The HRIC Daily Brief is a daily selection of news stories and commentary related to human rights in China, drawn from Chinese- and English-language news and online media sources that we monitor daily. In addition to headlines and source links, HRIC also provides English translation of Chinese headlines.

Thursday, February 04, 2010

February 04, 2010

Environment
Consumers Urged to Help Rein in 'Unruly' Polluters
South China Morning Post, February 04, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=db38bcd295496210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Hong Kong
New League Chairman Charged with Assaulting Officer during Protest
South China Morning Post, February 04, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0cbebcd295496210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD


Human Rights Defender - Gao Zhisheng (
高智晟)
1 Year on, China Stays Silent on Missing Lawyer
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), February 04, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100204/ap_on_re_as/as_china_missing_lawyer

Human Rights Defenders
China Charges Tainted Milk Scandal Activist
The Daily Telegraph, February 03, 2010
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/7149749/China-charges-tainted-milk-scandal-activist.html

作家廖亦武第十三次被限制出境(图) (Writer Liao Yiwu Barred from Leaving China for The 13th Time)
Radio Free Asia, February 03, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/liao-02032010142913.html


Media
Mobile Phone Users Will Have to Provide ID Information
China Daily, February 04, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/04/content_9425113.htm

Public Health
China Arrests Four amid New Milk Scare
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), February 03, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100203/wl_asia_afp/chinafoodsafetymilkchild

陝西毒奶供應商仍做生意 (Tainted Milk Suppliers Still Doing Business in Shaanxi Despite Recent Gov’t Crackdown)
Guangzhou Daily (via Ming Pao), February 04, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20100204/ca40841a.htm

Protests and Petitions
张家港访民天安门伸冤被判处有期徒刑 (Petitioners from Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu Sentenced to Prison)
Radio Free Asia, February 03, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhang-02032010150752.html

Shanghai World Expo
China Strives for First 'Green' Expo
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), February 04, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100204/sc_afp/chinaexpo2010environmentenergy

Tibet
China's Panchen Lama Voted VP of State Buddhism Body: Report
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), February 03, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100203/wl_sthasia_afp/chinatibetbuddhismreligion


XUAR
Xinjiang Set to Beef up Police Forces
China Daily, February 04, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/04/content_9424343.htm


Wednesday, February 03, 2010

February 03, 2010

News
Disasters
美国反映四川地震纪录片获奥斯卡奖提名 (American Documentary on Sichuan Quake Nominated for Oscar)
Radio Free Asia, February 02, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jilu-02022010165341.html
Related information:
China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
HBO Documentaries
http://www.hbo.com/documentaries/chinas-unnatural-disaster-tears-of-sichuan-province/index.html
Food Security
Chinese Police Investigate Mercury Poisoning in Coca-Cola's Sprite
The Daily Telegraph, February 02, 2010
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/7138166/Chinese-police-investigate-mercury-poisoning-in-Coca-Colas-Sprite.html

Human Rights Defender – Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)
专访冯正虎:是否同使馆达成协议 (Interview with Feng: Have Any Agreements Been Reached with the Embassy?)
Radio France Internationale, February 02, 2010
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/122/article_19188.asp

Human Rights Defender – Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
China’s Defiance on Rights Stirs Fears for Dissident
New York Times, February 03, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/03/world/asia/03dissident.html

Human Rights Defender – Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
China Warns against Nobel Prize for Leading Dissident
Reuters, February 02, 2010
http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-45845320100202
Related news:
美国笔会提名刘晓波竞逐诺奖 中方反对向“这样的人”授和平奖 (China Voices Discontent with "Such a Person's" Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize)
Radio Free Asia, February 02, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/liu-02022010135310.html
Human Rights Defenders
上海异议人士何健被关精神病院 (Shanghainese Dissident and Charter 08 Signatory He Jian Sent to Mental Institution)
Radio Free Asia, February 02, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hejian-02022010095310.html

Law
The People's Will: Public Sentiment Can Play a Dangerous Role in Mainland Justice
South China Morning Post, February 03, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d72af2f9bae86210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
无锡、张家港两地访民被送“法制学习班” (Petitioners from Wuxi and Zhangjiagang Detained and Sent to Law Classes)
Radio Free Asia, February 02, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fazhi-02022010135314.html

XUAR
瑞士同意接纳从关塔纳摩获释的中国维族囚犯 (Switzerland Agrees to Receive Chinese Uyghur Prisoners Released from Guantanamo )
Radio France Internationale, February 03, 2010
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/122/article_19193.asp
Related news:
Switzerland to Accept Chinese Guantanamo Detainees
Global Times, January 29, 2010
http://world.globaltimes.cn/europe/2010-01/502133.html

Tuesday, February 02, 2010

February 02, 2010

News

Bilateral Ties
China Accuses US of Arrogance over Taiwan Deal
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 01, 2010
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8490537.stm

Corruption
'Gang Protector' Faces Trial Today
China Daily, February 02, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/02/content_9410743.htm


Food Security
10-Day Crackdown on Latest Milk Scare
China Daily, February 02, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/02/content_9410731.htm

Government
China Gov't Opens Cracks in Its Culture of Secrecy
Associated Press (via China Post), February 01, 2010
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national-news/2010/02/01/243209/China-govt.htm


Human Rights Defender - Liu Xiaobo (
刘晓波)
20
中共元老上書﹕劉曉波案錯判 (20 Senior Communist Cadres Sign Letter Urging The Gov't to Rectify Liu's Wrongful Conviction)
Ming Pao, February 02, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100202/caa1.htm

Related Information:

中共元老上書中央全文 (Full text of Cadres' Open Letter to The Central Gov't)
Ming Pao, February 02, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100202/caa1a_er.htm

Human Rights Defenders
网民快闪行动高喊游精佑回家 ("Flash Mobs" in Fujian Call Detained Netizen You Jingyou to Return Home)
Radio Free Asia, February 01, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/you-02012010094247.html

湖南维权人士罗茜被劳教两年 (Hunan Rights Defender Luo Qian Sentenced to Two Year of Reeducation-Through-Labor)
Radio Free Asia, February 01, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/luo-02012010100423.html


Internet Censorship
China’s Domain Name Rules Spur Website Flight
Financial Times, February 01, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7374f5ee-0f52-11df-a450-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1


Labor
First Non-government Labor Dispute Center Opens in Shanghai
China Daily, February 02, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/02/content_9411435.htm

Rural Issues
Rural Policy Blueprint A Damp Squib, Analysts Say
South China Morning Post, February 02, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=39875b79fe986210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related News:

China Pledges More Support for Rural Poor
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), February 01, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100201/ap_on_re_as/as_china_rural_poor


Society
Chinese Tweeter Wins US Democracy Contest
Agence France-Presse (via The Sydney Morning Herald), February 02, 2010
http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/digital-life-news/chinese-tweeter-wins-us-democracy-contest-20100202-n9wb.html

Tibet
China Says Won't Relax Grip on Tibet
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), February 01, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100201/wl_asia_afp/chinatibetdalaidiplomacy2ndleadwrap


XUAR
新疆民族团结地方法规周一生效 (Regulations on Education for Ethnic Unity Takes Effect Monday)
Radio Free Asia, February 01, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/xinjiang_tension-02012010122442.html

Monday, February 01, 2010

January 30-February 1, 2010

News
Bilateral Ties
Clinton Warns China on Iran Sanctions
New York Times, January 30, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/30/world/asia/30diplo.html
Related information:
Secretary Clinton: Remarks on the Future of European Security
U.S. Department of State, January 29, 2010
http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2010/01/136273.htm
EU Divided on Lifting China Arms Embargo
Financial Times, January 31, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/da31e8fc-0e8d-11df-bd79-00144feabdc0.html

U.S.-China Relations Cool on Arms Deal
The Wall Street Journal, January 31, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703762504575036760896290820.html

Education
学者呼吁人大立法平等对待非户籍儿童 (Scholar to NPC: Grant Equal Treatment for Children without Local Household Registration)
Radio Free Asia, January 29, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ertong-01292010101629.html

Environment
China Insists That Its Steps on Climate Be Voluntary
New York Times, January 29, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/30/world/asia/30china.html

Human Rights Defender – Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)
Hope for Marooned Chinese Activist
The Age, January 31, 2010
http://www.watoday.com.au/world/hope-for-marooned-chinese-activist-20100201-n79w.html
Related news:
馮正虎料春節前回國 結束機場寄居 周三入境日本 (Feng Expects to Return to China before Chinese New Year)
Ming Pao, February 01, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100201/caa1h.htm
Law
学者称房屋征用条例"第40条"违宪 建议删除 (Scholar: Article of Draft Housing Requisition Regulations Violates Constitution)
China News Service, February 01, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100201/u1a4992028.html

Media
Press Group Slams Chinese Censorship
CNN, February 01, 2010
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/01/31/china.censorship/

中国网民发起抵制CNNIC根证书行动 (Chinese Netizens Initiate Boycott Against Root Certification of CNNIC )
Radio Free Asia, January 29, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/CNNIC-01292010114844.html

Protests and Petitions
公安联合截访民 (Petitioners Intercepted by Public Security)
Radio Free Asia, January 28, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-01282010162957.html

Tibet
Top-level Meeting in Beijing Sets Strategy on Tibet
International Campaign for Tibet, January 29, 2010
http://www.tibetcustom.com/article.php?story=20100129215051935

XUAR
Uygur's Death Highlights Wider Tensions
South China Morning Post, February 01, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3263bdd884586210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Friday, January 29, 2010

January 29, 2010

Bilateral Ties
China Asks EU to Scrap ‘Prejudiced’ Arms Embargo
The Hindu, January 28, 2010
http://beta.thehindu.com/news/international/article96436.ece

Government
Liaison Offices Tout Their Worth to Beijing
South China Morning Post, January 29, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0be7bf4d73576210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Hong Kong
Protests, Public Meetings Rise Threefold Since The Handover
South China Morning Post, January 29, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5f33bf4d73576210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender - Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)

刘晓波代表律师提交二审辩护词 (Liu's Lawyer Submits Defense Statement for Second Instance Trial)
Radio Free Asia, January 28, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/liuxiaobo-01282010164130.html


Human Rights Defender - Ai Weiwei (
艾未未)
艾未未等人控告成都西安路派出所 (Quake Activist Supporters Sue Chengdu Police for Unlawful, Violent Detention)
Radio Free Asia, January 28, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/aiweiwei-01282010095935.html

Internet Censorship
China Internet Users Use VPN Servers to Cross Firewall
Reuters, January 28, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60R2BB20100128


Law
China to Adopt New House Expropriation Rules
China Daily, January 29, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/29/content_9394464.htm

Related Information:

房屋征收与补偿条例征求意见稿公布(全文) (Draft Regulation on The Expropriation of Houses And Compensation)
Xinhua News Agency, January 29, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100129/u1a4986959.html


Migrant Workers

北京朝阳区二十多间民工子弟学校面临拆迁 (Beijing Plans to Demolish 20 Schools for Children of Migrant Workers)
Radio Free Asia, January 28, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/migrant_schools-01282010115434.html

Shanghai World Expo
Pollution Will Be Controlled during Expo
China Daily, January 29, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/29/content_9394642.htm

XUAR
US Seeks China Transparency in Xinjiang Trials
Agence France-Presse, January 28, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100128/pl_afp/chinaunrestxinjiangrightstrialus

Thursday, January 28, 2010

January 28, 2010

News

Bilateral Ties
Clinton to Press China FM on Internet Issue
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), January 27, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100127/pl_nm/us_china_usa_internet

Corruption
$34m of Quake Aid Misused, NAO Says
China Daily, January 28, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/28/content_9388130.htm

Environment
Pollution Targets Will Be Met, Minister Says
South China Morning Post, January 28, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7abe9d9df9076210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tax on Vehicle Emissions Mulled
South China Morning Post, January 28, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2fcd9d9df9076210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD


Government
Meeting to Focus on Enhancing Social Order
South China Morning Post, January 28, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f48d9d9df9076210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Hong Kong
As Hong Kong’s Political System Stalls, So Does Its Democracy Movement
New York Times, January 27, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/28/world/asia/28hong.html

Law
China Issues Rules to Clean up Courts After Conviction of Top Judge

Xinhua News Agency (via People's Daily), January 27, 2010
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90785/6880732.html

Related Information:

人民法院工作人员处分条例 (Regulation on Staff Penalty of People's Court)
People's Court Daily (via Xinhua News Agency), January 27, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2010-01/27/content_12881559.htm


Media
Google 'Sister' Launches in China
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 27, 2010
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8483597.stm

China Says Google's Phone Technology Will Not Be Restricted
Voice of America, January 27, 2010
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/China-Says-Googles-Phone-Technology-Will-Not-Be-Restricted-82781462.html

China's Big Brother Is Watching Karaoke
ARTINFO (via Yahoo! News), January 28, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20100127/wl_ynews/ynews_wl1082

Police
女中学生摆摊挣学费遭城管殴打吓出精神病() (Street Vendor Girl Diagnosed As Mentally Ill After Beaten by Urban Management Officers)
Northeast Web, January 28, 2010
http://society.dbw.cn/system/2010/01/28/052331767.shtml

Society
Draft Law to Jail Dog Eaters Whets Debate
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), January 27, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100127/od_nm/us_dogmeat

Tibet
China-Tibet Talks Resume amid Bitter Climate
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), January 27, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100127/wl_asia_afp/chinatibetdalaidiplomacytalkspolitics

More Detentions in Tibet
Radio Free Asia, January 27, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/detain-01272010152433.html

XUAR
Three Held for 'Harmful' SMS After Lifting of Ban
South China Morning Post, January 28, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f6ed9d9df9076210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

January 27, 2010

Bilateral Ties
Swiss Leader Meets Chinese amid Uighur Tension
Agence France-Presse, January 27, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gk3aJ5UKhYb6oKcIyR2EZRv3yFiQ

China and US Fail to Set Timetable for Talks on Human Rights
The Guardian, January 26, 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/26/china-us-talks-human-rights

Children
北京试点城市家庭寄养孤儿 由政府出生活费 (Beijing: Trial Run for Subsidized In-home Foster Care Program among Urban Families)
The Beijing Times, January 27, 2010
http://www.chinanews.com.cn/gn/news/2010/01-27/2093295.shtml


Civil Society
Beijing Resident Sues the Ministry of Finance, Requiring the Disclosure of the Three Gorges Dam Cost
The Beijing News (via Probe International), January 26, 2010
http://www.probeinternational.org/three-gorges-probe/beijing-resident-sues-ministry-finance-requiring-disclosure-three-gorges-dam-cost

Hong Kong
Hong Kong Lawmakers Resign to Push a Controversial Vote
The Wall Street Journal, January 26, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703906204575026663130135900.html

Human Rights Defenders
刘仕辉状告广州司法局 网友声援遭误拘 (Rights Lawyer Sues Guangzhou Bureau of Justice)
Radio Free Asia, January 26, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/liushihui-01262010094628.html


Human Rights Defender - Liu Xiaobo (
刘晓波)
刘晓波之妻对改判不抱希望 (Liu's Wife Sees No Hope for Change of Liu's Sentence)
Radio Free Asia, January 27, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/9-01262010164959.html

Internet Censorship

China: Beijing’s Relentless Repression of Internet Users, Activists and Petitioners
Spero News, January 26, 2010
http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?id=26204&t=China%3A+++Beijing%92s+relentless+repression+of+internet+users


Labor
Forced Labour Exposed at China Kiln: Report
Agence France-Presse, January 26, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hCx5O6V1Sit6CHfEc97cVTVmQZaw

Foxconn Worker Killed; Reward Offered for Info
Xinhua News Agency, January 26, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/26/content_9380139.htm

Law
China to Jail People for up to 15 Days Who Eat Dog
China Daily, January 27, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/26/content_9379689.htm


Media
Gates Weighs in on Google-China Spat
Agence France-Presse, January 26, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h6xLzW9vQePrrOxo-PUHkl3EPLBQ

Protests and Petitions
人大会场不准访民接近代表陈情 (Petitioners Barred from Petitioning to National People's Congress Delegates)
Radio Free Asia, January 26, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renda-01262010105201.html

Taiwan
China Issues Warning over US Arms Sales to Taiwan
Associated Press, January 27, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100127/ap_on_re_as/as_china_us

XUAR
China Sentences Four More to Death in Xinjiang
Agence France-Presse, January 26, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100126/wl_asia_afp/chinaunrestxinjiangrightstrial

Monday, January 25, 2010

January 26, 2010

News

Corruption
China to Move Against Local Lobbyists
New York Times, January 25, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/26/world/asia/26chinalobby.html

Ex-Chinese Political Advisor on Trial for Graft
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), January 25, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/25/content_9374373.htm

Human Rights Defender - Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
Retired Communists Urge China Dissident Review
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), January 25, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100125/wl_asia_afp/chinarightsdissident


Human Rights Defender - Feng Zhenghu (
冯正虎)
駐日領事探望 馮正虎拒談判 (Chinese Embassy Officials Meet Feng at Tokyo Airport)
Ming Pao, January 26, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100126/cad1.htm


Human Rights Defender - Zhao Dagong (
赵达功)
Outspoken Chinese Writer Released After 2 Weeks
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), January 25, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100125/ap_on_re_as/as_china_detained_writer


Human Rights Defender - Wang Rongqing (
王荣清)
付不起药费王荣清欲返监狱 黄金秋力虹保外就医被拒 (Released Pro-democracy Activist Who Cannot Afford Medical Expenses Wishes to Return to Jail)
Radio Free Asia, January 25, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wangrongqing-01252010093715.html


Human Rights Defenders
赵连海案被移送检察院四毒奶被瞒8个月 (Case of Tainted-milk Activist Zhao Lianhai Transferred to Procuratorate)
Radio Free Asia, January 25, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhaolianhai-01252010095035.html

Internet Censorship

Ministry Orders Net Filters for Schools
South China Morning Post, January 26, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9c1b92959e566210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Media
Google: China Dispute Could Be Resolved in Weeks
Associated Press (via American Broadcasting Company), January 25, 2010
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=9657302

Population
Beijing Will Not Ease Only-child Policy
China Daily, January 26, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/26/content_9377735.htm

Related News:

One-child 'Changes' Spark Confusion
South China Morning Post, January 26, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3c5692959e566210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
Two More Rallies against Building of Trash Incinerators
South China Morning Post, January 26, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1c2b92959e566210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

桂林强徵土地防暴警打伤村民 (Police, Villagers Clash in Guangxi over Forced Eviction, More Than 20 Villagers Injured)
Radio Free Asia, January 25, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/clash_land-01252010113912.html

Shanghai World Expo
《上海不欢迎你》主唱被约谈"喝茶"(,视频) (Singer Invited for "Tea" by Authorities After Writing A Hit Song Ridiculing Shanghai World Expo)
Radio Free Asia, January 25, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhuchang-01252010150951.html

Tibet
Dalai Lama Envoys to Revive Talks with Beijing
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), January 25, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100125/wl_sthasia_afp/chinatibetdalaidiplomacytalks2ndlead

January 25, 2010

News

Bilateral Ties
Sino-U.S. Ties Hit New Snag over Internet Issues
The Los Angeles Times, January 23, 2010
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/asia/la-fg-google-china23-2010jan23,0,2967526.story

Children
Beijing to Loosen Control on One-child Policy
China Daily, January 25, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/25/content_9371368.htm


Food Security
China Firms Found Selling Melamine-tainted Food: Report
Agence France-Presse, January 25, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gdsnNmOOUTZ_hceQU9SFDtPkIiag


Government
Liaison Offices Face Closure in Anti-graft Drive
South
China Morning Post, January 25, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2bff5052e3166210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender - Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)
中国官方对冯正虎滞留东京首次有了小动作 (Chinese Authorities Contact Feng's Family)
Radio France Internationale, January 24, 2010
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/121/article_18993.asp


Media

五中文网站联合抗议遭受恶意攻击 (Five Overseas Chinese Websites Protest against Malicious Attack)
Radio Free Asia, January 24, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wang-01242010160716.html

Message to Authorities: Our Text Lives Are Private
South China Morning Post, January 25, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9b4f5052e3166210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China Rejects Claims of Cyber Attacks on Google
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 24, 2010
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8478005.stm

China Says Internet Regulation Legitimate, Reasonable
Xinhua News Agency, January 25, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/25/content_9369988.htm

Protests and Petitions
广东佛山数百人戴口罩聚集反对垃圾焚烧 (Hundreds Rally in Guangzhou against Waste Incineration Plant)
Guangzhou Daily, January 25, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100125/u1a4976125.html


Public Health
Health Activist Finds Freedom Only Goes So Far on Avenue of The Stars
South China Morning Post, January 24, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=dc6442e831c56210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Taiwan
Cross-strait Trade Talks Set to Start
Agence France-Presse, January 25, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=43d35052e3166210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet
China to Seek ‘Stability’ in Tibet via Development
New York Times, January 23, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/24/world/asia/24china.html

XUAR
Xinjiang Residents Cope with Losing Net Access
Associated Press, January 24, 2010
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/01/23/BULI1BKP86.DTL


Friday, January 22, 2010

January 22, 2010

Top News of the Day

Human Rights Defender - Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
EU Parliament Berates China for Human Rights Violations
Deutsche Presse Agentur, January 21, 2010
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/305046,eu-parliament-berates-china-for-human-rights-violations.html

Related information:

European Parliament Resolution of 21 January 2010 on Human Rights Violations in China, Notably the Case of Liu Xiaobo

P7_TA(2010)0006

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&reference=P7-TA-2010-0006&format=XML&language=EN

Media
Clinton Urges Technology Companies to Resist Censors
Business Week, January 21, 2010
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-01-21/clinton-urges-technology-companies-to-resist-censors-update2-.html

Related information:
Remarks on Internet Freedom Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton
The Guardian, January 21, 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jan/21/china-liu-xiaobo-nobel

News

Death Penalty
广西来宾故意撞死交警案的罪犯被执行死刑 (Man Who Intentionally Killed Traffic Officer Executed)
Xinhua News Agency, January 22, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2010-01/21/content_12852155.htm


Economic Development
Growing Costs: Dilemmas, Struggles Facing China
China Daily, January 22, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/22/content_9359443.htm

Gender
Draft Sex Equality Law Proposes Leave for Dads
South China Morning Post, January 22, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f7905409f8156210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders
赵连海取保候审待复 毒奶受害者就医要自费 (Tainted-milk Activist Zhao Lianhai Awaits Bail; Victims's Families Must Pay for Treatment)
Radio Free Asia, January 21, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zlh-01212010103238.html


Human Rights Defender - Chen Yunfei (
陈云飞)
各地《零八宪章》签署者再遭打压 监控软禁警告无损支持决心 (Further Crackdowns on Signatories of Charter 08)
Radio Free Asia, January 21, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xian-01212010100037.html

Human Rights Defender - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
外交部称高智晟在该在的地方刘晓波从容面对牢狱 (MFA: Gao Is "Where He Should Be")
Radio Free Asia, January 21, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gzs-01212010151601.html

Human Rights Defender - Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)
日本众议院特别委员长牧野圣修到成田机场看望冯正虎 (Makino Seishu, Member of Japan's Diet, Visits Feng Zhenghu on His 78th Day in Narita)
Radio Free Asia, January 22, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/japan-01202010134643.html

Human Rights Defender - Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
China's Champion of Peace: The Human Rights Activist Liu Xiaobo, Imprisoned in China, Deserves the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize
The Guardian, January 21, 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jan/21/china-liu-xiaobo-nobel

哈维尔及数诺奖得主推刘晓波为2010诺奖人选 (Dissident-turned-President Václav Havel and Others Nominate Liu Xiaobo for 2010 Nobel Peace Prize)
Radio France Internationale, January 21, 2010
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/121/article_18935.asp

劉曉波無悔﹕期待明天 庭上自辯曝光 今晤律師 (Liu: No Regrets, Looking Forward to Tomorrow; Meeting up with Lawyer Today)
Ming Pao, January 22, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100122/gaa1.htm

質疑「罪證」合法性 老幹部聯署促重審 (Senior Cadres Challenge Legitimacy of Convicting Evidence of Liu’s Case, Urge for Retrial)
Ming Pao, January 22, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100122/gaa2.htm


Labor
Only A Third of Migrant Workers Given Contracts
South China Morning Post, January 22, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=16e05409f8156210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Law
Owners to Get Say in Relocation
China Daily, January 22, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/22/content_9359779.htm


Media
China Maintains Tight Grip on Communications
Voice of America, January 21, 2010
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/China-Maintains-Tight-Grip-on-Communications-82240097.html

Google to Stop Censoring China Web Results Shortly: Schmidt
Agence France-Presse, January 21, 2010
http://www.mysinchew.com/node/34339

China Builds up Great Firewall as Economy Grows
The Guardian, January 22, 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/21/china-internet-censorship-great-firewall

网游配合网络实名制 公民吁罢免李毅中 (Online Games to Comply with Real Name Registration System; People Demand Recall of Minister of Industry and Information Technology)
Radio Free Asia, January 21, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wangyou-01212010100536.html

Gmail Accounts of Beijing Reporters Hacked
Agence France-Presse, January 18, 2010
http://www.canada.com/news/Gmail+accounts+Beijing+reporters+hacked/2456867/story.html


Shanghai World Expo
Reservations Will Be Taken at Expo
China Daily, January 22, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/22/content_9359862.htm

Tibet
Tibetans Seek a Way Out of Impasse
Asia Times Online, January 22, 2010
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/LA22Ad01.html

Thursday, January 21, 2010

January 21, 2010

News

Bilateral Ties
Clinton Plans to Stump for Global Net Freedom
CBS News, January 20, 2010
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10438324-38.html

Corruption
Guangdong Crackdown on Graft Snares Another Senior Official
South China Morning Post, January 21, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4ec13ef496c46210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

上海市普陀区原区长蔡志强涉嫌受贿罪被提起公诉 (Former Shanghai Senior Official Prosecuted for Accepting Bribes)
China News Service (via Xinhua News Agency), January 21, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2010-01/20/content_12844245.htm

China Teen Seen as Hero for Killing Local Official
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), January 21, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100121/ap_on_re_as/as_china_killer_hero

Human Rights Defender - Zhou Yongjun (周勇军)
9 Year Sentence for Ex-China Democracy Leader
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), January 20, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100120/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tiananmen

Related News:

Dissident HK Handed to Mainland Jailed 9 Years
South China Morning Post, January 21, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=95ac3ef496c46210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

何俊仁批评特区政府屈服中央出卖周勇军 (Legislator Albert Ho Criticizes HK Gov't for Yielding to The Central Gov't Pressure on Zhou's Case)
Radio Free Asia, January 20, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/hongkong_dissident-01202010120106.html


Human Rights Defender - Liu Xiaobo (
刘晓波)
RFA授权首发)刘晓波一审时不被允许在庭上读出的最后陈述 (Liu Xiaobo: Final Statement That Liu Was Not Allowed to Read out in His Trial of First Instance)
Radio Free Asia, January 21, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lxb-01202010124642.html

Human Rights Defender - Huang Qi (黄琦)
周勇军一审判九年 黄琦二审弃辩护权 (Zhou Yongjun Jailed 9 Years; Huang Qi Abandons Right to Defense at His Second Trial)
Radio Free Asia, January 20, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/pan-01202010143905.html

Media
Baidu Fuels Cyber Tension by Suing US Web Firm
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), January 21, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5e8c3ef496c46210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD


Protests and Petitions
Villagers, Police Clash over Land Dispute
China Daily, January 21, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/21/content_9353031.htm

廣州千人反擴建發電廠 (Thousand Protest in Guangzhou against Construction of Refuse-burning Plant)
United Daily News (via Ming Pao), January 20, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20100120/ca32202a.htm

Three Gorges
Dam Forces Relocations of 300,000 More
China Daily, January 21, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/21/content_9353013.htm

XUAR
Ban on International Calls Lifted
Agence France-Presse (via The Straits Times), January 20, 2010
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Asia/Story/STIStory_479779.html