Friday, September 14, 2007

September 14, 2007

News
Corruption

New Bureau Set to Fight Corruption
The Standard, September 14, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat
=3&art_id=53432&sid=153729
86&con_type=1&d_str=
20070914


Officials' Assets to Be Made Public
Xinhuanet, September 14, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-09/14/content_
6720503.htm


Death Penalty
最高法:严控和慎用死刑确保死刑案审判质量 (New Decision of Supreme People's Court Orders Careful Use of Death Penalty)
Legal Daily, September 14, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2007-09/14/content_
701029.htm


Education
China Launches New Project to Support Poor Students Get Through Education
Xinhuanet, September 13, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-09/13/content_
6720161.htm


Environment
China Shuts 1,000 Factories near Polluted Lake
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), September 13, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070913/wl_asia_afp/chinae
nvironmentpollutionwater_07
0913070136;_ylt=As9y4M2Lz
_maENUrcmkWbdRPzWQA


Lost in translation: Tianjin Not as Polluted as Tianying
Reuters (via South China Morning Post), September 14, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=95d2ebfbe9f
f4110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News


Revised Proposal for Contentious Canal
South China Morning Post, September 14, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=7253ebfbe9f
f4110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News


Human Rights Defenders
东莞劳工维权者屡遭拘留 当局利用宣传将打压合法化 (Guangdong Newspaper Used as Tool in the Suppression of Labor Activists)
Radio Free Asia, September 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/13/
laogong/


胡佳网上发文指当局十七大前大范围制造恐怖气氛 (Hu Jia Criticizes Increased Harassment of Human Rights Defenders Ahead of CPC Meeting)
Radio Free Asia, September 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/13
/17da/


Human Rights Defender - Sun Buer (孙不二)
简要新闻:孙不二被以颠覆罪秘密逮捕 母亲受不断监视骚扰 (In Brief: Sun Bu'er Secretly Taken Away on Subversion Charges in May; His Mother Asked Not to Talk to Media)
Radio Free Asia, September 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/09/13/0913
/ - sun


Media
No Bloggers in China, Please
Wall Street Journal, September 14, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118971637019026752-
search.html?KEYWORDS=China&COLLECTION=wsjie/
6month
search.html?KEYWORDS=China&COLLECTION=
wsjie/6month


告博客封帖案遭驳回 律师质疑枉法裁决 (Beijing Lawyer Appeals Judgment Which Rejects His Claim of Internet Censorship)
Radio Free Asia, September 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/13/
boke/


法新社记者定州采访遭扣留盘查 (Journalists of Agence France-Presse Detained for 5 Hours in Hebei; Asked to Reveal Identity of Interviewees)
Radio Free Asia, September 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/13
/afp/


Microsoft Sued by Beijing Student for Privacy Infringement
People's Daily, September 13, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6262170.html

Poverty
Income Gap Between Urban, Rural Residents Widens
Xinhuanet, September 13, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-09/13/content_
6718914.htm


Protests and Petitions
Outraged Monks Save Historic Building
South China Morning Post, September 14, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=1273ebfbe9ff
4110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News


上海又有九名访民在北京被打 (Nine More Shanghai Petitioners Beaten in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, September 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/13/
fangmin/


Public Health
Whistleblowers a Rare and Endangered Species
Financial Times, September 14, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/609042c8-6250-11dc-bdf6-
0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-
0000779e2340.html
0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-
4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2340.html