Monday, January 05, 2009

January 03-05, 2009

News
Food Security
Parents' Voice Stifled in China Milk Issue
Los Angeles Times, January 03, 2009
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/asia/la-fg-china-milk3-2009jan03,0,4538225.story

Human Rights Defender - Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
China's Liu 'Under House Arrest'
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 02, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7808021.stm

Human Rights Defenders
广东异议人士陈启棠判刑二年半 (Guangdong Rights Defender Chen Qitang Sentenced to 2.5 Years)
Radio Free Asia, January 04, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/guang-01042009182958.html

上海警方指访民在香港损害国家形象 (Shanghai Police Claim Group Established by Shanghai Petitioners in Hong Kong Has Damaged the State's Image)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/petitioner_shanghai-01022009111017.html

袁显臣涉「颠覆国家政权罪」料月内开审 法庭不准家人探望 (Heilongjiang Rights Defender Yuan Xianchen's Case to be Tried in January; No Family Visits Permitted)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yuanxianchen-01022009094700.html

Labor
Blast at China Fireworks Factory Kills 13: State Media
Agence France-Presse (via at Yahoo! News), January 04, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090104/wl_asia_afp/chinaaccidentfireworks

Law
China Fines UK Students for 'Illegal Map-Making': State Media
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), January 05, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090105/wl_uk_afp/chinarightsxinjiangunrestbritain

Media
China Targets Big Websites in Internet Crackdown
Reuters, January 05, 2009
http://uk.reuters.com/article/mediaNews/idUKSP36401920090105

China’s Net Cops Focus on Public Opinion
Financial Times, January 04, 2009
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bbfee450-da83-11dd-8c28-000077b07658.html

Protests and Petitions
广东阳江上千教师聚众讨薪 不满未享有同等待遇 (Over 1000 Yangjiang, Guangdong Teachers Convene outside Gov't Building for Higher Wages)
Guangzhou Daily, January 05, 2009
http://news.ifeng.com/mainland/200901/0105_17_953926.shtml

State Security
胡錦濤促武警加強反恐能力 (Hu Jintao Urges Armed Police to Step up Anti-Terrorism Efforts)
Ming Pao, January 05, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/994188/1.html

XUAR
China Arrested almost 1,300 in Muslim West Last Year: Report
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), January 04, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090104/wl_asia_afp/chinaxinjiangattacksoly2008