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Disabled shoppers vs. Parkson Department Store [Danwei] "The Fuxingmen Parkson department store in Beijing was host to a piece of performance art yesterday morning. Two cardboard cutouts of blind people, two empty wheelchairs, and a few shoes were arranged outside the entrance to protest an incident at a Parkson store in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province in which an elderly woman in a wheelchair was refused entry. Jiangxi's New Legal Report has been following the case very closely. On October 13, the paper told the story of Ms. Zhang and her wheelchair-bound mother, who were barred from the store on October 8."
Google Books Settlement: The Chinese Chapter [WSJ] "Google’s (GOOG) troubles in China seem to have taken a new turn as a result of the company’s plan to create a vast digital library of books. The China Written Works Copyright Society (CWWCS) has called on Chinese writers to stand up for their legal rights in the face of Web search giant Google’s proposed book settlement, according to a post published on the official website of Chinese Writers’ Association (CWA)..."
China accused over ‘missing’ Uighurs [Financial Times] "China has refused to disclose the whereabouts of dozens of Uighur men who “disappeared” after July riots in the western Chinese city of Urumqi, according to Human Rights Watch, with the fate of hundreds more yet to be accounted for. In a report published on Wednesday, the human rights group identified 43 missing Uighurs detained after the riots and said many more members of the Muslim ethnic minority might have been taken away by the authorities."

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Today's Links: Protest at Parkson, Google Books and China, and missing Uighurs

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