Monday, September 07, 2009

September 05-07, 2009

Top News
XUAR Death Penalty for Syringe Stabbings
Radio Free Asia, September 06, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/unrest-09062009171524.html

In Xinjiang, Rumors Hold Sway
Radio Free Asia, September 05, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/rumors-09052009185410.html

China's Urumqi Still Edgy After Officials Sacked
Reuters (available at YahooNews), September 06, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090906/wl_nm/us_china_xinjiang

China Xinjiang Chief Survives Political Firestorm
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), September 06, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090906/ap_on_re_as/as_china_protest

HK Reporters Detained Again in Urumqi
South China Morning Post, September 07, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ab9efe62a2093210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Xinjiang Sends 2,100 Officials to Neighborhoods to Appease Uygur, Han Residents
Xinhua, September 06, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-09/06/content_12005446.htm

5 Dead, 14 Injured in Urumqi Unrest
Xinhua (via Shanghai Daily), September 05, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200909/20090905/article_412874.htm

News
Military
Tanks out in Beijing in 60th Anniversary Rehearsal
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), September 06, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090906/ap_on_re_as/as_china_anniversary

Media
Security Guards A Source of Insecurity in China
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), September 07, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090904/ap_on_re_as/as_china_security_thugs

Internet Censorship
广西网吧实行使用第二代居民身份证认证上网 (People Required to Use New Swipe ID Cards to Enter Internet Cafes in Guangxi)
Radio Free Asia, September 05, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/guang-09042009233313.html

Rural Issues
State Council Kicks off Rural Pension Plan
South China Morning Post, September 06, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2aa3b1b558a83210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Environment
1 Trillion Yuan Bill for Decade of Green Projects
South China Morning Post, September 07, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=09cdfe62a2093210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
十一前被拘访民国庆后才放 两位访民天安门撒传单被抓(视频) (2 Petitioners Taken away After Distributing Leaflets in Tiananmen Square)
Radio Free Asia, September 07, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fang-09042009140446.html

Police
No 2 Police Officer Held in Chongqing Crackdown
South China Morning Post, September 07, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d95efe62a2093210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD