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Media
天网及台湾网站连番被攻击 (6-4 Tianwang.com and Taiwan Websites Receive Ongoing Hacks)
Radio Free Asia, January 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/04/china_
internet/
The 6-4 Tianwang.com website has received ongoing online attacks since December 28, 2007, and is now inaccessible worldwide. Personal computers of its China- and Denmark-based volunteers have also been hacked. Huang Qi, the founder of the website, believes these attacks are due to authorities' discontent with the website's ongoing reports on the crackdown against petitioners ahead of the Beijing Olympics.
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Environment
China to Launch Pollution Survey in February: State Media
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), January 04, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080105/wl_asia_afp/china
environmentpollution_080105043307
Hukou
中国户口制度使“有教无类”成为空洞理想 (Household Registration System Makes "Education for All" a Meaningless Goal)
Radio Free Asia, January 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/04/
hukou/
Human Rights Defenders
Attacks on Chinese Activists Raise Fears
Associated Press (via YahooNews), January 06, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080106/ap_on_re_as/china
_attacks_on_activists_1;_ylt=AiKVZDggj_FtlPn9isHAD69Pz
WQAAiKVZDggj_FtlPn9isHAD69PzWQA
Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
胡佳被以涉密拒律师会见 民间继续关注郭飞雄高智晟 (Lawyer Barred from Meeting Hu Jia on State Secrets Grounds; Concerns for Guo Feixiong and Gao Zhisheng Continue)
Radio Free Asia, January 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/04/
hu-jia/
Labor
Business Doubts Impact of New Laws in Chaotic China: Analysts
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), January 06, 2008
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080106/tbs-china-economy
-laws-labour-tax-5268574_1.html5268574_1.html
In Chinese Factories, Lost Fingers and Low Pay
New York Times, January 05, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/05/business/worldbusine
ss/05sweatshop.html?ex=1357189200&en=5eec2e4af4644ba3
&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss57189200&en=5eec2e4af
4644ba3&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Law
8律师学者上书促改刑法 (Eight Lawyers and Scholars Call for Amendment to Criminal Law)
Ming Pao, January 07, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080107/cac1.htm
Media
只因发表揭秘报道 辽宁西丰警察进京去《法制日报》报社抓记者 (Liaoning Police Try to Arrest Journalist at Legal Daily for Negative Reporting on Local Party Chief)
Nanfang City News, January 07, 2008
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/
200801070490.asp
Online Censorship Rules Are Clear, Official Says
South China Morning Post, January 07, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3042a976e6f
47110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
China Cracks Down on "Vulgar" Entertainment
Reuters, January 05, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK215812
20080105
Olympics
Beijing Steel Maker Cuts Emissions for Olympics
Xinhuanet, January 05, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/05/content_
7370697.htm
Exiled Tibetans Plan Anti-Olympic March Back Home
Reuters, January 04, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSDEL331906
20080104?sp=true
Olympic Challenge for International Film in China
Screen Daily.com, January 04, 2008
http://www.screendaily.com/ScreenDailyArticle.aspx?intSto
ryID=36441&Category=
Protests and Petitions
发起维权抗争的成都塑料厂职工遭暴徒袭击 (Chengdu Thugs Beat up Protesting Plastic Factory Workers)
Radio Free Asia, January 06, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/06/
weiquan/
北京开始大规模遣送访民 (Beijing Authorities Start to Send Petitioners En Masse Back to Their Hometowns)
Radio Free Asia, January 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/04/china_
petition_beijing/
Tibet
Tibetans Forced to Oppose Dalai Lama's Return: Group
Reuters, January 06, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK19866
120080106