May 8, 2008

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defenders
律师愿为被捕藏民提供法律帮助受打压 (Pressure on Lawyers Wishing to Provide Legal Services to Arrested Tibetans)
Radio Free Asia, May 07, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/laywer-05072008111834.html
After making a public offer to provide legal help to Tibetans detained in connection with the protests in March, several lawyers have reported being pressured by government officials. They reportedly have been forbidden by Ministry of Justice officials from accepting Tibetans as clients and were warned that the annual renewal of their lawyer permits would be delayed. Some lawyers reportedly have already had their renewals delayed. Without a renewal, the lawyers will not be able to participate in cases as a lawyer.

News
Bilateral Ties
China's Hu Urges Close Japan Ties, Offers Two Pandas
Reuters, May 07, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUST133101

Civil Society
中国艾滋病博物馆网站遭到关闭 (China AIDS Museum Website (aidsmuseum.cn) Shut Down by Authorities)
Radio Free Asia, May 07, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/aids-05072008171957.html

Corruption
China to Investigate Public Servants Involved in Energy-Related Crimes
Xinhuanet, May 07, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/07/content_8123642.htm

江西省重点工程在招标过程中出现严重违法舞弊现象 (Embezzlement Discovered in Bids for Major Jiangxi Investment Project)
Radio Free Asia, May 07, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jiangxi-05072008091322.html

Economic Development
Foreigners Pose Risk to Stability, Says Academic
South China Morning Post, May 08, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733
492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d55a2cfc354c9110VgnVCM100000360a0
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Education
中国农村教育现状形势严峻 (Situation of Rural Education Grim)
Radio Free Asia, May 07, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/education-05072008105234.html

Environment
China Says Industry Approach Useful in Climate Fight
Reuters, May 07, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/
idUSPEK34678820080507

Hong Kong
Police 'Removed All Protesters'
South China Morning Post, May 08, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d77
33492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d013cee30d3c9110VgnVCM10000036
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香港入境处文件外泄致拒入境者黑名单曝光 (Confidential Hong Kong Immigration Documents Leaked onto Internet, Exposes Immigration Blacklist)
EastDay.com, May 08, 2008
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/06news/china/c/20080508/u1a3576185.html

Land Policy
福州一日强拆27户 近百人无家可归 (A Hundred Homeless in Fuzhou after 27 Homes Forcefully Demolished in One Day)
Radio Free Asia, May 07, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/qiangchai-05072008104955.html

上海律师上书温家宝要求停止强制拆迁 (Shanghai Lawyers Issue Letter to Premier Wen Jiabao Demanding that Forced Demolitions Cease)
Radio Free Asia, May 07, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/demolishing_shanghai-05072008121207.html

Law
Legal Redress for Victims of Mental Trauma
China Daily, May 07, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-05/07/content_6665861.htm

Workers Sue Govt for Denial of Information
China Daily, May 07, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-05/07/content_6666181.htm

Olympics
奥运圣火传递前上海访民被发告知书 (Shanghai Authorities Give Petitioners Notice Demanding No Gatherings during Torch Relay)
Radio Free Asia, May 07, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-05072008114027.html

当局在奥运火炬抵达深圳前带走数名维权人士 (Rights Defenders Taken Away by Authorities prior to Torch's Arrival in Shenzhen)
Radio Free Asia, May 07, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/olympics_torch_rights-05072008124420.html

Public Health
China Registers Nearly 20,000 Hand-Foot-Mouth Infections
Xinhuanet, May 08, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/08/content_8124308.htm

Religion
吉林和内蒙分别有基督教家庭教会被冲击 (Jilin and Inner Mongolian Christian House Church Members Assaulted)
Radio Free Asia, May 07, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/religion_family_church-05072008122908.html

Pope Reaches out to China at Unprecedented Concert
Reuters, May 07, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL0784128620080507

May 7, 2008

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Li Xige (李喜阁)
妙觉法师和艾滋病维权人士李喜阁被带走行踪未明 (Buddhist Priest Miaojue Cizhi and AIDS Activist Li Xige Detained, Whereabouts Unknown)
Radio Free Asia, May 06, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lixige-05062008092841.html
Early May 1, Master Miaojue Cizhi (妙觉慈智) and AIDS activist Li Xige (李喜阁) were taken away by policemen sent by Beijing authorities, and their whereabouts are still unknown. Miaojue Cizhi had planned to fast on Labor Day to show his support for Hu Jia. According to her husband Sun Jianfeng (孙建峰), Li was briefly escorted home on May 5 by three policemen; she grabbed some personal belongings and then left. Sun was reportedly told that he could find out where she is in two days (May 7).

News
Bilateral Ties
Visa Policy 'Is Based on Global Practices'
China Daily, May 07, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-05/07/content_6665678.htm

Thousands Rally in Japan during Chinese President's Visit
ABC News, May 06, 2008
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/05/06/2237278.htm

Hong Kong
HK Hints at Tougher Entry for Olympics: Anti-Games Visitors 'Not Welcome'
South China Morning Post, May 07, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d77
33492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3f9393eb9aeb9110VgnVCM10000036
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Human Rights Defender - Ching Cheong (程翔)
Journalist Fears for Hong Kong Freedoms
Radio Free Asia, May 07, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/Journalist-Fears-05062008201952.html

Human Rights Defender - Guo Qizhen (郭起真)
河北狱中维权人士郭起真妻子呼吁关注丈夫身体状况 (Wife of Imprisoned Rights Defender Guo Qizhen Calls for Attention to Guo's Health)
Radio Free Asia, May 07, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/guo-05062008105433.html

Human Rights Defender - Zhou Yuanzhi (周远志)
独立中文笔会会员周远志被抓捕 (Writer and Independent Chinese PEN Center Member Zhou Yuanzhi Detained since May 3)
Radio Free Asia, May 06, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhou-05062008092538.html

Land Policy
206,000 People to Move in NW China Relocation Project
Xinhuanet, May 07, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/07/content_8120422.htm

Media
Chinese Editor Fired over Tibet Commentaries
Reuters, May 07, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSPEK15387820080506

Google 'Breaching China's State Secrecy Laws'
Telegraph.co.uk, May 07, 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/1932550/Google-

《瞭望东方周刊》在福建省一些地方神秘消失 (The Curious Disappearance of a Certain Edition of "Oriental Outlook" throughout Fujian)
Radio Free Asia , May 06, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fujian-05062008175045.html

Migrant Workers
Migrants Struggle to Find a Role in Workshop of the World's Revolution
South China Morning Post, May 07, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d77
33492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=084993eb9aeb9110VgnVCM10000036
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Military
China Silent on Reports of Nuke Submarine Base
The Times of India, May 06, 2008
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/China_silent_on_reports_
of_nuke_submarine_base/articleshow/3015850.cms

Olympics
China to X-ray Parcels Headed for Olympics
Reuters, May 06, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/reutersComService_2_MOLT/
idUSPEK2875320080506

Population
河南计生办强行引产并杀死婴儿 (Henan Family Planning Bureau Forcefully Induces Labor, Kills Baby)
Radio Free Asia, May 07, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jisheng-05062008105152.html

Protests and Petitions
访民拦截温家宝座驾被拘留 (Petitioner Detained after Intercepting Premier Wen Jiabao's Car)
Radio Free Asia, May 06, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/petitioner_beijing-05062008122532.html

Public Health
Child Virus Fears Spread to China's Capital
Reuters, May 06, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSPEK150808

Religion
China Rebukes U.S. Report on Religion Policy
Xinhuanet, May 06, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/06/content_8117631.htm

Rural Issues
政府执行优化标准强砍农民的果树 (Shaanxi Government Fells Farmers' "Non-Standard" Apple Trees without Approval)
Radio Free Asia, May 06, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rural_govenment-05062008122214.html

Tibet
100 Tibetans Protesters Detained in Nepal: Police
Agence France-Presse (via Google), May 06, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iKbjnO_f1bnTySb0heER6i1EhxvA

昌都县拉妥乡一名藏民拒捕刺杀公安被击毙 (Tibetan Suspected of Participation in Lhasa Riots Stabs Policeman to Death in Struggle, Shot Dead)
Radio Free Asia, May 06, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/tibetan_riot-05062008113812.html

May 6, 2008

News
Civil Society
China publishes draft amendment to fire control law for public opinions
Xinhuanet, May 05, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/05/
content_8109430.htm

Education
2007年我国各级各类教育取得新进展 (Education at All Levels Improves Across China in 2007)
Xinhuanet, May 05, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2008-05/05/
content_8111166.htm

Government
浙江:公民可以申请获取相关政府信息 (Zhejiang Citizens Can Apply to Obtain Necessary Government Information)
Xinhuanet, May 06, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2008-05/06/
content_8113928.htm

Hukou
河北将改革暂住证制度 实行流动人口居住证制度 (Hebei to Reform Temporary Residence System)
Xinhuanet, May 06, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2008-05/06/
content_8113891.htm

Human Rights Defender - Yuan Weijing (袁伟静)
袁伟静诉边检案5日在北京秘密开庭 (Yuan Weijing's Suit against Immigration Control Heard in Secret on May 5)
Radio Free Asia, May 05, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yuan-
05052008171239.html

IMAR
内蒙知名作家纳仁毕力格遭拘捕 (Inner Mongolian Writer Naranbilig Still Under House Arrest)
Radio Free Asia, May 05, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/writer-
05052008171818.html

Labor
Two killed, two missing in coal mine gas blast
Xinhuanet, May 05, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/05/
content_8111177.htm

Migrant Workers
河南：进城务工农民子女义务教育将不再交借读费 (Children of Migrant Workers Exempted from School Fees in Henan)
Xinhuanet, May 06, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2008-05/
06/content_8111421.htm

Olympics
Beijing tigthens security at Tian'anmen Square as Olympics near
Xinhuanet, May 06, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/06/
content_8111216.htm

热比娅：奥运火炬抵达新疆前北京加紧镇压穆斯林民众 (Rebiya Kadeer: Suppression of Muslims in Xinjiang Increasing Before Arrival of Olympic Torch)
Radio Free Asia, May 05, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/rebiya-
05052008172012.html

Protests and Petitions
200 demonstrate in southwest China against petrochemical plant
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), May 05, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080505/ap_on_re_as/
china_environment_protest_2;_ylt=AmUXy.UjQn3n
_yZq5crbZihPzWQA

浙江化工厂废物导致居民中毒 村民抗议遭打压 (People Intoxicated by Chemical Plant in Zhejiang; Villagers' Protests Suppressed)
Radio Free Asia, May 05, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhejiang
-05052008104956.html

陕西民办教师举行大规模示威 (Shaanxi Private School Teachers Hold Mass Protest)
Radio Free Asia, May 05, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaanxi
-05052008120519.html

Public Health
Doctors punished over EV71 outbreak
South China Morning Post, May 06, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.
2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=
830c432b50ab9110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
&ss=China&s=News

China's hand-foot-mouth cases rise to 11,905
Xinhuanet, May 05, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/05/
content_8111198.htm

Tibet
Dalai Lama envoy upbeat on China talks
Reuters, May 05, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSPEK
6857020080506

阿坝县女藏民被打致死 (Tibetan Woman Dies After Being Beaten During Protest)
Radio Free Asia, May 05, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/tibetan
-05052008123743.html

May 3 – 5, 2008

Top News of the Day
Tibet
甘孜炉霍七名尼姑被秘密判刑 (Seven Nuns Sentenced Following Secret Trials in Sichuan)
Radio Free Asia, May 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/7-
05042008163151.html
Seven nuns were reportedly convicted following secret trials in the week of April 28 in Sichuan Province. These nuns were sentenced to four to seven years in prison for a protest on March 24, in which protestors shouted slogans such as "Long Life for the Dalai Lama" and "Tibet Belongs to Tibetans." Similarly, Qinghai authorities have recently sentenced three monks to two to three years' imprisonment for their protesting activities.

News
Labor
Employment for the Masses in China
The Sydney Morning Herald, May 05, 2008
http://business.smh.com.au/employment-for-the-masses
-in-china/20080504-2asz.html

Law
最高检出台四办法 首次专门规定监外执行检察 (Supreme People's Procuratorate Issues Measures on Non Custodial Sentence Enforcement)
Legal Daily, May 05, 2008
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2008-05/05/content_
844621.htm

Media
中国加强网络封锁并给“抵制家乐福”等抗议活动降温 (China Strengthens Internet Censorship to Rein in Protests against Carrefour)
Radio Free Asia, May 03, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jia-
05032008003020.html

Olympics
Bidding War for Slots on Relay Route Revealed
South China Morning Post, May 05, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62
ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=fcf5c4f5d44
b9110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

S Korea to Deport Chinese Torch Attackers
Agence France-Presse (available at South China Morning Post), May 05, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3265ed7721d991
10VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Torch in Mainland China Gets Thunderous Welcome
Reuters, May 04, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSSP1189482
0080504

WRAPUP 4 - Olympic Torch Lands in China Proper, Setback on Everest
Reuters, May 03, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/olympicsNews/
idUSHKG6070220080503?sp=true

Police
中国监狱体制改革大幕徐徐拉开 (Prison Reforms Gradually Being Introduced)
Legal Daily, May 05, 2008
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2008-05/05/content
_844650.htm

Protests and Petitions
China Moves to Rein in Carrefour Protests
Financial Times, May 02, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c03f9250-173b-11dd-ae27-0
000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000
779e2340.html

Public Health
Virus Kills 25 in China, WHO Says No Cover-up
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), May 04, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080504/ts_afp/chinahealt
henterovirus_080504182039;_ylt=AgIX5.z6ekt4Qt.IGtVP
2mpPzWQAlt=AgIX5.z6ekt4Qt.IGtVP2mpPzWQA

Tibet
Beijing, Dalai Envoys Agree to More Talks
South China Morning Post, May 05, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62
ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d341c4f5d44
b9110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Second Round of China-Tibet Talks Planned
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), May 05, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/china_tibet;_ylt=AmZmiJqk
dYjwiTjK4bM.ZJ9PzWQA

China Seeking "Positive Results" from Tibet Talks
Reuters, May 04, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSPEK68570
20080504?sp=true

May 2, 2008

News
Children
Child Labor Scandal Highlights Worrying Trend in China
Reuters, May 01, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/reutersComService_
2_MOLT/idUSHKG6219720080501

Economic Development
Beijing Air Terminal Goes All Out for the Games
New York Times, May 01, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/02/business/w
orldbusiness/02terminal.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
&oref=slogin

Government
China Issues New Information Rules to Promote Gov't Transparency
Xinhuanet, April 30, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/30/con
tent_8084125.htm

Human Rights Defender - Wu Lihong (吴立红)
A Lot To Be Angry About
The Economist, May 02, 2008
http://www.economist.com/world/asia/PrinterFriendl
y.cfm?story_id=11293734

Human Rights Defender - Hada (哈达)
(Building for the Future: Though Tensions Remain Between Mongols and Han Chinese, Growing Prosperity Is Aiding a Peaceful Coexistence)
South China Morning Post, May 02, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af6
2ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ae7ec07
7794a9110VgnVCM100000360a0a0a
RCRD&ss=&s=
a0/?vgnextoid=ae7ec077794a9110VgnVCM100000360a
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Related information:
IR2008: About the Individual: Hada
April 2008
http://www.ir2008.org/04/about.php

Human Rights Defender- Li Xige (李喜阁)
妙觉法师在派出所接受采访，谈被扣留的经过和原因 (Two AIDS Activists Detained in Henan)
Radio Free Asia, May 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hujia-05
012008170435.html

Human Rights Defender - Wang Bingzhang (王炳章)
王炳章母亲希望中国体现奥运精神释放王炳章 (Wang Bingzhang's Mother Sends Open Letter to Hu Jintao: Asks for Release of Son in the Spirit of the Olympics Games)
Radio Free Asia, May 01, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wang-05012
008172408.html

Protests and Petitions
Around 20 Detained in Hong Kong Olympic Protests
Agence France-Presse (via Inquirer.net), May 02, 2008
http://www.inquirer.net/specialfeatures/olympics/view.
php?db=1&article=20080502-134138
134138

北京两天内拘捕一千多名访民 (Beijing Detains 1,000 Petitioners in Two-Day Sweep)
Radio Free Asia, May 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/petitioner_bei
jing-04302008115312.html?encoding=simplified
04302008115312.html?encoding=simplified

警方帶走陳巧文 (Hong Kong Police Detain Pro-Tibetan Activist Chen Qiaowen)
Ming Pao, May 02, 2008
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20080502/gb51
027a.htm

石家庄纺织工人罢工 (Hebei Textile Workers Go On Strike)
Radio Free Asia, May 01, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shijiazhuang-
05012008105258.html

Public Health
Beijing Smoking Ban Takes Effect
South China Morning Post, May 02, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af6
2ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8a3d048
cd55a9110VgnVCM100000360a0a0a
RCRD&ss=China&s=News
a0/?vgnextoid=8a3d048cd55a9110VgnVCM100000360
a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Society
Angry China
The Economist, May 01, 2008
http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm

Anti-French Boycott Falters in China
New York Times, May 01, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/02/world/asia/
02china.html?ref=world

Tibet
青海同仁县再拘隆务寺多名僧侣 (100 Tibetan Monks Detained in Qinghai)
Radio Free Asia, May 01, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/qinghai-05
012008173314.html

April 30, 2008

News
Children
Chinese Children Sold "Like Cabbages" into Slavery
Reuters, April 29, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/articlePrint?articleId=
USPEK27749620080429

Human Rights
自由之家全球新闻自由报告 中国仍被评为不自由国家 (Freedom House: China Still Not "Free")
Radio Free Asia, April 29, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/freedom-
04292008174224.html

Law
政府信息公开条例、劳动争议调解仲裁法明施行(Government Open Information Regulations, Mediation and Arbitration of Labor Disputes Law to Take Effect)
Xinhuanet, April 30, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2008-04/30/content_
8078655.htm

Human Rights Defenders
China Rights Lawyers Pressed Under Party Thumb: Report
Reuters, April 29, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/articlePrint?articleId=
USPEK1052620080429

Media
China Official Fells Wrong-Colored Sculpture
Reuters, April 29, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/articlePrint?articleId=
USPEK18245220080429

Olympics
Olympic Torch Protesters Denied Entry to Hong Kong
Reuters, April 29, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/articlePrint?articleId=
USHKG33071420080429

Police
城管局长谴责城管暴力(Urban Management Authorities Hold National Conference: Seek End to Violent Means)
Radio Free Asia, April 29, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/chengguan-
04292008110334.html

Protests and Petitions
内蒙古草场职工因抗议改革分配不均上访遭打压 (Inner Mongolian Farm Workers Suppressed for Petitioning against Land Reform)
Radio Free Asia, April 29, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/neimenggu-
04292008084145.html

江苏灌云县政府出动五百多人暴力征地 (Jiangsu Authorities Deploy 500 in Violent Land Grab)
Radio Free Asia, April 29, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/land_clash-04292008
111928.html?encoding=simplified

来自全国各地人士前往林昭墓前悼念 (Nation-wide Memorial for "Anti-Rightist" Victim Lin Zhao)
Radio Free Asia, April 29, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/linzhao-
04292008102158.html

Society
Chinese Students in U.S. Fight View of Their Home
New York Times, April 29, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/29/education/29student
.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&ref=asia&pagewanted=printia&
pagewanted=print

For Chinese, a Shift in Mood, From Hospitable to Hostile
Washington Post, April 28, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content
/article/2008/04/28/AR2008042802238_pf.html

Tibet
China Jails 30 for Tibetan Riots
Reuters, April 29, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/articlePrint?articleId
=USPEK26806220080429

Chinese Policeman Killed in Tibetan Unrest-Xinhua
Reuters, April 29, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/
idUSPEK895520080430

April 29, 2008

Top News of the Day
Tibet
China Sentences 17 for Alleged Involvement in Tibet Riots
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), April 29, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/china_tibet;_ylt=AhxV9TV16A
_6gojJsX5ZP91PzWQA
The Intermediate People's Court in Lhasa sentenced 17 people to jail today, with sentences ranging from three years to life in prison for their alleged involvement in the March protests in the city. On the same day, authorities announced the reopening of the Sera Monastery. Other monasteries that were closed will be reopened soon.

News
Corruption
Political Bureau Ratifies CPC's Five-Year Anti-Corruption Plan
Xinhuanet, April 28, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/28/content_
8069074.htm

Human Rights
分析：与中国人权对话绩效不彰 (Analyst Says Human Rights Dialogue Has Little Effect)
Voice of America, April 28, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2008-04-28-voa67.cfm

Land Policy
河北保定断水断电动用黑社会逼人强迁 (Hebei Authorities Cut Electricity and Water Supply for Villagers Who Refuse to Leave)
Radio Free Asia, April 28, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/qiangchai-
04282008111706.html

广西合浦数百警察与农民发生冲突 (Hundreds of Police Officers Clash with Farmers in Guangxi)
Radio Free Asia, April 28, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hepu-
04282008172115.html

Media
黄良天主办的网站被短暂封闭 (Website Operated by Former Editor of Baixing Magazine Blocked Intermittently)
Radio Free Asia, April 28, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wang-
04282008171825.html

Olympics
Boycott Campaign Hits Carrefour Sales
South China Morning Post, April 29, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b3b2ed0ba5
599110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=Ne

Two HK Democrats Banned from Macau
South China Morning Post, April 29, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=296f600b4b5
99110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=Hong+Kong&s

北京奥运警力加大，实行挨门入户检查身份证制度 (Beijing Police to Start Checking Residents' IDs in May)
Radio Free Asia, April 28, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/aoyun2-
04282008170628.html

Hong Kong Prepares for Olympic Torch
Financial Times, April 28, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ce646e1e-1533-11dd-996c-
0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0
000779e2340.html

Nepal Bans Reporting from Everest
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 28, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7371402.stm

Reporters Reach Mt. Qomolangma Media Center for Olympic Flame Ascent
Xinhuanet, April 28, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/29/
content_8069702.htm

Tutu Urges Leaders to Miss Beijing Opening
Reuters, April 28, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews
/idUSL2731645420080428

Protests and Petitions
成都城管与摊贩发生冲突 警察打伤围观群众 (Ten Police Officers Beat Bystanders During a Clash between Urban Management Authorities and Hawkers)
Radio Free Asia, April 28, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/chenggang-
04282008111957.html

Tibet
Beijing to Reopen Tibet for Tourists after Unrest
Wall Street Journal, April 29, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120938154059149231.
html?mod=hps_asia_whats_news

China Slams Dalai Lama Despite Talks Offer
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), April 28, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080428/wl_asia_afp/chin
aunresttibetrightsdalaimedia_080428190516;_ylt=AoPjZuC
_PvSRsUhDzbwPn3lPzWQA

Tibetans Mark Deaths of Protesters in China
Reuters, April 28, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/
idUSISL21719320080428?feedType=RSS&feedName=
worldNews

尼姑撒传单被捕 母亲说不会遗憾 (Two Nuns Arrested for Distributing Leaflets)
Radio Free Asia, April 28, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/nuns-
04282008105405.html

XUAR
Uighurs Struggle in a World Reshaped by Chinese Influx
Christian Science Monitor, April 28, 2008
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0428/p01s01-woap.html

April 26-28, 2008

Top News of the Day
Hong Kong
Torch Protest Trio Denied Entry to HK
South China Morning Post, April 27, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733
492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9806f779eaa89110VgnVCM100000360a0
a0aRCRD
Hong Kong Immigration has denied entry to three human rights activists from The Colour Orange. The activists had reportedly come to Hong Kong to participate in a peaceful protest. According to Legco member Albert Ho, who tried to assist their entry at the airport, HK Immigration did not intend to allow the activists to enter. Previously, the Secretary for Security had said that people could demonstrate peacefully during the torch relay.

News
Death Penalty
最高法院首次远程提讯死刑被告人 (Supreme Court Questions Defendant over Video Conference for Death Penalty Review)
Legal Daily, April 26, 2008
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2008-04/26/content_840461.htm

Disasters
Death Toll Rises to 66 in East China Train Collision
Xinhuanet, April 28, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/28/content_8066421.htm

Government
Officials Contrite after Public Enraged by Brutal Attacks
South China Morning Post, April 28, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733
492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0c8dbfbb9c099110VgnVCM100000360a0
a0aRCRD

Hong Kong
Legal Journal Refuses to Print Article on Tibet
South China Morning Post, April 26, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733
492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=63b9f7eff7689110VgnVCM100000360a0
a0aRCRD

Police Quiz Student on Protest Plan
South China Morning Post, April 25, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733
492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9ecbdec185189110VgnVCM100000360a0
a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders
杭州群警干扰维权人士茶聚 严控茶馆防止论政 (Hangzhou Police Disrupt Meeting of Democracy Activists; Detain Three)
Radio Free Asia, April 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hangzhou-04252008171139.html

IMAR
内蒙族人在洛中领馆前举牌 要求当局释放内蒙政党领袖 (Inner Mongolian Demonstrates outside L.A. China Embassy Demanding Authorities Release Hada and Soyolt)
Radio Free Asia, April 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/neimeng-04252008081434.html

Related information:
IR2008: About the Individual: Hada
April 2008
http://www.ir2008.org/04/about.php

Media
Nobel Group Drops Broadcaster after China Censorship
Reuters, April 26, 2008
http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-33249420080425

中国加强网络封锁 境内无法登陆境外网站 (China Strengthens Internet Blockade; Many Foreign Sites Inaccessible)
Radio Free Asia, April 26, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wang-04262008003214.html

Olympics
Britain, US, Interpol Warn of Increased Terror Risk in China
Agence France-Presse (via Google), April 26, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hZBCxxo9SzwLWW5WteR4fCRBH-aw

Lay off China, Olympics Chief Tells West
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), April 26, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080426/wl_asia_afp/chinaunresttibetrights
oly2008rogge_080426040620

NKorean Tries to Set Himself on Fire during Seoul Torch Run
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), April 27, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080427/ap_on_re_as/olympic_torch_268

Torch Supporters and Protesters Mark Japan Relay
Reuters, April 26, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSSP11894820080426

Protests and Petitions
北京奥运开始大规模截查访民 (In Lead up to the Olympics, Authorities Undertake Massive Measures to Stop Petitioners in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, April 28, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-04252008090241.html

Protests over Media Coverage in LA, Vancouver, Stockholm
South China Morning Post, April 28, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733
492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=006dbfbb9c099110VgnVCM100000360a0
a0aRCRD

Scholars Warn against the Rise in 'Blind, Narrow Xenophobia'
South China Morning Post, April 28, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733
492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2b9dbfbb9c099110VgnVCM100000360a0
a0aRCRD

Public Health
Virus Outbreak in Chinese City Kills 19 Children
Reuters, April 27, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSPEK36241320080427

State Security
Security Clampdown on Canton Trade Fair
Financial Times, April 26, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/663e1588-1326-11dd-8d91-0000779fd2ac.html

Tibet
China Pours Scorn on Dalai Lama amid Tibet Talks Ire
Reuters, April 27, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/reutersComService_2_MOLT/
idUSPEK26806220080427

Dalai Lama Says Wants 'Serious' Talks with China
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), April 26, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080426/wl_sthasia_afp/chinaunresttibet
rightsdalaireturn_080426115525

广东当局扣留一小厂制造的数千面“雪山狮子旗” (Guangdong Authorities Seize Thousands of Tibetan "Snow Lion" Flags Produced at Local Factory)
Radio Free Asia, April 27, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/guang-04272008175738.html

Nepal Police Detain 80 Tibetan Protesters
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), April 27, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080427/wl_sthasia_afp/chinaunresttibetrights
nepalprotest_080427124224

Tibetan Writer Says Her Blog Has Been Hacked Again
Associated Press (available at South China Morning Post), April 28, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733
492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ebadbfbb9c099110VgnVCM100000360a0
a0aRCRD

XUAR
Uighurs Struggle in a World Reshaped by Chinese Influx
Christian Science Monitor, April 28, 2008
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0428/p01s01-woap.html

新疆普通高校将把军训计入学分 (Xinjiang College and University Students to Receive Course Credit for Military Training)
Radio Free Asia, April 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xinjiang-04252008111652.html

乌鲁木齐市警方年内试点审讯全程录音录像 (Urumqi Police to Start Pilot Program of Recording Criminal Interrogations)
Xinhuanet, April 25, 2008
http://www.xj.xinhuanet.com/2008-04/25/content_13087591.htm

April 25, 2008

Top News of the Day
Media
China Becomes World's Largest Internet Population
Reuters, April 24, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews
/idUSPEK34240620080424
It was reported on April 24 that China’s online population reached 221 million by the end of February; China has surpassed the U.S. in having the world’s largest Internet-using population.

News
Bilateral Ties
France Wants European Union to Decide on Olympic Boycott
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), April 24, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080424/ap_on_re_eu/france
_sarkozy_china_1;_ylt=AtAiGwQA15IvnASdLxdDqRpPzWQA

Death Penalty
中澳中法死刑犯不引渡 (Suspects Who Might Face Death Penalty Will Not Be Extradited Under China's Agreements with Australia and France)
The Beijing News, April 25, 2008
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/guonei/2008/04-25/
021@075033.htm

Environment
China Will Go Further in Climate Change Talks, UN Official Says
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), April 24, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080424/wl_asia_afp/unc
limatewarmingchina_080424114745;_ylt=An5XmFddaNX
wbxpppnx4j4ZPzWQA

Law
China Adopts Amendment to Law Protecting Disabled
Xinhuanet, April 24, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/24/content_
8045874.htm

Media
Cracking the 'Great Firewall' of China's Web Censorship
USA Today, April 22, 2008
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/2008-04
-22-InternetBandits_N.htm

Olympics
Pre-Games Moves against Smoking 'Not Enough'
South China Morning Post, April 25, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=40f3dec1851
89110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=New

Bracing for Games, China Sets Rules That Complicate Life for Foreigners
New York Times, April 24, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/24/world/asia/24china.
html?ref=todayspaper

Chinese Authorities Stepping Up Security ahead of Olympics
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), April 24, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080424/ap_on_re_as/china
_keeping_control_1;_ylt=Aj7r.sIvUc8J9nD0lsC.mSBPzWQA

Olympic Partner VW Urges China to Open Society
Reuters, April 24, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/
idUSL2468747920080424

Protests and Petitions
云南麻栗坡县徵地冲突五名村民被指袭警遭刑拘 (Five Yunnan Protestors Placed Under Criminal Detention "for Attacking Police")
Radio Free Asia, April 23, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/land_riot-0423200811
4001.html?encoding=simplified

Society
On His Weekends, Chinese Samaritan Saves Lives
Los Angeles Times, April 24, 2008
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-
suicide24apr24,1,6853982.story

Tibet
西藏严惩 ”造谣传谣” 康定再现抗议传单 (Tibet Starts Punishing Rumor-Mongering; Protests Leaflets Reappear in Kangding County)
Radio Free Asia, April 24, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zang-
04242008152517.html

Tibet to Receive First Tour Group Since March 14 Unrest
Xinhuanet, April 24, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/24/content_
8043915.htm

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
110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

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
9110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

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