June 17, 2009

Civil Society
Civic-Minded Chinese Find A Voice Online
New York Times, June 17, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/17/world/asia/17china.html

Human Rights Defender -- Zhang Zilin (张子霖)
中国泛蓝联盟遭当局打压 (Pan-Blue Alliance's Members under Pressure)
Radio Free Asia, June 16, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fanlan-06162009091121.html

Internet Censorship
US Firm Warns PC Makers over Chinese Software
Financial Times, June 17, 2009
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/83afaf28-5a92-11de-8c14-00144feabdc0.html

Law
Activists Fear Draft Mental Health Law Is Flawed
South China Morning Post, June 17, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8222b4f29e9e1210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related News
Mental Illnesses Continue to Rise
China Daily, June 17, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-06/17/content_8291862.htm

Media
China Communist Party Newspaper to Expand Coverage
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), June 17, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090616/ap_on_re_as/as_china_party_mouthpiece

Police
最高检加大督察严防刑讯逼供、涉案人员自杀发生 (Supreme People's Procuratorate Tightens Supervision to Prevent Forced Confessions And Suicides of Involved Persons)
People's Daily (via Xinhua News Agency), June 17, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-06/17/content_11554754.htm

Protests and Petitions
浙江蟾钟村失地农民抗争被打压 (Zhejiang Authorities Crackdown on Village Protest over Illicit Land Seizure)
Radio Free Asia, June 16, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhejiang-06162009143240.html

北京访民揭黑监狱公安施虐 (Beijing Petitioners Expose Police Abuse in 'Black Jail')
Radio Free Asia, June 16, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/heijianyu-06162009085439.html

佛山四百维权村民与施工人员对峙 (Villagers in Guangdong Clash with Construction Workers over Land Dispute)
Radio Free Asia, June 16, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengdi-06162009104404.html

上访遭关押学习班　政府公文形同废纸 (Authorities Continues to Send Petitioners to "Legal Education Classes")
Radio Free Asia, June 16, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xuexiban-06162009090539.html

Public Health
In Bid to Prevent Product Scandals, Quality Watchdog to Set Up Public Blacklist of Firms
South China Morning Post, June 17, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b162b4f29e9e1210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Religion
Vatican China Envoy to Get Tough With Beijing
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), June 16, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090616/ap_on_re_eu/eu_vatican_china/print

XUAR
Police Fatally Wound Man during Protest in China's Xinjiang
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), June 16, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090616/wl_asia_afp/chinaunrestxinjiang

March 15-17, 2008

Top News of the Day
Tibet
Dalai Lama Fears 'Cultural Genocide' in Tibet
Vancouver Sun, March 16, 2008
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=4fe8392c-8cdf-4863-b44c-fe1672abc8e7&k=51713
Calm has been seemingly restored in Tibet as the Chinese military and police forces have quelled the protests. The Dalai Lama has called for an international investigation into the crackdown on the protests, saying that a "cultural genocide" is occurring, regardless of intention. According to reports, the Chinese media are depicting the protests as the direct result of the Dalai Lama's influence, naming him the cause of the violent demonstrations.

Related information:
HRIC Statement: Stop Crackdowns in Tibet, Start Dialogue
March 14, 2008
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/47798

News
Bilateral Ties
Call for China Restraint over Tibet Protesters
Reuters, March 15, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUST30780920080315

Corporate Social Accountability
Nike Reports Problems at China Factories
Reuters, March 14, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNews/idUSHKG26912020080314

Government
广东江门村民不满基层选举作弊 (Jiangmin, Guangdong Villagers Angry at Corruption in Grassroots Elections)
Radio Free Asia, March 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/16/xuan/

Human Rights Defenders
一批贵州人权活动人士发表致中共中央领导联署公开信 (Guizhou Human Rights Defenders Issue Open Letter to CPPCC Leadership)
Radio Free Asia, March 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/16/weiquan/

Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
律师表示正在争取曾金燕获准旁听胡佳案 (Lawyers Trying to Obtain Permission for Zeng Jinyan to Attend Hu Jia's Trial)
Radio Free Asia, March 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/03/14/china_rights_hujia

Human Rights Defender - Liu Jie (刘杰)
黑龙江访民刘杰家人指责监狱侵犯通讯自由 (Family of Liu Jie Criticizes Violations of Free Communication by the Prison)
Radio Free Asia, March 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/03/14/china_rights_jail/

Human Rights Defender - Xu Xiang (徐祥)
中国网络维权人士徐祥起诉长沙公安局 (Online Rights Defender Xu Xiang Sues Changsha Police)
Radio Free Asia, March 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/14/xu/

Human Rights Defender - Zhang Zilin (张子霖)
张子霖案的律师已提出上诉 泛蓝将示威抗议声援张子霖 (Zhang Zilin's Lawyer Raises Appeal; Pan-Blue Alliance to March in Support of Zhang)
Radio Free Asia, March 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/14/zhang/

Human Rights Defender - Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠）
郑恩宠上诉案庭审 代理人受阻未能出庭 (Zheng Enchong's Appeal Case Heard in Court)
Radio Free Asia, March 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/14/zheng

Land Policy
江西拆迁户维护合法权益反被判刑 (Relocated Jiangxi Residents Sentenced for "Gathering a Crowd to Attack an Organ of the State")
Radio Free Asia, March 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/14/jiinagxi/

Media
People Left with Official Version on Tibet Violence
South China Morning Post, March 16, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d77
33492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5e92cfb76a2b8110VgnVCM10000036
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Military
China Military Forces Defend Tibet Crackdown
Reuters, March 16, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSPEK264579

Olympics
Nepal Closes Mount Everest over Protest Concerns
Reuters, March 14, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSDEL10828120080314

Dalai Lama Refuses to Call for Boycott of Olympic Games
South China Morning Post, March 17, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d77
33492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2cda443f008b8110VgnVCM10000036
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Protests and Petitions
博罗劳动保障部门和立森资方要求工人复工 (Boluo Authorities and Li Sen Management Demand Workers Return)
Radio Free Asia, March 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/03/14/china_labor_strike/

Guangdong Detains 14 as Strikers Protest Reported Death
Radio Free Asia, March 13, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2008/03/13/china_strike/

Public Health
China Reports New Bird Flu Outbreak
Reuters, March 16, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSPEK273150

Tibet
Tibetan Officials Refute Dalai's "Rule of Terror" Remarks
Xinhuanet, March 17, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/17/content_7803002.htm

Tibetan Riots Spread to Provinces
South China Morning Post, March 17, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d77
33492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ae3e443f008b8110VgnVCM10000036
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Tibetan Tensions Finally Spill Over
Financial Times, March 16, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8d1ff56c-f35b-11dc-b6bc-0000779fd2ac.html

西藏示威者在几国同警察冲突 (Tibet Demonstrators Clash with Police in Several Countries)
Voice of America, March 16, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/2008-03-16-voa6.cfm

西藏政府：騷亂造成13亡 (Tibet Government: 13 Casualties from the Riots)
Ming Pao, March 17, 2008
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20080317/ca11030w.htm

January 30, 2008

News
Corruption
截至去年10月底国家已追回或归还被挤占挪用资金近42亿元 (From 2006 to October 2007, China Recovered 4.2 Billion Yuan in Embezzled Funds)
Xinhuanet, January 30, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2008-01/30/content_7525595.htm

Disasters
Power Plants Feel the Pinch As Mainland Weather Crisis Worsens
South China Morning Post, January 29, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=988c4f8a4d0c7110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Troops Help Stranded Chinese as Snow Kills 50
Reuters, January 29, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSPEK11184620080129

Food Security
China Issues Emergency Circular on Food Safety
Xinhuanet, January 30, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/30/content_7524840.htm

Government
中国推动村庄合并大村庄制成趋势 (Government Promotes Trend of Merging of Small Villages to Make "Big Village System")
People's Daily (available at Xinhuanet), January 30, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newmedia/2008-01/30/content_7524379.htm

Human Rights Defender - Ye Guoqiang (叶国强)
北京维权人士叶国强被释放后身陷困境 (After Release, Rights Defender Ye Guoqiang's Health Deteriorates)
Radio Free Asia, January 29, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2008/01/29/

Human Rights Defender - Xu Zhengqing (许正清)
许正清出狱数十访民迎接 上海枉法侵权再成焦点 (Human Rights Defender Xu Zhengqing Released From Prison)
Radio Free Asia, January 29, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/29/xu_zhengqing/

Related Information
Case Update: Shanghai Petitioner Xu Zhengqing Released from Prison
Human Rights in China, January 29, 2008
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/47237

Human Rights Defender - Li Guohong (李国宏)
维权人士李国宏以绝食争取到探视权 (Li Guohong Goes on Hunger Strike to Fight For Visitation Rights)
Radio Free Asia, January 29, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/29/li/

Human Rights Defender - Zhang Zilin (张子霖)
泛蓝联盟成员张子霖案延期到春节后开庭 (Trial for Pan-Blue Alliance Member Zhang Zilin Postponed Until After Spring Festival)
Radio Free Asia, January 29, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/29/zhang/

Media
Spreading the News: The Future of Rural Newspapers Is Largely Tied to the Economic Fortunes of Their Readership
South China Morning Post, January 28, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4f537d24f1bb7110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Migrant Workers
Migrant Workers Advised to Stay in Cities for Spring Festival Amid Heavy Snow
Xinhuanet, January 29, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/29/content_7517049.htm

Olympics
15件“涉奥”案共逮捕38人 (Beijing Investigated 322 Corruption Cases in 2007, 15 Involving Olympics)
The Beijing News, January 30, 2008
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/olympic/2008/01-30/014@085748.htm

Police
公安部通报2007年全国社会治安形势 (Ministry of Public Security Discusses 2007 Public Order Situation)
Xinhuanet, January 30, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2008-01/30/content_7524868.htm

Poverty
Low-income Rural, Urban Families to Get More Subsidies as Prices Rise
Xinhuanet, January 29, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/29/content_7522343.htm

Protests and Petitions
河南兰考县政府低价强征农田引起村民抗议 (Henan, Lankao County Farmers Protest Low-Priced Land Grab)
Radio Free Asia, January 29, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/29/nong/

Public Health
China Reports Bird Flu Outbreak in Poultry in Tibet
Reuters, January 29, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSPEK78849

Three Gorges
中国三峡水坝及其对全球影响的讨论会 (Panel: China's Three Gorges Dam Project and It's Impact on the World)
Radio Free Asia, January 29, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/29/sanxia/

January 24, 2008

News
Disasters
China Reports More People Affected by Heavy Snow
Xinhuanet, January 23, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/24/content_7483054.htm

Economic Development
China's Economy Eases as Exports Slow
Reuters, January 24, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSPEK9733620080124

Government
CPC Official Calls for Service-Oriented Gov't
Xinhuanet, January 23, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/23/content_7482955.htm

Hukou
Experts: Hukou Should Be Scrapped
China Daily (via Xinhuanet), January 23, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/23/content_7478775.htm

Human Rights Defenders - Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)
狱方指郭飞雄违反监规实施严管三个月 (Guo Feixiong Punished for "Violating Prison Regulations")
Radio Free Asia, January 23, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/23/china_rights_guofeixiong/

Human Rights Defenders - Lu Gengsong (吕耿松)
吕耿松的自我辩护书 (Lu Gengsong's Self-Defense Argument)
Radio Free Asia, January 23, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/23/lyugengsong/

Human Rights Defenders - Wei Xiangping (魏香平)
刚刚出狱的福建访民魏香平在北京再次被截访 (Released Fujian Petitioner Intercepted in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, January 23, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/23/china_petition_detain/

Human Rights Defenders - Qiao Yanbing (乔延兵)
山东烟台军转干部维权代表乔延兵被判刑四年半 (Shandong Soldier-Turned-Cadre Representative Sentenced to Four Years And Six Months)
Radio Free Asia, January 23, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/23/qiao_yanbing/

Human Rights Defenders - Xu Yunliang (许云亮)
河北枣强县村民维权代表许云亮取保候审获释 (Villager Representative Xu Yunliang Released on Bail)
Radio Free Asia, January 23, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/23/xunyunliang/

Human Rights Defenders - Zhang Zilin (张子霖)
泛蓝联盟张子霖被控敲诈勒索案下周二开审 (Zhang Zilin Faces Trial on Extortion and Blackmailing Next Tuesday)
Radio Free Asia, January 23, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/23/china_dissident_panblue/

Labor
Cheap Labour Dries Up, Workers Get Picky
South China Morning Post, January 24, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d58f2984996a7110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Land Policy
杭州六百人强拆民宅（带录像） (Hangzhou Residence Forcefully Demolished by More Than 600 Eviction Personnel)
Radio Free Asia, January 23, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/23/qianchai/

Law
Judiciary Weighs In on Debate over Case of Migrant's ATM Windfall
South China Morning Post, January 24, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=599d53f3ac7a7110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Metro Says Sorry for Kissing Video, But Couple May Still Sue
South China Morning Post, January 24, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b1102984996a7110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China Approves Draft Law Revision on Protection of the Disabled
Xinhuanet, January 23, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/23/content_7481656.htm

Media
China Breaks "Real-time" Porn Web Site
Reuters, January 23, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSPEK8420020080123

Migrant Workers
上海将把农民工子弟学校纳入民办教育管理 (Shanghai Authorities Better Regulate Schools for Migrant Children)
Radio Free Asia, January 23, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/23/nongmin/

Olympics
北京書記：文明驅趕乞丐出城 (Authorities Order Civilized Expulsion of Beggars from Beijing)
Ming Pao, January 24, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080124/cca2.htm

China Fights Online Porn Ahead of Olympics
Financial Times, January 24, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/acad6228-ca09-11dc-b5dc-000077b07658,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2340.html

百萬警停休 保兩會奧運 (No Leaves for Police During NPC & CPPCC Sessions and Olympics)
Ming Pao, January 24, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080124/cca1.htm

布朗：希望中国奥运后继续开放新闻媒体 (China Should Continue Freedoms to Journalists After Olympics, Says British Prime Minister)
Radio Free Asia, January 23, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/23/aoyun/

China to Divert Yellow River Water for Beijing Games
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), January 23, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080123/wl_asia_afp/oly2008chnchinaenvironmentwater_080123153714

Protests and Petitions
温州洞头村民因徵地补偿问题阻止施工 (Wenzhou Villagers Block Construction Site over Disputed Compensation)
Radio Free Asia, January 23, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/23/di/

独家报道：广东惠州村民与防暴警察发生冲突 (Guangdong Villagers Clashes with Police )
Radio Free Asia, January 22, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/22/china_land_clash/

Public Health
Pay Fee or Give Wife's Body to Science, Man Told
South China Morning Post, January 24, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d76f2984996a7110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

CCF Distributes Free Drugs to Needy Lung Cancer Sufferers
Xinhuanet, January 23, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/23/content_7481797.htm

Death Toll From Contaminated Drug Rises to 14 in S China
Xinhuanet, January 23, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/24/content_7482979.htm