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Human Rights Defender – Mao Hengfeng (毛恒凤)
上海维权访民毛恒凤在狱中被虐待 (Mao Hengfeng Tortured in Prison)
Radio Free Asia, July 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/05/
maohengfeng/
The family of Shanghai petitioner Mao Hengfeng (毛恒风) has informed RFA that Mao has been tortured in prison. She was beaten and confined in a room with no sunlight or fresh air. She did not have a bed so she had to sleep on the floor. Mao did not eat the food other inmates brought to her—she was not allowed out of her cell to get food herself—because she was worried they would poison her. The authorities then force-fed her. She was also forced to strip half-naked in front of male inmates and police officers.
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Death Penalty
索赔射杀老板 小伙被判死缓 (Young Man Sentenced to Death with Two-Year Reprieve for Murdering Former Boss over Pay Dispute)
The Beijing News, July 06, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0558/2007/07-06/021@
274498.htm
China Railway Rogue Trader Gets Death for Fraud
China Daily, July 05, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-07/05/content_
911014.htm
Environment
China Denies Hiding Pollution Death Data
Associated Press (via YahooNews), July 06, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070705/ap_on_re_as/china
_pollution_report_1;_ylt=ApDg4xmT86zoWughPguKqKpPzWQA
“中国暂时没有能力做出减排承诺” (Chinese Official Says China Cannot Promise to Reduce Greenhouse Gases for Now)
BBC, July 06, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_6270000/
newsid_6275700/6275738.stm
深圳市长籲勿买车 (Shenzhen Mayor Urges Public to Curb Pollution by Not Buying Cars)
Ming Pao, July 06, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070706/cab3.htm
China Denies Loans to Polluting Firms
Associated Press (via YahooNews), July 05, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070705/ap_on_re_as/china
_pollution_1;_ylt=Ao48rPinSpS0OZtM203fw5ZPzWQA
Gender
Women Hate Distorted Media Depictions
People's Daily, July 05, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6208432.html
Labor
Chinese Union Furthers Reach
Wall Street Journal, July 06, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118365696742858209.html
?mod=home_whats_news_asia
Land Policy
8间待拆店铺清晨遭打砸 (Eight Shops in Beijing Damaged After Negotiation over Eviction Compensation Fails)
The Beijing News, July 06, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0558/2007/07-06/021@
274481.htm
Media
After the Blast, a Deafening Silence Falls on the Media
South China Morning Post, July 06, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=51e95179437
93110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=Ne
“发帖必须用身份证上的名字”厦门工商局称网站发帖将取消匿名 (Xiamen Considers Mandating Real Name Registration for Internet Use)
Nanfang City News, July 05, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/20070705
0019.asp
Migrant Workers
Worker Beaten in Wage Dispute Dies
People's Daily, July 05, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6208439.html
Military
China Tries to Prevent Weapons in Darfur
Associated Press (via YahooNews), July 05, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070705/ap_on_re_af/china
_sudan_1;_ylt=AlNlMlQBTL6iDwfU.e8EQXNPzWQA
Olympics
China Denounces Efforts to Connect Beijing Olympics with Darfur Issue
Xinhuanet, July 05, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-07/05/content_
6334724.htm
Population
Guangzhou Two-Child Policy Push
The Standard, July 06, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3&art
_id=48432&sid=14362947&con_type=1&d_str=20070706
Protests and Petitions
宁夏访民马远新找回失散的幼子 (Ningxia Petitioner Reunited with Missing 7-Year-Old Son 3 Weeks Later)
Radio Free Asia, July 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/07/05/china_
petition_beijing/
Thousands Protest at Land Seizures
The Standard, July 06, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3&
art_id=48403&sid=14365691&con_type=1&d_str=20070706
杭州大井巷居民抗议强拆到省政府请愿遭到驱赶 (Zhejiang Petitioners Dispersed, Police Call Them “Dogs”)
Radio Free Asia, July 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/05/
qiangchai/
医院请“外援”平纠纷 患者家属被打死 (Hospital Employs Thugs to Beat to Death Protesting Relative of Deceased Patient)
The Beijing News, July 04, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0547/2007/0704/017@273878
.htm