July 23, 2009

News

Bilateral Ties
Beijing Open to Talks in US on Xinjiang Unrest
South China Morning Post (via South China Morning Post), July 23, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5d8dccb4163a2210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss

Chinese FM Meets with U.S. Secretary of State
Xinhua (via Xinhua), July 22, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/23/content_11755869.htm

China Urges Australia to Respect Judicial Sovereignty
Xinhua (via China Daily), July 22, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-07/22/content_8460054.htm

Corruption
Company Linked to Son of China's President Faces Corruption Probe
Time (via Yahoo! News), July 22, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20090722/wl_time/08599191211700

滇 最大挪用公款案开审 云铜原副总经理被控挪7.6亿 (Yunnan Copper Employees Charged with Largest Amount Embezzled from Public Funds (7.6 Hundred Million RMB))
Xinhua (via Xinhua), July 23, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-07/23/content_11757190.htm

Government
山西上半年处分党员干部2679人 (Shanxi Disciplines 2679 Party Members in the First Half of the Year)
Xinhua (via Net Ease), July 22, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/0722/19/5EROM3AD000120GU.html

Green Dam
Asian Makers Ship PCs With China Web Filter
Wall Street Journal (Asia) (via Wall Street Journal (Asia)), July 23, 2009
http://sec.online.wsj.com/article/SB124827165796072231.html#mod=rss_asia_whats_news

Internet Censorship
China to Implement Program for Clean Online Games
Xinhua (via Xinhua), July 22, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/22/content_11755348.htm

China Orders Internet Purge
Financial Times (via Financial Times), July 23, 2009
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0b1592da-76e4-11de-b23c-00144feabdc0.html

诽谤入罪成惯例　大陆网民说不！（图） (Libel Becomes A Common Criminal Charge, Internet Users Protest)
Radio Free Asia (via Radio Free Asia), July 22, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/feibang-07222009154333.html

Labor
Chinese Worker Commits Suicide Over Missing iPhone
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), July 22, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090722/ap_on_re_as/as_china_iphone_suicide

Police
公安部要求加强公安监管工作确保监管场所安全 (Ministry of Public Safety Calls on Strengthening Supervision for Public Security)
Xinhua (via Xinhua), July 23, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-07/23/content_11757135.htm

Population
鼓励双方均为独生子女夫妻生二胎 (Shanghai Population and Family Planning Commission: We Encourage Those Who Fulfill Regulation's Conditions to Have Second Child)
Shanghai Morning Post, July 23, 2009
http://newspaper.jfdaily.com/xwcb/page_26/200907/t20090723_714669.html

Protests and Petitions
多位上海访民公开接待日遭打压 (Petitioners in Shanghai Face Pressure )
Radio Free Asia (via Radio Free Asia), July 22, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-07222009091337.html

曾簽「免責協議書」 石首死者5家屬被拘 (Family of Deceased Shishou Protestors Sign "Disclaimer Agreement")
Ming Pao (via Ming Pao), July 23, 2009
http://news.mingpao.com/20090723/cab1.htm

Religion
China Says Falun Gong Ban 'Works'
BBC News (via BBC News), July 22, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8162342.stm

XUAR
China Fears Ethnic Strife Could Agitate Uighur Oasis
New York Times (via New York Times), July 22, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/23/world/asia/23kashgar.html