Human Rights Defenders

Chinese Writer Yu Jie Describes 'Inhumane Treatment'
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 19, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-16625119

Related information:
Dissident Writer-in-Exile Yu Jie Details Torture by Police
流亡异议作家余杰详述遭中国警方酷刑经过
Human Rights in China, January 18, 2012
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/5778
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5779

Yu Jie (余杰), author of China’s Best Actor: Wen Jiabao and former vice president of the Independent Chinese PEN Center, recounted Wednesday his torture by state security police at a press conference in Washington, D.C. Yu was kidnapped on December 9, 2010, the day before the award ceremony for Liu Xiaobo’s Nobel Peace Prize, and tortured to unconsciousness. He and his family went into exile in the U.S. earlier this month with the approval of state security police. Yu’s press statement, “Exposing CPC Tyranny and Running to the Free World: My Statement on Leaving China,” has been translated and released by Human Rights in China at Yu’s request.

Bilateral Ties

"软实力"提出者说中国为何缺乏软实力 ("Soft Power" Proponent Joseph Nye on Why China Lasts Soft Power)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 18, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2012/01/120118_china_softpower_nye.shtml

Environment

River Protection Rules Cut into Incomes
China Daily, January 19, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-01/19/content_14472933.htm

Human Rights Defenders

中国又一异见人士被当局重判 (Wuhan Dissident Li Tie Given 10 Years for Subversion)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 19, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2012/01/120119_china_dissident.shtml

IMAR

内蒙古“杀人求死”案揭开中国监狱黑幕 (Inner Mongolian Prison Death Highlights China's Prison Conditions)
Deutsche Welle, January 18, 2012
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15673401,00.html

Internet

Government 'Must Utilize Blogs Better'
China Daily, January 19, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-01/19/content_14472147.htm

Politics

鄧小平南巡講話二十周年 (20th Anniversary of Deng's Southern Tour Speech)
Ming Pao, January 18, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/32/1/1/2553531/1.html

Population

Larger Migrating Population in China Last Year
Xinhua News Agency, January 18, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-01/19/content_14471965.htm

Public Health

China to Lift Disabled out of Poverty
Xinhua News Agency, January 18, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-01/18/content_14471534.htm

XUAR

新疆：加強維穩防暴力恐襲 (Xinjiang to Increase Stability Maintenance and Terrorist Attack Prevention)
Ming Pao, January 18, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/32/1/1/2553390/1.html

Bilateral Ties

北京反驳骆家辉对中国人权的批评 (Beijing Refutes U.S. Ambassador's Rights Criticism)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 17, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2012/01/120117_china_us_humanrights.shtml

Hong Kong

Police Defend Surge in Protester Arrests
South China Morning Post, January 18, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=93b8b5b281ce4310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Internet

China to Expand Microblog Real Name Registration
Taiwan News, January 18, 2012
http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=1818199

Politics

China to Increase Its Voice: Senior Official
Xinhua News Agency, January 18, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-01/18/content_14471142.htm

Related news:
王晨：以更加开放的姿态，向世界传播中国声音 (Wang Chen: We'll Be More Open in Broadcasting China's Voice to the World)
Xinhua News Agency, January 18, 2012
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2012-01/18/c_111448690.htm

Protests and Petitions

东莞村官被指做假账引起愤怒 两百村民再拦路又遭警驱散 (Dongguan: 200 Villagers Protest Village Head's Falsification of Accounts)
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/dg-01172012102848.html

China Village Rights in Focus as New Land Grab Sparks Protest
Reuters, January 18, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/18/us-china-land-idUSTRE80H0F120120118

Tibet

四川藏区色达县发生藏人抗议活动 (Protest in Tibetan Region of Sichuan)
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zz-01172012154918.html

XUAR

新疆政法书记:加大对非法宗教极端活动治理力度 (Xinjiang Political Secretary: We're Increasing Efforts to Combat Illegal Religious Extremist Activities)
Xinhua News Agency, January 18, 2012
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2012-01-18/153423820687.shtml

Bilateral Ties

US Ambassador Sees China Rights Worsening
Agence France-Presse, January 17, 2012
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/us-ambassador-sees-china-rights-worsening-062814812.html

Human Rights Defenders

Veteran Chinese Dissident Indicted for "Subversive" Poem
Reuters, January 17, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/17/us-china-dissident-idUSTRE80G09520120117

Related news:
朱虞夫再被控律师领取起诉书 (Lawyer Receives Written Indictment after Zhu Yufu Again Indicted)
Radio Free Asia, January 16, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissidents_jail-01162012101943.html

Internet

China's Micro Blogs Help Fight Corruption
Xinhua News Agency, January 17, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-01/17/content_14462135.htm