December 13-15, 2008

News

Corruption
Con Men Jailed over Million-yuan Fraud
South China Morning Post, December 15, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=18de95e6a663e110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Environment
China Likely to Miss Energy Saving Goal for 2008: Report
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), December 13, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081213/sc_afp/chinaenergyenvironment

Waste Water Flows into Yangtze Tributary after Chemicals Fire
China Daily, December 14, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-12/14/content_7302347.htm

Food Security
China Probing 27 Cases of Melamine-tainted Animal Feed: State Media
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), December 14, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081215/wl_asia_afp/chinafoodsafety

Sacked Officials Get New Positions
South China Morning Post, December 13, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=fe1e5c0aa1c2e110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Hong Kong
Petitioners Praise HK Police after Visit for Protest
South China Morning Post, December 13, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=eb9d5c0aa1c2e110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights
《零八宪章》签名超过2500人刘晓波仍未获释 ('Charter 08' Signatories Exceed 2500, Liu Xiaobo Still Not Released)
Radio France Internationale, December 14, 2008
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/108/article_10993.asp

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Bao Tong: China Detentions 'Challenge Constitution'
Radio Free Asia, December 13, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/baotongcharter-12132008111723.html

六四学运领袖陶君签名支持<零八宪章>
(June 4th Student Leader Tao Jun Signs 'Charter 08')
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/64-12142008171330.html

著名律师莫少平谈《零八宪章》
(Interview: Renowned Lawyer Mo Shaoping on the 'Charter 08')
Radio France Internationale, December 12, 2008
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/108/article_10961.asp

Human Rights Defenders
贵州人权人士获释 公安称党就是法律 (Guizhou Rights Activists Released; PSB Says the Party is Law)
Radio Free Asia, December 12, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquan-12122008094621.html

参与联署「零八宪章」的人士继续遭当局进一步打压 (Authorities Step up Pressure on 'Charter 08' Signatories)
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/chan-12142008171843.html

Media
Chinese Reporter Chasing Corruption Claims Disappears
Reuters, December 15, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE4BE0R820081215?feedType=RSS&f
eedName=worldNews

海口网吧明年全部实行身份证"刷卡"上网 (Haikou to Implement Identity Swipe Cards for Internet Users)
EastDay.com, December 24, 2008
http://news.eastday.com/c/20081214/u1a4042966.html

南都《评论周刊》停刊 (Southern 'Weekly Review' Ceases Publication)
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/nan-12142008164507.html

Police
平遥150人滋事与村委会换届选举无关 警方认定为涉黑 (Police Say Pingyao Trouble-makers Unrelated to Village Committee Elections)
Xinhuanet, December 15, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2008-12/15/content_10504588.htm

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山西一村委会选举引发骚乱 (Village Committee Election Sparks Riots in Shanxi)
Radio Free Asia, December 12, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xuanju-12122008163740.html

Politics
诺贝尔奖评委应邀访华遭无端质疑 被指存在腐败 (Questions Raised over China's Invitation to Nobel Committee)
EastDay.com, December 14, 2008
http://news.eastday.com/c/20081214/u1a4043022.html

Protests and Petitions
拆迁户妻子北京上访 丈夫在家被打断肋骨 (Husband's Ribs Broken in Beating While Wife Petitions in Beijing over House Demolition)
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/cai-12142008170514.html

Religion
湖北华南基督教会多名教徒被警方抓捕 (Many Members of Huanan Christian Church Arrested in Hubei)
Radio Free Asia, December 13, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xinwen-12132008152008.html

Rural Issues
Fruits of reform can be bitter in Chinese countryside
Reuters, December 12, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081212/wl_asia_afp/chinarightshu

Society
细数三十年民族法制建设大发展 (30 Years of Progress in Legal system Governing Minorities)
EastDay.com, December 14, 2008
http://news.eastday.com/c/20081214/u1a4043731.html

Taiwan
Taiwan, China Launch Direct Shipping Links
Associated Press (via Google), December 15, 2008
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g6DQLDMAmRA4uPnd5hsLH9dz
QecQD952RC2O5

Taiwan's former president is indicted
International Herald Tribune, December 12, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/12/asia/13taiwan.php

Tibet
UN Chief Urges China to Continue Tibet Dialogue
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), December 12, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081212/wl_asia_afp/chinatibetpoliticsunban

西藏林芝察隅县发生森林火灾仍在扑救 (Forest Fire Continues to burn in Tibet)
EastDay.com, December 14, 2008
http://news.eastday.com/c/20081214/u1a4044032.html

XUAR
Large Gas Reserve Found in Xinjiang
China Daily, December 15, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-12/15/content_7304102.htm