August 27, 2008

Top News
Human Rights Defender - Hu Shigen (胡石根)
Dissident Released after 16 Years in Jail in China
Associated Press (via Google), August 27, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jAedSxUxFNPR3R9UM6axlzAsPWBwD92QDS380

Veteran democracy activist Hu Shigen (胡石根) was released from prison on August 26. He was sentenced in 1994 to twenty years for “carrying out counterrevolutionary propaganda and incitement” and “organizing a counterrevolutionary group” and had served sixteen years of the sentence. He still remains subject to five years of deprivation of political rights.

Related information:
Imprisoned Democracy Activist Hu Shigen Released
Human Rights in China, August 26, 2008
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/75710

News
Bilateral Ties
China Expresses Dissatisfaction with U.S. Human Rights Remarks
Xinhuanet, August 26, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-08/26/content_9717629.htm

Corruption
Corrupt Official Sentenced to Death
Shanghai Daily, August 27, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=371619

Disasters
Two Thousand Evacuated after Quake in Tibet
Xinhuanet, August 26, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-08/26/content_9718215.htm

Education
China Eliminates Fees for Urban Primary Students
Xinhuanet, August 27, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-08/27/content_9721813.htm

Human Rights Defender
泛蓝浙江成员魏桢陵被判劳教 (Zhejiang Pan-Blue Alliance Member Wei Zhenling Sentenced to Reeducation-Through-Labor on Charges of "Gambling and Soliciting Prostitutes")
Radio Free Asia, August 26, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fanlan-08262008092751.html

Labor
16 Killed as Blasts Rip Chemical Plant
Shanghai Daily, August 27, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=371632

Related news:
No Pollution after Fatal Chemical Plant Blast in South China
Xinhuanet, August 27, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-08/27/content_9721867.htm

Media
境外新聞網 京奧後可瀏覽 (Non-Mainland News Sites Accessible following Olympics)
Ming Pao, August 27, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080827/ccc1.htm

Migrant Workers
Free Schooling for Migrant Kids
China Daily, August 27, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/27/content_6973558.htm

Military
Two Elite PLA Units Begin 'Sharpening 2008' Drill
South China Morning Post, August 27, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d16f4fc34fffb110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Politics
Top Political Advisory Body Holds Meeting to Discuss Development
Xinhuanet, August 26, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-08/26/content_9717960.htm

Protests and Petitions
南通维权人士在法院被绑架 访民被关精神病院 (Jiangsu Rights Defender Taken from Court by Three Unidentified Men in July Remains Missing)
Radio Free Asia, August 26, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/nantong-08262008093437.html

上海访民不知去向 (Five Shanghai Petitioners Whereabouts Unknown Following Petitioning Trip to Beijing, Another Disappeared En Route)
Radio Free Asia, June 26, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-08262008172555.html

Rural Issues
Rural Loan Scheme Gives Credit Where Due in NW China
Xinhuanet, August 26, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-08/26/content_9715587.htm

State Security
Security Upgraded on Beijing Bus Route
China Daily, August 27, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/27/content_6973312.htm

Taiwan
FM Urges China's Goodwill on U.N. Bid
Channel News Asia (via China Post), August 27, 2008
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/foreign%20affairs/2008/08/27/171962/FM%2Durges.htm

August 7, 2007

News
Human Rights Defender
Tibetan Activist Sees Security Agents on Her Trail in Beijing
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), August 07, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=15d8af4770
c34110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=New

Human Rights Defender - Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠)
陈良宇虽倒台 揭发他的郑恩宠仍受迫害 (Chen Liangyu Ousted But Whistleblower Zheng Enchong Remains Persecuted)
Radio Free Asia, August 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/06/
zhengenchong/

Human Rights Defender - Hu Shigen (胡石根)
简要新闻：中国异议人士胡石根获减刑17个月 (In Brief: Chinese Dissident Hu Shigen Receives 17-Month Sentence Reduction)
Radio Free Asia, August 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/08/06/
xinwen/ - hu

Human Rights Defender - Sun Xiaodi (孫小弟)
家人受辱骂并被要求立刻搬走，孙小弟心脏病发作 (Sun Xiaodi Suffers Heart Attack as Wife Is Constantly Harassed; Authorities Deny Allegation)
Radio Free Asia, August 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/06/
sunxiaodi/

Law
China to Introduce Law on Personal Data Protection
Associated Press (via Inquirer.net), August 06, 2007
http://services.inquirer.net/print/print.php?article_id=80846

Media
China Trembles at the Power of the Blog
The Independent, August 06, 2007
http://news.independent.co.uk/media/article2836677.ece

Citizen Journalists Break, Make the News
Xinhuanet, August 06, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/06/content_
6484959.htm

Olympics
中国学者就奥运致中共领导人公开信 (40 Chinese Academics Send Open Letter to CPC Leadership on Human Rights Protection Ahead of Olympics)
BBC, August 07, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_6930000/
newsid_6934100/6934198.stm

Don't Mix Sport and Politics, Says Bocog
South China Morning Post, August 07, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5768af477
0c34110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=New

中国评论：食品安全事关奥运成败 (Commentary: Food Security of Paramount Importance to Olympics' Success)
Ming Pao, August 07, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070807/caz1.htm

Beijing Says It Is Winning War on Pollution
Agence France-Presse (via France 24), August 06, 2007
http://www.france24.com/france24Public/en/news/science
/20070806-china-2008-beijing-olympics-games-summer-
pollution-smog-air.html

China Pulls Out Stops for '08 Olympics
McClatchy Newspapers (via YahooNews.com), August 06, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20070806/wl_mcclatchy
/20070806bcchinaolympics_attn_national_foreign_editors_
ytop_1

香港民间团体呼吁关注奥运产品背后的劳工问题 (Hong Kong NGOs Call for Attention to Labor Problems Behind Olympic Products)
Radio Free Asia, August 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/06/HK/

Olympics All Work and No Pay for Migrant Workers
The Globe and Mail, August 06, 2007
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.2007
0806.OLYMPICWORKERS06/TPStory/TPInternational/
Asia/

北京奥运一年倒计时，外国记者被警方短期扣留 (Over 10 Foreign Journalists Detained Briefly for Covering Olympics Protest)
Radio Free Asia, August 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/06/
jizhe/

北京基督徒徐永海为何被软禁 (Why Was Beijing-Based Protestant Xu Yonghai Placed Under House Arrest?)
Voice of America, August 06, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-08-06-voa42.cfm

北京百年老店正阳居成了钉子户 (160-Year-Old Beijing Food Shop to Be Demolished for Olympics Construction)
BBC, August 05, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_6930000/
newsid_6932200/6932280.stm

Protests and Petitions
Police Jostle Reporters at Protest on Press Freedom
Associate Press (via South China Morning Post), August 07, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d698af4770c
34110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=New

Public Health
Keen Demand Fuels Global Trade in Body Parts
CNN, August 06, 2007
http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/08/06/organs.
transplant.reut/index.html?iref=newsse

Religion
新疆家庭教会成员持续受压 (Xinjiang Protestant Detained for Distributing Unregistered Bibles; Son Dismissed from Army Due to Father's Religious Beliefs)
Radio Free Asia, August 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/08/06/china_
religion_church/

DAILY NEWS BRIEF FOR November 3, 2004

Top news of the day

Protests and petitions
Sichuan officials avow to punish protestors of Dam projects
中国官员称要严惩抗议修大坝者
Dajiyuan.com, November 3, 2004
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/4/11/3/n707251.htm

• Related news with top news:
  至少1人在四川汉源抗议事件中死亡
  Radio Free Asia, November 2, 2004
  http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2004/11/02/hanyuan/

News

Civil service
Flood of job seekers pin their hopes on civil service
SCMP, November 3, 2004
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZUF583I0E.html

Ethnic minority
Police and troops still blocking villages after deadly clashes
SCMP, November 3, 2004
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZULDF2I0E.html

• Related news
  Chinese media silent on Henan ethnic clashes
  多维追击：中国媒体对河南回汉冲突仍噤声
  Chinesenewsnet.com, November 3, 2004
  http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Mainland/2004_11_2_17_22_19_982.html
  
  Ethnic violence in Henan Zhongmou county
  河南中牟县村庄械斗汉回冲突
  Voice of America, November 2, 2004
  http://www1.voanews.com/Chinese/article.cfm?objectID=4F5C5DC5-EF77-4EB4-9AEE6507E0D64B30&title=%BA%D3%C4%CF%D6%D0%C4%B2%CF%D8%B4%E5%D7%AF%D0%B5%B6%B7%BA%BA%BB%D8%B3%E5%CD%BB%2804%C4%EA11%D4%C22%C8%D5%29&catOID=C283D8A3-4AB3-11D5-8EC2009027ACC5C2&categoryname=National%20News#
  
  Ethnic violence site “deserted”
  多维追击：河南汉回冲突地如「鬼城」
  Chinesenewsnet.com, November 3, 2004
  http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Mainland/2004_11_2_16_26_8_337.html

Mongolian rock shows stopped
SCMP, November 3, 2004

http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ2HTZ2I0E.html

Labour - Protests and petitions
Thousands of workers gather at government building demanding better retirement package
包头数千职工聚集市府前,要求提高生活待遇
Radio Free Asia, November 3, 2004
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2004/11/02/baotou/

Shaanxi police detained 20 labour activists
陕西咸阳警方拘留约20名工运人士
Radio Free Asia, November 2, 2004
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2004/11/02/xianyang/

Media
Interview: settlement of the “China Farmers Survey” case
访《中国农民调查》案双方谈和解
Voice of America, November 2, 2004
http://www1.voanews.com/Chinese/article.cfm?objectID=4C31E99E-3F17-42AD-8D63A6C985D0A52F&title=%B7%C3%A1%B6%D6%D0%B9%FA%C5%A9%C3%F1%B5%F7%B2%E9%A1%B7%B0%B8%CB%AB%B7%BD%CC%B8%BA%CD%BD%E2%2804%C4%EA11%D4%C22%C8%D5%29&catOID=C283D8A3-4AB3-11D5-8EC2009027ACC5C2&categoryname=National%20News

Migrant workers
Going home: Chinese migrant workers shun long factory hours and low pay
Financial Times (page 13), November 3, 2004

Protests and petitions
Clashes in China raise doubts over state control
Financial Times (page 4), November 3, 2004

Prison
Dissident Hu Shigen reported in critical health in prison
服刑近13年 胡石根狱中备受摧残病残濒危
Dajiyuan.com, November 3, 2004
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/4/11/3/n707427.htm

Three Gorges
Three Gorges pollution is getting worse: report
SCMP, November 3, 2004
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZZF583I0E.html