Friday, July 27, 2007

July 27, 2007

News
Bilateral Ties

China Denies Reports That its Missiles Have Ended Up in Iraq
International Herald Tribune, July 26, 2007
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/26/asia/AS-GEN
-China-Iraq-Missiles.php


Children
教师逼18学童卖淫 (Guizhou Teacher Couple Forces 18 Girls into Prostitution)
Ming Pao, July 27, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070727/ccb1.htm

Corruption
Beijing Official Sacked for Graft
South China Morning Post, July 27, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
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a0/?vgnextoid=4b5fd15
705304110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News


Ex-Shanghai Party Boss to Be Prosecuted
South China Morning Post, July 27, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=3a39d1570
5304110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&s=News


Amended Law to Target Corruption
Xinhuanet, July 26, 2007
http://www.chinanews.cn/news/2007-07-26/37941.html

Environment
京津防沙林遭铁矿蚕食 (Sandbreak Forests in Beijing and Tianjin Eaten Away by Iron Ore)
The Beijing News, July 24, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0547/2007/0724/021@
278455.htm


Gender
E China Province Passes Amendment to Sexual Harassment Law to Include Dirty Jokes, Text Messages
People's Daily, July 26, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6225094.html

Human Rights
Consumer Rage Rises in China
The Standard, July 27, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=
20&art_id=49891&sid=146632
76&con_type=1

Human Rights Defender – Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)
简要新闻∶广州维权人士郭飞雄"非法经营"一案延后宣判 (In Brief: Indictment for Guo Feixiong's Case Delayed)
Radio Free Asia, July 27, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/07/26/xinwen
/ - guofeixiong

Related Information
HRIC Press Release: Further Investigation Delays Guo
Feixiong Verdict
Human Rights in China, July 26, 2007
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/item?item_id
=44417

Human Rights Defender – Shi Tao (師濤)
无国界记者:"师涛案"雅虎公司说谎 (Reporters Without Border Says Yahoo! Lied in Shi Tao's Case)
BBC, July 27, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_6910000/
newsid_6918100/6918198.stm


Human Rights Defender
六四《大屠杀》长诗作者廖亦武申请护照九次被拒 (Ninth Passport Application Rejected for Writer of June 4 Poem "Massacre")
Radio Free Asia, July 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/26/
liaoyiwu/


Inner Mongolia
In Brief: Inner Mongolia's Anniversary 'Nothing to Celebrate'
South China Morning Post, July 27, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb3
29d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=1b2fd15705
304110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News


Media
劳工网站短暂被关 中国网络寒风瑟瑟 (Labor Rights Web Site Shut Down Temporarily)
Radio Free Asia, July 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/26/
website/


当局以打击色情对BBS挥刀 专审批料清大批个人论坛 (Many Internet Forums May Be Shut Down as China Tightens Censorship on Bulletin Board System)
Radio Free Asia, July 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/26/bbs/

North Korea
U.S. Envoy Says China, South Korea Could Do More on North Korean Rights
Radio Free Asia, July 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/politics/2007/07/26/nkorea
_lefkowitz/


Olympics
奥运期间政府可进行特殊管理 (Beijing Municipal Government to Be Given Power to Pass Temporary Regulations During Olympics)
The Beijing News, July 27, 2007
http://olympic.thebeijingnews.com/0957/2007/07-27/021@
015712.htm


Petitions on Darfur Submitted to China's Embassy in Washington
Voice of America, July 26, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-07-26-voa61.cfm

Politics
China's Central Authorities Consult Non-CPC Personalities on Economic Development
Xinhuanet, July 27, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-07/26/content_
6435737.htm


女书记十年倾力推民主 (CPC Cadre Has Advocated Grassroots Democracy for 10 Years)
Nanfang Weekend, July 24, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/zmzg/20070
7240079.asp


Public Health
美称偷渡中国人减少中国假药暴增 (US Says Number of Illegal Immigrants from China Falling But Fake Drugs Surge)
Voice of America, July 27, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-07-26-voa29.cfm