News
Corruption
Quake Frauds Unveiled
Shanghai Daily, September 11, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=373355
Death Penalty
Brutal Rape Teacher Executed
Shanghai Daily, September 11, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=373371
Disasters
China's Big Earthquake Doubles Chances of More
Reuters, September 10, 2008
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKN1038281820080910
Related information:
12 May 2008 M=7.9 Wenchuan, China, earthquake calculated to increase failure stress and seismicity rate on three major fault systems
Geophysical Research Letters, September 09, 2008
http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/research/deformation/modeling/papers/2008/todaetal.html
Environment
Acid Reportedly Dumped by Yangtze River
Caijing Magazine, September 10, 2008
http://english.caijing.com.cn/2008-09-10/110011467.html
Time Is Running out to Meet Pollution Targets
South China Morning Post, September 11, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7c25c071dac4c110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Food Security
Baby Milk Powder Being Investigated after 14 Babies Get Sick
Xinhuanet, September 10, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-09/10/content_9891809.htm
Related information:
More Babies Suffer from Kidney Stones
Xinhua (via China Daily), September 11, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-09/11/content_7018843.htm
Human Rights Defender - Huang Qi (黄琦)
当局再拒家属见黄琦 六四天网内容仍更新 (Authorities Continue to Refuse Family Visits for Huang Qi)
Radio Free Asia, September 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huangqi-09102008122702.html
Labor
Coal Mine Gas Blast Kills Five in SW China
Xinhuanet, September 10, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/11/content_9912358.htm
128 Die as Hope Fades for Mudslide Survivors
Shanghai Daily, September 11, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200809/20080911/article_373362.htm
湖北赤壁市出租车大罢工六名出租车司机被抓 (Six Detained during Mass Strike of Hubei Taxi Drivers)
Radio Free Asia, September 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/chibi-09102008083914.html
Law
Chinese Courts Urged to Enhance Public Credibility
Xinhuanet, September 10, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/10/content_9910793.htm
Media
Book Stores Bar Suicide Themes
Reuters, September 10, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSPEK25999920080910
China Mulls Whether to Go for Gold with Media Openness
The Sydney Morning Herald, September 11, 2008
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/china-mulls-whether-to-go-for-gold-with-media-openness/2008/09/10/1220857638057.html
Related information:
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Jiang Yu's Regular Press Conference on September 9
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, September 09, 2008
http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/xwfw/s2510/t470795.htm
Olympics
Activists Fear Games Will Do Little to Help Disabled
South China Morning Post, September 11, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f784c071dac4c110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
USOC to Apologize to Olympic Cyclists on Mask Reprimand
Los Angeles Times, September 10, 2008
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/asia/la-spw-hersh10-2008sep10,0,5505192.story
Police
Rights Group Calls on China to End Torture
Reuters, September 10, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK33325820080911
Related information:
HRIC September Take Action: Put an End to Torture in China
Human Rights in China, September 10, 2008
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/84810
Protests and Petitions
Riot Signals China’s Property Fears
Financial Times, September 10, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/87d2fb0c-7f53-11dd-a3da-000077b07658.html
菏泽十多人示威要求当局释放维权人士周孟新 (10+ People Protest for Release of Shandong Rights Defender Zhou Mengxin)
Radio Free Asia, September 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_protest-09102008113550.html
武汉市第一商校图书馆馆长因参与维权被捕 (Wuhan School Librarian Detained for Petitioning for over Two Months; Yet to be Released)
Radio Free Asia, September 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_detain-09102008113849.html