December 3, 2008

News

Bilateral Ties
Call for Calm over France Boycott
South China Morning Post, December 03, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=60360afea0bfd110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Police Liaison Officers to be Sent to Australia
China Daily, December 03, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-12/03/content_7263529.htm

Civil Society
New Push for Tiananmen Reforms
The Age (Australia), December 03, 2008
http://www.theage.com.au/world/new-push-for-tiananmen-reforms-20081201-6os9.html

Shenzhen Activists Distribute “Democracy Survey” Pamphlets On The Streets
China Digital Times, December 03, 2008
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2008/12/shenzhens-democracy-advocates/

Corruption
Man in the News: Huang Guangyu
Financial Times, November 28, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0ad59214-bd82-11dd-bba1-0000779fd18c.html

Death Penalty
Family of Executed Chinese Scientist Family Not Told of Death
China Post, December 03, 2008
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/china-taiwan-relations/2008/12/02/185786/Family-
of.htm

Disasters
Death toll Rises to 22 in NW China Highway Crash
China Daily, December 02, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-12/02/content_7263199.htm

Schoolmaster Detained after Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Kills 11 Girls
China Daily, December 03, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-12/03/content_7267025.htm

Environment
Beijing Reaches Clean Air Goal for 2008
Associated Press (available at the International Herald Tribune), December 03, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/01/asia/china.php

China Presses for New Treaty
Shanghai Daily, December 03, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=383006

Food Security
Official: China to Build Sugar Stockpiles, Maintain Price Stability
Xinhuanet, December 02, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-12/02/content_10446473.htm

Labor
惠州工廠裁員工人圍堵公司 (Workers Surround Huizhou Company in Protest over Job Cuts)
Ming Pao, December 03, 2008
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20081203/ca30932w.htm

Law
Judicial Aid Made Available to Firms
China Daily, December 03, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-12/03/content_7263598.htm

Media
China Investigates Attack on Foreign Journalists
Associated Press (via YahooNews), December 02, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081202/ap_on_re_as/as_china_journalists_attacked

Related News:
Local official: Belgian Journalists, Villagers Scuffle in China's AIDS Zone
Xinhuanet, December 02, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-12/02/content_10446252.htm

Chinese Authorities Enforce Switch from Microsoft
Radio Free Asia, December 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/microsoft%20to%20linux-12022008144416.html

本台独家:河北房产骗局业主受害　数百诉请政府负责媒体噤声 (Hundreds of Property Fraud Victims Blame Government for Media Silence)
Radio Free Asia, December 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hebei-12022008092319.html

「维权中国」网站遭百度、雅虎、搜狗搜索引擎屏蔽 (Yahoo, Baidu and Sogou Search Engines Screen Rights Defence Website)
Radio Free Asia, December 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/weiquan-12022008101437.html

Population
Family Planning Policy Doesn't Contradict Human Rights
China Daily, December 03, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-12/02/content_7263244.htm

Poverty
Man Arrested for Illegally Dumping Mother's Body
Shanghai Daily, December 02, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=382936

Protests and Petitions
刚刚获释的南沽股民表示要坚持上访 (Duped Investors Released from Detention Claim They Will Continue to Petition)
Radio Free Asia, December 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/petition_investor-12022008110836.html?encoding=simplified

Related information:
假股票“南航权证”受害者示威被拘留 (Fake Stock Fraud Victims Detained After Protest)
Radio Free Asia, December 01, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/protest_investors-12012008100636.html?encoding=simplified

AIDS Activist Sent Home from Beijing
Radio Free Asia, December 03, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/train-12022008161527.html

荷泽工农齐维权 带头人士被拘押 (Heze Workers and Farmers Petition in Beijing, Leader Remains Imprisoned)
Radio Free Asia, December 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/heze-12022008092551.html

广东和平县村民反对政府强行修建火葬场 (Guangdong Villagers Clash with Police over Building of Crematorium)
Radio Free Asia, December 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rural_clash-12022008103212.html?encoding=simplified

湖南隆回教师集体罢课示威请愿 (Hunan Teachers on Strike)
Radio Free Asia, December 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hunan-12022008164618.html

Public Health
广东9岁病童企图自杀 突显贫困人口看病难 (Guangdong Nine-year-old Attempts Suicide, Highlights Inaccessibility of MedicalTreatment for Poor)
Radio Free Asia, December 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/pinkun-12022008112632.html

Tibet
Qinghai-Tibet Plateau to Embrace 6 More Railway Lines by 2020
Xinhuanet, December 03, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-12/03/content_10450130.htm

中国当局加强控制边境 藏人出逃路线被堵 (Government Strengthens Border Control, Blocks Tibetan Escape Route)
Radio Free Asia, December 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/tibet-12022008105850.html