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HOUSING: Provincial Governments to be Held Accountable for Unstable Housing Prices; The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the Ministry of Land, and the Ministry of Supervision have issued a notice defining accountability clauses provincial governments must face regarding their efforts to stabilize housing prices. Experts have interpreted the notice as a warning to local governments.; The Beijing News | 2010-10-12

HEALTH: China Needs to Reform System of Committing People to Mental Health Institutions; To mark the 16th World Mental Health Day, an NGO called Mental Health and Social Observation (精神病與社會觀察) along with the Shenzhen Equity and Justice Initiative (深圳衡平機構) published a report analyzing the system by which patients are accepted to receive treatment at the country's mental health institutions. The report states that the current system has "huge shortcomings" and is "chaotic," the report a...; China Youth Online | 2010-10-11

GOVERNANCE: Party Secertary and County Head Removed in Relation to Case of Forced Eviction R...; The Propaganda Department of the Jiangxi Provincial Party Committee yesterday announced that the party secertary of Yihuang County Qiu Jianguo had been removed from his position. The head of the county's government Su Jianguo has also been removed from his position. The removal of the two officials is directly related to their involvement in the attempted demolition of a residence that led to the ...; Southern Metropolis | 2010-10-11

NATURAL GAS: Beijing Residential Natural Gas Prices to be Raised Before End of Year; Beijing's Development and Reform Commission announced on Oct 8 that they would organize hearings to discuss adjustments to the price of natural gas in the capital in the near future. According to unnamed inside sources, the detailed price reform program will be announced and completed before the end of this year.; Beijing Times | 2010-10-11

SECURITY: Guangzhou Introduces Special Security Checks in Preparation for Asian Games; A reporter from the Information Times learned from police that Guangzhou officials plan to increase security checks from now until December 31 of this year. Train stations, airports, bus stations and other public transportation hubs will be outfitted with new security equipment and personnel. Passengers refusing to accept the safety checks will be denied service and face up to 500 yuan in fines.; Information Times | 2010-10-11

ENERGY: Electricity Prices Could Rise as Early as Next Month Under New Proposal; The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) published two alternate proposals for lifting the cost of residential electricity prices on October 9, each of the plans is based on a three tiered system that will charge those who consume more than a set quota of electricity a month at a higher rate. The NDRC argues that most low-energing consuming households will remain largely unaffected un...; Shanghai Securities News | 2010-10-11

GOVERNANCE: 85% of New Civil Servant Intake to have Experience Working at Grassroots; A few days ago, the head of China's civil service revealed plans for reforms to the 2011 national civil service examination for central government agencies and related departments. The plans include offering postions to examinees who have more than 2 years experience working at grassroot-level organizations. In 2010 70% of those hired after passing the anual civil service examination came from suc...; The Beijing News | 2010-10-11

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Should the Chinese Men's Basketball Team Have to Apologize?: Why does the Chinese men's basketball team keep getting into fights and should they be expected to apologize?; Source:The Economic Observer

Newspaper Shines a Light on Beijing's Black Jails: Southern Metropolis Daily's investigative report into a security company that's locking up petitioners on behalf of local governments; Source:Southern Metropolis Daily

BOOK REVIEW: October Issue of EO's Book Review; A Chinese translation of the Durants' The Story of Civilization, Mr Playboy and interview ...