Friday, April 16, 2010

April 16, 2010

News

Death Penalty
Suspended Death for Ex-CDB exec
China Daily, April 16, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/16/content_9737176.htm


Disasters

玉树七成学校在地震中倒塌 (图片报道) (70 Percent of Schools in Yushu County Collapsed in Quake)
Radio Free Asia, April 15, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/China-school-04152010111232.html

Tibetans Mourn Dead as China Quake toll Hits 760
Yahoo! News, April 16, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100416/wl_nm/us_quake_china

Related news:
'People Are Immersed in the Pain of Losing Their Relatives'
South China Morning Post, April 16, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=338fb87552208210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Hopes Raised of Accommodating Attitude towards Reporters
South China Morning Post, April 16, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4d2fb87552208210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Offer to Help Rejected, But Taiwan Stands by
South China Morning Post, April 16, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d16fb87552208210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Environment

U.N. Puts Price on China Emissions Effort
The Wall Street Journal, April 16, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304628704575185872266409444.html

Related information:
China Human Development Report 2009/10 (
中国人类发展报告2009/10)
United Nations Development Programme, April 2010
EN: http://www.undp.org.cn/pubs/nhdr/nhdr2010e.pdf
CH: http://www.undp.org.cn/pubs/nhdr/nhdr2010cn.pdf


Multilateral
China's President and Indian Premier Hold Talks: Report
Yahoo! News, April 16, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100415/wl_asia_afp/chinaindiadiplomacybricbrazil


Protests and Petitions
上海近千农民连续两天抗议倒卖农田 (Thousand Shanghai Farmers Protest outside Gov’t Office for Two Consecutive Days over Land Dispute)
Radio Free Asia, April 15, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hu-04152010121940.html

Politics
Eyebrows Raised at Premier Wen's Eulogy for Hu Yaobang
South China Morning Post, April 16, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9fdcb87552208210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD


Shanghai World Expo
上海討論區宵禁 (Shanghai Discusses A Local Curfew)
Ming Pao, April 16, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100416/ccd1.htm


Taiwan
Businessman Indicted on Charges He Spied for China
China Post, April 16, 2010
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national-news/2010/04/16/252722/Businessman-indicted.htm


XUAR
世界维吾尔代表大会主席热比娅将访问日本 (Exiled Uyghur Leader Rebiya Kadeer to Visit Japan)
Radio Free Asia, April 16, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/japan-04152010134441.html