Friday, June 13, 2008

June 13, 2008

News
Bilateral Ties

China Denies Hacking into US Computers
Associated Press (via Google), June 12, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gJxb1IN1QhieBsB9jEUqW611sBCgD918I31O0

Children
China Must Do More on Child Labour: State Media
Agence France-Presse (via Google), June 12, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5g7cbzlo1WBoTefZZ4_narob0CDbg
Related information:
Authorities Seek Greater Enforcement of Child Labor Laws
China Daily, June 12, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-06/12/content_6754284.htm
Corruption
Department Admits Leak of Data on Future Mums
South China Morning Post, June 13, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b3e5b01673d7a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Disasters
A Month of Despair, But Still No Answers: Officials Ignore Parents' Calls for an Explanation of Why Schools Collapsed
South China Morning Post, June 13, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a386b01673d7a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Auditors Expose Relief Scams
South China Morning Post, June 13, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2436b01673d7a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China Refugees Move Again a Month after Earthquake
Associated Press (via Google), June 12, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gBr_dOzJ9Pnc_U9gSgtTgE-cR-KwD918BHR07

Parents of China Quake Victims Express Anger
Associated Press (via Google), June 13, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gBr_dOzJ9Pnc_U9gSgtTgE-cR-KwD918N6TO7

Hong Kong
回归十一周年前香港泛民主派议员辩论高度自治 (Hong Kong's Pan Democrats Debate Self-Autonomy before 11th Handover Anniversary)
Radio Free Asia, June 12, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hongkong-06122008071612.html

Human Rights Defender - Zeng Jinyan (曾金燕)
曾金燕在国保监视下返回福建老家 (Zeng Jinyan Returns to Fujian Home under Surveillance of State Security)
Radio Free Asia, June 12, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_hu-06122008114245.html

Human Rights Defenders
2008 NED Democracy Award to Honor Heroes of Human Rights and Democracy in China
PR Newswire, June 12, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20080612/pl_usnw/2008_ned_democracy_award_to_honor_heroes_of_human_rights_and_democracy_in_china

输血感染艾滋家属持续上访 被以敲诈勒索罪逮捕 (Hunan AIDS Activist and Petitioner Wang Xiaoqiao's Trial Opens)
Radio Free Asia, June 12, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/HIV-06122008112444.html

Media
“维吾尔在线” 已被封一个月 (Popular Forum "Uyghur Online" Remains Closed after One Month)
Radio Free Asia, June 12, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/internet_control-06122008111612.html

'Journalists Can Visit Quake Areas'
South China Morning Post, June 12, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a8ef89715887a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Reporters Kicked out of China City Where Schools Collapsed
Agence France-Presse (via Google), June 12, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5i-TY53mT_omuVEH6m_vXYxeMB2_Q

Olympics
China Fears Domestic Threat to Olympics: Interpol
Reuters, June 12, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-China/idUSL1280163220080612

Lawyers to Mediate Sports Disputes during Olympics
Xinhua (via China Daily), June 13, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/olympics/2008-06/13/content_6758283.htm

Protests and Petitions
广州兴丰村村民抗议垃圾车严重滴漏污染环境 (Guangzhou Villagers Protest Pollution from Overloaded Refuse Trucks)
Radio Free Asia, June 12, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_pollution-06122008113925.html

Tibet
200武警包围被捕女藏人住所 (200 Armed Police Surround Arrested Tibetan's Home Following Protest)
Radio Free Asia, June 12, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/tibetan-06122008114317.html

Dates for Next Talks with Dalai Side Yet to Be Fixed: China
PTI, June 13, 2008
http://www.ptinews.com/pti%5Cptisite.nsf/0/CC89AC64124255C365257466003BAD91?OpenDocument

Tibet Still off Limits to Visitors
Agence France-Presse (available at South China Morning Post), June 13, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4456b01673d7a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibetan Monks Forced to Take "Patriotic Tests"
Reuters, June 12, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSPEK28885420080613