suicide Threat
Global Times, November 16, 2010
http://china.globaltimes.cn/society/2010-11/592326.html

Games Euphoria Fails to Impress Villagers
South China Morning Post, November 16, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2190b0b66305c210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

山西古寨村拆迁命案调查:部分拆迁没有许可证 (Investigation into Shanxi Eviction Murder: Some Demolitions Unauthorized)
Xinhua News Agency, November 16, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20101115/u1a5551167.html

Media
Google Urges U.S. to Treat Internet Curbs as Trade Threat
Reuters, November 15, 2010
http://ca.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idCATRE6AE2HU20101115
Related information:
Enabling Trade in the Era of Information Technologies: Breaking Down Barriers to the Free Flow of Information
Google, November 15, 2010
http://static.googleusercontent.com/external_content/untrusted_dlcp/www.google.com/en/us/googleblogs/pdfs/trade_free_flow_of_information.pdf
Police
Mental Hospital Blamed for Son's Death
China Daily, November 16, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/16/content_11553278.htm

Protests and Petitions
兩市反日遊行遭警制止 (Anti-Japan Marches in Two Cities Stopped by Police)
Ming Pao, November 16, 2010
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/101115/4/l9qf.html

Teachers Protest over Pay
Radio Free Asia, November 15, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/teachers-11152010173308.html

Public Health
China Has Highest Number of Diabetics
Agence France-Presse, November 16, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20101115/wl_asia_afp/chinahealthdiabetes