Monday, June 16, 2008

June 14-16, 2008

News
Corruption
Bank Staff in China Quake Zone Use Donations to Buy Runners: Govt
Agence France-Presse (available at Yahoo! News), June 13, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080613/wl_asia_afp/chinaquakecorruptionrelief_080613060256

Official Dismissed for Embezzling Quake Relief Funds
China Daily, June 14, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-06/14/content_6760691.htm

Disasters
70,000 Evacuate Flooding Quake Zone
Agence France-Presse (available at South China Morning Post), June 16, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a955c2e0d1f8a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China Floods Kills 55 - More Rain Expected
Reuters, June 15, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSPEK825620080615

Chinese Parents Call off Memorial for Children Killed in Quake after Official Warning
New York Times, June 13, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/13/world/asia/13quake.html

Leave Beichuan, Volunteers Told
South China Morning Post, June 14, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5e684b370e28a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Sensitive China Quake Photo Removed from Exhibit
Associated Press (available at Google), June 15, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gBr_dOzJ9Pnc_U9gSgtTgE-cR-KwD91AERB81

山西吕梁煤矿发生爆炸事故 43人被困 (43 Trapped after Mine Explosion in Luliang, Shandong)
Radio Free Asia, June 13, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meikuang-06132008155931.html

Human Rights Defender - Huang Qi (黄琦)
Concern over Detentions in China Quake Zone: Groups
Reuters, June 15, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-China/idUSPEK2985920080615

Related information:
Human Rights in China Condemns the Detention of Huang Qi by Police in Chengdu
Human Rights in China, June 14, 2008
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/56408

Human Rights Defenders
China Dissident Commits Suicide after Forcible Deportation
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (available at Yahoo! News), June 16, 2008
http://au.news.yahoo.com/080615/21/17aif.html

Olympics
BBC Will Show Beijing Olympics Protests
Telegraph.co.uk, June 14, 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2123211/Beijing-Olympics-BBC-will-show-protests-if-they-occur.html

确保奥运火炬传送 甘孜切断对外通讯 (All Communication to Garze, Sichuan Severed to Ensure Torch Arrival)
Radio Free Asia, June 15, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ao-06152008155144.html

China Clampdown for Olympic Torch in Xinjiang: Residents, Exiles
Agence France-Presse (available at Yahoo! News), June 16, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080615/wl_afp/chinaxinjiangunrestrightsoly2008_080615053950

Olympic Torch's Arrival in Tibet Postponed
Associated Press (available at Google), June 16, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gEtQD-yS0Xp4_sizYjZ8SE7bG_1gD91AV5BG0

Stamp out Sex with an Olympic Baton
Asia Times Online, June 14, 2008
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/JF14Ad02.html

Related information:
Legal Guidelines for Foreigners—Olympic Traps for Foreigners?
Human Rights in China, June 05, 2008
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/55647
Population
深圳出台户籍制度改革重大举措 (Shenzhen's Permanent Residence System Undertakes Great Changes)
Radio Free Asia, June 15, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shen-06152008154339.html

Tibet
Tibetan Monks Forced to Take Patriotic Tests
Reuters, June 16, 2008
file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/alainna/Local%20Settings/Temporary%20Internet%20Files/OLK75F/1606%20DNB.doc#1,293,432,0,,_