Thursday, July 29, 2010

July 29, 2010

News
Disasters
China Grapples With Blast, Chemical Spill in Latest Accidents
Bloomberg, July 29, 2010
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-07-29/china-grapples-with-factory-explosion-chemical-spill-in-latest-accidents.html

Environment
Chemical Barrels Washed into River, Water Supply Cut Off
China Daily, July 29, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-07/29/content_11063582.htm
Related news:
吉林一化工厂上千桶化学原料被冲入松花江 (1000+ Buckets of Raw Chemicals from a Jilin Factory Washed into Songhua River)
Radio Free Asia, July 28, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jl-07282010164516.html
As China’s Economy Grows, Pollution Worsens Despite New Efforts to Control It
New York Times, July 28, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/29/world/asia/29china.html

Human Rights Defender -- Zhang Lin, 张林
皖民主人士张林向政府抗议 出狱民主党成员处境艰难 (Anhui Democracy Activist Zhang Lin Protests for Right to Gain His Living by Work)
Radio Free Asia, July 28, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zl-07282010094121.html

Land Policy
河北失地农民集体告洋状 被打击报复 (Hebei Villagers Retaliated Against after Informing US Embassy of Lost Land)
Radio Free Asia, July 28, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hb-07282010152818.html

陕西一村民阻止耕地施工被连人带车碾压致死 (Shaanxi Villager Protesting Construction on Farmland Crushed to Death)
Xi'an Daily, July 29, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/0729/05/6CO4B06700011229.html

Law
Secret Jails Used To Enforce China's 'Hidden Rules'
National Public Radio, July 29, 2010
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128825986

Media
谷歌加密搜索遭中国封锁 新问答服务在港启用 ( Google's Encrypted Search Blocked in China as Google's New Hong Kong Q&A Service Begins)
Radio Free Asia, July 28, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/google-07282010101150.html

网络媒体要切实担负起维护网络安全的责任——国务院新闻办公室主任王晨谈网络安全 (Wang Chen: Internet Media Outlets Should Take Responsibility to Defend Network Security)
People's Daily, July 29, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100729/u1a5361289.html

官斥記者「哪個讓你直播?」 (Live Broadcast Captures Official Interfering with Press Freedom)
Ming Pao, July 29, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100729/caa2.htm

Fugitive Journalist Becomes Public Hero
Agence France-Presse, July 29, 2010
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/fugitive-journalist-becomes-publc-hero-20100729-10xl0.html

Migrant Workers
广西:推动符合条件的农民工及其子女转为城镇户口 (Guangxi to Promote Hukou for Eligible Migrant Workers and Their Children)
Xinhua News Agency, July 29, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100728/u1a5359774.html

Police
Lawyer Reveals Grim Details of Client's Torture
South China Morning Post, July 29, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8842c8fbab91a210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
广州官方称废除粤语纯属子虚乌有 ( Guangzhou Officials: Abolition of Cantonese Untrue)
China News Service, July 29, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100729/u1a5360272.html

Tibet
China Presses Nepal to Curb pro-Tibet Activities
Hindustan Times, July 28, 2010
http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/nepal/China-presses-Nepal-to-curb-pro-Tibet-activities/Article1-578885.aspx