June 28 – 30, 2008

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender
中国民主党负责人查建国在服刑九年后出狱 (China Democracy Party Key Member Cha Jianguo Released after 9 Years in Prison)
Radio Free Asia, June 29, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zha-06292008164045.html
On June 27, democracy activist Cha Jianguo (查建国) was released after nine years in prison. Cha was sentenced on subversion charges in 1999 after announcing the establishment of China Democracy Party. He suffered from serious dental maladies and gastro-intestinal pain while in prison.

News
Disasters
China Quake death Toll Rises to 69,195
Xinhuanet, June 29, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-06/29/content_8458073.htm

Quake Teacher Detained
Radio Free Asia, June 28, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/detain-06282008080740.html

Human Rights Defender
Farmer-Turned-Activist Plants Seeds of Reform
Washington Post, June 27, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/25/AR2008062502493_pf.html

Human Rights Defender – Huang Qi (黄琦)
黄琦家人送药被拒 (Prison Authorities Refuse to Accept Huang Qi's Medication from Family)
Radio Free Asia, June 27, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissident_huangqi-06272008123227.html

Human Rights Defenders
浙江多名民主党成员周五被当局传唤 (Several China Democracy Party Members Summoned on Friday)
Radio Free Asia, June 27, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissident_CDP-06272008122104.html

Media
71.9％公众认为网络表达成中国式民主新通道 (71.9% of Interviewees Think Internet Will Become New Channel for China's Democratic Development)
China Youth Daily, June 30, 2008
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2008-06/30/content_2243141.htm

豆腐渣杀子 长長受访被阻 (Parents of Quake Victims Interrogated after Talking to Hong Kong Media)
Ming Pao, June 30, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080630/gha1h.htm

记者孙林被判刑四年 (Journalist Sun Lin Sentenced to Four Years)
Radio Free Asia, June 27, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/journalist_trial-06272008124553.html

胡锦涛@网 (Hu Jintao Gets Online)
Nanfang Weekend, June 26, 2008
http://www2.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/zmzg/200806260099.asp

Olympics
Beijing Starts Passenger Security Checks in All Subway Stations
Xinhuanet, June 29, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-06/29/content_8458478.htm

China Olympic Sailing City Frets over Algae Bloom
Reuters, June 29, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Olympics/idUSPEK27919620080629

Chinese Astronauts Take Part in Olympic Torch Relay
Xinhuanet, June 28, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-06/28/content_8454177.htm

Protests and Petitions
Riots in Southwest China over Girl's Death: Report
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), June 29, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080629/wl_asia_afp/chinarightsunrest_080629091017

烟台一千五百名军转干部上访与武警冲突 (1,500 Shandong Petitioning Soldier-Turned-Cadres Clash with Paramilitary Police)
Radio Free Asia, June 27, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yantai-06272008101117.html

Tibet
Central Authorities to Meet Dalai's Representatives in Early July
Xinhuanet, June 29, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-06/29/content_8458470.htm

June 27, 2008

News
Bilateral Ties
China Toys with India's Border
Asia Times Online, June 27, 2008
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/JF27Df01.html

Death Penalty
Top Court Overturns 15% Death Sentences in 1st Half Year
China Daily, June 27, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-06/27/content_6798854.htm

Disasters
China Approves Reports on Quake Relief Work, Reconstruction Plan
Shanghai Daily (available at Xinhua), June 26, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200806/20080626/article_364660.htm

China Banks Lend out $6.1 Bln to Quake-Hit Sichuan
Xinhuanet, June 26, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-06/26/content_8446189.htm

China Plans to Protect Threatened Qiang Culture in Wake of Quake
Xinhuanet, June 26, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-06/26/content_8445161.htm

China Training Medical Staff to Help Traumatized Quake Survivors
Xinhuanet, June 26, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-06/26/content_8444842.htm

Death Toll in Xinjiang Oil Tank Explosion Rises to 5
Shanghai Daily, June 26, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200806/20080626/article_364654.htm

Economic Development
Half of Chinese Expect Inflation to Worsen, Survey Finds
AFP (available at Google News), June 26, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jAi3i3qi3anFuIUap8pNTFWv36Wg

Human Rights Defenders - Huang Qi (黄琦)
律师欲见维权人士黃琦被拒 (Huang Qi's Lawyer Refused Visit)
Ming Pao, June 27, 2008
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20080627/ca51306w.htm

Human Rights Defenders - Chang Kun (常坤)
AIDS Activist's Dream 'Died'
Radio Free Asia, June 26, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/aidsactivist-06262008152243.html

Law
Chinese Legislature Approves International Convention on Rights of Handicapped
Xinhuanet, June 26, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-06/26/content_8445180.htm

Multilateral
China Approves SCO's Good Neighborly, Friendly Cooperation Treaty
Xinhuanet, June 27, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-06/26/content_8445276.htm

Olympics
China Removes Algae from Olympic Sailing Venue
Washington Post, June 26, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyn/content/article/2008/06/26/AR2008062601359.html
China Says Anti-Dalai Lama Rant Not Politicizing Games
Reuters, June26, 2008
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKPEK28419520080626

中国地方当局则以奥运或抗震为由，将访民拒之门外 (Chinese Officials Use Earthquake and Olympics as Excuse to Reject Petitioners)
Radio Free Asia, June 26, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-06262008083015.html

Olympics Haven't Helped Environment
Radio Free Asia, June 26, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/energy_watch/olympics-06262008142221.html

China's Hu Says Olympics Preparations in "Final Dash"
Reuters, June 25, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Olympics/idUSPEK29566120080626

Protests and Petitions
公安再扫荡「上访村」 保南站治安 拘数百告狀者 (Public Security Police Destroy Petitioning Village Again)
Ming Pao, June 27, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080627/caa4.htm

Hubei Clashes over Dead Boy - in Related Incident Police Detain Former Local People's Congress Deputy Yao Lifa
Radio Free Asia, June 26, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/chinaboy-06262008163052.html

上海多名访民因到天安门广场被拘留 (Shanghai Petitioners Detained for Going to Tiananmen Square)
Radio Free Asia, June 26, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-06262008103006.html

Public Health
Hospital, Firms Made to Pay for Deadly Drug
China Daily, June 27, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-06/27/content_6799568.htm

Tibet
Tibetan Monk Demands Probe
Radio Free Asia, June 26, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/monastery-06252008165549.html

甘南两名僧侣被秘密判重刑 (Two Monks Given Harsh Prison Sentences in Secret Trial)
Radio Free Asia, June 26, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/senglu-06262008103310.html

June 26, 2008

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)
狱中郭飞雄儿女入学被拒 张青急请关注 (Children of Imprisoned Rights Defender Guo Feixiong Refused Admission into School)
Radio Free Asia, June 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/guofeixiong-06252008170300.html
When Zhang Qing (张青), wife of imprisoned rights defender Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄), recently tried to register their children for elementary and middle school, they were refused admission. Their son was to begin elementary school in 2007, but he was also refused admission then; Zhang Qing has since been home-schooling him. According to Zhang, local authorities have been threatening the schools to not admit her children. Guo was sentenced to five years' imprisonment and fined 40,000 yuan in 2007 for "illegal business activity" in connection with the publication of Shenyang Political Earthquake《沈阳政坛地震》, a book concerning a political scandal in Shenyang, Liaoning.

Human Rights Defender - Huang Qi (黄琦)
与黄琦同时被捕的同事获释后指公安刑讯迫供 (Volunteer Detained with Huang Qi Released, Reveals Police’s Attempts to Torture Him into Confession)
Radio Free Asia, June 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_detain-06252008110731.html
Pu Fei (蒲飞), a volunteer who worked with rights defender Huang Qi (黄琦) at the quake site, was detained along with Huang and another volunteer, Zuo Xiaofan (左晓凡). Pu was released June 25. According to Pu, during his detention he was forced to study Mainland law and read earthquake relief articles during the day, and grilled under torture at night. He believes that they were attempting to compel him to frame Huang, as they asked him about his work with Tianwang, classified information of the group, and Tianwang's objective in going to the quake site. Pu believes that Zuo has also been released, but he told RFA that he has been unable to contact him.

News
Corruption
Beijing Arrests ‘White House’ Party Chief
Financial Times, June 26, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e2536eee-42d2-11dd-81d0-0000779fd2ac.html

Related story:
阜阳“白宫”举报人蹊跷死亡调查 (Investigation into the Curious Death of Li Guofu, Detained Whistle-Blower for Anhui's Luxurious "White House")
China Youth Online, April 22, 2008
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2008-04/22/content_2152901.htm

Pillow Talk Lands Officials in Jail
China Daily, June 26, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-06/26/content_6796351.htm

Death Penalty
China Executes Three in Drugs Crackdown
Reuters, June 26, 2008
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKPEK28642920080625

Company Official Sentenced to Death for Bribery
Shanghai Daily, June 26, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200806/20080626/article_364645.htm

Disasters
China Invites World Architects to Design Solar Schools for Quake Areas
Xinhuanet, June 25, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-06/25/content_8436920.htm

China to Make Quake Tourist Spots
Agence France-Presse (via China Post), June 25, 2008
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national%20news/2008/06/25/162521/China-to.htm

Three Workers Killed in Oil-Tank Blast
Shanghai Daily, June 26, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200806/20080626/article_364624.htm

Environment
China Building 1st Coal Bed Methane Pipeline to Ease Energy Strains
Xinhuanet, June 25, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-06/25/content_8435588.htm

China Generates Solar-Power Guidelines
Shanghai Daily (available at Xinhua), June 26, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-06/26/content_8441329.htm

Human Rights Defender - Jiranbayariin Soyolt
Mongolian Dissident Freed, Months Later
Radio Free Asia, June 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/mongolia-06252008142657.html

Human Rights Defender - Yao Lifa (姚立法)
姚立法遭身份不明人士恐吓 (Civil Society Activist Yao Lifa Threatened by Unidentified Individual)
Radio Free Asia, June 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissident_assault-06252008111113.html

Human Rights Defenders
太石村维权领袖冯秋盛因协助外国记者采访被拘留 (Guangzhou Village Rights Defender Feng Qiucheng Detained for Assisting Foreign Reporters)
Radio Free Asia, June 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_taishi-06252008105407.html

Land Policy
NW China Region Launches 900 Mln Yuan Plan to Rebuild Housing
Xinhuanet, June 25, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-06/25/content_8436906.htm

Media
黄良天﹕网站刊登东海油田文章被关闭 (Website of Former Editor of Outspoken Monthly Baixing, Huang Liangtian, Temporarily Shut Down after Posting Article on East China Sea Oil Field)
Radio Free Asia, June 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/internet_control-06252008111825.html

South China Tiger Snapper Held on Mystery Charge
China Daily, June 26, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-06/26/content_6796256.htm

Olympics
China Worried About Illegal Drugs during Olympics
Voice of America, June 25, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-06-25-voa10.cfm

For China's Olympic Guests, a Not-So-Warm Welcome
Christian Science Monitor, June 25, 2008
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0625/p01s08-woap.html

International Torch Relay for Beijing Paralympic Games Cancelled
Xinhuanet, June 25, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-06/25/content_8436905.htm

IOC Investigates Anti-Dalai Lama Torch Relay Speech
Reuters, June 26, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK26911720080625

Religion
China Extends Christian's Detention
Radio Free Asia, June 24, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/chinachristian-06242008165552.html

Society
Human Flesh Search Engines: Chinese Vigilantes That Hunt Victims on the Web
Times Online, June 26, 2008
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article4213681.ece

Taiwan
Tainan Urges Falun Gong to Leave Site
Taipei Times, June 25, 2008
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2008/06/25/2003415684

Tibet
青海隆务寺主持上周五被军警秘密拘捕 (Qinghai Longwu Temple Head Secretly Arrested on June 20 by Military Police)
Radio Free Asia, June 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/tibetan_monks-06252008102915.html

June 25, 2008

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Huang Qi (黄琦)
当局以国家机密为名不准律师会见黄琦 (Chengdu Authorities Bar Lawyer from Meeting Huang Qi on State Secrets Grounds)
Radio Free Asia, June 24, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_detain-06242008105500.html
On June 24, Chengdu authorities barred lawyer Ding Xikui (丁锡奎) from meeting his detained client rights defender Huang Qi (黄琦) on the grounds that Huang's case involves state secrets. Huang’s wife Zeng Li (曾丽) who went with Ding was also denied the visitation right. Meanwhile, Huang's landlord has asked Zeng and Huang’s mother to move out of their apartment, which had been rented by Huang's human rights organization.

Related Information
Case Update: Huang Qi Denied Access to Counsel
Human Rights in China, June 24, 2008
http://hrichina.org/public/contents/60742

因与黄琦有联系 成都村民被追捕 (Chengdu Authorities Try to Arrest Villagers for
Links with Huang Qi)
Radio Free Asia, June 23, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/chengdu-06232008105500.html

News
Disasters
China Quake Toll Likely to Exceed 80,000: Government
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), June 24, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080624/wl_afp/chinaquaketoll

Chinese Vice Premier Outlines Eight-Year Plan for Quake Zone
Xinhuanet, June 24, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-06/24/content_8430528.htm

Human Rights
China to Ratify UN Convention on Disabled People
Xinhuanet, June 24, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-06/25/content_8432435.htm

Human Rights Defenders
布什在白宫会见三名中国维权人士 (President Bush Meets Three Chinese Rights Defenders at White House)
Radio Free Asia, June 24, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/us_china_humanrights-06242008104051.html

Labor
Chinese Researchers Say China's Labor Supply Drying Up
Voice of America, June 24, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-06-24-voa8.cfm

Factories Staying Put in China
Asia Sentinel, June 23, 2008
http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1276&Itemid=32d=32

Land Policy
仅1%责任人被追究刑事责任 土地违法处罚为何遇官就软 (Only 1% of Officials Incur Criminal Liabilities for Illegal Land Use)
Legal Daily, June 25, 2008
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2008-06/25/content_885866.htm

上海维权人士促人大调查土地出让 (Shanghai Rights Defenders Urge National People's Congress to Investigate Land Sales)
Voice of America, June 24, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2008-06-24-voa43.cfm

Law
Chinese Legislators Meet, Deliberating Major Draft Laws, Amendments
Xinhuanet, June 24, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-06/24/content_8428658.htm

Media
北京禁邮寄影音制品 (Beijing Municipal Authorities Prohibits Postage of Audio-Visual Items)
Ming Pao, June 25, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080625/caa1h.htm

Blockade of NGO Websites Seen as Pre-Olympics Crackdown
South China Morning Post, June 25, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=bdb20a5de5bba110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Beijing Orders Tighter Media Controls
Financial Times, June 24, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bda7cc42-4206-11dd-a5e8-0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2340.html

Multilateral Relations
China's Top Legislature to Ratify SCO Treaty
Xinhuanet, June 25, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-06/25/content_8432433.htm

Olympics
Shanghai Bars Dissidents from Speaking to Foreign Journalists
South China Morning Post, June 25, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8f920a5de5bba110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Unsung Tourist Attractions and Energy Resources Bode Well for Shanxi's Future
South China Morning Post, June 25, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d8420a5de5bba110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China Holds Anti-Terror Drills in Tianjin ahead of Olympics
Xinhuanet, June 24, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-06/24/content_8431110.htm

Olympic Flame Concludes Harmonious Journey in Qinghai of NW China
Xinhuanet, June 24, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-06/24/content_8431257.htm

Olympic Venue Security Bolstered by Missile Launchers
Reuters, June 24, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/reutersComService_2_MOLT/idUSPEK25645520080624

Tight Security in Western China
Radio Free Asia, June 24, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/torch-06242008163639.html

Related Information
Press Statement: Torch Relay in Tibet: Spectacle over Substance
Human Rights in China, June 20, 2008
http://hrichina.org/public/contents/58110

Protests and Petitions
黑龙江省双鸭山市出动全部警力截止近万名买断工人上访 (Heilongjiang Authorities Dispatch City's Entire Police Force to "Retrieve" 10,000 Petitioners)
Radio Free Asia, June 24, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shangfang-06242008085207.html

Tibet
Tibet to Reopen to Foreign Tourists Wednesday: State Media
Agence France-Presse (available at Google News), June 24, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gZGF04UfQHllOld8R4vdMwm2UFbA

June 24, 2008

News
Corruption
监察部:灾区垮塌学校若涉贪污贿赂将严惩不贷 (Ministry of Supervision: Corrupt Acts in Quake-Torn Schools Will Be Punished Mercilessly)
EastDay.com, June 23, 2008
http://news.eastday.com/c/20080623/u1a3672029.html

Officials Investigated over Petitioner's Death
Xinhuanet, June 23, 2008
http://www.china.org.cn/government/local_governments/2008-06/23/content_15873785.htm
Top auditor: No Corruption Found in Disaster Relief Fund Use
Xinhuanet, June 23, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-06/23/content_8425196.htm

Disasters
Emergency Response Law to Be Implemented
Xinhuanet, June 23, 2008
http://www.china.org.cn/government/local_governments/2008-06/23/content_15870666.htm

Floods and Landslides Kill 35 in Southwest China
Reuters, June 23, 2008
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKPEK31550920080623

Education
College Graduates Sought for Grass-Roots Jobs
Xinhuanet, June 23, 2008
http://www.china.org.cn/china/local/2008-06/23/content_15872120.htm

Freedom of Speech
Supreme Court Ensures People's Voices Heard
Xinhua (via China Daily), June 23, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-06/23/content_6786827.htm

Government
China Says 43 Officials Punished over Quake Relief
Reuters, June 23, 2008
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKPEK20806220080623

Law
最高法：落实公开审判制 (Vice-President of Supreme People's Court Proposes for Open Trial System)
The Beijing News, June 24, 2008
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/guonei/2008/06-24/021@084336.htm

Media
民間保釣會網站遭關閉 ("Chinese Civilian Association for Safeguarding the Diaoyu [Pinnacle/Senkaku] Islands" Website Shut Down)
Ming Pao, June 24, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080624/caa1h.htm

Olympics
奧運城市禁空運危險品 (Cities with Olympic Events Prohibit Mailing Dangerous Goods by Air)
Ming Pao, June 24, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080624/cae1.htm

Businesses in China Take a Pre-Olympics Hit
Los Angeles Times, June 23, 2008
http://travel.latimes.com/articles/la-trw-chinavisa23-2008jun23

China Tightens Custom Vigil to Fight Doping During Olympics
Express India, June 23, 2008
http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/China-tightens-custom-vigil-to-fight-doping-during-Olympics/326479/

Lhasa's Monks All but Vanish in Chinese Crackdown
The Globe and Mail, June 23, 2008
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080623.wtibet23/BNStory/International/homeational/home

Politics
Corruption a 'Threat to Party's Survival'
Reuters (available at South China Morning Post), June 24, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=683b2069856ba110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
访民人权京奥：穿状衣往天安门 筹签名申请游行 (Beijing Petitioners Collect Signatures for Application to Demonstrate)
Radio Free Asia, June 23, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-06232008170450.html

XUAR
Uyghur Mosque Demolished
Radio Free Asia, June 23, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/uyghurmosque-06232008163925.html

June 21-23, 2008

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Wan Yanhai (万延海)
万延海与欧盟议员见面后被公安跟踪骚扰 (AIDS Activist Wan Yanhai Followed and Harassed by Police after Meeting with EU Official)
Radio Free Asia, June 20, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_sue-06202008104005.html
Prominent AIDS activist Wan Yanhai (万延海) reported to RFA that he has been closely followed by police officers since meeting with European Parliament member Jules Maaten on June 18. Police had warned him not meet with Maaten that morning. Wan noted that the police have not issued him a subpoena and therefore have no legal right to follow him; he tried to raise a suit against the police department for its illegal actions on June 19, but the court would not accept it. Wan is the director of AIDS awareness group Aizhixing Institute, which announced in April 2008 that it would be cutting back on services before the Olympic Games due to increased harassment of its clients.

News
Corruption
CPC Publicizes Party's Five-Year Anti-Corruption Plan
Xinhua (via People's Daily), June 23, 2008
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90785/6434727.html

Related information:
建立健全惩治和预防腐败体系2008-2012年工作规划 (2008-2012 Plan for the Prevention and Punishment of Corruption)
Xinhuanet, June 22, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2008-06/22/content_8417974.htm

Officials Held over Relief Grain Scam
China Daily, June 21, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-06/21/content_6784130.htm

Disasters
富新二小家长向官要答复　外媒记者遭粗暴驱赶羁押 (Police Dispatched to Disperse Gathering of Parents Who Lost Children in Quake; Detain Foreign Reporters)
Radio Free Asia, June 20, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fuxin-06202008130645.html

Mental Health Huge Task in China Quake Zone: WHO
Reuters, June 20, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK17305020080620

Over 18,000 Missing Since May 12 Quake
Xinhua (via China Daily), June 23, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-06/23/content_6785478.htm

Economic Development
China to Launch 10 Key Projects in Western Regions
Xinhuanet, June 21, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-06/21/content_8413779.htm

Environment
Contentious Dam Begins Power Generation
South China Morning Post, June 23, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a1210ad3221ba110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Scandal of the Cancer Villages Lurks behind China's 'Green' Makeover
The Guardian, June 22, 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jun/22/china.olympicgames2008

Human Rights Defenders
中国新《律师法》实施律师会见当事人依旧难 (Still Difficult for Lawyers to Meet with Clients Despite New Amendments to Lawyers Law)
Radio Free Asia, June 21, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lu-06212008005525.html

Related information:
Press Release: Revised ‘Lawyers Law’ Fails to Protect Lawyers
Human Rights in China, June 19, 2008
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/56883

Labor
Minimum Wage Hike Planned to Plug Labor Shortage
China Daily, June 21, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-06/21/content_6784122.htm

Media
China's Internet Censorship Getting Worse: Activist
Agence France-Presse (via Google), June 20, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hCJt9_DPuxiA9xPN-_N_Usrmg_DQ

China's Overeager American Censors
Forbes.com, June 20, 2008
http://www.forbes.com/home/2008/06/20/internet-censorship-china-tech-security-cx_ag_0620censure.html

Olympics
American Team Sent to Beijing over Nuclear Games Threat: Report
South China Morning Post, June 22, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d3dfe8dd7fbaa110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China Cracks down Ahead of Games
The Independent, June 23, 2008
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/china-cracks-down-ahead-of-games--human-rights-852344.html

China Cracks down on Cars for Olympics
Financial Times, June 23, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/475ae4fe-3f11-11dd-8fd9-0000779fd2ac.html

China Demolishes Mosque for Not Supporting Olympics: Group
Reuters, June 23, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK18996820080623

访民因奥运行动受阻 投诉国际奥委会 (Shanghai Petitioners Raise Complaint to IOC after Detainment and Threats to Not Petition during Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, June 20, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/aoyun-06202008095654.html

Foreign Journalists Arrive for Organised Trip
South China Morning Post, June 21, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0158ecddae6aa110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Heavily Guarded Olympic Torch Is Conveyed Through Tibetan Capital
Washington Post, June 22, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/21/AR2008062100321.html

Lake Successfully Refilled after Drought
Shanghai Daily, June 21, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200806/20080621/article_364017.htm

Olympic Networks Win Right to Broadcast from Tiananmen Square
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), June 20, 2008
http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/story/2008/06/19/olympic-broadcasters.html

Olympic Torch in China's Qinghai Province
Voice of America, June 22, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-06-22-voa28.cfm

Reporters Stopped from Seeing Sensitive Tibetan Temple
Agence France-Presse (via Google), June 22, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5ioetFeDMSc_xuTO8dgU-1QlMsxwg

State-Approved Tibetan Celebrities Join Relay Runners
South China Morning Post, June 22, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2dbfe8dd7fbaa110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
China Supreme Court Urges Multiple Ways to Ensure People's Voices Heard
Xinhuanet, June 23, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-06/23/content_8422499.htm

Tibet
3 Tibetan Activists Jailed in Nepal for Anti-China Protests, Hundreds More Detained
Los Angeles Times, June 21, 2008
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/asia/la-fg-nepal22-2008jun22,0,3464347.story

China Releases 1,157 Involved in Tibet Unrest: Xinhua
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), June 20, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080620/wl_afp/chinatibetunrestrelease

Qomolangma to Limit Tourist Number to Protect Ecology
China Daily, June 23, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-06/23/content_6785029.htm

Tensions Rise between Tibetans, Chinese Muslims
Los Angeles Times, June 23, 2008
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-muslims23-2008jun23,0,6800977.story

Three Months after Riots, Tibetans Need Help Not Crackdowns, Say Observers
South China Morning Post, June 21, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=01c8eda5e76aa110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet to Reopen to Foreign Tourists Soon
Xinhua (via China Daily), June 21, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-06/21/content_6783726.htm

With Olympic Torch (Briefly) in Tibet, China Assails Dalai Lama
International Herald Tribune, June 22, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/06/22/asia/torch.php

June 20, 2008

News
Bilateral Ties
Experts Say Products Made by Chinese Prison Labor Still Enter US
Voice of America, June 19, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-06-19-voa51.cfm

Disasters
Battling Rising Waters in South China
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 20, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7463883.stm

China Quake Death Toll Rises to 69,180
Xinhuanet, June 19, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-06/19/content_8400885.htm

For China, Quake Toll Is Only a Guess
International Herald Tribune, June 18, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/06/18/asia/toll.php

Chinese Experts Outline Major Reasons for Building Collapse in Quake-Hit Regions
Xinhuanet, June 19, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-06/19/content_8401401.htm

Ministry Reports: No Major Pollution Found in Quake Zone
Xinhuanet, June 19, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-06/19/content_8403291.htm

Food Security
Sino-US Joint Food Safety Test Center Starts Operations
China Daily, June 20, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-06/20/content_6779587.htm

Human Rights
China Rights Questioned Weeks before Olympics
Reuters, June 19, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSN1838966320080619

Human Rights Defender - Yue Tianxiang (岳天祥)
民主党甘肃负责人岳天祥在上海探亲被警方拘押 (China Democracy Party Member Yue Tianxiang Detained While Visiting Relatives in Shanghai)
Radio Free Asia, June 19, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/minzhu-06192008074252.html

Human Rights Defender - Huang Qi (黄琦)
妻子和委托律师人仍不能见黄琦 (Wife and Lawyer Still Not Allowed to See Huang Qi)
Radio Free Asia, June 19, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huangqi-06192008124001.html

Media
Closure of Chinese Online-Video Site Sparks Concern
Wall Street Journal, June 20, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121390202591089267.html

外交部澄清东海协议　封舆论保钓网站被关 (Foreign Ministry Clarifies East China Sea Agreement; Website on Pinnacle (Senkaku/Diaoyutai) Islands Dispute Shut Down)
Radio Free Asia, June 19, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/baodiao-06192008170924.html

Olympics
China Presses Injured Athletes in Quest for Gold
New York Times, June 20, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/20/world/asia/20olympics.html

Clean Air Campaign Targets Buses, Trucks
China Daily, June 20, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-06/20/content_6781057.htm

Experts to Assess Daily Air Quality at Olympics
Shanghai Daily, June 20, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200806/20080620/article_363876.htm

Journalist Delegation Leaves for Lhasa to Report Torch Relay
Xinhuanet, June 20, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-06/20/content_8406238.htm

Tight Curbs for Torch Relay
Radio Free Asia, June 18, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/torchrelay-06182008170036.html

Public Health
Health Ministry Warns of Iodine Deficiency in Part of China
Xinhuanet, June 20, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-06/20/content_8403448.htm

China Cracks Down on Drug Companies
New York Times, June 19, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/19/sports/olympics/19hgh.html

Tibet
For Rural Tibetans, the Future Is in Town
Washington Post, June 19, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/19/AR2008061903835.html

Nepal Halts Tibetan March to China Office, 600 Held
Reuters, June 19, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSSP21585720080619

XUAR
Sweden Tells Chinese Asylum Seeker to Leave
Australian Broadcasting Corporation, June 20, 2008
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200806/s2280620.htm

霍城县派出所遭维族青年袭击 (XUAR Youth Raid Police Substation)
Radio Free Asia, June 19, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/weizu-06192008155001.html

June 19, 2008

News
Bilateral Ties
China to Send Food, Product Inspectors to US: Official
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), June 18, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080618/bs_afp/chinausconsumerfoodsafety

Death Penalty
China Mulls Death Penalty Reform
Asia Times Online, June 18, 2008
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/JF18Ad01.html

Disasters
China Detains Quake School Critic: Rights Group
Reuters, June 18, 2008
http://uk.reuters.com/article/behindTheScenes/idUKPEK31256720080618

Human Rights Defenders
Activist Held for Subversion after Accusing Officials of Graft
South China Morning Post, June 19, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9799f27ef9c9a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China Tightens Screws against Dissidents ahead of Olympics
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), June 19, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080619/wl_asia_afp/chinarightsngooly2008_080619065213

多位人士与外国人见面被阻止或监视 (Many Activists Put under Surveillance for Trying to Meet Foreigners)
Radio Free Asia, June 18, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wanyanhai-06182008164441.html

Political Prisoners Get Sentences Reduced
Reuters (via South China Morning Post), June 19, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=18e8f27ef9c9a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Media
Media with Foreign Tie-ups under Attack
South China Morning Post, June 19, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b898f27ef9c9a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Olympics
No Rowdy Crowds, No Trouble for Kashgar
South China Morning Post, June 19, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=38c8f27ef9c9a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Olympic Torch Relay Cut to One Day in Tibet
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), June 18, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080618/wl_afp/chinaquaketibetunrestrightsoly2008torch

Pledge of Media Freedom Ignored
Reuters (via South China Morning Post), June 19, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=57f8f27ef9c9a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

圣火在新疆传递 中国限制境外记者采访 (China Restricts Foreign Reporters Covering the Torch Relay in XUAR)
Radio Free Asia, June 18, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/torch_xinjiang-06182008164349.html

Tibetan Torchbearers to Mark Olympic Torch Relay in China's Qinghai
Xinhuanet, June 18, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-06/18/content_8395761.htm

Torch Shines on Ethnic Tensions
The Sydney Morning Herald, June 18, 2008
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/torch-shines-on-ethnic-tensions/2008/06/17/1213468422054.html

Protests and Petitions
Clashes over Chemical Plant
Radio Free Asia, June 18, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china_chemical-06182008101419.html

海南海口玉沙村拆迁起冲突两名村民被拘留 (Two Hainan Villagers Detained for Trying to Petition against Land Grab)
Radio Free Asia, June 18, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/haikou-06182008084623.html

玖龙纸业解雇五百多名工人引起冲突 (Over 500 Workers Clash with Police over Paper Factory's Dismissal)
Radio Free Asia, June 18, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/labor_strike-06182008110058.html

Tibet
Many Detained by China after Tibet Riots: Amnesty
Reuters, June 18, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSHKG17081420080619

June 18, 2008

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Hua Huiqi (华惠棋)
北京维权人士拟申请游行遭恐吓 (Beijing Religious and Housing Rights Activist Hua Huiqi Threatened before Applying to Protest)
Radio Free Asia, June 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huahuiqi-06172008174127.html
On June 17, several plain-clothed men forced their way into the home of Pastor Hua Huiqi (华惠棋), threatening him to not to cause any trouble during the Olympics and to keep his nose out of others' business. Hua notified the police, and an hour later the plain-clothed men returned, asking only for confirmation of his identity. Hua suspects that this was due to his plan to apply for a protest permit. Other rights defenders report having been similarly intimidated.

News
Bilateral Ties
Economic Talks with US Focus on Stable Oil Supply
South China Morning Post, June 18, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0f1b0ed03779a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Disasters
Irate Parents of Children Killed in Collapse Kept from Party Official
South China Morning Post, June 18, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1f7b0ed03779a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

水災63死損失144億 (Floods: 63 Dead, 14.4 Billion Lost)
Ming Pao, June 18, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080618/cac1.htm

Food Security
H5N1 Confirmed in Guangdong Duck Deaths
South China Morning Post, June 18, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8486b4550079a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Gender
广东：未婚女性不得通过人工授精生育 (Guangdong: Artificial Insemination for Unwed Women Prohibited)
China Youth Daily, June 18, 2008
http://news.cyol.com/content/2008-06/18/content_2228142.htm

Hong Kong
Universal Suffrage Remains Top of Agenda
South China Morning Post, June 18, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=da7f82cf3b787110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender - Huang Qi (黄琦)
Arrest Risk to Bloggers 'Is Growing'
Metro News, June 17, 2008
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/world/article.html?in_article_id=179510&in_page_id=64

Related information:
Rights Activist Huang Qi Detained on Suspicion of Holding State Secrets
Human Rights in China, June 16, 2008
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/56586

Labor
玖龙纸业炒掉外包劳工 香港SACOM组织：玖龙此举是“出尔反尔的行为 (Nine Dragons Paper Company Drops Foreign Laborers)
Nanfang Daily, June 18, 2008
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/200806180058.asp

Media
杭州检察院被批评操纵媒体 (Hangzhou Procuratorate Is Criticized for Media Manipulation)
Radio Free Asia, June 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jianchayuan-06172008170135.html

Olympics
Beijing Trains Press Officials Skills to Deal with Western Media
Xinhuanet, June 17, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-06/17/content_8388061.htm

Security and Choreography Mark Silk Road Torch Relay
Reuters, June 18, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK2773320080618

Tibet Torch Relay Confirmed for Saturday
Agence France-Presse (available at South China Morning Post), June 18, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=03f01c6d8699a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Police
河南渑池县去世的艾滋病患者妈妈被警方拘留 (Henan Police Detain AIDS Baby's Mother)
Radio Free Asia, June 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/AZT-06172008170600.html

Politics
政协副主席罗豪才称中国公民不靠同国家对抗实现人权 (CPPCC Vice-Chairman: Chinese Citizens Should not Oppose the Government to Bring about Human Rights)
Radio Free Asia, June 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/luohao-06172008112445.html

Protests and Petitions
成都500警察强拆太平村 村民被捕 (500 Chengdu Police Raid Village and Arrest Villagers)
Radio Free Asia, June 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/taipingchun-06172008160029.html

官方首批准申請 北京今保釣示威 (Beijing Government Permits Protest over Senkaku (Diaoyu) Islands for First Time)
Ming Pao, June 18, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080618/caa1.htm

June 17, 2008

News
Disasters
Prosecutors Join Inquiry into Quake-Collapse Schools
South China Morning Post, June 17, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b6aff0396429a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b6aff0396429a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Flood Warning after Chinese Rains
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 16, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7456827.stm

Human Rights Defender - Huang Qi (黄琦)
China Dissident Huang 'Arrested'
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 16, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7457452.stm

Human Rights Defender
维权网站中华申正网站长任尚燕被拘押一月 (Rights Defense Website Operator Xiang Yan Detained for a Month)
Radio Free Asia, June 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/weiquan-06162008104020.html

Law
中国首次大规模法律清理启动 (China Begins Large-Scale Re-Examination of Laws)
Legal Daily, June 17, 2008
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2008-06/17/content_880946.htm

内地首个“法治指数”杭州出炉 政府做“体检” (Hangzhou Publishes China's First "Rule of Law Index")
Net Ease, June 17, 2008
http://money.163.com/08/0616/03/4EHFSJ3U002524SC.html

Olympics
Beijing Fury at Aussies' Smog Boycott
The Sydney Morning Herald, June 17, 2008
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/06/16/1213468333272.html

Immigration Chief Warns of Disruption to Games
South China Morning Post, June 17, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1ac9f0396429a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=&s=0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1ac9f0396429a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=&s=

Torch Security Tight in Capital of Uyghur Region
South China Morning Post, June 17, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9781f0396429a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9781f0396429a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Police
桂林民间传统龙舟赛被上千名警察驱散 (Guilin Traditional Dragon Boat Races Stopped by 1,000 Police Officers)
Radio Free Asia, June 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/guilin-06162008104136.html

Politics
中国共产主义青年团章程 (CPC to Keep Notice on Youth Corps Regulations)
China Youth Daily, June 17, 2008
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2008-06/17/content_2225751.htm

Protests and Petitions
政府加强控制访民 成都村民示威持续 (Government Tightens Control of Petitioners as Chengdu Villagers Continue with Protests)
Radio Free Asia, June 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/chengdu-06162008120759.html

江西数名支持民主及反贪腐人士聚会遭警方冲击 (Jiangxi Police Harass Pro-Democracy and Anti-Corruption Activists)
Radio Free Asia, June 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fanfu-06162008171516.html

Public Health
北京将率先实现全民医保 (Beijing Municipality to Take Initiative on Universal Medical Insurance)
China Youth Daily, June 17, 2008
http://news.cyol.com/content/2008-06/17/content_2226043.htm

Tibet
Dalai Lama Offers to Send Peace Agents
South China Morning Post, June 17, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=87cff0396429a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD0a0a0/?vgnextoid=87cff0396429a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

西藏流亡政府：要求一般自治 (Tibetan Government-in-Exile Request Autonomy)
Radio Free Asia, June 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/tibet-06162008165649.html

June 14-16, 2008

News
Corruption
Bank Staff in China Quake Zone Use Donations to Buy Runners: Govt
Agence France-Presse (available at Yahoo! News), June 13, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080613/wl_asia_afp/chinaquakecorruptionrelief_080613060256

Official Dismissed for Embezzling Quake Relief Funds
China Daily, June 14, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-06/14/content_6760691.htm

Disasters
70,000 Evacuate Flooding Quake Zone
Agence France-Presse (available at South China Morning Post), June 16, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a955c2e0d1f8a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China Floods Kills 55 - More Rain Expected
Reuters, June 15, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSPEK825620080615

Chinese Parents Call off Memorial for Children Killed in Quake after Official Warning
New York Times, June 13, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/13/world/asia/13quake.html

Leave Beichuan, Volunteers Told
South China Morning Post, June 14, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5e684b370e28a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Sensitive China Quake Photo Removed from Exhibit
Associated Press (available at Google), June 15, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gBr_dOzJ9Pnc_U9gSgtTgE-cR-KwD91AERB81

山西吕梁煤矿发生爆炸事故 43人被困 (43 Trapped after Mine Explosion in Luliang, Shandong)
Radio Free Asia, June 13, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meikuang-06132008155931.html

Human Rights Defender - Huang Qi (黄琦)
Concern over Detentions in China Quake Zone: Groups
Reuters, June 15, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-China/idUSPEK2985920080615

Related information:
Human Rights in China Condemns the Detention of Huang Qi by Police in Chengdu
Human Rights in China, June 14, 2008
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/56408

Human Rights Defenders
China Dissident Commits Suicide after Forcible Deportation
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (available at Yahoo! News), June 16, 2008
http://au.news.yahoo.com/080615/21/17aif.html

Olympics
BBC Will Show Beijing Olympics Protests
Telegraph.co.uk, June 14, 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2123211/Beijing-Olympics-BBC-will-show-protests-if-they-occur.html

确保奥运火炬传送 甘孜切断对外通讯 (All Communication to Garze, Sichuan Severed to Ensure Torch Arrival)
Radio Free Asia, June 15, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ao-06152008155144.html

China Clampdown for Olympic Torch in Xinjiang: Residents, Exiles
Agence France-Presse (available at Yahoo! News), June 16, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080615/wl_afp/chinaxinjiangunrestrightsoly2008_080615053950

Olympic Torch's Arrival in Tibet Postponed
Associated Press (available at Google), June 16, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gEtQD-yS0Xp4_sizYjZ8SE7bG_1gD91AV5BG0

Stamp out Sex with an Olympic Baton
Asia Times Online, June 14, 2008
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/JF14Ad02.html

Related information:
Legal Guidelines for Foreigners—Olympic Traps for Foreigners?
Human Rights in China, June 05, 2008
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/55647

Population
深圳出台户籍制度改革重大举措 (Shenzhen's Permanent Residence System Undertakes Great Changes)
Radio Free Asia, June 15, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shen-06152008154339.html

Tibet
Tibetan Monks Forced to Take Patriotic Tests
Reuters, June 16, 2008
file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/alainna/Local%20Settings/Temporary%20Internet%20Files/OLK75F/1606%20DNB.doc#1,293,432,0,,_

June 13, 2008

News
Bilateral Ties
China Denies Hacking into US Computers
Associated Press (via Google), June 12, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gJxb1IN1QhieBsB9jEUqW611sBCgD918I31O0

Children
China Must Do More on Child Labour: State Media
Agence France-Presse (via Google), June 12, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5g7cbzlo1WBoTefZZ4_narob0CDbg

Related information:
Authorities Seek Greater Enforcement of Child Labor Laws
China Daily, June 12, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-06/12/content_6754284.htm

Corruption
Department Admits Leak of Data on Future Mums
South China Morning Post, June 13, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b3e5b01673d7a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Disasters
A Month of Despair, But Still No Answers: Officials Ignore Parents' Calls for an Explanation of Why Schools Collapsed
South China Morning Post, June 13, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a386b01673d7a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Auditors Expose Relief Scams
South China Morning Post, June 13, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2436b01673d7a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China Refugees Move Again a Month after Earthquake
Associated Press (via Google), June 12, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gBr_dOzJ9Pnc_U9gSgtTgE-cR-KwD918BHR07

Parents of China Quake Victims Express Anger
Associated Press (via Google), June 13, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gBr_dOzJ9Pnc_U9gSgtTgE-cR-KwD918N6TO7

Hong Kong
回归十一周年前香港泛民主派议员辩论高度自治 (Hong Kong's Pan Democrats Debate Self-Autonomy before 11th Handover Anniversary)
Radio Free Asia, June 12, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hongkong-06122008071612.html

Human Rights Defender - Zeng Jinyan (曾金燕)
曾金燕在国保监视下返回福建老家 (Zeng Jinyan Returns to Fujian Home under Surveillance of State Security)
Radio Free Asia, June 12, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_hu-06122008114245.html

Human Rights Defenders
2008 NED Democracy Award to Honor Heroes of Human Rights and Democracy in China
PR Newswire, June 12, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20080612/pl_usnw/2008_ned_democracy_award_to_honor_heroes_of_human_rights_and_democracy_in_china

输血感染艾滋家属持续上访 被以敲诈勒索罪逮捕 (Hunan AIDS Activist and Petitioner Wang Xiaoqiao's Trial Opens)
Radio Free Asia, June 12, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/HIV-06122008112444.html

Media
“维吾尔在线” 已被封一个月 (Popular Forum "Uyghur Online" Remains Closed after One Month)
Radio Free Asia, June 12, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/internet_control-06122008111612.html

'Journalists Can Visit Quake Areas'
South China Morning Post, June 12, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a8ef89715887a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Reporters Kicked out of China City Where Schools Collapsed
Agence France-Presse (via Google), June 12, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5i-TY53mT_omuVEH6m_vXYxeMB2_Q

Olympics
China Fears Domestic Threat to Olympics: Interpol
Reuters, June 12, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-China/idUSL1280163220080612

Lawyers to Mediate Sports Disputes during Olympics
Xinhua (via China Daily), June 13, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/olympics/2008-06/13/content_6758283.htm

Protests and Petitions
广州兴丰村村民抗议垃圾车严重滴漏污染环境 (Guangzhou Villagers Protest Pollution from Overloaded Refuse Trucks)
Radio Free Asia, June 12, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_pollution-06122008113925.html

Tibet
200武警包围被捕女藏人住所 (200 Armed Police Surround Arrested Tibetan's Home Following Protest)
Radio Free Asia, June 12, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/tibetan-06122008114317.html

Dates for Next Talks with Dalai Side Yet to Be Fixed: China
PTI, June 13, 2008
http://www.ptinews.com/pti%5Cptisite.nsf/0/CC89AC64124255C365257466003BAD91?OpenDocument

Tibet Still off Limits to Visitors
Agence France-Presse (available at South China Morning Post), June 13, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4456b01673d7a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibetan Monks Forced to Take "Patriotic Tests"
Reuters, June 12, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSPEK28885420080613

June 12, 2008

News
Bilateral Ties
China, Australia to Hold New Round of FTA Talks
Xinhuanet, June 11, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-06/11/content_8349539.htm

Civil Society
Chinese Post-80s Volunteers on Rise, Stereotyped Views Lose Ground
Xinhuanet, June 11, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-06/11/content_8349090.htm

Disasters
Lack of Data on Amputees Worries Experts
South China Morning Post, June 12, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f51089715887a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Environment
Shanghai Goes All out in Green Effort
Xinhuanet, June 12, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-06/12/content_8352925.htm

Young and Old Pay High Price for Bad Delta Air
South China Morning Post, June 12, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=429b89715887a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender - Huang Qi (黄琦)
人权网站负责人黄琦疑被扣留 (Tianwang Humans Rights Center Director Huang Qi and Two Volunteers Detained)
Radio Free Asia, June 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huangqi-06112008132252.html

Human Rights Defenders
泛蓝谢福林被处拘留十五天 (Pan-Blue Alliance Member Xie Fulin Put in Detention for 15 Days)
Radio Free Asia, June 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xiefulin-06112008143649.html

通信维权代表陈书伟因电话收费问题遭殴打 (Consumer Rights Activist Chen Shuwei Beaten for Asking Too Many Questions)
Radio Free Asia, June 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/chenshuwei-06112008093754.html

June 4th
It's a First as CCTV Covers the Victoria Park Candle-light Vigil
South China Morning Post, June 09, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=db0531616886a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related information:
香港四万市民烛光晚会哀悼地震遇难同胞(图) (40,000 Hong Kong Residents Attend Vigil to Mourn Killed Compatriots in the Earthquake)
CCTV, June 05, 2008
http://sports.cctv.com/20080605/105378.shtml

Note: By June 09, 2008, this article was removed. HRIC has a PDF printout of the pages available at the following URL:
http://hrichina.org/fs/view/downloadables/pdf/2008.06.05_cctv_64.PDF

Media
Chinese Hacking into House Computers, Says Congressman
South China Morning Post, June 12, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e55cb0d96a87a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Olympics
China Launches Anti-terror Drill for Olympics
Xinhuanet, June 12, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-06/11/content_8349331.htm

Dalai Lama Calls for Calm as Olympic Torch Heads to Tibet
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), June 11, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080612/ts_afp/australiachinatibetunrestrightsoly2008torch

Quiet Passage through Paradise for Torch Relay
South China Morning Post, June 12, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=124089715887a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Police
山东大学退休教授孙文广家被搜查 (Retired Shandong University Professor Sun Wenguang's Home Ransacked)
Radio Free Asia, June 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sunwenguang-06112008105241.html

Taiwan
China and Taiwan Re-start Talks
BBC, June 12, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7447536.stm

Tibet
China Counters EU-U.S. Summit Declaration on Tibet
Xinhuanet, June 11, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-06/11/content_8348673.htm

甘孜县城五藏人喊口号示威被捕 (5 Tibetans Arrested in Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture)
Radio Free Asia, June 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ganzi-06112008104436.html

June 11, 2008

Top News of the Day
Olympics
北京禁出租地庫 遷走10萬「北漂族」(Beijing Prohibits Leasing of Basements; Tenants Must Leave before July)
Ming Pao, June 11, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080611/cab1.htm
According to recently issued police directive, all tenants leasing basements in Beijing must vacate their rooms before July 1. Failing to do so will result in a fine. The majority of people living in Beijing basements are of the "floating population," migrant workers without fixed residence or jobs. The directive could affect around 100,000 migrant workers.

News
Civil Society
China Fears the Power of Its Society
The Sydney Morning Herald, June 09, 2008
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/china-fears-the-power-of-its-society/2008/06/09/1212863546382.html

Corruption
Blame Game over Health-Data Leak
South China Morning Post, June 11, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6664d61ef437a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Disasters
China Declares Quake Lake Crisis Over
Associated Press (via Google), June 10, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gBr_dOzJ9Pnc_U9gSgtTgE-cR-KwD917672G0

Officials' Response to Quake 'Tardy'
Radio Free Asia, June 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/quakegraft-06102008083801.html

Sichuan Deposes 15 Officials for Malpractice in Quake Relief
Xinhuanet, June 09, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-06/09/content_8334868.htm

Environment
China Chemical Spill Threatens Water of 200,000
Reuters, June 10, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-China/idUSPEK29466920080610

Report Says China Consumes Twice Its Supply
Associated Press (via Google), June 10, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5icPw8BwDs4EYOrcM2Xe3KOGqPw5gD9179JCGA

Related information:
中国生态足迹报告 (CCICED-WWF Report on China's Ecological Footprint)
WWF, June 10, 2008
http://www.wwfchina.org/wwfpress/publication/policy/Cecofootprint.pdf

Land Policy
Villagers Hold Back Bulldozers
Radio Free Asia, June 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/chinaland-06102008162452.html

Media
Writer under Fire for Defending Officials
South China Morning Post, June 11, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3cf4d61ef437a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Olympics
Chinese Journalism Rules Criticized
United Press International (UPI), June 10, 2008
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/06/10/Chinese_journalism_rules_criticized/UPI-70331213148053/

Vatican to Send Bishop to Opening Ceremony
Reuters, June 10, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Olympics/idUSL1076838920080610

外国记者抱怨北京没有履行奥运期间采访自由的承诺 (Foreign Media May not Be Permitted to Broadcast Live from Tiananmen Square)
Radio Free Asia, June 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/aoyun-06102008165500.html

Protests and Petitions
六名港商在新华门前进行抗议 (Six Hong Kong Businessmen Carted off by Police for Protesting Dishonest Business Practice outside Zhongnanhai)
Radio Free Asia, June 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/petition_investor-06102008113452.html

南京炮兵学院学生抗议示威 当局出动武警镇压 (Police Suppress Demonstration of Nanjing Artillery Institute Students)
Radio France Internationle, June 10, 2008
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/102/article_7865.asp

山东临沂60余村民抗议公安打死村民张同全 (60 Shandong Villagers Protest the Killing of Villager by Police)
Radio Free Asia, June 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhangtongquan-06102008111033.html

上海拆迁户夫妇倾诉上访中不公遭遇 (Shanghai Housing Petitioner Couple Harassed, Detained, and Beaten)
Radio Free Asia, June 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shanghai_chaiqian-06102008105305.html

Society
Relief Effort Gives Beijing a Better Image among Ethnic Minorities
South China Morning Post, June 10, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d5e9b0f60ed6a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet
China Says Stop Tibet Protests to Advance Talks
Reuters, June 10, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-China/idUSL1053612320080610

Nepali Police Scuffle with Tibetans, Detain 239
Reuters, June 10, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSDEL148641

Tibetan Nuns Stage Large Protest
Radio Free Asia, June 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet_nuns-06102008134650.html

June 7 – 10, 2008

News
Civil Society
China to Keep Grip on Society as Challenges Loom
Reuters, June 10, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/reutersEdge/idUSSP23262020080609

Government
China's Local Leaders Hold Absolute Power
Washington Post, June 10, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/09/AR2008060902530.html

Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
人权活跃人士胡佳目前的身体状况令人担忧 (Health Condition of Rights Defender Hu Jia Cause Worry)
Radio Free Asia, June 08, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hujia-06082008174638.html

Media
China Seeks to Quell Quake Parents’ Outrage
Reuters, June 09, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/asiaCrisis/idUSPEK294669

China Tightens Noose on Earthquake Coverage
Reuters, June 07, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/asiaCrisis/idUSPEK261893

Outcast Writer Seeks Stories in China's Quake Zone
AP available at Yahoo News, June 07, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080608/ap_on_re_as/china_the_memory_keeper_4

Olympics
北京拟辟示威请愿专区 (Beijing Considers Converting Park into Petitioner-Only District during Olympics)
Ming Pao, June 10, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080610/caa1h.htm

北京当局下达指令奥运必需严防三类人物 (Beijing Authorities Order Caution Against Three Types of People)
Radio Free Asia, June 08, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/aoyun-06082008174308.html

Ethnic Minorities Join Torch Celebrations
South China Morning Post, June 06, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5f457c8608c5a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Police
衡阳独立候选人段夏云在派出所被砍断左手 (Independent Candidate in Hunan Local Election Slashed in Police Substation)
Radio Free Asia, June 09, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/election_village-06092008115215.html

Population
China to Reverse Sterilization on Quake Parents
Reuters, June 06, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/asiaCrisis/idUSPEK294669

Protests and Petitions
临沂市齐庄村村民抗议当局暴力征地 (Shandong Villagers Protest Violent Land Grab)
Radio Free Asia, June 09, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_land-06092008123122.html

炉霍僧侣上周抗议疑遭打死 当局拒证实 (Sichuan Authorities Refuse to Confirm Whether Protesting Monk Was Beaten to Death)
Radio Free Asia, June 09, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/senglyu-06092008171841.html

China Quake Could Speed Growth of Ad-Hoc Activism
Reuters (via YahooNews), June 06, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080607/lf_nm/china_generation_environment_dc_1

Tibet
China Silences Tibet Folk Singer Drolmakyi
Los Angeles Times, June 08, 2008
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-singer8-2008jun08,0,3662148.story

Very Few Chances of Agreeing with China: Tibetan Leader
IANS (available at Yahoonews), June 08, 2008
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