Friday, August 10, 2007

August 10, 2007

News
Death Penalty

Death Sentence for Official Who Had His Mistress Killed
South China Morning Post, August 10, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
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a0/?vgnextoid=2446fcdbe1
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邯郸金库案两主犯死刑 (Duo Sentenced to Death on Charges of Corruption and Embezzling Public Funds in Hebei)
The Beijing News, August 10, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0564/2007/08-10/018@
282585.htm


Gender
权益活跃人士呼吁维护外嫁女的合法经济权益 (Rights Activists Call for Protection of Lawful Economic Interests of Women Who Have Married Men from Other Localities)
Radio Free Asia, August 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/09/
women_right/


Government
China Tightens Local Oversight
Wall Street Journal, August 10, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118669865619393552.html?
mod=hps_asia_whats_news


Human Rights Defender
维权人士任华等在湖南作调查被暴徒殴打目前失踪 (After Thugs' Beating in Hunan, Whereabouts of Human Rights Lawyer Ren Hua Unknown)
Radio Free Asia, August 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/09/
renhua/


Human Rights Defender - Zhu Yufu (朱虞夫)
朱虞夫周四获准和律师见面 (Zhu Yufu Allowed to Meet Lawyer on August 9)
Radio Free Asia, August 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/08/09/china
_dissident_jail/


Labor
Staff Work Overtime at Toy Factory, Despite Export Ban
South China Morning Post, August 10, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
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a0/?vgnextoid=a806fcdbe1
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Olympics
Car-Free Days to Tackle Pollution
The Standard, August 10, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3&
art_id=50917&sid=148780
54&con_type=1&d_str=20070810

Olympic Politics and the 'Known Unknowables'
South China Morning Post, August 10, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
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热日烤京城奥运难顶 (Unbearable Heat May Affect Beijing Olympics)
Ming Pao, August 10, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070810/cha1h.htm

澳大利亚奥委官员谈北京奥运期间的言论自由 (Australian IOC Member Discusses Athletes’ Freedom of Speech During Beijing Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, August 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/09/
australia/


Expelled Activists Lash Out
The Standard, August 10, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat
=3&art_id=50918&sid=148702
56&con_type=1&d_str=
20070810


China Deports 8 Pro-Tibet Activists
Associated Press (via YahooNews), August 09, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070809/ap_on_re_as/china
_tibet_activists_1;_ylt=AsH8Y
ViZ.NyndeDj4xX3Z7hPzWQA

India's Tibetans Kick Off Year of 'Olympic' Anti-China Protest
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), August 09, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070809/wl_sthasia_afp/
indiatibetprotestoly2008chn_070
809060525;_ylt=Ath2i5j
_f9aU1fG3kwaZ7jFPzWQA


Before Olympics, a Call for Change
Washington Post, August 08, 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content
/article/2007/08/07/AR2007080700659.html


Public Health
Relatives Say Charges Too Lenient for 13 Deaths in Drug Scandal
South China Morning Post, August 10, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=c9f5fcdbe1b
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Society - Ethnic Minorities
Tibetans Clash with Muslims in China's Qinghai
Radio Free Asia, August 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/tibetan/2007/08/09/tibetan_
muslims/