Thursday, March 29, 2007

March 29, 2007


News

Corruption
37 Corrupt Officials Deported Home
People's Daily, March 28, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/200703/28/eng20070328_
361890.html

Death Penalty
Drop in Executions Leads to Organ Shortage
Spiegel Online, March 29, 2007
http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,474396,00.html

Environment
China May Stop 'Dragon Project'
BBC, March 28, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6504317.stm

Ethnic Minorities
中国将制订处置涉及民族因素突发性事件应急预案 (China to Draft Emergency Response Plan on Emergencies Concerning Ethnic Related Issues)
EastDay.com, March 29, 2007
http://news.eastday.com/c/20070329/u1a2719293.html

我国将建立民族关系监测系统 (China to Establish Ethnic Relations Monitoring System)
EastDay.com, March 29, 2007
http://news.eastday.com/c/20070329/u1a2719647.html

Government
国务院原则通过《生产安全事故报告和调查处理条例(草案)》等不得迟报谎报瞒报漏报事故 (State Council Approves Industrial Safety Regulation to Prevent Cover-ups of Accidents)
Legal Daily, March 29, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2007-03/29/content_
574527.htm

Human Rights Defenders - Sun Xiaodi (孫小弟)
孙小弟逃过监控前往北京求医 (Sun Xiaodi Escapes Surveillance to Seek Medical Treatment in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, March 28, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/03/28/
china_dissident/
Labor
Chinese Coal Mine Explosion Kills 26
Associated Press (via YahooNews), March 29, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070329/ap_on_re_as/china
_mine_deaths&printer=1;_ylt=ApJd0lIvsoG0smQhAX_g1bL9xg8F

Law
国家28个部委中已有24个做过行政诉讼被告 (24 of the 28 State Departments and Bureaus Had Been Sued under Administrative Law)
People's Daily, March 29, 2007
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1026/5537031.html

“无所不管”的城管没有执法依据？ (Does City Management Authority Have Legal Backing for Performing Its Law Enforcement Duties?
China Youth Daily, March 29, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-03/29/content_1715056.htm

Media
昝爱宗的VIP 博客遭到封锁 (Journalist Zan Aizong's VIP Blog Blocked)
Radio Free Asia, March 28, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/03/28/-zan

Olympics
Beijing's Olympic Stadium Not Ready until Next March
Associated Press (via CNN), March 28, 2007
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/more/03/28/bc.
oly.beijing.venues.ap/index.html?eref=si_more

Secrecy As Hunt for Outside Games' Volunteers Begins
South China Morning Post, March 29, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZD6AGVTZE.html

Police
年底前拘留所与看守所“剥离” (System of Detention and Custody Centers Should Be Separated Before End of Year)
Legal Daily, March 29, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2007-03/29/content
_574524.htm

Protests and Petitions
Village Loses Fight to Save Orchard
South China Morning Post, March 29, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZWY8GVTZE.html

湖北四百名下岗民办教师集体上访 (Four Hundred Hubei Private School Teachers Petition Against Corrupt Officials Over Job Allocation Arrangement)
Radio Free Asia, March 28, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/03/28/china
_petition_teacher/

广州从化政府非法强征 抓村民袭记者内媒声讨 (Guangzhou Conghua Government Criticized of Forced Eviction and Abuses Against Villagers and Reporters)
Radio Free Asia, March 28, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/03/28/
zhengdi/

上海拆迁户征集签名要求惩办腐败官员 (Shanghai Forced Eviction Victims Initiate Signature Campaign to Urge Severe Punishments for Corrupt Officials)
Radio Free Asia, March 28, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/03/28/china_
petition_shanghai/

Public Health
Chinese Teenager Dies from Bird Flu
Reuters (via YahooNews), March 29, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070329/wl_nm/birdflu_
china_dc_2;_ylt=Aurj57greeX_CWDqrOAIg7ZPzWQA

Tibet
Tibet to Extend Drinking Water to 1 Mln People by 2010
Xinhuanet, March 28, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-03/28/content_5908644.htm