Wednesday, September 19, 2007

September 19, 2007

News
Bilateral Ties

China Says Criticism of Its Relations with Sudan 'Incorrect'
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), September 18, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070918/wl_asia_afp/china
sudanundarfur_07091815135
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Environment
China Warns Foreign Polluters
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), September 18, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070918/sc_afp/chinaenviro
nment_070918170827


Food Security
China to Raise Food Safety Standards
Associated Press (via YahooNews), September 18, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070918/ap_on_re_as/china
_tainted_products_10;_ylt=Ar
4iGZRkmo.J38i05_eoFGFPzWQA

Human Rights Defender – Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
高智晟评维权文章发表后威胁加强禁接触外界 (Authorities Intensify Harassment After Gao Zhisheng Publishes Article on Rights Defense)
Radio Free Asia, September 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/18/gao/

Land Policy
Crude Slum Houses to Be Gone 'in Three Years'
South China Morning Post, September 19, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
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Landless Farmers Urged to Migrate to Africa
South China Morning Post, September 19, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=74f8ac8567
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Law
江苏行政机关负责人出庭应诉4年累计1213人次 (Attendance of Administrative Review Trials Counts Towards Jiangsu Officials' Performance)
Legal Daily, September 19, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2007-09/19/content_
704171.htm


揭丑闻电脑被收罚万元 杭州信息网网主告政府 (Website Sues Hangzhou Authorities over Computer Confiscation and Fines)
Radio Free Asia, September 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/18/
hangzhou/


Media
本台报导被网民转贴 高点击率后被网管删除 (Radio Free Asia's Report Removed from Sichuan-Based Bulletin Board System)
Radio Free Asia, September 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/18/
internet/


网上模拟投票也被封杀 (Web Site Shut Down for the 18th Time After Launch of Virtual Election for CPC Leadership)
Radio Free Asia, September 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/18/
fengpiao/


Olympics
搜狐“垄断”互联网奥运广告内幕 (The Insider's Story of Sohu's "Monopoly" over Online Olympics Ads)
21st Century Business Herald, September 18, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/sjjj/
200709180585.asp


Politics
新疆:人大代表中官员不得超过25% (New XUAR Notice Stipulates That Government Officials Cannot Take Up More Than 25 Percent of the People's Congress)
China Youth Daily, September 19, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-09/19/content_
1900606.htm


Protests and Petitions
简要新闻:河北访民王国英被劳教,残疾孩子被强迫在福利院劳动 (In Brief: After Hebei Petitioner Is Sent to Reeducation-Through-Labor Facility, Disabled Son Is Forced to Work in Welfare Institution)
Radio Free Asia, September 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/09/18/fuqi/#7

简要新闻:北京对上访群体正采取又一轮疯狂打压 (In Brief: Apartments near Beijing South Railway Station Expel Petitioning Tenants for Fear of Fines)
Radio Free Asia, September 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/09/18/fuqi/#8

Religion
Vatican 'Tranquil' on New Bishop
Reuters (via South China Morning Post), September 19, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=c3eaac8567
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因接两吨圣经被捕 周恒在看守所首次会见律师 (Xinjiang Christian Allowed to Meet Lawyers for the First Time After Being Arrested for Receiving Bibles)
Radio Free Asia, September 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/18/
zhou/


Rural Issues
China's Rural Engel Coefficient Decreases to 43%
People's Daily, September 17, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6264530
.html


Tibet
西藏强调环保作家称“山河破碎” (Tibetan Writer Questions Authorities' Promise on Environmental Protection)
Voice of America, September 18, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-09-18-voa29.cfm