Top News of the Day
XUAR
新疆南部实行军管？ (Military Control Implemented in Southern XUAR: World Uyghur Congress)
Radio Free Asia, March 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/17/
xinjiang/
According to the World Uyghur Congress, residents in the southern part of XUAR say military control has been implemented there since March 10. Any gathering of three or more Uyghurs at night will be dispersed and participants detained. The Chinese authorities have also resumed confiscating passports of all local Uyghur residents in the region. The Chinese authorities allegedly did the same between 2005 and May 2007, but some local residents had their passports returned after they paid a deposit. A deposit will not work now.
News
Gender
End of the Line
South China Morning Post, March 18, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af6
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Government
China Takes Some Small Steps Toward Openness
Wall Street Journal, March 18, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120574435702141375.html
?mod=hps_asia_whats_news
China Forms New Cabinet, Including Five "Super Ministers"
Xinhuanet, March 17, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/17/content_
7810070.htm
Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
当局不准胡佳的妻子和父亲旁听庭审 (Chinese Authorities to Bar Hu Jia's Wife and Father from Attending His Trial)
Radio Free Asia, March 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/03/17/china_
rights_hujia/
Human Rights Defenders
贵阳维权人士散发人权宣传材料遭拘留 (Guiyang Rights Defenders Detained for Distributing "Universal Declaration of Human Rights" on the Street)
Radio Free Asia, March 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/17
/weiquan/
Media
辱骂 殴打 铐锁 - 深圳记者采访遭拘禁 (Shenzhen Police Beat and Detain Southern Metropolis Daily's Reporters)
Ming Pao, March 18, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080318/cca1.htm
YouTube Access Blocked in China After Tibet Clips Appear
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), March 18, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080318/wl_asia_afp/chin
aunresttibetrightsyoutubeinternet_080318000813;_ylt=A
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Olympics
Journalists' Group Says Ban Flouts Rules
South China Morning Post, March 18, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62
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奥帆赛礼仪小姐“魔鬼训练”直击 (Medal Presenters for the Olympic Sailing Events Receive Harsh Training)
Bandao.cn (available at Xinhuanet), March 18, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/photo/2008-03/18/content_
7810706.htm
IOC: Beijing Air Poses 'Some Risk'
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), March 17, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080317/ap_on_re_as/oly_
beijing_pollution_2;_ylt=Ap_jsz1Y3zRjvTtxjv1o.v5PzWQA
1Y3zRjvTtxjv1o.v5PzWQA
Police
Foreigners Grapple with Crime in China
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), March 17, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080317/ap_on_re_as/china
_foreigners_at_risk_1;_ylt=AsJwaVXm.ulk8dBCzkfX3GtPz
WQAJwaVXm.ulk8dBCzkfX3GtPzWQA
Protests and Petitions
Students Protest Quietly in Beijing
South China Morning Post, March 18, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62
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Public Health
湖北三洲镇血吸虫病泛滥 (Fresh Water Parasite Widespread in Sanzhou Town, Hubei)
Radio Free Asia, March 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/17
/xichongbing/
Tibet
FM Spokesman: Attacks on Chinese Embassies Expose Dalai Coterie's Secessionist Nature
Xinhuanet, March 17, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/18/content_
7810145.htm
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Monday, March 17, 2008
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.
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
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
0a0a0aRCRD
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
0a0a0aRCRD
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
0a0a0aRCRD
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
Friday, March 14, 2008
March 14, 2008
Top News of the Day
Tibet
Tibetan With Family in Lhasa Says Cars on Fire in Tibet in Latest Protest
Associated Press (available at the International Herald Tribune, March 14, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/03/14/asia/AS
-GEN-China-Tibet.php
The Associated Press is reporting clashes between police, the army and Tibetan monks and civilians in Lhasa, the capital of the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR). Police cars have apparently been set on fire. Two monks have attempted suicide, but are in critical condition. Three of the most important monasteries in the TAR have been shut down, and some monks are on a hunger strike in protest.
News
Bilateral Ties
U.S. Report Links China Arms Sales to Darfur Carnage
Reuters, March 13, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/articlePrint?articleId=
USN1356992920080313
Civil Society
民政部对中国神剑文学艺术学会等作出行政处罚 (Government Punishes a Non-Approved Literature Association and other Civil Society Groups)
Xinhuanet, March 14, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2008-03/14/content_
7787978.htm
Environment
China's Emissions Seen Rising Faster Than Thought
Reuters, March 18, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6f07b3df3a8a
8110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Sepa's Extra Teeth a Small Step in the Right Direction, Analysts Say
South China Morning Post, March 14, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62
ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=15f6b3df3a8
a8110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Human Rights Defender-Li Guohong (李国宏)
重庆维权人士李国宏透露劳教所中不人道状况 (Chongqing Right's Defender Li Guohong Reports Poor Labor Conditions at Reeducation-Through-Labor Facility)
Radio Free Asia, March 13, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/13/li/
Human Rights Defender- Hu Jia (胡佳)
胡佳案下周二开庭 曾金燕被禁旁听 (Hu Jia's Trial To Start on Tuesday; Wife Zeng Jinyan Barred from Attending)
Radio Free Asia, March 13, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/
13/hujia/
Media
Photo Scandal Stars Urged to 'Show Remorse'
South China Morning Post, March 14, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62
ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=eb97b3df3a8a8
110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Xinhua in Deft Denial Exercise
South China Morning Post, March 14, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6f07b3df3a8
a8110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
When Manga Meets Communism
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 13, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7292158.stm
Olympics
北京重申奥运期间抗议须获批准 (Beijing: Only Approved Protests During Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, March 13, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/
13/aoyun/
Beijing's Unofficial Olympic Slogan
International Herald Tribune, March 13, 2008
http://iht.com/bin/printfriendly.php?id=11035484
China Sees Conspiracy Behind Olympics Criticisms
Reuters, March 13, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/articlePrint?articleId=
USPEK36250120080313
Protests and Petitions
湖南永顺县征稽暴力执法 万人示威冲击征稽所 (Ten Thousand Protest Land Grab in Hunan)
Radio Free Asia, March 13, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/13
/yongshun/
广东博罗台资木器厂因劳动合同发生工潮 (Thousands Strike in Guangdong over Contract)
Radio Free Asia, March 13, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/03/10/china_
labor_strike/
Public Health
China Launches AIDS Campaign
Xinhuanet, March 13, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/14/content
_7786754.htm
Tibet
Tibetan With Family in Lhasa Says Cars on Fire in Tibet in Latest Protest
Associated Press (available at the International Herald Tribune, March 14, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/03/14/asia/AS
-GEN-China-Tibet.php
The Associated Press is reporting clashes between police, the army and Tibetan monks and civilians in Lhasa, the capital of the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR). Police cars have apparently been set on fire. Two monks have attempted suicide, but are in critical condition. Three of the most important monasteries in the TAR have been shut down, and some monks are on a hunger strike in protest.
News
Bilateral Ties
U.S. Report Links China Arms Sales to Darfur Carnage
Reuters, March 13, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/articlePrint?articleId=
USN1356992920080313
Civil Society
民政部对中国神剑文学艺术学会等作出行政处罚 (Government Punishes a Non-Approved Literature Association and other Civil Society Groups)
Xinhuanet, March 14, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2008-03/14/content_
7787978.htm
Environment
China's Emissions Seen Rising Faster Than Thought
Reuters, March 18, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6f07b3df3a8a
8110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Sepa's Extra Teeth a Small Step in the Right Direction, Analysts Say
South China Morning Post, March 14, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62
ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=15f6b3df3a8
a8110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Human Rights Defender-Li Guohong (李国宏)
重庆维权人士李国宏透露劳教所中不人道状况 (Chongqing Right's Defender Li Guohong Reports Poor Labor Conditions at Reeducation-Through-Labor Facility)
Radio Free Asia, March 13, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/13/li/
Human Rights Defender- Hu Jia (胡佳)
胡佳案下周二开庭 曾金燕被禁旁听 (Hu Jia's Trial To Start on Tuesday; Wife Zeng Jinyan Barred from Attending)
Radio Free Asia, March 13, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/
13/hujia/
Media
Photo Scandal Stars Urged to 'Show Remorse'
South China Morning Post, March 14, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62
ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=eb97b3df3a8a8
110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Xinhua in Deft Denial Exercise
South China Morning Post, March 14, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6f07b3df3a8
a8110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
When Manga Meets Communism
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 13, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7292158.stm
Olympics
北京重申奥运期间抗议须获批准 (Beijing: Only Approved Protests During Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, March 13, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/
13/aoyun/
Beijing's Unofficial Olympic Slogan
International Herald Tribune, March 13, 2008
http://iht.com/bin/printfriendly.php?id=11035484
China Sees Conspiracy Behind Olympics Criticisms
Reuters, March 13, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/articlePrint?articleId=
USPEK36250120080313
Protests and Petitions
湖南永顺县征稽暴力执法 万人示威冲击征稽所 (Ten Thousand Protest Land Grab in Hunan)
Radio Free Asia, March 13, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/13
/yongshun/
广东博罗台资木器厂因劳动合同发生工潮 (Thousands Strike in Guangdong over Contract)
Radio Free Asia, March 13, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/03/10/china_
labor_strike/
Public Health
China Launches AIDS Campaign
Xinhuanet, March 13, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/14/content
_7786754.htm
Thursday, March 13, 2008
March 13, 2008
Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
胡佳周三与律师会面讨论案情 (Hu Jia Met with Lawyers on Wednesday to Discuss Case)
Radio Free Asia, March 12, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/03/12/china_rights_hujia/
HIV/AIDS activist and rights defender Hu Jia (胡佳) met with his lawyers on March 12 to discuss his defense. His lawyers believe that the authorities cannot solely rely on Hu's essays and interviews in order to convict him. They also believe that his trial will be public. Hu Jia was detained in December 2007, arrested in January 2008, and charged with “inciting subversion of state power” earlier this month.
News
Bilateral Ties
China Attacks US Rights Criticisms
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), March 12, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080312/ap_on_re_as/china_us_1;
Vatican Plan to Spell out Meaning of Pope's Letter
South China Morning Post, March 13, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d
7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ca5c384be63a8110VgnVCM1000
00360a0a0aRCRD
Corruption
Corruption Threatens China's Economic Edge: Survey
Reuters, March 12, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSSIN15635020080312
Environment
Lay Off China on Climate Change - Foreign Minister
Reuters, March 12, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSPEK269416
Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
妙觉慈智法师呼吁释放胡佳等政治犯 (Buddhist Priest Miaojue Cizhi Calls for the Release of Hu Jia and Other Political Prisoners)
Radio Free Asia, March 12, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/12/fashi/
Human Rights Defender - Zan Aizong (昝爱宗)
昝爱宗发公开信呼吁新闻立法 (Zan Aizong Issues Public Letter Calling for Media Law)
Radio Free Asia, March 12, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/12/press/
Labor
中国完善劳动合同法提案激起热辩 (Draft Amendments to the Labor Contract Law Spark Debate)
Voice of America, March 12, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2008-03-12-voa38.cfm
Olympics
China Again Vows Cleaner Air for Beijing
Reuters, March 12, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSPEK27317420080312
China Tells Critics to Back Off Ahead of Olympics
Reuters, March 12, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSPEK26941620080312
Olympics-China Hands Security to Likely Next President
Reuters, March 12, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSPEK279282
Olympic Pressure on China
Washington Post, March 11, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/11/
AR2008031102086.html
Politics
Hu's Men to Become Advisers to China's Parliament
Reuters, March 12, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSPEK25899020080312
Protests and Petitions
东莞一百多名公车司机罢工两小时后复工 (Dongguan Bus Drivers Strike for Two Hours over New Labor Contracts, Return to Work)
Radio Free Asia , March 12, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/03/12/china_labor_protest/
Guangdong Detains 14 as Strikers Protest Reported Death
Radio Free Asia, March 12, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2008/03/12/china_strike/
河南两会期间阻止艾滋病患者到北京开会上访 (Henan AIDS Patients Prevented from Petitioning in Beijing during the Two Conferences)
Radio Free Asia, March 12, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/12/AZT/
湖北千名教师发公开信 呼吁政府维护权益 (A Thousand Hubei Teachers Issue an Open Letter Calling on the Government to Protect Their Rights)
Radio Free Asia, March 12, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/12/hubei/
Tibet
China Restricts Everest Ascents as Issues from Tibet to Labor Rights Heat up Before Olympics
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), March 13, 2008
http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080313/tsp-as-spt-oly-
beijing-squabbles-6e81073.html
Indian Police Arrest Tibetan Marchers
Reuters, March 12, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSISL10146
拉萨周二再有数百名喇嘛上街举行抗议 (Lamas Protest on the Streets of Lhasa, Police Fire Tear Gas to Disperse the Crowd)
Radio Free Asia, March 12, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/03/12/china_tibetan/
Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
胡佳周三与律师会面讨论案情 (Hu Jia Met with Lawyers on Wednesday to Discuss Case)
Radio Free Asia, March 12, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/03/12/china_rights_hujia/
HIV/AIDS activist and rights defender Hu Jia (胡佳) met with his lawyers on March 12 to discuss his defense. His lawyers believe that the authorities cannot solely rely on Hu's essays and interviews in order to convict him. They also believe that his trial will be public. Hu Jia was detained in December 2007, arrested in January 2008, and charged with “inciting subversion of state power” earlier this month.
Related information:
HRIC Statement: Drop Politically-Motivated Charges against Hu Jia
March 12, 2008
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/47723
News
Bilateral Ties
China Attacks US Rights Criticisms
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), March 12, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080312/ap_on_re_as/china_us_1;
Vatican Plan to Spell out Meaning of Pope's Letter
South China Morning Post, March 13, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d
7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ca5c384be63a8110VgnVCM1000
00360a0a0aRCRD
Corruption
Corruption Threatens China's Economic Edge: Survey
Reuters, March 12, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSSIN15635020080312
Environment
Lay Off China on Climate Change - Foreign Minister
Reuters, March 12, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSPEK269416
Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
妙觉慈智法师呼吁释放胡佳等政治犯 (Buddhist Priest Miaojue Cizhi Calls for the Release of Hu Jia and Other Political Prisoners)
Radio Free Asia, March 12, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/12/fashi/
Human Rights Defender - Zan Aizong (昝爱宗)
昝爱宗发公开信呼吁新闻立法 (Zan Aizong Issues Public Letter Calling for Media Law)
Radio Free Asia, March 12, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/12/press/
Labor
中国完善劳动合同法提案激起热辩 (Draft Amendments to the Labor Contract Law Spark Debate)
Voice of America, March 12, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2008-03-12-voa38.cfm
Olympics
China Again Vows Cleaner Air for Beijing
Reuters, March 12, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSPEK27317420080312
China Tells Critics to Back Off Ahead of Olympics
Reuters, March 12, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSPEK26941620080312
Olympics-China Hands Security to Likely Next President
Reuters, March 12, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSPEK279282
Olympic Pressure on China
Washington Post, March 11, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/11/
AR2008031102086.html
Politics
Hu's Men to Become Advisers to China's Parliament
Reuters, March 12, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSPEK25899020080312
Protests and Petitions
东莞一百多名公车司机罢工两小时后复工 (Dongguan Bus Drivers Strike for Two Hours over New Labor Contracts, Return to Work)
Radio Free Asia , March 12, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/03/12/china_labor_protest/
Guangdong Detains 14 as Strikers Protest Reported Death
Radio Free Asia, March 12, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2008/03/12/china_strike/
河南两会期间阻止艾滋病患者到北京开会上访 (Henan AIDS Patients Prevented from Petitioning in Beijing during the Two Conferences)
Radio Free Asia, March 12, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/12/AZT/
湖北千名教师发公开信 呼吁政府维护权益 (A Thousand Hubei Teachers Issue an Open Letter Calling on the Government to Protect Their Rights)
Radio Free Asia, March 12, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/12/hubei/
Tibet
China Restricts Everest Ascents as Issues from Tibet to Labor Rights Heat up Before Olympics
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), March 13, 2008
http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080313/tsp-as-spt-oly-
beijing-squabbles-6e81073.html
Indian Police Arrest Tibetan Marchers
Reuters, March 12, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSISL10146
拉萨周二再有数百名喇嘛上街举行抗议 (Lamas Protest on the Streets of Lhasa, Police Fire Tear Gas to Disperse the Crowd)
Radio Free Asia, March 12, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/03/12/china_tibetan/
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
March 12, 2008
Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
China Charges AIDS Activist with Subversion
Radio Free Asia, March 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2008/03/11/
china_hujia/
On March 11, the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court gave the indictment of Hu Jia (胡佳) on the charge of “inciting subversion of state power” to his lawyers Li Jingsong and Li Fangping. Li Jingsong reportedly said Hu and his family have also been informed of the indictment and believed there will be a public trial for Hu, although the exact trial day is yet to announce. Police had reportedly told Hu's family that they were investigating him for articles he had posted online.
News
Bilateral Ties
US Report Softens Stance on China
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 11, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7291055.stm
Economic Development
China Inflation Hits Fresh High
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 11, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7288940.stm
Environment
Uphill Battle to Reach Green Targets by 2010
South China Morning Post, March 12, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2
af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9c cfa2d504e98110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss
=China&s=
Government
State Council Shake-up Plan Unveiled
South China Morning Post, March 12, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d297a2d50
4e98110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=
First Reactions to China's Gov't Reshuffle
Xinhuanet, March 11, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/11/content_
7768065.htm
Labor
27 Miners Missing in Concealed Accidents
Associated Press (available at South China Morning Post), March 12, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d682e92502
1a8110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=
Land Policy
广州番禺村民举报村官被砍伤 (Guangzhou Villager Assaulted After Revealing Local Officials’ Corruption)
Radio Free Asia, March 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/
11/panyu/
Law
美籍华人春节返京遭警察殴打 离境前委托滕彪争取行政复议 (Chinese American Hires Teng Biao in Case of Police Beating in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, March 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/
11/teng/
Olympics
Capital Leans on Its Neighbours to Help Clear Olympic Air
South China Morning Post, March 12, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3c00a2d5
04e98110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=
应对奥运突发事件政府向律师“借脑” (New Olympic Games "Legal Services Reserve Group" Established)
The Beijing News, March 12, 2008
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/olympic/2008/03-
12/021@083919.htm
Olympic Migrant Workers Face 'Routine Abuse'
Reuters (available at South China Morning Post), March 12, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb3
29d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=541d901db21a811
0VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News0
Terror Attempts on Games Will Be 'Nipped in the Bud'
South China Morning Post, March 10, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af
62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9d98c7b8
e2498110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News0
Poverty
本网专稿:"扔"乞丐被判刑事件点中救助制度死穴 (Sentence of Official Over “Abandoning” of Beggar Highlights Shortfall in Relief System) Legal Daily, March 12, 2008
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2008-03/12/content
_813607.htm
Protests and Petitions
China Cracks Down on Rights Petitioners
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), March 11, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080311/ap_on_re_as/china
_petitioner_rights_1
惠州台资厂千人罢工抗议 造警方催泪瓦斯驱散 (Guangdong Police Fire Tear-Gas to Disperse 1,000 Protesting Factory Workers)
Radio Free Asia, March 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03
/11/bagong/
湖南农场职工代表上访被截访和软禁 (Hunan Farm Worker Representatives Barred from Petitioning in Beijing, Put Under House Arrest)
Radio Free Asia, March 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/03/11/
china_petition_detain/
大批进京上海访民被截回 有人被打或被关押 (Large Number of Shanghai Petitioners "Retrieved" from Beijing, Some Beaten or Detained)
Radio Free Asia, March 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/
03/11/shanghai/
交警执法见死不救犯众怒 台山数千人抗议警察遭欧 (Thousands of Protesters Clash with Guangdong Police After Incident of Traffic Police Abuse)
Radio Free Asia, March 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/
11/taishan/
Tibet
Beijing Confirms Tibet Protest But Denies Arrest of Monks
South China Morning Post, March 12, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.
2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid
=3b10a2d504e98110VgnVCM100000360
a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News0
Chinese FM: Dalai Lama Issue Not a Religious or Ethnic Issue
Xinhuanet, March 12, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/12/content
_7771804.htm
Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
China Charges AIDS Activist with Subversion
Radio Free Asia, March 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2008/03/11/
china_hujia/
On March 11, the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court gave the indictment of Hu Jia (胡佳) on the charge of “inciting subversion of state power” to his lawyers Li Jingsong and Li Fangping. Li Jingsong reportedly said Hu and his family have also been informed of the indictment and believed there will be a public trial for Hu, although the exact trial day is yet to announce. Police had reportedly told Hu's family that they were investigating him for articles he had posted online.
News
Bilateral Ties
US Report Softens Stance on China
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 11, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7291055.stm
Economic Development
China Inflation Hits Fresh High
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 11, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7288940.stm
Environment
Uphill Battle to Reach Green Targets by 2010
South China Morning Post, March 12, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2
af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9c cfa2d504e98110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss
=China&s=
Government
State Council Shake-up Plan Unveiled
South China Morning Post, March 12, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d297a2d50
4e98110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=
First Reactions to China's Gov't Reshuffle
Xinhuanet, March 11, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/11/content_
7768065.htm
Labor
27 Miners Missing in Concealed Accidents
Associated Press (available at South China Morning Post), March 12, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d682e92502
1a8110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=
Land Policy
广州番禺村民举报村官被砍伤 (Guangzhou Villager Assaulted After Revealing Local Officials’ Corruption)
Radio Free Asia, March 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/
11/panyu/
Law
美籍华人春节返京遭警察殴打 离境前委托滕彪争取行政复议 (Chinese American Hires Teng Biao in Case of Police Beating in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, March 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/
11/teng/
Olympics
Capital Leans on Its Neighbours to Help Clear Olympic Air
South China Morning Post, March 12, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3c00a2d5
04e98110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=
应对奥运突发事件政府向律师“借脑” (New Olympic Games "Legal Services Reserve Group" Established)
The Beijing News, March 12, 2008
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/olympic/2008/03-
12/021@083919.htm
Olympic Migrant Workers Face 'Routine Abuse'
Reuters (available at South China Morning Post), March 12, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb3
29d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=541d901db21a811
0VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News0
Terror Attempts on Games Will Be 'Nipped in the Bud'
South China Morning Post, March 10, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af
62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9d98c7b8
e2498110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News0
Poverty
本网专稿:"扔"乞丐被判刑事件点中救助制度死穴 (Sentence of Official Over “Abandoning” of Beggar Highlights Shortfall in Relief System) Legal Daily, March 12, 2008
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2008-03/12/content
_813607.htm
Protests and Petitions
China Cracks Down on Rights Petitioners
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), March 11, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080311/ap_on_re_as/china
_petitioner_rights_1
惠州台资厂千人罢工抗议 造警方催泪瓦斯驱散 (Guangdong Police Fire Tear-Gas to Disperse 1,000 Protesting Factory Workers)
Radio Free Asia, March 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03
/11/bagong/
湖南农场职工代表上访被截访和软禁 (Hunan Farm Worker Representatives Barred from Petitioning in Beijing, Put Under House Arrest)
Radio Free Asia, March 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/03/11/
china_petition_detain/
大批进京上海访民被截回 有人被打或被关押 (Large Number of Shanghai Petitioners "Retrieved" from Beijing, Some Beaten or Detained)
Radio Free Asia, March 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/
03/11/shanghai/
交警执法见死不救犯众怒 台山数千人抗议警察遭欧 (Thousands of Protesters Clash with Guangdong Police After Incident of Traffic Police Abuse)
Radio Free Asia, March 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/
11/taishan/
Tibet
Beijing Confirms Tibet Protest But Denies Arrest of Monks
South China Morning Post, March 12, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.
2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid
=3b10a2d504e98110VgnVCM100000360
a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News0
Chinese FM: Dalai Lama Issue Not a Religious or Ethnic Issue
Xinhuanet, March 12, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/12/content
_7771804.htm
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
March 11, 2008
News
Environment
Solar Energy Firms Leave Waste Behind in China
Washington Post, March 09, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/
article/2008/03/08/AR2008030802595.html
Human Rights Defenders - Zhou Mengxin (周孟新)
山东菏泽一民间维权人士取保候审回家 (Civil Rights Defender Zhou Mengxin Released on Bail After 10 Days Detention)
Radio Free Asia, March 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/
03/10/heze/
Labor
云南残疾大学生应聘教师遭拒 质疑校方就业歧视 (Disabled Yunnan Student Questions School's Employment Discrimination)
Xinhuanet, March 11, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/society/2008-03/11/
content_7764406.htm
Labour Law Lacked Consultation, Says Expert
South China Morning Post, March 11, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.
2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=
9f3615ab40998110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
&ss=China&s=News
北京：失业人员三次无故拒绝工作将被停发失业保险金 (Unemployment Insurance Will Be Suspended After Rejection of 3 Reasonable Job Opportunities)
Xinhuanet, March 11, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2008-03/
11/content_7762521.htm
Picky Chinese Workers Spell End of Cheap Labor
Reuters, March 10, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/inDepthNews/
idUSPEK918420080310
Land Policy
福建泉州东园村2000余农民联合举报政府侵权 (Fujian Farmers Jointly Report Illegal Land Expropriation)
Radio Free Asia, March 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/
03/10/nongmin/
Law
Gaps in Prosecution, Judicial Work Reports
South China Morning Post, March 11, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.
2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid
=bc2515ab40998110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
&ss=China&s=News
Population
China One-Child Policy to Stay in Place
Associated Press ( available at YahooNews), March 10, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080310/ap_on_re_as/
china_one_child_policy_2;_ylt=Ak3xl0VeEj5f1.RfotTT
cilPzWQA
Protests and Petitions
广东博罗台资木器厂因劳动合同发生工潮
Five Workers Arrested During Protests over Labor Contract
Radio Free Asia, March 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/03/10/
china_labor_strike/
广西钟山县2000村民灌溉水遭污染 (More than 2000 Villagers in Guangxi Affected by Polluted Water)
Radio Free Asia, March 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/
03/10/water/
四百多工人到随州市政府集会请愿 (More than 400 Hubei Workers Jointly Send Petition to City Government Over Employment Conditions)
Radio Free Asia, March 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/
03/10/suizhou/
四川徵地移民上访索偿 (Sichuan Immigrants Petition over Illegal Land Expropriation)
Radio Free Asia, March 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/03/10/
china_land_corruption/
Public Health
青海：13项规定减轻群众就医负担 (Qinghai Health Department Issues New Regulations for Medical Relief)
Xinhuanet, March 11, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2008-03/11/
content_7762139.htm
China Plans 20 bln Yuan to Narrow Rural-Urban Health Care Gap
Xinhuanet, March 10, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/10/content
_7759416.htm
Social Security
重庆发放首批统一制式社保卡 (Chongqing Issued First National Social Security Cards)
Xinhuanet, March 11, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2008-03/11/
content_7762053.htm
沈阳特困农民就医实行“零起付” (Shenyang Authorities Provide Free First Consulation to Poor Farmers)
Xinhuanet, March 11, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2008-03/11/
content_7762582.htm
Tibet
China Detains Tibetan Monks Protesting on Key Anniversary
Radio Free Asia, March 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/breaking_news/
2008/03/10/tibet_protest/
流亡藏人发起“徒步回西藏”行动 (Tibetans in Exile Launch "Walk Back to Tibet" Action)
Radio Free Asia, March 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/03/
10/tibetan/
Three Gorges
三门峡水库遗害 失地移民要地权 (Aftermath of the Three Gorges: Displaced Want Land Ownership)
Voice of America, March 08, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/m2008-03-08-
voa35.cfm
Environment
Solar Energy Firms Leave Waste Behind in China
Washington Post, March 09, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/
article/2008/03/08/AR2008030802595.html
Human Rights Defenders - Zhou Mengxin (周孟新)
山东菏泽一民间维权人士取保候审回家 (Civil Rights Defender Zhou Mengxin Released on Bail After 10 Days Detention)
Radio Free Asia, March 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/
03/10/heze/
Labor
云南残疾大学生应聘教师遭拒 质疑校方就业歧视 (Disabled Yunnan Student Questions School's Employment Discrimination)
Xinhuanet, March 11, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/society/2008-03/11/
content_7764406.htm
Labour Law Lacked Consultation, Says Expert
South China Morning Post, March 11, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.
2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=
9f3615ab40998110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
&ss=China&s=News
北京：失业人员三次无故拒绝工作将被停发失业保险金 (Unemployment Insurance Will Be Suspended After Rejection of 3 Reasonable Job Opportunities)
Xinhuanet, March 11, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2008-03/
11/content_7762521.htm
Picky Chinese Workers Spell End of Cheap Labor
Reuters, March 10, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/inDepthNews/
idUSPEK918420080310
Land Policy
福建泉州东园村2000余农民联合举报政府侵权 (Fujian Farmers Jointly Report Illegal Land Expropriation)
Radio Free Asia, March 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/
03/10/nongmin/
Law
Gaps in Prosecution, Judicial Work Reports
South China Morning Post, March 11, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.
2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid
=bc2515ab40998110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
&ss=China&s=News
Population
China One-Child Policy to Stay in Place
Associated Press ( available at YahooNews), March 10, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080310/ap_on_re_as/
china_one_child_policy_2;_ylt=Ak3xl0VeEj5f1.RfotTT
cilPzWQA
Protests and Petitions
广东博罗台资木器厂因劳动合同发生工潮
Five Workers Arrested During Protests over Labor Contract
Radio Free Asia, March 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/03/10/
china_labor_strike/
广西钟山县2000村民灌溉水遭污染 (More than 2000 Villagers in Guangxi Affected by Polluted Water)
Radio Free Asia, March 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/
03/10/water/
四百多工人到随州市政府集会请愿 (More than 400 Hubei Workers Jointly Send Petition to City Government Over Employment Conditions)
Radio Free Asia, March 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/
03/10/suizhou/
四川徵地移民上访索偿 (Sichuan Immigrants Petition over Illegal Land Expropriation)
Radio Free Asia, March 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/03/10/
china_land_corruption/
Public Health
青海：13项规定减轻群众就医负担 (Qinghai Health Department Issues New Regulations for Medical Relief)
Xinhuanet, March 11, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2008-03/11/
content_7762139.htm
China Plans 20 bln Yuan to Narrow Rural-Urban Health Care Gap
Xinhuanet, March 10, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/10/content
_7759416.htm
Social Security
重庆发放首批统一制式社保卡 (Chongqing Issued First National Social Security Cards)
Xinhuanet, March 11, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2008-03/11/
content_7762053.htm
沈阳特困农民就医实行“零起付” (Shenyang Authorities Provide Free First Consulation to Poor Farmers)
Xinhuanet, March 11, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2008-03/11/
content_7762582.htm
Tibet
China Detains Tibetan Monks Protesting on Key Anniversary
Radio Free Asia, March 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/breaking_news/
2008/03/10/tibet_protest/
流亡藏人发起“徒步回西藏”行动 (Tibetans in Exile Launch "Walk Back to Tibet" Action)
Radio Free Asia, March 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/03/
10/tibetan/
Three Gorges
三门峡水库遗害 失地移民要地权 (Aftermath of the Three Gorges: Displaced Want Land Ownership)
Voice of America, March 08, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/m2008-03-08-
voa35.cfm
Monday, March 10, 2008
March 8-10, 2008
Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defenders Hu Jia (胡佳)
China Dissident Hu Jia to Stand Trial: Lawyer
Reuters, March 10, 2008
Rights defender Hu Jia's (胡佳) case has been accepted by the Beijing municipal procuratorate, and he will soon face trial. According to Hu's lawyer, he has been charged with "inciting subversion of state power," based on his statements to foreign media and essays. Hu Jia is a long-time HIV/AIDS activist and an internationally recognized Chinese rights defender.
Human Rights Defenders - Teng Biao (滕彪)
Chinese Police Release Activist Lawyer
Associated Press ( available at YahooNews), March 08, 2008
Beijing rights defense lawyer Teng Biao (滕彪) was released on Saturday, March 8, after going missing on the evening of Thursday, March 6. According to Teng, the police questioned him about his essays and other activities. Teng was reluctant to elaborate on the questioning as he was warned by the police to remain quiet. Teng Biao is a lecturer on law at the Chinese University of Politics and Law and a practicing lawyer, currently defending several controversial cases.
News
Civil Society
China's Top Legislator Promises More Public Participation in Food Safety Legislation
Xinhuanet, March 08, 2008
Death Penalty
China Not Ready to End Death Penalty
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), March 08, 2008
Gender
Rural Women's Rights Need Protection
Xinhuanet, March 08, 2008
Human Rights Defenders
《中国民主报》正式发行 ("China Democracy Journal" Formally Published)
Radio Free Asia, March 10, 2008
Human Rights Defenders - Teng Biao (滕彪)
Rights Lawyer Kidnap 'Shocking,' Say China Activists
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), March 08, 2008
Law
Water Pollution, Laborers' Rights Top Chinese Legislature's Supervision List
Xinhuanet, March 08, 2008
Macao
Macao Group Calls for Criminalizing Cruelty to Animals
Xinhuanet, March 09, 2008
Media
China Vows Curbs after Björk Sings for Tibet
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), March 07, 2008
中国广电总局重申电影审查标准 (SARFT Reaffirms Film Review Criteria)
Radio Free Asia, March 08, 2008
Olympics
China Says Thwarted Attack on Olympics: State Media
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), March 08, 2008
Compensatory Traffic Ban to Be Imposed During the Olympics
Xinhuanet, March 07, 2008
Dalai Lama Supports Beijing Olympics: Aide
Reuters, March 08, 2008
Olympics Clean-Up Chinese Style: Inside Beijing's Shocking Death Camp for Cats
The Daily Mail, March 08, 2008
世界报章协会要求中国奥运前释放被监禁的新闻工作者 (World Association of Newspapers Pressures China to Free Journalists Before Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, March 10, 2008
Politics
当局要求鲍彤取消丹麦记者的采访安排 (Authorities Demand Force Bao Tong, Former Secretary to Zhao Ziyang, to Cancel Scheduled Interview with Danish Reporters)
Radio Free Asia, March 07, 2008
中国将允许一万余家小煤矿“死灰复燃” (China Will Permit over 10,000 Small Coal Mines to Reopen Following Two Congresses)
Radio Free Asia, March 07, 2008
中国农民工首次出任全国人大代表 (Chinese Migrant Workers Represented in NPC for First Time)
Radio Free Asia, March 08, 2008
Poverty
Chinese Female Tycoon Triggers Controversy with "Pro-Rich" Proposals
Xinhuanet, March 09, 2008
Protests and Petitions
长沙经租房维权代表王季勇等被截访遣返 (Changsha Housing Petitioner Wang Jiyong Forced to Return to Hunan)
Radio Free Asia, March 07, 2008
当局恐吓漳州居民不得再进行反PX示威 (Authorities Threaten that Zhangzhou, Fujian Residents Must Not Further Protest the PX Plant)
Radio Free Asia, March 07, 2008
卡西欧抗议工人被拘留 罢工继续蔓延 (Protesters at Guangdong Casio Factory Detained as Strike Spreads)
Radio Free Asia, March 07, 2008
Social Security
温家宝承诺增加社保投资改善民生 (Wen Jiabao Promises Social Insurance Will Be Increased)
Voice of America, March 07, 2008
Tibet
Anti-China Exiles Ready for Tibet Trek
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), March 09, 2008
西藏那曲大批僧人抗议官方强制洗脑离开寺院 (Tibetan Monks Leave Monastery in Protest of Government Brainwashing)
Radio Free Asia, March 07, 2008
Tibetan Monks Warned to Return to Monastery
Radio Free Asia, March 06, 2008
XUAR
President Hu Calls for Scientific Development, Social Harmony in Uyghur Region
Xinhuanet, March 10, 2008
Human Rights Defenders Hu Jia (胡佳)
China Dissident Hu Jia to Stand Trial: Lawyer
Reuters, March 10, 2008
Rights defender Hu Jia's (胡佳) case has been accepted by the Beijing municipal procuratorate, and he will soon face trial. According to Hu's lawyer, he has been charged with "inciting subversion of state power," based on his statements to foreign media and essays. Hu Jia is a long-time HIV/AIDS activist and an internationally recognized Chinese rights defender.
Human Rights Defenders - Teng Biao (滕彪)
Chinese Police Release Activist Lawyer
Associated Press ( available at YahooNews), March 08, 2008
Beijing rights defense lawyer Teng Biao (滕彪) was released on Saturday, March 8, after going missing on the evening of Thursday, March 6. According to Teng, the police questioned him about his essays and other activities. Teng was reluctant to elaborate on the questioning as he was warned by the police to remain quiet. Teng Biao is a lecturer on law at the Chinese University of Politics and Law and a practicing lawyer, currently defending several controversial cases.
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Civil Society
China's Top Legislator Promises More Public Participation in Food Safety Legislation
Xinhuanet, March 08, 2008
Death Penalty
China Not Ready to End Death Penalty
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), March 08, 2008
Gender
Rural Women's Rights Need Protection
Xinhuanet, March 08, 2008
Human Rights Defenders
《中国民主报》正式发行 ("China Democracy Journal" Formally Published)
Radio Free Asia, March 10, 2008
Human Rights Defenders - Teng Biao (滕彪)
Rights Lawyer Kidnap 'Shocking,' Say China Activists
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), March 08, 2008
Law
Water Pollution, Laborers' Rights Top Chinese Legislature's Supervision List
Xinhuanet, March 08, 2008
Macao
Macao Group Calls for Criminalizing Cruelty to Animals
Xinhuanet, March 09, 2008
Media
China Vows Curbs after Björk Sings for Tibet
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), March 07, 2008
中国广电总局重申电影审查标准 (SARFT Reaffirms Film Review Criteria)
Radio Free Asia, March 08, 2008
Olympics
China Says Thwarted Attack on Olympics: State Media
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), March 08, 2008
Compensatory Traffic Ban to Be Imposed During the Olympics
Xinhuanet, March 07, 2008
Dalai Lama Supports Beijing Olympics: Aide
Reuters, March 08, 2008
Olympics Clean-Up Chinese Style: Inside Beijing's Shocking Death Camp for Cats
The Daily Mail, March 08, 2008
世界报章协会要求中国奥运前释放被监禁的新闻工作者 (World Association of Newspapers Pressures China to Free Journalists Before Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, March 10, 2008
Politics
当局要求鲍彤取消丹麦记者的采访安排 (Authorities Demand Force Bao Tong, Former Secretary to Zhao Ziyang, to Cancel Scheduled Interview with Danish Reporters)
Radio Free Asia, March 07, 2008
中国将允许一万余家小煤矿“死灰复燃” (China Will Permit over 10,000 Small Coal Mines to Reopen Following Two Congresses)
Radio Free Asia, March 07, 2008
中国农民工首次出任全国人大代表 (Chinese Migrant Workers Represented in NPC for First Time)
Radio Free Asia, March 08, 2008
Poverty
Chinese Female Tycoon Triggers Controversy with "Pro-Rich" Proposals
Xinhuanet, March 09, 2008
Protests and Petitions
长沙经租房维权代表王季勇等被截访遣返 (Changsha Housing Petitioner Wang Jiyong Forced to Return to Hunan)
Radio Free Asia, March 07, 2008
当局恐吓漳州居民不得再进行反PX示威 (Authorities Threaten that Zhangzhou, Fujian Residents Must Not Further Protest the PX Plant)
Radio Free Asia, March 07, 2008
卡西欧抗议工人被拘留 罢工继续蔓延 (Protesters at Guangdong Casio Factory Detained as Strike Spreads)
Radio Free Asia, March 07, 2008
Social Security
温家宝承诺增加社保投资改善民生 (Wen Jiabao Promises Social Insurance Will Be Increased)
Voice of America, March 07, 2008
Tibet
Anti-China Exiles Ready for Tibet Trek
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), March 09, 2008
西藏那曲大批僧人抗议官方强制洗脑离开寺院 (Tibetan Monks Leave Monastery in Protest of Government Brainwashing)
Radio Free Asia, March 07, 2008
Tibetan Monks Warned to Return to Monastery
Radio Free Asia, March 06, 2008
XUAR
President Hu Calls for Scientific Development, Social Harmony in Uyghur Region
Xinhuanet, March 10, 2008
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March 7, 2008
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Education
Urban Chinese Welcome Promise of Free Education
Xinhuanet, March 06, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/06/content
_7732485.htm
Gender
Campaign Launched in China to Stop Domestic Violence
Xinhuanet, March 07, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/07/content_
7736815.htm
Human Rights
人权观察敦促中国实施人权改革 (Human Rights Watch Urges China to Implement Human Rights Reform)
Radio Free Asia, March 06, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/06
/humanrights/
Human Rights Defender- Yao Lifa (姚立法)
民间政治活动人士姚立法被警方传唤 (Civil Society Activist Yao Lifa Summoned)
Radio Free Asia, March 06, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03
/06/yao/
Human Rights Defender- Lü Gengsong (吕耿松)
两会当局严密监控杭州异议人士吕耿松妻子及维权人士邹巍 (Lü Gengsong's Wife and Human Rights Defender Zou Wei Tightly Monitored)
Radio Free Asia, March 06, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03
/06/lianghui/
Olympics
Top Swimmer Urges IOC Head to Speak Out on China
Reuters, March 06, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/articlePrint?articleId=
USL0568567120080305
Politics
'Democratic' Leaders Show Their Loyalty
South China Morning Post, March 07, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af6
2ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b2ce3f4bd8
488110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=New
异议人士联名争取回国权 吁中国政府依法核发有效护照 (Exiled Dissidents Urge for Right to Return to China, Get Passports)
Radio Free Asia, March 06, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/06
/passports/
Population
China One-Child Rule 'To Remain'
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 06, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7281023.stm
Protests and Petitions
长沙上访经租户被收押在六一零学习班 (Changsha Housing Petitioner Forced into "Study Session")
Radio Free Asia, March 06, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/03/06/china
_rights_property/
Protests Suspend Work on Shanghai Maglev
Financial Times, March 06, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1f2e3fc8-ebae-11dc-9493
-0000779fd2ac.html
番禺卡西欧厂数千人罢工抗议 群警出动暴力驱散数人送院 (Thousands Strike in Guangdong; Six Sent to Hospital)
Radio Free Asia, March 06, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/06/
panyu/
云南宁蒗买断工龄干部往政府请愿被截 (Yunnan Cadres Blocked from Petitioning)
Radio Free Asia, March 06, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/06/
yunnan/
Education
Urban Chinese Welcome Promise of Free Education
Xinhuanet, March 06, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/06/content
_7732485.htm
Gender
Campaign Launched in China to Stop Domestic Violence
Xinhuanet, March 07, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/07/content_
7736815.htm
Human Rights
人权观察敦促中国实施人权改革 (Human Rights Watch Urges China to Implement Human Rights Reform)
Radio Free Asia, March 06, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/06
/humanrights/
Human Rights Defender- Yao Lifa (姚立法)
民间政治活动人士姚立法被警方传唤 (Civil Society Activist Yao Lifa Summoned)
Radio Free Asia, March 06, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03
/06/yao/
Human Rights Defender- Lü Gengsong (吕耿松)
两会当局严密监控杭州异议人士吕耿松妻子及维权人士邹巍 (Lü Gengsong's Wife and Human Rights Defender Zou Wei Tightly Monitored)
Radio Free Asia, March 06, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03
/06/lianghui/
Olympics
Top Swimmer Urges IOC Head to Speak Out on China
Reuters, March 06, 2008
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Politics
'Democratic' Leaders Show Their Loyalty
South China Morning Post, March 07, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af6
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488110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=New
异议人士联名争取回国权 吁中国政府依法核发有效护照 (Exiled Dissidents Urge for Right to Return to China, Get Passports)
Radio Free Asia, March 06, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/06
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Population
China One-Child Rule 'To Remain'
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 06, 2008
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Protests and Petitions
长沙上访经租户被收押在六一零学习班 (Changsha Housing Petitioner Forced into "Study Session")
Radio Free Asia, March 06, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/03/06/china
_rights_property/
Protests Suspend Work on Shanghai Maglev
Financial Times, March 06, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1f2e3fc8-ebae-11dc-9493
-0000779fd2ac.html
番禺卡西欧厂数千人罢工抗议 群警出动暴力驱散数人送院 (Thousands Strike in Guangdong; Six Sent to Hospital)
Radio Free Asia, March 06, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/06/
panyu/
云南宁蒗买断工龄干部往政府请愿被截 (Yunnan Cadres Blocked from Petitioning)
Radio Free Asia, March 06, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/06/
yunnan/
Thursday, March 06, 2008
March 6, 2008
Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defenders - Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)
郭飞雄妻子张青，于绝食抗议日，致全国两会公开信 (Zhang Qing, Wife of Guo Feixiong, Submits Open Letter to Two Congresses)
Radio Free Asia, March 05, 2008
Guo Feixiong's (郭飞雄) wife, Zhang Qing (张青), has issued an open letter to the NPC and CPPCC. The letter demands that the Chinese Government abolish the Reeducation-Through-Labor system and that it abolish the use of electric shock batons on genitals to torture detainees or suspects. Zhang adds that she is currently on a hunger strike. Guo, a human rights defender and legal advisor who had been involved in numerous controversial cases, was sentenced to five years in prison in November 2007.
News
Civil Society
Gov't Officials Told to Facilitate Supervision from Public Members
Xinhuanet, March 05, 2008
Hukou
维权律师上书人大要求修订岐视农村户籍的法律 (Humans Rights Lawyer Demands that NPC Amend Discriminatory Rural Household Registration Laws)
Radio Free Asia, March 05, 2008
Human Rights Defenders - Liu Jie (刘杰)
刘杰申请行政诉讼不予立案 (Liu Jie Not Granted Filing for Administrative Suit)
Radio Free Asia, March 05, 2008
Human Rights Defenders - Yao Lifa (姚立法), Zhang Xianling (张先玲)
姚立法、张先玲两会期间被软禁 (Yao Lifa and Zhang Xianling Under House Arrest During Two Congresses)
Radio Free Asia, March 05, 2008
Land Policy
成都警方凌晨进入太平村强拆民房 (Chengdu Police Forcible Evict Taiping, Chengdu Homes in Pre-Dawn Raid)
Radio Free Asia, March 05, 2008
Media
“爱知行动”的网站被公安局关闭 (Website of Beijing AIDS Action Group, Aizhixing, Closed by Police)
Radio Free Asia, March 05, 2008
Freed Reporter Gets to Cover Congress
South China Morning Post, March 06, 2008
Journalists Frustrated by Red Tape in Access to Ministers
South China Morning Post, March 06, 2008
Olympics
China Gears up for Faithful during the Games
Reuters, March 05, 2008
Population
Bid to Clarify One-Child Policy
South China Morning Post, March 06, 2008
Protests and Petitions
经租户代表王季勇被关押 (Housing Petitioner Wang Jiyong Arrested)
Radio Free Asia, March 05, 2008
江西维权拆迁户被非法拘留 (Jiangxi Relocatees Illegally Detained to Halt Petitioning)
Radio Free Asia, March 05, 2008
两会期间上海当局暴力截访 (Shanghai Authorities Violently Stopping Petitioners During Two Congresses)
Radio Free Asia, March 05, 2008
深圳幼师进行“非暴力不合作”抗议 (Shenzhen Kindergarten Teachers Hold Nonviolent Protest)
Radio Free Asia, March 05, 2008
Public Health
Experts Doubt Financing of Public Hospitals
South China Morning Post, March 06, 2008
Religion
四名中国教徒因散发福音传单被拘留 (Four Detained for Distributing Christian Leaflets in Taizhou, Zhejiang)
Radio Free Asia, March 05, 2008
Human Rights Defenders - Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)
郭飞雄妻子张青，于绝食抗议日，致全国两会公开信 (Zhang Qing, Wife of Guo Feixiong, Submits Open Letter to Two Congresses)
Radio Free Asia, March 05, 2008
Guo Feixiong's (郭飞雄) wife, Zhang Qing (张青), has issued an open letter to the NPC and CPPCC. The letter demands that the Chinese Government abolish the Reeducation-Through-Labor system and that it abolish the use of electric shock batons on genitals to torture detainees or suspects. Zhang adds that she is currently on a hunger strike. Guo, a human rights defender and legal advisor who had been involved in numerous controversial cases, was sentenced to five years in prison in November 2007.
Related information:
HRIC Press Advisory: Guo Feixiong’s Wife issues
Statement on the Decision Not to Appeal
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/45706
News
Civil Society
Gov't Officials Told to Facilitate Supervision from Public Members
Xinhuanet, March 05, 2008
Hukou
维权律师上书人大要求修订岐视农村户籍的法律 (Humans Rights Lawyer Demands that NPC Amend Discriminatory Rural Household Registration Laws)
Radio Free Asia, March 05, 2008
Human Rights Defenders - Liu Jie (刘杰)
刘杰申请行政诉讼不予立案 (Liu Jie Not Granted Filing for Administrative Suit)
Radio Free Asia, March 05, 2008
Human Rights Defenders - Yao Lifa (姚立法), Zhang Xianling (张先玲)
姚立法、张先玲两会期间被软禁 (Yao Lifa and Zhang Xianling Under House Arrest During Two Congresses)
Radio Free Asia, March 05, 2008
Land Policy
成都警方凌晨进入太平村强拆民房 (Chengdu Police Forcible Evict Taiping, Chengdu Homes in Pre-Dawn Raid)
Radio Free Asia, March 05, 2008
Media
“爱知行动”的网站被公安局关闭 (Website of Beijing AIDS Action Group, Aizhixing, Closed by Police)
Radio Free Asia, March 05, 2008
Freed Reporter Gets to Cover Congress
South China Morning Post, March 06, 2008
Journalists Frustrated by Red Tape in Access to Ministers
South China Morning Post, March 06, 2008
Olympics
China Gears up for Faithful during the Games
Reuters, March 05, 2008
Population
Bid to Clarify One-Child Policy
South China Morning Post, March 06, 2008
Protests and Petitions
经租户代表王季勇被关押 (Housing Petitioner Wang Jiyong Arrested)
Radio Free Asia, March 05, 2008
江西维权拆迁户被非法拘留 (Jiangxi Relocatees Illegally Detained to Halt Petitioning)
Radio Free Asia, March 05, 2008
两会期间上海当局暴力截访 (Shanghai Authorities Violently Stopping Petitioners During Two Congresses)
Radio Free Asia, March 05, 2008
深圳幼师进行“非暴力不合作”抗议 (Shenzhen Kindergarten Teachers Hold Nonviolent Protest)
Radio Free Asia, March 05, 2008
Public Health
Experts Doubt Financing of Public Hospitals
South China Morning Post, March 06, 2008
Religion
四名中国教徒因散发福音传单被拘留 (Four Detained for Distributing Christian Leaflets in Taizhou, Zhejiang)
Radio Free Asia, March 05, 2008
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
March 5, 2008
News
Education
Beijing Under Attack for 'Empty Promises' on Education Spending
South China Morning Post, March 05, 2008
Environment
Green Whirlwind Sweeps China
Asia Times Online, March 05, 2008
Hukou
China Considers Household Registration System Reform
Xinhuanet, March 04, 2008
Human Rights Defender – Li Jinping (李金平)
北京维权人士李金平被警方带走 (Beijing Police Detain Human Rights Defender Li Jianping)
Radio Free Asia, March 04, 2008
Human Rights Defender - Liu Jie (刘杰)
黑龙江农垦中院执法违法 访民刘杰上诉案不被立案 (Heilongjiang Court Rejects Liu Jie's Appeal; No Written Verdict for Family)
Radio Free Asia, March 04, 2008
Labor
China to Create 10 Mln Jobs in Cities, Keeping Jobless Rate at 4.5% in 2008
Xinhuanet, March 05, 2008
Officials Leap to Defence of Controversial Labour Laws
South China Morning Post, March 05, 2008
Death Toll Rises to 4 in Beijing Sewage Plant Explosion
Xinhuanet, March 04, 2008
Law
青岛拆迁户维权代表于建利案开庭审理 (Representative of Qingdao Evictees Yu Jianli Stands Trial)
Radio Free Asia, March 04, 2008
Media
中国禁止网站转发博讯报道 (Hubei Authorities Tell Website Not to Carry Boxun's Reports)
Radio Free Asia, March 04, 2008
Olympics
Security a Priority in Stability-Obsessed China
Reuters, March 04, 2008
Politics
Mega-Ministry Plan 'to Boost Social Justice'
South China Morning Post, March 05, 2008
Protests and Petitions
China Detains 1,000 Petitioners Ahead of Parliament
Radio Free Asia, March 04, 2008
Protest over Factory Spreads in China
Washington Post, March 04, 2008
Education
Beijing Under Attack for 'Empty Promises' on Education Spending
South China Morning Post, March 05, 2008
Environment
Green Whirlwind Sweeps China
Asia Times Online, March 05, 2008
Hukou
China Considers Household Registration System Reform
Xinhuanet, March 04, 2008
Human Rights Defender – Li Jinping (李金平)
北京维权人士李金平被警方带走 (Beijing Police Detain Human Rights Defender Li Jianping)
Radio Free Asia, March 04, 2008
Human Rights Defender - Liu Jie (刘杰)
黑龙江农垦中院执法违法 访民刘杰上诉案不被立案 (Heilongjiang Court Rejects Liu Jie's Appeal; No Written Verdict for Family)
Radio Free Asia, March 04, 2008
Labor
China to Create 10 Mln Jobs in Cities, Keeping Jobless Rate at 4.5% in 2008
Xinhuanet, March 05, 2008
Officials Leap to Defence of Controversial Labour Laws
South China Morning Post, March 05, 2008
Death Toll Rises to 4 in Beijing Sewage Plant Explosion
Xinhuanet, March 04, 2008
Law
青岛拆迁户维权代表于建利案开庭审理 (Representative of Qingdao Evictees Yu Jianli Stands Trial)
Radio Free Asia, March 04, 2008
Media
中国禁止网站转发博讯报道 (Hubei Authorities Tell Website Not to Carry Boxun's Reports)
Radio Free Asia, March 04, 2008
Olympics
Security a Priority in Stability-Obsessed China
Reuters, March 04, 2008
Politics
Mega-Ministry Plan 'to Boost Social Justice'
South China Morning Post, March 05, 2008
Protests and Petitions
China Detains 1,000 Petitioners Ahead of Parliament
Radio Free Asia, March 04, 2008
Protest over Factory Spreads in China
Washington Post, March 04, 2008
Monday, March 03, 2008
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
March 1 - 3, 2008
Top News of the Day
June 4th
张先玲遭当局监视并限制其行动 (Zhang Xianling Encounters Authority Supervision and Restriction of Other Activities)
Radio Free Asia, March 02, 2008
Zhang Xianling (张先玲), member of the Tiananmen Mothers, has had six people posted outside her home, supervising her and restricting her movement, since March 1. Tiananmen Mothers jointly issued an open letter to the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference on February 28. Zhang personally delivered the open letter to the General Office of the National People's Congress on February 26, however, it was refused.
News
Civil Society
万名大陆公民致函胡温及两会要求成立中国公民监政会 (10,000 Mainland Citizens Issue Open Letter Demanding That a Citizens' Supervision Conference Be Established)
Radio Free Asia, March 02, 2008
Environment
China Environment Agency Gets More Power
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), February 29, 2008
Land Policy
成都当局唆使数十名黑社会人员强拆太平 (Chengdu Authorities Instigate Dozens of Triad Members to Forcefully Evict Taiping Village)
Radio Free Asia, February 29, 2008
长沙芙蓉区居民住宅被当局强拆，两名上前阻止的邻居却遭拘留 (Furong, Changsha Residential Homes Destroyed by Authorities; Two Neighbors Detained When Attempting to Stop Destruction)
Radio Free Asia, February 29, 2008
征地选举引发大规模抗议 番禺当局出动千警震慑 (Land Grab, Election Set off Large-Scale Protest; Panyu Authorities Send a Thousand Police to Intimidate)
Radio Free Asia, February 29, 2008
Law
China Migrant Laborers Learn the Law to Win Rights
Reuters, March 01, 2008
Media
UPDATE 1-China Faces WTO Case over Financial News-Sources
Reuters, March 02, 2008
HK Star's Nude Photos Lead to Arrests in China
Reuters, March 01, 2008
Olympics
Advertisers Will Not Shy from Beijing: WPP Head
Reuters, February 29, 2008
Politics
Congress 'Failing to Exert Its Powers'
South China Morning Post, March 03, 2008
Outspoken Deputy Loses Place over Calls for New Income-Disclosure Rules
South China Morning Post, March 03, 2008
Annual Session of China's Top Advisory Body to Open Monday, Lasting 11 Days
Xinhuanet, March 02, 2008
China Muzzles Capital Ahead of Annual Parliament
Reuters, March 02, 2008
两会前夕上海开始大抓捕 (Shanghai Begins Mass Arrests on the Eve of the "Two Congresses")
Radio Free Asia, February 29, 2008
Population
China Denies Plan to Scrap One-child Policy: Report
Reuters, March 02, 2008
Protests and Petitions
Chemical Plant Plan Enrages Islanders
South China Morning Post, March 03, 2008
Shanghai Residents Stop Maglev Protest
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), March 01, 2008
Open Letter Calls for China Human Rights
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), February 29, 2008
June 4th
张先玲遭当局监视并限制其行动 (Zhang Xianling Encounters Authority Supervision and Restriction of Other Activities)
Radio Free Asia, March 02, 2008
Zhang Xianling (张先玲), member of the Tiananmen Mothers, has had six people posted outside her home, supervising her and restricting her movement, since March 1. Tiananmen Mothers jointly issued an open letter to the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference on February 28. Zhang personally delivered the open letter to the General Office of the National People's Congress on February 26, however, it was refused.
News
Civil Society
万名大陆公民致函胡温及两会要求成立中国公民监政会 (10,000 Mainland Citizens Issue Open Letter Demanding That a Citizens' Supervision Conference Be Established)
Radio Free Asia, March 02, 2008
Environment
China Environment Agency Gets More Power
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), February 29, 2008
Land Policy
成都当局唆使数十名黑社会人员强拆太平 (Chengdu Authorities Instigate Dozens of Triad Members to Forcefully Evict Taiping Village)
Radio Free Asia, February 29, 2008
长沙芙蓉区居民住宅被当局强拆，两名上前阻止的邻居却遭拘留 (Furong, Changsha Residential Homes Destroyed by Authorities; Two Neighbors Detained When Attempting to Stop Destruction)
Radio Free Asia, February 29, 2008
征地选举引发大规模抗议 番禺当局出动千警震慑 (Land Grab, Election Set off Large-Scale Protest; Panyu Authorities Send a Thousand Police to Intimidate)
Radio Free Asia, February 29, 2008
Law
China Migrant Laborers Learn the Law to Win Rights
Reuters, March 01, 2008
Media
UPDATE 1-China Faces WTO Case over Financial News-Sources
Reuters, March 02, 2008
HK Star's Nude Photos Lead to Arrests in China
Reuters, March 01, 2008
Olympics
Advertisers Will Not Shy from Beijing: WPP Head
Reuters, February 29, 2008
Politics
Congress 'Failing to Exert Its Powers'
South China Morning Post, March 03, 2008
Outspoken Deputy Loses Place over Calls for New Income-Disclosure Rules
South China Morning Post, March 03, 2008
Annual Session of China's Top Advisory Body to Open Monday, Lasting 11 Days
Xinhuanet, March 02, 2008
China Muzzles Capital Ahead of Annual Parliament
Reuters, March 02, 2008
两会前夕上海开始大抓捕 (Shanghai Begins Mass Arrests on the Eve of the "Two Congresses")
Radio Free Asia, February 29, 2008
Population
China Denies Plan to Scrap One-child Policy: Report
Reuters, March 02, 2008
Protests and Petitions
Chemical Plant Plan Enrages Islanders
South China Morning Post, March 03, 2008
Shanghai Residents Stop Maglev Protest
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), March 01, 2008
Open Letter Calls for China Human Rights
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), February 29, 2008
Friday, February 29, 2008
February 29, 2008
News
Food Security
China Says Dumplings "Sabotaged", Probably in Japan
Reuters, February 29, 2008
Human Rights
A Small Voice Calling
The Economist, February 28, 2008
China Foreign Minister Defends Rights Record
Reuters, February 28, 2008
人权组织吁中国奥运前改善人权，否则布什应该拒绝出席开幕式 (Rights Organizations Urge Improvement of Rights Situation Before Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, February 28, 2008
Human Rights Defenders
Activists Sue Yahoo over Disclosures and Jailing
South China Morning Post, February 29, 2008
[调查]清白律师突遭三年牢狱 奇案背后隐藏土地秘密 (Lawyer Locked Away in Prison of Three Years Over Land Case)
Nanfang Weekend, February 28, 2008
Human Rights Defender - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
陈光诚家人受到更大压力 袁伟静起诉北京边防总站立案 (Chen Guangcheng's Family Under Increased Pressure)
Radio Free Asia, February 28, 2008
Human Rights Defender - Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠)
维权律师郑恩宠致媒体公开信 强调接受采访没有选择性 (Zheng Enchong Says in Open Letter: Willing to Speak to Any Media)
Radio Free Asia, February 28, 2008
Law
White Paper Praises Rule-of-Law Transition
South China Morning Post, February 29, 2008
Olympics
Bush: Will Raise Rights Concerns Privately in Beijing
Reuters, February 29, 2008
Hebei Police Set Up Checkpoints, Tighten Security for Olympics
Xinhuanet, February 29, 2008
北京被拆迁户：奥运拆迁赔偿不公酿人命 (Unfair Amount of Olympic Resettlement Compensation Causes Death)
Radio Free Asia, February 28, 2008
Politics
NPC's Critical Shift to Resolving Social Issues
South China Morning Post, February 29, 2008
北大原右派公开信呼吁改正反右运动 (Peking University "Rightists" Openly Urge Correction of the Record on Anti-Rightist Campaign Verdict)
Radio Free Asia, February 28, 2008
Population
China May Scrap One-Child Policy, Official Says
Reuters, February 28, 2008
Protests and Petitions
当局搜捕计划召开记者会的访民 (Authorities Arrest Petitioners Who Had Planned a Press Conference)
Radio Free Asia, February 28, 2008
南通政府漠视法律 暴力拆迁严重 (Jiangsu Resettlement Protest Turns Violent)
Radio Free Asia, February 28, 2008
四川仁寿劳资冲突女婴死亡 当局封锁消息论坛帖遭删 (Labor Dispute Causes Death of Infant in Sichuan; Authorities Block Media Coverage)
Radio Free Asia, February 28, 2008
沈阳棚户改造暴力强迁 新星政绩背后民众血泪 (Violence Used in Resettlement of Shenyang "Slum-dwellers")
Radio Free Asia, February 28, 2008
Tibet
China Denies Tibet Railway Hurting Tibetans
Reuters, February 28, 2008
Food Security
China Says Dumplings "Sabotaged", Probably in Japan
Reuters, February 29, 2008
Human Rights
A Small Voice Calling
The Economist, February 28, 2008
China Foreign Minister Defends Rights Record
Reuters, February 28, 2008
人权组织吁中国奥运前改善人权，否则布什应该拒绝出席开幕式 (Rights Organizations Urge Improvement of Rights Situation Before Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, February 28, 2008
Human Rights Defenders
Activists Sue Yahoo over Disclosures and Jailing
South China Morning Post, February 29, 2008
[调查]清白律师突遭三年牢狱 奇案背后隐藏土地秘密 (Lawyer Locked Away in Prison of Three Years Over Land Case)
Nanfang Weekend, February 28, 2008
Human Rights Defender - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
陈光诚家人受到更大压力 袁伟静起诉北京边防总站立案 (Chen Guangcheng's Family Under Increased Pressure)
Radio Free Asia, February 28, 2008
Human Rights Defender - Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠)
维权律师郑恩宠致媒体公开信 强调接受采访没有选择性 (Zheng Enchong Says in Open Letter: Willing to Speak to Any Media)
Radio Free Asia, February 28, 2008
Law
White Paper Praises Rule-of-Law Transition
South China Morning Post, February 29, 2008
Olympics
Bush: Will Raise Rights Concerns Privately in Beijing
Reuters, February 29, 2008
Hebei Police Set Up Checkpoints, Tighten Security for Olympics
Xinhuanet, February 29, 2008
北京被拆迁户：奥运拆迁赔偿不公酿人命 (Unfair Amount of Olympic Resettlement Compensation Causes Death)
Radio Free Asia, February 28, 2008
Politics
NPC's Critical Shift to Resolving Social Issues
South China Morning Post, February 29, 2008
北大原右派公开信呼吁改正反右运动 (Peking University "Rightists" Openly Urge Correction of the Record on Anti-Rightist Campaign Verdict)
Radio Free Asia, February 28, 2008
Population
China May Scrap One-Child Policy, Official Says
Reuters, February 28, 2008
Protests and Petitions
当局搜捕计划召开记者会的访民 (Authorities Arrest Petitioners Who Had Planned a Press Conference)
Radio Free Asia, February 28, 2008
南通政府漠视法律 暴力拆迁严重 (Jiangsu Resettlement Protest Turns Violent)
Radio Free Asia, February 28, 2008
四川仁寿劳资冲突女婴死亡 当局封锁消息论坛帖遭删 (Labor Dispute Causes Death of Infant in Sichuan; Authorities Block Media Coverage)
Radio Free Asia, February 28, 2008
沈阳棚户改造暴力强迁 新星政绩背后民众血泪 (Violence Used in Resettlement of Shenyang "Slum-dwellers")
Radio Free Asia, February 28, 2008
Tibet
China Denies Tibet Railway Hurting Tibetans
Reuters, February 28, 2008
Thursday, February 28, 2008
February 28, 2008
Top News of the Day
June 4th
Tiananmen Mothers Call for China Dialogue on 1989
Reuters, February 27, 2008
Tiananmen Mothers issued an open letter through Human Rights in China, stating that members of the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Congress should open a dialogue with the victims of the Tiananmen Crackdown and their families. The group stated that opening a dialogue before the Olympics would send a positive message on China's stance on human rights. In addition to a dialogue, the letter requests that the government open an investigation of the crackdown, issue public apologies and compensation, and investigate the accountability of those responsible.
News
Bilateral Ties
赖斯访华关注胡佳师涛 喜讯未至家属反遭警告 (Rice Questions China on Hu Jia and Shi Tao; Families Again Given Admonishments)
Radio Free Asia, February 27, 2008
Freedom of Association
上海公安局驳回市民反对磁悬浮游行申请 (Shanghai Public Security Bureau Rejects Residents' Application to Demonstrate Against the Maglev)
Radio Free Asia, February 27, 2008
Human Rights Defender - Jiranbayariin Soyolt
前内蒙异议人士索约尔特上月在北京被捕 (IMAR Dissident in Exile, Jiranbayariin Soyolt, Arrested in Beijing Last Month)
Radio Free Asia, February 27, 2008
Human Rights Defender - Liu Jie (刘杰)
正在进行绝食抗议的刘杰今天会见律师 (Liu Jie, Currently on a Hunger Strike, Allowed to See Lawyer)
Radio Free Asia, February 27, 2008
Human Rights Defender - Zhu Yufu (朱虞夫)
杭州法院将重审民主党人士朱虞夫案件 (Hangzhou, Zhejiang Court to Try Case of Democracy Party Activist Zhu Yufu)
Radio Free Asia, February 27, 2008
Macau
Macao SAR Gov't Proposes Major Revisions of Election Laws
Xinhuanet, February 27, 2008
Olympics
Chinese Resist Urban 'Clean-up' Drive
Radio Free Asia, February 27, 2008
IOC Backs China Human Rights Push
BBC, February 26, 2008
外国记者采访上访村被警察带走 奥运采访新规定再受质疑 (New Regulations on Olympics Coverage Again Challenged: LA Times Reporter Taken Away While Covering Beijing Petitioning Village)
Radio Free Asia, February 27, 2008
Police
北师大珠海分校教师被保安殴打头破血流 (Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai Campus Professor Beaten Severely by Security Guards)
Radio Free Asia, February 27, 2008
Protests and Petitions
两会期间各地加紧拦截经租户上访 (Housing Petitioners Increasingly Intercepted Throughout China During the Two Congresses)
Radio Free Asia, February 27, 2008
Public Health
China SFDA: Buyers Must Vet Drug Safety
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), February 27, 2008
Three Gorges
New Dam Repeats ‘Stupid Mistake’
Financial Times, February 27, 2008
June 4th
Tiananmen Mothers Call for China Dialogue on 1989
Reuters, February 27, 2008
Tiananmen Mothers issued an open letter through Human Rights in China, stating that members of the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Congress should open a dialogue with the victims of the Tiananmen Crackdown and their families. The group stated that opening a dialogue before the Olympics would send a positive message on China's stance on human rights. In addition to a dialogue, the letter requests that the government open an investigation of the crackdown, issue public apologies and compensation, and investigate the accountability of those responsible.
Related Information:
HRIC Statement: Chinese Authorities Should Respond to Calls for Dialogue by the Tiananmen Mothers
Human Rights in China, February 27, 2008
News
Bilateral Ties
赖斯访华关注胡佳师涛 喜讯未至家属反遭警告 (Rice Questions China on Hu Jia and Shi Tao; Families Again Given Admonishments)
Radio Free Asia, February 27, 2008
Freedom of Association
上海公安局驳回市民反对磁悬浮游行申请 (Shanghai Public Security Bureau Rejects Residents' Application to Demonstrate Against the Maglev)
Radio Free Asia, February 27, 2008
Human Rights Defender - Jiranbayariin Soyolt
前内蒙异议人士索约尔特上月在北京被捕 (IMAR Dissident in Exile, Jiranbayariin Soyolt, Arrested in Beijing Last Month)
Radio Free Asia, February 27, 2008
Human Rights Defender - Liu Jie (刘杰)
正在进行绝食抗议的刘杰今天会见律师 (Liu Jie, Currently on a Hunger Strike, Allowed to See Lawyer)
Radio Free Asia, February 27, 2008
Human Rights Defender - Zhu Yufu (朱虞夫)
杭州法院将重审民主党人士朱虞夫案件 (Hangzhou, Zhejiang Court to Try Case of Democracy Party Activist Zhu Yufu)
Radio Free Asia, February 27, 2008
Macau
Macao SAR Gov't Proposes Major Revisions of Election Laws
Xinhuanet, February 27, 2008
Olympics
Chinese Resist Urban 'Clean-up' Drive
Radio Free Asia, February 27, 2008
IOC Backs China Human Rights Push
BBC, February 26, 2008
外国记者采访上访村被警察带走 奥运采访新规定再受质疑 (New Regulations on Olympics Coverage Again Challenged: LA Times Reporter Taken Away While Covering Beijing Petitioning Village)
Radio Free Asia, February 27, 2008
Police
北师大珠海分校教师被保安殴打头破血流 (Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai Campus Professor Beaten Severely by Security Guards)
Radio Free Asia, February 27, 2008
Protests and Petitions
两会期间各地加紧拦截经租户上访 (Housing Petitioners Increasingly Intercepted Throughout China During the Two Congresses)
Radio Free Asia, February 27, 2008
Public Health
China SFDA: Buyers Must Vet Drug Safety
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), February 27, 2008
Three Gorges
New Dam Repeats ‘Stupid Mistake’
Financial Times, February 27, 2008
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
February 27, 2008
Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Liu Jie (刘杰)
黑龙江访民刘杰绝食抗议劳教处罚 (Heilongjiang Petitioner Liu Jie Goes on Hunger Strike to Protest Reeducation-Through-Labor Decision)
Radio Free Asia , February 26, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/02/26/liujie/
Liu Jie (刘杰) began a hunger strike on February 26 in the Qiqihar Labor Camp where she is detained. She has demanded three things through an intermediary: 1. That President Hu Jintao and other national leaders demand that Heilongjiang Provincial Military Farm Bureau cease in persecuting her; 2. Further deliberation on the "International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights" during the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference; 3. The abolishment of the Reeducation-Through-Labor system. Liu, the organizer of a public letter with over twelve thousand signatures, was sentenced to eighteen months of Reeducation-Through-Labor in November 2007.
News
Environment
Bosses May Be Fined for Water Pollution
South China Morning Post, February 27, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d
3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7bb63da7c2658110VgnVCM
100000360a0a0aRCRD
Mega Dams Meant to Control Siltation Will Add to Ecological Woe, Experts Warn
South China Morning Post, February 27, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d
3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b7373da7c2658110VgnVCM
100000360a0a0aRCRD
Taps Shut in Central China Due to Red, Bubbly River
Reuters, February 26, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSPEK41672008
0226
Human Rights
China Ready to Resume Human Rights Talks
Washington Post, February 27, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/
26/AR2008022600903.html
Human Rights Defender - Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠)
Chinese Activist Lawyer Beaten, Detained
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), February 26, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080226/ap_on_re_as/china_
activist_beaten_1
Human Rights Defender - Li Subin (李苏滨)
维权律师入禀法院要求取消暂住证 (Human Rights Lawyers Go to Court Demanding Temporary Residence Permits Be Abolished)
Radio Free Asia, February 26, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/02/26/china_
rights_lawyer/
Law
中国拟规定保安不得限制他人人身自由违法搜身 (China Issues Draft Regulations Stipulating that Security Guards Must Not Limit the Personal Liberties of Others or Conduct Illegal Body Searches)
Radio Free Asia, February 26, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/02/26/baoan/
Migrant Workers
北京建筑工地农民权益普遍受侵害 (Rights of Migrant Workers on Beijing Construction Sites Frequently Violated)
Radio Free Asia, February 26, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/02/26/nongmin/
Olympics
China Slams "Meddling" After Myanmar Boycott Call
Reuters, February 26, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSPEK34412220080226
China's Olympic Water Province Faces Severe Drought
Reuters, February 26, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/
idUSPEK3519920080226
Olympics Water Diversion Threatens Millions
Financial Times, February 26, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/40b3e66a-e49d-11dc-a495-
0000779fd2ac.html
Police
上海维权人士乐见公安局长换新人 (Shanghai Human Rights Defenders Welcome Change in Municipal Public Security Bureau Head, Removing Jiang Zemin's Nephew, Wu Zhiming)
Voice of America, February 26, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2008-02-26-voa30.cfm
Protests and Petitions
两会前当局加强监控访民打压异见人士 (Authorities Heighten Monitoring of Petitioners and Pressure on Dissidents Before the National People's Congress and Chinese People's Political Consultative Congress)
Radio Free Asia, February 26, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/02/26/lianghui/
广州八百市民聚集市国土资源和房管局门外上访 (Eight Hundred Petition at the Guangzhou Municipal Bureau of Land and Natural Resources and Housing Administration)
Radio Free Asia, February 26, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/02/26/guangzhou/
荷泽维权虽遭打压两百工人坚持请 (Two Hundred Heze, Shandong Workers Insist on Petitioning Despite Human Rights Defender Zhou Mengxin Being Beaten)
Radio Free Asia, February 26, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/02/26/heze/
Three Gorges
Three Gorges Holdouts Feel the Heat
South China Morning Post, February 27, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d
3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=23963da7c2658110VgnVCM
100000360a0a0aRCRD
Tibet
Tibetans Fear for Man Sent Back to China from Nepal
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), February 26, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080226/wl_sthasia_afp/nepalchina
tibetrefugees_080226083752
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
February 26, 2008
Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Ni Yulan (倪玉兰)
北京公安加紧骚扰维权律师倪玉兰 (Beijing Police Step Up Harassment of Rights Lawyer Ni Yulan)
Radio Free Asia, February 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/02/25/china_rights_lawyer/
Husband of human rights lawyer Ni Yulan (倪玉兰) was beaten on February 25, 2008. The police forcefully entered Ni’s apartment that morning but could not find her because she was hiding. They then took her husband to the police substation, where the beating occurred. She suspected the police tried to arrest her before the annual session of the National People Congress. The police denied any beatings.
Human Rights Defender - Ni Yulan (倪玉兰)
北京公安加紧骚扰维权律师倪玉兰 (Beijing Police Step Up Harassment of Rights Lawyer Ni Yulan)
Radio Free Asia, February 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/02/25/china_rights_lawyer/
Husband of human rights lawyer Ni Yulan (倪玉兰) was beaten on February 25, 2008. The police forcefully entered Ni’s apartment that morning but could not find her because she was hiding. They then took her husband to the police substation, where the beating occurred. She suspected the police tried to arrest her before the annual session of the National People Congress. The police denied any beatings.
News
Disasters
New Round of Snow Snarls Traffic, Kills Livestock in China
Xinhuanet, February 26, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-02/26/content_7669324.htm
Government
Cabinet Reform Tops Agenda at Party Meeting
South China Morning Post, February 26, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=98c50d88c0158110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD0a0/?vgnextoid=98c50d88c0158110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Hukou
中国各大城市实行的暂住证制度倍受争议 (Temporary Residence Permit System in Major Cities Sparks Controversy)
Radio Free Asia, February 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/02/25/zanzhuzheng/
Human Rights Defender - Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠）
Police Said to Have Assaulted Rights Lawyer in China
New York Times, February 26, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/26/world/asia/26china.html
Human Rights Defender – Hu Jia (胡佳)
有消息传胡佳即将获释 (Hu Jia May Be Released Soon)
Radio Free Asia, February 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/02/25/china_rights_hujia/
Human Rights Defender - Shi Tao (师涛)
杨致远呼吁释放师涛 郭泉状告雅虎封锁 (Yang Zhiyuan Calls for the Release of Shi Tao; Guo Quan Sues Yahoo! For Blocking His Name)
Radio Free Asia, February 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/02/25/yahoo/
Land Policy
无锡城管强拆冲突 住户被从二楼扔下受伤 (Jiangsu Resident Thrown from Second Floor in Forced Eviction, Injured)
Radio Free Asia, February 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/02/25/wuxi/
Migrant Workers
深圳外来工被暴打致死 (Migrant Worker Beaten To Death in Shenzhen)
Radio Free Asia, February 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/02/25/shenzhen/
Olympics
New Book Details Chinese Spy Effort Ahead of Olympics
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), February 26, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080226/wl_asia_afp/oly2008chnspybook
Disasters
New Round of Snow Snarls Traffic, Kills Livestock in China
Xinhuanet, February 26, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-02/26/content_7669324.htm
Government
Cabinet Reform Tops Agenda at Party Meeting
South China Morning Post, February 26, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=98c50d88c0158110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD0a0/?vgnextoid=98c50d88c0158110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Hukou
中国各大城市实行的暂住证制度倍受争议 (Temporary Residence Permit System in Major Cities Sparks Controversy)
Radio Free Asia, February 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/02/25/zanzhuzheng/
Human Rights Defender - Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠）
Police Said to Have Assaulted Rights Lawyer in China
New York Times, February 26, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/26/world/asia/26china.html
Human Rights Defender – Hu Jia (胡佳)
有消息传胡佳即将获释 (Hu Jia May Be Released Soon)
Radio Free Asia, February 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/02/25/china_rights_hujia/
Human Rights Defender - Shi Tao (师涛)
杨致远呼吁释放师涛 郭泉状告雅虎封锁 (Yang Zhiyuan Calls for the Release of Shi Tao; Guo Quan Sues Yahoo! For Blocking His Name)
Radio Free Asia, February 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/02/25/yahoo/
Land Policy
无锡城管强拆冲突 住户被从二楼扔下受伤 (Jiangsu Resident Thrown from Second Floor in Forced Eviction, Injured)
Radio Free Asia, February 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/02/25/wuxi/
Migrant Workers
深圳外来工被暴打致死 (Migrant Worker Beaten To Death in Shenzhen)
Radio Free Asia, February 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/02/25/shenzhen/
Olympics
New Book Details Chinese Spy Effort Ahead of Olympics
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), February 26, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080226/wl_asia_afp/oly2008chnspybook
Police
南宁城管殴打小贩 被愤怒民众围堵 (Guangxi Urban Management Authorities Surrounded by Crowd After Beating Hawker)
Radio Free Asia, February 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/02/25/nanning/
Protests and Petitions
访民在高法信访办服药自杀 (Petitioner Attempts Suicide at Office for Letters and Calls of Supreme People’s Court)
Radio Free Asia, February 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/02/25/fangmin/
上海维权居民申请游行受公安恐吓 (Police Threaten to Shoot Shanghai Residents for Applying to Stage Demonstration Against Maglev Project)
Radio Free Asia, February 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/02/25/china_rights_residents/
Public Health
云南艾滋病毒感染者累计逾五万七千例 (HIV Infections in Yunnan Exceed 57,000 Cases)
China Youth Online, February 26, 2008
http://news.cyol.com/content/2008-02/26/content_2077961.htm
67% of 2007 Recalls Were China Imports
World Net Daily, February 25, 2008
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=57069
Tibet
Tibetans, Chinese Police Clash at Festival
Radio Free Asia, February 22, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2008/02/22/tibet_clash/
Monday, February 25, 2008
February 23-25, 2008
Top News of the Day
Protests and Petitions
山东访民林英明被关进精神病院56天 (Shandong Petitioner Lin Yingming Already Detained in Psychiatric Hospital for 56 Days)
Radio Free Asia, February 23, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/02/23/56/
Shandong petitioner Lin Yingming (林英明) is being held in a psychiatric hospital by the Rushan, Shandong police due to repeated petitions in Beijing. RFA speaks with Huang Qi (黄琦), head of Tianwang Human Rights Center, whose help Lin has requested many times; Huang states, "When they brought him to the hospital, they strapped him into the bed and for several days injected him with unknown chemicals. […] He has been again detained in a psychiatric hospital for 53 days, because he continues his accusations. […] We can tell from what he's said and what he's written that he is an extremely healthy person, including his mental health." Fellow petitioner Liu Zhengyou (刘正有) comments that petitioners being retrieved by local police and sent to a psychiatric hospital is hardly unusual, as public security bureaus are wont to stop petitioners by any means necessary.
News
Bilateral Ties
China Keen to Help Solve Darfur Conflict: Envoy
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), February 24, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080224/wl_asia_afp/sudanchinaunrestdarfurdiplomacy_080224134309
Civil Society
China's State Council to Use Internet for Public Opinion
Xinhuanet, February 22, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-02/22/content_7651001.htm
Disasters
China Jails 17 for Deadly Coal Mine Blast
Reuters, February 24, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSPEK16549
Economic Development
Experts Warn Inflation in China Could Lead to Social Unrest
Voice of America, February 22, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-02-22-voa13.cfm
Environment
Pollution Fears Spark Outcry on Refinery Project
South China Morning Post, February 25, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d925 3a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=46db39c816c48110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Rumours of Dam-building Leave Villagers Fearing for Their FutureSouth China Morning Post, February 25, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7c1e1c568cb48110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Government
中国政府又要“瘦身”？ (Does the Chinese Government Want to Downsize Again?)
Radio Free Asia, February 23, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/02/23/shou/
Human Rights Defender
山东维权人士周孟新被警方带走 (Shandong Human Rights Defender Zhou Mengxin Carried Away by Police)
Radio Free Asia, February 24, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/02/24/zhuo/
Land Policy
On Solid Ground - Beijing's Landmark Edict on Land Rights for the Vast Rural Population Is a Powerful Signal of Change
South China Morning Post, February 23, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d
7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e729e236f2248110VgnVCM1000
00360a0a0aRCRD
Law
How One Man in China Strengthens the Rule of Law
Christian Science Monitor, February 22, 2008
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0222/p01s04-wosc.html
泛蓝成员张子霖被判刑两年 不服提出上诉 (Zhang Zilin Sentenced to Two Years, Plans to Appeal)
Radio Free Asia, February 22, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/02/22/zhang/
Media
China Asks Web Sites to Eradicate Porn, Violence
Reuters, February 22, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSPEK2316520080222
Olympics
Time to Worry About the Unthinkable – Failure
South China Morning Post, February 24, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d4e2505533648110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Olympics-Six China Provinces Ordered to Cut Pollution
Reuters, February 22, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSPEK15389
Public Health
中国现存艾滋病病毒感染者和病人约70万 (Approximately 700,000 People in China Currently Carry or Are Infected with HIV)
Radio Free Asia, February 24, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/02/24/ai/
Tibet
Tibetans, Chinese Police Clash at Festival
Radio Free Asia, February 22, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2008/02/22/tibet_clash/
XUAR
中国官员指疆独恐布集团有计划袭击奥运 (Chinese Official States that XUAR Separatist Group Is Planning a Surprise Attack During the Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, February 22, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/02/22/china_xinjiang/
Protests and Petitions
山东访民林英明被关进精神病院56天 (Shandong Petitioner Lin Yingming Already Detained in Psychiatric Hospital for 56 Days)
Radio Free Asia, February 23, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/02/23/56/
Shandong petitioner Lin Yingming (林英明) is being held in a psychiatric hospital by the Rushan, Shandong police due to repeated petitions in Beijing. RFA speaks with Huang Qi (黄琦), head of Tianwang Human Rights Center, whose help Lin has requested many times; Huang states, "When they brought him to the hospital, they strapped him into the bed and for several days injected him with unknown chemicals. […] He has been again detained in a psychiatric hospital for 53 days, because he continues his accusations. […] We can tell from what he's said and what he's written that he is an extremely healthy person, including his mental health." Fellow petitioner Liu Zhengyou (刘正有) comments that petitioners being retrieved by local police and sent to a psychiatric hospital is hardly unusual, as public security bureaus are wont to stop petitioners by any means necessary.
News
Bilateral Ties
China Keen to Help Solve Darfur Conflict: Envoy
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), February 24, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080224/wl_asia_afp/sudanchinaunrestdarfurdiplomacy_080224134309
Civil Society
China's State Council to Use Internet for Public Opinion
Xinhuanet, February 22, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-02/22/content_7651001.htm
Disasters
China Jails 17 for Deadly Coal Mine Blast
Reuters, February 24, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSPEK16549
Economic Development
Experts Warn Inflation in China Could Lead to Social Unrest
Voice of America, February 22, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-02-22-voa13.cfm
Environment
Pollution Fears Spark Outcry on Refinery Project
South China Morning Post, February 25, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d925 3a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=46db39c816c48110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Rumours of Dam-building Leave Villagers Fearing for Their FutureSouth China Morning Post, February 25, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7c1e1c568cb48110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Government
中国政府又要“瘦身”？ (Does the Chinese Government Want to Downsize Again?)
Radio Free Asia, February 23, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/02/23/shou/
Human Rights Defender
山东维权人士周孟新被警方带走 (Shandong Human Rights Defender Zhou Mengxin Carried Away by Police)
Radio Free Asia, February 24, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/02/24/zhuo/
Land Policy
On Solid Ground - Beijing's Landmark Edict on Land Rights for the Vast Rural Population Is a Powerful Signal of Change
South China Morning Post, February 23, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d
7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e729e236f2248110VgnVCM1000
00360a0a0aRCRD
Law
How One Man in China Strengthens the Rule of Law
Christian Science Monitor, February 22, 2008
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0222/p01s04-wosc.html
泛蓝成员张子霖被判刑两年 不服提出上诉 (Zhang Zilin Sentenced to Two Years, Plans to Appeal)
Radio Free Asia, February 22, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/02/22/zhang/
Media
China Asks Web Sites to Eradicate Porn, Violence
Reuters, February 22, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSPEK2316520080222
Olympics
Time to Worry About the Unthinkable – Failure
South China Morning Post, February 24, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d4e2505533648110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Olympics-Six China Provinces Ordered to Cut Pollution
Reuters, February 22, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSPEK15389
Public Health
中国现存艾滋病病毒感染者和病人约70万 (Approximately 700,000 People in China Currently Carry or Are Infected with HIV)
Radio Free Asia, February 24, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/02/24/ai/
Tibet
Tibetans, Chinese Police Clash at Festival
Radio Free Asia, February 22, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2008/02/22/tibet_clash/
XUAR
中国官员指疆独恐布集团有计划袭击奥运 (Chinese Official States that XUAR Separatist Group Is Planning a Surprise Attack During the Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, February 22, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/02/22/china_xinjiang/
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