Monday, November 30, 2009

November 28-30, 2009

News
Corruption
河南官員受賄千萬 判囚15年 (Henan Officials Jailed for 15 Years over 10 Million RMB Bribes)
Ming Pao, November 30, 2009
http://news.mingpao.com/20091130/caa3.htm

10 Journalists Charged over Hushed-up Mine Disaster
South China Morning Post, November 28, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8e6fb160e9635210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Jailed China Mafia Trial Judge Kills Self: Report
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), November 30, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091130/wl_asia_afp/chinacrimecorruptiontrial

Disasters
法院拒绝受理公安告地震局发布虚假信息 (Beijing Court Refuses to Accept Case Brought against State Seismological Bureau to Spread False Information on Sichuan Earthquake)
Radio Free Asia, November 27, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/lawsuit_government-11272009113001.html?encoding=simplified

Government
Leadership Set to Reshuffle Positions in Key Provinces
South China Morning Post, November 30, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=fd8535ef6d045210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender - Zhang Lin (张林)
民运人士张林出狱后行动受监视 (Pro-democracy Activists Put under Surveillance after His Release)
Radio Free Asia, November 29, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhang-11292009174025.html

Human Rights Defenders
Chinese AIDS Activist Held
Radio Free Asia, November 27, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/activist-11272009174731.html

Multilateral
Chinese Premier Meets EU Officials Before Summit
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), November 29, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-11/29/content_9073321.htm

Population
Experts Urge Switch from One Child Policy
China Daily, November 27, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-11/27/content_9067869.htm

Protests and Petitions
成都钉子户女户主自焚抗拒拆迁 (Woman in Sichuan Sets Fire to Herself in Attempt to Stop Demolition of Her Home)
Radio Free Asia, November 27, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/demolishing_clash-11272009105616.html?encoding=simplified

Public Health
First Government-backed Gay Bar to Open on Mainland in HIV Fight
South China Morning Post, November 30, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c584e2563d045210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

First Lawsuit Starts in China Milk Scandal: State Media
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), November 28, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091128/wl_asia_afp/chinafoodsafetymilkchildcourt

China Tries to Fix Crumbling Health Care System
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), November 29, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091129/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_fixing_health_care