Monday, April 21, 2008

April 19-21, 2008

News
Civil Society
北京民间艾滋病机构奥运前被迫停止大部份服务 (Beijing AIDS Group Aizhixing Institute Compelled to Halt Majority of Services before Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, April 18, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/ngo_aids-04182008140316.html

Economic Development
中国一季度生产安全事故死亡人数超过1万9千人 (Over 19,000 Casualties from Industrial Accidents in the First Quarter of 2008)
Radio Free Asia, April 19, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shigu-04192008164255.html

Hong Kong
港禁1300 藏獨人士入境 (Hong Kong to Deny Entry to 1300 Tibetan Independence Activists)
Apple Daily, April 19, 2008
http://www1.appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?iss_id
=20080419&sec_id=4104&subsec_id=12731&art_id=11006068


Human Rights Defender - Tao Jun (陶君)
广州异见人士陶君被公安拘留问话 (Dissident Writer Tao Jun Detained for Questioning; Told Not to Speak Out during the Olympic Torch Relay)
Radio Free Asia, April 18, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissident_taojun-04182008135821.html

Law
China Publishes Draft Regulation on Food Safety to Solicit Public Opinion
Xinhuanet, April 20, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/20/content_8016653.htm

Olympics
Anti-China Protests at Torch Run in Bangkok
Reuters, April 21, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSSP11894820080420

China's Olympic Crackdown Already Underway, Conference Hears
canada.com, April 18, 2008
http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/story.html?id=51a00ea6-
8228-4514-81c4-97987a31a857&k=12684


Nepal Threatens 'Gunfire' against Torch Protesters on Everest
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), April 20, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jIQAqEULoFpRRw3TsZtgAafqRGpQ

Protests and Petitions
China Urges Calm after Anti-Western Demonstrations
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), April 20, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/china_tibet;_ylt=AvrUJgC1TyCHkDmxrRfUvBlPzWQA

Protests against "Tibet Independence" Supporters Erupt in Chinese Cities
Xinhuanet, April 19, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/19/content_8008721.htm

Three Gorges
Almost 200 Trapped by Massive Mudslide in China's Three Gorges Area
Xinhuanet, April 20, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/20/content_8016010.htm

Tibet
China Launches Education Drive in Lhasa, Warns Citizens
Reuters, April 21, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSPEK289977

China Steps Up Crackdown in Tibet
Radio Free Asia, April 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet_crackdown-04182008081004.html

Chinese Student Who Sparked Furor Says Public Apology Letter Is Fake
Radio Free Asia, April 18, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/chinese_tibet-04182008142055.html

甘肃夏河二百多被拘捕的僧人获释 (Arrested Xiahe Buddhist Monks Released)
Radio Free Asia, April 18, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/tibetan_monks-04182008132348.html

拉萨色拉寺再有四百僧侣被捕 (400 Monks from Lhasa's Sera Monastery Arrested)
Radio Free Asia, April 20, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xi-04202008181129.html

Tibet an 'International Issue,' Japan PM Tells China
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), April 18, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080418/wl_asia_afp/japanchinadiplomacy_
080418193041


Tibet Will Reopen to Tourists 'Soon'
China Daily, April 19, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-04/19/content_6628982.htm

XUAR
新疆喀什一基督教家庭教会教徒被捕并被罚款 (Uyghur Christian House Church Practitioners Arrested and Fined)
Radio Free Asia, April 18, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/xingjiang_church-04182008141720.html