Wednesday, September 10, 2008

September 10, 2008

News
Corruption
Vice Mayor on Bribery Charges
Shanghai Daily, September 10, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=373123&type=National

Disasters
中央加大抗震救灾资金监督 186人因违纪行为被处分 (Central Government Increases Supervision of Earthquake Funds, 186 Disciplined for Abuses)
Xinhuanet, September 10, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/politics/2008-09/10/content_9890866.htm

Dim Hopes, Anger after China Mudslide
Reuters (available at YahooNews), September 10, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080910/wl_nm/china_mudslide_dc

Rehabilitation Centers Set Up for Quake Victims
Xinhuanet, September 09, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/09/content_9878672.htm

Labor
Coal Mine Gas Blast Kills One, Traps Four in SW
China Daily, September 10, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-09/10/content_7012524.htm

Land Policy
Law on Rural Land Sales to be Reviewed
South China Morning Post, September 10, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=72b8d0a62a74c110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Media
Beijing Censors Financial Websites
South China Morning Post, September 10, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/
?vgnextoid=633ed0a62a74c110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

China's Relaxed Reporting Rules Set to Expire
Associated Press (via YahooNews), September 10, 2008
http://ph.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080909/tap-as-china-reporting-rules-bb10fb8.html

Related News
奥运外媒采访规定下月终止 外交部称继续开放精神 (Olympics Foreign Media Regulations to End Next Month, Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Continue with Spirit of Openness)
Xinhuanet, September 09, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/politics/2008-09/10/content_9890583.htm

Olympics
The Olympics Party is Over. Now China has to Clean up
The Guardian, September 10, 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/sep/10/china.olympics2008

Police
异见人士邓太清被公安殴打传唤 (Dissident Beaten, Taken to Court by Authorities)
Radio Free Asia, September 09, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/deng-09092008091927.html

Protests and Petitions
广西访民11人抵京计划到奥运示威区进行合法游行 (11 Guangxi Petitioners Stage Lawful Demonstration in Beijing Protest Zone)
Radio Free Asia, September 09, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fang-09092008161405.html

湖北嘉鱼城管人员与小贩发生肢体冲突 (City Officials Clash with Street Vendors in Hubei)
Radio Free Asia, September 09, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hubei-09092008092225.html

残奥未完访民继续被困公安局、精神病院 (Petitioners Still Detained during Paralympics)
Radio Free Asia, September 09, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/canao-09092008135024.html

Public Health
In China: Young People Most Prone to Suicide
Xinhuanet, September 10, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/10/content_9891583.htm

State-owned Enterprises
四川中行大规模辞退员工 逼待岗及签「认罪书」(Sichuan Bank of China Branch Dismisses Employees, Denies Compensation)
Radio Free Asia, September 09, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhonghang-09092008115217.html