April 10, 2008

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defenders
內地律师協助藏民遭警告 (Chinese Authorities Warn Lawyers Not to Help Arrested Tibetans)
Apple Daily, April 09, 2008
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.c
fm?iss_id=20080409&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&
art_id=10965896

The Chinese authorities target a group of lawyers who last week made a public offer of legal assistance to Tibetan protestors who were arrested in March and April. Some lawyers were reportedly told they should not involve themselves in the "Tibet incident," were questioned and put under surveillance, and had their phones tapped. Lawyer Li Subin (李苏滨) said some lawyers were told that there were enough lawyers in the region where the Tibetans were being held and there was no need for outside lawyers to get involved.

Related Information
HRIC Statement: Chinese Authorities Target Lawyers Offering Legal Assistance to
Tibetans
Human Rights in China, April 09, 2008
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/48541

News
Bilateral Ties
US Congress Condemns Tibet Crackdown, Seeks Dialogue
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), April 10, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080410/wl_asia_afp/chi
natibetrightsuscongress_080410013809;_ylt=ApegvGcVc
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US Seeks Home for Guantanamo Uighurs
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), April 09, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080409/ap_on_re_la_am
_ca/china_muslims_glance_1;_ylt=AjyGED8ntr8fruJ5Agz
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Corruption
Sentencing Looms for Shanghai Party Chief
South China Morning Post, April 10, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62
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Human Rights Defenders
Amid Human Rights Protests, a Look at China's Record
Christian Science Monitor, April 10, 2008
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0410/p04s01-woap.html

Human Rights Defender - Zhu Yufu (朱虞夫)
朱虞夫父子案再审维持原判 (Hangzhou Court Adds Deprivation of Political Rights to Zhu Yufu's Sentence After Retrial)
Radio Free Asia, April 09, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/
09/zhu_yufu/

Olympics
北京铁路加强安检 (Beijing's Railway System Strengthens Security Checks)
Ming Pao, April 10, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080410/gca4.htm

Chinese Ambassador: Olympic Torch Relay in San Francisco "Successful"
Xinhuanet, April 10, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/10/
content_7952083.htm

Olympic Torch Rerouted through Streets of San Francisco Away from Crowds
Associated Press (available at the International Herald), April 10, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/04/10/america/
Olympic-Torch-Optional.php

Torch Guards Defended by IOC
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), April 10, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3f968ed6273
39110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

British PM to Miss Olympic Opening
Financial Times, April 09, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/67966a02-0683-11dd-802c
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da-89df-0000779e2340.html

China Toughens Smoking Ban in Schools before Games
Reuters, April 09, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Olympics/
idUSPEK3035220080409

民运人士任畹町呼吁国际社会抵制北京奥运 (Democracy Activist Ren Wanding Calls for International Community to Boycott Beijing Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, April 09, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/04/09/
China_Olympics/

Politics
Jiang Briefs Beijing on Energy Paper
South China Morning Post, April 10, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62
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Protests and Petitions
Protesting Monks Storm Media Tour in Western China
Reuters, April 09, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews
/idUSPEK17816120080409

Tibet
Beijing Met 20 Dalai Lama Delegations, Says Official
South China Morning Post, April 10, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1ea68ed62733
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Clampdown on Tibet Squeezes Tourist Destinations
Wall Street Journal, April 10, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120772747826101321.htm
l?mod=hps_asia_pageone

XUAR
China Faces Muslim Resentment in West
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), April 09, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080409/ap_on_re_as/china
_resentful_muslims_3;_ylt=AjPnVzXzTMObVF6S9iNnGOhP
zWQAPnVzXzTMObVF6S9iNnGOhPzWQA

April 9, 2008

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

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

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

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

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

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

Olympics
Censor Loosens Media Strings in Publicity War
South China Morning Post, April 09, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=50e34dff60f
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Olympic Official Condemns Anti-China Protests
Wall Street Journal, April 09, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120766115661397851.html?
mod=hps_asia_whats_news

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

April 8, 2008

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Li Jinping (李金平)
维权人士李金平计划悼念赵紫阳被带走软禁 (Human Rights Defender Li Jinping Taken Away Before ChingMing Festival)
Radio Free Asia, April 07, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/
04/07/lijinping/
Human rights defender Li Jinping (李金平) was forcibly taken away by authorities on March 31 for setting up a memorial hall to commemorate former CPC General Secretary Zhao Ziyang (赵紫阳). Li was reportedly under constant monitoring and harassment ahead of the Ching Ming Festival. According to a telephone call made to a fellow human rights defender Ni Yulan (倪玉兰), Li was reportedly put under house arrest in a small hotel in Beijing.


News
Media
China Allows Access to English Wikipedia
Reuters, April 07, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/
idUSPEK8634220080407

Migrant Workers
Moves to Help Migrants Fail to Convince Critics
South China Morning Post, April 08, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.
2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=
738ca605ec929110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
&ss=China&s=News

Olympics
Games Protest Zones Planned for Mainlanders
South China Morning Post, April 08, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.
2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=
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&ss=China&s=News

Growing anti-China Protests Underscore Clout of Tibet Lobby
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), April 08, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080408/wl_asia_
afp/chinaunresttibetrightsuslobby_080408025111;_
ylt=Au1mZ459.qo5F4xVMNNNke1PzWQA

奥运村“钉子户”随时面临强拆 (Beijing "Nail House" Residents Face Forced Eviction to Make Way for Olympic Village)
Radio Free Asia, April 07, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/
04/07/dingzihu/

China Condemns "Despicable" Torch Disruptions
Reuters, April 07, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSPEK
13147120080408

人权圣火传到洛杉矶 扩大声援西藏与胡佳 (Human Rights Torch in Los Angeles: Pressure over Tibet Issue and Immediate Release of Hu Jia)
Radio Free Asia, April 07, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/
04/07/hr_torch/

奥运圣火不断受到各方人士抗议 人权圣火民众自发加入传递 (Olympic Torch Continues to Spark International and Domestic Protests)
Radio Free Asia, April 07, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/
04/07/torches/

Protests and Petitions
山东烟台市村民镇政府上访发生冲突 (Conflict Rises While Shandong Villagers Petition Government over Corrupt Elections; 11 Still Detained)
Radio Free Asia, April 07, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/04/
07/China_election/

黑龙江富锦失地农民事件五人被判被捕 (Five People Sentenced over Land Grabs in Heilongjiang) Radio Free Asia, April 07, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/
04/07/fujin/

Religion
四川渠县抓捕13名家庭教会成员 (13 House Church Members Arrested in Sichuan)
Radio Free Asia, April 07, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/
04/07/sichuan/

Tibet
甘孜对境外电讯被切断 (Communications Cut in Garze, Sichuan after Protests Erupted Last Week)
Radio Free Asia, April 08, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/
04/07/ganzi/

Ban on Media in Vast Tibetan Areas Keeps Foreigners in Dark
Associated Press (available at South China Morning Post), April 07, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.
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&ss=China&s=News

China Faces Long-Term Risks from Tough Tibet Stance
Reuters, April 07, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSPEK
22907220080407

四川省西藏僧人与军警再次爆发冲突 (Tibetan Monks and Military Clash Again in Sichuan)
Radio Free Asia, April 07, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/04/
07/China_Riot/

April 5-7, 2008

Top News of the Day
Olympics
Multi-entry Visa Ban until after Games
South China Morning Post, April 06, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d77
33492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2ba20a4f88e19110VgnVCM10000036
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The SCMP reports that Beijing will not issue multiple-entry visas until after the Olympic Games, and that visas will take longer to process. Foreigners, Hong Kong residents, and permanent residents are all affected. Travel agents were informed of the ban on March 27, but they have not been told of an end date; both September and October are named as possible end dates.

News
Bilateral Ties
Free-trade Pact with NZ a Blueprint for Future
South China Morning Post, April 07, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d77
33492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1b6730b80f329110VgnVCM10000036
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Environment
Rubber Trees for Tire Industry Shrink China Rainforests
Reuters, April 06, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSSHA7974020080407

Human Rights
Business Clouds Concerns over China's Human Rights Violations
Seattlepi.com, April 06, 2008
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/357791_chinaonline07.html

Labor
Pledge to Hunt Down Organisers of Pilot Protest
South China Morning Post, April 07, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d77
33492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=aea5574025429110VgnVCM10000036
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Olympics
Chaotic Scenes at London Olympic Torch Relay
Reuters, April 06, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSL0648763320080406

IOC's Rogge Condemns Violence in Tibet
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), April 07, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080407/wl_asia_afp/chinaunresttibetrights
oly2008rogge_080407034101

Tibet Prepares for Olympic Torch Relay
Xinhuanet, April 05, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/06/content_7926482.htm

Tibet
Beijing Seeks PR Advisers on Tibet
Financial Times, April 04, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/78ca2216-01d1-11dd-a323-000077b07658.html

Dalai Lama hits back at China conspiracy claims
Reuters (via Guardian), April 06, 2008
http://sport.guardian.co.uk/breakingnews/feedstory/0,,-7441524,00.html

当局威胁藏民泄漏骚乱违法 甘孜重兵至九月 (Paramilitary Police Forces to Remain in Garze, Sichuan until September)
Radio Free Asia, April 06, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/06/gan

Police: People Announced Dead by Dalai Clique Are Still Alive
Xinhuanet, April 06, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/06/content_7930012.htm

Tibetans Wounded in Sichuan Protest
Radio Free Asia, April 05, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/breaking_news/2008/04/05/tibet_clash/

XUAR
Fear and Distrust Keep Hotan's Uygurs in Line
Reuters (available at South China Morning Post), April 07, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d77
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April 4, 2008

Top News of the Day
Olympics
IOC Rejects Amnesty Report on China's Human Rights Record
Voice of America, April 3, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-04-03-voa40.cfm
Hein Verbruggen, the head of the International Olympic Committee inspection team for the 2008 Beijing Games, has rejected a report by Amnesty International that criticizes the development of human rights in China in the lead up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He stated that Amnesty International's claims that the Olympics have led to a worsening human rights situation are untrue.

News
Corporate Social Responsibility
Yahoo CEO: gray areas make foreign business hard
Reuters (via YahooNews), April 4, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSN034
8043720080403

Environment
People more aware of environmental issues
China Daily, April 4, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-04/04/con
tent_6591755.htm

Human Rights Defenders
胡佳被判三年半 各界表示失望 (Many Express Disappointment over Hu Jia’s Sentence)
Radio Free Asia, April 3, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/
03/hujia/

China's jailing of activist draws US condemnation
Boston Globe, April 4, 2008
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2008
/04/04/chinas_jailing_of_activist_draws_us_condemnation/

Reporters Without Borders calls for Olympic ceremony boycott over Hu Jia
AFP (via YahooNews), April 4, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080404/wl_asia_afp/ch
inarightsdissidentoly2008media

Labor
China Pilots Slammed for Labor 'Strikes'
Associated Press, April 4, 2008
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/04/03/ap4848826.html

Media
China seems to ease Wikipedia controls
AFP (via YahooNews), April 4, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080403/tc_afp/chinain
ternetcensorshiprightsoly2008

IOC: China Says Journalists Will Have Free Access to Internet During Summer Olympics
Voice of America, April 4, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-04-03-voa38.cfm

Olympics
China should drop Tibet torch relay: Dalai Lama envoy
Reuters (via YahooNews), April 4, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/idUSN0329379420
080403?feedType=RSS&feedName=sportsNews

China urges France not to encourage disturbance against torch relay
Xinhuanet, April 4, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/03/content_79137
19.htm

Darfur Group Adds Olympics Boycott Call
New York Sun, April 4, 2008
http://www2.nysun.com/article/74189

IOC receives Beijing assurances on Internet, live broadcasts, pollution
International Herald Tribune, April 4, 2008
http://www.iht.com/bin/printfriendly.php?id=11641902

London security tight for Olympic torch relay
Telegraph, April 4, 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/20
08/04/04/wolympic104.xml

Uighur Protest in Turkey Against China
AP( via YahooNews), April 4, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gEtQD-yS0Xp4_siz
YjZ8SE7bG_1gD8VQEOAG0

Protests and Petitions
几百名访民清明扫墓被抓 李金平与家人失去联络 (Hundreds of Human Rights Petitioners Detained On Qingming)
Radio Free Asia, April 4, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/0
4/fangmin/

China order targets dissent
Washington Times, April 4, 2008
http://washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/2
0080404/NATION/98834282/1001&template=printart

Public Health
China lifts bird flu quarantine in southern Guangzhou
Xinhuanet, April 3, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/03/content_7913
822.htm

Taiwan
China renews giant panda offer to receptive Taiwan
Reuters (via YahooNews), April 4, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTP66364200804
04?sp=true

Ma Ying-jeou urges Hu Jintao to seize opportunity for Taipei-Beijing détente
China Post, April 4, 2008
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/presidential%20
election/2008/04/04/150265/Ma-Ying-jeou.htm

Tibet
China says order restored in heavily Tibetan areas
Boston Globe, April 4, 2008
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2008/04/04/ch
ina_says_order_restored_in_heavily_tibetan_areas/

Chinese Official in Tibet Calls for Swift Trial of Alleged Lhasa Rioters
Voice of America, April 4, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-04-04-voa26.cfm

Dalai Lama Envoy Says Tibet Is Grim
AP( via YahooNews), April 4, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iCFilgppKmoq_5naRi1gnw
Ez6vGQD8VQHKN81

April 3, 2008

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
Jail for Chinese Rights Activist
BBC, April 03, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7327718.stm
AIDS activist and human rights defender Hu Jia (胡佳) was sentenced to three and a half years' imprisonment and one year's deprivation of his political rights on April 3, 2008. Reportedly one of Hu's lawyers, Li Fangping, proposes that Hu appeal the sentence, but Li has not yet spoken with Hu on this subject. Hu Jia was charged with "inciting subversion of state power" on the basis of political articles that he posted online and interviews that he gave to foreign media.

News
Bilateral Ties
Veteran Leaders Urge China to Talk to Dalai Lama
Reuters, April 03, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSL0286302520080402

Environment
Pollution of Lake Tai Worse despite Cleanup Campaign
South China Morning Post, April 03, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d77
33492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=69e1af0296f09110VgnVCM10000036
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Government
重庆巴南区村民投诉居委会选举严重违法 (Chongqing Villagers Complain Recent Neighborhood Election in Violation of Law)
Radio Free Asia, April 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/02/chongqing

Human Rights Defenders
上海访民马春英因不堪殴打.折磨.跳楼摔成重伤 (Petitioner Ma Chunying Leapt from Building following Beatings and Persecution, Severely Wounded)
Radio Free Asia, April 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/02/ma_chunying

Human Rights Defender - Ching Cheong (程翔)
获假释回港的记者程翔将复职上班 (Ching Cheong Soon to Return to Work)
Radio Free Asia, April 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/02/ching

Human Rights Defender - Zeng Jinyan (曾金燕)
曾金燕：胡佳被判刑将是社会的悲剧和损失 (Hu Jia's Sentence will be a Tragedy and Loss to Society: Zeng Jinyan)
Radio Free Asia, April 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/04/02/china_rights_hujia

Land Policy
东城15万居民拟外迁朝阳区 (15000 Dongcheng, Beijing Residents to Be Moved, Parking Garage to Be Built)
The Beijing News, April 02, 2008
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/beijing/2008/04-02/021@074855.htm

Media
民运人士蒋品超控告GOOGLE封锁 (Democracy Activist Jiang Pinchao Accuses Google of Censorship)
Radio Free Asia, April 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/04/02/china_internet_google

Tibet Exile Radio Says China Jamming It
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), April 02, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080402/ap_on_re_as/voice_of_tibet_1

Olympics
北京设立信息安全应急中心 (Beijing Establishes Information Safety and Emergency Response Center to Combat Cyber-Attacks during Olympics)
The Beijing News, April 02, 2008
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/beijing/2008/04-02/021@074814.htm

Hong Kong to Deny Entry to Some Protesters during Summer Olympics
Voice of America, April 02, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-04-02-voa10.cfm

No Transmission Delays in 'Live' Broadcasting of Sporting Action, Say Officials
Agence France-Presse (available at South China Morning Post), April 03, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d77
33492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a028c91041019110VgnVCM10000036
0a0a0aRCRD

Police
重庆维权业主被打、被抓 (Chongqing Homeowners Beaten and Arrested)
Radio Free Asia, April 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/02/yezhu

Protests and Petitions
哈尔滨访民在北京被截访 (Harbin Petitioners Stopped in Beijing )
Radio Free Asia, April 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/02/fangmin2

Public Health
Police in China Uncover Illegal Blood Scheme
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), April 02, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080402/wl_asia_afp/chinahealthaids
crime_080402065104

Tibet
Beijing Campus Says Tibetans Staged Sit-in
South China Morning Post, April 03, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d77
33492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1b1732dd8cf09110VgnVCM10000036
0a0a0aRCRD

Dalai Lama Appeals for End to Tibet 'Crackdown'
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), April 02, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080402/wl_sthasia_afp/chinaunresttibe
trightsdalai_080402163456

XUAR
Chinese Police Raid Houses in Xinjiang
Radio Free Asia, April 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/politics/2008/04/01/uyghur-protest/

Xinjiang Protest Linked to Tibet Riots
Associated Press (available at South China Morning Post), April 03, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d77
33492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c118c91041019110VgnVCM10000036
0a0a0aRCRD

April 2, 2008

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Hu Di (胡迪)
自由作家胡迪被传唤 (Guangdong Writer Hu Di Summoned)
Radio Free Asia, April 01, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008
/04/01/hudi/
On April 1, Guangdong writer Hu Di (胡迪) was summoned by the authorities and released the same day. His detention is most likely due to his open letter commemorating the 40th anniversary of the death of Lin Zhao, who had refused to recognize her guilt in the“Anti-Rightist"campaign. Lin also criticized the “Great Leap Forward”, Mao Zedong and the socialist system. Lin was arrested in 1960, sentenced to 20 years in 1962, and was secretly executed in 1968. Hu’s friend said that the authorities apparently told him to cease activities related to Lin, and to think of his family's safety.

News
Bilateral Ties
China Tells Paulson Strategic Talks Building Trust
Reuters, April 02, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/articlePrint?articleId=USP
EK8688520080402

Environment
Drought Hits Northern China
Reuters, April 01, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/id
USHKG6750620080401

Olympics
Indian Soccer Captain Rejects Relay Honour
Associated Press (available at South China Morning Post), April 02, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af
62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d3c8f9
83dea09110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=Chin
a&s=New

Open Internet During Games, IOC Insists
Associated Press (available at South China Morning Post), April 02, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af6
2ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d1f8f983
dea09110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s
=News

RSF敦促北京奥运选手和观赛者戴自由胸章 (RSF Urges Olympic Athletes to Wear “Freedom” Badges During Games)
Radio Free Asia, April 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/20
08/04/01/rsf/

S.F. Wrangles over Olympic Torch Appearance
Los Angeles Times, April 02, 2008
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-torch2a
pr02,0,792175.story

Olympics Aren't Improving Rights in China: Amnesty
Reuters, April 01, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/articlePrint?articleId=USH
KG4955920080401

Police
成都强拆一孕妇被打死 (Pregnant Woman Dies in Chengdu Resettlement Case)
Radio Free Asia, April 01, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/
04/01/qiangchai/

Politics
Democracy 'Takes Time to Digest'
South China Morning Post, April 02, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af6
2ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e1d0f7297
da09110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=Hong+Kong&s

Population
临沂当局再次强迫怀有第二胎的孕妇堕胎 (Linyi Authorities Continue Forced Abortion Campaign, Harassment of Extended Family Members)
Radio Free Asia, April 01, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/04/0
1/china_rights_birth/

Society
Chinese Urbanites Find It Unaffordable to Die Xinhuanet, April 02, 2008 http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/02/c ontent_
7903165.htm

Tibet
China Publishes Evidences of Dalai Clique's Masterminding of Riot
Xinhuanet, April 02, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/02/con
tent_7901044.htm

Dalai Lama May Get Invitation from EU
South China Morning Post, April 02, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af6
2ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b218f983d
ea09110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

甘南藏族高中生罢课 拉萨市长要游客缓 (Tibetan High School Students Go On Strike in Southern Gansu)
Radio Free Asia, April 01, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008
/04/01/lahsa/

April 1, 2008

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
China Verdict on Dissident Hu Jia Due Thursday: Lawyer
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), March 31, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080331/wl_asia_afp/china
rightsdissidentsentenceoly2008_080331203716;_ylt=ArHR
IvYyKnZGCLBGJNfkK.1PzWQA
Lawyer Li Fangping told AFP on March 31 that the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court will deliver the verdict for AIDS activist and human rights defender Hu Jia (胡佳) on April 3. Li said Hu could be sentenced to over five years in prison. Hu was charged for inciting subversion of state power for political articles he posted online and for interviews he gave to foreign media.

News
Bilateral Ties
US Senator Criticizes China for 'Unfair' Attacks on Dalai Lama
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), March 31, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080331/pl_afp/tibetunres
trightschinaus_080331223844;_ylt=AqwCxLe5d1EZsS1RD
_66S4lPzWQA

Corruption
陈良宇案审后新披露 (Caijing Magazine Reveals More Details About Chen Liangyu's Trial)
Radio Free Asia, March 31, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/31/
chen/

Human Rights Defender - Zhou Zhirong (周志荣)
因协助三峡失地农民维权而坐牢的周志荣周一获释 ( Three Gorges Petitioner and Human Rights Defender Zhou Zhirong Released from Jail)
Radio Free Asia, March 31, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/03/31/china
_rights_jail/

Land Policy
湖北黄石农场职工集体上访抗议非法征地 (Hubei Farmers Petition Against Illegal Lang Grab)
Radio Free Asia, March 31, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/31/
hubei/

Law
新修订民诉法正式实施 法院会积极应对新变化 (Amended Civil Litigation Law Takes Effect on April 1; Courts to Proactively Face Changes)
Legal Daily, April 01, 2008
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2008-04/01/content
_825577.htm

Life Sentence for ATM Withdrawal Cut to Five Years
South China Morning Post, April 01, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af6
2ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b1f00c7f7c5
09110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Olympics
China Greets Olympic Flame with Pride and Tight Security
Reuters, March 31, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSPEK20334
520080331

中国出台六条意见加强实施外国记者在华采访规定 (Chinese Authorities Issue Six Recommendations on the Implementation of Regulations on Foreign Journalists' Work)
Radio Free Asia, March 31, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/31/
press/

Tibet
Verbal Attack Against Dalai Lama Heats Up
South China Morning Post, April 01, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f9010c7f7c5
09110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Young Tibetans Question Path of Nonviolence
Christian Science Monitor, April 01, 2008
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0401/p01s01-woap.html

China: Tibet Arson Suspects Caught
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), March 31, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/china_tibet;_ylt=Am_wfjRFp
q207rL9O_jV611PzWQA

Police Confirm Identities of 14 Civilians Killed in Lhasa Riots
Xinhuanet, March 31, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/01/content_
7894023.htm

XUAR
新疆和田市近千人抗议 餐厅至今不能正常营业 (One Thousand People Protest in Hetian City, XUAR)
Radio Free Asia, March 31, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/31/
xinjiang/

March 29-31, 2008

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Yang Chunlin (杨春林)
杨春林抗议不公将上诉　控诉看守所内继续受虐 (Land Rights Defender Yang Chunlin to Appeal)
Radio Free Asia, March 28, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/28/yang/
RFA reports that Yang Chunlin (杨春林) told his lawyer on March 28, 2008 (Friday), that he intends to appeal his sentence. At the same time, Yang stated that he is still being abused in detention. Yang's son had previously told the press that he did not think that Yang would appeal, due to Yang's view that the Chinese courts "lack legitimacy." Yang Chunlin organized an open letter campaign in 2007, entitled “We want human rights, not the Olympics." The letter received more than 10,000 signatures. He was sentenced to five years in jail on March 24, 2008, on charges of inciting subversion of state power.

News
Bilateral Ties
China "Strongly Dissatisfied" with EU Meeting on Tibet Issue
Xinhuanet, March 30, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/30/content_7886464.htm

Corruption
媒体质疑柳州市领导别墅区：阳光下的集体腐败 (Media Probes Villa Complex of Liuzhou, Guangxi Officials: Mass Corruption)
Beijing Youth Daily available at Xinhuanet, March 29, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2008-03/29/content_7878278.htm

Food Security
China Recalls Milk Supplies after Children Fall Ill
Reuters, March 29, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTP756220080329

Government
佛山二千选民抗议基层选举违规舞弊 (2000 Foshan, Guangdong Voters Protest Malpractices in Grassroots Election)
Radio Free Asia, March 31, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/03/28/china_rights_rural/

Human Rights Defender - Qi Chonghuai (齐崇淮)
山东记者齐崇淮被超期羁押9月 (Shandong Reporter Qi Chonghuai Detained for Over 9 Months)
Radio Free Asia, March 28, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/28/qi/

Human Rights Defender - Zhu Yufu (朱虞夫)
朱虞夫父子案重审后等待宣判 (Dissident Zhu Yufu and Son's Retrial Complete; Awaiting Verdict)
Radio Free Asia, March 28, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/03/28/china_rights_court/

June 4th
Activist: Dozens Still Jailed in China over 1989 Protests
Associated Press (via International Herald Tribune), March 29, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/03/29/asia/AS-GEN-China-
Tiananmen-Prisoners.php

Macau
Macau Tops Asia's Rich List, but Try Telling that to the Poor
South China Morning Post, March 29, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d77
33492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=438e2095546f8110VgnVCM10000036
0a0a0aRCRD

Media
《中国百姓之声网》遭关闭 ("Voice of the Chinese People" Website Forcibly Closed)
Radio Free Asia, March 28, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/28/wang/

Olympics
For China, Olympics Are a Time to Display – and to Conceal
Christian Science Monitor, March 31, 2008
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0331/p01s02-woap.html

Plea to China to Keep Olympics TV Live
Financial Times, March 31, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b59d7fae-fc35-11dc-9229-000077b07658.html

Security Tight as Olympic Torch Arrives in China
Reuters, March 30, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSSP287444

Protests and Petitions
山东肥城数百村民示威抗议含氟毒气排放 (Hundreds of Shandong Villagers Protest Toxic Gas Pollution)
Radio Free Asia, March 28, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/28/feicheng

Public Health
Beijing to Ban Smoking in Public Places from May
Xinhuanet, March 31, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/31/content_7888213.htm

Subsidised Overuse of Antibiotics Brewing Superbug Perfect Storm
South China Morning Post, March 30, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d77
33492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=230d92e607bf8110VgnVCM10000036
0a0a0aRCRD

Tibet
Chinese Security Forces Seal off Tibet Capital
Reuters, March 29, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK24297420080329

First top Tibetan official removed from office since start of unrest
South China Morning Post, March 31, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d77
33492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7e02bf7ac1009110VgnVCM10000036
0a0a0aRCRD

For Victims of Tibet Riots, a Complex Fate
International Herald Tribune, March 28, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/03/28/asia/tibet.php

Nationalism at Core of China's Angry Reaction to Tibetan Protests
International Herald Tribune, March 30, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/03/30/asia/china.php

Tibetan Speaker Says Crackdown Continues
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), March 30, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/china_tibet;_ylt=AhfOi57_kQOubwHhbBgOtydPzWQA

Wen: Channels for dialogue with Dalai Lama Always Open
Xinhuanet, March 31, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/31/content_7887063.htm

March 28, 2008

Top News of the Day
Tibet
China Set to Take Foreign Diplomats to Lhasa
The Times of India, March 28, 2008
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msi
d-2905909,prtpage-1.cms
China announced that it will take a delegation of diplomats from the United States, Australia, Britain, France, and Italy to Lhasa. The move comes after Australian diplomats requested a visit to assess the situation in Tibet. However, an American State Department spokesperson called on the government to open Lhasa and its surrounding areas to tourists and diplomats as well.

News
Civil Society
广东江门村民反映选举不公却遭当局传唤 (Guangdong Villagers Protest Unfair Election)
Radio Free Asia, March 27, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/
03/27/jiangmen/

泛蓝联盟聚会庆祝马英九当选 重庆成员遭警方传唤 (Pan-Blue Alliance Members Summoned)
Radio Free Asia, March 27, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/
03/27/fanlan/

Corruption
简要新闻:中国审计署查出违规问题金额达61亿元 (Audit Bureau: 6.1 Billion Yuan in Problematic Funds, Involving 36,000 Cadres)
Radio Free Asia, March 27, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2008/03/2
7/xinwen/

Economic Development
Move to "Go West" Reaps Encouraging Rewards
Xinhuanet, March 28, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/28/c
ontent_7872749.htm

Environment
Parched China Lures Foreign Water Investors
Reuters, March 27, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/inDepthNews/idUSS
HA4065920080327

Government
China Official Sacked for Fake Tiger Video
Reuters, March 27, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUS
T1995520080327

Law
China Law Could Impede Microsoft Deal for Yahoo
New York Times, March 27, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/28/technology/28
yahoo.html?_r=1&ref=world&oref=slogin

Media
FM spokesman: "Anti-CNN" website reflects Chinese people's condemnation
Xinhuanet, March 28, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/27/content_7871585.htm

Olympics
捷克总统波兰总理决定不出席北京奥运 (Czech President and Polish Prime Minister to Boycott Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, March 28, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/03/
27/china_humanrights/

Sarkozy to Consult EU over Boycotting Opening of Games
South China Morning Post, March 28, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuite
m.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid
=20521610331f8110VgnVCM1000003
60a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Police
Around the Nation: Teen Dies After Beating
South China Morning Post, March 28, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.
2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=a7054688411f8110VgnVCM1000
00360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Public Health
China Closes Almost 5,000 Illegal Blood Banks Last Year
Xinhuanet, March 27, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/28/
content_7871712.htm

Rural Issues
Extra Subsidies to Boost Farms
South China Morning Post, March 28, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem
.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=90b48e94350f8110VgnVCM1000003
60a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Tibet
Olympics a Chance to Tell China of Rights: Dalai Lama
Reuters, March 28, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/articlePrint?articleId=US
SP154041

China Says Tibet Monks Won't be Punished
Reuters, March 27, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSPE
K24297420080328


中国将加强对藏僧的爱国主义教育 (China to Step Up Patriotic Education in Tibet)
Radio Free Asia, March 27, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/27/zangseng/

XUAR
Uygur Woman Admits Plot to Hijack, Crash Plane
South China Morning Post, March 28, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2
af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=cc744688411f8110VgnVCM1000
00360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=New

March 27, 2008

News
Bilateral Ties
Bush Calls Hu to Urge Tibet Talks
BBC March 27, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7315691.stm

Corruption
2,100 Local Officials Punished for Misconduct
South China Morning Post, March 26, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.
2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=
972ad0d5e59e8110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
&ss=China&s=Ne

Human Rights
China, Others Rebuked in Britain's Human Rights Report
Voice of America, March 26, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-03-26-voa57.cfm

Human Rights Defender - Du Daobin (杜导斌)
网络作家杜导斌受当局更严密监控 (Internet Writer Du Daobin Closely Monitored by Authorities)
Radio Free Asia, March 26, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/
03/26/du/

Human Rights Defender - Yang Chunlin (杨春林)
杨春林儿子抗议法警电击父亲 (Yang Chunlin's Son Protests Against Police Abuse of His Father)
Radio Free Asia, March 26, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/
03/26/yang_chunlin/

Olympics
Australian Opposition Leader Says no to Olympic Boycott
Xinhuanet, March 27, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/27/
content_7867614.htm

是否抵制北京奥运会在德国和欧洲各界引起广泛讨论 (Public Discussion Stimulated in Europe on Whether to Boycott Olympic Games)
Radio Free Asia, March 26, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/
03/26/aoyun2/

Sarkozy Raises Prospect of Olympic Boycott
South China Morning Post, March 26, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.
2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=
7e3376544d8e8110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
&ss=China&s=Ne

Population
更多专家建议中国调整计划生育政策 (Experts Suggest Adjustments of China Family Planning Policy)
Radio Free Asia, March 26, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/
03/26/familyplanning/

Protests and Petitions
军转干部网上抱怨住房安置被行政拘留10日 (Retired Soldier Detained for 10 Days for Complaining Online over Housing Resettlement)
Radio Free Asia, March 27, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/03/26/
china_internet_freedom/

广州劳动仲裁案件猛增，海珠区增幅达十五倍 (Guangdong Labor Arbitration Cases Increased after Implementation of New Labor Contract Law)
Radio Free Asia, March 26, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/
26/labor/

湖北省28个县市民办教师到省政府上访 (Private Teachers from 28 Hubei Counties Petition the Government)
Radio Free Asia, March 26, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/
26/jiaoshi/

Tibet
660 Held in Tibetan Uprising, China Says
New York Times, March 27, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/27/world/asia/
27tibet.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

Tibet Monks Disrupt Tour by Journalists
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), March 27, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/china_tibet;_ylt=Ak1.
gyN5ruJvYFruryUGaQlPzWQA

Bao Tong: Talk To The Dalai Lama
Radio Free Asia, March 26, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2008/03/26/
china_baotong/

Foreign Journalists Arrive in Lhasa on State-Controlled Trip
Agence France-Presse (available at South China Morning Post), March 26, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.
2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=
1569cc6f5d9e8110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
&ss=China&s=New

Mass Arrests in Tibet; Bush Urges China to Talk
Reuters, March 26, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/articlePrint?articleId=
USPEK24297420080326

甘孜藏僧对本台说："杀了一个喇嘛" "我们要自由" (More than 30 Lamas Arrested and 1 Shot Dead in Tibet)
Radio Free Asia, March 26, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/
03/26/lama/

March 26, 2008

Top News of the Day
Bilateral Ties
China Pressed at U.N. Rights Body to Re-open Tibet
Reuters, March 25, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSL2516490320080325
The European Union urged China to permit to foreigners to enter Tibet in a speech to the U.N. Human Rights Council on March 25, 2008. This was also echoed in a statement from the US criticizing Tibet's closure to foreign diplomats, journalists, and international observers. The EU also called on China to refrain from using force against the protesting Tibetans. The protests are in their third week.

News
Bilateral Ties
French President Won't Rule Out Olympics Boycott
Voice of America, March 25, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-03-25-voa27.cfm

Government
太石村“村民选举委员会”选举被群众目为非法 (Guangdong Villagers Feel Village Election Proceedings in Violation of the Law)
Radio Free Asia, March 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/25/taishicun

Human Rights Defender - Li Guohong (李国宏)
李国宏告官行政诉讼开庭　望推翻违法劳教决定 (Rights Defender Li Guohong's Administrative Suit Heard Tuesday on Overturning His Reeducation-Through-Labor Judgment)
Radio Free Asia, March 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/25/li_guohong

Human Rights Defender - Yang Chunlin (杨春林)
China Slams Jail Door on Olympic Dissent
The Star.com, March 25, 2008
http://www.thestar.com/News/World/article/350435

Labor
Kraft's China Union Says Relocation Violates Law
Reuters, March 25, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSPEK33478320080325

Law
Outcry over Different Penalties for Criminals
South China Morning Post, March 26, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d77
33492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0ebb4fe7bd6e8110VgnVCM10000036
0a0a0aRCRD

Media
China Curbs Tibet Information Flow
Financial Times, March 25, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c55f05a0-fa89-11dc-aa46-000077b07658.html

Mainland Media Ignores Protest at Games Torch Ceremony
South China Morning Post, March 26, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d77
33492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f72b4fe7bd6e8110VgnVCM10000036
0a0a0aRCRD

Olympics
奥运主场馆地区不愿搬迁的居民面临被强拆 (Unwilling Residents Forced to Relocate from Olympics Arena Area)
Radio Free Asia, March 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/25/chaiqian

Protests Expected in Olympic Torch Run
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), March 25, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080325/ap_on_re_eu/oly_torch_lighting_21

Protests and Petitions
成都访民：法院不申冤 反生冤 (Chengdu Petitioners Allege Courts Create -- Not Address -- Grievances)
Radio Free Asia, March 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/25/chengdu

Social Security
New Social Security Scheme on Cards in Shenzhen
Xinhuanet, March 26, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/26/content_7860585.htm

State Security
Engineer Sentenced to 24 Years in China Conspiracy Case
Los Angeles Times, March 25, 2008
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-chimak25mar25,1,5491560.story

Tibet
Beijing Sends Top Officials to Inspect Lhasa
South China Morning Post, March 26, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d77
33492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=419b4fe7bd6e8110VgnVCM10000036
0a0a0aRCRD

China Tightens Grip on Tibet Monasteries
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), March 25, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080325/ap_on_re_as/china_tibet_190

举雪山狮子旗者被捕 藏民抗争持续 (Raisers of Snow-Mountain Lion Flags, Tibetan Symbol of Independence, Arrested as the Tibetan Struggle Continues)
Radio Free Asia, March 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/25/zang

Tibetans March for Talks with Dalai Lama
Radio Free Asia, March 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2008/03/25/tibetans_protest/

西藏的藏语文教育 (Critiques on Tibetan Language and Culture Education within Tibet)
Radio Free Asia, March 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/25/zang2/

XUAR
Xinjiang Police Detains "Urumqi Bus Blast" Rumor Spreaders
Xinhuanet, March 25, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/25/content_7856996.htm