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