November 21, 2008

News
Bilateral Ties
Conservatives Call on Bush to Free Muslim Uighurs
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), November 20, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081120/ap_on_go_pr_wh/guantanamo_chinese_detainees

US Warned of China 'Cyber-spying'
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 20, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7740483.stm

Death Penalty
Three Officials Sentenced to Death, Life in Prison for Taking Bribes
Xinhuanet, November 20, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-11/20/content_10388975.htm

Disasters
China Publishes Identities of 19,000 Dead in May Quake
Xinhuanet, November 21, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-11/21/content_10391641.htm

Suicide Plunge by Quake Official
South China Morning Post, November 21, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a187fadfd1abd110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Food Security
China Says 1,041 Infants Still Hospitalized with Tainted Milk Problems
Xinhuanet, November 20, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-11/20/content_10388374.htm

China's Crops at Risk from Massive Erosion
Reuters, November 21, 2008
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK15576.htm

Government
Authorities Ordered to 'Nip Unrest in the Bud'
South China Morning Post, November 21, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e097fadfd1abd110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

刘玉浦透露深圳或撤销区级政府 学者争议改革可行性 (Shenzhen May Abolish District-level Government)
Nanfang City News, November 21, 2008
http://news.southcn.com/gdnews/nanyuedadi/content/2008-11/21/content_4718997.htm

Human Rights Defenders
'Black Jail' Plea from Hospital
Radio Free Asia, November 20, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/petitioner-11202008094643.html

House of Leading Chinese Rights Activist Demolished
Agence France-Presse (via Google), November 21, 2008
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gFDutrnQXcsSFIxP3g9uyQgxIU-g

深圳八名维权人士进行街头民主宣传 (8 Shenzhen Rights Defenders Promote Democracy on the Streets; Detained for 7 Hours)
Radio Free Asia, November 20, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_activitists-11202008105608.html

Labor
Chinese Officials Fear Unrest over Job Losses
Washington Post, November 21, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/20/AR2008112001890.html

Land Policy
Beijing to Move Thousands in Renovation Project
Reuters, November 20, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE4AJ2QA20081120

土地确权新规征求社会意见 (Input Sought for Draft Regulations on Defining Land Ownership)
The Beijing News, November 21, 2008
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/guonei/2008/11-21/008@021156.htm

Related information:
Regulations on Defining Land Ownership and Usage Rights
Ministry of Land and Resources, November 20, 2008
http://www.gov.cn/gzdt/2008-11/20/content_1154873.htm

Protests and Petitions
Top Official Meets Rioters as China Seeks Stability
Reuters (via New York Times), November 21, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-us-china-riot.html

Tibet
China Cracks Down in Tibet, Exiles Say
Los Angeles Times, November 21, 2008
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/asia/la-fg-tibet21-2008nov21,0,3590830.story

Sichuan Court Jails Tibetans
Radio Free Asia, November 20, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/dartsedo-11202008090026.html