Thursday, September 13, 2007

September 13, 2007

News
Environment
Planet’s Most Polluted Sites Unveiled
Financial Times, September 12, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1d4c0916-6156-11dc-bf25-
0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-
0000779e2340.html


Gender
SKorea Probes School Sex Trips to China
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), September 12, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070912/wl_asia_afp/lifestyl
eskoreachinaeducationsex_0
70912072704;_ylt=
AveAJY0CESGVLUVlVqmxGEZPzWQA


Human Rights Defender
组织北京异见人士聚会 维权人士张文和被绑架 (Beijing Rights Defender Taken Away for Organizing Dissidents' Gathering)
Radio Free Asia, September 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/12/
zhangwenhe/


Labor
香港“大学师生监察无良企业行动”指责迪士尼忽视劳工权利 (Hong Kong NGO Condemns Disney over Violations of Labor Rights)
Radio Free Asia, September 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/09/12/hongkong
_labor/


Land Policy
杭州特困残疾户再被强行迁出 (Destitute Disabled Person Forcefully Sent to Home for the Elderly in a Hangzhou Eviction)
Radio Free Asia, September 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/12/
hangzhou/


Media
`Massive' Spy Damage Sparks Call for Tighter Net Controls
Reuters (via The Standard), September 13, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat
=3&art_id=53357&sid=153490
71&con_type=1&d_str
=20070913


Chinese Web Filtering 'Erratic'
BBC, September 13, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6990842.stm

China Disconnects 18,400 Illegal Websites
Shanghai Daily, September 11, 2007
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2007/200709/
20070911/article_330778.htm


An Opportunity for Wall Street in China's Surveillance Boom
International Herald Tribune, September 10, 2007
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/09/11/business/
11security.php


Protests and Petitions
顾秀莲强调:探索做好妇联信访工作长效机制 (All-China Women's Federation to Explore the Strengthening of Long-Term Mechanism for Petitioning Work)
Legal Daily, September 13, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2007-09/13/content_
700124.htm


China to Evict Petitioners Before Olympics
Christian Science Monitor, September 13, 2007
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0913/p01s06-woap.html

广东东莞塘厦镇因征地纷争爆发警民冲突 (Hundreds of Guangdong Villagers Clash with Local Authorities over Land Grab)
Radio Free Asia, September 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/12/
land/


Public Health
54 Killed in Health Emergencies in Aug
China Daily, September 12, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-09/12/content_
6101752.htm


艾滋病传播真相被隐瞒 河南负责官员未受罚 (Henan Officials That Were Involved in Blood Trade in 1980s and 1990s Remain Unpunished)
Radio Free Asia, September 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/12/
henan/


Kidney Patient's Battle Against Negligence
South China Morning Post, September 12, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb3
29d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=4016cfe1a5
5f4110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News