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Olympics
China Arrests Anti-Olympics Activist
Associated Press (via YahooNews), September 04, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070904/ap_on_re_as/china
_activist_arrested_1;_ylt=
AojF1RMWz88hWo1NWdg7DUpPzWQA
According to the NGO China Human Rights Defenders, land rights activist Yang Chunlin was formally arrested on August 3rd. While he has been in detention since July 6th, police explained to Yang’s family that he was suspected of taking money from foreign anti-China organizations. However, Yang’s family suspects that the true cause of his arrest is his collecting 10,000 signatures for his open letter “We want human rights, not the Olympics.” The NGO said that Yang’s case illustrates the Chinese authorities’ sensitivity on linking the Olympics with human rights.
News
Children
Alarm Grows as Child Labor Increases
Associated Press (via The Standard), September 04, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=
3&art_id=52699&sid=15214267&con_type=1&d_str=20070904
Corruption
China Disputes Reports It Goes Easy on Bribers
Wall Street Journal, September 04, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118881175568215987.html?
mod=hps_asia_whats_news
Death Penalty
死刑复核权上收“盘点” 专访最高法副院长姜兴长大法官 (Supreme People's Court's Judge Reviews Effectiveness of Death Penalty Reforms)
Xinhuanet, September 04, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-09/04/content_
6659243.htm
Environment
Beijing Urges to Citizens to Cut Energy Use
Financial Times, September 03, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/86eb0b4a-59ab-11dc-aef5-
0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-
0000779e2340.html
Gender
视点：隐性就业性别歧视危害日甚 应如何应对 (How Should Implicit Sex Discrimination in the Workplace Be Tackled?)
Legal Daily, September 04, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2007-09/04/content
_693569.htm
Human Rights Defenders
Three Charged for Chopping Activist
South China Morning Post, September 04, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0cbe62db4
3cc4110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
北京异见人士张文和被公安传唤及抄家 (Beijing Police Summon Dissident Zhang Wenhe and Ransack His Home)
Radio Free Asia, September 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/09/03/china_
dissident/
Human Rights Defender – Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
高智晟：北京奥运已成为许多中国人仇恨的对象 (Gao Zhisheng Says Many Chinese Critical of Beijing Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, September 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/09/03/china
_rights_lawyer/
Human Rights Defender – Yuan Weijing (袁伟静)
临沂公安暴力阻止袁伟静前往北京 (Local Authorities in Shandong Forcefully Bar Yuan Weijing from Going to Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, September 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/09/03/china
_rights_chen/
Land Policy
成都拆迁户因拒绝搬迁而被砍伤致残 (Sixty-Year-Old Woman's Left Hand Chopped Off by Thugs After Refusing Eviction in Chengdu)
Radio Free Asia, September 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/03/
chaiqian/
Media
假报道夺新闻奖 (Fake News Report Gets Award)
Ming Pao, September 04, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070904/caa1.htm
中国当局要求关闭所有未经备案的网上讨论区 (Chinese Authorities Request Closure of All Internet Discussion Forums That Have Yet to Report Their Operations)
Radio Free Asia, September 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/09/03/china_
internet_police/
成都“世纪东方”和汕头“中客科技”两家互联网提供商被切断服务 (Two Internet Service Providers in Chengdu and Guangdong Ordered to Shut Down Due to Illegal Messages)
Radio Free Asia, September 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/03/
wang/
Migrant Workers
Migrant Children Miss Out on Free Textbooks
South China Morning Post, September 04, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a6ae62db43c
c4110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Olympics
维权代表被逾期拘押或转捕 青岛拆迁户告官前赴后继 (Qingdao Rights Defender Detained for 37 Days After Protesting Eviction Ahead of Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, September 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/03/
chaiqianhu/
Protests and Petitions
215名上海市民致胡锦涛公开信，要求查清上海高官腐败行为 (215 Residents Send Open Letter to Hu Jintao Demanding Investigation on Corruption in Shanghai)
Radio Free Asia, September 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/03/
shanghai/
State Security
简要新闻：中国首位民间信访调解员刘贵琴被提起公诉 (In Brief: China's First Civil Mediator on Petitioning Matters Indicted on Charges of Illegal Possession of State Secrets)
Radio Free Asia, September 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/09/03/xinwen/