May 4, 2007

News
Bilateral Ties
US Senators Petition Chinese President over Darfur
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), May 03, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070503/pl_afp/ussudanunr
estchina_070503152807;_ylt=ApFhZXqCEcDn8N7FK8AgL
CdPzWQA

Civil Society
绿色和平北京摇滚 (Greenpeace Among the Organizers of Rock and Roll Concert in Beijing)
Ming Pao, May 04, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070504/cca1h.htm

Corruption
中共试点设立监督党委和纪委的机制 (CPC Establishes Mechanism to Monitor Party Committees and Discipline Committees in Selected Places)
Radio Free Asia, May 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/05/03/ji
andu/

Environment
China Seen as a Roadblock to U.N. Climate Report
Los Angeles Times, May 03, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-sci-
warming3may03,1,423520.story

Inner Mongolia
Chinese Mongols at Pains to Pass on Culture in Modern Life
Xinhuanet, April 30, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/30/content_6
048229.htm

Land Policy
天津强制拆迁须听证后执行 (New Regulation in Tianjian Requires Authorities to Hold Public Hearing Before Forcible Evictions Are Carried Out)
Legal Daily, May 04, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2007-05/01/content_6
10921.htm

Media
Hackers Hijack TV Signal for Anti-Party Messages
South China Morning Post, May 04, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ1K0YV51F.html

分析担心中国独立新闻报导难长久 (Analysts Worry That Tighter Internet Controls Means Fewer Independent News Reports in China)
Voice of America, May 03, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-05-03-voa39.cfm

博讯网记者孑木的八台电脑相继瘫痪 (Boxun Journalist’s 8 Computers Disabled, Similar Attacks Reported by Internet Activist Huang Qi)
Radio Free Asia, May 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/05/03/china_
media_freedom/

Bush Scolds China, Russia, Others on Press Freedoms
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), May 03, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070503/pl_afp/uspressfree
dombush_070503194724;_ylt=AhKElRB2mPuEVDiN0xQj2
rdPzWQA

RFA独家报道：《百姓》杂志被令改版成非时政类文摘刊物 (RFA's Exclusive Coverage: Baixing Magazine Ordered to Change to Non-Political Publication)
Radio Free Asia, May 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/05/03/ba
ixing/

章诒和纪念罗隆基的文章遭封杀 (Zhang Yihe's Memorial Essay on "Rightist" Luo Longji Barred from Internet)
Radio Free Asia, May 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/05/02/z
hang/

Police
贵州六盘水煤炭局官员被调查期间离奇死亡 (Guizhou Official Dead 7 Days After Being Taken Away for Corruption Probe, Bruises Found all over Body)
Radio Free Asia, May 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/05/03/china_g
overnment_official/

Poverty
Can't Read, Can't Write, No Job: Rural Poor Struggle in Big Cities)
South China Morning Post, May 04, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZTJ0YV51F.html

Protests and Petitions
京防外力渗透 愿花钱摆平上访 (Beijing Willing to Pay Petitioners Off to Prevent Foreign Intervention)
Ming Pao, May 04, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070504/cac1.htm

Village's Chief Unbowed in Fight for Land Compensation
South China Morning Post, May 04, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ6RD5W51F.html

北京农民工索工资与保安发生冲突 (28 Migrant Workers Clash with Security Guards over Wage Delay in Beijing)
Voice of America, May 03, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-05-03-voa50.cfm

广东东莞爆发征地冲突 (Hundreds of Guangdong Villagers Clash with Security Officers over Land Grabs)
Radio Free Asia, May 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/05/03
/dongguan/

湖北7名上访职工在北京绝食 (Seven Hubei Workers Launch Hunger Strike in Beijing over Illegal Detention)
Radio Free Asia, May 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/05/03/jues
hi/

国家信访局成最繁忙办公室 每年受理信访千万次 (State Bureau for Letters and Calls Is China's Busiest Office, Processes 10 Million Cases Each Year)
Xinhuanet, May 03, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2007-05/03/content_6
054679.htm

广州近千名业主维权与城管冲突 (1,000 Guangzhou Apartment Owners Clash with City Management Authorities over Amendment to Land Use Plan)
Radio Free Asia, May 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/05/02/china_r
ights_residents/

码头工人劳动节停工要加薪 (200 Pier Workers in Shenzhen Go on Strike to Demand Better Treatment and Higher Wages)
Nanfang City News, May 02, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/shyp/200705
020258.asp

Religion
中国各地基督教会被打压 (Members of Protestant House Churches Across China Harassed)
Radio Free Asia, May 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/05/03/ch
urch/