On Dec 30, China’s party mouthpiece People’s Daily Online reported that the 50,000 Tibetan herders who had “left” the Sanjiangyuan area in Qinghai Province were encountering many problems such as how to remove the language barrier and find jobs after they were settled in urban areas.
The nomads were forced to settle in numerous new urban clusters. One such cluster was the Kunlun Ethnic Culture Village, built in Golmud, and used to settle 1,700 Tibetan herders in 2006.

Nepal's prime minister said Tuesday his government would not tolerate any anti-China demonstrations in the Himalayan nation as he met with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing, state media reported.
"The Nepalese government... believes that Taiwan and Tibet are inalienable parts of the Chinese territory," Madhav Kumar Nepal told Wen Jiabao in comments reported on China's state television CCTV.

Nepal "will not allow any forces to use Nepalese territory to engage in anti-China activities."

A Chinese court in Dhartsedo has sentenced Tulku Phurbu Tsering Rinpoche , a renowned Tibetan Lama in Kardze , to over eight years in prison. The sentence was passed by Dhartsedo Intermediate People's Court around 24 December, 2009.
Chinese police arrested Rinpoche on 18 May 2008 for ‘alleged’ possession of weapons..
Rinpoche is currently held at Dhartsedo prison.

An Argentine federal judge has on Dec 17 asked Interpol to issue an arrest warrant against former Chinese president Jiang Zemin and former security chief Luo Gan after four years of investigating charges of torture and genocide against Falun Gong practitioners. China has condemned the ruling, saying this was not the first time such order has been issued against its leaders. Its Foreign Ministry said Dec 24 that such overseas court rulings that support Falun Gong were hurting China's relations with those countries.

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Leading Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo has been jailed for 11 years for "inciting subversion of state power".
The trial, from which Western diplomats and journalists were barred, followed Mr Liu's co-authorship of a document last year urging political reform.
Several people were apparently hurt at a Hong Kong protest over the sentence.
"All I can tell you now is 11 years," the defendant's wife, Liu Xia, told reporters. Diplomats said they were told by Mr Liu's lawyers that he had been deprived of his political rights for a further two years.

Christmas is just around the corner, but for some Christians in northern China there isn’t much to celebrate.
In November, five religious leaders in Linfen City, Shanxi Province, were sentenced to three to seven years criminal detention. They were found guilty of “illegally occupying farm land” and “disturbing transportation through a mass gathering.” The trial followed a mass prayer by members of the Linfen-Fushan Church.

As recriminations fly post-Copenhagen, one writer offers a fly-on-the-wall account of how talks failed
Copenhagen was a disaster. That much is agreed. But the truth about what actually happened is in danger of being lost amid the spin and inevitable mutual recriminations. The truth is this: China wrecked the talks, intentionally humiliated Barack Obama, and insisted on an awful "deal" so western leaders would walk away carrying the blame. How do I know this? Because I was in the room and saw it happen.

The country is grappling with more acute social problems than ever before, according to a report from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
Crime is also up, despite a nationwide campaign to shore up social stability.
Although continued economic growth has provided a greater number of jobs, China has seen more social conflict in 2009 than before.
The report on China's social trends sounds a stark warning to policy makers.
The authors believe deep resentment has been accumulating over the past few decades against unfairness and power abuses by government officials at various levels.

Landmark decision cites 'genocidal strategy' used against Falun Gong
In a landmark decision, an Argentine judge indicted and ordered the local Interpol department to seek the arrest of two high-ranking Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials on Thursday for their role in crimes against humanity committed against Falun Gong practitioners. The ruling follows a similar decision in Spain last month, when the Spanish National Court indicted five top CCP leaders for their involvement in genocide and torture against Falun Gong.

Sabato 19 settembre 2009, 15 praticanti nella città di Jiamusi, provincia di Heilongjiang, inclusi Chuang Jing, Wen Ying, e Liu Guiqing stavano studiando per condividere le rispettive esperienze nella casa di un praticante nel distretto di Jianan. Non appena si sono seduti, qualcuno ha bussato alla porta e ha urlato: "C’è un allagamento al piano superiore. Devo fare un controllo." Dato che il padrone di casa non ha sospettato niente, ha aperto la porta. Sei o sette poliziotti (alcuni in uniforme e alcuni no) si sono precipitati dentro.

Hundreds of police and armed Chinese military personnel were deployed in front of the main Tibetan temple, 'Jokhang,' in Tibet’s capital of Lhasa, on 10 December, which was both the 20th anniversary of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's reception of the Nobel Peace Prize, and World Human Rights Day.
The authorities also warned visiting foreign tourists not to take photos, threatening that their cameras would be confiscated.

The Information Centre for Human Rights and Democracy has learned that an extraordinarily massive unrest occurred in Yunfu city, Guangdong, on 6 December; which resulted in the arrest of a local villager.

L’ex presidente del Consiglio nei giorni scorsi ha firmato un contratto (milionario) da anchorman per la Cctv, la televisione di Stato cinese.
Nel febbraio di quest’anno, quando un incendio distrusse il quartier generale della Cctv a Pechino con una vittima e molti feriti sia tra i vigili del fuoco che tra i dipendenti, il canale non diede nemmeno la notizia.