Friday, July 13, 2007

July 13, 2007

News
Children

Arrest Made in Baby-Snatching Case
The Standard, July 13, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat
=3&art_id=48884&sid=14461654&con_type=1&d_str=20070713


Death Penalty
安徽滁州爆炸抢劫案主犯判死刑 曾四抢金融机构 (Anhui Armed Robber Sentenced to Death)
Xinhuanet, July 13, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-07/13/content_
6369789.htm


Ex-Drug Chief's Execution Justified, But Capital Punishment Should Be Limited
Xinhuanet, July 13, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-07/12/content_
6366978.htm


Environment
Pressure Rises over Failed Energy Targets
South China Morning Post, July 13, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c2de62d1a3
bb3110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News


Food Security
Cardboard Used in Steamed Pork Buns
South China Morning Post, July 13, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a59e62d1a3
bb3110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=Ne


China Launches Food Safety Checks in Run-up to Olympics
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), July 12, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070712/wl_asia_afp/heal
thchinafoodsafety_070712205145;_ylt=AlCpqLDInlzjDTJQ
1T5mt0xPzWQA


Human Rights Defender
Developer, Employees Arrested in Beating of Homeowners' Activist
South China Morning Post, July 13, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=84ae62d1a
3bb3110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=Ne


Human Rights Defender - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
简要新闻∶被阻赴美领奖后高智晟已回到北京家中 (In Brief: Gao Zhisheng Barred from Receiving Award in US, Allowed to Return to Beijing Home)
Radio Free Asia, July 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/07/12/xinwen
/#gaozhisheng


Human Rights Defender - Yuan Weijing (袁伟静)
英使馆官员探望袁伟静 见证公民不自由 (Yuan Weijing Meets British Diplomats in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, July 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/12/
yuanweijing/


Land Policy
80%违法用地主体是政府 (80 Percent of Violators of Land Use Regulations Are Government Bodies)
The Beijing News, July 13, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0565/2007/07-13/014@
024657.htm


Media
中国当代诗歌论坛被关 文学网站也难逃监控 (China Blocks Internet Forum on Contemporary Poetry)
Radio Free Asia, July 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/
12/poem/


Rethink Urged over Ban on Newsletter
South China Morning Post, July 13, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a1ee62d1a3
bb3110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=Ne


实名制盛开紫丁香凋谢 哈工大BBS发帖需要姓名和院系信息 (Students of a Harbin University Required to Register with Real Identity for Using University's Internet Bulletin Board System)
Nanfang City News, July 13, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/2007071
30017.asp


Chinese Blogger Held over Stock Tips
Financial Times, July 12, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/7f2f68ac-309c-11dc-9a81-00007
79fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2340
.html


Migrant Workers
深圳出现“民工律师”群体 (Past Human Rights Defenders with No Legal Qualifications Act as Migrant Workers' "Lawyers" in Shenzhen)
Radio Free Asia, July 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/12/
shenzhen/


Olympics
Echoes of Cultural Revolution as China Becomes a 'No-Fly Zone'
The Independent, July 12, 2007
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article27588
25.ece


Protests and Petitions
500多名访民在天安门广场遭驱散 (500 Petitioners Dispersed for Trying to Petition at Tiananmen Square)
Radio Free Asia, July 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/12/bj/

Students Riot over Fees and Qualifications
South China Morning Post, July 13, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c94e62d1a3bb3
110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News


广西库区万人静坐请愿数天 官兵同情廿载移民每月三十六块七毛五 (10,000 Guangxi Evictees Receive Sympathetic Treatment from Authorities)
Radio Free Asia, July 11, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/11/
guangxi/


Public Health
禁二甘醇的啟示:市场力量压倒官意 (Editorial: Market Forces Policy U-Turn in Tainted Toothpaste Case)
Ming Pao, July 13, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070713/mrb.htm