Thursday, October 04, 2007

October 4, 2007

News
Corruption

China Punishes 200,000 Rural Officials over Four Years
People's Daily, October 03, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6276466.html

Environment
China Offers Surprise Hope in Climate Change Fight
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), October 03, 2007
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20071003/tsc-environment
-china-energy-warming-
f55c36c_1.html

Food Security
China Drafts Counterplan for Food Safety Emergency
Xinhuanet, October 03, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-10/03/content_
6829068.htm


Freedom of Speech
Tibetan Students Held for Freedom Slogans
Associated Press (via The Standard), October 04, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3
&art_id=54443&sid=156607
39&con_type=1&d_str=20071004

Government
中国4年审计逾13万官员 (China Audits over 130,000 Officials in Four Years)
Nanfang City News, October 03, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/djjz/200710030
207.asp


公费赴美考察红火节目:看<色,戒>完整版 (Chinese Officials Use Public Money to Watch Uncensored Version of Movie "Lust, Caution" in US)
Radio Free Asia, October 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/03/
sejie/


Human Rights Defenders
中共十七大前加紧监控自由派人士 (Authorities Step Up Monitoring of Liberals Ahead of CPC Meeting)
Voice of America, October 03, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-10-03-voa26.cfm

Human Rights Defender – Li Heping (李和平)
Chinese Lawyer Recounts Abduction
New York Times, October 03, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/03/world/asia/03china.
html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc
=rss&oref=slogin

Human Rights Defender - Hua Huiqi (华惠棋)
公安再次威胁华惠棋交出访民和教友名单 (Police Offer to Free Hua Huiqi's Mother in Exchange for List of Petitioners and Protestants)
Radio Free Asia, October 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/10/03/china_
rights_petition/


Human Rights Defenders
十七大之前北京的白色恐怖(二) (Terror for Beijing's Rights Defenders and Petitioners Ahead of CPC Meeting (Part II))
Radio Free Asia, October 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/03/
17da/


Media
安徽职工请愿反遭殴 官方屏蔽网上消息 (Anhui Authorities Censor Online Discussion on Beatings of Protesting Workers)
Radio Free Asia, October 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/03/
anhui/


四川麻辣论坛删除 “群众呼声” 栏目 (Sichuan Website Cancels Popular Forum Ahead of CPC Meeting)
Radio Free Asia, October 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/03/
forum/


Migrant Workers
农民工日 堂皇的"正向歧视" (Migrant Workers' Day Does Not Relieve Their Sufferings)
BBC, October 03, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_7020000/
newsid_7026300/7026330.stm


Politics
《炎黄春秋》刊登李锐致胡锦涛的公开信 (Beijing's Quasi-Official Magazine Publishes Former Senior Cadre's Open Letter to Hu Jintao Calling for Political Reforms)
Radio Free Asia, October 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/10/03/china_
media_freedom/


Protests and Petitions
鹤山两千多农民围堵旅游区要求兑现徵地赔偿 (2,000 Guangdong Villagers Block Tourist Spot to Demand Land Grab Compensation)
Radio Free Asia, October 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/10/03/china_
land_clash/


湖南株洲女职工上访未果被强行送进精神病院 (Hunan Petitioner Forcefully Admitted to Psychiatric Hospital)
Radio Free Asia, October 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/03/
shangfang/


四川访民曹晓丽绝食抗议 (Sichuan Petitioner on Hunger Strike for the Sixth Day)
Radio Free Asia, October 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/03/
fangmin/


Tibet
An Illusion Called 'Greater Tibet Area'
People's Daily, October 03, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90785/6276481.
html