March 15, 2007

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Gao Yaojie (高耀洁)
高耀洁在华盛顿：电邮被封，中国非法血库仍在运作 (Email Accounts of Gao Yaojie and Her Son Shut Down; Illegal Blood Trade Continues in China)
Radio Free Asia, March 14, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/03/14/gao/
During her trip to the US to receive a global human rights award on March 14, Gao Yaojie's (高耀洁) and her son's email accounts were blocked. An editor who tried to publish her work was fired. Gao was worried about the consequences after she returns to China. According to Gao, the number of illegal blood banks continued to rise in China, despite authorities claiming that they had been closed.

News
Bilateral Ties
Actor Gere Asks US, EU to Forge Common Human Rights Policy for China
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), March 14, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070314/pl_afp/uschinatibe
tcongress_070313232511;_ylt=ApD6q_u8TQXn5baqv.IVK
8NPzWQA

Environment
Companies Volunteer to Cut Their Carbon Emissions
South China Morning Post, March 15, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZPFSJD8ZE.html

Government
Jiangsu Sets the Pace on How to Assess Officials
Financial Times, March 15, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/6919fc76-d282-11db-a7c0-000b
5df10621,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2
340.html

Human Rights Defender – Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
Blind Activist Wins Free-Speech Accolade
South China Morning Post, March 15, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZBYRJD8ZE.html

Human Rights Defender – Shi Tao (師濤)
Yahoo Is Cleared in Case of Chinese Journalist
Wall Street Journal, March 15, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB117385900829636623.html
?mod=yahoo_hs

Labor
安徽人代倡设欠薪罪 (NPC Delegate from Anhui Proposes Criminalization of Back Pay)
Ming Pao, March 15, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070315/caa1h.htm

Land Policy
南海三山民告官开庭延期 村民不满法院外静坐 (Guangdong Villagers' Claim over Land Grab Delayed as Judge Suddenly Falls Ill)
Radio Free Asia, March 15, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/03/14/n
anhai/

Law
Lower-Level Courts Face Bankruptcy When Fees Are Slashed
South China Morning Post, March 15, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZFYRJD8ZE.html

公民可直接建议立项司法解释 (New Regulation Allows Citizens to Directly Request the Supreme People's Court to Pass Judicial Interpretations)
Legal Daily, March 15, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2007-03/15/content_55
9749.htm

Media
14部委:为黑网吧提供接入互联网服务最高罚50万 (New Notice Imposes 500,000 Yuan Fine on Internet Service Providers to Illegal Cyber Cafes)
Legal Daily, March 15, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2007-03/15/content_55
9755.htm

《财经》主编杨大明承认受到压力撤换封面文章 (Editor-in-Chief of Caijing Magazine Admits Original Version of Latest Issue Withdrawn Due to Pressure)
Radio Free Asia, March 14, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/03/14/china_
media_freedom/

Olympics
Mainland Assesses Health Risks for Olympics
South China Morning Post, March 15, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZTFSJD8ZE.html

迎奥运北京反新四害 (Beijing to Ban 4 Uncivilized Behaviors Ahead of the Games)
Radio Free Asia, March 14, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/03/14
/4_harms/

Politics
Robust Forum Reduced to a 'Political Flower Vase'
South China Morning Post, March 15, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ134HJ8ZE.html

各地泛蓝联盟成员被国保传唤拘留 (Member of the Pan-Blue Alliance Across China Summoned or Detained)
Radio Free Asia, March 14, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/03/14/
fanlan/

Population
一个不少，两个正好？29名委员联名提案建议尽快停止独生子女条例 (29 CPPCC Delegates Call for the End of One-Child Policy)
Nanfang City News, March 15, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/200703
150067.asp

Protests and Petitions
Officials Blame Riot on Bus Firm
South China Morning Post, March 15, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ3YRJD8ZE.html

湖北警员致信两会陈述访民疾苦和截访弊端 (Hubei Policeman Criticizes Petition Obstruction in Open Letter to NPC and CPPCC)
Radio Free Asia, March 14, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/03/14/china
_petition/

Olympic Preview as China Cracks down on Dissent
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), March 14, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070314/wl_asia_afp/chi
nacongressnpc_070314132358;_ylt=AgzPPpFr.0Crl6Pq
VTbsgGlPzWQA

两会接近尾声 访民上访继续 (Petitions Continue as NPC and CPPCC Sessions Approach their Closing)
Radio Free Asia, March 14, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/03/14/fa
ngmin/

Public Health
Harvesting of Prisoner Organs Rare, Say Officials
South China Morning Post, March 15, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZAPXFJ8ZE.html

Rural Issues
Needs of Desperate Farmers Being Ignored, Says Professor
South China Morning Post, March 15, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ5GSJD8ZE.html

Tibet
Bush Urged to Focus on Tibet
South China Morning Post, March 15, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZXFSJD8ZE.html

Confusion over Mini-Potala Palace Project
South China Morning Post, March 15, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ1GSJD8ZE.html

March 14, 2007

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Yan Zhengxue (严正学)
严正学看守所受刑讯逼供 朱虞夫获释但被严密监控 (Yan Zhengxue Treated Inhumanely During Interrogation; Zhu Yufu Released)
Radio Free Asia, March 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/03/13/y
an_zhu/
According to Yan Zhengxue's wife, Yan, age 64, was interrogated under inhumane conditions while being held in detention in Zhejiang Province. The police questioned him all night and made him sit up while being interrogated, which caused extra pain due to his kidney problems. According to Chinese PEN, the crimes Yan was accused of committing include: i) being a secret member of the China Democracy Party; ii) publishing articles on foreign websites; iii) fundraising for journalist Liu Binyan (刘宾雁) and iv) intervening in a land grab incident in Zhejiang. In related news, China Democracy Party member Zhu Yufu (朱虞夫) has been released from detention but is under strict surveillance.

News
Children
Beijing Defends Stricter Rules Amid Adoption Outcry
The Standard, March 14, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3
&art_id=40053&sid=12642903&con_type=1&d_str=20070314

Corruption
Corruption War Has Not Improved Justice System
South China Morning Post, March 14, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZBXOJD8ZE.html

Death Penalty
No Word on Death Sentence Numbers
South China Morning Post, March 14, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZXZ0HJ8ZE.html

Environment
80,000 Villagers Without Safe Water for a Month
South China Morning Post, March 14, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZDZ0HJ8ZE.html

Human Rights Defender - Gao Yaojie (高耀洁)
Bittersweet AIDS Victory for Heroine
The Standard, March 14, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3&
art_id=40030&sid=12641572&con_type=1&d_str=20070314

Labor
Miners' Insurance Scheme Intended to Boost Safety
South China Morning Post, March 14, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ4RPJD8ZE.html

Uphill Battle as Unemployed to Hit 12m in Cities
The Standard, March 14, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=
3&art_id=40051&sid=12643014&con_type=1&d_str=20070314

Law
农工党中央：由检察机关挑起行政公益诉讼重担 (Political Party Proposes that Procurators Be Responsible for Launching Public Interest Litigations)
Legal Daily, March 14, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2007-03/14/content_558
626.htm

Nokia China Hit with Discrimination Suit
Financial Times, March 13, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/85791c1c-d1a6-11db-b921-000b5
df10621,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2340
.html

Media
Author Appeals for End to Censorship
South China Morning Post, March 14, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZTZ0HJ8ZE.html

Outwardly Open, China Keeps Censoring
Associated Press (via YahooNews), March 13, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070313/ap_on_re_as/china
_ensuring_consent_1;_ylt=An2DMcv_WKYVQei9GLowjWFP
zWQA

中国封锁对有关永州暴动的新闻 (China Blocks Media and Internet Reports on Hunan Riot)
Radio Free Asia, March 14, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/03/13/china_
media_freedom/

Internet Censorship Set to Reach Local Levels
The Standard, March 14, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat
=3&art_id=40015&sid=12642509&con_type=1&d_str=200
70314

Olympics
Beijing Forms Helicopter Police for '08 Olympic Games
Xinhuanet, March 11, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-03/11/content_5
832027.htm

Politics
听取和审议“两高”工作报告 (Supreme People’s Court and Supreme People’s Procuratorate Present Work Reports to NPC)
China Youth Daily, March 14, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-03/14/content_1698756.
htm

Protests and Petitions
Dongzhou Unrest Continues with Protests, Riot
Radio Free Asia, March 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2007/03/13/china_dongz
hou/

各地官员驻扎在国家信访口抓捕访民 (Provincial Officials Stationed in Beijing to Round Up Petitioners from Home Province During the “Two Sessions”)
Radio Free Asia, March 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/03/13/f
angmin/

广东三山维权农民代表短暂被抓后已获释 (Representative of Victims of Land Grab in Guangdong Released After Short Detention)
Radio Free Asia, March 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/03/13/
sanshan/

张淑凤被拐劳教虐待一年　上访等同违法犯罪？ (Zhang Shufeng Forcibly Sent to Reeducation-Through-Labor Camp for 1 Year for Petitioning Activities)
Radio Free Asia, March 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/03/13/z
hangshufeng/

Tibet
House Panel Urges China to End Tibet Stalemate
Reuters (via YahooNews), March 13, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070313/wl_nm/china_usa_
tibet_dc_1;_ylt=Aq_RtzwyNifGKx5ttcytaAxPzWQA

Hong Kong
Warning to Stop Messing with Politics
South China Morning Post, March 14, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZFXOJD8ZE.html

Taiwan
Taiwan Leader Urges EU to Keep Arms Embargo on China
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), March 13, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070313/wl_asia_afp/taiwa
nchinaeu_070313145203;_ylt=An_XgjEw.5OzyaTglDUb.45
PzWQA

March 13, 2007

Top News of the Day
Protests and Petitions
Student Dies as Villagers Riot in Protest at Public Transport Fees
South China Morning Post, March 13, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZF6HGZZYE.html
An armed crackdown by police on 20,000 protesting farmers in Hunan Province has been continuing since March 9. The protestors had asked the local authorities to intervene in the raising of public transport costs by over 80 percent during the Lunar New Year. The protestors became violent after the bus company brought in thugs. One junior high school student was reportedly killed and several dozen of people were injured, but an official denied that any deaths had occurred.

News
Civil Society
涉外民间组织拟合法登记 “转正”还要跨门槛 (Regulation Governing Social Organizations to Be Amended, to Apply to NGOs Working in China)
Xinhuanet, March 13, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-03/13/content_5837880.
htm

Environment
China's Pollution Cuts Local Rain
BBC, March 13, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6441503.stm

Government
公费请客年吃2000亿 (Government Spending on Entertaining Visitors Reaches 200 Billion Yuan a Year)
Ming Pao, March 13, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070313/cab1.htm

Human Rights Defenders
Be Tolerant to Dissent: Delegate
South China Morning Post, March 13, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZZEM1TZYE.html

非法拘禁维权者刘飞跃　教育部门的奇怪职能 (Local Education Authorities in Hubei Have Former Teacher Placed Under House Arrest for Reporting on a Petition)
Radio Free Asia, March 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/03/12/liufeiy
ue/

Labor
民间报告指一台商企业为血汗工厂 (Group Says Taiwanese-Funded Factory Is a Sweatshop)
Voice of America, March 12, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-03-12-voa21.cfm

Media
Book Publishers Wage a Battle of Wits with Censors
South China Morning Post, March 13, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZJ1N1TZYE.html

China Looks to Rein in Bloggers
Reuters (via YahooNews), March 13, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070313/wl_nm/china_parliament
_blogs_dc_1;_ylt=AtyVTyHpsVcB3bzPvYGi29NPzWQA

Groundswell of Sarcastic Humor Undermining China's Censors
Twin Cities.com, March 13, 2007
http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/living/16862727.htm

Migrant Workers
4讨薪农民工拘禁包工头 (Four Migrant Workers Jailed for Locking Up Labor Contractor over Back Pay)
The Beijing News, March 13, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0558/2007/03-13/015@24803
2.htm

Military
Military Spells Out Space Ambitions
South China Morning Post, March 13, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZB6HGZZYE.html

Politics
政協倡增基层界別 (Delegate Proposes Creating Grassroots Representation in CPPCC)
Ming Pao, March 13, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070313/cah1.htm

Delegates Want NPC to Lift Supervisory Role
South China Morning Post, March 13, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZN6HGZZYE.html

NPC Briefs: 'Fake Representatives' Need Training: Deputy
South China Morning Post, March 13, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZR1N1TZYE.html

China's Congress Follows the Script, Literally
Christian Science Monitor, March 12, 2007
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0312/p07s02-woap.html

Party to Focus on Internal Democracy, Says Deputy
South China Morning Post, March 13, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZCQIGZZYE.html

Protests and Petitions
示威者未行动已失踪 (Organizer of Demonstration in Beijing Gone Missing Before Launching Formal Application)
Ming Pao, March 13, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070313/cac1.htm

东洲村民抗黑怒烧车　千人示威追索新旧债 (1,000 Dongzhou Villagers Protesting Power Plant Construction Set Vehicles on Fire After Hired Thugs Attack)
Radio Free Asia, March 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/03/12/shanw
ei/

内蒙访民在北京上访遭毒打 (Petitioner from Inner Mongolia Severely Beaten in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, March 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/03/12/petitio
ners/

人大会第八天北京访民继续被抓 (Petitioners Continue to Be Captured in Beijing on the 8th Day of NPC Session)
Radio Free Asia, March 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/03/12/lianghui/

Public Health
“公民提案”炮轰15部法规 部分规定已经或即将导致乙肝歧视 (Two Citizens Complain That 15 Legal Documents Discriminate Against Hepatitis B Carriers)
Nanfang City News, March 13, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/200703130004
.asp

March 10-12, 2007

Top News of the Day
Media
兰成长事件揭创收黑幕 中国贸易报罚管理人员 (Beating Death of Journalist Reveals Dark Side of China's Newspapers)
Radio Free Asia, March 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/03/09/lan/
The beating to death of journalist Lan Chengzhang (兰成长) by thugs employed by a coal mine owner in Shanxi Province (see our "Top News" on January 16, 2007) has led to the dismissal of four management-level employees of the newspaper that employed him. One anonymous employee of the newspaper said the newspaper made the dismissal decision itself, while critics believe the dismissed employees were merely scapegoats.

News
Death Penalty
Judiciary Seeks Reform of Death Sentences
South China Morning Post, March 12, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ9HEGZZYE.html

Education
Education Spending Will Rise to 3pc of GDP
South China Morning Post, March 10, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZEBBGZZYE.html

Human Rights
右派索偿潮扩至沪浙 ("Rightists'" in Shanghai and Zhejiang Claiming Compensation for Persecution)
Ming Pao, March 12, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070312/cae1.htm

人权观察致信温家宝 呼吁保障公民更多自由 (Group Urges Wen Jiabao to Better Protect Human Rights)
Radio Free Asia, March 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/03/09/hr/

Human Rights Defender – Rebiya Kadeer (热比娅)
热比娅的儿子在乌鲁木齐市天山拘留中心健康严重恶化 (Rebiya Kadeer's Third Son Suffers from Ill Health in Detention Center in Urumqi)
Radio Free Asia, March 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/03/09/xinwen/ - reb
iya

Land Policy
花楼街暂停清拆行动 武汉拆迁办观望物权法 (Passing of Property Law Halts Eviction in Wuhan)
Radio Free Asia, March 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/03/09/china_demo
lition/

Law
修改刑诉法 确认沉默权 与姜德明代表对话 (NPC Delegate Proposes to Amend the Criminal Law, Affirm Right to Remain Silent)
Legal Daily, March 12, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2007-03/12/content_556392.
htm

广东教育厅规定面像缺陷及肢体残障者人不得任教师 (Guangdong Regulation Bars People with Facial "Defects" and Limb Disabilities to Be Teachers)
Radio Free Asia, March 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/03/09/china_discri
mination/

Media
CNN Segment Apparently Blocked in China
Associated Press (via YahooNews), March 12, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070310/ap_on_re_as/hong_kong
_cnn_blackout_1;_ylt=Akp5zcQvOXTq7nkvGJHKckdPzWQA

简要新闻：昝爱宗披露《财经》最新一期的确被撤稿封存 (Former Journalist Zan Aizong Confirms Recalling of Latest Issue of Caijing Magazine)
Radio Free Asia, March 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/03/09/xinwen/ - zan

In Brief: Web Search Engine Sued over Privacy Claim
South China Morning Post, March 12, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ62K1TZYE.html

简要新闻：浦志强第四个博客被关闭 第五个再开通网民上百 (Lawyer Pu Zhiqiang's 4th Blog Blocked)
Radio Free Asia, March 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/03/09/xinwen/ - pu

Olympics
北京奥运工地建起百余所农民工夜校 (Beijing's Olympic Construction Sites Set Up More Than 100 Evening Schools for Migrant Workers)
China Youth Daily, March 12, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-03/12/content_1695966.htm

刘敬民：北京奥运期间重点奥运场所拟全面禁烟 (Vice-Governor of Beijing City: Important Olympic Venues to Ban Smoking During Games)
Legal Daily, March 12, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2007-03/12/content_556326
.htm

Public Health
Doctors Decry Mean Medical Care Spending
South China Morning Post, March 12, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ2ICCZZYE.html

Religion
李建强律师呼吁全国人大立案重审萧山教案 (Lawyer Li Jianqiang Urges NPC to Investigate Church Demolition Case in Zhejiang)
Radio Free Asia, March 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/03/10/xinw
en/ - lijianqiang

Mainland Church Leader Backs Papal Approval
South China Morning Post, March 12, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZD1J1TZYE.html

Rural Issues
Time Has Come to Take a Gamble on the Wild West
South China Morning Post, March 12, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZU1K1TZYE.html

Social Security
30m to Benefit from Rural Welfare Scheme
South China Morning Post, March 10, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZHN8CZZYE.html

State Security
Oil Pricing Kept a State Secret
The Standard, March 12, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3&art_id
=39884&sid=12615347&con_type=1&d_str=20070312

Tibet
Tibetan Jailed for Three Years
Radio Free Asia, March 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/politics/2007/03/09/tibet_jail/

Tibetan Monastery Feels Ever-Tighter Curbs
Radio Free Asia, March 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/social/2007/03/09/tibet_mon
astery/

Xinjiang
'Open' Trials for Suspected Xinjiang Terrorists
South China Morning Post, March 10, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZE2G1TZYE.html

March 9, 2007

Top News of the Day
Media
Media Told to Toe Official Party Line
South China Morning Post, March 09, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZRJ5CZZYE.html
Chinese media have been urged to strictly follow the official line during the NPC and CPPCC sessions. The authorities have expanded a non-coverage list, which already consisted of hundreds of "politically sensitive" topics or keywords. For example, news Web sites have been ordered not to publish anything critical of the controversial Property Law. The latest issue of Caijing magazine, scheduled to be released on March 5, was still not available at newsstands yesterday - it carried a cover story on the debate over the Property Law and the authorities ordered it to be withdrawn.

News
Bilateral Ties
China: U.S. Violated Iraqis' Rights
Associated Press (via YahooNews), March 09, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070308/ap_on_re_as/china_us_
human_rights_4;_ylt=Armu5qnZcCbK.UAnQIpNbJZPzWQA

Corruption
贺龙女儿：太子党应自重 (Daughter of Former CPC Leader: Children of Important Leaders Should Behave)
Ming Pao, March 09, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070309/cab1.htm

Freedom of Speech
Author of Zhao Book 'Held'
South China Morning Post, March 09, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ2NF1TZYE.html

Human Rights Defender - Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠）
郑恩宠专访 (Interview with Zheng Enchong)
Radio Free Asia, March 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/03/08/zhen
g_enchong/

上海作家小乔因看望郑恩宠被抓四个小时后释放 (Shanghai Writer Detained for 4 Hours for Trying to Visit Zheng Enchong; 3 Detained on Leaking State Secret Charges for Keeping Blacklist of Petitioners)
Radio Free Asia, March 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/03/08/xiaoqi
ao/

Human Rights Defender - Wang Xiaoning (王小宁)
网络作家王小宁的妻子抵美状告雅虎公司 (Wang Xiaoning's Wife Arrives in US to Sue Yahoo!)
Radio Free Asia, March 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/03/08/wan
g_xiaoning/

Human Rights Defender - Yao Fuxin (姚福信)
简要新闻：辽阳工运领袖姚福信的妻子向吴邦国发出申诉信 (Wife of Imprisoned Labor Activist Writes Petition Letter to NPC to Release Husband on Medical Parole)
Radio Free Asia, March 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/03/08/#yao

Related Information
HRIC Press Release: Yao Fuxin's Wife Appeals to National
People's Congress, Supreme People's Court
Human Rights in China, March 07,
2007
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/item?item_id=341
66

Law
我国全面清理现行法规规章 国办：适用期已过要宣布失效 (State Council's New Notice Requires Its Departments and Local Authorities to Rescind Regulations No Longer in Effect)
Nanfang City News, March 09, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/200703080702
.asp

Media
政协扯女记者胸前证件 (CPPCC Member Abuses Female Journalist During Interview on Property Law)
Ming Pao, March 09, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070309/caa1.htm

Paper Punishes 4 After Reporter's Death
South China Morning Post, March 09, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ72E1TZYE.html

Migrant Workers
“农民工”的叫法请不要改！ (Letter to the Editor: Please Don't Prohibit the Term "Migrant Workers")
Nanfang City News, March 09, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/20070309037
4.asp

NPC Wants to Open Its Ranks to Migrant Workers
South China Morning Post, March 09, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZZ9D1TZYE.html

Politics
一口气提交28份建议和议案 洪可柱：“痛批”是为把问题解决 (Interview with Outspoken NPC Delegate)
Nanfang City News, March 09, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/200703090523
.asp

Protests and Petitions
促善待上访 国务院参事 (State Councilor: Petitioners Should Be Well Treated)
Ming Pao, March 09, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070309/cai1.htm

武汉花楼街两千名居民连夜集会抗议拆迁 (2,000 Residents of Wuhan Hold Overnight Protest Against Evictions)
Radio Free Asia, March 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/03/08/wuhan/

无情清场---两会寒流中访民的声音 (The Abysmal Treatment of Petitioners Outside the Two Sessions)
Radio Free Asia, March 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/03/08/fangmin/

两会期间访民服毒自杀　揭黑龙江农垦黑幕 (Three Victims of Land Grabs Attempt Suicide at Letters and Petitions Office)
Radio Free Asia, March 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/03/08/heilongji
ang/

Public Health
中国每年40万少儿缺医死亡 (400,000 Children Die Each Year Due to Insufficient Medical Treatment)
Radio Free Asia, March 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/03/08/jiankang/

Religion
简要新闻：33名家庭教会组织者和3位韩国牧师获释 (33 Family Church Organizers and 3 Korean Priests Released, 1 Chinese Priest Still Detained over "Illegal Assembly" in Henan)
Radio Free Asia, March 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/03/08/#church

Tibet
Return of Dalai Lama Unlikely
South China Morning Post, March 09, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ3B8GZZYE.html

Hong Kong
Judge Queries Destruction of Falun Gong Files
South China Morning Post, March 09, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZXK5CZZYE.html

March 8, 2007

Top News of the Day

Protests and Petitions
北京一百多上访人被带走 (Over 100 Beijing Petitioners Taken Away by Police)
Radio Free Asia, March 07, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/03/07/beijing/
According to witnesses, public security officers took away over 100 petitioners in Beijing on March 7, as the NPC and CPPCC conferences were underway. Some longtime petitioners have reportedly been sent to reeducation-through-labor centers or placed under administrative detention.

News

Bilateral Ties
人权团体抨击奥地利训练中国军官 (Austria Criticized for Training China Military Officers)
BBC, March 08, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_6420000/newsid
_6428900/6428917.stm

China Not a Strategic Adversary: US Defense Chief
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), March 08, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070308/ts_afp/uschinamilitary
_070308004336;_ylt=AqWq6UcC5_h6dRz2ikKueFlPzWQA

Children
Chinese Children Die Due to Lack of Medical Care
Reuters, March 08, 2007
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=health
News&storyid=2007-03-07T080743Z_01_PEK336290_RTRU
KOC_0_US-CHINA-PARLIAMENT-

Education
教育部部长:适时考虑城市义务教育免费工作 (Ministry of Education: Will Consider Extending Free Compulsory Education to Urban Areas)
EastDay.com, March 08, 2007
http://news.eastday.com/c/20070308/u1a2667903.html

财政部：地方政府投入不够导致教育经费未达4% (Ministry of Finance: National Education Funding Fails to Hit Target of 4% of GDP Due to Insufficient Investments from Local Governments)
People's Daily, March 08, 2007
http://edu.people.com.cn/GB/1053/5449517.html

Environment
Shanxi City Shuts Polluting Factories
South China Morning Post, March 08, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZA15GZZYE.html

Spy-in-the-Sky System to Spot Delta's Worst Polluters
South China Morning Post, March 08, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZ6D2CZZYE.html

Laws Tighten Screws on Polluters
China Daily, March 07, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-03/08/content
_822866.htm

Gender
今后全国人大会议妇女代表比例将不低于22% (Percentage of Women NPC Delegates to Be Set at No Less Than 22%)
EastDay.com, March 08, 2007
http://news.eastday.com/c/20070308/u1a2668865.html

Human Rights Defenders - Wang Xiaoning (王小宁)
网上发文被中国判刑妻抵美诉雅虎 (Wife Arrives in US to Sue Yahoo for Revealing Information Leading to Imprisonment of her Dissident Husband)
Voice of America, March 06, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-03-07-voa21.cfm

Labor
Chinese Coal Mine Explosion Kills 15
Associated Press (via YahooNews), March 08, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070308/ap_on_re_as/china_mine_
deaths_1;_ylt=AsA.0qV16fjyaxDTGM9K5CNPzWQA

Law
34万件 人民陪审员参审案件数 (People's Jurors Participate in the Trial of 340,000 Cases)
Legal Daily, March 08, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2007-03/08/content_553056.htm

Media
《财经》传犯禁遭撤稿 (Caijing Magazine Reportedly Ordered to Remove Cover Story That Was Considered Too Sensitive)
Ming Pao, March 08, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070308/caa1h.htm

Internet Police Keep Tight Grip on Blogs
South China Morning Post, March 08, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZIC2CZZYE.html

中国今年不增加新网吧 (China Will Not Allow New Internet Cafes to Open in 2007)
Radio Free Asia, March 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/03/06/wanba/

Military
专家称中国近期不会增加军费透明 (Expert Says China Will Not Increase Transparency of Military Expenditures)
Voice of America, March 07, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-03-07-voa37.cfm

Olympics
Olympics Merchandise to Net $70m
China Daily, March 08, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-03/08/content_
822294.htm

Poverty
China Aims to Rid Dire Poverty by 2010
Xinhuanet, March 08, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-03/07/content_
5811266.htm

Protests and Petitions
湖北随州因征地拆迁发生警民冲突 (Hubei Villagers Clash with Police over Illegal Land Grab and Forced Eviction)
Voice of America, March 07, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-03-07-voa33.cfm

Public Health
Wu Yi Apologizes for High Medical Costs
China Daily, March 08, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-03/08/content_
822310.htm

卫生部部长高强:新医改方案将向社会公示 (Ministry of Health Gao Qiang: The Plan for Health Care Reform Will Be Publicized for Public Consultation)
EastDay.com, March 08, 2007
http://news.eastday.com/c/20070308/u1a2668369.html

Religion
中国家庭教联会副会长因聚会被拘留十天 (House Church Leader Dong Quanyu Put in 10-Day Detention After Meeting with Fellow House Church Leaders)
Radio Free Asia, March 07, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/03/07/church/

Society
Only Half Chinese Speak Mandarin
BBC, March 07, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6426005.stm

Tibet
资深藏人平汪据报上书胡锦涛 (Senior Tibetan Scholar Urges President Hu Jintao to Allow Dalai Lama's Return in Open Letters)
BBC, March 08, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_6420000/
newsid_6426600/6426673.stm

Hong Kong
Beijing Warns on Push for Suffrage
South China Morning Post, March 08, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZE25GZZYE.html

March 7, 2007

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender – Takphel
China Releases Supporter of Jailed Tibetan Monk
Radio Free Asia, March 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/tibetan/2007/03/06/tibet_release/
Chinese authorities released Takphel from prison on February 26. He was sentenced to five years' imprisonment in 2003, allegedly for reading out the contents of an audio tape made by jailed monk Tenzin Delek Rinpoche to Radio Free Asia. Tenzin Delek was given life imprisonment in 2005 for an alleged bomb plot in Chengdu. Takphel remains under virtual house arrest in Tibet.

News
Bilateral Ties
Iran, Sudan and Nigeria Removed from China Incentive List
Sudan Tribune, March 02, 2007
http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article20538

Civil Society
China's NGOs Learn to Stand Alone
Los Angeles Times, March 07, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-gongo6mar06,1,5604273.story?coll=la-headlines-worldgongo6m
ar06,1,5604273.story?coll=la-headlines-world

湖北千民大会谈维权　用民主法制抗非法征地 (1,000 Hubei Villagers Hold Meeting to Discuss Protesting Illegal Land Grabs)
Radio Free Asia, March 07, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/03/06/hubei/

Government
More Women Elected as Village Heads
Xinhuanet, March 07, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-03/06/content_58064
06.htm

Human Rights
China Raps Japan over Sex Slaves
BBC, March 06, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6422091.stm

US Singles Out China, Myanmar on Human Rights
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), March 07, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070307/pl_afp/usrightsasia_0
70307021228;_ylt=AkEuquLxgzkVyRCCu7Hg58NPzWQA

Human Rights Defender – Fu Xiancai (付先财）
Paralysed China Activist Seeks Justice in Parliament
Reuters, March 06, 2007
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK328174.htm

Related Information
HRIC Press Release: Fu Xiancai Appeals to National People's Congress
Human Rights in China, March 05, 2007
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/item?item_id=33975

Land Policy
一个拆迁户给吴敬琏的信 (Letter to the Editor: Economist's Analysis of Compensation for Evictees Ignores Legitimate Housing Concerns)
Nanfang City News, March 07, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/200703070541
.asp

Subsidies May Placate Rural Poor Who Lose Land
South China Morning Post, March 07, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZP1S5AWYE.html

Multilateral Relations
China Sends 5,000 Peacekeepers to UN Operations: FM
People's Daily, March 07, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/200703/06/eng20070306_354823.h
tml

Olympics
Olympic Games' Security Guaranteed
Xinhuanet, March 06, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-03/06/content_5806
298.htm

Poverty
Poor Western Provinces Call for Special Economic Treatment
South China Morning Post, March 07, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZL1S5AWYE.html

Protests and Petitions
辽宁女工拼死上访 (Liaoning Women Petition in Beijing over Embezzlement of Retirement Funds, Other Labor Issues)
Ming Pao, March 07, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070307/cab1.htm

两会期间访民遭严控 不同群体发出呼声 (Different Petitioning Groups Speak Out During NPC and CPPCC Sessions)
Radio Free Asia, March 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/03/06/liangh
ui/

大批上海访民被软禁 责两会是纸上谈兵 (Many Shanghai Petitioners Put Under House Arrest During NPC and CPPCC Sessions)
Radio Free Asia, March 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/03/06/shang
hai/

中国政治犯的家人要求当局改善犯人待遇 (Families Write Open Letter Demanding More Humane Treatment for 4 Political Prisoners)
Radio Free Asia, March 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/03/06/china_dissid
ent_abuse/

千名访民上书人大政协 要求废除信访等制度 (1,000 Petitioners Co-Sign Letter to NPC Delegates Demanding Reforms of Petitioning System)
Radio Free Asia, March 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/03/05/petiti
oner/

Public Health
Guangdong Ridicules H5N1 Claims
South China Morning Post, March 07, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ7IM5AWYE.html

奥斯卡光环下的“颍州孩子” (Lives of the Kids Filmed in "The Blood of Yingzhou District" Still Full of Challenges)
Nanfang City News, March 07, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/20070307000
8.asp

400毫升献血证可换80元 记者亲历：广州献血后找“血头”换钱 (Underground Blood Trade Thrives in Guangzhou: 400ml of Blood Sells for 80 Yuan)
Nanfang City News, March 07, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/20070307002
2.asp

March 6, 2007

Top News of the Day
Xinjiang
China Detains Uyghurs Over 'Separatist' Poster
Radio Free Asia, March 04, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2007/03/04/uyghur_poster/
According to a recent report, a handwritten poster that Chinese authorities designated "separatist" when it appeared in 2003 in a small town in Xinjiang has led to a wave of arrests, interrogations and fines for local people. One resident said that up to 1,000 people have been detained on suspicion of writing the poster and fined a large proportion of their monthly income, even if no charges were laid against them. The mayor of the region denied knowledge of the case.

News
Corruption
Graft, Inequalities Top Concerns
The Standard, March 06, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3&art_id=
39484&sid=12514344&con_type=1&d_str=20070306

Environment
Nu River Dam Put on Hold Until After Reshuffle Next Year
South China Morning Post, March 06, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZFMJ5AWYE.html

Wen Seeks to Focus on Pollution, Green Issues
South China Morning Post, March 06, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZW3P5AWYE.html

Freedom of Speech
立法禁绝“汉奸言论”会伤害学术自由 (Commentary: Criminalization of "Treasonous Speech" Harms Academic Freedom)
China Youth Daily, March 06, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-03/06/content_1690011.htm

Gender
生存压力、情感因素、不懂法律 是女性犯罪三大原因 (Money Problems, Emotional Factors and Lack of Legal Knowledge Are 3 Main Causes for Females Breaking the Law)
China Youth Daily, March 06, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-03/06/content_1690081.htm

Survey: 70 Pct of Chinese Women Content with Their Lives
Xinhuanet, March 04, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-03/04/content_579928
7.htm

Human Rights Defender – Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠)
郑恩宠两会期间受严密看守 (Zheng Enchong Placed Under House Arrest During NPC and CPPCC Sessions, Wife Barred from Traveling to Hong Kong)
Radio Free Asia, March 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/03/05/zheng/

Labor
Work Safety Takes Aim at Illegal and Unsafe Coal Mining Operations
South China Morning Post, March 06, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ5F04AWYE.html

Media
整顿网吧不能只靠封杀 (Commentary: Prohibiting New Cyber Cafes Will Deprive Urban Poor Access to Internet)
China Youth Daily, March 06, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-03/06/content_1690051.htm

Olympics
北京多人到洛杉矶宣传奥运遭抗议 (Human Rights Groups Protest Beijing's Olympic Campaign in Los Angeles)
Voice of America, March 05, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-03-05-voa1.cfm

Politics
Education and Health the Focus as Emphasis Is on 'People First'
South China Morning Post, March 06, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZMFZ3AWYE.html

Premier Must Turn Rhetoric into Action
South China Morning Post, March 06, 2007
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZ84P5AWYE.html

Protests and Petitions
全国各地畅通信访渠道出实招见成效 (Streamlining of Petitioning Channels Proves Effective)
Legal Daily, March 06, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2007-03/06/content_550933.
htm

Lost Voices of China's Petitioners
BBC, March 05, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6420417.stm

全国人大会开幕　访民遭虐待民权何在？ (Petitioners Harrassed During NPC and CPPCC Sessions)
Radio Free Asia, March 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/03/05/fangm
in/

Public Health
China Is Source of Bird Flu Virus, Study Shows
Reuters (via YahooNews), March 05, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070305/wl_nm/birdflu_origin_dc_
1;_ylt=AocW55hbVc03HlOBKePgSVFPzWQA

Tibet
水利部长否认西藏调水 (Minister of Water Resources Denies Plan to Transfer Water from Tibet to Yellow River)
Ming Pao, March 06, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070306/cal1.htm

March 3 - 5, 2007

News
Bilateral Ties
Foreign Minister Evades Sex Slave Row
South China Morning Post, March 04, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ0THQSTYE.html

Death Penalty
杀人疑凶能否都做“精神病鉴定” (Commentary: Mental Check for All Death Row Convicts Before Execution)
Nanfang City News, March 05, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/20070305033
6.asp

Freedom of Speech
学者吁立法惩「汉奸」言论 (CASS Academic Calls for Criminalization of "Treasonous Speech")
Wen Wei Po, March 05, 2007
http://paper.wenweipo.com/2007/03/05/CH0703050034.htm

NPC Briefs: `Pengshui Poem Scandal' Comes Under Fire
South China Morning Post, March 05, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZNS3RSTYE.html

Human Rights
Anti-Rightist Campaign's Victims Seek an Apology
South China Morning Post, March 05, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ76IQSTYE.html

Human Rights Defender - Zhu Yufu (朱虞夫)
中国民主党创办人朱虞夫被公安带走 (Founder of China Democracy Party Zhu Yufu Taken Away Ahead of NPC and CPPCC Sessions)
Radio Free Asia, March 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/03/02/zhuy
ufu/

Human Rights Defender - Gao Yaojie (高耀洁)
Aids Activist's Arrest 'Misunderstanding'
South China Morning Post, March 04, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ3DHQSTYE.html

Human Rights Defender – Tang Jingling (唐荆陵)
维权律师唐荆陵周四被广州市公安传唤 (Human Rights Lawyer Tang Jingling Summoned for "Subversive" Campaign Materials)
Radio Free Asia, March 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/03/02/china_righ
ts_lawyer/

Media
14部委发文 严禁新增网吧 (14 Government Departments Issue Notice Prohibiting New Cyber Cafes in 2007)
Wen Wei Po, March 05, 2007
http://paper.wenweipo.com/2007/03/05/CH0703050062.htm

Migrant Workers
Lessons in Misery for Migrant Children
The Standard, March 05, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3&art
_id=39395&sid=12505056&con_type=1&d_str=20070305

Military
Military Spending Gets Biggest Boost in 5 Years
South China Morning Post, March 05, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZJ5IQSTYE.html

Olympics
Olympics a Political Test for Beijing
South China Morning Post, March 05, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZDHM70PYE.html

Senior CPC Leader Calls for Better Social, Cultural Environment for Olympics
People's Daily, March 05, 2007
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200703/05/eng20070305_354
191.html

Police
96.5％的人亲眼见过城管查抄小摊小贩 (70 Percent of Interviewees Oppose Clearing Up of Hawkers in Beijing)
China Youth Daily, March 05, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-03/05/content_1688926.htm

Politics
China to Instate Non-Communist Party Leaders in Leading Positions at State Organs: Spokesman
People's Daily, March 02, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/200703/02/eng20070302_353799.
html

Party Members Urged to Speak Out
South China Morning Post, March 05, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ9VG40PYE.html

Population
'Our Only Child Died, the Pain Is Unbearable'
South China Morning Post, March 05, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ9KWVAUYE.html

Protests and Petitions
北京两会前夕再度扫荡上访村 (Beijing Authorities Sweep Petitioning Village Again Ahead of NPC and CPPCC Sessions)
Radio Free Asia, March 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/03/02/beijing/

上海当局在两会前夕加紧拦截上访民众 (Shanghai Authorities Step Up Action Against Petitioners Who Want to Travel to Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, March 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/03/02/china_petiti
on_shanghai/

Public Health
Young Victim of a Sick System
South China Morning Post, March 04, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZBCHQSTYE.html

SARS Hero Critical of Disciplinary System
South China Morning Post, March 05, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZXKWVAUYE.html

China's AIDS Battle Goes Corporate
Los Angeles Times, March 03, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-chinaids3m
ar03,1,7308169.story

Religion
Religious Surge in Once-Atheist China Surprises Leaders
New York Times, March 04, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/04/world/asia/04china.html

Society
中国青少年的诚信度呈现下降趋势（二） (Integrity of China's Youth Worsens as They Grow Up (Part II))
Radio Free Asia, March 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/03/03/qings
haonian/

Tibet
《2006度西藏人权报告》：中国当局继续压制西藏人权 (NGO's Annual Report Finds That Suppression of Tibetans' Human Rights Continues)
Radio Free Asia, March 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/03/02/tibetan_hum
anrights/

Tibetans Too Busy to Care as Glaciers Melt
The Standard, March 05, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3&art_
id=39382&sid=12505050&con_type=1&d_str=20070305

March 2, 2007

Top news of the day
Protests and Petitions
北京公安深夜大搜捕 访民呼吁国际社会关注 (Petitioners Call for International Concern over Massive Arrests Ahead of NPC and CPPCC Sessions)
Radio Free Asia, March 01, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/03/01/shangfa
ng/
Beijing authorities have stepped up action against petitioners ahead of the NPC (National People’s Congress) and CPPCC (Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference) meetings. More than 500 hundred petitioners were taken away on the night of February 28. Petitioner Zhou Li (周利) said the local authorities had offered her a free trip to Hainan Province if she would not petition in Beijing during the meetings.

News
Death Penalty
新受案均派人赴当地提讯被告人 (Supreme People's Court to Send Officers to Talk to Defendants in Person in Death Penalty Review Cases)
Legal Daily, March 02, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2007-03/02/content_547929.htm

Disasters
湖北煤改：市场的诞生 (China's Coal-Related Reforms Also Shape Market Development)
Nanfang Weekend, March 01, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/zmzg/200703010486.asp

Environment
Silver Bullet to Be Aimed at China's Energy Woes
Financial Times, March 02, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/3c95140c-c863-11db-9a5e-000b5df1
0621,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2340.html

Human Rights Defenders
简要新闻： 维权律师唐荆陵再次被警方传唤 (Brief News: Human Rights Lawyer Tang Jingling Summoned Again)
Radio Free Asia, March 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/03/01/

Human Rights Defender – Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
Chinese Activist's Wife to Visit Him
Associated Press (via YahooNews), March 01, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070301/ap_on_re_as/china_bli
nd_activist_1;_ylt=AkiFsrCqYlDqgdFogqkljCBPzWQA

Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
胡佳在港接受本台专访　谈重获自由 (Hu Jia Talks About Regaining His Freedom in Hong Kong Interview)
Radio Free Asia, March 01, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/03/01/hujia/

Labor
No Labour Shortage, Official Says
South China Morning Post, March 02, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZQPND0PYE.html

Law
Doubts on Labour Camp Law Revamp
South China Morning Post, March 02, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZO1J70PYE.html

China Issues New Legal Interpretation to Improve Coal Mine Safety
Xinhuanet, March 01, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-03/01/content_5789957.
htm

China to Pass First Private Property Law
Financial Times, March 01, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/1b26d35c-c81b-11db-b0dc-000b5df106
21,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2340.html

Migrant Workers
外交部驳牺牲农民工利益说法 (Foreign Ministry Rebuts Amnesty's Migrant Worker Report)
The Beijing News, March 02, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0565/2007/03-02/014@041148.htm

Olympics
Beijing to Persevere with Plan to Evict Beggars Ahead of Olympics
South China Morning Post, March 02, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ4DD40PYE.html

Politics
HK Delegate Wants New Approach to CPPCC
South China Morning Post, March 02, 2007
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZ2QND0PYE.html

两会保安动员50万人 (NPC and CPPCC Sessions Employ 500,000 Security Officers)
Ming Pao, March 02, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070302/caa1.htm

NPC Briefs
South China Morning Post, March 02, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ2ED40PYE.html

Population
One-Child Crackdown Looms for Elite
South China Morning Post, March 02, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZXBJ70PYE.html

Protests and Petitions
Cat-and-Mouse Game Begins for Petitioners
South China Morning Post, March 02, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZYDD40PYE.html

Children Pay Hefty Price as Parents Wage Weary Battle to Correct Injustices
South China Morning Post, March 02, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZDDJ70PYE.html

Public Health
Rural Chinese Glad to Earn Cash for Blood
Boston Globe, March 02, 2007
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2007/03/01/
rural_chinese_glad_to_earn_cash_for_blood/

云南省成立防治艾滋病局 加大对艾滋病防控力度 (Yunnan Authorities Establish AIDS Prevention Bureau)
Legal Daily, March 02, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2007-03/02/content_547880.h
tm

Religion
Academic Demoted for Bible Study
South China Morning Post, March 02, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZK1J70PYE.html

Rural Issues
2010年西部基本解决温饱 (China's Rural West to Solve Basic Needs by 2010)
The Beijing News, March 02, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0546/2007/0302/014@245360
.htm

'Go West' Drive Slowed by Lack of Funding
South China Morning Post, March 02, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZMPND0PYE.html

Social Security
Pensions Just a Dream for China's Aging Villagers
Reuters (via YahooNews), March 02, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070302/lf_nm/china_parliament
_pensions_dc_1;_ylt=Aq7M2OBMEKW_U58I09lv4E5PzWQA

Three Gorges
China to Use 55 Bln Yuan to Settle Problems in Three Gorges Region
Xinhuanet, February 28, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-02/28/content_578103
2.htm

March 1, 2007

Top News of the Day

Protests and Petitions
广西抗议纸厂污染环境的农民被刑事拘留 (Ten Guangxi Farmers Detained After Protesting Against Pollution by Paper Factory)
Radio Free Asia, February 28, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/28/china_
rights_rural/
Ten Guangxi farmers who had participated in a protest in January 2007 have been put under criminal detention for committing the crime of 'interfering with official duties' before the Chinese New Year. Three have since been released, while the other seven farmers have reportedly received formal arrest notifications from the Guangxi People's Procuratorate on January 19, 2007. In January, about a hundred farmers staged a protest against a local paper-making factory for causing severe environmental pollution in the locality.


News

Death Penalty
New Regulation Seeks to Guarantee Fair Death Trials
China Daily, March 01, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-03/01/content_
816366.htm

调查称死刑犯临刑前不能与亲属见面现象较普遍 (Survey Shows That Death Row Prisoners Are Often Not Allowed to See Families Before Being Executed)
EastDay.com, March 01, 2007
http://news.eastday.com/c/20070301/u1a2652542.html

Disasters
吐鲁番13级狂风掀翻火车夺三命 (China Train Derailed by Stormy Winds, 3 Dead)
The Beijing News, March 01, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0546/2007/0301/014@
245216.htm

Education
Gov't Urged to Meet Funding Promise
China Daily, March 01, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-03/01/content_
816363.htm

Environment
China Could Become Top Air Polluter Next Year
South China Morning Post, March 01, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZZX940PYE.html

Guangdong Pollution at Its Worst in Decades
South China Morning Post, March 01, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZJX940PYE.html

Labor
乙肝带菌者陈龙控告上海一台资企业歧视 (University Graduate Sues Shanghai Company for Hepatitis B Discrimination)
Radio Free Asia, February 28, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/28/china_
discrimination/

Law
突发应对法料今年出台 (Draft Law on Handling Emergency Response Likely to be Passed This Year)
Wen Wei Po, March 01, 2007
http://paper.wenweipo.com/2007/03/01/CH0703010001.htm

New Law to Abolish Laojiao System
China Daily, March 01, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-03/01/content_
816358.htm

行政执法有错 依法追究责任 (Shanghai Issues New Regulation to Hold State Administrative Organs Accountable for Wrongdoing)
Legal Daily, March 01, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2007-03/01/content_546884.htm

Media
HK, Taiwan TV Anchors Face Controls on Mainland
South China Morning Post, March 01, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZFTF70PYE.html

Migrant Workers
Report: China's Migrants Face Abuse
Associated Press (via YahooNews), March 01, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070301/ap_on_re_as/china_
migrant_underclass_1;_ylt=ArCDE1h_x8_lO1Y4BVHrmL1PzWQA

Olympics
Warm-up for the Olympics
Beijing Review, March 01, 2007
http://www.bjreview.com.cn/nation/txt/2007-02/25/content
_56729.htm

Police
More Than 210,000 Warning, Monitoring Devices Installed to Prevent Crime: Police
People's Daily, March 01, 2007
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200703/01/eng20070301_
353140.html

Population
China's Population Grew About 7 Million
Associated Press ( via YahooNews), March 01, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070301/ap_on_re_eu/china_
population_1;_ylt=AtR9FWb66lmUPNKOLlxRDI9PzWQA

Protests and Petitions
两会前的北京访民陆续被软禁 (Beijing Petitioners Under Close Surveillance Ahead of Two Sessions)
Radio Free Asia, February 28, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/28/beijing/

Religion
官方继续干预基督徒宗教生活 (Local Governments Continue to Crack Down on House Churches)
Radio Free Asia, February 28, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/28/religion/

February 28, 2007

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)
郭飞雄案重新移送检察院 律师强调同案不应分案审 (Guo Feixiong's Case Sent to Guangzhou Procuratorate Again)
Radio Free Asia, February 27, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/27/guofeix
iong/
Guo Feixiong's case has been sent to a procuratorate office in Guangzhou for re-examination. Sources say Guo was detained over the publication of a book on politics in Shenyang. Given that an alleged accomplice of Guo’s has already been tried, Guo's lawyer argues that the separate treatment for the two is unjustified procedurally. Guo was sent to Shenyang in mid-January and his wife speculates that he is still detained there now.

News
Corporate Social Accountability
China's Good Corporate Citizens Find Their Voice
Financial Times, February 26, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/8a170396-c504-11db-b110-000b5df10
621.html

Corruption
Hu Moves to Stem Corruption in Army
South China Morning Post, February 28, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZDVDAZHYE.html

Death Penalty
China's Highest Court to Order Provinces to Retry Death Sentences
Xinhuanet, February 27, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-02/27/content_578094
2.htm

Disasters
欧阳五﹕內地整顿小煤矿 长路漫漫 (Commentary: Still a Long Way to Go for the Restructuring of Small Coal Mines)
Ming Pao, February 28, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070228/fac1.htm

Education
Tuition Fees Waived for Rural Students
South China Morning Post, February 28, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZG5C7ZHYE.html

Environment
Two Countries – Global Problem
Financial Times, February 28, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/afc8c064-c678-11db-be1a-000b5df1062
1,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2340.html

中国成为煤炭净进口国 (China Becomes Net Importer of Coal)
Radio Free Asia, February 27, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/27/meitan/

Human Rights Defender - Liu Fenggang (刘凤钢)
北京家庭教会领袖刘凤钢顺利接受心脏搭桥手术 (Beijing-Based House Church Leader Liu Fenggang Undergoes Heart Surgery)
Radio Free Asia, February 27, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/27/china_religion/

Human Rights Defender – Huseyin Celil (塞利尔)
Supporters Seeking New Lawyer for Celil
The Globe and Mail, February 27, 2007
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070227.C
ELIL27/TPStory/National

Human Rights Defender – Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
袁伟静欲探视陈光诚遭到拒绝和刁难 (Yuan Weijing’s Request to Visit Husband Chen Guangcheng Turned Down)
Radio Free Asia, February 27, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/27/chengu
angcheng/

June 4th
天安门母亲的呼吁：解除六四禁区 公开六四真相 (Tiananmen Mothers Urge China to Allow Discussion on June 4th Incident)
Radio Free Asia, February 27, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/27/6-4_hu
yu/

Related Information:
HRIC Press Release: Tiananmen
Mothers Call for End to Censorship over June 4th
Crackdown
Human Rights in China, February 27, 2007
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/item?item_id=33852

Land Policy
China Uses Satellite Remote Sensing
Techniques to Check Illegal Land Use
Xinhuanet, February 27, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-02/27/content_578096
8.htm

Law
九大亮点映照 今年立法和监督计划夺目 (Nine Main Points About NPC's Legislative and
Supervisory Work in 2007)
Legal Daily, February 28, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2007-02/28/content_546093.
htm

China
to Revise Criminal Procedural Law in 2007
Xinhuanet, February 27, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-02/27/content_5780524.
htm

Media
Half of Mainland Books Unsold
South China Morning Post, February
28, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ5BC7ZHYE.html

Broadcast
Media in China Put On Notice
Washington Post, February 27, 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co
ntent/article/2007/02/26/AR2007022601296.html

两名香港记者在珠海采访时被打伤
(Two Hong Kong Journalists Beaten by Unknown Assailants in Guangdong for
Reporting on Smuggled Fish)
Radio Free Asia, February 27, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/27/jizhe/

Protests
and Petitions
上海访民又遭截访软禁 (Shanghai Petitioners Put Under House
Arrest Ahead of NPC Session)
Radio Free Asia, February 27, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/27/shangh
ai_fangmin/

Public
Health
China Punishes 500 Health Workers for Commercial
Bribery
Xinhuanet, February 27, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-02/27/content_578085
9.htm

Documentary
Depicting Care for AIDS Orphans in Chinese City Wins Oscar
Xinhuanet,
February 27, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-02/27/content_5781230
.htm

Religion
浙江民主党成员池建伟案开庭 (Trial for China Democracy Party Member and Falun
Gong Practitioner Chi Jianwei Concludes in Under 2 Hours, No Verdict
Announced)
Radio Free Asia, February 27, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/27/renquan/

State
Security
U.S. Military Pledges Further Anti-Terrorism Co-op with
China
Xinhuanet, February 27, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-02/27/content_5780653
.htm

February 27, 2007

Top news of the day
Protests and Petitions
北京78岁上访老人双淑英被判刑两年 (78-Year-old Petitioner Sentenced to 2 Years' Imprisonment)
Radio Free Asia, February 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/26/shangfang/
Seventy-eight-year-old petitioner Shuang Shuying (双淑英) was sentenced to two years' imprisonment on February 26 for "intentionally damaging property." Her oldest son, who attended the trial, was not convinced by the evidence presented by the prosecution regarding the damage she caused to a passing vehicle and a computer monitor used by petitioners. Shuang said she would appeal. Her second son was arrested at the same time as she was and is awaiting trial.

News
Education
历史教科书从来都不是客观的历史描述 (Commentary: History Books Never Describe History Objectively)
China Youth Daily, February 27, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-02/27/content_1683041.htm

Environment
China and India Face up to Curbs on Carbon
Financial Times, February 26, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/966392c0-c5c4-11db-9fae-000b5df10621.html

China Plans Improvements in Water Consumption
Voice of America, February 26, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-02-26-voa16.cfm

Yangtze Drought Cuts into Water for 1M
Associated Press (via YahooNews), February 26, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070226/ap_on_re_as/china_yangtze_drought_1

Freedom of Speech
潘小涛﹕禁书8本与中共高层的分歧 (Commentary: The Dispute Among CPC Leaders over the 8 Banned Books)
Ming Pao, February 27, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070227/faa1.htm

Gender
In Brief: Stand-in Mistress Wanted for Beating by Wife
South China Morning Post, February 27, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZB597ZHYE.html

Government
民心网可投诉政府违法行为 (Website of Liaoning Authorities Allow Complaints Against Poor Administration)
Legal Daily, February 27, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2007-02/27/content_544688.htm

June 4th
曾坐牢十六年的喻东岳出狱一年后的近况 (One Year After Release from Prison, June 4th Dissident Yu Dongyue Suffers Brain Damage, Schizophrenia)
Radio Free Asia, February 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/26/china_dissident_64/

Labor
Hard Times Forecast for Mainland's Job Seekers
South China Morning Post, February 27, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ8197ZHYE.html

Liberalisation Only Way to More Jobs
South China Morning Post, February 27, 2007
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZEPAAZHYE.html

Legal Action on Jobs Bias
The Standard, February 27, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3&art_id=38970&sid=12400940&con_type=1&d_str=20070227

Migrant Workers
民工子女拿什么与城里孩子比明天 (Commentary: How Can Migrant Workers' Children Compete with City Children?)
China Youth Daily, February 27, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-02/27/content_1683056.htm

Politics
Economy Before Democracy, Says Premier
South China Morning Post, February 27, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZUOAAZHYE.html

两会6热点 (Six Hot Topics in the Upcoming NPC and CPPCC Meetings)
Ming Pao, February 27, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070227/chc1.htm

Poverty
China's Widening Income Gap
Business Week (via Yahoo.com), February 26, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/bw/20070226/bs_bw/feb2007gb20070216056285

Public Health
Aids Activists Hail Win for Mainland Exposé
South China Morning Post, February 27, 2007
http://world.scmp.com/worldnews/ZZZIDN7ZHYE.html

中国政府对艾滋病问题态度渐开放 (Chinese Government Increasingly Open About Its AIDS Problem)
Voice of America, February 26, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-02-26-voa22.cfm

Religion
中梵就广东省汕头市教区主教的任命发生争执 (China and Vatican Dispute over the Ordination of Bishop in Guangdong)
Radio Free Asia, February 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/26/china_religion_bishop/

Social Security
Tibet to Grant Allowance to Elderly People
Xinhuanet, February 26, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-02/26/content_5776392.htm

February 24 - 26, 2007

Top News of the Day
Protests and Petitions
深圳居民抗议工程扰民而受到当局的报复 (Shenzhen Authorities Retaliate Against Representatives for Protesting Road Construction)
Radio Free Asia, February 23, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/23/china_rights
_petition/
Shenzhen authorities have taken measures against a number of residents for protesting the construction of the new Shenzhen-Hong Kong Western Corridor. About 500 villagers have been organizing protests against the construction, which could take place less than 90 meters from some of their homes, at the municipal government building since last October. As a result, a dozen village representatives were indicted on "disrupting social order" or "organizing illegal demonstration" charges.

News
Gender
就业难,嫁人难 女研究生困惑为何事事"不如男" (China's Female Postgraduates Angered by Discrimination)
Xinhuanet, February 26, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/edu/2007-02/26/content_5772153.htm

Hukou
调查：九成以上民众认为有必要进行户籍改革 (Over 90 Percent of Interviewees Find Hukou Reforms Necessary)
Xinhuanet, February 26, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/fortune/2007-02/26/content_577230
9.htm

Human Rights Defender - Gao Yaojie (高耀洁)
Aids Activist Wins Support of Health Officials for US Trip
South China Morning Post, February 24, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZMEG7ZHYE.html

高耀洁赴美领奖受阻让人担忧 (Commentary: Obstruction to Gao Yaojie's Trip to US Is Worrying)
Nanfang City News, February 26, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/200702260260
.asp

Human Rights Defender – Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
陈光诚被转监家人未获通知 (Family Not Informed of Chen Guangcheng's Prison Transfer)
Radio Free Asia, February 25, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/25/chen
guanchengzhuaijian/

Human Rights Defenders - Lawyers
Rivals Seek to Expand Freedoms in China
New York Times, February 25, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/25/world/asia/25china.html?r
ef=todayspaper

Labor
Guangdong Losing on Labour Front
South China Morning Post, February 26, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ408AZHYE.html

Media
Propaganda Officials Set Out Banned Subjects for the Media
South China Morning Post, February 24, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZQEG7ZHYE.html

Google Images China Censors - Friend and Foe?
WebProNews, February 23, 2007
http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/2007/02/23/google-image
s-china-censors-friend-and-foe

《财经》主编胡舒立:独立媒体在中国仍有发展机会 (Editor-in-Chief of Caijing Magazine: Independent Media Still Has Room to Develop)
Radio Free Asia, February 23, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/23/meiti/

Migrant Workers
人大代表建议取消“农民工”称谓统一称为工人 (NPC Delegate Suggests Calling Migrant Workers "Workers" to Reduce Marginalization)
Xinhuanet, February 26, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-02/26/content_5772314.h
tm

Military
Uphold Party Spirit, PLA Officers Told
South China Morning Post, February 24, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZQH47ZHYE.html

Politics
解决民生问题将成北京"两会"主旋律 (Upcoming NPC and CPPCC Meetings to Focus on Social Problems)
Radio Free Asia, February 24, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/24/lianghui/

Protests and Petitions
几十名访民被警方带走后当天释放 (40 Petitioners Taken Away and Released the Same Day in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, February 23, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/23/fangmin/

Public Health
In Brief: Researchers Praise China for Its Battle Against HIV
South China Morning Post, February 26, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZMJ37ZHYE.html

发展改革委：制定医药价格须经五道程序 (New Health Code Imposes 5-Step Procedure for Determination of Drug Prices)
Xinhuanet, February 25, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/fortune/2007-02/25/content_577070
3.htm

Religion
杭州萧山党山教案二审维持原判当事者不服 (Christians' Appeal Against "Inciting Violence" Conviction Dismissed in Hangzhou)
Radio Free Asia, February 23, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/23/zongjiao/

Society
中国青少年的诚信度呈现下降趋势 (Integrity of China's Youth Worsens as They Grow Up)
Radio Free Asia, February 24, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/24/shaonian/

Tibet
Chinese Rail Line Exploits Tibetan Mineral Riches
Spero News, February 26, 2007
http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?idcategory=33&idSub
=122&idArticle=8123

Xinjiang
Al Qaeda’s China Problem - Dr. Martin I. Wayne
China Digital Times, February 26, 2007
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2007/02/al_qaedas_china_problem_
dr_martin_i_wayne.php

High Noon in China's Far West
Spiegel Online, February 26, 2007
http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,467931,00.html