December 24, 2008

News
Bilateral Ties
Beijing Wants Chinese Gitmo Detainees
China Daily, December 24, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-12/24/content_7334470.htm

Disasters
Court Rejects Quake-Deaths Suit in China
Wall Street Journal, December 24, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123006181877830819.html

Environment
环保部：今年1.5万家环境违法企业被立案查处 (SEPA: 15K Companies Filed for Investigation into Environmental Violations in 2008)
China News, December 24, 2008
http://www.china.com.cn/policy/txt/2008-12/24/content_17000254.htm

Human Rights Defender - Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
Petition over Detained Chinese Writer Goes International
International Herald Tribune, December 23, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/23/asia/china.php

Human Rights Defenders
民主党人士谢长发案件退回补充侦查 袁显臣被超期羁押 (Changsha Dissident Xie Changfa's Case Returned to PSB for Additional Investigation)
Radio Free Asia, December 24, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/minzhu-12232008082537.html

Labor
沪台资厂上千工人静坐两天讨薪 (1000+ Shanghai Workers Hold Sit-in Protest for Back Wages)
Radio Free Asia, December 23, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/taoxin-12232008115020.html

Land Policy
上海多楼盘被政府团购 (Shanghai Government Purchases Large Number of Buildings en Masse)
The Beijing News, December 24, 2008
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/guonei/2008/12-24/008@031152.htm

湖北郧西县数百名村民因征地赔偿问题与当局发生冲突 (Hubei Villagers Clash with Officials over Poor Land Compensation)
Radio Free Asia, December 23, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengdi-12232008083445.html

扬州拒迁户夫妇和女儿被强行带走下落不明 (Jiangsu Family Protesting Demolition of Home Detained, Whereabouts Unknown)
Radio Free Asia, December 23, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/demolishing_clash-12232008104036.html

Media
当局拒绝律师会见上周被正式被捕的央视记者李敏 (CCTV Reporter Detained on Suspicion of Taking Bribes Not Allowed to Meet with Lawyer)
Radio Free Asia, December 23, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/journalist_detain-12232008110039.html

Police
Protest Organizer Seized in Sichuan
Shanghai Daily, December 24, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200812/20081224/article_385662.htm

Poverty
Sponsor Program Aims to Help Poor Farmers
Shanghai Daily, December 24, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200812/20081224/article_385667.htm

Public Health
疫苗致残儿童案一审判决受害人仅得8万赔偿 (Decision on Case on Children Left Handicapped by a Vaccine Awards Victims only 800,000 in Compensation)
Radio Free Asia, December 22, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_lawsuit-12222008104358.html

December 23, 2008

News
Corruption
原天津市委常委皮黔生被“雙規”(Former Tianjin Party Official Pi Qiansheng under "Double Regulation")
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 22, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_7790000/newsid_7796500/7796529.stm

Death Penalty
New Guideline on Death Penalty
China Daily, December 23, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-12/23/content_7331191.htm

Disasters
Parents of China Quake Victims File Lawsuit
International Herald Tribune, December 22, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/22/asia/quake.php

Human Rights Defender - Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
Scholars, Lawyers Call for Release of China Critic
Associated Press (via Boston Globe), December 23, 2008
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2008/12/23/scholars_lawyers_call_for_release_of_china_critic/

Human Rights Defenders
Chinese Court Upholds Lawyer’s Conviction
Financial Times, December 23, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/85ac3c40-d01a-11dd-ae00-000077b07658.html

余杰因参与签署《08宪章》被国保查问和警告 (Beijing Intellectual Yu Jie Interrogated and Warned by State Security Officers after Signing "Charter 08")
Radio Free Asia, December 22, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissident_assault-12222008102508.html

Labor
山東塌化工爐3死6傷 (Three Dead, Six Injured in Shandong Factory Furnace Collapse)
Ming Pao, December 23, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20081223/caf1.htm

Land
中国拟立法化解农村土地承包经营纠纷 (China Proposes Legislation to Resolve Rural Land Contracted Operations Disputes)
Xinhuanet, December 23, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2008-12/23/content_10545214.htm

Law
广东规定法院审理民事案立案前即可调解 (Guangdong Civil Cases May Be Resolved in Mediation Rather than Court)
Xinhuanet, December 23, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2008-12/23/content_10545214.htm

Poverty
New Poverty Line Raises Number of Poor
China Daily, December 23, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-12/23/content_7331217.htm

Religion
张明选前往内蒙传福音而遭被捕 (House Church Pastor Zhang Mingxuan Detained in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region)
Radio Free Asia, December 22, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_religion_christian-12222008103916.html