May 23, 2007

Top News of the Day
Protests and Petitions
China Arrests 28 in Family Planning Riots
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), May 23, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070523/ts_afp/chinaunres
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Police have arrested 28 people in Guangdong Province for instigating thousands of people to riot over China's one-child policy, although officials may have contributed to the tensions, the state media Xinhua news agency said on May 23. The rioters were dissatisfied by the fact that local "family planning work teams" levied fines between 6,000 and 60,000 yuan on families that violated the one-child policy. Personal belongings such as livestock and electronic equipment were confiscated from families who could not pay.

News
Education
What a Difference a Xinhua Line Makes…
China Digital Times, May 22, 2007
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2007/05/what_a_difference_a
_line_of_xinhua_makes.php

Environment
More Green Projects Funded as Dire Warnings Sounded
South China Morning Post, May 23, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZBUY5RV1F.html

Food Security
Beijing Takes Seven Steps to Restore Faith in Foods
South China Morning Post, May 23, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZGHWUQV1F.html

U.S. Pushes China for Stronger Food Safety Measures
Reuters (via YahooNews), May 22, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070522/pl_nm/usa_china_
food_dc_3;_ylt=AocedkQWljDPW021CGtL0lJPzWQA

Gender
The Long Road to Equality for Chinese Women
Asia Times Online, May 22, 2007
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/IE22Ad01.html

Government
Yunfu to Expand Its Experiment with Democracy
South China Morning Post, May 23, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ4JVUQV1F.html

四川热线投诉电话难接通被质疑做秀 (Calls to Complaint Hotline for Land Disputes in Sichuan Rarely Get Through)
Radio Free Asia, May 22, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/05/22/China_
audit/

Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
In Brief: Rights Group Seeks Release of Aids Activists
South China Morning Post, May 23, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZFUY5RV1F.html

Labor
Big US Unions Court Chinese Counterparts
Financial Times, May 22, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/cf0b4eca-087b-11dc-b11e-000b
5df10621,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e
2340.html

Law
法律底线之上 一切都可公开 (Supreme People's Court's Spokesman: Everything Lawful Will Be Open to the Public)
The Beijing News, May 23, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0548/2007/0522/014@2
63856.htm

Media
A Recruitment Ad for Virtual Cops
Danwei, May 23, 2007
http://www.danwei.org/internet/a_recruitment_ad_for_int
ernet.php

China Shelves Real-Name Blogging Plan
Financial Times, May 22, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/69c7ffba-0879-11dc-b11e-000b5df
10621,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2340.
html

中国增强对网吧的检查频度 (China to Heighten Checks on Internet Cafes)
Radio Free Asia, May 22, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/05/22/
wangba/

Embattled Chinese Authors Vow To Keep Writing
Radio Free Asia, May 22, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/social/2007/05/22/china
_peasants/

Protests and Petitions
医患纠纷年增近20% (Number of Medical Disputes in Beijing Raise by 20 Percent Each Year)
The Beijing News, May 23, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0553/2007/05-23/014
@264181.htm

Three Gorges
Villagers Damned by Chinese Corruption
The Age (Australia), May 19, 2007
http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/villagers-damned-
by-chinese-corruption/2007/05/18/1178995412943.html

Hong Kong
Hong Kong China Studying How to Avoid 'Unacceptable' Hong Kong LeaderAgence France-Presse (via YahooNews), May 22, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070522/wl_asia_afp/hong
kongchinapolitics_070522152709;_ylt=AigTSInGcNpfin1l
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