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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

November 21-23, 2009

Top news
Human Rights Defender – Huang Qi (黄琦)
內地維權人士黃琦判囚3年 (Huang Qi Sentenced to Three Years for Illegally Possessing State Secrets)
Ming Pao, November 23, 2009
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20091123/ca11133i.htm

Chengdu-based rights activist Huang Qi (黄琦) was sentenced this morning to three years’ imprisonment on charges of "illegal possession of state secrets." This sentence comes over three months after he was tried in a closed hearing on August 5, 2009. Huang, who is the founder of Tianwang Human Rights Centre (www.64tianwang.com), was detained on June 10, 2008, by authorities after participating in Sichuan earthquake relief activities and researching and publishing news about the plight of parents who had lost children in the quake and its aftermath. He was formally arrested on July 18, 2008.

Related news:
China Quake Dissident Jailed for 3 Years: Family
Reuters, November 22, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE5AM0IC20091123

Related information:
Authorities Kidnapped and Prevented Court Appearance by Witness for Huang Qi’s Case
Human Rights in China, August 5, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/171781

News
Bilateral Ties
China, EU Hold Human Rights Dialogue
Xinhua News Agency, November 21, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-11/21/content_9015562.htm

Human Rights Defender – Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)
Chinese Rights Lawyer's Wife Gets US Asylum: Supporters
Agence France-Presse, November 22, 2009
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jPI8ilbd3ycHBUNEG21tTEl0h-Iw

Related news:
在广东监狱服刑的郭飞雄的妻子儿女获得美国政治庇护 (Imprisoned Rights Defender Guo Feixiong's Family Granted Political Asylum in U.S.)
Radio Free Asia, November 19, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhangqing-11192009133629.html

Human Rights Defenders
维权律师林洪楠不服停业处罚在听证会上答辩 (Rights Defense Law Lin Hongnan Refuses to Heed Penalty to Stop Practice, Continues Defense of Client in Yan Xiaoling Case)
Radio Free Asia, November 20, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_lawyer-11202009111105.html

Labor
Fund Set to Help the Disabled Jobless
Xinhua News Agency, November 23, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200911/20091123/article_420334.htm

黑龙江矿难104死 省长称负领导责任 (104 Dead in Heilongjiang Coal Mine Explosion)
Southern Weekend, November 23, 2009
http://www.infzm.com/content/37791

Related news:
China Families Protest Mine Disaster, Toll Hits 104
Reuters, November 22, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSPEK284285

Protests and Petitions
广州城管委今日联合接访　番禺业主自发前往 (Panyu, Guangzhou Residents Send Loud "No" Response to Waste Incinerator Project)
Southern Metropolis Daily, November 23, 2009
http://www.ycwb.com/news/2009-11/23/content_2338966.htm

Related news:
Incinerator Plans on Back Burner until Assessments OK
China Daily, November 23, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2009-11/23/content_9019769.htm

Related information:
Videos taken of the demonstration:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrCOWeIJQ4Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI2mye61a2M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDUhUE9-Y-I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wztNvhmIdzs

Religion
Chinese Ex-president Sought in Spanish Probe: Lawyer
Agence France-Presse, November 19, 2009
http://www.sinodaily.com/2006/091119193332.f2vnc0bs.html

Police Detained Clergymen to Disrupt Service, Church Says
South China Morning Post, November 23, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f2760dda76c15210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

November 20, 2009

Top News of The Day

Human Rights Defender - Jiang Tianyong (江天勇)
北京律师江天勇19日受到警方羁押 (Beijing Rights Defense Lawyer Detained)
Radio France Internationale, November 20, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/119/article_17562.asp

Rights defense lawyer Jiang Tianyong (江天勇), a signer of Charter 08, was surrounded by at least four policemen in front of his building on November 19, 2009, at around 7:30 a.m. as he was leaving home to take his seven-year-old daughter to school. Jiang was roughed up and taken away by the police to the nearby Haidian District Yangfangdian Police Substation, where he was interrogated in the basement. Jiang was released on the evening of November 19, 2009, after a thirteen-and-a-half-hour detention.

Related information:
Rights Defense Lawyer Detained for 13.5 Hours After Efforts to Meet With Obama in Beijing
Human Rights in China, November 19, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/172474

News
Bilateral Ties
China Helps the Powerful in Namibia
New York Times, November 20, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/20/world/asia/20namibia.html

US Advisory Panel Warns of Rampant Chinese Spying
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), November 19, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_on_bi_ge/us_us_china

Top Official Visits as Japan Refocuses
China Daily, November 20, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-11/20/content_9007310.htm

Chinese Top Legislator Hold Talks with ROK National Assembly Speaker
Xinhua News Agency, November 18, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-11/18/content_12486612.htm

Corruption
河南省财政厅原副厅长姬林芳受贿一审被判13年 (Former Official in Henan Sentenced to 13 Years for Bribery)
Xinhua News Agency, November 20, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-11/19/content_12494088.htm

Freedom of Speech
Crackdown Launched on Cell Phone Porn
China Daily, November 20, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-11/20/content_9007928.htm

学者建议中国政府尽量批准合法游行示威 (Chinese Scholars Suggest Gov't to Allow Lawful Demonstrations)
Radio Free Asia, November 20, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/protest-11192009120535.html

Human Rights Defender - Zhou Yongjun (周勇军)
学运领袖周勇军案开庭 (Trial for June 4th Student Leader Begins)
Radio Free Asia, November 20, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zyj-11192009140919.html

Human Rights Defender - Huang Qi (黄琦)
被控非法持有国家机密 黄琦案下周一宣判 (Verdict Next Monday in Trial of Cyber-dissident Charged with "Illegal Possession of State Secrets")
Radio Free Asia, November 20, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huangqi-11192009135842.html

Human Rights
China Tries Dissident from U.S. After Obama Leaves
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), November 19, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091119/wl_nm/us_china_dissident

Land Policy
Blighted Villagers May Be on Move
Shanghai Daily, November 20, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200911/20091120/article_420086.htm

Taiwan
Taiwan to Recruit Mainland Students
China Daily, November 18, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-11/18/content_8997049.htm

Tibet
China Denounces Dalai's Italy Visit
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), November 19, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-11/19/content_9006554.htm

November 19, 2009

News
Economic Development
Wen Says China Doesn't Seek Trade Surplus with US
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), November 18, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091118/ap_on_bi_ge/as_obama_china_wen

Human Rights Defender - Wang Rongqing (王荣清)
浙江民主党人王荣清狱中病危 (Democratic Movement Activist from Zhejiang Terminally Ill in Prison)
Radio Free Asia, November 18, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wrq-11182009163727.html

Human Rights Defender - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
高智晟下落不明 其姐遭软禁威胁 (Gao Zhisheng Still Missing, His Sister Threatened and Put under House Arrest)
Radio Free Asia, November 18, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gzs-11182009145503.html

Human Rights Defenders
Obama’s China Visit Leaves Dissidents Disappointed
Agence France-Presse, November 18, 2009
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Obama+China+visit+leaves+dissidents+disappointed/2238732/story.html

Law
最高检下发《人民检察院检察建议工作规定（试行）》 (Supreme People's Procuratorate Issues "Regulation on Suggestion on Procuratorate Work (Pilot)")
Xinhua News Agency, November 17, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-11/17/content_12477442.htm

Related information:
记者就《人民检察院检察建议工作规定（试行）》采访最高检有关负责人 (Interview with SPP Official on "Regulation on Suggestion on Procuratorate Work (Pilot)" )
Xinhua News Agency, November 17, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-11/17/content_12477439.htm

人民检察院检察建议工作规定（试行) (Regulation on Suggestion on Procuratorate Work (Pilot))
Procuratorial Daily, November 18, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-11/18/content_12480202.htm

Media
拍攝「奧巴毛」T恤 CNN女記者被扣2小時 (CNN Reported Detained for 2 Hours for Shooting the "ObaMao" T-shirt)
Ming Pao, November 19, 2009
http://news.mingpao.com/20091118/cad4.htm

『南方周末』专访奥巴马稿件被禁上网 (Draft of Southern Weekend's Exclusive Interview with Obama Banned from Being Published on Internet)
Radio France Internationale, November 19, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/119/article_17531.asp

Public Health
Beijing's Poor Visit Illegal Clinics
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 19, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8358301.stm

Tibet
达赖：感谢奥巴马提及西藏 (Grateful to Obama for Mentioning Tibet: Dalai Lama)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 17, 2009
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2009/11/091117_dalai_us_stance.shtml

November 18, 2009

Top News of the Day

Protests and Petitions
京滬加強監控異見人士 (Beijing, Shanghai Authorities Tighten Squeeze on Dissidents)
Ming Pao, November 18, 2009
http://news.mingpao.com/20091118/cad1.htm

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

News
Bilateral Ties
Obama Calls for Climate Pact with 'Immediate' Effect
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), November 17, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091117/sc_afp/chinausdiplomacyobamaclimate

Obama Pushes Human Rights in Meetings with Chinese
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), November 17, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091117/ap_on_re_as/as_obama_human_rights

Students at Town-Hall Meeting Were Coached Cadres, Reports Say
South China Morning Post, November 18, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=79731e0e17205210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Disasters
安徽雪災災民近兩百萬 (Snowstorm in Anhui Affects Nearly 2 Million People)
Ming Pao, November 17, 2009
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20091117/ca22322c.htm

Hong Kong
Hong Kong Unveils Long-awaited Democracy Blueprint
Reuters, November 18, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE5AH0HM20091118

Human Rights Defenders
刘正有被刑拘前正计划协助地震受害人维权 (Liu Zhengyou Detained After Planning to Assist in Defending Rights of Sichuan Earthquake Victims)
Radio Free Asia, November 17, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_arrested-11172009114908.html?encoding=simplified

Media
China to Shut Down Mobile Porn Websites
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), November 17, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-11/17/content_8987910.htm

Protests and Petitions
数十名上海访民在北京被拘留 (Shanghai Petitioners Detained in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, November 17, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/petitioner_beijing-11172009111156.html?encoding=simplified

Tibet
'Tibetans Open to Talks with China'
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), November 17, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091117/wl_sthasia_afp/chinausdiplomacyobamatibet

Group: Founder of Tibetan Web Site Gets 15 Years
Associated Press (via Taiwan News), November 18, 2009
http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1110779

November 17, 2009

Top News of the Day

Protests and Petitions
北京警方拘捕数十名异议人士和请愿人士 (Beijing Police Arrest Dozens of Dissidents and Petitioners)
Radio France Internationale, November 17, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/119/article_17503.asp

Related News:
Shanghai Petitioner, Beaten, Writes Letter to President Obama
Human Rights in China, November 16, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/172439

News

Bilateral Ties
胡锦涛和奥巴马强调两国合作 (Hu, Obama Stress Cooperation)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 17, 2009
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2009/11/091117_obama_hu.shtml

On the Internet in China, Obama Presses for Freedom
The Sydney Morning Herald, November 16, 2009
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/on-the-internet-in-china-obama-presses-for-freedom-20091116-ihux.html

Obama Is Silenced by Firewall of China
Financial Times, November 16, 2009
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e4e74d78-d29c-11de-af63-00144feabdc0.html

Corruption
Courts Told to Hear More Cases against Government Officials
South China Morning Post, November 17, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=70afb3e433df4210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Disasters
Landslide in Northern China Kills 23
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), November 16, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091117/ap_on_re_as/as_china_landslide

Media
CNN Reporter Detained in Shanghai over Obama-Mao T-shirt
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), November 16, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091117/wl_asia_afp/chinausdiplomacymediacnn

Human Rights Defender - Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)
Chinese Activist Lives in Airport for Weeks
Financial Times, November 16, 2009
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3f0d3dae-d2dd-11de-af63-00144feabdc0.html

Public Health
A/H1N1 Flu Death Toll Rises to 53 on Mainland
China Daily, November 17, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-11/17/content_8985471.htm

Taiwan
台湾关注中美首脑如何定位美中台三方关系 (Taiwan Concerned with How Chinese and U.S. Leaders Define US-China-Taiwan Tripartite Relationship)
Radio France Internationale, November 16, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/119/article_17487.asp

Three Gorges
Plan for Three Gorges' Water Level Stalled
South China Morning Post, November 17, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0244a707b2bf4210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

November 14-16, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
Obama Arrives in China for Maiden Visit
Agence France-Presse, November 15, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091116/wl_asia_afp/chinausdiplomacy

Related news:
Taiwan Issue, Spying Hold Back Ties With US Military
South China Morning Post, November 16, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d52e2f6a148f4210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

奥巴马在上海与青年学生对话 (Obama Holds Open Forum with University Students in Shanghai)
Radio France Internationale, November 16, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/119/article_17483.asp

中美关系：人权重，重几何？ (Sino-American Relations: Human Rights Is Important, But How Much?)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 13, 2009
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/indepth/2009/11/091112_ana_uschina_humanright.shtml

Related information:
丁子霖致奥巴马总统的信 (Letter to President Barack Obama from Ding Zilin)
November 13, 2009
English: http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/172409
Chinese: http://gb.hrichina.org/gate/gb/big5.hrichina.org/public/contents/17967

Human Rights Defenders
China Dissidents 'Detained Ahead of Obama Visit'
Agence France-Presse, November 14, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091114/wl_asia_afp/chinarightsusdiplomacy

Related news:
Organizer of Families of Tainted Milk Powder Victims Detained
Human Rights in China, November 13, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/172422

維權人士被強行帶離北京 (Rights Activists Forced to Leave Beijing prior to Obama Visit)
Ming Pao, November 16, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1328958/1.html

Labor
民工討薪遭百人圍毆 (Hunan Migrant Workers Demanding Back Wages Surrounded, Beaten by 100+ People )
Ming Pao, November 14, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1327308/1.html

Multilateral
UN Slated for Stifling Net Debate
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 16, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8361849.stm
re
Police
教師寫網誌被拘 狀告公安 (Liaoning Elementary School Teacher Criminally Detained after Writing Online Magazine Criticizing Local PSB)
Ming Pao, November 16, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1328957/1.html

Protests and Petitions
Shenzhen Hardens Rules on Detaining Citizens
Financial Times, November 13, 2009
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ba2f01ee-d039-11de-a8db-00144feabdc0.html

上海访民吁请美国总统奥巴马关注中国人权问题 (200 Shanghainese Petitioners Send Joint Letter to Obama Calling for Attention on Human Rights)
Radio Free Asia, November 15, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shang-11152009161451.html

Religion
China Blocks Unregistered Church Service Again
Associated Press, November 15, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091115/ap_on_re_as/as_china_closed_churches

Tibet
Dalai Lama Was a Slave Master, China Tells Obama
Associated Press, November 15, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091115/ap_on_re_as/as_china_obama_tibet

November 13, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
China Cautions Obama over Meeting Dalai Lama
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), November 12, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091112/ap_on_re_as/as_china_obama_dalai_lama

Obama to Press China on Afghanistan
Financial Times, November 12, 2009
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7f2bf2d0-cf78-11de-b876-00144feabdc0.html

China Carefully Navigates Ties with Straits Chinese
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), November 12, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091112/wl_nm/us_china_southeastasia

Chilean President Visits Shanghai
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), November 13, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-11/13/content_8961338.htm

Disasters
Storm Causes 38 Deaths in North China
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), November 13, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-11/13/content_8966997.htm

Economic Development
Chinese President Arrives in Singapore for State Visit, APEC Meeting
Xinhua News Agency, November 11, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-11/11/content_12434952.htm

Freedom of Speech
Report Details Threats to Mainland Journalists
Associated Press (via South China Morning Post), November 13, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d68ddbf4a39e4210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights
Abuse in China's 'Black Jails': Rights Group
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), November 12, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091112/wl_asia_afp/chinasecurityrightshrw

Human Rights Defender - Ding Zilin (丁子霖)
丁子霖發公開信 籲奧營救劉曉波 (Tiananmen Mother Ding Zilin Urges President Obama to Rescue Jailed Dissident Liu Xiaobo)
Ming Pao, November 13, 2009
http://news.mingpao.com/20091113/caa2.htm

Human Rights Defender - Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)
Activist Stuck in Tokyo Airport Limbo
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), November 13, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=577ddbf4a39e4210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Internet Censorship
美国驻华使领馆邀请了民间博客聚会 (US Embassy Meets Chinese Bloggers via Video-conference)
Radio Free Asia, November 12, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/us_china_internet-11122009105459.html?encoding=simplified

Protests and Petitions
Holdout in ‘Fight to Death’
Radio Free Asia, November 12, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/holdouthomeowner-11122009164445.html

Religion
温州白象教会领袖黄乐敏被判刑并罚款 (Baixiang Church Leader in Zhejiang Sentenced and Fined)
Radio Free Asia, November 12, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/religion_christian-11122009112738.html?encoding=simplified

Taiwan
Cross-Strait Talks Set for December
South China Morning Post, November 13, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4cbad34f327e4210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

November 12, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
Activists Urge President Obama to Question China's One Child Policy
Voice of America, November 10, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-11-11-voa24.cfm?rss=asia

Environment
Residents in the Pearl River Delta Region Worried about Pollution and Water Quality, Survey Shows
South China Morning Post, November 12, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1f5a0393724e4210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender – Tan Zuoren (谭作人)
谭作人看守所录像公开 律师促依法宣判 (Video Footage of Tan Zuoren Detained Made Available, Lawyer Urges Verdict in Accordance with the Law)
Radio Free Asia, November 11, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/tan-11112009161630.html

Media
80pc of Caijing Staff Quit to Follow Editor
South China Morning Post, November 12, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=207a0393724e4210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related news:
Hu Shuli's Successor at Caijing Confirmed
Economic Observer, November 11, 2009
http://www.eeo.com.cn/ens/homepage/briefs/2009/11/11/155346.shtml

中国舆论监督网受到黑客攻击 ("China Public Opinion Monitor Network" Attacked by Hackers)
Radio Free Asia, November 11, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yulun-11112009155905.html

Police
拘留所推进新模式 由“看押型”向“矫治型”转变 (Detention Centers Go from "Custodial" to "Correctional")
Xinhua News Agency, November 12, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-11/12/content_12438182.htm

Protests and Petitions
Shenzhen Petitioners may be Sent to Labour Camps
South China Morning Post, November 12, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d1aa0393724e4210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related news:
深圳：多次非正常上访或被劳教 (Shenzhen: Those Submitting Multiple "Atypical" Petitions Could Be Ordered to Reeducation-Through-Labor)
Southern Metropolis Daily, November 11, 2009
http://gcontent.nddaily.com/3/10/310ce61c90f3a46e/Blog/9ac/002b57.html

逾百访民申请游行 部分访民被拘留 (100+ Petitioners Apply to Demonstrate, Some Detained)
Radio Free Asia, November 11, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-11112009093041.html

Tibet
达赖喇嘛：别把我的宗教访问过于政治化 (Don't Politicize My Religious Visits: Dalai Lama)
Radio France Internationale, November 11, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/119/article_17385.asp