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

Labor

内地清欠农工资十九亿元 (Migrant Workers Paid 1.9b in Back Pay)
Ming Pao, January 16, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/32/1/1/2551529/1.html

Population

我国去年大陆城镇人口数量首次超过农村 (In 2011, China's Urban Population Larger than Rural for First Time)
Xinhua News Agency, January 17, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2552419/1.html

Protests and Petitions

Chinese Revolt Leader Appointed Village Chief
Voice of America, January 16, 2012
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Chinese-Revolt-Leader-Appointed-Village-Chief-137440323.html

Thousands of Workers Protest at Sanyo's China Plant
Reuters, January 16, 2012
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120116/bs_nm/us_china_protest

抗议车票难买 深圳民工堵路 (Shenzhen: Migrant Workers Block Road to Protest Difficulty in Purchasing Tickets Home for Spring Festival)
Ming Pao, January 17, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2551779/1.html

Public Health

China Cancer Village Tests Law against Pollution
Reuters, January 16, 2012
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120116/hl_nm/us_china_pollution_lawsuit

Bilateral Ties

温家宝：支持阿拉伯之春人民变革诉求 (Premier Wen Jiabao: We Support the People's Demand for Change in the Arab Spring)
Radio France Internationale, January 16, 2012
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20120116-温家宝：支持阿拉伯之春人民变革诉求

Environment

Arid Capital to Get Water from Key Project
China Daily, January 14, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-01/14/content_14444639.htm

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Mothers Protest Growing Number of Women from China Giving Birth in Hong Kong
Taiwan News, January 16, 2012
http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=1815896

Protests and Petitions

Village Has New Party Branch after Protests
Xinhua News Agency, January 15, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-01/15/content_14449531.htm

Related news:
烏坎村設重新選舉籌備小組 (Wukan Village Forms Election Preparatory Group)
Ming Pao, January 15, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/32/1/1/2550200/1.html

访民成功解救被关在驻京办黑监狱的访民 (Petitioners Retrieve Fellow Petitioners Locked in Beijing Black Jail)
Radio Free Asia, January 15, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fang-01152012173456.html

Rural Issues

农民宅基地使用权任何人都无权剥夺 (Premier Wen: No One Has the Right to Deny Rural Residents Their Land Use Rights Where They Live)
Xinhua News Agency, January 16, 2012
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/8/9f/89f03f7d02720160/Blog/87d/323a50.html

Related information:
中国农业和农村的发展道路 (The Path of Development For Agricultural and Rural China)
Qiushi, January 16, 2012
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2012-01/16/c_122590339.htm

Taiwan

Taiwan Backs Ma, But Unease over China Remains
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 14, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16563725

Tibet

Chinese Forces Reportedly Open Fire on Protesting Tibetans
The New York Times, January 15, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/15/world/asia/chinese-forces-reportedly-open-fire-on-protesting-tibetans.html

XUAR

Unending Plight for Uyghur Petitioners
Radio Free Asia, January 15, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/petitioners-01152012170946.html

Hong Kong

Seven in Court over Vote-rigging
South China Morning Post, January 13, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5848295a832d4310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders

China Dissident Author Is Allowed to Move to U.S.
The Wall Street Journal, January 13, 2012
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204542404577156732239846176.html

Related news:
"余杰们"为什么逃离中国 (Why Yu Jie et al Leave China)
Deutsche Welle, January 12, 2012
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15660824,00.html

李金平发表公开信讲述被关进精神病院的经过 (Beijing Activist Li Jinping Releases Open Letter Detailing His Experience Being Committed to a Psychiatric Institution)
Radio Free Asia, January 12, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hc-01122012151910.html

Related information:
Rights Defender Recounts Incarceration in Psychiatric Hospital
李金平讲述被关精神病院的经历
Human Rights in China, January 11, 2012
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/5769
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5770

Gender

Woman Flees Forced Sterilization
Radio Free Asia, January 12, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/child-01122012145358.html

Internet

山西一警察兼营贴吧 疑因删帖收费获刑
Caixin, January 12, 2012
http://china.caixin.com/2012-01-12/100347996.html

Labor

Toy Factory Protest in Dongguan
Radio Free Asia, January 12, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/factory-01122012182545.html

Society

2012年中国社会动荡将真正开始 (2012 Social Unrest Begins)
Radio France Internationale, January 12, 2012
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20120112-2012年中国社会动荡将真正开始

Disasters

四川北川三百遇难学生家长堵路讨赔偿 (Families Who Lost Children to 2008 Sichuan Quake Protest for Compensation)
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ql2-01112012094106.html

Environment

Capital Chokes Embarrassing Smog News
South China Morning Post, January 12, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1193256517dc4310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Hong Kong

China Denounces ‘Hong Konger’ Trend
The Washington Post, January 10, 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-denounces-hong-konger-trend/2012/01/10/gIQAmivNqP_story.html

Human Rights Defenders

聲援高智晟 胡佳「違例」被抄家 (Rights Activist Hu Jia Warned, Home Searched after Voicing Support for Gao Zhisheng)
Ming Pao, January 12, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2546891/1.html

Related information:
Hu Jia Released
胡佳获释
Human Rights in China, June 27, 2012
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/5401
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5402

Internet

Online Community Exceeds Half a Billion
Shanghai Daily, January 12, 2012
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=492154

Labor

Foxconn Workers Threaten Mass Suicide over Pay and Conditions
The Irish Times, January 12, 2012
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2012/0112/1224310140652.html

深圳数百环卫工人罢工有人被抓 上海访民两会上访三百人被抓 (Shenzhen: Detentions as Sanitation Workers Go on Strike)
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ql1-01112012092448.html

Military

Central Asia Expert to Head PLA Intelligence
South China Morning Post, January 12, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8a53256517dc4310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet

藏民與警衝突 甘肅釀1死 (Gansu: One Dead in Clash between Tibetans and Police)
Ming Pao, January 12, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/2546892/1.html

Death Penalty

Death Penalty Cases Rife with Evidence Flaws
South China Morning Post, January 11, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7a7f3cebb48c4310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related news:
最高法院副院长透露：死刑案件质量堪忧 (SPC Vice President Reveals Issues in Death Penalty Cases)
Caixin, January 09, 2012
http://china.caixin.com/2012-01-09/100347032.html

Human Rights Defenders

Chinese Rights Lawyer in Remote Jail Denied Visits
Associated Press, January 11, 2012
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120110/ap_on_re_as/as_china_jailed_lawyer

Internet

互联网信息办查处网络大泄密事件 (Internet Info Office Investing Major Leak Case)
Caixin, January 10, 2012
http://china.caixin.com/2012-01-10/100347466.html

Labor

Tougher Penalties for Work Safety Violations
China Daily, January 11, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-01/11/content_14422919.htm

Politics

Call for Political Reforms
Radio Free Asia, January 10, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/party-01102012155157.html

Related news:
清華學者警告﹕維穩綁架改革 (Tsinghua Scholar Warns: Stability Maintenance Has Kidnapped Reform)
Ming Pao, January 10, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2544710/1.html

清华大学发布2011年度社会进步研究报告 (Tsinghua Releases Report on Social Progress in 2011)
China Youth Daily, January 09, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2543509/1.html

Party Official Who Angered Wukan Gains More Power
South China Morning Post, January 11, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=55ac3cebb48c4310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

XUAR

Pledge to Stem Violence, Mass Incidents in Xinjiang
Xinhua News Agency, January 11, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-01/11/content_14418419.htm

Human Rights Defenders

Art Activist Refuses Food
Radio Free Asia, January 09, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/food-01092012170950.html

For more on Chen Guangcheng, see:
Examination into the Abuse and Extralegal Detention of Legal Advocate Chen Guangcheng and His Family
Human Rights in China, November 01, 2011
http://www.hrichina.org/content/5611

Whistle-blower Journalist Mulls Appeal
Radio Free Asia, January 09, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/media-01092012202216.html

For more on Qi Chonghuai, see:
China’s Conscience
中国的良知
China Rights Forum, 2011, no. 3
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/crf/issue/2011.03
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/crf/issue/2011.03

Land Policy

China to Step Up Land Reform in '12
China Daily, January 10, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-01/10/content_14410089.htm

Media

China to Boost Foreign-language Periodicals
Xinhua News Agency, January 09, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-01/09/content_14409941.htm

Politics

Tibet Propaganda Chief Moves to Information Role
South China Morning Post, January 10, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0c2ef6a8253c4310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

中共党报高度肯定重庆模式 (Party Paper People's Daily Voices Approval for Chongqing Model)
Radio France Internationale, January 09, 2012
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20120109-中共党报高度肯定重庆模式-0

Public Health

'Cancer Villagers' Blame Polluting Industry
Shanghai Daily, January 10, 2012
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=491992

Tibet

青海活佛自焚亡 數百人抬屍抗議 (Qinghai: Living Buddha Self-Immolates)
Ming Pao, January 10, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2544715/1.html

Bilateral Ties

Sweden Deports Uyghurs to China
Radio Free Asia, January 07, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/sweden-01062012164057.html

Hong Kong

D&G Photo Ban Sparks Protest
China Daily, January 09, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-01/09/content_14406659.htm

Related information:
Hong Kong: Flashmob Protest against a Luxury Brand to Defend Local Identity
Global Voices Online, January 09, 2012
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2012/01/09/hong-kong-flashmob-protest-against-a-luxury-brand-to-defend-local-identity/

人权主权之争决定中国命运 (The Debate over Human Rights Sovereignty in Hong Kong Will Determine China's Fate)
Radio France Internationale, January 07, 2012
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20120107-人权主权之争决定中国命运

Migrant Workers

農民工討工錢 有鄉不敢回 (Migrant Workers Demand Wages, Some Unwilling to Return Home for New Year)
Ming Pao, January 09, 2012
http://news.mingpao.com/20120109/cha1_er.htm

Migrant Worker Gets Free Flight after Complaint
Xinhua News Agency, January 06, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-01/06/content_14396686.htm

Tibet

Tibet's Officials Stress Management of Monasteries
Xinhua News Agency, January 09, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-01/09/content_14403935.htm

中国证实四川两还俗僧人自焚死伤 (China Confirms Monk Self-Immolation)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 07, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/rolling_news/2012/01/120107_rolling_tibet_death.shtml

Related news:
Angry Tibetans Parade Corpse
Radio Free Asia, January 08, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/burn-01082012101534.html

XUAR

Paramilitary Leader Warns of Instability in Xinjiang
South China Morning Post, January 08, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=bd8b3ceda19b4310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Bilateral Ties

Huawei Dismisses U.S. Calls for Probe of Iran Business
Reuters, January 04, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/04/us-huawei-iran-idUSTRE8030SJ20120104

中国外交部指责欧盟以人权名义干涉中国内政 (Foreign Ministry Criticizes EU for Meddling in China's Internal Affairs for Commenting on Convictions of Chen Wei and Chen Xi)
Radio Free Asia, January 05, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/jyxw-01052012111821.html

Related information:
Statement by the Spokesperson of High Representative Catherine Ashton on the Sentencing of Human Rights
Activists in China
January 04, 2012
http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/EN/foraff/127152.pdf

Hong Kong

Kuk Chief Laughs Off Tuen Mun Protest
The Standard, January 06, 2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=11&art_id=118581&sid=34981721&con_type=1&d_str=20120106&fc=7

Human Rights Defenders

艾未未案稅局覆議 (Ai Weiwei's Tax Case to Be Reviewed)
Ming Pao, January 06, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/2541080/1.html

刘晓原组律师团为乌坎村民维权 (Liu Xiaoyuan Forms Group of Lawyers to Protect Rights of Wukan Villagers)
Radio Free Asia, January 05, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_lawyer-01052012101132.html

Land Policy

1,480 Cases of Land Grab, Demolition Handled
Xinhua News Agency, January 06, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-01/06/content_14395933.htm

Media

Media Encouraged to Make China Heard
China Daily, January 06, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-01/06/content_14389875.htm

Related news:
全国对外宣传工作会议在京召开  (National Work Conference on International Propaganda Held in Beijing)
Xinhua News Agency, January 06, 2012
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2012-01/05/c_111379201.htm

XUAR

China's Uighur Bogeyman
The Wall Street Journal, January 06, 2012
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203471004577142391297027000.html

The Inclusion Challenge
Global Times, January 05, 2012
http://www.globaltimes.cn/NEWS/tabid/99/ID/691026/The-inclusion-challenge.aspx

Education

Thought Control Called for at Universities
South China Morning Post, January 05, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=29a79026449a4310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related information:
习近平会见高校党建工作会议代表 (Xi Jinping Meets with Representatives at School Party Work Conference)
CCTV, January 04, 2012
http://video.sina.com.cn/p/news/c/v/2012-01-04/195261632193.html

Food Security

食品安全事件层出不穷 (More Food Safety Incidents Emerge)
Southern Daily, January 04, 2012
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/d/ba/dba132f6ab6a3e3d/Blog/a85/0e8944.html

Media

China Media: Propaganda Vow
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 05, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-16420618

China to Start U.S. Channel as State Media Takes Culture Abroad
Bloomberg, January 05, 2012
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-01-05/china-to-start-u-s-channel-as-state-media-takes-culture-abroad.html

Labor

四川數千人罷工 千警鎮壓 (1K Police Turn Out as 1K+ Sichuan Workers Strike)
Ming Pao, January 05, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2540046/1.html

Migrant Workers

广东河南将先行取消农民工称谓 (Guangdong and Henan to Change How They Refer to Migrant Workers)
Chutian Metropolis Daily, January 05, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2540323/1.html

Military

2011，网络战的现实与未来 (State of Cyber Warfare in 2011 and Its Future)
Southern Weekend, January 04, 2012
http://www.infzm.com/content/67239

Protests and Petitions

All's Calm, Petition Officer is Happy
China Daily, January 05, 2012
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90882/7696819.html

XUAR

China Says Xinjiang Kidnappers Were on "Holy War"
Reuters, January 04, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/04/us-china-xinjiang-idUSTRE8030HJ20120104

Hong Kong

Placard-waving Protester Alleges Arrest Injuries
South China Morning Post, January 04, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a12a18345e3a4310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Labor

China Presses Ahead with Wage Increases
Financial Times, January 04, 2012
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/847b0990-36a2-11e1-9ca3-00144feabdc0.html

Media

China Cuts Entertainment on TV
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 03, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-16405804

Police

在押少年被要求进校园现身说“法” (Shaanxi: Juvenile Delinquents Made to Give Talks in Schools on the Law)
Southern Metropolis Daily, January 04, 2012
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/6/9a/69a5b5995110b36a/Blog/03b/074fdc.html

Politics

卫生部出台禁令：防止领导干部私利与公利冲突 (Ministry of Health Issues Regulations to Prevent Conflict of Interest in the Health System)
Xinhua News Agency, January 04, 2012
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/8/9f/89f03f7d02720160/Blog/2b3/8066c7.html

Protests and Petitions

三访民元旦当日天安门前自杀未遂 (Police Detain Petitioners Who Attempt Suicide in Tian'anmen on New Year’s Day)
Radio Free Asia, January 03, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/vt-01032012155352.html

广东逾千村民拦路抗议贪腐村官 二十人被防暴公安殴打及拘留 (1K+ Guangdong Villagers Block Traffic to Protest Corruption, Some Beaten, Detained)
Radio Free Asia, January 03, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ql1-01032012092926.html

Public Health

Nobody Cares for Carer's Job
China Daily, January 04, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-01/04/content_14374439.htm

Civil Society

Red Cross Shuts Down Branch over 'Chaotic Management'
Shanghai Daily, January 01, 2012
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=491490&type=National

Hong Kong

Official Crossed Line, HKU Poll Chief Says
South China Morning Post, January 03, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=339be0bc38e94310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders

China Set to Punish another Human Rights Activist
The New York Times, January 03, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/03/world/asia/china-set-to-punish-another-human-rights-activist.html

Related information:
No Verdict Issued in Ni Yulan’s Case
倪玉兰案庭审未作判决
Human Rights in China, December 29, 2011
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/5748
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5749

Liu Xiaobo’s Plea for the Human Spirit
The New York Times, January 03, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/01/books/review/liu-xiaobos-plea-for-the-human-spirit.html

维权律师高智晟被关押在新疆沙雅监狱，刑期三年 (Rights Attorney Gao Zhisheng Imprisoned in Xinjiang Jail for Three-Year Term)
Radio Free Asia, January 01, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sd-01012012163205.html

Politics

Hu Says West Is Trying to Divide China by Using Cultural Weapons
Bloomberg, January 03, 2012
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-01-03/hu-says-west-is-trying-to-divide-china-by-using-cultural-weapons.html

Related information:
坚定不移走中国特色社会主义文化发展道路 努力建设社会主义文化强国 (We Shall Not Deter from the Path of Socialist Development and Strive to Built a Strong Nation with Socialist Culture)
Qiushi, January 01, 2012
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2012-01/01/c_122522635.htm

《求是》谈道德：总体进步　官商学道德缺失 (Qiushi on Morality: Great Progress in General, Some Areas Lacking)
China Review News, January 03, 2012
http://gb.chinareviewnews.com/doc/1019/6/3/7/101963734.html

Religion

寧夏拆清真寺 爆發衝突 (Ningxia: Clash between Police and Hui Muslims over Mosque)
Sing Tao Daily, January 03, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/2538249/1.html

Civil Society

Charity Transparency Worries Public
Shanghai Daily, December 30, 2011
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=491343

Gender

Worries over IDs to Buy Pills
China Daily, December 30, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-12/30/content_14355737.htm

Disasters

Victims' Families, Locals Question Discrepancies
South China Morning Post, December 30, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=850c680bf8a84310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights

外交部：中方一贯反对在人权问题实施双重标准 (MFA: China Has Always Opposed Double Standards on Human Rights)
China News Service, December 29, 2011
http://gb.cri.cn/27824/2011/12/29/5187s3501899.htm

Human Rights Defenders

U.S.-trained Chinese Official Seen behind Blind Activist's
Reuters, December 30, 2011
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/30/us-china-official-idUSTRE7BT06W20111230

維權女律師 擔架上吸氧受審 (Rights Advocate Ni Yulan Tried from a Stretcher)
Ming Pao, December 30, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2535032/1.html

Related information:
No Verdict Issued in Ni Yulan’s Case
倪玉兰案庭审未作判决
Human Rights in China, December 29, 2011
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/5748
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5749

Labor

Minimum Wages Rise by Average of 22pc
South China Morning Post, December 30, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=c1ac680bf8a84310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

京滬明年再加最低工資 (Beijing, Shanghai to Raise Min Wage in 2012)
Ming Pao, December 30, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2535031/1.html

Population

中国人口将再次大迁徒 (China Facing Another Mass Migration)
Radio France Internationale, December 29, 2011
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20111229-中国人口将再次大迁徒

XUAR

Trafficking Victim’s Mother Seeks Redress
Radio Free Asia, December 29, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/trafficking-12292011173306.html

Disasters

Quake Parents Plan March
Radio Free Asia, December 28, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/march-12282011104107.html

Human Rights Defenders

Human-rights Lawyer Goes on Trial in China
Al Jazeera, December 29, 2011
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2011/12/20111229815574375.html

涉茉莉花高纯炼案迟迟未判 (Verdict Yet to Be Announced for Sedition Charge against Gao Chunlian)
Radio Free Asia, December 28, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissidents_trial-12282011111021.html

Land Policy

广西三千武警入村抓捕护地农民 (Guangxi: 3K Armed Police Enter Village, Detain Villagers Protecting Their Land)
Radio Free Asia, December 28, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/guangxi_land-12282011102443.html

Public Health

Chinese Citizens Sent to Mental Hospitals to Quiet Dissent
USA Today, December 28, 2011
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2011-12-28/china-mental-hospitals/52260592/1

Society

Top Chinese Words Tell Story of Mass Unease
South China Morning Post, December 29, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8731f6872b484310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Taiwan

國台辦：民進黨阻撓小三通多年 (Taiwan Affairs Office: Return to Democratic Progressive Party Rule Would Thwart Progress of Past Three Years)
China Times, December 29, 2011
http://news.chinatimes.com/focus/11050105/112011122900518.html

XUAR

Police Shoot 7 'Terrorists' in China's Muslim West
Associated Press, December 29, 2011
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111229/ap_on_re_as/as_china_xinjiang

Human Rights Defenders

Two Rights Activists Jailed in China
The Irish Times, December 27, 2011
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2011/1227/1224309521998.html

Related information:
Democracy Activist Chen Wei Gets Nine Years for Inciting Subversion
资深异议人士陈卫被重判9年
Human Rights in China, December 23, 2011
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/5736
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5737

Veteran Guizhou Activist Chen Xi Sentenced to Ten Years
贵州资深异议人士陈西被重判10年
Human Rights in China, December 26, 2011
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/5745
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5746

UN Concerned about China's Clampdown on Human Rights Defenders
Voice of America, December 26, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/east-pacific/UN-Official-Concerned-About-Chinas-Clampdown-on-Human-Rights-Defenders-136222488.html

Law

「秘密」羈押7個月合法化 (Criminal Procedure Law Draft: Legalized "Secret" Detentions for 7mo)
Ming Pao, December 28, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/2532898/1.html

刑诉法修正案草案二审彰显“人文关怀” (Second Deliberation of Criminal Procedure Law Draft Highlights "Humane Care")
Xinhua News Agency, December 26, 2011
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2011-12/26/c_111308513.htm

Protests and Petitions

Three of Five Advocates for Chinese Village Released
The New York Times, December 27, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/28/world/asia/three-of-five-advocates-for-chinese-village-released.html

朱明国谈乌坎：群众被激怒起来了 你才知道什么叫力量 (Guangdong Party Official Zhu on Wukan: One Knows the Meaning of "Strength" When the People Arise in Anger)
Guangzhou Daily, December 27, 2011
http://news.ifeng.com/mainland/detail_2011_12/27/11585666_0.shtml

Society

深圳擬設雙親育嬰假 (Shenzhen Considers Regs on Parental Leave for Both Parents)
Ming Pao, December 27, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/2531994/1.html

XUAR

圣诞节期间新疆大规模清查 南疆搜非法宗教物扣二十多维人 (Aksu Prefecture: 20+ Detained on Charges of Hoarding Illegal Religious Materials and on Suspicion of Separatism)
Radio Free Asia, December 27, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ql-12272011094341.html