Recommended Reads: Human Rights Day, economic turmoil, and green efforts for a dirty country

Human Rights Day
A Beijing Protest on International Human Rights Day [WSJ]
300 Chinese Activists Sign Public Call for Rights [AP]
Leading Chinese Dissident, Liu Xiaobo, Arrested over Freedom Charter [Times Online]
Activists Detained: New Crackdown or One Off? [TIME]
A Call for Greater Democracy and Human Rights in China [WSJ]
Wang Chen: China Registers Historic Progress in Human Rights [Xinhua]

The Economy
China Is ‘Highly Unlikely’ to Devalue Yuan [Bloomberg]
Real Estate Growth Falls MoM, Say Government Stats [Pacific Epoch]
Is China’s Airline Industry Bankrupt? [All Roads Lead to China]
China Acts to Aid Domestic Airlines [Shanghai Daily]
Troubling Numbers on China's Exports [TIME]
Asia Seeks Resources Bargains as Prices Slump [ForexPros]
Time to Prepare for Chinese 'Invasion' [Herald Sun]
Ford, Changan Said To Be In Talks Over Volvo [China Economic Review]

The Environment
It's official: China is the World's Bigger Polluter [The Guardian]
Local Govts' Poor Awareness a 'Major Risk' [China Daily]
SinoHydro Corporation Begins Operation Of Yunnan Wind Farm [Pacific Epoch]
PV Plant To Get RMB 9.1B Investment [Pacific Epoch]
LM Glasfiber To Invest RMB 304M In Hebei Wind Project [Pacific Epoch]

International Relations
North Korea Talks Mull China Plan [BBC]
China and France: Boycott of French Goods [Global Voices]
China Sends Jitters to India Through Nepal [Asia Times Online]
Pakistan Nukes China [The Opposite End of China]

Within China
'Locked up for complaining in China' [BBC]
China's Suicide Rate Soaring [Asia One]
China Names and Shames Fake Drug Websites [Reuters]
Google Unveils China's 2008 Most Popular Search Terms [PC World]

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