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Human Rights Defender – Hu Jia (胡佳)
China Dissident Wins Rights Prize
BBC, December 17, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7788536.stm
The European Parliament awarded the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to human rights defender Hu Jia (胡佳) yesterday in Strasbourg. Mr. Hu’s wife, Zeng Jinyan, gave an acceptance speech on his behalf via a video message. Ms. Zeng is currently under house arrest in Beijing.
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Under House Arrest, Hu Jia’s Wife Accepts Sakharov Prize on Behalf of Imprisoned
Husband
Human Rights in China, December 17, 2008
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/91169
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Death Penalty
Death Sentence for Gang Leader
South China Morning Post, December 18, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/
?vgnextoid=d28ee461ab54e110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news
Education
中国发布针对少年儿童的民族团结教育纲要 (China Issues Program for Minority Children "Unity" Education)
Radio Free Asia, December 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/minzu-12172008105734.html
Human Rights
歐盟關切劉曉波被拘 (European Union Expresses Concern over Liu Xiaobo Arrest)
Ming Pao, December 17, 2008
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20081217/ca32329a.htm
China Launches Major Crackdown on Dissidents
Telegraph.co.uk, December 17, 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/3811653/China-launches-major-
crackdown-on-dissidents.html
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晚年周恩来的作者高文谦：零八宪章标志民间力量开始主导社会变革 (Gao Wenqian, Author
of Zhou Enlai Biography, Says 08 Charter Shows Grassroots Leading Social Reform)
Radio Free Asia, December 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gaowenqian-12172008160947.html
Labor
Gas Blast Traps 18 Miners in Central China
China Daily, December 18, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-12/18/content_7318157.htm
遼寧企業裁員需上報 (Liaoning Businesses Required to Report Lay-Offs)
Ming Pao, December 17, 2008
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20081217/ca31624a.htm
With Strikes, China's New Middle Class Vents Anger
Washington Post, December 17, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/16/AR2008121602851.html
Law
Call for Law to Punish Fleeing Bosses
China Daily, December 18, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-12/18/content_7316523.htm
网络暴力第一案宣判 法院判决书中批评王菲不忠 (Decision Announced for First Case of "Internet Violence")
Xinhuanet, December 18, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2008-12/18/content_10523788.htm
Police
Man in Coma after Fight over Laundry
Shanghai Daily, December 18, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200812/20081218/article_384941.htm
Shanghai Trains to Get Surveillance Cameras
China Daily, December 18, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-12/18/content_7316532.htm
Protests and Petitions
Two Arrested for Throwing Eggs at China Flag
Reuters (available at YahooNews), December 17, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081217/wl_nm/us_china_flag
Public Health
江苏鸡瘟疫情遭封锁 官称未爆疫情却杀37万家禽 (News of Bird Flu Epidemic in Jiangsu Blocked)
Radio Free Asia, December 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jiangsu-12172008113901.html
Society
Beijing Frets over Threat of Instability
South China Morning Post, December 18, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/
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30 Years Transform China, but not its Politics
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), December 17, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081217/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china30_years_reforms
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改革开放30年：伟大的转折 历史的丰碑 (30 Years of Reform and Opening Up: A
Monumental Turning Point in History)
Xinhuanet, December 18, 2008
http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/mryw/20081218a.htm
Chinese Netizens Reach 290 Million by November
China Daily, December 17, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-12/17/content_7315668.htm
State-owned Enterprises
Maintaining Stability at Grassroots Level Stressed
Xinhuanet, December 17, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-12/17/content_10521246.htm
Taiwan
Four Local Chinese Mainland Reporters to Work in Taiwan
China Daily, December 17, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-12/17/content_7315128.htm
XUAR
Two Xinjiang Terrorists who Killed 17 Police Get Death
China Daily, December 18, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-12/18/content_7316505.htm