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Media
１７大前２６００多网站博客遭关闭 (China Closed Down More Than 2,600 Websites During 17th Party Congress)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/02/
blog/
Reporters Without Borders has described China as the world's biggest prison for journalists over the past four years. Its 2007 annual report on press freedom states that China has jailed 33 journalists and 50 cyber-dissidents in 2007. About 2,600 websites, blogs and forums were shut down before and during the 17th Communist Party Congress in October.
News
Children
Child-trafficking Gang Broken Up in Central China
Xinhuanet, January 03, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/03/content_
7358238.htm
Death Penalty
Lethal Injection to Be Used More
Xinhuanet, January 03, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/03/content_
7358637.htm
Education
流动儿童教育成为最突出的教育公平问题 (Education of Migrant Children Is the Most Problematic)
Xinhuanet, January 03, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2008-01/03/content_
7358424.htm
Environment
Paper Plant's Toxic Gush Threatens Millions
South China Morning Post, January 03, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
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Freedom of Association
段惠民忌日当局阻挠拜祭 群警出动百访民被抓 (Police Deployed to Bar Shanghai Petitioners Commemorating Duan Huimin's Death)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/02/
duan/
Government
Public Hearing to be Held on Domestic Roaming Fees
South China Morning Post, January 03, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
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江苏省赣榆县励庄镇谭湖村选举出现舞弊 (Corruption Reported in Jiangsu Village Election)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/02/
xianju/
Human Rights Defenders - Hu Jia (胡佳)
律师李劲松李方平向警方递交要求会见胡佳的申请 (Hu Jia's Attorneys Request a Meeting with Client)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/02/
hujia/
数十警察围困曾金燕 胡佳被拘细节辗转传出 (More Details on Hu Jia's Detention)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/02/
hu_zeng/
Labor
劳动合同法实施前夕 海口一医院终止聘用上百清洁工 (Haikou Hospital Sacks Hundreds of Cleaners Before Law Contract Law Becomes Effective)
Xinhuanet, January 03, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2008-01/03/content_
7358051.htm
蓄意规避劳动合同法 山东省汶上县邮政局解骋职工 (Shangdong Post Office Dismisses Long-Serving Employees Before New Labor Contract Law Takes Effect)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/02/lao/
企业职工工资可集体协商 河北率先立法 (Hebei Implements Pilot Law in Collective Bargaining)
Xinhuanet, January 03, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2008-01/03/content_
7358487.htm
China's Work Accidents Fall in 2007 But Still Claim Almost 100,000 Lives
Xinhuanet, January 02, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/02/content_
7354552.htm
Media
驻华外国记者投诉受到干扰 (Foreign Correspondents in China Face Interferences)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/02/
foreign_journalist/
Olympics
Beggars, Unlicensed Peddlers to Be Cleared Up in Chang'an Avenue
Xinhuanet, January 02, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/02/content_
7355619.htm
Beijing Puts Sniffer Dogs on Subway
Associated Press (via YahooNews), January 02, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080102/ap_on_re_as/china
_subway_dogs_2;_ylt=AgtfKlGZfyhwrMWgV7wOibhPzWQA
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Beijing to Set Up Food Safety Monitoring Center for Olympics
Xinhuanet, January 02, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/02/content_7355279.htm
China Imposes Stricter Clean-Air Standards in Beijing
Voice of America, January 02, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-01-02-voa65.cfm
Police
集会讨论上访的教师代表被当局拘禁 (Hubei Teachers' Representatives Detained After Petitioning)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/02/china_
petition_teachers/
Population
Rich Flout China's One-Child Rule
Associated Press (via YahooNews), January 03, 2008
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080102/china_family_planning.
html?.v=1
中国光棍男子越来越多 (Number of Male Bachelors Increases in China)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/02/
shitiao/
Protests and Petitions
独家报道：宜昌夷陵鄢家河村民土地被征十几年至今未得合理补偿 (Hubei Villagers Failed to Get Adequate Compensation for Land Loss for More Than Ten Years)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/02/tudi/
独家报道：中国资深媒体人呼吁言论自由 (Newspaper Editor Issues Open Letter Urging Press Freedom)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/02/lin/
Society
2007年居民总体生活满意度：城市下降 农村上升 (Survey Finds Less Urban Residents Satisfied with Life But More Amongst Rural Residents)
Xinhuanet, January 03, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2008-01/03/content_
7358277.htm