News
Corruption
河南审计2026名领导干部 查出违规金额33.11亿元 (Henan Audits 2026 Cadres, Uncovers Misuse of Funds Amounting to About 3.3 Billion Yuan)
Legal Daily, January 11, 2008
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2008-01/11/content_
779437.htm
China's Top Disciplinary Official Urges Self-discipline Among Corruption Fighters
Xinhuanet, January 10, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/10/content_
7400983.htm
北京市海淀原区长周良洛涉嫌受贿1600万被公诉 (Former Cadre In Haidian District, Beijing, Indicted for Allegedly Accepting Bribes of 16 Million Yuan)
Xinhuanet, January 10, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2008-01/10/content_7395
801.htm
2008 反腐风暴怎样刮？ (What Are the Anti-Corruption Measures in 2008?)
The Beijing News, January 10, 2008
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/guonei/2008/01-10/
021@081635.htm
Government
各地各部门纠正损害群众利益不正之风工作综述 (Government Departments Report on Efforts to Rectify Mispractice)
Xinhuanet, January 10, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2008-01/10/content
_7398132.htm
Human Rights Defender - Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠）
郑恩宠告官案开庭 禁书翻版当局紧张 (Zheng Enchong's Lawsuit Started on Tuesday; Authorities Nervous About Pirated Copies of Book on Shanghai Corruption)
Radio Free Asia, January 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/10/
zheng/
Labor
河北临西县：解救奴工被镇政府送还黑窑主/目前两奴工失踪 (Township Government in Linxi County, Hebei, Sends Freed Forced Laborer Back to "Black Kiln")
Nanfang Daily, January 11, 2008
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/20080111
0561.asp
安徽电视台大批裁员 (Anhui TV Station Dismisses Employees En Masse)
Radio Free Asia, January 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/10/an/
Land Policy
浙江村民因为拆迁纠纷状告国家发改委 一审胜诉 (Beijing Court Decides in Favor of Zhejiang Villagers Against State Development and Planning Commission in Eviction Lawsuit)
CCTV (via Xinhua), January 11, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2008-01/11/content_7402
687.htm
Threats over Land Deal Alleged
South China Morning Post, January 11, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6ecc4c32624671
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China Says Farmland Is for Cultivation
Associated Press (via YahooNews), January 10, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080110/ap_on_re_as/china
_rural_land;_ylt=AhXNC.qHBE7Hac6N_rjSsOwBxg8F
Law
烟台军转干乔延兵被秘审 律师指法院违反法律程序 (Demobilized Soldiers' Representative Secretly Tried; Lawyer Argues the Court Has Not Followed Proper Procedures)
Radio Free Asia, January 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/10/
qiao/
Migrant Workers
建设部等五部委联合发文要求改善农民工居住条件 (Ministry of Construction and Other State Organs Issue Opinion Demanding Improvement on Migrant Workers' Housing Conditions)
Jinghua Times (via Xinhua), January 11, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2008-01/11/content_74
02678.htm
Protests and Petitions
“4000工人讨薪”追踪：讨薪工人再次堵路/又有2000多工人加入 (Four Thousand Workers Demanding Back Pay Block Roads Again)
Nanfang Daily, January 11, 2008
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/20080111
0692.asp
四川古蔺县石屏乡农田遭破坏 官商勾结打伤数百名农民 (Hundreds of Sichuan Farmers Beaten During Protest Against Land Pollution)
Radio Free Asia, January 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/10/
nong/
成都塑料12厂受伤工人在医院遭殴打 (Injured Factory Workers in Chengdu Beaten in Hospital)
Radio Free Asia, January 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/10/
gong/
湖北天门城管打死人引发群体性事件仍在持续 (Public Continue Protests Against Urban Management Authorities' Beating to Death of a Hubei Resident)
Radio Free Asia, January 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/10/
chengguang/
Public Health
China Parents to Sue over "Tainted" Umbilical Blood
Reuters, January 10, 2008
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=health
News&storyid=2008-01-10T074109Z_01_PEK271279_RTRU
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医疗服务成为中国民众最关注问题 (Medical Service Becomes China's Most Topical Social Issue)
Radio Free Asia, January 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/10/
service/