News
Bilateral Ties
EU Needs to Change Its Mindset about Africa
Xinhuanet, December 21, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/21/content_
7289147.htm
Cameron Plea to China on Mugabe
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 21, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7155414.stm
MEPs 'Serious Concern' over China Human Rights Record
Theparliament.com, December 21, 2007
http://www.eupolitix.com/EN/News/200712/fa8744d0-7bd9
-45cb-b793-c4dbb8f53dd8.htm
Children
Dozens More Punished for China Child Prostitution
Reuters (via YahooNews), December 21, 2007
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/
idUSPEK20355520071221
Corruption
Ex-Prosecutor Given Death Sentence
South China Morning Post, December 21, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f24e4c2bae7f
6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=N
Retired Ministry of Agriculture Official Sentenced for Bribery, Abuse of Power
People's Daily, December 21, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6325271.html
Death Penalty
Corrupt Prosecutor Gets Death Sentence
Associated Press (via YahooNews), December 21, 2007
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i2kB2VGA3dhSVOh7Z
ZR04XZgL-8AD8TLD3O80
Former Power Company Chairman Sentenced to Death
People's Daily, December 21, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6324903
.html
Education
China to Draw 300 Mln Yuan of Lottery Funds to Support Poor Students
People's Daily, December 21, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6325294.html
Environment
China Grabs West’s Smoke-Spewing Factories
Blueridgenow.com, December 21, 2007
http://www.blueridgenow.com/article/20071221/ZNYT03/
712210373/1170/NEWS/ZNYT03/China_Grabs_West_x
2019_s_Smoke_Spewing_Factories
China Suffers ‘Worst Drought in a Decade’
SCMP, December 21, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9f7ac3343
4bf6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=N
Yunnan Scraps Tiger Leaping Gorge Dam
South China Morning Post, December 21, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3ebe4c2bae7
f6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=
Food Security
Common Sense Ensures Food Safety: Beijing
South China Morning Post, December 21, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=305d582d0fb
f6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=N
Labor
China's Top Legislature Defends New Labor Contract Law
Xinhuanet, December 21, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/22/content_
7290979.htm
11 Officials under Investigation over N. China Mine Blast That Killed 105
People's Daily, December 21, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6325269.html
Media
Group Says Yahoo China Loses Piracy Suit
New York Times, December 21, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-China-
Yahoo-Music-Piracy.html
Pulling the Strings of China’s Internet
Far Eastern Economic Review, December 21, 2007
http://www.feer.com/articles1/2007/0712/free/p018.html?
Pulling_the_Strings_of_China%E2%80%99s_Internet
Military
Backgrounder: Major PLA-Related Joint Anti-Terror Military Exercises and Trainings
People's Daily, December 21, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6325264.html
China to Invest 50 Million USD in Transforming Military Technologies for Civilian Use in 2008
People's Daily, December 18, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90881/6322939
.html
Multilateral Relations
A Revisionist Tale: Why a Poor China Seems Richer
New York Times, December 21, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/21/business/21yuan.html?
_r=1&oref=slogin
Protests and Petitions
China Denies Fresh Stand-off in Troubled Village
Reuters, December 21, 2007
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSPEK205673
Public Health
China to Keep Ethics Records on Medical Staff to Curb Malpractice
People's Daily, December 21, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90782/6324624.html