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Human Rights Defender
上海维权人士陈小明狱中死亡 家人抗议拖延就医 (Shanghai Rights Defender Chen Xiaoming Dead in Prison, Family Criticizes Treatment Delay)
Radio Free Asia, July 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/13/
chenxiaoming/
Shanghai rights defender Chen Xiaoming (陈小明) died on July 1, shortly after being released on medical parole. Chen's mother protests that the prison authorities delayed his treatment, and Chen's petitioner friend suspected that abuse in prison, instead of liver cancer that a hospital found, was the main cause of his death. Chen was sent to prison after arranging for an American consular official to visit some petitioners.
Related Information
HRIC Press Release: Petitioner Chen Xiaoming Dies under
Belated Medical Parole
Human Rights in China, July 12, 2007
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/item?item_id=
44230
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Death Penalty
杀鸡不能儆猴 制度必须创新 (Commentary: Systematic Solution to Corruption Required - Execution of Drug Chief Cannot Deter Corrupt Officials)
Ming Pao, July 16, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070716/cai1.htm
Food Security
Safety Supplants Quotas as Hot-Button Trade Issue
Wall Street Journal, July 16, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118453333673266951.html
?mod=home_whats_news_asia
Freedom of Speech
Chinese Flag Burner Jailed for 6 Months
Associated Press (via YahooNews), July 15, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070715/ap_on_re_as/china
_flag_burning_1;_ylt=AgcQbBSsbWxJ0Xwce7MOw_NPzWQA
Government
Beijing Must Rein in Local Authorities
South China Morning Post, July 16, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=
b634b34db9ac3110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=
China&s=News
Official Fired for Not Fighting Floods in E China
Xinhuanet, July 15, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-07/15/content_
6378054.htm
Human Rights Defenders
民工廉价法援团体遭打压 (Cheap Legal Workers That Serve Migrant Workers in Shenzhen Harassed)
Ming Pao, July 16, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070716/caa1h.htm
简要新闻∶河南维权人士泛蓝成员蔡爱民被劳教一年零九个月 (In Brief: Henan Pan-Blue Alliance Member Cai Aimin Sent to Reeducation-Through-Labor Center)
Radio Free Asia, July 15, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/07/15/
xinwen/ - fanlan
Human Rights Defender - Chen Shuqing (陈树庆)
法官阻挠维权人士旁听陈树庆颠覆案 (Chen Shuqing's Trial to Be Held on July 17; Judge Bars Rights Defenders from Attending)
Radio Free Asia, July 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/07/13/china_
dissident_trial/
Labor
单位禁拒录传染病源携带者 (Draft Employment Promotion Law Bars Discrimination Against Virus Carriers)
The Beijing News, July 14, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0546/2007/0714/014@
276294.htm
Media
新闻观察:地方有权立法禁止匿名发帖吗 (Do Local Authorities Have the Power to Legislate on Real Name Registration for Internet Use?)
Legal Daily, July 16, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2007-07/16/content_
660535.htm
中大华南民间组织研究中心的《民间》杂志被停刊 (Guangzhou-Based Civil Society Research Center Magazine Shut Down)
Radio Free Asia, July 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/07/13/china_
media_freedom/
Migrant Workers
几位中国公民致深圳外劳公开信 (Open Letter Details Unfair Treatment for China's Migrant Workers)
Voice of America, July 16, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/m2007-07-15-voa41.cfm
Olympics
IOC官员反对北京奥运和人权挂构，人权组织发公开信批评 (NGOs Criticize Speech of IOC Official Regarding Linking Beijing Olympics to Human Rights)
Radio Free Asia, July 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/13/IOC/
Politics
Liberals Slam Slow Pace of Political Reform
South China Morning Post, July 16, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=
c943b34db9ac3110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=
China&s=News
Population
计划生育是我国长期坚持的基本国策 (Family Planning Is China's Basic and Long-Term National Policy)
People's Daily, July 16, 2007
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1026/5988582.html
84.8％公众担忧男女比例失调 (Gender Imbalance Worries 84.8 Percent of Surveyed)
China Youth Daily, July 16, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-07/16/content_1826466
.htm
Protests and Petitions
各地官方人员加紧对访民截访 ("Retrieval" of Petitioners Intensified; Petitioner's Child Barred from School)
Radio Free Asia, July 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/13/
fangmin/