News
Human Rights
人权团体促瑞银搁置协助中石油上市 (Rights Group Urges UBS Not to Help PetroChina Get Listed)
BBC, October 23, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_7050000/
newsid_7053800/7053895.stm
Human Rights Defenders
万人诉讼光辉背后 通讯维权者被抓捕恐吓 (Rights Defenders Harassed After Suing Communications Companies)
Radio Free Asia, October 22, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/22/
lawsuit/
《维权诗集》编委陶君遭国保传讯后失联 (Whereabouts of Rights Defense Poems' Editor Unknown After Meeting Guangzhou State Security Officers)
Radio Free Asia, October 22, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/22/
taojun/
Labor
Fire at Chinese Shoe Factory Kills 37
Associated Press (via YahooNews), October 22, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071022/ap_on_re_as/china
_factory_fire_5;_ylt=AhDVywM9rFzRW2z.Epmhi3pPzWQ
A9rFzRW2z.Epmhi3pPzWQA
兴宁8级伤残事主获赔4.4万 雇主自签工伤免责条款无效 (Guangdong Court Voids "Exemption Clause" and Orders Company to Compensate for Worker's Injury)
Nanfang Daily, October 22, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/200710
220390.asp
Media
中国首个藏族文学网被关闭 (China's First Tibetan Literature Website Shut Down)
Radio Free Asia, October 22, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/22/
tibet/
Migrant Workers
国家研究农民工养老保险 (China Studies Insurance Arrangements for Migrant Workers)
The Beijing News, October 23, 2007
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/guonei/2007/10-23/
018@080903.htm
Olympics
China's Favourite Son Faces More Hurdles
South China Morning Post, October 23, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=944df6ec25
db5110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=Newsa
0/?vgnextoid=944df6ec25db5110VgnVCM100000360a0a0a
RCRD&ss=China&s=New
Politics
New Lineup Fails to Excite the Masses
Reuters (via YahooNews), October 23, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat
=3&art_id=55550&sid=15922851&con_type=1&d_str=20
071023&fc=251&con_type=1&d_str=20071023&fc=2
Population
NBS: China's Rural Population Shrinks to 56% of Total
Xinhuanet, October 22, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-10/22/content_
6925292.htm
Protests and Petitions
拉萨从上周起进入戒严状态 (Curfew Imposed in Lhasa Since Last Week)
Radio Free Asia, October 22, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/10/22/china_
tibetan_dalai/
黑龙江访民在北京被抓 妻儿流落街头 (Heilongjiang Petitioner Taken Away by Police in Beijing; Destitute Wife and Two Children Are Homeless)
Radio Free Asia, October 22, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/22/
fangmin/
天津维权人士郑明芳被带走未归 (Tianjin Rights Defender Zheng Mingfang Taken Away During CPC Meeting)
Radio Free Asia, October 22, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/22/
zheng/
Religion
中共决定将领导宗教工作的方针政策写入党章 (CPC Includes Religious Work to Its Constitution)
Radio Free Asia, October 22, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/22/
religion/