January 22, 2008

News
Children
曲靖拐卖儿童案开审 17 人受审 仍有3 人未得解救 (17 Suspects in Yunnan Face Trial for Child Trafficking)
Legal Daily, January 21, 2008
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2008-01/22/content
_785671.htm

Corruption
Chinese Officials Face Prosecution on Land Misuse Charges
Xinhuanet, January 21, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/21/content
_7467199.htm

Death Penalty
Top Judge Vows Caution over Death Penalty
South China Morning Post, January 22, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62
ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5255e229d
4c97110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=

Disasters
Heavy Snow in China Causes Deaths and Damage
Reuters, January 21, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUS
PEK1510020080121

Economic Development
Beijing Urban-Rural Income Gap Continues to Widen
Xinhuanet, January 21, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/21/content
_7466330.htm

Gender
Jiangsu Amends Law to Define Sexual Harassment
Xinhuanet, January 21, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/21/content
_7463316.htm

Human Rights Defenders - Liu Fenggang (刘凤钢)
刘凤钢被公安拘捕关押六日仍未获释 (House Church Leader Liu Fenggang Still Under Detention)
Radio Free Asia, January 21, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/21/China
_Religion/

Human Rights Defenders - Hu Jia (胡佳)
胡佳首次获准向家人传递便条 (Hu Jia Allowed to Send Memo To Family)
Radio Free Asia, January 21, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/21/China
_Hu/

访曾金燕访民网友遭羁押 维权者妻吁当局放胡佳 (Petitioners and Netizens Taken Away by Police When Attempting to Visit Zeng Jinyan)
Radio Free Asia, January 21, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/21/
hujia/

Human Rights Defenders - Li Guohong (李国宏)
维权人士李国宏狱中发绝食声明吁关注中国人权 (Rights Defender Li Guohong Stages Hunger Strike in Prison to Call for Attention to China's Human Rights Condition)
Radio Free Asia, January 21, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/21/
li_guohong/

Labor
China Turns to Hi-Tech to Improve Mine Safety
Xinhuanet, January 22, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/22/content
_7469228.htm

新华视点:重庆讨薪职工遭遇34万余元高昂维权代价 (Chongqing Workers Face High Arbitration Fee for Settling Back Pay)
Xinhuanet, January 22, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2008-01/22/con
tent_7469520.htm

Urban Unemployment Declines to 4% in China
Xinhuanet, January 22, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/22/content
_7467328.htm

Explosion Kills 20 in Illegal China Mine
Associated Press ( via YahooNews), January 21, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080121/ap_on_re_as/chi
na_mine_deaths_2;_ylt=AqJOXWSTwKF_judygsyYC29P
zWQA

大陆政府拟订新工资条例 (Government Plans New Regulation on Wages)
Radio Free Asia, January 21, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/21/China
_Wages/

Land Policy
广东佛山拆房者刀架房主脖子半夜强拆民宅 (Foshan Eviction Team Expel Residents by Force)
Radio Free Asia, January 21, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/21
/qiangchai/

Law
上海富商周正毅二审维持十六年原判 (Appeal Court Upholds Original Verdict of Shanghai Tycoon Zhou Zhengyi )
Radio Free Asia, January 21, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/21/
zhou_zhengyi/

Olympics
Beijing Alert to Earthquakes as Olympics Approach
Xinhuanet, January 22, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/22/content
_7467627.htm

Police
China Vows to End Violence by Urban Inspectors
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), January 21, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080121/wl_asia_afp/chin
arightsinspectorsbeating_080121074236;_ylt=AsQ1Pyy0N
9bq2rqlEBYabWpPzWQA

Politics
Migrant Worker Elected to Chinese National Legislature
Xinhuanet, January 21, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/21/content
_7465592.htm

Wang Zhengwei Elected Chairman of NW China Ethnic Region
Xinhuanet, January 21, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/21/content_
7465563.htm

Protests and Petitions
China's Rising People Power
BBC, January 22, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7195434.stm

Fatal Beating by Officers Condemned
Associated Press (via South China Morning Post), January 22, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af6
2ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c884e229d
4c97110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=

四百名工行买断员工在长安街总工会上访 (400 Former ICBC Staff Protest in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, January 21, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/21
/gonghang/

Public Health
Chinese Consumers Armed With Quality Codes in War Against Substandard Goods
Xinhuanet, January 22, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/22/content
_7467340.htm