May 8, 2009

News

Disasters
China Reports Student Toll for Quake
New York Times, May 08, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/08/world/asia/08china.html

Related News
No Blame in China School Collapse
BBC, May 08, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8039376.stm

Officials Proud of Post-Disaster Achievements
South China Morning Post, May 08, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=01d73ffffbb11210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Environment
37,000 Dams at Risk of Collapsing, Warns Water Resources Chief
South China Morning Post, May 08, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=8fe73ffffbb11210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Food Security
Melamine Victims Paid Out
Shanghai Daily, May 08, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200905/20090508/article_400168.htm

June 4th
湖北姚立法六四前遭警告 香港教育团体成立六四小組 (Authorities Monitor Yao Lifa ahead of June Fourth, HK Educators Form June Fourth Group)
Radio Free Asia, May 07, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/64-05072009091041.html

80多位华人基督徒和传道人发布《六四20周年宣告》 (Chinese Christians Issue "June Fourth Twentieth Anniversary Declaration")
Radio Free Asia, May 07, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jidu-05072009162855.html

World Must Pressure China over Tiananmen: Dissidents
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), May 07, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090508/wl_asia_afp/chinarightstiananmen20years

Law
最高检22条规定细化领导班子思想政治建设 (Guidelines Detail Ideological Training for Procuratorate Leadership)
Xinhuanet, May 08, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-05/08/content_11333664.htm

Trial Begins over Fatal Rail Crash in Shandong
Shanghai Daily, May 08, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200905/20090508/article_400205.htm

Media
China Hits at Foreign Quake Zone Media
Financial Times, June 07, 2009
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/200e79da-3b26-11de-ba91-00144feabdc0.html

Related News
Sichuan Cadre Rejects Journalists' Complaint of Police
South China Morning Post, May 08, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=15473ffffbb11210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
Villagers in Central China Clash with Police
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), May 07, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090507/ap_on_re_as/as_china_police_clash

Tibet
Tibetan Monk who Posted Abuses Video on YouTube is Released
Associated Press (available at South China Morning Post), May 08, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=40e73ffffbb11210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD