April 5, 2007

News
Corruption
Second land official under scrutiny as pension woes widen
SCMP, April 05, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZMHBXTYZE.html

Senior Party official stresses anti-corruption
Xinhuanet, April 05, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/04/content_5934754.htm

Economic Development
Monetary strategy under review as investments threaten to rebound
SCMP, April 05, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZOF1XTYZE.html

NASDAQ to launch China Index
People's Daily, April 05, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/200704/05/eng20070405_364031.html

Education
China committed to fighting illiteracy
People's Daily, April 05, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/200704/05/eng20070405_364051.html

Environment
Paper giant accused of illegal China logging
CCTV International, April 05, 2007
http://www.cctv.com/program/bizchina/20070405/102829.shtml

Gender
China launches first gay TV show
BBC, April 05, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6528509.stm

Trafficking of Rural Women, Children Increasing in China
Voice of America, April 05, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-04-04-voa17.cfm

Government
Beijing vows to reduce gov't expenditure by 10%
Xinhuanet, April 05, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/04/content_5933279.htm

Labor
Glory without pay for answering Mao's call
SCMP, April 05, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZIFZUTYZE.html

Land Policy
'Nail House' Stories Fire Up Chinese Netizens
Radio Free Asia, April 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/politics/2007/04/02/china_nailhouse/

Media
No more money-for-coverage
AP (via YahooNews), April 05, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070403/ap_on_re_as/china_news_for_sale_2;_

ylt=AnsMuaFUfePK9O1_9xqPtatPzWQA

Migrant Workers
Beijing offers free vaccinations to migrant workers
Xinhuanet, April 05, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/05/content_5939540.htm

Olympics
Olympic security spending to be lower in Beijing than at other Games
People's Daily, April 05, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/200704/05/eng20070405_363923.html

Politics
Suggestions pour into NPC on draft employment law
Xinhuanet, April 05, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/05/content_5935468.htm

Public Health
China must do more to prevent occupational diseases
China Daily, April 05, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-04/05/content_844435.htm

China not investing enough to fight AIDS - experts
Reuters Alert Net, April 05, 2007
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK289147.htm

Officials plan to crack down on Guangdong's thriving blood trade
SCMP, April 05, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZL8YUTYZE.html

Trial medical insurance scheme urged in cities
SCMP, April 05, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZP0ZUTYZE.html

Rural Issues
Firms embark on Long March to China's interior
Reuters (via YahooNews), April 05, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070403/lf_nm/china_investment_dc_1;_

ylt=ApP7kSZy0eMrcnP3smMlxyNPzWQA

Rural Chinese kids face trafficking risk
AP (via YahooNews), April 05, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070404/ap_on_re_as/china_child_trafficking_3;_

ylt=At2ytBQlOxVhlApO1mh0ta9PzWQA

Upwardly mobile
SCMP, April 05, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chifeatures/ZZZZEQUTYZE.html

Society
Chinese "can't afford to die" as funeral costs soar
Reuters Alert Net, April 05, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070405/wl_nm/china_funerals_dc_1;_

ylt=AioZVOxFvZDdAmAlfSTFy2JPzWQA

Xinjiang
Uyghurs in Forced Labor To Grow China’s Almonds
Radio Free Asia, April 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/social/2007/03/29/uyghur_labor/