Thursday, May 03, 2007

May 3, 2007

News

Bilateral Ties
China Asked to Freeze Investment in Iran
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), May 02, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070502/pl_afp/usiran
chinanuclear_070502193401;_ylt=
AtkS7.WWuqS9pDexv9i_WC9PzWQA

Letter from Ethiopia: China's Risky Venture into Resource-Rich Africa
International Herald Tribune, May 02, 2007
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/05/02/news/letter.php

Hukou
Harmonising 'Hukou'
Xinhuanet, May 03, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-05/03/content
_6055183.htm


Labor
China's Labor Law Raises US Concerns
Financial Times, May 03, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/09d35e16-f8c4-11db-a940-000
b5df10621,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e
2340.html


山西一私矿瓦斯爆炸14人亡 (14 Killed in Shanxi Gas Blast)
The Beijing News, May 02, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0567/2007/05-02/021@
259766.htm


Driven by Poverty, China's Coal Miners Risk All
Asia Times Online, May 03, 2007
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_Business/IE03
Cb01.html


Media
何清涟:中国向国外无偿转让网控技术 (He Qinglian: China Transfers Internet Surveillance Technology to Authoritarian Regimes for Free)
Radio Free Asia, May 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/05/
02/he/


Military
Official Expounds China's Stance on Nuclear Proliferation
Xinhuanet, May 02, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-05/02/content
_6053809.htm


Multilateral
U.N. Climate Talks Progress, EU and China Spar
Reuters (via YahooNews), May 3, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070503/ts_nm/globalwarming
_dc_1;_ylt=AgdBW9I3p5.QC0IP5Vkdi5RPzWQA


Police
周永康实地检查天安门广场安全保卫工作 (Public Security Minister Zhou Yongkang Lauds Security Efforts at Tiananmen Square to Ensure Social Stability During the Week-long Labor Holiday)
Sina.com, May 02, 2007
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2007-05-02/09421175424
0s.shtml


Public Health
New Regulations Banning Trade of Human Organs Go into Effect
Xinhuanet, May 03, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-05/01/content
_6052752.htm


Religion
美国国际宗教自由委员会再次将中国列为“特别关注国” (US International Religious Freedom Report Ranks China as Country of “Special Concern” for its Systemic Violations of Religious Rights)
Radio Free Asia, May 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/05/
02/religion/