December 17, 2008

News

Bilateral Ties
Healthy Development of Bilateral Relations Conducive to China, EU
Xinhua (via China Daily), December 17, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-12/17/content_7311729.htm

Sarkozy's 'European Value' Not Accepted
China Daily, December 17, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2008-12/17/content_7311832.htm

Disasters
Weather Rocket Kills Man and Blows up his Body at Cremation
Telegraph.co.uk, December 16, 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/3793982/Weather-rocket-
kills-man-and-blows-up-his-body-at-cremation.html

Environment
China Urges Speed-up in Water Scheme
China Post, December 17, 2008
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national-news/2008/12/17/188020/China-urges.htm

Corruption Blamed for Burst Water Pipes in NW China City
Xinhua (via China Daily), December 17, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-12/16/content_7311524.htm

水利专家建议黄河改道出黄海 (Irrigation Experts Propose Allowing Yellow River to Flow into Yellow Sea Again)
BBC, December 16, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_7780000/newsid_7786800/7786868.stm

Human Rights
Party Looks Unmoved by Call for Freedoms
The Sydney Morning Herald, December 17, 2008
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/party-looks-unmoved-by-call-for-freedoms/2008/12/16/1229189623226.html

Human Rights Defenders - Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
China Rejects US Call to Release Activist
South China Morning Post, December 16, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a6cf006ca6f3e110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related News:
欧盟促请中国解释逮捕刘晓波原因 (European Union Demands Explanation for Liu Xiaobo's Arrest)
BBC World Service, December 16, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_7780000/newsid_7786600/7786619.stm

Labor
广东劳保厅长建议将老板欠薪逃匿定为刑事犯罪 (Guangdong Official Proposes Criminalising Going into Hiding to Avoid Settling Employee Backpay)
EastDay.com, December 17, 2008
http://news.eastday.com/c/20081217/u1a4049105.html

Land Policy
Villagers Held for Throwing Ink-filled Eggs at National Flag
South China Morning Post, December 17, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4a8ffd871b04e110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

江苏扬州骇人听闻的野蛮拆迁事件 (BarbaricTreatment of Residents in Jiangsu Housing Demolitions)
Radio Free Asia, December 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/qiangchai-12162008120126.html

Law
最高法院通知规范民事诉讼举证时限(全文 解读) (Supreme Court Issues Notice Concerning Regulations on Time Limits for Evidence in Civil Actions)
Xinhuanet, December 17, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2008-12/16/content_10515885.htm

绵竹利诱学生家长撤诉 上诉者被指反党 (Mianzhu Earthquake Parent Lured into Dropping Charges; Prosecutor Accused of being Anti-CCP)
Radio Free Asia, December 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/mianzhu-12162008091012.html

Media
China Is Said to Restore Blocks on Web Sites
New York Times, December 17, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/17/world/asia/17china.html

Related Information:
Better Services for Foreign Media
China Daily, December 17, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-12/17/content_7311768.htm

China's Internet 'Spin Doctors'
BBC, December 16, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7783640.stm

Migrant Workers
Returning Migrant Workers put Strain on Home Provinces
South China Morning Post, December 17, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0bbefd871b04e110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Police
四川绵阳乡干部在山西运城派出所内蹊跷死亡 (Suspicious Death of Sichuan Man at Shanxi Police Station)
EastDay.com, December 17, 2008
http://news.eastday.com/c/20081217/u1a4049186.html

Population
Population-Control Payout will Rise
Shanghai Daily, December 17, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=384801

中国计生保密培训引质疑 (Questions Raised about Secrecy Training for Family-Planning Officials)
Radio Free Asia, December 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jisheng-12162008114639.html

Public Health
377,000 Chickens Culled in Jiangsu Bird Flu Cases
South China Morning Post, December 17, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=59eefd871b04e110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Religion
广州良人家庭教会受宗教局和公安局人员的冲击 (Guangzhou House Church Attacked by Public Security and Relgious Affairs Bureaux)
Radio Free Asia, December 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xinwen-12162008103351.html

新疆家庭教会牧师受审 各地教徒被捕下落未名 (Xinjiang House Church Pastor on Trial, Church Members Everywhere Arrested or Missing)
Radio Free Asia, December 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jiaohui-12162008091450.html

Society
Chinese Graduates Recruited for Rural Work
International Herald Tribune, December 16, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/16/asia/letter.php

Taiwan
Direct Links with China Unrelated to Unification: President
Taiwan News, December 16, 2008
http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=814820&lang=eng_news&cat
e_img=83.jpg&cate_rss=news_Politics_TAIWAN

Tibet
University of Tibet Brought into China's Key Education Project
Xinhuanet, December 16, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-12/16/content_10515237.htm