News
Disasters
Dam Denial as Yangtze Wreaks Havoc in Hubei
The Standard, July 04, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3&
art_id=48216&sid=14332009&con_type=1&d_str=20070704
Environment
江苏沭阳饮用水源受污染 城区20万人口断水 (Water Supply for 200,000 People in Jiangsu Cut Due to Pollution)
EastDay.com, July 03, 2007
http://news.eastday.com/c/20070703/u1a2948103.html
Food Security
China's Food Quality Up to Standard
Xinhuanet, July 04, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-07/04/content_
6325971.htm
Human Rights Defender - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
获两项国际人权奖 高智晟：中国必须和平改变 (Gao Zhisheng Discusses China's Development with Hu Jia over Phone After Receiving 2 International Human Rights Awards)
Radio Free Asia, July 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/03/ga
ozhisheng/
Land Policy
Farmers Take Stake in Land-Use Reform
South China Morning Post, July 04, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=cc3d5afd7ec83
110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=New
浙江嵊州公安超期拘押拒迁户 (Zhejiang Police Refuse to Release Protestor Unless His Family Agrees to Eviction)
Radio Free Asia, July 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/07/03/china_
demolition_detain/
Law
北京：劳教人员每天劳动时间降至3小时 (In Beijing, Working Hours for Reeducation-Through-Labor Inmates Reduced to 3 Hours Per Day)
Xinhuanet, July 04, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-07/04/content_
6325996.htm
人权律师吁修改律师法 (Human Rights Lawyers Call for Amendments to Lawyers' Law)
Radio Free Asia, July 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/07/03/china_
rights_lawyer/
Media
China Says Media Is Hyping Food Problems
Associated Press (via YahooNews), July 04, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070704/ap_on_re_as/china
_tainted_products_9;_ylt=AmIrdTR5IXFCu.8QsusQtV1PzWQA
Chinese Leaders Intensify Propaganda Orders and Jargon of Control in Run-up to 17th Congress
China Media Project, July 03, 2007
http://cmp.hku.hk/look/article.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication
=1&NrIssue=1&NrSection=100&NrArticle=853
Olympics
Authorities to Probe Misuse of CCTV Cameras
Xinhuanet, July 04, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-07/04/content_
6325614.htm
Beijing Weighs Car Ban to Cut Smog
Wall Street Journal, July 04, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118349256405756943.html?
mod=home_whats_news_asia
Politics
China Banks Oppose Party Interference
The Times of India, July 03, 2007
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Business/Intl_Business
/China_banks_oppose_party_interference/rssarticleshow/
2168182.cms
Protests and Petitions
Unpaid Workers Reject Police Version of Job-Site Clash
South China Morning Post, July 04, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7b4d5afd7ec
83110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=New
访民组织奥运反腐清洁队受到打压 (Petitioner Harassed for Organizing Anti-Corruption Campaign Ahead of Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, July 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/07/03/china_
petition_beijing/
Public Health
China Limits Transplants for Foreigners
Associated Press (via Examiner.com), July 03, 2007
http://www.examiner.com/a-811185~China_Limits_Transplants
_for_Foreigners.html?cid=rss-World
The Face of Chinese Cost Cutting
The Globe and Mail, July 02, 2007
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.200
70702.wchinafood0702/BNStory/International/home
Hong Kong
刘柏年批陈日君不应上街游行 (Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association Official Criticizes Hong Kong-Based Bishop over Rally)
BBC, July 04, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_6260000/ne
wsid_6264500/6264582.stm