April 4, 2008

Top News of the Day
Olympics
IOC Rejects Amnesty Report on China's Human Rights Record
Voice of America, April 3, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-04-03-voa40.cfm
Hein Verbruggen, the head of the International Olympic Committee inspection team for the 2008 Beijing Games, has rejected a report by Amnesty International that criticizes the development of human rights in China in the lead up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He stated that Amnesty International's claims that the Olympics have led to a worsening human rights situation are untrue.

News
Corporate Social Responsibility
Yahoo CEO: gray areas make foreign business hard
Reuters (via YahooNews), April 4, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSN034
8043720080403

Environment
People more aware of environmental issues
China Daily, April 4, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-04/04/con
tent_6591755.htm

Human Rights Defenders
胡佳被判三年半 各界表示失望 (Many Express Disappointment over Hu Jia’s Sentence)
Radio Free Asia, April 3, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/
03/hujia/

China's jailing of activist draws US condemnation
Boston Globe, April 4, 2008
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2008
/04/04/chinas_jailing_of_activist_draws_us_condemnation/

Reporters Without Borders calls for Olympic ceremony boycott over Hu Jia
AFP (via YahooNews), April 4, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080404/wl_asia_afp/ch
inarightsdissidentoly2008media

Labor
China Pilots Slammed for Labor 'Strikes'
Associated Press, April 4, 2008
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/04/03/ap4848826.html

Media
China seems to ease Wikipedia controls
AFP (via YahooNews), April 4, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080403/tc_afp/chinain
ternetcensorshiprightsoly2008

IOC: China Says Journalists Will Have Free Access to Internet During Summer Olympics
Voice of America, April 4, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-04-03-voa38.cfm

Olympics
China should drop Tibet torch relay: Dalai Lama envoy
Reuters (via YahooNews), April 4, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/idUSN0329379420
080403?feedType=RSS&feedName=sportsNews

China urges France not to encourage disturbance against torch relay
Xinhuanet, April 4, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/03/content_79137
19.htm

Darfur Group Adds Olympics Boycott Call
New York Sun, April 4, 2008
http://www2.nysun.com/article/74189

IOC receives Beijing assurances on Internet, live broadcasts, pollution
International Herald Tribune, April 4, 2008
http://www.iht.com/bin/printfriendly.php?id=11641902

London security tight for Olympic torch relay
Telegraph, April 4, 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/20
08/04/04/wolympic104.xml

Uighur Protest in Turkey Against China
AP( via YahooNews), April 4, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gEtQD-yS0Xp4_siz
YjZ8SE7bG_1gD8VQEOAG0

Protests and Petitions
几百名访民清明扫墓被抓 李金平与家人失去联络 (Hundreds of Human Rights Petitioners Detained On Qingming)
Radio Free Asia, April 4, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/0
4/fangmin/

China order targets dissent
Washington Times, April 4, 2008
http://washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/2
0080404/NATION/98834282/1001&template=printart

Public Health
China lifts bird flu quarantine in southern Guangzhou
Xinhuanet, April 3, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/03/content_7913
822.htm

Taiwan
China renews giant panda offer to receptive Taiwan
Reuters (via YahooNews), April 4, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTP66364200804
04?sp=true

Ma Ying-jeou urges Hu Jintao to seize opportunity for Taipei-Beijing détente
China Post, April 4, 2008
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/presidential%20
election/2008/04/04/150265/Ma-Ying-jeou.htm

Tibet
China says order restored in heavily Tibetan areas
Boston Globe, April 4, 2008
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2008/04/04/ch
ina_says_order_restored_in_heavily_tibetan_areas/

Chinese Official in Tibet Calls for Swift Trial of Alleged Lhasa Rioters
Voice of America, April 4, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-04-04-voa26.cfm

Dalai Lama Envoy Says Tibet Is Grim
AP( via YahooNews), April 4, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iCFilgppKmoq_5naRi1gnw
Ez6vGQD8VQHKN81