May 17-19, 2008

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Zhou Yuanzhi (周远志)
湖北自由作家周远志获释回家 (Freelance Writer Zhou Yuanzhi Released)
Radio Free Asia, May 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhou-05172008003736.html
Freelance writer and Independent Chinese PEN Center member Zhou Yuanzhi (周远志) was released on May 15 and allowed to return home. Zhou was taken away by police on May 3 under suspicion of "inciting subversion" and was detained inside a guest house. He remains under police surveillance and has been ordered to not accept interviews or publish articles.

News
Disasters
China's Next Hurdle: Shelter Earthquake Survivors
Christian Science Monitor, May 19, 2008
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0519/p01s03-woap.html

Disease Warning for China Quake Areas
Financial Times, May 18, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bda98dc2-2512-11dd-a14a-000077b07658.html

Entire village buried in Chinese quake, entombing residents
Associated Press (available at the International Herald Tribune), May 18, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/05/18/asia/AS-GEN-China-Earthquake-Buried-Village.php

Fatal Explosion in Wenzhou Blamed on Angry Gambler
South China Morning Post, May 19, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a08c354f6fcf9110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

黑客非法入侵部分红十字会官网 篡改募捐帐号 (Hacker Infiltrates Official Red Cross Website to Steal Earthquake Relief Donations)
DoNews.com, May 17, 2008
http://www.donews.com/Content/200805/1de1f43fa0174f65b254117cbe7a471f.shtm

Three Killed, over 1,000 Hurt in China Aftershock
Reuters, May 19, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-China/idUSL1833088520080519

Media
China Allows Bloggers, Others to Spread Quake News
Associated Press (via Google), May 18, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g96Dwm9sQnJkXfZN9xxDlNLBveawD90O62RG1

Migrant Workers
当局劝谕在外地的四川人不要急于返乡 (Authorities Ask that Migrant Workers from Sichuan Not Return Home)
Radio Free Asia, May 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/earthquake_communication-05162008131258.html

Military
Military Facilities in Quake-Hit Areas 'Secure'
China Daily, May 19, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-05/19/content_6694054.htm

Olympics
China Warns Olympic Clean-Air Pledges on the Line
Reuters, May 16, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/reutersComService_2_MOLT/idUSPEK34679720080516

Protests and Petitions
湖北访民反映被羁押在法教班40多天 (Hubei Petitioner Reports Being Detained in "Law Class" for over 40 Days)
Radio Free Asia, May 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/40-05172008004223.html

Religion
奥运前夕当局加大力度打击家庭教会 (On Eve of Olympics, Authorities Vigorously Attack House Churches)
Radio Free Asia, May 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jiaohui-05162008095504.html

中国基督教发展迅速，信教人数逾亿 (Chinese Christians Rapidly Expanding; Already over 100 million)
Radio Free Asia, May 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jidu-05162008110439.html

State Security
China's All-Seeing Eye
Rolling Stone, May 29, 2008
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/20797485/chinas_allseeing_eye

Tibet
Tibet's Holiest Temple Reopens after China Unrest
Associated Press (via Google), May 18, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h5Z6bJwtN_roGSIUQiQnfbf2NkhgD90N8OQ00

Tibetan Leader in Exile: New Talks Soon with China
Associated Press (via Google), May 18, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hWp2McDK8AvYfoVNNxTIUqzIx19wD90NJ74G0