Corruption
Chinese Officials Gamble Away $3m in Public Funds
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), January 10, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090110/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_gambling
Jail for Bridge Officials
Xinhuanet (available at Shanghai Daily), January 10, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200901/20090110/article_387555.htm
Former Party Secretary on Graft Charges
South China Morning Post, January 10, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3424d58715cbe110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news
Food Security
60 Get Arrested over Tainted Milk Scandal
Xinhuanet (available at Shanghai Daily), January 12, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200901/20090112/article_387758.htm
China Screens 22.4 Mln Babies Fed Melamine-Tainted Milk
Xinhuanet, January 12, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-01/12/content_10644444.htm
60 Arrested over Melamine-Tainted Sanlu Milk Powder
Xinhua (via China Daily), January 11, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-01/11/content_7385532.htm
Human Rights Defenders
查建国，冉云飞及诗人流沙河因签署零八宪章而被问话 (Authorities Question Rights Defenders Over Charter 08)
Radio Free Asia, January 09, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xianzhang-01092009090231.html
Related InformationJune 4th
HRIC Press Release: Chinese Authorities Continue to Suppress Charter 08; Number of Signers Exceeds 7,200
Human Rights in China, January 9, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/107728
天安门母亲北京聚会 (Tiananmen Mothers Gathering in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/64-01112009165151.html
Law
最高法公布“五个严禁” 设廉洁“高压线” (Five Rules Released by The People's Supreme Court to Keep Judges in line And Corruption in Check)
People's Daily (via Xinhua), January 09, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-01/09/content_10626820.htm
Media
China Closes 91 Lewd Websites in 3 Days
Xinhua (via China Daily), January 11, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-01/11/content_7385697.htm
Popular Blog Service Provider Shut Down
South China Morning Post, January 10, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5a7dd58715cbe110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news
西安增加五百网络虚拟警察 (Xi'an Municipal Public Security Bureau Adds 500 Virtual Police Officers to Patrol The Internet)
Radio Free Asia, January 09, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xianzhang-01092009090231.html
Olympics
Olympic Spending to Be Released by June
Xinhua (via China Daily), January 10, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-01/10/content_7385026.htm
Protests and Petitions
广东揭东公安重伤维权女村民死亡 (7 Guangdong Villagers Taken Away by Police After Being "Leaders" in Land Grab Protest; 1 Beaten to Death)
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/guang-01112009165651.html
千名福建访民趁省人大开会上访 部份访民被拘捕及遭殴打 (Up to 1000 Petitioners Petition Outside NPC Venue in Fujian; Some Taken away and Beaten)
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/qian-01112009164756.html
访民李春霞在天安门散发传单被拘留 (Pregnant Petitioner from Henan Taken Away by Police After Distributing Flyers in Tiananmen Square)
Radio Free Asia, January 09, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/petitioner_beijing-01092009104026.html?encoding=simplifiedencoding=simplified
北京发生暴力强拆 两人被打致重伤（视频）(Video: Two Beijing Residents in Serious Condition After Being Beaten in Violent Eviction)
Radio Free Asia, January 09, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/qiangchai-01092009094732.html
Tibet
Tibet to Open NPC, CPPCC Sessions to Foreign Media
Xinhuanet, January 12, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-01/12/content_10642391.htm
Taiwan to Give Residency Rights to Tibetans, Children of Veterans
South China Morning Post, January 10, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=021ed58715cbe110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news
Tibetans in New Kardze Protests
Radio Free Asia, January 09, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/newkardzeprotests-01092009122252.html