Thursday, April 09, 2009

April 9, 2009

News

Food Security
Public Consuming 'Pesticide Cocktails', Greenpeace Claims
South China Morning Post, April 09, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/
?vgnextoid=a569dd3c9a680210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Freedom of Speech
南周长平港大讲座 就民族主义对话学生(视频)(Ex-vice Editor of Southern Weekly Delivers Talk in HK)
Radio Free Asia, April 08, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xianggang%20-04082009163151.html

Human Rights Defender – Zheng Enchong
郑恩宠父女均接警告信 公安承认就是发信人(图)(Zheng Enchong, Daughter Receive Warning Letters)
Radio Free Asia, April 08, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/weiquan-04082009101423.html

June 4th
HKU Union Gives Support to June 4 Democratic Movement
South China Morning Post, April 09, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d616429958680210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=hong+kong&s=news

Internet Censorship
Cyber-Spy Probe Sought
Radio Free Asia, April 09, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/ghostnet-04072009103413.html

China Cracks Down Ahead of Sensitive Anniversaries
Christian Science Monitor, April 08, 2009
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0408/p06s14-woap.html

Cyber-Skirmish at The Top of The World
Asia Times Online, April 08, 2009
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/KD08Ad01.html

Police
Guangdong Sees Another Suspicious Prison Death
South China Morning Post, April 09, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a9618f9de2980210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Protests and Petitions
安徽五千農民與警衝突 (5000 Farmers, Police Clash in Anhui)
Ming Pao Immediate News, April 09, 2009
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20090409/ca41410i.htm

警方抓捕北大抗议访民 孙东东事件容忍期已过?(视频)(Police Take Away Petitioners outside Peking University)
Radio Free Asia, April 08, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sundongdong-04082009165449.html

Public Health
China Urges Patience in Vast Health Care Reform
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), April 08, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090408/hl_afp/chinahealthreform

Three Gorges
100b Yuan Outlay to Cope with Dam Impact
South China Morning Post, April 09, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=64a8dd3c9a680210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Tibet
Two Tibetans Sentenced to Death over Lhasa Riots
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), April 08, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090408/wl_asia_afp/chinarightstibetunrestsentence