December 25 – 27, 2007

News
Economic Development
China Aims to Grow Its Middle Class
Associated Press (via YahooNews), December 26, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071226/ap_on_re_as/china
_development_6;_ylt=Akyke8.ReJxL7bw1bjB0it5PzWQA

Environment
Conservation Measures to Lead Attack on Power Usage
South China Morning Post, December 27, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2c283481b17
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Food Security
China Mulls Law to Ensure Food Safety
Xinhuanet, December 26, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/26/content_
7316505.htm

Human Rights Defender - Zhang Qing (张青)
张青被法院提走存款冻结帐户 (Guangdong Court Freezes Zhang Qing's Bank Account)
Radio Free Asia, December 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/26/
zhangqing/

Human Rights Defender - Li Jianhong (Xiao Qiao) (李剑虹(小乔))
异见作家小乔被当局拘禁数日 (Shanghai Police Detain Dissident Writer Xiao Qiao for 4 Days)
Radio Free Asia, December 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/26/china_
dissident_release/

Human Rights Defenders
万人上书王桂兰被捕失踪　近失明刘杰劳教继续不予治疗 (Whereabouts of Arrested Petitioning Activist Unknown; Liu Jie Not Given Treatment for Serious Eye Problem)
Radio Free Asia, December 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/26/
wangguilan/

Human Rights Defender - Sun Xiaodi (孙小弟)
孙小弟女儿平安夜遭殴打 (Thugs Beat Sun Xiaodi's Daughter on Christmas Eve)
Radio Free Asia, December 25, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/25/
sunxiaodi/

Human Rights Defenders
China Detains Farmers Urging Land Privatization
Reuters, December 24, 2007
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=world
News&storyid=2007-12-24T110434Z_01_PEK213531_RTRU
KOC_0_US-CHINA-LAND.xml

Bold Activists Hold Beijing to Account
Financial Times, December 26, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e1b2faf0-b3de-11dc-a6df-000
0779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e
2340.html

Land Policy
Official: China Won't Privatize Rural Farmland
Xinhuanet, December 26, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/26/content_
7318687.htm

Law
China Pays 170 Mln Yuan of State Compensation to Citizens over 5 years, Court Says
Xinhuanet, December 26, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/26/content_
7318962.htm

Media
Dog Owner Takes On China's Web Censors
Washington Post, December 26, 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007
/12/25/AR2007122501150.html

Beijing Clamps Down on Text Messages
Associated Press (via YahooNews), December 24, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071224/ap_on_re_as/china
_text_messages_1;_ylt=AkXHbcrLjC.X3tYaL9VbpABPzWQA

Migrant Workers
Chinese Governments Recover 43.32 Bln Yuan for Migrant Workers' Unpaid Wages
Xinhuanet, December 26, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/26/content_
7318887.htm

Olympics
Breaking the Habit
South China Morning Post, December 26, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=21399906c91
17110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

The Challenge to Beijingoism
The Economist, December 26, 2007
http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=
10230215&fsrc=RSS

Police
基层民警揭制度腐败：罚款创收成考核标准 拉赞助形同黑社会保护费 (Low Ranking Police Speak of Systemic Corruption; Fines Collected Determines Officers' Performances)
Radio Free Asia, December 25, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/25/
minjing/

Protests and Petitions
Up to 2,000 Police Guarding Key Pylon in Dongzhou
Radio Free Asia, December 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2007/12/26/china_
template/

Public Health
China Outlines Medical Reform Plan, Highlighting Gov't Responsibility
Xinhuanet, December 26, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/26/content_
7318261.htm

Religion
当局将张明选收养的孤儿赶出学校 (Hebei Authorities Expel Orphans from Protestant Leader's School)
Radio Free Asia, December 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/26/china_
religion_church/

四川甘孜政府加强控制藏人寺庙 (Sichuan Authorities Strengthen Controls on Tibetan Temples)
Radio Free Asia, December 25, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/25/china_
tibetan/

December 22 – 24, 2007

News
Death Penalty
Shanghai Business Boss' Sentence Suspended
Associated Press (via YahooNews), December 21, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071221/ap_on_re_as/china
_shanghai_scandal_1;_ylt=Ap4IZJjmQ_WKDBgkSCV3gzx
PzWQA

死刑复核：激荡一年间 (Supreme People's Court Has Reviewed Death Sentences for One Year)
Nanfang Weekend, December 20, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/zmzg/2007122
00862.asp

Gender - Trafficking of Women
China Traffickers Push Drugs on North Korean Defector Women
Radio Free Asia, December 21, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2007/12/21/nkor_women/

Human Rights Defenders
China Bans Writers' Gathering: Dissident
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), December 22, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071222/lf_afp/chinamediarig
htsoly2008chn_071222185514

Human Rights Defender - Sun Xiaodi (孙小弟)
环保人士孙小弟被殴并受威胁 众多女访民遭性侵犯不敢声张 (Landlord Beats Sun Xiaodi; Female Petitioners Hesitate to Reveal Sexual Abuse)
Radio Free Asia, December 21, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/21/
sun/

Human Rights Defender - Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠)
郑恩宠收大量举报江泽民的两个儿子涉上海圈地黑幕 (Zheng Enchong Receives More Information After Revealing Zhang Zemin's Sons' Involvement in the Shanghai Land Grab Scandal)
Radio Free Asia, December 21, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/21/
zheng_enchong/

Human Rights Defender – Zhang Qing (张青)
张青电脑被入侵文件丢失 U盘短暂插入存文一空 (Zhang Qing's Computer Hacked; Documents in USB Lost)
Radio Free Asia, December 20, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/20/
zhangqing/

Labor
China Jails Mine Owner in 2005 Blast)
Associated Press (via YahooNews), December 22, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071222/ap_on_re_as/china
_mine_sentences_1;_ylt=Avw5_WndMGwT800sHlPzpkF
PzWQA

Land Policy
Village Land Claim Could Shake Core Principle of Collectivism
South China Morning Post, December 24, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c7eae46a70
807110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Law
江苏省出台新规定:法官不得强迫律师撤诉或调解 (Jiangsu's New Regulations Bar Judges from Forcing Lawyers to Withdraw Claims or Accept Mediation)
Legal Daily, December 24, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2007-12/24/content_
767945.htm

China to Ratify UN Protocol to Safeguard Children from Armed Conflicts
Xinhuanet, December 23, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/23/content_
7300288.htm

Media
广东通过法例加强控制互联网 (Guangdong's New Regulations Strengthen Internet Censorship)
Radio Free Asia, December 21, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/21/china_
internet/

Olympics
涉外交谈时切忌唾沫四溅 (Olympic Guide Asks Readers to Be Polite and Avoid Sensitive Topics with Foreigners)
The Beijing News, December 24, 2007
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/olympic/2007/12-24/
011@082401.htm

Protests and Petitions
A Year of Unrest Across China
Radio Free Asia, December 21, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2007/12/21/china_unrest/

Report: Chinese Protesters Tear Gassed
Associated Press (via YahooNews), December 21, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071221/ap_on_re_as/china
_village_protest_1;_ylt=AjCwFmHtMuBx.1xUUf4qof9PzWQA

Religion
圣诞前夕中国当局加紧打压家庭教会 (Authorities Increase Suppression of House Churches Ahead of Christmas)
Radio Free Asia, December 20, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/20/
jiaohui/

Rural Issues
Backgrounder: Rural China in Facts, Figures
Xinhuanet, December 22, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/22/content_
7294918.htm

State Security
三门峡维权农民被控煽动颠覆政权罪 (Rights Defense Farmers in Sanmen Gorge Under Criminal Detention for Inciting Subversion)
Radio Free Asia, December 21, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/21/china_
rights_detain/

“煽动颠覆国家政权罪”是否违宪？ (Is the Crime of Inciting Subversion Unconstitutional?)
Radio Free Asia, December 20, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/20/
weixian/

Three Gorges
Chinese Critic of Dam Remains Steadfast Crusader
Wall Street Journal, December 24, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119845333973047705.html?
mod=home_asia_weekend

August 28, 2007

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Yuan Weijing (袁伟静)
遭暴力绑架回家庭监狱 袁伟静将继续维权 (After Violent Abduction, Yuan Weijing to Continue Rights Defense Work)
Radio Free Asia, August 27, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/27/
yuanweijing/
On August 27, Yuan Weijing told RFA from her parents' home in Shandong that she would continue her rights defense work . This is after she was abducted at the Beijing International Airport on August 24, when she tried to fly to the Philippines to receive a human rights award on behalf of her husband Chen Guangcheng. When the officials forcefully sent Yuan back to Shandong, they also beat her, causing bruising. Yuan's freedom of movement is currently still limited.

News
Civil Society
More Than Hard Cash, NGOs Need Soft Skills
South China Morning Post, August 27, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
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Environment
Beijing Considers Losing Cap on Fines for Environmental Offenders
South China Morning Post, August 28, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5ff2f77611
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Promotions for Officials Tied to Energy Targets
South China Morning Post, August 28, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=50f2f776118
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Toxic Water Threatens Sixth of Population
The Standard, August 28, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat
=3&art_id=52206&sid=15114973&con_type=1&d_str=20070828

As China Roars, Pollution Reaches Deadly Extremes
New York Times, August 26, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/26/world/asia/26china.
html?em&ex=1188360000&en=3a0d26098171c368&ei=5087%0A

Food Security
Number of Food Processors to Pose Challenge for Recall Plan, Says Official
South China Morning Post, August 28, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b1c2f776118
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Government
人不是用来扔的 (Human Beings Should Not Be Thrown Away)
Nanfang City News (via Xinhuanet), August 27, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/lianzheng/2007-08/27/content_
6611025.htm

Human Rights Defender - Gao Yaojie (高耀洁)
'Compensation' for Aids Activist
South China Morning Post, August 28, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=fd23f77611
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Human Rights Defender - Sun Xiaodi (孙小弟)
孙小弟及其家人不断受到当局的跟踪威胁 (Sun Xiaodi and His Family Continue to Be Followed and Threatened)
Radio Free Asia, August 27, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/27/
sunxiaodi/

Human Rights Defender -Lü Gengsong
Chinese Intellectuals Demand Release of Activist
Monster and Critics, July 27, 2007
http://news.monstersandcritics.com/asiapacific/news/article
_1347908.php/Chinese_intellectuals_demand_release_of_activist

Related Information
HRIC Statement: HRIC Protests Detention of Writer Lü Gengsong
Human Rights in China, August 27, 2007
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/44709

Land Policy
Local Government Fells UN Reforestation Project, Says Report
South China Morning Post, August 28, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9e33f77611
8a4110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Law
China to Enact Law on Circular Economy
Xinhuanet, August 26, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/26/content_
6609697.htm

Media
皖连爆公费旅游丑闻 网民遭删贴的背后 (China Censors Online Discussion on the Use of Public Funds in Anhui Cadres' US Holiday Trip)
Radio Free Asia, August 27, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/27
/gongfei/

Olympics
Olympians Must Speak Out on China
The Jerusalem Post, June 26, 2007
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1187779160031&
pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Protests and Petitions
上海十六名访民在北京被毒打 (16 Shanghai Petitioners Beaten in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, August 27, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/27/
fangmin/

Public Health
China Defends Quality of Exports
Associated Press (via YahooNews), August 27, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/china_tainted_products;_ylt=
AlAEMx3ltlclibM6acHnInhPzWQA

Religion
四川两名藏族妇女被逮捕 (Two Tibetan Women Arrested for Urging Support for Tenzin Delek Rinpoche in Sichuan)
Radio Free Asia, August 27, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/27/
zangdai/

August 7, 2007

News
Human Rights Defender
Tibetan Activist Sees Security Agents on Her Trail in Beijing
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), August 07, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=15d8af4770
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Human Rights Defender - Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠)
陈良宇虽倒台 揭发他的郑恩宠仍受迫害 (Chen Liangyu Ousted But Whistleblower Zheng Enchong Remains Persecuted)
Radio Free Asia, August 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/06/
zhengenchong/

Human Rights Defender - Hu Shigen (胡石根)
简要新闻：中国异议人士胡石根获减刑17个月 (In Brief: Chinese Dissident Hu Shigen Receives 17-Month Sentence Reduction)
Radio Free Asia, August 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/08/06/
xinwen/ - hu

Human Rights Defender - Sun Xiaodi (孫小弟)
家人受辱骂并被要求立刻搬走，孙小弟心脏病发作 (Sun Xiaodi Suffers Heart Attack as Wife Is Constantly Harassed; Authorities Deny Allegation)
Radio Free Asia, August 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/06/
sunxiaodi/

Law
China to Introduce Law on Personal Data Protection
Associated Press (via Inquirer.net), August 06, 2007
http://services.inquirer.net/print/print.php?article_id=80846

Media
China Trembles at the Power of the Blog
The Independent, August 06, 2007
http://news.independent.co.uk/media/article2836677.ece

Citizen Journalists Break, Make the News
Xinhuanet, August 06, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/06/content_
6484959.htm

Olympics
中国学者就奥运致中共领导人公开信 (40 Chinese Academics Send Open Letter to CPC Leadership on Human Rights Protection Ahead of Olympics)
BBC, August 07, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_6930000/
newsid_6934100/6934198.stm

Don't Mix Sport and Politics, Says Bocog
South China Morning Post, August 07, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5768af477
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中国评论：食品安全事关奥运成败 (Commentary: Food Security of Paramount Importance to Olympics' Success)
Ming Pao, August 07, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070807/caz1.htm

Beijing Says It Is Winning War on Pollution
Agence France-Presse (via France 24), August 06, 2007
http://www.france24.com/france24Public/en/news/science
/20070806-china-2008-beijing-olympics-games-summer-
pollution-smog-air.html

China Pulls Out Stops for '08 Olympics
McClatchy Newspapers (via YahooNews.com), August 06, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20070806/wl_mcclatchy
/20070806bcchinaolympics_attn_national_foreign_editors_
ytop_1

香港民间团体呼吁关注奥运产品背后的劳工问题 (Hong Kong NGOs Call for Attention to Labor Problems Behind Olympic Products)
Radio Free Asia, August 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/06/HK/

Olympics All Work and No Pay for Migrant Workers
The Globe and Mail, August 06, 2007
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.2007
0806.OLYMPICWORKERS06/TPStory/TPInternational/
Asia/

北京奥运一年倒计时，外国记者被警方短期扣留 (Over 10 Foreign Journalists Detained Briefly for Covering Olympics Protest)
Radio Free Asia, August 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/06/
jizhe/

北京基督徒徐永海为何被软禁 (Why Was Beijing-Based Protestant Xu Yonghai Placed Under House Arrest?)
Voice of America, August 06, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-08-06-voa42.cfm

北京百年老店正阳居成了钉子户 (160-Year-Old Beijing Food Shop to Be Demolished for Olympics Construction)
BBC, August 05, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_6930000/
newsid_6932200/6932280.stm

Protests and Petitions
Police Jostle Reporters at Protest on Press Freedom
Associate Press (via South China Morning Post), August 07, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d698af4770c
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Public Health
Keen Demand Fuels Global Trade in Body Parts
CNN, August 06, 2007
http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/08/06/organs.
transplant.reut/index.html?iref=newsse

Religion
新疆家庭教会成员持续受压 (Xinjiang Protestant Detained for Distributing Unregistered Bibles; Son Dismissed from Army Due to Father's Religious Beliefs)
Radio Free Asia, August 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/08/06/china_
religion_church/