News
Disasters
Beijing's Edicts Lost in Scramble for Coal
South China Morning Post, December 13, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6fa50ebce4ec6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Environment
US, China Cooperate to Stop Illegal Logging
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), December 12, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071212/pl_afp/uschinatimberenvironmentwarming_071212231416
Gender - Trafficking of Women
China Claims Progress Fighting Human Trafficking
Reuters, December 12, 2007
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK11308820071212
Government
Local Officials Use Regulations, Policies to Exploit Poor Villagers
South China Morning Post, December 13, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=60a50ebce4ec6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Human Rights Defender - Li Xige (李喜阁)
李喜阁进京参加艾滋病培训受阻 艾滋病人家属王小巧被批捕 (AIDS Activist Barred from Training Session in Beijing; Woman Arrested After Petitioning for Husband's Infection Through Blood Transfusion)
Radio Free Asia, December 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/12/AZT/
Human Rights Defender - Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)
张青见郭飞雄指酷刑致伤残 律师说刑讯下审判肯定不公正 (Jailed Guo Feixiong Tells Wife He Is Maimed by Torture)
Radio Free Asia, December 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/12/guofeixiong/
Human Rights Defender - Rebiya Kadeer
热比娅被监禁的儿子急需医疗救助 (Rebiya Kadeer Urges China to Provide Adequate Medical Assistance to Jailed Son)
Voice of America, December 12, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-12-12-voa64.cfm
Labor
Law to Protect Slack Workers
South China Morning Post, December 13, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=27f60ebce4ec6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Christmas Ornaments Made in China Sweatshop - Report
Reuters, December 12, 2007
http://www.reuters.com/article/governmentFilingsNews/idUSN1264959020071212
Media
China Film Corp.: No Ban on U.S. Movies
China Daily (via Xinhua), December 13, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/13/content_7239994.htm
Guangdong 'Poor' on Pollution Information
South China Morning Post, December 13, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=45970ebce4ec6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Migrant Workers
中国流动人口调查•现状篇：改变命运的流动 (Survey on China's Floating Population: Migration Changes Their Fate)
Legal Daily, December 13, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2007-12/13/content_761058.htm
Olympics
加拿大人权组织要求加奥委会敦促中国兑现人权承诺 (Canadian Groups Urge Canadian Olympic Committee to Pressure China on Human Rights)
Radio Free Asia, December 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/12/renquan/
Protests and Petitions
Ant-Aphrodisiac Boss Charged over Protests
Associated Press (via YahooNews), December 13, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=617ff53c55fc6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
防暴警进驻东洲3村民被捕 汕尾当局拟以镇压促工 (Police Formally Arrest 3 Villagers in Dongzhou, Guangdong; Suppression Tactics Used to Expedite Construction)
Radio Free Asia, December 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/12/dongzhou/
温州访民被截访人员遗弃荒野 (Zhejiang "Retrievers" Leave 70-Year-Old Petitioners in Wilderness)
Radio Free Asia, December 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/12/china_petition/
Public Health
Onus Shifted to Companies to Recall Drugs
Associated Press (via South China Morning Post), December 13, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c5270ebce4ec6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD