Bilateral Ties

Chinese Blocked Visit by U.S. Religious Freedom Envoy, Advocates Say
The Washington Post, February 15, 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/china/2012/02/14/gIQAmvQxDR_story.html

Rights Advocates Press White House while China's Xi Visits
Reuters, February 15, 2012
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/sns-rt-us-usa-china-rightstre81d250-20120214,0,3808974.story

Related information:
Congressional Testimony by Geng He, Wife of Disappeared Rights Lawyer Gao Zhisheng
失踪维权律师高智晟的妻子耿和在美国国会作证
Human Rights in China, February 14, 2012
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/5878
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5879

Video on Xi Brightens up Times Square
China Daily, February 15, 2012
http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/epaper/2012-02/15/content_14616001.htm

习近平访美伊始遭遇抗议 (Xi Met with Protests from the Start)
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 14, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2012/02/120214_xi_protest.shtml

Ethnic Minorities

Call to Strike Ethnic Status from I.D. Cards
South China Morning Post, February 15, 2012
http://topics.scmp.com/news/china-news-watch/article/Call-to-strike--ethnic-status--from-ID-cards

Human Rights Defenders

陳光誠母親女兒情況惹憂慮 (Fears for the Family of Activist Chen Guangcheng)
Ming Pao, February 15, 2012
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20120215/ca31322a.htm

North Korea

朝鲜31名难民遭到沈阳公安逮捕 (31 NK Refugees Detained in Shenzhen)
Radio Free Asia, February 14, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/k-02142012095045.html

Related news:
Seoul Urges China Not to Send Back N Koreans
Macau Daily Times, February 15, 2012
http://www.macaudailytimes.com.mo/asia-pacific/33753-Seoul-urges-China-not-send-back-NKoreans.html

Politics

Battle of Men and Ideas for Party's Future
South China Morning Post, February 15, 2012
http://topics.scmp.com/news/china-news-watch/article/Battle-of-men-and-ideas-for-partys-future

China Unable to Silence Internet Buzz on Police Chief
USA Today, February 15, 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2012-02-14/china-internet-police-chief/53096440/1

Tibet

China Taps Law Enforcer to Run Uneasy Tibetan Area
The Associated Press, February 15, 2012
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120215/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tibet

Rare Visit to Remote Chinese Region Shows Depth of Tibetan Despair
McClatchy Newspapers, February 14, 2012
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/02/14/138867/rare-visit-to-remote-chinese-region.html

Hong Kong

Chief Executive Election Nomination Opens in HK
Xinhua News Agency, February 14, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-02/14/content_14605016.htm

Labor

面对“血汗工厂”指控 苹果邀外界视察中国富士康 (Apple to Send Independent Inspectors to Foxconn after Charges of Sweatshop Labor)
Radio France Internationale, February 14, 2012
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20120214-面对“血汗工厂”指控-苹果邀外界视察中国富士康

Media

'Biased Reports' Not Acceptable
China Daily, February 14, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-02/14/content_14599166.htm

Military

报告预测中国防务开支快速增长 (Report: China's Military Spending to Increase)
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 14, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2012/02/120214_ihs_china_asia_military.shtml

Politics

王立军事件中的政治与法律 (Politics and Law in the Wang Lijun Case)
Radio France Internationale, February 14, 2012
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20120214-王立军事件中的政治与法律

Protests and Petitions

Business Owners Protest
Radio Free Asia, February 13, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/mall-02132012184139.html

Public Health

中国广西拟立法艾滋病检测实名制引争议 (Controversy Stirs over Guangxi's Proposed Legislation on Real-name Disclosure for HIV/AIDS)
Radio Free Asia, February 13, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hc-02132012144709.html

Tibet

Tibetan Monk Sets Himself on Fire in SW China
Xinhua News Agency, February 14, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-02/14/content_14607451.htm

Bilateral Ties

Human Rights Seen as Key Focus during Chinese VP's Visit
Voice of America, February 09, 2012
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Human-Rights-Seen-as-Key-Focus-During-Chinese-VPs-Visit-139064609.html

Related information:
Improved Human Rights in China Is a Win-Win for U.S. and China
改善中国人权是中美双赢的关键
Human Rights in China, February 10, 2012
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/5860
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5861

Hong Kong

蝗虫广告与黄祸图片的背后 (Background: The Anti-Mainland Locust Ad and Yellow Peril Images)
Radio France International, February 11, 2012
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20120211-蝗虫广告与黄祸图片的背后

Human Rights Defenders

朱虞夫，"一首小诗"判七年 (Zhu Yufu: Seven Years for a Poem)
Deutsche Welle, February 11, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,15735354,00.html

Related information:
Dissident Zhu Yufu Sentenced to Seven Years for “Inciting Subversion”
朱虞夫被重判七年
Human Rights in China, February 10, 2012
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/5862
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5863

Pen Is Subject to the Sword
South China Morning Post, February 13, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=eff8cc6498175310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Wukan’s Young Activists Embrace New Role
Financial Times, February 12, 2012
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/0c7046d6-5560-11e1-b66d-00144feabdc0.html

Related news:
乌坎选举代表出炉 自主召集会议未实现 (Wukan Elects Committee of 109 Village Reps)
Radio Free Asia, February 12, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wu-02122012161015.html

Protests and Petitions

镇江民众市府广场“散步” 抗议隐瞒污染水源的真相 (Zhenjiang, Jiangsu: Protest Walk against Pollution Cover-up)
Radio Free Asia, February 12, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhen-02122012163045.html

Tibet

A Battle for Tibetan Hearts and Minds
The Guardian, February 12, 2012
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/feb/12/tibets-acts-self-immolation-china

Related news:
新华社证实阿坝藏族尼姑自焚消息 (Xinhua Confirms Ngawa Nun's Death)
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 13, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2012/02/120213_xinhua_tibet_nun.shtml

Pilgrims May Be Held for Months
Radio Free Asia, February 10, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/months-02102012144115.html

Tibetan Monks Receive Subsistence Allowances
Xinhua News Agency, February 11, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-02/11/content_14584081.htm

Bilateral Ties

Biden Meets Chinese Activists ahead of VP Visit
Agence France-Presse, February 09, 2012
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jqrNVmrCL8ZqgacFNRe9wTNXBB_w

China Launches Global News TV Station
The Daily Telegraph, February 09, 2012
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/9072595/China-launches-global-news-TV-station.html