April 18-20, 2009

Top News

Human Rights Defender – Liu Yao (刘尧）
Freed Lawyer Vows to Clear His Name
South China Morning Post, April 18, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5bad59d5ef4b0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

The Shenzhen rights defense lawyer Liu Yao (刘尧), who represented Guangdong villagers in a land dispute case, had his sentence for “intentional destruction of properties” reduced from two years to 18 months and suspended for two years, meaning that Liu would not have to serve time. However, unless the guilty verdict is overturned, Liu will not be able to practice law.

Related News
Pursuant to New Court Ruling, Shenzhen Rights Defense Lawyer Liu Yao Released after More than 400 Days in Detention
Human Rights in China, April 17, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/157987

News
Corruption
China Retrieves Billions in Embezzled Funds
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), April 17, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090418/wl_afp/chinafinancecorruptionaudit

Disasters
Artist Tallies Student Quake Deaths
South China Morning Post, April 18, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=58073e113a4b0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China Coal Mine Warehouse Blast Kills At Least 18
Reuters (available at YahooNews), April 18, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090418/wl_nm/us_china_explosion_coal

Economic Development
Rights Lawyer Beaten by Thugs with Steel Bar
South China Morning Post, April 18, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/vgnextoid=472d59d5ef4b0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Government
北川縣又一官員自殺身亡 (Another Official from Sichuan Disaster Zone Commits Suicide)
Ming Pao, April 20, 2009
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20090420/ca11307k.htm

Human Rights Defender – Liu Xiaobo （刘晓波）
刘晓波获得美国笔会自由写作奖 (Liu Xiaobo Wins PEN America's Freedom Award)
Radio Free Asia, March 17, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/liuxiaobo-04172009120527.html

Media
数十小区统一封杀一份报纸? (Netizens Accuse Real Estate Company of Blocking Newspaper from Residents)
Nanfang City News, April 20, 2009
http://epaper.nddaily.com/A/html/2009-04/20/content_765461.htm

China Launches New English-Language Newspaper
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), April 19, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090420/ap_on_re_as/as_china_new_newspaper

Police
15 Suspicious Deaths in China Jails in 2009 Alone
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), April 19, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090419/wl_asia_afp/chinaprisondeaths

Related news:
State Cleans House over Detentions
China Daily, April 20, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-04/20/content_7693434.htm

China 'To Act over Jail Deaths'
BBC, April 19, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8006942.stm

Protests and Petitions
抗议孙东东被罚坐老虎凳 (Petitioner Abused after Protesting Beida Professor)
Radio Free Asia, April 17, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sundongdong-04172009085154.html

Public Health
Bird Flu Outbreak Reported in Lhasa
China Daily, April 20, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-04/20/content_7693416.htm

大学生乙肝病毒携带者网上揭露北大招生歧视现象 (Student Exposes Discrimination against Hep B Carriers at Beijing Univ)
Radio Free Asia, April 17, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hepatitis-B-04172009085531.html

Three Gorges
28,000 More Moved from China Three Gorges Area
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), April 17, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090417/wl_asia_afp/chinadamthreegorgesenvironment

April 17, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
Homeowner Problems with Chinese-Made Drywall Spread
Wall Street Journal, April 16, 2009
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123993444645927999.html

Corruption
Shenzhen Anti-graft Officials Detained
South China Morning Post, April 17, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=726eb2bd3dfa0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Official Arrested for Mafia Links
Shanghai Daily, April 16, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=397892

Human Rights
內地首倡對執法者「人權教育」 (China to Start "Human Rights Education" for Law Enforcement)
Ming Pao, April 17, 2009
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20090417/cab1.htm

Human Rights Defender - Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
An Appeal for a Chinese Dissident
Washington Post, April 16, 2009
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/15/AR2009041502901.html

Human Rights Defenders
律师带20多村民打砸水电站获缓刑 (Shenzhen Lawyer Liu Yao Receives Suspended Sentence)
Guangzhou Daily, April 17, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/0417/01/572LHHE700011229.html

上海两名冤民大同盟成员被拘留 (Two Shanghainese Members of the Chinese League of Victims Detained)
Radio Free Asia, April 16, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/petitioner_shanghai-04162009115104.html

June 4th
HK Students Back Tiananmen Call
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 16, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8003290.stm

Macao
Zhuhai Lawmakers Criticise Plan to Move Macau University to City
South China Morning Post, April 17, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=96fe616382fa0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Media
Censor Tightens Control of Papers after Bogus Reports
South China Morning Post, April 17, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b53fb2bd3dfa0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

记者报道假新闻 或终身禁止从业 (Journalists Reporting False Information Can Receive Life-long Ban)
Southern Metropolis Daily, April 17, 2009
http://epaper.nddaily.com/A/html/2009-04/17/content_763516.htm

Related information:
关于采取切实措施制止虚假报道的通知 (Notice on Adopting Feasible Measures to Prevent False News Reports)
General Administration of Press and Publication, March 24, 2009
http://www.gov.cn/zwgk/2009-04/16/content_1286965.htm

记者赴四川藏区遭遇地方官员阻拦 (Reporters Obstructed from Travelling to Garze Tibetan Autonomous Region, Sichuan by Officials)
Voice of America, April 16, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-04-16-voa61.cfm

Migrant Workers
全国流动人口计生服务将免费 (Free Family Planning for Migrant Workers across China)
Beijing Times, April 16, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/0416/09/570RHLBJ0001124J.html

Multilateral
Boao Forum for Asia 2009 Kicks Off in Hainan
China Daily, April 17, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-04/17/content_7687905.htm

China Should Spend More on Social Causes, Says ADB Official
Xinhuanet, April 17, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-04/17/content_11198085.htm

Protests and Petitions
Parents' March Calls Attention to Lost Children
Shanghai Daily, April 17, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200904/20090417/article_397978.htm

Public Health
深圳藥店安全套多冒牌 (Counterfeit Drugs Found in Shenzhen Pharmacies)
Ming Pao, April 17, 2009
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20090417/ccc1.htm

Religion
New Hong Kong Bishop Pressures China on Religious Freedom
Reuters, April 16, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE53F2FR20090416

Related news:
No Politics for Me, Says Bishop Tong
South China Morning Post, April 17, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=347ab2bd3dfa0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

April 16, 2009

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠）
郑恩宠再被抄家传讯 访民们闻讯前往声援 (Zheng Enchong Again Subpoenaed, His Home Ransacked)
Radio Free Asia, April 15, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zheng_enchong-04152009135700.html

Shanghai-based rights defense lawyer Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠) was detained by police for ten hours on April 15; it was the fifth time that he had been summoned over the past week. Before detaining Zheng, police searched his home, making it the third time this year that his home has been ransacked. They confiscated two computers and six cell phones from his home.

Related information:
Shanghai Rights Defender Harassed on Heels of National Human Rights Action Plan Release
Human Rights in China, April 15, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/157333

News
Bilateral Ties
China Juggles Its Future in Africa
Asia Times Online, April 16, 2009
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/KD16Ad01.html

Deals Help China Expand Its Sway in Latin America
New York Times, April 16, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/16/world/16chinaloan.html

Vietnam Paper Banned over China
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 15, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8000399.stm

Corruption
Former Top Law Officials in Graft Probe
South China Morning Post, April 16, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d1f75264b4aa0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related news:
Guangdong Cases Uncover Years of Abuse, Sources Say
South China Morning Post, April 16, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1fdc03a8faaa0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Law and Order Official Arrested
South China Morning Post, April 16, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f39c03a8faaa0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Disasters
北川信访局否认 学校建筑存在质量问题 (Beichuan, Sichuan Petitioning Bureau Denies Issues in Quality of School Construction)
Radio France Internationale, April 15, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/112/article_13191.asp

媒体促公开四川地震遇难者名单 (Media Urges that List of Victims of Sichuan Earthquake Be Released)
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 15, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_7990000/newsid_7999700/7999741.stm

Economic Development
《电子信息产业调整和振兴规划》正式出台 (Plan to Restructure and Develop the Electronics and Information Industry Formally Released)
Xinhuanet, April 15, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2009-04/15/content_11191625.htm

Related information:
China Approves Support Plan for Electronics and Information Industry
Xinhuanet, February 18, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-02/18/content_10842253.htm

Human Rights Defenders
贵州异见人士聚会遭打压 陈西被传唤八小时 (Guizhou Dissidents Harassed during Meeting; Rights Defender Chen Xi Subpoenaed by Police for 8 Hours)
Radio Free Asia, April 15, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/minzhu-04152009084148.html

港人抗议中国维权律师不断遭殴打 (Hong Kongers Protest the Continued Harassment and Beatings of Chinese Human Rights Lawyers)
Voice of America, April 15, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-04-15-voa40.cfm

Labor
100 Injured in Acid Leak
Shanghai Daily, April 16, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200904/20090416/article_397853.htm

Military
Chinese Navy Spells Out Long-range Ambitions
Reuters, April 15, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE53F0G920090416

Related news:
专访海军司令员吴胜利：人民海军与共和国共成长 (Special Interview with Navy Commander Wu Shengli: The People's Navy and People's Republic Have Matured)
Xinhuanet, April 15, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/mil/2009-04/15/content_11185909.htm

Public Health
US$3B in Subsidies for Rural Healthcare
Xinhua (via China Daily), April 15, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-04/15/content_7681249.htm

河南省手足口病发病数上升 已死25例 (Number of Victims of Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease in Henan Up to 25)
Xinhua (via China Youth Daily), April 16, 2009
http://news.cyol.com/content/2009-04/16/content_2626361.htm

Related news:
China Reports 7 New Deaths from Child Virus
Associated Press (via YahooNews), April 16, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090416/ap_on_re_as/as_china_child_virus

一中国女子感染萨斯病在俄罗斯火车上死亡 (Chinese Girl Infected with SARS Dies on Russian Train from Blagoveshchensk (Hailanpao))
Radio Free Asia, April 15, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/Russia-04152009155341.html

Religion
Hong Kong's Cardinal Zen Retires
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 15, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8000904.stm

Related news:
New Catholic Leader Vows to Defend Rights
South China Morning Post, April 16, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c5b203a8faaa0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Society
Gay Couples Say 'I Do' in Symbolic Marriages
China Daily, April 16, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-04/16/content_7682132.htm

April 15, 2009

News
Environment
Polluters Told to Clean Up Their Act
China Daily, April 15, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-04/15/content_7678074.htm

Food Security
Scandals at Granaries Prompted Checks
South China Morning Post, April 15, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ac1d5dfd785a0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related news:
我国积极展开粮食库存家底摸底工作 (China to Actively Launch Grain Reserve Investigation)
Xinhuanet, April 14, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2009-04/14/content_11182788_1.htm

Human Rights Defender - Qi Zhiyong (齐志勇)
China Dissident Detained on Sensitive Anniversary
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), April 15, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090415/wl_asia_afp/chinapoliticstiananmenrights

Human Rights Defender - Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠）
上海维权律师郑恩宠七天被传唤四次 (Prominent Rights Defense Lawyer Zheng Enchong Summoned by Police Four Times in Seven Days)
Radio Free Asia, April 14, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/weiquan-04142009134656.html

Human Rights Defenders
Trial Postponed of Man Charged with Inciting Mob of Bereaved Quake Parents
South China Morning Post, April 15, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=eb2d5dfd785a0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

June 4th
HKU Students Begin Voting on Their Union's June 4 Policy
South China Morning Post, April 15, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a59a5dfd785a0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

北京开始加强天安门警戒 (Security Stepped Up in Beijing's Tiananmen Square)
Radio Free Asia, April 14, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/security_tiananmen-04142009100239.html

胡耀邦逝世20周年　八九、六四何處招魂 (On the 20th Anniversary of Hu Yaobang's Passing, Where Can We Call Back the Souls of June 4?)
Apple Daily, April 15, 2009
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?art_id=12640709

Migrant Workers
中国人口将“三分天下” (1/3 of China's Population Will Be Migrants)
The Beijing News, April 15, 2009
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/guonei/2009/04-15/044@083058.htm

Protests and Petitions
China Orders Local Gov'ts to Listen to Petitioners
Associated Press (via YahooNews), April 14, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090414/ap_on_re_as/as_china_petitioners

不滿居屋「豆腐渣」(10 Injured at Conflict between Police and Residents of Shenzhen Complex with Shoddy Construction)
Ming Pao, April 15, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1101966/1.html

Related news:
Protesters Clash with Police in China Dispute
Agence-France Presse (via YahooNews), April 14, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090414/wl_asia_afp/chinahousingrightsunrest

重庆和张家港分别发生工人堵路示威 (Protests in Chongqing and Zhangjiagang)
Radio Free Asia, April 14, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/labor_protest-04142009104424.html

Public Health
Poor Patients Who Ran DIY Dialysis Clinic that Was Shut Seek Better Deal
South China Morning Post, April 15, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d64d5dfd785a0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

April 10-14, 2009

News
Environment
China Orders Governments to Go Green: State Media
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), April 14, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090414/wl_asia_afp/chinaenvironmentgovernment

Gender
Chinese Bias for Baby Boys Creates a Gap of 32 Million
New York Times, April 11, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/11/world/asia/11china.html

Human Rights
China Releases Human Rights Plan
New York Times, April 14, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/14/world/asia/14china.html

Related information:
国家人权行动计划(2009—2010年) (National Human Rights Action Plan of China (2009-2010))
Information Office of the State Council, April 13, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2009-04/13/content_11177077.htm (Chinese)
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-04/13/content_7672483.htm (English)

Related news:
Beijing's Action Plan Lacks Detail on Enforcing People's Political and Civil Rights, Experts Say
South China Morning Post, April 14, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=23109a68e50a0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights on Students' Agenda
China Daily, April 14, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-04/14/content_7673491.htm

实施《公约》总体难度不大 (Implementing the ICCPR Not Difficult)
Southern Metropolis Daily, April 14, 2009
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/ttxw/200904140005.asp

Human Rights Defender - Liu Jie (刘杰)
万民上书十七大发起人刘杰获释 以劳教经历现身说法 (Heilongjiang Petitioner Liu Jie Released from RTL Sentence)
Radio Free Asia, April 13, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/liujie-04132009122939.html

Human Rights Defenders
维权律师程海、杨在新遭围攻 引发舆论关注 (Prominent Rights Defense Attorneys Cheng Hai and Yang Zaixin Assaulted)
Radio Free Asia, April 13, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lushi-04132009162257.html

Internet Censorship
杭州市立法保护网络安全 散布谣言最高可罚一万五 (New Hangzhou Legislation for Protecting Internet Safety Includes Legal Sanctions for Spreading Rumors)
Zhejiang Online, April 14, 2009
http://zjnews.zjol.com.cn/05zjnews/system/2009/04/14/015424884.shtml

June 4th
'Goddess' Statue Ruled Out for Liaison Office
South China Morning Post, April 11, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=cdd5fa013a090210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Beijing Braces for New Tensions over Tiananmen Incident
Agence France-Presse (via eTaiwanNews), April 14, 2009
http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=919204

Hong Kong Students Start Vote on Tiananmen Killings
Reuters, April 14, 2009
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKTRE53D1FN20090414

Related news:
Truth First on '89 Crackdown, Political Figures Tell Students
South China Morning Post, April 10, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5de336ef86b80210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

University Opts for Crackdown Booklet
South China Morning Post, April 14, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1650a81d270a0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

港大学生会长因六四言论面临罢免 (Hong Kong University Student Union President Faces Recall after June 4 Comments)
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 14, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_7990000/newsid_7997600/7997682.stm

Police
Two Die in Detention Rooms in East China
Xinhuanet, April 11, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-04/11/content_11170647.htm

Protests and Petitions
Striking Taxi Drivers Getting Back to Work
China Daily, April 14, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-04/13/content_7672765.htm

Related news:
11 Arrested after Taxi Strike Spirals into Riot
South China Morning Post, April 12, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3b05289b51690210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

重慶300工人堵塞交通 (300 Workers Block Traffic in Chongqing Protesting for Back Wages)
Ming Pao, April 14, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1100751/1.html

四川自贡千名村民抗议当局强迫购社保 (1000 Sichuan Villagers Protest Forced Purchase of Social Security)
Radio Free Asia, April 13, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zigong-04132009132928.html

北大中南海天安门抗议上千访民半被抓 (Petitioners Continue Protests in Beijing's "Sensitive Areas"; Many Detained)
Radio Free Asia, April 13, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-04132009124450.html

一乡镇干部自述:"截访"的无奈和隐衷 (Reflections from a Small-town Cadre: Helplessness and Unspoken Thoughts on "Intercepting Petitioners")
Xinhuanet, April 13, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/focus/2009-04/13/content_11176136.htm

Religion
成都家庭教会复活节活动遭到压制 (Chengdu House Churches Come under Pressure during Easter Holiday)
Voice of America, April 13, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-04-13-voa43.cfm

April 9, 2009

News

Food Security
Public Consuming 'Pesticide Cocktails', Greenpeace Claims
South China Morning Post, April 09, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/
?vgnextoid=a569dd3c9a680210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Freedom of Speech
南周长平港大讲座 就民族主义对话学生（视频）(Ex-vice Editor of Southern Weekly Delivers Talk in HK)
Radio Free Asia, April 08, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xianggang%20-04082009163151.html

Human Rights Defender – Zheng Enchong
郑恩宠父女均接警告信 公安承认就是发信人（图）(Zheng Enchong, Daughter Receive Warning Letters)
Radio Free Asia, April 08, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/weiquan-04082009101423.html

June 4th
HKU Union Gives Support to June 4 Democratic Movement
South China Morning Post, April 09, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d616429958680210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=hong+kong&s=news

Internet Censorship
Cyber-Spy Probe Sought
Radio Free Asia, April 09, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/ghostnet-04072009103413.html

China Cracks Down Ahead of Sensitive Anniversaries
Christian Science Monitor, April 08, 2009
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0408/p06s14-woap.html

Cyber-Skirmish at The Top of The World
Asia Times Online, April 08, 2009
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/KD08Ad01.html

Police
Guangdong Sees Another Suspicious Prison Death
South China Morning Post, April 09, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a9618f9de2980210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Protests and Petitions
安徽五千農民與警衝突 (5000 Farmers, Police Clash in Anhui)
Ming Pao Immediate News, April 09, 2009
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20090409/ca41410i.htm

警方抓捕北大抗议访民 孙东东事件容忍期已过？（视频）(Police Take Away Petitioners outside Peking University)
Radio Free Asia, April 08, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sundongdong-04082009165449.html

Public Health
China Urges Patience in Vast Health Care Reform
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), April 08, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090408/hl_afp/chinahealthreform

Three Gorges
100b Yuan Outlay to Cope with Dam Impact
South China Morning Post, April 09, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=64a8dd3c9a680210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Tibet
Two Tibetans Sentenced to Death over Lhasa Riots
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), April 08, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090408/wl_asia_afp/chinarightstibetunrestsentence

April 8, 2009

News
Disasters
Child Disease Outbreak Kills 33 in Rural China
Reuters, April 07, 2009
http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-38935520090407

Flooded Mine Kills 7; 5 Workers Still Missing
Xinhuanet (available at Shanghai Daily), April 07, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200904/20090407/article_396827.htm

Environment
Beijing Extends Post-Olympics Car Rules: Report
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), April 06, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090406/sc_afp/chinaenvironmentpollutiontransport

June 4th
Activists in US to Mark Crackdown
South China Morning Post, April 07, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7d9627fe55c70210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=hong+kong&s=news

Relatives, Friends Remember Tiananmen Victims
South China Morning Post, April 05, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c6f59911ab170210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Land Policy
China to Regularize Rural Land-use Rights Transfer with Model Contract
Xinhuanet, April 06, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-04/06/content_11140047.htm

Protests and Petitions
Protest at 'Mentally Ill' Slur by Academic
South China Morning Post, April 08, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=bba02b4597180210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

宣传08宪章 刘沙沙仍被软禁 (Henan Worker Still Under House Arrest After Distributing Copies of Charter 08)
Radio Free Asia, April 07, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xianzhang-04072009144032.html

访民“涂鸦”中南海被捕（视频） (Petitioner Taken Away After Spray-painting on The Wall Outside Zhongnanhai in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, April 07, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/graffti-04072009150146.html

上海访民被殴打 十多名声援者被扣押（图, 视频）(Shanghai Petitioners Beaten, Others Taken Away)
Radio Free Asia, April 07, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shanghai-04072009095900.html

Tibet
甘孜藏人贴标语被通缉 被虐死藏人父母遭株连("Wanted List" Out For Tibetans Putting up Pro-Independence Slogans; Tibetan Beaten to Death by Police, Parents Implicated)
Radio Free Asia, April 07, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xizang-04072009120409.html

April 4-7, 2009

Top News of the Day

Human Rights Defender - Sun Wenguang (孙文广)
Beating Won't Deter Me, Says Elderly Activist
South China Morning Post, April 07, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0?vgnextoid=839927fe55c70210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

On April 4, 2009, Sun Wenguang (孙文广), 75, retired professor of Shandong University, was severely beaten by five unidentified men as he defied university authorities to make the trip to Yingxiong Mountain (英雄山) in Jinan, Shandong Province to mourn late Party Secretary Zhao Ziyang. He was then hospitalized and diagnosed with 3 broken ribs. Currently he is reportedly in stable condition. Between 1966 and 1981, Professor Sun was detained and imprisoned multiple times for a total of more than ten years for expressing his opinions on political issues.

Related News
Retired Professor Attacked after Honoring Memory of Late Party Secretary Zhao Ziyang
Human Rights in China, April 7, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/153458

News
Disasters
汶川震后第一个清明节 当局禁家长校外祭奠（图）(Mourning Parents Barred from Schools Collapsed in Sichuan Quake)
Radio Free Asia, April 06, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/beichuan-04062009091818.html

Government
Anger at Cost of Dying Casts Shadow over Ching Ming
South China Morning Post, April 06, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=78150e494f670210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news?vgnextoid=78150e494f670210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Human Rights Defenders
北大反右运动受害学生再发公开信 (Anti-Rightist Campaign Victims Send Letter to Chinese President)
Radio Free Asia, April 06, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/64-04062009131253.html

June 4th
香港支联会清明献花悼念六四死难者（视频）(HK Alliance Organizes Public Wreath-laying Ceremony in Ching Ming)
Radio Free Asia, April 06, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/mei-04062009093119.html

港民主人士抵美参与纪念六四活动 (HK Democracy Advocate Arrives at U.S., Join Tiananmen Commemoration Activities)
Voice of America, April 06, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-04-06-voa43.cfm?rss=topstories

Internet Censorship
Professor Sues Firm over Closure of His Website
South China Morning Post, April 07, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1d1927fe55c70210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Crackdown Draws Industry Concerns
Shanghai Daily, April 06, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200904/20090406/article_396722.htm

Media
江苏省推广围堵记者的“响水经验” (Jiangsu Authorities Promote "Xiangshui County's Experience" - An Effective Media Blackout)
Radio France Internationale, April 06, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/112/article_13022.asp

Protests and Petitions
1,000 Villagers in Danzhou City Clash over Use of Graveyard
South China Morning Post, April 06, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8e730e494f670210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

访民进京扫墓遭上海警方毒打 杨佳墓被安装摄像监视头 (Petitioners Going to Beijing for Tomb-sweeping Intercepted, Beaten by Shanghai Police)
Radio Free Asia, April 06, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shanghai-04062009114007.html

访民清明祭奠为诉冤 天安门撒近千份传单(视频) (Petitioners Attempt to Lay Flowers at Monument to People's Heroes, Spread Leaflets in Tiananmen Square)
Radio Free Asia, April 05, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fang-04052009182051.html

Public Health
Disease Could Spread in China
Radio Free Asia, April 04, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/disease-04042009200618.html

China in Bold Move on Volatile Health Care Issue
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), April 06, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090406/ap_on_re_as/as_china_health_reform

Related News
Mainland Poor Are Left to Count High Cost of Medical Treatment
South China Morning Post, April 07, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4f7927fe55c70210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet
Report: Tibet Reopened to Foreign Tourists
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), April 04, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090405/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tibet

April 3, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
China Denies Spies Targeted Australia PM, Rio Tinto
Reuters, April 02, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE5320LR20090403

Environment
Rainforest Cut for Rubber
Shanghai Daily, April 03, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200904/20090403/article_396403.htm

China Starts Annual Three-Month Fishing Ban in Middle, Lower Yangtze River
Xinhuanet, April 02, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-04/02/content_11121763.htm

Human Rights
当局继续扩大《零八宪章》打压范围 (Crackdown on Charter 08 Widening)
Radio Free Asia, April 02, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xianzhang-04022009084646.html

Human Rights Defender
北京异议人士高洪明被传唤抄家 (Beijing Dissident Gao Hong-ming Summoned, Home Searched)
Radio Free Asia, April 02, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gaohongming-04022009132731.html

June 4th
HKU Democracy Wall Attacked amid Rising June 4 Tensions
South China Morning Post, March 31, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9acb199bcd760210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=hong+kong&s=news?vgnextoid=9acb199bcd760210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=hong+kong&s=news

Internet Censorship
China Orders Tighter Controls on Online Videos
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), April 02, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090402/wl_asia_afp/chinainternetvideocensorshiplead

Police
Video Not Working for Nightmare Cell Victim
Shanghai Daily, April 02, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200904/20090402/article_396347.htm

Protests and Petitions
Hui Muslims Riot After Traffic Incident, Rights Group Says
South China Morning Post, April 03, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=872f38c918760210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD?vgnextoid=872f38c918760210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

湖北村民因举报非法垃圾场遭报复 (Hubei Villagers On Trial After Reporting Illegal Dump Site)
Radio Free Asia, April 02, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_court-04022009110903.html?encoding=simplified04022009110903.html?encoding=simplified

萍乡城管暴力强拆打死户主引发骚乱 (Man Killed in Forced Eviction Sparks Outrage and Riot in Jiangxi)
Radio Free Asia, March 31, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/demolition_clash-03312009103239.html?encoding=simplified03312009103239.html?encoding=simplified

XUAR
Man Dies After Detonating Bomb in China: Police
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), April 02, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090402/wl_asia_afp/chinaunrestxinjiang3rdlead

April 2, 2009

Top News

Human Rights Defender – Zhang Jinfeng (张金凤)
Protester Sentenced to 'Re-Education Through Labour', US Human Rights Group Says
South China Morning Post, April 02, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=6872000fc7260210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Zhang Jinfeng (张金凤), a Shandong petitioner was sentenced to one year and nine months of Reeducation-Through-Labor. Zhang was taking photos at a peaceful rally in Jinan, Shandong Province, on March 5, when she was detained with several others. The rally, attended by several hundred petitioners, was convened on the opening day of the 2009 session of the National People’s Congress to show support for the Chinese League of Victims (中国冤民大同盟).

Related News
Shandong Petitioner Sentenced to Reeducation-Through-Labor
Human Rights in China, March 31, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/152233

News

Children
国务院启动中小学校舍安全工程 (State Council Starts Effort to Improve School Construction Safety)
Radio France Internationale, April 02, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/112/article_12945.asp

Corruption
北亚集团原董事长刘贵亭挪近亿元贪千万元判无期 (Corporate Head Given Life for Bribe-Taking)
Xinhuanet, April 01, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-04/01/content_11113804.htm

Education
兰州将对贫困生每年发放1.5万就业资金 (Lanzhou Will Issue Employment Subsidies to Poor Students)
Net Ease, April 02, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/0402/02/55S4IMG70001124J.html

中国读书贵就业难 引发“读书无用” 论 (With Tuition High and Employment Low, Debate over Worth of Education)
Radio Free Asia, April 01, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jiaoyu-04012009105946.html

Environment
Blizzards, Thunderstorms Threaten Rice Crops in S China
Xinhuanet, April 02, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-04/02/content_11117889.htm

Expert: Male Infertility Rate on the Rise in Shanghai
Xinhuanet, April 02, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-04/02/content_11118303.htm

Labor
郑州的士互助会昨日挂牌成立 身份合法性遭质疑 (Taxi Drivers' Mutual Aid Association Established in Zhengzhou; Doubts Raised about Org’s Legality)
Xinhuanet, April 02, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-04/02/content_11118466.htm

Law
北京律师以另选他人方式参选律协被剥夺资格 (Beijing Lawyers Stripped of Qualifications for Participating as Alternative Candidates in Association Election)
China Youth Daily, April 01, 2009
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2009-04-01/041217522631.shtml

Media
China Blocks YouTube, Again
Christian Science Monitor, April 02, 2009
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0401/p06s01-woap.html

Related News
Online to be Hit with Watchdog Video Ban
Shanghai Daily, April 02, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=396337

Military
China General Tells Troops Party Trumps State
Reuters, April 01, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE53029820090401

Police
Chinese Teenagers Die in Jail from 'Routine' Police Torture
Times Online, April 02, 2009
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6018439.ece

Prisoner Dies from 'Nightmare'
South China Morning Post, April 02, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=3503000fc7260210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

乌鲁木齐发生暴力袭警事件上百人围观 (Official: Police Attacked in Urumqi, Over a Hundred Bystanders)
Net Ease, April 01, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/0401/08/55Q63U6L0001124J.html

Protests and Petitions
Petitioners Decry '99pc Mentally Ill' Remark
South China Morning Post, April 02, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=d343000fc7260210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Public Health
China Reports Hepatitis Infections from Hospital
International Herald Tribune, April 02, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/02/world/asia/02beijing.html

April 1, 2009

Corruption
中国国家预防腐败局开通中英文网页 (China's Anti-Corruption Bureau Opens Chinese English Webpage)
Radio Free Asia, March 31, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fubai-03312009103607.html

Government
Chinese Official Calls for Heightened Security
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), April 01, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090401/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tighter_security

Hackers Tap Wen's Work Report
South China Morning Post, April 01, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=10c5103490d50210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China Denies Any Role in 'GhostNet' Computer Hacking
Voice of America, March 31, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-03-31-voa12.cfm

Human Rights Defenders
China Detains Man Compiling List of Quake Victims
Reuters, April 01, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE53018U20090401

June 4th
Dissident Detained over Tiananmen Article
South China Morning Post, April 01, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2c913216495213d5df646910cba0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=223c4e2647d50210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Labor
农民工工作办公室今年10项重点工作促农民工就业 (Government Unveils 10 Programs to Spur Employment for Migrant Workers)
Xinhuanet, March 31, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-04/01/content_11112195.htm

Migrant Workers
Govt 'Unclear' Over Anhui Migrant Workers' Deaths
China Daily, April 01, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-04/01/content_7638929.htm

Police
乌鲁木齐也发生一起袭警事件 (Police Attacked in Urumqi)
Radio France Internationale, April 01, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/112/article_12927.asp

广东旅馆网吧等12类场所强制安装摄像头 (Video Monitoring Required in 12 Types of Public Spaces in Guangdong)
Net Ease, April 01, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/0401/02/55PIGP1U0001124J.html

江西城管打死人万人抗议 赔偿家人三十万无人被捕 (Authorities Beat 60 Yr-Old to Death in Jiangxi, Family Forced to Accept Compensation)
Radio Free Asia, March 31, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jiangxi-03312009122109.html

Politics
'No Excuse' for Blocking Move to Democracy
South China Morning Post, April 01, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=67ac4e2647d50210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

论述中共政改新书将在海外出版 (Party School's Scholar to Publish Book on Party Overseas)
Radio France Internationale, March 31, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/111/article_12916.asp

Protests and Petitions
Street Protest Blocks City Traffic
Shanghai Daily, April 01, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=396205

三百名人士公开反驳　称上访者并非精神病人 (300 People Openly Refute Claim that Most Petitioners Are Mentally Ill)
Radio Free Asia, March 31, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shangfang-03312009084248.html

Public Health
贵州平塘医院违规采血致64人感染丙肝病毒 (64 Contracted Hepatitis C from Giving Blood at Guizhou Hospital in 2001)
Net Ease, April 01, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/0401/04/55PODS530001124J.html

March 31, 2009

News
Environment
四川河道污染政府砌牆遮醜 (Authorities in Sichuan Build A Wall to Cover up An "Irreversibly Polluted" River Behind)
Ming Pao Immediate News, March 31, 2009
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20090331/ca21539a.htm

Food Security
Nine Arrested for Selling Pigs Fed with Banned Chemical
Xinhuanet, March 30, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/31/content_11103667.htm

Hong Kong
British Human Rights Activist Jailed in Hong Kong
Telegraph.co.uk, March 30, 2009
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/hongkong/5074488/British-human-rights-activist-jailed-in-Hong-Kong.html

June 4th
香港民间团体筹备六四晚会及七一大游行 (HK NGO's Preparation for "Tiananmen Vigil", "July 1st Demonstration" Under Way)
Radio Free Asia, March 27, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/64-03272009084452.html

港支联拟邀王丹参加纪念六四活动 (HK Alliance Plans to Invite Wang Dan to Join Tiananmen Commemoration Activities in HK)
Voice of America, March 26, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-03-26-voa47.cfm?rss=topstories

Tiananmen Art Sculptor to Ask: May I Visit HK?
South China Morning Post, March 25, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ce6a221406930210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=hong+kong&s=news

Internet Censorship
China Shuts Down 162 Porn Video Websites
China Daily, March 30, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-03/30/content_7631438.htm

Police
More Youths Die in Police Custody
South China Morning Post, March 31, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3737e3defda50210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
广西来宾市凤凰镇发生徵地冲突 (Guangxi Villagers Clash with Police over Government Land Grabs)
Radio Free Asia, March 30, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/land_clash-03302009105116.html?encoding=simplified

Public Health
Hard-to-Cure TB Poses New Global Health Threat
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), March 31, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090330/ap_on_re_as/as_china_dangerous_tb

Hospital Chiefs Removed After HCV Infections
Shanghai Daily, March 31, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=396082

China Facing HIV 'Plague' as New Cases Leap 45 Per Cent
Telegraph.co.uk, March 30, 2009
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/5075542/China-facing-HIV-plague-as-new-cases-leap-45-per-cent.html

Tibet
Tibetan Monk Killed in Clash in Western China
Reuters, March 30, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE52T2FV20090330

XUAR
China Cracks Down in Muslim West
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), March 30, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090330/ap_on_re_as/as_china_restive_west

March 30, 2009

News

Disasters
China: 37 Die in 2 Unrelated Bus Accidents
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), March 27, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090327/ap_on_re_as/as_china_bus_crash

Education
重点学校腐败案频发 根治中小学教育腐败利刃何在 (Corruption Widespread in Prestigious Primary and Secondary Schools)
Xinhuanet, March 30, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-03/30/content_11098602.htm

中国农村大学生比例下降显著 预示教育危机 (Ratio of Rural Students in Colleges Falls)
Radio Free Asia, March 28, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/da-03272009223802.html

Government
公安部发布政府信息公开工作年度报告 (Ministry of Public Security Releases Annual Report on Open Government Information)
Xinhuanet, March 28, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-03/28/content_11088706.htm

Law
最高法院全面部署贯彻实施国家知识产权战略 (Supreme Court Releases Opinions on Implementation of IPR Strategy)
Xinhuanet, March 29, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-03/29/content_11097270.htm

Media
Grieving Parents Gain Clout in China
Washington Post, March 28, 2009
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/27/AR2009032703292.html

Police
Family in Plea for a Second Autopsy
Shanghai Daily, March 30, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200903/20090330/article_395934.htm

Protests and Petitions
云南盐津县三人"上访"扰乱社会秩序被判刑 (Three Yunnan "Petitioners" Sentenced for Disturbing Social Order)
Legal Daily, March 30, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/0330/09/55L2UO4E0001124J.html

Casinos Blamed for Clashes on Hainan
South China Morning Post, March 30, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=036cbc54c2350210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Public Health
Rural Areas Targeted in Crackdown on HFMD
Shanghai Daily, March 30, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200903/20090330/article_395935.htm

Religion
One Billion Souls to Save
Times Online, March 28, 2009
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/article5960010.ece

Society
Book Stokes Nationalism in China
Wall Street Journal, March 30, 2009
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123836150260267093.html

State Security
Vast Spy System Loots Computers in 103 Countries
New York Times, March 29, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/29/technology/29spy.html

Related News
Analysts Dismiss 'Cyber Spy' Claims
China Daily, March 30, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-03/30/content_7628028.htm

Tracking GhostNet: Investigating a Cyber Espionage Network
Munk Center for International Studies, March 29, 2009
http://www.scribd.com/doc/13731776/Tracking-GhostNet-Investigating-a-Cyber-
Espionage-Network

Soldier Stabbed in SW China: State Media
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), March 30, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090330/wl_asia_afp/chinaunresttibetattack

Tibet
Tibet to Reopen to Foreign Tourists
Xinhua (via China Daily), March 30, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-03/30/content_7629310.htm

Tibet's Panchen Lama, Beijing's Propaganda Tool
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), March 27, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090327/wl_asia_afp/chinatibetreligion50years2ndleadfo
cus

Related News
China Turns to Buddhism to Calm Tibet, Taiwan Tensions
China Post, March 29, 2009
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/china-taiwan-relations/2009/03/29/202057/China-turns.htm

March 27, 2009

News

Bilateral Ties
China Fury at US Military Report
BBC, March 26, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7965084.stm

Children
18 Children Die of Hand-Foot-Mouth Disease in China
Xinhuanet, March 27, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/27/content_11081960.htm

Filthy hospital in N China Responsible for Deaths of Five Newborn Children
Xinhuanet, March 26, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/27/content_11082263.htm

Environment
Radioactive Material Lost in China: State Media
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), March 27, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090327/wl_asia_afp/chinanuclearmissing

Government
Consumer Website Takes Cash to Silence Business Complaints
Shanghai Daily, March 27, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200903/20090327/article_395574.htm

与隐私权相冲突？ 新疆阿勒泰地区官员财产申报制遭质疑 (Does Xinjiang's Asset Reporting System Conflict with Right to Privacy?)
Legal Daily, March 27, 2009
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0801/2009-03/27/content_1060670.htm

调查显示两百多名私营企业主已进入地方党委 (Survey Shows Over 200 Private Business Proprietors also in Local Party Committees)
Net Ease, March 27, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/0327/04/55CTC8I50001124J.html

Law
视点观察:深圳罗湖区率先全国试行刑案量刑辩论机制 (District in Shenzhen First to Test "Debate System" for Sentencing)
Legal Daily, March 27, 2009
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0801/2009-03/27/content_1061001.htm

China Milk Scandal Terms Upheld
BBC, March 26, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7965236.stm

Police
被捆15小时 广西"法官死在看守所案"内幕揭开 (Inside Story on Judge who Died in Detention Center in 2007)
Net Ease, March 27, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/0327/02/55CMLTBQ0001124J.html

牢头狱霸之治 (Rule by "Prison Bullies")
Nanfang Weekend, March 26, 2009
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/nfzm/200903260110.asp

Protests and Petitions
China Deploys 1,000 Policemen in Rioting Town
Xinhua (via China Daily), March 27, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-03/27/content_7621134.htm

Tibet
外交部发言人秦刚赠送外媒记者3.14事件光碟 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs Responds to Tibet Video)
Net Ease, March 26, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/0326/19/55BRJTMK0001124J.html

Tibet Serf Debate Shadows China's "Emancipation day"
Reuters, March 26, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE52Q05U20090327

March 26, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
Congress Rallies in Support of Taiwan
Taipei Times, March 26, 2009
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2009/03/26/2003439425

Related news:
China Slashes US Congress Resolution on Taiwan
Xinhua (via China Daily), March 26, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-03/26/content_7617765.htm

Pentagon Says China's Military Power Grows as Intentions Still Unclear
Voice of America, March 25, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-03-25-voa68.cfm

Disasters
Local Court Is China’s First to Accept a Tainted-Milk Suit
New York Times, March 25, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/26/world/asia/26milk.html

Internet Censorship
Film of Tibet Violence May Have Prompted China to Block YouTube
Times Online, March 26, 2009
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5975252.ece

Related news:
China Says Tibet Video Is 'a Lie'
BBC, March 25, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7962717.stm

June 4th
Blogger's T-shirt Gesture Breaks Taboo on Tiananmen Rebellion
Times Online, March 25, 2009
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5973959.ece

《天安门时报》首发式在澳大利亚墨尔本举行 (New "Tian An Men Times" Publication Kicks Off in Melbourne)
Radio Free Asia, March 25, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Tiananmentime-03252009155949.html

Land Policy
上海强拆迁重伤业主 冤民大同盟办公被抓 (Shanghai Homeowners Injured in Demolition Disagreement; "Chinese Alliance of the Aggrieved" Propaganda Officer Detained)
Radio Free Asia, March 25, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/qiangchai-03252009093222.html

Law
最高法：干预法院独立办案将被追责 (Supreme People's Court: Those Interfering with the Court's Independent Handling of a Case Will be Called to Account)
The Beijing News, March 26, 2009
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/guonei/2009/03-26/008@024255.htm

Related information:
人民法院第三个五年改革纲要（2009－2013） (Third Five-Year Reform Plan for the People's Courts (2009-2013))
Supreme People's Court, March 25, 2009
http://www.dffy.com/faguixiazai/xf/200903/20090325145222.htm

Police
北京城管殴打小贩千人围观　当局拘留小贩威吓目击者 (Thousands Look on as Beijing Urban Management Official Beat Vendor; Authorities Detain Vendor and Threaten Witnesses)
Radio Free Asia, March 25, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/chengguan-03252009083220.html

Politics
瓮安被撤职县委书记复出 调任黔南州财政局副局长 (County Party Cadre Sacked after Weng'an Protests Resurfaces as Director of Finance Bureau in Nanzhou)
Southern Metropolis Daily, March 26, 2009
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/nfjx/200903260027.asp

Protests and Petitions
One Dead in China Village Feud: State Media
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), March 25, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090325/wl_asia_afp/chinaunrest

State Security
Foreign GPS Users Risk Arrest
South China Morning Post, March 26, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e83c6df857e30210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet
Tibetans Stage Farm Boycott
Radio Free Asia, March 25, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/tibet-boycott-03252009173908.html

March 25, 2009

News

Labor
China Raises Jobless Migrant Count to 23 Million
Reuters (available at YahooNews), March 25, 2009
http://uk.biz.yahoo.com/25032009/323/china-raises-jobless-migrant-count-23-million.html

Law
Pioneering Jet Crash Lawsuit Proceeds
Shanghai Daily, March 25, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200903/20090325/article_395400.htm

Media
YouTube Blocked in China, Google Says
New York Times, March 25, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/25/technology/internet/25youtube.html

Police
Inmate Deaths Shine Light on China Detention Abuse
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), March 24, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090324/ap_on_re_as/as_china_inmate_deaths

Related News
China Daily Assails Prisoner Abuses
New York Times, March 25, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/25/world/asia/25china.html

Politics
Calls for Chinese Pardons Grow
Asia Times Online, March 25, 2009
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/KC25Ad01.html

Protests and Petitions
Call for Calm after Violent Protest in China
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), March 25, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090325/wl_asia_afp/chinaunrest

Related News
海南村民再互鬥5人傷 (More Violence in Hainan Overnight)
Ming Pao, March 25, 2009
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20090325/ca31544k.htm

Public Health
真实新医改 (The Real New Medical Reforms)
Caijing Magazine, March 16, 2009
http://magazine.caijing.com.cn/2009-03-15/110120981.html

Society
Mocking the Censors
McClatchy Newspapers (via YahooNews.com), March 24, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcb_china/20090325/wl_mcb_china/china200903mockingthe
censorshtml

State Security
New Security Concept Evolves
South China Morning Post, March 25, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=c8de221406930210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China Begins Gun Crackdown to Ensure Social Stability
Xinhuanet, March 24, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/24/content_11064272.htm

河北将在所有乡镇建立“社会治安志愿者协会” (Hebei to Establish "Public Security Volunteer Associations" in Towns and Villages)
Xinhuanet, March 24, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-03/24/content_11063120.htm

Tibet
South Africa Peace Forum Canceled Over Dalai Lama Controversy
Washington Post, March 25, 2009
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/24/AR2009032400585.html

Related News
China reasserts opposition to Dalai Lama's travels
Reuters, March 24, 2009
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKTRE52N21M20090324

XUAR
An Ancient Culture, Bulldozed Away
Washington Post, March 24, 2009
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/23/AR2009032302935.html

March 24, 2009

News
Death Penalty
China Spearheads Surge in State-sponsored Executions
The Independent, March 24, 2009
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/china-spearheads-surge-in-statesponsored-executions-1652595.html

Environment
廣州深圳食水水源未達標 (Potable Water Quality Still Not Acceptable in Guangdong)
Ming Pao, March 24, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1078372/1.html

Human Rights Defender - Ching Cheong (程翔)
程翔呼吁中国国庆大典赦免政治犯 (Ching Cheong Calls on China to Pardon Political Prisoners on 60th Anniversary of PRC Founding)
Voice of America, March 23, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-03-23-voa38.cfm

Human Rights Defender - Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
刘晓波获准再度与家人见面 (Liu Xiaobo Granted Opportunity to Meet with Family Again)
Radio Free Asia, March 23, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissident_liuxiaobo-03232009120117.html

Human Rights Defenders
法院维持对倪玉兰的原判 (Ni Yulan's Original Sentence of Two Years Upheld)
Radio Free Asia, March 23, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_lawyer-03232009114433.html

上海韩立法及冯正虎失去行踪 (Whereabouts of Shanghainese Activists Han Lifa and Feng Zhenghu Unknown)
Radio Free Asia, March 23, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/64-03232009083808.html

June 4th
Student Body Attacked for Stance on June 4 Book
South China Morning Post, March 24, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=66959077eb330210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related news:
學生會評議會質疑風波平息 六四特刊 城大生敲定出版 (City University Decides to Publish Special Volume on June Fourth)
Apple Daily, March 24, 2009
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?art_id=12529550

國殤之柱損毀 作者指舊患 　 擬來港修補 (HK Pillar of Shame Statue Damaged; Galschiot, Banned from Entering HK in 2008, To Try to Visit to Fix)
Apple Daily, March 24, 2009
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?art_id=12529549

Labor
重慶化工廠塌造料台12死 (12 Casualties in Chongqing Chemical Plant Accident)
Ming Pao, March 24, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1078370/1.html

Land Policy
Land Use Payments Suggested by Draft Law
Shanghai Daily, March 23, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200903/20090323/article_395191.htm

沪宁铁路镇江暴力逼迁 居民半夜家中遭殴 (Zhenjiang Villagers Beaten in the Middle of Night by Thugs Hired to Dismantle Home to Make Way for Shanghai-Ningbo Rail Link)
Radio Free Asia, March 23, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhenjiang-03232009160009.html

Law
防止“同案不同判”法官自由裁量必须给足理由 (In Order to Prevent Different Judgments for the Same Cases, the Justice Must Give Sufficient Reasoning in Judgment)
Southern Metropolis News, March 24, 2009
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/nfjx/200903240024.asp

Protests and Petitions
1,000 Workers Block Road to Demand Defaulted Salary
Xinhua (via China Daily), March 24, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-03/22/content_7603840.htm

Public Health
山东菏泽否认20人因手足口病死亡 (Heze, Shandong Officials Deny that 20 Have Died from Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease)
China Youth Daily, March 24, 2009
http://news.cyol.com/content/2009-03/24/content_2594660.htm

Related news:
手足口病疫情：名单外的死亡患儿 (Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease: More Deaths
than Recorded)
Southern Metropolis News, March 24, 2009
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/nfjx/200903240032.asp

Two Babies Die of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease In E. China
Xinhua (via China Daily), March 24, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-03/24/content_7610006.htm

Taiwan
Tibetans to Get Taiwan Residency in June
China Post, March 24, 2009
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national-news/2009/03/24/201363/Tibetans-to.htm

Tibet
Riot Shows Desperate Tibetans May Defy Security
Reuters, March 23, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE52M15F20090323

西藏青年作家更噶仓央在藏东被捕 (Tibetan Writer and Activist Kunga Tseyang Arrested in Golog TAP, Qinghai)
Radio Free Asia, March 23, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zang-03232009165418.html