July 22, 2009

News

Religion
China to Allow 2,700 Muslims to Visit Mecca: Report
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), July 21, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090721/wl_asia_afp/chinaunrestxinjiangreligionhajj


Population
China Expected to See Zero Population Growth by 2030: Expert
Xinhua News Agency, July 22, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/21/content_11746029.htm


Internet Censorship
Popular Websites Closed over Reports on Inquiry into Graft
Associated Press (via South China Morning Post), July 22, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7152a4a273e92210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

多个网站关于严晓玲案消息被删 当局持续威胁家人 (Several Websites with News Related to Yan Xiaoling's Case Are Closed, Authorities Continue to Threaten Family Members)
Radio Free Asia, July 21, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wang-07212009085012.html


Law
中国高院院长近一半党政出身 无司法经历 (Nearly Half of High Court Judges Are Party Officials with No Judicial Training)
Radio Free Asia, July 21, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sifa-07212009111658.html

Related information:
统计称全国高院院长近一半系党政领导出身 (Statistics Show that almost Half of SPC Heads are Party Officials)
Chengdu Economic Daily (via Dezhou Daily), July 20, 2009
http://www.dezhoudaily.com/news/guonei/2009-7/20_139391.html

Disabled People's Right to Drive Sparks Heated Discussion in China
Xinhua News Agency, July 22, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/21/content_11746559.htm

信息公开“年考”观察：不够理想 法律瓶颈待解 (Open Government Initiative "Annual Review": Legal Bottleneck Remains Unresolved)
Xinhua News Agency, July 20, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-07/20/content_11738044.htm


Protests and Petitions
山东潍坊约百名退伍军人到天安门被截 (Around 100 Retired Soldier Petitioners from Shandong Intercepted en Route to Tiananmen)
Radio Free Asia, July 22, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/junren-07212009125819.html

中国邮政内退职工集体呼吁酝酿赴京上访 (Former Postal Workers Plan A Mass Petition in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, July 21, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/youzheng-07212009143641.html

重庆数千拆迁户不满还建房 多方抗议 (Thousands of Resettled Homeowners in Chongqing Protest Due to Dissatisfaction over Problems with New Homes under Construction)
Radio Free Asia, July 21, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/chongqing-07212009160559.html

产妇上访遭拘押　 两婴儿成为狱中“小萝卜头” (Pregnant Petitioners Detained, Give Birth in Detention)
Radio Free Asia, July 21, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/chanfu-07212009170432.html


XUAR
China Blames Separatists, Not Policies, for Riots
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), July 21, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090721/ap_on_re_as/as_china_protest


Society
Beijing's Ethnic Policy Faces Data Challenge
Wall Street Journal, July 22, 2009
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124816735513967749.html

国家民委：少数民族考生享有加分等优惠政策不会改变 (State Ethnic Affairs Commission: Affirmative Action Policy for Minority Students Will Not Change)
Xinhua News Agency, July 21, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-07/21/content_11745929.htm