February 16, 2007

News

Environment
Pollution-Reduction Efforts Inflated Due to Outdated Rules, Study Says
South China Morning Post, February 16, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZF4KW15YE.html

Human Rights Defender - Gao Yaojie (高耀洁)
Pledge by Aids Activist Fails to Lift House Arrest
South China Morning Post, February 16, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZB4KW15YE.html

Human Rights Defender – Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
陈光诚新年不获探视 维权网呼吁当局放人 (Family Not Allowed to Visit Chen Guangcheng at Chinese New Year Due to "Incomplete Procedures")
Radio Free Asia, February 15, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/15/chen/

Human Rights Defender – Shi Tao (師濤)
探访师涛仍受严格限制 (Family Still Restricted When Visiting Shi Tao, Warned Not to Criticize the Authorities)
Radio Free Asia, February 15, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/15/shitao/

Human Rights Defender – Zan Aizong (昝爱宗)
昝爱宗控告公安局违法拘留案被驳回 (Zan Aizong Loses Lawsuit with Hangzhou Police over Detention Order)
Radio Free Asia, February 15, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/15/china_journali
st/

Land Policy
Low-Rent Housing System to Cover All Chinese Cities, Towns This Year
Xinhuanet, February 15, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-02/15/content_5743361
.htm

Media
简要新闻：无国界记者组织指出中国允许外媒自由采访规定大有改进之处 (Reporters Without Borders Sees Room for Improvement When China Implements New Regulation on Foreign Journalists)
Radio Free Asia, February 15, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/02/15/xinwen/#rsf

Military
Beijing Dismisses Fears of an Arms Race
South China Morning Post, February 16, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZTWQX45YE.html

Politics
胡锦涛全球最大独裁者榜上名列第四 (President Hu Jintao Ranked as World’s 4th Worst Dictator in 2007)
Radio Free Asia, February 15, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/15/hu/

Population
中国推关爱女孩试点促改传统观念 (China Launches Pilot "Care for Girls" Campaign)
Voice of America, February 16, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-02-15-voa27.cfm

江苏省连云港再有农民因计划生育政策遭迫害 (Food and Electrical Appliances Taken Away from Violators of One Child Policy in Jiangsu)
Radio Free Asia, February 15, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/15/china_rights
_birth/

Protests and Petitions
信访人可要求举行听证会 (New Measures in Qinghai Allow Petitioners to Demand Hearing)
China Youth Daily, February 16, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-02/16/content_1679331.htm

北京针对群众抗议事件的政策面临重大调整 (Magazine Says China Will Treat Protests with Leniency, Not Suppression)
Radio Free Asia, February 15, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/15/kangyi/

中国的征地拆迁浪潮中充斥着血腥和暴力 (Man and Wife Sentenced to Life and 10 Years' Imprisonment for Self-Immolation Protest)
Radio Free Asia, February 15, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/15/zhengd
i/

上海肃贪风暴同时访民检举贪腐被抄家 (Homes of Shanghai Petitioners Searched Due to Corruption Complaints)
Radio Free Asia, February 15, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/15/fangmin/

Religion
简要新闻：池建伟案法官闻过即改延后开庭日期 (Brief News: Trial of Chi Jianwei Postponed to Feb. 27 at Lawyer's Request)
Radio Free Asia, February 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/02/15/xinwen/#chi

Olympian Challenge to Clear Church Disputes
The Standard, February 16, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3&art_i
d=38402&sid=12246367&con_type=1&d_str=20070216