October 04-06, 2008

News
Bilateral Ties
Arms Deal to Taiwan Riles China
New York Times, October 05, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/world/asia/05taiwan.html

Civil Society
Charities in China Need More Assistance
China Daily, October 06, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-10/06/content_7077881.htm

Disasters
Sichuan Quake Complaints Quashed
Radio Free Asia, October 03, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/quake-10032008064346.html

Environment
Shanghai Highrises Could Worsen Rising Seas Threat
Reuters, October 06, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/homepageCrisis/idUSSP280958._CH_.2400

Food Security
China Milk Scandal: Government Says Milk Free of Contamination
The Telegraph, October 06, 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/3140842/China-milk-scandal-Government-says-milk-free-of-contamination.html

China’s Dairy Farmers Say They Are Victims
New York Times, October 04, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/04/world/asia/04milk.html

Processed Meat Joins List of Tainted Foods
South China Morning Post, October 05, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=70150b46ec7cc110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Six More Detained amid Tainted Milk Scandal
Xinhuanet, October 05, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-10/05/content_10152712.htm

结石儿家长遭冷遇 律师踢爆当局干预 (Parents of Babies Ill with Kidney Stones Given Cold Shoulder by Lawyers)
Radio Free Asia, September 05, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jie-10052008181204.html

Hong Kong
Public Views Sought on 'Obscene' Articles
China Daily, October 05, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/hkedition/2008-10/04/content_7076236.htm

Human Rights Defenders
Activists Hail Prospect of Nobel Prize for Dissident
South China Morning Post, October 04, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=01c82bc1223cc110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Labor
Gov't Starts Probe into Deadly North China Landslide
Xinhua (via China Daily), October 06, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-10/06/content_7079482.htm

China Curbs Mine Explosives in Bid to Improve Safety: Report
Agence France-Presse (via Google), October 05, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hggZBjlmVSLJPMifUtA620-rxw7g

Media
Skype's China Spying Sparks Anger
Reuters, October 03, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE49238X20081003

中国媒体删除温家宝接受美媒体采访时的政改言论 (Chinese Press Scrubbed Wen Jiabao's Interview of Political Topics)
Radio Free Asia, October 06, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wen-10052008180115.html

Related news:
Transcript of interview with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao
CNN, September 29, 2008
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/29/chinese.premier.transcript/

Protests and Petitions
四川仁寿县退伍老兵上访被关进精神病院 (Retired Soldiers in Sichuan Locked in Mental Institution for Petitioning)
Radio Free Asia, October 03, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/petitioner_abuse-10032008115403.html

Public Health
China Lung Disease 'to Kill 83m'
BBC, October 04, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7652140.stm

Religion
中国政府禁止大陆主教参加梵蒂冈宗教会议 (Chinese Government Prohibits Bishops from Attending Vatican Conference)
Radio Free Asia, October 03, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/Vatican-10032008162345.html

Rural Issues
China Steps up Anti-Poverty Effort in Arid Western Areas
Xinhua (via China Daily), October 04, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-10/04/content_7077115.htm

XUAR
Uighur Detainees May Be Released to U.S.
Washington Post, October 05, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/04/AR2008100402109.html