October 20-22, 2007

Top News of the Day

Politics

Congress Secures Hu Legacy

South China Morning Post, October 22, 2007

http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d
7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1c790a0ad13c5110VgnVCM100
000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

The Communist Party of China ended its weeklong congress by approving a new decision-making Central Committee headed by President Hu Jintao. Vice President Zeng Qinghong and two other top party officials, Wu Guanzheng and Luo Gan were not among those selected, meaning that they cannot be in the Politburo and its more important Standing Committee. The Congress also saw the party's constitution amended to include Hu's economic model for the country that he has termed "scientific development."

Related News: Women a Rare Sight in China's Corridors of Power

Reuters (via YahooNews), October 21, 2007

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071021/lf_nm_life/
china_party_women_dc_1

News

Bilateral Ties

China, UN Talk of Sudan, Myanmar

Associated Press ( via YahooNews), October 21, 2007

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071021/ap_on_re_as/china_sudan_
myanmar;_ylt=AopD8dOl6jy3390SZu6e0a0Bxg8F

Gender

女工被辞称体形不符老板喜好 (Chinese Woman Sacked Because of Her Figure)

The Beijing News, October 21, 2007

http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/beijing/2007/10-21/011@0055
43.htm

Land Policy

国土资源部清理农用地非法入市 16省查3万多宗 (Ministry of Land and Resources Reports 30,000 Cases of Illegal Transfer of Rural Land for Urban Use)

Legal Daily, October 22, 2007

http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2007-10/22/content_722498.htm

Law

提高整体素质 法官助理制助推法官职业化进程 (Chinese Judges to Get Assistants in Building a Professional Team)

Legal Daily, October 22, 2007

http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2007-10/22/content_722472.htm

武汉拟立法保障精神病人权利专家对此有不同看法 (Experts Say Draft Wuhan Mental Health Regulation May Violate Rights)

Radio Free Asia, October 20, 2007

http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/20/jingshenbing/

Olympics

China Factory to Cut Pollution for Olympics

Financial Times, October 21, 2007

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4b3aef78-8004-11dc-b075-0000779fd2ac,
dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-

Protests and Petitions

广东中山因征地发生警民冲突 (Zhongshan Villagers Clash with Police on Land Dispute)

Radio Free Asia, October 21, 2007

http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/10/21/xinwen/

Public Health

发改委将鼓励药品直销控制药价 (National Development and Reform Commission Calls for Direct Sale of Drugs to Lower Drug Prices)

The Beijing News, October 22, 2007

http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/guonei/2007/10-22/018@
081633.htm

October 19, 2007

News

Bilateral Ties
Darfur Activists Urge China To Stop Arming Sudan
Reuters, October 19, 2007
http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnN18408797.html

Children
Blitz On Child Labor Rackets Gets Green Light
Xinhuanet, October 19, 2007
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2007/200710/20071019/article_335054.htm

Education
Schools Planned
Shanghai Daily, October 19, 2007
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2007/200710/20071019/article_335052.htm

Environment
Quarter Of China's Carbon Emissions Due To Exports
Reuters, October 19, 2007
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSL1874784520071019?sp=true

Food Security

Official: China Always Attaches Great Importance To Food Safety
Xinhuanet, October 19, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6286101.html

Restaurants To Be Graded
Shanghai Daily, October 19, 2007
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2007/200710/20071019/article_335050.htm

Inner Mongolia
No Tourist Hordes Yet For China's "Red City"
Reuters, October 19, 2007
http://sport.guardian.co.uk/breakingnews/feedstory/0,,-7007794,00.html

Media
US Search Engines 'Hijacked' In China: Analysts
AFP, October 19, 2007
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5g8nFY8uuEryKV2iAGgCjr5SpH2Gg

Multilateral
China Attaches Great Importance To Ties With Pacific: Official
Xinhuanet, October 19, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6286910.html

Olympics

China Draws Up Decrees For Olympic Games
Xinhuanet, October 19, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/olympics/2007-10/19/content_6191752.htm

Waiters Learn French For Olympics
Shanghai Daily, October 19, 2007
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2007/200710/20071019/article_335107.htm

Politics

Chinese Communist Elite Foresees Challenges Ahead
Xinhuanet, October 19, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6286925.html

Princelings To Come Of Age At China Party Conclave
Reuters, October 19, 2007
http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-30064920071019?sp=true

Young Professionals See Party As Means To Fast-Track Careers
SCMP, October 19, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a
0a0/?vgnextoid=59e95577414b5110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=

Protests and Petitions

Another Petitioners' Representative Arrested In China
Epoch Times, October 19, 2007
http://en.epochtimes.com/news/7-10-19/60920.html

Anti-Rightist Movement Survivors Write Open Letter To CCP 17th Congress
Epoch Times, October 19, 2007
http://en.epochtimes.com/news/7-10-19/60959.html

Public Health

Basic Healthcare For All By 2020, Govt Pledges
China Daily, October 19, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6286103.html

China Plans 'Largest Gene Bank'
BBC, October 19, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7046586.stm

Religion
Cross The River, Vatican Urged
Xinhuanet, October 19, 2007
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2007/200710/20071019/article_335043.htm

Three Gorges
Ecology Damage Reports Refuted
China Daily, October 19, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90785/6286106.html

Tibet
Strong Protest Lodged Over US Congress Award To Dalai Lama
China Daily, October 19, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6286105.html

October 18, 2007

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Hua Huiqi (华惠棋)
Chinese Activist Beaten amid Crackdown
Associated Press (via YahooNews), October 17, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071017/ap_on_re_as/china
_activist_beaten_1;_ylt=AnU8DTY859Q4sRTvYhYTzHxPz
WQADTY859Q4sRTvYhYTzHxPzWQA
On October 17 housing activist and Protestant house church member Hua Huiqi (华惠棋) was beaten again by five or six plainclothes policemen while under house arrest after leaving the hospital. Hua's wife said the beating was due to the 17th Party Congress and Hua's refusal to provide a list of petitioners and Christians he knew. Hua's sister was also beaten. The Beijing Public Security Bureau has not responded to AP's inquiries concerning the beatings. Hua Huiqi has been arrested and beaten several times because of his petition against his house demolition in 2001and his religious activities. For background information, please refer to our DNB "Top News" on October 12 and 16.

Related News
华惠棋软禁中再遭殴打 外媒记者采访被拦 (Foreign Journalists Taken Away for Trying to Interview Hua Huiqi)
Radio Free Asia, October 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/
17/hua/

Human Rights Defender – Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
十七大期间高智晟妻子和孩子再次陷入惊恐状态 (Gao Zhisheng's Wife and Children Frightened by Police During CPC Meeting)
Radio Free Asia, October 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/17/
Gao_zhisheng/
Hu Jia (胡佳) told RFA on October 17 that Gao Zhisheng’s (高智晟) wife Geng He (耿和) and their daughter were suffering from extreme fear after Gao was taken away again on September 22. Geng and her daughter were being followed by police when they went out. Geng was also threatened not to talk to anyone about her situation. She is currently suffering from economic hardship because Gao’s money is controlled by the police. Huang Yan (黄燕), who had been helping Gao’s family to communicate with the media and because of that was taken back to her Hubei hometown, is currently under house arrest and attempted suicide after being harassed and beaten by police. For more information, please refer to our DNB “Top News” on September 25.

News
Civil Society
胡锦涛承诺推动环保 福建环保组织却遭打压 (Fujian Environmental NGO Asked to Dissolve Despite Hu Jintao's Promise of Better Environmental Protection)
Radio Free Asia, October 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/17/Hu
_jia/

Corruption
More Than 9,300 Penalized for Violating Rules in Personnel Management
People's Daily, October 17, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90002/92169/92440/6285155.html

Government
Democracy Built on Murder and Graft
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), October 17, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62
ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1726c0fd54c
a5110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=na0/?
vgnextoid=1726c0fd54ca5110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aR
CRD&ss=china&s=n

Human Rights Defenders
维权书籍作者遭遇骚扰 (Author of Rights Defence Book Harassed by Authorities and Thugs in Hubei)
Radio Free Asia, October 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/17/
weiquan/

Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
维权人士胡佳致外交部新闻发言人刘建超公开信 (Hu Jia Invites Spokesman of Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Face-to-Face Dialogue on Rights Defenders' Treatment During CPC Meeting) Radio Free Asia, October 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/17/
Hujia-liujianchao/

Human Rights Defender – Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠）
当局禁止访民参加郑恩宠母亲的葬礼 (Shanghai Authorities Bar Petitioners from Funeral of Zheng Enchong's Mother)
Radio Free Asia, October 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/10/17/china_
rights_lawyer/

Politics
中委名单发代表预选 (17th CPC National Congress Presidium Urges Delegates to Vote for Its Recommended Candidates)
Ming Pao, October 18, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20071018/caa1.htm

Election Procedures Set for CPC National Congress Personnel Reshuffle
People's Daily, October 17, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6285213.html

Poverty
Rural Areas Still Feeling Pinch from Poverty
South China Morning Post, October 18, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ad453dc62
5ea5110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=Ne
wsa0/?vgnextoid=ad453dc625ea5110VgnVCM100000360a
0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Protests and Petitions
2000右派联署吁政改 (2,000 "Rightists" Issue Open Letter Calling for Political Reforms)
Ming Pao, October 18, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20071018/cab1.htm

A Chinese Village Takes a Stand Against Graft
Christian Science Monitor, October 18, 2007
http://www.csmonitor.com/world/asiaPacific.html

万余访民联名信组织者声明：不是煽动颠覆 (Drafters of Open Letter on Maltreatment of Petitioners Say They Are Not Inciting Subversion)
Radio Free Asia, October 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/17/
fangmin2/

Public Health
日本人涉嫌买卖人体器官在华被捕 (Japanese Businessman Arrested for Allegations over Organ Trade)
Voice of America, October 17, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-10-17-voa46.cfm

Tibet
Tibet Leader Awarded Top US Medal
BBC, October 17, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7048284.stm

October 17, 2007

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Hua Huiqi (华惠棋)
华惠棋无法办理出院手续，被困医院大厅 (Hua Huiqi Barred from Leaving Hospital)
Radio Free Asia, October 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/16/Hua
_Huiqi/
Hua Huiqi (华惠棋) told RFA that he was refused medication and was not allowed to leave the hospital on October 16. Police officers in hospital gowns would not allow Hua to leave the hospital unless he left with the police, which Hua refused. Journalists from Japan, Australia and other countries were not allowed to interview him. For more information on the beating which led to Hua's admission to the hospital, refer to our DNB "Top News" on October 12.

News
Environment
Gray Wall Dims Hopes of 'Green' Games
Washington Post, October 17, 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn
/content/article/2007/10/15/AR2007101501767_3.html

Government
Communists Move to Adapt Their Rule to a Richer China
Wall Street Journal, October 17, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119255831046560796.html
?mod=hpp_asia_whats_news

反腐败新招﹕易地做官 (Local Chiefs Will Have to Come from Localities Other Than Their Own After CPC Meeting)
Ming Pao, October 17, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20071017/caa1.htm

Human Rights Defenders
Blitz on Dissent Is Legal, Says Beijing
Reuters (via The Standard), October 17, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=
3&art_id=55271&sid=15837922&con_type=1&d_str=
20071017&fc=4

Human Rights Defender - Lu Gengsong (吕耿松)
吕耿松律师会见无理遭拒 杭州民主党人成维稳对象 (Lawyers Again Barred from Meeting Democracy Activist Lu Gengsong)
Radio Free Asia, October 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/16/
Lu_gengsong/

Human Rights Defender - Zeng Jinyan (曾金燕)
Web Dissent on the Rise in China
BBC, October 16, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7045744.stm

Human Rights Defender – Shi Tao (师涛)
Yahoo Accused over Chinese Dissident
Financial Times, October 16, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/55adedfe-7c33-11dc-be7e
-0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df
-0000779e2340.html

Human Rights Defender – Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠)
公安截断电话郑恩宠失去与母亲最后见面的机会 (Zheng Enchong Unable to Pay Last Respects to Dying Mother as Police Cut His Telephone Line)
Radio Free Asia, October 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/10/16/china_
rights_lawyer/

Related Information
HRIC Case Update: Zheng Enchong Unable to Pay Last
Respects to Dying Mother
Human Rights in China, October 12, 2007
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/item?item_
id=45265

Media
全世界新闻自由指数中国排名仍近末位 (China Still Ranks Near Bottom in RSF's Worldwide Press Freedom Index)
Radio Free Asia, October 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/16/
press_freedom/

Police
河南派出所所长被指醉酒开枪打死村民 (Allegedly Drunk Chief of Local Police Substation in Henan Shoots Villager to Death)
Radio Free Asia, October 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/10/16/china
_police/

China's Party Congress Kicks Off Amid Tight Security
Radio Free Asia, October 15, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/china/2007/10/15/china_
congress/

Politics
‘March in Step' CCP Voters Warned
Reuters (via The Standard), October 17, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_
cat=3&art_id=55258&sid=15835494&con_type=1&d_
str=20071017&fc=4

Pros and Cons of Party Membership
BBC, October 17, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7044594.stm

Poverty
China's Poverty Reduction Initiatives on Right Track
Xinhuanet, October 16, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-10/16/content_
6888061.htm

Protests and Petitions
Unrest Down "Greatly" in China's Guangdong
Reuters, October 16, 2007
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK317096.htm

武汉公安严防访民进京上访 (Wuhan Police on High Alert Against Petitioners Who Want to Petition in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, October 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/16
/shangfang/

Three Gorges
Region Eyes Funds for Dam Clean-up
Financial Times, October 17, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7fd54026-7c0d-11dc-be7e-000
0779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2
340.html

Tibet
Rural Per Capita Income in Tibet Posts Fastest Rise in Western China
Xinhuanet, October 16, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-10/17/content_
6892784.htm

October 16, 2007

News
Environment
China Issues Regulations for National Survey of Polluters
Xinhuanet, October 15, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-10/15/content_
6886165.htm

Human Rights Defender - Wu Lihong (吴立红)
In China, a Lake’s Champion Imperils Himself
New York Times, October 14, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/14/world/asia/14china.h
tml?_r=1&hp=&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin

Media
今日关注：信息网络如何成为180万民警的帮手 (Today's Focus: How the Internet Helps with the Work of the 1.8 Million Police Officers)
Legal Daily, October 16, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2007-10/16/content_
718712.htm

China Censors Ratchet Up Web Monitoring
Associated Press (via Google), October 13, 2007
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iAgr4B4G0PO19CmTc
cEsMKOUFYugD8S7QHG05

Police
常州设外来人员取保候审帮教基地 (Jiangsu Establishes "Aid and Education Facility" for Migrants Who Are Granted Bail After Committing Minor Crimes)
Legal Daily, October 16, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2007-10/16/content_
718558.htm

Politics
Delegates Not Clear on How They Came to Represent Party Masses
South China Morning Post, October 16, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=67b1565fb94
a5110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=Newsa
0/?vgnextoid=67b1565fb94a5110VgnVCM100000360a0a0
aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

China’s Leader Closes Door to Reform
New York Times, October 15, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/16/world/asia/16china
.html?_r=2&hp&oref=slogin&oref=slogin=slogin

Hu Promises Wider Party Democracy
Financial Times, October 15, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5088825e-7b4c-11dc-8c53-0
000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000
779e2340.html

Protests and Petitions
Fears for Tibetan Youths Detained in China's Gansu
Radio Free Asia, October 15, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2007/10/15/gansu_
tibetans/

公安在十七大开幕当天大规模搜捕访民 (Police Arrest Petitioners En Masse on Opening Day of CPC Meeting)
Radio Free Asia, October 15, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/10/15/china_
petition_beijing/

Social Tensions Confront China's Harmony
Associated Press (via YahooNews), October 15, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071015/ap_on_re_as/china
_disharmonious_society_1;_ylt=ApIxue.skJm7D.AVK.Ek3b
5PzWQAylt=ApIxue.skJm7D.AVK.Ek3b5PzWQA

数千工人抗议原料致癌 揭“水乡硅谷”污染隐忧 (Two Thousand Factory Workers Protest Pollution in Jiangsu)
Radio Free Asia, October 15, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/15/
wuran/

万余访民联名信参与者湖北王桂兰被软 (Wang Guilan Detained After Organizing 10,000 Petitioners to Sign Letter Demanding Justice)
Radio Free Asia, October 15, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/15/
fangmin2/

广东作家为儿子被杀害到北京上访被押回 (Writer Petitions over Son's Murder in Beijing But Is Sent Back to Guangdong)
Radio Free Asia, October 15, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/15/
liao/

Three Gorges
Chinese Official Denies "Environmental Disaster" Caused by Three Gorges Project
Xinhuanet, October 16, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-10/15/content_
6886718.htm

HRIC Daily News Brief for October 13-15, 2007

News
Bilateral Ties
China Cancels Rights Talks with Germany
Associated Press (via YahooNews), October 15, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071015/ap_on_re_eu/germany
_china_1;_ylt=AkT7iTe34xghnSU_6FCUTfNPzWQA

Corruption
China's Leader Targets Corruption
BBC, October 15, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7044418.stm

Environment
湖南农民调查工业污染与血癌高发的关系 (Hunan Farmer Finds Correlation Between High Blood Cancer Rate and Industrial Pollution)
Radio Free Asia, October 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/10/12/China_
pollution_rural/

Human Rights
Report: China Repression Worsening
The Times, October 15, 2007
http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,1671277,00.html

Human Rights Defender - Hua Huiqi (华惠棋)
维权人士华惠棋遭警方殴打后得不到应有治疗 (Hua Huiqi Not Given Proper Medical Treatment After Police Beating)
Radio Free Asia, October 14, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/14/wei/

Related Information
HRIC Statement: HRIC Condemns Attack on Hua Huiqi in
Lead Up to 17th Party Congress
Human Rights in China, October 12, 2007
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/45221

Human Rights Defender - Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)
法院申请郭飞雄案延期一月 律师指表明证据不够确凿 (Guangzhou Court Seeks One More Month for Consideration of Guo Feixiong's Case)
Radio Free Asia, October 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/12/guo/

Media
Newspaper Ordered to Sack Reporter over Rail Scandal
South China Morning Post, October 15, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b7e482db56e
95110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=Newsa0/
?vgnextoid=b7e482db56e95110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRC
RD&ss=China&s=Ne

北京奥运第二届世界新闻媒体大会开幕 (Dissidents Challenge China's Determination to Protect Freedom for Foreign Journalists)
Radio Free Asia, October 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/12/press/

“群众呼声”虽重新开通 诸多帖子遭到删除 (Sichuan Online Forum Reopened, but Sensitive Blogs Deleted)
Radio Free Asia, October 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/12/mala/

Olympics
Paralympics Put Disabled on Track to Success
South China Morning Post, October 14, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c82f9e45649
95110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=Newsa0
/?vgnextoid=c82f9e4564995110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aR
CRD&ss=China&s=New

Police
Tighter Security After Pledge of Openness
South China Morning Post, October 15, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=159682db56e
95110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=Newsa0
/?vgnextoid=159682db56e95110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aR
CRD&ss=China&s=Ne

Politics
Official Puts Brakes on Reform Debate
South China Morning Post, October 15, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=48adf1c976
f95110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=Newsa0
/?vgnextoid=48adf1c976f95110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCR
D&ss=China&s=News

Protests and Petitions
'Petitioners' Village' Razed
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), October 15, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb32
9d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=012ef1c976f
95110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=Newsa0
/?vgnextoid=012ef1c976f95110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
&ss=China&s=News

上海特奥闭幕　关押访民加剧 (More Petitioners Detained as Special Olympic Games Come to an End)
Radio Free Asia, October 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/12/sh/

失踪访民孙玉昆返回北京　在京访民被严密监控 (Petitioners Closely Monitored in Beijing Ahead of CPC Meeting)
Radio Free Asia, October 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/12/
sunyukun/

State Security
代表禁上网 不准串联拉票 (Delegates for CPC Meeting Not Allowed to Get Online from Hotel Rooms)
Ming Pao, October 15, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20071015/caa3.htm

October 12, 2007

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Hua Huiqi (华惠棋)
Beijing Police Brawl over Pastor
Associated Press (via The Standard), October 12, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat
=3&art_id=54965&sid=15774817&con_type=1&d_str=20071012
On October 11, rights defender Hua Huiqi (华惠棋) was beaten unconscious in Beijing’s Chongwen district amid a fight reportedly among police officers from two stations and private security guards. Hua and his family were forcibly moved out of their apartment by the police from Chongwen district to the Fengtai district on October 8, but then Fengtai police brought Hua back to his Chongwen home on October 11. Then, a fight broke out among the two police teams and security guards hired by the New World China Land, which has been tearing down old houses in Hua’s old neighborhood for redevelopment. Hua was knocked unconscious during the fight. Police declined comment.

Related News
北京维权人士华惠棋被警察毒打昏迷送院 (Beijiing Police Beat Rights Defender Hua
Huiqi to Unconscious)
Radio Free Asia, October 11, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/
10/11/huahuiqi/

News
Corruption
Mainland Losses to Corruption Exceeded Education Budget
Associated Press (via South China Morning Post), October 12, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=049b33c7b7f
85110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=New

Gender
Law Said to Protect Women from Prejudice
People's Daily, October 12, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6280693.html

四川规定妇女上班遇性骚扰单位要担责 孕期应延长合同 (New Sichuan Measures Hold Working Units Responsible for Sexual Harassment)
People's Daily, October 11, 2007
http://npc.people.com.cn/GB/6363849.html

Human Rights Defenders
Activists Arrested and Beaten in 'Worst Crackdown in Five Years'
South China Morning Post, October 12, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6dc333c7b7f
85110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
a0/?vgnextoid=6dc333c7b7f85110VgnVCM100000360a
0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=New

Land Policy
Green Shoots of Hope
South China Morning Post, October 12, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4364265f8fe
85110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=Insight&s=Opini
ona0/?vgnextoid=4364265f8fe85110VgnVCM100000360a0
a0aRCRD&ss=Insight&s=Opin

It Takes an Angry Village to Revolt in rural China
The Star.com, October 11, 2007
http://www.thestar.com/News/article/265581

Law
宁可判刑,不愿劳教？ (Commentary: Reeducation-Through-Labor System Creates Legal Loopholes and Is Against the Legislation Law)
China Youth Daily, October 12, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-10/12/content_
1920396.htm

Olympics
境外媒体如何报道北京奥运 (How Foreign Media Will Report on Beijing Olympics)
Nanfang Weekend, October 11, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/zmzg/
200710110726.asp

Police
In Harm's Way
South China Morning Post, October 12, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0324265f8fe
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/?vgnextoid=0324265f8fe85110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aR
CRD&ss=China&s=News

调查显示中国农村女性犯罪呈逐年上升趋势 (Academic Criticizes Yunnan Court's Analysis of Causes for the Increase of Crime Rate Among Rural Women)
Radio Free Asia, October 11, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/11/
nongcun/

Politics
People More Angry Now Than in '89, Exiles Warn
South China Morning Post, October 12, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b27b33c7b7f8
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/?vgnextoid=b27b33c7b7f85110VgnVCM100000360a0a0a
RCRD&ss=China&s=New

Appointment of Non-Communist Ministers a Long-Term Policy, Official Promises
Xinhuanet, October 11, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-10/11/content_
6864699.htm

Protests and Petitions
Telling Tales Doesn't Pay, Cancer Village Whistle-Blower Learns
South China Morning Post, October 12, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a8b333c7b7f
85110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=Newsa
0/?vgnextoid=a8b333c7b7f85110VgnVCM100000360a0a0a
RCRD&ss=China&s=New

万人上书十七大发起者被捕　访民继续遭关押虐打 (Petitioner Liu Jie Taken Away for Launching Open Letter Calling for Justice for Petitioners)
Radio Free Asia, October 11, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/11/
fangmin/

Three Gorges
China Dam Project to Uproot Millions More
Wall Street Journal, October 12, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119212305140656176.html?
mod=hpp_asia_whats_news

Tibet
内部文件透露中共加强对西藏异见人士的打压 (Internal Document Reveals CPC's Hard-Line Approach Towards Tibetan Dissidents)
Radio Free Asia, October 11, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/10/11/china_
tibetan/

October 11, 2007

Top News
Human Rights Defenders
三名维权人士被当局从租住的民居中赶走 (Beijing Landlord Beaten for Renting to Human Rights Defenders)
Radio Free Asia, October 10, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/10/10/china_
rights_demolish/
RFA reported on October 10 that Beijing landlord Zhao Xiuyun (赵秀云) was beaten by police for renting her courtyard house to rights defenders Hua Huiqi (华惠琪), Sun Xiaodi (孙小弟) and Zhou Li (周莉). The authorities have removed Hua, Sun and Zhou from the courtyard house, even though they have signed rental contracts with Zhao and none of the parties to the contracts wish to terminate them. The police warned Zhao not to rent to rights defenders anymore and are currently stationed in the courtyard house to bar Hua and others from returning.

News
Children
China Working to Prevent Child Abuse
Xinhuanet, October 11, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-10/11/content_
6862247.htm

Corruption
Corruption Poses ‘Lethal Threat’ to China
Financial Times, October 10, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3dbe4178-774a-11dc-9de8-00
00779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-000077
9e2340.html

Human Rights Defender - Yao Lifa (姚立法)
China Activist Detained Before Congress
Associated Press (via YahooNews), October 10, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071010/ap_on_re_as/china
_activist_detained_1;_ylt=AiFIQ3bvPjW9FWXdj6xhbU5Pz
WQAQ3bvPjW9FWXdj6xhbU5PzWQA

Human Rights Defender - Yang Chunlin (杨春林)
杨春林案正式移交检察院 (Yang Chunlin's Case Formally Transferred to Procuratorate)
Radio Free Asia, October 10, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/10
/yang/

Media
2,000 Sex-Related Ads Dropped from Chinese Television and Radio
Xinhuanet, October 10, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-10/10/content_
6860096.htm

业内人士发表研究报告 揭中国网监机制内幕 (Two Rights Groups Publish Report on Internet Censorship in China)
Radio Free Asia, October 10, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/10/
monitor/

North Korea
SKorea to Protest to China over NKorea Refugees
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), October 10, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071010/wl_asia_afp/skore
achinankorearefugees_071010142914;_ylt=Ajayji2ejlQh4Xh
rLXrUv7dPzWQA0142914;_ylt=Ajayji2ejlQh4XhrLXrUv7dPz
WQA

Population
Realities of China, Basis for CPC to Make Policies
Xinhuanet, October 10, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-10/10/content_
6860114.htm

Protests and Petitions
私有权益网被令关闭 经租房主上访挨打 (Website on Right to Property Shut Down; Original Owners of Private Apartments Beaten up in Beijing over Petition)
Radio Free Asia, October 10, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/10/
website/

云南省昭通当局以学习信访条例为由关押访民 (Yunnan Petitioner Detained After Suing Police for Beating Her Husband)
Radio Free Asia, October 10, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/10/10/china_
petition_detain/

Religion
China Closes Christian-Linked Businesses
Associated Press (via YahooNews), October 11, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071010/ap_on_re_as/china
_missionaries_1;_ylt=AmEIzJyGpB1CinMBngSJ1fNPzWQAy
GpB1CinMBngSJ1fNPzWQA

计划参加新唐人声乐赛的辽宁歌手受到打压 (Liaoning Singers Harassed for Planned Participation in Competition Organized by US- Based Falungong TV Station)
Radio Free Asia, October 10, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/10/10/falungong/

Tibet
Bush Throws Down Gauntlet to China with Dalai Lama Meeting
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), October 10, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071010/wl_asia_afp/ustibe
tchina_071010220622;_ylt=As_luAVPyM.dUIc_WBLd8Y5P
zWQAs_luAVPyM.dUIc_WBLd8Y5PzWQA

October 10, 2007

News
Death Penalty
帮助男友埋尸 女子被判缓刑 (Beijing Man Sentenced to Death over Murder; Girlfriend Gets Reprieve for Burying Corpse)
The Beijing News, October 10, 2007
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/beijing/2007/10-10/
014@092157.htm

Education
Education Authority Denies Media Reports on Gender Disparity in College Enrollment
Xinhuanet, October 09, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-10/09/content_
6853820.htm

Gender
劳动部将明确只招男性的岗位 (Labor Authorities to Specify Jobs Unsuitable for Women)
Nanfang City News, October 10, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/djjz/20071010
0256.asp

Human Rights Defender – Yang Zaixin (杨在新)
杨在新：合浦当局对他的迫害在升级 (Guangxi Human Rights Lawyer Says Persecution Against Him Has Increased)
Radio Free Asia, October 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/09/
yangzaixin/

Human Rights Defender – Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
三十多名美国议员致函胡锦涛要求释放陈光诚 (More Than 30 Members of US Congress Urge Hu Jintao to Release Chen Guangcheng)
Radio Free Asia, October 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/10/09/china_
rights_chen/

Human Rights Defender – Li Heping (李和平)
百人上书要求维护律师人身安全 (One Hundred People Sign Letter Demanding Protection of Lawyers' Personal Security)
Radio Free Asia, October 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/09
/petition/

Human Rights Defenders
十七大召开前多位泛蓝联盟成员遭当局严密监视 (Several Pan-Blue Alliance Members Closely Monitored Ahead of CPC Meeting)
Radio Free Asia, October 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/09/17da3/

Law
改变司法行政化 法官才能正常化 (Court Case That Takes 12 Years to Conclude Demonstrates Lack of Judicial Independence)
China Youth Daily, October 10, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-10/10/content_1917351.
htm

Migrant Workers
Migrants in Beijing Tend to Be Stable
Xinhuanet, October 10, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-10/09/content_
6854020.htm

Olympics
Olympic Jitters Behind China's Organ Pledge
The Sydney Morning Herald, October 10, 2007
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/olympic-jitters-behind-
chinas-organ-pledge/2007/10/09/1191695910392.html

Politics
Political Reform Remains Core Focus for Party
South China Morning Post, October 10, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5a5e1b2a4b5
85110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=Ne

View from the Right: Political Reform Is Urgent Now
South China Morning Post, October 10, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9e319185d1
585110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=Ne

Population
人口计生委以更温馨、人性化标语口号迎接十七大 (Warmer and More Humane Slogans Used for One-Child Policy to Welcome CPC Meeting)
Xinhuanet, October 10, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2007-10/10/content_
6855731.htm

Protests and Petitions
土地问题久拖不决　千人再堵南沙大桥 (1,000 Guangdong Villagers Block Bridge in Protest of Land Grab)
Radio Free Asia, October 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/09/
nansha/

为丈夫姚宝华上访刘勤凤被送学习班 (Liu Qinfeng Sent to "Law Class" for Petitioning the Detention of Her Petitioner Husband)
Radio Free Asia, October 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/09
/yaobaohua/

矿长向当局支付两百万围堵工人上访 (Mine Chief Allegedly Paid 2 Million Yuan to Police to Bar Hunan Workers from Petitioning)
Radio Free Asia, October 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/10/09/china_
labor_strike/

Religion
Carrying Forward Buddhism or Fueling Evil Cults?
Xinhuanet, October 09, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-10/09/content_
6852097.htm

China Labels Dalai Lama a Supporter of "Cults"
Reuters (via YahooNews), October 09, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071009/wl_nm/china_
dalailama_dc_1;_ylt=Ammf9M9G4E7HAK2gKtQ0gHFPzWQA

Tibet
China Hardens Tibet Policy Along Ethnic Lines
Radio Free Asia, October 10, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/tibetan/2007/10/09/china_tibetans/

October 9, 2007

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Yang Chunlin (杨春林)
China Land Activist Tortured in Prison
Associated Press (via YahooNews), October 08, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071008/ap_on_re_as/china
_activist_arrested_2;_ylt=Al_u7ZeSAszkAVyweSRxLwRPzWQA
Heilongjiang land rights activist Yang Chunlin (杨春林), arrested on subversion charges in August after circulating a petition opposing the Beijing Olympics, was allegedly tortured in prison, his sister and a Hong Kong-based rights NGO said on October 8. A released inmate imprisoned with Yang told his sister that Yang’s arms and legs were stretched and chained to four corners of an iron bed. The rights group said victims subjected to this treatment would feel pain all over their bodies after a prolong period. Moreover, the sister said Yang had been forced to clean up the excrement of prisoners subjected to similar torture.

News
Corruption
Multinationals Caught in Web of Corruption
South China Morning Post, October 08, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=933ee986be
c75110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Death Penalty
China Urged to Halt Executions Ahead of Olympics
Reuters (via YahooNews), October 09, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071009/wl_nm/china_
rights_dc_1;_ylt=Ank1NlRbqGTfdDcVGaisl6JPzWQA

路人指责两小偷行窃惨遭杀害 主凶终被判死刑 (Pickpocket Sentenced to Death in Wuhan for Murdering Passerby Who Criticized His Criminal Behavior)
Xinhuanet, October 09, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-10/09/content_
6849683.htm

Environment
Inner Mongolia Grasslands Turning to Sand
Reuters (via YahooNews), October 08, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071008/lf_nm/desert_
china_dc_3;_ylt=Al3lPSWVqa1RGGDPEeUbm4JPzWQ
AGDPEeUbm4JPzWQA

Food Security
Food Safety Struggle Bearing Fruit
Xinhuanet, October 09, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-10/09/content_
6849548.htm

Gender
女性进入政界渠道畅通 巾帼出掌中国重要部门 (Female Cadres Head Important Government Departments)
Xinhuanet, October 09, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2007-10/08/content_
6843707.htm

Scholars Struggle to Put Gay Marriage in Spotlight
China Daily, October 08, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-10/08/content_
6155820.htm

Government
成都温江社区选举出现舞弊 (Electoral Fraud Found in Localities in Chengdu, Sichuan)
Radio Free Asia, October 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/08/
chengdu/

Human Rights Defender - Yuan Weijing (袁伟静)
袁伟静多次要去看医生被拒绝阻挠 (Authorities Refuse Yuan Weijing's Repeated Requests to Visit Dentist)
Radio Free Asia, October 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/08/
yuanweijing/

Labor
Shenzhen Raises Minimum Pay
South China Morning Post, October 09, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7e30ed597ff
75110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=Newsa
0/?vgnextoid=7e30ed597ff75110VgnVCM100000360a0a0a
RCRD&ss=China&s=News

Media
滋病人交流平台“爱之方舟论坛”被关闭 (Online Forum on HIV/AIDS Shut Down Ahead of CPC Meeting)
Radio Free Asia, October 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/10/08/china_
internet/

Poverty
UN and ADB Joint Report: China Leads Way of Reducing Poverty
Xinhuanet, October 08, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-10/09/content_
6848511.htm

Protests and Petitions
十七大前万名上访者上书胡锦涛 (10,000 Petitioners Send Open Letter to Hu Jintao Ahead of CPC Meeting)
Radio Free Asia, October 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/08/
shangfang/

十一长假后截访继续 怀胎八月孕妇也行动受控 (Eight-Month Pregnant Beijing Rights Defender Barred from Leaving Home Ahead of CPC Meeting)
Radio Free Asia, October 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/08/
jiefang/

湖北村民集体抗污染 两人被捕老人被打 (Old Woman Beaten and Two Villagers Taken Away over Pollution Protest in Hubei)
Radio Free Asia, October 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/08/
wuran/

Public Health
中国乙肝携带者呼吁反教育领域乙肝歧视 (Hepatitis B Carriers Call for Non-Discrimination in Education)
Radio Free Asia, October 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/08/
yigan/

Religion
九名家庭教会成员遭劳教 关押中重病受虐打 (Nine Family House Church Members Sent to Reeducation-Through-Labor Facilities)
Radio Free Asia, October 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/08/
church/