News
Children
Ministry Vows to Protect 'Left-Behind Children'
Reuters (via South China Morning Post), August 23, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=18b5ecd725
e84110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Corruption
民权人士指中国地方官员趁灾打劫 (Rights Defender Says Local Officials Trump Up Disaster News)
Voice of America, August 22, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-08-22-voa27.cfm
Environment
China Plans to Fulfill the UN Goal in Water in 2009
People's Daily, August 22, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6245665.html
Food Security
SKorea Asks China About Diplomat's Death
Associated Press (via YahooNews), August 23, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070822/ap_on_re_as/
sandwich_death_1;_ylt=
AnE5O7jCTMPW7Y5BI6uPS45PzWQA
Human Rights
Guangzhou Widens Surveillance
China Daily, August 22, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6245344.html
Human Rights Defender - Yang Jianli (杨建利)
杨建利称狱中被虐 (Yang Jianli Says He Was Tortured in Prison)
Ming Pao, August 23, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070823/cad1.htm
Human Rights Defender - Chen Shuqing (陈树庆)
陈树庆的刑事上诉状 (Chen Shuqing's Appeal Posted Online)
Radio Free Asia, August 22, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/22/
chenshuqing/
Human Rights Defender – Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)
郭飞雄案投中纪委举报网 考验当局改良监督渠道实效 (Guo Feixiong's Wife Sends His Case to Online Complaint System of CPC's Central Committee for Discipline Inspection)
Radio Free Asia, August 22, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/22/
guofeixiong/
Human Rights Defender – Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠)
被称嫌犯护照申请遭拒 郑恩宠表示将提起诉讼 (Zheng Enchong's Passport Application Refused for Being "Criminal Suspect", Will Sue Shanghai Authorities)
Radio Free Asia, August 22, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/22
/zhengenchong/
Related Information
HRIC Press Release: Persecution of Zheng Enchong Must
Stop: HRIC
Human Rights in China, August 22, 2007
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/item?item_
id=44607
Labor
美团体指港资厂剝削 香港工业总会要求提出证据 (Federation of Hong Kong Industries Asks US Labor NGO to Give Evidence of Exploitation)
Ming Pao, August 23, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070823/caa1.htm
Fury as Officials Dismiss Mine Tragedy as a `Natural Disaster'
The Standard, August 23, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_
cat=3&art_id=51856&sid=15054717&con_type=1&d_
str=20070823
Cause of China Mine Flood Still Under Investigation, Rescue Work Comes First
Xinhuanet, August 22, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/22/content_
6581818.htm
Land Policy
Ningxia Plans Huge Move to Escape Drought's Grip
South China Morning Post, August 23, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7045ecd725
e84110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Media
Policy on Blogging Toned Down
Associated Press (via The Standard), August 23, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat
=3&art_id=51851&sid=15052593&con_type=1&d_str=
20070823
China Will Consider Applications to Post Resident Foreign Journalists in More Cities, Says Official
People's Daily, August 22, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6245774.html
Police
China's Rural Areas See Crimes Drop, but New Problems Harass Social Order
Xinhuanet, August 22, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/22/content_
6586531.htm
Population
Gender Imbalance Linked to Social Ills
Xinhuanet, August 23, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/23/content_
6587274.htm
Protests and Petitions
访民日访民上访被殴 (Disabled Petitioner Beaten in Beijing on Petitioning Day)
Radio Free Asia, August 22, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/22/
shangfang/
六名农民因广西计生骚乱被判入狱一年半至三年 (Six Farmers Sentenced to 1.5 to 3 Years in Prison over One-Child Policy Protest in Guangxi)
Radio Free Asia, August 22, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/08/22/china_
rights_clash/
Social Security
China Extends Cost of Living Benefits to All Homeless, Beggars
China Daily, August 22, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6245629.html