Human Rights Defender - Yao Lifa (姚立法)
Chinese Rights Activist Reported Missing
The Guardian, November 06, 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/nov/06/china-humanrights
Yao Lifa (姚立法), a primary school teacher in Qianjiang, Hubei, disappeared shortly before the election of the Qianjiang Municipal People's Congress on November 12, 2008. Yao, a vocal supporter of direct elections, has competed in Qianjiang’s municipal elections since 1987 and was one of China’s first independent candidates in local elections. In 1998, he won a seat on the 4th Qianjiang Municipal People’s Congress.
Related information:News
Prominent Advocate of Direct Local Elections is Disappeared by Authorities
Human Rights in China, November 4, 2008
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/73326
Environment
Rich Nations Should Ditch 'Unsustainable' Lifestyles: China's Wen
Agence France-Presse (via Google), November 07, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5ij4KjwW11cs6axz8P1D4boTcmHOQ
昆明将组建环保警察 (Kunming, Yunnan to Form "Environmental Police Squad")
The Beijing News, November 07, 2008
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/guonei/2008/11-07/008@030224.htm
Food Security
Now China Points Finger at Foreign Milk Products
Reuters, November 06, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSSP38712420081106
Soft-drink Brand Linked to Burns
Shanghai Daily, November 07, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/shdaily_sing.asp?id=379760
Hong Kong
Proposal to Censor Web May Be Dropped
South China Morning Post, November 07, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5238f368d127d110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Human Rights
China's 'Action Plan' on Human Rights Meets with Skepticism
Los Angeles Times, November 07, 2008
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/asia/la-fg-rights7-2008nov07,0,604983.story
Human Rights Defender - Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)
两位律师隔玻璃会见郭飞雄 申诉启动受阻 (Guo Feixiong Speaks with Lawyers but Appeal Process Stalled due to Monitoring)
Radio Free Asia, November 06, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/zhuanlan/xinlingzhilyu/guofeixiong-11062008112723.html
Human Rights Defender
四川民运刘贤斌出狱 九年牢狱不改信念 (Sichuan Democracy Activist Liu Xianbin Released Early from Prison)
Radio Free Asia, November 06, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/minzhu-11062008101819.html
Media
China Cracks down on Guns, Pornography and Fraud
China Daily, November 06, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-11/06/content_7181869.htm
Multilateral
U.N. Torture Panel to Question China on Abuses
Reuters, November 06, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE4A56XI20081106
Politics
Hunan Prefecture Chief Sacked for Fundraising Scandal
China Daily, November 07, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-11/07/content_7182740.htm
Related information:Protests and Petitions
湖南吉首非法集资受害群众示威仍持续 (Protests Continue in Hunan over Fake Investment Scheme)
Radio Free Asia, September 26, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jishou-09252008094736.html
瓮安暴力案开审 (Trial Begins for Weng'an Protest Participants)
The Beijing News, November 07, 2008
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/guonei/2008/11-07/008@030228.htm
上海近百访民到杨浦区房管局上访（视频） (Around 100 Shanghainese Petition District Housing Administration)
Radio Free Asia, November 06, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shanghai-11062008094401.html
山东南沙河镇数百名拒迁户遭暴力袭 (Shandong Villagers Injured in Clash between Hundreds Protecting Their Homes from Destruction and Approx 200 Hired Thugs)
Radio Free Asia, November 06, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/demolishing_clash-11062008115313.html
Public Health
Chinese Drug Authority Halts Production at Drug Company Citing Contamination
Xinhuanet, November 06, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-11/06/content_10317918.htm
Taiwan
In Milestone, Taiwan's President Meets Key Chinese Envoy
Washington Post, November 07, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/06/AR2008110601589.html
Tibet
China Rejects 'Semi-independence' for Tibet: State Media
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), November 06, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081106/wl_afp/chinatibetdalaidiplomacytalks