April 9, 2007

News

Bilateral Ties
China delegation visits Darfur camps: report
Reuters (via YahooNews), April 09, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070408/wl_nm/china_sudan_darfur
_dc_1;_ylt=AvmyG4tXmVr1BcR7eeq0cURPzWQA

China optimistic Sudan will accept U.N. peacekeepers in Darfur
International Herald Tribune, April 09, 2007
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/04/09/africa/AF-GEN-Sudan-
China.php

Japanese travel agencies offer more China tours
EastDay.com, April 09, 2007
http://english.eastday.com/eastday/englishedition/features/userobject
1ai2751391.html

US sizes up WTO clash with China over copyright piracy
AFP (via YahooNews), April 09, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070409/wl_asia_afp/uschinawtotra
decopyrightpiracy_070409155619;_ylt=AhgYLSBw3WVQRFElrsfpSrN
PzWQA

Corruption
Former senior police officer jailed for life in east China
Xinhuanet, April 09, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/09/content_5954588.htm

Leaders call for intensified battle against corruption
Xinhuanet, April 09, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/09/content_5953938.htm

Economic Development
Development of West China more important
CCTV International, April 09, 2007
http://www.cctv.com/program/bizchina/20070409/104378.shtml

Environment
U.N. report raises pressure on China to cut pollution
Los Angeles Times, April 09, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-green
8apr08,1,1672111.story?coll=la-headlines-world

Gender
Chinese Slough Off Old Barriers to Divorce
Washington Post, April 09, 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article
/2007/04/06/AR2007040602220.html?hpid=topnews

Hong Kong
China officially reappoints Hong Kong leader
AFP (via YahooNews), April 09, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070409/wl_asia_afp/hongkongchina
politics_070409154912;_ylt=Al3fKWYfEDKA2bmbz93eCflPzWQA

Human Rights
China slams U.S. human rights report as slanderous
CCTV International, April 09, 2007
http://www.cctv.com/english/20070409/100938.shtml

Human Rights Defenders
’I want justice’ — Celil’s wife
Journal Chretien, April 09, 2007
http://www.spcm.org/Journal/spip.php?article8579

Human Rights Defenders
Gao Zhisheng: 'I Will Fight for My Family's Living Rights'
Epoch Times, April 09, 2007
http://en.epochtimes.com/news/7-4-8/53882.html

Labor
Coal mine accident kills nine in northwest China
CCTV International, April 09, 2007
http://www.cctv.com/english/20070409/100704.shtml

Media
Google apologizes to China's Sohu.com
Reuters (via news.com), April 09, 2007
http://news.com.com/Google+apologizes+to+Chinas+Sohu.com/
2100-1032_3-6174367.html

Politics
Senior official stresses China's need for developing "soft power"
Xinhuanet, April 09, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/08/content_594999
6.htm

Public Health
Blood sales crackdown extended to 21 cities
SCMP, April 09, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZAO1DE50F.html

Experts warn of lower fertility in China
Xinhuanet, April 09, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/09/content_5952830.htm

Religion
'I don't tell people around me I'm Catholic. I am afraid it will get me into trouble'
SCMP, April 09, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZSU1DE50F.html