December 11, 2009

Top News of the Day

Human Rights Defender - Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)
上海访民绝食声援冯正虎 (Shanghainese Petitioners Hold Hunger Strike to Support Feng Zhenghu's Return)
Radio Free Asia, December 10, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_entry_feng-12102009120813.html

Several Shanghainese petitioners held a hunger strike on International Human Rights Day to give their support to their fellow activist, Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎). Feng has been living in Japan's Narita International Airport for over 30 days; he has been refused entry to China eight times without reason. He said that for Human Rights Day, he would "rest," and called on the international community to not only advocate but uphold the principle and practice of the protection of fundamental human rights.

Related information:
Feng Zhenghu Urges International Community to Support Right of Return to One’s Own Country
Human Rights in China, December 10, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/172593

China Activist in for Long Haul at Tokyo Airport
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 10, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8403658.stm

Law
广东拟规定“红头文件”有效期最长5年 (Guangdong Drafts Regulations on Confidential Government Documents; Effective Period May Not Exceed Five Years)
Guangzhou Daily, December 11, 2009
http://news.dayoo.com/guangzhou/200912/11/73437_11507915.htm

Related information:
广东省行政机关规范性文件管理规定（征求意见稿） (Guangdong Provincial Regulations on the Administration of the Standard Documents of Administrative Organs [Draft for Soliciting Public Opinion])
http://fzj.shantou.gov.cn/Info.aspx?ModelId=1&Id=223

News
Environment
焚烧不再是唯一方式 番禺垃圾厂选址及处理全部回锅讨论 (Contentious Guangzhou Waste Incinerator Project that Led to Protest to Return to Discussion)
Southern Metropolis Daily, December 11, 2009
http://nf.nfdaily.cn/nfdsb/content/2009-12/11/content_7011345.htm

Food Security
3 Arrested over Melamine-laced Milk Products
Shanghai Daily, December 11, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200912/20091211/article_422358.htm

Freedom of Association
人权日中国公安打压人权集会 (Police Suppress Human Rights Assemblies on International Human Rights Day)
Radio Free Asia, December 10, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_human_rights-12102009115857.html

Human Rights Defender - Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
劉曉波料2至4周內受審 (Liu Xiaobo Indicted, Expected to Stand Trial within One Month)
Ming Pao, December 11, 2009
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20091211/ca51228v.htm

Land Policy
物权法"斗"不过拆迁条例 专家称应先补偿再拆迁 (Experts: Compensation before Housing Demolition)
Southern Daily, December 11, 2009
http://china.nfdaily.cn/content/2009-12/11/content_7017680.htm

Military
After Rioting, PLA Steps Up Efforts to Recruit Minorities
South China Morning Post, December 11, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6966c8b9ea875210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Society
怨聲載道 「兩輩子都掙不到房錢」 (An Oft-heard Complaint: We Can't Buy a Home with Even Two Lifetimes' Worth of Savings)
Apple Daily, December 11, 2009
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20091211&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=13512160

Protests and Petitions
Tables Turned on Ex-petition Official
South China Morning Post, December 11, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e7adc8b9ea875210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet
当局向甘孜理塘及雅江增派军警 (Additional Military and Police Sent to Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture)
Radio Free Asia, December 10, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/tibet_protest-12102009114846.html

XUAR
Xinjiang's Frustrated Internet Users still Cut Off from the Web
South China Morning Post, December 11, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a117c8b9ea875210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

September 30, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
China Says Willing to Improve U.S. Defense Ties
Reuters, September 29, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE58S2ZH20090929

德国立法大选推西藏支持者威斯特维勒上台 北京有不安 (Beijing Concerned with the Possibility of Tibet Supporter Westerwelle Taking over German Foreign Ministry)
Radio France Internationale, September 29, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/117/article_16460.asp

Freedom of Association
China's 60th Anniversary of Communism: Public Barred from Celebrations
Telegraph, September 30, 2009
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/6245241/Chinas-60th-anniversary-of-Communism-public-barred-from-celebrations.html

Hong Kong
In Hong Kong, One Holiday and Lots of Book Sales
International Herald Tribune, September 30, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/30/world/asia/30hong.html

Tsang Powers Up after Meeting Xi
The Standard, September 30, 2009
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=88575&sid=25538272&con_type=3

Related news:
Xi Urges More Co-operation on the Use of Clean Energy
South China Morning News, September 30, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=eb55cba62b604210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=Hong+Kong&s=News

Human Rights
流亡异见人士在美抨击中国人权 (Exiled Dissidents Criticize China's Human Rights Record during U.S. Congressional Public Hearing)
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 30, 2009
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2009/09/090927_uschina_politics_rights.shtml

Related news:
美国国会敦促北京释放刘晓波 (U.S. Congress to Urge Beijing to Release Liu Xiaobo)
Radio France Internationale, September 29, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/117/article_16467.asp

Human Rights Defenders
异议作家廖亦武出席法兰克福书展受阻 (Author Liao Yiwu again Deterred from Attending Frankfurt Book Fair)
Radio Free Asia, September 29, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/liaoyiwu-09292009103315.html

Media
New Hubei Law Bans Parents from Checking Minors' Text Messages
South China Morning Post, September 30, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6e390c278b604210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China 'Blocks Websites' amid Anniversary
Agence France-Presse, September 30, 2009
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/china-blocks-websites-amid-anniversary-20090930-gbbp.html

Related news:
無國界記者：中國國慶前壓制網路和外媒更甚 (Reporters Without Borders: China Oppress Internet and Foreign Press Even Harder before Anniversary)
Central News Agency, September 30, 2009
http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/090930/5/1s2a7.html

香港记协要求大陆停止打压记者采访 (HK Press Association Asks Mainland to Stop Pressuring Journalists in Their Work)
Radio France Internationale, September 30, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/117/article_16475.asp

Society
Life in One of China's Last Communes
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 29, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8278128.stm

Taiwan
U.S. Urges China Not to Be Afraid of `a Strong Taiwan'
Central News Agency, September 28, 2009
http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1069499

Three Gorges
Chinese Dam May Be a Methane Menace
Nature, September 29, 2009
http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090929/full/news.2009.962.html

Tibet
Tibet Restrictions Denied
Xinhua News Agency, September 30, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200909/20090930/article_415383.htm

September 23, 2008

News

Bilateral Ties
China Criticizes US Senate over Tibet Resolution
Associated Press (available at the International Herald , September 21, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/21/asia/AS-China-Senate-Indignation.php

Disasters
警方调查:深圳发生火灾的俱乐部有民警是股东 (Police Shareholders in Dance Club that Burned, Investigation Finds)
China News Agency, September 23, 2008
http://news.eastday.com/c/20080923/u1a3882882.html

13 Held for Shenzhen Club Fire that Killed 43
China Daily, September 22, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-09/22/content_7045077.htm

Officials Punished for Sept 21 Fatal Mine Blast
Xinhua (via China Daily), September 22, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-09/22/content_7047909.htm

Education
Chen: China Puts Literacy as One of its Most Basic Policy Objectives
Xinhuanet, September 23, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/23/content_10094301.htm

Environment
环保部拟规定空气质量必须提前24小时的预报 (Air Quality Must Be Forecast 24 Hours in Advance)
Xinhuanet, September 23, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/politics/2008-09/23/content_10094408.htm

Food Security
13,000 Babies in Hospital for China Formula
International Herald Tribune, September 22, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/22/asia/22china.php

Lawyers Warned to Shun Milk Suits
South China Morning Post, September 23, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=af8533586fa8c110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Chief of China's Quality-Control Agency Resigns
International Herald Tribune, September 22, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/22/asia/milk.php

Related News
Experts Doubt Chief's Resignation Will Solve Quality Problems
South China Morning Post, September 23, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1bb533586fa8c110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Freedom of Association
两名泛蓝联盟成员遭当局不同方式打压 (Two Pan-Blue Alliance Members Suppressed)
Radio Free Asia, September 22, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fanlan-09222008095638.html

Government
China's State Council Appoints Senior Officials
China Daily, September 22, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-09/22/content_7047903.htm

Protests and Petitions
Chinese "House" Church Seeks to Sue Government
Reuters, September 19, 2008
http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-35553620080919?sp=true

Related News
Chengdu House Church Files First Suit in China Against Government Religious Authority Human Rights in China, September 18, 2008
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision_id=89666&item_id=89665

江苏昆承中学全体教师罢课上访 (Teachers in Jiangsu Strike and Petition)
Radio Free Asia, September 22, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jiangsu-09222008162818.html

Public Health
Blood Touts Face Longer Jail Terms
China Daily, September 23, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2008-09/23/content_7049013.htm

北京市发改委规范医疗机构制剂定价利润不得超5% (Prices Set on Select Medications, Profits Not to Exceed 5 Percent)
Xinhuanet, September 23, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/politics/2008-09/23/content_10094480.htm

February 28, 2008

Top News of the Day
June 4th
Tiananmen Mothers Call for China Dialogue on 1989
Reuters, February 27, 2008
Tiananmen Mothers issued an open letter through Human Rights in China, stating that members of the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Congress should open a dialogue with the victims of the Tiananmen Crackdown and their families. The group stated that opening a dialogue before the Olympics would send a positive message on China's stance on human rights. In addition to a dialogue, the letter requests that the government open an investigation of the crackdown, issue public apologies and compensation, and investigate the accountability of those responsible.

Related Information:
HRIC Statement: Chinese Authorities Should Respond to Calls for Dialogue by the Tiananmen Mothers
Human Rights in China, February 27, 2008

News
Bilateral Ties
赖斯访华关注胡佳师涛 喜讯未至家属反遭警告 (Rice Questions China on Hu Jia and Shi Tao; Families Again Given Admonishments)
Radio Free Asia, February 27, 2008

Freedom of Association
上海公安局驳回市民反对磁悬浮游行申请 (Shanghai Public Security Bureau Rejects Residents' Application to Demonstrate Against the Maglev)
Radio Free Asia, February 27, 2008

Human Rights Defender - Jiranbayariin Soyolt
前内蒙异议人士索约尔特上月在北京被捕 (IMAR Dissident in Exile, Jiranbayariin Soyolt, Arrested in Beijing Last Month)
Radio Free Asia, February 27, 2008

Human Rights Defender - Liu Jie (刘杰)
正在进行绝食抗议的刘杰今天会见律师 (Liu Jie, Currently on a Hunger Strike, Allowed to See Lawyer)
Radio Free Asia, February 27, 2008

Human Rights Defender - Zhu Yufu (朱虞夫)
杭州法院将重审民主党人士朱虞夫案件 (Hangzhou, Zhejiang Court to Try Case of Democracy Party Activist Zhu Yufu)
Radio Free Asia, February 27, 2008

Macau
Macao SAR Gov't Proposes Major Revisions of Election Laws
Xinhuanet, February 27, 2008

Olympics
Chinese Resist Urban 'Clean-up' Drive
Radio Free Asia, February 27, 2008

IOC Backs China Human Rights Push
BBC, February 26, 2008

外国记者采访上访村被警察带走 奥运采访新规定再受质疑 (New Regulations on Olympics Coverage Again Challenged: LA Times Reporter Taken Away While Covering Beijing Petitioning Village)
Radio Free Asia, February 27, 2008

Police
北师大珠海分校教师被保安殴打头破血流 (Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai Campus Professor Beaten Severely by Security Guards)
Radio Free Asia, February 27, 2008

Protests and Petitions
两会期间各地加紧拦截经租户上访 (Housing Petitioners Increasingly Intercepted Throughout China During the Two Congresses)
Radio Free Asia, February 27, 2008

Public Health
China SFDA: Buyers Must Vet Drug Safety
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), February 27, 2008

Three Gorges
New Dam Repeats ‘Stupid Mistake’
Financial Times, February 27, 2008

February 15, 2008

Top News of the Day
Olympics
EU President Advises Against Protests
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), February 14, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080214/ap_on_sp_ol/oly_eu_beijing_human_rights
Milan Zver, the sports minister of Slovenia, which currently holds the EU presidency, urged EU athletes not bring up human rights issues at the Games this summer in Beijing. However, he thinks that international companies that operate in China do have a duty to bring up human rights issues.

News
Civil Society
Around the Nation: Community Groups Axed
South China Morning Post, February 15, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6e7143db25818110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Corporate Social Accountability
Chinese Factory Linked to Drug Under Inquiry in U.S.
New York Times, February 15, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/14/business/worldbusiness/14heparin.html

Corruption
呼和浩特一公安局长枪杀市委副书记王治平 (Huhhot Official Murders City's Vice-Party Secretary)
Radio Free Asia, February 13, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/02/13/china_government_official/

Freedom of Association
泛蓝联盟长沙聚会遭冲击 羁押传唤三人强行遣返 (Changsha Pan-Blue Alliance Meeting Broken Up; Three Non-locals Detained, Forcibly Sent to Hometowns)
Radio Free Asia, February 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/02/14/fanlan/

Human Rights Defender - Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠）
郑恩宠周三被国保传唤长达十二小时 (Human Rights Defender Zheng Enchong Gets Summoned)
Radio Free Asia, February 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/02/14/china_rights_lawyer/

Land Policy
China Releases Land Survey Ordinance
Xinhuanet, February 14, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-02/14/content_7604649.htm

China's Infrastructure Splurge: Rushing on by Road, Rail and Air
The Economist, February 14, 2008
http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10697210

This Land Is My Land
The Economist, February 14, 2008
http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10696084

Multilateral Relations
China Studying WTO Interim Ruling on Auto Parts Dispute
Xinhuanet, February 14, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-02/14/content_7605669.htm

China Suffers First Defeat at WTO
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 13, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7244027.stm

Olympics
北京城管将建跨区域支援应急队 应对突发事件 (Beijing Urban Management Authorities to Help in Dealing With Public Emergencies During Olympics)
Beijing Youth Daily (available at Xinhuanet), February 15, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/sports/2008-02/15/content_7608687.htm

Olympics-China "Regrets" Spielberg's Darfur Decision
Reuters, February 14, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/africaCrisis/idUSSP242531

Population
434 Wuhan Officials Dismissed for Exceeding Birth Limits
Xinhuanet, February 14, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-02/14/content_7603137.htm

Protests and Petitions
哈尔滨姑娘南下广东寻访维权被捕男友 (Harbin Woman Goes to Guangdong to Meet Online Lover for Valentine's Day; Finds Lover Detained)
Radio Free Asia, February 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/02/14/china_rights_detain/

辽宁蚁民欲参加债权人大会遭大批警察驱赶 (Liaoning Ant Raisers Blocked from Attending Creditors' Meeting)
Radio Free Asia, February 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/02/14/liaoning/

乌鲁木齐市市委书记：八成上访者是有道理的 (Urumqi Party Secretary: More Than 80 Percent of Petitioning Cases Have Merit)
Xinhuanet, February 14, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2008-02/15/content_7606514.htm

Religion
留美归国基督徒白成博士和当地教徒被刑事拘留 (Upon Returning from the U.S., Christian Man Detained, Along with Two Others)
Radio Free Asia, February 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/02/14/religion/

Tibet
确吉杰布预计将被增选为人大副委员长 (Panchen Lama Recognized by Beijing Set to Be Vice-Chairman of NPC)
Radio Free Asia, February 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/02/14/renda/

XUAR
乌鲁木齐上周一爆发激烈枪战 据称18人被击毙 (Eighteen Shot Dead in Anti-Terrorism Raid in Urumqi)
Radio Free Asia, February 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/02/14/china_xinjiang/

January 3, 2008

Top News of the Day
Media
１７大前２６００多网站博客遭关闭 (China Closed Down More Than 2,600 Websites During 17th Party Congress)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/02/
blog/
Reporters Without Borders has described China as the world's biggest prison for journalists over the past four years. Its 2007 annual report on press freedom states that China has jailed 33 journalists and 50 cyber-dissidents in 2007. About 2,600 websites, blogs and forums were shut down before and during the 17th Communist Party Congress in October.

News
Children
Child-trafficking Gang Broken Up in Central China
Xinhuanet, January 03, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/03/content_
7358238.htm

Death Penalty
Lethal Injection to Be Used More
Xinhuanet, January 03, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/03/content_
7358637.htm

Education
流动儿童教育成为最突出的教育公平问题 (Education of Migrant Children Is the Most Problematic)
Xinhuanet, January 03, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2008-01/03/content_
7358424.htm

Environment
Paper Plant's Toxic Gush Threatens Millions
South China Morning Post, January 03, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6a5cac17dea37110
VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=

Freedom of Association
段惠民忌日当局阻挠拜祭 群警出动百访民被抓 (Police Deployed to Bar Shanghai Petitioners Commemorating Duan Huimin's Death)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/02/
duan/

Government
Public Hearing to be Held on Domestic Roaming Fees
South China Morning Post, January 03, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a96cac17dea37110
VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=

江苏省赣榆县励庄镇谭湖村选举出现舞弊 (Corruption Reported in Jiangsu Village Election)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/02/
xianju/

Human Rights Defenders - Hu Jia (胡佳)
律师李劲松李方平向警方递交要求会见胡佳的申请 (Hu Jia's Attorneys Request a Meeting with Client)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/02/
hujia/

数十警察围困曾金燕 胡佳被拘细节辗转传出 (More Details on Hu Jia's Detention)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/02/
hu_zeng/

Labor
劳动合同法实施前夕 海口一医院终止聘用上百清洁工 (Haikou Hospital Sacks Hundreds of Cleaners Before Law Contract Law Becomes Effective)
Xinhuanet, January 03, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2008-01/03/content_
7358051.htm

蓄意规避劳动合同法 山东省汶上县邮政局解骋职工 (Shangdong Post Office Dismisses Long-Serving Employees Before New Labor Contract Law Takes Effect)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/02/lao/

企业职工工资可集体协商 河北率先立法 (Hebei Implements Pilot Law in Collective Bargaining)
Xinhuanet, January 03, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2008-01/03/content_
7358487.htm

China's Work Accidents Fall in 2007 But Still Claim Almost 100,000 Lives
Xinhuanet, January 02, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/02/content_
7354552.htm

Media
驻华外国记者投诉受到干扰 (Foreign Correspondents in China Face Interferences)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/02/
foreign_journalist/

Olympics
Beggars, Unlicensed Peddlers to Be Cleared Up in Chang'an Avenue
Xinhuanet, January 02, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/02/content_
7355619.htm

Beijing Puts Sniffer Dogs on Subway
Associated Press (via YahooNews), January 02, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080102/ap_on_re_as/china
_subway_dogs_2;_ylt=AgtfKlGZfyhwrMWgV7wOibhPzWQA
GZfyhwrMWgV7wOibhPzWQA

Beijing to Set Up Food Safety Monitoring Center for Olympics
Xinhuanet, January 02, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/02/content_7355279.htm

China Imposes Stricter Clean-Air Standards in Beijing
Voice of America, January 02, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-01-02-voa65.cfm

Police
集会讨论上访的教师代表被当局拘禁 (Hubei Teachers' Representatives Detained After Petitioning)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/02/china_
petition_teachers/

Population
Rich Flout China's One-Child Rule
Associated Press (via YahooNews), January 03, 2008
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080102/china_family_planning.
html?.v=1

中国光棍男子越来越多 (Number of Male Bachelors Increases in China)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/02/
shitiao/

Protests and Petitions
独家报道：宜昌夷陵鄢家河村民土地被征十几年至今未得合理补偿 (Hubei Villagers Failed to Get Adequate Compensation for Land Loss for More Than Ten Years)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/02/tudi/

独家报道：中国资深媒体人呼吁言论自由 (Newspaper Editor Issues Open Letter Urging Press Freedom)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/02/lin/

Society
2007年居民总体生活满意度：城市下降 农村上升 (Survey Finds Less Urban Residents Satisfied with Life But More Amongst Rural Residents)
Xinhuanet, January 03, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2008-01/03/content_
7358277.htm