July 20, 2007

News
Death Penalty
死缓！处于精神病疾病期：佛山灭门案杀人女婿黄文义获轻判 (Mentally Disturbed Man Sentenced to Death with Two-Year Reprieve over Murder of 5 Family Members)
Nanfang City News, July 20, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/
200707200413.asp

Environment
N. China Reservoir Closed by Algae
China Daily, July 19, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-07/19/content_
5439177.htm

Gender
警方将获授权反家暴 (Proposed Opinion Empowers Police to Handle Domestic Violence Cases)
The Beijing News, July 20, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0565/2007/07-20/018@
014128.htm

Government
中国对迟报漏报谎报瞒报事故者的处罚规定 (China Passes Regulation on Punishment for Concealing Industrial Accidents)
Radio Free Asia, July 19, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/19/shigu/

Labor
Anger at Slave Boss Sentence
The Standard, July 20, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3&art
_id=49398&sid=14556783&con_type=1&d_str=20070720

Media
社论：从假包子到假新闻，一场信无可信的尴尬 (Editorial: From Fake Buns to Fake Report, Embarrassing to Have No One to Trust)
Nanfang City News, July 20, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/
200707200403.asp

Migrant Workers
民工抗议工资拖欠被打获公司赔偿 (Migrant Workers from Chongqing Compensated for Being Beaten in Wage Protest)
Voice of America, July 19, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-07-19-voa58.cfm

North Korea
Ladies First: China Opens to Korean Refugees
Asia Times Online, July 19, 2007
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/IG20Ad01.html

Olympics
Time Running Out for Olympic-Standard Air
South China Morning Post, July 20, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb3
29d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=eab685cc
31fd3110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=New

Protests and Petitions
近二百访民到钓鱼台上访被警察截住 (About 200 People Taken Away for Petitioning at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse)
Radio Free Asia, July 19, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/19/
fangmin/

Activist Held over Xiamen Rallies
South China Morning Post, July 19, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=569ac9fde2
ad3110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=

抗议打压维权被捕多月 顺德杏坛村民遭判刑 (Three Guangdong Villagers Sentenced to 1.5 Years' Imprisonment over Clash with Police in Land Grab Protest)
Radio Free Asia, July 19, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/19/
shunde/

Public Health
China Revokes Several Firms' Licenses
YahooNews (Asia), July 20, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070720/ap_on_re_as/
china_tainted_products_15;_ylt=AopiIIBhIaGRAy3ZWR
0lnDBPzWQA

Religion
`Very Good' Signal from Vatican
The Standard, July 20, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3
&art_id=49396&sid=14556784&con_type=1&d_str=20070720

Defector Claims Spies Seized Woman in NZ
The Standard, July 20, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat
=3&art_id=49362&sid=14557744&con_type=1&d_str=20070720

15位教会领袖被抓，主日夏令营被关 (15 House Church Leaders Detained)
Observechina.net, July 19, 2007
http://observechina.net/info/ArtShow.asp?ID=44367

July 19, 2007

News
Children
Chinese Lawyer Calls for Establishment of Child Protection Agent
Xinhuanet, July 18, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-07/18/content_
6394573.htm

Disasters
2006年我国突发公共事件应对情况报告发布 (China Issues Report on Handling of Public Emergencies in 2006)
Legal Daily, July 19, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2007-07/19/content_
663199.htm

Economic Development
China Parliamentary Committee Warns Economy Overheating
Voice of America, July 18, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-07-18-voa32.cfm

Education
Lifting of 50b Yuan in Debts Gives Rural Schools Fresh Start
South China Morning Post, July 19, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=152ac
9fde2ad3110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=
News

Food Security
Chinese Cardboard-Stuffed Buns a Hoax
Associated Press (via YahooNews), July 19, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070719/ap_on_re_as/china
_cardboard_buns_1;_ylt=Al1gIdu5_Sopc9X1FQGT0ghPzW
QAIdu5_Sopc9X1FQGT0ghPzWQA

Human Rights Defender
协助广州官洲岛村民维权的律师被当局指嫖娼而拘留 (Lawyer of Guangzhou Evictees Sent to Custody and Education Facility for Visiting Sex Worker)
Radio Free Asia, July 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/07/18/china_
rights_lawyer/

Human Rights Defender - Sun Xiaodi (孫小弟)
北京国安勒令孙小弟离京 (Sun Xiaodi Ordered to Leave Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, July 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/
18/sunxiaodi/

Media
Chinese Official Urges Foreign Media to Stick to Truth in Reporting
Xinhuanet, July 19, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-07/19/content_
6395788.htm

中国关闭左派网站“毛泽东旗帜网” (China Blocks Leftist Web Site That Criticizes Government Policies)
Radio Free Asia, July 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/18/
maoflag/

China Has 162 Mln Internet Users by End of June
Xinhuanet, July 18, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-07/18/content_
6395741.htm

Chinese Internet Censors Blamed for Email Chaos
Reuters, July 18, 2007
http://ca.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=
technologyNews&storyID=2007-07-18T124822Z_01_
PEK91855_RTRIDST_0_TECH-CHINA-INTERNET-COL
.XML&archived=False-07-18T124822Z_01_PEK91855_
RTRIDST_0_TECH-CHINA-INTERNET-

Silenced in China
Washington Post, July 18, 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007
/07/17/AR2007071701677.htmldyn/content/article/2007/
07/17/AR2007071701677.html

Olympics
Activists Want China Olympics Boycott over Koreans
China Digital Times, July 19, 2007
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2007/07/activists_want_china
_olympics_boycott_over_koreans_step.phpns_step.php

China's Wen Urges Green Olympic Construction
The Guardian, July 18, 2007
http://sport.guardian.co.uk/breakingnews/feedstory/0,,-
6787092,00.html

Politics
Beijing on `Evil Road,' Warns Letter
The Standard, July 19, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=
3&art_id=49283&sid=14538164&con_type=1&d_str=
2007071964&con_type=1&d_str=20070719

Population
广西官员指一胎化难执行 (Guangxi Official Finds One-Child Policy Difficult to Enforce)
Ming Pao, July 19, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070719/cac1.htm

Protests and Petitions
10年前输血染艾滋 6患者赴京维权 (Six AIDS Patients Protest in Beijing over Contaminated Blood Transfusion 10 Years Ago)
The Beijing News, July 19, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0566/2007/07-19/018@
277273.htm

上海拆迁户要求周正毅案公开审理 (Shanghai Evictees Demand Open Trial for Zhou Zhengyi)
Radio Free Asia, July 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/18/
zhouzhengyi/

Related Information
HRIC Press Release: Zheng Enchong and 100 Displaced
Residents Demand Public Trial for Zhou Zhengyi
Human Rights in China, July
17, 2007
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/item?item_id
=44286

Public Health
Dangerous Goods Not Flooding EU, Says Senior Official
South China Morning Post, July 19, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=
9fdac9fde2ad3110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=
China&s=Newsa0/?vgnextoid=9fdac9fde2ad3110VgnVCM
100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Religion
New Beijing Bishop Praised by Vatican
Associated Press (via YahooNews), July 18, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070718/ap_on_re_eu/
vatican_china_bishop_4;_ylt=Ao8ZhqHf66r0HxWz06D
8wfRPzWQAhqHf66r0HxWz06D8wfRPzWQA

July 18, 2007

News
Death Penalty
Life, Death Sentences for Shanxi Kiln Bosses
The Standard, July 18, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3&art
_id=49211&sid=14521843&con_type=1&d_str=20070718

Environment
Welcome for Green Ministry Idea
The Standard, July 18, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat
=3&art_id=49214&sid=14519072&con_type=1&d_str=20070718

China Faces Rising Costs from Pollution
Washington Post, July 17, 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/
article/2007/07/17/AR2007071700251.html

Food Security
China Linked to Panama Cough Syrup Poisoning Deaths
Voice of America, July 17, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-07-17-voa53.cfm

Government
CPC Promotes Democracy by Open Elections
Xinhuanet, July 17, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-07/17/content_
6391005.htm

Human Rights Defenders
Progress in Aids Battle Despite Harassment
South China Morning Post, July 18, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=
663a3b5b215d3110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=
China&s=Ne

Human Rights Defender - Chen Shuqing (陈树庆)
中国民主党人士陈树庆案庭审结束没有宣判结果 (China Democracy Party Member Chen Shuqing Tried, Decision Yet to Be Delivered)
Radio Free Asia, July 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/17/
chenshuqing/

Labor
Forced Wage Rises Won't Work: Official
South China Morning Post, July 18, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8f5b3b
5b215d3110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=
News

Media
Foreign Media Hit in Food Row
The Standard, July 18, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3&art
_id=49202&sid=14518959&con_type=1&d_str=20070718

江西村民坚持上访反对强行并村计划 (Jiangxi Authorities Block Media Reports on Protest Against Village Merge)
Radio Free Asia, July 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/07/17/china_
rights_rural/

Olympics
Premier Wen Urges Saving Energy in Olympic Construction
Xinhuanet, July 17, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-07/17/content_
6390132.htm

Protests and Petitions
厦门游行搞手被捕 (Organizer of Xiamen Protest Detained)
Ming Pao, July 18, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070718/cab1.htm

官洲岛4村民至今被扣 律师失踪传陷收容所 (Four Villagers Still Detained over Land Grab Protest, Disappeared Lawyer Reportedly Sent to Custodial Center)
Radio Free Asia, July 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/17/
guanzhoudao/

Public Health
UNAIDS Chief Urges China to Fight Stigma of the Disease
Voice of America, July 17, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-07-17-voa28.cfm

State Security
武警部队发布《严防网络失泄密“十不准”》 (Military Police Issues Order Prohibiting Leaking of Secrets via the Internet)
Radio Free Asia, July 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/17/
wujing/

Tibet
Tibetan Says Hawks Close Door on China-Dalai Talks
Reuters, July 17, 2007
http://in.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=
worldNews&storyID=2007-07-17T141407Z_01_NOOTR
_RTRMDNC_0_India-285157-1.xml&archived=False

July 17, 2007

News
Death Penalty
In Brief: Juvenile Gang's Leader Gets Death Sentence for Multiple Rapes
South China Morning Post, July 17, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1d94f
adc5cfc3110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s
=News

Uganda: Seven Citizens Facing Death in China Named
The Monitor, July 16, 2007
http://allafrica.com/stories/200707160002.html

Environment
China's Bid to Gauge Cost of Pollution Is Set Back
Wall Street Journal, July 17, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118460905075367800.html
?mod=home_whats_news_asia

Food Security
Consumer Fallout Begins Over Chinese Goods
Voice of America, July 16, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-07-16-voa44.cfm

Government
Top Officials Escape Slavery Slap
The Standard, July 17, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=
3&art_id=49138&sid=14502641&con_type=1&d_str=20070717

Human Rights Defender – Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠)
Home and Away
South China Morning Post, July 17, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=49def
adc5cfc3110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=Insight&s=Opini

Human Rights Defender - Yuan Weijing (袁伟静)
简要新闻∶袁伟静女士获得第五届“受难者家人奖” (In Brief: Yuan Weijing Given the "Victims’ Family Members Award" from Foundation)
Radio Free Asia, July 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/07/16/xinwen
/ - yuanweijing

Human Rights Defenders
中国泛蓝联盟成员被判劳教 家人被禁见面通话 (Pan-Blue Alliance Member Sent to Reeducation-Through-Labor Center, Barred from Calling Family)
Radio Free Asia, July 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/16/
fanlan/

三名杭州异议人士要求旁听陈树庆审判被抓 (Three Hangzhou Dissidents Taken Away for Demanding to Attend Chen Shuqing's Trial)
Radio Free Asia, July 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/16/
hangzhou/

云南维权干部被刑拘 天网协助维权受威胁 (Yunnan Rights Defender Placed Under Criminal Detention)
Radio Free Asia, July 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/16/
yunnan/

Labor
China Uncovers 46 Accident Cover-ups in First Half Year
Xinhuanet, July 14, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-07/14/content_
6372966.htm

Media
Online Gamers Find Ways to Beat New Curbs
South China Morning Post, July 17, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a814f
adc5cfc3110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Internet Making It Tougher for China to Block Bad News
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), July 16, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070716/wl_asia_afp/
chinainternetmediacensorship_070716043523;_ylt=
AprxQwThnhX_Vs3EgBWVlGpPzWQA

Migrant Workers
政府将建校舍租给打工学校 (Beijing Authorities to Build Schools for Migrant Workers' Children)
The Beijing News, July 17, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0553/2007/07-17/015@
276816.htm

Politics
Old Guard Criticises Beijing's Reforms
South China Morning Post, July 17, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6554fa
dc5cfc3110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Protests and Petitions
征地动员村支书猝死 广东村民抬尸抗议 (Guangdong Villagers Carry Village Leader's Corpse in Protest over His Mysterious Death)
Radio Free Asia, July 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/16/
puning/

四川华蓥出租车业主连续罢工 (Sichuan Taxi Owners on Strike; Representatives Taken Away)
Radio Free Asia, July 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/16/
taxi/

State Security
境外人员收集敏感数据 非法测绘危害中国安全 (Foreigner's Surveying and Mapping Activities Harm China's National Security)
Xinhuanet, July 17, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-07/17/content_6385815
.htm

Tibet
Education, Employment Top Concerns for Tibetan Youth
Radio Free Asia, July 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/tibetan/2007/07/13/tibet_
youth/

July 14 – 16, 2007

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender
上海维权人士陈小明狱中死亡 家人抗议拖延就医 (Shanghai Rights Defender Chen Xiaoming Dead in Prison, Family Criticizes Treatment Delay)
Radio Free Asia, July 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/13/
chenxiaoming/
Shanghai rights defender Chen Xiaoming (陈小明) died on July 1, shortly after being released on medical parole. Chen's mother protests that the prison authorities delayed his treatment, and Chen's petitioner friend suspected that abuse in prison, instead of liver cancer that a hospital found, was the main cause of his death. Chen was sent to prison after arranging for an American consular official to visit some petitioners.

Related Information
HRIC Press Release: Petitioner Chen Xiaoming Dies under
Belated Medical Parole
Human Rights in China, July 12, 2007
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/item?item_id=
44230

News
Death Penalty
杀鸡不能儆猴 制度必须创新 (Commentary: Systematic Solution to Corruption Required - Execution of Drug Chief Cannot Deter Corrupt Officials)
Ming Pao, July 16, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070716/cai1.htm

Food Security
Safety Supplants Quotas as Hot-Button Trade Issue
Wall Street Journal, July 16, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118453333673266951.html
?mod=home_whats_news_asia

Freedom of Speech
Chinese Flag Burner Jailed for 6 Months
Associated Press (via YahooNews), July 15, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070715/ap_on_re_as/china
_flag_burning_1;_ylt=AgcQbBSsbWxJ0Xwce7MOw_NPzWQA

Government
Beijing Must Rein in Local Authorities
South China Morning Post, July 16, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=
b634b34db9ac3110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=
China&s=News

Official Fired for Not Fighting Floods in E China
Xinhuanet, July 15, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-07/15/content_
6378054.htm

Human Rights Defenders
民工廉价法援团体遭打压 (Cheap Legal Workers That Serve Migrant Workers in Shenzhen Harassed)
Ming Pao, July 16, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070716/caa1h.htm

简要新闻∶河南维权人士泛蓝成员蔡爱民被劳教一年零九个月 (In Brief: Henan Pan-Blue Alliance Member Cai Aimin Sent to Reeducation-Through-Labor Center)
Radio Free Asia, July 15, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/07/15/
xinwen/ - fanlan

Human Rights Defender - Chen Shuqing (陈树庆)
法官阻挠维权人士旁听陈树庆颠覆案 (Chen Shuqing's Trial to Be Held on July 17; Judge Bars Rights Defenders from Attending)
Radio Free Asia, July 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/07/13/china_
dissident_trial/

Labor
单位禁拒录传染病源携带者 (Draft Employment Promotion Law Bars Discrimination Against Virus Carriers)
The Beijing News, July 14, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0546/2007/0714/014@
276294.htm

Media
新闻观察:地方有权立法禁止匿名发帖吗 (Do Local Authorities Have the Power to Legislate on Real Name Registration for Internet Use?)
Legal Daily, July 16, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2007-07/16/content_
660535.htm

中大华南民间组织研究中心的《民间》杂志被停刊 (Guangzhou-Based Civil Society Research Center Magazine Shut Down)
Radio Free Asia, July 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/07/13/china_
media_freedom/

Migrant Workers
几位中国公民致深圳外劳公开信 (Open Letter Details Unfair Treatment for China's Migrant Workers)
Voice of America, July 16, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/m2007-07-15-voa41.cfm

Olympics
IOC官员反对北京奥运和人权挂构，人权组织发公开信批评 (NGOs Criticize Speech of IOC Official Regarding Linking Beijing Olympics to Human Rights)
Radio Free Asia, July 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/13/IOC/

Politics
Liberals Slam Slow Pace of Political Reform
South China Morning Post, July 16, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=
c943b34db9ac3110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=
China&s=News

Population
计划生育是我国长期坚持的基本国策 (Family Planning Is China's Basic and Long-Term National Policy)
People's Daily, July 16, 2007
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1026/5988582.html

84.8％公众担忧男女比例失调 (Gender Imbalance Worries 84.8 Percent of Surveyed)
China Youth Daily, July 16, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-07/16/content_1826466
.htm

Protests and Petitions
各地官方人员加紧对访民截访 ("Retrieval" of Petitioners Intensified; Petitioner's Child Barred from School)
Radio Free Asia, July 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/13/
fangmin/

July 13, 2007

News
Children
Arrest Made in Baby-Snatching Case
The Standard, July 13, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat
=3&art_id=48884&sid=14461654&con_type=1&d_str=20070713

Death Penalty
安徽滁州爆炸抢劫案主犯判死刑 曾四抢金融机构 (Anhui Armed Robber Sentenced to Death)
Xinhuanet, July 13, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-07/13/content_
6369789.htm

Ex-Drug Chief's Execution Justified, But Capital Punishment Should Be Limited
Xinhuanet, July 13, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-07/12/content_
6366978.htm

Environment
Pressure Rises over Failed Energy Targets
South China Morning Post, July 13, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c2de62d1a3
bb3110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Food Security
Cardboard Used in Steamed Pork Buns
South China Morning Post, July 13, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a59e62d1a3
bb3110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=Ne

China Launches Food Safety Checks in Run-up to Olympics
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), July 12, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070712/wl_asia_afp/heal
thchinafoodsafety_070712205145;_ylt=AlCpqLDInlzjDTJQ
1T5mt0xPzWQA

Human Rights Defender
Developer, Employees Arrested in Beating of Homeowners' Activist
South China Morning Post, July 13, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=84ae62d1a
3bb3110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=Ne

Human Rights Defender - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
简要新闻∶被阻赴美领奖后高智晟已回到北京家中 (In Brief: Gao Zhisheng Barred from Receiving Award in US, Allowed to Return to Beijing Home)
Radio Free Asia, July 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/07/12/xinwen
/#gaozhisheng

Human Rights Defender - Yuan Weijing (袁伟静)
英使馆官员探望袁伟静 见证公民不自由 (Yuan Weijing Meets British Diplomats in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, July 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/12/
yuanweijing/

Land Policy
80％违法用地主体是政府 (80 Percent of Violators of Land Use Regulations Are Government Bodies)
The Beijing News, July 13, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0565/2007/07-13/014@
024657.htm

Media
中国当代诗歌论坛被关 文学网站也难逃监控 (China Blocks Internet Forum on Contemporary Poetry)
Radio Free Asia, July 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/
12/poem/

Rethink Urged over Ban on Newsletter
South China Morning Post, July 13, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a1ee62d1a3
bb3110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=Ne

实名制盛开紫丁香凋谢 哈工大BBS发帖需要姓名和院系信息 (Students of a Harbin University Required to Register with Real Identity for Using University's Internet Bulletin Board System)
Nanfang City News, July 13, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/2007071
30017.asp

Chinese Blogger Held over Stock Tips
Financial Times, July 12, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/7f2f68ac-309c-11dc-9a81-00007
79fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2340
.html

Migrant Workers
深圳出现“民工律师”群体 (Past Human Rights Defenders with No Legal Qualifications Act as Migrant Workers' "Lawyers" in Shenzhen)
Radio Free Asia, July 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/12/
shenzhen/

Olympics
Echoes of Cultural Revolution as China Becomes a 'No-Fly Zone'
The Independent, July 12, 2007
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article27588
25.ece

Protests and Petitions
500多名访民在天安门广场遭驱散 (500 Petitioners Dispersed for Trying to Petition at Tiananmen Square)
Radio Free Asia, July 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/12/bj/

Students Riot over Fees and Qualifications
South China Morning Post, July 13, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c94e62d1a3bb3
110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

广西库区万人静坐请愿数天 官兵同情廿载移民每月三十六块七毛五 (10,000 Guangxi Evictees Receive Sympathetic Treatment from Authorities)
Radio Free Asia, July 11, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/11/
guangxi/

Public Health
禁二甘醇的啟示：市场力量压倒官意 (Editorial: Market Forces Policy U-Turn in Tainted Toothpaste Case)
Ming Pao, July 13, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070713/mrb.htm

July 12, 2007

Top News of the Day
Media
Beijing-Friendly British Editor Facing Ban
South China Morning Post, July 12, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2a13915d8
06b3110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=Ne
Nick Young, editor of the Beijing-based China Development Brief which issues monthly newsletters on the social development in China, is reportedly threatened with deportation. On July 4, Beijing authorities visited his office and accused him of "conducting unauthorized surveys." He has been questioned by the police since then.

News
Children
Uyghur Girls Forced into Labor Far from Home by Local Chinese Officials
Radio Free Asia, July 11, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/uyghur/2007/07/11/uyghur_labor/

Corruption
局长办公楼后院摆宴嫁女 国税局连续两天无人办公 (Hebei Taxation Authorities Closed for 2 Days as Head Holds Banquet for Daughter's Wedding at the Office)
Radio Free Asia, July 11, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/07/11/china_
corruption/

Education
奥运有多远 (How Far Is the Olympics from Poor, Rural Kids?)
The Beijing News, July 12, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0568/2007/07-12/014@
275739.htm

Environment
2000余古建筑群“喊危” (Almost All of Beijing's 2,000 Historic Buildings Are Unsafe)
The Beijing News, July 12, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0553/2007/07-12/014@
275778.htm

Premier Wen Urges Action in Energy-Saving Drive
Reuters (via China Daily), July 11, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-07/11/content_
5433139.htm

Human Rights Defender - Jiang Yanyong (蒋彦永)
蒋彥永被禁赴美领奖 (Jiang Yanyong Barred from Receiving Human Rights Award in US)
Ming Pao, July 12, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070712/cab1.htm

Human Rights Defender – Xinjiang - Huseyin Celil (塞利尔)
China Violating Due Process by Jailing Canadian for Life, Ottawa Charges
Canada.com, July 11, 2007
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html
?id=f1a91223-bc2d-486e-b9f4-2f3ca7a4bfd1&k=7614

Labor
最低工资制度的利弊之争（一） (Pros and Cons of the Minimum Wage System in China (Part I))
Radio Free Asia, July 11, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/11/
gongzi/

Land Policy
Historic China Nunnery Razed to Make Way for Houses
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), July 11, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070711/wl_asia_afp/chinah
eritagepropertyreligion_070711074014

宜兴村民拒绝拆迁受到黑帮暴力袭击 (Jiangsu Villagers Beaten by Thugs After Opposing Government Land Grab)
Radio Free Asia, July 11, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/07/11/china_
rights_land/

Media
中国要求媒体记者统一登记并备案 (RSF Says China's Reporter Registration System Targets Independent Media)
Voice of America, July 11, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-07-11-voa45.cfm

Migrant Workers
女工受伤、得病被踢出厂门：中国外来劳工的困境 (Dismissed When You Are Sick: The Miserable Conditions of China's Migrant Workers)
Radio Free Asia, July 11, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/11/
wailaogong/

Olympics
北京西城区政府强拆老四合院 (Beijing Quadrangle Demolished After Residents Forcibly Evicted at 4 AM)
Radio Free Asia, July 11, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/07/11/china_
demolition_beijing/

中国民众支持人权圣火 (Chinese Citizens Support Human Rights Olympic Torch)
Radio Free Asia, July 11, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/11/
shenghuo/

Population
计生委:除河南外各省均规定独生子女夫妻可生2胎 (Except for Those With Hukou from Henan, Couples Who Are Single Children Themselves Can Have a Second Child)
Legal Daily, July 12, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2007-07/11/content_
657836.htm

Protests and Petitions
全国纪检监察机关集体访总量降低 信访秩序好转 (Number of Collective Petitions Received By China's Discipline Inspection and Supervisory Organs Dropped from 2005 to 2006)
Xinhuanet, July 10, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2007-07/10/content_
6354512.htm

Public Health
Safety Problems Found at Blood Collecting Stations
China Daily, July 11, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-07/11/content_
5433135.htm

State Security
北京：高级教师“曝光”绝密文件 (Beijing Senior Lecturer Convicted of Intentionally Leaking State Secrets)
Xinhuanet, July 12, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-07/11/content_
6357303.htm

Three Gorges
三峡办纪检组组长：三峡移民违规资金已整改到位 (State Council Official Says Illegal Use of Three Gorges Funds Is Rectified)
Legal Daily, July 11, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2007-07/11/content_
657830.htm

July 11, 2007

Top News of the Day
Protests and Petitions
村长妻子神秘死亡 湛江警民大冲突 (1,000 Guangdong Villagers Clash with Police over Mysterious Death of Village Head's Wife)
Radio Free Asia, July 10, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/10
/zhanjiang/
On July 8, 1,000 Guangdong villagers clashed with police over the mysterious death of the wife of a village head, leading to injuries of 20 people. The village head, surnamed Lin, was reportedly one of the leaders who refused to agree to an unfair land sale deal. Earlier that date, authorities sent 100 people to Lin's home and took away his wife over their violation of the one-child policy. She died an hour later. The official explanation was that she jumped to her death because she had refused to pay the fines for the violation. Villagers, however, argued that Lin had paid early on, and now their youngest son is already 12. Local media were barred from covering the incident.

News
Children
Mine Owners Paid Teachers to Arrange Sex with Girls
The Standard, July 11, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3&
art_id=48718&sid=14425057&con_type=1&d_str=20070711
57&con_type=1&d_str=20070711

Child Mortality in China: Best to Be a City Boy
Radio Netherlands Worldwide, July 10, 2007
http://www.radionetherlands.nl/specialseries/070707/
070710china

Death Penalty
Former Head of China's Drug Watchdog Executed
Xinhuanet, July 10, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-07/10/content
_6353536.htm

Environment
工厂废水 毒害洞庭 (Industrial Sewage Poisons Dongting Lake)
Ming Pao, July 11, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070711/cha1.htm

Food Security
China Pledges Safe Food for 2008 Games
Associated Press (via YahooNews), July 10, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070710/ap_on_re_as/beijing
_olympics_food_safety_1;_ylt=AgZf3lh4_rrbVp14tsU8Ar9P
zWQAlt=AgZf3lh4_rrbVp14tsU8Ar9PzWQA

Report: Fake Drinking Water Hits Beijing
Associated Press (via YahooNews), July 10, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070710/ap_on_re_as/
china_counterfeit_water_3;_ylt=AvTnEEjTs5ItOd7W
m6M0wXNPzWQAnEEjTs5ItOd7Wm6M0wXNPzWQA

Government
Progress and Problems Mark Elections
China Daily, July 10, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-07/10/content_
5422787.htm

Human Rights Defender – Huseyin Celil (塞利尔)
Court Rejects Appeal of Convicted Xinjiang Terrorist
China Daily, July 10, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-07/10/content
_5425217.htm

Human Rights Defender - Zhu Yufu (朱虞夫)
朱虞夫被判刑两年 (Zhu Yufu Sentenced to 2 Years' Imprisonment over Clash with Police)
Radio Free Asia, July 10, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/07/10/china
_dissident/

Labor
Workers May Be Lured Overseas to Ease Pressure on Population
The Standard, July 11, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3&art_
id=48719&sid=14425746&con_type=1&d_str=2007071146&con_
type=1&d_str=20070711

武汉指「黑工厂」报道不实 (Wuhan Authorities Say Media Reports About "Illegal Factory" Are Wrong)
Wen Wei Po, July 11, 2007
http://paper.wenweipo.com/2007/07/11/CH0707110035.htm

Media
Chinese Authorities Close Tibetan Literary Web Site
Radio Free Asia, July 10, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/politics/2007/07/10/tibetan_
Web/

Olympics
Child Labour Caution for China Olympics
Financial Times, July 10, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/5eaa339a-177a-11dc-86d1-000b
5df10621,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e
2340.html

Population
Many Free to Have More Than One Child
Xinhuanet, July 11, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-07/11/content_
6357049.htm

Protests and Petitions
China Animal Lovers Protest Eating Cats
Associated Press (via YahooNews), July 10, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070710/ap_on_re_as/odd
_china_felines_freed_1;_ylt=Ao9mWc75s_XQv_QYeQeKl
_NPzWQA9mWc75s_XQv_QYeQeKl_NPzWQA

Public Health
Blood Centre Boss Fired, Six Jailed over Illegal Sales
South China Morning Post, July 11, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=18102283ae0b3
110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Religion
Group Says China Deporting Missionaries
Washington Post, July 10, 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/
2007/07/10/AR2007071000454.html

Society
兰州：少年黄河溺水千人围观 好心市民下水救人竟遭嘲笑 (As Gansu Police Fail to Rescue Drown Boy, Voluntary Rescuers Get Teased by Onlookers)
Nanfang Daily, July 11, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/200707
110009.asp

July 10, 2007

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender – Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)
Rights Activist Appears in Court
South China Morning Post, July 10, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c7e209ae7bba311
0VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄) was tried in Guangdong on July 9 on charges of illegal business activity over the publication of a book he edited about a political sandal in Shenyang. Guo's wife quoted Guo in saying that his trial was completely a case of political persecution. It is because 90 per cent of questions Guo was asked in custody related to his activities in Taishi village, not illegal publishing. Guo pleaded not guilty, and a verdict has yet to be delivered.

News
Bilateral Ties
Kazakh Uighurs Feel Threat from China
BBC, July 09, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6284734.stm

Children
140,000 Orphaned by Aids, Says Unicef
South China Morning Post, July 09, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=dc7d10876
96a3110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=

Death Penalty
China Upholds Death Sentence on Ex-Drug Chief
Reuters (via YahooNews), July 10, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070710/wl_nm/china_corru
ption_dc_1;_ylt=AjDrpvnK7bXcav0e0Oz19hlPzWQA

Three Professional Hitmen Sentenced to Death in Sichuan
Xinhuanet, July 07, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-07/07/content_
6341149.htm

Environment
Wen Says China Must Fight Climate Change with Urgency
Wall Street Journal, July 10, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118399964775961069.html?
mod=home_whats_news_asia

Human Rights
Lawyers' Group Calls for Anti-Slavery Law
South China Morning Post, July 10, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8a9309ae7bba3
110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=Ne

Human Rights Defender - Chen Shuqing (陈树庆)
简要新闻∶ 陈树庆煽动颠覆国家政权案定于7月17日开庭 (In Brief: Chen Shuqing to Stand Trial on July 17 for Inciting Subversion)
Radio Free Asia, July 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/07/09/news0709/

Media
Beijing's Damage Control Moves Behind the Scenes
South China Morning Post, July 10, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e32309ae7bba3
110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Cracking China's Great Firewall
Asia Times Online, July 10, 2007
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/IG10Ad01.html

简要新闻∶记者孙林和妻子被批捕 (In Brief: Boxun Reporter Sun Lin and Wife Taken Away by Authorities)
Radio Free Asia, July 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/07/09/news0709/

《民主与法制时报》多名领导干部被免职 (More Than 10 Staff of a Critical Periodical "Transferred to Other Positions")
Radio Free Asia, July 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/09/
minzhu/

Government Places Media Under Public Supervision
Xinhuanet, July 08, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-07/08/content_
6345445.htm

Migrant Workers
Chinese Migrant Workers Overworked: Report
The Age, July 09, 2007
http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/chinese-migrant-
workers-overworked-report/2007/07/09/1183833427727.
html

Politics
中国评论﹕中共领导层权威受挑战 (Commentary: CPC Leadership Challenged on Water Pollution and Economic Policies)
Ming Pao, July 10, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070710/cat1.htm

Protests and Petitions
“不要奥运要人权”联署行动征集万人签名 (10,000 Chinese Citizens Join "We Want Human Rights, Not Olympics" Signature Campaign; Organizers Taken Away)
Radio Free Asia, July 10, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/07/09/china_
petition/

Public Health
上半年华南地区艾滋病人手术被拒10起 艾滋病人在哪儿看病？ (At Least 10 AIDS Patients from Southern China Were Refused Treatment in First Half of 2007)
Nanfang Daily, July 09, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/
200707090054.asp

Chinese Regulator Warns on Food Safety
Financial Times, July 09, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/6e99f558-2e43-11dc-821c-00007
79fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2
340.html

Religion
China Jails 2 Church Leaders
The Guardian, July 09, 2007
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6766744,
00.html

July 7-9, 2007

Top News of the Day
June 4th
Tiananmen Protester Released from Jail
Associated Press (via YahooNews), July 08, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070708/ap_on_re_as/china
_tiananmen_2;_ylt=Ai6U6Rp5cZJmk30EwkKnzTlPzWQA
简要新闻∶八九民运工人常永杰获释 (In Brief: June 4 Dissident Chang Yongjie Released)
Radio Free Asia, July 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/07/06/xinwen/
Sun Hong and Chang Yongjie (常永杰), protestors who were jailed after the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown, have recently been released. Sun, now 36, was sentenced to death with two-year reprieve on his arson charges. It is unclear why he was released on July 7. Chang, now 42, had his life imprisonment commuted to 18 years in jail and was released on June 26. The news report did not specify the charges on which Chang was convicted.

News
Children
海南一家具厂被查出使用童工 (Hainan Furniture Factory Uses Child Labor)
Radio Free Asia, July 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/06/
hainan/

Death Penalty
Chinese Official Sentenced to Death
Associated Press (via YahooNews), July 06, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070706/ap_on_re_as/china
_drug_scandal_1;_ylt=AjBQKCzIMyHKrV2882WKz45PzWQA

Environment
暖化融雪山长江现五危机 (Yangtze River Faces 5 Types of Environmental Hazards)
Ming Pao, July 09, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070709/gaa1.htm

Human Rights
港商成立大陆投资维权组织 (Hong Kong Businesses Establish Right Defense Organization for Investments in China)
Radio Free Asia, July 07, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/07/wei/

Human Rights Defender
The Man Making the World's Worst Polluter Clean Up Its Act
The Guardian, July 08, 2007
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,2121288,00.
html - article_continue

Human Rights Defender - Yuan Weijing (袁伟静)
胡佳袁伟静见美人权官员受阻　山东官方人员现身疑将重施故技 (Yuan Weijing and Hu Jia Barred from Meeting US Human Rights Officials in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, July 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/06/yuan/

Land Policy
Villagers Face Long Battle for Justice in Land Grab
South China Morning Post, July 09, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=dcad1087696a311
0VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Media
As China’s Economy Roars, Consumers Lack Defenders
New York Times, July 08, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/08/world/asia/08china.
html?_r=2&ref=asia&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

Olympics
经租房业主高呼要房权不要奥运 (Private Apartment Owners in Beijing Want Property Rights, Not Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, July 07, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/07/
jing/

Politics
Job Hopes Rise with Less Unrest
The Standard, July 09, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3&art
_id=48560&sid=14398707&con_type=1&d_str=20070709

Population
对超生的批判不能“泛道德化” (Commentary: Having More Than 1 Kid Not Immoral; It Is a Human Right)
Nanfang City News, July 09, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/20070709
0208.asp

Hunan Officials Flout One-child Ruling
The Standard, July 09, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat
=3&art_id=48564&sid=14399216&con_type=1&d_str=20070709

Protests and Petitions
China Tells Local Authorities to Address Social Instability
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), July 07, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070707/wl_afp/chinapolitic
sunrest_070707073728;_ylt=ArgMt2zArw9tPddnYp96xWJ
PzWQA

Chinese Capitalism Reveals Dark Side
The Age, July 07, 2007
http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/chinese-capitalism-
reveals-dark-side/2007/07/06/1183351458713.html

安徽绩溪县政府强拆民企厂房无视法院裁决 (Anhui Private Factory Demolished, Officials Ignore Court Decision on Compensation)
Radio Free Asia, July 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/07/06/china_
demolition_petition/

Related Information
HRIC Press Release: Anhui Business Owner Harassed for
Defending Property Rights
Human Rights in China, July 05, 2007
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/item?item_
id=44186

新疆访民讲述河南访民被打针截访经过 (Petitioner Witnesses Use of Needle Injection to Stop Petitioning in Beijing, Denied by Authorities)
Radio Free Asia, July 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/06/
jiefang/

访民马远新的两个儿子被强行送进孤儿院 (Two Sons of Petitioner Ma Yuanxin Sent to Ningxia Orphanage)
Radio Free Asia, July 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/07/06/china_
petition_detain/

July 6, 2007

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender – Mao Hengfeng (毛恒凤)
上海维权访民毛恒凤在狱中被虐待 (Mao Hengfeng Tortured in Prison)
Radio Free Asia, July 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/05/
maohengfeng/
The family of Shanghai petitioner Mao Hengfeng (毛恒风) has informed RFA that Mao has been tortured in prison. She was beaten and confined in a room with no sunlight or fresh air. She did not have a bed so she had to sleep on the floor. Mao did not eat the food other inmates brought to her—she was not allowed out of her cell to get food herself—because she was worried they would poison her. The authorities then force-fed her. She was also forced to strip half-naked in front of male inmates and police officers.

News
Death Penalty
索赔射杀老板 小伙被判死缓 (Young Man Sentenced to Death with Two-Year Reprieve for Murdering Former Boss over Pay Dispute)
The Beijing News, July 06, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0558/2007/07-06/021@
274498.htm

China Railway Rogue Trader Gets Death for Fraud
China Daily, July 05, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-07/05/content_
911014.htm

Environment
China Denies Hiding Pollution Death Data
Associated Press (via YahooNews), July 06, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070705/ap_on_re_as/china
_pollution_report_1;_ylt=ApDg4xmT86zoWughPguKqKpPzWQA

“中国暂时没有能力做出减排承诺” (Chinese Official Says China Cannot Promise to Reduce Greenhouse Gases for Now)
BBC, July 06, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_6270000/
newsid_6275700/6275738.stm

深圳市长籲勿买车 (Shenzhen Mayor Urges Public to Curb Pollution by Not Buying Cars)
Ming Pao, July 06, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070706/cab3.htm

China Denies Loans to Polluting Firms
Associated Press (via YahooNews), July 05, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070705/ap_on_re_as/china
_pollution_1;_ylt=Ao48rPinSpS0OZtM203fw5ZPzWQA

Gender
Women Hate Distorted Media Depictions
People's Daily, July 05, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6208432.html

Labor
Chinese Union Furthers Reach
Wall Street Journal, July 06, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118365696742858209.html
?mod=home_whats_news_asia

Land Policy
8间待拆店铺清晨遭打砸 (Eight Shops in Beijing Damaged After Negotiation over Eviction Compensation Fails)
The Beijing News, July 06, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0558/2007/07-06/021@
274481.htm

Media
After the Blast, a Deafening Silence Falls on the Media
South China Morning Post, July 06, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=51e95179437
93110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=Ne

“发帖必须用身份证上的名字”厦门工商局称网站发帖将取消匿名 (Xiamen Considers Mandating Real Name Registration for Internet Use)
Nanfang City News, July 05, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/20070705
0019.asp

Migrant Workers
Worker Beaten in Wage Dispute Dies
People's Daily, July 05, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6208439.html

Military
China Tries to Prevent Weapons in Darfur
Associated Press (via YahooNews), July 05, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070705/ap_on_re_af/china
_sudan_1;_ylt=AlNlMlQBTL6iDwfU.e8EQXNPzWQA

Olympics
China Denounces Efforts to Connect Beijing Olympics with Darfur Issue
Xinhuanet, July 05, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-07/05/content_
6334724.htm

Population
Guangzhou Two-Child Policy Push
The Standard, July 06, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3&art
_id=48432&sid=14362947&con_type=1&d_str=20070706

Protests and Petitions
宁夏访民马远新找回失散的幼子 (Ningxia Petitioner Reunited with Missing 7-Year-Old Son 3 Weeks Later)
Radio Free Asia, July 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/07/05/china_
petition_beijing/

Thousands Protest at Land Seizures
The Standard, July 06, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3&
art_id=48403&sid=14365691&con_type=1&d_str=20070706

杭州大井巷居民抗议强拆到省政府请愿遭到驱赶 (Zhejiang Petitioners Dispersed, Police Call Them “Dogs”)
Radio Free Asia, July 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/05/
qiangchai/

医院请“外援”平纠纷 患者家属被打死 (Hospital Employs Thugs to Beat to Death Protesting Relative of Deceased Patient)
The Beijing News, July 04, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0547/2007/0704/017@273878
.htm

July 5, 2007

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender – Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)
In Brief: Dissident on `Illegal Business' Charge Given Trial Date
South China Morning Post, July 05, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=604c0588a0293
110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄) will be tried on July 9 on charges of "illegal business activity", according to his wife. She has asked Human Rights in China to raise the Guo's torture to the United Nations’ special rapporteur on torture. For more background information, please refer to our "Top News" for May 22 and 29, 2007.

News
Death Penalty
Supreme People's Court Targets "Judicial Injustice"
Xinhuanet, July 05, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-07/05/content_
6330850.htm

Environment
'Iron Fist' Measures to Combat Water Polluters
South China Morning Post, July 05, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9b66ec94
47193110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&s=News

Polluters Shamed in Sepa Report Play Down Concerns
South China Morning Post, July 05, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7259ba4634
293110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=Ne

Human Rights Defender – Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
Wife Eludes Surveillance to Seek Activist's Release
South China Morning Post, July 05, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=751c0588
a0293110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Human Rights Defender - Chen Shuqing (陈树庆)
陈树庆案件拟定7月16日开庭 (Chen Shuqing to Stand Trial on July 16)
China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group, July 04, 2007
http://www.chrlcg-hk.org/?p=139

Human Rights Defender
湖南企业转手没咨询工人　维权代表被判刑提出上诉 (Hunan Worker Representative Given Reprieve Sentence over Strike, Has Appealed)
Radio Free Asia, July 04, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/04/
hunan/

Labor
批评者称虐待工人在中国已成常态 (Critique Says Worker Abuse Common in China)
Voice of America, July 04, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-07-04-voa54.cfm

Land Policy
浙江省杭州市上城区政府强行拆迁 (Zhejiang Residents Evicted at Dawn)
Radio Free Asia, July 04, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/07/04/China_
Demolition/

Law
Legal Aid Network to Help Migrants
South China Morning Post, July 05, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f3fb0588
a0293110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Alleged Slave Bosses Go on Trial in China
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), July 04, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070704/wl_asia_afp/chinas
laverychildren_070704162418;_ylt=AgK0MrF5xdWaGT1CS
hFld8JPzWQA

Protests and Petitions
北京刚出校门的警校学生及家长上访 (Fresh Graduates of Beijing Police School Petition Work Arrangement)
Radio Free Asia, July 04, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/04/
beijing/

Official: "Mass Incidents" on Rise as Environment Deteriorates
Xinhuanet, July 04, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-07/04/content_
6329221.htm

山东邹城东滩居民与当地煤矿发生冲突 (Shandong Residents Clash with Security Guards over Coal Mine Operation)
Radio Free Asia, July 04, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/07/04/China-
Village/

Religion
权威人士：中国续自圣主教 (Authoritative Source Says China Will Continue to Ordain Own Bishops)
Wen Wei Po, July 05, 2007
http://paper.wenweipo.com/2007/07/05/CH0707050037.htm

Hong Kong
Mainlanders Say Democracy Call Is Patriotic: Poll
South China Morning Post, July 05, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2137ec94471
93110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=Hong+Kong&

July 4, 2007

News
Disasters
Dam Denial as Yangtze Wreaks Havoc in Hubei
The Standard, July 04, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3&
art_id=48216&sid=14332009&con_type=1&d_str=20070704

Environment
江苏沭阳饮用水源受污染 城区20万人口断水 (Water Supply for 200,000 People in Jiangsu Cut Due to Pollution)
EastDay.com, July 03, 2007
http://news.eastday.com/c/20070703/u1a2948103.html

Food Security
China's Food Quality Up to Standard
Xinhuanet, July 04, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-07/04/content_
6325971.htm

Human Rights Defender - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
获两项国际人权奖　高智晟：中国必须和平改变 (Gao Zhisheng Discusses China's Development with Hu Jia over Phone After Receiving 2 International Human Rights Awards)
Radio Free Asia, July 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/03/ga
ozhisheng/

Land Policy
Farmers Take Stake in Land-Use Reform
South China Morning Post, July 04, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=cc3d5afd7ec83
110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=New

浙江嵊州公安超期拘押拒迁户 (Zhejiang Police Refuse to Release Protestor Unless His Family Agrees to Eviction)
Radio Free Asia, July 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/07/03/china_
demolition_detain/

Law
北京：劳教人员每天劳动时间降至3小时 (In Beijing, Working Hours for Reeducation-Through-Labor Inmates Reduced to 3 Hours Per Day)
Xinhuanet, July 04, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-07/04/content_
6325996.htm

人权律师吁修改律师法 (Human Rights Lawyers Call for Amendments to Lawyers' Law)
Radio Free Asia, July 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/07/03/china_
rights_lawyer/

Media
China Says Media Is Hyping Food Problems
Associated Press (via YahooNews), July 04, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070704/ap_on_re_as/china
_tainted_products_9;_ylt=AmIrdTR5IXFCu.8QsusQtV1PzWQA

Chinese Leaders Intensify Propaganda Orders and Jargon of Control in Run-up to 17th Congress
China Media Project, July 03, 2007
http://cmp.hku.hk/look/article.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication
=1&NrIssue=1&NrSection=100&NrArticle=853

Olympics
Authorities to Probe Misuse of CCTV Cameras
Xinhuanet, July 04, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-07/04/content_
6325614.htm

Beijing Weighs Car Ban to Cut Smog
Wall Street Journal, July 04, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118349256405756943.html?
mod=home_whats_news_asia

Politics
China Banks Oppose Party Interference
The Times of India, July 03, 2007
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Business/Intl_Business
/China_banks_oppose_party_interference/rssarticleshow/
2168182.cms

Protests and Petitions
Unpaid Workers Reject Police Version of Job-Site Clash
South China Morning Post, July 04, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7b4d5afd7ec
83110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=New

访民组织奥运反腐清洁队受到打压 (Petitioner Harassed for Organizing Anti-Corruption Campaign Ahead of Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, July 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/07/03/china_
petition_beijing/

Public Health
China Limits Transplants for Foreigners
Associated Press (via Examiner.com), July 03, 2007
http://www.examiner.com/a-811185~China_Limits_Transplants
_for_Foreigners.html?cid=rss-World

The Face of Chinese Cost Cutting
The Globe and Mail, July 02, 2007
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.200
70702.wchinafood0702/BNStory/International/home

Hong Kong
刘柏年批陈日君不应上街游行 (Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association Official Criticizes Hong Kong-Based Bishop over Rally)
BBC, July 04, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_6260000/ne
wsid_6264500/6264582.stm

June 30 - July 3, 2007

Top News
Protests and Petitions
10,000 Villagers Clash with Police over Murder Case
South China Morning Post, July 03, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=59245afd9a78
3110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
On June 29, 10,000 Chongqing protestors clashed with police after local authorities failed to deal with the stabbing to death of a Form One student. At least four people were reportedly arrested and more than 10 injured in the clash. A blogger said there was a delay in the rescue of the student. The alleged perpetrators of the murder, also students, were reportedly released soon after questioning because they were too young to be charged.

News
Education
去年中国中小学辍学学生近两千七百万 (27 Million Chinese Pupils Dropped Out of School in 2006)
Radio Free Asia, June 30, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/06/30/
xue/

Environment
China's Everest Road Plan Stirs Greenpeace Concern
Wall Street Journal, July 03, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118340290390755596.html
?mod=home_whats_news_asia

Investors Scramble to Harness Fickle Wind
South China Morning Post, July 03, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=48a45afd9a783
110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

UN Chief Urges China to Do More in War on Climate Change
South China Morning Post, July 03, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d7745afd9a78311
0VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Beijing Tells Residents Water Safe Straight from Tap
Reuters, July 01, 2007
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSPEK
35414220070702?feedType=RSSRSS

China Now World's Biggest Greenhouse Gas Emitter
Christian Science Monitor, June 28, 2007
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0628/p12s01-wogi.html

750,000 a Year Killed by Chinese Pollution
Financial Times, July 02, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/8f40e248-28c7-11dc-af78-000b5d
f10621,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2340.
html

Food Security
China Faces a New Worry: Heavy Metals in the Food
Wall Street Journal, July 02, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118333755837554826.html?
mod=links_from_todays_paper_asiaper_asia

Human Rights Defender – Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
Activist: Famed China Dissident Detained
Associated Press (via YahooNews), July 01, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070701/ap_on_re_as/china
_lawyer_detained_1;_ylt=AhL79dmV9HU4nx06tGNNyIdPzW
QA79dmV9HU4nx06tGNNyIdPzWQA

Labor
China: Coal Mine Deaths Declined in First Half of Year - Report
Wall Street Journal, July 02, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20070702-715748-sea
rch.html?KEYWORDS=China&COLLECTION=autowire/6mo
nthsearch.html

Cautious Welcome for China Labour Law
Financial Times, July 01, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/73ff9edc-27f7-11dc-80da-000b5d
f10621,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2340.
html

Law
北京法院首用“刑事和解”制度 被告被谅解轻判 (Beijing Court Applies Criminal Mediation System, Hands Down Suspended Sentence)
Xinhuanet, July 03, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-07/03/content_6320118
.htm

Media
China Censors Online Skeletons
Financial Times, June 29, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/efc45d98-264c-11dc-8e18-000b5df
10621,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2340.html

Olympics
陈凯在洛杉矶发起奥运自由衫运动 (Former Chinese National Basketball Team Member Launches "Olympic Freedom T- Shirt" Movement)
Voice of America, July 03, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-06-30-voa10.cfm

法国民运组织发起抵制北京奥运活动 (French Human Rights Groups Launch Boycotting Campaign Against Beijing Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, July 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/02/
omlympics/

Politics
Former HK Xinhua Chief Dreams of Home from His American Refuge
South China Morning Post, July 03, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=122f5a
fd9a783110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRDa0/?
vgnextoid=122f5afd9a783110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China Taps Another Noncommunist Minister
Associated Press (via YahooNews), June 29, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070629/ap_on_re_as/china
_health_minister_2;_ylt=Av.3YSzpP0Qum4MtksXHIw1Pz
WQASzpP0Qum4MtksXHIw1PzWQA

Protests and Petitions
China Strikers 'Beaten by Thugs'
BBC, July 02, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6261888.stm

Public Health
Firms Flout Ban on Hepatitis Bias
South China Morning Post, July 03, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=28b45afd9a7831
10VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Religion
Pope Says China "Suffocates" Faith, Urges Dialogue
Reuters (via YahooNews), July 03, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070630/wl_nm/pope_china
_dc_3;_ylt=Alfl.cxEF.1IHbcxQqvj2IlPzWQAqvj2IlPzWQA

中国各地家庭教会遭到打压 (Protestant House Church Members in Shandong and Shanxi Taken Away by Police)
Radio Free Asia, June 29, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/06/29/
jiaohui/

Hong Kong
Hong Kong Marks Handover Anniversary
Associated Press (via YahooNews), July 01, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/hong_kong_handover;_ylt=Amm
t71EtXtxzQ_abwKgFMTlPzWQAQA