April 19, 2007

News

Civil Society
中国非政府组织改吃皇粮被疑变质 (Public Questions Legitimacy of NGOs Funded by the Government)
Voice of America, April 18, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-04-18-voa62.cfm

Death Penalty
全国律协:最高法复核死刑案件应有辩护律师 (All-China Lawyers Association: Defense Lawyers Required for All Death Penalty Cases Reviewed by the Supreme People's Court)
EastDay.com, April 19, 2007
http://news.eastday.com/c/20070419/u1a2777223.html

Economic Development
UN Warns of Tensions as China Props Asia's Growth
South China Morning Post, April 19, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZNA018K0F.html

Environment
Dammed If You Do, Damned If You Don't
South China Morning Post, April 19, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZRA018K0F.html

Tiger Leaping Gorge Unlikely to Be Dammed
South China Morning Post, April 19, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZI1KIBK0F.html

450 Sick in China from Chemical Pollution
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), April 18, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070418/wl_asia_afp/
chinapollutionaccident_070418060720;_ylt=AgwJ8QWd
AbtrHCVQXFVCi_9PzWQA

Human Rights Defenders
高耀洁返回河南郑州家中后一直被当局监视 (Gao Yaojie Closely Monitored by Local Authorities After Returning from Washington)
Radio Free Asia, April 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/04/18/china_rights_aids/

Labor
30吨钢水砸向会议室 致死32人 (30 Tons of Molten Metal Spills in Liaoning Steel Plant, 32 Killed)
EastDay.com, April 19, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0566/2007/04-19/011@
257072.htm

Media
章诒和入禀控出版总署 打定输数 仍坚持兴讼反对禁书 (Writer Seeks to File Lawsuit to Overturn Book Ban, Despite Little Hope of Winning)
Ming Pao, April 19, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070419/cca1h.htm

China Official Blames Internet for Youth Crime
Reuters (via YahooNews), April 19, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070419/wr_nm/china_
internet_crime_dc_1

Group Targets Yahoo Inc. Over China Cases
National Public Radio (NPR), April 18, 2007
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=
9658200

Olympics
Beijing to Cabbies: Mind Your Manners
Associated Press (via YahooNews), April 19, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070418/ap_on_re_as/oly_
beijing_taxis_3;_ylt=Aih8fIG7vWkC9bEbBlUOHmBPzWQA

北京道路流量将削减２０％至３０％ (Beijing to Cut Road Traffic by 20-30% During Olympics)
People's Daily, April 19, 2007
http://olympic.people.com.cn/GB/22180/5634143.html

Darfur: On Steven Spielberg and the 2008 Beijing Olympics
Sudan Tribune, April 18, 2007
http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article21428

China's Security Officials Urge Stability for Upcoming CPC Congress, Olympics
Xinhuanet, April 18, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/18/content_
5993737.htm

Police
Guangzhou Camera Surveillance Cut in Private, Added in Public
South China Morning Post, April 19, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZMXIIBK0F.html

胡俊雄因协助异见人士安装破网软件被软禁 (Hangzhou Dissident Hu Junxiong Placed Under House Arrest After Assisting Dissident Zhu Yufu to Bypass Government Block of Internet; Zhu Yufu and Son Taken Away by Police)
Radio Free Asia, April 19, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/04/18/china_dissident/

Politics
'I Dare to Express Different Views'
South China Morning Post, April 19, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZQXIIBK0F.html

分析：中共调整藏疆小组恩威并重 (Analysis: CPC's 'Carrot and Stick' Approach to Tibet and Xinjiang)
Voice of America, April 18, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-04-18-voa28.cfm

Population
广西山东计生部门对孕妇强制堕胎 (Forced Abortion by Family Planning Units Reported in Guangxi and Shandong)
Radio Free Asia, April 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/04/18/
abortion/

Protests and Petitions
多名访民在天安门被抓 (More Petitioners Taken Away by Police at Tiananmen)
Radio Free Asia, April 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/04/18/
fangmin/

April 18, 2007

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender – Rebiya Kadeer (热比娅)
China Activist's Son Sentenced to Prison
Associated Press (via YahooNews), April 17, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070417/ap_on_re_as/china
_activist_s_family_3;_ylt=AkgcbwlbOH0NHZUdlB9sDkpP
zWQA
On April 17, Ablikim Abdureyim (阿布德里伊姆) was sentenced to nine years' imprisonment by a Urumqi court after confessing to charges of "instigating and engaging in secessionist activities.” His mother Rebiya Kadeer denounced the trial process and the conviction, arguing that the family was not allowed to appoint a lawyer for Abdureyim, he was not allowed to defend himself and the hearing was held in secret.

News
Death Penalty
邀人打死外地司机 湖北阳新原交警一审被判死刑 (Hubei Traffic Policeman Sentenced to Death for Ordering Beating Death of Driver)
Xinhuanet, April 18, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-04/18/content_599
2028.htm

Environment
北京六里屯居民反对在小区建设垃圾发电厂 (Beijing Residents File for Administrative Review by Environmental Protection Bureau over Construction of Refuse-Burning Plant)
Radio Free Asia, April 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/04/17/china_
rights_residents/

Government
深化平安建设推进社会治安综合治理 为党的十七大胜利召开创造良好环境 (Improving Social Order Will Create a Good Environment for CPC's 17th Central Committee)
Legal Daily, April 18, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2007-04/18/content_594
379.htm

Human Rights Defenders – Mao Hengfeng (毛恒风)
In Brief: Activist's Sentence Is Upheld
South China Morning Post, April 18, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ84X08K0F.html

Related Information
HRIC Press Release: Mao Hengfeng Held in Abusive
Conditions, Appeal Denied
Human Rights in China, April 16, 2007
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/item?item_id
=35941

Human Rights Defenders
Chinese Environmental Activist Arrested, Friend Says
Earth Times.org, April 17, 2007
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/52767.html

孙爱玲受威胁不准再参加艾滋病会议 (Drugs to Stop for Henan HIV/AIDS Activist Sun Ailing If She Continues to Speak at Conferences)
Radio Free Asia, April 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/04/17/su
n/

简要新闻： 陈子明:中国至08后奥运放宽对异议人士的政策 (In Brief: Dissident Chen Ziming Believes China's Lenient Policy Towards Dissidents Will Continue After Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, April 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/04/17/ - chen

常州访民张建平被禁止上网 (Jiangsu Petitioner Zhang Jianping Barred from Accessing Internet)
Radio Free Asia, April 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/04/17/
zhang/

四川宜宾农民领袖徐元正将被提前释放 (Sichuan Rights Defender Xu Yuanzheng Released 3 Months Early)
Radio Free Asia, April 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/04/17/
yibin/

Land Policy
佛山待拆区居民再遭哄抢 (Guangdong Residents Suspect Evictors Hired Robbers to Force Them to Leave)
The Beijing News, April 18, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0567/2007/04-18/011@25
6845.htm

长沙市政府强拆房屋引不满 (Forced Eviction by Changsha City Government Angers Residents)
Radio Free Asia, April 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/04/17/h
unan/

Protests and Petitions
Riot Police Told to Curb Use of Force
South China Morning Post, April 18, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZOSFIBK0F.html

China Suicide Bombing over Land Dispute
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), April 17, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070417/wl_afp/chinafarml
andblast_070417041402;_ylt=AstacnGuAJxf0zB8dEtow4N
PzWQA

全国数百名经租房主到建设部上访 (Hundreds Protest in Beijing for Compensation over Confiscation of Apartments in 1950s)
Radio Free Asia, April 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/04/17/fa
ng/

安徽颍上县大规模征地拆迁强占农用地 (Villagers Allege Anhui Authorities Conscribed 4 Times More Land Than They Claimed)
Radio Free Asia, April 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/04/17/tudi/

汕尾东洲村民再与黑社会爆冲突　征地问题不解决如定时炸弹 (Villagers Clash with Thugs Again over Power Plant Construction in Shanwei, Guangdong)
Radio Free Asia, April 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/04/17/z
hengdi/

Public Health
Guangdong Finds More Cases of Blood Trading
South China Morning Post, April 18, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZVHWIBK0F.html

China Hoarding H5N1 Samples for Over a Year: WHO
Reuters (via YahooNews), April 17, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070417/wl_nm/birdflu_chi
na_who_dc_3;_ylt=AvKab3asqNkhymqVB7iudUlPzWQA

April 17, 2007

News
Environment
Emission Cuts But No Caps, Review Suggests
South China Morning Post, April 17, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ8UEIBK0F.html

China: Yangtze Is Irreversibly Polluted
Associated Press (via YahooNews), April 16, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070416/ap_on_re_as/china
_yangtze_pollution_1;_ylt=AsP7rx6_fGytoRnHmdLPRWxPz
WQA

Gender
Plan to Ban Sexual Harassment in the Workplace on the Agenda
South China Morning Post, April 17, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ78TIBK0F.html

Human Rights
中国电讯用户发起万人维权诉讼运动 (Cell Phone Users Launch Rights Defense Campaign Against Telecommunications Companies)
Radio Free Asia, April 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/04/16/china_
rights_consumer/

Human Rights Defender - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
维权人士探访高智晟家扑空 (Gao Zhisheng and Family Disappeared from Beijing Home, Whereabouts Unknown)
Radio Free Asia, April 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/04/16/
gao/

Human Rights Defenders
公益诉讼代理人当庭辩护被押 (Representative in Lawsuit Detained in Hubei During Trial for Not Seeking Approval to Go to Bathroom)
Radio Free Asia, April 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/04/16
/laywer/

Labor
大学生下井写矿工血淚史 (10 Hunan University Students Go to Coal Mines to Write on Workers' Lives)
Ming Pao, April 17, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070417/cca1.htm

中国评论﹕解决矿工困境 实干最重要 (Commentary: To Solve Problems of Coal Miners, Government Should Take Effective Action
Ming Pao, April 17, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070417/caz1.htm

Law
缺少强制性规定 证人出庭新规陷入尴尬 (Without Legislative Support, Opinion of Beijing Intermediate People's Court Concerning Witnesses' Presence at Trials Remains Ineffective)
Legal Daily, April 17, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2007-04/17/content_5
93277.htm

Police
Law and Disorder
South China Morning Post, April 17, 2007
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZJQDIBK0F.html

Murder Trial Puts Spotlight on Vigilantes
South China Morning Post, April 17, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ38TIBK0F.html

Politics
中共转型執政党 胡总文胆谈民主： (After Promoting Democracy, Cadre Argues CPC Is Transforming from "Permanent Party" into "Ruling Party")
Ming Pao, April 17, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070417/caa1.htm

Protests and Petitions
Security Boost Successful in Cutting Unrest, Provinces Say
South China Morning Post, April 17, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ2SDIBK0F.html

Social Harmony Can't Be Created by Brute Force
South China Morning Post, April 17, 2007
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZ4RCIBK0F.html

广州开发商强行驱赶拆迁户 (Guangzhou Developers Forcibly Evict 10 Households)
Radio Free Asia, April 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/04/16/china_d
emolition/

成都温江农民反对强行征地 警民冲突持续 (Victims of Land Grabs in Sichuan Continue Clash with Police)
Radio Free Asia, April 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/04/16/
wenjiang/

April 14-16, 2007

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Yan Zhengxue (严正学)
严正学被浙江法院以煽动颠覆罪判刑三年 (Yan Zhengxue Sentenced to 3 Years' Imprisonment for Inciting Subversion)
Radio Free Asia, April 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/04/13/china
_dissident_trial/
On April 13, Yan Zhengxue (严正学) was sentenced to three years' imprisonment on charges of "inciting subversion" by a local court in Zhejiang and deprived of political rights for a year. Yan's lawyer will discuss with him whether or not to appeal the decision.

News
Death Penalty
八旬妇运毒判死缓 (80-Year-Old Woman from Guizhou Sentenced to Death with 2-Year Reprieve over Opium Trafficking)
Ming Pao, April 16, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070416/ccf1.htm

凶手因故意杀人一审被判死刑 (Hebei Man Sentenced to Death for Vehicular Manslaughter)
Legal Daily, April 16, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2007-04/16/content_59
1847.htm

Education
个子矮就不能当老师吗 (Letter to Editor: Why Can't Short Men Be Teachers Under Sichuan Measures?)
China Youth Daily, April 16, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-04/16/content_1734221.
htm

Human Rights Defenders
右派人士在京举行座谈纪念 会后组织者铁流被监控 ("Rightist" Tie Liu Monitored After Holding Seminar in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, April 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/04/13/
you/

Land Policy
江苏徐州拒绝迫迁的村民受到暴力威胁 (Thugs with Kitchen Knives Threaten Jiangsu Villagers for Ignoring Government Eviction Order)
Radio Free Asia, April 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/04/13/china
_demolition/

Law
四川自贡法院终于受理维权村民控告公安案 (Sichuan Local Court to Try Land Dispute After 10 Months of Delay)
Radio Free Asia, April 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/04/13/china_ri
ghts_rural/

Media
钉户事件：媒体网络促维权开民智 (Media and Internet Facilitate Rights Defense Campaign in "Nail House" Incident)
Voice of America, April 13, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-04-13-voa41.cfm

Olympics
中国评论﹕京奥运门票涉侵私隐宜三思 (Commentary: Method of Selling Olympics Tickets Infringes on Privacy)
Ming Pao, April 16, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070416/caz1.htm

Politics
Impromptu Remarks Reveal the Party's Pressure for Reforms
South China Morning Post, April 16, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZNNORUG0F.html

Social Justice 'Most Important Reform'
South China Morning Post, April 14, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZZ9MSRG0F.html

Protests and Petitions
官员指八成上访有理 (Xinjiang Official Says 80 Percent of Petitions Are Reasonable)
Ming Pao, April 16, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070416/cag1.htm

上海200多访民抗议官方歪曲报道遭拘留 (200 Shanghai Petitioners Detained for Protesting Report on Success of Petitioning System in Official Newspaper)
Radio Free Asia, April 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/04/13/
shangfang/

Related Information
HRIC Press Release: Shanghai Petitioners Detained Following Protests
Human Rights in China, April 12, 2007
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/item?item_i
d=35890

上海370名冤民上书新任市委书记习近平 (370 Petitioners Write Open Letter to New Party Secretary of Shanghai Seeking Justice)
Radio Free Asia, April 15, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/04/15/x
ijinping/

重庆工人游行当局被迫释放领头者 (As Laid-off Workers Protest, Chongqing Authorities Release Labor Activist)
Voice of America, April 15, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-04-15-voa29.cfm

Hundreds of Ex-Soldiers Petition Beijing for Jobs
South China Morning Post, April 15, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZO8MRUG0F.html

青岛企图自焚抗议拆迁的夫妇被正式逮捕 (Qingdao Couple Formally Arrested over Self-Immolation in Land Dispute)
Radio Free Asia, April 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/04/13/china
_demolition_clash/

Religion
构建和谐社会 借力神佛 (Support from Religions Needed to Build Harmonious Society)
Ming Pao, April 16, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070416/cha1.htm

April 13, 2007

News
Disasters
成都小区垮塌 家属揭露面子工程内幕 (More than 10 Dead After Collapse of Eaves Constructed by Chengdu Authorities)
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/04/12/c
hengdu/

Education
高校可拒收高血压或慢性肝炎考生 (Ministry of Education Says High Schools Can Refuse Students with High Blood Pressure, Chronic Hepatitis and Other Diseases)
Wen Wei Po, April 13, 2007
http://news.wenweipo.com/2007/04/13/IN0704130007.htm

Environment
China's Arable Land Shrinks to 121.8 Mln Hectares
Xinhuanet, April 13, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/12/content_59
68972.htm

Human Rights Defenders
中国民主党成员参与维权受到公安监视 (China Democracy Party Member Hu Junxiong Suddenly Dismissed from Job, Fears Arrest over Rights Defense Activities)
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/04/12/china
_dissident/

河南当局警告艾滋患者孙爱玲不得与外界接触 (Henan Authorities Ask HIV/AIDS Patient Sun Ailing to Stop Contact with Activists, Media)
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/04/12/china_
rights_aids/

异议者生态日益严酷　浙江民主党人山雨欲来 (Members of China Democracy Party in Zhejiang Face Tightened Harassment)
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/04/1
2/minzhu/

Land Policy
HK Man Behind Shenzhen's 'Nail House' Holdout
South China Morning Post, April 13, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZ7VRONB0F.html

山西吕梁政府变卖土地 村民不满补偿 (Family Links Rights Defender's Death to Land Protest in Shanxi)
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/04/12/l
uqiang/

Law
中荷“刑事诉讼中的人权保护”讲座在重庆举行 (China and the Netherlands Hold Seminar on Criminal Procedures and Human Rights Protection in Chongqing)
Xinhuanet, April 13, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/local/2007-04/13/content_59
71132.htm

Media
Ministries Launch Bid to Purify Online Content
South China Morning Post, April 13, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZELTONB0F.html

Olympics – Media
In Brief: Beijing Urged to Loosen Grip on Media Beyond Olympics
South China Morning Post, April 13, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZFURONB0F.html

Olympics – Security
北京奥运会全面运用人脸识别系统辨认恐怖分子 (Beijing to Use Face Recognition System to Identify Terrorists During Olympics)
Legal Daily, April 12, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2007-04/12/content_5
88722.htm

Protests and Petitions
Police Sent in as Thugs Target City's Hospitals
South China Morning Post, April 13, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ0ZIXMB0F.html

安徽天长发生征地暴力冲突 (Anhui Villagers Clash with Police over Land Grabs, 3 Detained)
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/04/12/china_
demolition_clash/

大陆退役军人上访日益严重 (More Petitions Organized by Retired Soldiers in China)
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/04/12/s
hangfang/

State Security
Book Published to Promote Anti-Terrorism Knowledge
Xinhuanet, April 12, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/12/content_
5967951.htm

April 12, 2007

Top News of the Day

Protests and Petitions
河南柘城县300多艾滋病人到郑州上访 (300 Henan HIV/AIDS Carriers Petition Zhengzhou Government for Treatment and Medicine)
Radio Free Asia, April 11, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/04/
11/aids/
Over 300 people infected with HIV/AIDS from Checheng County, Henan reportedly petitioned the Chengzhou government yesterday over insufficient supply of medicine they are receiving from the government. They also complained about the poor quality of the medicine. Most of the petitioners were infected with the HIV virus after they donated blood in government-backed blood collecting stations in the 1990s.


News
Children
官方审计揭示丽江孤儿学校百万捐款去向不明 (National Audit Exposes Corruption Scandal at Yunnan Orphanage)
EastDay.com, April 12, 2007
http://news.eastday.com/c/20070412/u1a2760061.html

China's Biggest SOS Children's Village Takes Shape in Beijing
Xinhuanet, April 11, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/11/content_
5963411.htm

Corporate Social Accountability
胡润榜单显示:中国企业逐渐承担社会责任 (Report Shows Chinese Enterprises Have Gradually Become More Socially Responsible
EastDay.com, April 12, 2007
http://news.eastday.com/c/20070412/u1a2759257.html

Environment
China Imposes Nationwide Grazing Ban to Restore Grassland
Xinhuanet, April 11, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/11/content_
5962137.htm

June 4th
资深民运人士陈子明访港 (June 4th Activist Chen Ziming Visits Hong Kong)
Radio Free Asia, April 11, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/04/
11/chen/

Labor
肯德基麦当劳到底是否违法用工 (Did KFC and McDonald's Violate Employment Rules?)
China Youth Daily, April 12, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-04/12/content_
1730796.htm

广东对教师外表诸多要求被批歧视 (Guangdong Government Criticized for Appearance-based Discrimination in Hiring Teachers)
Voice of America, April 12, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-04-11-voa29.cfm

Law
最高人民法院要求：疑难复杂案件法院院长要亲自审理 (Supreme People's Court Issues Opinion Requiring Senior Judges to Handle Complex Cases)
People's Daily, April 12, 2007
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1027/5602637.html

Media
中国政府近日封锁多个法国网站 (Chinese Government Blocks Several French Websites)
Radio Free Asia, April 11, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/04/11/china
_internet_freedom/

China Cracks Down on Online IDs
Financial Times, April 09, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2f9f7060-e6bf-11db-9034-000
b5df10621,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779
e2340,_i_rssPage=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-

Olympics
Fixing Beijing's Signs an Olympic-sized Task
South China Morning Post, April 12, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZDPDXMB0F.html

Politics
Why Fast-changing China Is Turning Back to Confucius
Financial Times, April 12, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/f9d40450-e84e-11db-b2c3-000
b5df10621.html

Public Health
Death Toll of Infectious Diseases Rises 42% in March
Xinhuanet, April 11, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/11/content_
5959899.htm

Scholar Says Bad Policies at Root of HIV Problems
South China Morning Post, April 12, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZAMFXMB0F.html

April 11, 2007

News
Bilateral Ties
Austrian Human Rights Delegates Find Progress, Room for Improvement in China
People's Daily, April 10, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/200704/10/eng20070410_365
295.html

Death Penalty
Suspended Death Sentence for Killing Street Inspector
South China Morning Post, April 11, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZBVLONB0F.html

放审讯录像驳疑犯翻供 (Video Shown in Beijing Courtroom to Prove Torture Not Used During Interrogation)
The Beijing News, April 11, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0558/2007/04-11/021@2
55122.htm

Hukou
Study Raises Questions About Hukou System
Xinhuanet, April 10, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/10/content
_5955938.htm

Human Rights
加拿大人士呼吁阻止中国政府继续人权迫害 (Authors of Organ Harvesting Report Call for End to Human Rights Violations in China)
Radio Free Asia, April 10, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/04/10/
canada/

Human Rights Defenders – Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
Activist: China Lawyer Forced to Confess
Associated Press (via YahooNews), April 10, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070410/ap_on_re_as/chin
a_outspoken_lawyer_3;_ylt=AkPJ9i.Jvmq35kqhzb7PwixP
zWQA

声援高智晟胡佳再遭软禁 民间打破封锁“寻找”高智晟 (Hu Jia Placed Under House Arrest After Discussing Gao Zhisheng's Situation)
Radio Free Asia, April 10, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/04/10/
gao/

Human Rights Defenders
China Allows Veteran Activist to Visit Hong Kong
The Guardian, April 10, 2007
http://sport.guardian.co.uk/breakingnews/feedstory/0,,-654
5307,00.html

June 4th - EU Arms Ban
Spain Supports Lifting EU Ban on Arms Sales to China
IndianMuslims.info, April 07, 2007
http://www.indianmuslims.info/news/2007/april/07/interna
tional/spain_supports_lifting_eu_ban_on_arms_sales_to_ch
ina.html

Labor
Fast-Food Giants Break Labour Laws: Authorities
South China Morning Post, April 11, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZNALONB0F.html

Land Policy
湖南长沙开发商强拆居民房子 (Developer in Hunan Forcibly Demolishes Houses)
Radio Free Asia, April 10, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/04/10/
changsha/

南海七村民被判两年半至四年 民指官构陷掩盖非法征地 (Seven Guangdong Protestors Sentenced for Extortion, Villagers Argue Developer's Money Is Compensation for Illegal Land Grabs)
Radio Free Asia, April 10, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/04/10
/nanhai/

Media
中国三令五申要影视节目抵制低俗 (China Has Issued More Than 10 Regulations Since 2006 Banning Vulgar TV Shows)
Voice of America, April 10, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-04-10-voa61.cfm

Police
深圳民间反扒队持械被捕 ("Civil Anti-Pickpocketing Coalition" in Shenzhen Detained for Possessing Weapons)
Ming Pao, April 11, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070411/cca1.htm

Protests and Petitions
信访大厅里有"坐堂律师" (Lawyers Provide Pro Bono Service in Shanghai's Municipal Petitioning Department)
EastDay.com, April 11, 2007
http://xmwb.eastday.com/eastday/xmgz/x/20070407/u1a
281071.html

北京山东河北等地军转干部上访被截访 (Retired Soldiers Barred from Petitioning over Retirement Treatment)
Radio Free Asia, April 10, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/04/10
/retired_service_man/

社科院报告直面信访严峻形势 (CASS Warns of Intense Petitioning Ahead of Olympics)
Nanfang Weekend, April 05, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/zmzg/20070
4050620.asp

April 10, 2007

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defenders - Yan Zhengxue (严正学)
严正学案一审未当庭宣判 (Yan Zhengxue Tried, Verdict Yet to Be Delivered)
Radio Free Asia, April 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/04/05/y
an/
Yan Zhengxue stood trial in the Taizhou Intermediate People's Court on April 5 on "subversion of state power" charges. The trial lasted for three hours. The court adjourned without giving a verdict and no date has been set for delivering the verdict. The bases of the charge were that Yan was a member of the China Democracy Party and that he published "subversive" articles on overseas Web sites. The four witnesses who had planned to testify for him were barred from attending the trial. Yan pleaded not guilty.

News
Bilateral Ties
China Urges Sudan to Accept U.N. Troops
Associated Press (via YahooNews), April 10, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070410/ap_on_re_af/sudan
_china_4;_ylt=ArGKmQLxlL_zgKvUn52Z2JhPzWQA

Civil Society
NGOs Gain Currency in Rural Areas as Beijing Aims to Share Wealth
South China Morning Post, April 10, 2007
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZWL6DE50F.html

Corruption
Anti-Graft Drive Targets Rent-Seeking
South China Morning Post, April 10, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZO43DE50F.html

Second Senior Beijing Official Said to Be Held for Graft
South China Morning Post, April 10, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ9ML7E50F.html

Human Rights Defenders
任畹町获准前往香港检查身体 (Beijing-Based Dissident Ren Wanding Allowed to Go to Hong Kong for Medical Exam)
Radio Free Asia, April 10, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/04/09/china_dis
sident/

维权人士杨在新被暴打留医 (Rights Defender Yang Zaixin Hospitalized After Being Beaten)
Radio Free Asia, April 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/04/09/w
eiquan/

三名赤壁三峡移民维权代表被判刑 (Three Sentenced for Protesting Three Gorges Construction at Tiananmen Square)
Radio Free Asia, April 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/04/09/china_ri
ghts_rural_gorges/

中国泛蓝联盟各省成员被国保骚扰 (Pan-Blue Alliance Members Harassed by Domestic Security Protection Section)
Radio Free Asia, April 07, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/04/07/fan
lan/

Human Rights Defender – Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
高智晟家中坐牢 致电外界打开黑箱内幕 (Gao Zhisheng "Jailed at Home," Reveals Inside Story in Phone Call to Hu Jia)
Radio Free Asia, April 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/04/06/gao/

Labor
“开除是打击报复”京被开除工会主席一审胜诉 (Dismissal of Union Chairperson of a Sino-Japanese Joint Venture Held to Be Unlawful Retaliation)
Xinhuanet, April 10, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/local/2007-04/10/content_595
4968.htm

Land Policy
两百多名成都警察偷拆教师家宅 (200 Chengdu Police Officers Demolish Teacher's House While She Is Away)
Radio Free Asia, April 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/04/08/ji
aoshi/

Media
China Cracks Down on Online IDs
Financial Times, April 09, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2f9f7060-e6bf-11db-9034-000b5
df10621,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e23
40.html

Population
Father-of-Five Expelled from Party
South China Morning Post, April 10, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZK1M7E50F.html

Protests and Petitions
Couple Face Eviction After Fiery Threat
South China Morning Post, April 10, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZC1M7E50F.html

中国实施上访条例上访者依然无助 (Petitioners Still Helpless Despite Implementation of Petitioning Regulation)
Voice of America, April 09, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-04-09-voa24.cfm

武汉花楼街居民再次被拆迁办人员暴力围殴 (Wuhan Residents Beaten by Eviction Officers Again)
Radio Free Asia, April 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/04/09/
caiqian/

河南艾滋女病人上访遭十多人殴伤 (AIDS Patient Beaten for Trying to Petition at Henan Bureau of Letters and Calls)
Radio Free Asia, April 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/04/05/China_P
etitioner/

Public Health
健康歧视影响教育公平 (Health-Based Discrimination Affects Access to Education)
China Youth Daily, April 10, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-04/10/content_1727906
.htm

April 9, 2007

News

Bilateral Ties
China delegation visits Darfur camps: report
Reuters (via YahooNews), April 09, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070408/wl_nm/china_sudan_darfur
_dc_1;_ylt=AvmyG4tXmVr1BcR7eeq0cURPzWQA

China optimistic Sudan will accept U.N. peacekeepers in Darfur
International Herald Tribune, April 09, 2007
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/04/09/africa/AF-GEN-Sudan-
China.php

Japanese travel agencies offer more China tours
EastDay.com, April 09, 2007
http://english.eastday.com/eastday/englishedition/features/userobject
1ai2751391.html

US sizes up WTO clash with China over copyright piracy
AFP (via YahooNews), April 09, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070409/wl_asia_afp/uschinawtotra
decopyrightpiracy_070409155619;_ylt=AhgYLSBw3WVQRFElrsfpSrN
PzWQA

Corruption
Former senior police officer jailed for life in east China
Xinhuanet, April 09, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/09/content_5954588.htm

Leaders call for intensified battle against corruption
Xinhuanet, April 09, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/09/content_5953938.htm

Economic Development
Development of West China more important
CCTV International, April 09, 2007
http://www.cctv.com/program/bizchina/20070409/104378.shtml

Environment
U.N. report raises pressure on China to cut pollution
Los Angeles Times, April 09, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-green
8apr08,1,1672111.story?coll=la-headlines-world

Gender
Chinese Slough Off Old Barriers to Divorce
Washington Post, April 09, 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article
/2007/04/06/AR2007040602220.html?hpid=topnews

Hong Kong
China officially reappoints Hong Kong leader
AFP (via YahooNews), April 09, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070409/wl_asia_afp/hongkongchina
politics_070409154912;_ylt=Al3fKWYfEDKA2bmbz93eCflPzWQA

Human Rights
China slams U.S. human rights report as slanderous
CCTV International, April 09, 2007
http://www.cctv.com/english/20070409/100938.shtml

Human Rights Defenders
’I want justice’ — Celil’s wife
Journal Chretien, April 09, 2007
http://www.spcm.org/Journal/spip.php?article8579

Human Rights Defenders
Gao Zhisheng: 'I Will Fight for My Family's Living Rights'
Epoch Times, April 09, 2007
http://en.epochtimes.com/news/7-4-8/53882.html

Labor
Coal mine accident kills nine in northwest China
CCTV International, April 09, 2007
http://www.cctv.com/english/20070409/100704.shtml

Media
Google apologizes to China's Sohu.com
Reuters (via news.com), April 09, 2007
http://news.com.com/Google+apologizes+to+Chinas+Sohu.com/
2100-1032_3-6174367.html

Politics
Senior official stresses China's need for developing "soft power"
Xinhuanet, April 09, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/08/content_594999
6.htm

Public Health
Blood sales crackdown extended to 21 cities
SCMP, April 09, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZAO1DE50F.html

Experts warn of lower fertility in China
Xinhuanet, April 09, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/09/content_5952830.htm

Religion
'I don't tell people around me I'm Catholic. I am afraid it will get me into trouble'
SCMP, April 09, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZSU1DE50F.html

April 6, 2007

News

Bilateral Ties
A "Village" Spans Two Nations
Beijing Review, April 06, 2007
http://www.bjreview.com.cn/quotes/txt/2007-04/06/content_
60981.htm

China and Africa: A New Scramble?
AEI, April 06, 2007
http://www.aei.org/publications/filter.all,pubID.25912/pub_detail.asp

China's most-wanted man granted another reprieve in Canada
International Herald Tribune, April 06, 2007
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/04/05/america/NA-GEN-Canada-
Chinese-Fugitive.php

China's shameful role in Darfur
Tapei Times, April 06, 2007
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2007/04/06/
2003355508

Corruption
Heads likely to roll over fund scandal
SCMP, April 06, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ3SG7E50F.html

Disasters
Rock slide in SW China forces evacuation of 2,700 people
Xinhuanet, April 06, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/06/content_5944009.htm

Environment
River Pollution Stops Water Supply in Southwest China
Beijing Review, April 06, 2007
http://www.bjreview.com.cn/headline/txt/2007-04/06/content_
60994.htm

Water supplies resumed with allowable level of lead in south China river
Xinhuanet, April 06, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/06/content_5943236.htm

Food Security
To Fortify China, Soybean Harvest Grows in Brazil
New York Times, April 06, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/06/business/worldbusiness/
06soy.html?hp

Human Rights Defenders
Land rights lawyer goes missing
SCMP, April 06, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZSHXCE50F.html

Labor
Beijing considers staggered workday start times
Xinhuanet, April 06, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/06/content
_5942703.htm

Fire put out, power cut off after gas leak in NE China
Xinhuanet, April 06, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/06/content_
5942440.htm

One missing, 11 injured after factory blast in NW China
Xinhuanet, April 06, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/06/content_
5942316.htm

Law
Laws adopted in 2006
Beijing Review, April 06, 2007
http://www.bjreview.com.cn/backgrounder/txt/2007-01/10/content
_52563.htm

Olympics
China to use venues post-Games
Radio Australia, April 06, 2007
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/s1891728.htm

Saving of Beijing's historic neighborhoods
Asia Times Online, April 4, 2007
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/ID06Ad01.html

Police
Blowing the whistle on police costs officer his job
SCMP, April 06, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZOIXCE50F.html

Public Health
China to formalise ban on trade in human organs
Reuters Alert Net, April 06, 2007
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK279705.htm

Doctors cool on emergency call
SCMP, April 06, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZRCG7E50F.html

Hepatitis B carriers offered false hope of beating health checks
SCMP, April 06, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZFSG7E50F.html

Public urged to keep vigilant against bird flu
Xinhuanet, April 06, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/06/content_5943859.htm

Xinjiang
China to build Central Asian Highways
Radio Free Europe, April 06, 2007
http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2007/04/526EDB11-47A2-4988-
9666-63C1B7D02B0F.html

April 5, 2007

News
Corruption
Second land official under scrutiny as pension woes widen
SCMP, April 05, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZMHBXTYZE.html

Senior Party official stresses anti-corruption
Xinhuanet, April 05, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/04/content_5934754.htm

Economic Development
Monetary strategy under review as investments threaten to rebound
SCMP, April 05, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZOF1XTYZE.html

NASDAQ to launch China Index
People's Daily, April 05, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/200704/05/eng20070405_364031.html

Education
China committed to fighting illiteracy
People's Daily, April 05, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/200704/05/eng20070405_364051.html

Environment
Paper giant accused of illegal China logging
CCTV International, April 05, 2007
http://www.cctv.com/program/bizchina/20070405/102829.shtml

Gender
China launches first gay TV show
BBC, April 05, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6528509.stm

Trafficking of Rural Women, Children Increasing in China
Voice of America, April 05, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-04-04-voa17.cfm

Government
Beijing vows to reduce gov't expenditure by 10%
Xinhuanet, April 05, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/04/content_5933279.htm

Labor
Glory without pay for answering Mao's call
SCMP, April 05, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZIFZUTYZE.html

Land Policy
'Nail House' Stories Fire Up Chinese Netizens
Radio Free Asia, April 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/politics/2007/04/02/china_nailhouse/

Media
No more money-for-coverage
AP (via YahooNews), April 05, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070403/ap_on_re_as/china_news_for_sale_2;_

ylt=AnsMuaFUfePK9O1_9xqPtatPzWQA

Migrant Workers
Beijing offers free vaccinations to migrant workers
Xinhuanet, April 05, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/05/content_5939540.htm

Olympics
Olympic security spending to be lower in Beijing than at other Games
People's Daily, April 05, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/200704/05/eng20070405_363923.html

Politics
Suggestions pour into NPC on draft employment law
Xinhuanet, April 05, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/05/content_5935468.htm

Public Health
China must do more to prevent occupational diseases
China Daily, April 05, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-04/05/content_844435.htm

China not investing enough to fight AIDS - experts
Reuters Alert Net, April 05, 2007
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK289147.htm

Officials plan to crack down on Guangdong's thriving blood trade
SCMP, April 05, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZL8YUTYZE.html

Trial medical insurance scheme urged in cities
SCMP, April 05, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZP0ZUTYZE.html

Rural Issues
Firms embark on Long March to China's interior
Reuters (via YahooNews), April 05, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070403/lf_nm/china_investment_dc_1;_

ylt=ApP7kSZy0eMrcnP3smMlxyNPzWQA

Rural Chinese kids face trafficking risk
AP (via YahooNews), April 05, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070404/ap_on_re_as/china_child_trafficking_3;_

ylt=At2ytBQlOxVhlApO1mh0ta9PzWQA

Upwardly mobile
SCMP, April 05, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chifeatures/ZZZZEQUTYZE.html

Society
Chinese "can't afford to die" as funeral costs soar
Reuters Alert Net, April 05, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070405/wl_nm/china_funerals_dc_1;_

ylt=AioZVOxFvZDdAmAlfSTFy2JPzWQA

Xinjiang
Uyghurs in Forced Labor To Grow China’s Almonds
Radio Free Asia, April 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/social/2007/03/29/uyghur_labor/