Wednesday, November 12, 2008

November 12, 2008

News

Corruption
Police Chief Suspended over Sponsorship Scandal
Xinhua (via China Daily), November 12, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-11/12/content_7195345.htm

Food Security
China Wants to Make Bricks from Toxic Milk: Report
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), November 11, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081111/sc_afp/chinafoodsafetymilkoffbeat

Law
中国最高法院: 将限制不履行债务责任的被执行人出境 (New Judicial Interpretation: Debtors Failing Financial Obligations Restricted from Leaving Country)
Radio Free Asia, November 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/falv-11112008105655.html

Media
Publisher Vows to Fight on amid Official Pressure
South China Morning Post, November 12, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e71c119de7c8d110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=new

Olympics
Olympic Protest Activist Formally Arrested
South China Morning Post, November 12, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=21fb119de7c8d110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

China National Games Stadium Catches Fire Again
Reuters (available at YahooNews), November 11, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081111/wl_nm/us_china_fire

Protests and Petitions
Protestors Block Garbage Plant over Pollution Concerns
Shanghai Daily, November 12, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=380360

Sanya Cabbies Vow to Continue Strike over Fees
South China Morning Post, November 12, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=150b119de7c8d110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=new

Related Information:
China Investigates Violence in Latest Taxi Strike
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), November 11, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081111/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_taxi_strike

Authorities Try to Defuse Latest Factory Protest
South China Morning Post, November 11, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3c3063250c98d110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=new

Clashes Over China Port Protest
Radio Free Asia, November 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/protest-11112008144555.html

浙江洞头县徵地冲突逾百警员入村抓捕村民 (Police Clear Out Protesters in Zhejiang After Three-week Sit-in)
Radio Free Asia, November 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_village-11112008100339.html?encoding=simplified

Tibet
北京因奥运结束 改变对达赖态度 (China Changes Its Attitude Toward Dalai Lama After Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, November 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/dalai-11112008090436.html

Related Information:
Dalai Lama Still Wants Talks with China: Aides
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), November 11, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081111/wl_sthasia_afp/chinatibetdalaidiplomacytalks