June 4th
Tiananmen Protester Released from Jail
Associated Press (via YahooNews), July 08, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070708/ap_on_re_as/china
_tiananmen_2;_ylt=Ai6U6Rp5cZJmk30EwkKnzTlPzWQA
简要新闻∶八九民运工人常永杰获释 (In Brief: June 4 Dissident Chang Yongjie Released)
Radio Free Asia, July 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/07/06/xinwen/
Sun Hong and Chang Yongjie (常永杰), protestors who were jailed after the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown, have recently been released. Sun, now 36, was sentenced to death with two-year reprieve on his arson charges. It is unclear why he was released on July 7. Chang, now 42, had his life imprisonment commuted to 18 years in jail and was released on June 26. The news report did not specify the charges on which Chang was convicted.
News
Children
海南一家具厂被查出使用童工 (Hainan Furniture Factory Uses Child Labor)
Radio Free Asia, July 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/06/
hainan/
Death Penalty
Chinese Official Sentenced to Death
Associated Press (via YahooNews), July 06, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070706/ap_on_re_as/china
_drug_scandal_1;_ylt=AjBQKCzIMyHKrV2882WKz45PzWQA
Environment
暖化融雪山长江现五危机 (Yangtze River Faces 5 Types of Environmental Hazards)
Ming Pao, July 09, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070709/gaa1.htm
Human Rights
港商成立大陆投资维权组织 (Hong Kong Businesses Establish Right Defense Organization for Investments in China)
Radio Free Asia, July 07, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/07/wei/
Human Rights Defender
The Man Making the World's Worst Polluter Clean Up Its Act
The Guardian, July 08, 2007
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,2121288,00.
html - article_continue
Human Rights Defender - Yuan Weijing (袁伟静)
胡佳袁伟静见美人权官员受阻 山东官方人员现身疑将重施故技 (Yuan Weijing and Hu Jia Barred from Meeting US Human Rights Officials in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, July 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/06/yuan/
Land Policy
Villagers Face Long Battle for Justice in Land Grab
South China Morning Post, July 09, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=dcad1087696a311
0VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Media
As China’s Economy Roars, Consumers Lack Defenders
New York Times, July 08, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/08/world/asia/08china.
html?_r=2&ref=asia&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
Olympics
经租房业主高呼要房权不要奥运 (Private Apartment Owners in Beijing Want Property Rights, Not Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, July 07, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/07/
jing/
Politics
Job Hopes Rise with Less Unrest
The Standard, July 09, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3&art
_id=48560&sid=14398707&con_type=1&d_str=20070709
Population
对超生的批判不能“泛道德化” (Commentary: Having More Than 1 Kid Not Immoral; It Is a Human Right)
Nanfang City News, July 09, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/20070709
0208.asp
Hunan Officials Flout One-child Ruling
The Standard, July 09, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat
=3&art_id=48564&sid=14399216&con_type=1&d_str=20070709
Protests and Petitions
China Tells Local Authorities to Address Social Instability
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), July 07, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070707/wl_afp/chinapolitic
sunrest_070707073728;_ylt=ArgMt2zArw9tPddnYp96xWJ
PzWQA
Chinese Capitalism Reveals Dark Side
The Age, July 07, 2007
http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/chinese-capitalism-
reveals-dark-side/2007/07/06/1183351458713.html
安徽绩溪县政府强拆民企厂房无视法院裁决 (Anhui Private Factory Demolished, Officials Ignore Court Decision on Compensation)
Radio Free Asia, July 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/07/06/china_
demolition_petition/
Related Information
HRIC Press Release: Anhui Business Owner Harassed for
Defending Property Rights
Human Rights in China, July 05, 2007
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/item?item_
id=44186
新疆访民讲述河南访民被打针截访经过 (Petitioner Witnesses Use of Needle Injection to Stop Petitioning in Beijing, Denied by Authorities)
Radio Free Asia, July 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/06/
jiefang/
访民马远新的两个儿子被强行送进孤儿院 (Two Sons of Petitioner Ma Yuanxin Sent to Ningxia Orphanage)
Radio Free Asia, July 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/07/06/china_
petition_detain/