March 04, 2010

News

Corruption
Online Diaries Expose China Official to Graft Probe
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), March 03, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100303/wl_asia_afp/chinapoliticscorruptioninternet

Education
Not Enough Schools for Handicapped Children
China Daily, March 04, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/04/content_9534173.htm

Food Security
Three Jailed for Toxic Dairy Food in Shanghai
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), March 03, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/03/content_9533736.htm

China Official Wanted Toxic Bean Case Hushed up
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), March 02, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100302/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tainted_beans

Freedom of Speech
Censor Shows His Soft Side, with Taste for Banned Books
South China Morning Post, March 04, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d8618c8d3b427210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Government
政府信息公开司解征求意见：对不予公开范围争议大 (More Controversy over Scope of What to Be Withheld from Disclosure: Opinions on Draft Regulations on Several Issues Regarding the Hearing of Open Gov't Information Cases)
Legal Daily (via Xinhua News Agency), March 03, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2010-03/03/content_13086817.htm

Hukou
籲戶籍改革13媒體遭封殺 (13 Newspapers under Gov't Pressure After Calling for Household Registration Reform)
Ming Pao, March 04, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100304/cak1.htm

Human Rights Defender - Ai Weiwei (艾未未)
China Activist Demands Quake Recovery Budget Info
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), March 03, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100303/ap_on_re_as/as_china_quake

Human Rights Defender - Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)
冯正虎被撞成妨碍公务　周三传唤八小时 (Feng Summoned to 8 Hours for "Obstructing Official Duties" on Wednesday)
Radio Free Asia, March 03, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/feng-03032010153704.html

Internet Censorship
Delegate Suggests Closing Internet Cafes - Then Has Website Hacked
South China Morning Post, March 04, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6bc18c8d3b427210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

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提议关闭社会网吧政协委员公司网站被黑(图) (Website of CPPCC Delegate's Company Hacked After His Proposal to Nationalize Cyber Cafe)
Dahe Daily, March 03, 2010
http://shehui.daqi.com/article/2830218.html

Microblogging Services Halted
Radio Free Asia, March 02, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/microblogging-03022010172017.html

Labor
“开胸验肺”催促职业病防治法修订 修订程序启动 (Authorities Plan to Revise Occupational Disease Prevention Law After Outcry over Cases of Factory Workers Forced to Undergo Unnecessary Surgical Chest Incision)
Legal Daily (via Xinhua News Agency), March 03, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2010-03/03/content_13086952.htm

Military
China's Defence Budget to Rise 7.5 Percent in 2010
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), March 04, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100304/bs_afp/chinacongressnpcmilitary

Police
上海将出台执法行为规范 剑指利诱欺诈等收集证据 (Shanghai to Introduce Code of Conduct on Law Enforcement to Prohibit Using Violence, Fraud, Coercion, etc. to Collect Evidence)
Legal Daily (via Xinhua News Agency), March 03, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2010-03/03/content_13086915.htm

Protests and Petitions
杨秋雨投诉央视被公安拘押 (Rights Defender Yang Qiuyu, Petitioners Taken away by Police After Attempting to File Complaint with Propaganda Department about CCTV Report)
Radio Free Asia, March 03, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/petitioners_detain-03032010112838.html

Society
Nearly Half of CPPCC Proposals Focus on Housing
China Daily, March 03, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2010-03/03/content_9532849.htm

青年賣腎4萬酬金遭騙剩3000 (Youth Cheated Most of Money Earned from Selling His Kidney)
Ming Pao, March 04, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100304/ccb1.htm

Urban-rural Income Gap Widest Since Opening-up
China Daily, March 02, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2010-03/02/content_9524530.htm

March 03, 2010

News
Civil Society
互联网成为中国人公民意识 “训练场” (Internet Becomes Civic Awareness "Training Ground")
Xinhua News Agency, March 03, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100302/u1a5052527.html

Death Penalty
PERU-CHINA: Extradition to Death Row
Inter Press Service, March 01, 2010
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=50502

Education
Publish and Perish
China Economic Review, March 03, 2010
http://www.chinaeconomicreview.com/cer/2010_03/Publish_and_perish.html

Gender
Gay Rights in China: Road to Respect
China Central Television, February 24, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2010-02/24/content_9492530.htm

Hukou
中介公司辦速成留學生 12天歸國一年拿北京戶口 (Obtain a Beijing Hukou Easily through Agent by Becoming an "Overseas Student" – Only 120K)
Legal Evening News, March 02, 2010
http://dailynews.sina.com/bg/chn/chnlocal/sinacn/20100302/21131235940.html

Human Rights Defenders
两会前 北京加强对敏感人士的监控 (Beijing Tightens Surveillance of Activists before NPC and CPPCC)
Radio France Internationale, March 02, 2010
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/123/article_19769.asp

Media
青年經營色情網站判囚十年 (Young Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Running Porn Site)
Ming Pao, March 03, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20100303/ca30848a.htm

中国两微博被迫永久停运 严密审查下生存不易 (Two Micro-blogging Service Providers in China Forced Out of Market For Good; Hard to Survive under Stringent Censorship)
Radio Free Asia, March 02, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/weibo-03022010094421.html

Migrant Workers
Government and Policy Discrimination an Issue: Survey
China Daily, March 03, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/03/content_9527729.htm

Migrants' Children Shut Out of Schools
South China Morning Post, March 03, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8dcd3a5dd8f17210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Police
警察酒後槍殺酒店保安 受審時稱不記得事情經過 (Alcohol-laden Police Officer Shoots Security Guard, Claims to Not Recall What Happened)
Spring City Evening, March 03, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1444663/1.html

Politics
Congress Set to Give Some Pointers on China's Future
Irish Times, March 03, 2010
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2010/0303/1224265500628.html

Protests and Petitions
物業被騙 港商上訪遭軟禁 (Hong Kong Businesswoman Put under House Arrest for Petitioning in Beijing)
Ming Pao, March 03, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1444202/1.html

March 02, 2010

Top news
Human Rights Defender – Liao Yiwu (廖亦武)
China Writer Blocked from Going to German Festival
Associated Press, March 02, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jmS19vCSQuOscmUllwS3YlX2mqeAD9E69VT80

On March 1, 2010, dissident writer Liao Yiwu (廖亦武) was taken off a plane bound for Beijing by police in Chengdu; he was en route to Germany, where he had planned to fly on his way to attend lit.Cologne, a literature festival. Liao then was interrogated at a local police station for several hours. Upon his release, he was told not to leave his house “during this period.” In response, Liao, the author of the internationally-acclaimed The Corpse Walker: Real Life Stories: China from the Bottom Up,issued a public letter to his German readers, whom he had hoped to meet at the festival.

Related information:
Barred from Traveling, Writer Liao Yiwu Speaks to German Readers in Open Letter
廖亦武被禁离境 发表致德国读者公开信
Human Rights in China, March 01, 2010
http://www.hrichina.org//public/contents/173374
http://gb.hrichina.org/gate/gb/big5.hrichina.org/public/contents/18347

Related news:
Chinese Author Put under House Arrest
Deutsche Presse Agentur, March 01, 2010
http://www.timeslive.co.za/world/article332211.ece

News
Bilateral Ties
U.S. Official's Visit Signals Thaw in China Ties
The Wall Street Journal, March 02, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704754604575095091771389002.html

Environment
Widespread Dry Spell Hits 11m
China Daily, March 26, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2010-02/26/content_9508436.htm

Food Security
Parent of China Melamine Victim Receives Compensation
Xinhua News Agency, March 01, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-03/01/c_13192999.htm

Hukou
Chinese Newspapers in Joint Call to End Curb on Migrant Workers
The Guardian, March 01, 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/mar/01/chinese-newspapers-migrant-workers-rights

Related news:
Chinese Editorials Assail a Government System
New York Times, March 01, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/02/world/asia/02china.html

京郊打工子弟寒假后集体失学 教育为拆迁利益让路 (Beijing Migrant Workers' Children Cannot Attend School after Winter Break)
Radio Free Asia, March 01, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/dagong-03012010161032.html

Human Rights Defender – Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)
China's 'Terminal' Activist Vows to Fight On
Agence France-Presse, March 01, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100301/wl_asia_afp/chinarightslawjapan

Related news:
上海国保警察沈国良用车撞冯正虎 (Shanghai's State Security Barrel into Feng Zhenghu in Patrol Car)
Radio France Internationale, March 01, 2010
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/123/article_19745.asp

Human Rights Defenders
北京维权人士刘安军被软禁 公安驾车两度撞向冯正虎 (Beijing Activist Liu Anjun Put under House Arrest; Harassment of Feng Zhenghu Continues)
Radio Free Asia, March 01, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/feng-03012010095402.html

Labor
One Dead, 31 Trapped in Latest Coal Mine Tragedy
China Daily, March 02, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/02/content_9521797.htm

Media
全国政协委员严琦语出惊人：取缔社会网吧 (CPPCC's Yan Qi's Astounding Remarks: Ban Internet Cafes )
Chongqing Morning Post, March 02, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/2010lh/u1a5051967.html

Military
China PLA Officer Urges Challenging U.S. Dominance
Reuters, March 01, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6201CC20100301

Police
China Police Ordered to Resign Over Detainee 'Torture'
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 01, 2010
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8543744.stm

Public Health
Hepatitis B Activist Wins Right to Work in Test of New Anti-bias Rules
South China Morning Post, March 02, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8c1fe5bf20a17210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

XUAR
Top US Court Dismisses Uighur Guantanamo Appeal
Agence France-Presse, March 02, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100302/pl_afp/usattacksguantanamojusticeuighur_20100302021151

中国拒绝日本支持“疆独”学者入境 日媒关注 (China Denies Entry for Pro-Xinjiang Independence Japanese Scholar)
Global Times, February 28, 2010
http://world.huanqiu.com/roll/2010-03/729246.html

March 01, 2010

Disasters
China Reports At Least 29 Injured in Yunnan Quake
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), February 26, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100226/ap_on_re_as/as_china_earthquake

Education
Government to Increase Spending on Education
China Daily, March 01, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/01/content_9515384.htm

Related News:

教育經費支出17年未達標 (China's Education Spending Never Reaches Its Four-percent-of-GDP Target Set in 1993)
Ming Pao, March 01, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100301/caa1.htm

中國政府放權學校自主辦學 (Authorities Plan to Allow Greater School Autonomy)
China News Service (via Ming Pao), February 28, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20100228/ca71210p.htm

Related Information:

國家中長期教育改革和發展規劃綱要(2010-2020年)全文 (National Outline for Medium and Long-term Education Reform and Development (2010-2020): Full text)
China News Service, March 01, 2010
http://big5.china.com.cn/policy/txt/2010-03/01/content_19492625.htm

Government
温总理网上"真情对话"遭网民"打假" (Wen Jiabao Chats with Internet Users, Criticized for His Hypocritical Speech)
Radio France Internationale, February 28, 2010
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/122/article_19728.asp

Hukou
內地13報社論同斥戶籍制 (13 Papers Publish Joint Editorial Criticizing Current Household Registration System)
China Review News (via Sina), March 01, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/32/1/1/1442185/1.html

Human Rights Defender - Zhang Sizhi (张思之)
Losing Hope: The Defence Lawyer Who Always Loses
South China Morning Post, February 28, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7a14f80295f07210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender - Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
My Dear Husband Liu Xiaobo, The Writer China Has Put behind Bars
The Guardian, February 28, 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/feb/28/liu-xia-china-dissident-xiaobo

Labor
The Beautiful Game's Ugly Secret Exposed
South China Morning Post, February 28, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3822f80295f07210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Politics
China's National People's Congress - Democracy in action
The Economist, February 25, 2010
http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15580832

Protests and Petitions
Dissidents And Petitioners Targeted Before NPC Session
South China Morning Post, March 01, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2e1aa93fd7517210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Shanghai World Expo
Olympics-style Blowout Rejected for Expo Opening
South China Morning Post, March 01, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0bc9a93fd7517210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet
China Raises Profile of Its Choice of Dalai Lama's No 2
Reuters, February 28, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62007920100301

XUAR
Discriminatory Job Notice Comes as No Surprise to Uygurs
South China Morning Post, February 27, 2010

http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b0f00c6d14a07210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

February 26, 2010

News
Civil Society
NGOs Say They Adapt to Survive in China
South China Morning Post, February 26, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9e15b69280607210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Death Penalty
非政府组织：中国每年判处死刑人数2000至5000 (NGO: 2000-5000 Sentenced to Death in China Each Year)
Radio France Internationale, February 26, 2010
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/122/article_19676.asp

景德镇监狱三名死刑犯绝食吁国际关注 (Three Prisoners on Death Row Call for International Attention)
Radio Free Asia, February 25, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sixing-02252010111012.html

Human Rights Defenders
China Police Detain 18 for Assaulting Artists
Agence France-Presse, February 25, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100225/wl_asia_afp/chinaartprotestpropertyrights

Land Policy
Shanghai Residents Fight Forced Demolitions
China Daily, February 26, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/26/content_9506528.htm

Law
中国法治蓝皮书出炉 学者指司法倒退 (CASS Rule of Law Blue Book: The Legal System Regressed in 2009)
Radio Free Asia, February 25, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sifa-02252010102145.html

Crime Up in 2009; More Expected in 2010
China Daily, February 26, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/26/content_9506191.htm

Police
河南青年在看守所死亡 警方称喝开水后发病 (Henan Police Claim Boy's Detention Center Death due to Drinking Boiled Water)
Chongqing Evening News, February 26, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2010-02/26/content_13050841.htm

Protests and Petitions
粤新会采石引发警民冲突 (Jiangmen Quarry Leads to Clash with Police)
Radio Free Asia, February 25, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xinhui-02252010103149.html

Public Health
Dairy Bosses on Trial for Reselling Melamine Milk
South China Morning Post, February 26, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c375758f34507210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet
Nepal Police Arrest Five Including Four Tibetans
Press Trust of India, February 22, 2010
http://www.ptinews.com/news/529688_Nepal-police-arrest-five-including-four-Tibetans

XUAR
Xinjiang Rumor Mongers Punished over Texts
China Daily, February 26, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/26/content_9506714.htm

February 25, 2010

News

Bilateral Ties
China's Military Warns Washington, Denies Hacking
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), February 25, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100225/ts_nm/us_china_usa

Civil Society
Oxfam Hong Kong Halts Training Programme in China
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 24, 2010
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8533752.stm

Economic Development
Put Brakes on Nationalisation, Academic Urges
South China Morning Post, February 25, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=cc8af8ae4e007210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Food Security
Too Many Cooks in The Kitchen for Food Safety
China Daily, February 25, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/25/content_9499122.htm

Government
China Amends Law to Tighten Civil Servants Supervision
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), February 24, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/24/content_9498885.htm

Related News:

Real-name Whistleblowers Must Be Replied to: Draft Law
China Daily, February 25, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/25/content_9499130.htm

Disciplined Officials Can Be Promoted
China Daily, February 25, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/25/content_9503554.htm

China's Communists Issue Ethics Code
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), February 23, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100224/wl_asia_afp/chinacorruptionpolitics

Related Information:

中国共产党党员领导干部廉洁从政若干准则 (Code of Ethics for Communist Party Officials (Full text))
People's Daily, February 24, 2010
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1026/11012525.html

信息公开条例遭曲解 地方政府过度收集申请人个人信息 (Information Disclosure Regulations Misinterpreted: Local Gov'ts Unnecessarily Collect Applicants' Personal Info)
Legal Daily (via Xinhua News Agency), February 24, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2010-02/24/content_13037386.htm

Human Rights Defender - Huang Qi (黄琦)
家人仍不知黄琦服刑地点和探视安排 (Family Is Still Not Informed of Huang's Detention Location, Visiting Arrangements)
Radio Free Asia, February 24, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissident_huangqi-02242010105953.html

Military
China Mulls Defence Industry Subsidies: Media
Agence France-Presse (via China Post), February 25, 2010
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national-news/2010/02/25/245836/China-mulls.htm

Politics
Jiang's New Chapter Hits Headlines
South China Morning Post, February 25, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a199f8ae4e007210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Shanghai World Expo
10,000 Journalists Apply for Shanghai World Expo
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), February 24, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009worldexpo/2010-02/24/content_9498994.htm

上海世博招聘政审把关 (Recruitment for Shanghai World Expo Involves Political Vetting)
Radio Free Asia, February 24, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/shanghai_expo-02242010104615.html

State Security
中國擬修法進一步明確“什麼是國家秘密” (China to Amend Law to Further Clarify "What Is State Secrets")
China Review News, February 24, 2010
http://www.chinareviewnews.com/doc/1012/4/0/2/101240258.html?coluid=7&kindid=0&docid=101240258&mdate=0224211625

Related News:

绝密定级权收归中央及省级单位 (Only Central, Provincial-level Gov'ts Have Power to Classify Top State Secrets)
The Beijing News, February 25, 2010
http://epaper.bjnews.com.cn/html/2010-02/25/content_69044.htm

Key Questions Go Unanswered in Draft Changes to State Secrets Law
South China Morning Post, February 25, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=33e4f448c6007210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

February 24, 2010

News
Food Security
Study Raises Concerns of Long-term Problems in Children after China's Tainted Milk Scandal
The Canadian Press, February 23, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5g3tAN8r2nNq--Q8NV_f66HMsSlhA

Human Rights Defender – Ai Weiwei (艾未未)
Beijing Police Beat Artists Protesting Evictions
New York Times, February 23, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/24/world/asia/24china.html

Related news:
百余人夜袭北京正阳艺术区 疑因强拆发生冲突 (100+ Invade Beijing's Zhengyang Art Zone after Alleged Forced Demolition Brings Conflict)
Southern Metropolis Daily, February 24, 2010
http://nf.nfdaily.cn/nfdsb/content/2010-02/24/content_9448095.htm

Human Rights Defender – Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)
Activist Stranded in Airport for Three Months Files Suit
South China Morning Post, February 24, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d66dc4a93bbf6210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Labor
尘肺病“死亡接力棒” (The "Relay Baton" of Pneumoconiosis)
China Youth Daily, February 24, 2010
http://www.cyol.net/zqb/content/2010-02/24/content_3098446.htm

Media
China Denies Links to Google Cyber Attacks
The Guardian, February 23, 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/feb/23/china-denies-google-cyber-attacks

China Further Tightens Rules for Domain Name Owners
IDG News Service, February 23, 2010
http://www.pcworld.com/article/190013/china_further_tightens_rules_for_domain_name_owners.html

中国推动全国性连锁网吧 (China Pushes for National Net Cafe Chains)
Radio Free Asia, February 23, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wangguan-02232010162630.html

Related information:
全国网吧连锁企业认定工作申报指南 (Guidelines on the Declaration and Determination of National Internet Cafe Chain Enterprises)
Ministry of Culture, February 23, 2010
http://www.gov.cn/gzdt/2010-02/23/content_1539494.htm

Military
China Postpones Some Military Exchanges with U.S.
Reuters, February 23, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE61N0IU20100224

Public Health
China Pilots Public Hospital Reform in 16 Cities
Xinhua News Agency, February 24, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-02/24/c_13185277.htm

艾滋病是造成最多中国人死亡的传染病 (MOH: HIV/AIDS Leading Cause of Death amongst Infectious Diseases in 2009)
Radio Free Asia, February 23, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/AIDS-02232010131423.html

Related news:
专家称中国管制互联网对艾滋病防治教育不利 (Expert: Net Censorship Detrimental to HIV/AIDS Education)
Radio Free Asia, February 23, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/AIDS-02232010092622.html

February 23, 2010

News

Civil Society
Mainland Students 'Told to Shun Oxfam'
South China Morning Post, February 23, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=82f249df716f6210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related Information:
关于防止香港"乐施会"中国分部通过互联网在我高校招聘"大学生志愿者"的紧急通知 (Urgent Notice about Preventing Oxfam Hong Kong from Recruiting University Volunteers through Internet)
Minzu University of China, February 11, 2010
http://www.career.muc.edu.cn/jyw/detail.jsp?seq=2382

Corruption
Government Funds to Get Tighter Audits
China Daily, February 22, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/23/content_9486145.htm

Internet Censorship
Citing National Security, Officials Urge More Controls on Internet
South China Morning Post, February 23, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=003649df716f6210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Law
China Releases New Rules for Detention Centers
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), February 22, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/22/content_9485982.htm

Related News:
我國拘留所將實行管理教育新模式 (China's Detention Centers to Implement New Management Rules)
Xinhua News Agency, February 22, 2010
http://big5.xinhuanet.com/gate/big5/news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2010-02/22/content_13026649.htm

Media
Crackdown Fears as Censor Slams Citizen Journalists
South China Morning Post, February 23, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a9d549df716f6210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

U.S. Pinpoints Code Writer behind Google Attack: Report
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), February 22, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100222/ts_nm/us_china_internet

China's President Hu Signs up for Microblogging
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), February 22, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100222/wl_asia_afp/chinapoliticsitinternethu

Related News:
Hu's Microblog Disappears Before It Gets Going
South China Morning Post, February 23, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=837549df716f6210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Migrant Workers
China's Pearl River Manufacturing Hub 'Lacks Workers'
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 22, 2010
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8527621.stm

Protests and Petitions
Ai Weiwei Protests Beijing Art Zone Demolition, Xinhua Reports
Bloomberg, February 22, 2010
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601089&sid=aHJBH7w_uZOo

Public Health
毒奶粉维权家长悄然判五年 敲诈勒索原是钓鱼执法？ (Tainted Milk Parent Sentenced to Five Years; Believed to Be in Retaliation for His Whistle Blowing)
Radio Free Asia, February 22, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/dunai-02222010162003.html

February 20-22, 2010

News

Civil Society
地方政府透明度年度报告称部分政府网站不及格 (Some Official Websites Are Below Standards, CASS Report on Transparency of Local Gov't Says)
China Youth Daily, February 22, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100222/u1a5032186.html

Disasters

Fake Quake Warning Sends Thousands Outdoors
South China Morning Post, February 22, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=244b505ab61f6210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Education
Education Minister Faces Tough Entry Exam
South China Morning Post, February 22, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e55b505ab61f6210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Environment
Villagers Live in Fear of Yellow River Floods
China Daily, February 22, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/2010-02/22/content_9481591.htm

Human Rights Defender - Gao Yaojie (高耀洁)
港媒播出高耀潔美國流亡專訪 (Hong Kong TV Interviews Anti-AIDS Activist)
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 20, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/trad/china/2010/02/100220_rthk_gao.shtml

Related information:

Gao’s Interview on RTHK

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHQHoCakFBk

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsmEm7ArYqo

Human Rights Defender - Liu Jie (刘杰)
维权人士刘杰强烈要求废除劳动教养制度 (Rights Defender Liu Jie Calls for Abolition of Re-education Through Labor System)
Radio Free Asia, February 21, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wei-02212010162433.html

Internet Censorship

China PLA Officer Urges New Internet Control Agency
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), February 22, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100222/ts_nm/us_china_internet

Law
改革选举法城乡居民“同票同权” (Electoral Law Reform Aims for Equal Vote Weight for Urban, Rural Constituencies)
Sichuan Online (via Xinhua), February 22, 2010
http://news.66wz.com/system/2010/02/22/101707640.shtml

Media
Chinese Colleges Deny Google Hacking
Irish Times, February 22, 2010
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2010/0222/1224264939208.html

Protests and Petitions
中国安保无止境 访民抗议公安摄像被刑拘 (Shanghai Petitioner Criminally Detained for "Obstructing Official Duties" After Attempting to Stop Police Filming at Private Home)
Radio Free Asia, February 21, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fang-02212010145013.html

Tibet
Censorship at Heart of Tibet/China Issue: Dalai Lama
Reuters, February 21, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61K0FP20100221

February 19, 2010

News

Bilateral Ties
Obama Meets Dalai Lama, Angering China
Reuters, February 19, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1116932520100218

Food Security
China Says "Most" Melamine-tainted Milk Destroyed
Reuters, February 15, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61E39C20100215

Gender
China Contender at Mr Gay World Event Fears Hometown Return
Agence France-Presse, February 18, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hZ-PSIH4J_CUBQdPBn-ADRZFqXAA

Human Rights Defenders
Nervous Times for Uighur Lecturer
Financial Times, February 18, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/28cb287e-1c2c-11df-86cb-00144feab49a.html

张怀阳劳教上诉案草草开庭 (Appeal Case of Charter 08 Signatory Zhang Huaiyang against His RTL Sentence Handled Improperly)
Radio Free Asia, February 18, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/China-dissident-02182010105302.html

Internet Censorship

China Shuts Down 16,000 Websites in Latest Crackdown
The Daily Princetonian, February 18, 2010
http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2010/02/18/25222/

Labor
安监总局：重大和特别重大事故信息3小时内上报至总局 (China Requires "Large," "Especially Serious" Work Accidents Reported to Authorities Within 3 Hours)
Xinhua News Agency, February 18, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2010-02/18/content_12998733.htm

Land Policy
Hire Stands Up to Chinese Government, Developers
Voice of America, February 17, 2010
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Hire-Stands-Up-to-Chinese-Government-Developers-84644077.html

Law
Lawyer's Trial Renews Rule-Of-Law Concerns In China
National Public Radio, February 18, 2010
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123821142

Media
上海“短信监控”变成业务服务 (“Text Message Monitoring” Becomes Business Service in Shanghai)
Radio Free Asia, February 18, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hu-02182010095625.html

Two Chinese Schools Said to Be Tied to Online Attacks
New York Times, February 18, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/19/technology/19china.html

Tibet
阿坝僧人静坐抗议大批武警严控寺院 (Tibetan Monks Stage Sit-in Protest in Sichuan; Monasteries Surrounded by Armed Troops)
Radio Free Asia, February 18, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/China-Tibetan-02182010103527.html

February 18, 2010

Top News of The Day
Human Rights Defender - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
Missing Chinese Rights Lawyer 'Located'
Voice of America, February 16, 2010
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Missing-Chinese-Rights-Lawyer-Located-84486732.html

Related Information:

Statement by Geng He, Wife of Gao Zhisheng
Human Rights in China, February 17, 2010
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/173340

Missing Activist May Be in Jail, Ex-lawyer Says
Associated Press, Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), February 16, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5cce1ba41f1d6210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Rights Group Says Missing Chinese Lawyer in Urumqi
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), February 14, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100214/ap_on_re_as/as_china_missing_lawyer

News

Bilateral Ties
U.S. Warship on Schedule in HK Despite China Tension
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), February 17, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100217/pl_nm/us_china_us_warship

Government
Warning as Unrest Grows
Radio Free Asia, February 17, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/warning-02172010112910.html

Human Rights Defenders
王丹等发表“网路革命”宣言 (Exiled Chinese Dissidents Issue Declaration of "Internet Revolution")
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 16, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2010/02/100216_internet_revolution_declaration.shtml

Land Policy
房屋征收条例征意见结束 非公共利益拆迁成焦点 (Consultation on Draft House Expropriation Regulation Ends; Non-public Interests Demolition Is Main Focus of Discussion)
Beijing News (via Xinhua News Agency), February 13, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2010-02/13/content_12978414.htm

Law
China Has over 166,000 Lawyers
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), February 16, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/16/content_9471615.htm

Related News:

中国律师行业全面实现共产党党组建设 (CCP's "Party Building" Fully Implemented in Chinese Legal Profession)
Radio Free Asia, February 16, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lushi-02162010152928.html

Protests and Petitions
200多名访民年初一试图到温家宝官邸上访 (More than 200 Petitioners Attempt to Visit Wen Jiabao's Official Residence on Chinese New Year)
Radio Free Asia, February 15, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_arrest-02152010115121.html

女访民交五万元不上访保证金后离开精神病院 (Petitioner Released from Mental Hospital After Paying 50,000 Yuan Deposit, Writing An Affidavit That She Won’t Petition Again)
Radio Free Asia, February 17, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/petitioner_abuse-02172010111135.html

桂林农民护地多人被打成重伤 (Farmers Trying to Protect Their Farmland Seriously Wounded in Guilin, Guangxi)
Radio Free Asia, February 17, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/China-demolition-02172010112025.html

男子大年初三县政府门前引爆炸药 (Man Detonates Explosives in Front of Gov't Office After His Long-running Petitioning to No Avail)
Radio Free Asia, February 17, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhayao-02172010094640.html

Society
China's "Ant Tribe" Poses Policy Challenge for Beijing
Reuters, February 17, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61H01220100218

Taiwan
Taipei Set to Challenge Beijing's 'Soft Power'
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), February 18, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1da874747dcd6210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet
Beijing Bets on Economy to Stabilise Tibet
Financial Times, February 17, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f8e37a52-1beb-11df-a5e1-00144feab49a.html

February 12, 2010

Top news
Human Rights Defender – Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)
馮正虎抵達上海心情平靜 (Feng Zhenghu Arrives in Shanghai, Calm)
Hong Kong Cable Television, February 12, 2010
http://cablenews.i-cable.com/webapps/news_video/index.php?news_id=325635

Related news:
Chinese Activist Leaves Japan after 92-day Protest at Narita Airport
Kyodo News, February 12, 2010
http://home.kyodo.co.jp/modules/fstPhotos/index.php?photoid=43689

'Terminal' Activist Heads Home from Japan to China
Agence France-Presse, February 12, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h1Jsi1QAHSoCUcNIP4DK-z_P1tlQ

News
Food Security
'Unsafe' Pork in Market
China Daily, February 11, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/11/content_9459644.htm

Hong Kong
Democrats Confident of Deal on Suffrage: Beijing Concessions Likely, Says Albert Ho
South China Morning Post, February 12, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=18529e1dc7db6210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

New Push to Revive Article 23 Legislation: Security Law Needed, Says NPC Deputy
South China Morning Post, February 12, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ce139e1dc7db6210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender – Huang Xiaoqin (黄小勤)
黄小勤获联合国政治庇护来美 (Chinese Democracy Party Member Huang Xiaoqin Granted Political Asylum from UN, Arrives in U.S.)
Radio Free Asia, February 10, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huangxiaoqin-02102010115818.html

Human Rights Defender – Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
二審 10分鐘　維持 11年寃獄　劉曉波：我無罪　妻准見緊抱不捨 (Liu's Original Verdict Upheld in 10 Min Trial, Liu: I Am Innocent)
Apple Daily, February 12, 2010
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20100212&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=13724015

Related information:
Court Affirms 11-Year Sentence for Liu Xiaobo against International Appeal for His Release
不顾国际社会强烈呼吁，当局维持对刘晓波重判
Human Rights in China, February 11, 2010
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/173323
http://gb.hrichina.org/gate/gb/big5.hrichina.org/public/contents/18327

Human Rights Defenders
Activist 'Surrenders' to Publicise Arrests
South China Morning Post, February 11, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2df4331c158b6210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Chinese Factory Worker Jailed for Joining Political Party
Associated Press, February 10, 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/feb/10/chinese-worker-jailed-political-party

郭庆海申请联合国难民受阻吁外界支持 (Author and Dissident Guo Qinghai’s Application for UN Refugee Status Rejected, Issues Call for Support)
Radio Free Asia, February 10, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/guoqinghai-02102010103009.html

Media
China Blocks Sun TV Signal in Content Crackdown
Reuters, February 12, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BD0UP20091214

Innocent Websites Suffer in Beijing's Anti-porn Push
South China Morning Post, February 12, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=32459e1dc7db6210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Police
民警驾警车撞死人 被免刑事处罚 (Patrol Car Injures 4, Kills 1, Crazy-Driving Policeman Goes Free)
Southern Metropolis Daily, February 12, 2010
http://epaper.nddaily.com/A/html/2010-02/12/content_1014099.htm

Tibet
Obama to Meet Dalai Lama on Feb 18: White House
Reuters, February 11, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61A4F420100211

Related news:
China Warns of Damage from Obama-Dalai Meet
Agence France-Presse, February 12, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iVQg4_79ahdN2_sW7PYq9VwE1r7Q