Friday, October 10, 2008

October 10, 2008

News
Bilateral Ties

China Says It Won't Torture Guantanamo Detainees
Associated Press (via Google), October 10, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iU9qvydNlxljHNUHuBRvFUY2puJAD93N1R7O2

Corruption
Official Accused of Taking Bribes to Fund Gambling Trips
Shanghai Daily, October 10, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=376344

Party Sacks Official for Corruption in Guangxi
Shanghai Daily, October 10, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=376305

Disasters
Another Quake Rocks Sichuan
Shanghai Daily, October 10, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=376352

Environment
Beijing Moves to Curb Car Growth
China Daily, October 10, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-10/10/content_7092425.htm

Chinese Environmental Watchdog Blacklists Polluted Cities
China Daily, October 09, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-10/09/content_10172072.htm

Food Security
China Threatens to "Out" Tainted Milk Offenders
Reuters, October 10, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE4990ZM20081010

China Protests Milk Import Bans at WTO Meeting
Associated Press (via International Herald Tribune), October 09, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/10/09/business/EU-WTO-China-Tainted-Milk.php

婴儿乳粉三聚氰胺限量1mg/kg (Limits on Melamine in Infant Milk Powder Set to 1mg/kg)
Nanfang City News, October 09, 2008
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/nfdsb/200810090002.asp

Government
信息公开案 政府首败诉 (Government Loses First Open Government Information Lawsuit)
The Beijing News, October 10, 2008
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/guonei/2008/10-10/008@022926.htm

Human Rights Defender - Huang Qi (黄琦)
黄琦的律师至今未准查阅案卷 (Huang Qi's Lawyer Has Yet to See Case Files)
Radio Free Asia, October 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissident_huangqi-10092008111601.html

Human Rights Defenders
Rare Victory for China’s Land Activists
Financial Times, October 10, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/48a13538-9589-11dd-aedd-000077b07658.html

Labor
Four Killed in Southwest China Mine Cave-in
Xinhuanet, October 10, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-10/10/content_10172489.htm

Three Dead in Northwest China Coal Mine Accident
Xinhuanet, October 10, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-10/10/content_10175091.htm

广西合山一煤矿发生瓦斯爆炸 已找到7具尸体 (Seven Dead in Guangxi Coal Mine Blast)
Xinhuanet, October 10, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2008-10/10/content_10175313.htm

Multilateral
U.S. Claims Win in WTO Piracy Case versus China
Reuters, October 09, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE49895G20081009

Protests and Petitions
北川中学一名遇难学生家长因计划上访被软禁 (Parent of Child Lost in Sichuan Quake under House Arrest for Petitioning)
Radio Free Asia, October 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/earthquake_students-10092008112000.html

湖北上访人士郑大靖被关“黑监狱”遭毒打 (Hubei Petitioner Zheng Dajing in "Black Prison" Since 2007, Receiving Severe Beatings)
Radio Free Asia, October 09, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/Zheng_Dajing-10092008105731.html

浙江上千工人被拖欠薪资堵路示威 (1000+ Zhejiang Workers Protest for Wages)
Radio Free Asia, October 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhejiang-10092008102122.html

Public Health
China Bans One Brand of Herbal Drug after 3 Deaths
New York Times, October 10, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/world/asia/10china.html

Drug-resistant HIV Strains Turning up in China
Reuters, October 10, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE4992BT20081010

More People Affected by Arsenic Contamination
China Daily, October 10, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-10/10/content_7093502.htm

Rural Issues
In China, Leaders Turn Focus to Farmers' Plight
Wall Street Journal, October 10, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122357413898519675.html

Taiwan
Ma Vows to Persist in `Deregulation` toward China
Taiwan News, October 10, 2008
http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=760206

Tibet
西藏八名僧人被判刑 (Eight Tibetan Monks Sentenced for Suspected Involvement in Destroying Government Building)
Radio Free Asia, October 09, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/tibetan_monks-10092008105555.html