News
Bilateral Ties
Sarkozy Steps Up Pressure over Yuan, Human Rights
South China Morning Post, November 27, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=320ac3a7c5c76110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Death Penalty
In Brief: Deputy Gets Suspended Death Sentence for Drug Smuggling
South China Morning Post, November 27, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=568cc3a7c5c76110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Man Sentenced to Death for Raping Girls as Young as 8
Xinhua (via People's Daily), November 26, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6309770.html
Reform Leads to Fewer Executions
China Daily (via People's Daily), November 24, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90785/6308809.html
Environment
State Council Vows to Make Polluters Pay
Reuters (via South China Morning Post), November 27, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=225ac3a7c5c76110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Food Security
Two Sides Trade Jibes on Food Safety
Financial Times, November 26, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a7e4980e-9bd5-11dc-8aad-0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2340.html
Human Rights Defender - Zan Aizong (昝爱宗)
昝爱宗新浪网个人博客被封 (Zan Aizong's Blog on Sina.com Shut Down)
Radio Free Asia, November 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/11/26/zan_aizong/
Human Rights Defenders
陷狱维权者郭飞雄陈光诚家通讯受阻 律师强调宪法赋予公民通讯自由 (Zhang Qing and Yuan Weijings' Access to Landline Telephone and Internet Cut)
Radio Free Asia, November 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/11/26/Guo_feixiong/
Human Rights Defender - Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠)
郑恩宠再被暴力传唤 当局阻挠外媒采访周正毅案 (Zheng Enchong Beaten and Taken to Police Station Again for 7 hours)
Radio Free Asia, November 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/11/26/zheng/
Media
反腐揭黑自由网再度无法浏览 网主拟告公安封网 (Owner of Anti-Corruption Website Considers Suing Police over Shut Down)
Radio Free Asia, November 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/11/26/ziyouwang/
Olympics
Beijing's Spitters Care Little for Games Civility
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), November 27, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d03ac3a7c5c76110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
20余万保安中“黑保安”近两成 (Twenty Percent of Security Guards in Beijing Are Illegal)
The Beijing News, November 27, 2007
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/beijing/2007/11-27/011@090034.htm
尽管有奥运承诺，外国记者仍在中国受骚扰 (Harassment Against Foreign Journalists Continues Despite Olympic Promise)
Radio Free Asia, November 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/11/26/waiji/
Olympic Sponsors Faulted for Inactivity on Darfur
Reuters (via YahooNews), November 26, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071126/wl_nm/darfur_china_olympics_dc_1
Politics
Economist Urges Political Revamp
South China Morning Post, November 27, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b66cc3a7c5c76110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Society - Ethnic Minorities
China's Rural Poverty Elimination Drive Stalls in Minority Habitats
Xinhua (via People's Daily), December 03, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6307788.html