Corruption
截至去年10月底国家已追回或归还被挤占挪用资金近42亿元 (From 2006 to October 2007, China Recovered 4.2 Billion Yuan in Embezzled Funds)
Xinhuanet, January 30, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2008-01/30/content_7525595.htm
Disasters
Power Plants Feel the Pinch As Mainland Weather Crisis Worsens
South China Morning Post, January 29, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=988c4f8a4d0c7110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Troops Help Stranded Chinese as Snow Kills 50
Reuters, January 29, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSPEK11184620080129
Food Security
China Issues Emergency Circular on Food Safety
Xinhuanet, January 30, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/30/content_7524840.htm
Government
中国推动村庄合并大村庄制成趋势 (Government Promotes Trend of Merging of Small Villages to Make "Big Village System")
People's Daily (available at Xinhuanet), January 30, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newmedia/2008-01/30/content_7524379.htm
Human Rights Defender - Ye Guoqiang (叶国强)
北京维权人士叶国强被释放后身陷困境 (After Release, Rights Defender Ye Guoqiang's Health Deteriorates)
Radio Free Asia, January 29, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2008/01/29/
Human Rights Defender - Xu Zhengqing (许正清)
许正清出狱数十访民迎接 上海枉法侵权再成焦点 (Human Rights Defender Xu Zhengqing Released From Prison)
Radio Free Asia, January 29, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/29/xu_zhengqing/
Related Information
Case Update: Shanghai Petitioner Xu Zhengqing Released from Prison
Human Rights in China, January 29, 2008
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/47237
Human Rights Defender - Li Guohong (李国宏)
维权人士李国宏以绝食争取到探视权 (Li Guohong Goes on Hunger Strike to Fight For Visitation Rights)
Radio Free Asia, January 29, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/29/li/
Human Rights Defender - Zhang Zilin (张子霖)
泛蓝联盟成员张子霖案延期到春节后开庭 (Trial for Pan-Blue Alliance Member Zhang Zilin Postponed Until After Spring Festival)
Radio Free Asia, January 29, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/29/zhang/
Media
Spreading the News: The Future of Rural Newspapers Is Largely Tied to the Economic Fortunes of Their Readership
South China Morning Post, January 28, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4f537d24f1bb7110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Migrant Workers
Migrant Workers Advised to Stay in Cities for Spring Festival Amid Heavy Snow
Xinhuanet, January 29, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/29/content_7517049.htm
Olympics
15件“涉奥”案共逮捕38人 (Beijing Investigated 322 Corruption Cases in 2007, 15 Involving Olympics)
The Beijing News, January 30, 2008
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/olympic/2008/01-30/014@085748.htm
Police
公安部通报2007年全国社会治安形势 (Ministry of Public Security Discusses 2007 Public Order Situation)
Xinhuanet, January 30, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2008-01/30/content_7524868.htm
Poverty
Low-income Rural, Urban Families to Get More Subsidies as Prices Rise
Xinhuanet, January 29, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/29/content_7522343.htm
Protests and Petitions
河南兰考县政府低价强征农田引起村民抗议 (Henan, Lankao County Farmers Protest Low-Priced Land Grab)
Radio Free Asia, January 29, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/29/nong/
Public Health
China Reports Bird Flu Outbreak in Poultry in Tibet
Reuters, January 29, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSPEK78849
Three Gorges
中国三峡水坝及其对全球影响的讨论会 (Panel: China's Three Gorges Dam Project and It's Impact on the World)
Radio Free Asia, January 29, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/29/sanxia/