News
Corruption
重庆一医生首获"非国家工作人员受贿罪" (Chongqing Doctor First "Non-State Worker" Convicted of Bribery)
EastDay.com, December 04, 2008
http://news.eastday.com/c/20081204/u1a4022727.html
Disasters
Company Dorm Fire Kills 11, Injures 10 in Shandong
Shanghai Daily, December 04, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=383209
Food Security
China Milk Scandal: Families of Sick Children Fight to Find out True Scale of the Problem)
Telegraph.co.uk, December 03, 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/3545733/China-milk-scandal-Families-of-sick-children-fight-to-find-out-true-scale-of-the-problem.html
Families-of-sick-children-fight-to-find-out-true-scale-of-the-problem.html
Government
Pros and Cons for New Civil Servant Regulations
Shanghai Daily, December 04, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=383187
Human Rights
China Internet Cafes Switching to Chinese OS
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), December 03, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081203/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_internet_cafes
Human Rights Defenders – Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠)
因会见欧议员郑恩宠被警传讯威胁 (Rights Lawyer Zheng Enchong Threatened by Police for Meeting with European Parliament Member)
Radio Free Asia, December 03, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sifa-12032008141221.html
Labor
广州12名出租车司机代表与交警座谈 (Taxi Driver Representatives Meet with Traffic Police)
EastDay.com, December 04, 2008
http://news.eastday.com/c/20081204/u1a4023878.html
Land Policy
國土資源部說監察違法佔地 (Land and Resources Official Speaks Out Against Illegal Land Seizures)
Ming Pao, December 04, 2008
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20081203/ca31915c.htm
Media
北京制定嚴打傳媒黑名單 (Beijing Institutes Crackdown on "Blacklisted” Media)
Sina.com, December 04, 2008
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/32/1/1/961555/1.html
China Denies Alleged Attack on Foreign Journalists
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), December 03, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081203/ap_on_re_as/as_china_journalists_attacked
作家王力雄和唯色推出博客《民间藏事》 (Writers Woeser and Wang Lixiong Start Blog on Tibetan Issues)
Radio Free Asia, December 03, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zang-12032008100821.html
Multilateral
欧盟议员发起中国人权研讨会 韩籍嘉宾北京机场被“遣返” (Korean Citizens En Route to China Rights Meeting Intercepted in Beijing and Forced Back to Seoul)
Radio Free Asia, December 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquan-12032008133109.html
Protests and Petitions
100 Police Staff Protest over Pay in China: Rights Group
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), December 03, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081203/wl_asia_afp/chinaunrestprotestpolice
Over 300 Cabbies on Strike in S China's Guangdong
Xinhuanet, December 03, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-12/03/content_10451687.htm
Rural Issues
Preservation of Farmland Put on Back Burner
South China Morning Post, December 04, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8d17f32568dfd110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news
?vgnextoid=8d17f32568dfd110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news
Taiwan
Ma Chat Broadcast Direct to Mainland
South China Morning Post, December 04, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f987f32568dfd110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news?vgnextoid=f987f32568dfd110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news
