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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Xinhua (via China Youth Daily), April 16, 2009
http://news.cyol.com/content/2009-04/16/content_2626361.htm
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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
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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