Top News of the Day
Protests and Petitions
Anguish over Fate of Detained HIV Patients
South China Morning Post, April 14, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733
492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b61a5afa63849110VgnVCM100000360a0a
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Several HIV patients and their family members were detained for petitioning Premier Wen Jiabao in Shahe, Hebei, on April 5. The HIV patients intended to petition on their dismal situation, which they believe is due to tainted blood. The petitioners were taken to a police vehicle and sprayed with an unknown substance subdue them. There is no information on whether those detained will be charged. Three people have been reportedly released on bail.
News
Bilateral Ties
Chinese Envoy Walks out on Irish Minister's Speech
Reuters, April 14, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL1381591
China Outraged by US-Tibet Resolution
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), April 11, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080411/ap_on_re_as/china_tibet_us_4
Reinfeldt Pushes China over Political Prisoners
The Local, April 13, 2008
http://www.thelocal.se/11074/20080413/
Why Won't West Try to Understand China, Ambassador Asks
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), April 13, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080413/wl_uk_afp/chinabritaindiplomacy
oly2008_080413010759
Civil Society
胡锦涛被无国界记者组织评为新闻自由的杀手 (Hu Jintao calls Reporters Without Borders "Assassins of Freedom of the Press")
Radio Free Asia, April 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/11/rsf
Corruption
Ex-Shanghai Party Boss Gets 18 Years
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), April 11, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080411/ap_on_re_as/china_shanghai_
scandal_5
中国年轻官员成为犯罪高危群体 (Young Chinese Officials High-Risk Group for Crimes: Chongqing Procuratorate)
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/12/guan/
Environment
NE China Province Braces for Drought
Xinhuanet, April 13, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/13/content_7968535.htm
Human Rights Defender - Yan Zhengxue
严正学在劳改医院病情恶化 (Yan Zhengxue's Condition Worsens in Hospital of Reeducation Through Labor Camp)
Radio Free Asia, April 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/04/11/China_Activist
Law
China's Top Judge Vows to Severely Punish Violent Criminals
Xinhuanet, April 12, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/13/content_7967826.htm
Media
北京法院拒绝受理博客文章被锁定纠纷案 (Beijing Courts Refuse to Hear Case on Online Censorship by Sohu)
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/12/bei/
Olympics
奥运前中国将展开严打 (China to Take Severe Measures against Criminal Activity and "Strengthen Management" over Migrant Population before Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, April 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/11/yanda
China Tries to Reverse Bad Olympic Buzz
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), April 11, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080411/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/olympic_
torch_154
China's Security Runners Not Welcome in Japan for Olympic Torch Relay
Associated Press (available at the International Herald Tribune), April 11, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/04/11/sports/AS-SPT-OLY-Japan-
Torch.php
India Tells China It Won't Ban Tibet Protests: Report
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), April 12, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080412/wl_sthasia_afp/indiachinafrance
unresttibetrightsoly2008_080412091739
Protests and Petitions
失地农民预下跪请愿 遭严密监控未能成行 (Hainan Peasants Prevented from Protesting at Boao Forum for Asia)
Radio Free Asia, April 13, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/13/di/
Public Health
China Rejects Human-to-Human Bird Flu Report
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), April 12, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080412/wl_asia_afp/healthfluchina_
080412053556
Religion
江苏南京法轮功学员胡珍如狱中受酷刑虐待 (Nanjing Falun Gong Practitioner Hu Zhenru Tortured, Abused in Jail)
Radio Free Asia, April 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/04/11/China_Torture/
Tibet
China Says Firearms Found in Tibetan Temple
Reuters, April 14, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSPEK226639
China's Hu Hits Back over Tibet Crackdown
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), April 12, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080412/wl_sthasia_afp/chinarightstibet
unrestoly2008_080412203425
Dalai Lama Threatens to Resign if Tibet Violence Worsens
Voice of America, April 13, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-04-13-voa20.cfm
Police Crack Bombing at Tibetan Township Government Building
Xinhuanet, April 12, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/12/content_7966393.htm
四川藏区武警渐撤 阿坝汉人指打砸抢者非本地人 (Military Gradually Withdraws from Tibetan Areas of Sichuan)
Radio Free Asia, April 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/11/tibetan
Tibetan Task Force Wants 'Normalcy' before China Talks
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), April 13, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080413/wl_sthasia_afp/chinaunrest
tibet_080413073534
Monday, April 14, 2008
Friday, April 11, 2008
April 11, 2008
Top News of the Day
Tibet
China Keeping Tibet Closed to Tourists
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), April 10, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080410/ap_on_re_as/china_tibet
Despite announcing on April 3, 2008, that Tibet would be reopened to tourists on May 1, 2008, Chinese authorities have revoked the decision to issue Tibet travel permits. According to Tibet tour operators, the Tibet Tourism Bureau said that tours could not be arranged to Tibet due to safety concerns in Lhasa and concerns over the Olympic torch relay in May. No date was given for the resumption of travel permits. China has already banned multiple-entry visas until after the Olympics.
News
Bilateral Ties
China Rejects Bid by UN Rights Boss for April Visit
Reuters, April 10, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL10591021
Chinese Urged to Boycott French Goods
Financial Times, April 10, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0d2d6b20-072c-11dd-b41e-0000779fd2ac.html
Corruption
Chongqing Officials Investigated for Corruption
South China Morning Post, April 11, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d77
33492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=df6f5ff449839110VgnVCM100000360
a0a0aRCRD
Food Security
中国粮食生产形势面临严峻挑战 (China's Grain Producers Faced with Grim Fight)
Radio Free Asia, April 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/10/liangshi/
Human Rights Defender - Ren Ziyuan (任自元)
山东异见人士任自元狱中重病仍被强迫劳动 (Imprisoned Dissident Ren Ziyuan Forced to Do Labor while Seriously Ill)
Radio Free Asia, April 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/10/ren
Media
《西藏：真相与民族主义情绪》引起网民批评 (Southern Metropolis Weekly Editor's Online Commentary on Tibet Gains Mass Criticism from Netizens)
Radio Free Asia, April 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/10/tibet_article/
Olympics
China Alleges New Olympic Terror Plot
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), April 10, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080410/ap_on_re_as/oly_beijing_
security_7
China Tells Olympic Boss to Stay out of Politics
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), April 10, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080410/wl_afp/chinaunresttibetrights
oly2008_080410212636
Dalai Lama Reiterates Support for Beijing Olympics
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), April 10, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080410/ts_afp/chinaunresttibetrights
japandalaioly2008_080410074316
Detours Possible in HK to Avoid Torch Chaos
South China Morning Post, April 11, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d77
33492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f4f6b3bf63939110VgnVCM100000360
a0a0aRCRD
IOC Denies Rift with Beijing on Torch Relay
South China Morning Post, April 11, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d77
33492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1f87b3bf63939110VgnVCM100000360
a0a0aRCRD
Rudd Says 'No' to China Torch Guards
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), April 10, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080410/ap_on_re_as/australia_torch_
security_1
Protests and Petitions
海南失地农民计划包围博鳌论坛 (Tens of Thousands of Hainan Farmers to Protest against Rights Violations during Boao Forum for Asia)
Radio Free Asia, April 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/10/nongmin
Religion
维族基督徒被控分裂国家 疑滥用欲加之罪 (Uighur Christians Charged with Secession)
Radio Free Asia, April 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/10/weizu/
XUAR
公安搜捕维族男子，伊宁郊区戒严十天 (Curfew Being Imposed in Ghulja Suburbs for Ten Days as Police Search for Alleged Terrorist)
Radio Free Asia, April 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/10/yining/
Tibet
China Keeping Tibet Closed to Tourists
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), April 10, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080410/ap_on_re_as/china_tibet
Despite announcing on April 3, 2008, that Tibet would be reopened to tourists on May 1, 2008, Chinese authorities have revoked the decision to issue Tibet travel permits. According to Tibet tour operators, the Tibet Tourism Bureau said that tours could not be arranged to Tibet due to safety concerns in Lhasa and concerns over the Olympic torch relay in May. No date was given for the resumption of travel permits. China has already banned multiple-entry visas until after the Olympics.
News
Bilateral Ties
China Rejects Bid by UN Rights Boss for April Visit
Reuters, April 10, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL10591021
Chinese Urged to Boycott French Goods
Financial Times, April 10, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0d2d6b20-072c-11dd-b41e-0000779fd2ac.html
Corruption
Chongqing Officials Investigated for Corruption
South China Morning Post, April 11, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d77
33492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=df6f5ff449839110VgnVCM100000360
a0a0aRCRD
Food Security
中国粮食生产形势面临严峻挑战 (China's Grain Producers Faced with Grim Fight)
Radio Free Asia, April 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/10/liangshi/
Human Rights Defender - Ren Ziyuan (任自元)
山东异见人士任自元狱中重病仍被强迫劳动 (Imprisoned Dissident Ren Ziyuan Forced to Do Labor while Seriously Ill)
Radio Free Asia, April 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/10/ren
Media
《西藏：真相与民族主义情绪》引起网民批评 (Southern Metropolis Weekly Editor's Online Commentary on Tibet Gains Mass Criticism from Netizens)
Radio Free Asia, April 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/10/tibet_article/
Olympics
China Alleges New Olympic Terror Plot
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), April 10, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080410/ap_on_re_as/oly_beijing_
security_7
China Tells Olympic Boss to Stay out of Politics
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), April 10, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080410/wl_afp/chinaunresttibetrights
oly2008_080410212636
Dalai Lama Reiterates Support for Beijing Olympics
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), April 10, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080410/ts_afp/chinaunresttibetrights
japandalaioly2008_080410074316
Detours Possible in HK to Avoid Torch Chaos
South China Morning Post, April 11, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d77
33492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f4f6b3bf63939110VgnVCM100000360
a0a0aRCRD
IOC Denies Rift with Beijing on Torch Relay
South China Morning Post, April 11, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d77
33492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1f87b3bf63939110VgnVCM100000360
a0a0aRCRD
Rudd Says 'No' to China Torch Guards
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), April 10, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080410/ap_on_re_as/australia_torch_
security_1
Protests and Petitions
海南失地农民计划包围博鳌论坛 (Tens of Thousands of Hainan Farmers to Protest against Rights Violations during Boao Forum for Asia)
Radio Free Asia, April 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/10/nongmin
Religion
维族基督徒被控分裂国家 疑滥用欲加之罪 (Uighur Christians Charged with Secession)
Radio Free Asia, April 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/10/weizu/
XUAR
公安搜捕维族男子，伊宁郊区戒严十天 (Curfew Being Imposed in Ghulja Suburbs for Ten Days as Police Search for Alleged Terrorist)
Radio Free Asia, April 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/10/yining/
Thursday, April 10, 2008
April 10, 2008
Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defenders
內地律师協助藏民遭警告 (Chinese Authorities Warn Lawyers Not to Help Arrested Tibetans)
Apple Daily, April 09, 2008
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.c
fm?iss_id=20080409&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&
art_id=10965896
The Chinese authorities target a group of lawyers who last week made a public offer of legal assistance to Tibetan protestors who were arrested in March and April. Some lawyers were reportedly told they should not involve themselves in the "Tibet incident," were questioned and put under surveillance, and had their phones tapped. Lawyer Li Subin (李苏滨) said some lawyers were told that there were enough lawyers in the region where the Tibetans were being held and there was no need for outside lawyers to get involved.
Related Information
HRIC Statement: Chinese Authorities Target Lawyers Offering Legal Assistance to
Tibetans
Human Rights in China, April 09, 2008
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/48541
News
Bilateral Ties
US Congress Condemns Tibet Crackdown, Seeks Dialogue
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), April 10, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080410/wl_asia_afp/chi
natibetrightsuscongress_080410013809;_ylt=ApegvGcVc
B8GizML3FptoddPzWQA0013809;_ylt=ApegvGcVcB8Giz
ML3FptoddPzWQA
US Seeks Home for Guantanamo Uighurs
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), April 09, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080409/ap_on_re_la_am
_ca/china_muslims_glance_1;_ylt=AjyGED8ntr8fruJ5Agz
GfkRPzWQA_ylt=AjyGED8ntr8fruJ5AgzGfkRPzWQA
Corruption
Sentencing Looms for Shanghai Party Chief
South China Morning Post, April 10, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62
ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=838f8ed62
7339110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=N
ews
Human Rights Defenders
Amid Human Rights Protests, a Look at China's Record
Christian Science Monitor, April 10, 2008
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0410/p04s01-woap.html
Human Rights Defender - Zhu Yufu (朱虞夫)
朱虞夫父子案再审维持原判 (Hangzhou Court Adds Deprivation of Political Rights to Zhu Yufu's Sentence After Retrial)
Radio Free Asia, April 09, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/
09/zhu_yufu/
Olympics
北京铁路加强安检 (Beijing's Railway System Strengthens Security Checks)
Ming Pao, April 10, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080410/gca4.htm
Chinese Ambassador: Olympic Torch Relay in San Francisco "Successful"
Xinhuanet, April 10, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/10/
content_7952083.htm
Olympic Torch Rerouted through Streets of San Francisco Away from Crowds
Associated Press (available at the International Herald), April 10, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/04/10/america/
Olympic-Torch-Optional.php
Torch Guards Defended by IOC
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), April 10, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3f968ed6273
39110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
British PM to Miss Olympic Opening
Financial Times, April 09, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/67966a02-0683-11dd-802c
-0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000
779e2340.html0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11
da-89df-0000779e2340.html
China Toughens Smoking Ban in Schools before Games
Reuters, April 09, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Olympics/
idUSPEK3035220080409
民运人士任畹町呼吁国际社会抵制北京奥运 (Democracy Activist Ren Wanding Calls for International Community to Boycott Beijing Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, April 09, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/04/09/
China_Olympics/
Politics
Jiang Briefs Beijing on Energy Paper
South China Morning Post, April 10, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62
ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=94ef8ed6273
39110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Protests and Petitions
Protesting Monks Storm Media Tour in Western China
Reuters, April 09, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews
/idUSPEK17816120080409
Tibet
Beijing Met 20 Dalai Lama Delegations, Says Official
South China Morning Post, April 10, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1ea68ed62733
9110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Clampdown on Tibet Squeezes Tourist Destinations
Wall Street Journal, April 10, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120772747826101321.htm
l?mod=hps_asia_pageone
XUAR
China Faces Muslim Resentment in West
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), April 09, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080409/ap_on_re_as/china
_resentful_muslims_3;_ylt=AjPnVzXzTMObVF6S9iNnGOhP
zWQAPnVzXzTMObVF6S9iNnGOhPzWQA
Wednesday, April 09, 2008
April 9, 2008
Top News of the Day
Olympics
China Deports Refugees Ahead of Olympics - UN
Reuters, April 08, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL0863281
Jennifer Pagonis, spokesperson of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), said on April 8 that China deported 15 refugees in 2008. She said it is "fairly clear" the deportations happened because of the "security sweep ahead of the Olympics." China has signed the UN Convention on the Status of Refugees. Pagonis said refugees should not be sent back to their country of origin.
News
Food Security
China Spending Too Little to Stem Farm Drain
Reuters, April 08, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/
idUST13042720080409
Human Rights Defender - Zheng Mingfang (郑明芳)
天津藓县维权人士郑明芳被劳教两年 (Tianjin Rights Defender Zheng Mingfang Sentenced to Two Years of Reeducation-Through-Labor)
Radio Free Asia, April 08, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/08
/zhengmingfang/
Law
今日关注:性骚扰案件"同类不同果"现象亟待终结 (Different Rulings for Similar Sexual Harassment Cases Have to End)
Legal Daily, April 09, 2008
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2008-04/09/content_
829806.htm
Media
专家炮轰证监会 经济半小时停播引质疑 (Financial TV Program Suspended After Criticizing Government's Inaction over Stock Market Plunge)
Radio Free Asia, April 08, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/08
/tv_show/
数名外国驻华记者接到恐吓电话 (Foreign Journalists in China Receive Death Threats over Tibet Reports)
Radio Free Asia, April 08, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/04/08/China_
Press/
Olympics
Censor Loosens Media Strings in Publicity War
South China Morning Post, April 09, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=50e34dff60f
29110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Olympic Official Condemns Anti-China Protests
Wall Street Journal, April 09, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120766115661397851.html?
mod=hps_asia_whats_news
奥运场馆附近居民将凭证出入 (Residents Near Olympic Venues Will Be Required to Show Pass for Entry and Exit)
The Beijing News, April 09, 2008
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/olympic/2008/04
-09/015@080614.htm
China Turns Patriotic Wrath on Olympics Demonstrators
Reuters, April 08, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/
idUSSP23296420080408
Most Americans Say China Wrong Choice for Games: Poll
Reuters, April 08, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/
idUSN0835446720080408
Protests and Petitions
甘孜枪伤多人 阿坝骚乱未了 (Sichuan Authorities Shoot Protestors with Rubber Bullets)
Radio Free Asia, April 08, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/08/
ganzi/
Tibet
China Rights Experts Refute Amnesty International Report
Xinhuanet, April 09, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/08/content_
7942552.htm
Lhasa Market Reopens Following Riot
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), April 08, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/china_tibet;_ylt=
ApKBIwoRa6gzhbkV9Rs4MDVPzWQA
Tibet Governor Says 953 Detained for Riots
Reuters, April 08, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews
/idUSSP23296420080409
Olympics
China Deports Refugees Ahead of Olympics - UN
Reuters, April 08, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL0863281
Jennifer Pagonis, spokesperson of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), said on April 8 that China deported 15 refugees in 2008. She said it is "fairly clear" the deportations happened because of the "security sweep ahead of the Olympics." China has signed the UN Convention on the Status of Refugees. Pagonis said refugees should not be sent back to their country of origin.
News
Food Security
China Spending Too Little to Stem Farm Drain
Reuters, April 08, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/
idUST13042720080409
Human Rights Defender - Zheng Mingfang (郑明芳)
天津藓县维权人士郑明芳被劳教两年 (Tianjin Rights Defender Zheng Mingfang Sentenced to Two Years of Reeducation-Through-Labor)
Radio Free Asia, April 08, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/08
/zhengmingfang/
Law
今日关注:性骚扰案件"同类不同果"现象亟待终结 (Different Rulings for Similar Sexual Harassment Cases Have to End)
Legal Daily, April 09, 2008
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2008-04/09/content_
829806.htm
Media
专家炮轰证监会 经济半小时停播引质疑 (Financial TV Program Suspended After Criticizing Government's Inaction over Stock Market Plunge)
Radio Free Asia, April 08, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/08
/tv_show/
数名外国驻华记者接到恐吓电话 (Foreign Journalists in China Receive Death Threats over Tibet Reports)
Radio Free Asia, April 08, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/04/08/China_
Press/
Olympics
Censor Loosens Media Strings in Publicity War
South China Morning Post, April 09, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=50e34dff60f
29110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Olympic Official Condemns Anti-China Protests
Wall Street Journal, April 09, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120766115661397851.html?
mod=hps_asia_whats_news
奥运场馆附近居民将凭证出入 (Residents Near Olympic Venues Will Be Required to Show Pass for Entry and Exit)
The Beijing News, April 09, 2008
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/olympic/2008/04
-09/015@080614.htm
China Turns Patriotic Wrath on Olympics Demonstrators
Reuters, April 08, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/
idUSSP23296420080408
Most Americans Say China Wrong Choice for Games: Poll
Reuters, April 08, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/
idUSN0835446720080408
Protests and Petitions
甘孜枪伤多人 阿坝骚乱未了 (Sichuan Authorities Shoot Protestors with Rubber Bullets)
Radio Free Asia, April 08, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/08/
ganzi/
Tibet
China Rights Experts Refute Amnesty International Report
Xinhuanet, April 09, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/08/content_
7942552.htm
Lhasa Market Reopens Following Riot
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), April 08, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/china_tibet;_ylt=
ApKBIwoRa6gzhbkV9Rs4MDVPzWQA
Tibet Governor Says 953 Detained for Riots
Reuters, April 08, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews
/idUSSP23296420080409
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
April 8, 2008
Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Li Jinping (李金平)
维权人士李金平计划悼念赵紫阳被带走软禁 (Human Rights Defender Li Jinping Taken Away Before ChingMing Festival)
Radio Free Asia, April 07, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/
04/07/lijinping/
Human rights defender Li Jinping (李金平) was forcibly taken away by authorities on March 31 for setting up a memorial hall to commemorate former CPC General Secretary Zhao Ziyang (赵紫阳). Li was reportedly under constant monitoring and harassment ahead of the Ching Ming Festival. According to a telephone call made to a fellow human rights defender Ni Yulan (倪玉兰), Li was reportedly put under house arrest in a small hotel in Beijing.
News
Media
China Allows Access to English Wikipedia
Reuters, April 07, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/
idUSPEK8634220080407
Migrant Workers
Moves to Help Migrants Fail to Convince Critics
South China Morning Post, April 08, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.
2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=
738ca605ec929110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
&ss=China&s=News
Olympics
Games Protest Zones Planned for Mainlanders
South China Morning Post, April 08, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.
2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=
c88da605ec929110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
&ss=China&s=News
Growing anti-China Protests Underscore Clout of Tibet Lobby
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), April 08, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080408/wl_asia_
afp/chinaunresttibetrightsuslobby_080408025111;_
ylt=Au1mZ459.qo5F4xVMNNNke1PzWQA
奥运村“钉子户”随时面临强拆 (Beijing "Nail House" Residents Face Forced Eviction to Make Way for Olympic Village)
Radio Free Asia, April 07, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/
04/07/dingzihu/
China Condemns "Despicable" Torch Disruptions
Reuters, April 07, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSPEK
13147120080408
人权圣火传到洛杉矶 扩大声援西藏与胡佳 (Human Rights Torch in Los Angeles: Pressure over Tibet Issue and Immediate Release of Hu Jia)
Radio Free Asia, April 07, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/
04/07/hr_torch/
奥运圣火不断受到各方人士抗议 人权圣火民众自发加入传递 (Olympic Torch Continues to Spark International and Domestic Protests)
Radio Free Asia, April 07, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/
04/07/torches/
Protests and Petitions
山东烟台市村民镇政府上访发生冲突 (Conflict Rises While Shandong Villagers Petition Government over Corrupt Elections; 11 Still Detained)
Radio Free Asia, April 07, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/04/
07/China_election/
黑龙江富锦失地农民事件五人被判被捕 (Five People Sentenced over Land Grabs in Heilongjiang) Radio Free Asia, April 07, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/
04/07/fujin/
Religion
四川渠县抓捕13名家庭教会成员 (13 House Church Members Arrested in Sichuan)
Radio Free Asia, April 07, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/
04/07/sichuan/
Tibet
甘孜对境外电讯被切断 (Communications Cut in Garze, Sichuan after Protests Erupted Last Week)
Radio Free Asia, April 08, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/
04/07/ganzi/
Ban on Media in Vast Tibetan Areas Keeps Foreigners in Dark
Associated Press (available at South China Morning Post), April 07, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.
2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=
fb1030b80f329110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
&ss=China&s=News
China Faces Long-Term Risks from Tough Tibet Stance
Reuters, April 07, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSPEK
22907220080407
四川省西藏僧人与军警再次爆发冲突 (Tibetan Monks and Military Clash Again in Sichuan)
Radio Free Asia, April 07, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/04/
07/China_Riot/
Human Rights Defender - Li Jinping (李金平)
维权人士李金平计划悼念赵紫阳被带走软禁 (Human Rights Defender Li Jinping Taken Away Before ChingMing Festival)
Radio Free Asia, April 07, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/
04/07/lijinping/
Human rights defender Li Jinping (李金平) was forcibly taken away by authorities on March 31 for setting up a memorial hall to commemorate former CPC General Secretary Zhao Ziyang (赵紫阳). Li was reportedly under constant monitoring and harassment ahead of the Ching Ming Festival. According to a telephone call made to a fellow human rights defender Ni Yulan (倪玉兰), Li was reportedly put under house arrest in a small hotel in Beijing.
News
Media
China Allows Access to English Wikipedia
Reuters, April 07, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/
idUSPEK8634220080407
Migrant Workers
Moves to Help Migrants Fail to Convince Critics
South China Morning Post, April 08, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.
2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=
738ca605ec929110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
&ss=China&s=News
Olympics
Games Protest Zones Planned for Mainlanders
South China Morning Post, April 08, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.
2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=
c88da605ec929110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
&ss=China&s=News
Growing anti-China Protests Underscore Clout of Tibet Lobby
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), April 08, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080408/wl_asia_
afp/chinaunresttibetrightsuslobby_080408025111;_
ylt=Au1mZ459.qo5F4xVMNNNke1PzWQA
奥运村“钉子户”随时面临强拆 (Beijing "Nail House" Residents Face Forced Eviction to Make Way for Olympic Village)
Radio Free Asia, April 07, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/
04/07/dingzihu/
China Condemns "Despicable" Torch Disruptions
Reuters, April 07, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSPEK
13147120080408
人权圣火传到洛杉矶 扩大声援西藏与胡佳 (Human Rights Torch in Los Angeles: Pressure over Tibet Issue and Immediate Release of Hu Jia)
Radio Free Asia, April 07, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/
04/07/hr_torch/
奥运圣火不断受到各方人士抗议 人权圣火民众自发加入传递 (Olympic Torch Continues to Spark International and Domestic Protests)
Radio Free Asia, April 07, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/
04/07/torches/
Protests and Petitions
山东烟台市村民镇政府上访发生冲突 (Conflict Rises While Shandong Villagers Petition Government over Corrupt Elections; 11 Still Detained)
Radio Free Asia, April 07, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/04/
07/China_election/
黑龙江富锦失地农民事件五人被判被捕 (Five People Sentenced over Land Grabs in Heilongjiang) Radio Free Asia, April 07, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/
04/07/fujin/
Religion
四川渠县抓捕13名家庭教会成员 (13 House Church Members Arrested in Sichuan)
Radio Free Asia, April 07, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/
04/07/sichuan/
Tibet
甘孜对境外电讯被切断 (Communications Cut in Garze, Sichuan after Protests Erupted Last Week)
Radio Free Asia, April 08, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/
04/07/ganzi/
Ban on Media in Vast Tibetan Areas Keeps Foreigners in Dark
Associated Press (available at South China Morning Post), April 07, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.
2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=
fb1030b80f329110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
&ss=China&s=News
China Faces Long-Term Risks from Tough Tibet Stance
Reuters, April 07, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSPEK
22907220080407
四川省西藏僧人与军警再次爆发冲突 (Tibetan Monks and Military Clash Again in Sichuan)
Radio Free Asia, April 07, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/04/
07/China_Riot/
Monday, April 07, 2008
April 5-7, 2008
Top News of the Day
Olympics
Multi-entry Visa Ban until after Games
South China Morning Post, April 06, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d77
33492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2ba20a4f88e19110VgnVCM10000036
0a0a0aRCRD
The SCMP reports that Beijing will not issue multiple-entry visas until after the Olympic Games, and that visas will take longer to process. Foreigners, Hong Kong residents, and permanent residents are all affected. Travel agents were informed of the ban on March 27, but they have not been told of an end date; both September and October are named as possible end dates.
News
Bilateral Ties
Free-trade Pact with NZ a Blueprint for Future
South China Morning Post, April 07, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d77
33492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1b6730b80f329110VgnVCM10000036
0a0a0aRCRD
Environment
Rubber Trees for Tire Industry Shrink China Rainforests
Reuters, April 06, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSSHA7974020080407
Human Rights
Business Clouds Concerns over China's Human Rights Violations
Seattlepi.com, April 06, 2008
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/357791_chinaonline07.html
Labor
Pledge to Hunt Down Organisers of Pilot Protest
South China Morning Post, April 07, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d77
33492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=aea5574025429110VgnVCM10000036
0a0a0aRCRD
Olympics
Chaotic Scenes at London Olympic Torch Relay
Reuters, April 06, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSL0648763320080406
IOC's Rogge Condemns Violence in Tibet
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), April 07, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080407/wl_asia_afp/chinaunresttibetrights
oly2008rogge_080407034101
Tibet Prepares for Olympic Torch Relay
Xinhuanet, April 05, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/06/content_7926482.htm
Tibet
Beijing Seeks PR Advisers on Tibet
Financial Times, April 04, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/78ca2216-01d1-11dd-a323-000077b07658.html
Dalai Lama hits back at China conspiracy claims
Reuters (via Guardian), April 06, 2008
http://sport.guardian.co.uk/breakingnews/feedstory/0,,-7441524,00.html
当局威胁藏民泄漏骚乱违法 甘孜重兵至九月 (Paramilitary Police Forces to Remain in Garze, Sichuan until September)
Radio Free Asia, April 06, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/06/gan
Police: People Announced Dead by Dalai Clique Are Still Alive
Xinhuanet, April 06, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/06/content_7930012.htm
Tibetans Wounded in Sichuan Protest
Radio Free Asia, April 05, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/breaking_news/2008/04/05/tibet_clash/
XUAR
Fear and Distrust Keep Hotan's Uygurs in Line
Reuters (available at South China Morning Post), April 07, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d77
33492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9cff30b80f329110VgnVCM10000036
0a0a0aRCRD
Olympics
Multi-entry Visa Ban until after Games
South China Morning Post, April 06, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d77
33492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2ba20a4f88e19110VgnVCM10000036
0a0a0aRCRD
The SCMP reports that Beijing will not issue multiple-entry visas until after the Olympic Games, and that visas will take longer to process. Foreigners, Hong Kong residents, and permanent residents are all affected. Travel agents were informed of the ban on March 27, but they have not been told of an end date; both September and October are named as possible end dates.
News
Bilateral Ties
Free-trade Pact with NZ a Blueprint for Future
South China Morning Post, April 07, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d77
33492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1b6730b80f329110VgnVCM10000036
0a0a0aRCRD
Environment
Rubber Trees for Tire Industry Shrink China Rainforests
Reuters, April 06, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSSHA7974020080407
Human Rights
Business Clouds Concerns over China's Human Rights Violations
Seattlepi.com, April 06, 2008
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/357791_chinaonline07.html
Labor
Pledge to Hunt Down Organisers of Pilot Protest
South China Morning Post, April 07, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d77
33492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=aea5574025429110VgnVCM10000036
0a0a0aRCRD
Olympics
Chaotic Scenes at London Olympic Torch Relay
Reuters, April 06, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSL0648763320080406
IOC's Rogge Condemns Violence in Tibet
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), April 07, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080407/wl_asia_afp/chinaunresttibetrights
oly2008rogge_080407034101
Tibet Prepares for Olympic Torch Relay
Xinhuanet, April 05, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/06/content_7926482.htm
Tibet
Beijing Seeks PR Advisers on Tibet
Financial Times, April 04, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/78ca2216-01d1-11dd-a323-000077b07658.html
Dalai Lama hits back at China conspiracy claims
Reuters (via Guardian), April 06, 2008
http://sport.guardian.co.uk/breakingnews/feedstory/0,,-7441524,00.html
当局威胁藏民泄漏骚乱违法 甘孜重兵至九月 (Paramilitary Police Forces to Remain in Garze, Sichuan until September)
Radio Free Asia, April 06, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/06/gan
Police: People Announced Dead by Dalai Clique Are Still Alive
Xinhuanet, April 06, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/06/content_7930012.htm
Tibetans Wounded in Sichuan Protest
Radio Free Asia, April 05, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/breaking_news/2008/04/05/tibet_clash/
XUAR
Fear and Distrust Keep Hotan's Uygurs in Line
Reuters (available at South China Morning Post), April 07, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d77
33492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9cff30b80f329110VgnVCM10000036
0a0a0aRCRD
Friday, April 04, 2008
April 4, 2008
Top News of the Day
Olympics
IOC Rejects Amnesty Report on
Voice of
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-04-03-voa40.cfm
Hein Verbruggen, the head of the International Olympic Committee inspection team for the 2008 Beijing Games, has rejected a report by Amnesty International that criticizes the development of human rights in China in the lead up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He stated that Amnesty International's claims that the Olympics have led to a worsening human rights situation are untrue.
Corporate Social Responsibility
Yahoo CEO: gray areas make foreign business hard
Reuters (via YahooNews), April 4, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSN034
8043720080403
Environment
People more aware of environmental issues
China
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-04/04/con
tent_6591755.htm
Human Rights Defenders
胡佳被判三年半 各界表示失望 (Many Express Disappointment over Hu Jia’s Sentence)
Radio Free
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/
03/hujia/
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2008
/04/04/chinas_jailing_of_activist_d
Reporters Without Borders calls for Olympic ceremony boycott over Hu Jia
AFP (via YahooNews), April 4, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080404/wl_asia_afp/ch
inarightsdissidentoly2008media
Labor
Associated Press, April 4, 2008
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/04/03/ap4848826.html
Media
AFP (via YahooNews), April 4, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080403/tc_afp/chinain
ternetcensorshiprightsoly2008
IOC:
Voice of
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-04-03-voa38.cfm
Olympics
Reuters (via YahooNews), April 4, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/idUSN0329379420
080403?feedType=RSS
Xinhuanet, April 4, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/03/content_79137
19.htm
Darfur Group Adds Olympics Boycott Call
http://www2.nysun.com/article/74189
IOC receives
http://www.iht.com/bin/printfriendly.php?id=11641902
London
Telegraph, April 4, 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/20
08/04/04/wolympic104.xml
Uighur Protest in
AP( via YahooNews), April 4, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gEtQD-yS0Xp4_siz
YjZ8SE7bG_1gD8VQEOAG0
几百名访民清明扫墓被抓 李金平与家人失去联络 (Hundreds of Human Rights Petitioners Detained On Qingming)
Radio Free
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/0
4/fangmin/
China
http://washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/2
0080404/NATION/98834282/1
Xinhuanet, April 3, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/03/content_7913
822.htm
Reuters (via YahooNews), April 4, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTP66364200804
04?sp=true
Ma Ying-jeou urges Hu Jintao to seize opportunity for Taipei-Beijing détente
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/presidential%20
election/2008/04/04/1502
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2008/04/04/ch
ina_says_order_restored
Voice of
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-04-04-voa26.cfm
AP( via YahooNews), April 4, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iCFilgppKmoq_5naRi1gnw
Ez6vGQD8VQHKN81
Thursday, April 03, 2008
April 3, 2008
Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
Jail for Chinese Rights Activist
BBC, April 03, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7327718.stm
AIDS activist and human rights defender Hu Jia (胡佳) was sentenced to three and a half years' imprisonment and one year's deprivation of his political rights on April 3, 2008. Reportedly one of Hu's lawyers, Li Fangping, proposes that Hu appeal the sentence, but Li has not yet spoken with Hu on this subject. Hu Jia was charged with "inciting subversion of state power" on the basis of political articles that he posted online and interviews that he gave to foreign media.
News
Bilateral Ties
Veteran Leaders Urge China to Talk to Dalai Lama
Reuters, April 03, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSL0286302520080402
Environment
Pollution of Lake Tai Worse despite Cleanup Campaign
South China Morning Post, April 03, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d77
33492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=69e1af0296f09110VgnVCM10000036
0a0a0aRCRD
Government
重庆巴南区村民投诉居委会选举严重违法 (Chongqing Villagers Complain Recent Neighborhood Election in Violation of Law)
Radio Free Asia, April 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/02/chongqing
Human Rights Defenders
上海访民马春英因不堪殴打.折磨.跳楼摔成重伤 (Petitioner Ma Chunying Leapt from Building following Beatings and Persecution, Severely Wounded)
Radio Free Asia, April 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/02/ma_chunying
Human Rights Defender - Ching Cheong (程翔)
获假释回港的记者程翔将复职上班 (Ching Cheong Soon to Return to Work)
Radio Free Asia, April 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/02/ching
Human Rights Defender - Zeng Jinyan (曾金燕)
曾金燕：胡佳被判刑将是社会的悲剧和损失 (Hu Jia's Sentence will be a Tragedy and Loss to Society: Zeng Jinyan)
Radio Free Asia, April 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/04/02/china_rights_hujia
Land Policy
东城15万居民拟外迁朝阳区 (15000 Dongcheng, Beijing Residents to Be Moved, Parking Garage to Be Built)
The Beijing News, April 02, 2008
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/beijing/2008/04-02/021@074855.htm
Media
民运人士蒋品超控告GOOGLE封锁 (Democracy Activist Jiang Pinchao Accuses Google of Censorship)
Radio Free Asia, April 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/04/02/china_internet_google
Tibet Exile Radio Says China Jamming It
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), April 02, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080402/ap_on_re_as/voice_of_tibet_1
Olympics
北京设立信息安全应急中心 (Beijing Establishes Information Safety and Emergency Response Center to Combat Cyber-Attacks during Olympics)
The Beijing News, April 02, 2008
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/beijing/2008/04-02/021@074814.htm
Hong Kong to Deny Entry to Some Protesters during Summer Olympics
Voice of America, April 02, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-04-02-voa10.cfm
No Transmission Delays in 'Live' Broadcasting of Sporting Action, Say Officials
Agence France-Presse (available at South China Morning Post), April 03, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d77
33492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a028c91041019110VgnVCM10000036
0a0a0aRCRD
Police
重庆维权业主被打、被抓 (Chongqing Homeowners Beaten and Arrested)
Radio Free Asia, April 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/02/yezhu
Protests and Petitions
哈尔滨访民在北京被截访 (Harbin Petitioners Stopped in Beijing )
Radio Free Asia, April 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/02/fangmin2
Public Health
Police in China Uncover Illegal Blood Scheme
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), April 02, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080402/wl_asia_afp/chinahealthaids
crime_080402065104
Tibet
Beijing Campus Says Tibetans Staged Sit-in
South China Morning Post, April 03, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d77
33492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1b1732dd8cf09110VgnVCM10000036
0a0a0aRCRD
Dalai Lama Appeals for End to Tibet 'Crackdown'
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), April 02, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080402/wl_sthasia_afp/chinaunresttibe
trightsdalai_080402163456
XUAR
Chinese Police Raid Houses in Xinjiang
Radio Free Asia, April 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/politics/2008/04/01/uyghur-protest/
Xinjiang Protest Linked to Tibet Riots
Associated Press (available at South China Morning Post), April 03, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d77
33492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c118c91041019110VgnVCM10000036
0a0a0aRCRD
Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
Jail for Chinese Rights Activist
BBC, April 03, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7327718.stm
AIDS activist and human rights defender Hu Jia (胡佳) was sentenced to three and a half years' imprisonment and one year's deprivation of his political rights on April 3, 2008. Reportedly one of Hu's lawyers, Li Fangping, proposes that Hu appeal the sentence, but Li has not yet spoken with Hu on this subject. Hu Jia was charged with "inciting subversion of state power" on the basis of political articles that he posted online and interviews that he gave to foreign media.
News
Bilateral Ties
Veteran Leaders Urge China to Talk to Dalai Lama
Reuters, April 03, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSL0286302520080402
Environment
Pollution of Lake Tai Worse despite Cleanup Campaign
South China Morning Post, April 03, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d77
33492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=69e1af0296f09110VgnVCM10000036
0a0a0aRCRD
Government
重庆巴南区村民投诉居委会选举严重违法 (Chongqing Villagers Complain Recent Neighborhood Election in Violation of Law)
Radio Free Asia, April 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/02/chongqing
Human Rights Defenders
上海访民马春英因不堪殴打.折磨.跳楼摔成重伤 (Petitioner Ma Chunying Leapt from Building following Beatings and Persecution, Severely Wounded)
Radio Free Asia, April 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/02/ma_chunying
Human Rights Defender - Ching Cheong (程翔)
获假释回港的记者程翔将复职上班 (Ching Cheong Soon to Return to Work)
Radio Free Asia, April 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/02/ching
Human Rights Defender - Zeng Jinyan (曾金燕)
曾金燕：胡佳被判刑将是社会的悲剧和损失 (Hu Jia's Sentence will be a Tragedy and Loss to Society: Zeng Jinyan)
Radio Free Asia, April 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/04/02/china_rights_hujia
Land Policy
东城15万居民拟外迁朝阳区 (15000 Dongcheng, Beijing Residents to Be Moved, Parking Garage to Be Built)
The Beijing News, April 02, 2008
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/beijing/2008/04-02/021@074855.htm
Media
民运人士蒋品超控告GOOGLE封锁 (Democracy Activist Jiang Pinchao Accuses Google of Censorship)
Radio Free Asia, April 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/04/02/china_internet_google
Tibet Exile Radio Says China Jamming It
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), April 02, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080402/ap_on_re_as/voice_of_tibet_1
Olympics
北京设立信息安全应急中心 (Beijing Establishes Information Safety and Emergency Response Center to Combat Cyber-Attacks during Olympics)
The Beijing News, April 02, 2008
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/beijing/2008/04-02/021@074814.htm
Hong Kong to Deny Entry to Some Protesters during Summer Olympics
Voice of America, April 02, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-04-02-voa10.cfm
No Transmission Delays in 'Live' Broadcasting of Sporting Action, Say Officials
Agence France-Presse (available at South China Morning Post), April 03, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d77
33492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a028c91041019110VgnVCM10000036
0a0a0aRCRD
Police
重庆维权业主被打、被抓 (Chongqing Homeowners Beaten and Arrested)
Radio Free Asia, April 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/02/yezhu
Protests and Petitions
哈尔滨访民在北京被截访 (Harbin Petitioners Stopped in Beijing )
Radio Free Asia, April 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/04/02/fangmin2
Public Health
Police in China Uncover Illegal Blood Scheme
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), April 02, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080402/wl_asia_afp/chinahealthaids
crime_080402065104
Tibet
Beijing Campus Says Tibetans Staged Sit-in
South China Morning Post, April 03, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d77
33492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1b1732dd8cf09110VgnVCM10000036
0a0a0aRCRD
Dalai Lama Appeals for End to Tibet 'Crackdown'
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), April 02, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080402/wl_sthasia_afp/chinaunresttibe
trightsdalai_080402163456
XUAR
Chinese Police Raid Houses in Xinjiang
Radio Free Asia, April 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/politics/2008/04/01/uyghur-protest/
Xinjiang Protest Linked to Tibet Riots
Associated Press (available at South China Morning Post), April 03, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d77
33492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c118c91041019110VgnVCM10000036
0a0a0aRCRD
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
April 2, 2008
Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Hu Di (胡迪)
自由作家胡迪被传唤 (Guangdong Writer Hu Di Summoned)
Radio Free Asia, April 01, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008
/04/01/hudi/
On April 1, Guangdong writer Hu Di (胡迪) was summoned by the authorities and released the same day. His detention is most likely due to his open letter commemorating the 40th anniversary of the death of Lin Zhao, who had refused to recognize her guilt in the“Anti-Rightist"campaign. Lin also criticized the “Great Leap Forward”, Mao Zedong and the socialist system. Lin was arrested in 1960, sentenced to 20 years in 1962, and was secretly executed in 1968. Hu’s friend said that the authorities apparently told him to cease activities related to Lin, and to think of his family's safety.
News
Bilateral Ties
China Tells Paulson Strategic Talks Building Trust
Reuters, April 02, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/articlePrint?articleId=USP
EK8688520080402
Environment
Drought Hits Northern China
Reuters, April 01, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/id
USHKG6750620080401
Olympics
Indian Soccer Captain Rejects Relay Honour
Associated Press (available at South China Morning Post), April 02, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af
62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d3c8f9
83dea09110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=Chin
a&s=New
Open Internet During Games, IOC Insists
Associated Press (available at South China Morning Post), April 02, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af6
2ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d1f8f983
dea09110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s
=News
RSF敦促北京奥运选手和观赛者戴自由胸章 (RSF Urges Olympic Athletes to Wear “Freedom” Badges During Games)
Radio Free Asia, April 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/20
08/04/01/rsf/
S.F. Wrangles over Olympic Torch Appearance
Los Angeles Times, April 02, 2008
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-torch2a
pr02,0,792175.story
Olympics Aren't Improving Rights in China: Amnesty
Reuters, April 01, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/articlePrint?articleId=USH
KG4955920080401
Police
成都强拆一孕妇被打死 (Pregnant Woman Dies in Chengdu Resettlement Case)
Radio Free Asia, April 01, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/
04/01/qiangchai/
Politics
Democracy 'Takes Time to Digest'
South China Morning Post, April 02, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af6
2ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e1d0f7297
da09110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=Hong+Kong&s
Population
临沂当局再次强迫怀有第二胎的孕妇堕胎 (Linyi Authorities Continue Forced Abortion Campaign, Harassment of Extended Family Members)
Radio Free Asia, April 01, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/04/0
1/china_rights_birth/
Society
Chinese Urbanites Find It Unaffordable to Die Xinhuanet, April 02, 2008 http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/02/c ontent_
7903165.htm
Tibet
China Publishes Evidences of Dalai Clique's Masterminding of Riot
Xinhuanet, April 02, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/02/con
tent_7901044.htm
Dalai Lama May Get Invitation from EU
South China Morning Post, April 02, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af6
2ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b218f983d
ea09110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
甘南藏族高中生罢课 拉萨市长要游客缓 (Tibetan High School Students Go On Strike in Southern Gansu)
Radio Free Asia, April 01, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008
/04/01/lahsa/
Human Rights Defender - Hu Di (胡迪)
自由作家胡迪被传唤 (Guangdong Writer Hu Di Summoned)
Radio Free Asia, April 01, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008
/04/01/hudi/
On April 1, Guangdong writer Hu Di (胡迪) was summoned by the authorities and released the same day. His detention is most likely due to his open letter commemorating the 40th anniversary of the death of Lin Zhao, who had refused to recognize her guilt in the“Anti-Rightist"campaign. Lin also criticized the “Great Leap Forward”, Mao Zedong and the socialist system. Lin was arrested in 1960, sentenced to 20 years in 1962, and was secretly executed in 1968. Hu’s friend said that the authorities apparently told him to cease activities related to Lin, and to think of his family's safety.
News
Bilateral Ties
China Tells Paulson Strategic Talks Building Trust
Reuters, April 02, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/articlePrint?articleId=USP
EK8688520080402
Environment
Drought Hits Northern China
Reuters, April 01, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/id
USHKG6750620080401
Olympics
Indian Soccer Captain Rejects Relay Honour
Associated Press (available at South China Morning Post), April 02, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af
62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d3c8f9
83dea09110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=Chin
a&s=New
Open Internet During Games, IOC Insists
Associated Press (available at South China Morning Post), April 02, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af6
2ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d1f8f983
dea09110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s
=News
RSF敦促北京奥运选手和观赛者戴自由胸章 (RSF Urges Olympic Athletes to Wear “Freedom” Badges During Games)
Radio Free Asia, April 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/20
08/04/01/rsf/
S.F. Wrangles over Olympic Torch Appearance
Los Angeles Times, April 02, 2008
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-torch2a
pr02,0,792175.story
Olympics Aren't Improving Rights in China: Amnesty
Reuters, April 01, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/articlePrint?articleId=USH
KG4955920080401
Police
成都强拆一孕妇被打死 (Pregnant Woman Dies in Chengdu Resettlement Case)
Radio Free Asia, April 01, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/
04/01/qiangchai/
Politics
Democracy 'Takes Time to Digest'
South China Morning Post, April 02, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af6
2ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e1d0f7297
da09110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=Hong+Kong&s
Population
临沂当局再次强迫怀有第二胎的孕妇堕胎 (Linyi Authorities Continue Forced Abortion Campaign, Harassment of Extended Family Members)
Radio Free Asia, April 01, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/04/0
1/china_rights_birth/
Society
Chinese Urbanites Find It Unaffordable to Die Xinhuanet, April 02, 2008 http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/02/c ontent_
7903165.htm
Tibet
China Publishes Evidences of Dalai Clique's Masterminding of Riot
Xinhuanet, April 02, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/02/con
tent_7901044.htm
Dalai Lama May Get Invitation from EU
South China Morning Post, April 02, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af6
2ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b218f983d
ea09110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
甘南藏族高中生罢课 拉萨市长要游客缓 (Tibetan High School Students Go On Strike in Southern Gansu)
Radio Free Asia, April 01, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008
/04/01/lahsa/
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
April 1, 2008
Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
China Verdict on Dissident Hu Jia Due Thursday: Lawyer
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), March 31, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080331/wl_asia_afp/china
rightsdissidentsentenceoly2008_080331203716;_ylt=ArHR
IvYyKnZGCLBGJNfkK.1PzWQA
Lawyer Li Fangping told AFP on March 31 that the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court will deliver the verdict for AIDS activist and human rights defender Hu Jia (胡佳) on April 3. Li said Hu could be sentenced to over five years in prison. Hu was charged for inciting subversion of state power for political articles he posted online and for interviews he gave to foreign media.
News
Bilateral Ties
US Senator Criticizes China for 'Unfair' Attacks on Dalai Lama
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), March 31, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080331/pl_afp/tibetunres
trightschinaus_080331223844;_ylt=AqwCxLe5d1EZsS1RD
_66S4lPzWQA
Corruption
陈良宇案审后新披露 (Caijing Magazine Reveals More Details About Chen Liangyu's Trial)
Radio Free Asia, March 31, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/31/
chen/
Human Rights Defender - Zhou Zhirong (周志荣)
因协助三峡失地农民维权而坐牢的周志荣周一获释 ( Three Gorges Petitioner and Human Rights Defender Zhou Zhirong Released from Jail)
Radio Free Asia, March 31, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/03/31/china
_rights_jail/
Land Policy
湖北黄石农场职工集体上访抗议非法征地 (Hubei Farmers Petition Against Illegal Lang Grab)
Radio Free Asia, March 31, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/31/
hubei/
Law
新修订民诉法正式实施 法院会积极应对新变化 (Amended Civil Litigation Law Takes Effect on April 1; Courts to Proactively Face Changes)
Legal Daily, April 01, 2008
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2008-04/01/content
_825577.htm
Life Sentence for ATM Withdrawal Cut to Five Years
South China Morning Post, April 01, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af6
2ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b1f00c7f7c5
09110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Olympics
China Greets Olympic Flame with Pride and Tight Security
Reuters, March 31, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSPEK20334
520080331
中国出台六条意见加强实施外国记者在华采访规定 (Chinese Authorities Issue Six Recommendations on the Implementation of Regulations on Foreign Journalists' Work)
Radio Free Asia, March 31, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/31/
press/
Tibet
Verbal Attack Against Dalai Lama Heats Up
South China Morning Post, April 01, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f9010c7f7c5
09110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Young Tibetans Question Path of Nonviolence
Christian Science Monitor, April 01, 2008
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0401/p01s01-woap.html
China: Tibet Arson Suspects Caught
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), March 31, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/china_tibet;_ylt=Am_wfjRFp
q207rL9O_jV611PzWQA
Police Confirm Identities of 14 Civilians Killed in Lhasa Riots
Xinhuanet, March 31, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/01/content_
7894023.htm
XUAR
新疆和田市近千人抗议 餐厅至今不能正常营业 (One Thousand People Protest in Hetian City, XUAR)
Radio Free Asia, March 31, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/31/
xinjiang/
Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
China Verdict on Dissident Hu Jia Due Thursday: Lawyer
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), March 31, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080331/wl_asia_afp/china
rightsdissidentsentenceoly2008_080331203716;_ylt=ArHR
IvYyKnZGCLBGJNfkK.1PzWQA
Lawyer Li Fangping told AFP on March 31 that the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court will deliver the verdict for AIDS activist and human rights defender Hu Jia (胡佳) on April 3. Li said Hu could be sentenced to over five years in prison. Hu was charged for inciting subversion of state power for political articles he posted online and for interviews he gave to foreign media.
News
Bilateral Ties
US Senator Criticizes China for 'Unfair' Attacks on Dalai Lama
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), March 31, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080331/pl_afp/tibetunres
trightschinaus_080331223844;_ylt=AqwCxLe5d1EZsS1RD
_66S4lPzWQA
Corruption
陈良宇案审后新披露 (Caijing Magazine Reveals More Details About Chen Liangyu's Trial)
Radio Free Asia, March 31, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/31/
chen/
Human Rights Defender - Zhou Zhirong (周志荣)
因协助三峡失地农民维权而坐牢的周志荣周一获释 ( Three Gorges Petitioner and Human Rights Defender Zhou Zhirong Released from Jail)
Radio Free Asia, March 31, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/03/31/china
_rights_jail/
Land Policy
湖北黄石农场职工集体上访抗议非法征地 (Hubei Farmers Petition Against Illegal Lang Grab)
Radio Free Asia, March 31, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/31/
hubei/
Law
新修订民诉法正式实施 法院会积极应对新变化 (Amended Civil Litigation Law Takes Effect on April 1; Courts to Proactively Face Changes)
Legal Daily, April 01, 2008
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2008-04/01/content
_825577.htm
Life Sentence for ATM Withdrawal Cut to Five Years
South China Morning Post, April 01, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af6
2ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b1f00c7f7c5
09110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Olympics
China Greets Olympic Flame with Pride and Tight Security
Reuters, March 31, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSPEK20334
520080331
中国出台六条意见加强实施外国记者在华采访规定 (Chinese Authorities Issue Six Recommendations on the Implementation of Regulations on Foreign Journalists' Work)
Radio Free Asia, March 31, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/31/
press/
Tibet
Verbal Attack Against Dalai Lama Heats Up
South China Morning Post, April 01, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f9010c7f7c5
09110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Young Tibetans Question Path of Nonviolence
Christian Science Monitor, April 01, 2008
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0401/p01s01-woap.html
China: Tibet Arson Suspects Caught
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), March 31, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/china_tibet;_ylt=Am_wfjRFp
q207rL9O_jV611PzWQA
Police Confirm Identities of 14 Civilians Killed in Lhasa Riots
Xinhuanet, March 31, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/01/content_
7894023.htm
XUAR
新疆和田市近千人抗议 餐厅至今不能正常营业 (One Thousand People Protest in Hetian City, XUAR)
Radio Free Asia, March 31, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/31/
xinjiang/
Monday, March 31, 2008
March 29-31, 2008
Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Yang Chunlin (杨春林)
杨春林抗议不公将上诉 控诉看守所内继续受虐 (Land Rights Defender Yang Chunlin to Appeal)
Radio Free Asia, March 28, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/28/yang/
RFA reports that Yang Chunlin (杨春林) told his lawyer on March 28, 2008 (Friday), that he intends to appeal his sentence. At the same time, Yang stated that he is still being abused in detention. Yang's son had previously told the press that he did not think that Yang would appeal, due to Yang's view that the Chinese courts "lack legitimacy." Yang Chunlin organized an open letter campaign in 2007, entitled “We want human rights, not the Olympics." The letter received more than 10,000 signatures. He was sentenced to five years in jail on March 24, 2008, on charges of inciting subversion of state power.
News
Bilateral Ties
China "Strongly Dissatisfied" with EU Meeting on Tibet Issue
Xinhuanet, March 30, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/30/content_7886464.htm
Corruption
媒体质疑柳州市领导别墅区：阳光下的集体腐败 (Media Probes Villa Complex of Liuzhou, Guangxi Officials: Mass Corruption)
Beijing Youth Daily available at Xinhuanet, March 29, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2008-03/29/content_7878278.htm
Food Security
China Recalls Milk Supplies after Children Fall Ill
Reuters, March 29, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTP756220080329
Government
佛山二千选民抗议基层选举违规舞弊 (2000 Foshan, Guangdong Voters Protest Malpractices in Grassroots Election)
Radio Free Asia, March 31, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/03/28/china_rights_rural/
Human Rights Defender - Qi Chonghuai (齐崇淮)
山东记者齐崇淮被超期羁押9月 (Shandong Reporter Qi Chonghuai Detained for Over 9 Months)
Radio Free Asia, March 28, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/28/qi/
Human Rights Defender - Zhu Yufu (朱虞夫)
朱虞夫父子案重审后等待宣判 (Dissident Zhu Yufu and Son's Retrial Complete; Awaiting Verdict)
Radio Free Asia, March 28, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/03/28/china_rights_court/
June 4th
Activist: Dozens Still Jailed in China over 1989 Protests
Associated Press (via International Herald Tribune), March 29, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/03/29/asia/AS-GEN-China-
Tiananmen-Prisoners.php
Macau
Macau Tops Asia's Rich List, but Try Telling that to the Poor
South China Morning Post, March 29, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d77
33492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=438e2095546f8110VgnVCM10000036
0a0a0aRCRD
Media
《中国百姓之声网》遭关闭 ("Voice of the Chinese People" Website Forcibly Closed)
Radio Free Asia, March 28, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/28/wang/
Olympics
For China, Olympics Are a Time to Display – and to Conceal
Christian Science Monitor, March 31, 2008
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0331/p01s02-woap.html
Plea to China to Keep Olympics TV Live
Financial Times, March 31, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b59d7fae-fc35-11dc-9229-000077b07658.html
Security Tight as Olympic Torch Arrives in China
Reuters, March 30, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSSP287444
Protests and Petitions
山东肥城数百村民示威抗议含氟毒气排放 (Hundreds of Shandong Villagers Protest Toxic Gas Pollution)
Radio Free Asia, March 28, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/28/feicheng
Public Health
Beijing to Ban Smoking in Public Places from May
Xinhuanet, March 31, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/31/content_7888213.htm
Subsidised Overuse of Antibiotics Brewing Superbug Perfect Storm
South China Morning Post, March 30, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d77
33492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=230d92e607bf8110VgnVCM10000036
0a0a0aRCRD
Tibet
Chinese Security Forces Seal off Tibet Capital
Reuters, March 29, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK24297420080329
First top Tibetan official removed from office since start of unrest
South China Morning Post, March 31, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d77
33492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7e02bf7ac1009110VgnVCM10000036
0a0a0aRCRD
For Victims of Tibet Riots, a Complex Fate
International Herald Tribune, March 28, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/03/28/asia/tibet.php
Nationalism at Core of China's Angry Reaction to Tibetan Protests
International Herald Tribune, March 30, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/03/30/asia/china.php
Tibetan Speaker Says Crackdown Continues
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), March 30, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/china_tibet;_ylt=AhfOi57_kQOubwHhbBgOtydPzWQA
Wen: Channels for dialogue with Dalai Lama Always Open
Xinhuanet, March 31, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/31/content_7887063.htm
Human Rights Defender - Yang Chunlin (杨春林)
杨春林抗议不公将上诉 控诉看守所内继续受虐 (Land Rights Defender Yang Chunlin to Appeal)
Radio Free Asia, March 28, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/28/yang/
RFA reports that Yang Chunlin (杨春林) told his lawyer on March 28, 2008 (Friday), that he intends to appeal his sentence. At the same time, Yang stated that he is still being abused in detention. Yang's son had previously told the press that he did not think that Yang would appeal, due to Yang's view that the Chinese courts "lack legitimacy." Yang Chunlin organized an open letter campaign in 2007, entitled “We want human rights, not the Olympics." The letter received more than 10,000 signatures. He was sentenced to five years in jail on March 24, 2008, on charges of inciting subversion of state power.
News
Bilateral Ties
China "Strongly Dissatisfied" with EU Meeting on Tibet Issue
Xinhuanet, March 30, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/30/content_7886464.htm
Corruption
媒体质疑柳州市领导别墅区：阳光下的集体腐败 (Media Probes Villa Complex of Liuzhou, Guangxi Officials: Mass Corruption)
Beijing Youth Daily available at Xinhuanet, March 29, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2008-03/29/content_7878278.htm
Food Security
China Recalls Milk Supplies after Children Fall Ill
Reuters, March 29, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTP756220080329
Government
佛山二千选民抗议基层选举违规舞弊 (2000 Foshan, Guangdong Voters Protest Malpractices in Grassroots Election)
Radio Free Asia, March 31, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/03/28/china_rights_rural/
Human Rights Defender - Qi Chonghuai (齐崇淮)
山东记者齐崇淮被超期羁押9月 (Shandong Reporter Qi Chonghuai Detained for Over 9 Months)
Radio Free Asia, March 28, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/28/qi/
Human Rights Defender - Zhu Yufu (朱虞夫)
朱虞夫父子案重审后等待宣判 (Dissident Zhu Yufu and Son's Retrial Complete; Awaiting Verdict)
Radio Free Asia, March 28, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/03/28/china_rights_court/
June 4th
Activist: Dozens Still Jailed in China over 1989 Protests
Associated Press (via International Herald Tribune), March 29, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/03/29/asia/AS-GEN-China-
Tiananmen-Prisoners.php
Macau
Macau Tops Asia's Rich List, but Try Telling that to the Poor
South China Morning Post, March 29, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d77
33492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=438e2095546f8110VgnVCM10000036
0a0a0aRCRD
Media
《中国百姓之声网》遭关闭 ("Voice of the Chinese People" Website Forcibly Closed)
Radio Free Asia, March 28, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/28/wang/
Olympics
For China, Olympics Are a Time to Display – and to Conceal
Christian Science Monitor, March 31, 2008
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0331/p01s02-woap.html
Plea to China to Keep Olympics TV Live
Financial Times, March 31, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b59d7fae-fc35-11dc-9229-000077b07658.html
Security Tight as Olympic Torch Arrives in China
Reuters, March 30, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSSP287444
Protests and Petitions
山东肥城数百村民示威抗议含氟毒气排放 (Hundreds of Shandong Villagers Protest Toxic Gas Pollution)
Radio Free Asia, March 28, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/28/feicheng
Public Health
Beijing to Ban Smoking in Public Places from May
Xinhuanet, March 31, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/31/content_7888213.htm
Subsidised Overuse of Antibiotics Brewing Superbug Perfect Storm
South China Morning Post, March 30, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d77
33492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=230d92e607bf8110VgnVCM10000036
0a0a0aRCRD
Tibet
Chinese Security Forces Seal off Tibet Capital
Reuters, March 29, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK24297420080329
First top Tibetan official removed from office since start of unrest
South China Morning Post, March 31, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d77
33492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7e02bf7ac1009110VgnVCM10000036
0a0a0aRCRD
For Victims of Tibet Riots, a Complex Fate
International Herald Tribune, March 28, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/03/28/asia/tibet.php
Nationalism at Core of China's Angry Reaction to Tibetan Protests
International Herald Tribune, March 30, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/03/30/asia/china.php
Tibetan Speaker Says Crackdown Continues
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), March 30, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/china_tibet;_ylt=AhfOi57_kQOubwHhbBgOtydPzWQA
Wen: Channels for dialogue with Dalai Lama Always Open
Xinhuanet, March 31, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/31/content_7887063.htm
Friday, March 28, 2008
March 28, 2008
Top News of the Day
Tibet
China Set to Take Foreign Diplomats to Lhasa
The Times of India, March 28, 2008
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msi
d-2905909,prtpage-1.cms
China announced that it will take a delegation of diplomats from the United States, Australia, Britain, France, and Italy to Lhasa. The move comes after Australian diplomats requested a visit to assess the situation in Tibet. However, an American State Department spokesperson called on the government to open Lhasa and its surrounding areas to tourists and diplomats as well.
News
Civil Society
广东江门村民反映选举不公却遭当局传唤 (Guangdong Villagers Protest Unfair Election)
Radio Free Asia, March 27, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/
03/27/jiangmen/
泛蓝联盟聚会庆祝马英九当选 重庆成员遭警方传唤 (Pan-Blue Alliance Members Summoned)
Radio Free Asia, March 27, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/
03/27/fanlan/
Corruption
简要新闻:中国审计署查出违规问题金额达61亿元 (Audit Bureau: 6.1 Billion Yuan in Problematic Funds, Involving 36,000 Cadres)
Radio Free Asia, March 27, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2008/03/2
7/xinwen/
Economic Development
Move to "Go West" Reaps Encouraging Rewards
Xinhuanet, March 28, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/28/c
ontent_7872749.htm
Environment
Parched China Lures Foreign Water Investors
Reuters, March 27, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/inDepthNews/idUSS
HA4065920080327
Government
China Official Sacked for Fake Tiger Video
Reuters, March 27, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUS
T1995520080327
Law
China Law Could Impede Microsoft Deal for Yahoo
New York Times, March 27, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/28/technology/28
yahoo.html?_r=1&ref=world&oref=slogin
Media
FM spokesman: "Anti-CNN" website reflects Chinese people's condemnation
Xinhuanet, March 28, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/27/content_7871585.htm
Olympics
捷克总统波兰总理决定不出席北京奥运 (Czech President and Polish Prime Minister to Boycott Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, March 28, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/03/
27/china_humanrights/
Sarkozy to Consult EU over Boycotting Opening of Games
South China Morning Post, March 28, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuite
m.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid
=20521610331f8110VgnVCM1000003
60a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Police
Around the Nation: Teen Dies After Beating
South China Morning Post, March 28, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.
2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=a7054688411f8110VgnVCM1000
00360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Public Health
China Closes Almost 5,000 Illegal Blood Banks Last Year
Xinhuanet, March 27, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/28/
content_7871712.htm
Rural Issues
Extra Subsidies to Boost Farms
South China Morning Post, March 28, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem
.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=90b48e94350f8110VgnVCM1000003
60a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Tibet
Olympics a Chance to Tell China of Rights: Dalai Lama
Reuters, March 28, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/articlePrint?articleId=US
SP154041
China Says Tibet Monks Won't be Punished
Reuters, March 27, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSPE
K24297420080328
中国将加强对藏僧的爱国主义教育 (China to Step Up Patriotic Education in Tibet)
Radio Free Asia, March 27, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/27/zangseng/
XUAR
Uygur Woman Admits Plot to Hijack, Crash Plane
South China Morning Post, March 28, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2
af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=cc744688411f8110VgnVCM1000
00360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=New
Tibet
China Set to Take Foreign Diplomats to Lhasa
The Times of India, March 28, 2008
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msi
d-2905909,prtpage-1.cms
China announced that it will take a delegation of diplomats from the United States, Australia, Britain, France, and Italy to Lhasa. The move comes after Australian diplomats requested a visit to assess the situation in Tibet. However, an American State Department spokesperson called on the government to open Lhasa and its surrounding areas to tourists and diplomats as well.
News
Civil Society
广东江门村民反映选举不公却遭当局传唤 (Guangdong Villagers Protest Unfair Election)
Radio Free Asia, March 27, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/
03/27/jiangmen/
泛蓝联盟聚会庆祝马英九当选 重庆成员遭警方传唤 (Pan-Blue Alliance Members Summoned)
Radio Free Asia, March 27, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/
03/27/fanlan/
Corruption
简要新闻:中国审计署查出违规问题金额达61亿元 (Audit Bureau: 6.1 Billion Yuan in Problematic Funds, Involving 36,000 Cadres)
Radio Free Asia, March 27, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2008/03/2
7/xinwen/
Economic Development
Move to "Go West" Reaps Encouraging Rewards
Xinhuanet, March 28, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/28/c
ontent_7872749.htm
Environment
Parched China Lures Foreign Water Investors
Reuters, March 27, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/inDepthNews/idUSS
HA4065920080327
Government
China Official Sacked for Fake Tiger Video
Reuters, March 27, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUS
T1995520080327
Law
China Law Could Impede Microsoft Deal for Yahoo
New York Times, March 27, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/28/technology/28
yahoo.html?_r=1&ref=world&oref=slogin
Media
FM spokesman: "Anti-CNN" website reflects Chinese people's condemnation
Xinhuanet, March 28, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/27/content_7871585.htm
Olympics
捷克总统波兰总理决定不出席北京奥运 (Czech President and Polish Prime Minister to Boycott Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, March 28, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/03/
27/china_humanrights/
Sarkozy to Consult EU over Boycotting Opening of Games
South China Morning Post, March 28, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuite
m.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid
=20521610331f8110VgnVCM1000003
60a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Police
Around the Nation: Teen Dies After Beating
South China Morning Post, March 28, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.
2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=a7054688411f8110VgnVCM1000
00360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Public Health
China Closes Almost 5,000 Illegal Blood Banks Last Year
Xinhuanet, March 27, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/28/
content_7871712.htm
Rural Issues
Extra Subsidies to Boost Farms
South China Morning Post, March 28, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem
.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=90b48e94350f8110VgnVCM1000003
60a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Tibet
Olympics a Chance to Tell China of Rights: Dalai Lama
Reuters, March 28, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/articlePrint?articleId=US
SP154041
China Says Tibet Monks Won't be Punished
Reuters, March 27, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSPE
K24297420080328
中国将加强对藏僧的爱国主义教育 (China to Step Up Patriotic Education in Tibet)
Radio Free Asia, March 27, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/27/zangseng/
XUAR
Uygur Woman Admits Plot to Hijack, Crash Plane
South China Morning Post, March 28, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2
af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=cc744688411f8110VgnVCM1000
00360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=New
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