July 10, 2009

Top News of the Day

XUAR
Chinese Economist Missing, Apparently Detained
AP (via YahooNews) (via Yahoo! News), July 09, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090709/ap_on_re_as/as_china_outspoken_uighur

China's Xinjiang Braces for Muslim Day of Prayer
Reuters via YahooNews.com (Asia Section) (via Yahoo! Asia News), July 10, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/09/content_11682286.htm

Using Wrong Photo, Kadeer Pleads Case
China Daily, July 10, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-07/10/content_8404890.htm

Han-Uygur Economic Gap Grows as Firms Shun Xinjiang Labour
South China Morning Post, July 10, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4ff9941f96062210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Chinese Try to Heal Psychological Wounds of Unrest
AP (via YahooNews) (via Yahoo! Asia News), July 10, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090710/ap_on_re_as/as_china_protest

清真寺負責人：沒限教徒麥加朝聖 (Mosque Person In Charge: Followers Not Restricted From Mecca Pilgrimage)
Ming Pao, July 10, 2009
http://news.mingpao.com/20090710/gak3.htm

News

Migrant Workers
Migrant Workers Offered Free Health Exams in S. China City
Xinhua News Agency, July 10, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/10/content_11685601.htm

Law
艾滋感染者告保险公司歧视 一审驳回原告诉讼请求 (AIDS Patient Sues Insurance Company for Discrimination, Court Overrules Plaintiff's Suit)
Xinhua News Agency, July 10, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-07/10/content_11685603.htm

Human Rights Defenders
泛蓝重庆成张起被判刑四年 (Chongqing Political Dissident Zhang Qi Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison)
Radio Free Asia, July 08, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissident_panblue-07082009122309.html?encoding=simplified

Population
中国大力资助农村计划生育妇女脱贫致富 (China Gives Financial Assistance to Help One Child Policy Women in Rural Villages Escape Poverty)
Xinhua News Agency, July 10, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-07/10/content_11685222.htm

State Security
China Says Rio Employees Bribed Steel Producers
Reuters UK (via Reuters UK), July 10, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090709/wl_asia_afp/chinaaustraliabritainminingcompanyriotinto

Disasters
Hundreds Injured, 10,000 Homes Destroyed in China Quake: State Media
AFP( via YahooNews) (via Yahoo! Asia News), July 09, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090709/wl_asia_afp/chinaquake

Bilateral Ties
Turkish Minister Urges Goods Boycott
AP (via South China Morning Post) (via South China Morning Post), July 10, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e1f9941f96062210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China Opposes Turkey's Call for UN Talks on Xinjiang
Xinhua News Agency, July 09, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/09/content_11681745.htm

土耳其总理声明：将向热比亚发放签证 (Turkey Prime Minister Declares: Visa to be Extended to Rebiya Kadeer)
Radio Free Asia, July 09, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/Turkey-07092009150004.html

Internet Censorship
“饭否”网站被关“维吾尔在线”创办人据传被捕 ("Fanfou" Website Shut Down, "Uigher Online" Creator Allegedly Arrested)
Radio Free Asia, July 09, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xinjiang-07092009084228.html