News
Bilateral Ties
China Refutes U.S. Remarks on Religious Beating
Xinhuanet, October 25, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-10/25/content_10250154.htm
China, EU Found First Joint Law School
Xinhuanet, October 24, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-10/24/content_10246592.htm
Corruption
China Convicts 4,525 Civil Servants in Five Years
China Daily, October 27, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-10/27/content_7143506.htm
Death Penalty
Foreign Drug Traffickers Sentenced in South China
China Daily, October 23, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-10/23/content_7134778.htm
Economic Development
China Makes Great Success in Poverty Reduction: WB
China Daily, October 23, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-10/23/content_7134226.htm
Food Security
Nearly Quarter of Beijing Infants Fed Tainted Milk: Report
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), October 26, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081026/wl_afp/chinafoodsafetychild
Government
广东廉江政协副主席被杀案查明系报复伤害致死 (Assassination of Guangdong Official Likely Revenge Killing)
EastDay.com, October 27, 2008
http://news.eastday.com/c/20081027/u1a3942964.html
Human Rights Defender – Yang Qiuyu (杨秋雨)
北京访民杨秋雨再次被抓 (Beijing Rights Defender Yang Qiuyu Detained)
Radio Free Asia, October 26, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yang-10262008184655.html
Human Rights Defenders – Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚) and Hu Jia (胡佳)
陳光誠胡佳獲民主人士獎 (Chen Guangcheng and Hu Jia Given Democracy Award)
Ming Pao, October 26, 2008
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20081026/ca71620c.htm
Labor
Closed Signs Litter 'Factory of the World'
South China Morning Post, October 27, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/
?vgnextoid=f8c2aba0ce93d110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=hong+kong&s=news
China Questions 63 Accused of Mine Deaths Cover-up
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), October 26, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081026/ap_on_re_as/as_china_mine_blast
Law
Chinese Courts Handle over 4 Million Cases Since 2003
Xinhuanet, October 26, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-10/26/content_10254407.htm
Senior Official Urges Lawyers to Protect Legal Rights of Clients
Xinhuanet, October 25, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-10/25/content_10251878.htm
Media
Eating Their Words
The Economist, October 23, 2008
http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12470513&fsrc=rss
Olympics
湖北郧西为世界武术节启动类似奥运严防机制 (Olympic-Style Security Measures for World Martial Arts Festival in Hubei)
Radio Free Asia, October 24, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hubei-10242008084203.html
Population
Minister: China Needs to Resolve Population Problems
China Daily, October 23, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-10/23/content_7134806.htm
Protests and Petitions
Riots Probe Ordered
South China Morning Post, October 27, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/
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北京市朝阳区半壁店发生野蛮拆迁事件 (Beijing Residents Clash with Wrecking Crew)
Radio Free Asia, October 26, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/bei-10262008184304.html
Labor Row Turns Violent
Shanghai Daily, October 26, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=378259
Contractors Shoot Villager Dead
South China Morning Post, October 25, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/
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近二百访民亚欧首脑会议当天申请游行被拒 (Application to Demonstrate at Asia-Europe Meeting Rejected)
Radio Free Asia, October 24, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/summit-10242008092429.html
Crisis Drives China Labor Protests
Radio Free Asia, October 24, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/labor5-10242008121243.html
浙江洞头数百渔民静坐请愿 (Hundreds of Fishermen Stage Sit-in to Protest Land Confiscation)
Radio Free Asia, October 24, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhejiang-10242008085554.html
江西省铜鼓县今天发生大规模的骚乱 (Large-Scale Riot Erupts in Jiangxi)
Radio Free Asia, October 24, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/tonggu-10242008160620.html
地震灾民代表进京上访被关黑监狱 (Petitioner for Earthquake Victims Held in "Black Prison")
Radio Free Asia, October 24, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zaimin-10242008084421.html
Public Health
云南沃森公司疫苗疑致婴儿死亡后仍在生产 (Drug Company Continues to Manufacture Vaccine after Infant Death)
EastDay.com, October 27, 2008
http://news.eastday.com/c/20081027/u1a3943909.html
完达山问题注射液首例患者索赔140万 (Herbal Injection Victim Receives 1.4 Million RMB in Compensation)
EastDay.com, October 27, 2008
http://news.eastday.com/c/20081027/u1a3942903.html
Infant Dies after Vaccination in East China
Xinhuanet, October 26, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-10/26/content_10254663.htm
Social Security
China Raises Pensions for Veterans, Bereaved Families
Xinhuanet, October 23, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-10/23/content_7131882.htm
Tibet
Aide Says Dalai Lama Losing Hope for Tibet Autonomy
Reuters, October 26, 2008
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKTRE49P18620081026