July 15, 2009

News
Environment
Filthy Water Talk Floods S China Province
ChinaDaily.com (via ChinaDaily.com), July 15, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-07/15/content_8430260.htm
Protests and Petitions
原三门峡水电学校学生集体上访 黑龙江省政府门前访民抗议 (Students Petition The Construction of The Sanmenxia Hydropower Plant)
Radio Free Asia, July 14, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sanmeixia-07142009143908.html
Media
新华社推出全球视频节目 (Xinhua Launches Global Station)
Radio Free Asia (via Radio Free Asia), July 14, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xinhuashe-07142009092328.html
XUAR
Urumqi Tense after Police Shooting
Agence France Presse (via South China Morning Post), July 14, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=185f3c5809772210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Religion
傅希秋吁新疆当局释放家庭教会成员 (President of China Aid Calls on Church Members to Be Released)
Voice of America (via Voice of America), July 14, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/2009-07-14-voa61.cfm?rss=topstories
Public Health
Insurance Fix A Win for HIV Patients
China Daily (via China Daily), July 15, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-07/15/content_8429438.htm
广州市外来工医保下月起实施(图) (Health Program for Migrant Workers in Guangzhou Comes into Effect Next Month)
Xinhua (via Net Ease), July 14, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/0714/15/5E6N1JEP000120GU.html
Corruption
Senior Chinese Leader Urges Efforts to Curb Corruption
Xinhua (via Xinhua), July 14, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/14/content_11708794.htm
Bilateral Ties
Australian PM Raises Stakes in China Spy Case
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), July 15, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090715/wl_nm/us_china_australia_rio
Police
中国进行政法干警招录培养体制改革试点 (Chinese Police to Reform Training System)
Xinhua (via Net Ease), July 14, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/0714/15/5E6N1JEP000120GU.html

Labor
Death Toll Rises to Five, Two Missing in China Factory Blast
Xinhua (via Xinhua), July 15, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/15/content_11710732.htm
Corporate Social Accountability
Suspended Death Sentence for Sinopec Ex-chief
Agence France Presse (via Yahoo! News), July 14, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090715/bs_afp/chinacorruptioncrimeenergysinopec
涉嫌诈骗2.9亿元 中行高山案一嫌犯首都机场落网 (Suspected Perpetrator in Bank of China Fraud Worth 290 Million RMB is Arrested)
Xinhua (via Xinhua), July 14, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-07/14/content_11706655.htm

July 14, 2009

News

Human Rights Defenders — Feng Zhenghu(冯正虎)
中国活动人士冯正虎数次回国被拒 (Chinese Activist Prohibited to Return to China)
Voice of America, July 13, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-07-13-voa32.cfm

Politics
Security for Anniversary Intensifies After Riots
South China Morning Post, July 14, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e76c8e7341572210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Migrant Workers
中国两代农民工已有差异 当局政策应尽快调整 (Intergenerational Differences among Migrant Workers Emerge, Finetuning of Urban Policies Needed)
China News Agency (via Eastday), July 14, 2009
http://news.eastday.com/c/20090712/u1a4499956.html

Government
China to Sack Officials Who Mishandle Protests
Reuters, July 13, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE56C0U520090713

XUAR
China Officials: Police Kill 2 Uighur Men, Wound 1
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), July 13, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090714/ap_on_re_as/as_china_protest

Al-Qaeda 'Vows to Avenge Uygurs'
South China Morning Post, July 14, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=685efd3a70572210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Chinese Intellectuals Call for Release of Uighur
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), July 14, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090714/ap_on_re_as/as_china_outspoken_uighur

Public Health
2014年居民医疗费用70%由政府和社会支付 (Gov't Will Pay 70pc of Health Care Expenses by 2014: Report Estimates)
Eastday, July 12, 2009
http://news.eastday.com/c/20090712/u1a4499956.html

Disasters
China Reports 384 Deaths in Natural Disasters in First Half Year
Xinhua News Agency, July 13, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/13/content_11702628.htm

Rural Issues
Rural Health Measures Announced
South China Morning Post, July 14, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e6d28e7341572210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Blue Book: West China Still Struggling
China Daily, July 14, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-07/14/content_8423969.htm

Police
云南一日发生三起城管暴力执法致7人受伤 (7 Injured by Urban Management Officers in Yunnan)
Net Ease (via Net Ease), July 13, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/0713/11/5E3LSLSI00011229.html

Human Rights Defenders
大连维权律师王永航因代理法轮功案件被秘密逮捕 (Rights Defense Lawyer Secretly Arrested for Representing in Falun Gong Case)
Radio Free Asia, July 13, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wang_yonghang-07132009150145.html

严晓玲案维权人士遭拘捕 律师会见要求被拖延 (Activists on Yan Xiaoling's Case Arrested)
Radio Free Asia, July 13, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yanxiaoling-07132009092550.html

Law
Citing Need for Unity, Beijing Urges Lawyers to Avoid Rioting Cases
Associated Press (via South China Morning Post), July 14, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2d728e7341572210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Labour Disputes Rise 30pc, Top Court Says
South China Morning Post, July 14, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=cbec8e7341572210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Corruption
New Rules for Enterprise Bosses
South China Morning Post, July 14, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2e9f8e7341572210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

July 13, 2009

News

Human Rights
余杰：接纳零八宪章不致新疆流血冲突 (Yu Jie: Charter 08 Would Have Prevented Xinjiang Riots)
Radio Free Asia, July 10, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yuejie-07102009091705.html

Education
中国高中课程改革对农村学生不利？ (Rural Students Disadvantaged by China's High School Curriculum Reform?)
Radio Free Asia, July 11, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhong-07112009000104.html

XUAR
Stop Resources Exploitation, Says Researcher
South China Morning Post, July 12, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9cc5340050a62210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Handouts for Families of 'Innocent' Victims
South China Morning Post, July 11, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5d6ac93f98562210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China Claims Embassy Protests Show Xinjiang Riots Organized
Reuters via YahooNews.com (Asia Section), July 13, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090713/wl_nm/us_china_xinjiang

Death Toll Debated in China's Rioting
Washington Post, July 11, 2009
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/11/AR2009071100464.html

国际笔会狱中作家委员会呼吁中国政府释放维族学者 (The WiPC of International PEN Calls for Release of Uyghur Scholar)
Radio Free Asia, July 12, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wei-07122009172935.html

Uighurs Force Opening of Mosques in Urumqi
Wall Street Journal (Asia), July 11, 2009
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124721581476022421.html

China Bans Public Mourning in Urumqi
Telegraph (UK), July 12, 2009
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/5811104/China-bans-public-mourning-in-Urumqi.html

Internet Censorship
Internet Cafes Suffer as Beijing Cuts Connection
South China Morning Post, July 13, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=be8c27756df62210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet
西藏江达22藏人被拘 声援者受重伤 (22 Tibetans Arrests in Jiangda County, Supporters Seriously Wounded)
Radio Free Asia, July 10, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xizang-07102009090645.html

Protests and Petitions
氯气中毒致后遗症 上访多年处境糟 (Chlorine Poisoning Causes Illness, Situation Worsens After Years of Petitioning)
Radio Free Asia, July 11, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lu-07112009001700.html

杭州、武昌强拆 武汉居民堵路抗议 (Wuhan Residents Block Roads in Protest against Forced Demolitions)
Radio Free Asia, July 10, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/qiangchai-07102009122525.html

川震受难家长被判刑 港议员探灾区遭拒 (Parents of Student Quake Victims Sentenced, HongKong Legco Members Prevented from Visiting Disaster Zone)
Radio Free Asia, July 13, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sichuan-07102009090843.html

Corruption
Top-level Decree Intended to Tighten Noose on Corrupt Cadres
South China Morning Post, July 13, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=032627756df62210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders
Rough Justice
South China Morning Post, July 09, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=09ca558f8ba52210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

美国国会行政中国事务委员会举行圆桌会议 关注中国人权律师现状 (US CECC Holds Roundtable Focusing on Plight of China's Human Rights Lawyers)
Radio Free Asia, July 11, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/mei-07112009000334.html

Law
退休老人状告政府部门讨要知情权胜诉 (Retiree Wins Suit Against Government Branch Over Right to Know)
Chongqing Daily (via Net Ease), July 12, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/0712/02/5E07A6EN000120GR.html

Government
China to Reveal Most Dangerous Schools
Xinhua News Agency, July 13, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-07/13/content_8418563.htm

July 10, 2009

Top News of the Day

XUAR
Chinese Economist Missing, Apparently Detained
AP (via YahooNews) (via Yahoo! News), July 09, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090709/ap_on_re_as/as_china_outspoken_uighur

China's Xinjiang Braces for Muslim Day of Prayer
Reuters via YahooNews.com (Asia Section) (via Yahoo! Asia News), July 10, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/09/content_11682286.htm

Using Wrong Photo, Kadeer Pleads Case
China Daily, July 10, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-07/10/content_8404890.htm

Han-Uygur Economic Gap Grows as Firms Shun Xinjiang Labour
South China Morning Post, July 10, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4ff9941f96062210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Chinese Try to Heal Psychological Wounds of Unrest
AP (via YahooNews) (via Yahoo! Asia News), July 10, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090710/ap_on_re_as/as_china_protest

清真寺負責人：沒限教徒麥加朝聖 (Mosque Person In Charge: Followers Not Restricted From Mecca Pilgrimage)
Ming Pao, July 10, 2009
http://news.mingpao.com/20090710/gak3.htm

News

Migrant Workers
Migrant Workers Offered Free Health Exams in S. China City
Xinhua News Agency, July 10, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/10/content_11685601.htm

Law
艾滋感染者告保险公司歧视 一审驳回原告诉讼请求 (AIDS Patient Sues Insurance Company for Discrimination, Court Overrules Plaintiff's Suit)
Xinhua News Agency, July 10, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-07/10/content_11685603.htm

Human Rights Defenders
泛蓝重庆成张起被判刑四年 (Chongqing Political Dissident Zhang Qi Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison)
Radio Free Asia, July 08, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissident_panblue-07082009122309.html?encoding=simplified

Population
中国大力资助农村计划生育妇女脱贫致富 (China Gives Financial Assistance to Help One Child Policy Women in Rural Villages Escape Poverty)
Xinhua News Agency, July 10, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-07/10/content_11685222.htm

State Security
China Says Rio Employees Bribed Steel Producers
Reuters UK (via Reuters UK), July 10, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090709/wl_asia_afp/chinaaustraliabritainminingcompanyriotinto

Disasters
Hundreds Injured, 10,000 Homes Destroyed in China Quake: State Media
AFP( via YahooNews) (via Yahoo! Asia News), July 09, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090709/wl_asia_afp/chinaquake

Bilateral Ties
Turkish Minister Urges Goods Boycott
AP (via South China Morning Post) (via South China Morning Post), July 10, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e1f9941f96062210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China Opposes Turkey's Call for UN Talks on Xinjiang
Xinhua News Agency, July 09, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/09/content_11681745.htm

土耳其总理声明：将向热比亚发放签证 (Turkey Prime Minister Declares: Visa to be Extended to Rebiya Kadeer)
Radio Free Asia, July 09, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/Turkey-07092009150004.html

Internet Censorship
“饭否”网站被关“维吾尔在线”创办人据传被捕 ("Fanfou" Website Shut Down, "Uigher Online" Creator Allegedly Arrested)
Radio Free Asia, July 09, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xinjiang-07092009084228.html

July 7, 2009

Top News of the Day

XUAR
China Keeps Tight Security Grip on Urumqi
Agence France Presse (via Yahoo! News), July 09, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090709/ts_afp/chinaunrestxinjiang

Related News:
China Warns of Executions as Riots Ebb
New York Times (via New York Times), July 08, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/09/world/asia/09hu.html

Thousands of Students Detained at College
South China Morning Post (via South China Morning Post), July 09, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0

China Tries New Openness with Foreign Media
AP (via Yahoo! News), July 08, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090708/ap_on_re_as/as_china_foreign_media

Chinese Authorities Blame Internet for Fanning Uighur Anger
Voice of America (via Voice of America), July 08, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-07-08-voa13.cfm

新疆暴乱凸显民族矛盾 (Xinjiang Conflict Brings Ethnic Contradictions to The Forefront)
Radio Free Asia (via Radio Free Asia), July 08, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xinjiang-07082009162707.html

土耳其表示将要求安理会讨论新疆局势 (Turkey Pushes to Bring XUAR Issue to UN Security Council)
Radio France Internationale (via Radio France Internationale), July 08, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/115/article_14734.asp

News

Corruption
吉林通化市公安局副局长王禹帆涉黑被捕 (Public Security Bureau Chief Under Arrest in Jilin)
Xinhua (via Net Ease), July 08, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/0708/20/5DNREIVT0001124J.html

信产部一副厅级干部挂职私企涉嫌受贿99万 (Official Suspended for A Suspected 990,000RMB Bribe)
Net Ease (via Net Ease), July 09, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/0709/00/5DO8N9M70001124J.html

Public Health
China Sets Interim Goals for Ambitious Medical Health Plan
Xinhua (via Xinhua), July 08, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/08/content_11675849.htm

State Security
Rio Tinto Staff 'Harmed Economic Security'
Reuters (via South China Morning Post), July 09, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=118a140cd0e52210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
广西平乐政府出动武警保护非法采沙抓捕抗议村民 (Police Break up Protest in Guangxi over Illegal Excavation)
Radio Free Asia (via Radio Free Asia), July 08, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/pingle-07082009114952.html

Media
讨论敏感话题 思宁电台被关闭 (Because of Sensitive Subjects, Si Ning Radio Station Is Closed)
Radio Free Asia (via Radio Free Asia), July 08, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti-07082009131124.html

中国央视新闻联播节目的调整继续引起热议 (CCTV Program Sparks Internal Debate)
Radio Free Asia (via Radio Free Asia), July 08, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/CCTV-07082009112110.html

Bilateral Ties
US Groups Accused of Backing Separatists
South China Morning Post (via South China Morning Post), July 09, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0

July 8, 2009

Top News

XUAR
Chinese President Leaves Italy for China over Xinjiang Riots
Voice of America, July 07, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-07-07-voa24.cfm

Related news:
Not a Word on the Conflict from Politburo's Standing Committee
South China Morning Post, July 08, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c06e03af3e552210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Han Feel They're Let Down, while the Uygurs Complain of Injustice
South China Morning Post, July 08, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0a0e03af3e552210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Overseas Media Given Freedom to Cover Unrest, but Some Areas still out of Bounds
South China Morning Post, July 08, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=42fd03af3e552210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related news:
Media Control Adds Fuel to Rumour Fire
The Australian, July 08, 2009
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25748392-25837,00.html

Police, Uighurs Stand Off in China's Urumqi: AFP Reporter
Agence France-Presse, July 08, 2009
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jckkl2SW7NwO4URbhlZoFdzo6MLw

News
Bilateral Ties
Australian among Rio Execs Held in China
Sydney Monring Herald, July 08, 2009
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/australian-among-rio-execs-held-in-china-20090708-dc10.html

Children
武漢破販嬰案救46嬰 (Wuhan Baby Trafficking Group Busted; 46 Babies Rescued)
Xinhua News Agency (via Ming Pao), July 08, 2009
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20090708/ca30958k.htm

Corruption
山西忻州市国土局原局长受贿获刑13年 (Shanxi Land Official Jailed 11 Years for Taking Bribes)
Shanxi Daily (via Net Ease), July 07, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/0707/08/5DJT2TGS0001124J.html

Hong Kong
Protest Launched as Minimum Wage Bill Tabled in Legco
South China Morning Post, July 08, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=59e949f750952210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Law
“吴保全诽谤政府案”发回重审吴仍继续被羁押 (Case against Netizen who "Slandered" the Government when He Exposed Illegal Land Requisition to Retried, Defendant Remains in Detention)
Radio France Internationale, July 08, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/115/article_14710.asp

Public Health

今年起城乡居民将免费享受基本公共卫生服务 (From this Year, Urban and Rural Residents to Receive Free Basic Health Year)
Xinhua (via Net Ease), July 07, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/0706/21/5DIOIUPH000120GU.html

Protests and Petitions
17 Held after Workers Storm Guangdong Court
South China Morning Post, July 08, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0e3603af3e552210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

北京高法附近七八百访民集会示威 (700+ Petitioners Demonstrate near Supreme People's Court in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, July 07, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-07072009123312.html

福建访民被关“黑监狱” 被打击报复村干部要上访 (Fujianese Petitioners Detained in "Black Jails" for Wanting to Petition)
Radio Free Asia, July 07, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fujian-07072009144140.html

Tibet
昌都数千藏人抗议没收草场 政府农奴翻身纪念也遭抵制 (Thousands of Tibetans Demonstrate in Jomda, Qamdo against Expropriation of Farm Land)
Radio Free Asia, July 07, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zang-07072009151233.html

July 07, 2009

Top News
XUAR
China Detains 15 over Ethnic Brawl Linked to Riot
Reuters, July 07, 2009
http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-40859520090707

Death Toll in Xinjiang Riot Rises to 156
Xinhua News Agency, July 07, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/07/content_11663866.htm

Han Chinese Clash with Police
Financial Times, July 07, 2009
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dbd76e6a-6ab0-11de-ad04-00144feabdc0.html

Police Arrests 1,434 Suspects in Connection with Xinjiang Riot
Xinhua News Agency, July 07, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/07/content_11664739.htm

Xinjiang to Adopt Curfew in Capital City Tonight
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), July 07, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-07/07/content_8389466.htm

News
Green Dam
海尔宏基开始预装过滤软件 (Haier, Acer Begin Pre-installing Censor Software)
Radio France Internationale, July 04, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/115/article_14663.asp

Human Rights Defender – Ni Yulan (倪玉兰)
北京维权人士倪玉兰狱决定提出申诉 (Imprisoned Rights Defender Ni Yulan to File for Appeal)
Radio Free Asia, July 07, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/weiquan-07062009145646.html

Human Rights Defenders
上海异见人士韩立法再被劳教 (Shanghainese Dissident Han Lifa again Sentenced to Reeducation-Through-Labor)
Radio Free Asia, July 06, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/laogai-07062009135828.html

Land Policy
成都暴力征地拆迁 鸣枪恐吓村民 (Shots Fired to Intimidate Villagers in Violent Land Requisition in Chengdu)
Radio Free Asia, July 06, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/chengdu-07062009091941.html

Media
In Latest Upheaval, China Applies New Strategies to Control Flow of Information
New York Times, July 08, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/08/world/asia/08beijing.html

Related news:
Savvy Internet Users Defy China's Censors on Riot
Agence France-Presse (via Google News), July 06, 2009
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jlMPMzVRIgHQFdLL_ShBYw_af3Vw

Police
Police Treatment of Corpses Rapped
Shanghai Daily, July 07, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200907/20090707/article_406628.htm

Protests and Petitions
苗族護土抗爭 400人械鬥11傷 (Land Protest in Guizhou Leaves 11 Injured)
Ming Pao (via Sina.com), July 07, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1191279/1.html

July 04-06, 2009

Top News
XUAR
乌鲁木齐严重暴力犯罪事件致140人死828人伤 (140 Dead, 828 Injured in Urumqi Riot)
Xinhua News Agency (via Guangdong Daily), July 06, 2009
http://news.dayoo.com/china/200907/06/54503_9786038.htm

Related news:
Scores Killed in Clashes in Western China
New York Times, July 06, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/07/world/asia/07china.html

新疆官指境外炒作維漢衝突 (XUAR Official Says Outside Forces Stirred Up Uyghur-Han Clash)
Ming Pao (via Yahoo! News), July 06, 2009
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/090706/4/d1o1.html

Related news:
China Calls Xinjiang Riot a Plot against Rule
Reuters, July 06, 2009
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE56501120090706

News
Hong Kong
Self-censorship in Media 'Worsens'
South China Morning Post, July 06, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5ee72c2304b42210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

内地与香港确立“一国两制”下司法合作新模式 (Hong Kong and Mainland Establish New Model for Judicial Collaboration)
Legal Daily, July 06, 2009
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2009-07/06/content_1118335.htm

Human Rights Defenders
陈云飞申请政治避难被抓 (Chen Yunfei Detained en Route to Chengdu U.S. Consulate to Apply for Political Assylum in Taiwan)
Radio Free Asia, July 03, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yunfei-07032009154203.html

Human Rights Defender –Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)
美国西北航空公司拒绝冯正虎登机 (NWA Refuses to Let Activist and Scholar Feng Zhenghu Board Flight to Return to China)
Radio Free Asia, July 03, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissident_entry-07032009104331.html

Protests and Petitions
Shanghai Protesters Want Cash Back
South China Morning Post, July 05, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d42ec39f07642210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Law
最高法要求审好五类涉民生行政案运用多种方式确保征地拆迁补偿合理 (SPC: Use Variety of Methods to Ensure Reasonable Compensation for Land Acquisition and Demolition)
Legal Daily, July 06, 2009
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2009-07/06/content_1118323.htm

Media
涉敏感話題為自保 傳媒「上報不上網」 (To Protect Themselves, Newspapers to Report Sensitive Information in Papers But Not Online)
Ming Pao (via Sina.com), July 06, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1190147/1.html

Police
河北定兴一村民被派出所带走半小时后死亡 (Hebei Villager Dies 30 Minutes after Being Taken Away by Police)
Radio Free Asia, July 03, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/police_death-07032009103023.html

Public Health
Circular: China's Gov'ts Ordered to Spend More on Health Care
Xinhua News Agency, July 05, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/05/content_11657395.htm

七成医护人员不愿诊疗艾滋 (70% of Doctors and Nurses Unwilling to Treat HIV/AIDS Patients)
The Beijing News, July 06, 2009
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/guonei/2009/07-06/008@023758.htm

Religion
成都民政局拒绝取缔教会行政复议 (Chengdu Authorities Refuse to Accept Case of Administrative Reconsideration of Church Ban)
Voice of America, July 04, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-07-04-voa47.cfm

中国基督教家庭教会联合会成员被带走调查 (Around 60 Chinese House Church Alliance Members Detained for Questioning during Anniversary Celebration)
Radio Free Asia, July 06, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhong-07052009160604.html

Taiwan
China Denied on Talks to Open Cross-strait Air Space
China Post, July 05, 2009
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/china-taiwan-relations/2009/07/05/214954/China-denied.htm

July 3, 2009

Children
SW China: Baby Girls Taken and Sold for Adoption
China Daily, July 03, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-07/03/content_8350825.htm

Corruption
China's System beyond the System
Asia Times Online, July 03, 2009
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/KG03Ad01.html

Environment
China Opposed to Tariff Plan in US Climate Bill
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), July 02, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_as/as_china_g8

專家稱美國駐華使館自測北京空氣質量不科學 (Unnamed “Beijing Environmental Monitoring Expert” Calls US Embassy's Monitoring of Beijing's Air Pollution Unscientific)
The Beijing News (via Sina.com), July 03, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/113/1/1/1187096/1.html

Related information:
Twittering Air Pollution Levels in Beijing
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), June 19, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20090619/wl_time/08599190573600

Green Dam
PC Makers Voluntarily Supply Web Filter in China
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), July 02, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_as/as_tec_china_internet

Human Rights Defenders – Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
中国当局拒绝刘晓波保释申请 (Authorities Refuse Bail Application for Liu Xiaobo)
Radio Free Asia, July 02, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/liu-07022009160559.html

Media
北京作家凌沧洲罢写博客三天 (Beijing Writer Ling Cangzhou Holds Three Day Strike on Blog)
Radio Free Asia, July 02, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ling-07022009151846.html

六四议题敏感 《君子杂志》撤稿并解聘记者 (Esquire Journalist Dismissed over June Fourth Coverage)
Radio Free Asia, July 02, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/64-07022009103615.html

Police
Deaths in Detention House under Probe
Shanghai Daily, July 03, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200907/20090703/article_406220.htm

Water Torture Turns Innocent Ex-Soldier Blind in Prison
South China Morning Post, July 03, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c0248b6508c32210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

南昌万建国案周四审结 警方滥用酷刑仍然普遍 (Hearing of Wan Jianguo Case Over; Police Abuse still Prevalent)
Radio Free Asia, July 02, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/nanchang-07022009143908.html

Related information:
Police Accused of Killing Detained Man: They Were Ordered to Use Violence
Human Rights in China, July 1, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/170149

July 01-02, 2009

Top News of the Day
Police
Chinese Police Accused of Killing Suspect in Search of Confession
Guardian, July 01, 2009
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/01/china-police-wan-jianguo-custody

On July 1, the trial of four police officers for involvement in the death of Wan Jianguo (万建国), who died in August 2008 on his 35th day of detention, opened in Nanchang Intermediate People’s Court in Jiangxi Province.

Related information:
Police Accused of Killing Detained Man: They Were Ordered to Use Violence
Human Rights in China, July 1, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/170149

News
Religion
河南郑州教会遭打压 教友牧师被刑拘劳教 (Pressure from Officials on Henan House Church; Practitioners Detained, Sentenced to Reeducation-Through-Labor)
Radio Free Asia, July 01, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jiaohui-07012009123556.html

Rural Issues
Legislature Takes Aim at Payout System That Values Villagers Less
South China Morning Post, July 01, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a3a846ace1232210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Disasters
Party Linked to Toppled Building
South China Morning Post, July 02, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7ffdad2843732210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
黃果樹景區武力清場 逾30村民傷 (Clash with Police Leaves More than 30 Injured after Villagers Block Entrance to Tourist Spot in Protest)
Ming Pao (via Sina.com), July 02, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1186245/1.html

湖北公安县民办教师聚集上访 代表被刑拘 (Private Teachers in Hubei Protesting and Petitioning for Equal Treatment Criminally Detained, Petitioning Trips Intercepted)
Radio Free Asia, July 01, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/minban-07012009115252.html

Food Security
Villagers' Drinking Supply Undermined
China Daily, July 02, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-07/02/content_8345608.htm

Media
文化部:净化文化市场 非法动漫假唱等将严打 (Ministry of Culture: Cracking Down on Illegal Acts to Clean Up and Bring a Cultured Environment to Internet Cafes)
Legal Daily (via China Youth Daily), June 30, 2009
http://law.cyol.com/content/2009-06/30/content_2733444.htm

Facebook Twitter勢成監控目標 (Outside Influence from Social Networking Sites Such as Facebook and Twitter Become Target for Monitoring and Control)
Ming Pao (via Sina.com), July 02, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1186254/1.html

China Cracks Down on Virtual Cash
BBC News, June 30, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8126386.stm

Politics
Hu Urges Improved Democracy Within the Communist Party
South China Morning Post, July 01, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=386846ace1232210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

State Security
北京将建社会稳定预警机制 防暴力事件群体事件 (Beijing to Form an Early Warning System to Prevent Riots and Mass Events)
China News (via Xinhua News Agency), July 02, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-07/02/content_11639329.htm

Human Rights Defenders
闽维权人士被传唤 鄂维权志愿兵被刑拘 (Fujianese Activist Wu Huaying Subpoenaed; Hubei Representative for Volunteer PLA Soldiers Detained while Petitioning in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, July 01, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/min-07012009144118.html

Corruption
China's New Corruption Hotline Overloaded
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), June 30, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090630/wl_afp/chinacorruptionhotline_20090630072546

Green Dam
China Delays Mandatory 'Green Dam' Installation
China Daily, June 30, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-06/30/content_8339705.htm

Related Information:
工信部新闻发言人就绿色上网过滤软件问题答记者问 (Spokesperson from MIIT Answers Questions on Green Internet Filtering Software)
Xinhua News Agency, June 30, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-06/30/content_11628642.htm

Plug Not Pulled on Software
China Daily, July 02, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2009-07/02/content_8345676.htm

Party Celebrates China Web Filter Delay
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), July 01, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090701/wl_nm/us_china_internet_celebration

June 30, 2009

News

Religion

四川成都一家庭教会强遭当局取缔 (Authorities Shut Down Chengdu House Church)
Voice of America (via Voice of America), June 30, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-06-28-voa25.cfm

Media
新華社英語電視明日開播 (Xinhua News Agency's English News Channel Begins Airing in EU on July 1)
Ming Pao (via Sina.com), June 30, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1184090/1.html

Supermarkets Spread News as China Advances on English Language Broadcasts
Times, June 30, 2009
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6605449.ece

State Security
国家秘密须审慎界定 ("State Secrets" Must Be Cautiously Defined)
China Youth Daily, June 27, 2009
http://www.cyol.net/zqb/content/2009-06/27/content_2730861.htm

Politics
全國人大首次明確表態 同命不同價現象有望終結 (NPC for the First Time Clearly States that Urban and Rural Residents Should Receive Same Death Compensation)
The Beijing News (via Sina.com), June 30, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/113/1/1/1184334/1.html

Green Dam
“绿坝”克星“绿色海啸”问世 ("Green Tsunami" Released to Combat "Green Dam")
Radio Free Asia (via Radio Free Asia), June 30, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lvba-06292009160803.html

Corruption
12 China Officials Jailed for Landslide
Taiwan News, June 29, 2009
http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=989002

Disasters
Shanghai Home Owners Demand Refunds after Apartment Building Collapse
China Daily, June 28, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-06/28/content_11616206.htm

Hong Kong
Beijing 'Afraid' of Big Turnout for March
South China Morning Post, June 30, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e4cfdd531bc22210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

北京对香港民主派弃怀柔政策改强硬立场 (Beijing Alters Policy toward Hong Kong's Pan-Democrats)
Radio France Internationale (via Radio France Internationale), June 29, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/114/article_14560.asp

North Korea
Traffickers Prey on North Korean Women Fleeing to China
Voice of America, June 29, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-06-29-voa25.cfm

Gender
China Launches Anti-Prostitution Drive
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), June 29, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090629/wl_asia_afp/chinasexcrimeprostitution

June 29, 2009

News
Children
In China, Parents Mourn Children Abducted by Traffickers
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), June 28, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090629/wl_nm/us_china_trafficking

Disasters
Shanghai Authorities Hold 9 in Connection with Building Collapse, Order Safety Checks
Associated Press, June 29, 2009
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-as-china-building-collapse,1,2363085.story

Green Dam
Companies Appeal to China to Drop Web Filter Plan
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), June 27, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090627/ap_on_re_as/as_china_internet

China's Internet Filter Rules Draw WTO Complaints
Reuters, June 26, 2009
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE55P4K720090626

Human Rights Defenders -- Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
國際律師協會函溫總 關注維權律師受打壓 (International Bar Association Writes Premier Wen on The Targetting of Rights Defense Lawyers)
Ming Pao, June 29, 2009
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/090629/4/cxln.html

Related information:
China: Targeting of Defence Lawyers (国际律师协会（IBA）致函总理温家宝关注内地维权律师执业考核受阻)
Human Rights Institute of the International Bar Association, June 19, 2009
English: http://www.ibanet.org/Human_Rights_Institute/About_the_HRI/HRI_Activities/HRI_Media/HRI_Interventions/Int_China_June09.aspx
中文翻译: http://www.64tianwang.com/bencandy.php?fid=12&aid=4629

刘晓波被捕后首度会见律师 (Liu Xiaobo Meets with Lawyers for The First Time Since Arrest)
Radio France Internationale, June 27, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/114/article_14525.asp

Human Rights Defenders
Snitching for China Leads to Sorrow and Exile
Associated Press (via Google News), June 28, 2009
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iq2FRnRWuIfqo-BqFTvCtWFX9MDQD99360QO0

For more information on the New Youth Study Group, see:
Case Update: Beijing Intellectuals Yang Zili and Zhang Honghai Released after Eight Years in Prison
Human Rights in China, March 12, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/141758

Law
How China Justifies Empty Witness Chairs
Caijing Magazine, June 26, 2009
http://english.caijing.com.cn/2009-06-26/110189954.html

Original article in Chinese:
最该出庭的人在哪里
Caijing Magazine, June 22, 2009
http://magazine.caijing.com.cn/2009-06-21/110187313.html

China's Top Legislature Abolishes Eight Outdated, Redundant Laws
Xinhua News Agency, June 27, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-06/27/content_11609763.htm

Related information:
关于废止部分法律的决定 (Resolution on Abolishing Certain Legislation)
Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, June 27, 2009
http://www.npc.gov.cn/npc/xinwen/lfgz/zxfl/2009-06/27/content_1508553.htm

China Revises Statistics Law to Curb Data Falsification
Xinhua News Agency, June 27, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-06/27/content_11609707.htm

Related information:
中华人民共和国统计法 (Law on Statistics of the People's Republic of China) (revised)
Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, June 27, 2009
http://www.npc.gov.cn/npc/xinwen/lfgz/zxfl/2009-06/27/content_1508548.htm

China's Legislature Eyes Stability with Law on Rural Land Disputes Meditation
Xinhua News Agency, June 27, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-06/27/content_11609910.htm

Related information:
中华人民共和国农村土地承包经营纠纷调解仲裁法 (Law of the People's Republic of China on the Mediation and Arbitration of Rural Land Contract Management Disputes)
National People's Congress, June 27, 2009
http://www.npc.gov.cn/npc/xinwen/lfgz/zxfl/2009-06/27/content_1508550.htm

佛山稔海25名村民因保护自己的合法权益而获刑 (25 Foshan Villagers Sentenced After Defending Right to Fair Compensation)
Radio Free Asia, June 28, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/foshan-06282009145236.html

Media
近日中国大陆互联网使用困难不断 (Chinese Netizens Encounter Difficulties Using Various Popular Online Sites over Past Few Days)
Radio Free Asia, June 26, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wangluo-06262009101145.html

Politics
Reshuffle Targets Judicial Corruption
South China Morning Post, June 29, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=86d4286e55722210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
港資廠民族群毆120死傷 驚動政治局 急遷走600新疆籍員工 (2 Dead, 118 Injured in Clash between Han and Newly-hired Uyghur Workers at Guangdong Toy Factory)
Ming Pao (via Yahoo! News), June 27, 2009
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/090626/4/cwme.html

Rumormonger Held over South China Toy Factory Brawl
Xinhua News Agency, June 29, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-06/29/content_11616274.htm

Public Health
山东卫生厅调查“东明肿瘤” (Shandong Provincial Bureau of Health to Investigate Large Number of Tumors in Dongming County)
The Beijing News, June 26, 2009
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/guonei/2009/06-26/008@015815.htm

June 26, 2009

News

Green Dam
US Seeks to Stop Use of Web Filter on New PCs
South China Morning Post, June 26, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9f297cd406812210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

PC Makers Race to Comply with China's Web Filter
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), June 25, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090625/ap_on_re_as/as_tec_china_internet_pc_makers

财政部否认参与绿坝 网民向中国网审下战书 (Ministry of Finance Denies Involvement in Green Dam, Netizens "Declare War" on Internet Censorship)
Radio Free Asia, June 25, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/luba-06252009163830.html

Human Rights Defenders -- Liu Xiaobo, 刘晓波
China Rejects International Concern for Jailed Dissident
Voice of America, June 25, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-06-25-voa8.cfm?rss=asia

Labor
Law Urged to Protect Workers Against Heat
South China Morning Post, June 26, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c0097cd406812210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Law
Veteran Lawyer Urges Colleagues to Fight for the Rule of Law
South China Morning Post, June 26, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5699303e73312210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China Seeks to Expand State Compensation
China Daily, June 26, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-06/25/content_8324011.htm

Media
Google Investigating China Service Outages
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), June 26, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090625/wl_asia_afp/chinacomputerinternetcensorshipgoogle

Govt Steps up Heat on Google
China Daily, June 26, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-06/26/content_8324498.htm

Migrant Workers
泛珠三角9省区将签订省际农民工维权合作协议 (9 Provinces in Pan-Pearl River Delta Sign Migrant Workers' Rights Agreement)
Eastday, June 26, 2009
http://news.eastday.com/c/20090626/u1a4461553.html

Protests and Petitions
上访遭打压 维权被拘押 (Petitioners Suppressed, Rights Defenders Detained)
Radio Free Asia, June 25, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shangfang-06252009151345.html

上海数十访民突遭软禁 每周传郑恩宠已成常态 (Shanghai Petitioners under House Arrest, Zheng Enchong Summoned Every Week)
Radio Free Asia, June 24, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-06242009133650.html

北京访民再次发动大规模示威抗议 (Beijing Petitioners Stage Large-scale Protest Again)
Radio Free Asia, June 24, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-06242009114317.html

齐齐哈尔处置一起群体性上访事件 (Workers in Heilongjiang Punished After Organizing A Mass Petition)
Net Ease, June 26, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/0625/13/5CLI3OVF0001124J.html

June 25, 2009

News
Corruption
China Corruption Website Crashes
BBC News, June 24, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8117297.stm

26.7b Yuan in Embezzled Public Funds Recovered
South China Morning Post, June 25, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=871b303e73312210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Green Dam
Maker of Website Filter Reports Harassing Calls And Death Threats
South China Morning Post, June 25, 2009http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=57a9303e73312210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

U.S. Urges China to Scrap Internet Filter Plan
Reuters (available at YahooNews), June 25, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090625/wl_nm/us_china_internet

Hukou
Shanghai's New Residency Policy Draws Complaints
South China Morning Post, June 24, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=72515aacd6112210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender - Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
Charter 08 Signatories Rally to Support Arrested Dissident
South China Morning Post, June 25, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=85d9303e73312210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related information
HRIC Press Release: HRIC Strongly Condemns the Formal Arrest of Liu Xiaobo by Chinese Authorities
Human Rights in China, June 24, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/170108

US Calls for Release of China Dissident
AFP( via YahooNews), June 25, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090625/wl_asia_afp/chinarightsdissidentus

US House Speaker Slams China Arrest of Democracy Advocate
AFP (via YahooNews), June 24, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090624/pl_afp/chinarightsdissidentuscongress

Internet Censorship
China Blocks Google Website
Financial Times, June 24, 2009
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/59d9611c-60dc-11de-aa12-00144feabdc0.html

Web Sex Purge Hits Health Information Sites
South China Morning Post, June 25, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6e13d59f6d212210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
北京警察驱散举行示威的访民（视像） (Police Disperse Petitioners' Protest in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, June 24, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/petitioner_beijing-06242009105738.html?encoding=simplified

上海当局周三出动大量警察软禁访民 (Shanghai Petitioners Put under House Arrest on Wednesday)
Radio Free Asia, June 24, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/petitioner_shanghai-06242009120953.html?encoding=simplified

Social Security
Pension Scheme Extended to Countryside
South China Morning Post, June 25, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6c0a303e73312210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

June 24, 2009

Top News
Human Rights Defender – Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
刘晓波被捕 被控煽动颠覆国家政权 (Liu Xiaobo Formally Arrested, Accused of “Inciting Subversion of State Power”)
British Broadcasting News, June 24, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_8110000/newsid_8116000/8116019.stm

Xinhua News Agency announced on June 24, 2009, that the formal arrest of independent intellectual and Independent Chinese PEN Center president Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波) on charges of “inciting subversion of state power” [煽动颠覆国家政权罪] was approved by the Beijing procuratorate on June 23. Liu has been detained since he was subpoenaed by the Beijing police on December 8, 2008, in connection with his signing of Charter 08. The Beijing Public Security Bureau claims that Liu has incited the subversion of state power and the overturn of the socialist system through the fabrication of rumors and slander. They also state that Liu has “fully confessed.”

Related news:
刘晓波因涉嫌煽动颠覆国家政权罪被依法逮捕 (Liu Xiaobo Formally Arrested on
“Suspicion Inciting Subversion of State Power” Charges)
China Review News, June 24, 2009
http://cn.chinareviewnews.com/doc/1010/0/3/6/101003632.html?coluid=0&kindid=0&docid=101003632

News
Environment
China Suspends Reforestation Project over Food Shortage Fears
Guardian, June 23, 2009
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jun/23/china-food-shortage

Green Dam
Tension Rises with US over Spyware
South China Morning Post, June 24, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5b897316f0e02210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

政府执意推行绿坝　民众罢网翻墙抗封锁 (As the Government Pushes On with the "Green Dam," Masses Choose to Protest through Internet Boycott and Use of Anonymous Browsing Software and Proxies)
Radio Free Asia, June 23, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/luba-06232009152847.html

Human Rights Defender – Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠)
China Rights Lawyer Beaten, Stripped By Police
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), June 23, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090623/wl_asia_afp/chinarightslawyer

Law
Changes Proposed to Law on Compensation
South China Morning Post, June 22, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3ca97316f0e02210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

国家保密局：缩小国家秘密范围 实现科学定密 (NAPSS: Reduce Scope of State Secrets through Scientific Classification of Secrets)
Xinhua News Agency, June 24, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-06/24/content_11592171.htm

Media
西安：经营黑网吧情节严重者将被追究刑事责任 (Xi'an: Operators of Underground Internet Cafes to Be Investigated for Criminally Charges)
Xinhua News Agency, June 24, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-06/24/content_11590770.htm

Migrant Workers
Baby Boom to Migrant Mothers’ Gloom
China Daily, June 24, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-06/24/content_8317188.htm

Olympics
Age-old Question: Chinese Gymnasts under Review
Associated Press (via Google News), June 24, 2009
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jWs0W-T06pfophXmt9DRQV9BLYEQD990GSPO0

Police
最高检：重点纠正刑讯逼供、暴力取证、违法拘留 (Supreme People's Procuratorate: Focus on Rectifying Forced Confessions, Violent Extortion of Evidence, and Illegal Detentions)
Xinhua News Agency, June 24, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-06/24/content_11591880.htm

Protests and Petitions
川震死難學生家長 赴京上訪再受阻 (Parents Who Lost Children in Sichuan Earthquake again Prevented from Petitioning in Beijing)
Ming Pao, June 24, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1177836/1.html

Public Health
Birth Defects Show Human Price of Coal
Reuters, June 23, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090623/wl_nm/us_china_coal_birthdefects

Tibet
Foreign Reporters Allowed Scripted Trip to Tibet
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), June 23, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090623/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tibet

XUAR
Palau President: Uygur Detainees Still Fear China
Associated Press (via South China Morning Post), June 23, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f89d1317c5b02210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

June 23, 2009

News
Freedom of Speech
签零八宪章谈纪念六四 两青年面临劳教 (2 Young Netizens Facing RTL After Signing Charter 08, Discussing Tiananmen)
Radio Free Asia, June 22, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/08-06222009160554.html

Protests and Petitions
石首疑云未消 重兵把守严防民口 (Police "Seals off" City in Central China)
Radio Free Asia, June 22, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shishou-06222009155448.html

四川广安被关押访民的申诉 (Sichuan Petitioners Organize Mass Petition for Justice)
Radio Free Asia, June 22, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-06222009154319.html

Law
Draft Law on Rural Land Dispute under 3rd Review
Xinhua (via China Daily), June 22, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-06/22/content_8310092.htm

Religion
成都基督教家庭教会遭取缔 负责人王怡公开呼吁关注 (Chengdu House Church Banned)
Radio Free Asia, June 22, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jiaohui-06222009164018.html

State Security
Law May Make Government More Covert
South China Morning Post, June 23, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=eae22f35fd802210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related News
China to Amend State Secrets Law, Avoid Web Leak
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), June 22, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-06/22/content_8309940.htm

保守国家秘密法首次大修 欲破解“一密定终身” (State Secret Law under Large-Scale Amendments)
China Youth Daily (via Xinhua News Agency), June 23, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-06/23/content_11585520.htm

Police
中国拟修法规定判决宣告无罪的被拘留逮捕者可获国家赔偿 (State Compensation Law Amended: Payouts for Inmates)
Xinhua News Agency, June 22, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-06/22/content_11583614.htm

Social Security
China to Expand Healthcare Assistance Among Low-Income Groups
Xinhua, June 22, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-06/22/content_11582744.htm

Corruption
Launch of Official Complaint Hotline Proves Too Hot to Handle
South China Morning Post, June 23, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=81722f35fd802210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Disasters
中国今年以来已发生重特大事故31起 死亡490人 (490 Deaths from 31 Disasters in 2009)
China News (via Eastday), June 23, 2009
http://news.eastday.com/c/20090623/u1a4454611.html

Tibet
中国当局收缴藏民的地面卫星接收器 (Authorities Confiscate Satellite Receivers among Tibetan Citizens)
Radio Free Asia, June 22, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhang-06222009155059.html

Green Dam
Internet Boycott Calls to Mark China Filter Debut
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), June 22, 2009
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090622/wl_nm/us_china_internet_censorship
Green Dam Launch Date 'Unchanged'
China Daily, June 23, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-06/23/content_8310398.htm

June 20-22, 2009

Human Rights Defenders
李铁告深圳公安非法拘留 (Activist Li Tie's Suit against Shenzhen Police for Illegal Detention Heard in Court)
Radio Free Asia, June 19, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/litie-06192009084436.html

Internet Censorship
China Disables Some Google Functions
New York Times, June 20, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/20/world/asia/20beijing.html

Media
Outspoken Media Advocate Quits University Post amid Pressure
South China Morning Post, June 20, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8cf1d1a7a69f1210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Labor
安徽砂廠爆炸16死 (16 Die in Anhui Factory Explosion)
Singtao Daily (via Sina.com.hk), June 22, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1175504/1.html

Land Policy
广东阳江征地暴打农民　村民爬桥求救 (Violent Land Dispute in Yangjiang, Guangdong Continues; Villagers Unfurl Banner on Guangzhou’s Zhuhai Bridge Calling for Attention)
Radio Free Asia, June 19, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yangjiang-06192009112919.html

Olympics
Study: Beijing's Air Worse than at Past Olympics
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), June 20, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090620/ap_on_re_as/as_china_pollution_study

Police
19岁学生摘树叶遭4名城管群殴 市民围住现场 (19 Year-old Student Beaten by Four Urban Management Officials for Picking a Tree Leaf)
Chongqing Daily (via Net Ease), June 20, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/0620/09/5C8AEC4N00011229.html

Protests and Petitions
Guangdong Hit By Second Bout of Unrest
South China Morning Post (via South China Morning Post), June 21, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=af99bf8829ef1210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Order Restored Peacefully after Unrest in C China City
Xinhua News Agency, June 21, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-06/21/content_11576546.htm

Related news:
City in Central China Rocked by Violent Riots: Residents
Agence France-Presse (via Google News), June 21, 2009
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5grv95F6xL8VxUpQCugnbSVfvlwfg

重庆石柱县检察院与上访者签双向承诺 (Procuratorate in Shizhu County, Chongqing Signs Bilateral Commitment with Petitioners)
The Beijing News (via Xinhua News Agency), June 22, 2009
http://cq.xinhuanet.com/news/2009-06/22/content_16877689.htm

数千名外地访民于京游行抗议 (Several Thousand Petitioners Demonstrate in Beijing, Many Intercepted and Detained)
Radio Free Asia, June 21, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-06212009144813.html

Tibet
Tibetan Monks Tell Tale of Escape from China
New York Times, June 20, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/21/world/asia/21tibet.html

西藏高官﹕還會再有騷亂 (Tibetan Autonomous Region Party Secretary: Another Uprising Is Possible)
Ming Pao (via Sina.com.hk), June 22, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1175423/1.html

June 19, 2009

News
Corruption
14 Officials Fired in Jobs-For-Money Scandal
China Daily, June 19, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-06/18/content_8298004.htm

Environment
Yellow River Dams Verge on Collapse
China Daily, June 19, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-06/19/content_8301942.htm

Gender
Chinese Gays Step Quietly toward Progress
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), June 18, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090618/ap_on_re_as/as_china_coming_out_quietly

Green Dam
Outrage over Bid to Tame Web
China Daily, June 18, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-06/18/content_8295955.htm

Green Dam Filter Software Continues Causing Controversy
China Daily, June 19, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-06/19/content_8300620.htm

“绿坝”不行安探针 网控不严不罢休 ("Green Dam" Censorware Doesn't Pass Security Inspection)
Radio Free Asia, June 18, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lvba-06182009103359.html

Hukou
Shanghai Residency Rules 'Discriminate'
China Daily, June 18, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-06/18/content_8295942.htm

Human Rights Defenders
维权人士接力起诉各地警察的违法监控和软禁 (Rights Defenders Take Legal Action against Illegal Monitoring and House Arrests across the Country)
Radio Free Asia, June 18, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/qisujingcha-hc-06182009101229.html

June Fourth
播六四晚會畫面 穗電視台5人停職 (Five Guangzhou Cable TV Station Employees Suspended for Broadcasting Footage of HK June Fourth Vigil)
Ming Pao, June 19, 2009
http://news.mingpao.com/20090619/cac1.htm

Labor
15 Trapped in SW China Coal Mine Flooding
China Daily, June 18, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-06/18/content_8299443.htm

Watchdog Issues Guidelines, Penalties for Work Accidents
South China Morning Post, June 19, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9ddf220c744f1210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Related information: 生产安全事故信息报告和处置办法 (Measures for the Reporting and Disposal of Manufacturing Safety Accident Information)
State Administration of Work Safety, June 16, 2009
http://www.chinasafety.gov.cn/newpage/Contents/Channel_5330/2009/0617/63435/content_63435.htm

Land Policy
江苏无锡强拆七户居民屋顶 (Seven Rooftops Forcibly Demolished in Wuxi, Jiangsu Land Dispute)
Radio Free Asia, June 18, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wuxi-06182009141916.html

华山脚下的暴力征地事件 (Violent Land Requisition at the Foot of Huashan)
Radio Free Asia, June 18, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengdi-06182009144634.html

Media
Beijing Singles out Google in Attack on Pornography
South China Morning Post, June 19, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=fcef220c744f1210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related information: 强烈谴责谷歌传播淫秽色情和低俗信息 (Vehemently Condemning Google's Dissemination of Obscene, Sexual, and Vulgar Information) China Internet Illegal Information Reporting Centre, June 18, 2009 http://net.china.cn/qzl/txt/2009-06/18/content_2971360.htm

中国网站、手机“实名制”引发争议 (Real Name Registration for Web Sites and Cell Phones Sparks Controversy)
Radio Free Asia, June 18, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shouji-jz-06182009103019.html

Related information: Beijing Will Adopt Real Name Registration for Online Media China Tech News, June 18, 2009
http://www.chinatechnews.com/2009/06/18/9988-beijing-will-adopt-real-name-registration-for-online-media/

Taiwan

No Discussion of Unification with China Before 2016: Taiwan President
Taiwan News, June 17, 2009
http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=979137&lang=eng_news&cate_img=83.jpg&cate_rss=news_Politics_TAIWAN