News
Environment
Emission Cuts But No Caps, Review Suggests
South China Morning Post, April 17, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ8UEIBK0F.html
China: Yangtze Is Irreversibly Polluted
Associated Press (via YahooNews), April 16, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070416/ap_on_re_as/china
_yangtze_pollution_1;_ylt=AsP7rx6_fGytoRnHmdLPRWxPz
WQA
Gender
Plan to Ban Sexual Harassment in the Workplace on the Agenda
South China Morning Post, April 17, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ78TIBK0F.html
Human Rights
中国电讯用户发起万人维权诉讼运动 (Cell Phone Users Launch Rights Defense Campaign Against Telecommunications Companies)
Radio Free Asia, April 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/04/16/china_
rights_consumer/
Human Rights Defender - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
维权人士探访高智晟家扑空 (Gao Zhisheng and Family Disappeared from Beijing Home, Whereabouts Unknown)
Radio Free Asia, April 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/04/16/
gao/
Human Rights Defenders
公益诉讼代理人当庭辩护被押 (Representative in Lawsuit Detained in Hubei During Trial for Not Seeking Approval to Go to Bathroom)
Radio Free Asia, April 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/04/16
/laywer/
Labor
大学生下井写矿工血淚史 (10 Hunan University Students Go to Coal Mines to Write on Workers' Lives)
Ming Pao, April 17, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070417/cca1.htm
中国评论﹕解决矿工困境 实干最重要 (Commentary: To Solve Problems of Coal Miners, Government Should Take Effective Action
Ming Pao, April 17, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070417/caz1.htm
Law
缺少强制性规定 证人出庭新规陷入尴尬 (Without Legislative Support, Opinion of Beijing Intermediate People's Court Concerning Witnesses' Presence at Trials Remains Ineffective)
Legal Daily, April 17, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2007-04/17/content_5
93277.htm
Police
Law and Disorder
South China Morning Post, April 17, 2007
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZJQDIBK0F.html
Murder Trial Puts Spotlight on Vigilantes
South China Morning Post, April 17, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ38TIBK0F.html
Politics
中共转型執政党 胡总文胆谈民主： (After Promoting Democracy, Cadre Argues CPC Is Transforming from "Permanent Party" into "Ruling Party")
Ming Pao, April 17, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070417/caa1.htm
Protests and Petitions
Security Boost Successful in Cutting Unrest, Provinces Say
South China Morning Post, April 17, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ2SDIBK0F.html
Social Harmony Can't Be Created by Brute Force
South China Morning Post, April 17, 2007
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZ4RCIBK0F.html
广州开发商强行驱赶拆迁户 (Guangzhou Developers Forcibly Evict 10 Households)
Radio Free Asia, April 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/04/16/china_d
emolition/
成都温江农民反对强行征地 警民冲突持续 (Victims of Land Grabs in Sichuan Continue Clash with Police)
Radio Free Asia, April 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/04/16/
wenjiang/