Top News of the Day
Media
民间人士上书建议人大特赦喻华峰 (Group Pleads for the Release of Jailed Nanfang Dushibao Editor Yu Huafeng)
Radio Free Asia, February 15, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/14/yu/
A group of people, including activists and prominent intellectuals, sent a petition to the NPC Standing Committee urging the committee to grant amnesty to the former editor of Nanfang Dushibao (Southern Metropolis Daily) Yu Huafeng (喻华峰), who is serving a prison sentence for corruption. Yu’s colleague Li Minying was released early on February 12, 2007 after serving three years in prison. In 2004, Li and Yu were sentenced to 6 years and 8 years’ imprisonment, respectively, for corruption, after the newspaper published a series of investigative reports about SARS.
News
Children
The Mystery of China's Lost Girls
Asia Times Online, February 13, 2007
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/IB13Ad01.html
Corruption
去年2万余人被开除党籍 (20,000 CPC Members Expelled Last Year)
The Beijing News, February 15, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0546/2007/0215/021@
243492.htm
Death Penalty
东华“养殖蚂蚁集资诈骗案”主犯汪振东一审领死刑 (Ant Farm Owner Sentenced to Death for Fraud)
Legal Daily, February 15, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2007-02/15/content_
541820.htm
Education
China Examines Use of Funds for Compulsory Education
People's Daily, February 15, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/200702/15/eng20070215_
350209.html
Environment
环保人士担忧中国在青藏高原采矿 (Environmentalists Call for Public Concern over Mining in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau)
Voice of America, February 13, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-02-13-voa37.cfm
Government
中国政府快步迈向“信息公开时代” (Government Moving Toward an Era of 'Open Government Information')
Xinhuanet, February 15, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2007-02/14/content_
5736922.htm
June 4th
Exiled Tiananmen Protest Leader Asks China to Let Him Return
DailyIndia.com, February 14, 2007
http://www.dailyindia.com/show/114357.php/Exiled-Tiananmen
-protest-leader-asks-China-to-let-him-return
Labor
Among Chinese, Fear and Prejudice About Hepatitis B
Washington Post, February 13, 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/
2007/02/12/AR2007021201366.html
Media
互联网出版等将立规管理 (New Regulations on Internet Publishing to Be Announced This Year)
Legal Daily, February 15, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2007-02/15/content_
541810.htm
Olympics
Olympic Security Planning 'on Track'
China Daily, February 11, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/2008/2007-02/11/content_
806597.htm
Poverty
Disparities to Persist as Economy Slows: Report
South China Morning Post, February 15, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZJ1HW15YE.html
Protests and Petitions
去年环境投诉相当前四年总和 (Complaints over Environmental Issues Rise Sharply in 2006, Equivalent to Previous 4 Years’ Total)
Legal Daily, February 15, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2007-02/15/content_
541952.htm
温州维权村民要求释放代表 (Wenzhou Fishermen Protest, Demand Release of Representative)
Radio Free Asia, February 14, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/14/
wenzhou/
For Citizens' Groups, the Struggle for Attention is Not So Lonely in China
International Herald Tribune, February 13, 2007
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/02/13/news/china.php
Public Health
China Regulates to Help Disabled Find Jobs
Xinhuanet, February 14, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-02/14/content_
5739990.htm