Bilateral Ties
The Tyrant’s Friend
Financial Times, September 21, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b17b7ba4-6871-11dc-b475-
0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-
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9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2340.html
Corruption
Over 140,000 Officials Hand In Bribes
China Daily, September 22, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-09/22/content_
6126801.htm
Death Penalty
农行四川达州分行原行长受贿700万被判处死刑 (Former Bank Manager in Sichuan Sentenced to Death on Corruption Charges)
Xinhuanet, September 22, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-09/22/content_
6767003.htm
Environment
A River Ran Through It
South China Morning Post, September 22, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2136d2e66f
725110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=Newsa0
/?vgnextoid=2136d2e66f725110VgnVCM100000360a0a0a
RCRD&ss=China&s=News
环境污染造成出生缺陷率上升 (Experts Blame Environmental Pollution for Surge in Birth Defects)
Radio Free Asia, September 22, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/22
/chu/
山西临汾被美杂志列为世界第三大污染城市 (National Geographic Lists Linfen, Shanxi as Third Most Polluted City in the World)
Radio Free Asia, September 21, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/21/
linfen/
Human Rights Defender - Zhang Zongai (张宗爱)
简要新闻：西安人代候选人合法竞选遭绑架 (In Brief: Candidate for Local People's Congress in Xi'an Abducted)
Radio Free Asia, September 22, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/09/22/xinwen/
Related Information
HRIC Press Release: Anti-Corruption People's Congress Candidate Abducted and Harassed
Human Rights in China, September 21, 2007
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/item?item_id
=45086
Human Rights Defender
汕尾狱中维权代表望保外就医 中央关注有余实效未到 (Guangdong Rights Defender Turns Blind in Prison But Medical Parole Application Is Rejected)
Radio Free Asia, September 21, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/21/
shanwei/
Human Rights Defender - Li Hong (力虹)
健康日益恶化的作家力虹被拒保外就医 (Li Hong's Medical Parole Application Rejected Despite Worsening Health)
Radio Free Asia, September 21, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/09/21/china_
dissident_jail/
Media
China Orders Strict Curbs on 'Idol'-Style TV Shows
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), September 22, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070922/wl_asia_afp/enter
tainmentchinatelevision_070922104053;_ylt=AiR8p.QwKfVf
KKMw9zhO7w1PzWQA22104053;_ylt=AiR8p.QwKfVfKKM
w9zhO7w1PzWQA
Olympics
Political Games
New York Times, September 24, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/23/magazine/23wwln-
lede-t.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
China Comes Out to Play
Time (via Yahoonews.com), September 23, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20070923/wl_time/
chinacomesouttoplay
Beijing Drivers Ignore No Car Day
BBC, September 22, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7007893.stm
国务院公布《大型群众性活动安全管理条例》 国务院法制办解读 (State Council Promulgates Regulations on Management of Large Scale Mass Activities Ahead of Olympics)
Ministry of Public Security, September 22, 2007
http://www.mps.gov.cn/cenweb/brjlCenweb/jsp/common/
article.jsp?infoid=ABC000000000000401430000040143
Police
Beijing Police Target Black Men in 'Brutal' Anti-Drug Operation
South China Morning Post, September 24, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d5390141103
35110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=Newsa0
/?vgnextoid=d539014110335110VgnVCM100000360a0a0a
RCRD&ss=China&s=Ne
Population
Grey Areas in China's One-Child Policy
BBC, September 21, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7002201.stm
Protests and Petitions
北京丰台当局周五开始清拆上访村 (Local Authorities in Beijing Started Demolishing Petitioners' Village Last Friday)
Radio Free Asia, September 21, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/09/21/china_
petition_government/
上海访民投诉官员作秀 (Shanghai Petitioners Say Senior Cadres Meet Fake Petitioners for Public Relations Purpose)
Radio Free Asia, September 21, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/21/
sh/
Public Health
Mattel Apologizes to China over Recalls
Associated Press (via YahooNews), September 21, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/china_tainted_products;_ylt=
Ah2F_uAbLCkpQar5G00acolPzWQAWQA