Bilateral Ties

China Seeks a Cultural Influence to Match Its Economic Muscle
The New York Times, November 08, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/08/world/asia/china-seeks-cultural-influence-to-match-economic-muscle.html

Related information:
中国的软实力
China's Soft Power
China Rights Forum, 2009, no. 4
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/crf/issue/2009.04
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/crf/issue/2009.04

Human Rights Defenders - Ai Weiwei (艾未未)

艾未未借561万 官报批违法 (Official Media: Loans to Ai Illegal)
Ming Pao, November 08, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2485582/1.html

Related editorial:
Ai Weiwei's Tax Evasion Case Takes a New Twist
Global Times, November 07, 2011
http://www.globaltimes.cn/NEWS/tabid/99/ID/682723/Ai-Weiweis-tax-evasion-case-takes-a-new-twist.aspx

Related information:
艾未未的母亲要抵押房产救儿子
Ai Weiwei’s Mother to Mortgage Her House to Help Son
Human Rights in China, November 07, 2011
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5621
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/5623

Law

深入开展场所文化建设进一步提升劳教戒毒工作水平 (Forum Held on Increasing Civilized Construction in Reeducation and Drug Treatment Centers)
Legal Daily, November 08, 2011
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2011-11/08/content_3083660.htm

Migrant Workers

In Beijing, Shipping Containers Double as Community Center
Los Angeles Times, November 06, 2011
http://articles.latimes.com/2011/nov/06/world/la-fg-china-container-schools-20111107

Military

Pay Heed to Soldiers' Complaints: PLA Paper
South China Morning Post, November 08, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2f9dbded4be73310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions

Three Peasants Self-Immolate
Radio Free Asia, November 07, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/fire-11072011185343.html

沪300护士罢工求加薪 (Shanghai: Nurses Strike for Salary Hike)
Sing Tao Daily, November 08, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2485679/1.html

Shanghai Cooperation Organization

Russia, China Laud Their Economic Bloc
Associated Press, November 07, 2011
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111107/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_russia_china_security_pact

Bilateral Ties

Uyghur Refugee Threatened
Radio Free Asia, November 06, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/refugee-11062011173203.html

Environment

环保部：全国十分之一耕地重金属超标 (Ministry of Environmental Protection: 10% of Farmland Has Excessive Levels of Heavy Metal)
Southern Metropolis Daily, November 07, 2011
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/d/01/d01016b522179c23/Blog/bf0/fae982.html

Government

China's Independents Find It Hard to Get on Ballot
Los Angeles Times, November 05, 2011
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-china-independents-20111106,0,3629826.story

Hong Kong

Pro-Democracy Parties Lose Ground in Hong Kong Vote
Wall Street Journal, November 07, 2011
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204554204577023171526579552.html

Human Rights Defenders - Ai Weiwei (艾未未)

艾未未解释“借债缴税”问题 (Ai Explains His Tax Issue: Won't Be Using Netizens' Funds)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 07, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2011/11/111107_aiweiwei_tax.shtml

Internet

China’s Technology Firms Back Beijing on Web Controls
Reuters, November 07, 2011
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2011/11/07/2003517706

中央外宣办举办发展健康向上网络文化研讨班
Radio Free Asia, November 06, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sd-11062011171048.html

Police

Chengguan Try to Boost Image
Shanghai Daily, November 06, 2011
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=486724

Tibet

Dalai Lama Blames Tibetan Burnings on "Cultural Genocide"
Reuters, November 07, 2011
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/07/us-china-tibet-dalailama-idUSTRE7A619X20111107

Group: Tibetan Nun's Death Draws 10K to Monastery
Associated Press, November 06, 2011
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111106/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tibet

Bilateral Ties

Europe 'Will Ease Pressure on China over Human Rights in Exchange for Bailout'
The Guardian, November 03, 2011
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/nov/03/europe-china-human-rights-bailout

Environment

Beijing Accuses US Embassy of Pollution 'Hype'
Agence France-Presse, November 04, 2011
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gymKgYeatAfD2_sz1zdtB4Z1udBA

Human Rights Defenders

China Jails Grandmother Who Organised Protest
Agence France-Presse, November 03, 2011
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h5s1eDfN4WmOG58KnhUawToOXwHA

China's Ai Weiwei Receives Support from Fellow Activist over Tax Bill
Cable News Network, November 04, 2011
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/11/04/world/asia/weiwei-tax-jia/

Related news:
Netizens Using Alipay to Give Money to Dissident Artist Ai Weiwei
Tech in Asia, November 04, 2011
http://www.penn-olson.com/2011/11/04/netizens-using-alipay-to-give-money-to-dissident-artist-ai-weiwei/

Human Rights Defenders - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)

Blind Man’s Bluff: The Case of a Blind Chinese Activist Spurs Internet Activism
The Economist, November 05, 2011
http://www.economist.com/node/21536639

Labor

武汉讨薪民工遭殴打37伤 (Wuhan: 37 Injured in Labor Dispute)
Ming Pao, November 04, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/32/1/1/2482458/1.html