Thursday, May 07, 2009

May 7, 2009

News

Bilateral Ties
China Says "Concerned" by U.S. Naval Incident
Reuters (available at YahooNews), May 06, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090506/pl_nm/us_china_usa_navy

Corruption
阿勒泰一派出所长为外省学生办迁移证敛财150万 (Police Chief Amasses 1.5 Million Selling Documents to Students from Outside Provinces)
Net Ease, May 06, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/0506/11/58KK491B000120GU.html

Education
Girl Stole Identity to Go to University
Shanghai Daily, May 07, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200905/20090507/article_400068.htm

Human Rights Defender - Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)

狱方不准郭飞雄家人探视 吁请关注郭飞雄现况 (Prison Authorities Block Family from Visiting Guo Feixiong)
Radio Free Asia, May 06, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/guofeixiong-05062009092520.html

Human Rights Defender - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
Life is a Trial for Chinese Lawyer
Los Angeles Times, May 05, 2009
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/asia/la-fg-china-lawyer5-
2009may05,0,6914721.story

Population
2010年全国开展第六次人口普查 (China to Undertake Sixth Census in 2010)
Nanfang City News, May 07, 2009
http://epaper.nddaily.com/A/html/2009-05/07/content_783378.htm

Protests and Petitions
近百人冲击海口城管支队 (Close to a Hundred Charge Haikou City Management Compound)
Nanfang City News, May 07, 2009
http://epaper.nddaily.com/A/html/2009-05/07/content_783380.htm

Public Health
陕西神木推行全民免费医疗制度 (Shaanxi County Implements Free Medical Care for All)
Net Ease, May 07, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/0507/04/58MD7EI50001124J.html

Mexicans Leave China Quarantine
Associated Press (via Google), May 06, 2009
http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=940419

Tibet
达赖喇嘛纽约会见民运人士讨论西藏问题 (Dalai Lama Meets with Figures of the Democracy Movement in New York)
Radio Free Asia, May 06, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/Dalailama-05062009125726.html

Tibet Threatened by Global Warming: State Media
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), May 06, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090506/wl_asia_afp/chinatibetclimateenvironmentwarming

Related News
Tibet's Warming Threatens Railway
South China Morning Post, May 07, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=2ee6d2b677611210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD