Thursday, November 22, 2007

November 23, 2007

News
Death Penalty

In Brief: Suspended Death Term for Leader of Gang That Smuggled 2,000 Cars
South China Morning Post, November 23, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4449a6a66e766110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Environment
Relentless Advocate 'Greens' Rural China, Village by Village
Christian Science Monitor, November 23, 2007
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1123/p01s04-woap.html

Human Rights Defender
维权人士黄晓敏身份证被无故取消 对维权人士新一轮打压? (Bank of China Cannot Verify Sichuan Rights Defender's Identity, Denies Access to Account)
Radio Free Asia, November 22, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/11/22/huang/

揭露周正毅被没收回乡证 香港居民沈婷控告周永康 (Hong Kong Resident Sues Former Minister of Public Security over Confiscation of Mainland Travel Permit)
Radio Free Asia, November 22, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/11/22/shen/

Human Rights Defender - Yuan Weijing (袁伟静)
袁伟静被禁止探望孩子 (Yuan Weijing Barred from Visiting Son)
Radio Free Asia, November 22, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/11/22/china_rights_chen/

Labor
公务员招录禁设无关门槛 (New Trial Regulation Bars Usage of Irrelevant Selection Criteria in Civil Service Recruitment)
The Beijing News, November 23, 2007
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/guonei/2007/11-23/018@073904.htm

Law
China to Monitor Prosecutors Behavior
Xinhuanet, November 23, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-11/22/content_7126213.htm

Media
Ban on Lonely Planet Book 'Absurd'
South China Morning Post, November 23, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2519a6a66e766110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

揭露上海官场腐败的“中华申正网”再次遭当局关闭 (Website Shut Down Again After Revealing Scandals in Shanghai)
Radio Free Asia, November 22, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/11/22/china_internet/

Protests and Petitions
河南民师上访被扒光衣服毒打 (Henan Police Strip and Beat Private School Teacher over Petitioning Activity in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, November 22, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/11/22/henan/

Tibetan Teachers Protest Low Pay in China's Qinghai
Radio Free Asia, November 22, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2007/11/22/tibetan_protest/

本台独家:广西合山城乡要道让路电厂工程 (Twenty Villagers Arrested over Protest Against Power Plant Construction)
Radio Free Asia, November 22, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/11/22/guangxi/

Public Health
China Takes Action on Toy Safety
BBC, November 23, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7107093.stm

Three Gorges
China: Three Gorges Impact Not That Bad
Associated Press (via YahooNews), November 22, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071122/ap_on_re_as/china_three_gorges_5

十年后,三峡又移民 (Chongqing to Resettle 2.3 Million Residents Again 10 Years After First Relocation for Three Gorges Project)
Nanfang Weekend, November 22, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/zmzg/200711220706.asp

Tibet
China Accuses Dalai Lama of Violating Buddhist Traditions
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), November 23, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071122/wl_asia_afp/chinatibetpoliticsreligion_071122233832