Thursday, June 14, 2007

June 14, 2007

News
Bilateral Ties

Canberra Bites Back After Swipe
The Standard, June 14, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3
&art_id=46771&sid=140484
47&con_type=1&d_str=20070614

Children
1,000 Child Slaves in Brick Factories)
South China Morning Post, June 14, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=e87d3b488d52311
0VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=Ne


Death Penalty
Chinese Teacher Gets Death for 18 Rapes
Associated Press (via YahooNews), June 13, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070613/ap_on_re_as/china_
teacher_rape_3;_ylt=Ao3g5b
c_JHeWXLrYSnh2S9xPzWQA

Environment
专家:科技难救湖泊污染 (Experts Say Lake Pollution Cannot Be Solved by Technology Alone)
Ming Pao, June 14, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070614/caa1.htm

Labor
Survey: Employment Discrimination Persists in China
Xinhuanet, June 13, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-06/13/content_
6238655.htm


Media
上网记录至少存60天 (Record of Internet Use to Be Kept at Least 60 Days to "Suppress Online Pornography")
The Beijing News, June 14, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0546/2007/0613/021@2
69089.htm


江苏两记者被拘:孑木案法律援助难 傅涛被继续关押 (Jiangsu Reporter Jie Mu, a.k.a. Sun Lin, Barred from Meeting Lawyer, While Detention for Another Journalist Continues)
Radio Free Asia, June 14, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/06/13/j
iemu/


Yahoo's China Policy Rejected
BBC, June 14, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6747095.stm

Yahoo's Internet Photo Site Flickr.com Blocked in China
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), June 13, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070613/tc_afp/chinainterne
tyahoo_070613123615


Migrant Workers
中国拟定农民工养老新办法 (China Considers New Pension System for Migrant Workers)
Radio Free Asia, June 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/06/13/
nongmin/


Olympics
Beijing Games Become Catch-All for Causes
Reuters, June 14, 2007
http://in.today.reuters.com/news/NewsArticle.aspx?type=
sportsNews&storyID=2007-06-
13T113843Z_01_NOOTR_
RTRMDNC_0_India-302856-1.xml


FBI Offers to Assist China with Olympic Security
Reuters (via YahooNews), June 14, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070613/us_nm/china_usa_
fbi_dc_2


2008 Beijing Olympic Image May Suffer
Associated Press (via YahooNews), June 13, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070613/ap_on_re_as/beiji
ng_labor_abuses_1;_ylt=An1l9
EQFx16S6LJ2bo3r4g1PzWQA

Protests and Petitions
內蒙5000警民冲突 (5,000 Inner Mongolians Clash with Police over Resettlement Compensation)
Ming Pao, June 14, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070614/cac1.htm

湖南女贩离奇死亡 死者儿子“袭警”被抓 (After Hunan Hawker's Mysterious Death, Her Son Is Taken Away for Assaulting a Police Officer)
Radio Free Asia, June 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/06/13/
nufan/


湖北残疾人上访被押回 江苏维权人士被禁上网 (Disabled Petitioner Taken Back to Hubei, Jiangsu Rights Defender Barred Access to Internet)
Radio Free Asia, June 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/06/13/
weiquan/