January 6, 2009

News

Civil Society
浙江成立首家民間救援組織 ( First Non-Governmental Rescue Organization Established in Zhejiang)
Ming Pao, January 06, 2009
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20090106/ca21005a.htm

Corruption
江苏惠山一医院工作人员利用管理漏洞侵占公款百万元 (Jiangsu Hospital Workers Use Loophole to Seize a Million in Public Funds)
Xinhuanet, January 06, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-01/06/content_10610721.htm

Official Guilty of Causing Fatal Crash
Shanghai Daily, January 06, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200901/20090106/article_387058.htm

Disasters
Village Fire Burns 92 Homes in SW China
China Daily, January 06, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-01/06/content_7368535.htm

Economic Development
670,000 Small Firms Shut; Jobless Rate Doubled
South China Morning Post, January 06, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/
?vgnextoid=5592a6bf3a7ae110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Government
China Curbs Overseas Trips on Public Expense
Xinhuanet, January 06, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-01/06/content_10608954.htm

记者体验各地社情民意通道:37条热线 通了30个 (Journalist Tests Government "Public Opinion Hotlines", Finds 30 of 37 Accessible)
Xinhuanet, January 06, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-01/06/content_10609108.htm

Related News
九成网民认为民意上达通道不畅 (90 Percent of Netizens Find Blockages in "Public Opinion Hotlines")
Radio Free Asia, January 05, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/opinion-01052009160758.html

Media
北京記者採訪火災被毆打 (Beijing Reporter Beaten for Investigating Fire)
Ming Pao, January 06, 2009
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20090106/ca21143a.htm

Protests and Petitions
Xinhua Warns of National Wave of Unrest
South China Morning Post, January 06, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/
?vgnextoid=43ac4c54ea9ae110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

豫上京访民屡被非法关押 济南访民关押饿死 (Jinan Petitioner Detained During Olympics Starves to Death, Beijing Petitioners Detained)
Radio Free Asia, January 05, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-01052009100010.html

Chinese Police Hunt Authors of Democracy Charter
Times Online, January 06, 2009
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5451728.ece

Rural Issues
湖南新化二千村民六年无家可归 (Two Thousand Villagers Left Homeless for Six Years in Hunan)
Radio Free Asia, January 05, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/qiangchai-01052009091610.html

Society
Minority Scheme Halted
Shanghai Daily, January 06, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200901/20090106/article_387095.htm

State Security
孟建柱：借鉴奥运经验维护首都稳定 迎建国60周年 (Min of Public Security Will Use Olympic Experience to Ensure Stable 60 Year PRC Anniversary)
Xinhuanet, January 06, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-01/06/content_10610804.htm