News
Death Penalty
云南昆明:一疯狂运毒3万余克男子被判处死刑 (Yunnan Drug Trafficker Sentenced to Death)
Xinhuanet, October 28, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2007-10/28/conten
t_6958271.htm
Environment
China Plans Cleanup for Polluted Lake Tai
Associated Press (via Wall Street Journal), October 29, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119360749278174166.html
?mod=hps_asia_whats_news
China Incorporates Energy-Saving Efforts into Performance Rating of Officials
Xinhuanet, October 28, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-10/28/content_
6966447.htm
Government
Taste of Democracy in the Course of Village Life
The Sydney Morning Herald, October 29, 2007
http://www.smh.com.au/news/business/taste-of-democracy-
in-the-course-of-village-life/2007/10/28/1193555533078.ht
ml?page=fullpage#contentSwap1life/2007/10/28/119355553
3078.html?page=fullpage - contentSwap1
Human Rights Defender – Ngawang Phulchung
简要新闻：坐牢十八年 西藏著名政治犯阿旺普琼获释 (In Brief: Tibetan Political Prisoner Ngawang Phulchung Released After 18 Years' Imprisonment)
Radio Free Asia, October 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/10/26/xinwen/#5
Human Rights Defenders
数名在17大前被捕的维权人士和访民陆续获释 (Internet Activist and Rights Defender Released After CPC Meeting)
Radio Free Asia, October 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/10/26/china_
rights_detain/
June 4th
六四「黑手」包遵信病逝 ("Mastermind" of June 4th Passes Away)
Ming Pao, October 29, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20071029/cad1.htm
Law
中国修法限制律师辩护言论 (Amended Law Punishes Lawyers for Remarks Made in Court That Threatens National Security)
Radio Free Asia, October 28, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/28/fa/
China Amends Law to Make Life Easier for Lawyers
Xinhuanet, October 28, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-10/28/content_
6966548.htm
Top legislature Approves Minister Nomination, Adopts Four Law Bills
Xinhuanet, October 28, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-10/28/content_
6966839.htm
Media
山东警方超期拘押记者齐崇淮 (Shandong Journalist Placed Under Prolonged Detention)
Radio Free Asia, October 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/26/qi/
Are China's Former Underground Directors Choosing Recognition over Artistic Freedom?
Associated Press (via International Herald Tribune), October 25, 2007
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/10/26/asia/AS-FEA
-A-E-MOV-China-Underground-Directors.phpDirectors.php
Migrant Workers
中国第一家维护农民工权益的民间机构成立 (Beijing Lawyers Establish China's First Social Organization on Migrant Workers' Rights)
Radio Free Asia, October 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/26/labor/
Olympics
专家称美国市场上的中国玩具来自血汗工厂 (Expert Says Sponsor of Beijing Olympics Exploits Workers)
Radio Free Asia, October 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/26/
sweatshop/
Protests and Petitions
鸡西市政府设立“黑监狱”关押访民 (Petitioners Sent to Secret Detention Center in Jixi, Heilongjiang)
Radio Free Asia, October 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/10/26/china_
petition_detain/
Three Injured, Four Detained in China Clash
Radio Free Asia, October 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/social/2007/10/26/china_
clash/
Public Health
新生儿出生缺陷山西最高 (Highest Birth Defect Rate Found in Shanxi Province)
The Beijing News, October 29, 2007
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/guonei/2007/10-29/
011@080443.htm
Rural Issues
Drought Amid Plenty for Rural Financing
South China Morning Post, October 29, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8b8f73c1be
6e5110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Tibet
Letter from China: Separating Fact from Image on Tibet
International Herald Tribune, October 29, 2007
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/10/26/asia/letter.php