Wednesday, April 15, 2009

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