Wednesday, June 27, 2007

June 27, 2007

News
Death Penalty

大毒枭刘招华一审判处死刑 (Drug Trafficker Sentenced to Death in Guangzhou)
The Beijing News, June 27, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0567/2007/06-27/018@
272315.htm


In Brief: Death Sentence for Taiwanese Kingpin in Heroin Ring
South China Morning Post, June 27, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=bef4caa06c863110
VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=New


Government
Tougher Penalty Sought for Emergency Cover-ups
China Daily, June 26, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-06/26/content_
902189.htm


Law
全国人大代表呼吁:应设立律师权利救济程序 (NPC Delegate Calls for Establishment of New Procedure to Protect Lawyers' Rights to Carry Out Professional Duties)
Legal Daily, June 27, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2007-06/27/content_
647297.htm


Media
Internet Intervention - How Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft Sold Their Souls to China
Good Magazine, June 27, 2007
http://www.goodmagazine.com/section/Provocations/internet
_intervention


纽约时报记者东莞采访遭厂方羁押 政府警察无能为力? (New York Times Journalists Detained by Guangdong Toy Factory for 9 Hours, Find Local Authorities Useless in Seeking Their Release)
Radio Free Asia, June 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/06/26/
dongguan/


Online Media Keep Up Pressure on China's Propaganda Czars
Radio Free Asia, June 25, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/china/2007/06/25/china_internet/

Olympics
Activists Press China with 'Genocide Olympics' Label
Christian Science Monitor, June 26, 2007
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0626/p13s01-woaf.html

Police
西安发生多宗城管冲突 (Xi'an Management Authorities Involved in Several Clashes)
Radio Free Asia, June 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/06/26/china_
police_riot/


Politics
Hu's Policy Speech Prepares Ground for Political Theory
South China Morning Post, June 27, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=6715caa06c863110
VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News


Protests and Petitions
江西两兄弟抵制拆迁入狱 (Final Court Finds Brothers Innocent of Resisting Illegal Eviction in Jiangxi)
The Beijing News, June 27, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0567/2007/06-27/018@
272322.htm


港商代表北京请愿被软禁 (Six Hong Kong Business People Placed Under De Facto House Arrest for Trying to Petition in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, June 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/06/26/china_
petition_beijing/


Public Health
Hepatitis Carriers Sue Taiwan Firm for Discrimination
South China Morning Post, June 27, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb3
29d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=ceb4caa06c863110
VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News


Rural
China's Farmers Need a Second Liberation
Asia Times Online, June 27, 2007
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_Business/IF27Cb01.
html


中国农村生活安全隐患多 (Hygiene and Other Problems Plague China's Rural Areas)
Radio Free Asia, June 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/06/26/
rurallife/


Xinjiang
京促巴国缉22疆独犯 (China Urges Pakistan to Arrest 22 People Who Advocate Independence for Xinjiang)
Ming Pao, June 27, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070627/caf1.htm

Hong Kong
Push for Direct Elections for Hong Kong
Financial Times, June 26, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/6c756c34-23f4-11dc-8ee2-000b5
df10621,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e23
40.html