Tuesday, August 07, 2007

August 7, 2007

News
Human Rights Defender
Tibetan Activist Sees Security Agents on Her Trail in Beijing
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), August 07, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=15d8af4770
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Human Rights Defender - Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠)
陈良宇虽倒台 揭发他的郑恩宠仍受迫害 (Chen Liangyu Ousted But Whistleblower Zheng Enchong Remains Persecuted)
Radio Free Asia, August 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/06/
zhengenchong/


Human Rights Defender - Hu Shigen (胡石根)
简要新闻:中国异议人士胡石根获减刑17个月 (In Brief: Chinese Dissident Hu Shigen Receives 17-Month Sentence Reduction)
Radio Free Asia, August 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/08/06/
xinwen/ - hu


Human Rights Defender - Sun Xiaodi (孫小弟)
家人受辱骂并被要求立刻搬走,孙小弟心脏病发作 (Sun Xiaodi Suffers Heart Attack as Wife Is Constantly Harassed; Authorities Deny Allegation)
Radio Free Asia, August 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/06/
sunxiaodi/


Law
China to Introduce Law on Personal Data Protection
Associated Press (via Inquirer.net), August 06, 2007
http://services.inquirer.net/print/print.php?article_id=80846

Media
China Trembles at the Power of the Blog
The Independent, August 06, 2007
http://news.independent.co.uk/media/article2836677.ece

Citizen Journalists Break, Make the News
Xinhuanet, August 06, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/06/content_
6484959.htm


Olympics
中国学者就奥运致中共领导人公开信 (40 Chinese Academics Send Open Letter to CPC Leadership on Human Rights Protection Ahead of Olympics)
BBC, August 07, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_6930000/
newsid_6934100/6934198.stm


Don't Mix Sport and Politics, Says Bocog
South China Morning Post, August 07, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=5768af477
0c34110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=New


中国评论:食品安全事关奥运成败 (Commentary: Food Security of Paramount Importance to Olympics' Success)
Ming Pao, August 07, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070807/caz1.htm

Beijing Says It Is Winning War on Pollution
Agence France-Presse (via France 24), August 06, 2007
http://www.france24.com/france24Public/en/news/science
/20070806-china-2008-
beijing-olympics-games-summer-
pollution-smog-air.html


China Pulls Out Stops for '08 Olympics
McClatchy Newspapers (via YahooNews.com), August 06, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20070806/wl_mcclatchy
/20070806bcchinaolympics_
attn_national_foreign_editors_
ytop_1


香港民间团体呼吁关注奥运产品背后的劳工问题 (Hong Kong NGOs Call for Attention to Labor Problems Behind Olympic Products)
Radio Free Asia, August 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/06/HK/

Olympics All Work and No Pay for Migrant Workers
The Globe and Mail, August 06, 2007
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.2007
0806.OLYMPICWORKERS06/TP
Story/TPInternational/
Asia/


北京奥运一年倒计时,外国记者被警方短期扣留 (Over 10 Foreign Journalists Detained Briefly for Covering Olympics Protest)
Radio Free Asia, August 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/06/
jizhe/


北京基督徒徐永海为何被软禁 (Why Was Beijing-Based Protestant Xu Yonghai Placed Under House Arrest?)
Voice of America, August 06, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-08-06-voa42.cfm

北京百年老店正阳居成了钉子户 (160-Year-Old Beijing Food Shop to Be Demolished for Olympics Construction)
BBC, August 05, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_6930000/
newsid_6932200/6932280.stm


Protests and Petitions
Police Jostle Reporters at Protest on Press Freedom
Associate Press (via South China Morning Post), August 07, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=d698af4770c
34110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=New


Public Health
Keen Demand Fuels Global Trade in Body Parts
CNN, August 06, 2007
http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/08/06/organs.
transplant.reut/index.html?iref=newsse


Religion
新疆家庭教会成员持续受压 (Xinjiang Protestant Detained for Distributing Unregistered Bibles; Son Dismissed from Army Due to Father's Religious Beliefs)
Radio Free Asia, August 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/08/06/china_
religion_church/