Human Rights Defender - Hua Huiqi (华惠棋)
华惠棋无法办理出院手续，被困医院大厅 (Hua Huiqi Barred from Leaving Hospital)
Radio Free Asia, October 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/16/Hua
_Huiqi/
Hua Huiqi (华惠棋) told RFA that he was refused medication and was not allowed to leave the hospital on October 16. Police officers in hospital gowns would not allow Hua to leave the hospital unless he left with the police, which Hua refused. Journalists from Japan, Australia and other countries were not allowed to interview him. For more information on the beating which led to Hua's admission to the hospital, refer to our DNB "Top News" on October 12.
News
Environment
Gray Wall Dims Hopes of 'Green' Games
Washington Post, October 17, 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn
/content/article/2007/10/15/AR2007101501767_3.html
Government
Communists Move to Adapt Their Rule to a Richer China
Wall Street Journal, October 17, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119255831046560796.html
?mod=hpp_asia_whats_news
反腐败新招﹕易地做官 (Local Chiefs Will Have to Come from Localities Other Than Their Own After CPC Meeting)
Ming Pao, October 17, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20071017/caa1.htm
Human Rights Defenders
Blitz on Dissent Is Legal, Says Beijing
Reuters (via The Standard), October 17, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=
3&art_id=55271&sid=15837922&con_type=1&d_str=
20071017&fc=4
Human Rights Defender - Lu Gengsong (吕耿松)
吕耿松律师会见无理遭拒 杭州民主党人成维稳对象 (Lawyers Again Barred from Meeting Democracy Activist Lu Gengsong)
Radio Free Asia, October 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/16/
Lu_gengsong/
Human Rights Defender - Zeng Jinyan (曾金燕)
Web Dissent on the Rise in China
BBC, October 16, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7045744.stm
Human Rights Defender – Shi Tao (师涛)
Yahoo Accused over Chinese Dissident
Financial Times, October 16, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/55adedfe-7c33-11dc-be7e
-0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df
-0000779e2340.html
Human Rights Defender – Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠)
公安截断电话郑恩宠失去与母亲最后见面的机会 (Zheng Enchong Unable to Pay Last Respects to Dying Mother as Police Cut His Telephone Line)
Radio Free Asia, October 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/10/16/china_
rights_lawyer/
Related Information
HRIC Case Update: Zheng Enchong Unable to Pay Last
Respects to Dying Mother
Human Rights in China, October 12, 2007
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/item?item_
id=45265
Media
全世界新闻自由指数中国排名仍近末位 (China Still Ranks Near Bottom in RSF's Worldwide Press Freedom Index)
Radio Free Asia, October 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/16/
press_freedom/
Police
河南派出所所长被指醉酒开枪打死村民 (Allegedly Drunk Chief of Local Police Substation in Henan Shoots Villager to Death)
Radio Free Asia, October 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/10/16/china
_police/
China's Party Congress Kicks Off Amid Tight Security
Radio Free Asia, October 15, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/china/2007/10/15/china_
congress/
Politics
‘March in Step' CCP Voters Warned
Reuters (via The Standard), October 17, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_
cat=3&art_id=55258&sid=15835494&con_type=1&d_
str=20071017&fc=4
Pros and Cons of Party Membership
BBC, October 17, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7044594.stm
Poverty
China's Poverty Reduction Initiatives on Right Track
Xinhuanet, October 16, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-10/16/content_
6888061.htm
Protests and Petitions
Unrest Down "Greatly" in China's Guangdong
Reuters, October 16, 2007
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK317096.htm
武汉公安严防访民进京上访 (Wuhan Police on High Alert Against Petitioners Who Want to Petition in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, October 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/16
/shangfang/
Three Gorges
Region Eyes Funds for Dam Clean-up
Financial Times, October 17, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7fd54026-7c0d-11dc-be7e-000
0779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2
340.html
Tibet
Rural Per Capita Income in Tibet Posts Fastest Rise in Western China
Xinhuanet, October 16, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-10/17/content_
6892784.htm