News
Death Penalty
Top Chinese Officials Sentenced to Death for Graft: State Media
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), January 15, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080115/wl_asia_afp/china
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Environment
Green Goals at Risk from Flaws and Corruption
South China Morning Post, January 16, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
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South China Province Reports Worsening Air Quality
Xinhuanet, January 15, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/16/content_
7430191.htm
Human Rights Defender - Li Zhiyou (李志友)
广西异见人士李志友被捕 (Guangxi Dissident Li Zhiyou Taken Away)
Radio Free Asia, January 15, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/15/china_
dissident_detain/
Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
美国和欧盟关注胡佳被捕事件 (The US and the E.U. Express Concern about the “Disturbing” Detention of Rights Activist Hu Jia)
Radio Free Asia, January 15, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/15/us_china_
humanrights/
Human Rights Defenders - Yang Chunlin (杨春林), Yu Changwu (于长武), and Wang Guilin (王桂林)
黑龙江富锦两名失地农民代表将被判劳教 (Two Heilongjiang Land Rights Activists to Be Sentenced to RTL; Yang Chunlin to Stand Trial Before Lunar New Year)
Radio Free Asia, January 15, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/15/fujin/
Labor
New Labour Law 'Setback for HK'
South China Morning Post, January 16, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
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East China Chemical Explosion Kills Four
Xinhuanet, January 15, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/16/content_74
28251.htm
Toxic Factories Take Toll on China's Labor Force
Wall Street Journal, January 15, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119972343587572351.html?
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Land Policy
Farmers to Get Help in Transferring Land-Use Rights for Farmland
South China Morning Post, January 16, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
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Law
环境维权案诉讼难 我国将建首家环境公益律所 (First National Environmental Public Interest Law Center Established)
Legal Daily, January 16, 2008
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2008-01/16/content_
782177.htm
Migrant Workers
China Arrests Employers for Failing to Pay Wages
Xinhuanet, January 15, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/15/content_
7425784.htm
Olympics
Shanghai Consumers' Rights Watchdogs Get Ready for More Complaints
Xinhuanet, January 16, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/16/content_
7430459.htm
China Oceanic Authority: Water Quality in Qingdao Up to Standard for Olympic Sailing
Xinhuanet, January 15, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/15/content_
7428197.htm
Protests and Petitions
天安门广场一百多名访民被押走 (One Hundred People Taken Away While Petitioning in Tiananmen Square)
Radio Free Asia, January 15, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/15/
fangmin/
嵊州万人抗议强拆事件被捕人士被判刑 (Seven Zhejiang Protesters Against Forced Evictions Receive Sentences)
Radio Free Asia, January 15, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/15/
zhejiang/
Religion
新疆维族基督徒被刑拘 信仰与国安不相容？ (Xinjiang Province Place Uyghur Christian Under Criminal Detention)
Radio Free Asia, January 15, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/15/xj/
Tibet
Antique Statues Missing from Tibetan Monastery
Radio Free Asia, January 15, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2008/01/15/tibetan_statues/
China Earmarks Special Funds to Protect Tibet Cultural Relics
Xinhuanet, January 15, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/15/content_
7426259.htm