天津愛滋病帶菌者隱瞞病情才獲治癌 (Tianjin Man with HIV Only Succeeds in Scheduling Treatment at Hospital for Cancer after Concealing That He Has HIV)
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 22, 2012
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20121122/news_20121122_55_884575.htm
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Public Health
Religion
内蒙九基督徒传教被拘两人劳教 河南漯河要村民举报“邪教” (Inner Mongolia: 9 Christians Detained for "Using a Cult to Undermine the Implementation of the Law" and, 2 Ordered to Reeducation)
Radio Free Asia, November 21, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ql1-11212012103121.html
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Human Rights Defenders
内蒙哈达之子打破沉默 揭露当局陷他家于生存困境 (Mongolian Activist Hada's Son Breaks Silence, Reveals Difficult Situation Authorities Have Placed Their Family In)
Radio Free Asia, November 20, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ql1-11202012104755.html
Notes from a recent interview with Xinna (Hada's wife) are available at:
哈达被秘密关押 家人恳求国际关注
Mongolian Dissident Hada in 23rd Month of Unlawful Detention after Long Prison Term; Family Appeals for International Attention
Human Rights in China, October 22, 2012
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/6341
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/6340
Migrant Workers
Grim Fate of Migrant Workers Maimed in China's 'Black Factories'
South China Morning Post, November 21, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1086971/grim-fate-migrant-workers-maimed-chinas-black-factories
Law
甘肃拟规定城管员可对暴力抗法使用身体强制力 (Gansu Drafts Guidelines Stipulating Urban Management Officers Can Use Physical Coercion When Encountering Violent Resistance to Law Enforcement)
China News Service, November 21, 2012
http://news.163.com/12/1121/10/8GR2FP4K00014JB6.html
Related:
甘肃省城市管理行政执法指南 (Gansu Provincial Guidelines on the Administrative Enforcement of Law by Urban Management)
November 2012
http://www.gsfzb.gov.cn/FZDT/ShowArticle.asp?ArticleID=64847
Politics
China's Backroom Power Brokers Block Reform Candidates
Reuters, November 21, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/21/us-china-congress-poll-idUSBRE8AK01F20121121
Protests and Petitions
18大后各地强拆又已开始 济南青岛两市连续引发抗议 (Protests in Jinan and Qingdao as Requisition and Demolitions Resume after 18th Party Congress)
Radio Free Asia, November 20, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fy-11202012114413.html
Tibet
China Sets Up Firefighters at Tibetan Monasteries
The Guardian, November 20, 2012
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/nov/20/tibet-monasteries-fire-fighters
Related:
Two More Tibetans Self-immolate
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 21, 2012
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20121121/news_20121121_56_884242.htm
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Human Rights Defenders
人权组织:十八大期间至少两访民死亡 (Rights Groups: At Least 2 Petitioners Died during 18th Party Congress)
Deutsche Welle, November 19, 2012
http://www.dw.de/人权组织十八大期间至少两访民死亡/a-16389412
异议作家李必丰被判刑12年 (Dissident Poet Li Bifeng Sentenced to 12 Years for "Fraud", Friends Say Conviction Due to Writing, Funding Dissidents)
Deutsche Welle, November 19, 2012
http://www.dw.de/异议作家李必丰被判刑12年/a-16389523
For more on Li Bifeng, see Liao Yiwu's Acceptance Speech for the 2012 Kapuściński Award for Literary Reportage:
为他人的自由而写 ——2012年卡普钦斯基国际报导文学奖答谢词
Writing for the Freedom of Others
China Rights Forum, 2012, no. 1
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/crf/article/6174
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/crf/article/6142
Law
重庆被劳教村官任建宇获释 称变得特别不自信 (Ren Jianyu, Chongqing Village Official Ordered to Reeducation, Released, Says He Has Come to Lack Confidence)
China Youth Daily, November 20, 2012
http://news.qq.com/a/20121120/000276.htm
For more on Ren Jianyu, see:
Man Sent to Labor Camp for Subversive Comments and T-shirt Files Lawsuit
Ministry of Tofu, October 15, 2012
http://www.ministryoftofu.com/2012/10/man-sent-to-labor-camp-for-subversive-comments-and-t-shirt-files-lawsuit/
Population
Growing Urban Populations a Big Challenge
China Daily, November 20, 2012
http://english.sina.com/china/2012/1119/528515.html
Protests and Petitions
福安骚乱民众指交警滥权执法 (Fu'an, Fujian: 50 Detained in Mass Riot against Traffic Cop's Excessive Law Enforcement)
Radio Free Asia, November 19, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/riot-11192012090852.html
Rural Issues
Rural School Pupils Drop to 10-year Low
China Daily, November 20, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-11/20/content_15944175.htm
Tibet
Tibetan Town Shaken by Six Self-immolations in One Week
The Hindu, November 19, 2012
http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/tibetan-town-shaken-by-six-selfimmolations-in-one-week/article4112300.ece
Sunday, November 18, 2012
Internet
China: Beijing Twitterer Detained for Writing Micro-fiction
Global Voices Online, November 18, 2012
http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2012/11/18/china-beijing-twitterer-detained-for-writing-micro-fiction/
Media
The Great China Handover
Al Jazeera, November 17, 2012
http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/listeningpost/2012/11/2012111710112653976.html
Migrant Workers
五年级农民工二代:理想是当清洁工 (Fifth Grader Student of the "Next Generation" of Migrant Workers: Ideal Job Is to Be a Janitor)
The Beijing Times, November 19, 2012
http://ndnews.oeeee.com/html/201211/19/2797.html
Politics
Elevation of Liu Yunshan Heightens Censorship Fears
South China Morning Post, November 17, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1084357/elevation-liu-yunshan-heightens-censorship-fears
Poverty
China Street Children Die in Bin
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 18, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-20389004
Protests and Petitions
汕頭村民圍村委會抗議 (Liantang, Shantou, Guangdong: Villagers Surround Village Committee Office in Protest, Calling for Vote of Representatives in Committee to Investigate Land Grab)
Oriental Daily, November 18, 2012
http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20121118/00178_004.html