Tuesday, October 30, 2007

October 30, 2007

News
Bilateral Ties
Security and Energy on Agenda for Wen's Trip
South China Morning Post, October 30, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb32
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Government
北京规定人大代表视察可搞“突然袭击” (Beijing People's Representatives Can Make Unannounced Visits to Government Offices)
Xinhuanet, October 30, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-10/30/content_6972450.htm

Hukou
Hukou System To Be Placed on Legislative Agenda When Time Is Right
South China Morning Post, October 30, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329
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Human Rights Defender – Yuan Weijing (袁伟静)
牙痛难忍不让就医,袁伟静叹不如死囚 (Yuan Weijing Prohibited from Visiting Dentist)
Radio Free Asia, October 29, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/29/yaolifa/

Related Information
HRIC Case Update: Chen Guangcheng's Wife Prevented from Seeing Dentist Again
Human Rights in China, October 29, 2007
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/45415

Human Rights Defender
Jailed Journalist Being Bashed, Says Lawyer
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), October 30, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329
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Human Rights Defender - Yao Lifa (姚立法)
姚立法被传唤软禁逾月获释 (Yao Lifa Freed from House Arrest)
Radio Free Asia, October 29, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/29/yaolifa/

Labor
前9月城镇职工平均工资1.6万 (Urban Workers' Average Wage Hits 16,000 RMB in First Nine Months)
The Beijing News, October 30, 2007
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/guonei/2007/10-30/011@
073522.htm


Workers Rights Advocates Slam 'Deplorable' Conditions in Sweatshops
Voice of America, October 29, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-10-29-voa40.cfm

Land Policy
Six Thousand People To Be Resettled To Make Way for New Space Launch Center
Xinhuanet, October 30, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-10/29/content_6971942
.htm


Law
Revisions a Step Forward But Not Enough: Lawyers
South China Morning Post, October 30, 2007
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Migrant Workers
每年亿元助学打工子弟 (Beijing To Spend 100 Million RMB on Migrant Children's Education)
The Beijing News, October 30, 2007
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/beijing/2007/10-30/011@
070845.htm


贵州:农民工明年将全部纳入医保统筹范围 (Migrant Workers in Guizhou To Be Covered Under Healthcare Insurance Plan)
Xinhuanet, October 30, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/society/2007-10/30/content_
6972748.htm


Protests and Petitions
Furious Investors Stage Sit-ins After Company Collapses
South China Morning Post, October 30, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2c91321649
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北京:人民来信来访有望成为人大监督议题 (Petitioning May Be Monitored by Beijing People's Congress)
The Beijing News, October 30, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-10/30/content_1937371.htm

江苏阜宁失地农民示威抗议,六人被警方带走 (Six Detained After Protesting Against Land Seizure in Jiangsu)
Radio Free Asia, October 29, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/29/nongmin/

Public Health
China Tightens Drug Licensing
Associated Press ( via YahooNews), October 29, 2007
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/071029/china_drug_crackdown.html?.v=2

Tibet
Dalai Lama Holds First Formal Talks with A Canadian PM
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), October 30, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071030/wl_canada_afp/canadati
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Lhasa Monks Held, Questioned After Dalai Lama's Medal
Radio Free Asia, October 29, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/tibetan/2007/10/29/tibetan_monks/