Thursday, January 18, 2007

January 18, 2007

News
Bilateral Ties
Pope Backs Ordination of Priest Selected by Mainland
South China Morning Post, January 18, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZPN36F0XE.html

Canada Looks to Mend Fences with China
Associated Press ( via YahooNews), January 17, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070117/ap_on_re_as/china_canad
a_trade_1


China and EU Launch Partnership Talks
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), January 17, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070117/wl_asia_afp/chinaeu_0701
17155835


Death Penalty
少女掏肠案凶手改判死缓 (Gansu Man Given Death Sentence with Two-Year Reprieve for Brutal Murder and Assault)
The Beijing News, January 18, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0567/2007/01-18/011@236700.htm

谎称交通肇事实为故意杀人 (Man Executed for Vehicular Manslaughter in Guangxi)
Legal Daily, January 18, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2007-01/18/content_517896.htm

Disasters
死亡三人以上矿井将提请关闭 (District Bureau in Beijing Proposes Regulation to Shut Down Coal Mines Where More than 3 Deaths Occur)
The Beijing News, January 18, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0553/2007/01-18/015@236745.htm

Environment
China ‘Exploiting Kyoto Loophole’
Financial Times, January 18, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/9bdda3d4-a676-11db-937f-0000779e2340
.html


China's 'Cancer Villages' Pay Price
BBC, January 18, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6271103.stm

Freedom of Speech
Beijing Plans to Regulate Content of Art
South China Morning Post, January 18, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ2EKMD0XE.html

《神鬼无间》获多项金球奖却在中国遭禁 (China Bans Golden Globe Award Winner "The Departed")
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/17/movie/

Government
国务院原则通过政府信息公开条例(草案) (State Council Passes Draft Government Information Disclosure Regulation)
Legal Daily, January 18, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2007-01/18/content_518041.htm

Human Rights
中国被列为不自由国家 (Freedom House Rates China as a "Not Free" State)
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/17/freedom
_house/


Human Rights Defenders
律师首见池建伟:逮捕没有事实根据 (Chi Jianwei's Lawyer Says No Basis for Chi’s Arrest)
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/17/chi/

Human Rights Defender – Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)
郭飞雄申请取保候审被驳回 (Guo Feixiong's Application to Be Released on Bail Rejected)
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/01/17/china_rights_g
uofeixiong/


Human Rights Defenders - Petitioners
数百名上海民众悼念段惠民被公安带走 (Hundreds of People Taken Away by Shanghai Authorities for Trying to Commemorate Death of Petitioner Duan Huimin)
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/01/17/china_petition
_shanghai/


Inner Mongolia
Ethnic Tensions Simmer on Inner Mongolian Plains
Reuters (via YahooNews), January 17, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070117/lf_nm/china_innermongol
ia_dc_1


Labor
Foxconn Forced to Unionise Its Plant
South China Morning Post, January 18, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZVL46F0XE.html

Land Policy
浙江平湖市高尔夫球场计划不顾省政府反对继续征地 (City Government Collaborates with Developer on Land Acquisition in Defiance of Provincial Government Order)
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/01/17/china_land_ru
ral/


南海四村民被告阻施工 土地被占反要赔钱? (Land Grab Protestors in Guangdong Sued for Obstructing Developer's Work)
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/17/nanhai/

Law
加拿大联邦法庭审理赖昌星遣返案 (Lai Changxing's Repatriation Case Goes to Trial in Canadian Federal Court)
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/01/17/canada_lai/

基层公安领导被要求每年至少旁听一次庭审 (Ministry of Public Security Requires Local Police Chiefs to Sit in on Trials at Least Once a Year)
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/17/police/

Media
网文指控官药勾结 转帖者被捕受审 (Internet User Detained for Forwarding Allegations of Collusion Between Officials and Drug Manufacturer)
Nanfang City News, January 18, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/200701180047.
asp


China Outcry Grows over Beating Death of Reporter
Reuters (via YahooNews), January 17, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070117/wl_nm/china_media_rep
orter_dc_2


Migrant Workers
北京上调农民工工资30%以上 确保奥运场馆建设 (Beijing to Raise Migrant Workers' Wages by More than 30% Starting February)
EastDay.com, January 18, 2007
http://news.eastday.com/c/20070118/u1a2574261.html

Politics
Ousted China Leader Remembered
Reuters (via YahooNews), January 17, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070117/wl_nm/china_politics_z
hao_dc_1


Society
Hu Jintao Gambles on the West
Asia Sentinel, January 16, 2007
http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=c
om_content&task=view&id=341&Itemid=31
=31