Thursday, May 17, 2007

May 17, 2007

News
Bilateral Ties

Wen's African Aid Vow Fails to Allay International Fears
South China Morning Post, May 17, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZHVQC0I1F.html

德国议院通过议案谴责中国劳改制度 (German Parliament Passes Motion Condemning China's Reeducation-Through-Labor System)
Radio Free Asia, May 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/05/16/china_
humanrights_eu/


Corporate Social Accountability
Darfur Activists Claim Fidelity Success
Financial Times, May 16, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/380757ca-0368-11dc-a023-00
0b5df10621,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-00007
79e2340.html


Corruption
Trial Highlights China’s Drugs Safety Crisis
Financial Times, May 16, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/bf79f676-03a5-11dc-a931-000b5
df10621,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-
4c86-11da-89df-0000779e23
40.html


Economic Development
奥运助推经济年增长12.1% (Olympic Games Push Beijing’s Annual Economic Growth Rate to 12.1 Percent)
The Beijing News, May 17, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0553/2007/05-17/015@
262776.htm


Food Security
Food Security Fears as China's Farmland Shrinks
Asia Times Online, May 17, 2007
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_Business/IE17Cb02
.html


Hukou
渝身份证将取代属地户籍 (Chongqing to Unify Agricultural and Non-Agricultural Household Registration System by 2012)
The Beijing News, May 17, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0565/2007/05-17/018@0
14645.htm


Land Policy
Demolitions Spark Outrage in Historic Beijing
Channel News Asia, May 16, 2007
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/27
6562/1/.html


广东村民告省国土资源厅 (Villagers Sue Land and Resources Department of Guangdong Province)
Radio Free Asia, May 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/05/16/
guotu/


Law
举报人被法庭公布姓名被殴打 (Whistle-Blower Beaten After Ningxia Court Publicizes His Identity)
The Beijing News, May 17, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0567/2007/05-17/018
@262780.htm


Olympics
北京查奥运选手官员背景 (Beijing to Investigate Background of Athletes and Officials During Olympics)
Ming Pao, May 17, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070517/cac2.htm

奥运场馆允港澳报刊销售 (Selected Publications from Hong Kong and Macau to Be Available for Foreign Journalists in Olympic Venues During Olympic Games)
Ming Pao, May 17, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070517/cac1.htm

Politics
党外专家将掌卫生部 (Expert from Outside of CPC to Lead Ministry of Health)
Ming Pao, May 17, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070517/caa1h.htm

Poverty
中国地区间收入差距超过10倍以上 (Average Income in Richest Areas of China More Than 10 Times That of Poorest Areas)
Radio Free Asia, May 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/05/16/s
houru/


Protests and Petitions
泛蓝成员蔡爱民因筹划农民集体进京上访被公安监控 (Pan-Blue Alliance Member Cai Aimin Monitored for Planning to Lead 1,000 Farmers to Petition in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, May 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/05/16/china
_petition/


Public Health
国际器官移植大会关注中国摘取死刑犯器官的做法 (International Organ Transplant Conference Voices Concern over Organ Harvesting of Death-Row Convicts in China)
Radio Free Asia, May 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/05/16/
organ/


Tibet
China, Dalai Lama's Envoy to Hold Dialogue: Source
Washington Post, May 16, 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar
ticle/2007/05/16/AR2007051600020.html