News
Environment
China Issues Post-Kyoto Plans on Climate Change
China Daily, October 30, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-10/30/content_7156216.htm
China: Richer States Should Lead on Climate Change
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), October 29, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081029/ap_on_re_as/as_china_climate_change
Labor
Mine Explosion Traps 29 in Shaanxi
Shanghai Daily, October 30, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=378817
廣東玩具企業減少近千四家 (Nearly 1400 Factories Closed in Guangdong in Nine Months)
Ming Pao, October 30, 2008
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20081030/ca41232a.htm
Land Policy
In Southeast China, Skepticism on Land Reforms
Washington Post, October 29, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/28/AR2008102803315.html
Law
New Laws to Help Shape China's Civil Code
China Daily, October 30, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-10/30/content_7156254.htm
民事、刑事、行政三大诉讼法进入人大立法规划 (Civil, Criminal, and Administrative Procedural Law Up for Review)
Xinhuanet, October 29, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2008-10/30/content_10276950_1.htm
Media
26 Bogus Reporters in 'Hush Money' Scandal
South China Morning Post, October 30, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2c913216495213d5df646910cba0a0a0/
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Related News
Crackdown on Fake Journalists
Shanghai Daily, October 30, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=378779
Legal Challenge to China Censors
Financial Times, October 30, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fd36532c-a5e5-11dd-9d26-000077b07658.html
Population
江苏人口进入老龄化 专家建议允许生二胎 (Faced with Aging Population, Jiangsu Officials Recommend Adopting "Two Child Policy”)
Radio Free Asia, October 28, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shengyu-10282008102637.html
Protests and Petitions
河北省正定西关村村民仍遭警察抓捕 (Hebei Villagers Arrested after Petitioning in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, October 29, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hebei-10292008164551.html
陕西百名工人省政府示威 国企破产黑幕重维权无门 (One Hundred Workers Protest outside Government Offices in Shaanxi)
Radio Free Asia, October 29, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shanxi-10292008100802.html
关注北京律师因支持北京律协直选受压事件 (Authorities Crack Down on Supporters of Direct Elections for Beijing Bar Association)
Radio Free Asia, October 28, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lushi-10282008085957.html
江苏上千工人上街示威讨要欠薪 (Over One Thousand Protest for Back Wages in Jiangsu)
Radio Free Asia, October 28, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jiangsu-10282008115229.html
Society
公安部刑侦局局长:网络交友相约游玩暗藏“拐卖” (Human Traffickers Use Internet to Lure Women, Children)
Xinhuanet, October 30, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2008-10/30/content_10278402.htm
China's Farmers Cultivate Sport at 'Peasant Olympics'
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), October 29, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081029/ts_afp/chinafarmsports
湖北襄樊强制出租车安装GPS引发争议 (Taxi Drivers in Xiangfan, Hubei Forced to Install GPS)
Radio Free Asia, October 29, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jiaotong-10292008101555.html
