Tuesday, January 15, 2008

January 15, 2008

News
Death Penalty

Chinese Man Sentenced to Death for Killing Six Family Members
Xinhuanet, February 25, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-07/12/content_6
366276.htm


Human Rights Defender – Ching Cheong (程翔)
程翔系狱明满1000日 (Journalist Ching Cheong in Jail for 999 Days)
Ming Pao, January 15, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080115/gda1.htm

Human Rights Defender - Li Qing (李清)
澳洲籍民运人士李清回国被国安监视 (Australian Citizen and Democracy Activist Li Qing Put Under House Arrest)
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/14/china_
dissident_entry/


Human Rights Defender - Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)
简要新闻: 郭飞雄狱中处境险恶,张青再次呼吁声援 (Guo Feixiong's Conditions Worsen in Jail; Wife Zhang Qing Calls for Support)
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2008/01/14/xinwen/

Human Rights Defender - Lü Gengsong (吕耿松)
吕耿松张子霖被控煽动颠覆案月底开审 (Lü Gengsong and Zhang Zilin to Await Trial at Month's End; Ye Guoqiang Released on Bail)
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/14/china_
dissident_trail/


Labor
One Dead, 11 Feared Buried in China Landslip
Reuters, January 14, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSSP12175

Media
上海查处关闭3931家淫秽网站 (Shanghai Shuts Down 3931 Pornographic Websites)
China Youth Daily, January 14, 2008
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2008-01/15/content_2032531
.htm


Olympics
China to Scrutinize Olympic Food
Associated Press (via YahooNews), January 14, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080114/ap_on_re_as/china_
tainted_products;_ylt=AqmxFAQ10KnVYkjCdwDdGg4Bxg8F

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Politics
海外民运人士在纽约宣布成立中国过渡政府 (Overseas Chinese Democracy Activists in New York Announce Establishment of Interim Government)
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/14/china_
dissident_overseas/


Protests and Petitions
Farmers Rise in Challenge To Chinese Land Policy
Washington Post, January 14, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article
/2008/01/13/AR2008011302383.html?hpid=topnews
dyn/
content/article/2008/01/13/AR2008011302383.html?hpid
=topnews


山东菏泽几百名学生市政府请愿两人被打 (Hundreds of Shandong Students Protest, Two Beaten)
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/14/
heze/


广东江门发生警民冲突 (Police and Villagers Clash in Jiangmen, Guangdong)
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/14/china_
clash_police/


上海磁悬浮线路延长引起争议和示威 (Shanghai Maglev Protests Continue)
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/14/
shanghai/


汕头电厂占地引发维权 官方出动武警清场 (Shantou Authorities Suppress Land Protest, Ten Injured)
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/14/
shantou/


Rural Issues
China Looks to Rural Subsidy to Ease Trade Surplus
Reuters, January 14, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssConsumerGoodsAndReta
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