Thursday, August 16, 2007

August 16, 2007

News
Bilateral Ties

China a Key to Darfur Peace - Activists
Reuters, August 15, 2007
http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnL15810742.html

Children
Police Break Up China Child Slavery Gang
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), August 15, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070815/wl_asia_afp/
chinaslaverychildrengang_0708150
72406;_ylt=
AudAObByDIBSZF8JxO5BydhPzWQA


Civil Society
河南省艾滋病草根组织研讨会被迫延期 (Grassroots HIV/AIDS Group's Conference in Henan Forcibly Postponed)
Radio Free Asia, August 15, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/15/
henan/


Corruption
E China City Official Indicted for Taking Bribes
Xinhuanet, August 15, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/15/content_
6538772.htm


Disasters
Hunan Bridge Was Doomed to Collapse, Villagers Say
South China Morning Post, August 16, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
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a0/?vgnextoid=bc521e3c74a
64110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News


Human Rights
Big Brother (Not Your Neighbour) Is Watching
South China Morning Post, August 16, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=8d7e1e3c74
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Human Rights Defender - Jiang Yanyong (蒋彦永)
蒋彦永拒绝纽约科学院的科学家人权奖 (Jiang Yanyong Refuses Human Rights Award from New York Science Academy)
Radio Free Asia, August 15, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/08/15/china_
humanrights/


Human Rights Defender – Xiao Chun (肖春)
深圳厂方称维权者是罪犯 被暴打责任自负 (Labor Activist Beaten by Unidentified Thugs at Shenzhen Toy Factory)
Radio Free Asia, August 15, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/15/
shenzhen/


Labor
Shanghai Pulls Out All Stops to Bolster Union
South China Morning Post, August 16, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=bd721e3c74
a64110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News


Law
中国评论﹕最高检新标準 可防滥捕滥诉 (Commentary: Supreme People's Procuratorate's New Standards Can Prevent Excessive Arrests and Prosecutions)
Ming Pao, August 16, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070816/cat1.htm

Media
China Announces Four Major Cases of Illegal Publications, Bogus Journalists
Xinhuanet, August 15, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/15/content_
6538637.htm


China to Launch Media Crackdown Before Communist Party Meeting
Wall Street Journal, August 15, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20070815-701348-
search.html?KEYWORDS=China&COLLECTION=autowire
/6month


反腐网游《清廉战士》被关闭 (Online Anti-Corruption Game Shut Down)
Radio Free Asia, August 15, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/15/
game/


记者齐崇淮因揭官场贪腐被正式逮捕 (Shandong Journalist Formally Arrested After Revealing Corruption)
Radio Free Asia, August 15, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/15/
shandong/


Olympics
An Olympian Web War in China
Wall Street Journal, August 15, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118711975072997500-search
.html?KEYWORDS=China&COLLECTION=wsjie/6month


Politics
For Decoration Only
South China Morning Post, August 15, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
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a0/?vgnextoid=dabb101ac2
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Protests and Petitions
湖南湘潭矿工罢工演变成大规模冲突 (Strike at Hunan Coal Mine Escalates into Violent Clashes, Worker and Security Guard Beaten to Death)
Radio Free Asia, August 15, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/08/15/china_
labor_strike/


Public Health
China Toy Group Says Was Aware of Problems
Reuters (via YahooNews), August 15, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070815/ts_nm/china_safety
_toys_dc_2;_ylt=ArLu7RDV1
cR8E37runnI0ktPzWQA

Social Security
China Boosts Subsidies for People Affected by Natural Disasters
Xinhuanet, August 15, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/15/content_
6539737.htm