HRIC Daily Brief

Friday, October 12, 2012

XUAR

Uyghur Family Home Bulldozed
Radio Free Asia, October 11, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/bulldozed-10112012145624.html

Thursday, October 11, 2012

Corruption

Student Files Lawsuits against Govts
China Daily, October 10, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-10/10/content_15808191.htm

Related:
湖北一大学生起诉拒绝公开“微笑局长”工资两机构 (Hubei University Student Sues Two Gov't Agencies Who Refused to Provide Info on Wages of Controversial Official)
China Youth Daily, October 10, 2012
http://zqb.cyol.com/html/2012-10/10/nw.D110000zgqnb_20121010_6-03.htm

本港法官应了解国家与香港关係 (Former Justice Minister Elsie Leung: HK Judicial Officers Need to Understand the Relation between HK and Mainland)
Sing Pao, October 11, 2012
http://www.singpao.com/xw/yl/czjt/201210/t20121011_394221.html

For responses from HK law groups, see:
The Law Society of Hong Kong Press Statement 香港律師會聲明
http://edblog.hkedcity.net/siu/2012/10/11/the-law-society-of-hong-kong-press-statement/

HKBA Press Statement in Response to Recent Remarks Made by Ms Elsie Leung 香港大律師公會聲明
http://edblog.hkedcity.net/siu/2012/10/10/hkba-press-statement-in-response-to-recent-remarks-made-by-ms-elsie-leung/

Human Rights Defenders

廖亦武：“自由是个缓慢的过程” (Liao Yiwu: Freedom Is a Slow Process)
Deutsche Welle, October 11, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,16296840,00.html

Liao Yiwu on freedom:
为他人的自由而写
Writing for the Freedom of Others
May 11, 2012
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/crf/article/6174
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/crf/article/6142

Labor

Worker's Injury Casts Harsh New Light on Foxconn and China
Reuters, October 10, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/10/us-china-foxconn-worker-idUSBRE8991M620121010

Land Policy

Local Government Debt Fuels China Forced Evictions Rise: Amnesty
Reuters, October 10, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/11/us-china-evictions-idUSBRE89A05420121011

Related:
Standing Their Ground: Thousands Face Violent Eviction in China
Amnesty Internationale, 2012
http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA17/001/2012/en

Politics

十八大綜合症 (18th Party Congress Syndrome)
iSun Affairs, October 11, 2012
http://www.isunaffairs.com/?p=11124

Public Health

Fairer Diagnoses Demanded
China Daily, October 11, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-10/11/content_15808480.htm

Related:
精神卫生日民间致函政府受害者500封信警示“两院” (Civil Society Sends Letters to Government on World Mental Health Day Calling for Constraints on "Institutionalization" to Be Placed in Upcoming Mental Health Law)
Radio Free Asia, October 10, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ql1-10102012103428.html

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Human Rights Defenders

官員避答劉霞犯何法 (Official Avoids Answering Journalist's Question: What Crime Did Liu Xia Commit for which She's Being Kept under House Arrest)
Ming Pao, October 10, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2794816/1.html

Inner Mongolia

内蒙牧民抗议官员出租牧场敛财被殴 (Herders Beaten at Protest against Lease of Herding Land)
Radio Free Asia, October 9, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ql1-10092012102702.html

Land Policy

濟南西客站8戶遭強拆居民2年未獲拆遷補償 (Jinan: 8 Relocatees Still Have yet to Receive Compensation 2 Years on Despite Petitions, Suits, and Complaints)
China Economic Weekly, October 9, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2794081/1.html

Law

Paper Praising China's Legal Reforms 'Is Whitewash'
South China Morning Post, October 10, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1057309/paper-praising-chinas-legal-reforms-whitewash

重庆大学生村官转发微博被劳教申诉案开庭 (Chongqing Hears Appeal of University Student/Village Official Ordered to 2 Years of Reeducation for Reposting Microblog Posts Said to "Attack" the Government)
Xinhua News Agency, October 10, 2012
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/gallery/content/2012-10/10/content_3890172.htm

Related:
任建宇被劳教的村官 (Ren Jianyu: Village Official Ordered to Reeducation-Through-Labor)
Southern People Weekly, September 5, 2012
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/d/ba/dba132f6ab6a3e3d/Blog/7fc/acad20.html

李方平谈劳教制度改革 (Rights Defense Lawyer Li Fangping Speaks with BBC on Reform of the Reeducation-Through-Labor System)
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 9, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/multimedia/2012/10/121009_audio_lifangping.shtml

行政复议法修订列入计划两版修订稿提交法制办 (Amendments to Administrative Review Law in Legislative Program)
Legal Daily, October 10, 2012
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2012-10/10/content_3888820.htm

Multilateral

China Calls for Unified Standards on Combating Terrorism
Xinhua News Agency, October 10, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-10/10/content_15805315.htm

Related:
常驻联合国副代表王民大使在第67届联大关于“消除国际恐怖主义的措施”议题的发言
Statement by H.E. Ambassador Wang Min Deputy Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations At the 67th Session of the UN General Assembly On Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism
October 9, 2012
CH: http://www.china-un.org/chn/hyyfy/t977674.htm
EN: http://www.china-un.org/eng/hyyfy/t977687.htm

Public Health

卫生部：中国超60岁老人近半患慢性病 (Nearly Half of Chinese People over 60 Suffer Chronic Illness)
China News Service, October 10, 2012
http://news.2500sz.com/news/gn/2012-10/10_1702855.shtml

Tuesday, October 09, 2012

Bilateral Ties

Nepal Maoists under Lens over China's Airport Deal
Times News Network, October 8, 2012
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/south-asia/Nepal-Maoists-under-lens-over-Chinas-airport-deal/articleshow/16717682.cms

Hong Kong

擱指引國教科名存實亡 (National Education Exists in Name Only)
Ming Pao, October 9, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/2/1/1/2793839/1.html

Human Rights Defenders

China 'Steals Wife's Freedom' to Pressurise Liu Xiaobo
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 8, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-19875389

For more on Liu Xiaobo, including the writings cited in his conviction, see:
Freedom of Expression on Trial in China
言论自由在中国遭受审判
China Rights Forum, 2010, no. 1
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/crf/issue/2010.01
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/crf/issue/2010.01

创办维权组织马良福劳教申诉未宣判 (No Verdict in Appeal for Ma Liangfu, Activist Ordered to Reeducation-Through-Labor after Forming the China Anti-Corruption Alliance)
Radio Free Asia, October 8, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/labor_camp-10082012113940.html

Labor

女民工模仿外交部发言人讨薪：表示强烈不满 (Migrant Worker Expresses Her Discontent re: Salary whilst Imitating Foreign Ministry Press Conference in Video Released Online)
Tencent News, October 9, 2012
http://news.qq.com/a/20121009/000977.htm

Law

White Paper Enumerates China's Judicial Reform Goals
Xinhua News Agency, October 9, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-10/09/content_15803440.htm

Related:
官方称正在研究劳教制度具体改革方案 (Official: We're Researching a Plan for Concrete Reform of the Reeducation-Through-Labor System)
China Radio International, October 9, 2012
http://news.163.com/12/1009/10/8DCAJ1G000014JB5.html

Full text of the white paper:
中国的司法改革
Judicial Reform in China
State Council Information Office, October 2012
CH: http://www.scio.gov.cn/zxbd/wz/201210/t1226412.htm
EN: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-10/09/content_15803827.htm

Religion

甘肃藏回因清真寺爆冲突当局不制止引致十多人受伤 (Gansu: A Dozen Injured in Hui-Tibetan Conflict over a Mosque)
Radio Free Asia, October 8, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ql1-10082012093431.html

Monday, October 08, 2012

Bilateral Ties

Suicides in Tibet Off Limits
The Australian, October 4, 2012
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/foreign-affairs/suicides-in-tibet-off-limits/story-fn59nm2j-1226487661478

Government

Wukan Villagers' Experiment with Democracy Has Been Hard Going
South China Morning Post, October 6, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1054945/wukan-villagers-experiment-democracy-has-been-hard-going

Labor

新生代民工拒當機器軍事化管理失效 (New Generation of Migrant Workers Refuse to Become Machines)
Ming Pao, October 7, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2792397/1.html

Land Policy

连州维权村长被刑拘十村民被拘留八天 (Lianzhou, Guangdong Village Chief Criminally Detained on Allegations of Leading Protest against Gov't Land Sale)
Radio Free Asia, October 5, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lz-10052012112239.html

Politics

《开放》：政治局对薄熙来发出追杀令 (Kaifang Magazine: Politburo Issued Kill Order on Bo)
Radio France Internationale, October 4, 2012
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20121004-政治局对薄熙来发出追杀令

Public Health

卫生部：新规定将促进人体器官分配公平透明 (Ministry of Health: New Regs to Promote Transparency and Fair Distribution of Human Organs)
Guangzhou Daily, October 8, 2012
http://news.163.com/12/1008/07/8D9CN2TN00014AED.html

Related:
Lawmakers Want Info on Organs
Radio Free Asia, October 5, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/organs-10052012185811.html

Society

China Says to Add 5 bln Yuan to Public Housing Spend
Reuters, October 8, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/08/china-economy-property-idUSL3E8L82PO20121008

Tibet

青海赛康寺一僧人被捕失踪刚察县被大肆采煤民怨积深 (Monk Detained, Goes Missing in Qinghai)
Radio Free Asia, October 5, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/dz-10052012125423.html

人权组织称藏族作家在那曲自焚亡 (Rights Group: Tibetan Author Self-Immolates in Nagchu)
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 6, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2012/10/121006_china_tibet_protest.shtml

Friday, October 05, 2012

Environment

“北京PM2.5超标或成常态” (Atmospheric Particulate Matter over 2.5 Could Become Norm in Beijing)
Xinhua News Agency, October 5, 2012
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/8/9f/89f03f7d02720160/Blog/a95/473281.html

Internet

网友“随手拍”举报 30违章车被“通缉” (30 Cars Reported by Netizens as Violating the Law Listed as Wanted)
Southern Metropolis Daily, October 5, 2001
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/b/14/b147a61c1d07c1c9/Blog/52d/7d8f93.html

Labor

人社部：事业单位工作人员养情人超生等将被处分 (Provisional Regulations Issued on Disciplining Public Workers Who e.g. Keep Mistresses or Violate Family Planning Policy)
Xinhua News Agency, October 5, 2012
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2012-10/04/content_3883363.htm

Media

China Moves to Silence Journalists Who Offered Rare Taste of Transparency
McClatchy Newspapers, October 4, 2012
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/10/04/170591/china-moves-to-silence-journalists.html

Paper Highlights Media 'Risks'
Radio Free Asia, October 4, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/paper-10042012105842.html

Related:
蓝皮书:新媒体已成为推进中国社会成长的新力量 (CASS New Media Blue Book: New Media Has Become a New Force in Advancing China's Social Growth)
Xinhua News Agency, October 4, 2012
http://www.chinanews.com/cul/2012/10-04/4226551.shtml

Multilateral

How Asia Can Defuse Island Disputes
South China Morning Post, October 5, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1053936/how-asia-can-defuse-island-disputes

Public Health

京沪医改：控制费用 (Medical Reform in Beijing and Shanghai: Controlling Costs)
China Newsweek, September 29, 2012
http://focus.news.163.com/12/0929/10/8CIGRR9900011SM9.html

Tibet

又一名藏人自焚身亡拉萨等藏地国庆前戒备森严 (Tibetan Self-immolates in Nagchu, Tibet)
Radio Free Asia, October 4, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/dz-10042012141546.html

Related:
After Self-Immolation, Coded Tribute to Late Tibetan Floods China’s Twitter
Tea Leaf Nation, October 5, 2012
http://tealeafnation.com/2012/10/after-self-immolation-coded-tribute-to-late-tibetan-floods-chinas-twitter/

Thursday, October 04, 2012

Food Security

China’s Urbanization Changing Food Supply Chain
China Realtime Report, October 2, 2012
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2012/10/02/chinas-urbanization-changing-food-supply-chain/

Human Rights Defenders

被指组织唱红歌访民被判劳教一年 (Jiangsu Petitioner Yao Yuling Ordered to 1 Year of Reeducation-Through-Labor for "Gathering a Crowd to Disturb Public Order" by Singing Revolutionary Songs)
Radio Free Asia, October 3, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/labor_camp-10032012111811.html

For a related video of one of the revolutionary song gatherings with Yao Yuling, see:
姚玉玲长期在北京南站唱红歌近日失踪
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1wd-7_a5TQ

Labor

China Turns to Robots as Labour Costs Rise
Financial Times, October 4, 2012
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/2a804e04-0c95-11e2-a776-00144feabdc0.html

Multilateral

温家宝该不该得联合国“农民”奖章？ (Should Wen Jiabao Have Been Awarded a UN Medal for "Farmers"?)
Radio Free Asia, October 3, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sd-10032012144012.html

Related:
Chinese Premier Awarded Top UN Medal for Greatly Increasing Food Production
UN News Centre, October 2, 2012
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=43191

Politics

Where Next for China as the New Generation of Leaders Take Power?
The Observer, September 29, 2012
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/sep/29/china-18th-communist-party-congress-xi-jinping

Protests and Petitions

连州村民堵路再有50人被拘留 (Another 50 Villagers Taken into Custody for Blocking Traffic in Lianzhou, Guangdong)
Radio Free Asia, October 3, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/villagers_arrested-10032012091342.html

Related:
黃金周不平靜農民討地堵景區路 (Golden Week Not Tranquil as Villagers Block Traffic, Calling for Gov't to "Return Their Land")
World Journal, October 3, 2012
http://www.worldjournal.com/view/aChinanews/20346542/article-黃金周不平靜-農民討地堵景區路-

Public Health

广东正抓紧制定禁烟条例争取2013年进入省人大立法计划 (Guangdong Planning Anti-Smoking Regulations for Consideration in 2013)
Southern Metropolis Daily, October 4, 2012
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/2/a5/2a50e9c2d6b89b95/Blog/ab0/bed233.html

Wednesday, October 03, 2012

Economic Development

The End of the Great Migration - a Factory Town's Downward Slide
Marketplace, October 1, 2012
http://www.marketplace.org/topics/world/end-great-migration-factory-towns-downward-slide

Human Rights Defenders

Ai Weiwei: Shutdown of Wife's Company Is to 'Maintain Face'
The Wall Street Journal, October 2, 2012
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444138104578032144223051354.html

“十八大前多名沪维权人士被刑拘” (Shanghainese Rights Defenders Detained as 18th Party Congress Approaches)
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 3, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2012/10/121003_shanghai_defenders_detained.shtml

Related:
Shanghai Rights Defenders Detained in Advance of 18th Party Congress
十八大前多名上海维权人士被刑拘
Human Rights in China, October 2, 2012
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/6318
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/6316

Labor

U.S. Misses Full Truth on China Factory Workers
CNN, October 1, 2012
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/09/30/opinion/chang-chinese-factory-workers/

中国环卫工人处境可悲：工资低，无保险，工作高危 (Sad Plight of China's Sanitation Workers: Low Wages, No Insurance, Perilous Work)
Radio Free Asia, October 2, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/nu-10022012155306.html

Law

人民日報談司法改革：勿片面「法律至上」 (People's Daily on Judicial Reform: Do Not Unilaterally "Place the Law before Everything Else")
Ming Pao, October 2, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2786357/1.html

Related:
为了公正高效和权威
People's Daily, September 28, 2012
http://legal.people.com.cn/n/2012/0928/c42510-19142683.html
http://legal.people.com.cn/n/2012/1001/c42510-19161860.html

Macao

Thousands Take to Macau's Streets in Diverse Protest
South China Morning Post, October 2, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1051788/thousands-take-macaus-streets-diverse-protest

Related:
澳門十一遊行抗議物價急升 (Macanese Protest Rising Prices in National Day Demonstration)
United Daily News, October 1, 2012
http://udn.com/NEWS/BREAKINGNEWS/BREAKINGNEWS4/7400977.shtml

Tibet

四川阿坝再有数名藏人被判刑藏人行政中央纪念国际非暴力日 (Several Tibetans Sentenced in Ngawa, Sichuan)
Radio Free Asia, October 2, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/dz-10022012105932.html

Friday, September 28, 2012

Environment

环保组织呼吁增加“按日记罚”等重要环境制度 (Environmental Group Calls for Adding Significant Institutions such as Public Interest Litigation in Environmental Protection Law)
Legal Daily, September 28, 2012
http://news.sina.com.cn/green/news/roll/2012-09-28/150525275552.shtml

Hong Kong

Press Intimidation Alleged in HK as Apple Daily Photographer Faces Court
South China Morning Post, September 28, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1048857/press-intimidation-alleged-hk-apple-daily-photographer-faces-court

Human Rights Defenders

維權人士被勸離京泄十八大開會日子 (Rights Activists Told to Leave Beijing, Hinting Days of 18th Party Congress)
Ming Pao, September 28, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/2783432/1.html

Police

Officers Trying Evil Eye to Get Rid of Vendors
Shanghai Daily, September 28, 2012
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/nsp/National/2012/09/28/Officers+trying+evil+eye+to+get+rid+of+vendors

Prisons

北京：家属、律师可预约会见在押的服刑罪犯 (Beijing: Family and Lawyers Can Arrange Meetings with Criminal Suspects in Detention)
Xinhua News Agency, September 28, 2012
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2012-09/28/content_3878285.htm

Protests and Petitions

拆迁户抗议无安置遭警驱散 (Anhui: Police Disperse Protest by Evictees Who Had Not Been Relocated)
Radio Free Asia, September 27, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/protest-09272012093835.html

湖北村民與警衝突一死一傷 (1 Dead, 1 Injured in Clash between Hubei Villagers and Police)
Ming Pao, September 27, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2782962/1.html

Society

Vanishing Languages Saved for Posterity
China Daily, September 28, 2012
http://english.sina.com/life/2012/0928/511395.html

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Hong Kong

胡紅玉：國民教育課程指引失效 (Committee on Nat'l Education Chair Anna Hu: Official National Education Guidelines No Longer Effective)
NOW TV, September 27, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/2/1/1/2783187/1.html

Human Rights Defenders

China's Ai Weiwei Loses Tax Evasion Appeal
Al Jazeera, September 27, 2012
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2012/09/20129276220823628.html

Related:
浦志强：相信审理艾未未案件的法官会后悔 (Lawyer Pu Zhiqiang: I Believe the Judges Will Regret Trying the Case)
Radio France Internationale, September 27, 2012
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20120927-浦志强：相信审理艾未未案件的法官会后悔

Internet

Chinese Internet Users to Overtake English Language Users by 2015
The Telegraph, September 26, 2012
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/broadband/9567934/Chinese-internet-users-to-overtake-English-language-users-by-2015.html

Law

Chinese Court Sentences Li Ang to Life in Prison for 2002 Murder of B.C. Student Amanda Zhao
The Province, September 26, 2012
http://www.theprovince.com/news/Chinese+court+sentences+life+prison+2002+murder+student+Amanda+Zhao/7305143/story.html

Related:
Family of Accused in Amanda Zhao Killing Says Canadian Trial Would Have Been More Just
The Globe and Mail, September 23, 2012
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/family-of-accused-in-amanda-zhao-killing-says-canadian-trial-would-be-more-just/article4562747/

150名“三无病人”长住精神病院 (Guangdong: 150 People with No Identification Papers, Residence, and Family to Contact Have Long Been Patients in Zhongshan's Psychiatric Institutions)
Southern Metropolis Daily, September 27, 2012
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/1/4d/14d9e8007c9b41f5/Blog/e29/512130.html

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Civil Society

劳工NGO:成长的烦恼
Southern Daily, September 3, 2012
http://help.3g.163.com/12/0903/14/8AG1A9IF00964JEU.html

For an English translation, see:
Labor NGOs: Growing Pains
China Development Brief, September 25, 2012
http://www.chinadevelopmentbrief.cn/?p=1167

For more information on strikes in China, see:
CLB Collective Labour Incidents Map
China Labour Bulletin
http://numble.com/clbmape.html

Society

China May Increase Fine for 'Inaccurate' Maps
ABC News, September 26, 2012
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-09-26/anchina-japan-map-dispute/4281134

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Hong Kong

Anger as Education Bureau Postpones Release of National Education Report
South China Morning Post, September 25, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1046433/anger-education-bureau-postpones-release-national-education-report

Human Rights Defenders

湖南当局以坐牢逼人认同李旺阳自杀结论 (Hunan Authorities Lock Up Rights Defender Zhou Zhirong to Compel Acceptance of "Suicide" Story)
Radio Free Asia, September 24, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ql2-09242012101914.html

十八大来了，胡佳再成“自由城囚徒” (Activist Hu Jia Back under House Arrest as the 18th Party Congress Draws Near)
Deutsche Welle, September 24, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,16257163,00.html

Related:
House-arrested Hu Jia Gets a Few Surprise Visitors
South China Morning Post, September 25, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/article/1046844/house-arrested-hu-jia-gets-few-surprise-visitors

Monday, September 24, 2012

Hong Kong

遊行至北角警署八人罪成 (Eight Sentenced for March to North Point Police Office following June 4, 2011 Gathering without Obtaining Written Permit)
Sing Tao Daily, September 21, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/5/1/1/2778306/1.html

Media

HK Journalists Call on Beijing to Curb Mistreatment of City's Reporters
South China Morning Post, September 24, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1045118/hk-journalists-call-beijing-curb-mistreatment-citys-reporters

《墓碑》法文版问世作者杨继绳或遭监控 (As French Edition of Book on Great Leap Forward Famine Is Published, Author Yang Jisheng May Be under Surveillance)
Radio France Internationale, September 20, 2012
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20120920-《墓碑》法文版问世-作者杨继绳或受监控

For a review of Tombstone, see:
毛时代罪孽的历史存照
Historical Documents of the Sins of the Mao Era
China Rights Forum, 2009, no. 2
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/crf/article/4017
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/crf/article/3796

Politics

China Closes in on Bo Xilai after Jailing Ex-police Chief
Reuters, September 24, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/24/us-china-trial-idUSBRE88M0DA20120924

Related:
王立军徇私枉法、叛逃、滥用职权、受贿案一审宣判 (Wang Lijun Sentenced)
Xinhua News Agency, September 24, 2012
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2012-09/24/c_113183202.htm

Protests and Petitions

2,000-worker Riot at Foxconn Factory in China Reportedly Leads to 10 Deaths
The Next Web, September 24, 2012
http://thenextweb.com/asia/2012/09/24/workers-riot-foxconn-factory-china/

乌坎一周年民众再抗议 (Another Protest at the One-year Anniversary of Wukan)
Deutsche Welle, September 22, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,16254531,00.html

遼寧非法強徵土地警員射殺村民 (Liaoning: Police Shoot Villager Dead during Protest over Illegal Land Requisition)
Ming Pao, September 24, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/2779596/1.html

Related:
盘锦警察枪杀村民质疑:违法强拆还是暴力抗法? (Doubts in the Liaoning Shooting: An Illegal Demolition or a Violent
Resistance of Law Enforcement?)
People's Daily, September 24, 2012
http://news.163.com/12/0924/15/8C66PV3Q0001124J.html

XUAR

Reform-minded Zhang Chunxian Takes Tough Line on Xinjiang Violence
South China Morning Post, September 24, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1045135/reform-minded-zhang-chunxian-takes-tough-line-xinjiang-violence

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Hong Kong

HK Suffers Most Deaths in Region from Ship Pollution
South China Morning Post, September 20, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/news/article/1040949/hk-suffers-most-deaths-region-ship-pollution

香港市民对中国前途信心走低 (Hong Kongers' Confidence in China's Prospects on Decline)
Deutsche Welle, September 19, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,16251034,00.html

Labor

Railway Worker Badly Injured Preventing a Major Accident Has to Fight for Compensation
China Labour Bulletin, September 20, 2012
http://www.clb.org.hk/en/node/110134

Related:
湖南工伤-裴永红 (Interview Series with Injured Hunanese Worker Pei Yonghong)
China Labour Bulletin, November 2011
http://www.clb.org.hk/schi/transcript/1001371

Related:

原北大教师焦国标因言论被刑拘 (Former Peking University Professor Jiao Guobiao Detained for Words)

CHRD, September 17, 2012

http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2012/09/blog-post_4849.html

Protests and Petitions

9月16日北京游行见闻

Closer Look: How a Protest in Beijing Stuck to the Script

Caixin, September 17, 2012

http://wangheyan.blog.caixin.com/archives/46076

http://english.caixin.com/2012-09-17/100438867.html

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