Wednesday, August 29, 2007

August 29, 2007

News
Bilateral Ties

British Minister Urges China to Help on Darfur
Reuters (via YahooNews), August 28, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070828/wl_nm/britain_
china_darfur_dc_1;_ylt=AhJv_WC
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9etXhPw48UxPzWQA


Death Penalty
药监局司长死缓上诉失败 (State Food and Drug Administration Cadre's Appeal of Death Reprieve Sentence Rejected by Beijing Court)
Ming Pao, August 29, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070829/caf1.htm

Human Rights
Merkel Pushes Rights Issue After Meeting Mainland Journalists
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), August 29, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
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a0/?vgnextoid=10949095
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Human Rights Defender – Journalist
山东记者齐崇淮与律师第一次相见 (Outspoken Shandong Journalist Meets Lawyer for First Time After Being Detained on Blackmailing Charges)
Radio Free Asia, August 28, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/28/
qichonghuai/


Land Policy
Relocation Has Ruined Our Lives, Say Villagers
South China Morning Post, August 29, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=fa349095e3
da4110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News


Media
沙叶新从人民作家变成受监控对象 ("People's Writer" Becomes Monitored)
Voice of America, August 28, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-08-28-voa20.
cfm


Beijing Police Launch Virtual Web Patrol
Associated Press (via YahooNews), August 28, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070828/ap_on_re_as/china
_web_police_2;_ylt=AixOKJ3z
3F.T9CzJmpQ8OehPzWQA

杭州当局突然大举搜查杭州信息网 (Hangzhou Authorities Search Office of Web Site Company Which Reported on Scandal Involving Local Cadres)
Radio Free Asia, August 28, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/08/28/china_
internet_freedom/


Yahoo Plea over China Rights Case
BBC, August 28, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6966116.stm

Olympics
漫骂奥运的流行歌曲被查禁 (China Bans Song That Combines Foul Language with the Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, August 28, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/08/28/china_
olympic/


失地农民维权代表杨春林被捕 (Rights Defender Arrested on Inciting Subversion Charges After Using "I Want Human Rights, Not Olympics" Slogan)
Radio Free Asia, August 28, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/08/28/china_
rights_detain/


Politics
中共中央政治局会议建议 党的十七大10月15日在北京召开 (Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee Suggests Beginning 17th CPC National Congress on October 15)
Legal Daily, August 29, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2007-08/29/content_
689310.htm


Protests and Petitions
Police Quell Protest by Workers Seeking Pay
Associated Press (via The Standard), August 29, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3
&art_id=52274&sid=151318
09&con_type=1&d_str=20070829

中国逾千人上书十七大要求人权自由 (Over 1,000 People Sign Open Letter to Hu Jintao Demanding Human Rights and Freedom)
BBC, August 28, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_6960000
/newsid_6967400/6967492.stm


State Security
呼吁支持达赖的藏民被控煽动颠覆罪 (Tibetan Indicted on Inciting Subversion Charges for Publicly Urging Support for Dalai Lama)
Radio Free Asia, August 28, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/08/28/china_
tibetan/


Tibet
The Mist Lifts over China's Sky-High Railway
Asia Times Online, August 29, 2007
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/IH29Ad01.html