September 29-October 1, 2007

News
Bilateral Ties
China Cooperating With U.S. Investigation Into Steroid Smuggling
International Herald Tribune, October 01, 2007 http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/10/01/business/steroid
.php

Japan Urged To Abide By Pledge, Properly Handle Taiwan Question
Xinhuanet, October 01, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-09/30/content_
6146993.htm

EU Urges China To Pressure Myanmar Rulers On Crackdown
Deutsche Welle, September 30, 2007
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2803521,00.html

Corruption
China Warns Multinationals Also Targeted In Anti-Graft Drive
AFP, October 01, 2007
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gx7rhB_U8GN8e60tQq
0pyIP85wkA

Senior Official Underlines Anti-Corruption Among Party Officials
Xinhuanet, October 01, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6274774.html

Economic Development China’s Moves To Curb Food Prices May Not Succeed
Daily Times, October 01, 2007
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007%
5C09%5C30%5Cstory_30-9-2007_pg5_422007_pg5_42

Education Higher Education In Mainland China In Debt: 200 Billion Yuan
Epoch Times, September 29, 2007
http://en.epochtimes.com/news/7-9-29/60244.html

Environment
China Shuts Down 253 Small Power Plants
China Knowledge, October 01, 2007
http://www.chinaknowledge.com/news/news-detail.aspx?id=10604

China's Input On Environmental Protection Hits Record High
CRI English, September 30, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2007-09/30/content_
6147342.htm

Food Security China Bans Poultry Imports From Canada
Xinhuanet, October 01, 2007
http://www.china.org.cn/english/news/226592.htm

Hong Kong Hong Kong A Player Not A Bystander In China Affairs, Leader Says
Earthtimes.org, October 01, 2007
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/116619.html

Human Rights Defenders
China Arrests Cyber-Dissident
AFP, October 01, 2007
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5h3L1XQot1TEhq9
-vzwFk3o3SJXmw

China Communist Elder Issues Bold Call For Democracy
Reuters, September 30, 2007
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL30317811
20070930?sp=true

Labor
Beijing To Close 1,000 Small Coal Mines Before Olympic Games
AFP, October 01, 2007
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iLpKsX7rzHeE_6GcU8
_lOPfJtaFg

Powerful Explosions Level 100 Houses, Many Feared Dead
Epoch Times, September 30, 2007
http://en.epochtimes.com/news/7-9-30/60242.html

China Abandons Search For Bodies In Mine
AP, September 29, 2007
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jKx3JZrgPD0fw_vwhJ
4kMAzQb_WgD8RV2QP84

Land Policy China's Property Law Takes Effect
Xinhuanet, October 01, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-10/01/content_
6820625.htm

Macau Macau Residents Set For Major Protest
AFP, October 01, 2007
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=
data/theworld/2007/October/theworld_October10.xml&sec
tion=theworldheworld_October10.xml&section=theworld

Media
China Trotting Into The Internet Age
People's Daily, October 01, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90781/6275479.html

China Bans Bra, Underwear Ads
AP, September 30, 2007
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5huoKF09I2X_o73N
5OJOp2IXazn-QD8RVP0E80

Multilateral Six Parties Reach Tentative Deal
China Daily, October 01, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6275440.html

Olympics
Ahead Of 2008 Olympics, Beijing Says Goodbye To "Chinglish"
Xinhuanet, October 01, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90779/6274117.html

China Hosts Biggest Ever Special Olympics
AFP, October 01, 2007
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/
sports/2007/October/sports_October31.xml&section=sports&col
=orts_October31.xml&section=sports&col=

Politics
China To Insist On Reform, Opening-Up For Harmonious Society: Premier
Xinhuanet, October 01, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6275312.html

External Inter-Party Exchange And Diplomatic Activities Of The CPC
People's Daily, September 30, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90785/6275179.html

Population Where's Our Child?
The Guardian, October 01, 2007
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2007/09/30/
2003381132

Poverty Battle To Conquer Poverty Continues
China Daily, September 29, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6274054.html