Today's Links: E-waste "recycling" found in Guiyu, 9K officials found to be corrupt, and a twitterer finds trouble after publicizing a gang rape scandal

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Photo of e-waste in Guiyu by Alex Hofford
  • E-waste 'recycling' in Guiyu, China [Alex Hofford] "So today I decided to upload more photos from a recent trip to Guiyu, the 'e-waste processing capital of China', that I made as part of a field project for my MJ course at the University of Hong Kong's JMSC. I have put these photos at the back of the album, behind the photos from Guangxi Province and Hong Kong that I took in 2007 and 2008."
  • 9,000 officials guilty of graft: SPP [China Daily] "The Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) revealed yesterday that more than 9,000 officials were found guilty of corruption in the first six months of the year and said it had investigated 6,277 industrial bribery cases. Qiu Xueqiang, SPP deputy procurator general, told a conference of procuratorate chiefs that the industrial bribery cases involved 6,842 people."
  • China snubs World Games opening [BBC] "China has boycotted the opening ceremony of the World Games in Taiwan, an official with the games has said. A spokesman for the games, Hermann Kewitz, said China had not given an explanation but said that Chinese athletes would compete in the events. Beijing's decision came after organisers allowed Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou to open the games."
  • China: Netizens arrested for gang rape scandal in Fujian [Global Voices Advocacy] "Yesterday (July 16) in early morning, twitterer amoiist sent out a mobile message to twitter saying: “I have been arrested by Mawei police, SOS.” And the second message is: “Pls help me, I grasp the phone during police sleep”. Since then, there isn't any update in his twitter. His arrest was believed to be related to a gang rape scandal which the Fujian authorities have been trying to cover up."
  • Missing HK students found [Straits Times] "MORE than 70 students and teachers from universities in Hong Kong and mainland China who were reported missing in northwest China have been found, state media said late on Thursday. The group, who were on a field research trip in a mountainous region in Menyuan, Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai province, were found in a neighbouring province four hours after contact with them had been lost, Xinhua reported, citing a local government official."
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By Elaine Chow in on July 17, 2009 7:00 PM Comment 2 Likes Likes

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