January 16, 2007

Top News of the Day
Media
报社记者在大同煤矿被打死 当地否认其记者身份 (Reporter Beaten to Death in Shanxi Coal Mine)
EastDay.com, January 16, 2007
http://news.eastday.com/c/20070116/u1a2569463.html
Temporary newspaper reporter Lan Chengzhang (兰成长) was beaten to death by unidentified thugs on January 9 while collecting information in an illegal coal mine in Shanxi Province. However, the local government under which the mine operated questioned Lan's identity, as he did not have a reporters' ID card. Lan was taken to the hospital but died the next day.

News
Environment
Environment Tops Worry List: Poll
South China Morning Post, January 16, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ0C7E9TWE.html

Food Security
ADB Urges Beijing to Draft Food Safety Law and Set Up Watchdog
South China Morning Post, January 16, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZKHW6ETWE.html

京涉港食品事故兩小时上报 (New Regulation Requires Beijing Municipality to Report "Very Serious" Food Safety Incidents Within 2 Hours)
Ming Pao, January 16, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070116/cca1.htm

Human Rights Defender – Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
律师呼吁山东当局人道对待陈光诚 (Lawyer Urges Humane Treatment for Chen Guangcheng)
Voice of America, January 15, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-01-15-voa34.cfm

Human Rights Defender - Yan Zhengxue (严正学)
严正学颠覆罪案进入审讯阶段 (Yan Zhengxue's Family Allowed to Appoint Lawyer to Defend Subversion Charges)
Radio Free Asia, January 15, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/01/15/china_dissident/

Land Policy
市委书记否认强拆　扬州老人再被逼迁病危 (Elderly Man Has Heart Attack over Forced Eviction in Jiangsu)
Radio Free Asia, January 15, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/15/yangzhou/

Law
“方正杯2006年中国十大影响性诉讼”评选揭晓 (Top 10 Impact Litigations of 2006 Announced)
Legal Daily, January 16, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2007-01/16/content_516410.htm

Media
Freedom of Information, the Wiki Way
Washington Post, January 15, 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/20
07/01/14/AR2007011400760.htmldyn/content/article/2007/01/1
4/AR2007011400760.html

Party Introduces New Censorship Rule
South China Morning Post, January 16, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZJDR8ETWE.html

'Vulgar' Copycat Western TV Shows Face Tighter Controls
South China Morning Post, January 13, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chifeatures/ZZZ4S7E9TWE.html

Olympics
Landmark Report Warns of Beijing's Rising Public Debt
South China Morning Post, January 16, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZFDR8ETWE.html

奥运安保国际警务联络部成立 (Security Command Center for the Olympics Established)
Legal Daily, January 16, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2007-01/16/content_515808.
htm

Police
Guangdong Needs New Tactics in War on Crime
South China Morning Post, January 16, 2007
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZZDR8ETWE.html

In City Ban, a Sign of Wealth and Its Discontents
New York Times, January 15, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/15/world/asia/15china.html?
_r=2&ref=asia&oref=slogin&oref=sloginn&oref=slogin

Protests and Petitions
各地转业军人聚集在总政治部信访 (50 Former Soldiers Protest Retirement Benefits at PLA Headquarters)
Radio Free Asia, January 15, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/15/army/

State Security
成都女记者揭露违规收费 遭公安以泄密为由传讯 (Journalist Who Reported on Illegal Highway Tolls in Chengdu Summoned for Leaking State Secrets)
Radio Free Asia, January 15, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/15/chengdu/