Tuesday, December 02, 2008

December 02, 2008

Education
Professor Reported for Critical Remarks on Chinese Culture
South China Morning Post, December 02, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e359507bd73fd110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Freedom of Speech
Senders of Lewd Text Messages Face Fines, Detention in Anhui
South China Morning Post, December 02, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=fee9507bd73fd110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Government
Officials Lack Honesty - Online Survey
China Daily, December 02, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-12/02/content_7258396.htm

Human Rights Defenders

杨茂东涉嫌"非法经营"罪案律师函 (Letter from Guo Feixiong's Lawyer on The Case of “Illegal Business Activity”)
Radio Free Asia, December 01, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yangmaodong-12012008161811.html

消息证实:深圳劳工维权人士肖春被秘密关押 (Shenzhen Labor Rights Defender Xiao Chun Secretly Held by Police)
Radio Free Asia, December 01, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/weiquan-12012008162829.html

Protests and Petitions
Guangzhou Taxis Strike Despite Cuts in Car Rents
South China Morning Post, December 02, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=420a507bd73fd110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

勞動合同爭議粵工人阻國道 (Workers Block Factory Entrance over Labor Contract Dispute)
Ming Pao Immediate News, December 02, 2008
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20081202/ca21211k.htm

假股票“南航权证”受害者示威被拘留 (Fake Stock Fraud Victims Detained After Protest)
Radio Free Asia, December 01, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/protest_investors-12012008100636.html?encoding=simplified12012008100636.html?encoding=simplified

河南艾滋病人绝食一天以唤起关注 (Henan AIDS Patient Plans One-day Hunger Strike to Arouse Attention)
Voice of America, December 01, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2008-12-01-voa30.cfm?rss=topstories

河南艾滋病人上访遭拦截 (Henan AIDS Patients Intercepted for Petitioning)
Radio Free Asia, December 01, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_aids-12012008101159.html?encoding=simplified

烟台被打伤的拒迁户在医院不治身亡 (Shandong Villager Died in Hospital After Being Beaten in Clash over Forced Eviction)
Radio Free Asia, December 01, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/demolishing_death-12012008101529.html?encoding=simplified12012008101529.html?encoding=simplified

杨佳被处死后上海访民发起连串活动 (Shanghai Petitioners Organize Activities After Yang Jia Executed)
Radio Free Asia, December 01, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-12012008092107.html

Public Health
Number of Melamine-sickened Children Revised up Five-fold
South China Morning Post, December 02, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0f44c00e0a3fd110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

AIDS Patients' Call for Justice
Radio Free Asia, December 01, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/aids-12012008100742.html

Beijing Finds 755 New HIV Patients in 2008, Down 22%
Xinhua (via China Daily), December 01, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-12/01/content_7258216.htm

Beijing to Offer Free Spit Tests for AIDS/HIV
Xinhua (via China Daily), December 01, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-12/01/content_7258054.htm