January 06, 2010

News
Corruption
Corruption Hurting Nation's Image: Poll
China Daily, January 06, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/06/content_9269894.htm

Education
Chinese Academia Ghost-writing 'Widespread'
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 05, 2010
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8442147.stm

Green Dam
Web Filtering Company Sues China, PC Makers over Green Dam
InformationWeek, January 05, 2010
http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/vulnerabilities/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=222200365

Hong Kong
Hong Kong Air Pollution at Threatening Levels: Report
Agence France-Presse, January 05, 2010
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/local-news/hong-kong/2010/01/05/239376/Hong-Kong.htm

Human Rights Defender – Guo Quan (郭泉)
郭泉将囚于“模范监狱” 仍坚持申诉 (Activist-Academic Guo Quan to Be Imprisoned in "Model Prison", Insists on Appealing Sentence)
Radio Free Asia, January 05, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/guoquan-01052010154526.html

Human Rights Defender – Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
尚宝军律师谈刘晓波上诉 (Lawyer Shang Baojun Speaks on Liu Xiaobo's Appeal)
Radio France Internationale, January 05, 2010
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/121/article_18582.asp

Labor
Toll in China Coal Mine Fire Rises to 25
Agence France-Presse, January 06, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iHJdr75CGqZDTuWRVTSifkaLm8iQ

湖南湘潭煤矿火灾25名矿工遇难 (25 Dead in Hunan Coalmine Fire)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 06, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2010/01/100106_china_mine_fire.shtml

Media
Scribe Gets 16 Years in Mine Accident Coverup
China Daily, January 06, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/06/content_9270859.htm

Related news:
Reporters Count Cost of Shady Practices
South China Morning Post, January 06, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0984eef85eef5210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

深圳記者採訪 遭惡保安圍毆 (Shenzhen Journalist Surrounded and Beaten and Robbed by Security Guards whilst Reporting)
Apple Daily, January 06, 2010
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/art_main.php?iss_id=20100106&sec_id=10793096&art_id=13598625

Military
東莞 500武警「閱兵」震懾罪犯 (Dongguan Holds Military and Police Parade of 500+ Officers to Scare Off Criminals)
Apple Daily, January 06, 2010
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20100106&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=13597183

Public Health
51 Children Suffer Lead Poisoning
China Daily, January 06, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/06/content_9270162.htm

Related information:
大丰市政府新闻发言人通报市经济开发区河口村部分儿童血铅超标调查处理情况 (Statement from the Dafeng Government Spokesperson on the Survey into the Excessive Levels of Lead in Children's Blood)
Dafeng Municipal People's Government, January 5, 2010
http://www.dafeng.js.cn/Html/rdhf/094816419.htm

China Fights Growing Problem of Tuberculosis
Reuters, January 06, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60501Z20100106

Rough Justice: Akmal Shaikh's Trial Shows China Must Improve Its Handling of Criminal Suspects with Mental Issues
South China Morning Post, January 05, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=02156d1d059f5210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

“地贫”基因携带者考取公务员遭拒 中国基因歧视第一案立案 (China's First Genetics Discrimination Suit Filed after Carriers of Genetic Blood Disease Refused Government Position)
China Youth Daily, January 05, 2010
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2010-01/06/content_3016506.htm

Shanghai World Expo
Evictees Call for Talks
Radio Free Asia, January 05, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/evict-01052010164938.html

XUAR
Beijing's 'Ethnic Unity' Education
Radio Free Asia, January 05, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/ethnicunity-01052010141548.html

Related news:
北外元旦前夕对新疆学生进行政治教育 (In Late 2009, Beijing Foreign Studies University Held Political Education Classes for Students from Xinjiang)
Radio Free Asia, January 05, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/Uyghur_students-01052010105359.html

December 18, 2009

News
Environment
Cities to the Rescue
South China Morning Post, December 18, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3f04060cd8c95210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Green Dam
官方网站出现警告信息　另类绿坝悄然安装 (Warning Sign Pops Up in Government Sites; "Green Dam Alternative" Secretly Installed)
Radio Free Asia, December 17, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/luba-12172009093920.html

Related Information:
China Imposes New Internet Controls
New York Times, December 17, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/18/world/asia/18china.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Labor
为维权，48名工人闯四关 (48 Workers Determined to Defend Their Rights)
Southern Metropolis Daily, December 18, 2009
http://epaper.nddaily.com/B/html/2009-12/18/content_970726.htm

20多保安在工地上围殴6民工 5人受伤入院 (6 Migrant Workers Beaten by 20 Security Guards; 5 Injured, Hospitalized)
Sanxiang Dushi Bao, December 17, 2009
http://hn.rednet.cn/c/2009/12/17/1873851.htm

Cancer Patient 'Denied Work' in E China
China Daily, December 17, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-12/17/content_9190881.htm

Media
律師稱關停互聯網影音網站法律依據存疑 (Lawyers: Legal Base for Shutdown of File-sharing Sites Is Dubious)
Southern People Weekly, December 18, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1365284/1.html

Migrant Workers
上海：所有农民工子女将与沪籍孩子一样接受义务教育 (Migrant Workers’ Children to Receive Obligatory Education Same as Other Children with Hukou in Shanghai)
Xinhua News Agency, December 17, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-12/17/content_12663425.htm

Police
昆明镟押犯離奇死 「一元紙幣開手銬 鞋帶自縊」 (Detainees in Kunming Die Out of Suspicious Reasons)
Ming Pao, December 18, 2009
http://news.mingpao.com/20091218/caa1.htm

State Security
China Holds US Engineer on Trade Secrets Charge
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), December 17, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091217/ap_on_re_as/as_china_detained_americans

Tibet
Official Repeats Accusation That Dalai Lama Lied
South China Morning Post, December 18, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2fe3f3c96dc95210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

September 16, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
China Warns Germany against Taking Uighur Gitmo Detainees
The Local, September 15, 2009
http://www.thelocal.de/national/20090915-21935.html

Corruption
中國政府開展國際合作追捕外逃貪官 (China Reaches Out for International Cooperation in Pursuing Officials on the Run)
China News Service, September 16, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/107/1/1/1265749/1.html

Gender
Police Confrontation Draws Online Attention to Gay Rights in China
Irish Times, September 16, 2009
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2009/0916/1224254651693.html

Government
河南农村探索实践"4＋2"工作法:用程序保证民主决策 (Henan Village Looks into the "4+2" Work Method to Guarantee Democratic Policy Decision)
People's Daily, September 16, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-09/16/content_12059177.htm

Green Dam
Chinese Schools Quietly Discard Controversial Web Filter
Reuters, September 15, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE58E22F20090915

Labor
河南派20個煤礦督查組赴各地展開工作 (20 Mine Inspectors Dispatched Investigate Henan's Coal Mines)
Henan Commercial News, September 16, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1266374/1.html

Media
Chinese City Aims for Media Openness: State Press
Agence France-Presse, September 16, 2009
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iJ5m2JxlLu0LKE2HqXp4wYGTnh2Q

Related information:
《深圳市人民政府新闻办发布工作办法》新闻发布会 (Press Conference Concerning and Full Text of the Measures on the Announcement of Information by the Information Office of the Shenzhen Municipal People's Government)
Shenzhen Government Online, September 15, 2009
http://www.shenzhen.gov.cn/cn/xxgk/xwfyr/wqhg/fbh_52/

Multilateral
China to Unveil New Climate Plans at U.N. Summit
Reuters, September 16, 2009
http://in.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idINLF52641120090915

Protests and Petitions
China's Citizen Petitioners Find Cold Reception in Beijing
Christian Science Monitor, September 15, 2009
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0915/p06s10-woap.html

Rural Issues
當年人吃人 今日人欺人 (Back Then It Was "Dog Eats Dog," Now It's "Dog Cheats Dog")
Ming Pao, September 16, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1266078/1.html

State Security
京全民皆兵 80萬安保志願者維穩 (All Alert in Beijing; 800K "Security Volunteers" Help to Maintain Stability)
Ming Pao, September 16, 2009
http://news.mingpao.com/20090916/cab1.htm

Taiwan
台湾将以务实方式推进参与联合国机构 (Foreign Minister: Taiwan to Promote Participation in UN Agencies in Practical Ways)
Radio Free Asia, September 15, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/taiwan-09152009132825.html

Three Gorges
China Begins Raising Three Gorges Reservoir Level to 17
Xinhua News Agency, September 15, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-09/15/content_12056591.htm

Tibet
中国反对任何国家领袖会见达赖喇嘛 (China Opposes Meetings of Any World Leaders with the Dalai Lama)
Radio France Internationale, September 15, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/117/article_16141.asp

Related news:
West Appeasing China on Tibet, Says PM-in-exile
Agence France-Presse, September 15, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090915/wl_asia_afp/chinatibetusindiareligiondiplomacydalai

联合国人权官员呼吁中国检讨西藏新疆政策 (UN High Commissioner of Human Rights Urges China to Review Its Tibet and XUAR Policy)
Voice of America, September 15, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/2009-09-15-voa36.cfm

XUAR
China Says 75 Suspects Held over Far-west Needle Scare
Reuters, September 15, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE58E3NK20090915

Chinese Ban Transport of Explosives in Urumqi
Associated Press, September 15, 2009
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j794twyjYyjeOIdsKWwzCUhsgvUAD9ANPAM00

新疆针扎案“目的制造民族仇恨” (XUAR Syringe Attacks "Aimed at Creating Ethnic Tension")
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 16, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_8250000/newsid_8258100/8258146.stm

August 21, 2009

News
Military
China’s Secretive Military Opens Up in Cyberspace
New York Times, August 20, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/21/world/asia/21pla.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

State Security
800,000 Recruited as Informants in Run-up to 60th Anniversary
South China Morning Post, August 21, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6809db0deb833210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Corruption
Police Boss Investigated after Officers Sign Petition
South China Morning Post, August 21, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=275adb0deb833210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Beijing Orders Lower Level Officials to Stamp Out Construction Graft
South China Morning Post, August 21, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=66b9db0deb833210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Green Dam
Green Dam Gets A Youthful Spin
South China Morning Post, August 21, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c843e73bb8833210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet
拉萨雪顿节气氛紧张 四藏人被判刑（图） (Lhasa Tightens Security Ahead of The Shoton Festival, 4 Tibetans Sentenced)
Radio Free Asia, August 20, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sizangrenhuoxing-08202009111732.html

XUAR
Kadeer's Family to Be Evicted, Activists Say South China Morning Post, August 21, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b8fadb0deb833210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Xinjiang to Intensify Security Force for Urumqi Trade Fair
Xinhua News Agency, August 20, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/20/content_11919450.htm

Police Log Evidence from Deadly Ethnic Riots
AP (via SCMP), August 21, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=644ff0f997b33210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Public Health
China Issues Drugs List as Part of Health Reform
AP (via YahooNews), August 20, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090820/ap_on_re_as/as_china_cheaper_drugs

Anger Mounts as Number of Poisoned Children Climbs
South China Morning Post, August 21, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=01dadb0deb833210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Police
李蕊蕊强奸案 目击证人被公安胁迫作伪证 (Police Force Witness in "Black Jail" Rape Case to Give False Testimony)
Radio Free Asia, August 20, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lireirei-08202009093847.html

Human Rights Defenders - Xu Zhiyong (许志永)
知名知识分子就公盟事件联署　谏当局勿饮鸩止渴（视频图集） (Open Letter by China's Best-known Intellectuals Calling for The Release of Xu Zhiyong)
Radio Free Asia, August 20, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhimingzhishifenzi-08202009154444.html

Environment
China Backs Down over PepsiCo, Coca-Cola Pollution Claims
AFP( via YahooNews), August 20, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090820/sc_afp/chinaenvironmentpollution

August 14, 2009

News
Civil Society
益仁平及爱知行被工商局人员上门调查 (Workers from Aizhixing and Yirenping Investigated by Officials from the Industry and Commerce Department)
Radio Free Asia, August 13, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_ngo-08132009114306.html

Government
京18区县机构改革月底完成结合区情设机构 (Restructuring of Beijing's 18 District and County Governmental Organs to Be Completed by End of August)
The Beijing News, August 14, 2009
http://news.bjnews.com.cn/2009/0814/41156.shtml

Green Dam
Green Dam Launch "Not Handled Well"
Xinhua News Agency, August 14, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/14/content_11879750.htm

Human Rights Defender – Tan Zuoren (谭作人)
English-language Papers Report on Activist’s Trial
South China Morning Post, August 14, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7602b6cc9a413210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related news:
Independent Investigator Put on Trial in Chengdu
Global Times, August 13, 2009
http://china.globaltimes.cn/society/2009-08/457211.html

Labor
环保维权：索赔未果 300员工集体捡垃圾抗议 (Environmental Rights Defense: After Claiming Damages Fails, 300 Workers Collect Rubbish in Protest)
Southern Metropolis News, August 14, 2009
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/nfdsb/200908140078.asp

江蘇化工廠爆炸3死3重傷 (Three Dead, Three Severely Injured after Jiangsu Factory Explosion)
Ming Pao, August 14, 2009
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20090814/ca50950k.htm

Media
Action Promised on Detained Reporters
South China Morning Post, August 14, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6051b6cc9a413210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

U.S. Tests System to Break Foreign Web Censorship
Reuters, August 13, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE57C5OQ20090813

Related news:
美國新系統破中伊網上封鎖 (New U.S. System Breaks through Internet Blockades in China and Iran)
Ming Pao, August 14, 2009
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20090814/ta50841a.htm

Related information:
Feed Over Email Project
http://code.google.com/p/foe-project/

Police
Chinese Policemen Jailed after Detention Center Death
Xinhua News Agency, August 14, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/14/content_11881307.htm

Related news:
“躲猫猫”案一审宣判 看守所两民警分别获刑 (Two Officers in Detention Center Death Case Separately Sentenced)
Xinhua News Agency, August 14, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-08/14/content_11881502.htm

Two Officers Jailed for Torturing Suspect to Death
Shanghai Daily, August 14, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=410621

Politics
四川打人官員閃電復職 (Sichuan Communications Official Sacked for Beating Someone Is Given New Job of Same Stature Five Days Later)
Ming Pao, August 14, 2009
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20090814/ca51535c.htm

Protests and Petitions
失地农民上访 索赔获补偿后被判4年 (Hebei Villager Zhang Jianjun Petitions for Land, Receives Compensation, then Sentenced to Four Years in Prison)
Southern Metropolis News, August 13, 2009
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/nfdsb/200908130061.asp

河南政法委书记:不截访、也不许赴京告"洋状" (Secretary of the Henan Provincial Political and Legislative Affairs Committee: Neither Intercepting Petitioners nor Petitioners Reporting to Foreign Journals or Officials Is Permitted)
Southern Metropolis News, August 14, 2009
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/nfdsb/200908130054.asp

Public Health
China Child Lead Poisoning Cases Double to 615: Report
Agence France-Presse (via Google News), August 14, 2009
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5idWZQOOFVCsiSOX1LsfljBEacvDQ

Religion
Chinese Falun Gong Practitioners back to Normal Life
Xinhua News Agency, August 14, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/14/content_11881079.htm

XUAR
China Promotes Xinjiang Armed Police Chief: Report
Agence France-Presse (via Google News), August 14, 2009
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hy8DoBvCFjoZL75bhHlQQC0PyqiA

August 13, 2009

Top News of the Day

Human Rights Defender - Tan Zuoren (谭作人)
Chinese Police Detain 11 Who Planned to Attend Activist's Trial
Guardian (UK), August 12, 2009
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/aug/12/china-detentions-activist-trial-earthquake

The trial of Tan Zuoren (谭作人), writer and environmental activist, in the Intermediate People’s Court in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, ended without a court decision on August 12, 2009. Before the trial, the well known artist Ai Weiwei (艾未未) and his volunteers were barred from attending the trial as a witness for Tan. Ai was beaten by Chengdu police and detained in his hotel room for 11 hours.

Related information:
Police Beat and Detain Supporters of Sichuan Earthquake Critic Morning before Trial
Human Rights in China, August 12, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/171835

Related news:
HK Reporters 'Detained' in China
AFP (via Sydney Morning Herald), August 13, 2009 http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/hk-reporters-detained-in-china-20090813-eimh.html

Activist on Trial for Subversion
China Daily, August 13, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-08/13/content_8563471.htm

News
Green Dam
李毅中：不強制電腦裝綠壩 (Installation of "Green Dam" Not Compulsory But Schools And Internet Cafes Still Go ahead: Minister)
Ming Pao, August 13, 2009
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20090813/ca41124a.htm

Environment
Factory Closes After 300 Kids Sickened in China
AP (via YahooNews), August 12, 2009 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090812/ap_on_re_as/as_china_lead_poisoning

Greens Hail Rule Giving Watchdog More Clout
South China Morning Post, August 13, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0f772b2f84f03210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Containers of Hazardous Chemicals Fall from Ship into Yangtze River
South China Morning Post, August 13, 2009 http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4a887e0639f03210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender - Xu Zhiyong (许志永)
“公盟”、“许志永”遭大陆网站封杀 (Authorities Censor Words "Gongmeng", "Xu Zhiyong" in Cyberspace)
Radio Free Asia, August 12, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_xu-08122009121600.html?encoding=simplified

Internet Censorship
李蕊蕊家人疑遭控制 当局发布消息又删网帖 (Authorities Monitor Family of "Black Jail" Rape Victim, Shut down Websites Reporting Related News)
Radio Free Asia, August 12, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/liruirui-08122009085631.html

Chinese Parents "Shed Tears," Begged for Web Curbs
Reuters via YahooNew.com, August 13, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090813/wl_nm/us_china_internet

Children
Shanxi Police Crack Baby Trafficking Network
Shanghai Daily, August 13, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=410556

State Security
Rio Tinto Says China Has No Case against Exec
AFP( via YahooNews), August 12, 2009 http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090812/wl_asia_afp/chinaaustraliabritainminingdiplomacyriotintohu

Australia Says 'Internal Pressure' Helped Rio Case
AFP( via YahooNews), August 13, 2009 http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090813/ts_afp/chinaaustraliabritainminingdiplomacyriotinto

August 04, 2009

News
Civil Society
许志永被捕公盟被取缔后NGO全面受威胁 (NGOs across China to Face Intimidation before Sensitive Anniversary)
Radio France Internationale, August 03, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/116/article_15236.asp

Green Dam
北京律師控「綠壩部長」 (Beijing Lawyer Xie Yanyi Accuses Minister of Industry and Information Technology of Infringing on Citizen's Free Communication and Other Crimes; Beijing Procuratorate to Decide Whether or Not to Accept)
Central News Agency (via Sina.com), August 03, 2009
http://news.sina.com.tw/article/20090803/1987229.html

Government
制约、整合、瘦身：特区深圳率先启动政府机构改革 (Shenzhen to Pioneer Governmental Reform)
Xinhua News Agency , August 03, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-08/03/content_11819590.htm

化工廠污染 環保局長停職 (Local Director of Environmental Protection Bureau Suspended due to Industrial Pollution in Liuyang, Hunan)
Ming Pao (via Yahoo! Asia News), August 02, 2009
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/090802/4/dhud.html

Human Rights Defenders
网上写诗获罪 再有《零八宪章》签署人被劳教 (Writer and Charter 08 Signatory Luo Yongquan Sentenced to Two Years of Reeducation-Through-Labor)
Radio Free Asia, August 03, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/luo-08032009132104.html

Human Rights Defenders – Guo Quan (郭泉), Huang Qi (黄琦)
闭门审黄琦证人不准出庭 郭泉案周五开庭 (Closed-Door Hearings for Huang Qi; Guo Quan's Trial Begins Friday)
Radio Free Asia, August 03, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/guoquan-08032009153320.html

Labor
Metal Leak at China Chemical Plant Leaves 500 Sick
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), August 03, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090803/ap_on_re_as/as_china_pollution_sickness

Media
China Censors Namibia Corruption Case that May Touch President's Son
Christian Science Monitor (via Yahoo! News), August 03, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20090803/wl_csm/oprincelings

Student Beaten to Death at Juvenile Guidance Center
Shanghai Daily, August 03, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200908/20090803/article_409490.htm

Protests and Petitions
北京200余村民不满拆迁补助 围堵高速路 (200 Beijing Villagers Take to the Highway in Protest)
The Beijing News (via Net Ease), August 04, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/0804/03/5FRF7LBB0001124J.html

武汉数百下放返乡人员堵路抗议 要求基本生活保障 (Several Hundred Demoted Wuhan Cadres Protest Insufferable Living Conditions)
Radio Free Asia, August 03, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wuhan-08032009183620.html

Public Health
Chinese Town Sealed Off after Plague Deaths
New York Times, August 04, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/04/world/asia/04china.html

State Security
Evidence 'Strong' in Rio Tinto Spying Case
Associated Press (via South China Morning Post), August 03, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f79d89cc85ed2210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

京地鐵車廂設監聽裝置 (Beijing's Subways Have Surveillance System Installed)
Ming Pao (via Yahoo Asia News), August 02, 2009
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/090801/4/dhpf.html

XUAR
5 Attacks in Xinjiang Foiled, Say State Media
Agence France Presse (via South China Morning Post), August 04, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=68c88c03331e2210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

新疆起草兩法規 (Two New Regulations Drafted for XUAR)
Ming Pao (via Sina.com), August 02, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1218606/1.html

Related news:
维护民族团结 新疆人大常委会拟制定两部维稳法规 (To Uphold Ethnic Unity, Standing Committee of the XUAR People's Congress Drafts Two Regulations on Safeguarding Stability)
Legal Daily, August 1, 2009
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0801/2009-08/01/content_1131728.htm

July 23, 2009

News

Bilateral Ties
Beijing Open to Talks in US on Xinjiang Unrest
South China Morning Post (via South China Morning Post), July 23, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5d8dccb4163a2210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss

Chinese FM Meets with U.S. Secretary of State
Xinhua (via Xinhua), July 22, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/23/content_11755869.htm

China Urges Australia to Respect Judicial Sovereignty
Xinhua (via China Daily), July 22, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-07/22/content_8460054.htm

Corruption
Company Linked to Son of China's President Faces Corruption Probe
Time (via Yahoo! News), July 22, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20090722/wl_time/08599191211700

滇 最大挪用公款案开审 云铜原副总经理被控挪7.6亿 (Yunnan Copper Employees Charged with Largest Amount Embezzled from Public Funds (7.6 Hundred Million RMB))
Xinhua (via Xinhua), July 23, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-07/23/content_11757190.htm

Government
山西上半年处分党员干部2679人 (Shanxi Disciplines 2679 Party Members in the First Half of the Year)
Xinhua (via Net Ease), July 22, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/0722/19/5EROM3AD000120GU.html

Green Dam
Asian Makers Ship PCs With China Web Filter
Wall Street Journal (Asia) (via Wall Street Journal (Asia)), July 23, 2009
http://sec.online.wsj.com/article/SB124827165796072231.html#mod=rss_asia_whats_news

Internet Censorship
China to Implement Program for Clean Online Games
Xinhua (via Xinhua), July 22, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/22/content_11755348.htm

China Orders Internet Purge
Financial Times (via Financial Times), July 23, 2009
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0b1592da-76e4-11de-b23c-00144feabdc0.html

诽谤入罪成惯例　大陆网民说不！（图） (Libel Becomes A Common Criminal Charge, Internet Users Protest)
Radio Free Asia (via Radio Free Asia), July 22, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/feibang-07222009154333.html

Labor
Chinese Worker Commits Suicide Over Missing iPhone
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), July 22, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090722/ap_on_re_as/as_china_iphone_suicide

Police
公安部要求加强公安监管工作确保监管场所安全 (Ministry of Public Safety Calls on Strengthening Supervision for Public Security)
Xinhua (via Xinhua), July 23, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-07/23/content_11757135.htm

Population
鼓励双方均为独生子女夫妻生二胎 (Shanghai Population and Family Planning Commission: We Encourage Those Who Fulfill Regulation's Conditions to Have Second Child)
Shanghai Morning Post, July 23, 2009
http://newspaper.jfdaily.com/xwcb/page_26/200907/t20090723_714669.html

Protests and Petitions
多位上海访民公开接待日遭打压 (Petitioners in Shanghai Face Pressure )
Radio Free Asia (via Radio Free Asia), July 22, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-07222009091337.html

曾簽「免責協議書」 石首死者5家屬被拘 (Family of Deceased Shishou Protestors Sign "Disclaimer Agreement")
Ming Pao (via Ming Pao), July 23, 2009
http://news.mingpao.com/20090723/cab1.htm

Religion
China Says Falun Gong Ban 'Works'
BBC News (via BBC News), July 22, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8162342.stm

XUAR
China Fears Ethnic Strife Could Agitate Uighur Oasis
New York Times (via New York Times), July 22, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/23/world/asia/23kashgar.html

July 07, 2009

Top News
XUAR
China Detains 15 over Ethnic Brawl Linked to Riot
Reuters, July 07, 2009
http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-40859520090707

Death Toll in Xinjiang Riot Rises to 156
Xinhua News Agency, July 07, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/07/content_11663866.htm

Han Chinese Clash with Police
Financial Times, July 07, 2009
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dbd76e6a-6ab0-11de-ad04-00144feabdc0.html

Police Arrests 1,434 Suspects in Connection with Xinjiang Riot
Xinhua News Agency, July 07, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/07/content_11664739.htm

Xinjiang to Adopt Curfew in Capital City Tonight
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), July 07, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-07/07/content_8389466.htm

News
Green Dam
海尔宏基开始预装过滤软件 (Haier, Acer Begin Pre-installing Censor Software)
Radio France Internationale, July 04, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/115/article_14663.asp

Human Rights Defender – Ni Yulan (倪玉兰)
北京维权人士倪玉兰狱决定提出申诉 (Imprisoned Rights Defender Ni Yulan to File for Appeal)
Radio Free Asia, July 07, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/weiquan-07062009145646.html

Human Rights Defenders
上海异见人士韩立法再被劳教 (Shanghainese Dissident Han Lifa again Sentenced to Reeducation-Through-Labor)
Radio Free Asia, July 06, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/laogai-07062009135828.html

Land Policy
成都暴力征地拆迁 鸣枪恐吓村民 (Shots Fired to Intimidate Villagers in Violent Land Requisition in Chengdu)
Radio Free Asia, July 06, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/chengdu-07062009091941.html

Media
In Latest Upheaval, China Applies New Strategies to Control Flow of Information
New York Times, July 08, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/08/world/asia/08beijing.html

Related news:
Savvy Internet Users Defy China's Censors on Riot
Agence France-Presse (via Google News), July 06, 2009
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jlMPMzVRIgHQFdLL_ShBYw_af3Vw

Police
Police Treatment of Corpses Rapped
Shanghai Daily, July 07, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200907/20090707/article_406628.htm

Protests and Petitions
苗族護土抗爭 400人械鬥11傷 (Land Protest in Guizhou Leaves 11 Injured)
Ming Pao (via Sina.com), July 07, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1191279/1.html

July 3, 2009

Children
SW China: Baby Girls Taken and Sold for Adoption
China Daily, July 03, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-07/03/content_8350825.htm

Corruption
China's System beyond the System
Asia Times Online, July 03, 2009
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/KG03Ad01.html

Environment
China Opposed to Tariff Plan in US Climate Bill
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), July 02, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_as/as_china_g8

專家稱美國駐華使館自測北京空氣質量不科學 (Unnamed “Beijing Environmental Monitoring Expert” Calls US Embassy's Monitoring of Beijing's Air Pollution Unscientific)
The Beijing News (via Sina.com), July 03, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/113/1/1/1187096/1.html

Related information:
Twittering Air Pollution Levels in Beijing
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), June 19, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20090619/wl_time/08599190573600

Green Dam
PC Makers Voluntarily Supply Web Filter in China
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), July 02, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_as/as_tec_china_internet

Human Rights Defenders – Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
中国当局拒绝刘晓波保释申请 (Authorities Refuse Bail Application for Liu Xiaobo)
Radio Free Asia, July 02, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/liu-07022009160559.html

Media
北京作家凌沧洲罢写博客三天 (Beijing Writer Ling Cangzhou Holds Three Day Strike on Blog)
Radio Free Asia, July 02, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ling-07022009151846.html

六四议题敏感 《君子杂志》撤稿并解聘记者 (Esquire Journalist Dismissed over June Fourth Coverage)
Radio Free Asia, July 02, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/64-07022009103615.html

Police
Deaths in Detention House under Probe
Shanghai Daily, July 03, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200907/20090703/article_406220.htm

Water Torture Turns Innocent Ex-Soldier Blind in Prison
South China Morning Post, July 03, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c0248b6508c32210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

南昌万建国案周四审结 警方滥用酷刑仍然普遍 (Hearing of Wan Jianguo Case Over; Police Abuse still Prevalent)
Radio Free Asia, July 02, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/nanchang-07022009143908.html

Related information:
Police Accused of Killing Detained Man: They Were Ordered to Use Violence
Human Rights in China, July 1, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/170149

July 01-02, 2009

Top News of the Day
Police
Chinese Police Accused of Killing Suspect in Search of Confession
Guardian, July 01, 2009
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/01/china-police-wan-jianguo-custody

On July 1, the trial of four police officers for involvement in the death of Wan Jianguo (万建国), who died in August 2008 on his 35th day of detention, opened in Nanchang Intermediate People’s Court in Jiangxi Province.

Related information:
Police Accused of Killing Detained Man: They Were Ordered to Use Violence
Human Rights in China, July 1, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/170149

News
Religion
河南郑州教会遭打压 教友牧师被刑拘劳教 (Pressure from Officials on Henan House Church; Practitioners Detained, Sentenced to Reeducation-Through-Labor)
Radio Free Asia, July 01, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jiaohui-07012009123556.html

Rural Issues
Legislature Takes Aim at Payout System That Values Villagers Less
South China Morning Post, July 01, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a3a846ace1232210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Disasters
Party Linked to Toppled Building
South China Morning Post, July 02, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7ffdad2843732210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
黃果樹景區武力清場 逾30村民傷 (Clash with Police Leaves More than 30 Injured after Villagers Block Entrance to Tourist Spot in Protest)
Ming Pao (via Sina.com), July 02, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1186245/1.html

湖北公安县民办教师聚集上访 代表被刑拘 (Private Teachers in Hubei Protesting and Petitioning for Equal Treatment Criminally Detained, Petitioning Trips Intercepted)
Radio Free Asia, July 01, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/minban-07012009115252.html

Food Security
Villagers' Drinking Supply Undermined
China Daily, July 02, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-07/02/content_8345608.htm

Media
文化部:净化文化市场 非法动漫假唱等将严打 (Ministry of Culture: Cracking Down on Illegal Acts to Clean Up and Bring a Cultured Environment to Internet Cafes)
Legal Daily (via China Youth Daily), June 30, 2009
http://law.cyol.com/content/2009-06/30/content_2733444.htm

Facebook Twitter勢成監控目標 (Outside Influence from Social Networking Sites Such as Facebook and Twitter Become Target for Monitoring and Control)
Ming Pao (via Sina.com), July 02, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1186254/1.html

China Cracks Down on Virtual Cash
BBC News, June 30, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8126386.stm

Politics
Hu Urges Improved Democracy Within the Communist Party
South China Morning Post, July 01, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=386846ace1232210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

State Security
北京将建社会稳定预警机制 防暴力事件群体事件 (Beijing to Form an Early Warning System to Prevent Riots and Mass Events)
China News (via Xinhua News Agency), July 02, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-07/02/content_11639329.htm

Human Rights Defenders
闽维权人士被传唤 鄂维权志愿兵被刑拘 (Fujianese Activist Wu Huaying Subpoenaed; Hubei Representative for Volunteer PLA Soldiers Detained while Petitioning in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, July 01, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/min-07012009144118.html

Corruption
China's New Corruption Hotline Overloaded
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), June 30, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090630/wl_afp/chinacorruptionhotline_20090630072546

Green Dam
China Delays Mandatory 'Green Dam' Installation
China Daily, June 30, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-06/30/content_8339705.htm

Related Information:
工信部新闻发言人就绿色上网过滤软件问题答记者问 (Spokesperson from MIIT Answers Questions on Green Internet Filtering Software)
Xinhua News Agency, June 30, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-06/30/content_11628642.htm

Plug Not Pulled on Software
China Daily, July 02, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2009-07/02/content_8345676.htm

Party Celebrates China Web Filter Delay
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), July 01, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090701/wl_nm/us_china_internet_celebration

June 30, 2009

News

Religion

四川成都一家庭教会强遭当局取缔 (Authorities Shut Down Chengdu House Church)
Voice of America (via Voice of America), June 30, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-06-28-voa25.cfm

Media
新華社英語電視明日開播 (Xinhua News Agency's English News Channel Begins Airing in EU on July 1)
Ming Pao (via Sina.com), June 30, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1184090/1.html

Supermarkets Spread News as China Advances on English Language Broadcasts
Times, June 30, 2009
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6605449.ece

State Security
国家秘密须审慎界定 ("State Secrets" Must Be Cautiously Defined)
China Youth Daily, June 27, 2009
http://www.cyol.net/zqb/content/2009-06/27/content_2730861.htm

Politics
全國人大首次明確表態 同命不同價現象有望終結 (NPC for the First Time Clearly States that Urban and Rural Residents Should Receive Same Death Compensation)
The Beijing News (via Sina.com), June 30, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/113/1/1/1184334/1.html

Green Dam
“绿坝”克星“绿色海啸”问世 ("Green Tsunami" Released to Combat "Green Dam")
Radio Free Asia (via Radio Free Asia), June 30, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lvba-06292009160803.html

Corruption
12 China Officials Jailed for Landslide
Taiwan News, June 29, 2009
http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=989002

Disasters
Shanghai Home Owners Demand Refunds after Apartment Building Collapse
China Daily, June 28, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-06/28/content_11616206.htm

Hong Kong
Beijing 'Afraid' of Big Turnout for March
South China Morning Post, June 30, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e4cfdd531bc22210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

北京对香港民主派弃怀柔政策改强硬立场 (Beijing Alters Policy toward Hong Kong's Pan-Democrats)
Radio France Internationale (via Radio France Internationale), June 29, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/114/article_14560.asp

North Korea
Traffickers Prey on North Korean Women Fleeing to China
Voice of America, June 29, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-06-29-voa25.cfm

Gender
China Launches Anti-Prostitution Drive
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), June 29, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090629/wl_asia_afp/chinasexcrimeprostitution

June 29, 2009

News
Children
In China, Parents Mourn Children Abducted by Traffickers
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), June 28, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090629/wl_nm/us_china_trafficking

Disasters
Shanghai Authorities Hold 9 in Connection with Building Collapse, Order Safety Checks
Associated Press, June 29, 2009
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-as-china-building-collapse,1,2363085.story

Green Dam
Companies Appeal to China to Drop Web Filter Plan
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), June 27, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090627/ap_on_re_as/as_china_internet

China's Internet Filter Rules Draw WTO Complaints
Reuters, June 26, 2009
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE55P4K720090626

Human Rights Defenders -- Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
國際律師協會函溫總 關注維權律師受打壓 (International Bar Association Writes Premier Wen on The Targetting of Rights Defense Lawyers)
Ming Pao, June 29, 2009
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/090629/4/cxln.html

Related information:
China: Targeting of Defence Lawyers (国际律师协会（IBA）致函总理温家宝关注内地维权律师执业考核受阻)
Human Rights Institute of the International Bar Association, June 19, 2009
English: http://www.ibanet.org/Human_Rights_Institute/About_the_HRI/HRI_Activities/HRI_Media/HRI_Interventions/Int_China_June09.aspx
中文翻译: http://www.64tianwang.com/bencandy.php?fid=12&aid=4629

刘晓波被捕后首度会见律师 (Liu Xiaobo Meets with Lawyers for The First Time Since Arrest)
Radio France Internationale, June 27, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/114/article_14525.asp

Human Rights Defenders
Snitching for China Leads to Sorrow and Exile
Associated Press (via Google News), June 28, 2009
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iq2FRnRWuIfqo-BqFTvCtWFX9MDQD99360QO0

For more information on the New Youth Study Group, see:
Case Update: Beijing Intellectuals Yang Zili and Zhang Honghai Released after Eight Years in Prison
Human Rights in China, March 12, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/141758

Law
How China Justifies Empty Witness Chairs
Caijing Magazine, June 26, 2009
http://english.caijing.com.cn/2009-06-26/110189954.html

Original article in Chinese:
最该出庭的人在哪里
Caijing Magazine, June 22, 2009
http://magazine.caijing.com.cn/2009-06-21/110187313.html

China's Top Legislature Abolishes Eight Outdated, Redundant Laws
Xinhua News Agency, June 27, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-06/27/content_11609763.htm

Related information:
关于废止部分法律的决定 (Resolution on Abolishing Certain Legislation)
Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, June 27, 2009
http://www.npc.gov.cn/npc/xinwen/lfgz/zxfl/2009-06/27/content_1508553.htm

China Revises Statistics Law to Curb Data Falsification
Xinhua News Agency, June 27, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-06/27/content_11609707.htm

Related information:
中华人民共和国统计法 (Law on Statistics of the People's Republic of China) (revised)
Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, June 27, 2009
http://www.npc.gov.cn/npc/xinwen/lfgz/zxfl/2009-06/27/content_1508548.htm

China's Legislature Eyes Stability with Law on Rural Land Disputes Meditation
Xinhua News Agency, June 27, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-06/27/content_11609910.htm

Related information:
中华人民共和国农村土地承包经营纠纷调解仲裁法 (Law of the People's Republic of China on the Mediation and Arbitration of Rural Land Contract Management Disputes)
National People's Congress, June 27, 2009
http://www.npc.gov.cn/npc/xinwen/lfgz/zxfl/2009-06/27/content_1508550.htm

佛山稔海25名村民因保护自己的合法权益而获刑 (25 Foshan Villagers Sentenced After Defending Right to Fair Compensation)
Radio Free Asia, June 28, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/foshan-06282009145236.html

Media
近日中国大陆互联网使用困难不断 (Chinese Netizens Encounter Difficulties Using Various Popular Online Sites over Past Few Days)
Radio Free Asia, June 26, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wangluo-06262009101145.html

Politics
Reshuffle Targets Judicial Corruption
South China Morning Post, June 29, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=86d4286e55722210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
港資廠民族群毆120死傷 驚動政治局 急遷走600新疆籍員工 (2 Dead, 118 Injured in Clash between Han and Newly-hired Uyghur Workers at Guangdong Toy Factory)
Ming Pao (via Yahoo! News), June 27, 2009
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/090626/4/cwme.html

Rumormonger Held over South China Toy Factory Brawl
Xinhua News Agency, June 29, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-06/29/content_11616274.htm

Public Health
山东卫生厅调查“东明肿瘤” (Shandong Provincial Bureau of Health to Investigate Large Number of Tumors in Dongming County)
The Beijing News, June 26, 2009
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/guonei/2009/06-26/008@015815.htm

June 26, 2009

News

Green Dam
US Seeks to Stop Use of Web Filter on New PCs
South China Morning Post, June 26, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9f297cd406812210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

PC Makers Race to Comply with China's Web Filter
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), June 25, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090625/ap_on_re_as/as_tec_china_internet_pc_makers

财政部否认参与绿坝 网民向中国网审下战书 (Ministry of Finance Denies Involvement in Green Dam, Netizens "Declare War" on Internet Censorship)
Radio Free Asia, June 25, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/luba-06252009163830.html

Human Rights Defenders -- Liu Xiaobo, 刘晓波
China Rejects International Concern for Jailed Dissident
Voice of America, June 25, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-06-25-voa8.cfm?rss=asia

Labor
Law Urged to Protect Workers Against Heat
South China Morning Post, June 26, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c0097cd406812210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Law
Veteran Lawyer Urges Colleagues to Fight for the Rule of Law
South China Morning Post, June 26, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5699303e73312210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China Seeks to Expand State Compensation
China Daily, June 26, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-06/25/content_8324011.htm

Media
Google Investigating China Service Outages
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), June 26, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090625/wl_asia_afp/chinacomputerinternetcensorshipgoogle

Govt Steps up Heat on Google
China Daily, June 26, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-06/26/content_8324498.htm

Migrant Workers
泛珠三角9省区将签订省际农民工维权合作协议 (9 Provinces in Pan-Pearl River Delta Sign Migrant Workers' Rights Agreement)
Eastday, June 26, 2009
http://news.eastday.com/c/20090626/u1a4461553.html

Protests and Petitions
上访遭打压 维权被拘押 (Petitioners Suppressed, Rights Defenders Detained)
Radio Free Asia, June 25, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shangfang-06252009151345.html

上海数十访民突遭软禁 每周传郑恩宠已成常态 (Shanghai Petitioners under House Arrest, Zheng Enchong Summoned Every Week)
Radio Free Asia, June 24, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-06242009133650.html

北京访民再次发动大规模示威抗议 (Beijing Petitioners Stage Large-scale Protest Again)
Radio Free Asia, June 24, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-06242009114317.html

齐齐哈尔处置一起群体性上访事件 (Workers in Heilongjiang Punished After Organizing A Mass Petition)
Net Ease, June 26, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/0625/13/5CLI3OVF0001124J.html

June 25, 2009

News
Corruption
China Corruption Website Crashes
BBC News, June 24, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8117297.stm

26.7b Yuan in Embezzled Public Funds Recovered
South China Morning Post, June 25, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=871b303e73312210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Green Dam
Maker of Website Filter Reports Harassing Calls And Death Threats
South China Morning Post, June 25, 2009http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=57a9303e73312210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

U.S. Urges China to Scrap Internet Filter Plan
Reuters (available at YahooNews), June 25, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090625/wl_nm/us_china_internet

Hukou
Shanghai's New Residency Policy Draws Complaints
South China Morning Post, June 24, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=72515aacd6112210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender - Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
Charter 08 Signatories Rally to Support Arrested Dissident
South China Morning Post, June 25, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=85d9303e73312210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related information
HRIC Press Release: HRIC Strongly Condemns the Formal Arrest of Liu Xiaobo by Chinese Authorities
Human Rights in China, June 24, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/170108

US Calls for Release of China Dissident
AFP( via YahooNews), June 25, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090625/wl_asia_afp/chinarightsdissidentus

US House Speaker Slams China Arrest of Democracy Advocate
AFP (via YahooNews), June 24, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090624/pl_afp/chinarightsdissidentuscongress

Internet Censorship
China Blocks Google Website
Financial Times, June 24, 2009
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/59d9611c-60dc-11de-aa12-00144feabdc0.html

Web Sex Purge Hits Health Information Sites
South China Morning Post, June 25, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6e13d59f6d212210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
北京警察驱散举行示威的访民（视像） (Police Disperse Petitioners' Protest in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, June 24, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/petitioner_beijing-06242009105738.html?encoding=simplified

上海当局周三出动大量警察软禁访民 (Shanghai Petitioners Put under House Arrest on Wednesday)
Radio Free Asia, June 24, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/petitioner_shanghai-06242009120953.html?encoding=simplified

Social Security
Pension Scheme Extended to Countryside
South China Morning Post, June 25, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6c0a303e73312210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

June 24, 2009

Top News
Human Rights Defender – Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
刘晓波被捕 被控煽动颠覆国家政权 (Liu Xiaobo Formally Arrested, Accused of “Inciting Subversion of State Power”)
British Broadcasting News, June 24, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_8110000/newsid_8116000/8116019.stm

Xinhua News Agency announced on June 24, 2009, that the formal arrest of independent intellectual and Independent Chinese PEN Center president Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波) on charges of “inciting subversion of state power” [煽动颠覆国家政权罪] was approved by the Beijing procuratorate on June 23. Liu has been detained since he was subpoenaed by the Beijing police on December 8, 2008, in connection with his signing of Charter 08. The Beijing Public Security Bureau claims that Liu has incited the subversion of state power and the overturn of the socialist system through the fabrication of rumors and slander. They also state that Liu has “fully confessed.”

Related news:
刘晓波因涉嫌煽动颠覆国家政权罪被依法逮捕 (Liu Xiaobo Formally Arrested on
“Suspicion Inciting Subversion of State Power” Charges)
China Review News, June 24, 2009
http://cn.chinareviewnews.com/doc/1010/0/3/6/101003632.html?coluid=0&kindid=0&docid=101003632

News
Environment
China Suspends Reforestation Project over Food Shortage Fears
Guardian, June 23, 2009
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jun/23/china-food-shortage

Green Dam
Tension Rises with US over Spyware
South China Morning Post, June 24, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5b897316f0e02210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

政府执意推行绿坝　民众罢网翻墙抗封锁 (As the Government Pushes On with the "Green Dam," Masses Choose to Protest through Internet Boycott and Use of Anonymous Browsing Software and Proxies)
Radio Free Asia, June 23, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/luba-06232009152847.html

Human Rights Defender – Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠)
China Rights Lawyer Beaten, Stripped By Police
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), June 23, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090623/wl_asia_afp/chinarightslawyer

Law
Changes Proposed to Law on Compensation
South China Morning Post, June 22, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3ca97316f0e02210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

国家保密局：缩小国家秘密范围 实现科学定密 (NAPSS: Reduce Scope of State Secrets through Scientific Classification of Secrets)
Xinhua News Agency, June 24, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-06/24/content_11592171.htm

Media
西安：经营黑网吧情节严重者将被追究刑事责任 (Xi'an: Operators of Underground Internet Cafes to Be Investigated for Criminally Charges)
Xinhua News Agency, June 24, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-06/24/content_11590770.htm

Migrant Workers
Baby Boom to Migrant Mothers’ Gloom
China Daily, June 24, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-06/24/content_8317188.htm

Olympics
Age-old Question: Chinese Gymnasts under Review
Associated Press (via Google News), June 24, 2009
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jWs0W-T06pfophXmt9DRQV9BLYEQD990GSPO0

Police
最高检：重点纠正刑讯逼供、暴力取证、违法拘留 (Supreme People's Procuratorate: Focus on Rectifying Forced Confessions, Violent Extortion of Evidence, and Illegal Detentions)
Xinhua News Agency, June 24, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-06/24/content_11591880.htm

Protests and Petitions
川震死難學生家長 赴京上訪再受阻 (Parents Who Lost Children in Sichuan Earthquake again Prevented from Petitioning in Beijing)
Ming Pao, June 24, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1177836/1.html

Public Health
Birth Defects Show Human Price of Coal
Reuters, June 23, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090623/wl_nm/us_china_coal_birthdefects

Tibet
Foreign Reporters Allowed Scripted Trip to Tibet
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), June 23, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090623/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tibet

XUAR
Palau President: Uygur Detainees Still Fear China
Associated Press (via South China Morning Post), June 23, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f89d1317c5b02210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

June 23, 2009

News
Freedom of Speech
签零八宪章谈纪念六四 两青年面临劳教 (2 Young Netizens Facing RTL After Signing Charter 08, Discussing Tiananmen)
Radio Free Asia, June 22, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/08-06222009160554.html

Protests and Petitions
石首疑云未消 重兵把守严防民口 (Police "Seals off" City in Central China)
Radio Free Asia, June 22, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shishou-06222009155448.html

四川广安被关押访民的申诉 (Sichuan Petitioners Organize Mass Petition for Justice)
Radio Free Asia, June 22, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-06222009154319.html

Law
Draft Law on Rural Land Dispute under 3rd Review
Xinhua (via China Daily), June 22, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-06/22/content_8310092.htm

Religion
成都基督教家庭教会遭取缔 负责人王怡公开呼吁关注 (Chengdu House Church Banned)
Radio Free Asia, June 22, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jiaohui-06222009164018.html

State Security
Law May Make Government More Covert
South China Morning Post, June 23, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=eae22f35fd802210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related News
China to Amend State Secrets Law, Avoid Web Leak
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), June 22, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-06/22/content_8309940.htm

保守国家秘密法首次大修 欲破解“一密定终身” (State Secret Law under Large-Scale Amendments)
China Youth Daily (via Xinhua News Agency), June 23, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-06/23/content_11585520.htm

Police
中国拟修法规定判决宣告无罪的被拘留逮捕者可获国家赔偿 (State Compensation Law Amended: Payouts for Inmates)
Xinhua News Agency, June 22, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-06/22/content_11583614.htm

Social Security
China to Expand Healthcare Assistance Among Low-Income Groups
Xinhua, June 22, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-06/22/content_11582744.htm

Corruption
Launch of Official Complaint Hotline Proves Too Hot to Handle
South China Morning Post, June 23, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=81722f35fd802210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Disasters
中国今年以来已发生重特大事故31起 死亡490人 (490 Deaths from 31 Disasters in 2009)
China News (via Eastday), June 23, 2009
http://news.eastday.com/c/20090623/u1a4454611.html

Tibet
中国当局收缴藏民的地面卫星接收器 (Authorities Confiscate Satellite Receivers among Tibetan Citizens)
Radio Free Asia, June 22, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhang-06222009155059.html

Green Dam
Internet Boycott Calls to Mark China Filter Debut
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), June 22, 2009
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090622/wl_nm/us_china_internet_censorship
Green Dam Launch Date 'Unchanged'
China Daily, June 23, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-06/23/content_8310398.htm

June 19, 2009

News
Corruption
14 Officials Fired in Jobs-For-Money Scandal
China Daily, June 19, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-06/18/content_8298004.htm

Environment
Yellow River Dams Verge on Collapse
China Daily, June 19, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-06/19/content_8301942.htm

Gender
Chinese Gays Step Quietly toward Progress
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), June 18, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090618/ap_on_re_as/as_china_coming_out_quietly

Green Dam
Outrage over Bid to Tame Web
China Daily, June 18, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-06/18/content_8295955.htm

Green Dam Filter Software Continues Causing Controversy
China Daily, June 19, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-06/19/content_8300620.htm

“绿坝”不行安探针 网控不严不罢休 ("Green Dam" Censorware Doesn't Pass Security Inspection)
Radio Free Asia, June 18, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lvba-06182009103359.html

Hukou
Shanghai Residency Rules 'Discriminate'
China Daily, June 18, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-06/18/content_8295942.htm

Human Rights Defenders
维权人士接力起诉各地警察的违法监控和软禁 (Rights Defenders Take Legal Action against Illegal Monitoring and House Arrests across the Country)
Radio Free Asia, June 18, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/qisujingcha-hc-06182009101229.html

June Fourth
播六四晚會畫面 穗電視台5人停職 (Five Guangzhou Cable TV Station Employees Suspended for Broadcasting Footage of HK June Fourth Vigil)
Ming Pao, June 19, 2009
http://news.mingpao.com/20090619/cac1.htm

Labor
15 Trapped in SW China Coal Mine Flooding
China Daily, June 18, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-06/18/content_8299443.htm

Watchdog Issues Guidelines, Penalties for Work Accidents
South China Morning Post, June 19, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9ddf220c744f1210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Related information: 生产安全事故信息报告和处置办法 (Measures for the Reporting and Disposal of Manufacturing Safety Accident Information)
State Administration of Work Safety, June 16, 2009
http://www.chinasafety.gov.cn/newpage/Contents/Channel_5330/2009/0617/63435/content_63435.htm

Land Policy
江苏无锡强拆七户居民屋顶 (Seven Rooftops Forcibly Demolished in Wuxi, Jiangsu Land Dispute)
Radio Free Asia, June 18, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wuxi-06182009141916.html

华山脚下的暴力征地事件 (Violent Land Requisition at the Foot of Huashan)
Radio Free Asia, June 18, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengdi-06182009144634.html

Media
Beijing Singles out Google in Attack on Pornography
South China Morning Post, June 19, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=fcef220c744f1210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related information: 强烈谴责谷歌传播淫秽色情和低俗信息 (Vehemently Condemning Google's Dissemination of Obscene, Sexual, and Vulgar Information) China Internet Illegal Information Reporting Centre, June 18, 2009 http://net.china.cn/qzl/txt/2009-06/18/content_2971360.htm

中国网站、手机“实名制”引发争议 (Real Name Registration for Web Sites and Cell Phones Sparks Controversy)
Radio Free Asia, June 18, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shouji-jz-06182009103019.html

Related information: Beijing Will Adopt Real Name Registration for Online Media China Tech News, June 18, 2009
http://www.chinatechnews.com/2009/06/18/9988-beijing-will-adopt-real-name-registration-for-online-media/

Taiwan

No Discussion of Unification with China Before 2016: Taiwan President
Taiwan News, June 17, 2009
http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=979137&lang=eng_news&cate_img=83.jpg&cate_rss=news_Politics_TAIWAN