July 7, 2009

Top News of the Day

XUAR
China Keeps Tight Security Grip on Urumqi
Agence France Presse (via Yahoo! News), July 09, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090709/ts_afp/chinaunrestxinjiang

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China Warns of Executions as Riots Ebb
New York Times (via New York Times), July 08, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/09/world/asia/09hu.html

Thousands of Students Detained at College
South China Morning Post (via South China Morning Post), July 09, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0

China Tries New Openness with Foreign Media
AP (via Yahoo! News), July 08, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090708/ap_on_re_as/as_china_foreign_media

Chinese Authorities Blame Internet for Fanning Uighur Anger
Voice of America (via Voice of America), July 08, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-07-08-voa13.cfm

新疆暴乱凸显民族矛盾 (Xinjiang Conflict Brings Ethnic Contradictions to The Forefront)
Radio Free Asia (via Radio Free Asia), July 08, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xinjiang-07082009162707.html

土耳其表示将要求安理会讨论新疆局势 (Turkey Pushes to Bring XUAR Issue to UN Security Council)
Radio France Internationale (via Radio France Internationale), July 08, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/115/article_14734.asp

News

Corruption
吉林通化市公安局副局长王禹帆涉黑被捕 (Public Security Bureau Chief Under Arrest in Jilin)
Xinhua (via Net Ease), July 08, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/0708/20/5DNREIVT0001124J.html

信产部一副厅级干部挂职私企涉嫌受贿99万 (Official Suspended for A Suspected 990,000RMB Bribe)
Net Ease (via Net Ease), July 09, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/0709/00/5DO8N9M70001124J.html

Public Health
China Sets Interim Goals for Ambitious Medical Health Plan
Xinhua (via Xinhua), July 08, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/08/content_11675849.htm

State Security
Rio Tinto Staff 'Harmed Economic Security'
Reuters (via South China Morning Post), July 09, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=118a140cd0e52210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
广西平乐政府出动武警保护非法采沙抓捕抗议村民 (Police Break up Protest in Guangxi over Illegal Excavation)
Radio Free Asia (via Radio Free Asia), July 08, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/pingle-07082009114952.html

Media
讨论敏感话题 思宁电台被关闭 (Because of Sensitive Subjects, Si Ning Radio Station Is Closed)
Radio Free Asia (via Radio Free Asia), July 08, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti-07082009131124.html

中国央视新闻联播节目的调整继续引起热议 (CCTV Program Sparks Internal Debate)
Radio Free Asia (via Radio Free Asia), July 08, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/CCTV-07082009112110.html

Bilateral Ties
US Groups Accused of Backing Separatists
South China Morning Post (via South China Morning Post), July 09, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0