October 5, 2007

News
Bilateral Ties
China Backs Sudan’s $300m Darfur Payment
Financial Times, October 03, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5f7edeba-7189-11dc-8960-000
0779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2
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Environment
Combating Climate Change: China Goes on Offensive
Xinhuanet, October 04, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-10/04/content_68
29889.htm

Human Rights Defender - Hada (哈达)
简要新闻：蒙古族异议人士哈达儿子披露哈达狱中近况 (In Brief: Son of Mongolian Dissident Hada Reveals Father's Miserable Conditions in Prison)
Radio Free Asia, October 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/10/04/xinwen/#2

Human Rights Defender
湖南库区移民代表被捕 县长称涉经济罪与告状无关 (County Mayor in Hunan Says Arrest of Rights Defender Is Due to Fund Embezzlement, Not Petitioning)
Radio Free Asia, October 04, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/04/
hunan/

Human Rights Defender - Li Hong (力虹)
力虹在狱中病情越来越严重 (Li Hong Becomes Increasingly Ill in Prison)
Radio Free Asia, October 04, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/10/04/china_
dissident_jail/

Human Rights Defender - Xiao Chun (肖春)
深圳女工投诉被侵权　维权人士被殴打 (Shenzhen Police Officers Beat Rights Defender for Complaining About Police's Lack of Action Against Illegal Gambling)
Radio Free Asia, October 04, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/04/
shenzhen/

Media
China's Media Cautious on Myanmar
Asia Times Online, October 05, 2007
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/IJ05Ad03.html

中文Google突然禁止博讯网播放广告 (Google China Suddenly Pulls Out Boxun's Ad)
Radio Free Asia, October 04, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/04/
google/

Olympics
In Brief: Police Knuckle Down on Yobs Before Olympics
South China Morning Post, October 05, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
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a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=New

China Human Rights a Worry Post-Olympics
Reuters (via YahooNews), October 04, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071004/wl_nm/olympics_
beijing_rights_dc_1;_ylt=AjSkBhGgVZ.7UD880D4zd_5Pz
WQAhGgVZ.7UD880D4zd_5PzWQA

Feature: China Expects "Intangible Legacy" from Beijing Olympics (2)
People's Daily, October 04, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90781/6276692.html

Protests and Petitions
Boycott of Canteens Surprises Authorities
South China Morning Post, October 05, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
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aRCRD&ss=China&s=New

Farmers Riot Against Army's Cotton Control
South China Morning Post, October 05, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=988660df25b
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aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

湖南新邵村民代表上访前夕被捕 (Hunan Villager Arrested Before Petitioning Against Undercompensated Land Grab)
Radio Free Asia, October 04, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/10/04/china_
petition_detain/

上海访民状告截访人员 法院不予立案 (Shanghai Court Refuses to Hear Petitioner's Claim on Beating by "Retriever")
Radio Free Asia, October 04, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/04/
shanghai/

Public Health
More Chinese-Made Products Recalled for High Levels of Lead
Wall Street Journal, October 04, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119153268739749367.html?
mod=hps_asia_whats_news

China’s Country Folk Try Co-Operative Cure
Financial Times, October 03, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c0b0a8c8-71c8-11dc-8960-00
00779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e
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