July 22, 2010

News
Corruption
Bribery Being Bred in Grassroots Elections
China Daily, July 22, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-07/22/content_11033296.htm

Food Security
Food Poisoning Kills 56 in China in Jan-May
Xinhua News Agency, July 21, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-07/21/content_11032946.htm

China Vows Crackdown on 'Gutter Oil' - Reused Cooking Oil That's Skimmed from Kitchen Waste
The Canadian Press, July 21, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jUFn_-mPxjf_vu3XNzR9PflWN0yQ

Related information:
关于加强地沟油整治和餐厨废弃物管理的意见 (Opinions on Increasing Administration over the Reuse of Cooking Oil and Disposal of Kitchen Waste)
General Office of the State Council, July 13, 2010
http://www.gov.cn/zwgk/2010-07/19/content_1658092.htm

深圳銷毀約11噸坑渠油 (11 Tonnes Reused Cooking Oil Destroyed in Shenzhen)
Sing Tao Daily, July 21, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/32/1/1/1794230/1.html

Labor
Union Urges Collective Bargaining Set-up
South China Morning Post, July 22, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=dd4bc7007e5f9210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Land Policy
Bulldozers Meet Historic Chinese Neighborhood
New York Times, July 20, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/21/world/asia/21beijing.html

蘇州千人不滿拆遷鎮長免職 (Village Chief and Party Cadre Removed from Office after Villagers Petition without Rest for Demolition Compensation)
Ming Pao, July 22, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20100722/ca41425i.htm

Law
South China Province Reviews Law on Wage Negotiation
Xinhua News Agency, July 21, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-07/21/content_11032676.htm

Pre-trial Detention to be Limited
China Daily, July 22, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-07/22/content_11033281.htm

刑法酝酿第八次大修：死刑少了，坐牢久了 (Impending 8th Criminal Law Revision: Decrease in Death Penalties, Increase in Jail Time)
Southern Weekend, July 21, 2010
http://www.infzm.com/content/47991

网友呼吁在《刑法》中增设“性贿赂罪” (Netizens Call for "Sexual Bribery" to Be Added to Criminal Law)
China Youth Daily, July 22, 2010
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2010-07/22/content_3337846.htm

Media
官媒机构妖魔化网络 网民驳斥 (Netizens Protest Official Media’s Demonization of Internet)
Radio Free Asia, July 21, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wl-07212010112508.html

山东增设 “虚拟警察”监管网络舆论 (Shandong Creates Virtual Police to Oversee Public Opinion Online)
Radio Free Asia, July 21, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wang-07212010160855.html

Population
计生委：6个省核查出生人口比报表多10% (Family Planning Commission Survey: Six Provinces Have 10%+ Higher Births than Reported)
The Beijing News, July 22, 2010
http://china.nfdaily.cn/content/2010-07/22/content_14032030.htm

Tibet
China Forces Committed Abuses in Tibet: Rights Group
Agence France-Presse, July 22, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100722/wl_asia_afp/chinatibetunrestrightssecurity

Related information:
“I Saw It with My Own Eyes”: Abuses by Chinese Security Forces in Tibet, 2008-2010
Human Rights Watch, July 21, 2010
http://www.hrw.org/en/reports/2010/07/22/i-saw-it-my-own-eyes-0

四川甘孜理塘藏人要求重审丹增德勒案 (Citizens Demand for Retrial of Tibetan Monk)
Radio Free Asia, July 21, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zand-07212010151830.html