Thursday, May 29, 2008

May 29, 2008

News
Disasters
Education Department Rejects Reports of Shoddy Building Probe
South China Morning Post, May 29, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=884b27deb003a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

More Claims Quake Body Ignored Warnings
South China Morning Post, May 29, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=02aa27deb003a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China Quashes 2nd Quake Rumor
Radio Free Asia, May 28, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/quake_rumor-05282008171316.html

Facts and Figures about China Quake and Relief
Xinhuanet, May 28, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/29/content_8272760.htm

Government
NBC Sports Boss Says China Has Become More Open
Reuters, May 28, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/televisionNews/idUSN2840709420080529

Human Rights
China, U.S. Hold Human Rights Dialogue after Years' Suspension
Xinhuanet, May 28, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/28/content_8268566.htm

Pressure China on Human Rights Post-Olympics: Amnesty
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), May 28, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080528/ts_afp/worldrightsamnesty_080528105031

Sixty Years on, Human Rights a Global Mess: Amnesty
Reuters, May 28, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/reutersEdge/idUSL2385333720080528

Human Rights Defender – Woeser
Tibet Dissident Writer under Cyber-Attack
Reuters (via YahooNews), May 28, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080528/ts_nm/china_tibet_dc_1

June 4th
天安门母亲”网公布“六四”罹难者死亡地点分布图示 (Tiananmen Mothers' Website Shares Places of Death of June 4 Victims)
Radio Free Asia, May 28, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/64-05282008171347.html

Related Information
HRIC Press Statement: “Tiananmen Mothers” Website Blocked in China
Human Rights in China, May 28, 2008
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/55084

Law
律师见嫌犯 次数不受限 (New Beijing District Regulations Allow Defense Lawyers to Visit Suspects as Desired)
The Beijing News, May 29, 2008
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/beijing/2008/05-29/018@091351.htm

Media
Chinese Premier Shows up on Facebook
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), May 29, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080529/ap_on_re_as/china_earthquake_facebook_5

NBA Playoffs Disappear from TV in China
Associated Press (available at the International Herald Tribune), May 28, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/05/28/sports/AS-SPT-BKN-China-No-NBA.php

Olympics
Beijing Vows Transparency in Olympic Medical Emergencies
Reuters, May 28, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-China/idUSPEK37150320080528

China Says Storm of Bad Publicity May Hurt Olympic Turnout
Reuters, May 28, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Olympics/idUSPEK16226220080528

Protests and Petitions
Parents’ Grief Turns to Rage at Chinese Officials
New York Times, May 28, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/28/world/asia/28quake.html

Religion
公安冲击并解散山东潍坊维城区家庭教会神学院 (Police Raid and Disband Seminary in Shandong House Church)
Radio Free Asia, May 28, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/religion_family_church-05282008115633.html

Tibet
达赖特使批评中国在西藏强迫藏人侮辱达赖 (Envoy of The Dalai Lama Criticizes China for Forcing Tibetans to Denounce the Dalai Lama)
Radio Free Asia, May 28, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dalai_lama-05282008122809.html