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.

Monday, December 21, 2009

December 19-21, 2009

Top News of the Day
Macao
Macau Shuts Door again as Hu Hails Security Law: We Were Roughed Up by Security Officers, HK Activists Say
South China Morning Post, December 21, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=559ed451afca5210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

政府年年派錢掩蓋不住民怨 「我們受夠了」 1200澳人遊行 (1200 Macanese Protest Corruption on 10th Handover Anniversary, Calling "We've Had Enough!")
Apple Daily, December 21, 2009
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20091221&sec_id=4104&subsec_id=12731&art_id=13545988
Related news:
年輕人紛上街 爭民主 (New Blood in Macao's Activist Movement as Young People Take to the Streets Calling for Democracy on 10th Handover Anniversary)
Apple Daily, December 21, 2009
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20091221&sec_id=4104&subsec_id=12731&art_id=13545989
News
Bilateral Ties
Cambodia to Deport Uighurs despite Persecution Fears
Reuters, December 19, 2009
http://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFTRE5BI0GK20091219

Myanmar Pledges Stability on China Border
Reuters, December 21, 2009
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE5BK06U20091221

Human Rights Defender – Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
Charter 08 Signers Urged to Join Liu Xiaobo’s Trial
Phayul.com, December 19, 2009
http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=26245
Related information:
Ding Zilin Urges Charter 08 Signers to “Join” Liu Xiaobo’s Trial
Human Rights in China, December 18, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/172613
China to Try Prominent Dissident on Wednesday: Lawyer
Reuters, December 20, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BJ0O520091220

Human Rights Defenders
The Fate of China’s Rights Lawyers
Far Eastern Economic Review, December 04, 2009
http://www.feer.com/essays/2009/december51/cohenpils

Land Policy
The Long Road to Justice
The Hindu, December 20, 2009
http://www.hindu.com/mag/2009/12/20/stories/2009122050170400.htm

29岁老师拆迁现场被殴致死 3打人者已被检察院批捕 (Middle School Teacher Beaten to Death during Clash over Demolition, Three Attackers Approved for Arrest)
Spring City Evening, December 19, 2009
http://society.yunnan.cn/html/2009-12/19/content_1015223.htm

前门拆迁多人滥用职权获刑 (Housing Officials on Beijing Project Sentenced for Abusing Authority in Demolitions)
Beijing Youth Daily, December 21, 2009
http://bjyouth.ynet.com/article.jsp?oid=61678116

专家解读新拆迁条例草案:被拆迁人不满意可起诉 (Expert on the New Housing Demolition Regulations Draft: Owners Can Sue If They Do Not Agree with Demolition)
Chongqing Evening News, December 18, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-12/18/content_12664623.htm

Law
China Lawyer Faces Prosecution over False Evidence Charges
Xinhua News Agency, December 21, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-12/21/content_12679030.htm
Related information:
China Gang Trial Takes Twist as Lawyer Arrested
Reuters, December 17, 2009
http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-44794020091217
Chinese Environmental Group Wins 2 Cases
Associated Press, December 19, 2009
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gdCVi-RhEN126CmdrSMUL0Q-i_9AD9CLPKMO0

Media
Quest for Profit, Shroud of Silence: Mainland Media only Covers Accidents If Enough Miners Die
South China Morning Post, December 19, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=64e60038bb1a5210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
番禺居民抗議官員做騷 (Panyu, Guangzhou Residents Protest “Show” Forum on Disputed Incinerator Project)
Ming Pao, December 21, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1367633/1.html

Taiwan
綠營大遊行反陳江會 (Taichung: Major Protest against Lack of Transparency in Talks on Cross-straits Issues)
Ming Pao, December 21, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1367642/1.html
Related news:
Nation Rallies against Chiang-Chen Talks
Taipei Times, December 21, 2009
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2009/12/21/2003461467

Friday, December 18, 2009

December 18, 2009

News
Environment
Cities to the Rescue
South China Morning Post, December 18, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3f04060cd8c95210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Green Dam
官方网站出现警告信息 另类绿坝悄然安装 (Warning Sign Pops Up in Government Sites; "Green Dam Alternative" Secretly Installed)
Radio Free Asia, December 17, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/luba-12172009093920.html

Related Information:
China Imposes New Internet Controls
New York Times, December 17, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/18/world/asia/18china.html?partner=rss&emc=rss



Labor
为维权,48名工人闯四关 (48 Workers Determined to Defend Their Rights)
Southern Metropolis Daily, December 18, 2009
http://epaper.nddaily.com/B/html/2009-12/18/content_970726.htm

20多保安在工地上围殴6民工 5人受伤入院 (6 Migrant Workers Beaten by 20 Security Guards; 5 Injured, Hospitalized)
Sanxiang Dushi Bao, December 17, 2009
http://hn.rednet.cn/c/2009/12/17/1873851.htm

Cancer Patient 'Denied Work' in E China
China Daily, December 17, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-12/17/content_9190881.htm

Media
律師稱關停互聯網影音網站法律依據存疑 (Lawyers: Legal Base for Shutdown of File-sharing Sites Is Dubious)
Southern People Weekly, December 18, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1365284/1.html

Migrant Workers
上海:所有农民工子女将与沪籍孩子一样接受义务教育 (Migrant Workers’ Children to Receive Obligatory Education Same as Other Children with Hukou in Shanghai)
Xinhua News Agency, December 17, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-12/17/content_12663425.htm

Police
昆明镟押犯離奇死 「一元紙幣開手銬 鞋帶自縊」 (Detainees in Kunming Die Out of Suspicious Reasons)
Ming Pao, December 18, 2009
http://news.mingpao.com/20091218/caa1.htm

State Security
China Holds US Engineer on Trade Secrets Charge
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), December 17, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091217/ap_on_re_as/as_china_detained_americans

Tibet
Official Repeats Accusation That Dalai Lama Lied
South China Morning Post, December 18, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2fe3f3c96dc95210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

December 17, 2009

News
Corruption
New Twist over Held Lawyer in Triad Trial
South China Morning Post, December 17, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=36d99c6596895210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender - Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
“天安门母亲”声援刘晓波 ("Tiananmen Mothers" Express Support for Liu Xiaobo)
Radio Free Asia, December 16, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissident_liuxiaobo-12162009110734.html?encoding=simplified

Human Rights Defender - Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)
“人道中国”支持冯正虎继续抗争 ("Humanitarian China" Group Expresses Support for Feng Zhenghu)
Radio Free Asia, December 16, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/rendao-12162009111939.html

Law
China May Rebuild Demolition Rule after Suicide
China Daily, December 17, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-12/17/content_9190497.htm

Related Information:
国务院法制办已形成新的拆迁制度草案文件 (State Council Legislative Affairs
Office Prepares New draft documents for Demolition Regulation)
Beijing News (via Xinhua News Agency), December 17, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-12/16/content_12653077.htm


Protests and Petitions
Chinese Man Sets Himself on Fire to Protest Eviction
The Daily Telegraph, December 17, 2009
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/6829809/Chinese-man-sets-himself-on-fire-to-protest-eviction.html

Related News:
Urban Land Grab Sparks Unrest in China
Associated Press (via MSNBC), December 16, 2009
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34450213/ns/world_news-asiapacific/
郧西强征农田 农民搭窝棚抗争 (Village Land Protest in Hubei)
Radio Free Asia, December 16, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yunxi-12162009143408.html

Public Health
China Swine Flu Toll Soars past 400: Ministry
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), December 16, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091216/wl_asia_afp/healthchinaflutoll_20091216131358

Tibet
國際組織關注四川藏人示威 (International Organization Concerned about Tibetan Protesters in Sichuan)
China News Agency (via Ming Pao), December 16, 2009
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20091216/ca31315v.htm

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

December 16, 2009

News
Death Penalty
China Injects 'Humanity' into Death Sentence
Asia Times Online, December 16, 2009
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/KL16Ad01.html

Economic Development
No Glitch in Computer-sales Regulations: China
China Daily, December 16, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-12/16/content_9183835.htm

Human Rights Defender - Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
China Warns West from Taking up Dissident Case
Reuters, December 16, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BE12C20091215

Human Rights Defender - CHEN Yunfei (陈云飞), Liu Zhengyou (刘正有)
陈云飞被囚期间遭围殴 刘正有关单间 (Sichuan Rights Activists Chen Yun-fei Beaten, Liu Zhengyou Put in Solitary Confinement)
Radio Free Asia, December 15, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/chen-12152009154814.html

Human Rights Defender - Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)
冯正虎公开信致习近平 网友忧其安危(图) (Feng Zhenghu Sends Open Letter to Xi Jinping)
Radio Free Asia, December 15, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fzh-12152009093924.html

Internet Censorship
ISC Publishes Proposal On Running Civilized Chinese Websites
China Tech News, December 16, 2009
http://www.chinatechnews.com/2009/12/16/11211-isc-publishes-proposal-on-running-civilized-chinese-websites

中國掃黃關近七百不良域名 (Nearly 700 "Vulgar" Website Domain Names Closed)
Ming Pao, December 15, 2009
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20091216/ca30945v.htm

Law
全国人大常委会将首次审议村委会组织法修订草案 (NPC Standing Committee to Consider Draft Amendments to the Organic Law of Village Committees for the First Time)
China News Service (via Xinhua News Agency), December 14, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-12/15/content_12647190.htm

Laws on Pet Attacks Urged
China Daily, December 16, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-12/16/content_9184799.htm

Police
Suspect's 'Suicide' at Police Station Questioned
China Daily, December 16, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-12/16/content_9184093.htm

XUAR
China Says Asylum-seeking Uighurs Suspected Criminals
Reuters, December 15, 2009
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE5BE1S720091215?sp=true

December 15, 2009

News
Corruption
Alleged Gang Leader Rats Out Attorney
China Daily, December 15, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-12/15/content_9177561.htm

Environment
Green Giant: Beijing’s Crash Program for Clean Energy
The New Yorker, December 21, 2009
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/12/21/091221fa_fact_osnos

Human Rights Defender - Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
China’s Strong and Brittle State
Financial Times, December 14, 2009
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8091c49e-e8e4-11de-a756-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2340.html

律师将为刘晓波做无罪辩护 (Lawyers Say Liu Xiaobo to Plead Not Guilty)
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lxb-12142009153259.html

U.S., EU Urge China to Release Prominent Dissident
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), December 14, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091214/wl_nm/us_eu_china

Human Rights Defenders
薛明凯犯有 “颠覆国家政权罪”吗? (Shandong Activist Xue Mingkai Charged with Subversion after Contacting Foreign Organization)
Radio France Internationale, December 15, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/120/article_18119.asp

Internet Censorship
Mainland Bans Private Websites
South China Morning Post, December 15, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=244d0da8ddd85210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related Information:
CNNIC Halts Website Domain Name Registration For Individuals In China
China Tech News, December 15, 2009
http://www.chinatechnews.com/2009/12/15/11208-cnnic-halts-website-domain-name-registration-for-individuals-in-china
Media
Beijing Cuts Broadcaster's Signal amid Media Crackdown
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), December 14, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091214/wl_asia_afp/chinahongkongmediacensorship

Protests and Petitions
公安部警察暴打访民 无锡拆迁再添冤魂 (Shenyang Petitioners against Forced Eviction Badly Beaten up by Police)
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gongan-12142009095852.html

Taiwan
Most Taiwanese Oppose Envoy's Visit, Poll Finds
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), December 15, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=15300da8ddd85210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Monday, December 14, 2009

December 12-14, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties

China-U.S. Symposium on Human Rights, Rule of Law Ends
Xinhua News Agency, December 13, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-12/13/content_12641891.htm

Corruption
China Officials Hold $1.5 Billion Illegally
Associated Press, December 12, 2009
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126059604858388795.html

县委书记授意宣传部长用钱堵住记者的嘴 (Hebei County Party Secretary Li Hongxing Sentenced to 13 Years after Ordering Mine to Pay Journalists Hush Money to Cover Up Mine Disaster)
Beijing Youth Daily, December 13, 2009
http://bjyouth.ynet.com/article.jsp?oid=60802998

Death Penalty
贵州威宁小学教师胁迫22名女生卖淫被执行死刑 (Guizhou Elementary School Teacher Executed over Child Prostitution)
Guizhou Daily, December 14, 2009
http://daxue.163.com/09/1214/10/5QG4JEGT00913J5O.html

Human Rights
China's Human Rights Record Worse than a Year Ago
The Daily Telegraph, December 12, 2009
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/6778859/Chinas-human-rights-record-worse-than-a-year-ago.html

Human Rights Defender – Liu Xiaobo ()
三百多名零八宪章签署人要求共担刑罚 (300+ Charter 08 Signatories Voice Desire to Share Liu Xiaobo's Penalty)
Voice of America, December 13, 2009
http://www1.voanews.com/chinese/news/china/20091213-LiuXiaobo-Charter08-79161267.html

Human Rights Defenders
美大使在京見5維權人士 (U.S. Ambassador Huntsman Meets with 5 Rights Defense Lawyers in Beijing)
Ming Pao, December 13, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1358730/1.html

刘士亮被判刑十个月 洋秋菊表示判决不公 ("Foreign Qiu Ju" Calls 10-month Sentence of Fiance Liu Shiliang "Unjust")
Radio Free Asia, December 11, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_court-12112009122651.html

Land Policy
河北强迁纠纷拒迁户被卡车辗毙 (Man Killed by Heavy Truck during Clash with Authorities over Forced Demolition)
Radio Free Asia, December 11, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/demolishing_death-12112009122207.html

Multilateral
China Signals Climate Funds Shift
Financial Times, December 13, 2009
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b261d086-e81c-11de-8a02-00144feab49a.html

Protests and Petitions
Hundreds of China Workers Clash over Factory Site
Reuters, December 11, 2009
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE5BA1NV20091211

男子当众强奸上访女李蕊蕊获刑8年 称要上诉 (Guard at Black Jail Who Raped Petitioner Li Ruirui Sentenced to 8 Years, Says Planning to Appeal)
The Beijing Times, December 12, 2009
http://gb.cri.cn/27824/2009/12/12/3245s2702549.htm

Religion
Fast-Growing Christian Churches Crushed in China
Associated Press, December 10, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091210/ap_on_re_as/as_china_mega_church

Taiwan
Art of the Covenant
South China Morning Post, December 12, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=62fa21204dd75210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

XUAR
新疆当局加强口岸管制 (XUAR Authorities Increase Management over Exit-Entry)
Radio Free Asia, December 11, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/Uyghur_refugee-12112009122939.html

Friday, December 11, 2009

December 11, 2009

Top News of the Day

Human Rights Defender - Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)
上海访民绝食声援冯正虎 (Shanghainese Petitioners Hold Hunger Strike to Support Feng Zhenghu's Return)
Radio Free Asia, December 10, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_entry_feng-12102009120813.html

Several Shanghainese petitioners held a hunger strike on International Human Rights Day to give their support to their fellow activist, Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎). Feng has been living in Japan's Narita International Airport for over 30 days; he has been refused entry to China eight times without reason. He said that for Human Rights Day, he would "rest," and called on the international community to not only advocate but uphold the principle and practice of the protection of fundamental human rights.


Related information:
Feng Zhenghu Urges International Community to Support Right of Return to One’s Own Country
Human Rights in China, December 10, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/172593

China Activist in for Long Haul at Tokyo Airport
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 10, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8403658.stm


Law
广东拟规定“红头文件”有效期最长5年 (Guangdong Drafts Regulations on Confidential Government Documents; Effective Period May Not Exceed Five Years)
Guangzhou Daily, December 11, 2009
http://news.dayoo.com/guangzhou/200912/11/73437_11507915.htm


Related information:
广东省行政机关规范性文件管理规定(征求意见稿) (Guangdong Provincial Regulations on the Administration of the Standard Documents of Administrative Organs [Draft for Soliciting Public Opinion])
http://fzj.shantou.gov.cn/Info.aspx?ModelId=1&Id=223


News
Environment
焚烧不再是唯一方式 番禺垃圾厂选址及处理全部回锅讨论 (Contentious Guangzhou Waste Incinerator Project that Led to Protest to Return to Discussion)
Southern Metropolis Daily, December 11, 2009
http://nf.nfdaily.cn/nfdsb/content/2009-12/11/content_7011345.htm

Food Security
3 Arrested over Melamine-laced Milk Products
Shanghai Daily, December 11, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200912/20091211/article_422358.htm

Freedom of Association
人权日中国公安打压人权集会 (Police Suppress Human Rights Assemblies on International Human Rights Day)
Radio Free Asia, December 10, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_human_rights-12102009115857.html

Human Rights Defender - Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
劉曉波料2至4周內受審 (Liu Xiaobo Indicted, Expected to Stand Trial within One Month)
Ming Pao, December 11, 2009
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20091211/ca51228v.htm

Land Policy
物权法"斗"不过拆迁条例 专家称应先补偿再拆迁 (Experts: Compensation before Housing Demolition)
Southern Daily, December 11, 2009
http://china.nfdaily.cn/content/2009-12/11/content_7017680.htm

Military
After Rioting, PLA Steps Up Efforts to Recruit Minorities
South China Morning Post, December 11, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6966c8b9ea875210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Society
怨聲載道 「兩輩子都掙不到房錢」 (An Oft-heard Complaint: We Can't Buy a Home with Even Two Lifetimes' Worth of Savings)
Apple Daily, December 11, 2009
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20091211&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=13512160

Protests and Petitions
Tables Turned on Ex-petition Official
South China Morning Post, December 11, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e7adc8b9ea875210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet
当局向甘孜理塘及雅江增派军警 (Additional Military and Police Sent to Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture)
Radio Free Asia, December 10, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/tibet_protest-12102009114846.html

XUAR
Xinjiang's Frustrated Internet Users still Cut Off from the Web
South China Morning Post, December 11, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a117c8b9ea875210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Thursday, December 10, 2009

December 10, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
Chinese President to Visit Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan
Xinhua News Agency, December 09, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-12/09/content_12616529.htm

Children
Action against Child Kidnaps 'Inadequate'
South China Morning Post, December 10, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=989e2a70e6375210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Government
深圳破获三起学生绑架案件 信息公开制度再受质疑 (Open Government Information System Being Challenged in Shenzhen's Kidnapping Case)
Guangming Daily (via Xinhua News Agency), December 10, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-12/10/content_12622672.htm

Human Rights
Nation's Human Rights Standing Getting Worse
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), December 10, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f77e2a70e6375210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender - Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
Leading Chinese Dissident Liu Xiaobo Faces Subversion Case
Angola Press Agency, December 10, 2009
http://www.portalangop.co.ao/motix/en_us/noticias/internacional/2009/11/50/Leading-Chinese-dissident-Liu-Xiaobo-faces-subversion-case,27243eff-f997-49a7-88a3-a0b8e908dab1.html

Internet Censorship
互联网举报中心曝光10家传播低俗内容的网站名单 (China Internet Illegal Information Reporting Centre (CIIRC) Discloses 10 "Vulgar" Websites)
Xinhua News Agency, December 10, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-12/09/content_12617846.htm

Land Policy
China to Resettle at Least 440,000 for Water Project
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), December 09, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091209/wl_asia_afp/chinaenvironmentwater

Media
中国再次成为拘押记者最多国家(图) (China Continues to Be World's Worst Jailer of Journalists: CPJ)
Radio Free Asia, December 09, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jizhe-12092009144013.html

Poverty
China to Raise Earnings of Middle-and-Low Income Groups: Official
Xinhua News Agency, December 09, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-12/09/content_12619970.htm

Taiwan
Wu Apologizes for Calling the Independence Supporters 'Idiots'
China Post, December 10, 2009
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2009/12/10/235890/Wu-apologizes.htm

Wednesday, December 09, 2009

December 09, 2009

Top News of the Day

Human Rights Defenders
贵州人权研讨会活动被警方强行驱散 (Police Disperse Guizhou Human Rights Symposium)
Voice of America, December 07, 2009
http://www1.voanews.com/chinese/news/20091207-Guizhou-human-rights-activists-78674377.html

On December 6, 2009, a group of Guizhou activists planned to convene the Human Rights Symposium in Guiyang’s Qian Ling Park (黔灵公园), but participants, including one of the organizers Chen Xi (陈西) were stopped either in front of their homes or while on their way to the park, or taken away from the park by State Security police.


Related information:
Rights Activists Illegally Held, Harassed Before Human Rights Day
Human Rights in China, December 8, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/172576

News
Children
Few Rescued Children Returned Home
South China Morning Post, December 09, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=db41ca9674e65210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Death Penalty
China Executes Rogue Trader, Millions Still Missing
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), December 08, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091208/ts_nm/us_china_execution

Food Security
Compensation Lawsuit over Tainted Milk Postponed
China Daily, December 09, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-12/09/content_9143782.htm

Human Rights Defender - Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
Charter 08 Writer to Face Charges Today
South China Morning Post, December 09, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6b2dc504f2f65210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Human Rights Defenders
大学教师因签署《零八宪章》遭解职 (University Teacher Dismissed for Signing "Charter 08")
Radio Free Asia, December 08, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/08-12082009160724.html

Protests and Petitions
无锡拆迁户在江苏省高院门口抗议 (Jiangsu Evictees Protest in Front of the Higher People's Court)
Radio Free Asia, December 09, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wuxi-12082009135433.html

Public Health
China Struggles to Treat Youth Net Addicts
Financial Times, December 08, 2009
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/189314aa-e41c-11de-bed0-00144feab49a.html

Society
苏州一被辞退“乙肝病毒携带者”告公司获道歉赔偿 (A Hepatitis B Carrier in Suzhou Receives an Apology and Compensation from Her Former Company over Discrimination Charges)
Xinhua News Agency, December 09, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-12/08/content_12611553.htm

Tibet
Security Heightened after Tibetans Protest
Associated Press (via South China Morning Post), December 09, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=016dc504f2f65210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

XUAR
新疆严打一月抓获“7•5”事件在逃犯罪嫌疑人94名 (94 Xinjiang Riot Suspects Arrested)
Xinhua News Agency, December 09, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-12/08/content_12613434.htm

Tuesday, December 08, 2009

December 08, 2009

News

Death Penalty
Five Drug Traffickers Sentenced to Death
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), December 08, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=730ae654f0a65210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Disasters
8 Killed, 26 Injured in China School Stampede
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), December 08, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091208/ap_on_re_as/as_china_school_stampede

Environment
China's Climate Stance at Copenhagen
China Daily, December 08, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009copenhagenclimate/2009-12/08/content_9137682.htm

Human Rights
《零八宪章》周年 声援研讨相继开展 ("Charter 08" Seminars Held in Different Places in China Before the Anniversary of "Charter 08" Release)
Radio Free Asia, December 07, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/08-12072009095732.html

Human Rights Defender - Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
Wife Wants Dissident Released or Put on Trial
Associated Press (via South China Morning Post), December 08, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=05c9e654f0a65210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related News:
Prominent Chinese Dissident Liu Xiaobo Begins second year in Prison
The Daily Telegraph, December 08, 2009
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/6757514/Prominent-Chinese-dissident-Liu-Xiaobo-begins-second-year-in-prison.html
Human Rights Defender - Zhu Yufu (朱虞夫)
国际人权日前夕民主人士失踪软禁 (Pro-democracy Activists Taken Away or under House Arrest ahead of International Human Rights Day)
Radio Free Asia, December 07, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquan-12072009144843.html

Human Rights Defenders
阿里木江被判刑十五年提出上诉 (Alimujiang Yimiti Files Appeal against His 15-year Sentence)
Radio Free Asia, December 07, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jidutu-12072009114036.html

Internet Censorship
內地嚴打 三大BT網站關閉 (Authorities Shut down 3 Major Online File-sharing Sites)
Ming Pao, December 08, 2009
http://news.mingpao.com/20091208/ccb1.htm

Labor
无劳动合同医院不鉴定 深圳百余农民工遭遇尘肺门 (100+ Workers in Shenzhen Suffer Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Those without Labor Contracts Denied Hospital Check)
China National Radio, December 08, 2009
http://www.cnr.cn/china/newszh/yaowen/200912/t20091208_505725043.html

Law
国务院正欲修改《拆迁条例》 (State Council Plans to Revise "Regulation on Demolishing and Eviction")
Southern Metropolis Daily, December 08, 2009
http://epaper.nddaily.com/H/html/2009-12/08/content_962037.htm

Related News:
北大五教授致信全国人大建言废改《拆迁条例》 (5 Professors of Beijing University Write to NPC, Suggest to Abolish or to Amend "Regulation on Demolishing and Eviction")
Southern Metropolis Daily, December 08, 2009
http://epaper.nddaily.com/A/html/2009-12/08/content_961955.htm
Police
Gang Jailed for Kidnapping Teens
South China Morning Post, December 08, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=873ae654f0a65210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet
Tibetans Jailed for Dalai Lama Web Images: Group
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), December 08, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091208/wl_asia_afp/chinatibetunrestrights

Monday, December 07, 2009

December 07, 2009

Today News of the Day
Freedom of Speech
中国人权纽约书展:100本被中共禁止书籍 (HRIC's Book Fair in New York Shows 100 Books Banned by Chinese Gov't)
Radio Free Asia, December 04, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquan-12042009135135.html

Co-sponsored by Human Rights in China and the Leitner Center for International Law and Justice at Fordham Law School on December 03, 2009, the Human Rights Book Fair exhibited 100 books that have been banned in China. The event’s program features readings, film screenings, multi-media presentations, and a panel discussion.

News
Bilateral Ties

Harper Clashes with China on Human Rights
Financial Times, December 04, 2009
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c3ff6860-e0fd-11de-af7a-00144feab49a.html

Disasters
上海虹口区发生大规模居民瓦斯中毒事件 (Broken Gas Pipe in Shanghai Kills 2, Poisons 23)
Radio France Internationale, December 05, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/120/article_17911.asp

Environment
"Green Bank" Helps China Reduce Carbon Emission
Xinhua News Agency, December 06, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-12/06/content_12599619.htm

Human Rights Defender - Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
China Dissident Set to Mark One Year in Legal Limbo
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), December 04, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091204/wl_asia_afp/chinapoliticsrightsdissident_20091204121127

Human Rights Defender - Zheng Dajing (郑大靖)
湖北访民郑大靖被关押于十堰驻京办的“黑监狱” (Hubei Petitioner "Black Jailed" at Shiyan City Government's Beijing Liaison Office)
Radio Free Asia, December 06, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hu-12062009174152.html

Human Rights Defenders
上海作家小乔抗议中共剥夺回国权利 (Chinese Writer Protests in Sweden against China's Denial of Her Right to Return Home)
Radio Free Asia, December 04, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xiaoqiao-12042009121824.html

魏京生基金会将"中国民主斗士奖"颁给狱中的黄琦和杨天水 (Wei Jingsheng Foundation Awards "Chinese Democracy Champion Prize" to Huang Qi, Yang Tianshui)
Radio France Internationale, December 06, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/120/article_17915.asp

Internet Censorship
China Pays Web Surfers to Find Porn: Report
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), December 06, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/chinainternetcensorpornographyoffbeat

Police
China Activist Speaks Out from inside 'Black Jail'
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), December 05, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091205/ap_on_re_as/as_china_black_jails

XUAR
China Sentences 3 More to Death Over Xinjiang Riots: Xinhua
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), December 04, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091204/wl_asia_afp/chinaunrestxinjiangtrialrights_20091204174557

Related News:
新疆两天8人被判死刑 中国投50亿搞双语教育 (China Sentences 8 to Death so far;
Invests 5 bln RMB for Bilingual Education in Xinjiang)
Radio France Internationale, December 07, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/120/article_17879.asp

Friday, December 04, 2009

December 04, 2009

News
Death Penalty
2 Sentenced to Death Over Gang Crime in S China
Xinhua News Agency, December 03, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-12/03/content_9111267.htm

Environment
500,000 Chinese Sign to Support Low-Carbon Lifestyles
China Daily, December 03, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-12/03/content_9111525.htm

Food Security
北京宣武法院受理结石儿童家长向伊利集团索偿案 (Beijing Court Accepts Lawsuit Filed by Tainted Milk Victims against Yili Group Co.)
Radio Free Asia, December 03, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/lawsuit_milk-12032009104106.html?encoding=simplified

Hukou
Overhaul for Temporary Residency Permit
China Daily (via People's Daily), December 03, 2009
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90782/90872/6831594.html

Human Rights
China: Human Rights Action Plan Implemented Well
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), December 04, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-12/04/content_9113362.htm

Human Rights Defender - Huang Qi (黄琦)
法院继续拖延和阻挠黄琦案上诉 (Authorities Continue to Delay and Obstruct Huang Qi's Appeal Attempts)
Radio Free Asia, December 03, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissident_huangqi-12032009104339.html?encoding=simplified

Related Information:
Case Update: Authorities Obstruct Huang Qi’s Appeal Attempts
Human Rights in China, December 01, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/172557
Human Rights Defender - Zhang Lin (张林)
中國知名異議人士張林被抄家帶走 (Authorities Detain Chinese Dissident and Ransack His Home)
China News Agency, December 03, 2009
http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1123823

Internet Censorship
中国网络严打全面展开 料更多网站将关闭 (Internet Crackdown in China Tightens, More Websites Expected to Be Shut Down)
Radio Free Asia, December 03, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wang-12032009101427.html

Labor
开胸验肺农民工工友提出工伤赔偿 遭厂方拒绝 (Company Denies Work Injury Compensation Claim by Factory Workers Who Were Forced to Undergo an Unnecessary Surgical Chest Incision)
Xinhua News Agency, December 04, 2009
http://news.eastday.com/c/20091204/u1a4855736.html

Society
China Arrests 85 in Drugs Raids
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 03, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8392886.stm

Taiwan
Taipei Promises to Protect Beijing Envoy
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), December 03, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=80644ce0db255210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Tibet
China Delegation from Tibet Tours France
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), December 03, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-12/03/content_9110882.htm

XUAR
5 Sentenced to Death in Urumqi, 7 to be Prosecuted
China Daily, December 04, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-12/04/content_9113582.htm

Related News:
国际特赦呼吁“停止判处维族人死刑” (Amnesty International Urges China to Stop
Death Sentences against Uyghurs)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 04, 2009
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2009/12/091203_amnesty_uighurs_deaths.shtml
Uygur Leader Condemns Death Sentences
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), December 04, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=86a79d924e755210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Thursday, December 03, 2009

December 03, 2009

News
Human Rights Defender - Huang Qi (黄琦)
黄琦案上诉受阻挠 各方呼吁遵守法律流程 (Huang Qi's Appeal Obstructed, Parties Urge Compliance with Law)
Radio Free Asia, December 02, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huangqi-12022009093959.html

Protests and Petitions
成都自焚拆迁户唐福珍死亡 (Chengdu Woman Who Set Herself on Fire to Prevent Eviction and Demolition Dies after 16 Days, Husband Criminally Detained)
Southern Metropolis Daily, December 02, 2009
http://gcontent.nddaily.com/a/93/a9365bd906e11324/Blog/58a/054d55.html

玻璃墙挡住信访者 刘玉浦当即要求拆除 (Shenzhen Party Secretary Liu Yupu Calls for Smashing the Glass Wall Impeding Petitioners)
Southern Metropolis Daily, December 02, 2009
http://epaper.nddaily.com/H/html/2009-12/02/content_955705.htm

Public Health
NW China Province Requires HIV Carriers to Inform Partners
Xinhua News Agency, December 03, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-12/02/content_12577854.htm

三鹿死了,孩子们的生活还得继续 (Sanlu Caput, But the Children Live On)
Henan Business Daily, December 03, 2009
http://news.shangbw.com/guanzhu/200912/03-46474.html

Religion
China Sentences 5 Church Leaders to Labor Camp
Associated Press, December 02, 2009
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gcwPZdgx2c7bPVLxm71nb1xl11ZQD9CB13S00
Rural Issues
China to Lift Tuition for Rural Students in Vocational Schools
Xinhua News Agency, December 02, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-12/02/content_12575325.htm

Society
云南大理卫生局否认出资建同性恋酒吧 (Dali Public Health Bureau Denies Investing in Gay Bar)
China Daily, December 02, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/hqzx/2009-12/02/content_9096886.htm

Taiwan
Rampant Vote-Buying, Graft 'Tarnish Taiwan's Democracy'
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), December 03, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c4b21dc190055210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

XUAR
Uighur Protesters Land in Cambodia
The Washington Post, December 03, 2009
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/02/AR2009120203746.html

Wednesday, December 02, 2009

December 02, 2009

News
Human Rights Defender - Gao Yaojie (高耀洁)
Aids Activist Fears Return to China after Persecution
South China Morning Post, December 02, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3827980b5aa45210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Related News:
AIDS Activist in Exile
Radio Free Asia, December 01, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/activistinexile-12012009175154.html

高耀洁医生发布新书披露中国艾滋真相(图) (AIDS Activist Exposes the Truth of China's AIDS Situation in Her New Book)
Radio Free Asia, December 01, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/AIDS-12012009151509.html

Human Rights Defender - Xu Zhiyong (许志永)
许志永继续协助死刑犯家属申冤 (Xu Zhiyong Continues to Assist Families of Death-row Inmates to Redress Grievances)
Radio Free Asia, December 01, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_xuzhiyong-12012009114257.html

Human Rights Defenders
American Woman Becomes Petitioner in China
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), December 01, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091201/ap_on_re_as/as_china_us_petitioner

Related information:
Press Release: U.S. Citizen Detained in Beijing forAttempt to Deliver Letter to Obama
Human Rights in China, November 17, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/172454

刘正有妻子被以诈骗罪刑拘 (Wife of Land Rights Activist Liu Zhengyou Criminally Detained on Suspicion of Fraud)
Radio Free Asia, December 01, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/liu-12012009163526.html

大陆艾滋维权活动仍遭当局不断打压(图) (Authorities Continue Putting Pressure on Chinese AIDS Activists)
Radio Free Asia, December 01, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/AIDS-12012009100849.html

Internet Censorship
China Police Chief Warns of Unrest; Internet Testing Control
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), December 01, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091201/wl_nm/us_china_unrest

Protests and Petitions
上海血友病患者请愿被打伤 (Hemophiliac Patients with HIV/AIDS Beaten following Protest in Shanghai)
Radio Free Asia, November 30, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/petitioner_shanghai-11302009104400.html

China Activists Crash World AIDS Day Event
Associated Press (via CBS News), December 01, 2009
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/12/01/world/main5849096.shtml

安徽一百多名村民不满徵地赔偿冲击工地 (Over 100 Villagers in Anhui Clash with Police over Land Disputes)
Radio Free Asia, December 01, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/clash_land-12012009122118.html?encoding=simplified

Public Health
Gay Transmission of Aids Gaining Pace
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), December 01, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=28a6c206e8845210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Tuesday, December 01, 2009

December 1, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties

EU-China Talks Yield Little
Wall Street Journal, December 1, 2009
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125957944561669451.html

Harper to Talk Human Rights in China – ‘Respectfully.’
Camwest News Service, November 30, 2009
http://www.canada.com/Harper+talk+human+rights+China+respectfully/2286505/story.html

Disasters
三鹿破产程序终结 不再赔偿患儿 (Sanlu Bankruptcy Procedure Complete, No Further Compensation for Babies Poisoned by Tainted Milk Powder)
Radio Free Asia, November 30, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sanlu-11302009163523.html

Environment
珠海"渔女"海域忽现2公里褐带 证实为棕囊藻 (2km Brown Belt of Algae in Zhuhai's Xianglu Bay)
Southern Metropolis Daily, November 30, 2009
http://news.southcn.com/g/2009-11/30/content_6642969.htm

Gender
New Mother Sues Three Departments for Bias
South China Morning Post, November 30, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9e8ea68f47045210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Hong Kong
数千名香港居民大游行抗议建高铁 (Several Thousand Hong Kongers Demonstrate against High-speed Rail to Guangdong)
Radio Free Asia, November 30, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gang-11302009094954.html

Land
地產商強行拆樓 貴陽爆民眾衝突 (Guiyang Residents Clash with Real Estate Company after Forced Evictions and Demolitions)
Apple Daily, December 1, 2009
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/art_main.php?iss_id=20091201&sec_id=10793096&art_id=13475797

Related news:
贵阳野蛮暴力拆迁引堵路事件24人被刑拘 (24 Criminally Detained after Guiyang Clash)
Radio Free Asia, November 30, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gui-11302009163209.html
全國逾2萬文物消失 當局徹查 (Over 20K Registered Cultural Sites "Missing")
Ming Pao, December 1, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1345114/1.html

徵地糾紛 安徽千人上街砸警車 (1000 Anhuinese Take to Street and Smash Police Cars during Land Requisition Dispute)
Ming Pao, December 1, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1345111/1.html

Media
China Exposes 10 Internet Service Providers over "Vulgar" Contents
Xinhua News Agency, November 30, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-11/30/content_12567018.htm

Protests and Petitions
广东环保厅:番禺垃圾焚烧项目将举行听证 (Hearing to Be Held on Guangzhou Waste Incinerator That Led to Mass Protest)
Guangzhou Daily, December 1, 2009
http://news.southcn.com/g/2009-12/01/content_6665228.htm

Public Health
HIV Spreads among Elderly as Lonely Head to Prostitutes
South China Morning Post, December 1, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=428ed5d6bf545210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related news:
HIV-infected Chinese Children Struggle with Stigma
Reuters, December 1, 2009
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK128142.htm
Religion
Falun Gong Wages War of Words with China
Voice of America, November 30, 2009
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Falun-Gong-Wages-War-of-Words-with-China-78187962.html

Monday, November 30, 2009

November 28-30, 2009

News
Corruption
河南官員受賄千萬 判囚15年 (Henan Officials Jailed for 15 Years over 10 Million RMB Bribes)
Ming Pao, November 30, 2009
http://news.mingpao.com/20091130/caa3.htm

10 Journalists Charged over Hushed-up Mine Disaster
South China Morning Post, November 28, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8e6fb160e9635210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Jailed China Mafia Trial Judge Kills Self: Report
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), November 30, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091130/wl_asia_afp/chinacrimecorruptiontrial

Disasters
法院拒绝受理公安告地震局发布虚假信息 (Beijing Court Refuses to Accept Case Brought against State Seismological Bureau to Spread False Information on Sichuan Earthquake)
Radio Free Asia, November 27, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/lawsuit_government-11272009113001.html?encoding=simplified

Government
Leadership Set to Reshuffle Positions in Key Provinces
South China Morning Post, November 30, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=fd8535ef6d045210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender - Zhang Lin (张林)
民运人士张林出狱后行动受监视 (Pro-democracy Activists Put under Surveillance after His Release)
Radio Free Asia, November 29, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhang-11292009174025.html

Human Rights Defenders
Chinese AIDS Activist Held
Radio Free Asia, November 27, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/activist-11272009174731.html

Multilateral
Chinese Premier Meets EU Officials Before Summit
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), November 29, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-11/29/content_9073321.htm

Population
Experts Urge Switch from One Child Policy
China Daily, November 27, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-11/27/content_9067869.htm

Protests and Petitions
成都钉子户女户主自焚抗拒拆迁 (Woman in Sichuan Sets Fire to Herself in Attempt to Stop Demolition of Her Home)
Radio Free Asia, November 27, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/demolishing_clash-11272009105616.html?encoding=simplified

Public Health
First Government-backed Gay Bar to Open on Mainland in HIV Fight
South China Morning Post, November 30, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c584e2563d045210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

First Lawsuit Starts in China Milk Scandal: State Media
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), November 28, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091128/wl_asia_afp/chinafoodsafetymilkchildcourt

China Tries to Fix Crumbling Health Care System
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), November 29, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091129/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_fixing_health_care

Friday, November 27, 2009

November 27, 2009

News

Children
China Executes 2 Men for Abducting, Selling Children
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), November 26, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091127/wl_nm/us_china_abduction

Environment
China Unveils Carbon Target for Copenhagen Deal
Reuters, November 26, 2009
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE5AP1JM20091126

NW China Lead Victims to Be Relocated
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), November 26, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-11/26/content_9059700.htm

Food Security
中國查獲六億元違法食品 (Authorities Seize 0.6 Billion RMB Worth of Illegal Food)
Xinhua News Agency (via Ming Pao), November 26, 2009
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20091126/ca42245c.htm

Freedom of Speech
全国扫黄打非办就严打手机淫秽色情信息答记者问 (Official Responds to Reporters' Queries about The National Campaign to Crack down on Obscene Phone Messages)
Xinhua News Agency, November 26, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-11/26/content_12541473.htm

Human Rights Defender - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
高智晟现被非法羁留在北京看守所 (Gao Zhisheng Reportedly Illegally Detained in Beijing's Detention Center)
Radio Free Asia, November 26, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissident_gaozhisheng-11262009103211.html?encoding=simplified


Related News:
Family Plea for Missing Lawyer
Radio Free Asia, November 26, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/gaozhisheng-11262009091324.html


Human Rights Defenders
中国工党主席方圆被香港拒绝入境(图) (Chinese Labor Party Chairman Fang Yuan Denied Entry to Hong Kong)
Radio Free Asia, November 26, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangyuan-11262009132230.html

Labor
9 Dead, 1 Missing in SW China Colliery Gas Leak
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), November 27, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-11/27/content_9064482.htm

黑龙江矿难被质疑 家属拒遗体火化 (Family Members Refuse to Cremate Victims of Heilongjiang Coal Mine Accident)
Radio Free Asia, November 26, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hei-11262009111105.html

Police
Out in the Open
South China Morning Post, November 26, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8685c56194b25210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
逾千人联署要求废除深圳“信访恶法” (Over 1000 Sign A Petition for Abolition of Shenzhen's "Unjust Regulation" on Petitioning)
Radio Free Asia, November 26, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_petition-11262009104848.html?encoding=simplified

Religion
China House Church Leaders Sentenced
Associated Press, November 26, 2009
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gcwPZdgx2c7bPVLxm71nb1xl11ZQD9C7444O0

Related News:
临汾教会五名信徒被罗织罪名判刑 (Five House Church Members Sentenced on
Trumped-up Charges)
Radio Free Asia, November 26, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/religion_christian-11262009095634.html?encoding=simplified

Thursday, November 26, 2009

November 26, 2009

Bilateral Ties
China's Top Political Advisor Starts Visit to Brazil
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), November 26, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-11/26/content_9054592.htm

DPRK top leader meets visiting Chinese defense minister
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), November 25, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-11/25/content_9051723.htm

Tunisia and China Look to Boost Cooperation Ties
Xinhua News Agency, November 25, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-11/25/content_12539163.htm

Environment
垃圾分类被指作秀 北京正面临垃圾围城危机 (Beijing's Waste Recycling Policy Fails; The City Faces "Trash" Crisis)
Xinhua News Agency, November 26, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-11/26/content_12540422_2.htm

Gender
Crackdown Fails to Scare Dongguan's Sex-trade Veterans
South China Morning Post, November 26, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c2570d0039b25210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Human Rights Defender - Liu Xiaobo(刘晓波)
Detention of China Dissident Liu Xiaobo Extended
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), November 25, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_as/as_china_detained_dissident

Labor
Death Toll Rises to 15 in Central China Colliery Blast
Xinhua News Agency, November 25, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-11/25/content_12539469.htm

Death toll in mine blast rises to 107
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), November 25, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d77730d519925210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Media
广东东莞将发放“专用采访证”引争议 (Authorities in Dongguan, Guangdong Draft A Document on "Special Press Cards" for Reporters Causing Widespread Criticism)
Radio Free Asia, November 25, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jizhe-11252009092803.html

报道高干巨富 数家报刊遭警告 (Several Newspapers Warned After Reporting Figures about Senior Cadres' Wealth)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 25, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/119/article_17686.asp

Military
Mainland May Pull Some Missiles: Expert
China Daily, November 26, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-11/26/content_9052055.htm

Police
State-run Magazine Reports on Black Jails in China
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), November 25, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_as/as_china_black_jails

Chinese officials reveal jails
The Age, November 26, 2009
http://www.theage.com.au/world/chinese-officials-reveal-jails-20091125-jrq5.html

Protests and Petitions
帮助上访者 福州网民被控"诬告陷害" (Netizens in Fuzhou Charged with "Making False Charges" After Helping A Petitioner)
Radio France Internationale, November 25, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/119/article_17685.asp

Public Health
联合国在中国发布艾滋病情况报告 (UN Releases Report on HIV in China)
Radio France Internationale, November 25, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/119/article_17692.asp

China Confronts "Severe Task" of AIDS Prevention, Treatment: Vice Premier
Xinhua News Agency, November 25, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-11/25/content_12539359.htm

Rural Issues
广州大学城下暴力強拆 二百人流离失所 (200 Left Homeless in Guangzhou After Forced Eviction)
Radio Free Asia, November 26, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/chaiqian-11252009095746.html

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

November 25, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties

加外交部长披露哈珀访华主要议题 (Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Announces Primary Topics for Discussion for Harper's December Visit)
Radio Free Asia, November 24, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jia-11242009100140.html

Death Penalty
China Executes Two for Tainted Milk Scandal
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), November 25, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091124/wl_nm/us_china_melamine_executions

Education
In China, an Easy Route to Academic Glory
Asia Times Online, November 25, 2009
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/KK25Ad01.html

Environment
China Farmers Face Climate Woes
Financial Times, November 25, 2009
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/01f128f6-d925-11de-b2d5-00144feabdc0.html

Gender
Sex Change Rules Mended
Global Times, November 23, 2009
http://life.globaltimes.cn/health/2009-11/487009.html

Human Rights Defenders
李国谅因“传播虚假恐怖信息罪”受审 (Housing Rights Defender Stands Trial for "Propagating False Terrorism Information")
Radio France Internationale, November 25, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/119/article_17657.asp

Internet Censorship
China to Wipe Out Unlicensed Video Websites: Official
Xinhua News Agency, November 24, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2009-11/24/content_9037853.htm

中国网络媒体表示将加强网络安全 (Chinese Online Media Indicate Intention to Increase Online Safety Measures)
Radio Free Asia, November 24, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wangluo-11242009163502.html

Police
Police Admit Torturing Student for Confession before His Death
South China Morning Post, November 25, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d2d866eaa1725210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
佛山失地农民阻施工案开庭 近百农民声援 (Court Hearing Land Dispute Case Involving Hundred Landless Peasants in Guangdong)
Radio Free Asia, November 24, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/nongmin-11242009092218.html

不断有访民被关北京黑监狱 (Petitioners Continue to Be Detained in Beijing's Black Jails)
Radio Free Asia, November 24, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-11242009093745.html

Public Health
UNAIDS Report Says Heterosexual Sexual Contact Main Cause for HIV's Spread in China
The Canadian Press, November 24, 2009
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hTz8Rp5bY9oGTa-WtKv389WcZ1cg

Society
民間輿論壓力大 中共高層屈服 民族團結柱搬離天安門 (Pillars Representing China's "Ethnicities" to Be Moved from Tiananmen Square following Public Pressure)
Apple Daily, November 25, 2009
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20091125&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=13456291

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

November 24, 2009

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Huang Qi (黄琦)
曾揭川震豆腐渣 黃琦判囚3年 持有國家機密罪成 妻子批政府報復 (Earthquake Activist Jailed for 3 Years; His Wife Thinks It Is Revenge)
Ming Pao, November 24, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1337895/1.html


Related information:
HRIC Condemns Three-Year Sentence for Earthquake Activist
Human Rights in China, November 23, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/172487

News

Bilateral Ties
Top Chinese Political Advisor Starts visit to Ecuador
Xinhua News Agency, November 24, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-11/24/content_12528558.htm

Corruption
Senior Chinese Official Calls for Greater Efforts Against Commercial Bribery
Xinhua News Agency, November 24, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-11/23/content_12526966.htm

Disasters
Miners' Families Demand Answers as Death Toll from Blast Rises to 104
South China Morning Post, November 24, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2c913216495213d5df646910cba0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0d77552254125210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Environment
农村仍有2.7亿人没有喝上达标水 (270 Million People in Rural Areas Still Lack Access to Clean Drinking Water)
China Youth Daily, November 23, 2009
http://www.cyol.net/zqb/content/2009-11/23/content_2947561.htm

Human Rights Defender - Tan Zuoren (谭作人)
譚作人案料快宣判 (Verdict Expected Soon in Tan Zuoren Trial)
Ming Pao, November 24, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1337894/1.html

Human Rights Defender - Jiang Tianyong (江天勇)
Obama Must Help Chinese Dissident: US Lawmakers
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), November 24, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091124/pl_afp/uschinarightsobamapoliticscongress

Labor
Bosses Blamed for Blast
Radio Free Asia, November 23, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/hegang-mine-blast-11232009094928.html

Law
最高检:监听窃听等有望用于侦察职务犯罪 (SPP: Wiretapping Expected to Be Used during Criminal Investigation)
Xinhua News Agency, November 24, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-11/24/content_12527558.htm

Media
安徽芜湖中院否认禁止媒体旁听“白宫书记案” (Wuhu Intermediate Court Denies Banning Media from Corruption Trial for "White House Secretary")
Xinhua News Agency, November 24, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-11/24/content_12527518.htm


Related news:
'White house director' on Trial for Corruption
China Daily, November 20, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2009-11/20/content_9007518.htm

本报副总编辑突遭歹徒毒打 (Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Hebei Youth Daily Severely Beaten)
Hebei Youth Daily, November 23, 2009
http://www.hbqnb.com/news/html/TopNews/2009/1123/091123140518216212993.html

Police
China Police Officers Stand Trial for Juvenile Death in Custody
Xinhua News Agency, November 24, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-11/24/content_12528841.htm

Official Says Gang Trials Fair, Just
China Daily, November 24, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-11/24/content_9026910.htm

Protests and Petitions
More than 1,000 Protest China Relocation
Associated Press, November 23, 2009
http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1115476

Taiwan
Taiwan Concedes Territorial Waters near China
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), November 24, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091123/wl_nm/us_taiwan_china