August 18, 2009

Top News of The Day

Police
2 officers walk free in torture killing
China Daily, August 14, 2009
http://www.china.org.cn/china/news/2009-08/14/content_18334728.htm

On August 12, 2009, a court in Jiangxi Province found three policemen and their commander guilty in connection with the death of Wan Jianguo (万建国), who died in August 2008 on his 35th day of detention. Convicted policeman Deng Hongfei (邓鸿飞) was sentenced to 12 years in prison; the commander Xia Xiangdong (夏向东) was sentenced to one year in prison; and two other officers Guo Songlin (郭松林) and Xiong Yu’ er (熊玉儿) were allowed to walk free.

Related information:
Uneven Justice in Case of Policemen and Commander Found Guilty in Death of Detained Man
Human Rights in China, August 17, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/171852

News
Freedom of Speech
Kunming Moots Law to Defend Journalists
South China Morning Post, August 18, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9ff30a1f80923210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

国庆前控制言论 247人上黑名单 (China Controls Free Speech Ahead of Its 60th Anniversary, 247 Persons Blacklisted)
Radio Free Asia, August 17, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yanlun-08172009091519.html

Government
More Patriotic Education Urged Ahead of National Day
China Daily, August 17, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-08/17/content_8577338.htm

Human Rights Defender - Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)
郭飞雄的律师刘士辉被司法局剥夺执业资格 (Law License of Guo Feixiong’s Lawyer Revoked)
Radio Free Asia, August 17, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/liushihui-08172009161851.html

Human Rights Defender
刘沙沙绝食12日命在旦夕 六维权人士劝食被禁止 (Liu Shasha on Hunger Strike for 12 Days)
Radio Free Asia, August 17, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/liushasha-08172009100519.html

Law
China's Top Legislature to Consider Draft Climate Change Resolution
China Daily, August 17, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/17/content_11897715.htm

Protests and Petitions
香港支联会国庆前活动 抗议北京为国庆打压异见人士 (Hong Kong Group Protests Against Beijing’s Suppression on Dissidents Ahead of National Day)
Radio Free Asia, August 17, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yijianrenshi-08172009095438.html

陕西勉县政府克扣土地补偿款 上访农民被抓 (Government Deducts Land Compensation in Shaanxi, Farmers on Petition Arrested)
Radio Free Asia, August 17, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/nongmin-08172009170815.html

State-owned Enterprise
Chinese Officials Stress Party Leadership, Anti-corruption Drive in State-run Firms
Xinhua News Agency, August 17, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/17/content_11899509.htm

State Security
China Police Chief Urges All-out Efforts to Ensure National Day Security
Xinhua News Agency, August 17, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/17/content_11899500.htm

Rio Tinto Suspects Meet Their Lawyers
China Daily, August 18, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-08/18/content_8581622.htm

XUAR
31 Cities' Police Units Deployed to Xinjiang After Riot
China Daily, August 18, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-08/18/content_8581845.htm

August 15-17, 2009

News

Corruption

Court Confirms Death Decisions on 2 Officials

Shanghai Daily, August 15, 2009 http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200908/20090815/article_410744.htm

Human Rights Defender - Xu Zhiyong (许志永)

代理律师首次见到许志永 (Xu Zhiyong Meets His Lawyer for First Time)

Radio Free Asia, August 16, 2009

http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/dai-08162009183706.html

Environment

China Drafting Development Plan on Energy Conservation, Environmental Protection Industry Xinhua, August 15, 2009

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/15/content_11888675.htm

Civil Society

China's NGOs Fear for The Worst

Asia Times Online, August 15, 2009

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/KH15Ad01.html

Public Health

China Plant Stormed over Lead Poisoning of Children
Reuters (UK), August 17, 2009
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE57G1ID20090817

Related news:
China 'Smelter Poisoned Children'
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 16, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8204275.stm

Mass Move Set for Area around Smelting Plant
Xinhuanet (via Shanghai Daily), August 15, 2009 http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200908/20090815/article_410782.htm

Media

China to Improve Access for Media

British Broadcasting Corporation, August 14, 2009

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8201142.stm

Children

18 to Be Tried for Child Rape, Prostitution

Shanghai Daily, August 15, 2009 http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200908/20090815/article_410778.htm

Protests and Petitions

Workers Foil Private Takeover of Steel Firm
Reuters (available at YahooNews), August 17, 2009 http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c047f6f651423210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related news:
Hundreds of Workers Protest at Chinese Steel Plant: Report
AFP( via YahooNews), August 15, 2009 http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090815/wl_asia_afp/chinaprotestlabourpolice

Henan Workers Release Hostage After Four Days
South China Morning Post, August 16, 2009 http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=26f860f98fe13210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

北京扫荡访民无处栖身 律师替访民写诉状获刑（视频） (Massive Crackdown on Petitioners in Beijing, Lawyer Jailed for Helping Petitioner )

Radio Free Asia, August 14, 2009

http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-08142009100450.html

August 14, 2009

News
Civil Society
益仁平及爱知行被工商局人员上门调查 (Workers from Aizhixing and Yirenping Investigated by Officials from the Industry and Commerce Department)
Radio Free Asia, August 13, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_ngo-08132009114306.html

Government
京18区县机构改革月底完成结合区情设机构 (Restructuring of Beijing's 18 District and County Governmental Organs to Be Completed by End of August)
The Beijing News, August 14, 2009
http://news.bjnews.com.cn/2009/0814/41156.shtml

Green Dam
Green Dam Launch "Not Handled Well"
Xinhua News Agency, August 14, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/14/content_11879750.htm

Human Rights Defender – Tan Zuoren (谭作人)
English-language Papers Report on Activist’s Trial
South China Morning Post, August 14, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7602b6cc9a413210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related news:
Independent Investigator Put on Trial in Chengdu
Global Times, August 13, 2009
http://china.globaltimes.cn/society/2009-08/457211.html

Labor
环保维权：索赔未果 300员工集体捡垃圾抗议 (Environmental Rights Defense: After Claiming Damages Fails, 300 Workers Collect Rubbish in Protest)
Southern Metropolis News, August 14, 2009
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/nfdsb/200908140078.asp

江蘇化工廠爆炸3死3重傷 (Three Dead, Three Severely Injured after Jiangsu Factory Explosion)
Ming Pao, August 14, 2009
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20090814/ca50950k.htm

Media
Action Promised on Detained Reporters
South China Morning Post, August 14, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6051b6cc9a413210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

U.S. Tests System to Break Foreign Web Censorship
Reuters, August 13, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE57C5OQ20090813

Related news:
美國新系統破中伊網上封鎖 (New U.S. System Breaks through Internet Blockades in China and Iran)
Ming Pao, August 14, 2009
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20090814/ta50841a.htm

Related information:
Feed Over Email Project
http://code.google.com/p/foe-project/

Police
Chinese Policemen Jailed after Detention Center Death
Xinhua News Agency, August 14, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/14/content_11881307.htm

Related news:
“躲猫猫”案一审宣判 看守所两民警分别获刑 (Two Officers in Detention Center Death Case Separately Sentenced)
Xinhua News Agency, August 14, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-08/14/content_11881502.htm

Two Officers Jailed for Torturing Suspect to Death
Shanghai Daily, August 14, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=410621

Politics
四川打人官員閃電復職 (Sichuan Communications Official Sacked for Beating Someone Is Given New Job of Same Stature Five Days Later)
Ming Pao, August 14, 2009
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20090814/ca51535c.htm

Protests and Petitions
失地农民上访 索赔获补偿后被判4年 (Hebei Villager Zhang Jianjun Petitions for Land, Receives Compensation, then Sentenced to Four Years in Prison)
Southern Metropolis News, August 13, 2009
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/nfdsb/200908130061.asp

河南政法委书记:不截访、也不许赴京告"洋状" (Secretary of the Henan Provincial Political and Legislative Affairs Committee: Neither Intercepting Petitioners nor Petitioners Reporting to Foreign Journals or Officials Is Permitted)
Southern Metropolis News, August 14, 2009
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/nfdsb/200908130054.asp

Public Health
China Child Lead Poisoning Cases Double to 615: Report
Agence France-Presse (via Google News), August 14, 2009
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5idWZQOOFVCsiSOX1LsfljBEacvDQ

Religion
Chinese Falun Gong Practitioners back to Normal Life
Xinhua News Agency, August 14, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/14/content_11881079.htm

XUAR
China Promotes Xinjiang Armed Police Chief: Report
Agence France-Presse (via Google News), August 14, 2009
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hy8DoBvCFjoZL75bhHlQQC0PyqiA

August 13, 2009

Top News of the Day

Human Rights Defender - Tan Zuoren (谭作人)
Chinese Police Detain 11 Who Planned to Attend Activist's Trial
Guardian (UK), August 12, 2009
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/aug/12/china-detentions-activist-trial-earthquake

The trial of Tan Zuoren (谭作人), writer and environmental activist, in the Intermediate People’s Court in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, ended without a court decision on August 12, 2009. Before the trial, the well known artist Ai Weiwei (艾未未) and his volunteers were barred from attending the trial as a witness for Tan. Ai was beaten by Chengdu police and detained in his hotel room for 11 hours.

Related information:
Police Beat and Detain Supporters of Sichuan Earthquake Critic Morning before Trial
Human Rights in China, August 12, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/171835

Related news:
HK Reporters 'Detained' in China
AFP (via Sydney Morning Herald), August 13, 2009 http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/hk-reporters-detained-in-china-20090813-eimh.html

Activist on Trial for Subversion
China Daily, August 13, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-08/13/content_8563471.htm

News
Green Dam
李毅中：不強制電腦裝綠壩 (Installation of "Green Dam" Not Compulsory But Schools And Internet Cafes Still Go ahead: Minister)
Ming Pao, August 13, 2009
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20090813/ca41124a.htm

Environment
Factory Closes After 300 Kids Sickened in China
AP (via YahooNews), August 12, 2009 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090812/ap_on_re_as/as_china_lead_poisoning

Greens Hail Rule Giving Watchdog More Clout
South China Morning Post, August 13, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0f772b2f84f03210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Containers of Hazardous Chemicals Fall from Ship into Yangtze River
South China Morning Post, August 13, 2009 http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4a887e0639f03210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender - Xu Zhiyong (许志永)
“公盟”、“许志永”遭大陆网站封杀 (Authorities Censor Words "Gongmeng", "Xu Zhiyong" in Cyberspace)
Radio Free Asia, August 12, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_xu-08122009121600.html?encoding=simplified

Internet Censorship
李蕊蕊家人疑遭控制 当局发布消息又删网帖 (Authorities Monitor Family of "Black Jail" Rape Victim, Shut down Websites Reporting Related News)
Radio Free Asia, August 12, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/liruirui-08122009085631.html

Chinese Parents "Shed Tears," Begged for Web Curbs
Reuters via YahooNew.com, August 13, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090813/wl_nm/us_china_internet

Children
Shanxi Police Crack Baby Trafficking Network
Shanghai Daily, August 13, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=410556

State Security
Rio Tinto Says China Has No Case against Exec
AFP( via YahooNews), August 12, 2009 http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090812/wl_asia_afp/chinaaustraliabritainminingdiplomacyriotintohu

Australia Says 'Internal Pressure' Helped Rio Case
AFP( via YahooNews), August 13, 2009 http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090813/ts_afp/chinaaustraliabritainminingdiplomacyriotinto

August 12, 2009

Top news of the day
Human Rights Defender – Tan Zuoren (谭作人)
Chinese Police Detain Supporters of Quake Critic
Associated Press (via Google News), August 12, 2009
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gFyEqcNB-Gm7aOov5sHvjKouNkPQD9A14DCG0

The trial of Sichuan-based writer and environmentalist Tan Zuoren (谭作人) was scheduled to begin Friday morning in the Chengdu Intermediate Court, but eleven supporters of Tan were detained – and two beaten – by police to prevent them from attending the trial. Tan, who has been accused of “subversion of state power,” was detained in March 2009; he was investigating the students who were victims of the May 2008 Sichuan earthquake and the sub-standard construction of the collapsed schools. In February 2009, he wrote a proposal, “5.12 Student Archive,” which called on volunteers to travel to Sichuan to document the cases.

Related news:
谭作人成都受审 王丹要求为其作证 (Tan Zuoren on Trial in Chengdu, Wang Dan Asks to Testify)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 12, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_8190000/newsid_8196500/8196558.stm

News
Bilateral Ties
Australia, China at Odds over Uighur Activist
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), August 12, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090811/ap_on_re_as/as_australia_china_uighur_activist

Civil Society
北京德先生研究所网站被关 (Website of Beijing De Xiansheng Research Institute Shut Down)
Radio Free Asia, August 11, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/de-08112009155555.html

北京公益机构公盟缴纳罚款遭拒 (Gongmeng Tries to Pay Fine but Is Denied by Authorities)
Radio Free Asia, August 11, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gongmeng-08112009155911.html

Disasters
谁来执掌760亿元地震捐赠 (Tsinghua Investigation Reveals that Possibly 80% of Quake Relief Donations Entered Government Coffers)
China Youth Daily, August 12, 2009
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2009-08/12/content_2800866.htm

Human Rights Defender – Xu Zhiyong (许志永)
一批中国公民发请愿书要求释放维权律师 (Chinese Citizens Petition the Release of Rights Defense Lawyer Xu Zhiyong)
Voice of America, August 11, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/2009-08-11-voa45.cfm

Land Policy
Residents Protest Forced Relocation
China Daily, August 12, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-08/12/content_8557979.htm

山东黑社会人员夜袭商户 民众指受官员指使 (Shandong Shop Owners Attacked by Thugs and Gangsters at Night, People Claim Attacks Were Directed by Officials)
Radio Free Asia, August 11, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/heishehui-08112009105633.html

Law
China's Supreme Court to Standardize Sentences for Criminal Convictions
Xinhua News Agency, August 11, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/11/content_11865090.htm

Population
中国城镇人口明年首超农村 城乡差距拉大 (China's Urban Population Shall Exceed Rural Population Next Year)
Radio Free Asia, August 12, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/chengxiang-08112009092501.html

State Security
China Formally Arrests Rio Tinto Employees
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), August 12, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090812/bs_nm/us_china_rio

Related news:
Rio Employees Face Trade Secrets, Bribery Charges
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), August 12, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090812/ap_on_re_as/as_china_rio_tinto_employees_detained

Tibet
达赖喇嘛：西藏问题是中国内政 (Dalai Lama: Tibet Issue Is China's Internal Matter)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 10, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_8190000/newsid_8194000/8194006.stm

August 11, 2009

Top news of the day
Multilateral
UN Panel Questions China on Ethnic Discrimination
Associated Press (via Jakarta Post), August 10, 2009
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/08/10/un-panel-questions-china-ethnic-discrimination.html

Related news:
China Frees 1,200 in Tibet, Holds 700 over Xinjiang
Agence France-Presse (via Google News), August 11, 2009
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iRGyEv-UaN4nkuA23JnG5-ioTQiw

Related information:
UN Expert Body Wraps Up Dialogue with China on Anti-Discrimination Efforts
Human Rights in China, August 10, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/171819

News
Bilateral Ties
Two Sides Differ on Diversion of Plane
Associated Press (via South China Morning Post), August 11, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c25cb5a2d3503210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Australia Media Brushes Off China
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 11, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8194550.stm

中国威视公司行贿案在纳米比亚开庭审理 (Namibia Bribery Case with Ties to Hu Jintao's Son Goes to Trial)
Radio France Internationale, August 11, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/116/article_15394.asp

Civil Society
Baby Milk Powder Victims Lose Legal Proxy
Global Times, August 11, 2009
http://www.globaltimes.cn/www/english/top-news/2009-08/456249.html

Death Penalty
最高人民检察院：死刑案取证禁刑讯逼供 (Supreme People's Procuratorate: Collecting Evidence through Torture Forbidden in Death Penalty Cases)
The Beijing News, August 11, 2009
http://news.bjnews.com.cn/2009/0811/40934.shtml

Related news:
Anti-torture Measures in Works, Paper Says
South China Morning Post, August 11, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7b0cb5a2d3503210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Disasters
Dozens Killed as Typhoons Hit East Asia
Agence France Presse (via Yahoo! News), August 10, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090810/wl_asia_afp/chinataiwanjapanweathertyphoon

Environment
西藏可能成為國家水電開發重點地區 (Beijing Considers Making Tibet a Primary Location for Hydroelectric Energy Development)
China News Service, August 11, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/107/1/1/1227795/1.html

Hong Kong
Hong Kong Activists Protest Crackdown on Dissidents
Associated Press (via China Post), August 10, 2009
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/local-news/hong-kong/2009/08/10/219863/Hong-Kong.htm

Human Rights Defender – Xu Zhiyong (许志永)
Arrest in China Rattles Backers of Legal Rights
New York Times, August 10, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/10/world/asia/10rights.html

Law
Senior Prosecutor Calls for Better Evidence System to Improve Justice
Xinhua News Agency, August 08, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/08/content_11848717.htm

Media
China's Internet a Major Concern to Officials
Agence France Presse (via Yahoo! News), August 10, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090810/wl_asia_afp/chinainternetmediagovernment

Police
最高人民法院部署下阶段打黑除恶工作 (Supreme Court Orders the Next Wave of Anti-Crime Operations)
Xinhua News Agency, August 10, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-08/10/content_11854653.htm

Protests and Petitions
湖北数千访民群集省府 交通被堵访民被驱赶抓打 (Thousands Petition Hubei Provincial Government en Masse)
Radio Free Asia, August 10, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hubei-08102009114426.html

Public Health
Lead Poisoning Linked to Smelter near Homes
South China Morning Post, August 11, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=320bb5a2d3503210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

State Security
China Says 2.75 Million Security Cameras Installed
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), August 10, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090810/ap_on_re_as/as_china_security_cameras

China Seems to Retract Claim against Rio Tinto
New York Times, August 11, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/11/world/asia/11riotinto.html

August 8-10, 2009

Top news of the day
Multilateral
China Blames Unrest on Foreign-Based Separatists
Agence France-Presse (via Google News), August 08, 2009
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gMJH5T96LU_9YI9cXw-eRlGo6Oog

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination began its review of China's progress in implementing its obligations under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination on August 7; the Committee will conclude its review on August 10. Before the Committee on August 7, Director General of the Department of Treaty and Law of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Duan Jielong accused the 2008 unrest in Tibet and 2009 unrest in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region on "separatists abroad." Members of the Committee posed questions including those on economic investment in ethnic minority regions and the teaching of minority languages; China is to respond to these questions today.

Related information:
A United Nations, China to Answer Broad Range of Concerns over Racial Discrimination
Human Rights in China, August 07, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/171805

News
Corruption
青島法官涉貪逾億被捕 (Four Qingdao Judges Detained on Graft Charges)
Ming Pao, August 09, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1226081/1.html

Environment
Algal Bloom in C China Reservoir Affects Drinking Water of 15,000
Xinhua News Agency, August 08, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/08/content_11847923.htm

Beijing Air 'Cleaner' since Games
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 08, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8189921.stm

Related news:
Beijing's Smog Is Back Year after Olympics
Agence France-Presse, August 03, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090804/sc_afp/oly2008chn1yearenvironment

Toxic Villages Look to Hunan for Lessons
South China Morning Post, August 09, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d1364a9b8baf2210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender – Guo Quan (郭泉)
郭泉颠覆案审结将择日宣判 (Guo Quan's Hearing Completed; Verdict and Sentencing to Be Later Announced)
Radio Free Asia, August 07, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissident_trial-08072009115917.html

Human Rights Defender – Xu Zhiyong (许志永)
当局不允许志永家人会面　香港学生公开质问温家宝 (Detained Activist Xu Zhiyong's Family Not Allowed to Meet with Him)
Radio Free Asia, August 07, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xuzhiyong-08072009084748.html

Human Rights Defenders
China: Tibetan Dissident Disappears
New York Times, August 07, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/08/world/asia/08briefs-Chinabrf.html

Labor
Workplace Safety Investigation Targets China's Major Coalmines
Xinhua News Agency, August 08, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/08/content_11846456.htm

Media
广州戒网营里孩子打出SOS (Kids inside Guangzhou Net Addiction Camp Send Out an SOS)
Southern Metropolis News, August 10, 2009
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/tpxw/200908100010.asp

Police
A Rape Claim Puts Focus on Beijing's 'Black Jails'
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), August 08, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090810/ap_on_re_as/as_china_black_jails

Public Health
300 Children Suffer Lead Poisoning
Xinhua News Agency, August 10, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/10/content_11854691.htm

State Security
China Says Rio Spying Has Cost It Rmb700bn
Financial Times, August 10, 2009
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cecb1b40-8545-11de-9a64-00144feabdc0.html

Related news:
Rio Tinto Accuser Says Article Was His Own Opinion
Bloomberg News, August 10, 2009
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601081&sid=auJQaQ2A4FEM

XUAR
Urumqi Acts against Migrants
South China Morning Post, August 10, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c60d97f091003210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related news:
Riot-Hit Urumqi to Tighten Migrant Population Administration
Xinhua News Agency, August 09, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/09/content_11852637.htm

August 7, 2009

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender – Guo Quan (郭泉)
Founder of Chinese Political Group to Be Tried
Associated Press (via Google News), August 06, 2009
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j_RH3fg_q48aTljsVv1r4kLz1oDwD99TB1C03

Nanjing democracy activist Guo Quan (郭泉) will plead guilty at his trial today in Nanjing, Jiangsu. Guo, who is charged with "subversion of state power," is the founder of the China New Democracy Party; he lost his job as an associate professor at Nanjing Normal University after founding the party.

Related news:
郭泉的律师郭莲辉突然被警方传唤 (Guo Quan's Attorney Subpoenaed by Police)
Radio Free Asia, August 06, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_lawyer-08062009112118.html

News
Bilateral Ties
Hack Attack on Arts Site
The Age, August 07, 2009
http://www.theage.com.au/national/hack-attack-on-arts-site-20090806-ebi2.html

Civil Society
China Snares NGOs with Foreign Funding
Chinese Science Monitor, August 04, 2009
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0804/p06s09-woap.html

Environment
Fresh Thoughts
South China Morning Post, August 06, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e33505ea08ae2210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

June Fourth
十位六四遭打压贵州人士起诉　当局拒绝并传唤相关者 (Authorities Refuse to File Lawsuit of Ten Guizhou Activists who Came under Official Pressure during June Fourth Anniversary)
Radio Free Asia, August 06, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yijianrenshi-08062009105615.html

Land Policy
上海塌樓 20業主強阻拆遷 (20 Homeowners Block Demolition of Minhang, Shanghai Apartment Building)
Singtao Daily (via Sina.com), August 07, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1224316/1.html

Law
司法部：做好律师代理敏感案件和群体性事件指导 (Ministry of Justice: We Should Guide Lawyers Representing Sensitive Cases and Mass Incidents)
Xinhua News Agency, August 06, 2009
http://www.gov.cn/jrzg/2009-08/06/content_1385343.htm

Media
Warning over Twitter, YouTube 'Subversion'
South China Morning Post, August 07, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=21d79ed35ffe2210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related news:
网络颠覆：不容小觑的安全威胁 (Internet Subversion: A Threat to Security Not to Be Underestimated)
China's National Defence (via China News Service), August 06, 2009
http://www.chinanews.com.cn/cul/news/2009/08-06/1806701.shtml

Protests and Petitions
China Tells Officials to Keep Unhappy Citizens at Home
Reuters, August 06, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE5753FI20090806

Related news:
Official Urges Careful Handling of Public Complaints
Xinhua News Agency (via China Radio International), August 06, 2009
http://english.cri.cn/6909/2009/08/06/1821s507161.htm

把解决问题放在首位实现信访形势明显好转 (Put Resolving the Problem at the Forefront to Improve the Petitioning Situation)
Legal Daily, August 07, 2009
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2009-08/07/content_1134667.htm

"领导干部培训班"代表谈落实涉法涉诉信访工作中央新政 (Representative from the "Leading Cadre Training Group" Speaks on Implementing New Policy on Petitioning Work )
Legal Daily, August 07, 2009
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0801/2009-08/07/content_1134733.htm

吉林居民房屋遭强拆 上访遭殴打及拘留 (Jilin Petitioners Whose Homes Were Demolished Beaten Up and Detained)
Radio Free Asia, August 06, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/chaiqian-08062009110504.html

State Security
State of Secrecy
South China Morning Post, August 06, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c35505ea08ae2210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet
达赖重申追求真正自治从未寻求独立 (In Geneva, Dalai Lama Reaffirms Desire for True Autonomy in Tibet)
Radio Free Asia, August 06, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dalai-08062009110213.html

XUAR
Uighur Unrest Shows China's Failures: Dalai Lama
Reuters, August 06, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE57539Q20090806

August 6, 2009

Top news of the day
Human Rights Defender – Huang Qi (黄琦)
Trial of Quake Dissident Ends 'Without Verdict'
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), August 05, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5ba36b4f7d8e2210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Sichuan rights defender Huang Qi (黄琦) was tried in an closed hearing on August 5, 2009, on charges of “illegal possession of state secrets.” No verdict was issued. Huang, whose lawyers entered a plea of not guilty on his behalf, was criminally detained in on June 10, 2008, and formally arrested on July 18, 2008. At the time of his detention, Huang was in the Sichuan earthquake zone researching and publishing news about the plight of parents who had lost children in the disaster.

Related information:
Authorities Kidnap and Prevent Court Appearance by Witness for Huang Qi’s Case
Human Rights in China, August 05, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/171781

Related news:
批川震豆腐渣 黃琦或監三年 (For Criticizing Shoddy Construction Felled in the Sichuan Earthquake, Huang Qi Could Face Three Years in Jail)
Singtao Daily, August 06, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1223131/1.html

News
Civil Society
北京市府首度開腔 指「公盟」非法組織 (Beijing Government Finally Speaks, Calls Gongmeng (Open Constitution Initiative) an Illegal Organization)
Ming Pao, August 06, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1223045/1.html

Death Penalty
Wrongful Execution Case Stalled: Report
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), August 06, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8345fa5ef7be2210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related news:
男子被执行死刑9年后真凶现身 冤情至今未昭雪
Sichuan Online (via Netease), August 05, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/0805/11/5FUV6KGU00011229.html

Economic Development
China’s Growth Figures Fail to Add Up
Financial Times, August 04, 2009
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0ec404fc-8120-11de-92e7-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=9511df10-6d6b-11da-a4df-0000779e2340.html

Environment
China Refuses to Budge on Greenhouse Gases
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), August 05, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090805/sc_afp/chinaclimatewarmingun

Law
Supreme People's Court Encourages Mediation to Resolve Disputes as Lawsuits Increase
Xinhua News Agency, August 04, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/04/content_11826652.htm

Media
Journalists Held for Investigating Metal Leaks Case
South China Morning Post, August 06, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5136fa5ef7be2210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
14 Arrested over Unrest Related to Chef's Death in C China
Xinhua News Agency, August 05, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/05/content_11831454.htm

北京大举驱赶访民 信访办形同虚设 (Beijing Authorities Drive Away Petitioners)
Radio Free Asia, August 05, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xinfang-08052009091349.html

上海宝山逾百租户镇政府抗议 郑恩宠再被传唤 (100+ Tenants in Baoshan, Shanghai Protest Local Government, Zheng Enchong again Summoned by Police)
Radio Free Asia, August 05, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengenchong-08052009133506.html

XUAR
Innocent Civilians Make Up 156 in Urumqi Riot Death Toll
Xinhua News Agency, August 05, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/05/content_11831350.htm

Uighur Accuses China of Inflaming Ethnic Tension
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), August 05, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090805/ap_on_re_au_an/as_australia_china_uighur

August 5, 2009

Top news of the day
Human Rights Defender – Xu Zhiyong (许志永)
Chinese Legal Activist Held for Tax Evasion
Associated Press (via Yahoo News), August 04, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090804/ap_on_re_as/as_china_lawyer

On July 29, Xu Zhiyong (许志永), director of Gongmeng Law Research Center of the Open Constitution Initiative (OCI), an organization set up to provide legal consultation and assistance to the public. Officials have not provided a reason for his detention. Gongmeng was shut down by the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Civil Affairs on July 17, due to not having registered with the government as an organization.

Related information:
Xu Zhiyong in Custody Seven Days; Still No Official Explanation
Human Rights in China, August 4, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/171768

News
Children
中国弃婴问题严重 (The Serious State of Infant Abandonment in China)
Radio Free Asia, August 04, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/qiying-08042009113130.html

Environment
Tainted Tap Water Sickens 4,307 in N. China City
China Daily, August 03, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-08/03/content_8507956.htm

Water Crisis in Parched Northern China
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), August 04, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090804/sc_afp/chinaenvironmentclimatewater

Human Rights Defender – Huang Qi (黄琦)
China Quake Dissident on Trial: Lawyer
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), August 04, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090805/wl_asia_afp/chinarightsdissidentquake

Police
New Laws Stipulate Duties of Chengguan
China Daily, August 04, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-08/04/content_8513997.htm

Protests and Petitions
Motorcycle Taxi Drivers Rally after Business Ban
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), August 03, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-08/03/content_8511816.htm

Villagers Call off Toxic Leak Protest
South China Morning Post, August 05, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=09b3ea7a546e2210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Public Health
新疆核试曾大量平民伤亡? (Did Xinjiang Nuclear Tests Cause a Large Number of Casualties?)
Voice of America, August 01, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/2009-08-01-voa48.cfm

Related news:
Did China's Nuclear Tests Kill Thousands and Doom Future Generations?
Scientific American, July 2009
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=did-chinas-nuclear-tests

Society
China Jobless Pose 'Grave' Crisis
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 04, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8183339.stm

中国鼓励个人收留流浪乞讨者 (China Urges Individuals to Take in Homeless Beggars)
Radio Free Asia, August 04, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/homeless-08042009105703.html

XUAR
Beijing Forced Family's 'Denunciation': Uighur Leader
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), August 04, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090804/wl_asia_afp/chinaunrestxinjiangaustraliauskadeer

China’s Tally of 718 Arrests in July Riots Is Questioned
New York Times, August 04, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/05/world/asia/05china.html

August 04, 2009

News
Civil Society
许志永被捕公盟被取缔后NGO全面受威胁 (NGOs across China to Face Intimidation before Sensitive Anniversary)
Radio France Internationale, August 03, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/116/article_15236.asp

Green Dam
北京律師控「綠壩部長」 (Beijing Lawyer Xie Yanyi Accuses Minister of Industry and Information Technology of Infringing on Citizen's Free Communication and Other Crimes; Beijing Procuratorate to Decide Whether or Not to Accept)
Central News Agency (via Sina.com), August 03, 2009
http://news.sina.com.tw/article/20090803/1987229.html

Government
制约、整合、瘦身：特区深圳率先启动政府机构改革 (Shenzhen to Pioneer Governmental Reform)
Xinhua News Agency , August 03, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-08/03/content_11819590.htm

化工廠污染 環保局長停職 (Local Director of Environmental Protection Bureau Suspended due to Industrial Pollution in Liuyang, Hunan)
Ming Pao (via Yahoo! Asia News), August 02, 2009
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/090802/4/dhud.html

Human Rights Defenders
网上写诗获罪 再有《零八宪章》签署人被劳教 (Writer and Charter 08 Signatory Luo Yongquan Sentenced to Two Years of Reeducation-Through-Labor)
Radio Free Asia, August 03, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/luo-08032009132104.html

Human Rights Defenders – Guo Quan (郭泉), Huang Qi (黄琦)
闭门审黄琦证人不准出庭 郭泉案周五开庭 (Closed-Door Hearings for Huang Qi; Guo Quan's Trial Begins Friday)
Radio Free Asia, August 03, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/guoquan-08032009153320.html

Labor
Metal Leak at China Chemical Plant Leaves 500 Sick
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), August 03, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090803/ap_on_re_as/as_china_pollution_sickness

Media
China Censors Namibia Corruption Case that May Touch President's Son
Christian Science Monitor (via Yahoo! News), August 03, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20090803/wl_csm/oprincelings

Student Beaten to Death at Juvenile Guidance Center
Shanghai Daily, August 03, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200908/20090803/article_409490.htm

Protests and Petitions
北京200余村民不满拆迁补助 围堵高速路 (200 Beijing Villagers Take to the Highway in Protest)
The Beijing News (via Net Ease), August 04, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/0804/03/5FRF7LBB0001124J.html

武汉数百下放返乡人员堵路抗议 要求基本生活保障 (Several Hundred Demoted Wuhan Cadres Protest Insufferable Living Conditions)
Radio Free Asia, August 03, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wuhan-08032009183620.html

Public Health
Chinese Town Sealed Off after Plague Deaths
New York Times, August 04, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/04/world/asia/04china.html

State Security
Evidence 'Strong' in Rio Tinto Spying Case
Associated Press (via South China Morning Post), August 03, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f79d89cc85ed2210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

京地鐵車廂設監聽裝置 (Beijing's Subways Have Surveillance System Installed)
Ming Pao (via Yahoo Asia News), August 02, 2009
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/090801/4/dhpf.html

XUAR
5 Attacks in Xinjiang Foiled, Say State Media
Agence France Presse (via South China Morning Post), August 04, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=68c88c03331e2210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

新疆起草兩法規 (Two New Regulations Drafted for XUAR)
Ming Pao (via Sina.com), August 02, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1218606/1.html

Related news:
维护民族团结 新疆人大常委会拟制定两部维稳法规 (To Uphold Ethnic Unity, Standing Committee of the XUAR People's Congress Drafts Two Regulations on Safeguarding Stability)
Legal Daily, August 1, 2009
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0801/2009-08/01/content_1131728.htm

August 1-3, 2009

News

Civil Society
Hepatitis Group Is Harassed in China
New York Times, July 31, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/31/world/asia/31hepatitis.html

Death Penalty
Top Court Approves Death for Forgers
Xinhua (via Shanghai Daily), August 01, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200908/20090801/article_409316.htm

Environment
China Energy Efficiency 'Improves in First Half '
China Post (Taiwan) (via China Post (Taiwan)), August 03, 2009
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national-news/2009/08/03/218887/China-energy.htm

Chinese to Launch First Ever Green Lawsuit Against Government
Guardian (via Guardian), July 31, 2009
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jul/31/china-residents-prosecute-government-environment/print

Government
Clouds Over China's 'Sunshine' Law
Asia Times Online (via Asia Times Online), August 01, 2009
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/KH01Ad02.html

Human Rights Defenders -- Tan Zuoren, 谭作人
Another China Activist Charged With Subversion
Associated Press (via New York Times), July 31, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/07/31/world/AP-AS-China-ActivistTri.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Labor
关注职业病：砖窑干活命短是因为劳累或"命不好" (Do Brickkiln Workers Have Shorter Lives Because of Work or "Bad Fate?" )
Xinnhuanet.com, August 02, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-08/02/content_11811213.htm

Media

China Tightens Screening of Press Cards Applicants
Xinhua (via Xinhua), July 30, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/30/content_11800725.htm

Military
China to Train Officials to Handle Riots, Disasters
Reuters (via Reuters), July 31, 2009
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE56U0ZJ20090731

Police
Chinese Police Urged to Improve Transparency
Xinhua (via Xinhua), August 03, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/31/content_11806531.htm

Population
One-child Policy Debate Reignited in China
Agence France Presse (via Yahoo! News), July 31, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090731/wl_asia_afp/chinapopulationcontrol

Public Health
Activists Scent Victory in Hepatitis B Fight
South China Morning Post (via South China Morning Post), August 03, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2c913216495213d5df646910cba0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1e5f1fda50cd2210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&vgnextfmt=teaser

Water Supplies Set to Flow Again
South China Morning Post (via South China Morning Post), August 03, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=02de1fda50cd2210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Shanghai World Expo
Shanghai Chokes on Expo Dust
South China Morning Post (via South China Morning Post), August 01, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4d4cb83feb1d2210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

XUAR
Australia Says Uighur Leader is No 'Terrorist'
Agence France Presse (via Yahoo! News), July 31, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090731/wl_asia_afp/chinaunrestxinjiangaustraliauskadeer

中国又捕319新疆暴力事件嫌疑人 (China Arrest 319 Suspects of Xinjiang Riots)
BBC.com (Chinese), August 02, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_8180000/newsid_8180400/8180485.stm

热比娅境内亲属分别致信热比娅和"7•5"事件遇害者家属 (Kadeer's Followers Send Letter to
Families of "July 5th" Victims: State Media)
Xinnhuanet.com, August 03, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-08/03/content_11817452.htm

July 31, 2009

News
Environment
Beijing Tightens Vehicle Exhaust Control
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), July 30, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-07/30/content_8494914.htm

Southern China Oil Refinery Moved over Environment Concern
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), July 30, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090730/sc_afp/chinahongkongkuwaitenergyoilenvironmentpollution

Children
13 Million Abortions in China Each Year: Report
Reuters, July 30, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE56T0S020090730

Death Penalty
China Remains World's Top Executioner
Associated Press (via South China Morning Post), July 30, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=131747625d9c2210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Government
Xinhua Calls Time on Protest Blame Game

Reuters (via South China Morning Post), July 30, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2b2d594bf27c2210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender - Huang Qi (黄琦)
Chinese Dissident to Plead Not Guilty
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), July 30, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090730/ap_on_re_as/as_china_online_dissent

Human Rights Defender - Xu Zhiyong (许志永)
China Police Detain Rights Lawyer: Legal Group
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), July 30, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090730/ap_on_re_as/as_china_lawyer

Labor
Dongguan Mayor Contradicts Official Jobless Figures
South China Morning Post, July 30, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=07d2594bf27c2210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

15 to Face Trial over Clash at Toy Factory
South China Morning Post, July 31, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2e5dea0a69cc2210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

不把工人当人 “开胸验肺”引发强烈反响 (Authorities Face Strong Criticisms over Forcing A Worker to Undergo An Unnecessary Surgical Incision in The Chest)
Radio Free Asia, July 30, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yanfei-07302009123406.html

Law
Poor Areas in China to Get Free Legal Aid
China Daily, July 31, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/31/content_11801650.htm

Media
Accreditation Bid to Curb Bogus Reporters
South China Morning Post, July 31, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=307bea0a69cc2210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
Cabbies Go on Strike in NE China City
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), July 30, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-07/30/content_8493216.htm

1,000 Protest over China Chemical Plant Pollution: Residents
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), July 30, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090730/sc_afp/chinaenvironmentunrestpollution

Police
Officers Beat Fruit Seller Senseless
South China Morning Post, July 31, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a46cea0a69cc2210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

XUAR
China Needs New Policies After Xinjiang: Official
Reuters, July 30, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE56T1XJ20090730

July 30, 2009

Top News of the Day
Civil Society
Another Beijing NGO Faces Discipline (北京又一NGO遭遇“执法”)
Radio France Internationale, July 29, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/115/article_15140.asp

On the morning of July 29, 2009, the Yirenping Center (益仁平中心) was investigated by the Beijing Public Security Bureau and the Cultural Market Administrative Law Enforcement General Brigade (under the Cultural Ministry) on suspicion of engaging in publishing activities.

Related information:
Raid of Public Interest Group Reveals Degree of Information Control
Human Rights in China, July 29, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/170494

Authorities Raid Office of Chinese Health Activist
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), July 29, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090730/ap_on_re_as/as_china_hepatitis_activist

News
Bilateral Ties
China Protests Over Uighur Tour
BBC News (via BBC News), July 29, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/8173730.stm

Civil Society
律协欠税三千多万　律师吁当局追究罚款 (Lawyers Urge Authorities to Investigate Alleged Tax Evasion of Beijing Lawyers Association)
Radio Free Asia (via Radio Free Asia), July 29, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/falv-07292009112402.html

Environment
China Wants Climate Deal, UN Chief Says
Associated Press (via Sydney Monring Herald), July 30, 2009
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/china-wants-climate-deal-un-chief-says-20090730-e25b.html

Human Rights Defenders -- Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波) and Huang Qi (黄琦)
刘晓波遭密集提讯 黄琦案件下周开庭 (Liu Xiaobo Interrogated Intensively by Police; Huang Qi's Trial Begins Next Week)
Radio Free Asia (via Radio Free Asia), July 29, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/liuxiaobo-07292009153434.html

Law
Supreme Court to Lessen Use of Death Penalty
Associated Press (via South China Morning Post), July 30, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4713594bf27c2210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=

Labor
Chinese Workers Say Illness Is Real, Not Hysteria
New York Times (via New York Times), July 29, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/30/world/asia/30jilin.html?_r=1&hp

Protests and Petitions
'Incompetent Officials' to Blame for Steel Plant Protest
Reuters (via South China Morning Post), July 29, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3711e599f85c2210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss

Public Health
More than 2,600 Ill in China Water Contamination
Agence France Presse (via Yahoo! News), July 29, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090729/wl_asia_afp/chinaenvironmentwaterpollution

Abortion Statistics Cause for Concern
China Daily (via China Daily), July 30, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-07/30/content_8489656.htm

Tibet
达赖喇嘛呼吁中国新闻自由 (Dalai Lama Urges China to Preserve Press Freedom)
Voice of America (via Voice of America), July 29, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/2009-07-29-voa61.cfm?rss=topstories



XUAR
China Publicizes List of Uighur Fugitives
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), July 29, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090730/wl_nm/us_china_xinjiang

Another 253 Arrested in Urumqi in Riot's Aftermath
Xinhua (via China Daily), July 30, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-07/30/content_8488903.htm

July 29, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
Uygur Leader Kadeer Arrives in Japan
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), July 28, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=abbcf2e45bfb2210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Death Penalty
Fewer Executions Expected, Top Court Says
China Daily, July 29, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-07/29/content_8484062.htm

Environment
China Energy Firms Must Take Action on Climate: Greenpeace
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), July 28, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090728/sc_afp/chinaclimatewarmingenvironmentenergygreenpeace

U.S. and China Sign Memorandum on Climate Change
Reuters, July 28, 2009
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE56R5NJ20090728

內蒙水污染 千人染病 (Thousands Fall Sick Due to Water Contamination in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region)
Ming Pao, July 29, 2009
http://news.mingpao.com/20090729/cca1.htm

Law
司法部下发意见要求加强和改进法律援助工作 (Justice Department Issues Opinion Seeking to Strengthen and Improve Legal Aid)
Xinhua News Agency, July 28, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-07/28/content_11784700.htm

Media
China to Ban Violent Online Games
Associated Press (via Yahoo! Asia News), July 28, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090728/ap_on_re_as/as_china_online_games

Related information:
关于立即查处“黑帮”主题非法网络游戏的通知 (Notice on the Immediate Investigation and Prosecution of "Mafia"-style Illegal Online Games)
Ministry of Culture July 24, 2009
http://www.ccnt.gov.cn/xxfb/xwzx/whxw/200907/t20090727_72198.html

Protests and Petitions
Taxi Drivers on Strike over Low Income in E China City
Xinhua News Agency, July 28, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/28/content_11787352.htm

佛山颜峰村民敲锣游行 追讨土地赔偿租金 (Foshan Villagers March Demanding Land Compensation)
Radio Free Asia, July 28, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/tudi-07282009160324.html

海南三亚农民工讨薪起冲突 多人受伤 (Villagers in Sanya, Hainan Protest for Higher Pay; Clash with Company Reps Leaves Many Injured)
Radio Free Asia, July 28, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hainan-07282009174629.html

四川达州200警民冲突 多人被抓 (Many Detained after 200 Police and Civilians Clash in Dazhou, Sichuan)
Radio Free Asia, July 28, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/chongtu-07282009134037.html

武汉锅炉厂千人工潮 抗议厂方卖房断生计 (1000 Wuhan Workers Protest Factory Sale )
Radio Free Asia, July 28, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gongchao-07282009122639.html

Poverty
中国大陆的人均收入高低差距为55倍 (Income Gap Still High; Mainland China's Richest 55 Times Wealthier than Poorest)
Radio Free Asia, July 28, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shouru-07282009104520.html

Religion
四川南部查封教会会所 河南多名信徒被抓 (Church Closed Down in Southern Sichuan, Several Followers Arrested in Henan)
Radio Free Asia, July 28, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zongjiao-07282009102029.html

Tibet
China Presses Nepal to Crackdown on Tibetans: Group
Reuters, July 28, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE56R1LR20090728

July 28, 2009

News

Government
中宣部禁令 保密反成泄密 (Over-reaction of the Central Propaganda Department )
Radio Free Asia, July 28, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhongxuanbu-07242009135758.html

Civil Society
网友寄明信片呼唤严晓玲案被拘者回家吃饭 (Netizens Send Postcards to Call for Activists Detained due to Reporting on the Yan Xiaoling Case to "Return Home for Dinner")
www.stnn.cc, July 28, 2009
http://www.stnn.cc/society_focus/200907/t20090728_1070711.html

XUAR
Short Message Service Coming Back in Xinjiang
China Daily, July 28, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-07/28/content_8479195.htm

乌鲁木齐“7•5”事件受损商户可获减税照顾 (Businesses Suffering from XUAR Riots to Be Compensated with Tax Reductions)
Xinhua News Agency, July 27, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-07/27/content_11782066.htm

Gender
Lesbians in China Petition to Donate Blood
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), July 28, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090728/ap_on_re_as/as_china_lesbian_donors

Corruption
Former Mayor, Wife Face Corruption Trial
Shanghai Daily, July 28, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200907/20090728/article_408831.htm

深圳制定行政追责办法 借鉴香港廉署制度防贪 (Shenzhen Drafts Administrative Accountability Policy with Reference to Hong Kong's ICAC)
Eastday, July 28, 2009
http://news.eastday.com/c/20090728/u1a4538127.html

Media
国家工作人员接受媒体监督如何变被动为主动 (Kunming Municipal Government Seeks Public Opinion on Prevention of Interference with Media Reporting)
China Daily (via Xinhua), July 28, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-07/28/content_11783442.htm

Human Rights Defender -- Yan Zhengxue (严正学)
歌手黄伟因纪念六四被劳教 严正学病重提前三月出狱 (Zhejiang Singer Sentenced to Reeducation-Through-Labor after Planning to Commemorate Tiananmen Anniversary; Yan Zhengxue Released Early from Jail)
Radio Free Asia, July 27, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huangwei-07272009095332.html

Protests and Petitions

湖北信访悲剧：访民杀信访局长女儿后自杀 (Petitioner Commits Suicide After Killing Daughter of Director of Bureau for Letters And Visits in Hubei)

Radio Free Asia, July 25, 2009

http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hu-07242009234718.html

德州棉纺工数千人抗议　游行静坐促落实劳动法 (Shandong Province Workers Demostrated for Labor Law to Put into Effect)

Radio Free Asia, July 27, 2009

http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/dezhou-07272009100201.html

July 25-27, 2009

News
Corruption
Uncle Ji and the Scandal that Rocked a Chinese Province
Sydney Morning Herald, July 25, 2009
http://www.smh.com.au/world/uncle-ji-and-the-scandal-that-rocked-a-chinese-province-20090724-dw7a.html

Death Penalty
China Drunken Driver Who Killed 4 to Get Death
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), July 24, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090724/ap_on_re_as/as_china_drunk_driving

Disasters
6 Die, 12 Hurt in Bridge Collapse near Epicentre of Sichuan Quake
South China Morning Post, July 26, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c05fda55692b2210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Environment
U.N. Chief Urges China to Combat Climate Change
China Post, July 24, 2009
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national-news/2009/07/24/217651/U.N.-chief.htm

Land Policy
湖北十堰18住户深夜遇强拆被赶出家门湖北十堰18住户深夜遇强拆被赶出家门 (18 Hubei Residents Forced from Their Homes at Night So Homes Could Be Torn Down)
Chutian Metropolis Daily, July 25, 2009
http://ctdsb.cnhubei.com/html/ctdsb/20090725/ctdsb791632.html

Law
北京一中院规定轻微刑事案获谅解可轻判 (Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court: Lighter Sentence Could Be Imposed upon Settlement with Victim)
The Beijing News (via Net Ease), July 25, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/0725/03/5F1N4S29000120GR.html

国务院法制办就修改工伤保险条例公开征求意见 (State Council Seeks Public Opinion on Amendment to the Regulations on Work-related Injury Insurance)
Xinhua News Agency, July 24, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-07/24/content_11767452.htm

Related information:
《国务院关于修改<工伤保险条例>的决定(征求意见稿)》征求意见 (Soliciting Opinions on the "Decision of the State Council to Amend the 'Regulations on Work-related Injury Insurance' [Draft for Consultation]")
Office of Legislative Affairs of State Council, July 24, 2009
http://www.gov.cn/zwhd/content_1374000.htm

Related news:
State Council: Traffic Accidents On Commute Not Work-related
China Daily, July 24, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-07/24/content_8470967.htm

Protests and Petitions
Thousands of China Steel Workers Clash with Police
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), July 26, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090726/wl_nm/us_china_clash

Related news:
Manager Killed in Plant Riot
China Daily, July 27, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/life/2009-07/27/content_8475878.htm

3,000 Villagers Protest in Eastern China
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), July 26, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090726/ap_on_re_as/as_china_land_protest

湖南省沅陵县城管打人引发大规模群体事件 (Hunan Urban Management Personnel Beating Inflicts Mass Protest)
Radio Free Asia, July 26, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hu-07262009170339.html

执行信访案件居高不下 最高法出台意见力克顽疾 (Carrying Out Petitioning Cases at the Higher Level -- the SPC Issues Opinions to "Overcomes the Chronic Disease" )
Legal Daily, July 27, 2009
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/2007shyf/2009-07/27/content_1129078.htm

Related information:
关于进一步加强和规范执行工作的若干意见 (Several Opinions on Further Strengthening and Standardizing Executive Work)
Supreme People's Court, July 17, 2009
http://www.chinanews.com.cn/gn/news/2009/07-27/1791468.shtml

Police
Lawyer Backing Dead Cook's Family
China Daily, July 27, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-07/27/content_8474518.htm

XUAR
新疆骚乱前学者预警被拒 集中律师配合快捕快审 (Scholars Deny Warning before XUAR Unrest, Lawyers Gathered for "Speedy Arrest and Trial")
Radio Free Asia, July 24, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xinjiang-07242009112005.html

July 24, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
Chinese Govt Link to Australian Film Boycott
Agence France-Presse (via Google News), July 24, 2009
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hWbjfXMT55QD_L0HDwkSxptF3oww

Related news:
Directors Quit Film Festival to Protest Kadeer Screening
China Daily, July 24, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-07/24/content_8466373.htm

Germany Accuses China of Industrial Espionage
Guardian, July 22, 2009
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/22/germany-china-industrial-espionage

Environment
Environment Watchdog Blacklists Eight Cities
Xinhua News Agency (via Shanghai Daily), July 24, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200907/20090724/article_408469.htm

Related information:
环境保护部公布2008年度各省区市和五大电力集团主要污染物总量减排考核结果 (Ministry of Environmental Protection Publishes Results of the 2008 Annual Assessment of the Reduction in Major Pollutants by Provincials, Districts, and Counties and the Five Large Electric Groups)
Ministry of Environmental Protection, July 23, 2009
http://www.mep.gov.cn/xcjy/zwhb/200907/t20090723_156660.htm

Food Security
法制办负责人解读《食品安全法实施条例》 (Representative from State Council Legislative Affairs Office Responds to Questions on the Regulations for the Implementation of the Food Safety Law)
China News Agency, July 24, 2009
http://www.chinanews.com.cn/gn/news/2009/07-24/1789671.shtml

Related information:
中华人民共和国食品安全法实施条例 (Regulations for the Implementation of the Food Safety Law)
State Council, July 20, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-07/24/content_11765034.htm

Hong Kong
HK Launches Public Consultation on Air Pollution
South China Morning Post, July 24, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0f8d4278186a2210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

香港十团体代表到中联办抗议要求释放刘晓波 (10 HK NGOs Protest outside China's Central Government Liaison Office Demanding Release of Liu Xiaobo on 1 Month Anniversary of Arrest)
Radio Free Asia, July 23, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/HK_liuxiaobo-07232009093722.html

Human Rights Defenders
湖南泛蓝成员谢福林和弟弟被刑拘 (Pan-blue Alliance Member Xie Fulin and Brother Criminally Detained)
Radio Free Asia, July 23, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissident_arrest-07232009120018.html

Labor
23 Miners Lost after Cave-in
Xinhua News Agency (via Shanghai Daily), July 24, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200907/20090724/article_408471.htm

港企涉逼走懷孕員工 (Hong Kong Company in Shenzhen Force Pregnant Workers to Quit)
Ming Pao, July 24, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1209456/1.html

Media
Party to Launch English Version of Magazine
South China Morning Post, July 24, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1cee8b59388a2210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

记者调查涉嫌违法村支书被百名村民围困3小时 (Reporter Investigating Village Party Branch Chief Suspected of Profiteering through Land Sales Beaten and Surrounded by Villagers for Three Hours)
Southern Metropolis News, July 24, 2009
http://law.southcn.com/fzjctj/content/2009-07/24/content_5409721.htm

Multilateral
UN Chief Starts Four-day China Visit
Xinhua News Agency, July 23, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/23/content_11760753.htm

Police
Police in China Detain Family of Dead Man over Riot: Report
Agence France-Presse (via Taiwan News), July 23, 2009
http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1011950

State Security
中宣部禁令泄漏「國家機密」 (Central Propaganda Department Bans the Divulgence of "State Secrets")
Ming Pao, July 24, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1209457/1.html

XUAR
「七五」暴徒將獲免費辯護 (Participants in Urumqi Riots to Receive "Free Defense" Chosen by Municipal Bureau of Justice)
Ta Kung Pao, July 23, 2009
http://www.takungpao.com/news/09/07/23/xjsl_xgbd-1115822.htm