Thursday, July 19, 2007

July 19, 2007

News
Children

Chinese Lawyer Calls for Establishment of Child Protection Agent
Xinhuanet, July 18, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-07/18/content_
6394573.htm


Disasters
2006年我国突发公共事件应对情况报告发布 (China Issues Report on Handling of Public Emergencies in 2006)
Legal Daily, July 19, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2007-07/19/content_
663199.htm


Economic Development
China Parliamentary Committee Warns Economy Overheating
Voice of America, July 18, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-07-18-voa32.cfm

Education
Lifting of 50b Yuan in Debts Gives Rural Schools Fresh Start
South China Morning Post, July 19, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=152ac
9fde2ad3110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=
News


Food Security
Chinese Cardboard-Stuffed Buns a Hoax
Associated Press (via YahooNews), July 19, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070719/ap_on_re_as/china
_cardboard_buns_1;_ylt=Al1gIdu5_Sopc9X1FQGT0ghPzW
QA
Idu5_Sopc9X1FQGT0ghPzWQA

Human Rights Defender
协助广州官洲岛村民维权的律师被当局指嫖娼而拘留 (Lawyer of Guangzhou Evictees Sent to Custody and Education Facility for Visiting Sex Worker)
Radio Free Asia, July 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/07/18/china_
rights_lawyer/


Human Rights Defender - Sun Xiaodi (孫小弟)
北京国安勒令孙小弟离京 (Sun Xiaodi Ordered to Leave Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, July 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/
18/sunxiaodi/


Media
Chinese Official Urges Foreign Media to Stick to Truth in Reporting
Xinhuanet, July 19, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-07/19/content_
6395788.htm


中国关闭左派网站“毛泽东旗帜网” (China Blocks Leftist Web Site That Criticizes Government Policies)
Radio Free Asia, July 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/18/
maoflag/


China Has 162 Mln Internet Users by End of June
Xinhuanet, July 18, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-07/18/content_
6395741.htm


Chinese Internet Censors Blamed for Email Chaos
Reuters, July 18, 2007
http://ca.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=
technologyNews&storyID=2007-07-18T124822Z_01_
PEK91855_RTRIDST_0_TECH-CHINA-INTERNET-COL
.XML&archived=False
-07-18T124822Z_01_PEK91855_
RTRIDST_0_TECH-CHINA-INTERNET-


Silenced in China
Washington Post, July 18, 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007
/07/17/AR2007071701677.html
dyn/content/article/2007/
07/17/AR2007071701677.html


Olympics
Activists Want China Olympics Boycott over Koreans
China Digital Times, July 19, 2007
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2007/07/activists_want_china
_olympics_boycott_over_koreans_step.php
ns_step.php

China's Wen Urges Green Olympic Construction
The Guardian, July 18, 2007
http://sport.guardian.co.uk/breakingnews/feedstory/0,,-
6787092,00.html


Politics
Beijing on `Evil Road,' Warns Letter
The Standard, July 19, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=
3&art_id=49283&sid=14538164&con_type=1&d_str=
20070719
64&con_type=1&d_str=20070719

Population
广西官员指一胎化难执行 (Guangxi Official Finds One-Child Policy Difficult to Enforce)
Ming Pao, July 19, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070719/cac1.htm

Protests and Petitions
10年前输血染艾滋 6患者赴京维权 (Six AIDS Patients Protest in Beijing over Contaminated Blood Transfusion 10 Years Ago)
The Beijing News, July 19, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0566/2007/07-19/018@
277273.htm


上海拆迁户要求周正毅案公开审理 (Shanghai Evictees Demand Open Trial for Zhou Zhengyi)
Radio Free Asia, July 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/18/
zhouzhengyi/


Related Information
HRIC Press Release: Zheng Enchong and 100 Displaced
Residents Demand Public Trial for Zhou Zhengyi
Human Rights in China, July
17, 2007
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/item?item_id
=44286

Public Health
Dangerous Goods Not Flooding EU, Says Senior Official
South China Morning Post, July 19, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=
9fdac9fde2ad3110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=
China&s=News
a0/?vgnextoid=9fdac9fde2ad3110VgnVCM
100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News


Religion
New Beijing Bishop Praised by Vatican
Associated Press (via YahooNews), July 18, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070718/ap_on_re_eu/
vatican_china_bishop_4;_ylt=Ao8ZhqHf66r0HxWz06D
8wfRPzWQA
hqHf66r0HxWz06D8wfRPzWQA