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