Corruption
最高人民法院副院长黄松有涉嫌贪污 (Vice President of Supreme People's Court Suspected of Corruption)
Radio Free Asia, October 20, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/corruption_official-10202008115713.html
Shaanxi Reports Misuse of $2 Billion
China Daily, October 21, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-10/21/content_7123565.htm
Death Penalty
被判死缓的北京高官可能提出上诉 (Liu Zhihua Likely to Appeal Suspended Death Sentence)
Voice of America, October 19, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2008-10-19-voa23.cfm?rss=topstories
Food Security
美律师启动肾结石患儿索赔程序 (U.S. Lawyer to Pursue Damages Claim on Behalf of Chinese Victims of Tainted Milk)
Radio Free Asia, October 20, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lawyer-10202008102514.html
1,500 Chinese Raccoon Dogs Die from Tainted Feed
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), October 20, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081020/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tainted_milk
Government
遼寧省政府規定：不得用公款相互宴請 (Official Regulations in Liaoning : Officials Not to Use Public Funds for "Mutual Banquets")
Xinhuanet, October 18, 2008
http://big5.xinhuanet.com/gate/big5/www.ln.xinhuanet.com/xwzx/2008-10/18/content_14672713.htm
Human Rights Defenders
China Dissidents Eye Uncertain Post-Olympics Landscape
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), October 21, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081021/wl_asia_afp/chinarightsoly2008
Labor
Guangdong to Build Fund to Help Lay-offs
Xinhuanet, October 20, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-10/20/content_10225043.htm
2,500 Mines to Close Before 2010
China Daily, October 18, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2008-10/18/content_7117609.htm
Media
China Asked to Extend Rights to its Own Media
International Herald Tribune, October 21, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/19/news/media.php
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人权组织要求对中外记者一视同仁 (Rights Organisations
Request Equal Freedoms for Chinese Journalists)
Voice of America, October 18, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2008-10-18-voa23.cfm
HRIC Calls for Press Freedom for All Journalists in China
Human Rights in China, October 17, 2008
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/69055
'Big hats' Accused of Fatal Truck Driver Attack
Shanghai Daily, October 21, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200810/20081021/article_377572.htm
中国维权人士在北京再度遭到殴打 (Beijing Rights Defender Xu Zhiyong Beaten Again)
Voice of America, October 19, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2008-10-19-voa19.cfm
Population
中国计划生育奖励扶助标准将提至每人每月60元 (Family Planning Support Payments Increase to 60 Yuan Per Person Per Month)
Xinhuanet, October 21, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2008-10/21/content_10228074.htm
Protests and Petitions
广宁征地纠纷官方版本出台 村民斥造假垄断话语权 (Guangning Villagers Reject Official Version of Forced March)
Radio Free Asia, October 20, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/guangning-10202008131641.html
国家信访局接待站爆发群体上访事件 (Organised Mass Petitioning at State Bureau of Letters and Calls)
Radio Free Asia, October 20, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xinfang-10202008162935.html
Public Health
Health Worse for Those on Poor Side of Wealth Gap, Studies Show
South China Morning Post, October 21, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=13e4cd9a31b1d110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
a0/?vgnextoid=13e4cd9a31b1d110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Beijing Plans Health Care For Everyone
Wall Street Journal, October 20, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122445443885248287.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Chinese Herbal Injection Recalled in Infant Death Probe
Xinhuanet, October 20, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-10/20/content_10224809.htm
Taiwan
China’s ARATS Vice Chairman Attacked by Protesters in Taiwan
Taiwan News, October 21, 2008
http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=768396&lang=eng_news&cat
e_img=83.jpg&cate_rss=news_Politics_TAIWAN
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大陆两岸关系协会副会长张铭清赴台研讨，遇民进党基层激烈抗议 (ARATS Vice Chairman Zhang Mingqing Encounters Fierce Opposition of DPP Supporters; President Ma Ying-jeou Hopes to Conclude Peace Agreement with Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, October 20, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/taiwan-10202008162657.html
XUAR
China Issues Wanted List for Olympics Terror Plotters
Reuters, October 21, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE49K0IW20081021?feedType=RSS&f
eedName=worldNews
Court Refuses to Immediately Free Turkic Muslims
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), October 20, 2008 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081021/ap_on_go_ot/guantanamo_chinese_detainees