Human Rights Defender - Wu Lihong (吴立红)

Chinese Activist Defies Officials in Fight to Save Lake
Agence France-Presse, October 03, 2011
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2011/10/03/2003514826

News

Bilateral Ties
US 'to Give $1.5m to Falun Gong Internet Freedom Group'
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 12, 2010
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8678760.stm

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中国反对美国给法轮功团体提供经费 (China Opposes US Funding Falungong-related Organization)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 13, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2010/05/100513_china_us_falungong.shtml

US, China Begin Human Rights Talks
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), May 13, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100513/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_us_china_human_rights

Disasters
China Quake Rebuilding Rush Shows Power and Pitfalls
Reuters, May 12, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64B1CE20100512

Rainstorms in Southern China Kill 86
China Daily (via China Daily), May 12, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/12/content_9841679.htm

Environment
Polluting Plant Shuts down Operation Following Complaints
China Daily, May 13, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/13/content_9842497.htm

Government
Not Much Will Change under China's Next Leaders: Scholar
China Post, May 13, 2010
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/china-taiwan-relations/2010/05/13/256273/p2/Not-much.htm

Human Rights Defender - Wu Lihong (吴立红)
China Environmentalist Released After Prison Term
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), May 12, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100512/ap_on_re_as/as_china_environmentalist

Law
河南农民赵作海被错判杀人罪入狱11年获赔65万 (Henan Farmer Zhao Zuohai Receives Compensation after 11 Years Wrongly Imprisoned)
Dahe Daily (via Eastday), May 13, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100513/u1a5201606.html

Media
Editor Fired after Reports on Vaccine Cover-up
South China Morning Post, May 13, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0623a74e8bc88210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China Censors Attack News to Calm Panic after Ninth Child Stabbing in Weeks
The Daily Telegraph, May 12, 2010
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/7715249/China-censors-attack-news-to-calm-panic-after-ninth-child-stabbing-in-weeks.html

Multilateral
专家驳中国傲慢论 称自信比傲慢更准确 (China's Experts: China Is Assertive, Not Arrogant)
Southern Daily (via Sina), May 13, 2010
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2010-05-13/101420263886.shtml

Police
Arrest Warrants for Three Cops over Torture Case
China Daily, May 13, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/13/content_9842402.htm

Society
School Attacks Reflect Badly on Beijing
South China Morning Post, May 13, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e60cdfb886d88210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Millions 'Left Behind' in Rural China
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 12, 2010
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8668086.stm

May 2, 2008

News
Children
Child Labor Scandal Highlights Worrying Trend in China
Reuters, May 01, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/reutersComService_
2_MOLT/idUSHKG6219720080501

Economic Development
Beijing Air Terminal Goes All Out for the Games
New York Times, May 01, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/02/business/w
orldbusiness/02terminal.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
&oref=slogin

Government
China Issues New Information Rules to Promote Gov't Transparency
Xinhuanet, April 30, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/30/con
tent_8084125.htm

Human Rights Defender - Wu Lihong (吴立红)
A Lot To Be Angry About
The Economist, May 02, 2008
http://www.economist.com/world/asia/PrinterFriendl
y.cfm?story_id=11293734

Human Rights Defender - Hada (哈达)
(Building for the Future: Though Tensions Remain Between Mongols and Han Chinese, Growing Prosperity Is Aiding a Peaceful Coexistence)
South China Morning Post, May 02, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af6
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Related information:
IR2008: About the Individual: Hada
April 2008
http://www.ir2008.org/04/about.php

Human Rights Defender- Li Xige (李喜阁)
妙觉法师在派出所接受采访，谈被扣留的经过和原因 (Two AIDS Activists Detained in Henan)
Radio Free Asia, May 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hujia-05
012008170435.html

Human Rights Defender - Wang Bingzhang (王炳章)
王炳章母亲希望中国体现奥运精神释放王炳章 (Wang Bingzhang's Mother Sends Open Letter to Hu Jintao: Asks for Release of Son in the Spirit of the Olympics Games)
Radio Free Asia, May 01, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wang-05012
008172408.html

Protests and Petitions
Around 20 Detained in Hong Kong Olympic Protests
Agence France-Presse (via Inquirer.net), May 02, 2008
http://www.inquirer.net/specialfeatures/olympics/view.
php?db=1&article=20080502-134138
134138

北京两天内拘捕一千多名访民 (Beijing Detains 1,000 Petitioners in Two-Day Sweep)
Radio Free Asia, May 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/petitioner_bei
jing-04302008115312.html?encoding=simplified
04302008115312.html?encoding=simplified

警方帶走陳巧文 (Hong Kong Police Detain Pro-Tibetan Activist Chen Qiaowen)
Ming Pao, May 02, 2008
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20080502/gb51
027a.htm

石家庄纺织工人罢工 (Hebei Textile Workers Go On Strike)
Radio Free Asia, May 01, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shijiazhuang-
05012008105258.html

Public Health
Beijing Smoking Ban Takes Effect
South China Morning Post, May 02, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af6
2ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8a3d048
cd55a9110VgnVCM100000360a0a0a
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a0/?vgnextoid=8a3d048cd55a9110VgnVCM100000360
a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Society
Angry China
The Economist, May 01, 2008
http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm

Anti-French Boycott Falters in China
New York Times, May 01, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/02/world/asia/
02china.html?ref=world

Tibet
青海同仁县再拘隆务寺多名僧侣 (100 Tibetan Monks Detained in Qinghai)
Radio Free Asia, May 01, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/qinghai-05
012008173314.html