April 30, 2009

News

Corruption
Deans Accused of Embezzling
South China Morning Post, April 30, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a7ef6ec25c2f0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Officials Punished over Land Scandal
Shanghai Daily, April 29, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200904/20090429/article_399326.htm

Environment
China Energy Efficiency Improves in Q1: Govt
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), April 29, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090429/sc_afp/chinaenergyenvironment

Government
New Rule to Punish Officials who Give Fake Statistical Data
South China Morning Post, April 30, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=744f6ec25c2f0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Hong Kong
6 Democrats Allowed on Guangdong Delegation
South China Morning Post, April 30, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=bb3b6ec25c2f0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Labor
青海氯氣泄漏23工人中毒 (Chlorine Leak Poisons 23 in Qinghai)
Ming Pao, April 30, 2009
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20090430/ca40841a.htm

Law
Senior Leader Stresses Justice in Chinese Courts
Xinhuanet, April 30, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-04/30/content_11284032.htm

云南：刑事审判将新增控辩双方“量刑辩论”环节 (Yunnan Adds Limitations to Debate over Sentencing in Criminal Trials)
Xinhuanet, April 30, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-04/30/content_11287151.htm

Police
贵州：“三类”案件致人死亡　县公安局长撤职 (New Guizhou Law Punishes Public Security Officials for "Three Kinds of Deadly Behavior”)
Xinhuanet, April 30, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-04/30/content_11287140.htm

Population
Forced Abortions Shake Up China Wombs-for-Rent Industry
Reuters (available at YahooNews), April 29, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090430/hl_nm/us_china_surrogacy

Protests and Petitions
海南乐东佛罗镇发生一起群体冲突 事态已平息 (Nearly a Thousand Villagers Clash with Developer in Hainan)
Ming Pao, April 29, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/0429/21/583KSG31000120GU.html

Taiwan
Taiwan to Have Observer Status in UN Health Body
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), April 29, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090430/ap_on_re_as/as_taiwan_china_who

April 29, 2009

News
Corruption
山东民警实名举报县委书记贪赃枉法 (Identified Police Officers in Shandong Reveal Official Corruption via Internet)
Radio Free Asia, April 28, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jubao-04282009133827.html

Disasters
Just A Dozen Sichuan Kids Find New Homes
Xinhuanet (available at Shanghai Daily), April 29, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200904/20090429/article_399278.htm

Security Tightens for Quake's First Anniversary
South China Morning Post, April 29, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4791f2773ade0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

海外网站公布地震死难学生民间调查报告 (Quake Victims' Investigation Report Released on Overseas Website)
Radio Free Asia, April 28, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/earthquake_students-04282009114729.html?encoding=simplified

Environment
Beijing to Build, Expand 13 Water Plants by 2014: City Official
Xinhuanet, April 29, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-04/29/content_11279354.htm

Human Rights Defender - Zhang Jinfeng (张金凤)
访民张金凤在劳教所被单独囚禁 (Shandong Petitioner Placed under Solitary Confinement)
Radio Free Asia, April 27, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/petitioner_abuse-04272009111530.html?encoding=simplified

June 4th
民运人士举办记者会发布「纪念六四20周年」白皮书（图,视频）(Exiled Chinese Dissidents Release White Paper "20th Anniversary of June 4th")
Radio Free Asia, April 28, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/64-04282009093114.html

Internet Censorship
中国封锁微博客系统噗浪 (China Blocks Micro-Blogging Site Plurk)
Radio Free Asia, April 28, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_internet-04282009112610.html?encoding=simplified

Multilateral
Beijing Places New Clamp on Visa Controls
South China Morning Post, April 29, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7efaf2773ade0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Police
Party Officials, Police Called to Begin Anti-Riot Training
South China Morning Post, April 29, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=25c1f2773ade0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Taiwan
Taiwan President: China Okays Island WHO Role
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), April 29, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090429/ap_on_re_as/as_taiwan_china_who

Tibet
Verdict Postponed on 'Living Buddha'
South China Morning Post, April 29, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3c72f2773ade0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

四川甘南藏族学生举行抗议活动 (Tibetan Students Stage Demonstration in Sichuan)
Radio Free Asia, April 27, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/tibetan_protest-04272009112514.html?encoding=simplified

April 28, 2009

News

Children
City Fights Rumors of Child Abductions
China Daily, April 28, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-04/28/content_7723273.htm

Related News
Protests by Grieving Parents Grow over Child Trafficking
South China Morning Post, April 28, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=452a47f0088e0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Corruption
18 Face Prosecution over Fatal Landslide
South China Morning Post, April 28, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=061a47f0088e0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Environment
重庆7种野生动物已灭绝 半数动物生存艰难 (In Chongqing, 7 Types of Animals Extinct)
Net Ease, April 28, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/0428/04/57V8HARG0001124J.html

Media
Kidnap Blog Story Was an Invention
Shanghai Daily, April 28, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200904/20090428/article_399152.htm

Police
China Launches Security Campaign for Anniversary
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), April 27, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090428/ap_on_re_as/as_china_security

Name and Shame to Fight Crime
South China Morning Post, April 28, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=e5d947f0088e0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
RFA独家：广西博白官民冲突数天 数十人受伤被捕 (Officials and Public Clash Violently for Several Days in Guangxi)
Radio Free Asia, April 27, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/chongtu-04272009140657.html

Public Health
Learning from SARS, China Vows Swift Flu Reporting
Reuters (available at YahooNews), April 27, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090428/wl_nm/us_flu_china

Religion
China Still Presses Crusade Against Falun Gong
New York Times, April 28, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/28/world/asia/28china.html

Related News
Sect Holds Rally at Victoria Park South
China Morning Post, April 26, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=9b77bdea83dd0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

西宁一清真寺阿訇遇袭 (Mosque in Xining Attacked)
Nanfang City News, April 28, 2009
http://epaper.nddaily.com/A/html/2009-04/28/content_773743.htm

Society
众人围殴打死三兄弟 (Crowd Beats Three Brothers to Death)
Nanfang City News, April 28, 2009
http://epaper.nddaily.com/A/html/2009-04/28/content_773750.htm

Chinese Face Rising Cost of Dying
Financial Times, April 27, 2009
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cbc29a3c-3350-11de-8f1b-00144feabdc0.html

April 27, 2009

News
Disasters
Death Toll Rises to 21 After Deadly Bus-truck Crash in SW China
Xinhuanet, April 27, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-04/26/content_11259310.htm

Government
Reasons for Officials' Dismissal to Be Revealed under New Rules
South China Morning Post, April 25, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6093b5d5409d0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=new

June 4th
Police Confront Activists Trying to Erect 'Goddess' on June 4 March
South China Morning Post, April 27, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=612a4e96553e0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=Hong+Kong&

Urge for Vindication Getting Stronger: Szeto
South China Morning Post, April 27, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=89e94e96553e0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=Hong+Kong&

北京学者香港出书议民主纪念六四 (Beijing Scholar Launches New Book in HK to Commemorate June 4th)
Voice of America, April 26, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-04-26-voa33.cfm?rss=topstories

Netizens Mark June 4 with Cyber Marathon
South China Morning Post, April 26, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1af5bdea83dd0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=hong+kong&s

University Students Vote to Oust President
South China Morning Post, April 25, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ba184190949d0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=hong+kong&s

大陆各地异见人士计划发起六四悼念活动遭打压 (Authorities Prohibit Dissidents on Mainland from Commemorating June 4th)
Radio Free Asia, April 24, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/64-04242009084902.html

刘京生来港出席纪念民主墙运动30周年（视频,图） (Internet Essayist Liu Jingsheng Attends Talk in HK for 30th Democracy Wall Movement Anniversary)
Radio Free Asia, April 24, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/minzhuqiang-04242009085049.html

Police
Calls to Rein in Street Inspectors over Booklet on Beatings
South China Morning Post, April 25, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e173b5d5409d0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=new

Religion
Falungong Silent in China, Thriving Abroad
Asia Times Online, April 25, 2009
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/KD25Ad01.html

Related News
Falun Gong to Hold Rallies Across World
South China Morning Post, April 25, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6353b5d5409d0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=new

Taiwan
Taiwan, China in Landmark Financial Services Deal
Reuters (available at YahooNews), April 26, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090426/wl_nm/us_taiwan_china

Tibet
Tibetan High Schoolers Protest in Monastery Town
China Post, April 26, 2009
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/local-news/other/2009/04/26/205709/Tibetan%2Dhigh.htm

April 24, 2009

Top News

Human Rights Defender – Geng He (耿和)
Wife of Chinese Dissident Appeals to US Congress
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), April 24, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090424/ap_on_re_as/as_china_outspoken_lawyer

Geng He (耿和), wife of rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, sent an open letter on Thursday appealing to the U.S. Congress to disclose her husband’s whereabout. Gao an outspoken critic of the Chinese government who has represented victims of forced evictions and Falun Gong practitioners, was taken from his hometown in February by state security policemen.

Related News
Wife of Abducted Rights Defense Lawyer Gao Zhisheng Requests Urgent Help from U.S. Congress in Open Letter
Human Rights in China, April 23, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/160063

News

Corruption
Child Prostitution Case Withdrawn after Public Outcry
South China Morning Post, April 24, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=72050eb0d23d0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Disasters
Sichuan Bans Review of Collapsed Schools
South China Morning Post, April 24, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=ab9fa9637a3d0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related News
成都9月1日前完成学校重建 新聚源中学9度设防 (Chengdu Will Finish School
Reconstruction by Sep 1)
Net Ease, April 24, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/0424/09/57LF5LVL0001124J.html

Education
Academic Journal Feels the Heat over 'Page Fees'
Shanghai Daily, April 23, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=398582

Environment
Pollution in Chinese Cities 'Extremely Severe'
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), April 23, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090423/wl_asia_afp/chinaenvironmentpollution

Food Security
食品安全法草案公开征求意见 (Food Safety Draft Law Seeking Public Input)
Nanfang City News, April 24, 2009
http://epaper.nddaily.com/A/html/2009-04/24/content_770697.htm

Law
北京法院推出便民新举措 为群众诉讼提供"一站式"服务 (Beijing Court to Offer "One-Stop Service" for Public to File Lawsuits)
Xinhuanet, April 23, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-04/23/content_11247129.htm

Media
网络报一记者被诉强迫交易罪 (Journalist who Accepted "Hush Money" Accused of Extortion)
Nanfang City News, April 24, 2009
http://epaper.nddaily.com/A/html/2009-04/24/content_770706.htm

Politics
China at a Crossroad: Right or left?
Asia Times Online, April 24, 2009
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/KD24Ad01.html

Top Legislature to Explain Official Dismissals
China Daily, April 24, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-04/24/content_7712257.htm

Population
Report Says China Facing Looming Aging Crisis
China Post, April 23, 2009
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national-news/2009/04/23/205405/Report-says.htm

Protests and Petitions
Trial Review Set for Petitioner amid Public Outcry
China Daily, April 23, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-04/23/content_7708836.htm

Public Health
Chinese Firm Recalls Tainted Luncheon Meat: Report
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), April 23, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090423/wl_asia_afp/chinahealthfoodsafety

Religion
China's Decade-Long Ban on Falun Gong Holds Firm
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), April 23, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090423/ap_on_re_as/as_china_falun_gong

April 23, 2009

News
Children
Parents' Outrage Over Brick Slaves
Radio Free Asia, April 21, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/slaves-04212009103508.html

Civil Society
The Chinese Are Not Happy
Asia Times Online, April 23, 2009
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/KD23Ad02.html

Corruption
Liaison Offices under Scrutiny
South China Morning Post, April 23, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e05bd439fbec0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=New

Freedom of Speech
Court to Review Wu Libel Trial
Shanghai Daily, April 23, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200904/20090423/article_398569.htm

June 4th
六四事件亲历者完成六四白皮书 (Witnesses Complete "June 4th White Paper")
Radio France Internationale, April 23, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/112/article_13327.asp

Netizens Defy Tiananmen Silencing
Radio Free Asia, April 22, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/netizenstiananmen-04212009175648.html

Labor
Labour Disputes Rise As Economy Slows
South China Morning Post, April 22, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3e40f036d0cc0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Migrant Workers
30m Jobless Migrants Left Cities, Adviser Says
South China Morning Post, April 23, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=73dbd439fbec0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Related News
Measures Pledged to Help Migrant Rural Workers
South China Morning Post, April 23, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=df9b121b4eec0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Olympics
China Amasses War Chest for London Olympics
Shanghai Daily, April 23, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200904/20090423/article_398617.htm

Population
China Begins to Address a Coming Wave of Elderly
New York Times, April 21, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/21/world/asia/21iht-letter22web.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Protests and Petitions
搬迁补偿款被克扣 数百移民堵路抗议 (Three Gorges Dam Displaced Residents Block Road to Protest Officials for Embezzling Compensation Funds)
Radio Free Asia, April 22, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yimin-04222009142544.html

Religion
Falun Gong Fights on 10 Years After Chinese Ban
Reuters (available at YahooNews), April 23, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090423/wl_nm/us_china_falungong

Tibet
藏区更换卫星接收器 全面封锁境外信息 (Authorities Change Satellite Receivers in Tibetan Area to Block Access to Information from Abroad)
Radio Free Asia, April 22, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zang-04222009120850.html

Tibet Riot Ruling Political, Says Dalai Lama
South China Morning Post, April 22, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6be4f036d0cc0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Related News
China 'Acting Like A Child' on Rights: Dalai Lama
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), April 22, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090422/wl_asia_afp/chinarightstibetjapan

Tibetan Lama on Trial for Weapons Charge
South China Morning Post, April 22, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f6c729b2cfbc0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

April 22, 2009

News

Disasters
38 Poisoned in Gas Leak in E China
China Daily, April 22, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-04/22/content_7702048.htm

Environment
寧夏乾旱16萬人食水短缺 (Drought in Ningxia Leaves 160,000 Short of Food and Water)
Ming Pao, April 22, 2009
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20090422/ca31055i.htm

黑龙江环保厅拒绝曝光污染企业 (Heilongjiang Environmental Office Conceals Names of Polluting Businesses)
Nanfang City News, April 22, 2009
http://epaper.nddaily.com/A/html/2009-04/22/content_767739.htm

Food Security
Chinese Dairy Launches New Milk Powder Products
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), April 20, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090421/ap_on_re_as/as_china_milk_powder

Freedom of Speech
称领导是败类发帖青年被刑拘 (Youth Detained for Calling Leaders "Scum")
Nanfang City News, April 22, 2009
http://epaper.nddaily.com/A/html/2009-04/22/content_767745.htm

Government
Senior Official Urges to Promote Judicial Reform
China Daily, April 22, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-04/22/content_7702956.htm

Labor
Cases Soar as Workers Seek Redress
China Daily, April 22, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-04/22/content_7701725.htm

Police
网友曝光城管“打人不见血”教材 (Netizens Uncover Official Manual on "Beating without Drawing Blood")
Nanfang City News, April 22, 2009
http://epaper.nddaily.com/A/html/2009-04/22/content_767607.htm

Related News
A Practical Handbook for Beating Street Vendors
Danwei, April 22, 2009
http://www.danwei.org/law/a_practical_handbook_for_beati.php

我国拟立法明确武警部队九大任务范围 (Draft Legislation Clarifies Scope of Duties of Armed Police)
Xinhuanet, April 20, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-04/21/content_11225318.htm

Public Health
Magazine Reveals TCM Profits Scam
Shanghai Daily, April 21, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200904/20090421/article_398349.htm

Three Gorges
China to Build 20 Hydro Dams on Yangtze River
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), April 21, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090421/ap_on_re_as/as_china_hydropower

Tibet
Tibetan Lama on Trial for Weapons Charge in China
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), April 21, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090421/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tibet

Will Obama Meet with China's Nemesis, Dalai Lama?
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), April 21, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090421/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_us_tibet_china

Related News
'Dalai Visit' Likely to Threaten Relations
China Daily, April 22, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-04/22/content_7701365.htm

April 21, 2009

News

Children
Aids Treatment Still Eludes Children
South China Morning Post, April 20, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0873c68b571c0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=n

Disasters
Lawmakers Review Draft Law on War, Disaster Plans
South China Morning Post, April 21, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7923dae51f3c0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=

Government
Mandatory Audit Before Leaving Office in Guangdong
China Daily, April 21, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-04/21/content_7699180.htm

Human Rights Defender - Yuan Weijing (袁伟静)
袁伟静又遭看守人围攻殴打 (Yuan Weijing Beaten for Attempting to Leave Her Home)
Radio Free Asia, April 20, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/chen_guangcheng-04202009112241.html?encoding=simplified

成都陈云飞、自贡刘正有被传唤 (Sichuan's Rights Advocates Summoned)
Radio Free Asia, April 20, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/minzhu-04202009133530.html

June 4th
Dissident Defends Role of Democracy Leader
South China Morning Post, April 19, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ee5b7a1260ab0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=hong+kon

Related News
Hong Kong Students Vote to Condemn Tiananmen Square Violence
Voice of America, April 17, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-04-17-voa11.cfm?rss=asia

Migrant Workers
千万留乡农民工尚未再就业 (10m Migrant Workers Not Reemployed After Returning to Their Home Villages)
Radio France Internationale, April 21, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/112/article_13288.asp

Police
China to Clamp Down on Inmate Abuse
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), April 20, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090420/ap_on_re_as/as_china_prisons

Protests and Petitions
北京严防访民抗议活动 南站警戒传截访打人致死（组图,视频）(Beijing Clamps Down Petitioners; 1 Reportedly Beaten to Death by Interceptors)
Radio Free Asia, April 20, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-04202009133143.html

Tibet
Tibet Arsonist Gets Suspended Death Sentence
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), April 21, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090421/wl_afp/chinarightstibetunrestsentence

四川藏民拒耕示威与警方冲突 (Tibetans, Chinese Police Clash in Sichuan )
Radio Free Asia, April 20, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/tibetan_protest-04202009103244.html?encoding=simplified

April 18-20, 2009

Top News

Human Rights Defender – Liu Yao (刘尧）
Freed Lawyer Vows to Clear His Name
South China Morning Post, April 18, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5bad59d5ef4b0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

The Shenzhen rights defense lawyer Liu Yao (刘尧), who represented Guangdong villagers in a land dispute case, had his sentence for “intentional destruction of properties” reduced from two years to 18 months and suspended for two years, meaning that Liu would not have to serve time. However, unless the guilty verdict is overturned, Liu will not be able to practice law.

Related News
Pursuant to New Court Ruling, Shenzhen Rights Defense Lawyer Liu Yao Released after More than 400 Days in Detention
Human Rights in China, April 17, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/157987

News
Corruption
China Retrieves Billions in Embezzled Funds
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), April 17, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090418/wl_afp/chinafinancecorruptionaudit

Disasters
Artist Tallies Student Quake Deaths
South China Morning Post, April 18, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=58073e113a4b0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China Coal Mine Warehouse Blast Kills At Least 18
Reuters (available at YahooNews), April 18, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090418/wl_nm/us_china_explosion_coal

Economic Development
Rights Lawyer Beaten by Thugs with Steel Bar
South China Morning Post, April 18, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/vgnextoid=472d59d5ef4b0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Government
北川縣又一官員自殺身亡 (Another Official from Sichuan Disaster Zone Commits Suicide)
Ming Pao, April 20, 2009
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20090420/ca11307k.htm

Human Rights Defender – Liu Xiaobo （刘晓波）
刘晓波获得美国笔会自由写作奖 (Liu Xiaobo Wins PEN America's Freedom Award)
Radio Free Asia, March 17, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/liuxiaobo-04172009120527.html

Media
数十小区统一封杀一份报纸? (Netizens Accuse Real Estate Company of Blocking Newspaper from Residents)
Nanfang City News, April 20, 2009
http://epaper.nddaily.com/A/html/2009-04/20/content_765461.htm

China Launches New English-Language Newspaper
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), April 19, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090420/ap_on_re_as/as_china_new_newspaper

Police
15 Suspicious Deaths in China Jails in 2009 Alone
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), April 19, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090419/wl_asia_afp/chinaprisondeaths

Related news:
State Cleans House over Detentions
China Daily, April 20, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-04/20/content_7693434.htm

China 'To Act over Jail Deaths'
BBC, April 19, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8006942.stm

Protests and Petitions
抗议孙东东被罚坐老虎凳 (Petitioner Abused after Protesting Beida Professor)
Radio Free Asia, April 17, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sundongdong-04172009085154.html

Public Health
Bird Flu Outbreak Reported in Lhasa
China Daily, April 20, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-04/20/content_7693416.htm

大学生乙肝病毒携带者网上揭露北大招生歧视现象 (Student Exposes Discrimination against Hep B Carriers at Beijing Univ)
Radio Free Asia, April 17, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hepatitis-B-04172009085531.html

Three Gorges
28,000 More Moved from China Three Gorges Area
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), April 17, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090417/wl_asia_afp/chinadamthreegorgesenvironment

April 17, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
Homeowner Problems with Chinese-Made Drywall Spread
Wall Street Journal, April 16, 2009
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123993444645927999.html

Corruption
Shenzhen Anti-graft Officials Detained
South China Morning Post, April 17, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=726eb2bd3dfa0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Official Arrested for Mafia Links
Shanghai Daily, April 16, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=397892

Human Rights
內地首倡對執法者「人權教育」 (China to Start "Human Rights Education" for Law Enforcement)
Ming Pao, April 17, 2009
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20090417/cab1.htm

Human Rights Defender - Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
An Appeal for a Chinese Dissident
Washington Post, April 16, 2009
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/15/AR2009041502901.html

Human Rights Defenders
律师带20多村民打砸水电站获缓刑 (Shenzhen Lawyer Liu Yao Receives Suspended Sentence)
Guangzhou Daily, April 17, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/0417/01/572LHHE700011229.html

上海两名冤民大同盟成员被拘留 (Two Shanghainese Members of the Chinese League of Victims Detained)
Radio Free Asia, April 16, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/petitioner_shanghai-04162009115104.html

June 4th
HK Students Back Tiananmen Call
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 16, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8003290.stm

Macao
Zhuhai Lawmakers Criticise Plan to Move Macau University to City
South China Morning Post, April 17, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=96fe616382fa0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Media
Censor Tightens Control of Papers after Bogus Reports
South China Morning Post, April 17, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b53fb2bd3dfa0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

记者报道假新闻 或终身禁止从业 (Journalists Reporting False Information Can Receive Life-long Ban)
Southern Metropolis Daily, April 17, 2009
http://epaper.nddaily.com/A/html/2009-04/17/content_763516.htm

Related information:
关于采取切实措施制止虚假报道的通知 (Notice on Adopting Feasible Measures to Prevent False News Reports)
General Administration of Press and Publication, March 24, 2009
http://www.gov.cn/zwgk/2009-04/16/content_1286965.htm

记者赴四川藏区遭遇地方官员阻拦 (Reporters Obstructed from Travelling to Garze Tibetan Autonomous Region, Sichuan by Officials)
Voice of America, April 16, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-04-16-voa61.cfm

Migrant Workers
全国流动人口计生服务将免费 (Free Family Planning for Migrant Workers across China)
Beijing Times, April 16, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/0416/09/570RHLBJ0001124J.html

Multilateral
Boao Forum for Asia 2009 Kicks Off in Hainan
China Daily, April 17, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-04/17/content_7687905.htm

China Should Spend More on Social Causes, Says ADB Official
Xinhuanet, April 17, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-04/17/content_11198085.htm

Protests and Petitions
Parents' March Calls Attention to Lost Children
Shanghai Daily, April 17, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200904/20090417/article_397978.htm

Public Health
深圳藥店安全套多冒牌 (Counterfeit Drugs Found in Shenzhen Pharmacies)
Ming Pao, April 17, 2009
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20090417/ccc1.htm

Religion
New Hong Kong Bishop Pressures China on Religious Freedom
Reuters, April 16, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE53F2FR20090416

Related news:
No Politics for Me, Says Bishop Tong
South China Morning Post, April 17, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=347ab2bd3dfa0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

April 16, 2009

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠）
郑恩宠再被抄家传讯 访民们闻讯前往声援 (Zheng Enchong Again Subpoenaed, His Home Ransacked)
Radio Free Asia, April 15, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zheng_enchong-04152009135700.html

Shanghai-based rights defense lawyer Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠) was detained by police for ten hours on April 15; it was the fifth time that he had been summoned over the past week. Before detaining Zheng, police searched his home, making it the third time this year that his home has been ransacked. They confiscated two computers and six cell phones from his home.

Related information:
Shanghai Rights Defender Harassed on Heels of National Human Rights Action Plan Release
Human Rights in China, April 15, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/157333

News
Bilateral Ties
China Juggles Its Future in Africa
Asia Times Online, April 16, 2009
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/KD16Ad01.html

Deals Help China Expand Its Sway in Latin America
New York Times, April 16, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/16/world/16chinaloan.html

Vietnam Paper Banned over China
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 15, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8000399.stm

Corruption
Former Top Law Officials in Graft Probe
South China Morning Post, April 16, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d1f75264b4aa0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related news:
Guangdong Cases Uncover Years of Abuse, Sources Say
South China Morning Post, April 16, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1fdc03a8faaa0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Law and Order Official Arrested
South China Morning Post, April 16, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f39c03a8faaa0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Disasters
北川信访局否认 学校建筑存在质量问题 (Beichuan, Sichuan Petitioning Bureau Denies Issues in Quality of School Construction)
Radio France Internationale, April 15, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/112/article_13191.asp

媒体促公开四川地震遇难者名单 (Media Urges that List of Victims of Sichuan Earthquake Be Released)
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 15, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_7990000/newsid_7999700/7999741.stm

Economic Development
《电子信息产业调整和振兴规划》正式出台 (Plan to Restructure and Develop the Electronics and Information Industry Formally Released)
Xinhuanet, April 15, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2009-04/15/content_11191625.htm

Related information:
China Approves Support Plan for Electronics and Information Industry
Xinhuanet, February 18, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-02/18/content_10842253.htm

Human Rights Defenders
贵州异见人士聚会遭打压 陈西被传唤八小时 (Guizhou Dissidents Harassed during Meeting; Rights Defender Chen Xi Subpoenaed by Police for 8 Hours)
Radio Free Asia, April 15, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/minzhu-04152009084148.html

港人抗议中国维权律师不断遭殴打 (Hong Kongers Protest the Continued Harassment and Beatings of Chinese Human Rights Lawyers)
Voice of America, April 15, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-04-15-voa40.cfm

Labor
100 Injured in Acid Leak
Shanghai Daily, April 16, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200904/20090416/article_397853.htm

Military
Chinese Navy Spells Out Long-range Ambitions
Reuters, April 15, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE53F0G920090416

Related news:
专访海军司令员吴胜利：人民海军与共和国共成长 (Special Interview with Navy Commander Wu Shengli: The People's Navy and People's Republic Have Matured)
Xinhuanet, April 15, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/mil/2009-04/15/content_11185909.htm

Public Health
US$3B in Subsidies for Rural Healthcare
Xinhua (via China Daily), April 15, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-04/15/content_7681249.htm

河南省手足口病发病数上升 已死25例 (Number of Victims of Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease in Henan Up to 25)
Xinhua (via China Youth Daily), April 16, 2009
http://news.cyol.com/content/2009-04/16/content_2626361.htm

Related news:
China Reports 7 New Deaths from Child Virus
Associated Press (via YahooNews), April 16, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090416/ap_on_re_as/as_china_child_virus

一中国女子感染萨斯病在俄罗斯火车上死亡 (Chinese Girl Infected with SARS Dies on Russian Train from Blagoveshchensk (Hailanpao))
Radio Free Asia, April 15, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/Russia-04152009155341.html

Religion
Hong Kong's Cardinal Zen Retires
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 15, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8000904.stm

Related news:
New Catholic Leader Vows to Defend Rights
South China Morning Post, April 16, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c5b203a8faaa0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Society
Gay Couples Say 'I Do' in Symbolic Marriages
China Daily, April 16, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-04/16/content_7682132.htm

April 15, 2009

News
Environment
Polluters Told to Clean Up Their Act
China Daily, April 15, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-04/15/content_7678074.htm

Food Security
Scandals at Granaries Prompted Checks
South China Morning Post, April 15, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ac1d5dfd785a0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related news:
我国积极展开粮食库存家底摸底工作 (China to Actively Launch Grain Reserve Investigation)
Xinhuanet, April 14, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2009-04/14/content_11182788_1.htm

Human Rights Defender - Qi Zhiyong (齐志勇)
China Dissident Detained on Sensitive Anniversary
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), April 15, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090415/wl_asia_afp/chinapoliticstiananmenrights

Human Rights Defender - Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠）
上海维权律师郑恩宠七天被传唤四次 (Prominent Rights Defense Lawyer Zheng Enchong Summoned by Police Four Times in Seven Days)
Radio Free Asia, April 14, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/weiquan-04142009134656.html

Human Rights Defenders
Trial Postponed of Man Charged with Inciting Mob of Bereaved Quake Parents
South China Morning Post, April 15, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=eb2d5dfd785a0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

June 4th
HKU Students Begin Voting on Their Union's June 4 Policy
South China Morning Post, April 15, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a59a5dfd785a0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

北京开始加强天安门警戒 (Security Stepped Up in Beijing's Tiananmen Square)
Radio Free Asia, April 14, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/security_tiananmen-04142009100239.html

胡耀邦逝世20周年　八九、六四何處招魂 (On the 20th Anniversary of Hu Yaobang's Passing, Where Can We Call Back the Souls of June 4?)
Apple Daily, April 15, 2009
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?art_id=12640709

Migrant Workers
中国人口将“三分天下” (1/3 of China's Population Will Be Migrants)
The Beijing News, April 15, 2009
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/guonei/2009/04-15/044@083058.htm

Protests and Petitions
China Orders Local Gov'ts to Listen to Petitioners
Associated Press (via YahooNews), April 14, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090414/ap_on_re_as/as_china_petitioners

不滿居屋「豆腐渣」(10 Injured at Conflict between Police and Residents of Shenzhen Complex with Shoddy Construction)
Ming Pao, April 15, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1101966/1.html

Related news:
Protesters Clash with Police in China Dispute
Agence-France Presse (via YahooNews), April 14, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090414/wl_asia_afp/chinahousingrightsunrest

重庆和张家港分别发生工人堵路示威 (Protests in Chongqing and Zhangjiagang)
Radio Free Asia, April 14, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/labor_protest-04142009104424.html

Public Health
Poor Patients Who Ran DIY Dialysis Clinic that Was Shut Seek Better Deal
South China Morning Post, April 15, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d64d5dfd785a0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

April 10-14, 2009

News
Environment
China Orders Governments to Go Green: State Media
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), April 14, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090414/wl_asia_afp/chinaenvironmentgovernment

Gender
Chinese Bias for Baby Boys Creates a Gap of 32 Million
New York Times, April 11, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/11/world/asia/11china.html

Human Rights
China Releases Human Rights Plan
New York Times, April 14, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/14/world/asia/14china.html

Related information:
国家人权行动计划(2009—2010年) (National Human Rights Action Plan of China (2009-2010))
Information Office of the State Council, April 13, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2009-04/13/content_11177077.htm (Chinese)
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-04/13/content_7672483.htm (English)

Related news:
Beijing's Action Plan Lacks Detail on Enforcing People's Political and Civil Rights, Experts Say
South China Morning Post, April 14, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=23109a68e50a0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights on Students' Agenda
China Daily, April 14, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-04/14/content_7673491.htm

实施《公约》总体难度不大 (Implementing the ICCPR Not Difficult)
Southern Metropolis Daily, April 14, 2009
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/ttxw/200904140005.asp

Human Rights Defender - Liu Jie (刘杰)
万民上书十七大发起人刘杰获释 以劳教经历现身说法 (Heilongjiang Petitioner Liu Jie Released from RTL Sentence)
Radio Free Asia, April 13, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/liujie-04132009122939.html

Human Rights Defenders
维权律师程海、杨在新遭围攻 引发舆论关注 (Prominent Rights Defense Attorneys Cheng Hai and Yang Zaixin Assaulted)
Radio Free Asia, April 13, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lushi-04132009162257.html

Internet Censorship
杭州市立法保护网络安全 散布谣言最高可罚一万五 (New Hangzhou Legislation for Protecting Internet Safety Includes Legal Sanctions for Spreading Rumors)
Zhejiang Online, April 14, 2009
http://zjnews.zjol.com.cn/05zjnews/system/2009/04/14/015424884.shtml

June 4th
'Goddess' Statue Ruled Out for Liaison Office
South China Morning Post, April 11, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=cdd5fa013a090210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Beijing Braces for New Tensions over Tiananmen Incident
Agence France-Presse (via eTaiwanNews), April 14, 2009
http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=919204

Hong Kong Students Start Vote on Tiananmen Killings
Reuters, April 14, 2009
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKTRE53D1FN20090414

Related news:
Truth First on '89 Crackdown, Political Figures Tell Students
South China Morning Post, April 10, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5de336ef86b80210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

University Opts for Crackdown Booklet
South China Morning Post, April 14, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1650a81d270a0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

港大学生会长因六四言论面临罢免 (Hong Kong University Student Union President Faces Recall after June 4 Comments)
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 14, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_7990000/newsid_7997600/7997682.stm

Police
Two Die in Detention Rooms in East China
Xinhuanet, April 11, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-04/11/content_11170647.htm

Protests and Petitions
Striking Taxi Drivers Getting Back to Work
China Daily, April 14, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-04/13/content_7672765.htm

Related news:
11 Arrested after Taxi Strike Spirals into Riot
South China Morning Post, April 12, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3b05289b51690210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

重慶300工人堵塞交通 (300 Workers Block Traffic in Chongqing Protesting for Back Wages)
Ming Pao, April 14, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1100751/1.html

四川自贡千名村民抗议当局强迫购社保 (1000 Sichuan Villagers Protest Forced Purchase of Social Security)
Radio Free Asia, April 13, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zigong-04132009132928.html

北大中南海天安门抗议上千访民半被抓 (Petitioners Continue Protests in Beijing's "Sensitive Areas"; Many Detained)
Radio Free Asia, April 13, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-04132009124450.html

一乡镇干部自述:"截访"的无奈和隐衷 (Reflections from a Small-town Cadre: Helplessness and Unspoken Thoughts on "Intercepting Petitioners")
Xinhuanet, April 13, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/focus/2009-04/13/content_11176136.htm

Religion
成都家庭教会复活节活动遭到压制 (Chengdu House Churches Come under Pressure during Easter Holiday)
Voice of America, April 13, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-04-13-voa43.cfm

April 9, 2009

News

Food Security
Public Consuming 'Pesticide Cocktails', Greenpeace Claims
South China Morning Post, April 09, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/
?vgnextoid=a569dd3c9a680210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Freedom of Speech
南周长平港大讲座 就民族主义对话学生（视频）(Ex-vice Editor of Southern Weekly Delivers Talk in HK)
Radio Free Asia, April 08, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xianggang%20-04082009163151.html

Human Rights Defender – Zheng Enchong
郑恩宠父女均接警告信 公安承认就是发信人（图）(Zheng Enchong, Daughter Receive Warning Letters)
Radio Free Asia, April 08, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/weiquan-04082009101423.html

June 4th
HKU Union Gives Support to June 4 Democratic Movement
South China Morning Post, April 09, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d616429958680210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=hong+kong&s=news

Internet Censorship
Cyber-Spy Probe Sought
Radio Free Asia, April 09, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/ghostnet-04072009103413.html

China Cracks Down Ahead of Sensitive Anniversaries
Christian Science Monitor, April 08, 2009
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0408/p06s14-woap.html

Cyber-Skirmish at The Top of The World
Asia Times Online, April 08, 2009
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/KD08Ad01.html

Police
Guangdong Sees Another Suspicious Prison Death
South China Morning Post, April 09, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a9618f9de2980210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Protests and Petitions
安徽五千農民與警衝突 (5000 Farmers, Police Clash in Anhui)
Ming Pao Immediate News, April 09, 2009
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20090409/ca41410i.htm

警方抓捕北大抗议访民 孙东东事件容忍期已过？（视频）(Police Take Away Petitioners outside Peking University)
Radio Free Asia, April 08, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sundongdong-04082009165449.html

Public Health
China Urges Patience in Vast Health Care Reform
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), April 08, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090408/hl_afp/chinahealthreform

Three Gorges
100b Yuan Outlay to Cope with Dam Impact
South China Morning Post, April 09, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=64a8dd3c9a680210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Tibet
Two Tibetans Sentenced to Death over Lhasa Riots
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), April 08, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090408/wl_asia_afp/chinarightstibetunrestsentence

April 8, 2009

News
Disasters
Child Disease Outbreak Kills 33 in Rural China
Reuters, April 07, 2009
http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-38935520090407

Flooded Mine Kills 7; 5 Workers Still Missing
Xinhuanet (available at Shanghai Daily), April 07, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200904/20090407/article_396827.htm

Environment
Beijing Extends Post-Olympics Car Rules: Report
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), April 06, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090406/sc_afp/chinaenvironmentpollutiontransport

June 4th
Activists in US to Mark Crackdown
South China Morning Post, April 07, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7d9627fe55c70210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=hong+kong&s=news

Relatives, Friends Remember Tiananmen Victims
South China Morning Post, April 05, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c6f59911ab170210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Land Policy
China to Regularize Rural Land-use Rights Transfer with Model Contract
Xinhuanet, April 06, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-04/06/content_11140047.htm

Protests and Petitions
Protest at 'Mentally Ill' Slur by Academic
South China Morning Post, April 08, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=bba02b4597180210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

宣传08宪章 刘沙沙仍被软禁 (Henan Worker Still Under House Arrest After Distributing Copies of Charter 08)
Radio Free Asia, April 07, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xianzhang-04072009144032.html

访民“涂鸦”中南海被捕（视频） (Petitioner Taken Away After Spray-painting on The Wall Outside Zhongnanhai in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, April 07, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/graffti-04072009150146.html

上海访民被殴打 十多名声援者被扣押（图, 视频）(Shanghai Petitioners Beaten, Others Taken Away)
Radio Free Asia, April 07, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shanghai-04072009095900.html

Tibet
甘孜藏人贴标语被通缉 被虐死藏人父母遭株连("Wanted List" Out For Tibetans Putting up Pro-Independence Slogans; Tibetan Beaten to Death by Police, Parents Implicated)
Radio Free Asia, April 07, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xizang-04072009120409.html

April 4-7, 2009

Top News of the Day

Human Rights Defender - Sun Wenguang (孙文广)
Beating Won't Deter Me, Says Elderly Activist
South China Morning Post, April 07, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0?vgnextoid=839927fe55c70210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

On April 4, 2009, Sun Wenguang (孙文广), 75, retired professor of Shandong University, was severely beaten by five unidentified men as he defied university authorities to make the trip to Yingxiong Mountain (英雄山) in Jinan, Shandong Province to mourn late Party Secretary Zhao Ziyang. He was then hospitalized and diagnosed with 3 broken ribs. Currently he is reportedly in stable condition. Between 1966 and 1981, Professor Sun was detained and imprisoned multiple times for a total of more than ten years for expressing his opinions on political issues.

Related News
Retired Professor Attacked after Honoring Memory of Late Party Secretary Zhao Ziyang
Human Rights in China, April 7, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/153458

News
Disasters
汶川震后第一个清明节 当局禁家长校外祭奠（图）(Mourning Parents Barred from Schools Collapsed in Sichuan Quake)
Radio Free Asia, April 06, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/beichuan-04062009091818.html

Government
Anger at Cost of Dying Casts Shadow over Ching Ming
South China Morning Post, April 06, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=78150e494f670210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news?vgnextoid=78150e494f670210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Human Rights Defenders
北大反右运动受害学生再发公开信 (Anti-Rightist Campaign Victims Send Letter to Chinese President)
Radio Free Asia, April 06, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/64-04062009131253.html

June 4th
香港支联会清明献花悼念六四死难者（视频）(HK Alliance Organizes Public Wreath-laying Ceremony in Ching Ming)
Radio Free Asia, April 06, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/mei-04062009093119.html

港民主人士抵美参与纪念六四活动 (HK Democracy Advocate Arrives at U.S., Join Tiananmen Commemoration Activities)
Voice of America, April 06, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-04-06-voa43.cfm?rss=topstories

Internet Censorship
Professor Sues Firm over Closure of His Website
South China Morning Post, April 07, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1d1927fe55c70210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Crackdown Draws Industry Concerns
Shanghai Daily, April 06, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200904/20090406/article_396722.htm

Media
江苏省推广围堵记者的“响水经验” (Jiangsu Authorities Promote "Xiangshui County's Experience" - An Effective Media Blackout)
Radio France Internationale, April 06, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/112/article_13022.asp

Protests and Petitions
1,000 Villagers in Danzhou City Clash over Use of Graveyard
South China Morning Post, April 06, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8e730e494f670210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

访民进京扫墓遭上海警方毒打 杨佳墓被安装摄像监视头 (Petitioners Going to Beijing for Tomb-sweeping Intercepted, Beaten by Shanghai Police)
Radio Free Asia, April 06, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shanghai-04062009114007.html

访民清明祭奠为诉冤 天安门撒近千份传单(视频) (Petitioners Attempt to Lay Flowers at Monument to People's Heroes, Spread Leaflets in Tiananmen Square)
Radio Free Asia, April 05, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fang-04052009182051.html

Public Health
Disease Could Spread in China
Radio Free Asia, April 04, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/disease-04042009200618.html

China in Bold Move on Volatile Health Care Issue
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), April 06, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090406/ap_on_re_as/as_china_health_reform

Related News
Mainland Poor Are Left to Count High Cost of Medical Treatment
South China Morning Post, April 07, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4f7927fe55c70210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet
Report: Tibet Reopened to Foreign Tourists
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), April 04, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090405/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tibet

April 3, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
China Denies Spies Targeted Australia PM, Rio Tinto
Reuters, April 02, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE5320LR20090403

Environment
Rainforest Cut for Rubber
Shanghai Daily, April 03, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200904/20090403/article_396403.htm

China Starts Annual Three-Month Fishing Ban in Middle, Lower Yangtze River
Xinhuanet, April 02, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-04/02/content_11121763.htm

Human Rights
当局继续扩大《零八宪章》打压范围 (Crackdown on Charter 08 Widening)
Radio Free Asia, April 02, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xianzhang-04022009084646.html

Human Rights Defender
北京异议人士高洪明被传唤抄家 (Beijing Dissident Gao Hong-ming Summoned, Home Searched)
Radio Free Asia, April 02, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gaohongming-04022009132731.html

June 4th
HKU Democracy Wall Attacked amid Rising June 4 Tensions
South China Morning Post, March 31, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9acb199bcd760210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=hong+kong&s=news?vgnextoid=9acb199bcd760210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=hong+kong&s=news

Internet Censorship
China Orders Tighter Controls on Online Videos
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), April 02, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090402/wl_asia_afp/chinainternetvideocensorshiplead

Police
Video Not Working for Nightmare Cell Victim
Shanghai Daily, April 02, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200904/20090402/article_396347.htm

Protests and Petitions
Hui Muslims Riot After Traffic Incident, Rights Group Says
South China Morning Post, April 03, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=872f38c918760210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD?vgnextoid=872f38c918760210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

湖北村民因举报非法垃圾场遭报复 (Hubei Villagers On Trial After Reporting Illegal Dump Site)
Radio Free Asia, April 02, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_court-04022009110903.html?encoding=simplified04022009110903.html?encoding=simplified

萍乡城管暴力强拆打死户主引发骚乱 (Man Killed in Forced Eviction Sparks Outrage and Riot in Jiangxi)
Radio Free Asia, March 31, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/demolition_clash-03312009103239.html?encoding=simplified03312009103239.html?encoding=simplified

XUAR
Man Dies After Detonating Bomb in China: Police
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), April 02, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090402/wl_asia_afp/chinaunrestxinjiang3rdlead