Monday, November 05, 2007

November 6, 2007

News
Disasters

China Reports Marked Decline in Industrial Accidents, Deaths
Xinhuanet, November 05, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-11/06/content_
7017341.htm


Environment
Fuel's Dirty Face
South China Morning Post, November 06, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=af0169bc2cf
06110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News


Water Crisis Hits Hard
Reuters (via The Standard), November 06, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat
=3&art_id=56321&sid=16141993&con_type=1&d_str=20
071106&fc=2
93&con_type=1&d_str=20071106&fc=2

Food Security
Sunflower Link to Glass in Bread
The Standard, November 06, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=
3&art_id=56376&sid=16144660&con_type=1&d_str=2007
1106&fc=2
60&con_type=1&d_str=20071106&fc=2

Human Rights Defender - Wu Lihong (吴立红)
Famed Activist's Appeal Rejected
South China Morning Post, November 06, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=501469bc2cf0
6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News


Land Policy
Chinese Official Blame Lenient Punishments for Rising Land Violations
Xinhuanet, November 05, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-11/05/content_
7016874.htm


Law
审讯录像该向谁公开 (Zhejiang Prosecutor Refuses to Show Video Record of Interrogation in Trial on State Secret Grounds)
China Youth Daily, November 06, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-11/06/content_1945136
.htm


Media
GAPP: Lawful News Coverage Should Not Be Meddled
Xinhuanet, November 05, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-11/05/content_
7015076.htm


江苏上访维权人士就半年不许上网案提出上诉 (Jiangsu Rights Defender Appeals Decision on 6-Month Internet Ban)
Radio Free Asia, November 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/11/05/
weiquan/


Olympics
Beijing Opens Hi-Tech Command Hub for Games
China.org.cn, November 06, 2007
http://www.china.org.cn/english/China/230782.htm

Tales of Pampered 'Olympic Pigs' Denied
China.org.cn, November 03, 2007
http://www.china.org.cn/english/China/230674.htm

Population
Survey: 28% Only Children in Beijing Want Second Child
Xinhuanet, October 05, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-11/05/content_
7016946.htm


Protests and Petitions
汕尾东洲村民阻工爆发大规模冲突 (2,000 Guangdong Villagers Clash with Security Guards over Land Grab)
Radio Free Asia, November 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/11/05/china_
land_clash/


两千民办教师上访伊川县信访局 (2,000 Henan Private School Teachers Petition for Retirement Benefits)
Radio Free Asia, November 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/11/05/
yishang/


Public Health
中国每年一百多万新生儿先天缺陷 (1.2 Million Babies Born with Defects Each Year)
Voice of America, November 05, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-11-05-voa30.cfm

Three Gorges
Why Chinese Dam Is Forcing Yet Another Mass Exodus
Wall Street Journal, November 06, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119429475928882924.html?
mod=hps_asia_pageone


Tibet
中国拆西藏佛像对藏民宣传十七大 (China Demolishes Tibetan Buddha Statue, Promotes Spirit of CPC Meeting in Tibet)
Voice of America, November 05, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-11-05-voa26.cfm