Wednesday, November 21, 2007

November 22, 2007

News
Death Penalty

北京两名死刑犯被行刑 刑前见到儿子照片落泪 (Duo Executed on Drug Trafficking and Murder Charges in Beijing)
Xinhuanet, November 22, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2007-11/21/content_7117368.htm

Court Upholds Suspended Death Sentence for Family Slayer in S China
Xinhuanet, November 21, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-11/21/content_7123136.htm

Disasters
Deadly Landslide near China Dam
BBC, November 22, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7104946.stm

Environment
Mainland Exchange to Trade Pollution Credits
South China Morning Post, November 22, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b1350d0a86266110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender – Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
陈光诚狱中受歧视 妻子继续被剥权 (Chen Guangcheng Discriminated Against in Jail; Wife Barred from Leaving Home)
Radio Free Asia, November 21, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/11/21/chenguangcheng/

Human Rights Defenders
广东劳工维权人士遭不明身份人员殴打 (Unidentified Thugs Attack Guangdong Labor Activists)
Radio Free Asia, November 21, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/11/21/labor/

Land Policy
Plan to Move 200,000 from Central Beijing
South China Morning Post, November 22, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=88440d0a86266110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Media
CBC Denies It Bowed to China Because of the Olympics over Documentary
Canadian Press (via Google), November 21, 2007
http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5gyHY6Lcri2YRYPALj23BeFsmYHPA

Olympics
北京奥运礼仪小姐身高年龄三围要达标 (Medal Presenters for Beijing Olympics Have to Fulfill Requirements on Height, Age and Measurements)
Nanfang City News, November 22, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/dgtt/200711220619.asp

Dry Qingdao Tapping Yellow River Water for Games
Reuters (via YahooNews), November 20, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071121/wl_nm/olympics_beijing_qingdao_dc_1

Politics
Adviser Breaks Ranks in Call for Political Reforms
Reuters (via The Standard), November 22, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3&art_id=57304&sid=16410803&con_type=1&d_str=20071122&fc=7

Protests and Petitions
Victims Stung by Ant Aphrodisiac Cry Out
Reuters (via The Standard), November 22, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3&art_id=57326&sid=16416006&con_type=1&d_str=20071122&fc=7

China Farmers with HIV/AIDS Hold Sit-in
Associated Press (via YahooNews), November 21, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071121/ap_on_re_as/china_aids_1

济南拆迁户上访被抓,消息被封锁 (Jinan Evictees Taken Away for Petitioning; Online Discussion Blocked)
Radio Free Asia, November 21, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/11/21/jinan/

湖南民办教师代表周光宏被判劳教一年半 (Representative of Hunan Private School Teachers Sentenced to 1.5 Years in RTL)
Radio Free Asia, November 21, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/11/21/minshi/

Public Health
Migrants Blamed for Beijing HIV/Aids Surge
South China Morning Post, November 22, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8b140d0a86266110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China Cracks Down on Toy Exporters
Financial Times, November 21, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/21ea42c0-985c-11dc-8ca7-0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2340.html

Three Gorges
China to Address Issues Around Dam
New York Times, November 22, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/22/world/asia/22gorges.html