Environment
China Sets 2030 Target to Clean Up Lakes
Reuters, January 22, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSP
EK6258620080123
民间环保培训已启动 环保总局准备好了吗 (State Environmental Protection Administration Holds Training Session For Civil Society Groups)
Legal Daily, January 22, 2008
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/2007zffz/2008-01/22/conte
nt_785874.htm
Government
China Safety Official Wants Public Help
YahooNews (Asia), January 22, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080122/ap_on_re_as/ch
ina_work_safety;_ylt=AlGhaQ5FuekEk9tuzudOqZEBxg8F
China Punishes 183 for Industrial Disasters
Reuters, January 22, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSPEK244
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Human Rights Defenders - Lü Gengsong (吕耿松)
Trial of Dissident Chinese Writer Lu Gengsong Opens As Curbs Tighten On Dissent
Christian Science Monitor, January 23, 2008
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0123/p04s01-woap.htm
Related Information
Writer Lü Gengsong's Trial Held Today
Human Rights in China, January 22, 2008
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/
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Human Rights Defenders - Zeng Jinyan (曾金燕）
曾金燕反抗软禁遭警告抓捕 警称善待胡佳有待证实 (Under House Arrest, Police Threaten Zeng Jinyan with Arrest)
Radio Free Asia, January 22, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/2
2/hujia/
Land Policy
Land Investigation Nabs 2,700 Officials
China Daily, January 23, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-01/23/content
_6414412.htm
Law
China Couple Sue Metro Over Kiss
BBC, January 22, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7202348.stm
Olympics
Beijing Olympic Water Scheme Drains Parched Farmers
Reuters, January 22, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK345
320080123
Politics
Idealism Gives Way to Rubber-stamp Reality of Congress
South China Morning Post, January 23, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af6
2ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=cb4b
57398e1a7110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=
Population
北京名人超生罚款将超常人数倍 额度尚未确定 (Beijing Plans to Increase Fines For the Famous and the Rich who Violate "One Child Policy")
Xinhuanet, January 21, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2008-01/21/content_7
460404.htm
Protests and Petitions
无钖上访户投诉当局雇用黑社会截访 (Wuxi Petitioner Sues Authorities Who Employed Mafia "Retrievers")
Radio Free Asia, January 23, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/22/china
_petition_abuse/
百名天津访民北京上访 目睹江苏访民喝农药自杀 (Petitioner Commits Suicide Inside Petitioning Bureau)
Radio Free Asia, January 22, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/22
/fangmin1/
访民在驻京办黑监狱受虐待令人发指(带录像) (Secret Jails for Detaining Petitioners Revealed in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, January 22, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/
22/fangmin/
东莞两外企千人大罢工酿冲突 (Thousand-person Strike in Dongguan Turns Violent)
Radio Free Asia, January 22, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/22
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