Society - Ethnic Minorities
China Boom 'Threatens Minorities'
BBC, April 25, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6592157.stm
According to a report jointed published by Human Rights in China and Minority Rights Group International, China's rapid economic development has failed to benefit its ethnic minorities, and their indigenous cultures and languages are also threatened. The report argues that China's policies stoke feelings of resentment amongst communities who see their own culture and way of life under growing threat.
Related Information
HRIC Press Release: China's
Development Strategy Fails to Benefit Critical Ethnic Minorities and Masks Repression
Human Rights in China, April 25, 2007
http://hrichina.org/public/contents/36039/
News
Disasters
5,000 Evacuated After Chlorine Leak
South China Morning Post, April 26, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ1L7TPV0F.html
Environment
Energy Targets Can Be Met, Says Greenpeace
South China Morning Post, April 26, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ0NXSPV0F.html
Leadership Team to Tackle Pollution
South China Morning Post, April 26, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ9OYSPV0F.html
China Won't Be Top CO2 Emitter This Year-Official
Reuters, April 25, 2007
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK91020.htm
Environmental Watchdog Orders Local Gov'ts, Enterprises to Release Pollution Figures
Xinhuanet, April 25, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/25/content_60
27941.htm
Gender
China to Weed Out Bigamists with Online Marriage Database
Xinhuanet, April 25, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/25/content_6
023145.htm
Human Rights Defenders
泛蓝联盟迎连战遭软禁 (10 Pan-Blue Alliance Members Placed Under House Arrest for Trying to Welcome Taiwanese Politician Lian Zhan)
Ming Pao, April 26, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070426/caa2.htm
Human Rights Defender - Zhu Yufu (朱虞夫)
浙江公安正式刑事拘留异见人士朱虞夫父子 (Zhejiang Police Formally Place Dissident Zhu Yufu and Son Under Criminal Detention)
Radio Free Asia, April 25, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/04/25/china
_dissident_detain/
Media
Editor and Magazine Disciplined by Party
South China Morning Post, April 26, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ4NXSPV0F.html
中央下令彻查百色强制堕胎 受害人被警告不得接触传媒 (Central Government Orders Probe into Forced Abortion in Guangxi, Victims Warned Not to Contact Media)
Radio Free Asia, April 25, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/04/25/china
_rights_birth/
Migrant Workers
Better Protection for Migrant Workers in Beijing
Xinhuanet, April 26, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/26/content_6
029171.htm
Olympics
China to Force Rain Ahead of Olympics
Washington Post, April 25, 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/articl
e/2007/04/25/AR2007042500521.html
IOC Says It Will Not Press China on Darfur, Tibet
Monster and Critics, April 25, 2007
http://sport.monstersandcritics.com/othersport/article_1296
237.php/IOC_says_it_will_not_press_China_on_Darfur_Ti
bet
Police
随州揭发居委会帐目混乱的村民袭击受伤 (Hubei Villager Attacked 3 Days After Revealing Irregularities in Village Committee's Finances)
Radio Free Asia, April 25, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/04/25/china_
rights_rural/
Protests and Petitions
Police Tight-Lipped After Riots Close Down Fujian Leather Plants
South China Morning Post, April 26, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZBOXSPV0F.html
安徽滁州出租车司机集会堵路 (500 Anhui Taxi Drivers Assemble to Block Roads over Police Inaction on Beating Complaint)
Radio Free Asia, April 25, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/04/25/
anhui/
China Detains Olympic Protesters on Everest
Radio Free Asia, April 25, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/tibetan/2007/04/25/tibetan_o
lympics/
Religion
新疆基督徒和四名美国人聚会均被拘留 (Four Americans Detained with Chinese Christians over Protestant House Church Gathering in Xinjiang)
Radio Free Asia, April 25, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/04/25/china_
religion/
Tibet
Tibet Posts Highest Economic Growth in First Quarter for a Decade
Xinhuanet, April 25, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/25/content_
6028305.htm