October 10, 2007

News
Death Penalty
帮助男友埋尸 女子被判缓刑 (Beijing Man Sentenced to Death over Murder; Girlfriend Gets Reprieve for Burying Corpse)
The Beijing News, October 10, 2007
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/beijing/2007/10-10/
014@092157.htm

Education
Education Authority Denies Media Reports on Gender Disparity in College Enrollment
Xinhuanet, October 09, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-10/09/content_
6853820.htm

Gender
劳动部将明确只招男性的岗位 (Labor Authorities to Specify Jobs Unsuitable for Women)
Nanfang City News, October 10, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/djjz/20071010
0256.asp

Human Rights Defender – Yang Zaixin (杨在新)
杨在新：合浦当局对他的迫害在升级 (Guangxi Human Rights Lawyer Says Persecution Against Him Has Increased)
Radio Free Asia, October 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/09/
yangzaixin/

Human Rights Defender – Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
三十多名美国议员致函胡锦涛要求释放陈光诚 (More Than 30 Members of US Congress Urge Hu Jintao to Release Chen Guangcheng)
Radio Free Asia, October 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/10/09/china_
rights_chen/

Human Rights Defender – Li Heping (李和平)
百人上书要求维护律师人身安全 (One Hundred People Sign Letter Demanding Protection of Lawyers' Personal Security)
Radio Free Asia, October 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/09
/petition/

Human Rights Defenders
十七大召开前多位泛蓝联盟成员遭当局严密监视 (Several Pan-Blue Alliance Members Closely Monitored Ahead of CPC Meeting)
Radio Free Asia, October 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/09/17da3/

Law
改变司法行政化 法官才能正常化 (Court Case That Takes 12 Years to Conclude Demonstrates Lack of Judicial Independence)
China Youth Daily, October 10, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-10/10/content_1917351.
htm

Migrant Workers
Migrants in Beijing Tend to Be Stable
Xinhuanet, October 10, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-10/09/content_
6854020.htm

Olympics
Olympic Jitters Behind China's Organ Pledge
The Sydney Morning Herald, October 10, 2007
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/olympic-jitters-behind-
chinas-organ-pledge/2007/10/09/1191695910392.html

Politics
Political Reform Remains Core Focus for Party
South China Morning Post, October 10, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5a5e1b2a4b5
85110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=Ne

View from the Right: Political Reform Is Urgent Now
South China Morning Post, October 10, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9e319185d1
585110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=Ne

Population
人口计生委以更温馨、人性化标语口号迎接十七大 (Warmer and More Humane Slogans Used for One-Child Policy to Welcome CPC Meeting)
Xinhuanet, October 10, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2007-10/10/content_
6855731.htm

Protests and Petitions
土地问题久拖不决　千人再堵南沙大桥 (1,000 Guangdong Villagers Block Bridge in Protest of Land Grab)
Radio Free Asia, October 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/09/
nansha/

为丈夫姚宝华上访刘勤凤被送学习班 (Liu Qinfeng Sent to "Law Class" for Petitioning the Detention of Her Petitioner Husband)
Radio Free Asia, October 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/09
/yaobaohua/

矿长向当局支付两百万围堵工人上访 (Mine Chief Allegedly Paid 2 Million Yuan to Police to Bar Hunan Workers from Petitioning)
Radio Free Asia, October 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/10/09/china_
labor_strike/

Religion
Carrying Forward Buddhism or Fueling Evil Cults?
Xinhuanet, October 09, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-10/09/content_
6852097.htm

China Labels Dalai Lama a Supporter of "Cults"
Reuters (via YahooNews), October 09, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071009/wl_nm/china_
dalailama_dc_1;_ylt=Ammf9M9G4E7HAK2gKtQ0gHFPzWQA

Tibet
China Hardens Tibet Policy Along Ethnic Lines
Radio Free Asia, October 10, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/tibetan/2007/10/09/china_tibetans/