Thursday, April 19, 2007

April 19, 2007

News

Civil Society
中国非政府组织改吃皇粮被疑变质 (Public Questions Legitimacy of NGOs Funded by the Government)
Voice of America, April 18, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-04-18-voa62.cfm

Death Penalty
全国律协:最高法复核死刑案件应有辩护律师 (All-China Lawyers Association: Defense Lawyers Required for All Death Penalty Cases Reviewed by the Supreme People's Court)
EastDay.com, April 19, 2007
http://news.eastday.com/c/20070419/u1a2777223.html

Economic Development
UN Warns of Tensions as China Props Asia's Growth
South China Morning Post, April 19, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZNA018K0F.html

Environment
Dammed If You Do, Damned If You Don't
South China Morning Post, April 19, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZRA018K0F.html

Tiger Leaping Gorge Unlikely to Be Dammed
South China Morning Post, April 19, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZI1KIBK0F.html

450 Sick in China from Chemical Pollution
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), April 18, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070418/wl_asia_afp/
chinapollutionaccident_070418060720;_ylt=AgwJ8QWd
AbtrHCVQXFVCi_9PzWQA


Human Rights Defenders
高耀洁返回河南郑州家中后一直被当局监视 (Gao Yaojie Closely Monitored by Local Authorities After Returning from Washington)
Radio Free Asia, April 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/04/18/china_rights_aids/

Labor
30吨钢水砸向会议室 致死32人 (30 Tons of Molten Metal Spills in Liaoning Steel Plant, 32 Killed)
EastDay.com, April 19, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0566/2007/04-19/011@
257072.htm


Media
章诒和入禀控出版总署 打定输数 仍坚持兴讼反对禁书 (Writer Seeks to File Lawsuit to Overturn Book Ban, Despite Little Hope of Winning)
Ming Pao, April 19, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070419/cca1h.htm

China Official Blames Internet for Youth Crime
Reuters (via YahooNews), April 19, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070419/wr_nm/china_
internet_crime_dc_1


Group Targets Yahoo Inc. Over China Cases
National Public Radio (NPR), April 18, 2007
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=
9658200


Olympics
Beijing to Cabbies: Mind Your Manners
Associated Press (via YahooNews), April 19, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070418/ap_on_re_as/oly_
beijing_taxis_3;_ylt=Aih8fIG7vWkC9bEbBlUOHmBPzWQA


北京道路流量将削减20%至30% (Beijing to Cut Road Traffic by 20-30% During Olympics)
People's Daily, April 19, 2007
http://olympic.people.com.cn/GB/22180/5634143.html

Darfur: On Steven Spielberg and the 2008 Beijing Olympics
Sudan Tribune, April 18, 2007
http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article21428

China's Security Officials Urge Stability for Upcoming CPC Congress, Olympics
Xinhuanet, April 18, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/18/content_
5993737.htm


Police
Guangzhou Camera Surveillance Cut in Private, Added in Public
South China Morning Post, April 19, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZMXIIBK0F.html

胡俊雄因协助异见人士安装破网软件被软禁 (Hangzhou Dissident Hu Junxiong Placed Under House Arrest After Assisting Dissident Zhu Yufu to Bypass Government Block of Internet; Zhu Yufu and Son Taken Away by Police)
Radio Free Asia, April 19, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/04/18/china_dissident/

Politics
'I Dare to Express Different Views'
South China Morning Post, April 19, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZQXIIBK0F.html

分析:中共调整藏疆小组恩威并重 (Analysis: CPC's 'Carrot and Stick' Approach to Tibet and Xinjiang)
Voice of America, April 18, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-04-18-voa28.cfm

Population
广西山东计生部门对孕妇强制堕胎 (Forced Abortion by Family Planning Units Reported in Guangxi and Shandong)
Radio Free Asia, April 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/04/18/
abortion/


Protests and Petitions
多名访民在天安门被抓 (More Petitioners Taken Away by Police at Tiananmen)
Radio Free Asia, April 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/04/18/
fangmin/