
China in the headlines – 17 September 2008
In the latest wrap-up from news outlets and bloggers across the globe:
Telegraph – Chinese authorities 'covered up baby milk scandal because of Olympics'
The timing of the incident has raised fears that officials disguised the health risk to avoid a scandal during the Beijing Olympic Games in August …China Digital Times – Huang Xiuli: A reporter's diary of the Shanxi landslide
A female reporter for the Chengdu Business News, Huang Xiuli, wrote about her heroic coverage of the Xiangfen landslide incident on her blog. Translated by CDT’s Linjun Fan …AFP – A life of coal for Chinese migrant worker
Zhang Yongling is a typical migrant labourer. Raised in the rural farmlands of China's southwest, he is now a mine worker in the brutal northern coal-producing region …Woeser's Blog – Leaving Fear Behind
Full transcript: From October 2007 until March 2008, Dhondup Wangchen carried out a dangerous journey through the Eastern areas of Tibet …Reuters – Tibet provisional govt to decide on China talks soon
The Tibetan government-in-exile said on Sunday it would make a final decision on whether to continue dialogue with China to ease tension in Tibet after their next encounter ends in October …China Rises' Blog – This blog seen in China (for now)
I’m celebrating, of sorts. For the first time in maybe a year, this blog and others on the typepad.com host can now be seen within China. They are no longer blocked …Shanghai Daily – Death sentence for fraudster
A former brokerage executive was given a death sentence with a two-year probation by the Hainan Province Higher People's Court for fraud and theft involving 26 billion yuan (US$3.15 billion), xinhuanet.com reported today …


I hope that Australia is bringing diplomatic pressure to bear in the fight against this prehistoric legislation.
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