Tuesday, September 30, 2008

September 30, 2008

News
Food Security
Police in Hebei Seize Melamine in Farm Raids
South China Morning Post, September 30, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/
?vgnextoid=3cd50ea8e7eac110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Cadbury Pulls Melamine-laced Chocolate from China
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), September 29, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080930/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tainted_milk

China Arrests 22 in Tainted Milk Scandal
Voice of America, September 29, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-09-29-voa19.cfm?rss=asia

Gender
China to Step Up Fight Against Trafficking in Women, Children
China Daily, September 30, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-09/30/content_7070678.htm

Labor
Coal-rich Chinese Province to Boost Safety by Reducing Number of Coal Mines
Xinhuanet, September 30, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/30/content_10134822.htm

How China Has Created a New Slave Empire in Africa
China Digital Times, September 28, 2008
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1063198/PETER-HITCHENS-How-
China-created-new-slave-empire-Africa.html

Land Policy
桂林日内两度强征 伤数十抓人逼签字 (Guilin Authorities Force Evictions, Residents Injured, Pressured to Sign)
Radio Free Asia, September 29, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/qiang-09292008091945.html

North Korea
North Korea Likely Fired at Chinese Trawler: Report
Reuters (available at YahooNews), September 29, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080929/wl_nm/us_korea_chinese_fishing

Olympics

北京市今后大型活动均将沿用奥运安保模式 (Beijing Will Use Olympic Security Model During Large-Scale Events)
Xinhuanet, September 30, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/politics/2008-09/30/content_10135014.htm

Police
收容遣送名虽无 非法黑狱仍遍布 (Illegal "Internment and Repatriation" Widespread)
Radio Free Asia, September 29, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shourong-09292008155637.html

Protests and Petitions
天津拆迁户访民被拘留 上海多位访民被截访 (Evicted Residents in Tiajin Detained, Shanghai Petitioners Blocked)
Radio Free Asia, September 29, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-09292008091013.html

Public Health
Hospital Heads Fired After Deaths of Eight Newborns Within 11 days
South China Morning Post, September 30, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/
?vgnextoid=7bac0ea8e7eac110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Society

Visa Approvals Surge in Beijing
South China Morning Post, September 30, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/
?vgnextoid=9b060ea8e7eac110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Taiwan
Top China Negotiator to Visit Taiwan
China Post, September 30, 2008
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/china-taiwan%20relations/2008/09/30/176736/Top-
China.htm

Tibet
北京更换西藏领导层三高官惹关注 (Beijing Replaces Three Officials Under Suspicion for "Ineffectively Preventing March Riots")
Voice of America, September 29, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2008-09-29-voa29.cfm?rss=topstories