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Death Penalty
农民在山西蒙冤入狱八年被判死缓 (Henan Migrant Worker Tortured into Confessing Murder, Sentenced to Death with 2-Year Reprieve in 1998)
Dahe Daily (via Xinhua), December 14, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-12/14/content_7246623.htm
Police in Shanxi allegedly tortured Henan migrant worker Hao Jin'an (郝金安) into confessing murdering a mine worker in 1998. Later that year, a Shanxi court sentenced him to death with a two-year reprieve. In April 2006, another Henan man surnamed Niu confessed to the crime and exculpated Hao. A local prosecutor said Hao cannot be released because verdict on Niu has yet to be delivered. Hao remains in jail.
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Corruption
China Working on New Five-Year Plan to Improve Anti-Corruption System
Xinhuanet, December 13, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/13/content_7244075.htm
上海律师郑恩宠: 江泽民的儿子牵涉周正毅借贷圈地 (Zheng Enchong Says Jiang Zemin's Sons Are Involved in Zhou Zhengyi's Corruption Case)
Radio Free Asia, December 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/13/zhengenchong/
Death Penalty
广州法院集中宣判50多名“两抢”案犯 5人死刑 (Guangzhou Court Gives Verdict on 50 Robbery Suspects, Sentences 5 to Death Penalty)
Xinhuanet, December 14, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-12/14/content_7247826.htm
Environment
China Group Says to Name-and-Shame Air Polluters
Reuters, December 13, 2007
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSHKG151487
Gender
中国启动反对拐卖妇女儿童国家行动计划 (China to Announce Action Plan Against Trafficking of Women and Children)
Radio Free Asia, December 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/13/kidnap/
Land Policy
Farmers' Leader Held in Dispute over Land
South China Morning Post, December 14, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9fb186fd1c4d6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Media
Distributor Rejects Talk of Hollywood Film Ban
South China Morning Post, December 14, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4c930913774d6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
US Accuses Xinhua of Unfair Competition
Bloomberg (via South China Morning Post), December 14, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6c7186fd1c4d6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Migrant Workers
Mammon and Misery Greet Migrants to Guangdong's Frantic Frontier City
South China Morning Post, December 14, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d51986fd1c4d6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Olympics
Spielberg Urges China Again to Help End Darfur 'Genocide'
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), December 14, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071214/wl_asia_afp/sudandarfuroly2008filmpeoplespielberg_071214002907
Chinese Scholar Calls for Prisoner Pardon
Reuters, December 13, 2007
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK13686020071213
EU Parliament Urges IOC to Press China on Rights
Reuters, December 13, 2007
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL1353209
Police
刑拘一疑犯 立刻奖一千 (Monetary Award for Police Officers Placing Certain Suspects Under Criminal Detention in Baiyun, Guangdong)
Nanfang City News, December 12, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/shyp/200712120534.asp
Population
结婚越来越晚 光棍越来越多 (Research Report Shows Chinese Marry Later; Country Has More Single Men)
China Youth Daily, December 11, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-12/11/content_1989881.htm
Protests and Petitions
Officials Blamed in Ant-Potion Scandal
South China Morning Post, December 14, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8be186fd1c4d6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Paper Giant Calms Protesting Workers
South China Morning Post, December 14, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=318386fd1c4d6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD