December 5, 2008

News
Death Penalty
4 Sentenced to Death over Murder Spree
Shanghai Daily, December 05, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=383371

Disasters
绵竹当局威胁遇难学生家长撤销诉讼 (Authorities Pressure Parents who Lost Children in Quake to Drop Suits)
Radio Free Asia, December 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/mianzhu-12042008102608.html

Food Security
China to Draw Up Blacklist of Dangerous Ingredients
Reuters, December 04, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE4B40DS20081205

Long Wait for Victims of Tainted Milk
South China Morning Post, December 05, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f1441d79ca20e110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Land Policy
Illegal Land Grabs, Farmland Misuse Falling
Xinhua (via China Daily), December 05, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-12/05/content_7275218.htm

韶关村民维权上访被暴徒殴打致残 (Guangdong Villagers Beaten, Threatened for Petitioning for Proper Land Compensation)
Radio Free Asia, December 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_rural-12042008104211.html

Media
Chinese State Media Pushes for Press Freedom
The Telegraph, December 05, 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/3564250/Chinese-state-media-pushes-for-press-freedom.html

Concern at Removal of Veteran Journalist
South China Morning Post, December 05, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e5851d79ca20e110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Migrant Workers
Cut-price Homes for Migrants in Guangzhou
China Daily, December 05, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-12/05/content_7273232.htm

Police
Sichuan to Release 2,000 Elderly, Ill Inmates
Shanghai Daily, December 05, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=383379

Protests and Petitions
China: Factory Owners Protest for Payment of Debts
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), December 05, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081205/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_factory_protest

Hundreds Protest outside CCTV
South China Morning Post, December 05, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1fd41d79ca20e110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

自贡法院禁止维权人士为访民代理诉讼 (Sichuan Court Refuses to Allow Rights Defender to Represent Petitioner in Court)
Radio Free Asia, December 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_court-12042008105845.html

Religion
杭州和北京两个家庭教会遭当局严厉打压 (Beijing and Hangzhou House Church Activists Pressured by Authorities)
Radio Free Asia, December 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/religion_family_church-12042008102344.html

Tibet
China Decries Dalai Lama's Demands for Autonomy
Reuters, December 04, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE4B31A320081204

XUAR
Disabled Uyghur Jailed as Security Threat
Radio Free Asia, December 03, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/Disabled%20Uyghur-12032008163546.html

December 4, 2008

News

Corruption
重庆一医生首获"非国家工作人员受贿罪" (Chongqing Doctor First "Non-State Worker" Convicted of Bribery)
EastDay.com, December 04, 2008
http://news.eastday.com/c/20081204/u1a4022727.html

Disasters
Company Dorm Fire Kills 11, Injures 10 in Shandong
Shanghai Daily, December 04, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=383209

Food Security
China Milk Scandal: Families of Sick Children Fight to Find out True Scale of the Problem)
Telegraph.co.uk, December 03, 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/3545733/China-milk-scandal-
Families-of-sick-children-fight-to-find-out-true-scale-of-the-problem.html

Government
Pros and Cons for New Civil Servant Regulations
Shanghai Daily, December 04, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=383187

Human Rights
China Internet Cafes Switching to Chinese OS
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), December 03, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081203/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_internet_cafes

Human Rights Defender – Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠)
因会见欧议员郑恩宠被警传讯威胁 (Rights Lawyer Zheng Enchong Threatened by Police for Meeting with European Parliament Member)
Radio Free Asia, December 03, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sifa-12032008141221.html

Labor
广州12名出租车司机代表与交警座谈 (Taxi Driver Representatives Meet with Traffic Police)
EastDay.com, December 04, 2008
http://news.eastday.com/c/20081204/u1a4023878.html

Land Policy
國土資源部說監察違法佔地 (Land and Resources Official Speaks Out Against Illegal Land Seizures)
Ming Pao, December 04, 2008
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20081203/ca31915c.htm

Media
北京制定嚴打傳媒黑名單 (Beijing Institutes Crackdown on "Blacklisted” Media)
Sina.com, December 04, 2008
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/32/1/1/961555/1.html

China Denies Alleged Attack on Foreign Journalists
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), December 03, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081203/ap_on_re_as/as_china_journalists_attacked

作家王力雄和唯色推出博客《民间藏事》 (Writers Woeser and Wang Lixiong Start Blog on Tibetan Issues)
Radio Free Asia, December 03, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zang-12032008100821.html

Multilateral
欧盟议员发起中国人权研讨会 韩籍嘉宾北京机场被“遣返” (Korean Citizens En Route to China Rights Meeting Intercepted in Beijing and Forced Back to Seoul)
Radio Free Asia, December 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquan-12032008133109.html

Protests and Petitions
100 Police Staff Protest over Pay in China: Rights Group
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), December 03, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081203/wl_asia_afp/chinaunrestprotestpolice

Over 300 Cabbies on Strike in S China's Guangdong
Xinhuanet, December 03, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-12/03/content_10451687.htm

Rural Issues
Preservation of Farmland Put on Back Burner
South China Morning Post, December 04, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/
?vgnextoid=8d17f32568dfd110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Taiwan
Ma Chat Broadcast Direct to Mainland
South China Morning Post, December 04, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f987f32568dfd110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news