April 24, 2008

Top News of the Day
Police
北京公安大举搜查.访民住宿的旅店 (Beijing Police Threaten Inns Housing Petitioners with Arrests and Fines)
Radio Free Asia, April 23, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/petitioner_beijing-04232008124534.html
Beijing police searched over 20 small inns around the South Railway Station on the evening of April 22, looking for petitioners. One petitioner told RFA that she and over ten other petitioners were notified by the proprietor of the inn that the police were coming and managed to escape; when the police found their rooms empty, they expropriated all of the petitioners' belongings. The petitioner also stated that two elderly women were also taken away by the police. The proprietors reportedly were told that they would be fined RMB 10,000 for housing any petitioners, and that further investigations would be carried out around Beijing beginning April 24. According to a Beijing rights activist, these searches have been on going since April 19.

News
Bilateral Ties
European Business Warns China on Boycott
Associated Press (via Google), April 23, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jMNGhV6BnbqFht8T9Tstkb9HHLeg
D907JHIO0

US Warns China of Backlash If No Dialogue with Dalai Lama
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), April 23, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080423/pl_afp/tibetchinarightsus_
080423205702

Corruption
Anti-Graft Boss Took Millions in Bribes, Reports Say
South China Morning Post, April 24, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733
492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=97cf1aed03c79110VgnVCM100000360a0
a0aRCRD

Ex-housing Official on Trial for Bribery, Storing Ammunition
Shanghai Daily, April 23, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200804/20080423/
article_356952.htm

Environment
Rise in Funding Pledged to Tackle Climate Change
China Daily, April 24, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-04/24/content_6639413.htm

Land Policy
北京奥运钉子户准备舍身保家 (Beijing "Nail House" Resident Ready to Sacrifice His Life to Protect His Home)
Radio Free Asia, April 23, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/demolishing-04232008125953.html

Media
European Media to Put Freedom Vow to the Test
South China Morning Post, April 24, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733
492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=bc201aed03c79110VgnVCM100000360a0
a0aRCRD

阜阳“白宫”举报人蹊跷死亡调查 (Investigation into the Curious Death of Li Guofu, Detained Journalist Who Reported on Anhui's Luxurious Government Building)
China Youth Online, April 22, 2008
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2008-04/22/content_2152901.htm

Olympics
Australian Police Tussle with Chinese Olympic Torch Escorts
Agence France-Presse (via Google), April 24, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gkxTVO-6rp4t4LnV2BmCwvl6R-Iw

China Says Ticket Sales Unaffected by Torch Protests
Reuters, April 23, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/reutersComService_2_MOLT/
idUSPEK29881020080423

China's Everest Torch Plan Draw Journalists' Concerns
Associated Press (via Google), April 23, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hN6Mq4zTXgcs8x8
GNsYMOmMdJl6wD907O7UG0

拉萨多间旅行社组织汉人举行保护圣火爱国活动 (Lhasa Tour Groups Receive Government Permission to Organize Patriotic Rally of Han Chinese at the Potala Palace, Former Home of Dalai Lama, to Welcome and Protect)
Radio Free Asia, April 22, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/olympics_torch_tibet-
04222008120127.html

Seven Detained at Torch Relay in Australia
Reuters, April 23, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSSP11894820080423

圣火传递在即港多个团体表明示威抗议中国人权 (Several Groups Plan to Demonstrate against China's Human Rights Record during Hong Kong Torch Relay)
Radio Free Asia, April 23, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/aoyun-04232008090327.html

Vietnam Arrests Blogger for Reporting Torch Protests
Bangkok Post, April 24, 2008
http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=127269

Protests and Petitions
十几名退伍军人中央军委上访被拘留数小时后释放 (Veterans Detained Several Hours for Petitioning to the Central Military Commission)
Reuters, April 23, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/junren-04232008085721.html

网民发起五一全国性大型示威活动 (Chinese Netizens Launch National Labor Day Demonstration)
Radio Free Asia, April 23, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_protest-04232008112208.html

Tibet
100 Volunteers Head for Himalayas
China Daily, April 24, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-04/24/content_6639632.htm

Dalai Lama Asks Chinese President to Allow Tibet Envoys, EU Urges Debate
Agence France-Presse (via Google), April 23, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5giLKlpIubCNJsouq78JZkeQdWkSg

Stay out of Tibet Issue, Diplomats and Experts Urge
Xinhuanet, April 23, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/23/content_8037571.htm

April 23, 2008

Top News of the Day
Land Policy
China Police "Shoot Two" in Village Land Protest
Reuters, April 22, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/
idUSHKG30280320080422
Chinese police allegedly shot dead two Yunnan villagers on April 20 amid a land dispute between villagers and a mining company. It was reported that riot police were deployed to the locale after 100 villagers clashed with Zijin Mining workers over the company's offers of compensation and relocations for buying up small mines. Twenty people were also wounded in the incident, and an unidentified police official told a Hong Kong newspaper that the shootings were in self-defense and that just one person was killed.

News
Bilateral Ties
Britain Says Concerned over China Visa Curbs
Reuters, April 23, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssConsumerGoodsAndR
etailNews/idUSPEK29398920080422?sp=true080422?sp=
true

Corruption
Convicted Chinese Communist Party Boss Won't Appeal
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), April 22, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080422/ap_on_re_as/china
_shanghai_scandal_1;_ylt=ApcgXD_zv5tyv6nOglmOagJPzW
QApcgXD_zv5tyv6nOglmOagJPzWQA

Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
Hu Jia Will Not Challenge Verdict, Lawyer Says
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), April 23, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=67b1615db07
79110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Human Rights Defender - Hada
内蒙古异见人士哈达狱中状况每况愈下 (IMAR Dissident Hada's Health Deteriorates in Jail)
Radio Free Asia, April 22, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hada-
04222008164336.html

Land Policy
Crackdown as Farmers Fight to Own Land They Till
South China Morning Post, April 23, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2731615db07
79110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

新楼盘背后的流血冲突 (The Bloody Clashes behind the New Estate in Shaoguan, Guangdong)
Nanfang City News, April 23, 2008
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/20080
4230001.asp

Law
14律师起诉CNN卡弗蒂 (Fourteen Beijing Lawyers Sue CNN and Jack Cafferty)
The Beijing News, April 23, 2008
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/beijing/2008/04-23
/021@074216.htm

禁止歧视残疾人范围拟扩大 (Legislators Consider Enlarging Scope of Prohibition on Discrimination Against People with Disabilities)
The Beijing News, April 23, 2008
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/guonei/2008/04-23
/021@082331.htm

China's Top Legislature Outlines Priorities of Work in 2008
Xinhuanet, April 22, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/22/content_
8031493.htm

Media
UPDATE 1-FT Aims to Launch Magazine in China before Olympics
Reuters, April 22, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssTechMediaTelecomN
ews/idUSSP14717520080422?sp=truesp=true

Olympics
Supporters Told to Turn Out for Olympic Torch
South China Morning Post, April 23, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1a71615db07
79110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

China Alters Coverage of Olympic Flame's Everest Ascent
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), April 22, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080422/ap_on_re_as/ol
ympic_torch_everest_1;_ylt=AleV7OBZ3vHIAjhdLIlO7Jx
PzWQA7OBZ3vHIAjhdLIlO7JxPzWQA

China Calls for Halt in 'Radical' Anti-France Demonstrations
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), April 22, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080422/ap_on_re_as/chin
a_france_1;_ylt=AlJNUjpZK5686yb9ULLMk3hPzWQA6yb9
ULLMk3hPzWQA

Senior Chinese Leader Hails Beijing's Efforts to Achieve Green Olympics
Xinhuanet, April 22, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/23/content
_8031664.htm

Protests and Petitions
中国武汉地区精神病院非法长期关押上访群体，引起公众社会关注 (Concern Grows over Wuhan's Prolonged Detention of Petitioners in Psychiatric Hospitals)
Radio Free Asia, April 22, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shangfang-
04222008154446.html

访民被打死案在北京开审 数百访民庭外声援被打 (Petitioners Beaten Outside Beijing Court for Voicing Support for Family of Petitioner Who Was Beaten to Death)
Radio Free Asia, April 22, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-
04222008104408.html

Tibet
当局逼藏民持国旗合影 甘孜再有藏人自杀 (Tibetan Monks Forced to Take Photos with National Flag; One Monk Commits Suicide)
Radio Free Asia, April 22, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zang-
04222008153621.html

April 22, 2008

News
Corruption
佛山巨贪何丽琼案审结 (Bribery Trial Against Guangdong Official Ends)
Radio Free Asia, April 21, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/corruption_guangdong-
04212008122729.html?encoding=simplified04212008122729
.html?encoding=simplified

Disasters
120,000 Evacuated, 56 Missing As Typhoon Neoguri Nears
Xinhua (via China Daily), April 22, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-04/18/content
_6628353.htm

Environment
Three Provinces Fail on River Targets
China Daily, April 22, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-04/22/content
_6633985.htm

Food Security
Starfruit in Shenzhen 'Not Life-threatening'
South China Morning Post, April 22, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a677ee1
c9e179110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s
=News0a0

Hukou
Graduates Prefer Hukou Over High Salary
China Daily, April 21, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-04/21/
content_6633125.htm

Human Rights
Beijing Defends Rights Record by Underscoring Freedoms Gained
South China Morning Post, April 22, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af6
2ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=352dee1c9e17
9110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News0a0

Human Rights Defender - Qin Yongmin (秦永敏)
李金芳为前夫秦永敏呼吁特赦 (Ex-wife of Labor Activist Qin Yongmin Calling for Special Pardon) Radio Free Asia, April 21, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissident_qinyongmin-
04212008114838.html?encoding=simplified0421200811483
8.html?encoding=simplified

Human Rights Defenders - Hu Jia (胡佳), Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)
被囚维权人士胡佳郭飞雄最新消息 (Updates on Hu Jia and Guo Feixiong)
Radio Free Asia, April 21, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hu_guo-
04212008173512.html

Related Information
HRIC Statement: HRIC Condemns Official Interference in Access to Justice in Rights Defense Cases: Hu Jia, Guo Feixiong
Human Rights in China, April 21, 2008
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/49031

Labor
裕元被轟血汗鞋廠: 國際勞團組「公平奧運」 關注工人權益 (Labor Group "Play Fair 2008" Reports Harsh Working Conditions at World's Largest Footwear Manufacturer)
Ming Pao, April 22, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080422/gol1.htm

Media
中国监控民众悼念反右民主人士林昭 (Authorities Ban Commemoration of 40th Anniversary of Lin Zhao's Death)
Radio Free Asia, April 21, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/linzhao-042120
08112041.html?textonly=1

《百姓》杂志沦为媒体垃圾 (Magazine "Baixing" Becomes Merely "Media Junk")
Radio Free Asia, April 21, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/baixing-04212
008170018.html?textonly=1

法天下网站被恶意攻击 (Well-known Mainland Legal Commentary Website Maliciously Hacked)
Radio Free Asia, April 21, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fatianxia-04212008170811.html?textonly=1

Olympics
'I Am Happy ... But Need A Long, Long Holiday': A Symbol of Defiance Against Pro-Tibet Protests Finds The Role of A Heroine Is Not Easy)
South China Morning Post, April 22, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62
ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7
1ccee1c9e179110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=
China&s=News0a0

Vilified Student Defends Protest Role on US Campus
South China Morning Post, April 22, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62
ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ca7cee1c9e1791
10VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News0a0

指北京奥运是纳粹奥运翻版 加国会议员言论引争议 (Canadian Parliament Member Drawing Fire for Comparing Beijing Olympics to Hitler's Games)
Radio Free Asia, April 21, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/canada-0421200
8165105.html?textonly=1

Carrefour Store in Dalian Resumes After Two Days of Demonstration
Xinhua (via China Daily), April 21, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-04/21/con
tent_6633157.htm

Vandals Hit Japanese Temple Days After It Halted Plans to Host Torch
South China Morning Post, April 21, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ff7def3a24c69110
VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News0a0

Protests and Petitions
常州拆迁人员被杀案开庭 几百群众声援与警冲突 (Hundreds of People Clash With Police in Jiangsu Province After Being Barred from Eviction Officer's Murder Trial)
Radio Free Asia, April 21, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/chaiqianan-04212
008111724.html?textonly=1

Social Security
Call to Increase Welfare Spending
China Daily, April 22, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2008-04/22/c
ontent_6634585.htm

Tibet
Dalai Lama Asks US for Help with Tibet
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), April 22, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080422/wl_afp/chinau
nresttibetoly2008usdalailama_0804220215090422021509

隆务寺活佛卡索上周四被军警打伤 (Former Head of Tibetan Monastery in Qinghai Critically Injured in Police Assault)
Radio Free Asia, April 21, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/tibetan_monks-
04212008102550.html?encoding=simplified04212008
102550.html?encoding=simplified

拉萨风声更紧 旅行团不许入藏 (Tighter Control in Lhasa, Ban on Local Tourist Groups)
Radio Free Asia, April 21, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lhasa-04212008
164829.html?textonly=1

April 19-21, 2008

News
Civil Society
北京民间艾滋病机构奥运前被迫停止大部份服务 (Beijing AIDS Group Aizhixing Institute Compelled to Halt Majority of Services before Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, April 18, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/ngo_aids-04182008140316.html

Economic Development
中国一季度生产安全事故死亡人数超过1万9千人 (Over 19,000 Casualties from Industrial Accidents in the First Quarter of 2008)
Radio Free Asia, April 19, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shigu-04192008164255.html

Hong Kong
港禁1300 藏獨人士入境 (Hong Kong to Deny Entry to 1300 Tibetan Independence Activists)
Apple Daily, April 19, 2008
http://www1.appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?iss_id
=20080419&sec_id=4104&subsec_id=12731&art_id=11006068

Human Rights Defender - Tao Jun (陶君)
广州异见人士陶君被公安拘留问话 (Dissident Writer Tao Jun Detained for Questioning; Told Not to Speak Out during the Olympic Torch Relay)
Radio Free Asia, April 18, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissident_taojun-04182008135821.html

Law
China Publishes Draft Regulation on Food Safety to Solicit Public Opinion
Xinhuanet, April 20, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/20/content_8016653.htm

Olympics
Anti-China Protests at Torch Run in Bangkok
Reuters, April 21, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSSP11894820080420

China's Olympic Crackdown Already Underway, Conference Hears
canada.com, April 18, 2008
http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/story.html?id=51a00ea6-
8228-4514-81c4-97987a31a857&k=12684

Nepal Threatens 'Gunfire' against Torch Protesters on Everest
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), April 20, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jIQAqEULoFpRRw3TsZtgAafqRGpQ

Protests and Petitions
China Urges Calm after Anti-Western Demonstrations
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), April 20, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/china_tibet;_ylt=AvrUJgC1TyCHkDmxrRfUvBlPzWQA

Protests against "Tibet Independence" Supporters Erupt in Chinese Cities
Xinhuanet, April 19, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/19/content_8008721.htm

Three Gorges
Almost 200 Trapped by Massive Mudslide in China's Three Gorges Area
Xinhuanet, April 20, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/20/content_8016010.htm

Tibet
China Launches Education Drive in Lhasa, Warns Citizens
Reuters, April 21, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSPEK289977

China Steps Up Crackdown in Tibet
Radio Free Asia, April 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet_crackdown-04182008081004.html

Chinese Student Who Sparked Furor Says Public Apology Letter Is Fake
Radio Free Asia, April 18, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/chinese_tibet-04182008142055.html

甘肃夏河二百多被拘捕的僧人获释 (Arrested Xiahe Buddhist Monks Released)
Radio Free Asia, April 18, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/tibetan_monks-04182008132348.html

拉萨色拉寺再有四百僧侣被捕 (400 Monks from Lhasa's Sera Monastery Arrested)
Radio Free Asia, April 20, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xi-04202008181129.html

Tibet an 'International Issue,' Japan PM Tells China
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), April 18, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080418/wl_asia_afp/japanchinadiplomacy_
080418193041

Tibet Will Reopen to Tourists 'Soon'
China Daily, April 19, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-04/19/content_6628982.htm

XUAR
新疆喀什一基督教家庭教会教徒被捕并被罚款 (Uyghur Christian House Church Practitioners Arrested and Fined)
Radio Free Asia, April 18, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/xingjiang_church-04182008141720.html

April 18, 2008

News
Bilateral Ties
EU Officials Angry as Festival Cancelled over 'Olympic Security'
South China Morning Post, April 18, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6e445b0e8ec5
9110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

New Curbs on Travel to the Mainland
South China Morning Post, April 18, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1aee5b0e8ec59
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Corporate Social Accountability
Bernard Arnault Offers Support to China after Threat of LVMH Boycott
Times Online, April 18, 2008
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_se
ctors/consumer_goods/article3767882.ecee3767882.ece

Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
Activist Denied Final Chance to Appeal: Lawyer
South China Morning Post, April 18, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62
ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0b645b0e8ec5
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Human Rights Defender - Zheng Mingfang (郑明芳)
天津维权人士郑明芳被劳教，其家人遭当局严密监控 (Family Under Close Surveillance after Zheng Mingfang Sentenced to Reeducation- Through-Labor)
Radio Free Asia, April 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/17/zheng_mingfang/

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

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

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

Media
Groundswell of Support Fuels Tough Line
South China Morning Post, April 18, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a0f45b0e8ec59
110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

China Urges Again That CNN Sincerely Apologizes over Insulting Words
Xinhuanet, April 17, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/17/content_7997716.htm

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

April 17, 2008

Top News of the Day
Protests and Petitions
Release Our Relatives, China AIDS Victims Say
Reuters, April 16, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSPEK256069
On April 15, families of detained petitioners appealed to authorities to release their relatives. According to their lawyer, Jiang Tianyong, a hospital in Shahe, Hebei spread HIV amongst the petitioners and their families through the use of tainted blood transfusions; the petitioners were detained for attempting to complain about the hospital to Premier Wen Jiabao on April 5. The police have reportedly called the case a matter of "national security" and refuse to state what has happened to the detainees and with what they could be charged. Currently seven or eight of the petitioners remain in detention.

News
Disasters
China Bosses Jailed for Mine Flood that Killed 172
Reuters, April 15, 2008
http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKPEK22680420080416

Education
天津一回族女访民指责学校歧视回民 (Hui Petitioner Criticizes Bias against Hui People in Tianjin Schools)
Radio Free Asia, April 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/04/16/China_Petitioner

Environment
China's Third-Largest Freshwater Lake Faces Algae Threat
Xinhuanet, April 16, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/16/content_7989745.htm

Human Rights Defender - Zhao Yan (赵岩)
Chinese Journalist Zhao Yan Calls for Press Freedom Following Release
Radio Free Asia, April 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2008/04/16/china_journalist/

Land Policy
北京强拆并没有因奥运临近而停止 (Forced Relocations in Beijing Have Not Ceased Despite Approaching Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, April 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/16/qianchai/

中国学者指中央土地调控政策难奏效 (Chinese Scholar Says Land Policy Difficult to Implement)
Radio Free Asia, April 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/16/tudi/

Media
China Summons CNN Beijing Chief over Commentator's Remarks
Associated Press (via Google), April 17, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h_IrYomzu-PAT7GwU0f4pTClYzUAD903D7RO0

New Freedom, and Peril, in Online Criticism of China
Washington Post, April 17, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/16/
AR2008041603579.html

Thousands to Rally against 'Media Bias'
South China Morning Post, April 17, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733
492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1063cfa081859110VgnVCM100000360a0a
0aRCRD

Olympics
Australia Warns Olympic Torch Guards over Tough Tactics
The Guardian, April 16, 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/16/olympicgames2008.australia

Beijing Police to Raid Bars for Drugs before Olympic
Xinhuanet, April 16, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/16/content_7991532.htm

French Official Alters Stance on Olympic Badges
Associated Press (available at USA Today), April 16, 2008
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2008-04-16-french-badges_N.htm

HK Olympic Relay Leg Cut Short
South China Morning Post, April 17, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733
492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c36fcfa081859110VgnVCM100000360a0a0
aRCRD

Olympic Flame to Run Short, Run Curtailed
IBNLive.com (India), April 17, 2008
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/olympic-flame-to-run-short-run-curtailed/
63471-3.html

Students Plan Mass Torch 'Defence'
The Age (Australia), April 16, 2008
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/students-plan-mass-torch-
defence/2008/04/15/1208025189581.html

Police
海口龙华区数千村民与警方发生暴动（视频）(Thousands of Hainan Villagers Clash with Police (with video))
Radio Free Asia, April 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/16/longhua

Protests and Petitions
山东临朐百名拆迁户连续三天请愿示威 (Shandong Villagers Petition and Protest Relocation; Some Detained)
Radio Free Asia, April 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/16/linqu/

Public Health
中国一亿八千万儿童长期受到二手烟的危害 (180 Million Children in China Endangered by Long-term Exposure to Second-Hand Smoke)
Radio Free Asia, April 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/16/yan/

Tibet
Chinese Site in India Is Stormed by Tibetans
New York Times, April 17, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/17/world/asia/17torch.html

拉萨哲蚌寺近日被武警封锁 (Lhasa's Dreprung Monastery Surrounded by Armed Police)
Radio Free Asia, April 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/04/16/China_Temple/

Local Police: Weapons Seized in NW China Monasteries
Xinhuanet, April 16, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/16/content_7990674.htm

Overseas Tourists on Rise in Tibetan-inhabited Region
Xinhuanet, April 16, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/16/content_7990554.htm

Tibetan Monks, Women Protest in Nepal
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), April 16, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080416/ap_on_re_as/nepal_tibetan_
protest_1

April 16, 2008

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Lü Gengsong (吕耿松)
吕耿松案浙江高法维持原判 (Zhejiang's Higher People's Court Upholds Lü Gengsong's Original Verdict)
Radio Free Asia, April 15, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/15/
lu_gengsong/
On April 14, 2008, the Hangzhou City Higher People's Court in Zhejiang Province upheld the original verdict for anti-corruption writer Lü Gengsong (吕耿松), who was sentenced to four years in prison and one year of deprivation of his political rights for "inciting subversion of state power.” Lü was tried on January 22, 2008 and found guilty of publishing anti-corruption writings and participating in rights defense activities.

News
Environment
Mainland to Face Pressure at Meeting of Big Polluters
South China Morning Post, April 16, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=
ff9f726210359110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

World Food Shortages May Raise China's Prices: Official
South China Morning Post, April 16, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af6
2ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=355e726
210359110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Government
广东太石村选举大搞白色恐怖 ("White Terror" Reportedly Prevails During Election Campaign in Guangdong Village)
Radio Free Asia, April 15, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/
15/xuan/

山西黑砖窑案被撤职的副区长违规复出 (Shanxi Yaodu District Official Dismissed After Brick Kiln Slave Labor Incident, Returns to Work)
Radio Free Asia, April 15, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/
15/shanxi/

Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
当局拒告知胡佳上诉与否 法律援助受阻 (Authorities Refuse to Confirm Whether Hu Jia Wants to Appeal)
Radio Free Asia, April 15, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/
15/hujia2/

再拒律师会见，胡佳现状不明 (Hu Jia's Current Conditions Still Unknown While Lawyer Barred from Meeting Hu Again)
Radio Free Asia, April 15, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/
15/hujia/

Media
China Demands Apology from CNN over Comments
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), April 15, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080415/ap_on_re_as/
china_cnn;_ylt=AkfZZl_X6F6G09NdSzwGNeIBxg8FdSzw
GNeIBxg8F

Olympics
China Defends Torch 'Volunteers'
Financial Times, April 16, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8ef3ad9e-0b4c-11dd-8ccf-
0000779fd2ac.html?nclick_check=10000779fd2ac.html?
nclick_check=1

Beijing Gives Tacit Support to Calls for Boycott of French Goods
Agence France-Presse (available at South China Morning Post), April 15, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2
af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=
69a6f77634059110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
&ss=China&s=News0a0

Carrefour Faces China Boycott Bid
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 15, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7347918.stm

Protests and Petitions
湖北十堰司机总罢工 全城交通大瘫痪 (Hubei's Mass Strike Brings Public Transportation to a Halt)
Radio Free Asia, April 15, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04
/15/bagong

陕西省两千多名民办教师集体请愿 (Over 2,000 Teachers from Private Schools in Shaanxi Province Organize Mass Protest)
Radio Free Asia, April 15, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/04/15/
China_Petition/

Tibet
Leading Tibetan Writer, Performer, Producer Arrested
Radio Free Asia, April 15, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2008/04/15/arrest/

藏芒康县二千警围寺院 僧侣拒“洗脑”出走 (Two Thousands Armed Police Surround Temple in Tibet After Monks Walk Out of Patriotic Education)
Radio Free Asia, April 15, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04
/15/zang/

XUAR
新疆维族基督徒依明上诉案将在本周秘密开庭 (Uyghur House Church Christian Wusiman Yiming’s Appeal to Be Heard Behind Closed Doors on April 16)
Radio Free Asia, April 15, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/04/15/
China_Uyghur/

April 15, 2008

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
胡佳上诉期限 “投牢体检”？ 不获见律师家人忧病情危机 (Lawyer Barred from Meeting Hu Jia on His Last Day for Appeal)
Radio Free Asia, April 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/14
/hujia2/
On April 14, the last day when AIDS activist and rights defender Hu Jia (胡佳) could appeal his sentence, the Beijing Municipal Detention Center reportedly refused to let his lawyer Li Fangping (李方平) to meet him on the grounds that Hu was having a "pre-imprisonment medical check." Hu's lawyer said he will go to the detention center again on April 15 to confirm whether Hu wants to appeal.

News
Bilateral Ties
Bush Envoy to Hold Talks with Dalai Lama on Tibet Turmoil
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), April 14, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080414/wl_asia_afp/china
tibetunrestright_080414222214;_ylt=AlqND57O7foCq51ki
Yd7DBhPzWQA4;_ylt=AlqND57O7foCq51kiYd7DBhPzWQA

Death Penalty
China Leading the Way in Global Executions: Amnesty
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), April 15, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080415/wl_mideast_afp/
chinaunresttibetrightsoly2008rights_080415012637;_ylt=
Avifgaogwof1rfJhCO_VGqdPzWQA

Environment
China 'Now Top Carbon Polluter'
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 15, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7347638.stm

Ministry Targets Greenhouse Gas
South China Morning Post, April 15, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af6
2ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b10d20effdd
49110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Government
Rehired After Slavery Sacking
Agence France-Presse (available at The Standard), April 15, 2008
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat
=3&art_id=64436&sid=18493190&con_type=1&d_str=20
080415&fc=290&con_type=1&d_str=20080415&fc=2

Human Rights Defender - Yang Tianshui (杨天水)
狱中作家杨天水获自由作家奖 (Jailed Yang Tianshui Given the 2008 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award)
Radio Free Asia, April 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/14
/yang/

Labor
New Law Gives Chinese Workers Power, Gives Businesses Nightmares
Washington Post, April 14, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008
/04/13/AR2008041302214.html

Land Policy
China Punishes Thousands of People for Illegal Land Grabs
Xinhua (available at People's Daily), April 15, 2008
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6392452.html

Law
Hubei Mayor Suspended Only After Expose of Boy's Death
South China Morning Post, April 15, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af6
2ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=65fb20effdd49
110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Media
Journalists Group Appeals to China
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), April 15, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080415/ap_on_re_as/
olympics_journalists_1;_ylt=Aj5vqdWGAL_M_gi.gvAMZm
BPzWQAWGAL_M_gi.gvAMZmBPzWQA

Olympics
IOC Cites Further Risk for Torch-Run Violence
Wall Street Journal, April 15, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120820241850913647.htm
l?mod=hps_asia_whats_news

Beijing Drops Restaurants in Smoking Ban
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), April 14, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080414/ap_on_re_as/china
_smoking_ban_2;_ylt=AsKhW0HoSwZft5i8lAwG9iNPzWQ
AW0HoSwZft5i8lAwG9iNPzWQA

Factories to Shut to Clean Beijing's Air
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), April 14, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080414/ap_on_re_as/oly_
beijing_pollution_8;_ylt=Amb.OYh1f5En9SwsZtykBIZP
zWQAYh1f5En9SwsZtykBIZPzWQA

Politics
New Role for Shenzhen Party Chief
South China Morning Post, April 15, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62
ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=af2c20effdd
49110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Protests and Petitions
顺德千村民围镇政府与警冲突十八人伤 (Eighteen Guangdong Villagers Injured amid Clash with Police)
Radio Free Asia, April 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/14/
shunde/

Religion
河南又有120多家庭教会成员因聚会被抓 (Henan Police Arrest 120 Protestant House Church Members)
Radio Free Asia, April 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/14/
jiaohui/

Tibet
青海河卡镇藏人3.25抗议示威 十多人被捕 (Fifteen Tibetan Protestors Arrested in Heka Town, Qinghai Province)
Radio Free Asia, April 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/14/
zang/

April 12-14, 2008

Top News of the Day
Protests and Petitions
Anguish over Fate of Detained HIV Patients
South China Morning Post, April 14, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733
492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b61a5afa63849110VgnVCM100000360a0a
0aRCRD
Several HIV patients and their family members were detained for petitioning Premier Wen Jiabao in Shahe, Hebei, on April 5. The HIV patients intended to petition on their dismal situation, which they believe is due to tainted blood. The petitioners were taken to a police vehicle and sprayed with an unknown substance subdue them. There is no information on whether those detained will be charged. Three people have been reportedly released on bail.

News
Bilateral Ties
Chinese Envoy Walks out on Irish Minister's Speech
Reuters, April 14, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL1381591

China Outraged by US-Tibet Resolution
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), April 11, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080411/ap_on_re_as/china_tibet_us_4

Reinfeldt Pushes China over Political Prisoners
The Local, April 13, 2008
http://www.thelocal.se/11074/20080413/

Why Won't West Try to Understand China, Ambassador Asks
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), April 13, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080413/wl_uk_afp/chinabritaindiplomacy
oly2008_080413010759

Civil Society
胡锦涛被无国界记者组织评为新闻自由的杀手 (Hu Jintao calls Reporters Without Borders "Assassins of Freedom of the Press")
Radio Free Asia, April 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/11/rsf

Corruption
Ex-Shanghai Party Boss Gets 18 Years
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), April 11, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080411/ap_on_re_as/china_shanghai_
scandal_5

中国年轻官员成为犯罪高危群体 (Young Chinese Officials High-Risk Group for Crimes: Chongqing Procuratorate)
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/12/guan/

Environment
NE China Province Braces for Drought
Xinhuanet, April 13, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/13/content_7968535.htm

Human Rights Defender - Yan Zhengxue
严正学在劳改医院病情恶化 (Yan Zhengxue's Condition Worsens in Hospital of Reeducation Through Labor Camp)
Radio Free Asia, April 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/04/11/China_Activist

Law
China's Top Judge Vows to Severely Punish Violent Criminals
Xinhuanet, April 12, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/13/content_7967826.htm

Media
北京法院拒绝受理博客文章被锁定纠纷案 (Beijing Courts Refuse to Hear Case on Online Censorship by Sohu)
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/12/bei/

Olympics
奥运前中国将展开严打 (China to Take Severe Measures against Criminal Activity and "Strengthen Management" over Migrant Population before Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, April 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/11/yanda

China Tries to Reverse Bad Olympic Buzz
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), April 11, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080411/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/olympic_
torch_154

China's Security Runners Not Welcome in Japan for Olympic Torch Relay
Associated Press (available at the International Herald Tribune), April 11, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/04/11/sports/AS-SPT-OLY-Japan-
Torch.php

India Tells China It Won't Ban Tibet Protests: Report
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), April 12, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080412/wl_sthasia_afp/indiachinafrance
unresttibetrightsoly2008_080412091739

Protests and Petitions
失地农民预下跪请愿 遭严密监控未能成行 (Hainan Peasants Prevented from Protesting at Boao Forum for Asia)
Radio Free Asia, April 13, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/13/di/

Public Health
China Rejects Human-to-Human Bird Flu Report
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), April 12, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080412/wl_asia_afp/healthfluchina_
080412053556

Religion
江苏南京法轮功学员胡珍如狱中受酷刑虐待 (Nanjing Falun Gong Practitioner Hu Zhenru Tortured, Abused in Jail)
Radio Free Asia, April 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/04/11/China_Torture/

Tibet
China Says Firearms Found in Tibetan Temple
Reuters, April 14, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSPEK226639

China's Hu Hits Back over Tibet Crackdown
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), April 12, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080412/wl_sthasia_afp/chinarightstibet
unrestoly2008_080412203425

Dalai Lama Threatens to Resign if Tibet Violence Worsens
Voice of America, April 13, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-04-13-voa20.cfm

Police Crack Bombing at Tibetan Township Government Building
Xinhuanet, April 12, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/12/content_7966393.htm

四川藏区武警渐撤　阿坝汉人指打砸抢者非本地人 (Military Gradually Withdraws from Tibetan Areas of Sichuan)
Radio Free Asia, April 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/11/tibetan

Tibetan Task Force Wants 'Normalcy' before China Talks
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), April 13, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080413/wl_sthasia_afp/chinaunrest
tibet_080413073534

April 11, 2008

Top News of the Day
Tibet
China Keeping Tibet Closed to Tourists
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), April 10, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080410/ap_on_re_as/china_tibet
Despite announcing on April 3, 2008, that Tibet would be reopened to tourists on May 1, 2008, Chinese authorities have revoked the decision to issue Tibet travel permits. According to Tibet tour operators, the Tibet Tourism Bureau said that tours could not be arranged to Tibet due to safety concerns in Lhasa and concerns over the Olympic torch relay in May. No date was given for the resumption of travel permits. China has already banned multiple-entry visas until after the Olympics.

News
Bilateral Ties
China Rejects Bid by UN Rights Boss for April Visit
Reuters, April 10, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL10591021

Chinese Urged to Boycott French Goods
Financial Times, April 10, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0d2d6b20-072c-11dd-b41e-0000779fd2ac.html

Corruption
Chongqing Officials Investigated for Corruption
South China Morning Post, April 11, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d77
33492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=df6f5ff449839110VgnVCM100000360
a0a0aRCRD

Food Security
中国粮食生产形势面临严峻挑战 (China's Grain Producers Faced with Grim Fight)
Radio Free Asia, April 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/10/liangshi/

Human Rights Defender - Ren Ziyuan (任自元)
山东异见人士任自元狱中重病仍被强迫劳动 (Imprisoned Dissident Ren Ziyuan Forced to Do Labor while Seriously Ill)
Radio Free Asia, April 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/10/ren

Media
《西藏：真相与民族主义情绪》引起网民批评 (Southern Metropolis Weekly Editor's Online Commentary on Tibet Gains Mass Criticism from Netizens)
Radio Free Asia, April 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/10/tibet_article/

Olympics
China Alleges New Olympic Terror Plot
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), April 10, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080410/ap_on_re_as/oly_beijing_
security_7

China Tells Olympic Boss to Stay out of Politics
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), April 10, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080410/wl_afp/chinaunresttibetrights
oly2008_080410212636

Dalai Lama Reiterates Support for Beijing Olympics
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), April 10, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080410/ts_afp/chinaunresttibetrights
japandalaioly2008_080410074316

Detours Possible in HK to Avoid Torch Chaos
South China Morning Post, April 11, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d77
33492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f4f6b3bf63939110VgnVCM100000360
a0a0aRCRD

IOC Denies Rift with Beijing on Torch Relay
South China Morning Post, April 11, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d77
33492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1f87b3bf63939110VgnVCM100000360
a0a0aRCRD

Rudd Says 'No' to China Torch Guards
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), April 10, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080410/ap_on_re_as/australia_torch_
security_1

Protests and Petitions
海南失地农民计划包围博鳌论坛 (Tens of Thousands of Hainan Farmers to Protest against Rights Violations during Boao Forum for Asia)
Radio Free Asia, April 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/10/nongmin

Religion
维族基督徒被控分裂国家　疑滥用欲加之罪 (Uighur Christians Charged with Secession)
Radio Free Asia, April 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/10/weizu/

XUAR
公安搜捕维族男子，伊宁郊区戒严十天 (Curfew Being Imposed in Ghulja Suburbs for Ten Days as Police Search for Alleged Terrorist)
Radio Free Asia, April 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/10/yining/

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
B8GizML3FptoddPzWQA0013809;_ylt=ApegvGcVcB8Giz
ML3FptoddPzWQA

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
GfkRPzWQA_ylt=AjyGED8ntr8fruJ5AgzGfkRPzWQA

Corruption
Sentencing Looms for Shanghai Party Chief
South China Morning Post, April 10, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62
ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=838f8ed62
7339110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=N
ews

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
-0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000
779e2340.html0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11
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
ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=94ef8ed6273
39110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

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
9110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

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
29110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

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=
c88da605ec929110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
&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.
2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=
fb1030b80f329110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
&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
0a0a0aRCRD
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
0a0a0aRCRD

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
0a0a0aRCRD

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
33492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9cff30b80f329110VgnVCM10000036
0a0a0aRCRD