Friday, November 28, 2008

November 28, 2008

News
Bilateral Ties

Sarkozy to Blame for EU-China Summit Delay
China Daily, November 28, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-11/28/content_7248663.htm

Death Penalty
China Executes Man for Ant-breeding Scheme
Associated Press (via YahooNews), November 27, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081127/ap_on_re_as/as_china_ant_fraud/

Former China Player Sentenced to Death for Murder
Reuters (via Straits Times), November 28, 2008
http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Sport/Story/STIStory_307404.html

Three Sentenced to Death for Beijing Taxi Murder Spree: Report
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), November 28, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081128/wl_afp/chinacrimetaximurder

Gender
18 Vietnamese Women Rescued in China in Wife-selling Ring
China Daily, November 27, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-11/27/content_7248197.htm

Hong Kong
China, the Basic Law and a Tale of Two Cities
Financial Times, November 25, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1f289700-bb13-11dd-bc6c-0000779fd18c.html

Human Rights Defender - Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠)
欧议会议员会见郑恩宠律师 听民间谈人权问题 (EP Official, Previously Blocked from Seeing Zeng Jinyan, Visits Zheng Enchong to Speak on Human Rights)
Radio Free Asia, November 27, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengenchong-11272008151326.html

Land Policy
新疆小区被迫迁业主收死亡恐吓 (XUAR Homeowners Forced to Relocate Threatened with Death)
Radio Free Asia, November 27, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_landlord-11272008104707.html

Media
Illegal Publications Confiscated in Blitz
Xinhua (via Shanghai Daily), November 28, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=382416

Population
《广东省人口与计划生育条例》上午通过 生二胎条件细化成八条 ("Guangdong Provincial Regulations on Birth Control and Family Planning" Passed Friday Morning)
Yangcheng Evening News (via South China Online), November 28, 2008
http://news.southcn.com/gdnews/nanyuedadi/content/2008-11/28/content_4734732.htm

Protests and Petitions
湛江退伍军人与公安冲突 多人被拘捕 (Several Dujiang Veterans Detained following Clash with Police over School Dispute)
Radio Free Asia, November 27, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhanjiang-11272008154006.html

Public Health
140 Chinese Infected with HIV per Day
Shanghai Daily, November 28, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=382362

Tibet
甘肃四藏人被判刑 当局继续审藏人 (4 Gansu Tibetans Sentenced for Involvement with March Protests)
Radio Free Asia, November 27, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gansu-11272008081845.html