Monday, September 28, 2009

September 28, 2009

News
Corruption
Official Arrested over Allegedly Protecting Gangs in Chongqing
Xinhua News Agency, September 28, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-09/28/content_8744717.htm

Environment
China to Rely on Coal 'for Long Time': Beijing Official
Agence France-Presse, September 25, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090925/sc_afp/chinaenergyenvironmentclimate

Stimulus on Track but at Cost to the Environment
South China Morning Post, September 28, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0657ff8d96cf3210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

河南济源市多个村发生严重铅污染和铅中毒 (Severe Lead Pollution and Poisoning Found in Henan Villages)
Radio Free Asia, September 27, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/he-09272009183230.html

Human Rights Defender – Sun Wenguang (孙文广)
學者籲停慶典被嚇「放血」 (Retired Shandong Scholar Sun Wenguang Threatened with Stabbing after Proposing the Elimination of the National Day Parade)
Apple Daily, September 28, 2009
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20090928&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=13255334

Human Rights Defenders
家庭教会领袖陈天石国庆期间被迫离京 (House Church Activist Chen Tianshi Forced to Leave Beijing for National Holiday)
Radio Free Asia, September 27, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/7-09272009171959.html

Labor
3 Killed, 7 Injured as Police Destroy Explosives
Xinhua News Agency, September 26, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-09/26/content_8739760.htm

Law
Xinjiang Authorities Ban Online Separatist Talk: State Media
Agence France-Presse, September 27, 2009
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gTLP1deIqZHXJjr5F6EqfGwFfu_Q
Related information:
新疆立法禁止通过网络煽动民族分裂等七类行为 (XUAR Legislation Prohibits Online Discourse Inciting Ethnic Separatism and Other Behaviors)
China News Service, September 27, 2009
http://www.chinanews.com.cn/gn/news/2009/09-27/1888808.shtml

Media
Banned History Book's HK Release to Go ahead Despite Warnings
South China Morning Post, September 26, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=21304c94b12f3210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Chinese Spam from Pam Targets Foreign Reporters
Australian Broadcasting Corporation, September 28, 2009
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/connectasia/stories/200909/s2698315.htm

Military
China to Display Upgraded Missiles in Oct 1 Parade
Reuters, September 27, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE58Q1JO20090927

Multilateral
Hu Hailed for Summit Diplomacy
China Daily, September 28, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-09/28/content_8743801.htm

Police
國慶開恩1300川囚減刑 (1300 Inmates to Receive Reduced Sentences for the National Holiday)
Ming Pao, September 28, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1278660/1.html

Protests and Petitions
珠海访民陈风强被正式逮捕 (Zhuhai, Guangdong Petitioner Chen Fengqiang Formally Arrested)
Radio Free Asia, September 27, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhu-09272009184625.html

Society
60 Years On, China Faces Major Social Struggles
Agence France-Presse, September 28, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090928/wl_asia_afp/chinapolitics60yearschallenges

State Security
廣州地鐵今起對乘客攜帶物品進行安檢 (Guangzhou Metro to Begin Scanning Passengers' Bags)
Guangzhou Daily, September 27, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/113/1/1/1277425/1.html

十•一反恐 北京求助鄰國 (Beijing Seeks the Assistance of Its Neighbors to Fight Terrorism during National Holiday)
Apple Daily, September 28, 2009
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20090928&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=13255332

XUAR
China Lays First Charges over Xinjiang Riots
Reuters, September 26, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE58P0HR20090926