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