Public Health
注射疫苗后得病 官员不帮治疗反干扰 (Officials Interfere with Treatment for Children Who Get Sick After Vaccination)
Radio Free Asia, August 30, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/30/
jiangmen/
Liang Yongli, the father of a child who contracted encephalitis after being vaccinated at a local health facility in Guangdong, complained that authorities have tried to interfere with his daughter’s medical treatment. Local officials from Guangdong warned the Liang couple to stop writing letters to the mayor of Jiangmen, Guangdong, to stop raising funds on the streets for their daughter’s treatment and to take her home before the second surgery took place. Liang has lodged a civil lawsuit against the local authorities but the court has yet to deliver a verdict.
Related Information:
HRIC Press Advisory: Officials Attempt to Interfere in Care of Gravely Ill Child of Protesters
Human Rights in China, August 29, 2007
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/item?item_i
d=44726
News
Bilateral Ties
Merkel Seen as Tough on Rights in China Trip
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), August 30, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070830/wl_afp/chinager
manydiplomacyrightstrade_070830060218;_ylt=
AliuYPKaEGg._3Uxkz5mhjJPzWQA
英国高官敦促中国改善人权 (British Prime Minister Gordon Brown Urges China to Improve Rights Situation)
BBC, August 30, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_6970000/
newsid_6970400/6970483.stm
Corruption
Qingdao Vice-Mayor Dismissed
South China Morning Post, August 31, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=64c4c71468
7b4110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Death Penalty
广州割喉案主犯判死 (Guangzhou Murderer Sentenced to Death)
Ming Pao, August 31, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070831/ccd1.htm
Disaster
China Adopts Emergency Response Law
Xinhua, August 30, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/30/content_
6632427.htm
China Passes Emergency Response Law Banning Disaster Rumors
Associated Press (via the International Herald Tribune), August 30, 2007
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/30/asia/AS-GEN-
China-Disaster-Response.php
Education
Radio Free Asia, August 30, 2007
重庆青年职业学院学生在厂实习遭老师殴打 (Teacher Beats Student for Trying to Skip Exploitative Internship)
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/30/
xuesheng/
Human Rights Defender
维权老人刘凤池举殡前夕 当局监控亲朋干预悼念 (Beijing Evictee’s Funeral Under Close Monitoring)
Radio Free Asia, August 30, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/30/
liufengchi/
Labor
First Mention of Human Factors in Coal Mine Disaster
South China Morning Post, August 31, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6794c71468
7b4110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
New Law Allows Job Seekers to Litigate Against Discrimination
Xinhua, August 30, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/30/content_
6634058.htm
Law
Rights of Suspects 'Highly Respected'
China Daily, August 30, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-08/30/content_
6067003.htm
Media
方舟评论：为保障网民言论自由叫一声好 (Commentary: Luoyang Authorities Deserve Praise for Safeguarding Freedom of Speech on the Internet)
Nanfang Weekend, August 30, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/zmzg/
200708300754.asp
厦门蓝芒网站被切断连线 (Servers of Guangdong-Based Company Disconnected from Internet Due to Bad Messages)
Radio Free Asia, August 30, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/30
/xiamen/
Population
China Says One-Child Policy Helps Protect Climate
Reuters (via Yahoo News), August 30, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070830/ts_nm/climate_
population_dc_1;_ylt=AkxIQMGcZxWDQjw9sfinNYhPzWQA
Protests and Petitions
南宁：5种行为被界定为“恶意讨薪” (New Notice in Nanning, Guangxi Defines 5 Types of Behavior as “Maliciously Demanding Wages”)
China Youth Daily, August 31, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-08/31/content_1877751
.htm
北京工行总部外请愿者遭警驱赶 数百人被带走 (400 Laid-off Protestors Taken Away Outside Industrial and Commercial Bank in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, August 30, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/30
/gonghang/
Tibet
Tibetan Monks in Protest over Opera Ban
Radio Free Asia, August 30, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/arts/2007/08/30/
tibet_opera/