January 16-18, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
China Tried to Hack Our Computers, Says India’s Security Chief M.K. Narayanan
The Times, January 18, 2010
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6991789.ece

Civil Society
“保障性工作者权益”NGO遭遇寒冬 (Chinese NGO for Sex Workers Faces Financial Obstacles)
Democracy & Law, January 18, 2010
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/sd/2010-01-18/115019491673.shtml

Hong Kong
Hong Kong Approves China Rail Link
The Wall Street Journal, January 17, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703569004575008402152914416.html

Human Rights Defender – Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
Chinese Lawyer Declared ‘Missing’ after Arrest
New York Times, January 16, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/16/world/asia/16china.html

Did the Chinese Security Forces Kill Gao Zhisheng?
The Independent, January 16, 2010
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/did-the-chinese-security-forces-kill-gao-zhisheng-1869532.html

Human Rights Defender – Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
胡绩伟等老党员呼吁重新审查刘晓波案定罪依据的合法性 (Hu Jiwei and Other Senior Party Members Call for Review on Legitimacy of Liu's Trial)
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hu-01172010181413.html

Human Rights Defenders
Tight Security as Dissidents Mark Death of Zhao Ziyang
South China Morning Post, January 18, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=da64d9b7bcc36210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Wife Says Leader of China Writers' Group Who Signed Pro-reform Charter Has Been Detained
The Canadian Press, January 15, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iI5Q81p4m9YfSo3rp8s-e9dQ-u9A

Media
China Begins Monitoring Billions of Text Messages As Censorship Increases
The Daily Telegraph, January 15, 2010
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/6996885/China-begins-monitoring-billions-of-text-messages-as-censorship-increases.html

Google Denies Leaving China, Seeks Negotiations
Reuters, January 17, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60E0BC20100117

Playing the Wall Game in China
The Guardian, January 18, 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/jan/18/china-google-hacking

Police
贵州民警枪杀2名村民案尸检推翻县公安局说法 (PSB Gives Its Statement Regarding Two Villagers Shot Dead by Guizhou Civilian Police)
Xiaoxiang Morning Herald, January 18, 2010
http://news.sohu.com/20100118/n269647986.shtml

Society
Party Line Wavers on China's Gay Culture
The Australian, January 18, 2010
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/party-line-wavers-on-chinas-gay-culture/story-e6frg8n6-1225820581025

新疆回族同志渴望婚姻 (Gay Uyghur Yearns for Marriage )
Ming Pao, January 18, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1397623/1.html

Tibet
Nepal May Deport Arrested Tibetans
Agence France-Presse, January 18, 2010
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\01\18\story_18-1-2010_pg20_7

XUAR
China Restores Text Messaging in Xinjiang
New York Times, January 17, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/18/world/asia/18china.html

乌鲁木齐扩安监控摄像头,将达6万只 (~60,000 Surveillance Cameras to Be Installed in Urumqi)
Radio Free Asia, January 16, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wu-01152010222518.html

January 15, 2010

News

Corruption
Former Supreme Court Judge Stands Trial
China Daily, January 15, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/15/content_9323515.htm

Vice-mayor Detained as Graft Crackdown Spreads
South China Morning Post, January 15, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=46f1c80014d26210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
Brother: Police Say China Lawyer 'Went Missing'
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), January 14, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100114/ap_on_re_as/as_china_missing_lawyer

Human Rights Defenders
Man Who Aided Escape of Mainland Dissidents Dies
South China Morning Post, January 15, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a3d2c80014d26210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

赵达功羁押三天无手续　马晓明下落不明 (Charter 08 Signatory Zhao Dagong Detained without Explanation; Xi'an Writer Missing)
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhao-01142010145304.html

异议人士谢福林“偷电”案开审 (Hunan Dissident Xie Fulin on Trial on Charge of "Stealing Electricity")
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissident_trial-01142010121218.html

Law
Rule Set to Distance Court Staff from Lawyers
South China Morning Post, January 14, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2bfcae4c60826210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Media
A Heated Debate at the Top
The Wall Street Journal, January 14, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704675104575001281662251848.html

Chinese Hackers Used Microsoft Browser to Launch Google Strike
The Guardian, January 15, 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/jan/15/microsoft-china-google

China's Ministry of Commerce: No Report from Google Yet
Xinhua News Agency, January 15, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2010-01/15/content_12814113.htm

香港评论谷歌可能退出中国市场 (Hong Kong Discusses Google Possibly Leaving the Chinese Market)
Voice of America, January 14, 2010
http://www1.voanews.com/chinese/news/hongkong-macao/hk-reaction-google-20100114-81472352.html

Protests and Petitions
Police Shoot Five in China Land Protest: Official
Agence France-Presse, January 14, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100114/wl_asia_afp/chinacorruptionpropertyrights

Related Information:

广西警民冲突一村民危殆 相关报道被压(视频) (7 Injured, 1 Feared Dead as Police, Villagers Clash in Guangxi)
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/guangxi-01142010145007.html

Farmers Block Highway to Protest against Property Developers in Central China
Xinhua News Agency, January 15, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2010-01/15/content_12811595.htm

Rural Issues
全国人大立法完善村民自治制度 (NPC Reviews Legislation on Village Self-government System)
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/village-01142010113504.html

January 14, 2010

Top news
Media
Google's Retreat Sparks Hot Debate
China Daily, January 13, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/13/content_9315456.htm

Related news:
China's Top Censor Dismisses Google Threat
Financial Times, January 14, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f03470e8-00cd-11df-a4cb-00144feabdc0.html

Google Action Puts Pressure on Other US Technology Giants
Agence France-Presse, January 13, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=129a0a931a626210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Levi’s Faced Earlier Challenge in China
The Wall Street Journal, January 14, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704675104575000831581315788.html

Timeline: Chinese Internet Censorship over the Last Year
The Guardian, January 14, 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/14/china-internet

News
Bilateral Ties
UK Voices 'Serious Concerns' on Rights in China
Agence France-Presse, January 14, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h_OtSdXb0jIQ-ecq7y0-IfMFOVFw

Death Penalty
Two Organized Crime Gang Members Executed in China
Xinhua News Agency, January 13, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2010-01/13/content_12801739.htm

Food Security
China Prosecutors Take Dairy Case
The Wall Street Journal, January 13, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704675104575000723541871334.html

Gender
China Announces 'First Gay Marriage'
Agence France-Presse, January 13, 2010
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/china-announces-first-gay-marriage-20100113-m6ya.html

Human Rights
中国再度被列为「不自由的国家」(China Again Listed as a Not Free Country)
Radio Free Asia, January 13, 2010
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/121/article_18759.asp

Related news:
Freedom House Warns on Rights in Taiwan
Taiwan News, January 14, 2010
http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1154977

Map of Freedom in the World: 2009 Edition
Freedom House
http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=363&year=2009

Human Rights Defender – Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
洛杉矶“香港论坛”声援刘晓波(Hong Kong Forum Voices Support for Liu in LA)
Radio Free Asia, January 13, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hkforum-01132010103153.html

Human Rights Defenders
赵紫阳五周年忌日临近杜导正出书异见人士被控(Former GAPP Head Du Daozheng's Diaries Published and Rights Defenders under Surveillance on Eve of Anniversary of Zhao Ziyang's Death)
Radio Free Asia, January 13, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhaozy-01132010095134.html

Human Rights Defenders – Li Hong (力虹), Wang Rongqing (王荣清)
王荣清保外就医力虹病重仍系狱(Wang Rongqing Released on Medical Probation, Li Hong Denied despite Illness)
Radio Free Asia, January 13, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wangrq-01132010095611.html

Law
中国学者呼吁关注“反家庭暴力”立法(Chinese Scholars Call for Attention on Anti Domestic Violence Legislation)
Radio Free Asia, January 13, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/violence-01132010100551.html

Media
'Sexting' May Lead to Ban on Texting
China Daily, January 13, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/13/content_9316139.htm

China Urges Integration of Various Media Platforms
Agence France-Presse, January 13, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h-QxCYGcQT5mkazmTB9utKFmrEzw

Public Health
Hemophilia Network Set Up in China
China Daily, January 14, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/14/content_9317729.htm

Society
Officials to Get Emergency Preparedness Training
China Daily, January 14, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/14/content_9317715.htm

Tibet
Tibet to Crack Down on Illegal Surveying, Mapping
People's Daily, January 14, 2010
http://chinatibet.people.com.cn/6868486.html

January 13, 2010

Top News
Media
Google Ends Censorship in China
InformationWeek, January 12, 2010
http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/attacks/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=222300673

On Tuesday, Google said in a statement on its English-language blog that it will reconsider the company's operations in China, following an investigation bringing to light a “sophisticated and targeted attack on [Google’s] infrastructure originating from China.” In addition to the theft of intellectual property from Google, its investigation revealed that more than 20 other large companies have been similarly targeted. The company cites evidence that the primary goal of the attacks was to access Gmail accounts of Chinese human rights activists. The company also discovered that, independent of the attack on Google, the accounts of Gmail users based in the U.S., China, and Europe appear to have been routinely accessed by third parties.

Related information:
Google Attacked from China: Wake-up Call to International Business
Human Rights in China, January 12, 2010
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/172757

Google's statement:
A New Approach to China
Google Blog, January 12, 2010
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-approach-to-china.html

中国人权提供谷歌这项声明的中文译本
谷歌声明：重新考虑在中国的做法
http://gb.hrichina.org/gate/gb/big5.hrichina.org/public/contents/18135

Related news:
谷歌官方博客表示考虑关闭“谷歌中国” (Google's Official Blog: Google Is Considering Closing Google China)
People's Daily, January 13, 2010
http://world.people.com.cn/GB/10758647.html

News
Bilateral Ties
China to Switzerland: Do Not to Resettle Guantanamo Uighurs
Voice of America, January 12, 2010
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/China-to-Switzerland-Do-Not-to-Resettle-Guantanamo-Uighurs--81224452.html

Civil Society
China's E-government Faulted in Review
China Daily, January 13, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/13/content_9310423.htm

Environment
Lead Poison Factory 'Tipped off' About Green Checks
China Daily, January 13, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/13/content_9311412.htm

Hong Kong
Tang Sees No Good in Legislators' Resignation
China Daily, January 13, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/13/content_9311418.htm

Human Rights Defender – Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
Czech Helsinki Committee Hands Protest to Chinese Embassy
Prague Daily Monitor, January 13, 2010
http://praguemonitor.com/2010/01/13/czech-helsinki-committee-hands-protest-chinese-embassy

Hong Kong Legislators Urge Beijing to Release Jailed Dissident
The Canadian Press, January 13, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iwYT30K4A3WrW97ctKfCwKf1HAVQ

Related news:
立法會否決釋放劉曉波議案 (HK's Legislative Council Votes Down Motion to Call for Liu's Release)
Hong Kong Commercial Broadcasting Co. Ltd, January 13, 2010
http://www.881903.com/Page/ZH-TW/newsdetail.aspx?ItemId=192958

香港民间烛光晚会呼吁释放刘晓波 (Candlelight Vigil Hosted by HK Groups Calling for Liu's Release)
Radio Free Asia, January 12, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/candle-01122010132914.html

議員批評內地判囚劉曉波反映政府怯弱 (HK Legislative Council Member: China’s Imprisoning Liu Reflects Weakness of Government)
Hong Kong Commercial Broadcasting Co. Ltd, January 13, 2010
http://www.881903.com/Page/ZH-TW/newsdetail.aspx?ItemId=192908

Human Rights Defenders – Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚), Hu Jia (胡佳)
中国政治犯家人同受罪　生存自由权遭侵害 (Families of Chinese Political Prisoners Also Suffer Violations of Their Freedom)
Radio Free Asia, January 12, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhifan-01122010103616.html

Labor
深圳成立勞動關係調委會 (Shenzhen Establishes Labor Relationship Coordination Committee)
Ming Pao, January 13, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20100112/ca21302v.htm

Media
Cyberwar Breaks Out as Iranians Hack into Chinese Search Engine
Financial Times, January 13, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0ed1d424-ffe2-11de-ad8c-00144feabdc0.html

数十万个人CN域名要全部停掉？ (Will Thousands of .CN Domain Names Owned by Individuals Be Shut Down?)
Southern Metropolis Daily, January 13, 2010
http://epaper.nddaily.com/A/html/2010-01/12/content_989937.htm

Migrant Workers
广州外地人遭遇"证件真空期":暂住证取消居住证难办 (Newcomers to Guangzhou Go without Identification whilst Awaiting New Residence Permits after Abolishment of Temporary Residence Permit Program)
Xinhua News Agency, January 13, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2010-01/12/content_12794243.htm

Protests and Petitions
中国退伍军官上访促改善待遇 (Chinese Veterans Petition Beijing for Improvement of Pensions)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 12, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2010/01/100112_china-exofficer_protes.shtml

Religion
邯郸家庭教会受冲击 宗教迫害案增多 (House Churches in Handan, Hebei Assaulted)
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/handan-01112010094504.html

XUAR
Xinjiang Security Funding Increased by 90 Percent
China Daily, January 13, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/13/content_9311035.htm

January 12, 2010

News

Bilateral Ties
Clinton, Starting Trip, Acknowledges Possible Tensions with China
New York Times, January 11, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/12/world/asia/12diplo.html

China's Soft Power Hardens in Cambodia
Asia Times Online, January 12, 2010
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/LA12Ad02.html

Death Penalty
甘锦华再判死刑 紧急公开信呼吁慎重 (Supreme People's Court Urged to Reconsider Death Penalty Case)
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gan-01112010093657.html

66 Filipinos Face Death in China on Drug Charges: Manila
Agence France-Presse, January 10, 2010
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/01/10/10/66-filipinos-face-death-china-drug-charges-manila

Gender
China Faces Growing Gender Imbalance
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 11, 2010
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8451289.stm

艾晓明和郭建梅获法国西蒙娜•德•波伏娃女权奖 (Two Chinese Women's Rights Activists Awarded Simone de Beauvoir Prize)
Radio France Internationale, January 11, 2010
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/121/article_18709.asp

Hong Kong
Hong Kong Democrats to Resign, Forcing "Referendum"
Reuters, January 11, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60A1FZ20100111

Human Rights
China in a Mood to Punish Britain
The Guardian, January 11, 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jan/11/china-britain-human-rights

Human Rights Defender - Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
香港立法会将提出释放刘晓波动议 (Hong Kong Legislative Council to Debate Releasing Liu Xiaobo)
Radio France Internationale, January 12, 2010
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/121/article_18708.asp

Human Rights Defenders
赵达功被深圳警方带走 (Charter 08 Signer Zhao Dagong Taken Away by Police)
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhao%20-01112010155539.html

Internet Censorship

Microblogging Spreads in China, Even without Twitter
USA Today, January 12, 2010
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2010-01-12-china-microblogging_N.htm

June Fourth

天安门母亲新春聚会 学者吁当局正视历史 (Tiananmen Mothers Gather for Spring Luncheon)
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/tiananmen-01112010095309.html

Media
Subway Newspaper Ban Smacks of Profitable Market Monopoly
China Daily, January 12, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/life/2010-01/12/content_9308159.htm

Police
China's 'Black Jails' Shove Complaints into the Dark
The Los Angeles Times, January 11, 2010
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/asia/la-fg-china-black-jails11-2010jan11,0,4248273.story

Tibet
Tibet Governor Tenders Resignation at Policy Meeting
Reuters, January 12, 2010
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/TOE60B04Q.htm

January 09-11, 2010

News
Civil Society
Charter 08, the Troubled History and Future of Chinese Liberalism
The Asia-Pacific Journal, January 11, 2010
http://japanfocus.org/-Feng-Chongyi/3285

Corruption
我国近30年外逃官员达4000人 卷走500多亿美元 (Over Past 30 Years, 4,000 Officials Flee China with over US$50 Billion)
China National Radio, January 11, 2010
http://www.qzwb.com/gb/content/2010-01/10/content_3241578.htm

Environment
Don't Push Us, China Warns Rich Countries
The Sydney Morning Herald, January 11, 2010
http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/dont-push-us-china-warns-rich-countries-20100110-m0th.html

反垃圾焚烧代表称李坑癌症调查很不称职 (Anti-Guangzhou Incinerator Project Representative: The Cancer Survey Was Not Done Competently)
Xin Kuai Bao, January 11, 2010
http://epaper.xkb.com.cn/view.php?id=472499

Hong Kong
Hong Kong Opposition to Rail Holds Off Vote
The Wall Street Journal, January 11, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126315844550823775.html

Hong Kong Pro-democracy Activist Arrested
Associated Press, January 09, 2010
http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1151504

Related news:
Christina Chan Case Raises Fears
South China Morning Post, January 11, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c9bf77b702916210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender – Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
A Dissident in China
Korea Times, January 11, 2010
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opinon/2010/01/160_58739.html

香港民间团体声援刘晓波联署零八宪章 (Hong Kong Groups Support Liu and Charter 08)
Radio Free Asia, January 10, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/liuxiaobo-01102010131751.html

Related news:
Vaclav Havel and Other Czech Dissidents Stand Up for Chinese Activist Liu Xiaobo
The Washington Post, January 09, 2010
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/08/AR2010010803376.html

Media
所有域名注冊者本月起必須提供企業証件 (All Domain Name Registrations Must Provide Enterprise Certificate from this Month on)
Legal Evening News, January 11, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1390673/1.html

Related news:
CNNIC Suspends New Foreign .CN Registrations
Indefinitely
Web Host Industry Review, January 06, 2010
http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/010610_CNNIC_Suspends_New_Foreign_CN_Registrations_Indefinitely

Public Health
AIDS and the Elderly: More Elderly Afflicted with HIV
China Daily, January 11, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/11/content_9296241.htm

First National Radio Show Dedicated to HIV/Aids Prevention Goes on Air
South China Morning Post, January 11, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8348992742916210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Religion
Christians' Detention Sparks Concern
South China Morning Post, January 11, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2739992742916210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

State Security
Rio Executives to Learn Fate
Australian Broadcasting Corporation, January 11, 2010
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/01/11/2789169.htm

Three Gorges
Central China City Relocates 150,000 People for Three Gorges Project in 17 Years
Xinhua News Agency, January 10, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2010-01/10/content_12783218.htm

January 08, 2010

Top News of the Day

Hong Kong

重案上門 陳巧文質疑施壓 (Police Mount Pressure on HK Rights Activist by Harassing Her Father)
Ming Pao, January 08, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100108/gaa1.htm

On January 07, 2010, four police officers from an anti-crime unit in Hong Kong visited and questioned the father of Christine Chan (陈巧文), a Hong Kong-based rights activist who spearheaded the New Year's Day protest outside the Central Government Liaison Office to call for democracy and the release of Liu Xiaobo. Chan criticized the police of harassing her father in an attempt to pressure her not to participate in the protest on January 08 that thousands are expected to rally outside the Legislative Council opposing the multibillion-dollar Guangzhou-Hong Kong-Shenzhen Express Link project that will evict villagers from their homes.

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萬人圍立會前夕　警上門找陳巧文父母 快樂抗爭 vs白色恐怖 (Police Criticized for Using "White Terror" Tactics as Protests Loom)
Apple Daily, January 08, 2010
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?&iss_id=20100108&sec_id=4104&art_id=13605499

Police Tactical Unit on Standby for Rail Protest
South China Morning Post, January 07, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d7fd5d4c31406210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tsoi Yuen Villagers' Last Stand before the Bulldozers Move in
South China Morning Post, January 07, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=eb1e5d4c31406210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

News
Hong Kong
Protest Group Not Allowed Back to Border
South China Morning Post, January 07, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=55127d5692906210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Hukou
10城市全面廢止暫住證 北京2010年起逐步實行 (10 Cities Abolish Temporary Residence Permits; Beijing to Implement Similar Overhaul in 2010)
Xinhua News Agency (via China Economic Net), January 07, 2010
http://big5.ce.cn/cysc/fdc/fc/201001/07/t20100107_19993623.shtml

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Migrant System 'Not Enough'
Radio Free Asia, January 07, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/migrant-workers-01072010111901.html

Human Rights Defender - Ai Xiaoming (艾晓明)
艾晓明出境受阻 (Professor Ai Xiaoming Barred from Leaving China )
Radio Free Asia, January 07, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/China_academic-01072010103943.html

Human Rights Defender - Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
Liu Xiaobo: Vaclav Havel Confronts Chinese on Sentencing of Dissident
Christian Science Monitor, January 07, 2010
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2010/0107/Liu-Xiaobo-Vaclav-Havel-confronts-Chinese-on-sentencing-of-dissident

Related News:
劉曉波妻函哈維爾致謝 (Liu's Wife Thanks Vaclav Havel)
Ming Pao, January 08, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100108/cag1.htm

Human Rights Defender - Wang Dan (王丹)
大陆年青人翻墙为王丹做义工 (Mainland Teen Volunteers Use Anonymous Browsing Software and Proxies to Join Wang Dan's Working Group on Facebook)
Radio Free Asia, January 07, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/China_Wang-01072010104740.html?encoding=simplified

Labor
Mass Mercury Poisoning at Foshan Factory
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), January 07, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=60498664d4806210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
村镇争地500村民对峙千人 (500 Villagers, 1000 Police Clash in Guangdong over Land Dispute )
Southern Metropolis Daily, January 08, 2010
http://epaper.nddaily.com/A/html/2010-01/08/content_987683.htm

January 07, 2010

News

Corruption
Handling of Billions in Quake Donations Criticised
South China Morning Post, January 07, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=738f5d4c31406210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Death Penalty
河北张宝义团伙涉黑案7名主犯被执行死刑 (7 Criminal Gangs Executed in Hebei)
China National Radio, January 07, 2010
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2010-01-07/133419419534.shtml

Disasters
內蒙古烏拉特後旗6000人遭特大雪災 (6000 Suffer Heavy Snow in Inner Mongolia)
China National Radio, January 07, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1386363/1.html

Food Security
China Admits New Tainted-Milk Case Is Older
New York Times, January 06, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/07/world/asia/07milk.html

Government
More than 106,000 Officials Punished in First 11 Months of 2009: Official
Xinhua News Agency, January 07, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2010-01/07/content_12770065.htm

Hong Kong
Beijing Warning Over HK Protests
South China Morning Post, January 07, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=de5d5d4c31406210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Hukou
广东拟行积分制 暂住证变居住证 (Guangdong's Authorities to Allow Eligible Migrant Workers to Hold Permanent Residency)
Radio Free Asia, January 06, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/guangdong-01062010104705.html

Internet Censorship
国内三知名网站域名封杀 白名单制度开始实质生效 (Three Major Mainland Sites Blocked)
Radio Free Asia, January 07, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/bai-01062010094907.html

Land Policy
新拆迁条例出台前各地频现突击拆迁现象 (Demolition Blitz Occurs More Frequently Before New Regulation Comes into Force)
International Herald Leader, January 07, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1386425/1.html

Migrant Workers
Migrant Workers Cry 'Foul' Over Pension Rules
South China Morning Post, January 07, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=746f5d4c31406210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Public Health
China's Drug Treatment Slammed
Radio Free Asia, January 06, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/treatmentslammed-01062010232031.html

Tibet
China Sentences Tibetan Film-maker to Six Years: Family
Agence France-Presse, January 06, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100106/wl_asia_afp/chinatibetunrestrightsfilm

XUAR
China's Xinjiang Issues New Anti-terror Rules: State Media
Agence France-Presse, January 06, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100106/wl_asia_afp/chinaunrestxinjiangsecurity

China Detains Three for Spreading Rumours about Uighurs
Reuters, January 06, 2010
http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-45192620100106

January 06, 2010

News
Corruption
Corruption Hurting Nation's Image: Poll
China Daily, January 06, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/06/content_9269894.htm

Education
Chinese Academia Ghost-writing 'Widespread'
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 05, 2010
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8442147.stm

Green Dam
Web Filtering Company Sues China, PC Makers over Green Dam
InformationWeek, January 05, 2010
http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/vulnerabilities/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=222200365

Hong Kong
Hong Kong Air Pollution at Threatening Levels: Report
Agence France-Presse, January 05, 2010
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/local-news/hong-kong/2010/01/05/239376/Hong-Kong.htm

Human Rights Defender – Guo Quan (郭泉)
郭泉将囚于“模范监狱” 仍坚持申诉 (Activist-Academic Guo Quan to Be Imprisoned in "Model Prison", Insists on Appealing Sentence)
Radio Free Asia, January 05, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/guoquan-01052010154526.html

Human Rights Defender – Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
尚宝军律师谈刘晓波上诉 (Lawyer Shang Baojun Speaks on Liu Xiaobo's Appeal)
Radio France Internationale, January 05, 2010
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/121/article_18582.asp

Labor
Toll in China Coal Mine Fire Rises to 25
Agence France-Presse, January 06, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iHJdr75CGqZDTuWRVTSifkaLm8iQ

湖南湘潭煤矿火灾25名矿工遇难 (25 Dead in Hunan Coalmine Fire)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 06, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2010/01/100106_china_mine_fire.shtml

Media
Scribe Gets 16 Years in Mine Accident Coverup
China Daily, January 06, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/06/content_9270859.htm

Related news:
Reporters Count Cost of Shady Practices
South China Morning Post, January 06, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0984eef85eef5210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

深圳記者採訪 遭惡保安圍毆 (Shenzhen Journalist Surrounded and Beaten and Robbed by Security Guards whilst Reporting)
Apple Daily, January 06, 2010
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/art_main.php?iss_id=20100106&sec_id=10793096&art_id=13598625

Military
東莞 500武警「閱兵」震懾罪犯 (Dongguan Holds Military and Police Parade of 500+ Officers to Scare Off Criminals)
Apple Daily, January 06, 2010
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20100106&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=13597183

Public Health
51 Children Suffer Lead Poisoning
China Daily, January 06, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/06/content_9270162.htm

Related information:
大丰市政府新闻发言人通报市经济开发区河口村部分儿童血铅超标调查处理情况 (Statement from the Dafeng Government Spokesperson on the Survey into the Excessive Levels of Lead in Children's Blood)
Dafeng Municipal People's Government, January 5, 2010
http://www.dafeng.js.cn/Html/rdhf/094816419.htm

China Fights Growing Problem of Tuberculosis
Reuters, January 06, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60501Z20100106

Rough Justice: Akmal Shaikh's Trial Shows China Must Improve Its Handling of Criminal Suspects with Mental Issues
South China Morning Post, January 05, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=02156d1d059f5210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

“地贫”基因携带者考取公务员遭拒 中国基因歧视第一案立案 (China's First Genetics Discrimination Suit Filed after Carriers of Genetic Blood Disease Refused Government Position)
China Youth Daily, January 05, 2010
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2010-01/06/content_3016506.htm

Shanghai World Expo
Evictees Call for Talks
Radio Free Asia, January 05, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/evict-01052010164938.html

XUAR
Beijing's 'Ethnic Unity' Education
Radio Free Asia, January 05, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/ethnicunity-01052010141548.html

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北外元旦前夕对新疆学生进行政治教育 (In Late 2009, Beijing Foreign Studies University Held Political Education Classes for Students from Xinjiang)
Radio Free Asia, January 05, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/Uyghur_students-01052010105359.html

January 05, 2010

News
Bilateral Ties
Beijing's Push for Soft Power Runs Up against Hard Absolutes
Financial Times, January 04, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c67477f4-f8cf-11de-beb8-00144feab49a.html

Related news:
U.S.-China Relations to Face Strains, Experts Say
The Washington Post, January 03, 2010
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/02/AR2010010201751.html

Human Rights Defender – Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)
馮正虎滯留成田機場滿2月 (Activist-scholar Feng Zhenghu Stuck in Tokyo Airport for over Two Months Now)
Ming Pao, January 04, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20100104/ca11831a.htm

Human Rights Defender – Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
Top China Dissident Appeals Subversion Conviction
Agence France-Presse, January 04, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100104/wl_asia_afp/chinarightsdissidenttrial

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劉曉波上訴 不滿未扣關押時間 (Liu Appeals, Expresses Discontent over the Court Not Deducting Pre-trial Detention from the Sentence)
Ming Pao, January 05, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100105/cac1.htm

Human Rights Defender – Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠)
郑恩宠被传唤及抄家 世博会将引来外省访民 (Police Summon Rights Defense Lawyer Zheng Enchong, Raid His Home)
Radio Free Asia, January 04, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/enchong-01042010105728.html

Labor
矿难不认所有权 09年国有大型煤矿发生3起特大矿难 (Review: Three Major Accidents at State-owned Mines in 2009)
China Youth Daily, January 05, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2010-01/05/content_12754813_2.htm

Law
最高法司法解释增加两新型诉讼 (Supreme People's Court Expounds on Two New Administrative Suits Types)
Southern Metropolis Daily, January 04, 2010
http://epaper.nddaily.com/A/html/2010-01/04/content_983845.htm

Related information:
关于审理行政许可案件若干问题的规定 (Regulations on Several Issues Regarding the Hearing of Administrative Licensing Cases)
Supreme People's Court, December 14, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2010-01/04/content_12751961.htm

Media
Web Freedom in China as Great Firewall Falls Briefly
The Los Angeles Times, January 04, 2010
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010695243_chinanet05.html

Protests and Petitions
Hundreds Clash with Police in Bid to Halt Spread of Chemical
South China Morning Post, January 05, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9bc556ae3b9f5210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet
Beijing Imposes Harsh Sentences on Tibetan Monks and Lama
AsiaNews, January 04, 2010
http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=17256

XUAR
China Sees Long-term Stability Struggle in Xinjiang
Reuters, January 03, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6020AJ20100103

January 01-04, 2010

News
Corruption
Top Ex-judge Charged with Taking 4-million-yuan Bribe
China Radio International (via China Daily), January 03, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/03/content_9256996.htm

Death Penalty
Three Sentenced to Death in Southeast China Gang Trial
Xinhua News Agency, January 04, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2010-01/04/content_12749295.htm

Environment
中石油渭河油污已流入黃河 (Oil Spill Enters Yellow River)
China News Service (via Ming Pao), January 04, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20100104/ca11110v.htm

Related Information:
Oil Leak Pollutes Large Stretch of China River
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), January 02, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100102/ap_on_re_as/as_china_oil_spill

Human Rights Defender - Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
三万港人游行声援刘晓波及争取普选 (30000 March in HK for Liu Xiaobo and Democracy)
Radio Free Asia, January 03, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/HK_procession-01012010082758.html

刘晓波国内博客除夕被封（图） (Liu Xiaobo's Blog Closed on New Year's Eve)
Radio Free Asia, January 01, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/liu-01012010120321.html

Human Rights Defenders
北京教授萧瀚遭政治停职 (Beijing Professor Suspended for "Excessive Involvement in Public Affairs")
Radio Free Asia, January 01, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_professor-01012010093507.html

Internet Censorship
China Nabs 5,400 People for Online Porn in 2009
Agencies (via China Daily), January 03, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/03/content_9257224.htm

网民批评温家宝 齐齐哈尔吧网页被百度关闭（图，视频） (Heilongjiang's Internet Forum Page Closed after Posting Criticism of Chinese Premier)
Radio Free Asia, January 03, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wang-01032010155953.html

內地著名網站始創人涉淫網 (China's Renowned Website Founder Arrested for Setting up Porn Websites)
Ming Pao, January 02, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20100102/ca61727c.htm

Land Policy
关注《拆迁条例》修改:不该被遗忘的土地使用权 (Amendments to Law on Demolition and Eviction: Don't Forget Land Use Rights)
People's Daily (via Xinhua News Agency), January 02, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2010-01/02/content_12742824.htm

北大教授建言：尽快出台新条例遏制突击拆迁苗头 (New Regulation Needed ASAP to Curb Demolition Blitz: Peking U Professors)
Legal Daily (via Xinhua News Agency), December 31, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-12/31/content_12735327.htm

Media
Xinhua Challenges CCTV with Launch of Worldwide TV Network
South China Morning Post, January 01, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0a139837145e5210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

XUAR
Angry Minority Finds A Voice on Chinese Campus
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), January 03, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100103/ap_on_re_as/as_china_outspoken_uighur

December 31, 2009

Top news
Human Rights Defender – Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
刘晓波被重判纽约各界集会抗议 (Groups Gather in New York to Protest Liu's Harsh Sentence)
Radio Free Asia, December 30, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/liu-12302009135435.html

Related information:
Case Update: International Community Speaks Out on Liu Xiaobo Verdict
Human Rights in China, December 30, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org//public/contents/172713

News
Civil Society
中国民间维权工作艰巨但信心不动摇 (2009 Year in Review: Civic Rights Defense Work in China)
Radio Free Asia, December 30, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wei-12302009140347.html

Corruption
Corrupt Officials Blamed for China's €24bn Shortfall
Irish Times, December 31, 2009
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2009/1231/1224261476842.html

Environment
Guangzhou Shutting Incinerators
South China Morning Post, December 31, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=40ad6dbab70e5210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders
维权律师为执业权与司法局交涉不果 (Rights Defense Lawyers Fight for Their Right to Practice)
Radio Free Asia, December 30, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lushi-12302009140559.html

Labor
9 Held as Mentally Ill Murdered in Mines
South China Morning Post, December 31, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=76ed6dbab70e5210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

全国总工会要求推动解决农民工工资拖欠问题 (ACFTU Demands Resolution for the Problem of Migrant Workers' Back Pay)
Xinhua News Agency, December 30, 2009
http://news.eastday.com/c/20091230/u1a4918121.html

Land Policy
Chinese Businesses Resist Eviction by Developers
New York Times, December 31, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/31/world/asia/31nailhouse.html

北大学者建议设立拆迁纠纷裁判机构 (Peking U Scholars Propose Establishing Mediation Organs for Demolitions and Evictions)
China News Service, December 31, 2009
http://news.eastday.com/c/20091231/u1a4918406.html

旧例废除之前 宜兴加紧强拆 (Jiangsu City Hastens Demolition before New Regulation Comes into Force)
Radio Free Asia, December 30, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/qiang-12302009095203.html

Media
Apple Censors Dalai Lama IPhone Apps in China
PC World, December 30, 2009
http://www.pcworld.com/article/185604/apple_censors_dalai_lama_iphone_apps_in_china.html

China Is Losing a War over Internet
The Wall Street Journal, December 31, 2009
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126220137567110673.html

Chinese Editor Hu Shuli Takes over News Magazine
The Guardian, December 30, 2009
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/dec/30/hu-shuli-editor-china-news

Migrant Workers
Migrant Workers Allowed to Take along More Pension Funds
South China Morning Post, December 31, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=107d6dbab70e5210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Multilateral
China Promises to Be 'Fair' as UNSC President
Xinhua News Agency, December 31, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-12/31/content_9249140.htm

Police
China Arrests 4 Foreigners over Heroin Haul: Report
Reuters, December 30, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BU0BD20091231

XUAR
首部加强民族团结教育的地方性法规审议通过新疆2010年2月1日起实施《民族团结教育条例》 (First Regional Regulations on Ethnic Unity Education Passed -- XUAR to Begin Implementing the Regulations on Education for Ethnic Unity February 1, 2010)
People's Daily, December 31, 2009
http://unn.people.com.cn/GB/14748/10688510.html

Related news:
Xinjiang Adopts Regional Law to Enhance Ethnic Unity
Xinhua News Agency, December 31, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-12/31/content_12734112.htm

December 30, 2009

News

Civil Society
民主運動起硝煙 官民對峙更激烈 (2009 Review of the Chinese Democratic and Civic Movement)
Ming Pao, December 30, 2009
http://news.mingpao.com/20091230/cad1.htm

Death Penalty
Chinese Execution Triggers British, EU Protests
Agence France-Presse, December 30, 2009
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iojW6LUAkJJwWGYRR1H-v2tq_wEw

Food Security
索赔路随“三鹿”终结？ (Will Claims for Damages from Poisoned Milk Powder End Along with Sanlu?)
Southern Metropolis Daily, December 30, 2009
http://epaper.nddaily.com/F/html/2009-12/30/content_980084.htm

Human Rights Defender – Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
海内外继续声援刘晓波 (Support for Liu Continues within China and Abroad)
Radio Free Asia, December 29, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/liu-12292009114601.html

Land Policy
China Speeds Up Resettlement in Water Mega-scheme
Reuters, December 29, 2009
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/TOE5BS02L.htm

Media
China Starts to Lift Region’s Web Blackout
New York Times, December 30, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/30/world/asia/30xinjiang.html

中国网民正在形成有现实影响力的“压力集团” (China Netizens Become Influential "Pressure Group")
China Youth Daily, December 30, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-12/30/content_12727821.htm

Related information:
2009年中国互联网舆情分析 (Analysis on Internet Public Opinion in China 2009)
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
http://yq.people.com.cn/htmlArt/Art392.htm

Protests and Petitions
中国各地血友病患者北京维权遭打压 (Hemophilia Patients Oppressed whilst Defending Their Rights in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, December 29, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xue-12292009134245.html

Taiwan
The Two Frenemies: China and Taiwan
The Globe and Mail, December 29, 2009
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rob-magazine/the-two-frenemies-china-and-taiwan/article1401058/

Tibet
甘孜活佛被囚八年余 当局禁维权律师出庭 (Tulku Phurbu Tsering Sentenced to 8 Years in Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan)
Radio Free Asia, December 29, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fo-12292009093840.html

XUAR
Uyghurs Decry 'Reconstruction Project' Set to Change the Face of Old Town in Kashgar
South China Morning Post, December 30, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4f84073ee1bd5210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

December 29, 2009

Top news
Human Rights Defender – Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
Chinese Dissident Liu Xiaobo Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison
The Guardian, December 25, 2009
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/6884307/Chinese-dissident-Liu-Xiaobo-sentenced-to-11-years-in-prison.html

On December 25, 2009, the Beijing Municipal No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court sentenced independent intellectual Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波) to eleven years’ imprisonment and two years’ deprivation of political rights on charges of inciting subversion of state power. Liu was tried on December 23, in a hearing that lasted for less than three hours; his wife was not permitted to attend. According to his lawyers and family, Liu plans to appeal.

Related information:
Liu Xiaobo’s Guilty Verdict and 11-Year Sentence Send Message of Zero Tolerance for Universal Human Rights
Human Rights in China, December 25, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/172686

What Constitutes Liu Xiaobo’s “Incitement to Subvert State Power”?
Human Rights in China, December 23, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/172669

Related news:
Dissident’s Sentence Signals Tougher Stance
Financial Times, December 27, 2009
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/59148188-f305-11de-a888-00144feab49a.html

中国网民：中国为自己找到了昂山素姬与曼德拉 (Chinese Netizens: China Finds Its Own Aung San Suu Kyi and Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela )
Radio France Internationale, December 26, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/120/article_18356.asp

News
Death Penalty
China Executes British National: British PM
Agence France-Presse, December 29, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b304c17eb28d5210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Hong Kong
21市民羅湖橋挺劉曉波 公安越境拘港示威者 (21 Hong Kongers March in Support of Liu Xiaobo at Hong Kong-Shenzhen Crossing, PRC Police Cross the Boundary, Detain Demonstrating Hong Kongers and Journalists)
Apple Daily, December 28, 2009
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20091228&sec_id=4104&art_id=13568369

Related news:
《明報》聲明:抗議內地人員越境阻撓記者採訪 (Ming Pao Statement in Protest of Mainland Staff Crossing the Border to Obstruct Journalists from Reporting)
Ming Pao, December 28, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/3/1/1/1375138/1.html

記協質疑有預謀 議員斥港警袖手 (HK Journalists Association Calls into Question Whether It Was Premeditated, Legco Members Scold HK Police's Inaction)
Ming Pao, December 28, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/3/1/1/1375137/1.html

Police Crossed Border, Dragged us into Shenzhen, Detainees Say
South China Morning Post, December 29, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7bc3221d5f5d5210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Hu Issues Directive to Tsang on Reform
South China Morning Post, December 29, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4823221d5f5d5210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender – Tan Zuoren (谭作人)
譚作人可能在兩周內宣判 (Judgment of Tan's Case May Be Announced in Two Weeks)
Ming Pao, December 29, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/32/1/1/1376913/1.html

Labor
Mentally Handicapped Chinese Trafficked, Killed - Report
Reuters, December 28, 2009
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE5BR0UV20091228

Law
China Draft Rules Allow Villagers to Impeach Chiefs
Reuters, December 27, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BQ0KW20091227

Related information:
村民委员会组织法修订草案向社会公开征求意见 (Draft Revision of the Organic Law of Villagers' Committees Released Publicly for Comment)
National People's Congress, December 26, 2009
http://www.npc.gov.cn/npc/xinwen/syxw/2009-12/26/content_1533006.htm

村民委员会组织法（修订草案）条文及草案说明 (Full Text and Explanation of the Organic Law of Villagers' Committees [Draft Revision])
National People's Congress, December 26, 2009
http://www.npc.gov.cn/npc/xinwen/lfgz/flca/2009-12/26/content_1532849.htm

State Council Releases Annual Legislation Review
Xinhua News Agency, December 27, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-12/27/content_12711639.htm

Media
CCTV Goes Online to Expand Reach amid Crackdown
China Daily, December 29, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-12/29/content_9239283.htm

敏感資訊傳播 twitter內地抬頭 (Twitter Facilitates Spreading of Sensitive Information in Mainland)
Ming Pao, December 28, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1375183/1.html

Police
民工无罪被关押211天 申请国家赔偿遭拒绝 (Migrant Worker Denied Compensation after 211 Days of Wrongful Detention)
Guangzhou Daily, December 28, 2009
http://news.eastday.com/c/20091228/u1a4910446.html

Politics
毒奶粉问责官员复职引起公愤 (Official Responsible for Milk Poisoning Returns to Office, Sparking Public Outrage)
Radio Free Asia, December 29, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/nai-12282009093826.html

Related news:
Tainted Milk Official in New Role
China Daily, December 28, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2009-12/28/content_9235900.htm

Poverty
Country's Poverty Line Misleading, Expert Says
China Daily, December 29, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-12/29/content_9239381.htm

Protests and Petitions
Official Crackdown the New Poison for Shaanxi Peasants
South China Morning Post, December 29, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=69a6221d5f5d5210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

State Security
Warning Police Will 'Strike Hard at Hostile Forces'
South China Morning Post, December 29, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=cb26221d5f5d5210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD