May 23, 2008

News
Bilateral Ties
Medvedev Makes Key Visit to China
BBC, May 23, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7415997.stm

Disasters
Minister Dismisses Tales of Stingy Multinationals
South China Morning Post, May 23, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=812d9287c011a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Rainy Season Could Bring More Quake Lakes, Ministry Warns
South China Morning Post, May 23, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=45eba9040911a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Relief Operation Bares Army Weaknesses
South China Morning Post, May 23, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e3bc9287c011a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Why Aren't China's Schools as Strong as Japan's, Critics Ask
South China Morning Post, May 23, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=409c9287c011a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

南充的麦当劳因地震捐款问题受冲击 (Anti-McDonald's Protest in Sichuan for Too Small Donations)
Radio Free Asia, May 22, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/dizhen-05222008110406.html

都江堰市家长在教育局示威要求尽快查明校舍塌毁原因 (Dujiangyan Parents Protest for Investigation into Shoddy Construction of School Buildings)
Radio Free Asia, May 22, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/dujiangyan05222008092835.html

灾民生活物资短缺 当局纠察涨价店铺 (Authorities Combat Price-Gouging While Commodities Low)
Radio Free Asia, May 22, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/earthquake_aid-05222008115801.html?encoding=simplified05222008115801.html

China Quake Deaths Exceed 51,000
BBC, May 22, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7414249.stm

灾民对地震死亡或失踪人数有所保留 (China Quake Survivors Have Reservations on Official Toll of Dead or Missing)
Radio Free Asia, May 22, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/deathtoll-05222008093740.html

中国红十字会将定期公告捐赠款物的分发情况 (Red Cross to Regularly Announce How It Will Distribute Donations and Rations)
Radio Free Asia, May 22, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/earthquake_donation-05222008121421.html

Text Messages Raise 100 Mln Yuan for China's Quake Survivors
Xinhua (available at People's Daily), May 22, 2008
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6416553.html

Law
中国法学专家呼吁以矫治制度取代劳教 (Legal Experts Call for "Rectifying System" Rather Than Reeducation-Through-Labor)
Radio Free Asia, May 22, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/laojiao-05222008110102.html

Media
中国社情民意网被关
Website on Social Issues And Opinion Polls Shut Down
Radio Free Asia, May 22, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wang-05222008181629.html

Olympics
Sichuan Torch Relay Now Set for August
South China Morning Post, May 23, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=960ca9040911a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
五四「集体散步」骨干成员因发短信号召再次散步遭拘留 (Organizer of Chengdu "Silent March" Protesting Chemical Plant Taken Away)
Radio Free Asia, May 22, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sanbu-05222008092417.html

Tibet
Beijing Cool on Dalai Lama Games Invitation
South China Morning Post, May 23, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ddeaa9040911a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Dalai Lama Sees Change in China
BBC, May 22, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7413388.stm

西藏人权和民主中心指再有五名僧尼被捕 (Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy Alleges 5 Additional Monk Arrests)
Radio Free Asia, May 22, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/tibetan_monks-05222008123818.html