March 22, 2007

News

Bilateral Ties
法国与中国签署引渡条约 (France Signs Extradition Treaty with China)
BBC, March 20, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_6470000/
newsid_6473300/6473387.stm

Death Penalty
检察官建议废除经济犯罪死刑 将刑期提高到30年 (Procurator Suggests Replacing Death Penalty with Lengthy Sentence up to 30 Years for Economic Crimes)
EastDay.com, March 22, 2007
http://news.eastday.com/c/20070322/u1a2698721.html

Environment
Buyers Urged to Boycott Mainland's Dirty 20
South China Morning Post, March 22, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ55W9CIZE.html

联合国拟投1400万美元帮中国改善煤矿安全 (UN May Provide China with US$14 Million to Improve Coal Mine Safety)
EastDay.com, March 22, 2007
http://news.eastday.com/c/20070322/u1a2699317.html

Gender
Better Understanding of 'Rent Boys' Urged
South China Morning Post, March 22, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ06W9CIZE.html

Government
我国将全面清理“红头文件” (Government Set to Overhaul 'Red Letterhead' Documents)
China Youth Daily, March 22, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-03/22/content_
1707651.htm

去年9万人次被追究行政执法责任 (Over 90,000 Officials Held Accountable for Malfeasance in Applying the Law Last Year)
China Youth Daily, March 22, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-03/22/content_1707656.htm

Human Rights Defenders - Li Hong (力虹)
Plea for Release of Jailed Activist
South China Morning Post, March 22, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZMOXYDIZE.html

Human Rights
鲁德成出席加拿大举办的中国人权听证会 (Former June 4th Prisoner Lu Decheng Attends a Canadian Hearing on Human Rights in China)
Radio Free Asia, March 21, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/03/21/ludecheng/

Labor
Coal Mine Owner in China Arrested for Concealing Disaster
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), March 22, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070322/wl_asia_afp/chinaaccident
industryminingcoal_070322033455

Land Policy
中国地方政府非法徵地案件上升 (Number of Illegal Seizures of Farmland Soars)
BBC, March 21, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_6470000/newsid_
6477800/6477895.stm

Media
公安威胁驻大陆记者 博讯网被称敌对组织 (Reporter for Boxun Web Site Prohibited from Interviewing; Authorities Call Boxun an Organization That Endangers State Security)
Radio Free Asia, March 21, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/03/21/jizhe/

Multilateral
SCO Joint Military Exercises to Be Held in Russia in 2007
People's Daily, March 22, 2007
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200703/21/eng20070321
_359813.html

Olympics
北京市府将获奥运立法授权 (Beijing Municipal Government Empowered to Enact Laws for Olympics)
The Beijing News, March 22, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0546/2007/0322/014@
250351.htm

French Candidate Calls for China Boycott
Associated Press (via YahooNews), March 21, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070321/ap_on_re_eu/france
_darfur_1;_ylt=AvhWZaJu4.3V_Y2NbG.AdlJPzWQA

Politics
China Scrambles for Stability as Its Workers Age
New York Times, March 22, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/22/world/asia/22china.
html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Protests and Petitions
江西千人拦铁路抗议 (Thousands of People in Jiangxi Block Railway in Protest Against Government Plan to Redraft Administrative Districts)
Ming Pao, March 22, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070322/ccb1.htm

重庆暴力拆迁引起冲突 群众不满仅派2名警力 (Chongqing Authorities Criticized for Sending Only Two Policemen to Handle Violent Clashes over Forced Eviction)
Radio Free Asia, March 21, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/03/21/
chaiqian/

上千访民联名信件引起中央重视 (Leaders Express Concern over an Open Letter by More Than 1,000 Petitioners)
Radio Free Asia, March 21, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/03/21/
fangmin/

Public Health
Health Care Should Be Diversified, Official Says
South China Morning Post, March 22, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZSUU9CIZE.html

Tea Passed Off as Urine Exposes Hospital Greed
South China Morning Post, March 22, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZEYXYDIZE.html

State Security
精确数据是国家机密 测绘泄密案频发挑战国家安全 (Illegal Surveying and Mapping of China Challenges National Security as Geographical Data Considered State Secrets)
EastDay.com, March 22, 2007
http://news.eastday.com/c/20070322/u1a2699427.html