News
Children
50 Youths Kidnapped, Taken to Myanmar
Shanghai Daily, January 21, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200901/20090121/article_388778.htm
Corruption
Top Chinese Officials Held in Gome Graft Probe
Financial Times, January 20, 2009
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/36562980-e6ef-11dd-8407-0000779fd2ac.html
绵阳法院斥资6千多万兴建新办公大楼 (The Intermediate People's Court of Mianyang City, Sichuan Province Spend 60 mln on New Office Building)
Radio Free Asia, January 15, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/earthquake_government-01152009094952.html?encoding=simplified
Human Rights Defender - Yao Lifa (姚立法)
China Activist Disappears Before Obama Reception
China Post, January 21, 2009
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/international/americas/2009/01/21/192994/China-activist.htm
Human Rights Defenders - Ren Shangyan (任尚燕) and Kong Qiang (孔强)
中华申正网负责人孔强、任尚燕被判刑 (Rights Defense Website Operators Sentenced to 3 Years)
Radio Free Asia, January 20, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wangluo-01202009100821.html
June 4th
一些民众进入赵紫阳家灵堂祭赵 (Mourners Including Ding Zilin Visit Zhao Ziyang's Memorial Shrine)
Voice of America, January 19, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-01-19-voa34.cfm?rss=topstories
Law
City Bill Bans 'Human Flesh Search Engines'
Shanghai Daily, January 21, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200901/20090121/article_388759.htm
Internet Censorship
Chinese Web Sites Cut Out Parts of Obama Speech
AP available at Yahoo News, January 21, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090121/ap_on_re_as/as_inauguration_china_obama
Protests and Petitions
内蒙教师上访揭腐遭迫害 (Teachers from Inner Mongolia Persecuted After Petitioning in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, January 20, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shangfang-01202009094018.html
Public Health
227 People Under Observation in Bird Flu Scare
Xinhuanet, January 21, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-01/20/content_10691813.htm
Bird Flu Fears Spread After Death of Girl's Mother
South China Morning Post, January 21, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e8081412005fe110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news
Taiwan
China to Ease Pressure on Case-by-Case Basis
China Post, January 21, 2009
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national-news/2009/01/21/192958/China-to.htm
Tibet
四名藏人因示威游行被判刑 (4 Tibetan Sentenced to Years in Prison)
Radio Free Asia, January 20, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/tibetan_protest-01202009091150.html?encoding=simplified01202009091150.html?encoding=simplified