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Protests and Petitions
广西抗议纸厂污染环境的农民被刑事拘留 (Ten Guangxi Farmers Detained After Protesting Against Pollution by Paper Factory)
Radio Free Asia, February 28, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/28/china_
rights_rural/
Ten Guangxi farmers who had participated in a protest in January 2007 have been put under criminal detention for committing the crime of 'interfering with official duties' before the Chinese New Year. Three have since been released, while the other seven farmers have reportedly received formal arrest notifications from the Guangxi People's Procuratorate on January 19, 2007. In January, about a hundred farmers staged a protest against a local paper-making factory for causing severe environmental pollution in the locality.
News
Death Penalty
New Regulation Seeks to Guarantee Fair Death Trials
China Daily, March 01, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-03/01/content_
816366.htm
调查称死刑犯临刑前不能与亲属见面现象较普遍 (Survey Shows That Death Row Prisoners Are Often Not Allowed to See Families Before Being Executed)
EastDay.com, March 01, 2007
http://news.eastday.com/c/20070301/u1a2652542.html
Disasters
吐鲁番13级狂风掀翻火车夺三命 (China Train Derailed by Stormy Winds, 3 Dead)
The Beijing News, March 01, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0546/2007/0301/014@
245216.htm
Education
Gov't Urged to Meet Funding Promise
China Daily, March 01, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-03/01/content_
816363.htm
Environment
China Could Become Top Air Polluter Next Year
South China Morning Post, March 01, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZZX940PYE.html
Guangdong Pollution at Its Worst in Decades
South China Morning Post, March 01, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZJX940PYE.html
Labor
乙肝带菌者陈龙控告上海一台资企业歧视 (University Graduate Sues Shanghai Company for Hepatitis B Discrimination)
Radio Free Asia, February 28, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/28/china_
discrimination/
Law
突发应对法料今年出台 (Draft Law on Handling Emergency Response Likely to be Passed This Year)
Wen Wei Po, March 01, 2007
http://paper.wenweipo.com/2007/03/01/CH0703010001.htm
New Law to Abolish Laojiao System
China Daily, March 01, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-03/01/content_
816358.htm
行政执法有错 依法追究责任 (Shanghai Issues New Regulation to Hold State Administrative Organs Accountable for Wrongdoing)
Legal Daily, March 01, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2007-03/01/content_546884.htm
Media
HK, Taiwan TV Anchors Face Controls on Mainland
South China Morning Post, March 01, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZFTF70PYE.html
Migrant Workers
Report: China's Migrants Face Abuse
Associated Press (via YahooNews), March 01, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070301/ap_on_re_as/china_
migrant_underclass_1;_ylt=ArCDE1h_x8_lO1Y4BVHrmL1PzWQA
Olympics
Warm-up for the Olympics
Beijing Review, March 01, 2007
http://www.bjreview.com.cn/nation/txt/2007-02/25/content
_56729.htm
Police
More Than 210,000 Warning, Monitoring Devices Installed to Prevent Crime: Police
People's Daily, March 01, 2007
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200703/01/eng20070301_
353140.html
Population
China's Population Grew About 7 Million
Associated Press ( via YahooNews), March 01, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070301/ap_on_re_eu/china_
population_1;_ylt=AtR9FWb66lmUPNKOLlxRDI9PzWQA
Protests and Petitions
两会前的北京访民陆续被软禁 (Beijing Petitioners Under Close Surveillance Ahead of Two Sessions)
Radio Free Asia, February 28, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/28/beijing/
Religion
官方继续干预基督徒宗教生活 (Local Governments Continue to Crack Down on House Churches)
Radio Free Asia, February 28, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/28/religion/