News
Bilateral Ties
China Warns EU over Nominee for Rights Prize
YahooNews (Asia), October 22, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081022/ap_on_re_eu/eu_eu_china_sakharov_prize/print
Corruption
Chinese Official Suspected of Defecting to France
YahooNews (Asia), October 22, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081022/wl_asia_afp/chinafrancepoliticsofficial
Death Penalty
北京原副市长刘志华被判死缓决定上诉 (Former Vice Mayor of Beijing to Appeal Death Sentence)
Xinhuanet, October 23, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2008-10/23/content_10236112.htm
Environment
环保部将每日播报重点城市空气质量 (Environmental Protection Ministry Will Report Air Quality for All Major Cities)
Xinhuanet, October 23, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2008-10/23/content_10237082.htm
Mysterious Pollution Strikes Pearl River
Shanghai Daily, October 22, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=377788
Report Warns of Greenhouse Gas Leap
Reuters (available at South China Morning Post),October 22, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/
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Food Security
Milk Parents May Sue in U.S.
Radio Free Asia, October 22, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/milk-10222008050819.html
Government
Politician in Southern China 'Assassinated': State Press
China Post, October 22, 2008
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/print/179809.htm
Human Rights
Plea on Hepatitis Bias
South China Morning Post, October 23, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/
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Human Rights Defender - Mao Hengfeng (毛恒风)
毛恒凤在狱中受尽虐待 两名访民因声援杨佳被拘留 (Mao Hengfeng Tortured in Prison; Two Pro-Yang Jia Petitioners Detained)
Radio Free Asia, October 23, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/mao-10222008091929.html
Labor
部分沿海企业不景气 300万重庆民工现返乡潮 (Wave of Migrant Workers Return to Chongqing as Coastal Businesses Founder)
EastDay.com, October 23, 2008
http://news.eastday.com/c/20081023/u1a3936743.html
Law
集体腐败屡现 专家提议将惩治集体腐败写入刑法 (Experts Propose Writing Collective Corruption into Criminal Law)
EastDay.com, October 23, 2008
http://news.eastday.com/c/20081023/u1a3936780.html
湖北省首例政府信息公开不作为案 政府部门败诉 (Hubei Transportation Department Found in Violation of Open Government Information Regulation)
Xinhuanet, October 23, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2008-10/23/content_10238504.htm
Macao
Macau Unveils National Security Bill
South China Morning Post, October 23, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/
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Police
Crime Crackdown in SW China Yields 10,000 Arrests: Report
YahooNews (Asia), October 22, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081022/wl_asia_afp/chinacrimecrackdown
Protests and Petitions
绵竹四遇难者母亲仍被拘留 家长周三续在市府请愿 (Petitioners Demand Release of Detained Earthquake Mothers)
Radio Free Asia, October 23, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/mianzhu-10222008123055.html
Public Health
北京市55万女职工加入疾病互助保障计划 (Half Million Female Workers Join Cooperative Health Plan)
Xinhuanet, October 23, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2008-10/22/content_10233355.htm
Social Security
独生子女伤残死亡家庭扶助制度下半年全面推行 (Government to Offer Assistance for Families of Dead or Injured Only Children)
Xinhuanet, October 23, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2008-10/23/content_10236205_1.htm