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Human Rights Defender - Hua Huiqi (华惠棋)
Beijing Police Brawl over Pastor
Associated Press (via The Standard), October 12, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat
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On October 11, rights defender Hua Huiqi (华惠棋) was beaten unconscious in Beijing’s Chongwen district amid a fight reportedly among police officers from two stations and private security guards. Hua and his family were forcibly moved out of their apartment by the police from Chongwen district to the Fengtai district on October 8, but then Fengtai police brought Hua back to his Chongwen home on October 11. Then, a fight broke out among the two police teams and security guards hired by the New World China Land, which has been tearing down old houses in Hua’s old neighborhood for redevelopment. Hua was knocked unconscious during the fight. Police declined comment.
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北京维权人士华惠棋被警察毒打昏迷送院 (Beijiing Police Beat Rights Defender Hua
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Radio Free Asia, October 11, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/
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Corruption
Mainland Losses to Corruption Exceeded Education Budget
Associated Press (via South China Morning Post), October 12, 2007
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Gender
Law Said to Protect Women from Prejudice
People's Daily, October 12, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6280693.html
四川规定妇女上班遇性骚扰单位要担责 孕期应延长合同 (New Sichuan Measures Hold Working Units Responsible for Sexual Harassment)
People's Daily, October 11, 2007
http://npc.people.com.cn/GB/6363849.html
Human Rights Defenders
Activists Arrested and Beaten in 'Worst Crackdown in Five Years'
South China Morning Post, October 12, 2007
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Land Policy
Green Shoots of Hope
South China Morning Post, October 12, 2007
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It Takes an Angry Village to Revolt in rural China
The Star.com, October 11, 2007
http://www.thestar.com/News/article/265581
Law
宁可判刑,不愿劳教？ (Commentary: Reeducation-Through-Labor System Creates Legal Loopholes and Is Against the Legislation Law)
China Youth Daily, October 12, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-10/12/content_
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Olympics
境外媒体如何报道北京奥运 (How Foreign Media Will Report on Beijing Olympics)
Nanfang Weekend, October 11, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/zmzg/
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Police
In Harm's Way
South China Morning Post, October 12, 2007
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调查显示中国农村女性犯罪呈逐年上升趋势 (Academic Criticizes Yunnan Court's Analysis of Causes for the Increase of Crime Rate Among Rural Women)
Radio Free Asia, October 11, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/11/
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Politics
People More Angry Now Than in '89, Exiles Warn
South China Morning Post, October 12, 2007
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Appointment of Non-Communist Ministers a Long-Term Policy, Official Promises
Xinhuanet, October 11, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-10/11/content_
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Protests and Petitions
Telling Tales Doesn't Pay, Cancer Village Whistle-Blower Learns
South China Morning Post, October 12, 2007
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万人上书十七大发起者被捕 访民继续遭关押虐打 (Petitioner Liu Jie Taken Away for Launching Open Letter Calling for Justice for Petitioners)
Radio Free Asia, October 11, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/11/
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Three Gorges
China Dam Project to Uproot Millions More
Wall Street Journal, October 12, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119212305140656176.html?
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Tibet
内部文件透露中共加强对西藏异见人士的打压 (Internal Document Reveals CPC's Hard-Line Approach Towards Tibetan Dissidents)
Radio Free Asia, October 11, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/10/11/china_
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