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