News
Environment
China Not Fighting Off E-Waste Nightmare
Associated Press (via YahooNews), November 19, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071119/ap_on_re_as/china
_toxic_electronics_9;_ylt=AnB96GzDkJVgclPaBn5P88VPzWQA
Desertification a Growing Problem in China
Voice of America, November 19, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-11-19-voa40.cfm
Human Rights Defender - Lu Gengsong (吕耿松)
异议人士吕耿松妻子网上呼吁当局主持公道 (Lu Gengsong's Wife Issues Open Letter Demanding Fair Investigation for Husband Detained on State Security Charges)
Radio Free Asia, November 19, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/11/19/lu/
June 4th
China to Press EU to Lift Arms Embargo at Summit
Associated Press (via International Herald Tribune), November 19, 2007
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/11/19/asia/AS-GEN-
China-Arms-Embargo.php
携<六四诗集>返乡遭查缴审讯 留学生吴强发电邮求援后失联 (Jilin Police Question Student for 10 Hours for Bringing June 4th Poetry Book into China)
Radio Free Asia, November 19, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/11/19/
wuqiang/
Land Policy
China Finds Widespread Illegal Land Acquisition
Xinhuanet, November 19, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-11/19/content_
7107836.htm
Migrant Workers
Migrant Workers Left Out in Cold
China Radio International (via China.org.cn), November 17, 2007
http://www.china.org.cn/english/China/232200.htm
Olympics
Australian Doctors Say China Holding Back Pollution Data Ahead of Olympics
Associated Press (via International Herald Tribune), November 19, 2007
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/11/19/sports/AS-SPT
-OLY-Beijing-Pollution.php
Security Tightened at Germ Labs
China Daily (via People's Daily), November 19, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6304786.html
Population
China Plans Favorable Policies for One-Child Families
Xinhuanet, November 19, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-11/19/content_
7107988.htm
Protests and Petitions
Death of Biker Chased by Police Sparks Clash
South China Morning Post, November 20, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=93f141bc6795
6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=New
成都太平村访民被抓 湖北郧西县访民被殴打 (Chengdu Villagers Arrested over Land Grab Petition)
Radio Free Asia, November 19, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/11/19/
hubei1/
黑龙江北安林业局强抢承包户的收成 (Heilongjiang Farmer Arrested for Petitioning over Local Authorities' Forcible Confiscation of Harvest)
Radio Free Asia, November 19, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/11/19/china_
land_contract/
湖南江永大批公安包围粗石江村失地村民 (Hundreds of Hunan Police Officers Bar Victims of Land Grab from Petitioning; 2 Villagers Detained)
Radio Free Asia, November 19, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/11/19/china_
rights_land/
Three Gorges
Chinese Dam Projects Criticized for Their Human Costs
New York Times, November 19, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/19/world/asia/19dam.
html?ref=todayspaper
