International Relations (Human Rights, Security, Trade and Investment)

China, France Stress a Multipolar World as Hollande Visits Beijing
South China Morning Post, April 26, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1223028/china-france-vow-promote-multipolar-world

China's Demand for Milk Sees It Become New Zealand's Top Export Market for First Time
Associated Press, April 26, 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/chinas-demand-for-milk-sees-it-become-new-zealands-top-export-market-for-first-time/2013/04/26/1eb33ab0-ae33-11e2-b240-9ef3a72c67cc_story.html

Sovereignty of Countries Should be Respected in Post-Conflict Peacebuilding China
Xinhua News Agency, April 26, 2013
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.asp?id=138987

China Warns US on Turning Away Investers
Agence France-Presse, April 26, 2013
http://www.theage.com.au/business/world-business/china-warns-us-on-turning-away-investors-20130426-2ii04.html

Indian Foreign Minister to Visit China Amid Border Spat
Agence France-Presse, April 25, 2013
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hdxDlm_wivj1Y7scKvwnEuOhTOZg

Aquino: PHL Gets ASEAN Support on Maritinme Dispute with China
GMA News, April 25, 2013
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/305587/news/nation/aquino-phl-gets-asean-support-on-maritime-dispute-with-china

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China Slams Philippine Bid to 'Legalise' Occupation of Islands
South China Morning Post, April 26, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1223845/china-slams-philippine-bid-legalise-occupation-islands

China Props Up Pyongyang over US Fears
Al Jazeera, April 25, 2013
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2013/04/201342411953682220.html

China, EU Hold First-Ever Dialogue on Higher Education
Xinhua News Agency, April 26, 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/culture/2013-04/26/c_124633047.htm

Romance! Money! Intrigue! It's Model UN ... in China
The Atlantic, April 25, 2013
http://www.theatlantic.com/china/archive/2013/04/romance-money-intrigue-its-model-un-in-china/275308/

Chinese Development Projects in Burma Draw Local Protests
Voice of America, April 26, 2013
http://www.voanews.com/content/chinese-development-projects-in-burma-draw-local-projects/1648716.html

Letpadaung Farmers Beaten, Shot at for Plowing Fields
The Irrawaddy, April 25, 2013
http://www.irrawaddy.org/archives/32995

August 18, 2009

Top News of The Day

Police
2 officers walk free in torture killing
China Daily, August 14, 2009
http://www.china.org.cn/china/news/2009-08/14/content_18334728.htm

On August 12, 2009, a court in Jiangxi Province found three policemen and their commander guilty in connection with the death of Wan Jianguo (万建国), who died in August 2008 on his 35th day of detention. Convicted policeman Deng Hongfei (邓鸿飞) was sentenced to 12 years in prison; the commander Xia Xiangdong (夏向东) was sentenced to one year in prison; and two other officers Guo Songlin (郭松林) and Xiong Yu’ er (熊玉儿) were allowed to walk free.

Related information:
Uneven Justice in Case of Policemen and Commander Found Guilty in Death of Detained Man
Human Rights in China, August 17, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/171852

News
Freedom of Speech
Kunming Moots Law to Defend Journalists
South China Morning Post, August 18, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9ff30a1f80923210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

国庆前控制言论 247人上黑名单 (China Controls Free Speech Ahead of Its 60th Anniversary, 247 Persons Blacklisted)
Radio Free Asia, August 17, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yanlun-08172009091519.html

Government
More Patriotic Education Urged Ahead of National Day
China Daily, August 17, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-08/17/content_8577338.htm

Human Rights Defender - Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)
郭飞雄的律师刘士辉被司法局剥夺执业资格 (Law License of Guo Feixiong’s Lawyer Revoked)
Radio Free Asia, August 17, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/liushihui-08172009161851.html

Human Rights Defender
刘沙沙绝食12日命在旦夕 六维权人士劝食被禁止 (Liu Shasha on Hunger Strike for 12 Days)
Radio Free Asia, August 17, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/liushasha-08172009100519.html

Law
China's Top Legislature to Consider Draft Climate Change Resolution
China Daily, August 17, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/17/content_11897715.htm

Protests and Petitions
香港支联会国庆前活动 抗议北京为国庆打压异见人士 (Hong Kong Group Protests Against Beijing’s Suppression on Dissidents Ahead of National Day)
Radio Free Asia, August 17, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yijianrenshi-08172009095438.html

陕西勉县政府克扣土地补偿款 上访农民被抓 (Government Deducts Land Compensation in Shaanxi, Farmers on Petition Arrested)
Radio Free Asia, August 17, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/nongmin-08172009170815.html

State-owned Enterprise
Chinese Officials Stress Party Leadership, Anti-corruption Drive in State-run Firms
Xinhua News Agency, August 17, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/17/content_11899509.htm

State Security
China Police Chief Urges All-out Efforts to Ensure National Day Security
Xinhua News Agency, August 17, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/17/content_11899500.htm

Rio Tinto Suspects Meet Their Lawyers
China Daily, August 18, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-08/18/content_8581622.htm

XUAR
31 Cities' Police Units Deployed to Xinjiang After Riot
China Daily, August 18, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-08/18/content_8581845.htm

February 9, 2009

Top News

Human Rights Defenders – Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
黑夜、黑头套、黑帮绑架(高智晟 (Dark Night, Dark Hood, and Kidnapping by Dark Mafia (Gao Zhisheng)
Radio Free Asia, February 08, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gao-02082009211313.html

On September 2007, rights defense lawyer Gao Zhisheng (高智晟) was kidnapped and brutally tortured by Chinese authorities. His firsthand account of these events has surfaced, detailing violent beatings, electric shocks to his genitals, and having his eyes burnt by lit cigarettes. Previously, Gao had been sentenced to prison in 2006 for writing open letters critical of the Chinese government’s suppression of Falun Gong. On February 4, 2009, Gao was taken from his home by security police and has not been heard from since.

English translation
Torture Account by Missing Rights Defense Lawyer Gao Zhisheng
Human Rights in China, February 08, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/126636

News

Environment
Experts Blame Drought on Human Errors
South China Morning Post, February 07, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/
?vgnextoid=60d391c356c4f110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Food Security
Chinese Milk Executive Says She Was Scapegoat for Crisis
Telegraph.co.uk, February 08, 2009
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/4558457/Chinese-milk-executive-
says-she-was-scapegoat-for-crisis.html

喀什11人服假糖尿藥不適 (16:18) (11 Sick in Kashgar after Taking Fake Medicine)
Ming Pao, February 07, 2009
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20090207/ca61619a.htm

Government
湖北一副局长被免职刑拘 涉嫌酒后驾公车1死2伤 (Hubei Official Arrested and Removed from Office for Involvement in Fatal Drunk Driving Accident)
Xinhuanet, February 08, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-02/08/content_10781260.htm

Hong Kong
Rules on HK Journalists Slammed as Step Backward
China Post, February 07, 2009
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national-news/2009/02/07/195072/Rules-on.htm

June 4th
纪念八九前卫艺术展遭公安喊停 (Art Exhibition Commemorating Tiananmen Anniversary Barred)
Radio Free Asia, February 06, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/liusi-02062009154219.html

“09行动”呼吁高校纪念六四抵制国庆 (NGO "Action 09" Calls for Commemorating Tiananmen Anniversary And Boycott PRC Found Anniversary)
Radio Free Asia, February 06, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/64-02062009100911.html?encoding=simplified

Labor
深圳48家欠薪企業上黑榜 (11:54) (48 Businesses in Shenzhen Blacklisted for Owing Back Wages)
Ming Pao, February 09, 2009
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20090209/ca11154i.htm

Media
中国强调被关闭网站不得改名重新开张 (Closed Websites Not Allowed to Reopen under Another Name)
Radio Free Asia, February 07, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wang-02072009000712.html

Olympics
(China's Iconic Stadium is Losing Its Glamour Fast)
Straits Times, February 08, 2009
http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Asia/Story/STIStory_335704.html

Police
Chinese Inspectors Patrol Jails to Prevent Torture of Detainees
Xinhuanet, February 08, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-02/08/content_10784444.htm

Related News
Update on Xintai Mental Asylum Abuses Global Voices Online,
February 09, 2009
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/02/06/china-update-on-xintai-mental-asylum-abuses/

Woman Dies after Cops cuff, Drag Her
Shanghai Daily, February 07, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200902/20090207/article_390198.htm

China Human Rights Record Stirs Struggle at Home
Reuters (available at YahooNews), February 08, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090209/wl_nm/us_china_rights

Protests and Petitions
China Dragon Dancers Riot: Police
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), February 09, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090209/wl_asia_afp/chinaunrestculture

China Stops Protesters before UN Rights Review
International Herald Tribune, February 06, 2009
http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/02/06/asia/beijing.1-424132.php

China's Rural Teachers Join Rumble of Unrest
Reuters, February 06, 2009
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKTRE5151CM20090206

Public Health
Deadly Tide of Birds in HK Fuels Fears of H5N1 Cover-up
China Post, February 09, 2009
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/local-news/hong-kong/2009/02/09/195302/Deadly-
tide.htm

State-owned Enterprises
SOEs to be Supervised for Corruption in Projects
China Daily, February 08, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-02/08/content_7454820.htm

Tibet
Security Forces Patrol Tibetan Town in NW China
Reuters, February 07, 2009
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKTRE51619320090207

December 18, 2008

Top News

Human Rights Defender – Hu Jia (胡佳)
China Dissident Wins Rights Prize
BBC, December 17, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7788536.stm

The European Parliament awarded the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to human rights defender Hu Jia (胡佳) yesterday in Strasbourg. Mr. Hu’s wife, Zeng Jinyan, gave an acceptance speech on his behalf via a video message. Ms. Zeng is currently under house arrest in Beijing.

Related Information
Under House Arrest, Hu Jia’s Wife Accepts Sakharov Prize on Behalf of Imprisoned
Husband
Human Rights in China, December 17, 2008
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/91169


News

Death Penalty
Death Sentence for Gang Leader
South China Morning Post, December 18, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/
?vgnextoid=d28ee461ab54e110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Education
中国发布针对少年儿童的民族团结教育纲要 (China Issues Program for Minority Children "Unity" Education)
Radio Free Asia, December 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/minzu-12172008105734.html

Human Rights
歐盟關切劉曉波被拘 (European Union Expresses Concern over Liu Xiaobo Arrest)
Ming Pao, December 17, 2008
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20081217/ca32329a.htm

China Launches Major Crackdown on Dissidents
Telegraph.co.uk, December 17, 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/3811653/China-launches-major-
crackdown-on-dissidents.html

Related News
晚年周恩来的作者高文谦：零八宪章标志民间力量开始主导社会变革 (Gao Wenqian, Author
of Zhou Enlai Biography, Says 08 Charter Shows Grassroots Leading Social Reform)
Radio Free Asia, December 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gaowenqian-12172008160947.html

Labor
Gas Blast Traps 18 Miners in Central China
China Daily, December 18, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-12/18/content_7318157.htm

遼寧企業裁員需上報 (Liaoning Businesses Required to Report Lay-Offs)
Ming Pao, December 17, 2008
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20081217/ca31624a.htm

With Strikes, China's New Middle Class Vents Anger
Washington Post, December 17, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/16/AR2008121602851.html

Law
Call for Law to Punish Fleeing Bosses
China Daily, December 18, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-12/18/content_7316523.htm

网络暴力第一案宣判 法院判决书中批评王菲不忠 (Decision Announced for First Case of "Internet Violence")
Xinhuanet, December 18, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2008-12/18/content_10523788.htm

Police
Man in Coma after Fight over Laundry
Shanghai Daily, December 18, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200812/20081218/article_384941.htm

Shanghai Trains to Get Surveillance Cameras
China Daily, December 18, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-12/18/content_7316532.htm

Protests and Petitions
Two Arrested for Throwing Eggs at China Flag
Reuters (available at YahooNews), December 17, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081217/wl_nm/us_china_flag

Public Health
江苏鸡瘟疫情遭封锁 官称未爆疫情却杀37万家禽 (News of Bird Flu Epidemic in Jiangsu Blocked)
Radio Free Asia, December 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jiangsu-12172008113901.html

Society
Beijing Frets over Threat of Instability
South China Morning Post, December 18, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/
?vgnextoid=c06ee461ab54e110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

30 Years Transform China, but not its Politics
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), December 17, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081217/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china30_years_reforms

Related News
改革开放30年：伟大的转折 历史的丰碑 (30 Years of Reform and Opening Up: A
Monumental Turning Point in History)
Xinhuanet, December 18, 2008
http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/mryw/20081218a.htm

Chinese Netizens Reach 290 Million by November
China Daily, December 17, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-12/17/content_7315668.htm

State-owned Enterprises
Maintaining Stability at Grassroots Level Stressed
Xinhuanet, December 17, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-12/17/content_10521246.htm

Taiwan
Four Local Chinese Mainland Reporters to Work in Taiwan
China Daily, December 17, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-12/17/content_7315128.htm

XUAR
Two Xinjiang Terrorists who Killed 17 Police Get Death
China Daily, December 18, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-12/18/content_7316505.htm

September 17, 2008

News
Corruption
重庆食药监局原处长受贿95万获刑9年 (Official in Chongqing to Serve 9 Years for Accepting Bribes)
Xinhuanet, September 17, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2008-09/17/content_10048581.htm

安徽淮南原市委书记陈世礼涉嫌受贿640余万被起诉 (Anhui Official Charged with Bribery)
Xinhuanet, September 13, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2008-09/17/content_10050331.htm

Disasters
“溃坝”伤残者补偿标准出台 (Compensation Packages for Landslide Victims Announced)
The Beijing News, September 17, 2008
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/guonei/2008/09-17/008@025647.htm

Premier: China to Compile Quake Victim Name List
Xinhuanet, September 16, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/16/content_10045986.htm

Food Security
China Finds Additive in Formula at 22 Dairies
International Herald Tribune, September 17, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/17/asia/17milk.php

Related News
Behind Bad Baby Milk, an Ethical Gap in China's Business
Christian Science Monitor, September 17, 2008
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0917/p01s03-woap.html

Officials 'Knew of Tainted Milk for a Month'
South China Morning Post, September 17, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=de4545b0c1c6c110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China Pledges to Treat All Tainted Milk-affected Babies
Xinhuanet, September 16, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/16/content_10030692.htm

Parents Queue for Refund in China Milk Scandal
International Herald Tribune, September 16, 2008
http://iht.com/articles/reuters/2008/09/16/asia/OUKWD-UK-CHINA-MILK.php

Government
Government Bus Official Sacked After Fatal Crash
Shanghai Daily, September 17, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=374011

Media
三鹿誘百度刪毒奶新聞出資300萬 (Baidu Spent 3 Million RMB to Delete Tainted Milk Powder News)
Ming Pao, September 17, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080917/caa2.htm

Journalist Ponders Suing Portal over Blog Entry Deletion
South China Morning Post, September 17, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=ff9a7ceaa4c6c110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Once Banned International Internet Sites Now Allowed In Post Olympics China
Voice of America, September 17, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-09-16-voa21.cfm?rss=asia

山西溃坝事故追踪：51人起初未入“死亡名单” (51 Deaths Originally Not Listed in Shanxi Landslide Reports)
Nanfang City News, September 16, 2008
http://www2.nanfangdaily.com.cn/nfjx/200809160040.asp

国内首家党报集团中外合作项目：新安传媒挂牌成立 (China to Launch First Joint Venture Party Newspaper)
Legal Daily, September 16, 2008
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2008-09/16/content_946459.htm

U.N. Agency Eyes Curbs on Internet Anonymity
CNET Networks, September 12, 2008
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10040152-38.html

Multilateral
Chinese Premier to Attend UN High-level Meeting on MDGs
Xinhuanet, September 16, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/16/content_10034036.htm

Protests and Petitions
购买农机产品被骗 黑龙江300农民集体到省会上访 (300 Heilongjiang Farmers Petition after Falling Prey to Equipment Purchasing Scam )
Radio Free Asia, September 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/nong-09162008083130.html

50名上海访民残奥会期间北京上访被截访 (50 Shanghai Petitioners Blocked During Paralympics)
Radio Free Asia, September 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fang-09162008083416.html

南京访民中秋节遭省委有关人员毒打 (Government Official Beats Petitioner from Nanjing )
Radio Free Asia, September 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/nanjing-09162008102122.html

Public Health
China Renews Call to Tackle Young People's Health Problems
Xinhuanet, September 17, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/17/content_10047224.htm

Society
Chinese Muslims Join Global Islamic Market
Christian Science Monitor, September 16, 2008
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0916/p06s04-woap.html

State-owned Enterprises
China Orders Strategic SOEs to Report Production Accidents
Xinhuanet, September 16, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/16/content_10040320.htm

XUAR
新疆维族人坚持封斋被拘 汉人退休官批政府贪腐 (Uighur Muslims Beaten for Persisting in Observing Ramadan)
Radio Free Asia, September 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/weizu-09162008084113.html

September 10, 2008

News
Corruption
Vice Mayor on Bribery Charges
Shanghai Daily, September 10, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=373123&type=National

Disasters
中央加大抗震救灾资金监督 186人因违纪行为被处分 (Central Government Increases Supervision of Earthquake Funds, 186 Disciplined for Abuses)
Xinhuanet, September 10, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/politics/2008-09/10/content_9890866.htm

Dim Hopes, Anger after China Mudslide
Reuters (available at YahooNews), September 10, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080910/wl_nm/china_mudslide_dc

Rehabilitation Centers Set Up for Quake Victims
Xinhuanet, September 09, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/09/content_9878672.htm

Labor
Coal Mine Gas Blast Kills One, Traps Four in SW
China Daily, September 10, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-09/10/content_7012524.htm

Land Policy
Law on Rural Land Sales to be Reviewed
South China Morning Post, September 10, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=72b8d0a62a74c110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Media
Beijing Censors Financial Websites
South China Morning Post, September 10, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/
?vgnextoid=633ed0a62a74c110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

China's Relaxed Reporting Rules Set to Expire
Associated Press (via YahooNews), September 10, 2008
http://ph.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080909/tap-as-china-reporting-rules-bb10fb8.html

Related News
奥运外媒采访规定下月终止 外交部称继续开放精神 (Olympics Foreign Media Regulations to End Next Month, Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Continue with Spirit of Openness)
Xinhuanet, September 09, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/politics/2008-09/10/content_9890583.htm

Olympics
The Olympics Party is Over. Now China has to Clean up
The Guardian, September 10, 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/sep/10/china.olympics2008

Police
异见人士邓太清被公安殴打传唤 (Dissident Beaten, Taken to Court by Authorities)
Radio Free Asia, September 09, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/deng-09092008091927.html

Protests and Petitions
广西访民11人抵京计划到奥运示威区进行合法游行 (11 Guangxi Petitioners Stage Lawful Demonstration in Beijing Protest Zone)
Radio Free Asia, September 09, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fang-09092008161405.html

湖北嘉鱼城管人员与小贩发生肢体冲突 (City Officials Clash with Street Vendors in Hubei)
Radio Free Asia, September 09, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hubei-09092008092225.html

残奥未完访民继续被困公安局、精神病院 (Petitioners Still Detained during Paralympics)
Radio Free Asia, September 09, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/canao-09092008135024.html

Public Health
In China: Young People Most Prone to Suicide
Xinhuanet, September 10, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/10/content_9891583.htm

State-owned Enterprises
四川中行大规模辞退员工 逼待岗及签「认罪书」(Sichuan Bank of China Branch Dismisses Employees, Denies Compensation)
Radio Free Asia, September 09, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhonghang-09092008115217.html