News
Education
China's Poor Rural Areas in Urgent Need of Teachers
China Daily, December 16, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-12/16/content_7308060.htm
Chinese Schools to Include Ethnic Harmony Courses
China Daily, December 16, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-12/16/content_7307096.htm
Environment
Counting the High Cost of Growth
South China Morning Post, December 16, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2cf8bdbfe0b3e110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Food Security
Lye, Boric Acid Banned as Food Additives in China
Associated Press (via Google), December 16, 2008
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jP0C1Aoi0pUm3LIAfqDoB4Dpi8Bw
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Labor
Leading Academy: China to Face Increasing Employment Pressure Next Year
Xinhuanet, December 15, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-12/15/content_10509530.htm
Law
安监总局印发《煤矿生产安全事故报告和调查处理规定》 (State Administration of Work Safety Releases "Regulations on Reporting, Investigation, and Handling of Coal Mine Work Safety Accidents")
Xinhuanet, December 16, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2008-12/16/content_10510569.htm
浙江：让虚假诉讼成为过街老鼠 (Zhejiang Enacts Regulation against "Fake Lawsuits")
Xinhuanet, December 15, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2008-12/15/content_10508406.htm
Media
Reporter Lost for 14 Days Found in Police Custody
China Daily, December 16, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-12/16/content_7307284.htm
Related News
Chinese Reporter Chasing Corruption Claims Disappears
Reuters, December 15, 2008
http://in.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idINTRE4BE0R820081215?sp=true
Police
Police Brutality Up in Rural Areas
South China Morning Post, December 16, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b361a60d88b3e110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Probes into 5 Deaths in Henan Police Cells
Shanghai Daily, December 16, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=384646
Protests and Petitions
广州警方依法处理百人围堵黄埔某医院事件 (Guangzhou Police "Handle" Demonstration outside Hospital)
EastDay.com, December 16, 2008
http://news.eastday.com/c/20081216/u1a4046640.html
Five Villagers Injured in E China Land Dispute
China Daily, December 15, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-12/15/content_7306156.htm
香港团体发起游行声援「零八宪章」 (Hong Kong Groups Demonstrate on Behalf of Charter 08 Signers)
Radio Free Asia, December 15, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/08xianzhang-12152008101736.html
Society
海口市民下月一号上网吧 需用身份证刷卡登记 (Haikou Residents Will Be Required to Register ID Cards at Internet Cafes)
Radio Free Asia, December 15, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wangba-12152008110025.html
Taiwan
China and Taiwan Restore Air Links
International Herald Tribune, December 15, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/15/asia/taiwan.php