August 22, 2007

News
Bilateral Ties
Report Finds China More Willing to Pressure Sudan over Darfur Policy
Voice of America, August 21, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-08-21-voa27.cfm?
renderforprint=1

Civil Society
China Cracking Down on AIDS Groups
Associated Press (via YahooNews), August 21, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070822/ap_on_re_as/china
_aids_activists_1;_ylt=AqTdGzxibZZwQeztbbRirEVPzWQA

Environment
China Reports Mixed Picture on Control of Major Pollutants
Xinhuanet, August 21, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/21/content_
6579276.htm

Food Security
Officials Berated over Food Safety
South China Morning Post, August 22, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=08442f2e7398
4110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Freedom of Speech
East China Police Detain 60 People for Spreading Rumors, Threats
People's Daily, August 21, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6244919.html

Human Rights Defender - Yang Jianli (杨建利)
Chinese Dissident Says China's One-Party System Is Fatally Flawed
Voice of America, August 21, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-08-21-voa65.cfm?
renderforprint=1

Human Rights Defender - Internet Activist
网络作家贺伟华再被强送精神病院 (Internet Writer Forcefully Admitted to Psychiatric Hospital)
Radio Free Asia, August 21, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08
/21/he/

Human Rights Defender – Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
袁伟静将去菲律宾代丈夫领奖 (Yuan Weijing to Receive Human Rights Award for Husband in the Philippines)
Radio Free Asia, August 21, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/21/
yuan/

Labor
US Group Uncovers Brutal Labor Conditions in Toy Factories
The Standard, August 22, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3
&art_id=51766&sid=15038141&con_type=1&d_str=20070822

Land Policy
武汉花楼街拆迁 七旬老妇被打伤 (75-Year-Old Woman Beaten During Wuhan Eviction)
Radio Free Asia, August 21, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/21/
wuhan/

Gov't Creates New Body for Public Housing
Xinhuanet, August 21, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/21/content_
6575357.htm

Law
律师在场权侦查人员举证责任进“药方” (Vice President of Supreme People's Procuratorate Advocates Reform on Torture)
Legal Daily, August 22, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2007-08/22/content_
684867.htm

Media
Newspapers Come to the Party as Congress Looms
The Standard, August 22, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_print.asp?art_id=
51746&sid=15036840

中国电影主管呼吁多制作爱国电影 (President of China Film Group Corporation Calls for Production of More Patriotic Movies)
Radio Free Asia, August 21, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/21/
movie/

Migrant Workers
China Rural Cops to Bust Migrant Crime in Cities
Reuters (via The Guardian), August 21, 2007
http://sport.guardian.co.uk/breakingnews/feedstory/0,,-
6864900,00.html

Olympics
Olympics Organizers Back Sohu in Ad Dispute
Wall Street Journal, August 22, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118769652628103952.html?
mod=hps_asia_whats_news

Beijingers Expect Long-Term Measures After Traffic Ban
Xinhuanet, August 21, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/21/content_
6579596.htm

China Prays for Olympic Wind as Car Bans Fail to Shift Beijing Smog
The Guardian, August 21, 2007
http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,,2153009,00.html

Population
Beijing Nears Its Self-Set Ceiling for Population
Wall Street Journal, August 22, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118771947934704263.html?
mod=hps_asia_whats_news

Protests and Petitions
4,000 Shenzhen Workers Protest for Wage Increases
South China Morning Post, August 22, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3f742f2e73
984110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

August 21, 2007

News
Corruption
深圳区检察院长双规期间咬出百贪官 (100 Corrupt Officials Revealed During Investigation of Shenzhen Prosecutor)
Radio Free Asia, August 20, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/20/
shuangui/

Death Penalty
港商命案主犯判死 (Murderer of Hong Kong Merchant Sentenced to Death in Shenzhen)
Ming Pao, August 21, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070821/cfc1.htm

最高法：破坏电力设备 四种情形最高可判死刑 (New Judicial Interpretation Stipulates Possibility of Death Penalty for Damage of Electricity Facilities)
Legal Daily, August 21, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2007-08/21/content_
684187.htm

Environment
Multinationals Blacklisted for Pollution
Xinhuanet, August 21, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/21/content_
6573398.htm

China Begins Building New Nuclear Plant, 1st in Country's Northeast
International Herald Tribune, August 18, 2007
http://www.iht.com/bin/print.php?id=7163738

Human Rights
Can the Paralympic Games Give China's Disabled a Boost?
Christian Science Monitor, August 21, 2007
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0821/p01s01-woap.html

Human Rights Defender - Yang Jianli (杨建利)
Democracy Activist Returns to US After Five Years in Prison
Reuters (via South China Morning Post), August 21, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1380c1ca6
1484110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Labor
Mine Safety Officials Warned of Flooding Risk on Eve of Disaster
South China Morning Post, August 21, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8620c1ca614
84110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Media
十七大之前中国加强媒体控制 (China Strengthens Media Control Ahead of CPC's 17th Central Committee Meeting)
Radio Free Asia, August 20, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/20/meiti/

大陆异议网站博客被封 文学网加强审查 (Dissenting Web Site and Blogs Shut Down; Literary Web Site Strengthens Censorship on Its Content)
Radio Free Asia, August 20, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/20/
wenxuewang/

简要新闻：电影无法打入中国 李连杰颇感失望 (In Brief: Kung Fu Star Jet Li Disappointed with China's Ban on His Movies)
Radio Free Asia, August 20, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/08/20/#li

美国主机服务供应商近日关闭多个中国异见网站 (US-Based Internet Service Provider Shuts Down Several Chinese Dissident Web Sites)
Radio Free Asia, August 20, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/08/20/china_
internet_freedom/

Olympics
Beijing's Traffic Flows but Smog Remains
South China Morning Post, August 21, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb3
29d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=558f2fcea3
484110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

China Warns of Games Hijack Threat
Reuters (via YahooNews), August 21, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070821/wl_nm/olympics
_china_security_dc_1;_ylt=
AqqBetCMMjGXf2NLBX1Ft7BPzWQA

Protests and Petitions
深圳示威爆冲突拘4人 (Four People Arrested over Clash at Shenzhen Labor Protest)
Ming Pao, August 21, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070821/cfa1.htm

Public Health
Pig Disease Cover-Up Admitted
The Standard, August 21, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=
3&art_id=51680&sid=15015759&con_type=1&d_str=
20070821

China State TV Launches Series Dedicated to Defense of Products
Wall Street Journal, August 20, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118760432703202712.html?
mod=hpp_asia_whats_news

August 18-20, 2007

News
Corruption
Corruption Storybook Has No Final Chapter
South China Morning Post, August 20, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=eddfc24d
1ee74110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=New

Nearly 5,000 Officials Punished for Extravagance
Xinhuanet, August 20, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/19/content_
6562963.htm

China-EU Association Staff Jailed for Role in Scandal of Officials' Abortive Finnish Trip
Xinhuanet, August 18, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/18/content_
6561005.htm

Death Penalty
Two Drug Traffickers Executed in SW China
Xinhuanet, August 19, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/19/content_
6564743.htm

Disasters
Angry Relatives Clash with Security Forces
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), August 20, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6dcfc24d1e
e74110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=New

Food Security
White Paper: China Builds Food Safety Law Regime, Technological Guarantee System
Xinhuanet, August 17, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/17/content_
6553336.htm

Human Rights Defender – Sun Xiaodi (孙小弟)
甘肃环保人士孙小弟及家人被扰 (Gansu Environmentalist Sun Xiaodi and Family Harassed)
Radio Free Asia, August 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/17/
sunxiaodi/

Human Rights Defender – Hua Huiqi (华惠琪)
简要新闻：北京家庭教会成员华惠琪受公安人员威胁 (In Brief: Beijing Religious Activist Threatened by Police)
Radio Free Asia, August 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/08/17/xinwen/

Related Information
HRIC Press Release: Activist's Mother "Held Hostage" for
Information
Human Rights in China, August 17, 2007
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/item?item_id
=44569

Human Rights Defender - Wu Lihong (吴立红)
环保人士吴立红的妹妹被警方带走 (Sister of Environmentalist Wu Lihong Taken Away by Jiangsu Police)
Radio Free Asia, August 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/17/
wu/

Human Rights Defender – Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
陈光诚的妻子袁伟静致最高人民法院的民事起诉状 (Yuan Weijing Sends Civil Pleading to Supreme People's Court)
Radio Free Asia, August 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/17/
yuan/

Media
家属禁接受採访 (Families of Coal Mine Accident Victims Told Not to Talk to Journalists)
Ming Pao, August 20, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070820/cha4.htm

China Reporters Probing Bridge Disaster "Beaten"
Reuters, August 17, 2007
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK2236
3220070817?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&rpc
=22&sp=true

天网网站服务器遭永久关闭 (Server for Rights Defence Web Site Permanently Closed)
Radio Free Asia, August 19, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/19/
tian/

博客时评文章被“隐形” 律师告搜狐网违约 (Beijing Lawyer Sues Sohu for Excluding His Articles)
Radio Free Asia, August 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/17/
blogs/

China Bans Negative Reporting Ahead of Party Congress
The Guardian, August 17, 2007
http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,,2150985,00.html
- article_continue

Olympics
Olympic Pollution Trial: China Orders Million Cars Off Beijing Roads to Clean the Air
The Sydney Morning Herald, August 18, 2007
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/olympic-pollution-trial
-china-orders-million-cars-off-beijingroads-to-clear-the-air
/2007/08/17/1186857768461.html

Ahead of Olympics, Beijing Steps Up Pressure on Dissidents
Austin American - Statesman, August 17, 2007
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/world
/08/17/0817chinadissidents.html

Protests and Petitions
简要新闻：北京警方抓走300多访民监控多名异议人士 (In Brief: Beijing Police Take Away 300 Petitioners and Monitor Dissidents)
Radio Free Asia, August 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/08/18/xinwen/

出租司机被黑社会砍死 千人聚温江医院抗议 (1,000 People Protest Knifing to Death of Taxi Driver in Chengdu Hospital)
Radio Free Asia, August 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/17/taxi/

August 17, 2007

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Chen Shuqing (陈树庆)
浙江异议作家陈树庆被判处四年徒刑 (Zhejiang Dissident Writer Sentenced to 4 Years' Imprisonment)
Radio Free Asia, August 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/16/
chenshuqing/
On August 16, Zhejiang dissident Internet writer Chen Shuqing (陈树庆) was sentenced to four years' imprisonment by the Hangzhou Intermediate People's Court on charges of "inciting to subvert state power." Chen, also deprived of political rights for one year, said he would appeal. According to his lawyer, the prosecution did not know exactly how many of Chen's articles it had used to indict him.

Related News:
China Jails Internet Writer for Subversion, Disbars
Lawyer
Reuters, August 16, 2007
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/
idUSPEK17915520070816

News
Human Rights
Do U.S. Companies Support Big Brother in China?
ABC News, August 16, 2007
http://www.abcnews.go.com/print?id=3484293

Human Rights Defender - Gao Yaojie (高耀洁)
高耀洁委托妹妹代领纽约科学院人权奖 (Gao Yaojie Entrusts Sister to Receive Human Rights Award in US)
Radio Free Asia, August 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/08/16/china_
humanrights/

Law
China Issues New Rules for Judicial Authentication
Xinhuanet, August 14, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/14/content_
6527766.htm

Media
TV Watchdog Pulls 'Vulgar' Talent Show
South China Morning Post, August 17, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=36f67786e5f
64110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

北京当局在奥运倒数之时收紧言论 (Beijing Tightens Media Control During Olympics Countdown)
Radio Free Asia, August 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/16/
aoyun/

CCTV“规范用工”真相 (CCTV Defends Removal of Contract Staff)
Nanfang City News, August 16, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/zmzg/
200708160018.asp

Multilateral Relations
Leaders from China, Russia, Central Asia to Show off Military Might
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), August 17, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070817/wl_afp/russiachinac
asiasecuritymilitary_070817020658;_ylt=
AnHtc1JtlFQtaB70W508ok1PzWQA

Olympics
A Day to Use Public Transport in Beijing
Xinhuanet, August 17, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/17/content_
6548365.htm

中国是否够资格举办奥运 在加拿大受质疑 (China's Qualifications for Holding Olympics Doubted in Canada)
Radio Free Asia, August 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/16/
jianada/

How China Can Lose the Beijing Olympics
Times Online, August 16, 2007
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/columnists/
article2267777.ece

Police
北京10所高校设警务工作站 (Police Stations Established in 10 Beijing Colleges)
Radio Free Asia, August 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/16/
jingwu/

Politics
Growing Pains Are No Excuse for China's Woes
South China Morning Post, August 17, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9e827786e5
f64110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=Columns&s=O

Protests and Petitions
Crackdown to Fuel Resentment, Analysts Say
South China Morning Post, August 17, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d7477786e5f
64110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

四川大竹事件三打砸者获刑 (Trio Convicted over January Sichuan Protest)
Nanfang City News, August 17, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/djjz/200708170353
.asp

上海访民会场请愿遭拘捕 人大会到底代表谁？ (Petitioners Taken Away for Petitioning Outside Shanghai Municipal People's Congress)
Radio Free Asia, August 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/
16/sh/

烟台610基地强制关押上访民众 (Shandong Petitioners Detained in "610 Office")
Radio Free Asia, August 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/08/16/china_
petition_abuse/

Minor Participants in "Mass Incidents" to Avoid China's Courts
Xinhuanet, August 16, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/17/content_
6547223.htm

Public Health
Fake Diabetes Home-Test Kit Linked to Shanghai Company
The Standard, August 17, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3
&art_id=51414&sid=14971491&con_type=1&d_str=20070817

Tibet
Tibetans Turn Festival into Mute Protest Against China
New York Times, August 16, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/16/world/asia/16t
ibet.html?_r=1&ref=asia&oref=slogin

August 16, 2007

News
Bilateral Ties
China a Key to Darfur Peace - Activists
Reuters, August 15, 2007
http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnL15810742.html

Children
Police Break Up China Child Slavery Gang
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), August 15, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070815/wl_asia_afp/
chinaslaverychildrengang_070815072406;_ylt=
AudAObByDIBSZF8JxO5BydhPzWQA

Civil Society
河南省艾滋病草根组织研讨会被迫延期 (Grassroots HIV/AIDS Group's Conference in Henan Forcibly Postponed)
Radio Free Asia, August 15, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/15/
henan/

Corruption
E China City Official Indicted for Taking Bribes
Xinhuanet, August 15, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/15/content_
6538772.htm

Disasters
Hunan Bridge Was Doomed to Collapse, Villagers Say
South China Morning Post, August 16, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=bc521e3c74a
64110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Human Rights
Big Brother (Not Your Neighbour) Is Watching
South China Morning Post, August 16, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8d7e1e3c74
a64110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=Columns&s=

Human Rights Defender - Jiang Yanyong (蒋彦永)
蒋彦永拒绝纽约科学院的科学家人权奖 (Jiang Yanyong Refuses Human Rights Award from New York Science Academy)
Radio Free Asia, August 15, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/08/15/china_
humanrights/

Human Rights Defender – Xiao Chun (肖春)
深圳厂方称维权者是罪犯 被暴打责任自负 (Labor Activist Beaten by Unidentified Thugs at Shenzhen Toy Factory)
Radio Free Asia, August 15, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/15/
shenzhen/

Labor
Shanghai Pulls Out All Stops to Bolster Union
South China Morning Post, August 16, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=bd721e3c74
a64110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Law
中国评论﹕最高检新标準 可防滥捕滥诉 (Commentary: Supreme People's Procuratorate's New Standards Can Prevent Excessive Arrests and Prosecutions)
Ming Pao, August 16, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070816/cat1.htm

Media
China Announces Four Major Cases of Illegal Publications, Bogus Journalists
Xinhuanet, August 15, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/15/content_
6538637.htm

China to Launch Media Crackdown Before Communist Party Meeting
Wall Street Journal, August 15, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20070815-701348-
search.html?KEYWORDS=China&COLLECTION=autowire
/6month

反腐网游《清廉战士》被关闭 (Online Anti-Corruption Game Shut Down)
Radio Free Asia, August 15, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/15/
game/

记者齐崇淮因揭官场贪腐被正式逮捕 (Shandong Journalist Formally Arrested After Revealing Corruption)
Radio Free Asia, August 15, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/15/
shandong/

Olympics
An Olympian Web War in China
Wall Street Journal, August 15, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118711975072997500-search
.html?KEYWORDS=China&COLLECTION=wsjie/6month

Politics
For Decoration Only
South China Morning Post, August 15, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=dabb101ac2
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Protests and Petitions
湖南湘潭矿工罢工演变成大规模冲突 (Strike at Hunan Coal Mine Escalates into Violent Clashes, Worker and Security Guard Beaten to Death)
Radio Free Asia, August 15, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/08/15/china_
labor_strike/

Public Health
China Toy Group Says Was Aware of Problems
Reuters (via YahooNews), August 15, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070815/ts_nm/china_safety
_toys_dc_2;_ylt=ArLu7RDV1cR8E37runnI0ktPzWQA

Social Security
China Boosts Subsidies for People Affected by Natural Disasters
Xinhuanet, August 15, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/15/content_
6539737.htm

August 15, 2007

News

Bilateral Ties
Hu Boosts Ties in Kyrgyzstan
South China Morning Post, August 15, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3171101ac2
564110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

US Toy Giant Mattel Recalls 18 Million China-Made Toys
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), August 15, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070815/ts_afp/uschinacon
sumerrecalltoys_070815021536;_ylt=Ao1Tm7dps0D.TzSt8j
oec4BPzWQA

China Becomes Popular Issue in 2008 Race
Associated Press (via ABC News), August 14, 2007
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Decision2008/wireStory?id
=3476420

Corruption
China to Investigate All Land Sales in 2005-2007
Forbes.com, August 14, 2007
http://www.forbes.com/afxnewslimited/feeds/afx/2007/08/
13/afx4015889.html

Death Penalty
广西柳州大毒枭被执行死刑 (Guangxi Drug Trafficker Executed After Supreme People's Court's Approval)
Xinhuanet, August 14, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/video/2007-08/14/content_
6528087.htm

Disasters
Toll 34 After China Bridge Collapsed "Like Beancurd"
Reuters (via YahooNews), August 15, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070815/wl_nm/china_bridge
_dc_19;_ylt=At6W6TNNqsyUBKczZNdMXDJPzWQA

Human Rights Defender - Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)
郭飞雄妻子张青写给胡锦涛主席的公开信 (Guo Feixiong's Wife Zhang Qing Sends Open Letter to President Hu Jintao)
Radio Free Asia, August 14, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/14
/guofeixiong/

Human Rights Defender - Guo Yongfeng (郭永丰)
深圳民主人士郭永丰遭传唤 (Shenzhen Democrat Guo Yongfeng Summoned, Internet Access Cut Off)
Radio Free Asia, August 14, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/14
/guoyongfeng/

Land Policy
Subsidized Homes Top Priority of Central Gov't
China Daily, August 14, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2007-08/14/content_
6025588.htm

Law
最高检明确五种情形依法不起诉 (New Standards Stipulate 5 Situations That Don’t Warrant Prosecution)
Legal Daily, August 15, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2007-08/15/content_
680791.htm

Taiwan, Mainland Make Rare Prisoner Swap
Reuters (via The Standard), August 15, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=
3&art_id=51259&sid=14941500&con_type=1&d_str=20070815

Media
In Brief: Green Website Forced to Remove Reports About Jailed Activist
South China Morning Post, August 15, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7241101ac2
564110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

第六代导演贾樟柯新片搁浅 (Fate of Director Jia Zhangke's New Movie on Cultural Revolution Unknown)
Radio Free Asia, August 14, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/14/
Jiazhangke/

Olympics
Capital Drafting New Clean Air Plan
China Daily, August 14, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-08/14/content_
6025073.htm

Police
Crackdown on Crime `Successful'
The Standard, August 15, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3&art
_id=51262&sid=14937152&con_type=1&d_str=20070815

Protests and Petitions
Villagers Protest over 'Fake' News Report
South China Morning Post, August 15, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ea40101ac2
564110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

吉林访民绝食抗议上访被拘 (Jilin Petitioner Stages Hunger Strike over Detention)
Radio Free Asia, August 14, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/14/
fangmin/

和谐社会另一面 访民北京市政府上访 (Petitioners Tell of Two Violent Petitioning Incidents
Radio Free Asia, August 14, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/14/bj/

August 14, 2007

News
Environment
Cleaning Up Arsenic Spill in River Will Take Years
South China Morning Post, August 14, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=60ea523301
064110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=Ne

Glaring Inefficiency
South China Morning Post, August 14, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=49d6588a4f
f54110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Human Rights Defenders
律师维权组织犯禁被撤 (Committee of Beijing Municipal Lawyers' Association Restructured After Involvement in Sensitive Cases)
Ming Pao, August 14, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070814/caa1h.htm

Human Rights Defender - Wu Lihong (吴立红)
Whistle-Blower in China Faces Prison
Christian Science Monitor, August 14, 2007
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0814/p01s03-woap.html?
page=1

Labor
Top Official Plays Down Scale of Kiln Slavery
South China Morning Post, August 14, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4b8b523301
064110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=Ne

Media
京广电整肃地方频道　维稳牟利说法不一 (Four Local Radio Stations Punished for Broadcasting Through Unauthorized Channels)
Radio Free Asia, August 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/13/
stations/

Multilateral Relations
China's Hu in Delicate Diplomatic Mission to Neighbours
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), August 14, 2007
http://nz.news.yahoo.com/070814/8/17k2.html

Olympics
“奥运期间环保措施将更严厉” (More Stringent Environmental Policies to Be Enforced in Beijing During Olympics)
The Beijing News, August 14, 2007
http://olympic.thebeijingnews.com/0957/2007/08-14/021@
023754.htm

Police
北京城管执法改打“太极拳” (Beijing City Authorities Soften Their Approach Towards Hawkers)
Radio Free Asia, August 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/13/
chengguan/

拾荒者遇上联防离奇死亡　孙志刚式悲剧首都重现？ (Family Urges Investigation into Mysterious Death of Beggar in Beijing After Encountering Citizen Patrols)
Radio Free Asia, August 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/13/bj/

Poverty
Details Emerge of Dual Initiatives on Poverty
South China Morning Post, August 14, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ef1b523301
064110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Protests and Petitions
四川抗议医疗事故的十一人被监禁 (11 Sichuan Residents Convicted After Protesting Death of Child Due to Delayed Treatment)
Voice of America, August 13, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-08-13-voa63.cfm

Tibet
China's Relocation of Rural Tibetans
BBC, August 13, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6944342.stm

August 11-13, 2007

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Wu Lihong (吴立红)
太湖卫士吴立红被判三年 (Tai Lake Defender Wu Lihong Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison)
Radio Free Asia, August 10, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/10
/wulihong/
On August 10, Tai Lake defender Wu Lihong (吴立红) was sentenced to three years' imprisonemnt by a Jiangsu court on charges of fraud and blackmailing. He said he would appeal the verdict, which was delivered at the end of the one-day trial. According to Wu's wife, the sum of money in dispute was only a commission for the service Wu provided to a company; it was not obtained illegally. Wu had complained of torture against him during interrogation, but the court did not find even minor injuries.

Related News
China Environmental Activist Imprisoned
Associated Press (via YahooNews), August 10, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070810/ap_on_re_as
/china_environmentalist_sentenced_1;_ylt=AieAkURK
eEx2.zEZzgaXwb1PzWQA

News
Corruption
Jailers Sentenced in China Tycoon Case
Associated Press (via YahooNews), August 11, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070811/ap_on_re_as/china
_tycoon_s_jailers_1;_ylt=AgNZjnHC1WgNOZThfWCIv_9PzWQA

中国贿医潜规则：医院采购回扣率高达10% (Kick-Backs for Hospitals' Purchases Reach 10 Percent)
Radio Free Asia, August 10, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/10/
huikou/

Environment
Plant Leaked Arsenic into River: Report
South China Morning Post, August 13, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b352543bec
a54110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Human Rights Defenders
Activist Survives Attack by Gangsters
South China Morning Post, August 13, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=61d2543bec
a54110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

June 4th
《中国日报》网站短暂出现有关“六四”的文字 (Description of June 4th Crackdown Posted on China Daily Web Site for 12 Hours)
Radio Free Asia, August 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/12/64/

1989 Tiananmen Protester Released
Associated Press (via CNN), August 10, 2007
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/10/
tiananmen.protest.ap/index.html

Land Policy
简要新闻：央视工程实施第六次强制拆迁 (In Brief: CCTV Construction in Beijing Leads to Sixth Forcible Eviction)
Radio Free Asia, August 11, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/08/11/xinwen/

Media
China Cardboard Bun Hoax Reporter Jailed
Associated Press (via YahooNews), August 13, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070813/ap_on_re_as/china
_cardboard_buns_2;_ylt=AhfN6vnYwqyYGf.k8lWTBm9PzWQA

Chinese Reporter Sentenced to One Year in Jail for Cardboard-Stuffed Bun Hoax
Xinhuanet, August 12, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/12/content_
6519407.htm

Letter from China: It's a Miracle People Hear the Truth at All
International Herald Tribune, August 10, 2007
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/08/10/news/letter.php

Chinese Gives Chan the Chop as Censors Get Tough
The Independent, August 09, 2007
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article2846542.ece

Olympics
The Human Cost of the Games: Standing Up to the Beijing Bulldozers
The Independent, August 13, 2007
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article2859069.ece

China Bird's Nest Designer Rails at Olympic "Fakeness"
Reuters, August 10, 2007
http://www.reuters.com/article/gc04/idUSPEK4803720070810?
src=081007_0803_globalCoveragePromo_globalcoverage

Police
China Enacting a High-Tech Plan to Track People
New York Times, August 12, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/business/worldbusiness/
12security.html?_r=2&pagewanted=1&adxnnl=1&
partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1186930862-

Protests and Petitions
简要新闻：宁夏15岁小访民被关拘留所 (In Brief: 15-Year-Old Detained in Ningxia After Mother Evades Arrest)
Radio Free Asia, August 11, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/08/11/xinwen/

Tibetan Protesters Withdraw Amid Threat of Force
Radio Free Asia, August 10, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/tibetan/2007/08/10/tibetan_
protest_update/

State Security
Experts: SCO Joint Drill to Crack Down on "Three Evil Forces"
Xinhuanet, August 11, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/11/content_
6514687.htm

Tibet
中国撤换大批西藏县委书记 (China Reshuffles Party Positions in Tibet to Strengthen Control)
Radio Free Asia, August 10, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/10/
xizang/

August 10, 2007

News
Death Penalty
Death Sentence for Official Who Had His Mistress Killed
South China Morning Post, August 10, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2446fcdbe1
b44110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=New

邯郸金库案两主犯死刑 (Duo Sentenced to Death on Charges of Corruption and Embezzling Public Funds in Hebei)
The Beijing News, August 10, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0564/2007/08-10/018@
282585.htm

Gender
权益活跃人士呼吁维护外嫁女的合法经济权益 (Rights Activists Call for Protection of Lawful Economic Interests of Women Who Have Married Men from Other Localities)
Radio Free Asia, August 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/09/
women_right/

Government
China Tightens Local Oversight
Wall Street Journal, August 10, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118669865619393552.html?
mod=hps_asia_whats_news

Human Rights Defender
维权人士任华等在湖南作调查被暴徒殴打目前失踪 (After Thugs' Beating in Hunan, Whereabouts of Human Rights Lawyer Ren Hua Unknown)
Radio Free Asia, August 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/09/
renhua/

Human Rights Defender - Zhu Yufu (朱虞夫)
朱虞夫周四获准和律师见面 (Zhu Yufu Allowed to Meet Lawyer on August 9)
Radio Free Asia, August 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/08/09/china
_dissident_jail/

Labor
Staff Work Overtime at Toy Factory, Despite Export Ban
South China Morning Post, August 10, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a806fcdbe1
b44110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=New

Olympics
Car-Free Days to Tackle Pollution
The Standard, August 10, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3&
art_id=50917&sid=14878054&con_type=1&d_str=20070810

Olympic Politics and the 'Known Unknowables'
South China Morning Post, August 10, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c252fcdbe1
b44110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=Columns&s=O

热日烤京城奥运难顶 (Unbearable Heat May Affect Beijing Olympics)
Ming Pao, August 10, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070810/cha1h.htm

澳大利亚奥委官员谈北京奥运期间的言论自由 (Australian IOC Member Discusses Athletes’ Freedom of Speech During Beijing Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, August 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/09/
australia/

Expelled Activists Lash Out
The Standard, August 10, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat
=3&art_id=50918&sid=14870256&con_type=1&d_str=
20070810

China Deports 8 Pro-Tibet Activists
Associated Press (via YahooNews), August 09, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070809/ap_on_re_as/china
_tibet_activists_1;_ylt=AsH8YViZ.NyndeDj4xX3Z7hPzWQA

India's Tibetans Kick Off Year of 'Olympic' Anti-China Protest
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), August 09, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070809/wl_sthasia_afp/
indiatibetprotestoly2008chn_070809060525;_ylt=Ath2i5j
_f9aU1fG3kwaZ7jFPzWQA

Before Olympics, a Call for Change
Washington Post, August 08, 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content
/article/2007/08/07/AR2007080700659.html

Public Health
Relatives Say Charges Too Lenient for 13 Deaths in Drug Scandal
South China Morning Post, August 10, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c9f5fcdbe1b
44110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Society - Ethnic Minorities
Tibetans Clash with Muslims in China's Qinghai
Radio Free Asia, August 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/tibetan/2007/08/09/tibetan_
muslims/

August 9, 2007

News
Corruption
China Official Jailed for Life for Graft
Associated Press (via YahooNews), August 08, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070808/ap_on_re_as/china
_corruption_1;_ylt=Aru2iBgiA.BezdSckxbvN91PzWQABezd
SckxbvN91PzWQA

Death Penalty
Legal Body Confirms New Guidelines
Xinhuanet, August 09, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/09/content_
6499082.htm

Inner Mongolia
China Lauds Minority Rights on Key Anniversary
Reuters (via YahooNews), August 08, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070808/wl_nm/china_
politics_minorites_dc_1;_ylt=AorvpVJ4KK6jQ4jqcJBb
BRdPzWQAVJ4KK6jQ4jqcJBbBRdPzWQA

Labor
女生工厂病死 (Secondary School Student Dies at Summer Job in Guangdong Factory)
Ming Pao, August 09, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070809/cca1h.htm

Law
江苏环保活动人士吴立红案子星期五开庭 (Jiangsu Environmentalist Wu Lihong to Stand for Trial on Friday)
Radio Free Asia, August 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/08/
wulihong/

Olympics
新闻中心难上境外网站 (Access to Foreign Web Sites Remains Difficult for Beijing International Media Center)
Ming Pao, August 09, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070809/cha6.htm

Host Cities to Be Audited for Food Safety Systems
South China Morning Post, August 09, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2c19f1466564
4110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=Newsa0/?

Beijing Warned on Olympics Air Quality
Financial Times, August 08, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/cc8ae706-458d-11dc-b359-000077
9fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2340.html

China Frees Foreign Pro-Tibet Activists
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), August 08, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070808/wl_asia_afp/oly2
008chinatibet_070808215600;_ylt=AtYZsa1Y0vaCBp70fX
DZoVtPzWQAylt=AtYZsa1Y0vaCBp70fXDZoVtPzWQA

北京奥运倒数庆典同时异议人士自由受限 (Dissidents' Freedom Limited While Olympics Countdown Celebrations Begin)
Radio Free Asia, August 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/08/yiyi/

“奥林匹克观察”呼吁IOC、运动员等关注中国人权 (NGO Urges IOC and Athletes to Show Concern for China's Human Rights Situation)
Radio Free Asia, August 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/08/
IOC/

为奥运会，封锁上访村 (Petitioners' Village Blocked During Olympics Countdown Ceremony)
Radio Free Asia, August 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/08/
shangfangcun/

US Legislators Propose China Olympics Boycott over Rights
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), August 08, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070808/pl_afp/olychn2008
rightschinauscongress_070808074627;_ylt=AqCOBtR1W2g3
isowotgxqM5PzWQA08074627;_ylt=AqCOBtR1W2g3isowo
tgxqM5PzWQA

State Council Issues Circular on Emergency Response Measures
Xinhuanet, August 07, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/07/content_
6490852.htm

Poverty
Mainland's Income Gap Among Asia's Highest
South China Morning Post, August 09, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b0c8f1466564
4110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Protests and Petitions
上海访民杜阳明被剥夺家人探视和通信的权利 (Shanghai Petitioner Deprived of Right to Family Visit and Communication)
Radio Free Asia, August 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/08/08/china
_petition_shanghai/

Related Information
HRIC Press Release: Du Yangming Deprived of Family
Visits After Refusing Prison Uniform
Human Rights in China, August 07, 2007
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/item?item_
id=44480

甘孜藏人抗议持续八天后撤离 (Tibetans' 8-Day Protest in Sichuan Ends on August 8)
Radio Free Asia, August 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/08/
ganzi/

August 8, 2007

Top News of the Day
Tibet
General Punished for Shooting Tibetans
Associated Press (via YahooNews), August 07, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070807/ap_on_re_as/china
_tibetans_shot_1;_ylt=AkMvoX9mxoM19pIj3WobS01PzWQA
Meng Jinxi, the most senior Chinese general in Tibet, is reportedly being forced to step down from his position after an incident where Tibetans crossing the border to Nepal in the Himalayan region were shot. A Tibetan and a Buddhist nun were killed in the incident, which happened in September 2006. The two were part of a greater group of about 70 people that police tried to prevent from crossing illegally. Each year, mostly teenagers, monks, and nuns try escaping Tibet in search of a Buddhist education that remains unavailable there.

News
Corruption
China Law Officials Punished for Fake Finnish Trip
Reuters, August 07, 2007
http://africa.reuters.com/odd/news/usnT78297.html

Trials Start in China Pension Scandal
Associated Press (via YahooNews), August 07, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070807/ap_on_re_as/china
_shanghai_scandal_1;_ylt=AkfKhtDP8Jb8Jx66o7SBFwFPzWQA

Human Rights Defender – Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)
郭飞雄见律师 请家人就酷刑伪证致信中央 (Guo Feixiong Meets Lawyers, Asks Wife to Tell Central Government About Torture Situation)
Radio Free Asia, August 07, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/07/
guofeixiong/

Labor
City Traffic Cops Given 43 Years to Live
The Standard, August 08, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3&art
_id=50743&sid=14832494&con_type=1&d_str=20070808

Land Policy
政府征地酿冲突 警察拔枪威胁村民 (Chengdu Police Officer Uses Gun to Threaten Villagers Who Resist Land Grab)
Radio Free Asia, August 07, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/07/bazi/

Law
修订后的律师法有望十月出台 草案有重要改进 (Amended Lawyers' Law to Be Made Public in October)
Legal Daily, August 08, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2007-08/08/content_
676183.htm

Media
中国当局封锁“无界浏览”破网软件 (Anti-Censorship Software "Ultrasurf" No Longer Effective as China Steps Up Censorship Effort)
Radio Free Asia, August 07, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/08/07/china_
internet_freedom/

Military
Shanghai Cooperation Organize Holds Biggest War Games Ahead of Leaders Summit
Voice of America, August 07, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-08-07-voa11.cfm

Olympics
Beijing Smog Clouds Olympic Forecast
Christian Science Monitor, August 08, 2007
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0808/p07s02-woap.html

国家林业局:北京申奥七项绿化承诺已经全部实现 ( China Says Beijing's 7 Olympic Promises on "Greening" the Environment Have All Been Fulfilled)
Legal Daily, August 08, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2007-08/08/content_
676236.htm

Souvenir Makers Fined for Overwork
South China Morning Post, August 08, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=77300e8fe11
44110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

China Detains Foreign Olympic Protesters
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), August 07, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070807/wl_asia_afp/
oly2008chnchinatibetrights_070807072421;_ylt=Atwhy
ztecd_z6Czxf4UNseRPzWQA

中国当局在奥运之前加紧控制NGO及境外传媒 (China Tightens Control on NGOs and Foreign Media Ahead of Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, August 07, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/08/07/china_ngo/

China Under Fire from All Sides a Year Ahead of Games
Reuters (via YahooNews), August 07, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070807/ts_nm/olympics
_beijing_dc_2;_ylt=AsMAgCYKo9NF13TcJBxDWCFPzWQA

Politics
Party Wants Faster Path to Reform, Says Report
South China Morning Post, August 08, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=edff0e8fe11
44110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Protests and Petitions
Sichuan Authorities Impose Deadline to End Tibetan Protest
Radio Free Asia, August 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/tibetan/2007/08/08/tibetan_
protest_update/

中国驱逐无国界记者组织的四名代表 (China Expels 4 Protestors from Reporters Without Borders)
Radio Free Asia, August 07, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/08/07/china_
media_reporter/

Tibet
China's "Living Buddhas" Rules Stoke Fire in Tibet
Reuters, August 07, 2008
http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-2886152
0070807

August 7, 2007

News
Human Rights Defender
Tibetan Activist Sees Security Agents on Her Trail in Beijing
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), August 07, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=15d8af4770
c34110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=New

Human Rights Defender - Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠)
陈良宇虽倒台 揭发他的郑恩宠仍受迫害 (Chen Liangyu Ousted But Whistleblower Zheng Enchong Remains Persecuted)
Radio Free Asia, August 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/06/
zhengenchong/

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

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

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

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

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

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

Don't Mix Sport and Politics, Says Bocog
South China Morning Post, August 07, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5768af477
0c34110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=New

中国评论：食品安全事关奥运成败 (Commentary: Food Security of Paramount Importance to Olympics' Success)
Ming Pao, August 07, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070807/caz1.htm

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Protests and Petitions
Police Jostle Reporters at Protest on Press Freedom
Associate Press (via South China Morning Post), August 07, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d698af4770c
34110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=New

Public Health
Keen Demand Fuels Global Trade in Body Parts
CNN, August 06, 2007
http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/08/06/organs.
transplant.reut/index.html?iref=newsse

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

August 4 - 6, 2007

News
Corruption
China Arrest Takes Scandal into Politburo
Financial Times, August 03, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/cb8d3aa0-41d4-11dc-8328-
0000779fd2ac.html

Death Penalty
Ex-police Officer Gets Death Sentence in China
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), August 04, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070804/wl_asia_afp/chinac
rimesentence_070804060425;_ylt=AhkFETDIJhMfl_
B0zGKxkftPzWQA

Human Rights
港商在大陆成立维权组织 解决骚扰恐吓事件 (Hong Kong Business People Establish Rights Defence Group to Solve Harassment and Blackmailing Cases in Mainland)
Radio Free Asia, August 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/03/
hongkong_business/

Human Rights Defender - Cai Lujun (蔡陆军)
大陆异议人士蔡陆军抵台湾寻求政治避难 (Dissident Cai Lujun Seeks Political Asylum in Taiwan)
Radio Free Asia, August 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/05/
cailujun/

Human Rights Defender - Xu Yonghai (徐永海)
徐永海禁食祷告第四天 (Xu Yonghai's Fasting Prayer Enters 4th Day)
Radio Free Asia, August 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/05/
xuyonghai/

Human Rights Defenders
Activist Held in China Pollution Battle
Financial Times, August 03, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/a3e99942-41ea-11dc-8328-00007
79fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e23
40.html0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df
-0000779e2340 .html

Human Rights Defender – Shi Tao (师涛)
Lawmaker Wants Yahoo Probe
Associated Press (via YahooNews), August 03, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070803/ap_on_go_co/us_
china_internet_2;_ylt=Aj_c7fu.cjoXSsJi_AvBAsFPzWQA

Media
Media Blackout on Mudslide Disaster
South China Morning Post, August 05, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9f97f7032
c034110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&s=News

Report: China Curbs Foreign Satellite TV
Associated Press (via I won.com), August 04, 2007
http://money.iwon.com/jsp/nw/nwdt_rt_top.jsp?cat=TOPBIZ
&src=601&feed=ap&section=news&news_id=ap-
d8qqhsn00&date=20070804&alias=/alias/money/cm/nw

海南教师写山歌暗讽官员, 被行政拘留 (Hainan Teachers Placed Under Administrative Detention for Ridiculing Resettlement Officials Using Folk Song)
Radio Free Asia, August 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/03/
hainan/

Migrant Workers
13川籍民工山东被扣 (Shandong Authorities Save 13 Sichuan Migrant Workers Held by Glass Manufacturing Company)
The Beijing News, August 06, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0567/2007/08-06/011@
281521.htm

Olympics
Camera Vigil for Games
Associated Press (via The Standard), August 06, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=
3&art_id=50577&sid=14807846&con_type=1&d_str=
20070806

北京迎客 天仍未蓝 (Countdown to Olympics: Sky Not Blue Yet)
Ming Pao, August 06, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070806/cha1.htm

Rights Groups Shine Olympic Spotlight on China
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), August 06, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070806/wl_asia_afp/oly2008
chnyearchinarights_070806030623;_ylt=AtDiQzxWG444GMm
Z06dvVelPzWQA

我为奥运谁为我？ 京动迁户市政府抗议 (100 Beijing Evictees Protest Olympic Construction)
Radio Free Asia, August 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/03/
beijing/

Population
Crude Family Planning Slogans Ban
Associated Press (via South China Morning Post), August 06, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4b9642c17e
534110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Protests and Petitions
Secretive Arm of the Law
South China Morning Post, August 06, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=963ba6e5aa
c24110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

简要新闻：北京官方在上访村大肆抓捕 (In Brief: Beijing Launches Large-Scale Arrest Campaign Against Petitioners Ahead of Olympics Countdown)
Radio Free Asia, August 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/05/
xinwen/ - shangfang

Tibetans 'Held After China Rally'
BBC, August 03, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6929462.stm

Tibet
China Tightens Control of Tibetans
Reuters (via YahooNews), August 03, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070803/wl_nm/china_tibet
_dc_3;_ylt=Am3yBcF4Gh5ojnky3wFjIWFPzWQA

August 3, 2007

News
Corruption
Nearly 2,000 Chinese Officials Confess Wrongdoings
Xinhuanet, August 03, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/02/content_
6466694.htm

扶贫协会高层巨额诈骗 官方慈善机构成贪腐温床？ (Senior Cadre of Poverty Relief Group Arrested on Corruption Charges)
Radio Free Asia, August 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/02/
fupin/

Death Penalty
Execution Defended as Graft Trial Near
The Standard, August 03, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=
3&art_id=50434&sid=14769319&con_type=1&d_str=20070803

Freedom of Speech
Two Teachers Jailed over Cheeky Song
South China Morning Post, August 03, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4507ee63f47
24110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Human Rights
人权观察称中国人权状况无实质性进步 (Human Rights Watch Says China's Human Rights Situation Shows No Substantive Progress)
Radio Free Asia, August 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/02/
ren-quan/

Human Rights Defenders
中国需要成百上千个赤脚记者，赤脚律师 (Commentary: China Needs Thousands of Bare-Foot Journalists and Lawyers)
Nanfang City News, August 02, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/200708020
440.asp

Human Rights Defender - Zhang Jianhong (张建虹)
力虹申请保外就医60天无应答 (Li Hong's Medical Parole Application Remains Untouched 60 Days Later)
Radio Free Asia, August 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/02
/lihong/

June 4th
银行冻结给六四受难者的善款 (Banks Freeze Donations for June 4 Victim)
Radio Free Asia, August 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/08/02/china_64/

Media
Chinese Officals Defend Food Quality, Criticize Foreign Media "Fabrications"
Xinhuanet, August 03, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/02/content_
6467289.htm

有多少重要的民生信息被“敏感”掉 (Commentary: How Much Important Public Information Is "Sensitized" Away?)
China Youth Daily, August 03, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-08/03/content_1848386.htm

Free Speech is Bad News for China Censors
The Seattle Times, August 02, 2007
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003817328
_chinatest02.html

“和谐社会…连凤凰卫视都不给看” 网民批新一轮停播风潮 (Internet Users Criticize Blocking of Phoenix TV Programs )
Radio Free Asia, August 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/02/weishi/

中国不允<尖峰时刻3>公映 好莱坞叹反华扣顶太沉重 (Jackie Chan's Movie Barred from China over "Anti-China" Content)
Radio Free Asia, August 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/02/
rushhour3/

Multilateral Relations
China Welcomes UN Resolution on Deploying "Hybrid" Force in Darfur
Xinhuanet, August 02, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/02/content_
6465042.htm

Olympics
Foreign Media Enjoy Greater Access
Xinhuanet, August 03, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/03/content_
6468047.htm

人权圣火下周点燃 提醒关注中国人权状况 (Human Rights Torch Relay to Begin in Athens on August 8)
Radio Free Asia, August 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/02/
renquan/

Beijing Olympics Offer Protesters Chance to Air Grievances
Wall Street Journal, August 02, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20070802-721547-
search.html?KEYWORDS=China&COLLECTION=autowire
/6month

Group: China Cracking Down on Activists
Associated Press (via YahooNews), August 02, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070802/ap_on_re_as/china
_human_rights_3;_ylt=AsodVpF8ckud20KS7NX02fRPzWQA

Protests and Petitions
Scores of Tibetans Detained for Protesting at Festival
Radio Free Asia, August 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/tibetan/2007/08/02/tibetan_
protest/

Public Health
Poison Me Elmo?
Wall Street Journal, August 03, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118609594484586664-sear
ch.html?KEYWORDS=China&COLLECTION=wsjie/6month
search.html?KEYWORDS=China&COLLECTION=wsjie/6month

August 2, 2007

News
Food Security
China Defends Food Safety at Asian Security Summit
Reuters (via Scotsman), August 02, 2007
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=1199662007

Human Rights Defender - Xu Yonghai (徐永海)
北京家庭教会成员徐永海遭警方骚扰 (Beijing Protestant House Church Member Xu Yonghai Placed Under House Arrest for a Week)
Radio Free Asia, August 01, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/01/
xu/

Human Rights Defender – Li Jianqiang (李建强)
国际和香港组织关注维权律师李建强律师执照被拒延 (RSF and Hong Kong NGO Concerned About Rejection of Li Jianqiang's Lawyer License Renewal)
Radio Free Asia, August 01, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/01/
lijianqiang/

Law
Aggrieved Chinese Citizens Discovering the Lawsuit
Christian Science Monitor, August 02, 2007
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0802/p06s02-woap.htm

广西：政府近四成败诉率 (Guangxi Authorities Lose 40 Percent of First Trials of Administrative Review Cases)
China Youth Daily, August 02, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-08/02/content_
1846791.htm

Viewpoint: Implementation to Reveal Impact of Property Law
Financial Times, August 01, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/b16895c6-3fe9-11dc-ad26-0000
779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2340
.html0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-
0000779e2340.html

Media
China's Local Censors Muffle an Explosion
Washington Post, August 02, 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-
dyn/content/article/2007/07/31/AR2007073101733.htmldyn
/content/article/2007/07/31/AR2007073101733.html

Websites Asked to Crack Down on 'Fake News'
South China Morning Post, August 02, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8c12fd29132
24110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=New

Multilateral Relations
China Welcomes UN Force in Sudan
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), July 31, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070801/wl_asia_afp/sudan
darfurunchinaasean_070801030337;_ylt=An6iQX.a_24_
TJTvDUvZbwVPzWQA

Olympics
Foreign Media in China Say Freedoms Still Lack
Wall Street Journal, August 02, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118594615849884530.html?
mod=hps_asia_whats_news

China Unsure Whether Spielberg Will Pull Out as Olympics Artistic Director
Voice of America, August 01, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/english/Entertainment/2007-08-
01-voa29.cfm

Poverty
Support for Poorest of the Poor by Year-End
South China Morning Post, August 02, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ad52fd2913
224110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Protests and Petitions
浙江访民姜美英多次上访无果反被判劳教 (Zhejiang Petitioner Jiang Meiying Sentenced to Reeducation-Through-Labor Camp)
Radio Free Asia, August 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/01/

大批访民在“八一”建军节被抓捕 (Scores of Petitioners Taken Away on August 1 Army Day)
Radio Free Asia, August 01, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/01/bayi
_fangmin/

Hundreds Protest in China over Jailed Tibetan Monk
Radio Free Asia, July 31, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2007/07/31/tibetan_monk/