Thursday, November 06, 2008

November 6, 2008

News

Corruption
反腐网站被黑客攻击 (Anti-Corruption Website Attacked by Hackers)
Radio Free Asia, November 05, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fanfu-11052008084620.html

Disasters
China to Spend $146 bln on Quake Reconstruction
Reuters (available at YahooNews), November 05, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081106/wl_nm/us_china_quake

Landslides, Worst Floods in a Century Kill 51 in China
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), November 04, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081105/wl_asia_afp/chinaweatherfloods

Food Security
China Says Japanese Soy Sauce, Coffee Imports Tainted
Voice of America, November 04, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-11-04-voa40.cfm

Government
Xinjiang Party Official Jailed for Accidental Shooting Death
Shanghai Daily, November 06, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=379670

Migrants 'Must Have More Say'
China Daily, November 05, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2008-11/05/content_7174377.htm

Labor
广州出现大批农民工返乡潮 火车站流量递增 (Guangzhou Train Station Swamped by Migrant Workers Returning Home)
Xinhuanet, November 06, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2008-11/06/content_10314489.htm

北京劳保局:合同到期者遭解聘应获补偿 (Workers Should Get Subsidies after Contract Expires, Gov Says)
Xinhuanet, November 06, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2008-11/06/content_10314721.htm

报告显示中国有超半数农民工工作环境恶劣 (Over Half of Migrant Laborers Work in Poor Conditions, Report Shows)
Radio Free Asia, November 05, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/nongmin-11052008095728.html

Law
安监总局公布第一批重特大生产安全事故责任企业名单 (Government Releases List of Businesses Guilty of Safety Accidents)
Xinhuanet, November 06, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2008-11/06/content_10315545.htm

Media
四川自由撰稿人陈道军被审 (Freelance Writer Chen Daojun under Investigation)
Radio Free Asia, November 05, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/chen-11052008084504.html

After Newspaper in China is Shut Down, Reporter Sues Regulator
Associated Press (available at the International Herald, November 04, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/11/04/asia/beijing.php

Protests and Petitions
广东采取措施应对近期企业倒闭引发欠薪事件 (Guangdong Province Adopts Measures to Address Back Pay for Laid-off Factory Workers)
Xinhuanet, November 06, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2008-11/06/content_10313978_1.htm

Public Health
完达山刺五加注射液事件续:多名销售人员被刑拘 (Sellers of Deadly Injection Arrested)
EastDay.com, November 06, 2008
http://news.eastday.com/c/20081106/u1a3965928.html

Society
Five Dead as Truck Targets Crowd outside China School: State Media
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), November 06, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081106/wl_asia_afp/chinaaccidentschool

Student Arrested for Killing Teacher in Zhejiang
Shanghai Daily, November 05, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=379543

Taiwan
Lawyers Slam Ma for Wrecking Taiwan Human Rights
Taiwan News, November 06, 2008
http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=781748&lang=eng_news&cate_i
mg=83.jpg&cate_rss=news_Politics_TAIWAN

Angry Taiwanese Swarm Hotel as Chinese Envoy Dines
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), November 05, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081105/ap_on_re_as/as_taiwan_china_envoy

Tibet
China Sentences 55 Tibet Protesters over Riots
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), November 05, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081105/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tibet