Thursday, January 11, 2007

January 11, 2007

News

Corruption
Anti-Graft Meeting Ends with Strong Warning to Party Officials
South China Morning Post, January 11, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZB6PNYRWE.html

China's Investigation Highlights Corruption in Health System
Voice of America, January 11, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-01-10-voa16.cfm

Education
GDP快速增长教育投入却短缺 教育支出过高影响居民正常生活 (Insufficient Funds for Education Despite Substantial GDP Growth)
Nanfang City News, January 11, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/2007
01110094.asp


Environment
Beijing Gets Tough with Penalties for Polluters
South China Morning Post, January 11, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ9A69VRWE.html

China to Reclaim More Land
China Daily, January 11, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-01/11/content
_780568.htm


New Datang Projects Face Ban over Pollution
South China Morning Post, January 11, 2007
http://biz.scmp.com/bizchina/ZZZTQ69VRWE.html

China Misses Environmental Goals in 2006
Voice of America, January 10, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-01-10-voa14.cfm

Rapid City Growth Means China Faces Rubbish Crisis by 2020
The Guardian, January 10, 2007
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1986
554,00.html


Government
林达:官员升迁程序要逐渐民主化 (Commentary: Promotion of Officials Should Be Progressively Democratized)
Nanfang City News, January 11, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/200701100
522.asp


建设部指引违旨1日即废 (Directive on Housing Scrapped One Day After It Was Issued)
Ming Pao, January 11, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070111/caa1h.htm

Human Rights Defender – Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
海外声援高智晟委员会要求公布高智晟的下落 (Foreign Group in Support of Gao Zhisheng Asks China to Announce His Whereabouts)
Radio Free Asia, January 10, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/10/gao/

Law
双规等反腐实践应纳入《反腐败法》轨道 (Commentary: Anti-Corruption Law Should Be Passed to Regulate "Double Regulations")
Nanfang City News, January 11, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/200701100
527.asp


Olympics
欧阳五﹕北京奧运反恐对策出台 (Commentary: On Beijing's New Anti-Terrorism Policy)
Ming Pao, January 11, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070111/fab1.htm

Several Olympic Projects over Budget
South China Morning Post, January 11, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZE779VRWE.html

只需征得被采访单位和个人的同意 外国记者在华采访限制放宽 (New Media Regulation Loosens Restrictions on Interviews by Foreign Journalists)
Nanfang City News, January 11, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/20070111
0486.asp


Politics
Hand Presidency to Deputy, Hu Is Urged
South China Morning Post, January 11, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZQE59VRWE.html

Protests and Petitions
湖北武汉水库移民代表上访 (Representative of over 800 Wuhan Evictees Petitions Government for Compensation)
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/10/
shuikuyimin/


因悼念被警察打死的访民 上访者被防暴警察追赶抓捕 (Petitioners Beaten and Taken Away for Trying to Pay Tribute to Slain Petitioner)
Radio Free Asia, January 10, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/10/
shangfang/


Public Health
No Pointers on Funding of Universal Health Care
South China Morning Post, January 11, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ36PNYRWE.html

Xinjiang
Questions Linger over China's Terrorist Threat After Deadly Raid
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), January 10, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070110/wl_afp/chinaattacks
xinjiangthreat_070110063753