News
Corruption
魯能转制700亿国资疑流失 (70 Billion Yuan Suspected Lost over Privatization of State-Owned Energy Enterprise)
Ming Pao, January 12, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070112/caa1h.htm
Death Penalty
乌市校门口惨案凶手被判死刑 (Man Sentenced to Death for Killing Two Pupils of Urumqi Primary School)
Legal Daily, January 12, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2007-01/12/content_513138.ht
m
Disasters
Emergency Shake-up to the Rescue
South China Morning Post, January 12, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZJHYD9TWE.html
Environment
Cautious Welcome to Pollution Drive
South China Morning Post, January 12, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ41N6ETWE.html
China to Draw First National Plan to Curb Reckless Sea Reclamation
People's Daily, January 11, 2007
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200701/11/eng20070111_34029
5.html
Major Pollution Spill 'Every Other Day' in China
The Guardian, January 11, 2007
http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,,1987936,00.html
Human Rights
专家:冷战思维导致一些人权组织对中国的偏见 (Experts: Some Human Rights NGOs Have Bias Against China Due to Their Cold War Mentality)
People's Daily, January 12, 2007
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1026/5274681.html
Human Rights Defender - Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)
Detained Chinese Rights Lawyer on Hunger Strike
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2007/01/11/china_guofeixiong/
June 4th - EU Arms Ban
德日支持欧盟维持对中国军售禁令 (Germany and Japan Support EU Arms Ban Against China)
Voice of America, January 11, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-01-11-voa64.cfm
Labor
2006民工之死：“自愿”加班 PK 过劳死 (Female Migrant Worker Dies of Exhaustion After Working for 4 Days Straight)
Nanfang City News, January 12, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/200701120334.
asp
Land Policy
杭州村民提出行政复议 成都百年老宅被强拆 (Hangzhou Villagers Launch Administrative Review Request over Land Grabs)
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/11/hangzh
ou/
Law
江苏民政部门为流浪汉维权遭法院驳回 (Jiangsu Authorities Lose Rights Defense Lawsuit for Dead Vagrant in First Trial)
China Youth Daily, January 12, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-01/12/content_1640291.htm
The Long March to the Rule of Law
Asia Times Online, January 12, 2007
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/IA12Ad03.html
Media
Cyber-Rebels to Launch Safe Website for Activists
South China Morning Post, January 12, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ7HYD9TWE.html
消息震撼 网站禁报 (Websites Pressured to Not Report on Corruption Allegations)
Ming Pao, January 12, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070112/caa2.htm
Should Watchdog Journalism Be Protected as a "Right" or Mandated as a "Duty"?
China Media Project, January 10, 2007
http://cmp.hku.hk/look/article.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication
=1&NrIssue=1&NrSection=100&NrArticle=758=100&NrArticle=758
Olympics
京奥运期间不遣返民工 (Beijing Migrant Workers Won't Be Sent Home During Olympics)
Wen Wei Po, January 12, 2007
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH0701120006&
cat=002CH
北京官员：奥运农民工工资被拖欠 (Pay for Olympic Migrant Workers Delayed Due to Program Overbudgetting)
BBC, January 10, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_6240000/newsid_6
249400/6249481.stm
Police
建立矛盾纠纷调处机制 全力维护社会和谐稳定 (Guangzhou to Set Up Dispute Mediation Mechanism)
Legal Daily, January 12, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2007-01/12/content_513120.htm
Population
300 Million Chinese Farmers to Move into Cities in Next 20 Years: Report
People's Daily, January 12, 2007
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200701/12/eng20070112_340461.
html
China Says Skewed Sex-Ratio Could Mean Instability
Reuters (via YahooNews), January 12, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070111/wl_nm/china_population_
dc_1
Protests and Petitions
北京访民潮中出现大学毕业生 (University Graduates Among Petitioners in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/11/fangmin/
Public Health
呼和浩特首例输血感染艾滋病 死者家属获赔47万 (Hohhot Court Sets Precedent in First Negligence Claim for HIV/AIDS Victim)
People's Daily, January 12, 2007
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42733/5276093.html
Religion
近十教区已上报候选主教 (Nearly 10 Regions in China Have Nominated Candidates for Bishop Positions)
Wen Wei Po, January 12, 2007
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH0701120001&c
at=002CH
Society
In Brief: Gangs of Beggars to Be Removed, Homeless Helped
South China Morning Post, January 12, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZRDZD9TWE.html