Top News of the Day
Olympics
China Deports Refugees Ahead of Olympics - UN
Reuters, April 08, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL0863281
Jennifer Pagonis, spokesperson of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), said on April 8 that China deported 15 refugees in 2008. She said it is "fairly clear" the deportations happened because of the "security sweep ahead of the Olympics." China has signed the UN Convention on the Status of Refugees. Pagonis said refugees should not be sent back to their country of origin.
News
Food Security
China Spending Too Little to Stem Farm Drain
Reuters, April 08, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/
idUST13042720080409
Human Rights Defender - Zheng Mingfang (郑明芳)
天津藓县维权人士郑明芳被劳教两年 (Tianjin Rights Defender Zheng Mingfang Sentenced to Two Years of Reeducation-Through-Labor)
Radio Free Asia, April 08, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/08
/zhengmingfang/
Law
今日关注:性骚扰案件"同类不同果"现象亟待终结 (Different Rulings for Similar Sexual Harassment Cases Have to End)
Legal Daily, April 09, 2008
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2008-04/09/content_
829806.htm
Media
专家炮轰证监会 经济半小时停播引质疑 (Financial TV Program Suspended After Criticizing Government's Inaction over Stock Market Plunge)
Radio Free Asia, April 08, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/08
/tv_show/
数名外国驻华记者接到恐吓电话 (Foreign Journalists in China Receive Death Threats over Tibet Reports)
Radio Free Asia, April 08, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/04/08/China_
Press/
Olympics
Censor Loosens Media Strings in Publicity War
South China Morning Post, April 09, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=50e34dff60f
29110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Olympic Official Condemns Anti-China Protests
Wall Street Journal, April 09, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120766115661397851.html?
mod=hps_asia_whats_news
奥运场馆附近居民将凭证出入 (Residents Near Olympic Venues Will Be Required to Show Pass for Entry and Exit)
The Beijing News, April 09, 2008
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/olympic/2008/04
-09/015@080614.htm
China Turns Patriotic Wrath on Olympics Demonstrators
Reuters, April 08, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/
idUSSP23296420080408
Most Americans Say China Wrong Choice for Games: Poll
Reuters, April 08, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/
idUSN0835446720080408
Protests and Petitions
甘孜枪伤多人 阿坝骚乱未了 (Sichuan Authorities Shoot Protestors with Rubber Bullets)
Radio Free Asia, April 08, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/08/
ganzi/
Tibet
China Rights Experts Refute Amnesty International Report
Xinhuanet, April 09, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/08/content_
7942552.htm
Lhasa Market Reopens Following Riot
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), April 08, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/china_tibet;_ylt=
ApKBIwoRa6gzhbkV9Rs4MDVPzWQA
Tibet Governor Says 953 Detained for Riots
Reuters, April 08, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews
/idUSSP23296420080409