Thursday, July 26, 2007

July 26, 2007

News
Bilateral Ties

中国官方教会首次表达希望教宗访华的意愿 (China's Official Church Invites the Pope to Visit China)
Radio Free Asia, July 25, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/07/25/china_
religion/


Corruption
Trial Looms on Pension Fund Scandal
The Standard, July 26, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_
cat=3&art_id=49824&sid=146435
64&con_type=1&d_
str=20070726


Environment
China Says Coal Use Surging Despite Environmental Worries
International Herald Tribune, July 25, 2007
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/25/business/AS
-FIN-China-Coal-
Consumption.php

Freedom of Speech
北京一间文化交流公司老板因出版《决策.管理》一书被判刑三年 (Beijing Publisher Sentenced to 3 Years' Imprisonment)
Radio Free Asia, July 25, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/25/
laoban/


Human Rights Defender
北京基督教家庭教会的活动人士华惠棋刑满出狱 (Beijing Protestant House Church Activist Hua Huiqi Released from Jail)
Radio Free Asia, July 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/25/
huahuiqi/


Human Rights Defender - Hada (哈达)
Torture Claims Denied
The Standard, July 26, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3
&art_id=49846&sid=146435
62&con_type=1&d_str=20070726

Media
Baidu Takes On `Don't Be Evil' Google in China
Bloomberg, July 25, 2007
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid
=aMIkQib69ph8&refer=asia


China's Journalists Told to Stick to Truth
People's Daily, July 25, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6224200.html

蒙古家园助学论坛被关 何处共建心灵家园? (Inner Mongolian Charity Internet Forum Shut Down Leaving 70 Poor Students Without Assistance)
Radio Free Asia, July 25, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/25/
mengguwang/


Olympics
Beijing Residents Told to Clean Up Their Act
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), July 26, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=b8a1079bc3
ef3110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=New


纽约议会促公司停止支持北京奥运 (New York City Council Urges US Companies to Stop Supporting Beijing Olympics)
Voice of America, July 26, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-07-26-voa11.cfm

Beijing to Mark Camera Monitored Zones
Xinhuanet, July 25, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-07/25/content_
6427912.htm


Population
China Province Sets Huge Fines for One-Child Rule
YahooNews (China), July 25, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070725/wl_nm/china_child
_fines_dc_1;_ylt=AootXQJuPh
RvBKfQjYtqawhPzWQA

Public Health
受害人死亡就能随便摘取器官吗 (Commentary: Is Organ Harvesting Justified as Long as Victim Is Dead?)
China Youth Daily, July 26, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-07/26/content_1838816.htm

上海医院被指控为外国做人体试验 (Parents of Deceased Man Sue Shanghai Hospital over Unregistered Doctor and Artificial Heart)
Radio Free Asia, July 25, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/07/25/china_
hospital/