December 19, 2007

News
Bilateral Ties
China to Play Greater Role in World Bank
Associated Press (via YahooNews), December 18, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071218/ap_on_bi_ge/china_zoellick_2

Death Penalty
Triad Leader Executed for Drugs and Organized Crime
South China Morning Post, December 19, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1a4e63122ade6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Ex-official to be Executed for Killing Deputy
South China Morning Post, December 19, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7c1c63122ade6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

宜宾原政协常委买凶杀人获死刑 (Former Yibin CPPCC Standing Committee Member Sentenced to Death for Murder)
The Beijing News, December 19, 2007
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/guonei/2007/12-19/018@081916.htm

Teachers Who Forced 23 Schoolgirls to Work As Prostitutes Given Death Sentences
South China Morning Post, December 19, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7b2c63122ade6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Economic Development
China, India Economies ‘40% Smaller’
Financial Times, December 18, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/36a2d566-ad82-11dc-9386-0000779fd2ac.html

Environment
鄱阳湖水域缩80倍 (Capacity of China's Largest Freshwater Lake Reduced to 1.25 Percent)
The Beijing News, December 19, 2007
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/guonei/2007/12-19/018@081800.htm

Chemical Plant Plan Not Dead Yet, Officials Say
South China Morning Post, December 19, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=89ed63122ade6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Web Site Tracks China's Pollution Levels
ABC News, December 18, 2007
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=4018827&page=1

Food Security
China Food Safety Seen Mired in Economic Transition
Reuters, December 18, 2007
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSN18521474

Human Rights Defenders - Yan Zhengxue (严正学)
严正学在狱中被打 生命受到威胁 (Dissident Yan Zhengxue Beaten in Prison)
Radio Free Asia, December 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/18/
yan/

Human Rights Defenders - Xiao Qingshan (肖青山)
广东维权人士肖青山被国保人员禁锢审问 (Labor Activist Interrogated by State Security Personnel for Nearly 11 Hours)
Radio Free Asia, December 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/18/China_Dissident/

Human Rights Defenders - Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)
郭飞雄妻子张青于绝食抗议日致国家主席胡锦涛先生的公开信（四）(Zhang Qing's 4th Open Letter to China's President)
Radio Free Asia, December 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/18/guofeixiong/

Media
成都业主不满当局私自卖地 网上讨论帖子被删 (Internet Postings on Disputed Land Sale Removed)
Radio Free Asia, December 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/18/chengdu/

中国自由作家个人博客接连被封闭 (Two Dissident Writers' Blogs Recently Shut Down)
Voice of America, December 18, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-12-18-voa30.cfm

Migrant Workers
中国农民工文化生活贫乏 面临边缘化危机 (Report Says Migrants Face Marginalization)
Radio Free Asia, December 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/18/nong/

Olympics
More Media Services Promised
Xinhuanet, December 19, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/19/content_7278787.htm

北京市规范手机短信散布谣言将被查处 (Beijing to Punish Individuals Who Spread Rumors by SMS)
Radio Free Asia, December 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/18/Briefing/

Politics
《瞭望》文章：政改指向权力过分集中 (Political Reform to Change Centralization of Power)
Xinhuanet, December 19, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2007-12/19/content_7278579.htm

Population
Report: China Population Aging Rapidly
Associated Press ( via YahooNews), December 18, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071218/ap_on_re_as/china_aging

Protests and Petitions
深圳地鐵清拆糾紛 (Villages Dispute Compensation for Land Confiscated for Shenzhen New Metro)
Ming Pao, December 19, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20071219/ccb1.htm

浙江慈溪上访农民代表被刑事拘留 (Jiejiang Petitioner Detained After Clash with Police over Land Dispute)
Radio Free Asia, December 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/17/china_rights_rural/

再有三门峡库区维权农民被逮捕 (Shaanxi Resettlement Representative Detained for Criminal Investigation)
Radio Free Asia, December 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/17/china_rights_land/

湖北再次抓捕上访民办教师 (Hubei Teachers Detained After Petitioning)
Radio Free Asia, December 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/18/minban/

Rural Issues
Rural issue, anti-corruption high on CPC meeting agenda
Xinhuanet, December 18, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/18/content_7276263.htm