Tuesday, July 07, 2009

July 07, 2009

Top News
XUAR
China Detains 15 over Ethnic Brawl Linked to Riot
Reuters, July 07, 2009
http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-40859520090707

Death Toll in Xinjiang Riot Rises to 156
Xinhua News Agency, July 07, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/07/content_11663866.htm

Han Chinese Clash with Police
Financial Times, July 07, 2009
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dbd76e6a-6ab0-11de-ad04-00144feabdc0.html

Police Arrests 1,434 Suspects in Connection with Xinjiang Riot
Xinhua News Agency, July 07, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/07/content_11664739.htm

Xinjiang to Adopt Curfew in Capital City Tonight
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), July 07, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-07/07/content_8389466.htm

News
Green Dam
海尔宏基开始预装过滤软件 (Haier, Acer Begin Pre-installing Censor Software)
Radio France Internationale, July 04, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/115/article_14663.asp

Human Rights Defender – Ni Yulan (倪玉兰)
北京维权人士倪玉兰狱决定提出申诉 (Imprisoned Rights Defender Ni Yulan to File for Appeal)
Radio Free Asia, July 07, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/weiquan-07062009145646.html

Human Rights Defenders
上海异见人士韩立法再被劳教 (Shanghainese Dissident Han Lifa again Sentenced to Reeducation-Through-Labor)
Radio Free Asia, July 06, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/laogai-07062009135828.html

Land Policy
成都暴力征地拆迁 鸣枪恐吓村民 (Shots Fired to Intimidate Villagers in Violent Land Requisition in Chengdu)
Radio Free Asia, July 06, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/chengdu-07062009091941.html

Media
In Latest Upheaval, China Applies New Strategies to Control Flow of Information
New York Times, July 08, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/08/world/asia/08beijing.html

Related news:
Savvy Internet Users Defy China's Censors on Riot
Agence France-Presse (via Google News), July 06, 2009
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jlMPMzVRIgHQFdLL_ShBYw_af3Vw

Police
Police Treatment of Corpses Rapped
Shanghai Daily, July 07, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200907/20090707/article_406628.htm

Protests and Petitions
苗族護土抗爭 400人械鬥11傷 (Land Protest in Guizhou Leaves 11 Injured)
Ming Pao (via Sina.com), July 07, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1191279/1.html