Thursday, May 22, 2008

May 22, 2008

News
Disasters

A New Nightmare-in-Waiting
South China Morning Post, May 22, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=fd570b434eb0a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China Leaders Grapple with Political Aftershocks
Associated Press (via Google), May 22, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gBr_dOzJ9Pnc_U9gSgtTgE-cR-KwD90QED882

China Quake Survivors Return to Classes
Associated Press (via Google), May 21, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hE-nCSr4ZwsaoYFHIqgZdRgc3QUwD90Q6BH81

China Quake Survivors Suffer Trauma
Radio Free Asia, May 21, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/quake_trauma-05212008090830.html

China to Rebuild Quake-Leveled County on New Site
Xinhuanet, May 21, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-China/idUSPEK14414920080521

Disease Now the Big Fear amid Squalor
South China Morning Post, May 22, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=88987ecf28c0a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Quake Brings Untainted Charities to Fore
Financial Times, May 21, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b5524292-274a-11dd-b7cb-000077b07658.html

Two Chinese Men Detained for Making Quake Rumor
Xinhuanet, May 22, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/22/content_8223346.htm

赈灾义工﹕在中国做善事要有被捕或受骚扰的准备 (Quake Relief Volunteers Should Be Prepared for Detention, Harassment)
Radio Free Asia, May 21, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/earthquake_donation-05212008122138.html

Economic Development
China Vows Severe Measures against Shoddy Builders
Reuters, May 21, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-China/idUSPEK13929920080521

Fallout from China's Quake Could Include Inflation
Los Angeles Times, May 21, 2008
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-inflate21-2008may21,0,435677.story

Human Rights Defender - Guo Quan (郭泉)
郭泉周日下午被警察带走并被处以10天拘留 (Former Nanjing University Professor and Political Activist Guo Quan Detained)
Radio Free Asia, May 21, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissident_guoquan-05212008123053.html

Human Rights Defenders
部分人士质疑震灾后政府不允许批评意见 (Activists Challenge Government's Disallowance of Critique Following Earthquake)
Radio Free Asia, May 21, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhenzai-05212008085235.html

维权人士任尚燕被拘留 (Rights Activist Ren Shangyan Detained)
Radio Free Asia, May 21, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_detain-05212008123403.html

North Korea
Sisters Fear for Defectors
Radio Free Asia, May 21, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/nkorea_girls-05212008162555.html

Population
计划生育政策降低中国的人口素质? (Will the One-Child Policy Reduce the Quality of China's Population?)
Radio Free Asia, May 21, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/population-05212008111038.html

Tibet
Dalai Lama Urges West to Remember Tibet
Financial Times, May 21, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bfc82b5e-2760-11dd-b7cb-000077b07658.html

Tibetan Nuns Play Key Role
Radio Free Asia, May 21, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/laos/laos_burma-05212008171327.html/tibet_nuns-05212008175436.html