June 20, 2008

News
Bilateral Ties
Experts Say Products Made by Chinese Prison Labor Still Enter US
Voice of America, June 19, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-06-19-voa51.cfm

Disasters
Battling Rising Waters in South China
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 20, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7463883.stm

China Quake Death Toll Rises to 69,180
Xinhuanet, June 19, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-06/19/content_8400885.htm

For China, Quake Toll Is Only a Guess
International Herald Tribune, June 18, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/06/18/asia/toll.php

Chinese Experts Outline Major Reasons for Building Collapse in Quake-Hit Regions
Xinhuanet, June 19, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-06/19/content_8401401.htm

Ministry Reports: No Major Pollution Found in Quake Zone
Xinhuanet, June 19, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-06/19/content_8403291.htm

Food Security
Sino-US Joint Food Safety Test Center Starts Operations
China Daily, June 20, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-06/20/content_6779587.htm

Human Rights
China Rights Questioned Weeks before Olympics
Reuters, June 19, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSN1838966320080619

Human Rights Defender - Yue Tianxiang (岳天祥)
民主党甘肃负责人岳天祥在上海探亲被警方拘押 (China Democracy Party Member Yue Tianxiang Detained While Visiting Relatives in Shanghai)
Radio Free Asia, June 19, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/minzhu-06192008074252.html

Human Rights Defender - Huang Qi (黄琦)
妻子和委托律师人仍不能见黄琦 (Wife and Lawyer Still Not Allowed to See Huang Qi)
Radio Free Asia, June 19, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huangqi-06192008124001.html

Media
Closure of Chinese Online-Video Site Sparks Concern
Wall Street Journal, June 20, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121390202591089267.html

外交部澄清东海协议　封舆论保钓网站被关 (Foreign Ministry Clarifies East China Sea Agreement; Website on Pinnacle (Senkaku/Diaoyutai) Islands Dispute Shut Down)
Radio Free Asia, June 19, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/baodiao-06192008170924.html

Olympics
China Presses Injured Athletes in Quest for Gold
New York Times, June 20, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/20/world/asia/20olympics.html

Clean Air Campaign Targets Buses, Trucks
China Daily, June 20, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-06/20/content_6781057.htm

Experts to Assess Daily Air Quality at Olympics
Shanghai Daily, June 20, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200806/20080620/article_363876.htm

Journalist Delegation Leaves for Lhasa to Report Torch Relay
Xinhuanet, June 20, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-06/20/content_8406238.htm

Tight Curbs for Torch Relay
Radio Free Asia, June 18, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/torchrelay-06182008170036.html

Public Health
Health Ministry Warns of Iodine Deficiency in Part of China
Xinhuanet, June 20, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-06/20/content_8403448.htm

China Cracks Down on Drug Companies
New York Times, June 19, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/19/sports/olympics/19hgh.html

Tibet
For Rural Tibetans, the Future Is in Town
Washington Post, June 19, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/19/AR2008061903835.html

Nepal Halts Tibetan March to China Office, 600 Held
Reuters, June 19, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSSP21585720080619

XUAR
Sweden Tells Chinese Asylum Seeker to Leave
Australian Broadcasting Corporation, June 20, 2008
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200806/s2280620.htm

霍城县派出所遭维族青年袭击 (XUAR Youth Raid Police Substation)
Radio Free Asia, June 19, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/weizu-06192008155001.html

January 12 - 14, 2008

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Lü Gengsong (吕耿松)
简要新闻∶杭州网络作家吕耿松被起诉 (Hangzhou-based Internet Writer Lü Gengsong Indicted)
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2008/01/11/
Hangzhou-based Internet writer Lü Gengsong (吕耿松) will stand trial on January 22, 2008, on charges of "inciting subversion of state power." The Hangzhou Intermediate People's Court called Lü’s wife, Wang Xue'e (汪雪娥), telling Wang that the procuratorate submitted Lü's indictment to the court on January 10 and sent a copy to Lü. Lü has recently been involved in different rights defense activities.

Related Information
HRIC Press Release: Writer Lü Gengsong Indicted
Human Rights in China, January 11, 2008
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/46847

News
Death Penalty
全国首个规定故意杀人死刑案件证据规则引关注 (China's First Circular Standardizing Regulations Concerning Evidence in Murder Cases Draws Attention)
Legal Daily, January 14, 2008
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2008-01/14/content_
780523.htm

Environment
China Bans Free Plastic Bags
Voice of America, January 12, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-01-12-voa16.cfm

Human Rights Defender - Yue Tianxiang (岳天祥)
简要新闻∶甘肃天水民运人士岳天祥刑满出狱 (Gansu Democracy Activist Yue Tianxiang Released from Jail)
Radio Free Asia, January 12, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2008/01/12/xiwen/

Human Rights Defender - Jing Chu (荆楚)
简要新闻: 广西异议作家荆楚被取保候审释放 (Guangxi-based Dissident Writer Jing Chu Released on Bail Pending Further Investigation)
Radio Free Asia, January 12, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2008/01/12/xiwen/

Labor
China Says Coal mine Deaths Fall One Fifth in 2007
Reuters, January 12, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSPEK329219

China Frees Brick Kiln Slaves and Then Loses Them
Reuters, January 11, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/
idUSPEK31987820080111

广东蓄电池厂工人普遍铅中毒 (Workers in a Guangdong Battery Factory Suffer Lead Poisoning)
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/11/china_
labor_protection/

Over 100,000 Died in China Work Accidents in 2007
Reuters, January 11, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/
idUSPEK33212820080111

Migrant Workers
Migrant Worker Asked for His Pay, Got Beating Instead
South China Morning Post, January 14, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a654bfcc6537
7110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Half of China's Migrant Workers Unhappy with Social Status
Xinhuanet, January 13, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/13/content_
7412708.htm

Police
2,717 Chinese Police Officers Die in Line of Duty in Past Six Years
Xinhuanet, January 11, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/12/content_
7408398.htm

城管打死人公安抢尸体 死者家属要求杀人偿命 (Hubei Authorities Take Away Victim's Corpse in Urban Management Abuse Case; Family Demands Justice)
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/11/
chengguan/

Politics
地方人大换届新迹象：农民工声音渐响 官员悄隐退 (As Local People's Congresses Get New Representatives, A Trend Emerges: More Rural Migrant Workers, Less Cadres)
Xinhuanet, January 14, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2008-01/14/content_
7415376.htm

Poverty
Lives of Poverty, Untouched by China’s Boom
New York Times, January 13, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/13/world/asia/13china.
html?scp=4&sq=

Protests and Petitions
湖北潜江征地发生血案四村民受伤 (Four Villagers Hurt in Violent Hubei Land Grab)
Radio Free Asia, January 13, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/13/
hu/

成都出动六百名公安武警继续强拆民房 (Chengdu Dispatches 600 Police Officers and Paramilitary Police Officers for Forced Evictions)
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/11/china_
demolition_clash/

福建女子魏香平上访17年被拘60次 (Fujian Woman Has Been Petitioning for 17 Years, Detained 60 Times)
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 1008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/11/china_
petition_abuse/

Religion
家庭教会会长再发表致胡锦涛公开信 呼吁关注严厉迫害 (Protestant House Church President Once Again Sends Open Letter to Hu Jintao Urging Halt to Persecution)
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/
11/zhang/