Wednesday, April 14, 2010

April 14, 2010

News
Corporate Social Accountability
Company Blamed for Mine Disaster
South China Morning Post, April 14, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c6957a5d157f7210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Corruption
Illegal Buildings Raise Concerns
China Daily, April 14, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/14/content_9725531.htm

Disasters
Strong Quake in Western China's Qinghai Kills 300
Associated Press, April 14, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100414/ap_on_re_as/as_china_earthquake

青海玉树地震85%民房倒塌 大量学生被埋 (85% of Private Housing in Quake Area Toppled, Many Students Buried under Rubble)
Xinhua News Agency, April 14, 2010
http://gongyi.163.com/10/0414/14/64831VN500933KBT.html

Hong Kong
香港街头论坛吁关注高智晟与中国维权 (Hong Kong Street Forum Calls for Greater Attention to Gao Zhisheng and Other Rights Defenders)
Radio Free Asia, April 14, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/HK-04132010144421.html

Human Rights Defenders
Sage Advice: China Can Boost Its 'Soft Power' with Some Confucian-style Compassion towards Jailed Dissidents
South China Morning Post, April 14, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1c321e0b717f7210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Land Policy
河南淅川农民集体反映上百亩耕地被侵占 (Henan Farmers Petition against 100+ mu of Farmland Occupied by Local Authories)
Radio Free Asia, April 13, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/henan-04132010144705.html

Police
Probe into 'Cold Shower' Death at Labor Camp
China Daily, April 14, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/13/content_9725113.htm

Protests and Petitions
多族群团体抗议中国人权状况 (Ethnic Minority Groups Protest against the China's Human Rights Situation during Hu's US Visit)
Radio Free Asia, April 13, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquan-04132010162455.html

Public Health
Penalties over Children's Hospital Scandal
Shanghai Daily, April 14, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2010/201004/20100413/article_434080.htm

Shanghai World Expo
国台办证实台北市长郝龙斌将参加世博会开幕式 (Taipei Mayor to Take Part in Expo Opening Ceremony)
People's Daily, April 14, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/0414/11/647QQJ1P000146BC.html

Society
No Country for Old People
China Daily, April 14, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/14/content_9725295.htm