June 15, 2007

News
Bilateral Ties
Chinese, U.S. lawmakers exchange views on bilateral relations
Xinhuanet, June 15, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-06/15/content_
6246554.htm

Japan-China friendship pioneers tour China again
China Daily, June 15, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-06/15/content_
895004.htm

Penalizing China to hurt US
China Daily, June 15, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2007-06/15/content_
895206.htm

Corruption
979 Henan officials confess offences before deadline
Shanghai Daily, June 15, 2007
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2007/200706/
20070615/article_319751.htm

Shanghai courts begin to hear cases connected to social security
fund scandal
People's Daily, June 15, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/200706/15/eng20070615_
384694.html

Death Penalty
Capital cases made more transparent
People's Daily, June 15, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/200706/15/eng20070615_
384492.html

Disasters
Villagers living in ruins after deadly earthquake
South China Morning Post, June 15, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62
ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=975b28e540
b23110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=

Economic Development
Small loans help tiny businesses to develop in Shanghai
Xinhuanet, June 15, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-06/15/content_
6246797.htm

Environment
China to Ramp Up Greenhouse-Gas Efforts
Wall Street Journal, June 15, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118184538803835613.html?
mod=googlenews_wsj

Setback for water safety campaign
People's Daily, June 15, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/200706/15/eng20070615_
384491.html

Food Security
China hopes HK lifts toothpaste recall
Associated Press (via YahooNews), June 15, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070615/ap_on_bi_ge/
china_tainted_food_4

Gender
Mixed marriages on the increase
China Daily, June 15, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-06/14/content_
893808.htm

Hong Kong
Former secretary for justice: Hong Kong's freedom remains
under basic law
Xinhuanet, June 15, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-06/15/content_
6247967.htm

Labor
Job market faces challenges: Report
People's Daily, June 15, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/200706/15/eng20070615_
384493.html

Outrage as China slave scandal deepens
Agence France Presse (via YahooNews), June 15, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070615/wl_asia_afp/
chinaslaverychildren_070615121742

Law
China, U.S. to Step Up Anti-Piracy Work
Washington Post, June 15, 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/
2007/06/15/AR2007061500534.html

Media
China censors "Pirates" for "vilifying Chinese"
Reuters (via YahooNews), June 15, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070615/od_uk_nm/
oukoe_uk_china_entertainment_pirates_1

Multilateral
Africa wants close cooperation with China, India
People's Daily, June 15, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/200706/15/eng20070615_
384388.html

Olympics
China retailer halts sales of Olympic items believed made by
children - report
Forbes, June 15, 2007
http://www.forbes.com/business/feeds/afx/2007/06/15/
afx3824082.html

Police
Police accused of beating villagers
South China Morning Post, June 15, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62
ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=983b28e540
b23110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=

Public Health
China flood efforts target disease
South China Morning Post, June 15, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62
ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5d5d40bddad
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Rural Issues
China’s soaring pork prices boost farmers’ incomes
Financial Express, June 15, 2007
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?
content_id=167181

State-owned Enterprises
China Government Tightens Monitoring Over State-Owned Enterprises
Nasdaq, June 15, 2007
http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.
aspx?cpath=20070615%5cACQDJON200706151040
DOWJONESDJONLINE000765.htm&

Taiwan
Taiwan accuses EU of hypocrisy over China
Telegraph.co.uk, June 15, 2007
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/
2007/06/15/wtaiwan115.xml

Three Gorges
Final 100,000 people preparing to relocate to make way for
China's Three Gorges Dam
International Herald Tribune, June 15, 2007
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/06/15/asia/AS-GEN-
China-Three-Gorges-Dam.php

Tibet
PM meets Dalai Lama to talk Tibet
CNN, June 15, 2007
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/06/15/
howard.tibet.ap/

Activist group: China demolishes giant Buddhist statue in Tibet
International Herald Tribune, June 15, 2007
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/06/15/asia/AS-GEN-
China-Tibet-Buddhist-Statue.php

China says to spend more on remote border regions
Reuters (via YahooNews), June 15, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070615/wl_nm/
china_border_dc_1