Wednesday, September 17, 2008

September 17, 2008

News
Corruption
重庆食药监局原处长受贿95万获刑9年 (Official in Chongqing to Serve 9 Years for Accepting Bribes)
Xinhuanet, September 17, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2008-09/17/content_10048581.htm

安徽淮南原市委书记陈世礼涉嫌受贿640余万被起诉 (Anhui Official Charged with Bribery)
Xinhuanet, September 13, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2008-09/17/content_10050331.htm

Disasters
“溃坝”伤残者补偿标准出台 (Compensation Packages for Landslide Victims Announced)
The Beijing News, September 17, 2008
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/guonei/2008/09-17/008@025647.htm

Premier: China to Compile Quake Victim Name List
Xinhuanet, September 16, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/16/content_10045986.htm

Food Security
China Finds Additive in Formula at 22 Dairies
International Herald Tribune, September 17, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/17/asia/17milk.php

Related News
Behind Bad Baby Milk, an Ethical Gap in China's Business
Christian Science Monitor, September 17, 2008
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0917/p01s03-woap.html

Officials 'Knew of Tainted Milk for a Month'
South China Morning Post, September 17, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=de4545b0c1c6c110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China Pledges to Treat All Tainted Milk-affected Babies
Xinhuanet, September 16, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/16/content_10030692.htm

Parents Queue for Refund in China Milk Scandal
International Herald Tribune, September 16, 2008
http://iht.com/articles/reuters/2008/09/16/asia/OUKWD-UK-CHINA-MILK.php

Government
Government Bus Official Sacked After Fatal Crash
Shanghai Daily, September 17, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=374011

Media
三鹿誘百度刪毒奶新聞出資300萬 (Baidu Spent 3 Million RMB to Delete Tainted Milk Powder News)
Ming Pao, September 17, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080917/caa2.htm

Journalist Ponders Suing Portal over Blog Entry Deletion
South China Morning Post, September 17, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=ff9a7ceaa4c6c110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Once Banned International Internet Sites Now Allowed In Post Olympics China
Voice of America, September 17, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-09-16-voa21.cfm?rss=asia

山西溃坝事故追踪:51人起初未入“死亡名单” (51 Deaths Originally Not Listed in Shanxi Landslide Reports)
Nanfang City News, September 16, 2008
http://www2.nanfangdaily.com.cn/nfjx/200809160040.asp

国内首家党报集团中外合作项目:新安传媒挂牌成立 (China to Launch First Joint Venture Party Newspaper)
Legal Daily, September 16, 2008
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2008-09/16/content_946459.htm

U.N. Agency Eyes Curbs on Internet Anonymity
CNET Networks, September 12, 2008
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10040152-38.html

Multilateral
Chinese Premier to Attend UN High-level Meeting on MDGs
Xinhuanet, September 16, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/16/content_10034036.htm

Protests and Petitions
购买农机产品被骗 黑龙江300农民集体到省会上访 (300 Heilongjiang Farmers Petition after Falling Prey to Equipment Purchasing Scam )
Radio Free Asia, September 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/nong-09162008083130.html

50名上海访民残奥会期间北京上访被截访 (50 Shanghai Petitioners Blocked During Paralympics)
Radio Free Asia, September 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fang-09162008083416.html

南京访民中秋节遭省委有关人员毒打 (Government Official Beats Petitioner from Nanjing )
Radio Free Asia, September 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/nanjing-09162008102122.html

Public Health
China Renews Call to Tackle Young People's Health Problems
Xinhuanet, September 17, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/17/content_10047224.htm

Society
Chinese Muslims Join Global Islamic Market
Christian Science Monitor, September 16, 2008
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0916/p06s04-woap.html

State-owned Enterprises
China Orders Strategic SOEs to Report Production Accidents
Xinhuanet, September 16, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/16/content_10040320.htm

XUAR
新疆维族人坚持封斋被拘 汉人退休官批政府贪腐 (Uighur Muslims Beaten for Persisting in Observing Ramadan)
Radio Free Asia, September 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/weizu-09162008084113.html