News
Bilateral Ties
Report Finds China More Willing to Pressure Sudan over Darfur Policy
Voice of America, August 21, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-08-21-voa27.cfm?
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Civil Society
China Cracking Down on AIDS Groups
Associated Press (via YahooNews), August 21, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070822/ap_on_re_as/china
_aids_activists_1;_ylt=AqTdGzxibZZwQeztbbRirEVPzWQA
Environment
China Reports Mixed Picture on Control of Major Pollutants
Xinhuanet, August 21, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/21/content_
6579276.htm
Food Security
Officials Berated over Food Safety
South China Morning Post, August 22, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
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Freedom of Speech
East China Police Detain 60 People for Spreading Rumors, Threats
People's Daily, August 21, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6244919.html
Human Rights Defender - Yang Jianli (杨建利)
Chinese Dissident Says China's One-Party System Is Fatally Flawed
Voice of America, August 21, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-08-21-voa65.cfm?
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Human Rights Defender - Internet Activist
网络作家贺伟华再被强送精神病院 (Internet Writer Forcefully Admitted to Psychiatric Hospital)
Radio Free Asia, August 21, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08
/21/he/
Human Rights Defender – Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
袁伟静将去菲律宾代丈夫领奖 (Yuan Weijing to Receive Human Rights Award for Husband in the Philippines)
Radio Free Asia, August 21, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/21/
yuan/
Labor
US Group Uncovers Brutal Labor Conditions in Toy Factories
The Standard, August 22, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3
&art_id=51766&sid=15038141&con_type=1&d_str=20070822
Land Policy
武汉花楼街拆迁 七旬老妇被打伤 (75-Year-Old Woman Beaten During Wuhan Eviction)
Radio Free Asia, August 21, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/21/
wuhan/
Gov't Creates New Body for Public Housing
Xinhuanet, August 21, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/21/content_
6575357.htm
Law
律师在场权侦查人员举证责任进“药方” (Vice President of Supreme People's Procuratorate Advocates Reform on Torture)
Legal Daily, August 22, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2007-08/22/content_
684867.htm
Media
Newspapers Come to the Party as Congress Looms
The Standard, August 22, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_print.asp?art_id=
51746&sid=15036840
中国电影主管呼吁多制作爱国电影 (President of China Film Group Corporation Calls for Production of More Patriotic Movies)
Radio Free Asia, August 21, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/21/
movie/
Migrant Workers
China Rural Cops to Bust Migrant Crime in Cities
Reuters (via The Guardian), August 21, 2007
http://sport.guardian.co.uk/breakingnews/feedstory/0,,-
6864900,00.html
Olympics
Olympics Organizers Back Sohu in Ad Dispute
Wall Street Journal, August 22, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118769652628103952.html?
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Beijingers Expect Long-Term Measures After Traffic Ban
Xinhuanet, August 21, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/21/content_
6579596.htm
China Prays for Olympic Wind as Car Bans Fail to Shift Beijing Smog
The Guardian, August 21, 2007
http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,,2153009,00.html
Population
Beijing Nears Its Self-Set Ceiling for Population
Wall Street Journal, August 22, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118771947934704263.html?
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Protests and Petitions
4,000 Shenzhen Workers Protest for Wage Increases
South China Morning Post, August 22, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
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