January 31, 2007

Top News of the Day
Protests and Petitions
广西村民投诉锰产业 五人已判刑七人待审 (Five Representatives Convicted over Pollution Protest in Guangxi, 7 More to Stand Trial)
Radio Free Asia, January 30, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/30/guangxi/
Five village representatives were convicted of "attacking a state organ" and sentenced to half a year to two years' imprisonment in Guangxi Province in late December 2006. They led protests against a manganese electrolyte plant which had caused serious pollution. Seven others from a nearby village were arrested, charged with "disrupting production" and "obstructing the execution of official duties" and are awaiting trial. They protested against the inadequate compensation received for their land.

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  Related Information
  HRIC Press Release: Guangxi Pollution Protesters Go on Trial
  Human Rights in China, December 04, 2006
  http://hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision%5fid=31
  844&item%5fid=31781
  

News
Bilateral Ties
Hu Leaves on African Tour in Latest Effort to Woo Continent
South China Morning Post, January 31, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ7VMLJKXE.html

Corruption
问题煤矿标本:市委副书记是后台 屡次曝光不倒 (Corruption Allegation Against a Hunan-Based Coal Mine)
EastDay.com, January 31, 2007
http://news.eastday.com/c/20070131/u1a2599957.html

Death Penalty
广东东莞尝试赔钱减刑 抢劫犯赔5万获轻判死缓 (Death Sentence Reprieved as Guangdong Murderer Pays 50,000 Yuan Compensation)
EastDay.com, January 31, 2007
http://news.eastday.com/c/20070131/u1a2599967.html

死刑案件关键证人拟出庭幕后 (Issues Around the Appearance of Key Witnesses in Death Penalty Trials)
Legal Daily, January 31, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2007-01/31/content_529623.
htm

Economic Development
How a Village Went from Rags to Rolls-Royces
Asia Times Online, January 31, 2007
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_Business/IA31Cb03.html

Labor
Labour Law Won't Go to NPC in March
South China Morning Post, January 31, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZU3LEJKXE.html

Two HK Bosses Among 29 Fined for Failing to Pay Their Workers
South China Morning Post, January 31, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZY3LEJKXE.html

Labour Disputes Threaten China's Stability: Report
Reuters (via YahooNews), January 30, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070130/wl_nm/china_stability_d
c_1;_ylt=Am63thepojfLUeLc3zzhE9FPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW
04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUleLc3zzhE9FPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMT
BiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Land Policy
Land-Seizure Rows the Main Cause of Rural Unrest in '06
South China Morning Post, January 31, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ1ZDXEKXE.html

Law
段惠民的亲属提出行政复议要求撤销劳教决定 (Duan Huimin's Family Launches Administrative Review Against His Reeducation-Through-Labor Order)
Radio Free Asia, January 30, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/30/duanhui
fang/

Media
国家新闻出版总署改口否认曾下令禁书 (Official Denies Having Ordered the Ban on 8 Books)
Radio Free Asia, January 30, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/01/30/china_media_f
reedom/

Protests and Petitions
Farmers' Protests Decline 20 Percent Last Year
China Daily, January 31, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-01/31/content_796946.
htm

佛山希涌和三山港乡征地维权新发展 (Latest Development on the Land Grabs in Guangdong)
Radio Free Asia, January 30, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/30/fushan/

湖北擂鼓墩村农民抗争月余后与政府达成协议 (Victims of Land Grabs in Hubei Reach Compromise with Village Cadres)
Radio Free Asia, January 30, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/01/30/china_rights
_rural/

Public Health
江苏吴江工厂解雇22名乙肝病毒携带者 (22 Hepatitis B Workers Dismissed by Jiangsu Factory)
Radio Free Asia, January 30, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/30/yigan/

Religion
权威人士：爱国会地位将加强 (Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association Will Strengthen, Says Unnamed Chinese Authority)
Wen Wei Po, January 31, 2007
http://paper.wenweipo.com/2007/01/31/CH0701310015.htm

Tibet
Tibetan Teen Says He Fled China Captors
Associated Press (via YahooNews), January 30, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070130/ap_on_re_as/india_tibetan
s_shot_1;_ylt=AgKrCQmGhYjN2fmp2Teiln1PzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMT
BiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUlQmGhYjN2fmp2Teiln1PzWQ
A;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Hong Kong
HK Race Is Everything but an Election
Financial Times, January 31, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/49c7227c-b0b8-11db-8a62-0000779e23
40,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2340.
html0000779e2340,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-000077
9e2340.html

January 30, 2007

Top News of the Day
Police
北京社会活动家华惠棋遭公安袭击 (Social Activist Hua Huiqi Assaulted and Detained in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, January 29, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/29/hua/
On January 26, church and social activist Hua Huiqi (华惠棋) and his 76-year-old mother were attacked and wounded by the police when they tried to talk to the deputies of the Beijing Municipal People's Congress. They were then taken to the police station in Beijing, where Hua was again beaten. The police told Hua's wife that he had been sentenced to one months' criminal detention for "obstructing the execution of official duties."

News
Death Penalty
黑龙江一局长为还赌债劫杀一副局长被判处死刑 (Former Cadre Sentenced to Death in Heilongjiang over Murder and Other Charges)
Xinhuanet, January 28, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-01/28/content_5664106.
htm

Environment
Small Power Plants to Shut Down
South China Morning Post, January 30, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZAHRNTEXE.html

Human Rights Defender - Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)
郭飞雄案涉揭黑　转押沈阳恐遭报复 (Guo Feixiong Fears Acts of Revenge by Shenyang Police While in Detention)
Radio Free Asia, January 29, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/29/guo/

Law
Supreme People's Court Details Five Ways to a Harmonious Society
People's Daily, January 30, 2007
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200701/30/eng20070130_3458
50.html

莆田失地农民游行申请再次被拒决定入禀法院 (Victims of Land Grabs in Fujian Sue Police over Rejection of Application to Demonstrate)
Radio Free Asia, January 29, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/01/29/china_rights_r
ural/

Media
China Deletes Nearly 3,000 Pieces of Harmful On-Line Information in 2006
People's Daily, January 30, 2007
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200701/30/eng20070130_345
849.html

学者北京集会批评政府箝制言论 (50 Scholars Meet in Beijing to Criticize Banning of 8 Books)
Radio Free Asia, January 29, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/29/bj/

英国电视台北京现场播报遭中国警察阻止 (British TV Station Barred from Broadcasting Live in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, January 29, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/29/tv/

First Real-Name Blog Website Launched in China
China Daily, January 29, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-01/29/content_795804
.htm

'I Know Who My Comrades Are'
Wall Street Journal, January 27, 2007
http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110009588&
mod=RSS_Opinion_Journal&ojrss=frontpages=frontpage

日本产经新闻采访高智晟受阻 (Japanese Newspaper Barred from Interviewing Gao Zhisheng)
Radio Free Asia, January 29, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/29/gao/

大竹民众怀疑当局掩盖真相 公安关闭网上论坛封锁言论 (Two Internet Forums Closed for Allowing Discussion on Death of Raped Girl in Sichuan)
Radio Free Asia, January 29, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/01/29/china_riot/

Migrant Workers
报告：中国民工留守儿童童年孤独 (CASS Report Finds Most Children Left Behind by Migrant Workers' Parents Feel Lonely)
BBC, January 29, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_6300000/newsid_630
8700/6308705.stm

Olympics
China Warns on Olympics Morality
BBC, January 30, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6308863.stm

Protests and Petitions
百余农民工工地前讨薪 (100 Migrant Workers Block Roads in Beijing to Demand Outstanding Backpay)
The Beijing News, January 30, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0558/2007/01-30/021@239530.htm

In Brief: HK Protester Freed from House Arrest in Beijing
South China Morning Post, January 30, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ6SWNTEXE.html

Petition over Property Prices Gains Momentum
South China Morning Post, January 30, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZBUZNTEXE.html

浙江上访者遭截访 吕耿松两度受询问 (Aggrieved Parties Barred from Petitioning Outside Meeting of Zhejiang People's Congress)
Radio Free Asia, January 29, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/29/zhejiang/

Rural Issues
New Pledge to Give Farmers a Louder Voice
South China Morning Post, January 30, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZEZSNTEXE.html

January 27 - 29, 2007

Top News of the Day
Tibet
China Detains Tibetan Monk in Gansu
Radio Free Asia, January 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/tibetan/2007/01/26/tibetan_monk/
Chinese authorities in a Tibetan region of northwest Gansu Province arrested a monk on January 8; his whereabouts have been unclear since then. Local residents speculated that the arrest of Jamyang Gyatso could be because he helped them receive a Radio Free Asia broadcast in Tibetan, or that he made copies of a book writer by the Tibetan poet Hortsang Jigme, who lives in the United States.

News
Death Penalty
北京市高院院长称死刑案件拟要求关键证人出庭 (Beijing Higher People's Court Considers Mandating That Crucial Witnesses Testify in Trials that May Involve Death Penalty)
Xinhuanet, January 29, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-01/29/content_5666840.
htm

死刑复核案律师可见最高法法官 (Supreme People's Court Judges to Meet Lawyers Involved in Death Penalty Cases upon Request)
The Beijing News, January 29, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0565/2007/01-29/014@063332.
htm

甘肃宣传部副部长被杀案的两名罪犯被判死刑 (Two Murderers of Cadre Sentenced to Death in Gansu)
Radio Free Asia, January 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/01/26/china_crime/

Economic Development
China May Achieve Industrial Economy by 2015: Report
People's Daily, January 28, 2007
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200701/28/eng20070128_345
510.html

Environment
Raise Environment Watchdog to Ministerial Level: Academics
South China Morning Post, January 29, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZZMNNTEXE.html

Labor
Guangdong's Foreign Firms Must Set Up Labour Unions
South China Morning Post, January 29, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZD1UNTEXE.html

Land Policy
Bosses to Go back to Building Homes
South China Morning Post, January 27, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZOQQNTEXE.html

Law
余姚市政府组织强拆民房 法院判决其行政违法 (Ningbo Court Rules Forcible Demolition Illegal)
Xinhuanet, January 29, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-01/29/content_5667948.h
tm

山东两千民师告官　官压上访疑涉贪 (Shandong Courts Refuse to Accept Claims from 2,000 Private School Teachers)
Radio Free Asia, January 27, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/27/shandong/

一名乙肝带菌者控告东莞港资企业歧视 (Hepatitis B Carrier Launches Discrimination Lawsuit Against Hong Kong Enterprise)
Radio Free Asia, January 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/01/26/china_discrimi
nation/

Media
Channels Boom, but Picture Remains Blurred
South China Morning Post, January 29, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZFCQNTEXE.html

外国记記者採访放宽 地头蟲迎战过江龙 (China's Media Feel the Heat Under New Regulation Governing Journalists' Work)
Ming Pao, January 29, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070129/cha1.htm

中国禁书引起强烈反弹 (Scholars in China Condemn Censorship of New Books)
Radio Free Asia, January 28, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/28/jinshu/

Hospital Sues over Transplant Reports
South China Morning Post, January 27, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZGRQNTEXE.html

自由派顶尖学者开讲　“二十一世纪兴云讲坛”被封杀 (Forum Composed of Top Liberal Scholars Ordered to Close, Website Shut down)
Radio Free Asia, January 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/26/21/

Police
川酒店女工证实死於急病 (Sichuan Police Find Girl Died of Illness, Not Rape)
Wen Wei Po, January 29, 2007
http://www.wenweipo.com/news_print.phtml?news_id=CH07012
90040

Protests and Petitions
反右50周年永湧索偿潮 (Victims Seek Compensation Ahead of 50th Anniversary of "Anti-Rightist" Campaign)
Ming Pao, January 29, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070129/cab1.htm

HK Demonstrator Threatens Suicide
South China Morning Post, January 27, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZEYTNTEXE.html

岑溪农民抗议造纸厂污染　警方拘押十几名村民 (10 Guangxi Villagers Arrested for Protesting Pollution from Paper Factory)
Radio Free Asia, January 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/26/wuran/

武汉下岗职工抗议集体财产被侵吞 (20 Dismissed Workers Protest Unfair Compensation in Wuhan)
Radio Free Asia, January 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/01/26/china_protest/

二百名访民在北京市人大会议开幕当天被抓 (200 Petitioners Taken Away as Beijing Local People's Congress Starts)
Radio Free Asia, January 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/26/fangmin/

Public Health
Pledge to Clean Up Drugs Watchdog
South China Morning Post, January 28, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ2ZSNTEXE.html

Drug Talks Offer Aids Patients Hope
South China Morning Post, January 27, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZKQQNTEXE.html

Xinjiang
Uygur Analysis Appals
South China Morning Post, January 29, 2007
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZC7UNTEXE.html

January 26, 2007

Top News of the Day
Gender - Trafficking of Women
歹徒杀人卖尸办冥婚 (Women in Shaanxi Murdered and Sold to Families to Marry Their Dead Sons)
Ming Pao, January 26, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070126/cca1h.htm
A number of women have been murdered in Shaanxi Province in the past several months and sold to families in neighboring Shanxi Province whose sons have died. These families believe their dead sons and the dead women they bought would get married in the underworld. According to reports, there were insufficient dead female bodies, so women were murdered and sold for large sums of money. Three suspected murderers have been arrested.

News
Bilateral Ties
European Parliament Debates Human Rights in China
UNPO, January 24, 2007
http://www.unpo.org/article.php?id=6213

Corruption
Anti-Graft Watchdog Must Be Free of Local Influence, Says Party School
South China Morning Post, January 26, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZQCKJO9XE.html

Death Penalty
Death Penalty and Jail Terms for Drug Dealer Family
Xinhuanet, January 25, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-01/25/content_5653537
.htm

Economic Development
Mainland Growth the Fastest in 11 Years
South China Morning Post, January 26, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZS17KO9XE.html

Environment
Maximum Fine over China Pollution
BBC, January 26, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6299085.stm

Human Rights Defenders - Internet Activists
北京法院驳回杨子立案重审申请 (Beijing Court Refuses to Retry Yang Zili)
Radio Free Asia, January 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/25/yang/

Human Rights Defender – Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
探视日不准陈光诚会见家人　律师指违法不人道 (Family Not Allowed to See Chen Guangcheng on Prison's Visiting Day)
Radio Free Asia, January 25, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/25/chen/

Land Policy
Warning of Social Unrest over Home Costs on Mainland
South China Morning Post, January 26, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZBK8KO9XE.html

Law
No Compensation Adds Insult to Injury for Victims of Crime
South China Morning Post, January 26, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZCIVJO9XE.html

Media
Blackmailing by Journalists in China Seen as 'Frequent'
Washington Post, January 25, 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article
/2007/01/24/AR2007012402061.htmldyn/content/article/2007/0
1/24/AR2007012402061.html

维权人士：中国似收紧控制互联网 (Rights Defenders Find China Tightening Internet Control)
Voice of America, January 25, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-01-25-voa35.cfm

Migrant Workers
China Strains to Fit Migrants into Mainstream Classes
New York Times, January 26, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/25/world/asia/25school.html?
_r=1&ref=world&oref=slogingin

城市发展不能以伤农为代价 (Cities Cannot Develop at the Expense of Migrant Workers' Health)
Legal Daily, January 26, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2007-01/26/content_525732.h
tm

Olympics
政务咨询刘淇直奔奥组委“摊位” ("Floating Population Administrators" to Monitor Population Flow at Local Levels in Beijing)
The Beijing News, January 26, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0554/2007/01-26/014@238658.htm

China Promises to Make Visa Application Easier for Olympics
People's Daily, January 26, 2007
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200701/25/eng20070125_34478
2.html

Poverty
Gov't Aims for 3 Mln Chinese to Escape Poverty in 2007
Xinhuanet, January 26, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-01/25/content_5654547
.htm

Protests and Petitions
专访代表探讨花楼街理性维权 (Representatives in Hunan Interviewed on How to Defend Rights)
Radio Free Asia, January 25, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/25/wuhan/

随州农民追讨徵地补偿受到流氓骚扰和恐吓 (Victims of Land Grabs in Hubei Threatened by Thugs Allegedly Employed by Local Authorities)
Radio Free Asia, January 25, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/01/25/china_rights_
rural/

克拉玛依区一商贩因上访被行政拘留 (Xinjiang Vendor Detained for 15 Days for Petitioning over Demolition of Market Stall)
Radio Free Asia, January 25, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/01/25/china_petition/

Three Gorges
审计署：部分三峡移民安置质量不高就业生活困难 (Audit Department: Some of Those Resettled by Three Gorges Project Were Undercompensated)
People's Daily, January 26, 2007
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1027/5329973.html

January 25, 2007

News
Bilateral Ties
China Loans Create ‘New Wave of Africa Debt’
Financial Times, January 25, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/640a5986-863a-11db-86d5-0000779e23
40.html

邱震海﹕北京梵蒂岡 互动新模式雏形 (Commentary: Beijing and Vatican Adopt New Interaction Model)
Ming Pao, January 25, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070125/faa1.htm

China Puts Positive Spin on Sudan Ties
Financial Times, January 24, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/905c4abe-abd6-11db-a0ed-0000779e2
340.html

Hu Jintao's Africa Trip to Focus on Aid
Associated Press ( via YahooNews), January 24, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070124/ap_on_re_as/china_africa_2

Children
The Mystery of the Chinese Baby Shortage
New York Times, January 23, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/23/opinion/23russell.html?_r=1&
oref=slogin

Corruption
国家药监局原局长郑筱萸严重违纪违法 (Former Head of State Food and Drug Administration Involved in Dereliction of Duty Case)
Nanfang City News, January 25, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/200701250139.asp

Death Penalty
跨国贩毒案日籍主犯判死 (Trio Given Death Sentence for International Drug Trafficking)
Ming Pao, January 25, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070125/cag1.htm

Human Rights Defender - Sun Xiaodi (孫小弟)
环保维权人士孙小弟病情恶化处境艰难 (Environmentalist Sun Xiaodi Suffers from Deteriorating Health and Harassment)
Radio Free Asia, January 24, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/01/24/china_rights/

Human Rights Defender - Huang Jinqiu (黃金秋)
独立作家黄金秋狱中争取减刑 (Jailed Writer Huang Jinqiu Fights for Sentence Reduction)
Radio Free Asia, January 24, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/24/huang/

Human Rights Defenders - Rights Defenders
温州维权农民林炳长被逮捕 (Retired Cadre Arrested for Suing Local Authorities over Land Grab)
Radio Free Asia, January 24, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/24/weiquan/

Media
Author Confronts the Censors Again
South China Morning Post, January 25, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZIKHJO9XE.html

皇甫平：封报封网生硬落伍 (Former Deputy Editor-In-Chief of People's Daily: Shutting Down Critical Newspapers and Websites Is Backward)
Ming Pao, January 25, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070125/caa1.htm

Hu Calls on Party to 'Purify' the Internet
South China Morning Post, January 25, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ6OIJO9XE.html

China May Have World's Largest Online Population in Two Years
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), January 24, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070124/ts_afp/chinausinternetbu
siness_070124082855

《百姓》换血后新刊难产　原编采人夹缝中继续呐喊 (Bai Xing Delays Publication of New Issue After Chief Editor Is Dismissed)
Radio Free Asia, January 24, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/24/baixing/

Olympics
Beijing Will Pull Out Stops for Clean Games
South China Morning Post, January 25, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZWNTJO9XE.html

Olympic Projects Help Beijing's Economy Grow 12pc Last Year
South China Morning Post, January 25, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZUKHJO9XE.html

Police
反扒联盟法律地位引争议 (Public Concerned over Legal Status of "Civil Anti-Pickpocketing Coalition")
Legal Daily, January 25, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2007-01/25/content_524466.
htm

Population
China May Lower Fines for Poor Who Violate One-Child-Only Policy
Washington Post, January 24, 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article
/2007/01/23/AR2007012301392_pf.htmldyn/content/article/2007
/01/23/AR2007012301392_pf.html

Protests and Petitions
深圳拆除违章建筑引起冲突 (Shenzhen Citizens Clash with Police over Demolition of Illegal Buildings)
Radio Free Asia, January 24, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/01/24/china_demoliti
on_shenzhen/

Xinjiang
Beijing Inflicts a Defeat on Al-Qaeda
South China Morning Post, January 25, 2007
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZKISJO9XE.html

Hong Kong
Tsang to Hit Ground Running on Universal Suffrage
South China Morning Post, January 25, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZXT3KO9XE.html

January 24, 2007

News
Corruption
反腐立法已有初步构想 (China Aims to Pass Anti-Corruption Legislation Before 2010)
Wen Wei Po, January 24, 2007
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH0701240032&
cat=002CH

Environment
China and India Warned Their Water Is Running Out
The Guardian, January 24, 2007
http://environment.guardian.co.uk/water/story/0,,1996350,00.ht
ml

六里屯垃圾焚烧厂有望明年运营 (Waste Incineration Plant in Beijing to Start Operating in 2008)
The Beijing News, January 24, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0553/2007/01-24/014@238096.
htm

Food Security
Not Much Faith in Their Food
Los Angeles Times, January 23, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-chifood23j
an23,1,6928698.story?coll=la-headlines-world&ctrack=
1&cset=truechifood23jan23,1,6928698.story?coll=la-headlines-wor
ld&ctrack=1&cset=true

Gender
广州人大代表建议修法:丈夫"包二奶"妻子可索赔 (Guangzhou Lawmakers Propose Amending Law So That Wives Can Seek Compensation for Husbands’ Extramarital Affairs)
Xinhuanet, January 24, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/local/2007-01/24/content_5645096.
htm

Media
Baidu Secures Licence as Online News Provider
South China Morning Post, January 24, 2007
http://technology.scmp.com/techmain/ZZZWYFJO9XE.html

胡锦涛要求迅速查明山西大同记者被打死案 (President Hu Jintao Demands Investigation into Beating Death of Shanxi Journalist)
EastDay.com, January 24, 2007
http://news.eastday.com/c/20070124/u1a2585840.html

山西宣告兰成长被殴死案告破 警方称其预谋勒索 (Shanxi Police Say Beaten Journalist Planned to Blackmail Illegal Coal Mine)
Xinhuanet, January 24, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-01/24/content_5644968.htm

RSF将有条件地终止对北京奥运的抵制 (RSF Conditionally Ends Beijing Olympics Boycott)
Radio Free Asia, January 23, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/23/rsf/

Migrant Workers
北京近半年取缔58所打工子弟学校 (58 Schools for Migrant Workers' Children in Beijing Shut Down in Last 4 Months of 2006)
The Beijing News, January 24, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0554/2007/01-24/014@238113.h
tm

九成农民工子女否认自己是北京人 (90 Percent of Migrant Workers' Children Deny They Are "Beijingers")
The Beijing News, January 24, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0553/2007/01-24/014@238099.
htm

Politics
皇甫平：中共改革此其时 (Former Deputy Editor-In-Chief of People's Daily: Now Is the Time for Political Reforms)
Ming Pao, January 24, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070124/caa1.htm

Population
Change of Focus Needed on Population Policies
South China Morning Post, January 24, 2007
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZSOPJO9XE.html

One-Child Policy Worsens Imbalance: Official
South China Morning Post, January 24, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ6EEJO9XE.html

Protests and Petitions
In Brief: Human Wall Protest Stops Demolition in Shenzhen
South China Morning Post, January 24, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZTXEJO9XE.html

汕尾东洲村民抗议建电厂再次发生暴力冲突 (Violence Erupts as Shanwei Villagers Continue Protesting Construction of Electricity Plant)
Radio Free Asia, January 23, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/01/23/china_rights_cl
ash/

四川酒店女员工被奸杀引发骚乱仍未平息 (Raping Death Case in Sichuan Yet to Be Settled)
Radio Free Asia, January 23, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/23/dazhu/

江西南昌县发生征地冲突 数十名村民被打伤 (Shanxi Villagers Attacked by Unidentified Thugs Amid Land Grab Dispute)
Radio Free Asia, January 23, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/01/23/china_land_rural/

成都一下岗女工因暴力拆迁被逼跳楼 (Sichuan Woman Tries to Commit Suicide over Forced Eviction)
Radio Free Asia, January 23, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/23/chaiqian/

Public Health
Illegal Blood Stocks Scandal Admitted
South China Morning Post, January 24, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZYDEJO9XE.html

January 23, 2007

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)
张青得知郭飞雄案退查 郭飞雄被转押沈阳 (Wife of Guo Feixiong Told Husband's Case Delayed, Guo Sent to Shenyang)
Radio Free Asia, January 22, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/22/guo/
On January 22, the Guangzhou Procuratorate sent back the case against rights defender Guo Feixiong (also known as Yang Maodong) for a new round of investigation due to insufficient evidence. In addition, Guo has been transferred to a detention center in Liaoning, in spite of assurances earlier this month by Guangzhou authorities that this would not happen.

Related Information
HRIC Press Release: Guo Feixiong’s Case Delayed,
Transferred
Human Rights in China, January 22, 2007
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision%5fi
d=32200&item%5fid=32199

Protests and Petitions
上海访民最新事件 (Liu Xinjuan Forcibly Admitted to Mental Hospital for the 6th Time)
Radio Free Asia, January 22, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/22/fangmin/
On January 17, Shanghai petitioner Liu Xinjuan was picked up by Shanghai authorities in Beijing while trying to petition the government there. The following day, she was forcibly admitted to a mental hospital for the sixth time. She was tied to a bed for two days and force-fed drugs for mental illness. According to one reporter, police told Liu that if she continued petitioning, she would be locked up for life.

News
Civil Society
民间力量推动着中国社会的改革开放 (Commentary: Civil Society Pushes Forward China's Social Reforms)
Nanfang City News, January 23, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/200701230524.
asp

Environment
Living in China's Coal Heartland
BBC, January 22, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6271773.stm

Land Policy
Authorities Blamed for Costly Housing
South China Morning Post, January 23, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZHMPWH4XE.html

Provincial Gov'ts Get More Land Powers
People's Daily, January 23, 2007
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200701/23/eng20070123_3438
10.html

湖北农场违背承诺驱赶农民工 (Evicted Farmers Beaten for Working on Land Cleared for Development in Hubei)
Radio Free Asia, January 22, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/01/22/china_land_rur
al/

Law
中国限制外国人在华从事测绘活动 (New Measures to Restrict Foreigners' Surveying and Mapping Activities in China)
BBC, January 23, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_6280000/newsid_
6288600/6288639.stm

Surveying, Mapping by Foreigners Restricted
South China Morning Post, January 23, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZSSSWH4XE.html

Media
Blogging News in China
Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University, January 23, 2007
http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/reports/06-4NRwinter/p48-060
4-luqiu.html

中国评论﹕看电视谁要政治洗脑 (Commentary: Who Wants to Be Politically Brainwashed While Watching TV?)
Ming Pao, January 23, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070123/cat1.htm

More Held over Reporter's Death
South China Morning Post, January 23, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZKBYWH4XE.html

Politically Inspired Cleanup Ordered for Prime-Time TV
South China Morning Post, January 23, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZWIUWH4XE.html

Multilateral Relations
UN Expands Partnerships with Locals
China Daily, January 20, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.net/china/2007-01/20/content_788178.htm

Population
Anger at Rich and Famous Violating One-Child Policy
South China Morning Post, January 23, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ451XH4XE.html

Rising Sex-Ratio Imbalance 'a Danger'
China Daily, January 23, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-01/23/content_789821
.htm

Protests and Petitions
花楼街千人游行反非法拆迁 维权代表遭构陷被起诉 (1,000 Protest Illegal Eviction in Wuhan, Trumped-up Allegation Against Rights Defender Passed to Procuratorate)
Radio Free Asia, January 22, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/22/wuhan/

当局拒批示威申请 莆田农民要求复议 (670 Victims of Land Grabs in Fujian Apply for Administrative Review of Rejection of Demonstration Request)
Radio Free Asia, January 22, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/01/22/china_rights_ru
ral/

广西村民抗议纸厂污染遭到镇压 (Guangxi Villagers Clash with Police for Protesting Polluting Factory, 10 Arrested)
Radio Free Asia, January 22, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/01/22/china_rights_c
lash/

Public Health
被禁佰易药品疑携丙肝病毒 (Banned Drug May Be Contaminated by Hepatitis C Virus)
The Beijing News, January 23, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0554/2007/01-23/014@237860
.htm

New Law Urged to Counter Attacks on Medical Staff
South China Morning Post, January 23, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ851XH4XE.html

Xinjiang
专家指疆独吸纳青少年 (Xinjiang Separatists Said to Recruit Youths)
Ming Pao, January 23, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070123/caf1.htm

January 20 - 22, 2007

Top News of the Day
Labor
Seven Killed in Blaze at Factory with Locked Doors and Windows
South China Morning Post, January 22, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ08VWH4XE.html
Seven female workers were killed yesterday when locked doors and windows prevented them from escaping a fire at an unlicensed factory in Shenzhen. The factory windows had been blocked with metal screens designed to prevent break-ins. The owner of the factory was detained after the accident. This is not the first time that locked exits and a lack of fire escapes have resulted in tragedy at private factories in Guangdong.

Related News
深圳：七女工丧生火海 (Seven Killed in Factory Fire in
Shenzhen)
Nanfang City News, January 22, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/200701220001.
asp

News
Bilateral Ties
Vatican Group to Oversee Mainland Relations
South China Morning Post, January 22, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZ09VWH4XE.html

Civil Society
慈善中国：不缺爱心但缺信任 (The Majority of People Do Not Trust Charitable Organizations)
China Youth Daily, January 22, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-01/22/content_1650201.htm

NGOs Win Tenders for Poverty-Relief Scheme
South China Morning Post, January 20, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZD5OWH4XE.html

Death Penalty
In Brief: Suspended Death Sentence Imposed for Killer Blast
South China Morning Post, January 22, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZC8XWH4XE.html

Education
卑微的希望 公正的渴求 (Commentary: Wanting Basic Teaching Equipment Is a Humble but Legitimate Demand)
Ming Pao, January 22, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070122/cah1.htm

Freedom of Association
简要新闻：福州公安局不批准莆田农民游行示威 (In Brief: Application to Hold Demonstration Rejected in Fuzhou)
Radio Free Asia, January 20, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/01/20/xinwen/

Freedom of Speech
姚立法谈中宣部禁书与草根民主 (The Publicity Department's Ban on Yao Lifa's Book and Grassroots Democracy)
Voice of America, January 19, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-01-19-voa53.cfm

Human Rights
儿女惨死家人称有冤 停止调查警察反打人 (Police Beat Family of Duo Who Died Mysteriously in Jiangsu)
Radio Free Asia, January 22, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/20/jingcha/

Human Rights Defender – Ching Cheong (程翔)
I Will Work Hard and Say Little to Get Ching Cheong Back, Vows Tsang
South China Morning Post, January 21, 2007
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZ68XWH4XE.html

Labor
Small Mine Operators to Be Removed in Overhaul
South China Morning Post, January 20, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZSTMWH4XE.html

Media
A Blogger's Tale: The Stainless Steel Mouse
Asia Times Online, January 22, 2007
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/FG22Ad04.html

Bai Xing's Former Editor Stands by Bold Approach
South China Morning Post, January 22, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZE9YWH4XE.html

殴死报社人员7嫌疑人被拘 (Seven Arrested over Beating Death of Journalist in Shanxi)
The Beijing News, January 22, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0567/2007/01-22/011@237582
.htm

Book's Ban Violates my Rights, Author Says
South China Morning Post, January 20, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ91VWH4XE.html

大陆网民可进入台湾中时电子报和联合报网站 (Mainland’s Internet Users Can Browse 2 Taiwanese Newspapers)
Radio Free Asia, January 19, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/01/19/china_intern
et/

盗版的“六四诗集”遭到中国政府查封 (Local Government in Anhui Seizes Pirated Copies of Poetry Book on June 4th)
Radio Free Asia, January 19, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/19/64/

网吧变成“唐僧肉”：一份网吧营业的账单 (Cyber Cafés Are Geese that Lay Golden Eggs: A Look at One Café’s Account Books)
Xinhuanet, January 18, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/focus/2007-01/18/content_5608493.
htm

Protests and Petitions
Pair Suspended over Death of Teen Waitress
South China Morning Post, January 22, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ60NWH4XE.html

Workers Demanding Pay Attacked
South China Morning Post, January 22, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZA9YWH4XE.html

广东南海维权村民旧的未放新的又被抓 (Five More Rights Defenders Detained in Land Grab Protest in Foshan, Guangdong)
Radio Free Asia, January 19, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/19/nanhai/

两千京郊农民聚集北京信访办要求处理村干部 (2,000 Petition Government over Village Cadre in Beijing Who Swindled Farmers)
Radio Free Asia, January 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/01/18/china_rights_ru
ral/

Public Health
委员声音："‘医闹’责任在卫生部""尽量增加和改进自行车道" ("Ministry of Health Should Take Responsibility for Disturbances Regarding Medical Cases")
Nanfang City News, January 22, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/200701220004.
asp

North Korea
朝鲜难民被中国遣返回国 韩国政府受谴责 (South Korea Condemned for Letting China Repatriate North Korean Refugees)
Radio Free Asia, January 19, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/19/nk/