News
Death Penalty
4 Sentenced to Death over Murder Spree
Shanghai Daily, December 05, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=383371
Disasters
绵竹当局威胁遇难学生家长撤销诉讼 (Authorities Pressure Parents who Lost Children in Quake to Drop Suits)
Radio Free Asia, December 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/mianzhu-12042008102608.html
Food Security
China to Draw Up Blacklist of Dangerous Ingredients
Reuters, December 04, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE4B40DS20081205
Long Wait for Victims of Tainted Milk
South China Morning Post, December 05, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f1441d79ca20e110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Land Policy
Illegal Land Grabs, Farmland Misuse Falling
Xinhua (via China Daily), December 05, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-12/05/content_7275218.htm
韶关村民维权上访被暴徒殴打致残 (Guangdong Villagers Beaten, Threatened for Petitioning for Proper Land Compensation)
Radio Free Asia, December 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_rural-12042008104211.html
Media
Chinese State Media Pushes for Press Freedom
The Telegraph, December 05, 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/3564250/Chinese-state-media-pushes-for-press-freedom.html
Concern at Removal of Veteran Journalist
South China Morning Post, December 05, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e5851d79ca20e110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Migrant Workers
Cut-price Homes for Migrants in Guangzhou
China Daily, December 05, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-12/05/content_7273232.htm
Police
Sichuan to Release 2,000 Elderly, Ill Inmates
Shanghai Daily, December 05, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=383379
Protests and Petitions
China: Factory Owners Protest for Payment of Debts
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), December 05, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081205/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_factory_protest
Hundreds Protest outside CCTV
South China Morning Post, December 05, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1fd41d79ca20e110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
自贡法院禁止维权人士为访民代理诉讼 (Sichuan Court Refuses to Allow Rights Defender to Represent Petitioner in Court)
Radio Free Asia, December 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_court-12042008105845.html
Religion
杭州和北京两个家庭教会遭当局严厉打压 (Beijing and Hangzhou House Church Activists Pressured by Authorities)
Radio Free Asia, December 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/religion_family_church-12042008102344.html
Tibet
China Decries Dalai Lama's Demands for Autonomy
Reuters, December 04, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE4B31A320081204
XUAR
Disabled Uyghur Jailed as Security Threat
Radio Free Asia, December 03, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/Disabled%20Uyghur-12032008163546.html
