September 30, 2008

News
Food Security
Police in Hebei Seize Melamine in Farm Raids
South China Morning Post, September 30, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/
?vgnextoid=3cd50ea8e7eac110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Cadbury Pulls Melamine-laced Chocolate from China
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), September 29, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080930/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tainted_milk

China Arrests 22 in Tainted Milk Scandal
Voice of America, September 29, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-09-29-voa19.cfm?rss=asia

Gender
China to Step Up Fight Against Trafficking in Women, Children
China Daily, September 30, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-09/30/content_7070678.htm

Labor
Coal-rich Chinese Province to Boost Safety by Reducing Number of Coal Mines
Xinhuanet, September 30, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/30/content_10134822.htm

How China Has Created a New Slave Empire in Africa
China Digital Times, September 28, 2008
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1063198/PETER-HITCHENS-How-
China-created-new-slave-empire-Africa.html

Land Policy
桂林日内两度强征　伤数十抓人逼签字 (Guilin Authorities Force Evictions, Residents Injured, Pressured to Sign)
Radio Free Asia, September 29, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/qiang-09292008091945.html

North Korea
North Korea Likely Fired at Chinese Trawler: Report
Reuters (available at YahooNews), September 29, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080929/wl_nm/us_korea_chinese_fishing

Olympics
北京市今后大型活动均将沿用奥运安保模式 (Beijing Will Use Olympic Security Model During Large-Scale Events)
Xinhuanet, September 30, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/politics/2008-09/30/content_10135014.htm

Police
收容遣送名虽无 非法黑狱仍遍布 (Illegal "Internment and Repatriation" Widespread)
Radio Free Asia, September 29, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shourong-09292008155637.html

Protests and Petitions
天津拆迁户访民被拘留 上海多位访民被截访 (Evicted Residents in Tiajin Detained, Shanghai Petitioners Blocked)
Radio Free Asia, September 29, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-09292008091013.html

Public Health
Hospital Heads Fired After Deaths of Eight Newborns Within 11 days
South China Morning Post, September 30, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/
?vgnextoid=7bac0ea8e7eac110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Society
Visa Approvals Surge in Beijing
South China Morning Post, September 30, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/
?vgnextoid=9b060ea8e7eac110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Taiwan
Top China Negotiator to Visit Taiwan
China Post, September 30, 2008
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/china-taiwan%20relations/2008/09/30/176736/Top-
China.htm

Tibet
北京更换西藏领导层三高官惹关注 (Beijing Replaces Three Officials Under Suspicion for "Ineffectively Preventing March Riots")
Voice of America, September 29, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2008-09-29-voa29.cfm?rss=topstories

September 27-29, 2008

News
Corruption
Another Arrest at the Ministry of Commerce
Caijing Magazine, September 28, 2008
http://english.caijing.com.cn/2008-09-28/110016811.html

四川省教育厅副厅长汪风雄被“双规” (Deputy General Director of Sichuan Department of Education Wang Fengxiong under "Double Regulation")
Caijing Magazine, September 27, 2008
http://www.caijing.com.cn/2008-09-27/110016485.html

Disasters
13,000 Hit by Chongzuo Flooding
Xinhua (via Shanghai Daily), September 29, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=375408

Death Toll Rises to 29 in North China Landslide
Xinhuanet, September 28, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/28/content_10129690.htm

Environment
Beijing Announces Steps to Fight Smog, Traffic
Agence France-Presse (available at Google News), September 28, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hx1Nn9TGETpvNU1q_4IINiY4r8aw

Water from Hebei Eases Beijing Water Shortage
Xinhuanet, September 28, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/28/content_10129788.htm

滬世博行車不限單雙號 (Shanghai Will Not Have Car Restrictions during 2010 World Expo)
Ming Pao, September 29, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080929/caa1.htm

Food Security
China Lawyers Pressed to End Milk Advice
Financial Times, September 28, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/af6696d6-8d6f-11dd-83d5-0000779fd18c.html

当局隐瞒患儿肾结石 家长指医院坑人 (Families Blame Hospitals as Authorities Conceal Kidney Stone Cases)
Radio Free Asia, September 26, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/er-09262008084507.html

Gender
Homosexuals Better off in Taiwan than China
Voice of America, September 27, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-09-27-voa26.cfm

Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
Jailed Chinese Dissident's Health Said to Be Poor
Reuters, September 27, 2008
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKTRE48Q19W20080927

Human Rights Defenders
Report: Olympic Activist Detained by China Police
Associated Press (via Google), September 27, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hYZA8b9KEdjdVN3D_nIZSpvfhUuQD93EBE600

四川成都异议人士陈道军被警方以“涉嫌煽动分裂国家罪”拘留 (Freelance Writer Chen Daojun Detained on Suspicion of "Inciting Subversion of State Power")
Radio Free Asia, September 29, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/chen-09282008172245.html

Migrant Workers
广东将居住证取代暂住证制度 相关条例征求意见 (Guangdong Solicits Opinions on "Regulations on the Administration of the Floating Population"; Residence Permits to Replace Temporary Residence Permits)
Yangcheng Wanbao, September 26, 2008
http://law.southcn.com/fzxw/content/2008-09/26/content_4620591.htm

Protests and Petitions
黑龙江维权者遭判刑一年半 (Heilongjiang Anti-corruption Petitioner Li Shuchun Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison)
Radio Free Asia, September 28, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wei-09282008171056.html

四川灾民代表杨培群上访被抓后杳无音讯 (Yang Peiqun, Representative of Earthquake Victims, Detained while Petitioning, Whereabouts Unknown)
Radio Free Asia, September 28, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xinwen-09282008170207.html

武汉访民靳光明获释 (Wuhan Teacher, Detained in July for Refusing to Promise to Not Petition, Released)
Radio Free Asia, September 26, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jinguangming-09262008165028.html

Public Health
Xi'an Hospital Blamed for Death of 8 Infants
China Daily, September 29, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-09/29/content_7069619.htm

Tibet
Row with Chinese Police near Kirt Monastery Leaves 50 Tibetan Monks Injured
Times Online, September 27, 2008
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article4832971.ece

Tibet Police Chief, Deputy Governor Sacked: Agency
Reuters, September 27, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE48Q1C720080927

XUAR
Doubt Arises in Account of an Attack in China
International Herald Tribune, September 29, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/29/asia/29kashgar.php

China's Muslims Say Ramadan a Time of Repression
Associated Press (via Google), September 28, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h6i0HWPXxzKikXlvFjRTEZwV_RCgD93FOFUO1

September 26, 2008

News
Corruption
Ex-Grain Chief Eyed in Sichuan Graft Probe
Caijing Magazine, September 25, 2008
http://english.caijing.com.cn/2008-09-25/110015830.html

Disasters
Storms Leave at Least 14 Dead in China's Quake Zone
Xinhuanet, September 25, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-09/25/content_10112367.htm

Environment
China Biggest Carbon Polluter, World Levels at Record: Scientists
Agence France-Presse (via Google), September 26, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hUsBKvXulUVKSeD__EVrPPkthyrw

Food Security
Animals Sick from Chinese Milk
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 25, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7635432.stm

China Milk Scandal Deplorable, Says WHO
Reuters, September 25, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE48O1L220080925

Web Users Fault China's Baidu
Wall Street Journal, September 25, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122229854931073223.html

Gender
Chinese Women Don't Hold up Half of Space... Yet
Reuters, September 26, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSTRE48P23G20080926

Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
Beijing Issues Warning over Peace Prize Choice
The Independent, September 26, 2008
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/beijing-issues-warning-over-peace-prize-choice-942826.html

Media
China Fakes Reports from Space
The Telegraph, September 26, 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/3082804/China-fakes-reports-from-space.html

Migrant Workers
湖北民工讨要欠薪被殴打 多人受伤 (Several Hubei Migrant Workers Beaten, Injured after Requesting Back Pay)
Radio Free Asia, September 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hubei-09252008095755.html

Olympics
Guns, Explosives Seized Pre-Games
Xinhua (via People's Daily), September 26, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=375065

Protests and Petitions
湖南吉首非法集资受害群众示威仍持续 (Protests Continue in Hunan over Fake Investment Scheme)
Radio Free Asia, September 26, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jishou-09252008094736.html

Public Health
Sexual Activity Becomes Main Route of HIV Transmission in China
Xinhuanet, September 26, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/26/content_10116021.htm

Religion
张明选一家在北京居无定所 (House Church Leader Zhang Mingxuan Allowed back in Beijing, but Forced out of Home)
Radio Free Asia, September 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/religion_christian-09252008100459.html

Taiwan
China: Negotiations Set with Taiwan
New York Times, September 26, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/26/world/asia/26briefs-NEGOTIATIONS_BRF.html

Tibet
China Issues White Paper, Refutes Charge of "Cultural Genocide" in Tibet
Xinhuanet, September 25, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/25/content_10108481.htm

Related information:
Full text: Protection and Development of Tibetan Culture
Information Office of the State Council, September 25, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/25/content_10110998.htm

China's Grip Still Firm on Tibetan Area
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 25, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7629751.stm

September 25, 2008

News

Civil Society
中国扶贫资源首次向非政府组织开放 (Poverty Resources Open to NGOs for First Time)
Radio Free Asia, September 24, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fupin-09242008102438.html

Corruption
中国在清廉指数排行榜上名列72 (China Ranked 72 in Transparency International Report)
Radio Free Asia, September 24, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/corruption-09242008102700.html

Disasters
四川安县7万多农户将在春节前入住永久性农房 (70,000 Households in Anxian County, Sichuan to have Permanent Housing before Spring Festival)
Xinhuanet, September 25, 2008
http://news.eastday.com/c/20080922/u1a3888049.html

Still Recovering from Quake, Beichuan Hit by Deadly Mudslides
South China Morning Post, September 25, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/
?vgnextoid=0be7a1eccd49c110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Food Security
Amid Milk Scare, China's Elite Get Special Food
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), September 25, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080924/ap_on_re_as/as_china_elite_foods

China Tainted Milk Crisis Triggers Global Recalls
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), September 25, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080925/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tainted_milk

Government
China's Leaders Brace for Battle with Regions
Asia Times Online, September 25, 2008
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_Business/JI25Cb01.html

Human Rights Defender – Hu Jia
Chinese Dissident Tipped to Win Nobel Peace Prize
The Guardian, September 24, 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/sep/24/nobelpeaceprize.hujia

Human Rights Defenders
深圳公开审理维权律师刘尧案 (Rights Lawyer Liu Yao to be Tried in Open Shenzhen Court)
Radio Free Asia, September 24, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/liuyao-09242008103128.html

Police
北京地铁安检将成常态 警方承诺首都治安秩序不滑坡 (Beijing Subway Security Checkpoints to be Permanent, Police Vow Security Will Not Slip)
Xinhuanet, September 25, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/politics/2008-09/25/content_10105414.htm

Protests and Petitions
湖北省一千多名企业军转干部上访 (Over a Thousand Former Cadres Petition in Hubei)
Radio Free Asia, September 24, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jun-09242008084048.html

Public Health
21 Quarantined Over Mystery Illness in Yunnan
Shanghai Daily, September 24, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=374837

Religion
Ramadan Lunches For China's Muslims
Radio Free Asia, September 24, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/ramadan-09242008063029.html

Society
Chinese Fear Online Mobs
Asia Times Online, September 25, 2008
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/JI25Ad01.html

A Pampered Generation Not So Spoiled
International Herald Tribune, September 23, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/23/asia/letter.php

September 24, 2008

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Huang Qi (黄琦)
Lawyers Finally Allowed to See Arrested Quake Dissident
South China Morning Post, September 24, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9e8c117ef109c110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Huang Qi (黄琦)'s lawyers Mo Shaoping (莫少平) and Ding Xikui (丁锡奎) were finally permitted to see him on September 23 after being denied access to Huang since he was detained. Huang has been in detention since June 10 and was formally arrested on July 18 on grounds of "illegally possessing state secrets." According to Mo, he and Ding were denied access to prosecution documents.

News
Bilateral Ties
China Rejects US Criticism on Religious Freedom
Xinhua (via China Daily), September 23, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-09/23/content_7052689.htm

Children
China Issues New Rule to Better Protect Rights of Illegally Adopted Children
Xinhuanet, September 24, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/24/content_10101549.htm

Corruption
Sichuan Hospital Head Jailed over Embezzlement of Quake Rescue Medicine
Xinhuanet, September 24, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-09/23/content_10098732.htm

Death Penalty
Man Sentenced to Death for Setting off Deadly Explosion
Shanghai Daily, September 23, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=374693

原国家民委办公厅副主任杜茂基等人贪污受贿获刑 (Former Deputy Director of the General Office of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission Du Maoqi Sentenced to Death for Corruption)
Xinhuanet, September 23, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2008-09/23/content_10097918.htm

Food Security
China Says Complaints about Milk Began in 2007
New York Times, September 24, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/24/world/asia/24milk.html

Got Milk? Chinese Crisis Creates a Market for Human Alternatives
Wall Street Journal, September 24, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122220872407868805.html

Melamine in Pesticides, Human Food Chain - Experts
Reuters, September 23, 2008
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/HKG120043.htm

Police
北京访民马景雪被劳教 访民救星秦裕进京受阻 (Beijing Petitioner Ma Jingxue Sentenced to Reeducation-Through-Labor)
Radio Free Asia, September 23, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/beijing-09232008081700.html

河南上访维权人士刘学立被劳教 (Henan Petitioner Liu Xueli Sentenced to Reeducation-Through-Labor)
Radio Free Asia, September 23, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/liuxueli-09232008164311.html

Protests and Petitions
获释访民控诉当局的打压 (Petitioners Released from Detainment and House Arrest during Olympics Denounce Authorities' Repression)
Radio Free Asia, September 23, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-09232008081527.html

September 23, 2008

News

Bilateral Ties
China Criticizes US Senate over Tibet Resolution
Associated Press (available at the International Herald , September 21, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/21/asia/AS-China-Senate-Indignation.php

Disasters
警方调查:深圳发生火灾的俱乐部有民警是股东 (Police Shareholders in Dance Club that Burned, Investigation Finds)
China News Agency, September 23, 2008
http://news.eastday.com/c/20080923/u1a3882882.html

13 Held for Shenzhen Club Fire that Killed 43
China Daily, September 22, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-09/22/content_7045077.htm

Officials Punished for Sept 21 Fatal Mine Blast
Xinhua (via China Daily), September 22, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-09/22/content_7047909.htm

Education
Chen: China Puts Literacy as One of its Most Basic Policy Objectives
Xinhuanet, September 23, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/23/content_10094301.htm

Environment
环保部拟规定空气质量必须提前24小时的预报 (Air Quality Must Be Forecast 24 Hours in Advance)
Xinhuanet, September 23, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/politics/2008-09/23/content_10094408.htm

Food Security
13,000 Babies in Hospital for China Formula
International Herald Tribune, September 22, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/22/asia/22china.php

Lawyers Warned to Shun Milk Suits
South China Morning Post, September 23, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=af8533586fa8c110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Chief of China's Quality-Control Agency Resigns
International Herald Tribune, September 22, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/22/asia/milk.php

Related News
Experts Doubt Chief's Resignation Will Solve Quality Problems
South China Morning Post, September 23, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1bb533586fa8c110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Freedom of Association
两名泛蓝联盟成员遭当局不同方式打压 (Two Pan-Blue Alliance Members Suppressed)
Radio Free Asia, September 22, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fanlan-09222008095638.html

Government
China's State Council Appoints Senior Officials
China Daily, September 22, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-09/22/content_7047903.htm

Protests and Petitions
Chinese "House" Church Seeks to Sue Government
Reuters, September 19, 2008
http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-35553620080919?sp=true

Related News
Chengdu House Church Files First Suit in China Against Government Religious Authority Human Rights in China, September 18, 2008
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision_id=89666&item_id=89665

江苏昆承中学全体教师罢课上访 (Teachers in Jiangsu Strike and Petition)
Radio Free Asia, September 22, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jiangsu-09222008162818.html

Public Health
Blood Touts Face Longer Jail Terms
China Daily, September 23, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2008-09/23/content_7049013.htm

北京市发改委规范医疗机构制剂定价利润不得超5% (Prices Set on Select Medications, Profits Not to Exceed 5 Percent)
Xinhuanet, September 23, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/politics/2008-09/23/content_10094480.htm

September 20-22, 2008

News
Bilateral Ties
FM: China Indignant, Opposed to U.S. Senate Legislation on Tibet
Xinhuanet, September 20, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/21/content_10085406.htm

Environment
Beijing Smog Returns after Olympics
The Telegraph, September 22, 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/3043321/Beijing-smog-returns-after-Olympics.html

Related news:
Beijing's Air Quality Fueling Debate
China Daily, September 22, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-09/22/content_7045082.htm

Food Security
Govt Eyes Melamine Ban in All Foods
China Daily, September 20, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/hkedition/2008-09/20/content_7043614.htm

Nearly 53,000 Chinese Children Sick from Milk
Agence France-Presse (via International Herald Tribune), September 22, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iCL58EMBN1tqq6xujZlsaITAFpCQD93BI7D80

Related news:
Milk Scandal Mars 'Quality' Campaign
Wall Street Journal, September 22, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122202739385860725.html

Testing Paper to Be Invented for Food Safety
Xinhua (via China Daily), September 21, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-09/21/content_7044925.htm

Two Fall Sick after Eating Chinese Bean Paste in Japan
Agence France-Presse (via Google), September 20, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gyebxe1MA1snqRmM-xGfA2AQILMA

Human Rights
'China Repression Grows', Says US
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 20, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7626533.stm

Human Rights Defender - Yang Chunlin (杨春林)
黑龙江维权代表杨春林上诉被驳回 (Yang Chunlin's Appeal Rejected)
Radio Free Asia, September 19, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_court-09192008111241.html

Labor
More Officials Dismissed over N. China Fatal Mine Accident
China Daily, September 21, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-09/21/content_7044634.htm

Two Mining Mishaps Claim 56 Lives
China Daily, September 22, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-09/22/content_7045161.htm

Related news:
Five Detained over Coal Mine Fire in NE China
Xinhua (via China Daily), September 21, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-09/21/content_7044823.htm

Olympics
Mainland Visa Restrictions on Foreigners in HK to Be Lifted
South China Morning Post, September 22, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=54d7ead54258c110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Politics
China Officials to Be Punished for Dance Hall Blaze
Reuters, September 22, 2008
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKPEK12358620080922

Poverty
China Becomes First Nation to Halve Poor Population
Xinhuanet, September 19, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/19/content_10081172.htm

Protests and Petitions
北京朝阳区居民抗议垃圾场污染 (Beijingers Protest Pollution from Refuse Site)
Radio Free Asia, September 21, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/bei-09212008164442.html

Religion
US Group: China Releases Underground Church Bishop
Associated Press (via Google), September 20, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gxXcCoUaakbXjO7s6S0utTWHg3IgD939NPFO0

Taiwan
Despite China, U.S. Wants Bigger U.N. Role for Taiwan
Reuters, September 19, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTP9844520080919

September 19, 2008

News

Bilateral Ties
Vice President: China Hopes for "Fair, reasonable" Settlement of Boundary Issue with India
Xinhuanet, September 18, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/18/content_10075648.htm

Death Penalty
杨佳案二审辩护律师李劲松赴沪要求见杨佳被拒 (Yang Jia's Lawyer Refused Visit)
Radio Free Asia, September 18, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yangjia-09182008115042.html

Disasters
Search on for Survivors after New China Mudslide
Reuters, September 19, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/homepageCrisis/idUSPEK370767._CH_.2400

Death Toll in China Landslide Rises to 260
YahooNews (Asia), September 18, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080918/ap_on_re_as/as_china_landslide

Officials Probed for Concealing Mudslide Toll
Agence France-Presse (available at South China Morning), September 18, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/

Environment
Hebei Turns on the Tap as Drought Grips Beijing
Xinhuanet, September 18, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/18/content_10075808.htm

Food Security
Has There Been a Cover-up, WHO Asks
Agence France-Presse (available at South China Morning), September 19, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/
?vgnextoid=2e2a7abe0767c110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

China Arrests 12 More Suspects in Tainted Milk Scandal
Xinhuanet, September 18, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/18/content_10073915.htm

China's Cabinet Abolishes Regulation on Inspection Exemptions for Food
Xinhuanet, September 18, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/19/content_10076586.htm

Human Rights Defenders – Li Xige (李喜阁)
艾滋病维权人士李喜阁被软禁在家 (AIDS Activist Li Xige Put Under House Arrest )
Radio Free Asia, September 19, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lixige-09182008163503.html

Law
China Issues Regulation to Clear Labor Contract Law Misunderstanding
Xinhuanet, September 18, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/18/content_10076098.htm

Related News
劳动合同法实施条例公布施行 (Labor Contract Law Articles of Implementation Enacted)
Xinhuanet, September 19, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/legal/2008-09/19/content_10077755.htm

Media
奥运期间开放的海外网站再次被封锁 (Overseas Websites Blocked Again Following Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, September 19, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ao-09182008203322.html

Olympics
Beijing's Volunteer Stations to Remain
China Daily, September 19, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2008-09/19/content_7039934.htm

Beijing Parks to Cancel Security Check Sept. 21 as Sporting Events End
Xinhuanet, September 18, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/18/content_10076406.htm

Taiwan
U.N. Again Throws Out Taiwan Bid for Recognition
Reuters, September 18, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTP7324920080918?feedType=RSS&feedNa
me=worldNews

Tibet
Tibetan Journalist Detained
Radio Free Asia, September 18, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/tibetan-09182008080119.html

September 18, 2008

News
Death Penalty
China Court Upholds Suspended Death Sentence of Former Brokerage Executive
Xinhuanet, September 17, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/17/content_10059649.htm

Environment
China Adds to Energy Waste
Radio Free Asia, September 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/energy_watch/energy_waste-09172008165702.html

Food Security
Ample Opportunities for Public to Sue for Damages: Lawyers
South China Morning Post, September 18, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6083812d1017c110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China Vows Clean-up as Baby Milk Scare Spreads
Reuters, September 18, 2008
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKSP21493420080918

Quality Watchdog Cancels Inspection Exemptions for Food Producers
Xinhuanet, September 18, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/18/content_10070801.htm

Human Rights Defender - Mao Hengfeng (毛恒凤)
叶金娣被以欲加之罪逮捕 毛恒凤狱中受虐不断 (Zhejiang Land Rights Petitioner Ye Jindi Formally Arrested; Shanghai Petitioner Mao Hengfeng Continues to Receive Abuse in Prison)
Radio Free Asia, September 18, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ye_mao-09172008102332.html

Related information:
Mao Hengfeng, Petitioner on Family Planning Issues, Reports Continued Abuse in Prison
Human Rights in China, September 16, 2008
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/87720

Labor
Chlorine Leak Sends 71 to Hospital in SW China
Xinhuanet, September 18, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/18/content_10070799.htm

Olympics
A Promise Honored, Says Hu
China Daily, September 18, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-09/18/content_7038017.htm

Police
Innocent Arrested Too Often
Shanghai Daily, September 18, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=374150

Protests and Petitions
10 Petitioners Still Detained after Arrest in Beijing
New York Times, September 18, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/18/world/asia/18protest.html

China Says Headed off Olympic Protest Permits
Reuters, September 17, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK9159120080918

Demonstration Parks to Cease Function after Games: Official
Xinhuanet, September 17, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/17/content_10066982.htm

Public Health
Policies on AIDS Battle Right - Official
China Daily, September 18, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-09/18/content_7036928.htm

北京爱知行研究所遭调查 艾滋病民间组织呼吁加强保护 (HIV/AIDS NGO Calls for Authorities to Protect AIDS Groups following Official Investigations into Fellow AIDS Group Beijing Aizhixing Institute)
Radio Free Asia, September 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/aids-09172008075407.html

Religion
秋雨之福教会起诉成都市宗教局 (Qiuyu Blessings Church Sues Chengdu Administration of Religious Affairs for May Church Raid)
Radio Free Asia, September 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/religion_family_church-09172008111104.html

Related information:
Chinese Authorities Raid Religious Gathering, Confiscate Bibles, Detain Church Members
Human Rights in China, May 08, 2008
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/51443

Taiwan
Pandas and Missiles: The Double Message to China’s Tiny Neighbour
Times Online, September 18, 2008
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article4775765.ece

Tibet
藏族导演及其助手被拘留已近半年 (Tibetan Documentary Director Dhondup Wangchen and Assistant Golog Jigme Detained for almost 6 Months)
Radio Free Asia, September 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/tibetan_human_rights-09172008112347.html

September 17, 2008

News
Corruption
重庆食药监局原处长受贿95万获刑9年 (Official in Chongqing to Serve 9 Years for Accepting Bribes)
Xinhuanet, September 17, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2008-09/17/content_10048581.htm

安徽淮南原市委书记陈世礼涉嫌受贿640余万被起诉 (Anhui Official Charged with Bribery)
Xinhuanet, September 13, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2008-09/17/content_10050331.htm

Disasters
“溃坝”伤残者补偿标准出台 (Compensation Packages for Landslide Victims Announced)
The Beijing News, September 17, 2008
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/guonei/2008/09-17/008@025647.htm

Premier: China to Compile Quake Victim Name List
Xinhuanet, September 16, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/16/content_10045986.htm

Food Security
China Finds Additive in Formula at 22 Dairies
International Herald Tribune, September 17, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/17/asia/17milk.php

Related News
Behind Bad Baby Milk, an Ethical Gap in China's Business
Christian Science Monitor, September 17, 2008
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0917/p01s03-woap.html

Officials 'Knew of Tainted Milk for a Month'
South China Morning Post, September 17, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=de4545b0c1c6c110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China Pledges to Treat All Tainted Milk-affected Babies
Xinhuanet, September 16, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/16/content_10030692.htm

Parents Queue for Refund in China Milk Scandal
International Herald Tribune, September 16, 2008
http://iht.com/articles/reuters/2008/09/16/asia/OUKWD-UK-CHINA-MILK.php

Government
Government Bus Official Sacked After Fatal Crash
Shanghai Daily, September 17, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=374011

Media
三鹿誘百度刪毒奶新聞出資300萬 (Baidu Spent 3 Million RMB to Delete Tainted Milk Powder News)
Ming Pao, September 17, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080917/caa2.htm

Journalist Ponders Suing Portal over Blog Entry Deletion
South China Morning Post, September 17, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=ff9a7ceaa4c6c110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Once Banned International Internet Sites Now Allowed In Post Olympics China
Voice of America, September 17, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-09-16-voa21.cfm?rss=asia

山西溃坝事故追踪：51人起初未入“死亡名单” (51 Deaths Originally Not Listed in Shanxi Landslide Reports)
Nanfang City News, September 16, 2008
http://www2.nanfangdaily.com.cn/nfjx/200809160040.asp

国内首家党报集团中外合作项目：新安传媒挂牌成立 (China to Launch First Joint Venture Party Newspaper)
Legal Daily, September 16, 2008
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2008-09/16/content_946459.htm

U.N. Agency Eyes Curbs on Internet Anonymity
CNET Networks, September 12, 2008
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10040152-38.html

Multilateral
Chinese Premier to Attend UN High-level Meeting on MDGs
Xinhuanet, September 16, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/16/content_10034036.htm

Protests and Petitions
购买农机产品被骗 黑龙江300农民集体到省会上访 (300 Heilongjiang Farmers Petition after Falling Prey to Equipment Purchasing Scam )
Radio Free Asia, September 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/nong-09162008083130.html

50名上海访民残奥会期间北京上访被截访 (50 Shanghai Petitioners Blocked During Paralympics)
Radio Free Asia, September 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fang-09162008083416.html

南京访民中秋节遭省委有关人员毒打 (Government Official Beats Petitioner from Nanjing )
Radio Free Asia, September 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/nanjing-09162008102122.html

Public Health
China Renews Call to Tackle Young People's Health Problems
Xinhuanet, September 17, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/17/content_10047224.htm

Society
Chinese Muslims Join Global Islamic Market
Christian Science Monitor, September 16, 2008
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0916/p06s04-woap.html

State-owned Enterprises
China Orders Strategic SOEs to Report Production Accidents
Xinhuanet, September 16, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/16/content_10040320.htm

XUAR
新疆维族人坚持封斋被拘 汉人退休官批政府贪腐 (Uighur Muslims Beaten for Persisting in Observing Ramadan)
Radio Free Asia, September 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/weizu-09162008084113.html

September 16, 2008

News
Death Penalty
Death Sentence for Fraudster
Shanghai Daily, September 16, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=373904

Environment
China Government Adviser Urges Greenhouse Gas Cuts
Reuters, September 16, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/naturalResources/idUSPEK19898020080915

Energy Demand May Ease by 2018 in China
Xinhuanet, September 16, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/16/content_10027149.htm

Food Security
China Toxic Milk Victim Count Expected to Rise
Reuters, September 16, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK1418720080916

China Arrests Brothers in Milk Powder Probe
Washington Post, September 15, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/15/AR2008091501100.html

Related news:
Chinese Authorities 'Covered up Baby Milk Scandal because of Olympics'
The Telegraph, September 15, 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/2961262/Chinese-authorities-covered-up-baby-milk-scandal-because-of-Olympics.html

Free Care Denied Babies despite Decree
South China Morning Post, September 16, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1fec99c89e66c110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders
上海访民林继亮奥运期间被关押出来不能说话 (Elderly Shanghai Petitioner Lin Jiliang in Poor Health following Release from Detention during Olympics)
Radio Free Asia , September 15, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fang-09152008093043.html

异议人士邓太清遭当局拘留和抄家 (Shanxi Activist Deng Taiqing Detained, Subject to Home Search)
Radio Free Asia, September 15, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissident_assault-09152008111234.html

Labor
China Chemical Plant Blast Death Toll Rises to Two, One Missing
Xinhuanet, September 16, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/15/content_10010949.htm

Media
Censorship Hammer Comes Down over Scandal
South China Morning Post, September 16, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=279c99c89e66c110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Migrant Workers
湖南拟施行居住证制度 立法赋外来人口市民待遇 (Hunan Issues Draft Regulations Stipulating Migrant Workers Can Apply for a Residence Permit Granting Same Treatment as Local Residents)
Legal Daily, September 16, 2008
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2008-09/16/content_945586.htm

Related information:
《湖南省流动人口服务和管理规定（草案）》征求意见 (Soliciting Opinions on the
"Draft Hunan Provincial Regulations on Servicing and Managing Migrant Workers")
People's Government of Hunan Province, September 08, 2008
http://www.hnsfzb.gov.cn/Item/2411.aspx

Multilateral
UN Honors 5 Chinese in Promoting Rights of Disabled
Xinhuanet, September 15, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/15/content_10020601.htm

Protests and Petitions
受压上海访民奥运后重新申请游行 (Shanghai Petitioners Apply for Demonstration in People's Square)
Radio Free Asia, September 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shanghai-09152008143449.html

Society
全职家庭主妇成为新的自杀高危人群 (Guangzhou Crisis Research and Intervention Center: Housewives High Risk for Suicide)
Nanfang Daily, September 16, 2008
http://news.cyol.com/content/2008-09/16/content_2358461.htm

Tibet
Tibet Monk in Hiding Tells of Interrogation, Abuse
Associated Press (via Google), September 15, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5giC5O5VbQ0i1kfspRBW4diuGgdWQD936IQ701

September 13-15, 2008

News
Corruption
Zhejiang Official Faces Graft Charges
South China Morning Post, September 13, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9f6afc522e65c110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Economic Development
Rapid Growth Has Benefited Officials Most, Survey Finds
South China Morning Post, September 13, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=115afc522e65c110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Environment
Beijing Olympic Car Ban 'Will Not Be Made Permanent'
Agence-France Presse (via Google), September 14, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gZwzS20dwX9-yPE5C68nk1lUbzQg

北京公務車每周停駛一天 (Beijing to Take New Energy Conservation Measures -- No Elevators in 3 Story Buildings or Fewer; Public Vehicles to Run only 6 Days a Week)
Ming Pao, September 15, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080915/cad1.htm

Food Security
China Detains 19 as Toxic Formula Sickens Hundreds of Infants
New York Times, September 15, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/15/business/worldbusiness/15milk.html

Human Rights Defender - Zhao Yan (赵岩)
赵岩北京采访再被羁押 失踪多日报警后方获释 (Zhao Yan Taken into Custody after Interviewing Petitioner in Beijing; Released Friday Evening)
Radio Free Asia, September 12, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhaoyan-09122008103436.html

Labor
7 Dead, 3 Missing in Central China Coal Mine Cave-in
Xinhua (via China Daily), September 14, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-09/14/content_7026429.htm

Governor Quits; Slush Toll Hits 254
China Daily, September 15, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-09/15/content_7027636.htm

Related news:
Outgoing Governor Has Come back from Political Dead before
South China Morning Post, September 15, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=256ee9397b16c110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Migrant Workers
A Life of Coal for Chinese Migrant Worker
Agence-France Presse (via Google), September 15, 2008 http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jpieQoUeM857Fr5v7pZ-9oNNcTTg

Olympics
Olympics Cloud Analysis of China Data
Financial Times, September 12, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b682ba5e-8071-11dd-99a9-000077b07658.html

Politics Officials Linked to Party's Youth Faction Benefit in Reshuffle South China Morning Post, September 15, 2008 http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=13bee9397b16c110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Poverty
More Centers Planned for Homeless Children
Xinhua (via Shanghai Daily)
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=373689

Protest and Petitions
Paralympics Protest Bids Surge
Radio Free Asia, September 12, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/petitioners-09122008055529.html

奥运申请示威被抓的访民童国菁获释 关注组批评当局所谓京奥示威形同虚设 (Petitioner who Applied to Protest during Olympics Released)
Radio Free Asia, September 12, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ao-09122008084605.html

湖南农民上访抗议村党官贿选 (Hunan Villagers Petition in Protest against Village Election Bribery)
Radio Free Asia, September 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hu-09142008182105.html

申请请愿示威的广西访民黄柳红被关押 (Guangxi Petitioners Apply for Protest during Special Olympics, Detained)
Radio Free Asia, September 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shen-09142008182552.html

Public Health
Centre to Train Dogs for Deaf despite Public Transport Ban
South China Morning Post, September 15, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9cdde9397b16c110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

XUAR
China Says West Is Inciting Unrest in Xinjiang
Reuters, September 12, 2008
https://owa016.msoutlookonline.net/owa/redir.aspx?C=f386d5e21ec04c358f5bb7e987417c91&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.reuters.com%2farticle%2fworldNews%2fidUSPEK13705720080912

September 12, 2008

News
Corruption
Planning Chief to Face Charges over Bribes
South China Morning Post, September 12, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=312619d43425c110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Environment
China to Repair 6,240 Reservoirs by 2010
Xinhuanet, September 11, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/11/content_9930978.htm

Dead Fish Mystery in Guangzhou Probed
China Daily, September 12, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-09/12/content_7020664.htm

Report Shows Real Price of Growth
China Daily, September 12, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-09/12/content_7020515.htm

Food Security
China Probes All Milk Powder in Baby Health Scare
Reuters, September 12, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK35077920080912

Government
China Adds Government Department for Charity Activities
Xinhuanet, September 11, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/11/content_9930233.htm

China Lawyers Call for More Open Bar Association
Associated Press (via Google), September 11, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g7_pIpx_a7Zzhi5xjeqkgMJmw1dQD934LSF00

Related information:
顺应历史潮流 实现律协直选——致全体北京律师、市司法局、市律协的呼吁 (Conforming with the Historical Trend and Bringing about a Directly-elected Lawyers Association -- An Appeal to All Beijing Lawyers, the Municipal Justice Bureau, and the Beijing Lawyers Association)
Open Constitution Initiative, August 26, 2008
http://www.gongmeng.cn/sub_r.php?zyj_id=1924

Human Rights Defender - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
残奥会第六天：狱中盲人维权者陈光诚家人遭遇 (Chen Guangcheng's Family Prohibited from Family Visits during "Visiting Day"; Yuan Weijing Remains under Heavy Supervision)
Radio Free Asia , September 12, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/chen-09112008172733.html

Human Rights Defender - Teng Biao (滕彪)
维权律师滕彪不获发执业证 执教鞭也受压 (Rights Defense Lawyer Teng Biao Continues to Receive Warnings from University to Stop Writing Essays and Rights Defense-related Work)
Radio Free Asia, September 12, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/tengbiao-09112008114622.html

Labor
13 Detained after Deadly Landslide in China
CNN, September 11, 2008
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/11/china.rockslide/

Related news:
Poverty Draws Chinese to Unsafe but Lucrative Mines
Reuters, September 11, 2008
http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-35425720080911

China Tells Businesses to Unionize
New York Times, September 12, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/12/business/worldbusiness/12yuan.html

Media
Beijing Olympics Fuels China Internet Use
China Daily, September 11, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-09/11/content_7020048.htm

Olympics
Would-be Protesters Find the Olympics Failed to Expand Free Speech in Beijing
International Herald Tribune, September 12, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/12/sports/12china.php

Population
Vice Premier Urges Maintaining Low Birth Rate for Sustainable Development
China Daily, September 11, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-09/11/content_7020438.htm

Public Health
Fresh Talks Set for Plans on Health Reform
South China Morning Post, September 11, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8fb4c071dac4c110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

中国八月份艾滋病死亡400例 居传染病死亡之首 (HIV/AIDS Tops List of Deaths from Infectious Diseases with 400 Dead in August)
Radio Free Asia, September 12, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/AZT-09112008110909.html

Society
Man Sets Himself Alight amid Tourists on Bund
South China Morning Post, September 12, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e04d19d43425c110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet
Nepal to Deport Illegal Tibetans: Govt
Agence France-Presse (via Google), September 11, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iMGI0RXHHHjOKnEqc205e1Buej0w

XUAR
新疆主席﹕疆獨密辦「聖戰培訓班」 (XUAR Head: Separatist Groups Secretly Hold "Jihad Training")
Ming Pao, September 12, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080912/ccc1.htm

September 11, 2008

News
Corruption
Quake Frauds Unveiled
Shanghai Daily, September 11, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=373355

Death Penalty
Brutal Rape Teacher Executed
Shanghai Daily, September 11, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=373371

Disasters
China's Big Earthquake Doubles Chances of More
Reuters, September 10, 2008
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKN1038281820080910

Related information:
12 May 2008 M=7.9 Wenchuan, China, earthquake calculated to increase failure stress and seismicity rate on three major fault systems
Geophysical Research Letters, September 09, 2008
http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/research/deformation/modeling/papers/2008/todaetal.html

Environment
Acid Reportedly Dumped by Yangtze River
Caijing Magazine, September 10, 2008
http://english.caijing.com.cn/2008-09-10/110011467.html

Time Is Running out to Meet Pollution Targets
South China Morning Post, September 11, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7c25c071dac4c110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Food Security
Baby Milk Powder Being Investigated after 14 Babies Get Sick
Xinhuanet, September 10, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-09/10/content_9891809.htm

Related information:
More Babies Suffer from Kidney Stones
Xinhua (via China Daily), September 11, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-09/11/content_7018843.htm

Human Rights Defender - Huang Qi (黄琦)
当局再拒家属见黄琦 六四天网内容仍更新 (Authorities Continue to Refuse Family Visits for Huang Qi)
Radio Free Asia, September 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huangqi-09102008122702.html

Labor
Coal Mine Gas Blast Kills Five in SW China
Xinhuanet, September 10, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/11/content_9912358.htm

128 Die as Hope Fades for Mudslide Survivors
Shanghai Daily, September 11, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200809/20080911/article_373362.htm

湖北赤壁市出租车大罢工六名出租车司机被抓 (Six Detained during Mass Strike of Hubei Taxi Drivers)
Radio Free Asia, September 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/chibi-09102008083914.html

Law
Chinese Courts Urged to Enhance Public Credibility
Xinhuanet, September 10, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/10/content_9910793.htm

Media
Book Stores Bar Suicide Themes
Reuters, September 10, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSPEK25999920080910

China Mulls Whether to Go for Gold with Media Openness
The Sydney Morning Herald, September 11, 2008
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/china-mulls-whether-to-go-for-gold-with-media-openness/2008/09/10/1220857638057.html

Related information:
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Jiang Yu's Regular Press Conference on September 9
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, September 09, 2008
http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/xwfw/s2510/t470795.htm

Olympics
Activists Fear Games Will Do Little to Help Disabled
South China Morning Post, September 11, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f784c071dac4c110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

USOC to Apologize to Olympic Cyclists on Mask Reprimand
Los Angeles Times, September 10, 2008
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/asia/la-spw-hersh10-2008sep10,0,5505192.story

Police
Rights Group Calls on China to End Torture
Reuters, September 10, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK33325820080911

Related information:
HRIC September Take Action: Put an End to Torture in China
Human Rights in China, September 10, 2008
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/84810

Protests and Petitions
Riot Signals China’s Property Fears
Financial Times, September 10, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/87d2fb0c-7f53-11dd-a3da-000077b07658.html

菏泽十多人示威要求当局释放维权人士周孟新 (10+ People Protest for Release of Shandong Rights Defender Zhou Mengxin)
Radio Free Asia, September 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_protest-09102008113550.html

武汉市第一商校图书馆馆长因参与维权被捕 (Wuhan School Librarian Detained for Petitioning for over Two Months; Yet to be Released)
Radio Free Asia, September 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_detain-09102008113849.html

September 10, 2008

News
Corruption
Vice Mayor on Bribery Charges
Shanghai Daily, September 10, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=373123&type=National

Disasters
中央加大抗震救灾资金监督 186人因违纪行为被处分 (Central Government Increases Supervision of Earthquake Funds, 186 Disciplined for Abuses)
Xinhuanet, September 10, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/politics/2008-09/10/content_9890866.htm

Dim Hopes, Anger after China Mudslide
Reuters (available at YahooNews), September 10, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080910/wl_nm/china_mudslide_dc

Rehabilitation Centers Set Up for Quake Victims
Xinhuanet, September 09, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/09/content_9878672.htm

Labor
Coal Mine Gas Blast Kills One, Traps Four in SW
China Daily, September 10, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-09/10/content_7012524.htm

Land Policy
Law on Rural Land Sales to be Reviewed
South China Morning Post, September 10, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=72b8d0a62a74c110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Media
Beijing Censors Financial Websites
South China Morning Post, September 10, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/
?vgnextoid=633ed0a62a74c110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

China's Relaxed Reporting Rules Set to Expire
Associated Press (via YahooNews), September 10, 2008
http://ph.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080909/tap-as-china-reporting-rules-bb10fb8.html

Related News
奥运外媒采访规定下月终止 外交部称继续开放精神 (Olympics Foreign Media Regulations to End Next Month, Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Continue with Spirit of Openness)
Xinhuanet, September 09, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/politics/2008-09/10/content_9890583.htm

Olympics
The Olympics Party is Over. Now China has to Clean up
The Guardian, September 10, 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/sep/10/china.olympics2008

Police
异见人士邓太清被公安殴打传唤 (Dissident Beaten, Taken to Court by Authorities)
Radio Free Asia, September 09, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/deng-09092008091927.html

Protests and Petitions
广西访民11人抵京计划到奥运示威区进行合法游行 (11 Guangxi Petitioners Stage Lawful Demonstration in Beijing Protest Zone)
Radio Free Asia, September 09, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fang-09092008161405.html

湖北嘉鱼城管人员与小贩发生肢体冲突 (City Officials Clash with Street Vendors in Hubei)
Radio Free Asia, September 09, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hubei-09092008092225.html

残奥未完访民继续被困公安局、精神病院 (Petitioners Still Detained during Paralympics)
Radio Free Asia, September 09, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/canao-09092008135024.html

Public Health
In China: Young People Most Prone to Suicide
Xinhuanet, September 10, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/10/content_9891583.htm

State-owned Enterprises
四川中行大规模辞退员工 逼待岗及签「认罪书」(Sichuan Bank of China Branch Dismisses Employees, Denies Compensation)
Radio Free Asia, September 09, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhonghang-09092008115217.html

September 9, 2008

News

Corruption
Corrupt Officials Face Conviction Abroad
China Daily, September 09, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-09/09/content_7009185.htm

Disasters
Hundreds Feared Missing after China Mudslide
Reuters (available at International Herald Tribune), September 09, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/reuters/2008/09/09/asia/OUKWD-UK-CHINA-MUDSLIDE.php

China Needs 245 Bln Dlrs to Rebuild after Quake: Official Media
Agence-France Presse (via YahooNews), September 08, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080908/wl_asia_afp/chinaquakereconstruction_080908062248

Education
云南积极实施农村特岗教师计划 现有8480人在岗 (Yunnan Implements Rural Education Plan, 8480 Teachers Assume Posts)
Xinhuanet, September 09, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/politics/2008-09/09/content_9870173.htm

Environment
山東一化工廠冒出毒氣 (Chemical Factory in Shandong Leaks Poison Gas)
Ming Pao, September 09, 2008
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20080908/ca12346c.htm

Labor
Death Toll in Mine Gas Blast Rises to 17
Shanghai Daily, September 09, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=373093

Olympics
Volunteer Visits to Disabled Orphans Blocked
South China Morning Post, September 08, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7854cb851bd3c110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
奥运后军转干部仍被关押 (Former Soldier Turned Cadre He Enyi Still in Jail after Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, September 08, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/junzhuan-09082008102717.html

律师呼吁：望新一届北京律协选举推行真正的民主选举 (Lawyers Sign Online Petition Appealing for Real Elections to Beijing Lawyers' Association)
Radio Free Asia, September 08, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lushi-09082008114803.html

Taiwan
PLA Officer Executed for Spying for Taiwan
South China Morning Post, September 09, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7854cb851bd3c110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Three Gorges
Three Gorges Project to Begin Full Operation in November
Xinhuanet, September 08, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-09/08/content_9859678.htm

XUAR
Uyghur Radio Worker Sacked, Detained
Radio Free Asia, September 08, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/radio-09082008141404.html

Local Chinese Governments Impose Rules for Ramadan
International Herald Tribune, September 08, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/08/asia/ramadan.php

September 06-08, 2008

News
Corruption
Auditor 'Powerless' to Act over Irregular Spending
South China Morning Post, September 07, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d2dae1063983c110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Disasters
China Says Little Interest in 88 Quake Orphans up for Adoption
Agence France-Presse (via Google), September 08, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5j5MSqiq2qznh-PFXm4TpD1iIYDWw

Quake-hit Sichuan Faces Large Financial Gap for Reconstruction
Xinhuanet, September 08, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/08/content_9843630.htm

Environment
Beijing Debates Whether Olympics Pollution Controls Should Stay
The Telegraph, September 06, 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/2689555/Beijing-debates-whether-Olympics-pollution-controls-should-stay.html

Beijing Issues Rare Apology over Garbage Plant's Stench
Reuters (via China Post), September 08, 2008
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/local%20news/beijing/2008/09/06/173401/Beijing-issues.htm

Hong Kong
Activists, Citing 'Real' Air Monitor, Seek Tighter Limits on Pollution
South China Morning Post, September 08, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9be8e1063983c110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Democrats Lose Seats but Retain Veto in HK Polls
Associated Press (via International Herald Tribune), September 08, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/08/asia/AS-Hong-Kong-Elections.php

Labor
Three China Mine Accidents Kill 42, Trap 18
Reuters, September 07, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK25216720080908

Olympics
China Opens Games and Pledges Disabled Rights
Reuters, September 07, 2008
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKPEK28308420080907

Related news:
Beijing Welcomes the Disabled as China Never Has
Washington Post, September 05, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/05/AR2008090503410.html

Conference on Post-Olympics China to Be Held
Xinhua (via China Daily), September 06, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-09/06/content_7004753.htm

Protests and Petitions
China 'Allows' Protest in Designated Zones
Bloomberg (via China Post), September 08, 2008
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national%20news/2008/09/08/173701/China-%27allows.htm

Chinese Protester Freed after Olympics Detention
Associated Press (via Google), September 08, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gl3910JlgH5mrH6L1yqP183Oc10gD932CLQ00

Riot Police Quell Two Separate Large Protests in China
Agence France-Presse (via Google), September 05, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5ht8WtSOkzgkor2PZ-dH9bFYYNm5g

Students in China Riot over Property Dispute
Reuters (via China Post), September 07, 2008
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national%20news/2008/09/07/173543/Students-in.htm

Public Health
AIDS Rampant among Beijing Gays
Xinhuanet, September 05, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/05/content_9800989.htm

The Challenges Facing China's Disabled
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 05, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7600285.stm

Volunteer Visits to Disabled Orphans Blocked
South China Morning Post, September 08, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7854cb851bd3c110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Religion
基督教家庭教会领袖石维翰狱中健康恶化 (Health of House Church Leader Shi Weihan Worsens in Prison)
Radio Free Asia, September 05, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shi-09052008090725.html

Tibet
Dalai Lama's Pro-Independence Brother Dies in U.S.
Reuters, September 06, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK19832520080906

XUAR
China Imposes Ramadan Security Crackdown in Muslim Northwest
Agence France-Presse (via Google), September 05, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hdEdZru3e81VgdC0jbXbfR0mKfhg

Related news:
Ramadan Curbs on China’s Muslims
Radio Free Asia, September 06, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/Ramadan-09062008195750.html