Wednesday, November 26, 2008

November 26, 2008

News

Death Penalty
Killer of six Chinese police executed in Shanghai
Xinhuanet, November 26, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-11/26/content_10414657.htm

Related News:
China Executes Shanghai Police Killer: Officials
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), November 26, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081126/wl_afp/chinapolicemurderexecution


欧洲华人要求专案调查杨佳事件让真相大白 (Overseas Chinese Call for Judicial Investigation into Yang Jia's Case)
Radio Free Asia, November 26, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/EU-11252008164639.html

Daughter Appeals for Mercy for Taiwan Spy Scientist
South China Morning Post, November 26, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5f255c69707dd110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD


Related News:
Chinese Death Row Trial 'Flawed'
BBC, November 26, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7749443.stm

Guangzhou Court Sentences 8 Foreigners for Drug Trafficking
Shanghai Daily, November 26, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=382150

Economic Development
A Global Downturn Puts the Brakes on China
New York Times, November 25, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/26/business/worldbusiness/26chinasteel.html

Environment
One Third of the Yellow River is so Polluted, it's Unfit for Any Use
South China Morning Post, November 26, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4d35a618354dd110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Freedom of Speech
Blogger Barred from Trip Abroad
South China Morning Post, November 26, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=84e4a618354dd110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender - Zeng Jinyan (曾金燕)
EU Official Stopped from Visiting Chinese Activist
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), November 26, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081125/ap_on_re_as/as_china_eu_human_rights

Labor
Dongguan Workers Riot Over Unpaid Wages
South China Morning Post, November 26, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=6ad05c69707dd110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=new

Land Policy
本台独家:兴平强推征地拆迁屡爆抗议 消息封锁村民欲哭无泪 (Information Blockade on Shanxi Victims of Forced Eviction)
Radio Free Asia, November 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xinping-11252008141817.html

Law
Bribery Law to Include Doctors and Teachers
South China Morning Post, November 26, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=cc3fa618354dd110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD


Related News:

Doctors Riled by Crackdown
Shanghai Daily, November 26, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=382069


Protests and Petitions
武汉访民进京19人被关押 (19 Wuhan Petitioners Detained in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, November 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fang-11252008093748.html

广州居民申请游行遭拒 (Guangzhou Residents Refused Permission to Protest)
Radio Free Asia, November 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yuanqing-11252008103433.html

数百上海访民在北京被截回 (Hundreds of Shanghai Petitioners Intercepted in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, November 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fang-11252008095058.html

Public Health
北京一重病农民为监狱免费就医故意抢劫 判18年 (Critically Ill Farmer Committed Robbery to Access Free Prison Health Care, Sentenced to 18 Years)
Xinhuanet, November 26, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2008-11/26/content_10415578.htm

More than Half Beijing's Prostitutes Shun Condoms: State Media
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), November 25, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081125/wl_asia_afp/chinahealthaidsprostitution

Taiwan
Taiwan Residents Get Mainland Legal Certificates
Xinhuanet, November 26, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-11/26/content_10414874.htm

Tibet
朱维群:拉萨3-14事件经审理已有上千人被释放 (Zhu Weiqun: More Than a Thousand Released Over March 14 Lhasa Riots)
EastDay.com, November 26, 2008
http://news.eastday.com/c/20081125/u1a4005503.html

China Expands Police Presence Below Mount Everest
Associated Press (via YahooNews), November 25, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081125/ap_on_re_as/as_china_mount_everest