Disasters
China Announces Industrial Plan on Quake Reconstruction
Xinhuanet, November 04, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-11/04/content_10306764.htm
Heavy Rain Lashes S China Region, 1.17 Million Affected
Radio Free Asia, November 04, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-11/04/content_10306724.htm
Environment
广州严处一非法倾排含三聚氰胺牛奶入河事件 (Waste Compression Station Wasted for Discharging Allegedly Tainted Milk into Nearby River)
People's Daily (available at Xinhuanet), November 05, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2008-11/05/content_10307672_1.htm
Food Security
China's Bureaucracy Stymies Food Safety
Radio Free Asia, November 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/energy_watch/food-safety-11042008154540.html
Government
China to Issue Human Rights Plan: Official
Reuters (available at YahooNews), November 04, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081104/wl_nm/us_china_rights
Labor
Workers Win Payout Fight after Factory Closure
South China Morning Post, November 05, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=de206331e286d110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=new
Crisis Hits Chinese Workers
Radio Free Asia, November 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/migrants-11042008054042.html
Land Policy
Beijing to Issue Farmers Land-Use Rights Certificates
South China Morning Post, November 05, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1eb66331e286d110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=new
Law
中国更多律师不畏压力为法轮功学员辩护 (More Lawyers Defend Falungong Practitioners in Trial)
Radio Free Asia, November 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/flg-11042008092542.html
Police
China City Vows Crackdown on Taxi Strike Violence
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), November 04, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081104/wl_asia_afp/chinastriketaxitransport
Protests and Petitions
外出吃顿饭 住房强拆完 (Shanghai Couple Taken away After Their House Forcibly Demolished)
Radio Free Asia, November 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/chai-11042008092804.html
广西工学院学生因停水及收费问题发生骚乱 (Tertiary School in Guangxi in Turmoil over Water Suspension and Fee Hikes)
Radio Free Asia, November 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xuexiao-11042008165813.html
Thugs Beat up Villagers
Shanghai Daily, November 04, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200811/20081104/article_379361.htm
Taiwan
Taiwan Media Critical of Security Measures for Envoy's Visit
South China Morning Post, November 04, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6e1336af7866d110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news
Tibet
New Round of Tibet Talks Start amid Mixed Signs
South China Morning Post, November 05, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=2a176331e286d110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=new
Dalai Lama's Health ‘Improved’
Radio Free Asia, November 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/health-11042008063329.html
拉萨形势吃紧 再有藏人被捕 (One More Tibetan Arrest during China-Tibet Negotiation)
Radio Free Asia, November 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/tibet-11042008170908.html