Tuesday, December 04, 2007

December 4, 2007

News
Children

China Urged to End "Child Labor" in Schools
Reuters (via YahooNews), December 03, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071203/wl_nm/china_rights_dc_1

Corruption
Top Hebei Official Sacked over Vote-Buying Ahead of Reshuffle
South China Morning Post, December 04, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4e6f4beb260a6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Land Policy
浙江乐清连续发生暴力征地事件 (Hundreds of Zhejiang Police Officers Beat and Take Away Villagers During Land Grab)
Radio Free Asia, December 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/03/zj/

西安新城区当局强行拆迁 (Thirty Xi'an Residents Illegally Detained by Thugs During Eviction)
Radio Free Asia, December 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/03/china_demolition_petition/

Human Rights Defender - Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠)
沪当局严控周正毅案舆论 突破封锁郑恩宠剖析判决 (Zheng Enchong Breaks Through Communication Blockage and Gives Interview on Zhou Zhengyi's Verdict)
Radio Free Asia, December 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/03/zhou/

Media
中宣部下令封锁法国人权奖和诺贝尔和平奖的消息 (Central Publicity Department Orders News Blockage on Nobel Peace Prize and French Human Rights Award)
Radio Free Asia, December 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/03/china_media_freedom/

Olympics
Beijing Will Meet Clean Air Targets - Adviser
Reuters (via Guardian), December 03, 2007
http://sport.guardian.co.uk/breakingnews/feedstory/0,,-7122298,00.html

Protests and Petitions
访民北京办申冤节吁当局停止打压 (Petitioners Call for Halt to Suppression in Beijing Ahead of Legal Publicity Day)
Radio Free Asia, December 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/03/
fangmin/


浙江慈溪失地农民与警察冲突 (Six Zhejiang Farmers Detained for Petitioning Against Land Grab)
Radio Free Asia, December 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/03/cixi/

Workers in China Strike over Rising Food Costs - Officials
Agence France-Presse (via Inquirer.net), December 03, 2007
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/world/view_article.php?article_id=104620

Public Health
China to Extend "Arduous" Drug Industry Clean-up
Reuters (via ABC News), December 03, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071203/wl_nm/china_safety_drugs_dc_1

Religion
China to Ordain New Catholic Bishop
Associated Press (via YahooNews), December 03, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071203/ap_on_re_as/china_new_bishop_1