September 18, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
SKorea Bars Uighur Activist from Forum: Organisers
Agence France-Presse, September 17, 2009
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iMzU7PnFqyGrVo0Qv22ICexr1YZQ

Government
北京禁止外省国庆举行大型公众集会？ (Did Beijing Prohibit Other Provinces from Holding Their Own Large Gatherings for the 60th Anniversary? )
Voice of America, September 17, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/2009-09-17-voa29.cfm

Human Rights Defender – Hua Huiqi (华惠棋)
国庆前家庭教会遭打压 华惠棋及王岛被警告 (House Churches and Religious Activists under Pressure before Anniversary; Hua Huiqi and Wang Dao both Warned, Hua Told to Leave Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, September 17, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/religion-09172009091250.html

Human Rights Defenders
北京多名异见人士被软禁或要求离开北京 (Several Beijing-based Dissidents Kept under House Arrest or Told to Leave Beijing for 60th Anniversary)
Radio Free Asia, September 17, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissident_assault-09172009121939.html

荆州维权人士王义华网上批评政府被拘留 (Hubei Rights Defender Wang Yihua Detained after Criticizing the Government Online)
Radio Free Asia, September 17, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_internet-09172009120402.html

Media
《新湘报》网站被关 疑因发表敏感消息 (Hunan News Website Xin Xiang Bao (xxbnews.com) Shut Down for Publishing Sensitive Information)
Radio Free Asia, September 17, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/media-09172009091755.html

广电总局：个人不得安装和使用卫星地面接收设施 (New SARFT Regulations and Measures: Individuals Cannot Install or Use Satellite Receivers for Television Broadcasts)
China News Service, September 15, 2009
http://www.yc.chinanews.com/cul/news/2009/09-15/1867966.shtml

四川擬設網上新聞發言人 (Sichuan to Establish Online News Spokesmen)
Ming Pao, September 18, 2009
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20090918/ca50953i.htm

Police
Police Assault Sends China's Famed Artist-turned-dissident to Hospital
Christian Science Monitor, September 17, 2009
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0917/p06s01-woap.html

陕西一监狱犯人疑遭暴力殴打致死 (Shanxi Inmate Dies Mysteriously, Suspected of Having Been Beaten to Death)
China Business View, September 17, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/0917/08/5JDABH4A00011229.html

Politics
習近平任軍委副主席 四中全會通過 (Vice President Xi Jinping to Be Appointed Vice Chairman to the Central Military Commission of the CPC)
Ming Pao, September 18, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1268391/1.html

Public Health
Hepatitis Carriers Fight Job Discrimination
China Daily, September 18, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-09/18/content_8705926.htm

Religion
宗教局長換人 專家指政策不變 (Wang Zuo'an Promoted to Chairman of the State Administration of Religious Affairs after Ye Leaves for Central Institute of Socialism; Experts Say Policy to Not Change)
Ming Pao, September 18, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1268390/1.html

Related news:
Ye Xiaowen, Party Hound on Vatican and Religions, Is Promoted
AsiaNews, September 18, 2009
http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=16351

State Security
China Seizes 53,000 Guns as National Day Nears
China Daily, September 17, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-09/17/content_8705546.htm

Taiwan
A Work in Progress
South China Morning Post, September 18, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=997a9881403c3210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tourists Boycott Taiwan City over Dalai Lama Visit
Agence France-Presse, September 18, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e528a642bb6c3210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

XUAR
Wide Coverage as Wen Meets Uygur
South China Morning Post, September 18, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2842cce1ee8c3210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

新疆針刺案 再有4維人判監 (Four More Uyghurs Sentenced to 8-15 Years' Imprisonment in XUAR Needle Case)
Ming Pao, September 18, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1268380/1.html

August 12, 2008

Top News
Human Rights Defender - Hua Huiqi (华惠棋)
Detained Chinese Activist Says He Escaped
Associated Press (via Google), August 12, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gl3910JlgH5mrH6L1yqP183Oc10gD92GINJ80

Hua Huiqi (华惠棋), a Beijing-based house church activist, issued a letter stating that he has escaped from the police who were watching over him and is in hiding. Hua was detained on August 10 en route to a church service attended by U.S. President Bush. His captors warned at the time that they would break his legs if he tried to go to the church, where he was baptized.

Related information, including a translation of Hua’s letter:
In Hiding, Beijing House Church Activist Hua Huiqi Appeals for Help
Human Rights in China, August 11, 2008
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/68598

News
Disasters
Twenty Die in Torrential Rain in Southwest China
Agence-France Presse (via China Post), August 12, 2008
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/local%20news/other/2008/08/12/169741/Twenty-die.htm

Environment
Decree on Energy Saving at State-Funded Organizations Issued
Xinhuanet, August 11, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-08/11/content_9186968.htm

Related information:
《公共机构节能条例》 (Regulations on Energy Efficiency at State-Funded Institutions)
Xinhuanet, August 11, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/politics/2008-08/11/content_9179896.htm

Labor
Rescuers Find Bodies of 9 Miners Trapped in Gas Blast
China Daily, August 11, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/11/content_6926218.htm

广东严查非法“洋打工” (Guangdong Increases Examination over Illegal Foreign Workers)
Nanfang Daily, August 04, 2008
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/nfrb/200808040033.asp

Media
China's Media Censored over Stabbing
The Age, August 12, 2008
http://www.theage.com.au/world/chinas-media-censored-over-stabbing-20080811-3tmf.html

2 Reporters, Photographer Detained in Uygur Region
The Yomiuri Shimbun, August 12, 2008
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/world/20080812TDY02304.htm

Screws Tighten on Mainland Journalists
South China Morning Post, August 12, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=1b4c6136ab2bb110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Olympics
China Bans Child Singer with Crooked Teeth from Singing at Opening Ceremony
Times Online, August 12, 2008
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/olympics/article4512250.ece

Protests and Petitions
奥运维稳上海访民人权受侵　殴打羁押不断 (Attacks on Shanghai-based Petitioners Continue during Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, August 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shanghai_fangmin-08112008144011.html

北京访民接受外国记者采访被刑事拘留 (Beijing Petitioners Criminally Detained for Accepting Foreign Media Interviews)
Radio Free Asia, August 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/bj_fangmin-08112008095527.html

Beijing Denies Right to Protest in Park
Financial Times, August 11, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/27660ab2-67d3-11dd-8d3b-0000779fd18c.html

Taiwan
Men Arrested after Swimming to Taiwan
South China Morning Post, August 12, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=d0c7087e302bb110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

XUAR
Death Toll for Xinjiang Attack at Eleven
Caijing, August 11, 2008
http://english.caijing.com.cn/20080811/77166.shtml

Teen Bombing Suspect Held in Xinjiang Hospital
Shanghai Daily, August 12, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=370123

Three Killed in Renewed Violence in China's Far West
Reuters, August 12, 2008
http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCAPEK9954420080812

Uygur Bombers Included Teenage Girl, Authorities Say
South China Morning Post, August 12, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=131a6136ab2bb110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD　

August 09-11, 2008

News
Bilateral Ties
China Needs to Do Much More on Human Rights - Rudd
Reuters, August 08, 2008
http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-34891920080808

Environment
China Sets New Rules in Bid to Cut Energy Use
Xinhua (via Shanghai Daily), August 08, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200808/20080808/article_369725.htm

Human Rights Defender - Hua Huiqi (华惠棋)
Chinese Activist Detained on Way to Church
Associated Press (via Google), August 10, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ho1JVdniEIT_lYOTG9jw7Lla_o_gD92FDUSO0

Related news:
Chinese Activist Still Missing after Detention
Associated Press (via Google), August 11, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i3OMvEA_ehIHkQwvUsKHCWZ5QzIAD92FT5G80

Human Rights Defender - Huang Qi (黄琦)
Mother of Quake Activist Makes Third Appeal for Medical Parole
South China Morning Post, August 09, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=63b76687842ab110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender - Zeng Jinyan (曾金燕)
Chinese Rights Activist Zeng Jinyan Disappears
Associated Press (via Google), August 10, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gGtTrBpkUffPzYAENMTtc8HAqaBgD92EPP6O0

Media
China Keen to Show World Its Media Openness
Reuters, August 10, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/industryNews/idUSPEK8096520080811

High-jumping China's Firewall
Asia Times Online, August 09, 2008
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Global_Economy/JH09Dj02.html

Website Blocking Is for Your Own Good, Games Chiefs Tell Chinese
Agence France-Presse (via Google), August 10, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gVB6y8xHwkeAOIxmHBI5pNqUHgGA

Olympics
American Tourist Killed in Attack
China Daily, August 10, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/10/content_6922020.htm

Behind Murder of American in Beijing, a Tale of Despair and Dislocation
International Herald Tribune, August 10, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/10/asia/beijing.php

Five Stage Pro-Tibet "Die-in" in Tiananmen Square (Roundup)
Deutsche Presse Agentur (via Monsters and Critics), August 11, 2008
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/sport/olympics2008/news/article_1422670.php/Five_stage_pro-Tibet_&quotdie-in%22_in_Tiananmen_Square__Roundup_

From Beijing to Battery Park, Activists Stress Causes
New York Times, August 09, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/09/sports/olympics/09protest.html

HK Pro-democracy Activist Ejected from Olympic Venue
Agence France-Presse (via Google), August 10, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5ij7Egq2IPSB2HetOQYAH60fdH6NA

Protester Hides Tibet Flag under Canadian Flag at Olympic Event
CBC, August 09, 2008
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/08/08/canadatibet-flag.html

Protests in Beijing? No Sign of Any at Designated Parks
Los Angeles Times, August 08, 2008
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/asia/la-fg-protest9-2008aug09,0,6994179.story

Vanishing Act
The Boston Globe, August 10, 2008
http://www.boston.com/sports/other_sports/olympics/articles/2008/08/10/vanishing_act/

State Security
South Korean Arrested in Air China Bomb Threat
Associated Press (via International Herald Tribune), August 11, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/11/asia/AS-Japan-China-Bomb-Threat.php

State-owned Enterprises
China Will Speed up Mergers in SOEs
Shanghai Daily, August 11, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=370011

Tibet
甘孜军警向两名散发传单的尼姑开枪 (Garze, Sichuan Officers Open Fire on Two Nuns Distributing Leaflets)
Radio Free Asia, August 08, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/tibetan_monks-08082008111132.html

XUAR
Backlash over Chinese Handling of Muslim Minority
ABC News, August 08, 2008
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Story?id=5542322

New Spasm of Violence in Western China as 11 Die in Wave of Bombings
International Herald Tribune, August 11, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/11/asia/11xinjiang-2.php

July 11, 2008

News
Bilateral Ties
China Hopes to Turn New Page in Relations with France
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), July 10, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080710/wl_asia_afp/chinafrancediplomacyoly2008

Corruption
Corruption Prosecution a New High
China Daily, July 10, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-07/10/content_6832668.htm

Disasters
美国“人道中国”捐款被退回 接受捐款的家属受警告 (American "China Humanitarian" Organization Donations Returned; Families Receiving Donations Warned)
Radio Free Asia, July 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/donation-07102008165752.html

Official: Floods Cost China $7 Bln So Far This Year
Xinhuanet, July 10, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/10/content_8525710.htm

Food Security
China to Urgently Boost GM Crop Development
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), July 10, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080710/sc_afp/chinafoodbiotech

Government
Cadres to be Gauged by Grasp of Law
China Daily, July 11, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-07/11/content_6836092.htm

Human Rights Defender - Huang Qi (黄琦)
公安已将黄琦案上交到检察院以决定是否批捕 (Police Pass Huang Qi's Case to Procuratorate to Determine Whether to Arrest )
Radio Free Asia, July 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/donation-07102008165752.html

Media
Post-Quake Ban on Amusing TV Ends
South China Morning Post, July 10, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=eedb20665c80b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Olympics
Beijing Wants Dogs off Menu during Olympics
Financial Times, July 10, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5ed9ea0a-4e8c-11dd-ba7c-000077b07658.html

Chinese Activists Fear Olympic 'Holidays'
USA Today, July 10, 2008
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-07-10-china_N.htm

Beijing Lets News in for the Olympic Games
Times Online, July 11, 2008
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/olympics/article4312593.ece

Li Promises Media Freedom
Xinhuanet (available at Shanghai Daily), July 11, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200807/20080711/article_366391.htm

Beijing to Boost Olympic Security with Bus Checks
Shanghai Daily, July 11, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200807/20080711/article_366440.htm

China Tightens Its Security for Olympic Games
Times Online, July 11, 2008
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/olympics/article4312657.ece

China Crackdown Targets Critics ahead of Olympics
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), July 10, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080711/ap_on_re_as/china_olympic_crackdown

Protests and Petitions
广东佛山规定政府部门处理投诉超时2天将究责 (Foshan Officials to Be Punished for Resolution of Complaints Taking Longer Than 2 Days)
Xinhuanet, July 11, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/politics/2008-07/11/content_8526509.htm

Public Health
Rural Medicare Plan Covers 91% of Target
Xinhua (available at China Daily), July 11, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-07/11/content_6836007.htm

Tibet
China Jails 12 More Tibetans over March Riots
Reuters (available at YahooNews), July 11, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080711/wl_nm/china_tibet_dc

Deported Tibetan 'Had Violated Law'
Reuters (available at South China Morning Post), July 11, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6e57f601ebd0b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

June 18, 2008

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Hua Huiqi (华惠棋)
北京维权人士拟申请游行遭恐吓 (Beijing Religious and Housing Rights Activist Hua Huiqi Threatened before Applying to Protest)
Radio Free Asia, June 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huahuiqi-06172008174127.html
On June 17, several plain-clothed men forced their way into the home of Pastor Hua Huiqi (华惠棋), threatening him to not to cause any trouble during the Olympics and to keep his nose out of others' business. Hua notified the police, and an hour later the plain-clothed men returned, asking only for confirmation of his identity. Hua suspects that this was due to his plan to apply for a protest permit. Other rights defenders report having been similarly intimidated.

News
Bilateral Ties
Economic Talks with US Focus on Stable Oil Supply
South China Morning Post, June 18, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0f1b0ed03779a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Disasters
Irate Parents of Children Killed in Collapse Kept from Party Official
South China Morning Post, June 18, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1f7b0ed03779a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

水災63死損失144億 (Floods: 63 Dead, 14.4 Billion Lost)
Ming Pao, June 18, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080618/cac1.htm

Food Security
H5N1 Confirmed in Guangdong Duck Deaths
South China Morning Post, June 18, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8486b4550079a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Gender
广东：未婚女性不得通过人工授精生育 (Guangdong: Artificial Insemination for Unwed Women Prohibited)
China Youth Daily, June 18, 2008
http://news.cyol.com/content/2008-06/18/content_2228142.htm

Hong Kong
Universal Suffrage Remains Top of Agenda
South China Morning Post, June 18, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=da7f82cf3b787110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender - Huang Qi (黄琦)
Arrest Risk to Bloggers 'Is Growing'
Metro News, June 17, 2008
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/world/article.html?in_article_id=179510&in_page_id=64

Related information:
Rights Activist Huang Qi Detained on Suspicion of Holding State Secrets
Human Rights in China, June 16, 2008
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/56586

Labor
玖龙纸业炒掉外包劳工 香港SACOM组织：玖龙此举是“出尔反尔的行为 (Nine Dragons Paper Company Drops Foreign Laborers)
Nanfang Daily, June 18, 2008
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/200806180058.asp

Media
杭州检察院被批评操纵媒体 (Hangzhou Procuratorate Is Criticized for Media Manipulation)
Radio Free Asia, June 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jianchayuan-06172008170135.html

Olympics
Beijing Trains Press Officials Skills to Deal with Western Media
Xinhuanet, June 17, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-06/17/content_8388061.htm

Security and Choreography Mark Silk Road Torch Relay
Reuters, June 18, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK2773320080618

Tibet Torch Relay Confirmed for Saturday
Agence France-Presse (available at South China Morning Post), June 18, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=03f01c6d8699a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Police
河南渑池县去世的艾滋病患者妈妈被警方拘留 (Henan Police Detain AIDS Baby's Mother)
Radio Free Asia, June 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/AZT-06172008170600.html

Politics
政协副主席罗豪才称中国公民不靠同国家对抗实现人权 (CPPCC Vice-Chairman: Chinese Citizens Should not Oppose the Government to Bring about Human Rights)
Radio Free Asia, June 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/luohao-06172008112445.html

Protests and Petitions
成都500警察强拆太平村 村民被捕 (500 Chengdu Police Raid Village and Arrest Villagers)
Radio Free Asia, June 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/taipingchun-06172008160029.html

官方首批准申請 北京今保釣示威 (Beijing Government Permits Protest over Senkaku (Diaoyu) Islands for First Time)
Ming Pao, June 18, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080618/caa1.htm