April 18, 2008

News
Bilateral Ties
EU Officials Angry as Festival Cancelled over 'Olympic Security'
South China Morning Post, April 18, 2008
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New Curbs on Travel to the Mainland
South China Morning Post, April 18, 2008
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Corporate Social Accountability
Bernard Arnault Offers Support to China after Threat of LVMH Boycott
Times Online, April 18, 2008
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_se
ctors/consumer_goods/article3767882.ecee3767882.ece

Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
Activist Denied Final Chance to Appeal: Lawyer
South China Morning Post, April 18, 2008
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Human Rights Defender - Zheng Mingfang (郑明芳)
天津维权人士郑明芳被劳教，其家人遭当局严密监控 (Family Under Close Surveillance after Zheng Mingfang Sentenced to Reeducation- Through-Labor)
Radio Free Asia, April 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/17/zheng_mingfang/

Human Rights Defender - Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)
张青获“受难者家人奖”感言唤醒人伦价值观 (U.S. Foundation Gives Zhang Qing the "Victims' Family Members Award")
Radio Free Asia, April 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/17/zhangqing/

Human Rights Defender - Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠)
陈良宇被判刑之后，郑恩宠遭当局更严密监控 (Zheng Enchong Placed Under Tighter Surveillance After Chen Liangyu's Sentence)
Radio Free Asia, April 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/17/zheng_enchong/

Law
中国律师真实现状调查 (Being a Lawyer in China: An Investigation)
Legal Daily, April 18, 2008
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2008-04/18/content_835602.htm

Media
Groundswell of Support Fuels Tough Line
South China Morning Post, April 18, 2008
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China Urges Again That CNN Sincerely Apologizes over Insulting Words
Xinhuanet, April 17, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/17/content_7997716.htm

Migrant Workers
“漂”对这1亿人的婚姻生育影响太大了 (One Child Policy Challenged by the 100 Million Migrant Workers Born After 1980)
China Youth Daily, April 18, 2008
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2008-04/18/content_2148916.htm

Olympics
北京继续以奥运名义强拆民宅 (Beijing Continues Forced Evictions Under the Name of the Olympic Games)
Radio Free Asia, April 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/17/chaiqian/

India Stage-Managed Torch Relay Meets Protests
Reuters, April 17, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSSP11894820080417

Society
OLYMPICS - China State Media Seeks to Contain Nationalist Anger
Reuters, April 17, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssConsumerGoodsAndRetailNews/
idUSPEK28800920080418080418

Tibet
China Detains Tibetan Reporter
New York Times, April 18, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/18/world/asia/18tibet.html

Tibetan Exiles Report More Than 100 Arrests in Fresh Protest in China
Voice of America, April 18, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-04-18-voa2.cfm

China Cancels May 1 Plan to Reopen Tibet: Official
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), April 17, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080417/ts_afp/chinaunresttibetrights
tourism_080417063408

China Seals Gateway into Tibet, Stops Refugee Flow out
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), April 17, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080417/ap_on_re_as/tibet_china_border_2

玛沁两藏族艺人被捕 藏僧指西藏事件非汉藏问题 (Two Tibetan Performing Artists Detained in Maqin County, Qinghai Province)
Radio Free Asia, April 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/17/tibetan/

XUAR
Restive Xinjiang: China's Next Trouble Spot after Tibet?
Reuters, April 17, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/inDepthNews/idUSPEK18373620080418

April 9, 2008

Top News of the Day
Olympics
China Deports Refugees Ahead of Olympics - UN
Reuters, April 08, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL0863281
Jennifer Pagonis, spokesperson of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), said on April 8 that China deported 15 refugees in 2008. She said it is "fairly clear" the deportations happened because of the "security sweep ahead of the Olympics." China has signed the UN Convention on the Status of Refugees. Pagonis said refugees should not be sent back to their country of origin.

News
Food Security
China Spending Too Little to Stem Farm Drain
Reuters, April 08, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/
idUST13042720080409

Human Rights Defender - Zheng Mingfang (郑明芳)
天津藓县维权人士郑明芳被劳教两年 (Tianjin Rights Defender Zheng Mingfang Sentenced to Two Years of Reeducation-Through-Labor)
Radio Free Asia, April 08, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/08
/zhengmingfang/

Law
今日关注:性骚扰案件"同类不同果"现象亟待终结 (Different Rulings for Similar Sexual Harassment Cases Have to End)
Legal Daily, April 09, 2008
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2008-04/09/content_
829806.htm

Media
专家炮轰证监会 经济半小时停播引质疑 (Financial TV Program Suspended After Criticizing Government's Inaction over Stock Market Plunge)
Radio Free Asia, April 08, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/08
/tv_show/

数名外国驻华记者接到恐吓电话 (Foreign Journalists in China Receive Death Threats over Tibet Reports)
Radio Free Asia, April 08, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/04/08/China_
Press/

Olympics
Censor Loosens Media Strings in Publicity War
South China Morning Post, April 09, 2008
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Olympic Official Condemns Anti-China Protests
Wall Street Journal, April 09, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120766115661397851.html?
mod=hps_asia_whats_news

奥运场馆附近居民将凭证出入 (Residents Near Olympic Venues Will Be Required to Show Pass for Entry and Exit)
The Beijing News, April 09, 2008
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/olympic/2008/04
-09/015@080614.htm

China Turns Patriotic Wrath on Olympics Demonstrators
Reuters, April 08, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/
idUSSP23296420080408

Most Americans Say China Wrong Choice for Games: Poll
Reuters, April 08, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/
idUSN0835446720080408

Protests and Petitions
甘孜枪伤多人 阿坝骚乱未了 (Sichuan Authorities Shoot Protestors with Rubber Bullets)
Radio Free Asia, April 08, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/08/
ganzi/

Tibet
China Rights Experts Refute Amnesty International Report
Xinhuanet, April 09, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/08/content_
7942552.htm

Lhasa Market Reopens Following Riot
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), April 08, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/china_tibet;_ylt=
ApKBIwoRa6gzhbkV9Rs4MDVPzWQA

Tibet Governor Says 953 Detained for Riots
Reuters, April 08, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews
/idUSSP23296420080409

March 4, 2008

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Liu Jie (刘杰)
黑龙江女访民刘杰在劳教所绝食五日后恢复进食 (Petitioner Liu Jie Ends Hunger Strike; Resumes Eating After Five Days)
Radio Free Asia, March 03, 2008
Authorities at the Qiqihar Labor Camp informed the son of petitioner Liu Jie (刘杰) that Liu resumed eating on March 2. Liu had staged a hunger strike for five days in protest of her Reeducation-Through-Labor sentence. Liu, the organizer of a public letter with over twelve thousand signatures, was sentenced to eighteen months of Reeducation-Through-Labor in November 2007.

Human Rights Defender - Lü Gengsong (吕耿松)
异议人士吕耿松的妻子致信人大希望关注吕案 (Dissident Writer Lü Gengsong's Wife Asks that NPC Pay Attention to Lü's Case)
Radio Free Asia, March 03, 2008
Wang Xue'e (汪雪娥), wife of dissident writer Lü Gengsong (吕耿松), has published an open letter online before the annual sessions of the National People's Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), showing concerns to Lü’s deteriorating health in prison and calling for earlier Lü’s earlier release. Wang told RFA that prison authorities punish other inmates who talk to Lü.

Related Information:
HRIC Case Update: Families
of Lü Gengsong and He Depu Appeal to National People's Congress
Human Rights in China, March 03, 2008

News
Environment
SEPA Admits It Lacks Sway to Block Big Oil Refinery
South China Morning Post, March 04, 2008

China's Killer "Yellow Dust" Hits Korea and Japan
Reuters, March 03, 2008

Food Security
China Reports Big Rise in Food-Poisoning Deaths
Reuters, March 03, 2008

Human Rights Defenders - Hu Jia (胡佳)
警称胡佳家将解封　人权劣迹下待观察 (Police State that Hu Jia's Apartment, Currently Under Police Surveillance, Will Be "Unblocked" After Two Congresses)
Radio Free Asia, March 03, 2008

Human Rights Defenders - Yang Chunlin (杨春林)
维权人士杨春林家人被警告不准与外界联系 (Family of Human Rights Defender Yang Chunlin Told By Police to Not Speak with Outsiders)
Radio Free Asia, March 03, 2008

Human Rights Defenders - Zheng Mingfang (郑明芳)
天津市维权人士郑明芳被逮捕 (Tianjin Human Rights Defender Zheng Mingfang Arrested)
Radio Free Asia, March 03, 2008

Land Policy
北京复员军人因强迫拆迁被逼疯 (Beijing Demobilized Soldier Admitted to Psychiatric Hospital Due to Pressure Following Forced Relocation: Wife)
Radio Free Asia, March 03, 2008

Politics
China's Reform Anniversary Stirs Political Debate
Reuters, March 03, 2008

Protests and Petitions
在京访民被拦截 马家楼1000多人在押 (Petitioners in Beijing Intercepted; Over a Thousand in Custody in Majialou)
Radio Free Asia, March 03, 2008

Public Health
Women's Health in Rural Areas Targeted
China Daily (available at Xinhua), March 03, 2008

Religion
政协贾庆林强调宗教和谐　会下基督徒继续受压 (Christians Continue to Face Pressure Despite CPPCC Chairman Jia's Emphasis on Religious Harmony)
Radio Free Asia, March 03, 2008

贾庆林提出利用宗教促进民族团结和社会和谐 (Jia Qinglin Proposes that Religion Be Used to Promote Unity and Social Harmony with Minorities)
Radio Free Asia, March 03, 2008