Wednesday, February 28, 2007

February 28, 2007

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)

郭飞雄案重新移送检察院 律师强调同案不应分案审 (Guo Feixiong's Case Sent to Guangzhou Procuratorate Again)
Radio Free Asia, February 27, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/27/guofeix
iong/

Guo Feixiong's case has been sent to a procuratorate office in Guangzhou for re-examination. Sources say Guo was detained over the publication of a book on politics in Shenyang. Given that an alleged accomplice of Guo’s has already been tried, Guo's lawyer argues that the separate treatment for the two is unjustified procedurally. Guo was sent to Shenyang in mid-January and his wife speculates that he is still detained there now.

News
Corporate Social Accountability
China's Good Corporate Citizens Find Their Voice
Financial Times, February 26, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/8a170396-c504-11db-b110-000b5df10
621.html


Corruption
Hu Moves to Stem Corruption in Army
South China Morning Post, February 28, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZDVDAZHYE.html

Death Penalty
China's Highest Court to Order Provinces to Retry Death Sentences
Xinhuanet, February 27, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-02/27/content_578094
2.htm


Disasters
欧阳五﹕內地整顿小煤矿 长路漫漫 (Commentary: Still a Long Way to Go for the Restructuring of Small Coal Mines)
Ming Pao, February 28, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070228/fac1.htm

Education
Tuition Fees Waived for Rural Students
South China Morning Post, February 28, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZG5C7ZHYE.html

Environment
Two Countries – Global Problem
Financial Times, February 28, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/afc8c064-c678-11db-be1a-000b5df1062
1,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2340.html


中国成为煤炭净进口国 (China Becomes Net Importer of Coal)
Radio Free Asia, February 27, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/27/meitan/

Human Rights Defender - Liu Fenggang (刘凤钢)
北京家庭教会领袖刘凤钢顺利接受心脏搭桥手术 (Beijing-Based House Church Leader Liu Fenggang Undergoes Heart Surgery)
Radio Free Asia, February 27, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/27/china_religion/

Human Rights Defender – Huseyin Celil (塞利尔)
Supporters Seeking New Lawyer for Celil
The Globe and Mail, February 27, 2007
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070227.C
ELIL27/TPStory/National


Human Rights Defender – Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
袁伟静欲探视陈光诚遭到拒绝和刁难 (Yuan Weijing’s Request to Visit Husband Chen Guangcheng Turned Down)
Radio Free Asia, February 27, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/27/chengu
angcheng/


June 4th
天安门母亲的呼吁:解除六四禁区 公开六四真相 (Tiananmen Mothers Urge China to Allow Discussion on June 4th Incident)
Radio Free Asia, February 27, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/27/6-4_hu
yu/

Related Information:
HRIC Press Release: Tiananmen
Mothers Call for End to Censorship over June 4th
Crackdown
Human Rights in China, February 27, 2007
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/item?item_id=33852


Land Policy
China Uses Satellite Remote Sensing
Techniques to Check Illegal Land Use
Xinhuanet, February 27, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-02/27/content_578096
8.htm


Law
九大亮点映照 今年立法和监督计划夺目 (Nine Main Points About NPC's Legislative and
Supervisory Work in 2007)
Legal Daily, February 28, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2007-02/28/content_546093.
htm


China
to Revise Criminal Procedural Law in 2007
Xinhuanet, February 27, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-02/27/content_5780524.
htm


Media
Half of Mainland Books Unsold
South China Morning Post, February
28, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ5BC7ZHYE.html

Broadcast
Media in China Put On Notice
Washington Post, February 27, 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co
ntent/article/2007/02/26/AR2007022601296.html


两名香港记者在珠海采访时被打伤
(Two Hong Kong Journalists Beaten by Unknown Assailants in Guangdong for
Reporting on Smuggled Fish)
Radio Free Asia, February 27, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/27/jizhe/

Protests
and Petitions

上海访民又遭截访软禁 (Shanghai Petitioners Put Under House
Arrest Ahead of NPC Session)
Radio Free Asia, February 27, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/27/shangh
ai_fangmin/


Public
Health

China Punishes 500 Health Workers for Commercial
Bribery
Xinhuanet, February 27, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-02/27/content_578085
9.htm


Documentary
Depicting Care for AIDS Orphans in Chinese City Wins Oscar
Xinhuanet,
February 27, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-02/27/content_5781230
.htm


Religion
浙江民主党成员池建伟案开庭 (Trial for China Democracy Party Member and Falun
Gong Practitioner Chi Jianwei Concludes in Under 2 Hours, No Verdict
Announced)
Radio Free Asia, February 27, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/27/renquan/

State
Security

U.S. Military Pledges Further Anti-Terrorism Co-op with
China
Xinhuanet, February 27, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-02/27/content_5780653
.htm

Tuesday, February 27, 2007

February 27, 2007

Top news of the day
Protests and Petitions
北京78岁上访老人双淑英被判刑两年 (78-Year-old Petitioner Sentenced to 2 Years' Imprisonment)
Radio Free Asia, February 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/26/shangfang/
Seventy-eight-year-old petitioner Shuang Shuying (双淑英) was sentenced to two years' imprisonment on February 26 for "intentionally damaging property." Her oldest son, who attended the trial, was not convinced by the evidence presented by the prosecution regarding the damage she caused to a passing vehicle and a computer monitor used by petitioners. Shuang said she would appeal. Her second son was arrested at the same time as she was and is awaiting trial.

News
Education
历史教科书从来都不是客观的历史描述 (Commentary: History Books Never Describe History Objectively)
China Youth Daily, February 27, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-02/27/content_1683041.htm

Environment
China and India Face up to Curbs on Carbon
Financial Times, February 26, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/966392c0-c5c4-11db-9fae-000b5df10621.html

China Plans Improvements in Water Consumption
Voice of America, February 26, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-02-26-voa16.cfm

Yangtze Drought Cuts into Water for 1M
Associated Press (via YahooNews), February 26, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070226/ap_on_re_as/china_yangtze_drought_1

Freedom of Speech
潘小涛﹕禁书8本与中共高层的分歧 (Commentary: The Dispute Among CPC Leaders over the 8 Banned Books)
Ming Pao, February 27, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070227/faa1.htm

Gender
In Brief: Stand-in Mistress Wanted for Beating by Wife
South China Morning Post, February 27, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZB597ZHYE.html

Government
民心网可投诉政府违法行为 (Website of Liaoning Authorities Allow Complaints Against Poor Administration)
Legal Daily, February 27, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2007-02/27/content_544688.htm

June 4th
曾坐牢十六年的喻东岳出狱一年后的近况 (One Year After Release from Prison, June 4th Dissident Yu Dongyue Suffers Brain Damage, Schizophrenia)
Radio Free Asia, February 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/26/china_dissident_64/

Labor
Hard Times Forecast for Mainland's Job Seekers
South China Morning Post, February 27, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ8197ZHYE.html

Liberalisation Only Way to More Jobs
South China Morning Post, February 27, 2007
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZEPAAZHYE.html

Legal Action on Jobs Bias
The Standard, February 27, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3&art_id=38970&sid=12400940&con_type=1&d_str=20070227

Migrant Workers
民工子女拿什么与城里孩子比明天 (Commentary: How Can Migrant Workers' Children Compete with City Children?)
China Youth Daily, February 27, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-02/27/content_1683056.htm

Politics
Economy Before Democracy, Says Premier
South China Morning Post, February 27, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZUOAAZHYE.html

两会6热点 (Six Hot Topics in the Upcoming NPC and CPPCC Meetings)
Ming Pao, February 27, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070227/chc1.htm

Poverty
China's Widening Income Gap
Business Week (via Yahoo.com), February 26, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/bw/20070226/bs_bw/feb2007gb20070216056285

Public Health
Aids Activists Hail Win for Mainland Exposé
South China Morning Post, February 27, 2007
http://world.scmp.com/worldnews/ZZZIDN7ZHYE.html

中国政府对艾滋病问题态度渐开放 (Chinese Government Increasingly Open About Its AIDS Problem)
Voice of America, February 26, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-02-26-voa22.cfm

Religion
中梵就广东省汕头市教区主教的任命发生争执 (China and Vatican Dispute over the Ordination of Bishop in Guangdong)
Radio Free Asia, February 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/26/china_religion_bishop/

Social Security
Tibet to Grant Allowance to Elderly People
Xinhuanet, February 26, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-02/26/content_5776392.htm

Monday, February 26, 2007

February 24 - 26, 2007

Top News of the Day
Protests and Petitions

深圳居民抗议工程扰民而受到当局的报复 (Shenzhen Authorities Retaliate Against Representatives for Protesting Road Construction)
Radio Free Asia, February 23, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/23/china_rights
_petition/

Shenzhen authorities have taken measures against a number of residents for protesting the construction of the new Shenzhen-Hong Kong Western Corridor. About 500 villagers have been organizing protests against the construction, which could take place less than 90 meters from some of their homes, at the municipal government building since last October. As a result, a dozen village representatives were indicted on "disrupting social order" or "organizing illegal demonstration" charges.

News
Gender

就业难,嫁人难 女研究生困惑为何事事"不如男" (China's Female Postgraduates Angered by Discrimination)
Xinhuanet, February 26, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/edu/2007-02/26/content_5772153.htm

Hukou
调查:九成以上民众认为有必要进行户籍改革 (Over 90 Percent of Interviewees Find Hukou Reforms Necessary)
Xinhuanet, February 26, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/fortune/2007-02/26/content_577230
9.htm


Human Rights Defender - Gao Yaojie (高耀洁)
Aids Activist Wins Support of Health Officials for US Trip
South China Morning Post, February 24, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZMEG7ZHYE.html

高耀洁赴美领奖受阻让人担忧 (Commentary: Obstruction to Gao Yaojie's Trip to US Is Worrying)
Nanfang City News, February 26, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/200702260260
.asp


Human Rights Defender – Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
陈光诚被转监家人未获通知 (Family Not Informed of Chen Guangcheng's Prison Transfer)
Radio Free Asia, February 25, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/25/chen
guanchengzhuaijian/


Human Rights Defenders - Lawyers
Rivals Seek to Expand Freedoms in China
New York Times, February 25, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/25/world/asia/25china.html?r
ef=todayspaper


Labor
Guangdong Losing on Labour Front
South China Morning Post, February 26, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ408AZHYE.html

Media
Propaganda Officials Set Out Banned Subjects for the Media
South China Morning Post, February 24, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZQEG7ZHYE.html

Google Images China Censors - Friend and Foe?
WebProNews, February 23, 2007
http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/2007/02/23/google-image
s-china-censors-friend-
and-foe

《财经》主编胡舒立:独立媒体在中国仍有发展机会 (Editor-in-Chief of Caijing Magazine: Independent Media Still Has Room to Develop)
Radio Free Asia, February 23, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/23/meiti/

Migrant Workers
人大代表建议取消“农民工”称谓统一称为工人 (NPC Delegate Suggests Calling Migrant Workers "Workers" to Reduce Marginalization)
Xinhuanet, February 26, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-02/26/content_5772314.h
tm


Military
Uphold Party Spirit, PLA Officers Told
South China Morning Post, February 24, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZQH47ZHYE.html

Politics
解决民生问题将成北京"两会"主旋律 (Upcoming NPC and CPPCC Meetings to Focus on Social Problems)
Radio Free Asia, February 24, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/24/lianghui/

Protests and Petitions
几十名访民被警方带走后当天释放 (40 Petitioners Taken Away and Released the Same Day in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, February 23, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/23/fangmin/

Public Health
In Brief: Researchers Praise China for Its Battle Against HIV
South China Morning Post, February 26, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZMJ37ZHYE.html

发展改革委:制定医药价格须经五道程序 (New Health Code Imposes 5-Step Procedure for Determination of Drug Prices)
Xinhuanet, February 25, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/fortune/2007-02/25/content_577070
3.htm


Religion
杭州萧山党山教案二审维持原判当事者不服 (Christians' Appeal Against "Inciting Violence" Conviction Dismissed in Hangzhou)
Radio Free Asia, February 23, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/23/zongjiao/

Society
中国青少年的诚信度呈现下降趋势 (Integrity of China's Youth Worsens as They Grow Up)
Radio Free Asia, February 24, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/24/shaonian/

Tibet
Chinese Rail Line Exploits Tibetan Mineral Riches
Spero News, February 26, 2007
http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?idcategory=33&idSub
=122&idArticle=8123


Xinjiang
Al Qaeda’s China Problem - Dr. Martin I. Wayne
China Digital Times, February 26, 2007
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2007/02/al_qaedas_china_problem_
dr_martin_i_wayne.php


High Noon in China's Far West
Spiegel Online, February 26, 2007
http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,467931,00.html

Friday, February 23, 2007

February 23, 2007

News
Death Penalty

三个月内奸杀2服务员 “老罪犯”一审被判死刑 (Man Sentenced to Death in Hangzhou for Murdering Two Waitresses in Three Months)
Xinhuanet, February 17, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-02/17/content_5749394.
htm


Environment
Plan to Slash Water Usage
The Standard, February 23, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3
&art_id=38776&sid=123470
67&con_type=1&d_str=20070223

环保总局正加紧调查“看不见的污染” (China’s Environmental Agency Undertakes First Survey on Soil Pollution)
Xinhuanet, February 22, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/environment/2007-02/22/content_5
762071.htm


Human Rights Defender - Gao Yaojie (高耀洁)
Feisty Aids Activist Cuts Lonely Figure in Beijing
South China Morning Post, February 23, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZULFY3FYE.html

Labor
大学毕业生失业增加 (Unemployment for College Graduates Worsening)
Ming Pao, February 23, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070223/cab2.htm

Land Policy
河南沁阳政府以零地价政策吸引投资 (Local Authorities in Henan Provide Free Land for External Investors)
Radio Free Asia, February 22, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/22/china_land_i
nvestment/


Media
中共出版检查将趋于隐密? (Will the CPC Be Censoring Publications More Covertly?)
Radio Free Asia, February 22, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/22/yujie/

Politics
In Brief: NPC Session Extended by Two Days, Report Says
South China Morning Post, February 23, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZRLSX3FYE.html

中共精简机构十万干部将“下岗” (100,000 CPC Cadres to Be “Laid Off” as Streamlining Approaches Its End)
Voice of America, February 22, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-02-22-voa44.cfm

Population
超生的孩子并不靠社会养活 (“Excess” Children Not a Burden on Society)
Nanfang City News, February 23, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/200702230192
.asp


“70后”男性婚姻形势严峻 (Men Born After 1970 Have Difficulty Finding Wives)
The Beijing News, February 23, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0567/2007/02-23/015@244470.
htm


Protests and Petitions
上海铁路干部高坤武揭发腐败多次被绑架拘禁 (Railway Cadre from Shanghai Repeatedly Kidnapped by Police and Detained for Reporting Corruption)
Radio Free Asia, February 22, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/22/gaok
unwu/


黑龙江上千多名下岗工人及家属陆续感染怪病 (Representatives of 1,000 Laid-off Workers in Heilongjiang Petition Government over Livestock That Caused Bacterial Infections)
Radio Free Asia, February 22, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/22/china_health/

Public Health
国务院拟订药监管理体制重大调整方案 (State Council Considers Drastic Reforms for Drug Management)
Radio Free Asia, February 22, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/22/china_corrupti
on_drug/


Religion
Christians Jailed for Walking Near Olympic Hotel
World Net Daily, February 23, 2007
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=54368

安徽金寨县家庭教会指责政府包庇杀害教徒的凶手 (Protestant House Church in Anhui Accuses Authorities of Shielding Murderer)
Radio Free Asia, February 22, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/22/china_religi
on_church/


Society
To Get Rich Is Not So Glorious
Asia Times Online, February 23, 2007
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_Business/IB23Cb02.html

State Security
中国前驻韩国大使涉嫌泄密被调查 (Former Diplomat Detained over Leak of North Korean Leader's China Visit)
Voice of America, February 22, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-02-22-voa53.cfm

Tibet
Lhasa to Be Given the Five-Star Hotel Treatment
Financial Times, February 23, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/95ff58a4-c2cd-11db-9e1c-000b5df10
621,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-
4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2340.html

Xinjiang
Xinjiang to Translate More TV Serials into Ethnic Languages
Xinhuanet, February 22, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-02/22/content_57638
26.htm

Thursday, February 22, 2007

February 22, 2007


Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defenders - Xu Zhengqing (许正清)
上海访民许正清在狱中被打 (Shanghai Petitioner Xu Zhengqing Beaten Up in Jail)
Radio Free Asia, February 21, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/21/xu/
Shanghai petitioner Xu Zhengqing (许正清) was reportedly beaten up in prison and subjected to generally abusive conditions. Xu was sentenced in October 2005 to three years in prison on charges of "disrupting public order." Until now, the authorities have yet to respond to his appeal to review his case. It is also reported that petitioners in Shanghai have been closely watched by police, preventing them from petitioning during the annual NPC and CPPCC conferences in early March.


Human Rights Defenders – Ching Cheong (程翔)
程翔妻子春節前獲准探監 (Wife Allows to Visit Ching Cheong for the Chinese New Year)
BBC, February 18, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_6370000/newsid_
6374100/6374185.stm

Imprisoned Straits Times journalist Ching Cheong (程翔) was finally allowed to receive a visit from his wife, his brother and sister on February 16, 2007, two days before the Chinese New Year. His wife was initially told by authorities at the Guangdong prison where he is being held that she would not be allowed to see him. This was the first time that Ching has been allowed a family visit since his arrest in April 2005. The visit lasted for 30 minutes. Ching's wife is still appealing to the Chinese authorities to provide medical treatment to Ching, who is suffering from stomach pains and insomnia.



News

Bilateral Ties
Beijing - Guardian of the Pacific?
South China Morning Post, February 22, 2007
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZUA4X3FYE.html

Education
MOE Promises Education in Poorest Areas in 2007
Xinhuanet, February 21, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-02/21/content_
5760998.htm


Environment
China Plans to Cut Water Consumption
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), February 22, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070222/sc_afp/
chinaenvironmentwater_070222040209


Warming Helps Cranes but Long-Term Danger Looms
The Standard, February 22, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=
3&art_id=38724&sid=12327500&con_type=1&d_str=20070222


Nation's Image at Stake in Fight to Cut Emissions
South China Morning Post, February 21, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZXDWYZ7YE.html

Human Rights Defenders
Scant Cheer for China's Dissidents at Lunar New Year
Radio Free Asia, February 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/china/2007/02/17/china_lunar/

Human Rights Defenders – Yu Huafeng (喻华峰)
南都案被告再减刑堅持无罪 (Former Nanfang Dushibao Editor Given Further Sentence Reduction, but Insists He Is Innocent of Corruption)
Ming Pao, February 22, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070222/caa1.htm

Human Rights Defenders - Gao Yaojie (高耀洁)
高耀洁:要用奖金养活这些艾滋孤儿 (Gao Yaojie: I Will Use the Prize Money to Support AIDS Orphans)
Chinesenewsnet.com, February 21, 2007
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/EntDigest/
Life/2007_2_21_15_45_7_27.html


Human Rights Defenders - Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠)
郑恩宠:北京为其加速平反提出条件 (Zheng Enchong: Beijing Set Conditions for Expediting the Process of Reviewing My Case)
Radio Free Asia, February 20, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/20/zheng/

June 4th
New Li Peng Book Lacks Insights into Tiananmen
South China Morning Post, February 22, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZNTCY3FYE.html

Law
Kinder Face for Notorious Re-Education Camps
South China Morning Post, February 21, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZD6P408YE.html

Media
36人审查会掌控中国电影上映权 (A 36-Member Censor Committee Decides the Fate of Movies Screening in China)
Chinesenewsnet.com, February 21, 2007
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/EntDigest
/Showbuz/2007_2_21_17_4_16_885.html


我国提出"十一五"期间初步建立信息安全保障体系 (China Proposes Establishing an Information Security System in the Eleventh Five-Year Plan)
People's Daily, February 21, 2007
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1027/5409639.html

律师浦志强十天内两个博客被关 (Rights Lawyer Pu Zhiqiang's New Blogs Closed Again in 10 Days)
Radio Free Asia, February 21, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/21/pu/

Military
China Targets More Than a Satellite
Asia Times Online, February 22, 2007
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/IB22Ad01.html

Olympics
Beijing's Etiquette Campaign in the Running to Find Olympic Glory
South China Morning Post, February 21, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZANVYZ7YE.html

Politics
10th Anniversary of Deng's Death Passes Quietly in China
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), February 18, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070219/wl_asia_afp/chinadeng
politicsanniversary_070219043100;_ylt=ArhMDLlnuScAx5nFhZ
S3TTpPzWQA


建设和谐将是07两会主旋律 (Building a Harmonious Society to Be the Theme of NPC and CPPCC Conferences in 2007)
Tai Kung Pao, February 22, 2007
http://www.takungpao.com/news/07/02/22/MW-695508.htm

Chinese Police Launches Two-Week Clampdown on Drunken Driving for "Two Sessions"
People's Daily, February 21, 2007
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200702/21/eng20070221
_351474.html


中共改革派呼吁进行政治体制改革 (CPC Reformists Call for Greater Effort in Implementing Political Reforms)
Voice of America, February 21, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-02-21-voa1.cfm

Protests and Petitions
学者公开信请求特赦服刑的艾滋病犯人 (Scholars Call for Granting Amnesty to HIV-AIDS Prisoners in Open Letter)
Radio Free Asia, February 20, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/20/aids/

Public Health
China Steps Up Guard Against Major Public Health Emergencies
People's Daily, February 21, 2007
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200702/21/eng20070221
_351549.html


15传染病免费打预防针 (Ministry of Finance Plans to Extend Free Vaccine Program to Cover 15 Infectious Diseases)
The Beijing News, February 19, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0567/2007/02-19/015@
244150.htm

Friday, February 16, 2007

February 16, 2007

News

Environment
Pollution-Reduction Efforts Inflated Due to Outdated Rules, Study Says
South China Morning Post, February 16, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZF4KW15YE.html

Human Rights Defender - Gao Yaojie (高耀洁)
Pledge by Aids Activist Fails to Lift House Arrest
South China Morning Post, February 16, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZB4KW15YE.html

Human Rights Defender – Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
陈光诚新年不获探视 维权网呼吁当局放人 (Family Not Allowed to Visit Chen Guangcheng at Chinese New Year Due to "Incomplete Procedures")
Radio Free Asia, February 15, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/15/chen/

Human Rights Defender – Shi Tao (師濤)
探访师涛仍受严格限制 (Family Still Restricted When Visiting Shi Tao, Warned Not to Criticize the Authorities)
Radio Free Asia, February 15, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/15/shitao/

Human Rights Defender – Zan Aizong (昝爱宗)
昝爱宗控告公安局违法拘留案被驳回 (Zan Aizong Loses Lawsuit with Hangzhou Police over Detention Order)
Radio Free Asia, February 15, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/15/china_journali
st/


Land Policy
Low-Rent Housing System to Cover All Chinese Cities, Towns This Year
Xinhuanet, February 15, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-02/15/content_5743361
.htm


Media
简要新闻:无国界记者组织指出中国允许外媒自由采访规定大有改进之处 (Reporters Without Borders Sees Room for Improvement When China Implements New Regulation on Foreign Journalists)
Radio Free Asia, February 15, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/02/15/xinwen/#rsf

Military
Beijing Dismisses Fears of an Arms Race
South China Morning Post, February 16, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZTWQX45YE.html

Politics
胡锦涛全球最大独裁者榜上名列第四 (President Hu Jintao Ranked as World’s 4th Worst Dictator in 2007)
Radio Free Asia, February 15, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/15/hu/

Population
中国推关爱女孩试点促改传统观念 (China Launches Pilot "Care for Girls" Campaign)
Voice of America, February 16, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-02-15-voa27.cfm

江苏省连云港再有农民因计划生育政策遭迫害 (Food and Electrical Appliances Taken Away from Violators of One Child Policy in Jiangsu)
Radio Free Asia, February 15, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/15/china_rights
_birth/


Protests and Petitions
信访人可要求举行听证会 (New Measures in Qinghai Allow Petitioners to Demand Hearing)
China Youth Daily, February 16, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-02/16/content_1679331.htm

北京针对群众抗议事件的政策面临重大调整 (Magazine Says China Will Treat Protests with Leniency, Not Suppression)
Radio Free Asia, February 15, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/15/kangyi/

中国的征地拆迁浪潮中充斥着血腥和暴力 (Man and Wife Sentenced to Life and 10 Years' Imprisonment for Self-Immolation Protest)
Radio Free Asia, February 15, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/15/zhengd
i/


上海肃贪风暴同时访民检举贪腐被抄家 (Homes of Shanghai Petitioners Searched Due to Corruption Complaints)
Radio Free Asia, February 15, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/15/fangmin/

Religion
简要新闻:池建伟案法官闻过即改延后开庭日期 (Brief News: Trial of Chi Jianwei Postponed to Feb. 27 at Lawyer's Request)
Radio Free Asia, February 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/02/15/xinwen/#chi

Olympian Challenge to Clear Church Disputes
The Standard, February 16, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3&art_i
d=38402&sid=122463
67&con_type=1&d_str=20070216

Thursday, February 15, 2007

February 15, 2007


Top News of the Day

Media

民间人士上书建议人大特赦喻华峰 (Group Pleads for the Release of Jailed Nanfang Dushibao Editor Yu Huafeng)
Radio Free Asia, February 15, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/14/yu/
A group of people, including activists and prominent intellectuals, sent a petition to the NPC Standing Committee urging the committee to grant amnesty to the former editor of Nanfang Dushibao (Southern Metropolis Daily) Yu Huafeng (喻华峰), who is serving a prison sentence for corruption. Yu’s colleague Li Minying was released early on February 12, 2007 after serving three years in prison. In 2004, Li and Yu were sentenced to 6 years and 8 years’ imprisonment, respectively, for corruption, after the newspaper published a series of investigative reports about SARS.

News
Children
The Mystery of China's Lost Girls
Asia Times Online, February 13, 2007
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/IB13Ad01.html

Corruption
去年2万余人被开除党籍 (20,000 CPC Members Expelled Last Year)
The Beijing News, February 15, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0546/2007/0215/021@
243492.htm


Death Penalty
东华“养殖蚂蚁集资诈骗案”主犯汪振东一审领死刑 (Ant Farm Owner Sentenced to Death for Fraud)
Legal Daily, February 15, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2007-02/15/content_
541820.htm


Education
China Examines Use of Funds for Compulsory Education
People's Daily, February 15, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/200702/15/eng20070215_
350209.html


Environment
环保人士担忧中国在青藏高原采矿 (Environmentalists Call for Public Concern over Mining in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau)
Voice of America, February 13, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-02-13-voa37.cfm

Government
中国政府快步迈向“信息公开时代” (Government Moving Toward an Era of 'Open Government Information')
Xinhuanet, February 15, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2007-02/14/content_
5736922.htm


June 4th
Exiled Tiananmen Protest Leader Asks China to Let Him Return
DailyIndia.com, February 14, 2007
http://www.dailyindia.com/show/114357.php/Exiled-Tiananmen
-protest-leader-asks-
China-to-let-him-return

Labor
Among Chinese, Fear and Prejudice About Hepatitis B
Washington Post, February 13, 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/
2007/02/12/AR2007021201366.html


Media
互联网出版等将立规管理 (New Regulations on Internet Publishing to Be Announced This Year)
Legal Daily, February 15, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2007-02/15/content_
541810.htm


Olympics
Olympic Security Planning 'on Track'
China Daily, February 11, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/2008/2007-02/11/content_
806597.htm


Poverty
Disparities to Persist as Economy Slows: Report
South China Morning Post, February 15, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZJ1HW15YE.html

Protests and Petitions
去年环境投诉相当前四年总和 (Complaints over Environmental Issues Rise Sharply in 2006, Equivalent to Previous 4 Years’ Total)
Legal Daily, February 15, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2007-02/15/content_
541952.htm


温州维权村民要求释放代表 (Wenzhou Fishermen Protest, Demand Release of Representative)
Radio Free Asia, February 14, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/14/
wenzhou/


For Citizens' Groups, the Struggle for Attention is Not So Lonely in China
International Herald Tribune, February 13, 2007
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/02/13/news/china.php

Public Health
China Regulates to Help Disabled Find Jobs
Xinhuanet, February 14, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-02/14/content_
5739990.htm

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

February 14, 2007

Top News of the Day
Death Penalty

奸杀“凶手”被枪决 10年后“真凶”想偿命 (10 Years After Execution of 18-Year-Old in Hohhot, Another Man Says He Is the Real Murderer)
Xinhuanet, February 14, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-02/14/content_5738675.htm
In 1996, an 18-year-old Inner Mongolian man was executed on murder and rape charges merely 62 days after the death of a girl in Hohhot. In late 2005, a man said he was the real perpetrator of the murder and rape. The Supreme People's Court is now conducting an investigation into the case. The murder in dispute happened during a "strike hard" campaign and the family of the executed had accused the police of torture during the interrogation process.

News
Bilateral Ties

A Tempting Foreign Role Model
South China Morning Post, February 14, 2007
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZS9PD82YE.html

Corruption
中国的腐败与社会制度无关 (Cadre Argues Corruption Has Nothing to Do with Social System)
Nanfang City News, February 14, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/200702140123.
asp


China May Establish State Anti-Corruption Agency
Shanghai Daily, February 13, 2007
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=306244&type=National

Death Penalty
China Urges Early Repatriation of Lai Changxing
People's Daily, February 13, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/200702/13/eng20070213_349794.
html


Education
China Suffers Severe Brain Drain
BBC, February 13, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6356101.stm

Environment
北京污染损失逾116亿 (Beijing Lost 11.6 Billion Yuan Due to Pollution in 2004)
The Beijing News, February 14, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0553/2007/02-14/021@243207.
htm


Freedom of Speech
Author of Zhao Book Asked to Stop Sales
South China Morning Post, February 14, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ4QP682YE.html

禁书事件后余杰的新书出版遭挫 (Publisher Revokes Promise to Publish Dissident Yu Jie's Book)
Radio Free Asia, February 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/13/yujie/

Government
Villagers Outraged After Quarry Painted Green
South China Morning Post, February 14, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZZVI582YE.html

Human Rights
哈珀反击中国关于加拿大批评中国人权危及两国贸易关系的说 (Harper Criticizes China's Argument that Human Rights Critiques Will Harm Trade Relations)
Radio Free Asia, February 14, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/13/jia/

Human Rights in China
Voice of America, February 12, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/uspolicy/2007-02-12-voa2.cfm

Human Rights Defender - Gao Yaojie (高耀洁)
河南软招 向高耀洁拜早年 (Henan Senior Cadres Visit and Send Gift to Gao Yaojie Ahead of Chinese New Year)
Ming Pao, February 14, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070214/cab1.htm

Human Rights Defender - Yan Zhengxue (严正学)
严正学的律师要求延期开庭 (Yan Zhengxue's Trial Delayed at Lawyer's Request)
Radio Free Asia, February 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/13/china_disside
nt/


Law
消费者庭上炮轰“如烟”欺诈 销售商反唇相讥 (Beijing Consumer Sues Cigarette Producer over Misleading Ad)
Xinhuanet, February 14, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-02/14/content_5738479.
htm


秋子赢了,但中国反歧视之路仍很漫长 (Company Issues Employment Contract and Anti-Discriminatory Statement After Girl Sues over Discrimination)
Xinhuanet, February 14, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-02/14/content_5737927.
htm


Media
枣庄矿业职工李海明网上批评公司后被拘留降职 (Employee Detained and Stripped of CPC Membership for Criticizing Company on Internet)
Radio Free Asia, February 14, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/13/china_interne
t_freedom/


Newspaper Director out of Jail Early
South China Morning Post, February 14, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZGAPD82YE.html

浦志强搜狐博客被删要解释 禁网上言论也需公开合法 (Lawyer Demands Explanation over Shut-down of His Blog)
Radio Free Asia, February 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/13/pu/

Police
北京监狱局春节前大规模赦罪 410人获减刑奖励 (410 Beijing Prisoners Have Sentences Reduced Ahead of Chinese New Year)
Legal Daily, February 14, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2007-02/14/content_541160.
htm


Politics
Party Takes Closer Look at Rising Class
South China Morning Post, February 14, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZJRI582YE.html

Protests and Petitions
上海访民在信访室外被拦截和遣返 (40 Petitioners Taken Away in Beijing and Sent Back to Shanghai)
Radio Free Asia, February 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/13/fangmin/

Tibet
Gere Urges Germany to Press China
The Guardian, February 12, 2007
http://film.guardian.co.uk/apnews/story/0,,-6411597,00.html

Tuesday, February 13, 2007

February 13, 2007

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Yan Zhengxue (严正学)

简要新闻:严正学案延期开庭 (Brief News: Trial for Yan Zhengxue Delayed)
Radio Free Asia, February 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/02/12/xinwen/ - yan
Yan Zhengxue's wife was told on February 12 that her husband's trial, originally scheduled for February 14, will be postponed and the new trial date will be announced after the Lunar New Year. Yan has been indicted on subversion charges.

Related Information
HRIC Press Release: Trial Delay in Yan Zhengxue's
Subversion Case Human Rights in China, February 12, 2007
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/item?item_id=323
55

News
Bilateral Ties

On Darfur, China and the 2008 Olympic Games
Sudan Tribune, February 11, 2007
http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article20210

Death Penalty
一男青年假冒民警入室抢劫杀人被判死刑 (Man Sentenced to Death on Murder and Robbery Charges in Shanghai)
China Youth Daily, February 13, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-02/13/content_1675956.htm

Environment
Higher Growth Blamed for Failure to Meet Pollution Targets
South China Morning Post, February 13, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZL5L682YE.html

Freedom of Speech
颂毛判囚 河南汉英雄式出狱 (Maoist Who Distributed Leaflets Criticizing Economic Reforms Finishes 3 Years' Imprisonment)
Ming Pao, February 13, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070213/cca1h.htm

Human Rights Defender - Gao Yaojie (高耀洁)
简要新闻:胡佳介绍高耀洁被软禁的最新情况 (Brief News: Hu Jia Says Authorities Pressured Gao Yaojie's Family to Advise Her Not to Go to US)
Radio Free Asia, February 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/02/12/xinwen/ - hu

Labor
香港女生扳倒深圳工厂 (After Hong Kong Student Exposes Exploitation, 1 Factory Shuts Down While Another Improves Labor Conditions)
Nanfang City News, February 13, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/2007021300
70.asp


让“忘我工作”退出“工作词典”吧 (Commentary: Chongqing Police Should Not Glorify "Selfless Work" After Policeman Dies of Exhaustion)
China Youth Daily, February 13, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-02/13/content_1676006.htm

梁文道:有血汗工厂还有不准流血的工厂 (Commentary: Factories Distribute Contraceptives to Female Workers to Manage Their Menstruation Cycle)
Nanfang City News, February 13, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/20070213031
4.asp


Draft Law Seen as Attempt to Tackle Deteriorating Unemployment
South China Morning Post, February 13, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZU8MD82YE.html

Law
离奇死亡案被以民事案处理 家属指背后有隐情 (Mysterious Deaths Treated as Suicide in Jiangsu, Families of Deceased Protest Court Treatment)
Radio Free Asia, February 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/12/jiang
su/


Media
Internet Giants to Tackle China's Censorship
Asia Times Online, February 13, 2007
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_Business/IB13Cb01.html

南方日报集团社委李民英获释 (Former Director of Nanfang Dushi Bao Released from Prison)
Radio Free Asia, February 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/12/china_jour
nalist/


袁鹰呼吁对新闻出版立法 (Former Senior Employee of People's Daily Calls for Legislation on Media Freedom)
Radio Free Asia, February 11, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/11/
yuanying/


Migrant Workers
China's Migrant Workers Deserve a Fairer Deal
South China Morning Post, February 13, 2007
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZY9MD82YE.html

Exploited Workers Face Uphill Battle to Get Back Pay
South China Morning Post, February 13, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZGFF582YE.html

Population
Wifeless Future for China's Men
BBC, February 12, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6346931.stm

Protests and Petitions
北京当局周一大举扫荡上访民众 (Hundreds of Petitioners Taken Away During Beijing Police's "Getting Closer to the Public Week")
Radio Free Asia, February 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/12/china_petit
ion_beijing/


上海当局下令各单位加紧监控访民 (Shanghai Authorities Strengthen Surveillance on Petitioners)
Radio Free Asia, February 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/12/china_petitio
n_shanghai/


广西藤县居民不满赔偿维权抗议被判刑 (Victims of Land Grabs in Guangxi Convicted of "Disturbing Social Order")
Radio Free Asia, February 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/12/guangxi/

Religion
Contribute to Harmony, Religious Groups Told
South China Morning Post, February 13, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZDLG582YE.html

中国法轮功练习者被判刑 (Falun Gong Practitioners Sentenced to 3-5 Years' Imprisonment on "Heretical Organization" Charges)
Radio Free Asia, February 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/12/falung
ong/


Xinjiang
Viewing Two Chinas from a Stop on the Silk Road
New York Times, February 11, 2007
http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/02/11/travel/11explore.html

Monday, February 12, 2007

February 10-12, 2007

Top News of the Day
Media

Legal Experts Slam Portal's Censorship
South China Morning Post, February 11, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZWQFZB0YE.html
Four mainland legal experts have denounced Internet portal Sina.com for deleting weblog articles they wrote which contained "sensitive words." They complained that many of their posts were removed without notice. A Sina.com customer service employee said the portal had a team of monitors supervising blog articles at all times.

News
Bilateral Ties

Canada Risks Trade with China over Human Rights Bashing: Media
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), February 09, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070209/wl_asia_afp/canadachin
adiplomacy_070209193
029;_ylt=ApJ8Zuajcci3LPslfV29pWNPzWQA

China’s Influence in Africa Arouses Some Resistance
New York Times, February 09, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/10/world/africa/10assess.htm
l?_r=1&oref=slogin


Corruption
Small Print of Anti-Graft Regulations Lets the Princelings off the Hook
South China Morning Post, February 12, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ1FKZB0YE.html

Death Penalty
Gang Boss Gets Suspended Death Sentence, 60 Jailed in Chinese Crime
People's Daily, February 09, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/200702/07/eng20070207_348298.
html


Environment
Beijing's Blueprint for Future Aims High
South China Morning Post, February 12, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZFAQVB0YE.html

Freedom of Speech
社论:李银河涉性言论,不喜欢但要容忍 (Editorial: Academic's View on Sex Not Liked, but Should Be Tolerated)
Nanfang City News, February 12, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/20070212034
0.asp


Government
Wen Holds Rare Grass-Roots Talks
South China Morning Post, February 11, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZ5QFZB0YE.html

Human Rights
中国建成世界上最大的人口身份信息数据库 (China Has Established the World’s Largest Database on Population Information)
Radio Free Asia, February 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/09/renko/

Human Rights Defenders
启靖被暴力围殴 疑当局雇用黑社会所为 (Pan-Blue Alliance Member Qi Jing Beaten by Thugs Allegedly Employed by Chongqing Authorities)
Radio Free Asia, February 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/09/qi/

Media
Reports Cite Cover-up in China Blast
Associated Press (via YahooNews), February 10, 2007
http://news.yahoo.cm/s/ap/20070211/ap_on_re_as/china_min
e_blast_1;_ylt=AkUqy8fX
1yOikSJbtmKCpfFPzWQA

博客第四度被封 藏女作家唯色:“关不了声音的源头” (Tibetan Writer Woeser’s 4th Blog Blocked in China)
Radio Free Asia, February 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/09/we/

《赵紫阳软禁中的谈话》香港出版 大陆能否传播考验当局 (Book on Zhao Ziyang’s Time Under House Arrest Published in Hong Kong, but Distribution in China Uncertain)
Radio Free Asia, February 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/09/zhao/

Migrant Workers
New Year Bittersweet for China's Families
Reuters (via YahooNews), February 11, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070211/lf_nm/lunar_year_chin
a_migrants_dc_1;_ylt=Avc
roVnCTWGzm_dRi0.OTyRPzWQA

Poverty
可持续发展总纲:力争2050年消除"贫困户" (CASS Report Aims to Eliminate "Poor Households" by 2050)
EastDay.com, February 12, 2007
http://news.eastday.com/c/20070212/u1a2624338.html

Protests and Petitions
公安部开展亲民活动,北京78岁老人被逮捕 (78-Year-Old Arrested on Damaging Public Property Charges in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, February 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/09/gongan/

武汉花楼街居民与拆迁办公室发生冲突 (Victims of Land Grabs Clash with Evictors in Wuhan)
Radio Free Asia, February 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/09/china_demol
ition_clash/


Religion
HK Cardinal Hits out at China over "Acts of War"
Reuters (via YahooNews), February 10, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070210/wl_nm/religion_china_
vatican_dc_1;_ylt=AlbLai
Upn6c_CXmd8XECOVJPzWQA

Masons Follow Forefathers to Restore Cathedral
South China Morning Post, February 10, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ4E4X7XXE.html

Vatican-Backed Bishop Leads Reopening Mass
South China Morning Post, February 10, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZWY3X7XXE.html

Three Gorges
Oversight of Relocation Fund to Be Tightened
South China Morning Post, February 12, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ3AQVB0YE.html

Tibet
Richard Gere to Launch Report on Tibetan Exodus from China
Telugu Portal, February 09, 2007
http://www.teluguportal.net/modules/news/article.php?storyid=
31358

Friday, February 09, 2007

February 9, 2007

Top News of the Day
Death Penalty

Uyghur Activist Executed in China
Radio Free Asia, February 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/breaking_news/2007/02/08/uy
ghur_execute/

Ismail Semed, an ethnic Uyghur, was executed by a shot to his heart in Urumqi on February 8 for "attempting to split the motherland". This charge was based on the allegation that he was a founding member of the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, which Beijing has outlawed as a terrorist group. Semed told the trial court that his confession was coerced. Two other Uyghurs who testified against him have since been executed.

News
Death Penalty

A Matter of Life and Death
Beijing Review, February 08, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-02/08/content_5715918
.htm


Human Rights Defender – Ching Cheong (程翔)
程翔送广州囚禁 (Ching Cheong Sent to Guangzhou to Serve Prison Term)
Ming Pao, February 09, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070209/gbb1.htm

Human Rights Defender – Huseyin Celil (塞利尔)
Celil's Desperate Family Had Given Up Hope
The Globe and Mail, February 08, 2007
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.2007020
8.wcelil0208/BNStory/Inte
rnational/

Human Rights Defender – Liu Xinjuan (刘新娟)
上海市民上访维权被强送精神病院 (Liu Xinjuan Escapes from a Shanghai Psychiatric Hospital After Forced Admission)
Radio Free Asia, February 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/08/li/

Law
赔钱减刑,合法?合理?合情? (Are Damages for Lesser Punishments Justified?)
Nanfang Weekend, February 08, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/zmzg/20070208082
5.asp


Media
Beijing Tightens Media Grip with Penalty Points System
South China Morning Post, February 09, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZPWY6EXXE.html

王楠7败痛哭 教练怒赶记者 (Coach Yells at Journalists After Their Coverage of Olympic Gold Medalist's Bad Performance)
Nanfang City News, February 09, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/dgtt/200702080427.
asp


Official Denies Banning Books
South China Morning Post, February 09, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ7TYW7XXE.html

广西电视台两名记者帮农民工讨薪遭到暴力殴打 (Two Journalists Beaten for Covering Migrant Workers' Back-Pay in Guangxi)
EastDay.com, February 09, 2007
http://news.eastday.com/c/20070209/u1a2619121.html

中国当局拒绝国际笔会中国分会秘书长张裕入境 (Secretary-General of Chinese PEN from Sweden Barred from Entering China After PEN's Meeting)
Radio Free Asia, February 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/08/china_freedom_
speech/


Migrant Workers
Migrant Workers' Top Ten Cities
Xinhuanet, February 08, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-02/08/content_5715473
.htm


Multilateral Relations
Mixed Reaction at Development Meet to China's Africa Aid Push
Associated Press (via YahooNews), February 09, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070209/wl_asia_afp/chinaafricade
velopmentaidvietnam_
070209014750

Politics
Jockeying Intensifies Ahead of China Party Summit
Reuters (via YahooNews), February 08, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070208/wl_nm/china_politics_d
c_1


Population
China to Name Those Who Skirt Child Policy
Associated Press (via YahooNews), February 08, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070208/ap_on_re_as/china_one_chi
ld_1


Protests and Petitions
随州村民代表在被迫签署“不上访保证书”后获释 (Village Representative from Hubei Released Only After Signing a "No-Petitioning Assurance Letter")
Radio Free Asia, February 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/08/china_rights
_petition/


Public Health
Plan Issued for Dealing with Mass Illness Incidents
Xinhuanet, February 08, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-02/08/content_571591
8.htm


Religion
香港法轮功学员曾爱华案周一开庭 (Falungong Practitioner Who Resided in Hong Kong to Be Tried in Shanghai)
Radio Free Asia, February 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/08/trail/

Thursday, February 08, 2007

February 8, 2007

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Yan Zhengxue (严正学)

简要新闻-严正学辩护律师李建强拿到起诉书 (Yan Zhengxue's Demand to Postpone Trial to Collect Further Evidence Rejected, Trial Date Set for February 14)
Radio Free Asia, February 07, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/02/07/xinwen/
Despite an appeal by Yan Zhengxue’s lawyer to rescind the indictment for prosecution and postpone Yan’s trial, the court has decided that Yan will stand trial in Zhejiang Province on subversion charges on February 14. His lawyer, Li Jianqiang, received the notice of indictment on February 7. Li had applied to postpone the trial for one month so that he or the judge could gather evidence from witnesses based in the United States.

News
Corruption

273 Prosecutors Disciplined for Misconduct in 2006
Xinhuanet, February 07, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-02/07/content_57100
70.htm


Freedom of Association
莆田失地农民游行申请被拒 征地纠纷持续 (Application to Hold Demonstration Rejected in Fuzhou, Land Grabs Continue)
Radio Free Asia, February 07, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/07/putian/

Freedom of Speech
党报轰三大导影片嗜血 (CPC Newspaper Finds the Movies of 3 Main Chinese Directors Too Violent and Sexual)
Ming Pao, February 08, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070208/caa1h.htm

Human Rights Defender – Huseyin Celil (塞利尔)
Canadian Imprisoned in China Says He Was Tortured
Canadian Television (CTV.ca), February 08, 2007
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/200702
07/celil_torture_070207/200
70207?hub=TopStories&s_name=

Human Rights Defenders
9异见作家获人权奖 (Nine Chinese Dissident Writers Given International Human Rights Award)
Ming Pao, February 08, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070208/cad1.htm

Law
'Ugly' Trainee Teacher Sues over Dismissal
South China Morning Post, February 08, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZDVL6ESXE.html

Chinese Prosecutor Challenges "Too Lenient" Penalties for Official Crimes
Xinhuanet, February 07, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-02/07/content_571139
2.htm


Media
Censor Visits Author to Explain Book Ban
South China Morning Post, February 08, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZIJE7ESXE.html

Chinese Film Cleared for Berlin Fest
Expatica.com, February 08, 2007
http://www.expatica.com/actual/article.asp?subchannel_id=52&
story_id=36263


朱小丹:广州舆论不护短 (CPC Cadre Encourages Media to Not Hide Faults of Government's Work)
Wen Wei Po, February 08, 2007
http://paper.wenweipo.com/2007/02/08/CH0702080018.htm

Daughter Sentenced over Dad's 'Mistress'
South China Morning Post, February 08, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZQIE7ESXE.html

Visit over Book Ban 'No Victory'
South China Morning Post, February 08, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZT8Y7ESXE.html

Migrant Workers
China's Left-Behind Kids Struggle as Parents Migrate
Reuters (via YahooNews), February 08, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070207/lf_nm/china_children_l
eftbehind_dc_1;_ylt=Ak3T
Y8qmhr.tqTGFztgnEmxPzWQA

Olympics
奥运礼仪教育:北京训练市民排队 (Preparing for the Olympics: Beijing Residents Taught How to Politely Stand in Line to Buy Tickets)
BBC, February 08, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_6340000/newsid
_6340100/6340121.stm


Beijing Spitters Face Heavy Fines as Olympics Approach
Xinhuanet, February 07, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-02/07/content_57114
52.htm


北京警方在奥运之前加强管理吸毒者 (Beijing to Take Harsher Action Against Drug Addicts Ahead of Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, February 07, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/07/china_drug/

Police
中国法学界呼吁立法监管滥用精神病鉴定禁锢正常人 (Chinese Jurists Call for an End to Locking Up Healthy People Based on Trumped-up Psychiatric Certification)
Radio Free Asia, February 07, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/07/china_hum
anrights_law/


Politics
湖南衡阳县地税局长动用上百人打伤医护人员 (Cadre Sends Hundreds to Block Hospital and Beat Medical Officers in Hunan After Wife Dies in Surgery)
Radio Free Asia, February 07, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/07/china_hospital/

Protests and Petitions
要求释放维权代表潮州失地农镇政府内被暴打 (100 Protestors of Land Grabs in Guangdong Beaten by Thugs Inside Government Building)
Radio Free Asia, February 07, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/07/weiqu
an/


湖北随州村民包围政府大楼要求释放维权代表 (200 Victims of Land Grab in Hubei Surround Government Building, Demand Release of Arrested Representative)
Radio Free Asia, February 07, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/07/china_rights_r
ural/


四川自贡当局使用警力阻止村民在两会期间上访 (In Sichuan , Hundreds of Police Officers Deployed to Prevent Petitioners from Approaching People's Delegates)
Radio Free Asia, February 07, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/07/china_rights
_petition/


北京上访近况 (The Recent Petitioning Situation in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, February 07, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/07/beijing/

Public Health
中纪委驻海南查「新瓶旧药」 (Central Commission for Discipline Inspection Looks Into Low-Quality Drugs in Hainan)
Wen Wei Po, February 08, 2007
http://paper.wenweipo.com/2007/02/08/CH0702080015.htm

Man Accused of Defaming Drug Firm Released on Bail
South China Morning Post, February 08, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ55Z7ESXE.html

Religion
300 Million Faithful on Mainland: Poll
South China Morning Post, February 08, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZMIE7ESXE.html

Wednesday, February 07, 2007

February 7, 2007

Top News of the Day

Human Rights Defenders - Liu Fenggang (刘凤钢)
专访刚刚出狱的基督教活动人士刘凤钢 (Interview with Released House Church Leader Liu Fenggang)
Radio Free Asia, February 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/06/
ren-quan/

In an interview with Radio Free Asia, Zhejiang house church leader Liu Fenggang (刘凤钢) revealed that he was poorly treated in prison and was not given proper medical treatment for his heart disease, diabetes and high blood pressure. He had been previously denied release on medical parole. Liu was sentenced to 3 years' imprisonment on charges of gathering and providing state secrets to overseas organizations. He was released on February 4, 2007 and returned to his Beijing home on February 6, 2007.


News

Bilateral Ties
Africa Looks to China Because Beijing Ignores Abuses, Analysts Say
CNSNews.com, February 06, 2007
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/viewstory.asp?Page=/Foreign
Bureaus/archive/200702/F
OR20070206a.html

Get to Chinese Trial, Harper Tells Diplomats
Reuters (via YahooNews), February 06, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070206/wl_canada_nm/
canada_china_col_2


Death Penalty
沈阳黑社会团伙主犯被判死刑 (Shenyang Gang Leader Sentenced to Death)
Legal Daily, February 07, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2007-02/07/content_
535330.htm


Environment
Converting to Clean Energy 'Too Costly'
South China Morning Post, February 07, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZPUI6ESXE.html

Climate Change 'Affecting' China
BBC, February 06, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6334749.stm

Freedom of Speech
International PEN Concerned About Writers' Freedom of Expression in China
Voice of America, February 06, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-02-06-voa11.cfm

國際筆會中國作家香港赴會受阻 (Chinese Writers Barred from Attending International PEN Conference Held in Hong Kong)
BBC, February 05, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_6330000/
newsid_6331000/6331099.stm


九位中国作家获赫尔曼-哈米特奖 (Rights Group Honors Nine Chinese Writers with Hellman/Hammett Prize)
Radio Free Asia, February 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/06/
award/


Human Rights Defenders - Gao Yaojie (高耀洁)
高耀洁处于软禁之中 近况受关注 (Chinese AIDS Activist Under House Arrest)
Radio Free Asia, February 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/06/gao/

China Foreign Ministry Ignorant of AIDS Doctor Ban
Reuters Alert Net, February 06, 2007
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK318257.htm

Human Rights Defenders - Yan Zhengxue (严正学)
律师表示当局对严正学的指控没有真凭实据 (Lawyer Says Subversion Charge Against Detained Artist Yan Zhengxue Groundless)
Radio Free Asia, February 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/06/china_
dissident_trial/


Media
网文揭露官药勾结 转帖者被取保候审 (Man Earlier Detained for Re-posting Article Revealing Corruption Scandal Released on Bail)
Nanfang City News, February 07, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/dd/dsb/A16/
200702070190.asp


China Unblocks Taiwan Newspaper Web Sites
Washington Post, February 05, 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/05/AR2007020500178.htmldyn/content/article/
2007/02/05/AR2007020500178.html


去年超过三十名记者在中国大陆被扣留 (Over 30 Journalists Detained in China Last Year, Committee to Protect Journalists Says)
Radio Free Asia, February 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/06/jizhe/

Olympics
Lost-in-Translation Signs to Be Cleansed for Olympics
The Seattle Times, February 06, 2007
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003558532
_chinasigns06.html


Protests and Petitions
武汉下岗职工上访代表被强迫送“党校培训” (Wuhan Worker Representatives Sent to Party School for 'Training' after Petitioning Against Dismissal Compensation)
Radio Free Asia, February 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/06/china_
labor_petition/


Religion
中国担心民间宗教扩张 (China Concerned over Growing Popularity of Religious Groups)
Radio Free Asia, February 07, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/06/religion/

Xinjiang
维吾尔流亡人士集会纪念伊宁事件 (Uyghurs in Exile Protest at Chinese Embassy to Commemorate 10th Anniversary of Yining Incident)
Voice of America, February 06, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-02-06-voa34.cfm

Tuesday, February 06, 2007

February 6, 2007

Top News of the Day
Media / Human Rights Defender - Gao Yaojie (高耀洁)

China Tightens Controls on Own Media
Associated Press (via YahooNews), February 05, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070205/ap_on_re_as/china_cla
mping_down_1;_ylt=AnX
uQDbPQ3eDyz_.SqYs9gxPzWQA;_ylu=
X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

International PEN said yesterday that 20 Chinese writers were prevented from attending its international conference in Hong Kong over the weekend. Some of them were warned not to go and some had their travel documents seized. In addition, Gao Yaojie (高耀洁), a retired doctor in her 80s, was detained at her home in Henan Province, apparently to prevent her from applying for a US visa so she could receive an award by the Vital Voices Global Partnership. Gao gained recognition in the late 1990s for her efforts to alert people in Henan to an AIDS outbreak being spread by tainted blood transfusions.

News
Bilateral Ties
Thanks China, Now Go Home: Buy-up of Zambia Revives Old Colonial Fears
The Guardian, February 05, 2007
http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,,2005902,00.html

Corruption
中央将对副处级以上领导干部进行婚姻及家庭涉外情况普查 (CPC to Look Into Marriage and Family Situation of Senior Cadres)
Radio Free Asia, February 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/05/pucha/

Environment
China and UN Plan Carbon Trading Exchange
Financial Times, February 06, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0fbd7396-b54b-11db-a5a5-0000779e
2340,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2340.html


Government
面对按表决器的手,请记者克制职业冲动 (Commentary: Journalists Should Not Record How People's Delegates Vote)
China Youth Daily, February 06, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-02/06/content_1668371.htm

Human Rights Defender - Yan Zhengxue (严正学)
律师会见严正学说案有重大隐情严将以死抗争 (Yan Zhengxue Indicted for “Participating in a Hostile Organization,” Says He Will Commit Suicide If Given Long Sentence)
Radio Free Asia, February 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/05/yan/

Land Policy
Action Plea on Self-Funded Homes
South China Morning Post, February 06, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZYAF6ESXE.html

目击者谈成都暴力拆迁烧死人事件的细节 (Witnesses Say Evictors Set Fire to Hostel in Chengdu, Evictee Burnt to Death)
Radio Free Asia, February 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/05/chaiqian/

Media
南京晨报记者采访时遭殴打 (Nanjing Journalist Beaten After Newspaper Challenges Zoo on Origin of Polar Bear)
Radio Free Asia, February 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/05/jizhe/

中国电影局禁止《苹果》参加柏林电影节 (China Film Bureau Bans Film from Competing in Berlin International Film Festival)
Radio Free Asia, February 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/05/china_cultural
_movie/


Online Marxist Archive Blames China for Electronic Attacks
International Herald Tribune, February 05, 2007
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/02/05/yourmoney/marx.php

Politics
Official Warned Against Votes Lobbying
China Daily, February 06, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-02/06/content_801797
.htm


民盟内蒙古支部成员指责政府操控民盟选举 (China Democracy League's Inner Mongolia Branch Condemns CPC for Manipulating Election)
Radio Free Asia, February 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/05/china_election
_candidates/


Protests and Petitions
Migrants Target Supportive Paper in Row over Back Pay
South China Morning Post, February 06, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ2BF6ESXE.html

Public Health
Chinese Scholars Call for Better Protection of Labor Rights of HBV Carriers
Xinhuanet, February 05, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-02/05/content_57010
66.htm

Monday, February 05, 2007

February 3 - 5, 2007

Top News of the Day
Protests and Petitions
访民在教育站中受虐待 人权机构谴责侵权违法 (Human Rights in China Condemns Establishment of "Education" Facility for Petitioners)
Radio Free Asia, February 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/02/hum
anrights/

Human Rights in China has issued a press release stating that petitioners in Shandong Province have been detained in a "petitioners’ education center" in Yantai City, where they are being held illegally and subjected to regular physical and verbal abuse by education center personnel. When asked to comment on the situation, officials told RFA that petitioners are sent there when important activities or meetings are taking place in Beijing.

Related Information
HRIC Press Release: Petitioners Expose Abusive Conditions in Shandong
"Education" Facility

Human Rights in China, February, 01, 2007
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision
%5fid=32270&item%5fid=32268

News
Civil Society
Charities Left High and Dry
The Standard, February 05, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=
15&art_id=37586&sid=12043598&con_type=1
98&con_type=1

Death Penalty
Man Sentenced to Death for Girl's Sexual Assault
South China Morning Post, February 03, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ217YTOXE.html

Human Rights Defenders
河南当局试图阻挠高耀洁赴美领取人权奖 (Henan Authorities Trying to Obstruct AIDS Activist from Receiving Human Rights Award in US)
Radio Free Asia, February 04, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/04/henan/

Human Rights Defender - Yan Zhengxue (严正学)
律师担心严正学可能被判重刑 (Lawyer Worries Yan Zhengxue May Be Given Harsh Sentence)
Radio Free Asia, February 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/02/china_dissid
ent_trial/


Labor
Guangzhou Factory Is Abusing Workers: Report
South China Morning Post, February 05, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZYR9YTOXE.html

Land Policy
Careless Mistake by Officials Nearly Costs Pensioner His Life
South China Morning Post, February 04, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZP8PETOXE.html

Learning from HK to Resolve Land Disputes
South China Morning Post, February 04, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZVGPETOXE.html

Law
反乙肝就业歧视应立法 (Expert Agues Employment Discrimination on the Grounds of Hepatitis B Status Should Be Outlawed)
China Youth Daily, February 05, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-02/05/content_1667241.htm

Communist Leader Wants Control of Courts
Associated Press (via YahooNews), February 03, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070203/ap_on_re_as/china_poli
tics_1;_ylt=AgoR861dK49vu9bwER.IRVBPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMT
BiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl
9vu9bwER.IRVBPzWQA;_
ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl


再有三名被解雇的乙肝工人控告企业歧视要求赔偿 (Three More Hepatitis B Carriers Sue Former Employee over Dismissal)
Radio Free Asia, February 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/02/china_discr
imination/


Media
驻京周记﹕製造敌人与麻烦 都是为了十七大 (Commentary: The Dynamics of the Censorship of Books and TV Programs in China)
Ming Pao, February 05, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070205/cah1.htm

Despite Official Censorship, More Netizens Are Speaking Up to Support Zhang Yihe
China Digital Times February 05, 2007
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2007/02/despite_official_censorship
_more_netizens_are_speaking.php
eaking.php

新华社前记者投诉书作被禁 (Former Xinhua Journalist Writes Letter of Complaint over Book Ban)
Ming Pao, February 05, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070205/cab1.htm

国际笔会2007年亚太地区会议在香港揭幕 (International PEN Holds 2007 Asia-Pacific Meeting in Hong Kong)
Radio Free Asia, February 04, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/04/bihui/

六四天网网站疑受攻击 (June 4th Website Attacked, Inaccessible for 20 Hours)
Radio Free Asia, February 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/02/tianw
ang/


地方政府威胁村民不得接受外国记者采访 (Hunan Authorities Warn Villagers Not to Give Interviews to Foreign Journalists)
Radio Free Asia, February 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/02/china_medi
a_freedom/


Old Party Press Control Buzzword Takes a Back Seat in More Subtle Censorship Approach
China Media Project, February 02, 2007
http://cmp.hku.hk/look/article.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPub
lication=1&NrIssue=1&NrSection=100&NrArticle=780
=100&NrAr
ticle=780


Migrant Workers
17 Die in Hostel Blaze
South China Morning Post, February 05, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZUR9YTOXE.html

Olympics
Exploit China's Desire for Successful Olympics, Rights Advocates Urge US
Crosswalk.com, February 05, 2007
http://www.crosswalk.com/news/1467378.html

Politics
政府的归政府,社会的归社会” (Commentary: Government Should Not Intervene in Development of Civil Society)
Nanfang City News, February 05, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/20070205002
4.asp


中央高层密集视察十七大筹备工作 (CPC Leaders Inspect Preparatory Work for the 17th National People's Congress)
Nanfang Daily, February 04, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/djjz/200702040100
.asp


Public Health
新规默许色情服务? 洗浴城发放安全套引争议 (New Regulation Requiring Saunas to Provide Condoms Sparks Controversy)
Xinhuanet, February 05, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-02/05/content_5697818.htm

Transparency Is Best Medicine for Chronic Corruption in Drug Watchdog
South China Morning Post, February 05, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZU5QUTOXE.html

Religion
北京地下教会人士刘凤钢获释 (Protestant House Church Member Liu Fenggang Released from Prison)
Radio Free Asia, February 04, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/04/liufeng
gang/


When Opium Can Be Benign
The Economist, February 01, 2007
http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id
=8625817