Thursday, August 02, 2007

August 2, 2007

News
Food Security

China Defends Food Safety at Asian Security Summit
Reuters (via Scotsman), August 02, 2007
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=1199662007

Human Rights Defender - Xu Yonghai (徐永海)
北京家庭教会成员徐永海遭警方骚扰 (Beijing Protestant House Church Member Xu Yonghai Placed Under House Arrest for a Week)
Radio Free Asia, August 01, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/01/
xu/


Human Rights Defender – Li Jianqiang (李建强)
国际和香港组织关注维权律师李建强律师执照被拒延 (RSF and Hong Kong NGO Concerned About Rejection of Li Jianqiang's Lawyer License Renewal)
Radio Free Asia, August 01, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/01/
lijianqiang/


Law
Aggrieved Chinese Citizens Discovering the Lawsuit
Christian Science Monitor, August 02, 2007
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0802/p06s02-woap.htm

广西:政府近四成败诉率 (Guangxi Authorities Lose 40 Percent of First Trials of Administrative Review Cases)
China Youth Daily, August 02, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-08/02/content_
1846791.htm


Viewpoint: Implementation to Reveal Impact of Property Law
Financial Times, August 01, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/b16895c6-3fe9-11dc-ad26-0000
779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2340
.html
0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-
0000779e2340.html


Media
China's Local Censors Muffle an Explosion
Washington Post, August 02, 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-
dyn/content/article/2007/07/31/AR2007073101733.html
dyn
/content/article/2007/07/31/AR2007073101733.html


Websites Asked to Crack Down on 'Fake News'
South China Morning Post, August 02, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=8c12fd29132
24110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=New


Multilateral Relations
China Welcomes UN Force in Sudan
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), July 31, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070801/wl_asia_afp/sudan
darfurunchinaasean_070801
030337;_ylt=An6iQX.a_24_
TJTvDUvZbwVPzWQA


Olympics
Foreign Media in China Say Freedoms Still Lack
Wall Street Journal, August 02, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118594615849884530.html?
mod=hps_asia_whats_news


China Unsure Whether Spielberg Will Pull Out as Olympics Artistic Director
Voice of America, August 01, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/english/Entertainment/2007-08-
01-voa29.cfm


Poverty
Support for Poorest of the Poor by Year-End
South China Morning Post, August 02, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=ad52fd2913
224110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News


Protests and Petitions
浙江访民姜美英多次上访无果反被判劳教 (Zhejiang Petitioner Jiang Meiying Sentenced to Reeducation-Through-Labor Camp)
Radio Free Asia, August 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/01/

大批访民在“八一”建军节被抓捕 (Scores of Petitioners Taken Away on August 1 Army Day)
Radio Free Asia, August 01, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/01/bayi
_fangmin/


Hundreds Protest in China over Jailed Tibetan Monk
Radio Free Asia, July 31, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2007/07/31/tibetan_monk/