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
http://in.news.yahoo.com/indiaabroad/20080608/r_t_ians_nl_general/tnl-very-few-chances-of-agreeing-with-ch-b9e311f_1.html
