News
Bilateral Ties
Chinese Official Hints that Navy May Seek Aircraft Carrier
International Herald Tribune, November 17, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/11/17/asia/18china.php
Death Penalty
Strangler Gets Death Sentence
Shanghai Daily, November 18, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=381054
Food Security
当局未向医院付费 医生推诿结石患者 (Kidney Stone Patients Foot the Bill Despite Government Promises)
Radio Free Asia, November 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/dunai-11172008080113.html
Human Rights Defenders
Beijing Orders Demolition of Leading Activist's Home
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), November 18, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081118/wl_asia_afp/chinarightspropertydissident
Labor
Building Collapse in Central China Kills Three; Four Missing
China Daily, November 18, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-11/18/content_7212971.htm
China Miners Rescued, Little Hope for Subway Workers
Reuters, November 18, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE4AH1HT20081118
Company Closure Figures in Guangdong Disputed
China Daily, November 18, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-11/18/content_7213688.htm
No Layoffs without Permission in Shandong, Hubei
China Daily, November 18, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-11/18/content_7213126.htm
广东副省长:广东没有出现"农民工返乡潮" (Guangdong Vice Governor Denies Mass Exodus of Rural Workers)
EastDay.com, November 18, 2008
http://news.eastday.com/c/20081118/u1a3990041.html
Land Policy
新疆二百戶居民遭死亡威脅 (Property Company Issues Death Threats to Xinjiang Residents)
Ming Pao, November 18, 2008
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20081118/ca21108k.htm
山东潍坊强拆不断 (More Forced Evictions in Shandong)
Radio Free Asia, November 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/qiangchai-11172008103436.html
Population
One Child in China
Radio Free Asia, November 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/women/Raela%20Kadeer-11172008170321.html
Uyghur Woman Found, Facing Abortion
Radio Free Asia, November 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/abortion-11172008112655.html
Protests and Petitions
“权利运动”组织为在京上访者子女提供紧急援助 (Human Rights Movement Supports Petitioners' Children)
Radio Free Asia, November 18, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xinwen-11172008114821.html
武汉近百下岗职工上访遭殴打 (Laid Off Workers Beaten for Petitioning in Wuhan)
Radio Free Asia, November 18, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wuhan-11172008091901.html
Rioters Attack Government Office in Northwest China
Reuters, November 17, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE4AH15R20081118
Public Health
EU, China, US Step Up Co-op on Product Safety
Xinhua (via China Daily), November 18, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-11/18/content_7213694.htm
EU, U.S. Warn China on Toy Safety before Christmas
Reuters, November 17, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE4AG5E820081117
Tibet
Tibetan Exiles Play Down Shift from China Policy
Reuters, November 17, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE4AG2QK20081117