Wednesday, May 14, 2008

May 14, 2008

News
Disasters
In Brief: Carrefour, Wal-Mart to Deliver Money, Relief Supplies to Victims
Bloomberg (via South China Morning Post), May 14, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=10253db7bf2e9110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

More Troops Rushed to Help China Quake Rescue
Reuters, May 14, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/articlePrint?articleId=USSP23973420080513

China Welcomes Offers of Quake Aid
Reuters, May 13, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/articlePrint?articleId=USPEK20595

'This Is Not a Natural Disaster - This Is Done by Humans'
The Guardian, May 13, 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/13/china.naturaldisasters3

Economic Development
China Quake Fans Inflation Worry in Hard-hit Areas
Reuters, May 13, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/articlePrint?articleId=USPEK241250

Government

民调显示中国公众希望政府公布公布官员财产情况 (Poll: Citizens Want Government to Publish Assets of Government Officials)
Radio Free Asia, May 13, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/asset-05132008115325.html

Human Rights Defenders
四名浙江护地维权农民被判刑 (Four Zhejiang Land Rights Representatives Sentenced)
Radio Free Asia, May 13, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_land-05132008141757.html

Media
A Rescue in China, Uncensored
New York Times, May 14, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/14/world/asia/14response.html

四川政府网页曾在5月9日“辟谣”(Sichuan Government Webpage Denied Earthquake Prediction on May 9)
Radio Free Asia, May 13, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/forecast-05132008125642.html

Migrant Workers
官方报告指女农民工受歧视严重 (Government Report: Female Migrant Workers Face Serious Discrimination)
Radio Free Asia, May 13, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/woman_workers-05132008111501.html

Olympics
A Sombre Torch Relay in Wake of Killer Quake
South China Morning Post, May 14, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=cc743db7bf2e9110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

奥运圣火来到瑞金 “祥云”飘进“红色摇篮” (Olympic Torch Goes to Cradle of Chinese Communism in Jiangxi)
Xinhuanet, May 14, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/sports/2008-05/14/content_8167178.htm

Religion
全国各地家庭教会成员陆续被抓 (Arrests of House Church Members Continue Nationwide)
Radio Free Asia, May 13, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jiaohui-05132008160222.html

Tibet
甘孜县藏人连续三日游行近30藏人被捕 (Thirty Tibetans Detained; Protests Continue in Ganzi County, Sichuan)
Radio Free Asia, May 13, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zang-05132008105211.html

XUAR
新疆:坚决挫败"三股势力"阴谋破坏活动 (XUAR Authorities: Defeat Plots Before Olympics)
Legal Daily, May 14, 2008
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/2007zfzz/2008-05/14/content_851104.htm