January 6 - 8, 2007

Top News of the Day
Protests and Petitions
Local Cadres to Face the Music over Serious 'Mass Incidents'
South China Morning Post, January 06, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZK6IMDJWE.html
On January 5, the Ministry of Public Security issued new directives which require local cadres to step down if their dereliction leads to "mass incidents". The Ministry did not define what would constitute dereliction when it announced the directives, which also demand that local police chiefs resign if they extract confessions from suspects by torture.

News
Bilateral Ties
Royal: China Must Respect Human Rights
Associated Press (via YahooNews), January 07, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070107/ap_on_re_as/china_fran
ce_royal_2

French Tourism Ministry Releases New Guide
Associated Press ( via YahooNews), January 04, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070104/ap_on_re_eu/france_ch
ina_1

Death Penalty
绑架杀害民营企业家两名凶手被执行死刑 (Duo Executed on Kidnapping and Murder Charges in Inner Mongolia)
Xinhuanet, January 07, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-01/07/content_5575198
.htm

内蒙古一特大虚开增值税发票案主犯一审被判死缓 (Businessman in Inner Mongolia Sentenced to Death with Two-year Reprieve for Tax Fraud)
Xinhuanet, January 05, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-01/05/content_5570527
.htm

Education
黑龙江重点高中招生将实行配额制 (Heilongjiang High Schools Impose Quota for Rural Students)
Radio Free Asia, January 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/06/gaozh
ong/

Environment
Clean-Water Drive Targets Farmers
South China Morning Post, January 08, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ1GX6VLWE.html

Largest Lake to Dry up in 200 Years
South China Morning Post, January 06, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZW0CMDJWE.html

Tibetan Glaciers at Risk, Study Warns
South China Morning Post, January 06, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZW6IMDJWE.html

Freedom of Speech
独立参选人姚立法谈参政传奇被禁 (China Bans New Book Entitled “I Oppose: The Political Story of a Local People's Congress Delegate”)
Voice of America, January 07, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-01-07-voa39.cfm

Government
Fights Erupt After Political Beating
South China Morning Post, January 08, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZO0CMDJWE.html

Human Rights Defender – Rebiya Kadeer (热比娅)
官斥疆独捧热比娅 指「维吾尔之母」称号荒谬 (China Condemns Xinjiang Separatists for Calling Rebiya Kadeer "the Mother of the Uyghur People")
Ming Pao, January 08, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070108/cab1.htm

Human Rights Defender – Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
陈光诚二审料将书面审理　律师称证据多疑点应开庭 (Chen Guangcheng's Appeal Trial to Be Held on Paper Only, Lawyer Still Calls for Public Trial)
Radio Free Asia, January 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/05/chen/

Human Rights Defenders - Lawyers
曾建余被捕 律师仍未了解有关案情 (Human Rights Lawyer Zeng Jianyu Arrested, His Lawyer Uninformed of Case)
Radio Free Asia, January 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/05/ceng/

Human Rights Defender - Wang Bingzhang (王炳章)
王炳章呼吁中国政府以更人道的方式管理监狱 (Wang Bingzhang Demands More Humane Treatment in China's Prisons)
Radio Free Asia, January 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/05/wang/

Human Rights Defender – Gao Qinrong (高勤荣)
高勤荣为何8年翻不了案 (Why Gao Qinrong Still Cannot Prove His Innocence After 8 Years)
Y Weekend, January 04, 2007
http://www.yweekend.com/webnews/070104/A18/070104A1801.
shtml

Law
Chinese Courts Convict over 759,230 People Last Year
People's Daily, January 08, 2007
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200701/08/eng20070108_3390
26.html

Ignored Farmers Win Case Against Police
South China Morning Post, January 08, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZLGX6VLWE.html

In Brief: Don't Ratify Extradition Pact, Groups Tell France
South China Morning Post, January 08, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZK0CMDJWE.html

法制日报2006法制新闻人物和十大法制新闻揭晓 (Legal Daily Announces Top 10 People and News of 2006)
Xinhuanet, January 08, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-01/08/content_5577227
.htm

最高法院：要研究建立刑事被害人国家救助制度 (China to Research the Development of a Relief System for Victims in Criminal Cases)
Xinhuanet, January 07, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-01/07/content_5575984.
htm

2006年全国法院民事案件逾三成调解结案 (China's Courts Mediated 30 Percent of Civil Cases in 2006)
Xinhuanet, January 07, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-01/07/content_5575999
.htm

最高法首次提出“司法和谐”理念 倡导和谐诉讼 (Supreme People's Court Puts Forward "Judicial Harmony," Encourages Harmonious Litigations)
Xinhuanet, January 06, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-01/06/content_5573347.htm

Media
本报读者调查 实名制：手机可以网络不行 (83.5 Percent of Interviewees Against Real Name Registration System on the Internet)
China Youth Daily, January 08, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-01/08/content_1634516.htm

Chinese Media: "Personal ID Generation Tool" Could Undermine Real-Name Registration on the Web
China Media Project, January 05, 2007
http://cmp.hku.hk/look/article.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication=
1&NrIssue=1&NrSection=100&NrArticle=755=100&NrArticle=755

“中国政府”成“敏感词汇” ("Chinese Government" Becomes Sensitive Vocabulary on China's Web)
Radio Free Asia, January 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/05/mingan/

Fourteen Regulators Wrangle over Blogs
Danwei, January 08, 2007
http://www.danwei.org/internet/one_blog_fourteen_regulators.php

Olympics
In Brief: Infrastructure Spending up 15pc for Olympics
South China Morning Post, January 08, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZEGX6VLWE.html

北京奥运之前人权律师盼望能有多名异见人士被释放 (Human Rights Lawyer Hopes Jailed Dissidents Will Be Released Ahead of Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, January 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/06/beijing/

Poverty
China Suffers Widening Income Gap: Report
People's Daily, January 08, 2007
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200701/08/eng20070108_3390
37.html

Protests and Petitions
南海村民围工地阻开工　面临警黑双重威胁 (Victims of Land Grabs in Guangdong Threatened by Police and Triads for Obstructing Developers' Work)
Radio Free Asia, January 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/05/nanhai/

深圳德科洛家具厂发生劳资冲突 (Workers Protest Employment Conditions in Shenzhen Toy Factory)
Radio Free Asia, January 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/05/shenz
hen/