June 20, 2007

News

Bilateral Ties

China Used 'Direct Language' to Push Sudan to Accept Peacekeepers: Diplomat

Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), June 18, 2007

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070619/wl_afp/sudandarfurunrestchina
diplomacy_070619015300;_ylt=AuhyNsAPiy0aKhrB0B8mOexPzWQA

Children

Child Workers Return to School After Tip-Off

South China Morning Post, June 20, 2007

http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d
7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0ddff14f1c443110VgnVCM100000
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Trafficker Admits to Selling 3,000 Labourers in Three Years

South China Morning Post, June 20, 2007

http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d
7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=676ff14f1c443110VgnVCM100000
360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Woman Who Sold 118 Babies Held in Henan

Reuters (via SCMP), June 20, 2007

http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d
7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e29ff14f1c443110VgnVCM100000
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Civil Society

China's Largest Municipality Seeks Public Opinions for Urban Development

Xinhuanet, June 18, 2007

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-06/18/content_6257448.htm

Corruption

藥監局長之子在港受賄 (Appeal Trial Concluded for Former Head of State Food and Drug Administration, Awaiting Ruling)

Ming Pao, June 20, 2007

http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070620/caf1.htm

China Steps Up Fight Against Corrupt, Negligent Officials

Xinhuanet, June 19, 2007

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-06/19/content_6264390.htm

北京海淀区四季镇二亿多农保基金被违规滥用 (Pension Funds of More than 200 Million Beijing Farmers Misused)

Radio Free Asia, June 19, 2007

http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/06/19/china_government_fund/

Environment

Liaoning's Reservoirs Dry Up

South China Morning Post, June 20, 2007

http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d
7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=eb3ff14f1c443110VgnVCM100000
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China Overtakes US as World's Biggest CO2 Emitter

The Guardian, June 19, 2007

http://environment.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,,2106689,00
.html

China Will Offer Tax Break to Promote Clean Energy

Xinhuanet, June 19, 2007

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-06/19/content_6261090.htm

Food Security

China to Dust off Food Safety Standards

Xinhuanet, June 20, 2007

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-06/20/content_6264933.htm

Hukou

户籍改革存诸多难点 公安部启动户口法立法调研 (Ministry of Public Security to Submit Hukou Reform Proposal)

Legal Daily, June 20, 2007

http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2007-06/20/content_641808.htm

Human Rights Defenders - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)

盲人维权者陈光诚受虐绝食抗议　狱方视而不见 (Chen Guangcheng Goes on Hunger Strike to Protest Against Ill Treatment in Prison)

Radio Free Asia, June 20, 2007

http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/06/19/chenguang
cheng/

Human Rights Defenders - Liu Anjun (刘安军)

北京维权人士刘安军被警察带走 (Rights Defender Taken Away by Beijing Police)

Radio Free Asia, June 19, 2007

http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/06/19/liuanjun/

Labor

Police Admit Failure to Stem Child Slavery

South China Morning Post, June 20, 2007

http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d
7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0afff14f1c443110VgnVCM100000
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Law

全国人大常委会将首审民事诉讼法修正案草案 (Standing Committee of the National People's Congress to Review Draft of Amended Civil Procedure Law)

Legal Daily, June 19, 2007

http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/2007rdlf/2007-06/19/content_641287.htm

Media

《中国青年报》为抽稿事件辩护 (China Youth Daily Defends Withdrawal of Fake Drugs Report)

Radio Free Asia, June 19, 2007

http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/06/19/china_media_news
paper/

Multilateral

人权理事会就调查践踏人权达一致 (UN Human Rights Council to Reach Consensus on Investigation Policy into Human Rights Violations)

Voice of America, June 19, 2007

http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-06-19-voa57.cfm

Poverty

China Brings More Vocational Training to Poverty-Hit Areas

Xinhuanet, June 18, 2007

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-06/18/content_6259699.htm

Protests and Petitions

天津东洲抗征地十四人重判　大陆还有多少个东洲？ (Heavy Sentences Handed Down to 14 Protesters in Illegal Land Acquisition Case in Dongzhou, Tianjin)

Radio Free Asia, June 19, 2007

http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/06/19/dongzhou/

进京上访者近况 (Update on Situation of Petitioners Going to Beijing)

Radio Free Asia, June 19, 2007

http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/06/19/shangfang/

Public Health

China's Drug Watchdog Exposes Illegal Medical Instrument Ads

Xinhuanet, June 18, 2007

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-06/18/content_6259195.htm

State Security

提高反恐怖能力 维护国家安全和社会公共安全 (Luo Gan: China to Strengthen Anti-Terrorism Capability to Uphold State, Social and Public Security)

Legal Daily, June 20, 2007

http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2007-06/20/content_641789.htm

Tibet

Dalai Lama Laments Beijing Line on Autonomy

The Standard, June 20, 2007

http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3&art_id=
47207&sid=14130475&con_type=1&d_str=20070620