Top News of the Day
Media
拒撤揭黑文章网站被关 单位逼孔强认疯免责 (Website Administrator Asked to Admit Psychiatric Problems to Avoid Dismissal over Article on Shanghai Corruption)
Radio Free Asia, January 08, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/08/
gong/
On January 7, the Zhonghua Shenzheng website was shut down by the Ministry of Public Security’s Internet Supervision Bureau. The event occurred because Shandong-based website administrator Sun Qiang (孙强) refused to delete a report that condemned the Shanghai Police. Sun’s work unit told his parents to urge Sun to admit that he had “psychiatric problems” and to check into a psychiatric hospital as a means to avoid getting fired. The report in question, written by former Shanghai police officer Zhang Baoliang (张宝亮), reportedly exposes the misuses of power and abuse of the law by the Shanghai authorities.
News
Environment
Report of Fish in Toxic Waters Called Sensational, Misleading
South China Morning Post, January 09, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
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Human Rights
China Hits Back at Critics of Rights Record
Reuters, January 08, 2008
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=wor
ldNews&storyid=2008-01-08T093104Z_01_PEK253926_R
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广东将设一百万监视摄像头 (Guangdong to Install One Million Surveillance Cameras)
Radio Free Asia, January 08, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/08/
monitor/
Human Rights Defenders
转业军人乔延兵被密审 当地官方禁止北京律师介入 (Demobilized Soldiers' Representative Secretly Tried; Shandong Authorities Bar Beijing Lawyers from Getting Involved)
Radio Free Asia, January 08, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/08/
qiao/
Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
上海访民发起绝食行动要求当局释放胡佳 (Shanghai Petitioners Launch Hunger Strike Demanding Hu Jia's Release)
Radio Free Asia, January 08, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/08/china_
rights_hujia/
Labor
Fighting Back: Workers Claiming to Be Overworked and Underpaid Are Suing Their Former Mainland Bosses
South China Morning Post, January 09, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
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Land Policy
China to Further Clamp Down on Illegal Development of Farmland
Xinhuanet, January 08, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/08/content_
7388061.htm
Law
China Woman in Legal First over Abortion Case
The Telegraph, January 07, 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/
2008/01/07/wchina107.xml
Media
西丰县公安局撤销对朱文娜的立案、拘传 (Public Security Bureau of Xifeng County Withdraws Investigation and Coercive Summons on Journalist)
Xinhuanet, January 09, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2008-01/09/content_
7389210.htm
四川电视台两名记者采访时被殴打 伤情严重 (Sichuan TV's Two Journalists Beaten by Thugs During Interview, Suffer from Serious Injuries)
Sichuan Online (via Xinhua), January 09, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2008-01/09/content_7391
102.htm
Migrant Workers
斩断农民工子弟学校的恶性循环 让流动的孩子不再流动 (Chaoyang Authorities Trying to End "Vicious Cycle" for Schooling for Migrant Workers' Children)
Guangming Ribao (via Xinhuanet), January 09, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2008-01/09/content_
7391067.htm
Olympics
奥运期间2000刑警反扒 (Two Thousand Police Officers Given Anti-Pickpocketing Mission During Olympics)
The Beijing News, January 09, 2008
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/olympic/2008/01-09/
021@084724.htm
China Crackdown Flouts Olympic Rights Vow: Activists
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), January 08, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080108/wl_asia_afp/chinar
ightsoly2008chn_080108191027;_ylt=AhqEKInsh8grrWHM3
AakxTFPzWQA027;_ylt=AhqEKInsh8grrWHM3AakxTFPzWQA
Food Safety an Olympic Challenge for Beijing Games
Reuters, January 08, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK2249
7620080109?sp=true
Police
90pc of People 'Feel Safe'
South China Morning Post, January 09, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
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Hubei Urban Officers Beat Man to Death
South China Morning Post, January 09, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=271eb8f9cc957110Vg
nVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Protests and Petitions
Dongzhou Power Station Opens Amid Protest
Radio Free Asia, January 08, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2008/01/08/china_
dongzhou/
Religion
北京基督教徒商人石维翰获保释 (Beijing-Based Christian Businessman Released)
Radio Free Asia, January 08, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/08/shi/
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
January 8, 2008
News
Death Penalty
Man Gets Suspended Death Sentence for Fatal N China Detonator Blast
Xinhuanet, January 08, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/08/content_
7383897.htm
河南去年48个涉黑团伙覆灭6人死刑4人死缓 (Six People Sentenced to Death in 2007 over Triad Activities in Henan; Four Others Sentenced to Death with a Two-Year Reprieve)
Xinhuanet, January 08, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2008-01/08/content_
7383967.htm
Environment
1,066 Cement Plants Blacklisted for Violating Watchdog's Closure Order
South China Morning Post, January 08, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=210b5dc23b457
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Government
Government-Backed Survey Finds Food, Water Quality Top Worries
South China Morning Post, January 08, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
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Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
China Urged to Improve Human Rights Before Olympics
Reuters, January 07, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK85566
20080107
Human Rights Defender - Yang Chunlin (杨春林)
富锦杨春林面临起诉 外媒采访维权遭阻 (Heilongjiang Authorities to Prosecute Yang Chunlin; Australia Newspaper Barred from Interviewing Victims of Land Grab)
Radio Free Asia, January 07, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/07
/fujin/
Labor
'Sacred Duty' for Unions to Protect Workers, Says Hu
South China Morning Post, January 08, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=22fa5dc23b457
110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
深圳查封民工维权人士陈连林的办公室 (Shenzhen Authorities Close Down Office of Migrant Rights' Defender)
Radio Free Asia, January 07, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/07/china_
rights_labor/
Land Policy
China to Take Measures to Improve Land Use Efficiency
Xinhuanet, January 07, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/08/content_
7381215.htm
Media
Stories China's Media Could Not Write
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 06, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7171648.stm
Chinese Officials Reacting to "Negative Reporting" in Different Ways
Xinhuanet, January 08, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/08/content_
7382821.htm
Outrage as China Police Chase Reporter for "Libel"
Reuters, January 07, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK33260
720080107
Population
Central China Province Punishes Hundreds for Violating Family Planning Policy
Xinhuanet, January 07, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/07/content_
7377930.htm
Protests and Petitions
Labour Contract Delay Sparks Shanghai Protest
South China Morning Post, January 08, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=25ca5dc23b4
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深圳百达实业公司千名失业员工举行示威 (One Thousand Shenzhen Laid-Off Workers Protest Lack of Compensation)
Radio Free Asia, January 07, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/07/china_
labor_protest/
Public Health
China Unveils Healthcare Scheme
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 08, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7175501.stm
Death Penalty
Man Gets Suspended Death Sentence for Fatal N China Detonator Blast
Xinhuanet, January 08, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/08/content_
7383897.htm
河南去年48个涉黑团伙覆灭6人死刑4人死缓 (Six People Sentenced to Death in 2007 over Triad Activities in Henan; Four Others Sentenced to Death with a Two-Year Reprieve)
Xinhuanet, January 08, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2008-01/08/content_
7383967.htm
Environment
1,066 Cement Plants Blacklisted for Violating Watchdog's Closure Order
South China Morning Post, January 08, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=210b5dc23b457
110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Government
Government-Backed Survey Finds Food, Water Quality Top Worries
South China Morning Post, January 08, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a4ee46c9c955
7110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
China Urged to Improve Human Rights Before Olympics
Reuters, January 07, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK85566
20080107
Human Rights Defender - Yang Chunlin (杨春林)
富锦杨春林面临起诉 外媒采访维权遭阻 (Heilongjiang Authorities to Prosecute Yang Chunlin; Australia Newspaper Barred from Interviewing Victims of Land Grab)
Radio Free Asia, January 07, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/07
/fujin/
Labor
'Sacred Duty' for Unions to Protect Workers, Says Hu
South China Morning Post, January 08, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=22fa5dc23b457
110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
深圳查封民工维权人士陈连林的办公室 (Shenzhen Authorities Close Down Office of Migrant Rights' Defender)
Radio Free Asia, January 07, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/07/china_
rights_labor/
Land Policy
China to Take Measures to Improve Land Use Efficiency
Xinhuanet, January 07, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/08/content_
7381215.htm
Media
Stories China's Media Could Not Write
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 06, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7171648.stm
Chinese Officials Reacting to "Negative Reporting" in Different Ways
Xinhuanet, January 08, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/08/content_
7382821.htm
Outrage as China Police Chase Reporter for "Libel"
Reuters, January 07, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK33260
720080107
Population
Central China Province Punishes Hundreds for Violating Family Planning Policy
Xinhuanet, January 07, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/07/content_
7377930.htm
Protests and Petitions
Labour Contract Delay Sparks Shanghai Protest
South China Morning Post, January 08, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=25ca5dc23b4
57110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
深圳百达实业公司千名失业员工举行示威 (One Thousand Shenzhen Laid-Off Workers Protest Lack of Compensation)
Radio Free Asia, January 07, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/07/china_
labor_protest/
Public Health
China Unveils Healthcare Scheme
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 08, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7175501.stm
Monday, January 07, 2008
January 5 - 7, 2008
Top News of the Day
Media
天网及台湾网站连番被攻击 (6-4 Tianwang.com and Taiwan Websites Receive Ongoing Hacks)
Radio Free Asia, January 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/04/china_
internet/
The 6-4 Tianwang.com website has received ongoing online attacks since December 28, 2007, and is now inaccessible worldwide. Personal computers of its China- and Denmark-based volunteers have also been hacked. Huang Qi, the founder of the website, believes these attacks are due to authorities' discontent with the website's ongoing reports on the crackdown against petitioners ahead of the Beijing Olympics.
News
Environment
China to Launch Pollution Survey in February: State Media
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), January 04, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080105/wl_asia_afp/china
environmentpollution_080105043307
Hukou
中国户口制度使“有教无类”成为空洞理想 (Household Registration System Makes "Education for All" a Meaningless Goal)
Radio Free Asia, January 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/04/
hukou/
Human Rights Defenders
Attacks on Chinese Activists Raise Fears
Associated Press (via YahooNews), January 06, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080106/ap_on_re_as/china
_attacks_on_activists_1;_ylt=AiKVZDggj_FtlPn9isHAD69Pz
WQAAiKVZDggj_FtlPn9isHAD69PzWQA
Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
胡佳被以涉密拒律师会见 民间继续关注郭飞雄高智晟 (Lawyer Barred from Meeting Hu Jia on State Secrets Grounds; Concerns for Guo Feixiong and Gao Zhisheng Continue)
Radio Free Asia, January 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/04/
hu-jia/
Labor
Business Doubts Impact of New Laws in Chaotic China: Analysts
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), January 06, 2008
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080106/tbs-china-economy
-laws-labour-tax-5268574_1.html5268574_1.html
In Chinese Factories, Lost Fingers and Low Pay
New York Times, January 05, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/05/business/worldbusine
ss/05sweatshop.html?ex=1357189200&en=5eec2e4af4644ba3
&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss57189200&en=5eec2e4af
4644ba3&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Law
8律师学者上书促改刑法 (Eight Lawyers and Scholars Call for Amendment to Criminal Law)
Ming Pao, January 07, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080107/cac1.htm
Media
只因发表揭秘报道 辽宁西丰警察进京去《法制日报》报社抓记者 (Liaoning Police Try to Arrest Journalist at Legal Daily for Negative Reporting on Local Party Chief)
Nanfang City News, January 07, 2008
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/
200801070490.asp
Online Censorship Rules Are Clear, Official Says
South China Morning Post, January 07, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3042a976e6f
47110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
China Cracks Down on "Vulgar" Entertainment
Reuters, January 05, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK215812
20080105
Olympics
Beijing Steel Maker Cuts Emissions for Olympics
Xinhuanet, January 05, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/05/content_
7370697.htm
Exiled Tibetans Plan Anti-Olympic March Back Home
Reuters, January 04, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSDEL331906
20080104?sp=true
Olympic Challenge for International Film in China
Screen Daily.com, January 04, 2008
http://www.screendaily.com/ScreenDailyArticle.aspx?intSto
ryID=36441&Category=
Protests and Petitions
发起维权抗争的成都塑料厂职工遭暴徒袭击 (Chengdu Thugs Beat up Protesting Plastic Factory Workers)
Radio Free Asia, January 06, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/06/
weiquan/
北京开始大规模遣送访民 (Beijing Authorities Start to Send Petitioners En Masse Back to Their Hometowns)
Radio Free Asia, January 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/04/china_
petition_beijing/
Tibet
Tibetans Forced to Oppose Dalai Lama's Return: Group
Reuters, January 06, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK19866
120080106
Media
天网及台湾网站连番被攻击 (6-4 Tianwang.com and Taiwan Websites Receive Ongoing Hacks)
Radio Free Asia, January 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/04/china_
internet/
The 6-4 Tianwang.com website has received ongoing online attacks since December 28, 2007, and is now inaccessible worldwide. Personal computers of its China- and Denmark-based volunteers have also been hacked. Huang Qi, the founder of the website, believes these attacks are due to authorities' discontent with the website's ongoing reports on the crackdown against petitioners ahead of the Beijing Olympics.
News
Environment
China to Launch Pollution Survey in February: State Media
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), January 04, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080105/wl_asia_afp/china
environmentpollution_080105043307
Hukou
中国户口制度使“有教无类”成为空洞理想 (Household Registration System Makes "Education for All" a Meaningless Goal)
Radio Free Asia, January 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/04/
hukou/
Human Rights Defenders
Attacks on Chinese Activists Raise Fears
Associated Press (via YahooNews), January 06, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080106/ap_on_re_as/china
_attacks_on_activists_1;_ylt=AiKVZDggj_FtlPn9isHAD69Pz
WQAAiKVZDggj_FtlPn9isHAD69PzWQA
Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
胡佳被以涉密拒律师会见 民间继续关注郭飞雄高智晟 (Lawyer Barred from Meeting Hu Jia on State Secrets Grounds; Concerns for Guo Feixiong and Gao Zhisheng Continue)
Radio Free Asia, January 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/04/
hu-jia/
Labor
Business Doubts Impact of New Laws in Chaotic China: Analysts
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), January 06, 2008
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080106/tbs-china-economy
-laws-labour-tax-5268574_1.html5268574_1.html
In Chinese Factories, Lost Fingers and Low Pay
New York Times, January 05, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/05/business/worldbusine
ss/05sweatshop.html?ex=1357189200&en=5eec2e4af4644ba3
&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss57189200&en=5eec2e4af
4644ba3&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Law
8律师学者上书促改刑法 (Eight Lawyers and Scholars Call for Amendment to Criminal Law)
Ming Pao, January 07, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080107/cac1.htm
Media
只因发表揭秘报道 辽宁西丰警察进京去《法制日报》报社抓记者 (Liaoning Police Try to Arrest Journalist at Legal Daily for Negative Reporting on Local Party Chief)
Nanfang City News, January 07, 2008
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/
200801070490.asp
Online Censorship Rules Are Clear, Official Says
South China Morning Post, January 07, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3042a976e6f
47110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
China Cracks Down on "Vulgar" Entertainment
Reuters, January 05, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK215812
20080105
Olympics
Beijing Steel Maker Cuts Emissions for Olympics
Xinhuanet, January 05, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/05/content_
7370697.htm
Exiled Tibetans Plan Anti-Olympic March Back Home
Reuters, January 04, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSDEL331906
20080104?sp=true
Olympic Challenge for International Film in China
Screen Daily.com, January 04, 2008
http://www.screendaily.com/ScreenDailyArticle.aspx?intSto
ryID=36441&Category=
Protests and Petitions
发起维权抗争的成都塑料厂职工遭暴徒袭击 (Chengdu Thugs Beat up Protesting Plastic Factory Workers)
Radio Free Asia, January 06, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/06/
weiquan/
北京开始大规模遣送访民 (Beijing Authorities Start to Send Petitioners En Masse Back to Their Hometowns)
Radio Free Asia, January 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/04/china_
petition_beijing/
Tibet
Tibetans Forced to Oppose Dalai Lama's Return: Group
Reuters, January 06, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK19866
120080106
Friday, January 04, 2008
January 4, 2008
Top News of the Day
Protests and Petitions
湖北访民郑大靖遭截访后被私自关押并殴打 (Hubei Petitioner Beaten in Secret Detention Center)
Radio Free Asia, January 03, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/03/
zheng/
Hubei petitioner Zheng Dajing (郑大靖) was beaten in a secret detention center after he was "retrieved" in Beijing last September, his wife told Radio Free Asia on January 3. China law expert Ong Yew-kim commented that Zheng's secret detention is illegal because the detention has not gone through proper procedures. In related news, petitioner Liu Jiamei (刘佳美) said she saw local "retrievers" inside the office of the State Bureau for Letters and Calls. She suspected the Bureau colludes with local "retrievers."
News
Children
12-Year-Old Used as Bait in China Kidnapping Ring: State Media
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), January 03, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080103/wl_asia_afp/china
traffickingchildren_080103063005;_ylt=ArxXbShA81IyQN
MdN5oBD51PzWQA005;_ylt=ArxXbShA81IyQNMdN5oBD51PzWQA
Economic Development
Income Gap to Widen, Think-Tank Predicts
South China Morning Post, January 04, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7dfc9db3110
47110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Gender
A Voice for Rural Women of China
Los Angeles Times, January 02, 2008
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-w
omen2jan02,1,3436981.story
Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
中方称依法抓捕胡佳 暗地严控质疑之声 (Chinese Authorities Say Hu Jia Is Arrested According to Law, Covertly Monitor Critics)
Radio Free Asia, January 03, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/03/
hujia/
Human Rights Defender - Li Jianhong (Xiao Qiao) (李剑虹(小乔))
上海异见作家小乔再次被当局软禁 (Shanghai Dissident Writer Placed Under House Arrest Again)
Radio Free Asia, January 03, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/03/china_
dissident_detain/
Labor
1m Who Graduated Last Year Still Jobless: Study
South China Morning Post, January 04, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62
ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=775d9db311047
110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Land Policy
China Faces a Second Land Revolution
Asia Times Online, January 03, 2008
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/JA03Ad01.html
Media
“响水经验”：防堵记者、控制舆论 (Xiangshui County Government, Jiangsu Province, Proudly Reports Work on Media Censorship)
Radio Free Asia, January 03, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/03/jizhe/
Olympics
中国社科院：北京奥运面临十大风险 (CASS Sees Ten Risks for Beijing Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, January 03, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/03/
aoyun/
Population
Rich 'Flaunt' One Child Law
Shanghai Daily, January 03, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200801/20
080103/article_343782_1.htm
Poverty
Discontent 'Grips Chinese Cities'
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 03, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7170438.stm
Protests and Petitions
汪洋上任首遇徵地示威 (Wang Yang Encounters His First Land Grab Protest As Party Secretary of Guangdong)
Ming Pao, January 04, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080104/cab1.htm
官方劝说访民返原籍 专家建议软手段处理问题 (Beijing Officials Advise Petitioners to Return to Hometowns; Experts Recommend Soft Tactics Against Petitioners)
Radio Free Asia, January 03, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/03/
fangmin/
访民之女突然死去 寻找死因却遭拘留殴打 (Sichuan Petitioners Detained and Beaten for Demanding Justice for Daughter's Sudden Death)
Radio Free Asia, January 03, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/03/
nanchong/
Protests and Petitions
湖北访民郑大靖遭截访后被私自关押并殴打 (Hubei Petitioner Beaten in Secret Detention Center)
Radio Free Asia, January 03, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/03/
zheng/
Hubei petitioner Zheng Dajing (郑大靖) was beaten in a secret detention center after he was "retrieved" in Beijing last September, his wife told Radio Free Asia on January 3. China law expert Ong Yew-kim commented that Zheng's secret detention is illegal because the detention has not gone through proper procedures. In related news, petitioner Liu Jiamei (刘佳美) said she saw local "retrievers" inside the office of the State Bureau for Letters and Calls. She suspected the Bureau colludes with local "retrievers."
News
Children
12-Year-Old Used as Bait in China Kidnapping Ring: State Media
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), January 03, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080103/wl_asia_afp/china
traffickingchildren_080103063005;_ylt=ArxXbShA81IyQN
MdN5oBD51PzWQA005;_ylt=ArxXbShA81IyQNMdN5oBD51PzWQA
Economic Development
Income Gap to Widen, Think-Tank Predicts
South China Morning Post, January 04, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7dfc9db3110
47110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Gender
A Voice for Rural Women of China
Los Angeles Times, January 02, 2008
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-w
omen2jan02,1,3436981.story
Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
中方称依法抓捕胡佳 暗地严控质疑之声 (Chinese Authorities Say Hu Jia Is Arrested According to Law, Covertly Monitor Critics)
Radio Free Asia, January 03, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/03/
hujia/
Human Rights Defender - Li Jianhong (Xiao Qiao) (李剑虹(小乔))
上海异见作家小乔再次被当局软禁 (Shanghai Dissident Writer Placed Under House Arrest Again)
Radio Free Asia, January 03, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/03/china_
dissident_detain/
Labor
1m Who Graduated Last Year Still Jobless: Study
South China Morning Post, January 04, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62
ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=775d9db311047
110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Land Policy
China Faces a Second Land Revolution
Asia Times Online, January 03, 2008
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/JA03Ad01.html
Media
“响水经验”：防堵记者、控制舆论 (Xiangshui County Government, Jiangsu Province, Proudly Reports Work on Media Censorship)
Radio Free Asia, January 03, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/03/jizhe/
Olympics
中国社科院：北京奥运面临十大风险 (CASS Sees Ten Risks for Beijing Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, January 03, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/03/
aoyun/
Population
Rich 'Flaunt' One Child Law
Shanghai Daily, January 03, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200801/20
080103/article_343782_1.htm
Poverty
Discontent 'Grips Chinese Cities'
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 03, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7170438.stm
Protests and Petitions
汪洋上任首遇徵地示威 (Wang Yang Encounters His First Land Grab Protest As Party Secretary of Guangdong)
Ming Pao, January 04, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080104/cab1.htm
官方劝说访民返原籍 专家建议软手段处理问题 (Beijing Officials Advise Petitioners to Return to Hometowns; Experts Recommend Soft Tactics Against Petitioners)
Radio Free Asia, January 03, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/03/
fangmin/
访民之女突然死去 寻找死因却遭拘留殴打 (Sichuan Petitioners Detained and Beaten for Demanding Justice for Daughter's Sudden Death)
Radio Free Asia, January 03, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/03/
nanchong/
Thursday, January 03, 2008
January 3, 2008
Top News of the Day
Media
１７大前２６００多网站博客遭关闭 (China Closed Down More Than 2,600 Websites During 17th Party Congress)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/02/
blog/
Reporters Without Borders has described China as the world's biggest prison for journalists over the past four years. Its 2007 annual report on press freedom states that China has jailed 33 journalists and 50 cyber-dissidents in 2007. About 2,600 websites, blogs and forums were shut down before and during the 17th Communist Party Congress in October.
News
Children
Child-trafficking Gang Broken Up in Central China
Xinhuanet, January 03, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/03/content_
7358238.htm
Death Penalty
Lethal Injection to Be Used More
Xinhuanet, January 03, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/03/content_
7358637.htm
Education
流动儿童教育成为最突出的教育公平问题 (Education of Migrant Children Is the Most Problematic)
Xinhuanet, January 03, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2008-01/03/content_
7358424.htm
Environment
Paper Plant's Toxic Gush Threatens Millions
South China Morning Post, January 03, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6a5cac17dea37110
VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=
Freedom of Association
段惠民忌日当局阻挠拜祭 群警出动百访民被抓 (Police Deployed to Bar Shanghai Petitioners Commemorating Duan Huimin's Death)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/02/
duan/
Government
Public Hearing to be Held on Domestic Roaming Fees
South China Morning Post, January 03, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a96cac17dea37110
VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=
江苏省赣榆县励庄镇谭湖村选举出现舞弊 (Corruption Reported in Jiangsu Village Election)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/02/
xianju/
Human Rights Defenders - Hu Jia (胡佳)
律师李劲松李方平向警方递交要求会见胡佳的申请 (Hu Jia's Attorneys Request a Meeting with Client)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/02/
hujia/
数十警察围困曾金燕 胡佳被拘细节辗转传出 (More Details on Hu Jia's Detention)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/02/
hu_zeng/
Labor
劳动合同法实施前夕 海口一医院终止聘用上百清洁工 (Haikou Hospital Sacks Hundreds of Cleaners Before Law Contract Law Becomes Effective)
Xinhuanet, January 03, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2008-01/03/content_
7358051.htm
蓄意规避劳动合同法 山东省汶上县邮政局解骋职工 (Shangdong Post Office Dismisses Long-Serving Employees Before New Labor Contract Law Takes Effect)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/02/lao/
企业职工工资可集体协商 河北率先立法 (Hebei Implements Pilot Law in Collective Bargaining)
Xinhuanet, January 03, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2008-01/03/content_
7358487.htm
China's Work Accidents Fall in 2007 But Still Claim Almost 100,000 Lives
Xinhuanet, January 02, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/02/content_
7354552.htm
Media
驻华外国记者投诉受到干扰 (Foreign Correspondents in China Face Interferences)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/02/
foreign_journalist/
Olympics
Beggars, Unlicensed Peddlers to Be Cleared Up in Chang'an Avenue
Xinhuanet, January 02, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/02/content_
7355619.htm
Beijing Puts Sniffer Dogs on Subway
Associated Press (via YahooNews), January 02, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080102/ap_on_re_as/china
_subway_dogs_2;_ylt=AgtfKlGZfyhwrMWgV7wOibhPzWQA
GZfyhwrMWgV7wOibhPzWQA
Beijing to Set Up Food Safety Monitoring Center for Olympics
Xinhuanet, January 02, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/02/content_7355279.htm
China Imposes Stricter Clean-Air Standards in Beijing
Voice of America, January 02, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-01-02-voa65.cfm
Police
集会讨论上访的教师代表被当局拘禁 (Hubei Teachers' Representatives Detained After Petitioning)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/02/china_
petition_teachers/
Population
Rich Flout China's One-Child Rule
Associated Press (via YahooNews), January 03, 2008
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080102/china_family_planning.
html?.v=1
中国光棍男子越来越多 (Number of Male Bachelors Increases in China)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/02/
shitiao/
Protests and Petitions
独家报道：宜昌夷陵鄢家河村民土地被征十几年至今未得合理补偿 (Hubei Villagers Failed to Get Adequate Compensation for Land Loss for More Than Ten Years)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/02/tudi/
独家报道：中国资深媒体人呼吁言论自由 (Newspaper Editor Issues Open Letter Urging Press Freedom)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/02/lin/
Society
2007年居民总体生活满意度：城市下降 农村上升 (Survey Finds Less Urban Residents Satisfied with Life But More Amongst Rural Residents)
Xinhuanet, January 03, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2008-01/03/content_
7358277.htm
Media
１７大前２６００多网站博客遭关闭 (China Closed Down More Than 2,600 Websites During 17th Party Congress)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/02/
blog/
Reporters Without Borders has described China as the world's biggest prison for journalists over the past four years. Its 2007 annual report on press freedom states that China has jailed 33 journalists and 50 cyber-dissidents in 2007. About 2,600 websites, blogs and forums were shut down before and during the 17th Communist Party Congress in October.
News
Children
Child-trafficking Gang Broken Up in Central China
Xinhuanet, January 03, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/03/content_
7358238.htm
Death Penalty
Lethal Injection to Be Used More
Xinhuanet, January 03, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/03/content_
7358637.htm
Education
流动儿童教育成为最突出的教育公平问题 (Education of Migrant Children Is the Most Problematic)
Xinhuanet, January 03, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2008-01/03/content_
7358424.htm
Environment
Paper Plant's Toxic Gush Threatens Millions
South China Morning Post, January 03, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6a5cac17dea37110
VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=
Freedom of Association
段惠民忌日当局阻挠拜祭 群警出动百访民被抓 (Police Deployed to Bar Shanghai Petitioners Commemorating Duan Huimin's Death)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/02/
duan/
Government
Public Hearing to be Held on Domestic Roaming Fees
South China Morning Post, January 03, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a96cac17dea37110
VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=
江苏省赣榆县励庄镇谭湖村选举出现舞弊 (Corruption Reported in Jiangsu Village Election)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/02/
xianju/
Human Rights Defenders - Hu Jia (胡佳)
律师李劲松李方平向警方递交要求会见胡佳的申请 (Hu Jia's Attorneys Request a Meeting with Client)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/02/
hujia/
数十警察围困曾金燕 胡佳被拘细节辗转传出 (More Details on Hu Jia's Detention)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/02/
hu_zeng/
Labor
劳动合同法实施前夕 海口一医院终止聘用上百清洁工 (Haikou Hospital Sacks Hundreds of Cleaners Before Law Contract Law Becomes Effective)
Xinhuanet, January 03, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2008-01/03/content_
7358051.htm
蓄意规避劳动合同法 山东省汶上县邮政局解骋职工 (Shangdong Post Office Dismisses Long-Serving Employees Before New Labor Contract Law Takes Effect)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/02/lao/
企业职工工资可集体协商 河北率先立法 (Hebei Implements Pilot Law in Collective Bargaining)
Xinhuanet, January 03, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2008-01/03/content_
7358487.htm
China's Work Accidents Fall in 2007 But Still Claim Almost 100,000 Lives
Xinhuanet, January 02, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/02/content_
7354552.htm
Media
驻华外国记者投诉受到干扰 (Foreign Correspondents in China Face Interferences)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/02/
foreign_journalist/
Olympics
Beggars, Unlicensed Peddlers to Be Cleared Up in Chang'an Avenue
Xinhuanet, January 02, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/02/content_
7355619.htm
Beijing Puts Sniffer Dogs on Subway
Associated Press (via YahooNews), January 02, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080102/ap_on_re_as/china
_subway_dogs_2;_ylt=AgtfKlGZfyhwrMWgV7wOibhPzWQA
GZfyhwrMWgV7wOibhPzWQA
Beijing to Set Up Food Safety Monitoring Center for Olympics
Xinhuanet, January 02, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/02/content_7355279.htm
China Imposes Stricter Clean-Air Standards in Beijing
Voice of America, January 02, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-01-02-voa65.cfm
Police
集会讨论上访的教师代表被当局拘禁 (Hubei Teachers' Representatives Detained After Petitioning)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/02/china_
petition_teachers/
Population
Rich Flout China's One-Child Rule
Associated Press (via YahooNews), January 03, 2008
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080102/china_family_planning.
html?.v=1
中国光棍男子越来越多 (Number of Male Bachelors Increases in China)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/02/
shitiao/
Protests and Petitions
独家报道：宜昌夷陵鄢家河村民土地被征十几年至今未得合理补偿 (Hubei Villagers Failed to Get Adequate Compensation for Land Loss for More Than Ten Years)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/02/tudi/
独家报道：中国资深媒体人呼吁言论自由 (Newspaper Editor Issues Open Letter Urging Press Freedom)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/02/lin/
Society
2007年居民总体生活满意度：城市下降 农村上升 (Survey Finds Less Urban Residents Satisfied with Life But More Amongst Rural Residents)
Xinhuanet, January 03, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2008-01/03/content_
7358277.htm
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
January 1 - 2, 2008
Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
胡佳涉嫌煽动颠覆国家政权罪被刑事拘留 (Hu Jia Placed Under Criminal Detention on Suspicion of Inciting Subversion)
Radio Free Asia, December 31, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/31/china_
rights_detain/
Hu Jia (胡佳) has been reportedly placed under criminal detention at the Beijing Municipal Detention Center on suspicion of inciting subversion. An anonymous source told Radio Free Asia that the police had allegedly told Hu's family that they are investigating him for articles he had posted online, including some that call for a boycott of the Beijing Olympics.
News
Environment
Corporate Ecology Urged in China
China Daily, December 31, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2007-12/31/content_
6361820.htm
Beijing 'Meets Pollution Target'
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 31, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7165610.stm
Human Rights Defenders
收费：中国维权律师的窘境 (Rights Defense Lawyers Not Paid After Providing Services)
Radio Free Asia, January 01, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/01
/lawyer/
沈阳公安逮捕三名受理蚁力神案的律师 (Shenyang Police Arrest Three Lawyers Who Represent Victims in a Get-Rich-Quick Scheme)
Radio Free Asia, December 31, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/31/china_
rights_lawyer/
Labor
Labor Protection Official Underlines Breakthroughs in New Disputes Arbitration Law
Xinhuanet, January 01, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/02/content_
7349659.htm
New Labor Contract Law Changes Employment Landscape
Xinhuanet, January 01, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/01/content_
7348036.htm
深圳市元升公司新劳工法前解雇资深员工 (Shenzhen Company Dismisses Senior Employees Before New Labor Contract Law Takes Effect)
Radio Free Asia, January 01, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/01/China_
Labor/
China Coal Mine Death Toll Rises to 19
Reuters, December 31, 2007
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSPEK219118
Media
In Brief: Fake Reporters Detained after Trying to Extort Money
South China Morning Post, January 02, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a73c26635c5
37110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Olympics
China Exudes Optimism Despite Critical New Report
Reuters, January 01, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/idUSSP598592
0080102?sp=true
China's Sports System Delivers, but at a Cost
Reuters, January 01, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/idUSN31554693
20080102?pageNumber=3&virtualBrandChannel=0&sp=
true&virtualBrandChannel=0&sp=true
The Glory of Games Is Fraught with Risk
Chicago Tribunal, January 01, 2008
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-china08
_osnosjan01,1,6250460.story?ctrack=1&cset=truechina08_osno
sjan01,1,6250460.story?ctrack=1&cset=true
Activists Fail to Stir Opposition to China's Float
Los Angeles Times, December 30, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-chinarose30dec30,
0,2373323,full.story?coll=la-home-centerchinarose30dec30,0,
2373323,full.story?coll=la-home-center
Blogging Boom Sets Up Stars for Bonanza
South China Morning Post, December 30, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=987aadc9ad5271
10VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Population
County Adviser Fined 765,500 Yuan for Having Second Child
South China Morning Post, January 02, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb3
29d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c47c26635c537
110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Protests and Petitions
万人公开信呼吁奥运年批准《公民权利和政治权利国际公约》 (14,000 People Sign Open Letter Urging Ratification of ICCPR in 2008)
Radio Free Asia, January 01, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/01/rights/
独家报道：广东电网再引发大规模抗议 顺德参照汕尾铁腕镇压 (Shunde Authorities Learn from Shanwei Police's Tactics to Suppress Villagers Who Protest Undercompensation for Electricity Project)
Radio Free Asia, January 01, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/01/
shunde/
Religion
World's Biggest Bible Factory Opens in a 'Godless' China
China Post, December 31, 2007
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/2007/12/31/137078/World
Three Gorges
Canada's Aid Seeded China Dam
Wall Street Journal, December 31, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119906431204358677.html
Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
胡佳涉嫌煽动颠覆国家政权罪被刑事拘留 (Hu Jia Placed Under Criminal Detention on Suspicion of Inciting Subversion)
Radio Free Asia, December 31, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/31/china_
rights_detain/
Hu Jia (胡佳) has been reportedly placed under criminal detention at the Beijing Municipal Detention Center on suspicion of inciting subversion. An anonymous source told Radio Free Asia that the police had allegedly told Hu's family that they are investigating him for articles he had posted online, including some that call for a boycott of the Beijing Olympics.
News
Environment
Corporate Ecology Urged in China
China Daily, December 31, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2007-12/31/content_
6361820.htm
Beijing 'Meets Pollution Target'
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 31, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7165610.stm
Human Rights Defenders
收费：中国维权律师的窘境 (Rights Defense Lawyers Not Paid After Providing Services)
Radio Free Asia, January 01, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/01
/lawyer/
沈阳公安逮捕三名受理蚁力神案的律师 (Shenyang Police Arrest Three Lawyers Who Represent Victims in a Get-Rich-Quick Scheme)
Radio Free Asia, December 31, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/31/china_
rights_lawyer/
Labor
Labor Protection Official Underlines Breakthroughs in New Disputes Arbitration Law
Xinhuanet, January 01, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/02/content_
7349659.htm
New Labor Contract Law Changes Employment Landscape
Xinhuanet, January 01, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/01/content_
7348036.htm
深圳市元升公司新劳工法前解雇资深员工 (Shenzhen Company Dismisses Senior Employees Before New Labor Contract Law Takes Effect)
Radio Free Asia, January 01, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/01/China_
Labor/
China Coal Mine Death Toll Rises to 19
Reuters, December 31, 2007
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSPEK219118
Media
In Brief: Fake Reporters Detained after Trying to Extort Money
South China Morning Post, January 02, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a73c26635c5
37110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Olympics
China Exudes Optimism Despite Critical New Report
Reuters, January 01, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/idUSSP598592
0080102?sp=true
China's Sports System Delivers, but at a Cost
Reuters, January 01, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/idUSN31554693
20080102?pageNumber=3&virtualBrandChannel=0&sp=
true&virtualBrandChannel=0&sp=true
The Glory of Games Is Fraught with Risk
Chicago Tribunal, January 01, 2008
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-china08
_osnosjan01,1,6250460.story?ctrack=1&cset=truechina08_osno
sjan01,1,6250460.story?ctrack=1&cset=true
Activists Fail to Stir Opposition to China's Float
Los Angeles Times, December 30, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-chinarose30dec30,
0,2373323,full.story?coll=la-home-centerchinarose30dec30,0,
2373323,full.story?coll=la-home-center
Blogging Boom Sets Up Stars for Bonanza
South China Morning Post, December 30, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=987aadc9ad5271
10VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Population
County Adviser Fined 765,500 Yuan for Having Second Child
South China Morning Post, January 02, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb3
29d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c47c26635c537
110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Protests and Petitions
万人公开信呼吁奥运年批准《公民权利和政治权利国际公约》 (14,000 People Sign Open Letter Urging Ratification of ICCPR in 2008)
Radio Free Asia, January 01, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/01/rights/
独家报道：广东电网再引发大规模抗议 顺德参照汕尾铁腕镇压 (Shunde Authorities Learn from Shanwei Police's Tactics to Suppress Villagers Who Protest Undercompensation for Electricity Project)
Radio Free Asia, January 01, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/01/
shunde/
Religion
World's Biggest Bible Factory Opens in a 'Godless' China
China Post, December 31, 2007
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/2007/12/31/137078/World
Three Gorges
Canada's Aid Seeded China Dam
Wall Street Journal, December 31, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119906431204358677.html
Monday, December 31, 2007
December 29 - 31, 2007
Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
著名维权人士胡佳以“颠覆国家政权”罪被捕 (Prominent Rights Defender Hu Jia Arrested for "Inciting Subversion")
Radio Free Asia, December 31, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/30/
hu_jia/
On December 27, Beijing police detained rights defender Hu Jia (胡佳) on suspicion of "inciting subversion." Authorities reportedly disconnected his family's telephone, mobile, and Internet lines, as well as seizing a computer and documents from his residence. Hu's wife Zeng Jinyan (曾金燕), also a rights defense activist, remains under house arrest.
News
Children
China Ratifies UN Protocol to Safeguard Children from Armed Conflicts
Xinhuanet, December 29, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/29/content_
7335132.htm
Death Penalty
重庆三名厅级干部因受贿被判刑 (Chongqing Court Convicts Three High Ranking Officials on Corruption Charges)
Xinhuanet, December 30, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2007-12/30/
content_7341350.htm
抢劫坐台女并杀人抛尸长江 三恶魔一审被判极刑 (Anhui Court Sentences Trio to Death for Murdering Two Sex Workers)
Anhui Commercial News (via Xinhua), December 30, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-12/30/content_
7340240.htm
Economic Development
中国城乡居民收入差距继续拉大 (Income Gap Between Urban and Rural Residents Further Widens)
Radio Free Asia, December 28, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/28/
shouru/
Human Rights
2007年公民维权篇大事记 (Xinhua Selects Top Ten Rights Defense Cases in 2007)
Xinhuanet, December 31, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-12/31/content_
7343281.htm
Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
China Detains AIDS Activist, Clears Guangdong Protests
Radio Free Asia, December 30, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2007/12/30/china_
olympics_rights/
Human Rights Defender - Li Guotao (李国涛)
李国涛已被软禁一个半月 (Shanghai Democracy Activist Li Guotao under House Arrest for 1.5 Months)
Radio Free Asia, December 30, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/30
/liguotao/
Human Rights Defender - Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)
Chinese Rights Lawyer Beaten, Staging Hunger Strike in Prison
Radio Free Asia, December 28, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/china/2007/12/28/china_template/
Human Rights Defenders
三门峡失地农民代表被关押半月不准家人探视 (Families Barred from Visiting Detained Sanmen Gorge Farmers on State Security Grounds)
Radio Free Asia, December 28, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/28/china_
rights_rural/
Law
China's Top Legislature Approves Minister Nomination, Adopts a Number of Bills
Xinhuanet, December 31, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/29/content_
7334599.htm
Media
私人短片网上禁播 (New Regulations Require Internet Users to Seek Approval for Posting Audio and Visual Programmes Online)
Ming Pao, December 31, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20071231/cac1.htm
North Korea
China to Allow over 40 North Korean Refugees to Leave: Report
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), December 30, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071230/wl_afp/nkoreaskore
achinausrightsrefugees_071230055621;_ylt=Ap5JOU.855JtE
2AKvcBpMbBPzWQA230055621;_ylt=Ap5JOU.855JtE2AKv
cBpMbBPzWQA
Olympics
Beijing’s Olympic Quest: Turn Smoggy Sky Blue
New York Times, December 29, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/29/world/asia/29china.
html?hp
Protests and Petitions
广东掘墓千警民冲突 (One Thousand Guangdong Villagers Clash with Police over Burial Arrangement)
Ming Pao, December 31, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20071231/cca1.htm
Three Gorges
China's Massive Dam Project Causes Worry
Associated Press (via YahooNews), December 31, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071229/ap_on_re_as/china
_s_troubled_dam_2;_ylt=Ag_VmwnVKhD1JLfP6gDCunRP
zWQAVmwnVKhD1JLfP6gDCunRPzWQA
Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
著名维权人士胡佳以“颠覆国家政权”罪被捕 (Prominent Rights Defender Hu Jia Arrested for "Inciting Subversion")
Radio Free Asia, December 31, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/30/
hu_jia/
On December 27, Beijing police detained rights defender Hu Jia (胡佳) on suspicion of "inciting subversion." Authorities reportedly disconnected his family's telephone, mobile, and Internet lines, as well as seizing a computer and documents from his residence. Hu's wife Zeng Jinyan (曾金燕), also a rights defense activist, remains under house arrest.
Related Information
HRIC Press Statement: Protest the Detention of Hu Jia
Human Rights in China, December 28, 2007
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/item?item_
id=46164
News
Children
China Ratifies UN Protocol to Safeguard Children from Armed Conflicts
Xinhuanet, December 29, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/29/content_
7335132.htm
Death Penalty
重庆三名厅级干部因受贿被判刑 (Chongqing Court Convicts Three High Ranking Officials on Corruption Charges)
Xinhuanet, December 30, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2007-12/30/
content_7341350.htm
抢劫坐台女并杀人抛尸长江 三恶魔一审被判极刑 (Anhui Court Sentences Trio to Death for Murdering Two Sex Workers)
Anhui Commercial News (via Xinhua), December 30, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-12/30/content_
7340240.htm
Economic Development
中国城乡居民收入差距继续拉大 (Income Gap Between Urban and Rural Residents Further Widens)
Radio Free Asia, December 28, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/28/
shouru/
Human Rights
2007年公民维权篇大事记 (Xinhua Selects Top Ten Rights Defense Cases in 2007)
Xinhuanet, December 31, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-12/31/content_
7343281.htm
Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
China Detains AIDS Activist, Clears Guangdong Protests
Radio Free Asia, December 30, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2007/12/30/china_
olympics_rights/
Human Rights Defender - Li Guotao (李国涛)
李国涛已被软禁一个半月 (Shanghai Democracy Activist Li Guotao under House Arrest for 1.5 Months)
Radio Free Asia, December 30, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/30
/liguotao/
Human Rights Defender - Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)
Chinese Rights Lawyer Beaten, Staging Hunger Strike in Prison
Radio Free Asia, December 28, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/china/2007/12/28/china_template/
Human Rights Defenders
三门峡失地农民代表被关押半月不准家人探视 (Families Barred from Visiting Detained Sanmen Gorge Farmers on State Security Grounds)
Radio Free Asia, December 28, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/28/china_
rights_rural/
Law
China's Top Legislature Approves Minister Nomination, Adopts a Number of Bills
Xinhuanet, December 31, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/29/content_
7334599.htm
Media
私人短片网上禁播 (New Regulations Require Internet Users to Seek Approval for Posting Audio and Visual Programmes Online)
Ming Pao, December 31, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20071231/cac1.htm
North Korea
China to Allow over 40 North Korean Refugees to Leave: Report
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), December 30, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071230/wl_afp/nkoreaskore
achinausrightsrefugees_071230055621;_ylt=Ap5JOU.855JtE
2AKvcBpMbBPzWQA230055621;_ylt=Ap5JOU.855JtE2AKv
cBpMbBPzWQA
Olympics
Beijing’s Olympic Quest: Turn Smoggy Sky Blue
New York Times, December 29, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/29/world/asia/29china.
html?hp
Protests and Petitions
广东掘墓千警民冲突 (One Thousand Guangdong Villagers Clash with Police over Burial Arrangement)
Ming Pao, December 31, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20071231/cca1.htm
Three Gorges
China's Massive Dam Project Causes Worry
Associated Press (via YahooNews), December 31, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071229/ap_on_re_as/china
_s_troubled_dam_2;_ylt=Ag_VmwnVKhD1JLfP6gDCunRP
zWQAVmwnVKhD1JLfP6gDCunRPzWQA
Friday, December 28, 2007
December 28, 2007
News
Children
黑砖窑母亲：不要忘了我们 (Mother Urges People Not to Forget Her Missing Son Who May Have Been a Brick Kiln Slave)
Nanfang Weekend, December 27, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/zmzg/2007122
70672.asp
Death Penalty
安徽原副省长何闽旭一审被判死缓 (Former Deputy Governor of Anhui Province Sentenced to Death with a Two-Year Reprieve)
Procuratorial Daily, December 28, 2007
http://www.jcrb.com/n1/jcrb1517/ca666490.htm
贵州：县长一家六口被灭门案案犯被判死刑 (Guizhou Court Sentences Man to Death for Murdering County Mayor and His Family)
Xinhuanet, December 28, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-12/27/content_
7325697.htm
Environment
6 Chinese Enterprises Apologize to Public over Pollution
Xinhuanet, December 27, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/27/content_
7325501.htm
Human Rights Defenders - Zeng Jinyan (曾金燕), Hu Jia (胡佳)
胡佳亲友与胡夫妇联络中断 关注曾金燕能否如约到公司 (Hu Jia and Wife Cannot Be Contacted by Internet or Phone)
Radio Free Asia, December 28, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/27/
hujia/
Labor
青岛一劳工组织遭受暴徒袭击 (Unidentified Thugs Attack Employees of Qingdao's Labor Organization)
Radio Free Asia, December 27, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/27/
laogong/
Land Policy
深圳警水炮催泪弹强拆民宅 (Guangdong Police Use Water Cannons and Tear Gas in Forcible Eviction)
Ming Pao, December 28, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20071228/cab1.htm
Media
內地传禁订阅《亚洲週刊》 (China Bars Subscription of Hong Kong-Based Magazine "Yazhou Zhoukan")
Ming Pao, December 28, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20071228/cac1.htm
翟明磊个人网站《壹报》再次被当局屏蔽 (Authorities Again Block Website of Banned Publication's Editor)
Radio Free Asia, December 27, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/27/
zhaiminglei/
China May Retain Relaxed Reporting Rules
Associated Press (via YahooNews), December 27, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071227/ap_on_re_as/china
_reporting_rules_1;_ylt=AuSGLMazZIV2e0GM8I9OANlPzWQA
Olympics
八成多受访者不知残奥开幕时间 (Over 80 Percent of Interviewees Do Not Know When Paralympics Will Start)
The Beijing News, December 28, 2007
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/olympic/2007/12-28
/011@082021.htm
汕尾当局继续抓人 阻外媒采访有理？ (Shanwei Authorities Arrest More Protestors, Bar Foreign Journalist)
Radio Free Asia, December 27, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/27/
dongzhou/
Poverty
Minister: China's Wealth Gap Widens
Associated Press (via YahooNews), December 27, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071227/ap_on_re_as/china_
wealth_gap_1;_ylt=Ao_SDHA8cuEpBM6hU2oA94xPzWQA
Protests and Petitions
北京上访村已全部被清拆 (Beijing Petitioning Village Completely Demolished)
Radio Free Asia, December 27, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/27/
shangfangcun/
白马村民指责当局暴力镇压行为可耻 (Guangdong Villagers Condemn Violent Suppression)
Radio Free Asia, December 27, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/27/china_
land_clash/
Children
黑砖窑母亲：不要忘了我们 (Mother Urges People Not to Forget Her Missing Son Who May Have Been a Brick Kiln Slave)
Nanfang Weekend, December 27, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/zmzg/2007122
70672.asp
Death Penalty
安徽原副省长何闽旭一审被判死缓 (Former Deputy Governor of Anhui Province Sentenced to Death with a Two-Year Reprieve)
Procuratorial Daily, December 28, 2007
http://www.jcrb.com/n1/jcrb1517/ca666490.htm
贵州：县长一家六口被灭门案案犯被判死刑 (Guizhou Court Sentences Man to Death for Murdering County Mayor and His Family)
Xinhuanet, December 28, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-12/27/content_
7325697.htm
Environment
6 Chinese Enterprises Apologize to Public over Pollution
Xinhuanet, December 27, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/27/content_
7325501.htm
Human Rights Defenders - Zeng Jinyan (曾金燕), Hu Jia (胡佳)
胡佳亲友与胡夫妇联络中断 关注曾金燕能否如约到公司 (Hu Jia and Wife Cannot Be Contacted by Internet or Phone)
Radio Free Asia, December 28, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/27/
hujia/
Labor
青岛一劳工组织遭受暴徒袭击 (Unidentified Thugs Attack Employees of Qingdao's Labor Organization)
Radio Free Asia, December 27, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/27/
laogong/
Land Policy
深圳警水炮催泪弹强拆民宅 (Guangdong Police Use Water Cannons and Tear Gas in Forcible Eviction)
Ming Pao, December 28, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20071228/cab1.htm
Media
內地传禁订阅《亚洲週刊》 (China Bars Subscription of Hong Kong-Based Magazine "Yazhou Zhoukan")
Ming Pao, December 28, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20071228/cac1.htm
翟明磊个人网站《壹报》再次被当局屏蔽 (Authorities Again Block Website of Banned Publication's Editor)
Radio Free Asia, December 27, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/27/
zhaiminglei/
China May Retain Relaxed Reporting Rules
Associated Press (via YahooNews), December 27, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071227/ap_on_re_as/china
_reporting_rules_1;_ylt=AuSGLMazZIV2e0GM8I9OANlPzWQA
Olympics
八成多受访者不知残奥开幕时间 (Over 80 Percent of Interviewees Do Not Know When Paralympics Will Start)
The Beijing News, December 28, 2007
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/olympic/2007/12-28
/011@082021.htm
汕尾当局继续抓人 阻外媒采访有理？ (Shanwei Authorities Arrest More Protestors, Bar Foreign Journalist)
Radio Free Asia, December 27, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/27/
dongzhou/
Poverty
Minister: China's Wealth Gap Widens
Associated Press (via YahooNews), December 27, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071227/ap_on_re_as/china_
wealth_gap_1;_ylt=Ao_SDHA8cuEpBM6hU2oA94xPzWQA
Protests and Petitions
北京上访村已全部被清拆 (Beijing Petitioning Village Completely Demolished)
Radio Free Asia, December 27, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/27/
shangfangcun/
白马村民指责当局暴力镇压行为可耻 (Guangdong Villagers Condemn Violent Suppression)
Radio Free Asia, December 27, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/27/china_
land_clash/
Thursday, December 27, 2007
December 25 – 27, 2007
News
Economic Development
China Aims to Grow Its Middle Class
Associated Press (via YahooNews), December 26, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071226/ap_on_re_as/china
_development_6;_ylt=Akyke8.ReJxL7bw1bjB0it5PzWQA
Environment
Conservation Measures to Lead Attack on Power Usage
South China Morning Post, December 27, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2c283481b17
17110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Food Security
China Mulls Law to Ensure Food Safety
Xinhuanet, December 26, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/26/content_
7316505.htm
Human Rights Defender - Zhang Qing (张青)
张青被法院提走存款冻结帐户 (Guangdong Court Freezes Zhang Qing's Bank Account)
Radio Free Asia, December 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/26/
zhangqing/
Human Rights Defender - Li Jianhong (Xiao Qiao) (李剑虹(小乔))
异见作家小乔被当局拘禁数日 (Shanghai Police Detain Dissident Writer Xiao Qiao for 4 Days)
Radio Free Asia, December 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/26/china_
dissident_release/
Human Rights Defenders
万人上书王桂兰被捕失踪 近失明刘杰劳教继续不予治疗 (Whereabouts of Arrested Petitioning Activist Unknown; Liu Jie Not Given Treatment for Serious Eye Problem)
Radio Free Asia, December 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/26/
wangguilan/
Human Rights Defender - Sun Xiaodi (孙小弟)
孙小弟女儿平安夜遭殴打 (Thugs Beat Sun Xiaodi's Daughter on Christmas Eve)
Radio Free Asia, December 25, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/25/
sunxiaodi/
Human Rights Defenders
China Detains Farmers Urging Land Privatization
Reuters, December 24, 2007
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=world
News&storyid=2007-12-24T110434Z_01_PEK213531_RTRU
KOC_0_US-CHINA-LAND.xml
Bold Activists Hold Beijing to Account
Financial Times, December 26, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e1b2faf0-b3de-11dc-a6df-000
0779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e
2340.html
Land Policy
Official: China Won't Privatize Rural Farmland
Xinhuanet, December 26, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/26/content_
7318687.htm
Law
China Pays 170 Mln Yuan of State Compensation to Citizens over 5 years, Court Says
Xinhuanet, December 26, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/26/content_
7318962.htm
Media
Dog Owner Takes On China's Web Censors
Washington Post, December 26, 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007
/12/25/AR2007122501150.html
Beijing Clamps Down on Text Messages
Associated Press (via YahooNews), December 24, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071224/ap_on_re_as/china
_text_messages_1;_ylt=AkXHbcrLjC.X3tYaL9VbpABPzWQA
Migrant Workers
Chinese Governments Recover 43.32 Bln Yuan for Migrant Workers' Unpaid Wages
Xinhuanet, December 26, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/26/content_
7318887.htm
Olympics
Breaking the Habit
South China Morning Post, December 26, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=21399906c91
17110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
The Challenge to Beijingoism
The Economist, December 26, 2007
http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=
10230215&fsrc=RSS
Police
基层民警揭制度腐败：罚款创收成考核标准 拉赞助形同黑社会保护费 (Low Ranking Police Speak of Systemic Corruption; Fines Collected Determines Officers' Performances)
Radio Free Asia, December 25, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/25/
minjing/
Protests and Petitions
Up to 2,000 Police Guarding Key Pylon in Dongzhou
Radio Free Asia, December 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2007/12/26/china_
template/
Public Health
China Outlines Medical Reform Plan, Highlighting Gov't Responsibility
Xinhuanet, December 26, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/26/content_
7318261.htm
Religion
当局将张明选收养的孤儿赶出学校 (Hebei Authorities Expel Orphans from Protestant Leader's School)
Radio Free Asia, December 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/26/china_
religion_church/
四川甘孜政府加强控制藏人寺庙 (Sichuan Authorities Strengthen Controls on Tibetan Temples)
Radio Free Asia, December 25, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/25/china_
tibetan/
Economic Development
China Aims to Grow Its Middle Class
Associated Press (via YahooNews), December 26, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071226/ap_on_re_as/china
_development_6;_ylt=Akyke8.ReJxL7bw1bjB0it5PzWQA
Environment
Conservation Measures to Lead Attack on Power Usage
South China Morning Post, December 27, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2c283481b17
17110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Food Security
China Mulls Law to Ensure Food Safety
Xinhuanet, December 26, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/26/content_
7316505.htm
Human Rights Defender - Zhang Qing (张青)
张青被法院提走存款冻结帐户 (Guangdong Court Freezes Zhang Qing's Bank Account)
Radio Free Asia, December 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/26/
zhangqing/
Human Rights Defender - Li Jianhong (Xiao Qiao) (李剑虹(小乔))
异见作家小乔被当局拘禁数日 (Shanghai Police Detain Dissident Writer Xiao Qiao for 4 Days)
Radio Free Asia, December 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/26/china_
dissident_release/
Human Rights Defenders
万人上书王桂兰被捕失踪 近失明刘杰劳教继续不予治疗 (Whereabouts of Arrested Petitioning Activist Unknown; Liu Jie Not Given Treatment for Serious Eye Problem)
Radio Free Asia, December 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/26/
wangguilan/
Human Rights Defender - Sun Xiaodi (孙小弟)
孙小弟女儿平安夜遭殴打 (Thugs Beat Sun Xiaodi's Daughter on Christmas Eve)
Radio Free Asia, December 25, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/25/
sunxiaodi/
Human Rights Defenders
China Detains Farmers Urging Land Privatization
Reuters, December 24, 2007
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=world
News&storyid=2007-12-24T110434Z_01_PEK213531_RTRU
KOC_0_US-CHINA-LAND.xml
Bold Activists Hold Beijing to Account
Financial Times, December 26, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e1b2faf0-b3de-11dc-a6df-000
0779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e
2340.html
Land Policy
Official: China Won't Privatize Rural Farmland
Xinhuanet, December 26, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/26/content_
7318687.htm
Law
China Pays 170 Mln Yuan of State Compensation to Citizens over 5 years, Court Says
Xinhuanet, December 26, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/26/content_
7318962.htm
Media
Dog Owner Takes On China's Web Censors
Washington Post, December 26, 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007
/12/25/AR2007122501150.html
Beijing Clamps Down on Text Messages
Associated Press (via YahooNews), December 24, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071224/ap_on_re_as/china
_text_messages_1;_ylt=AkXHbcrLjC.X3tYaL9VbpABPzWQA
Migrant Workers
Chinese Governments Recover 43.32 Bln Yuan for Migrant Workers' Unpaid Wages
Xinhuanet, December 26, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/26/content_
7318887.htm
Olympics
Breaking the Habit
South China Morning Post, December 26, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=21399906c91
17110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
The Challenge to Beijingoism
The Economist, December 26, 2007
http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=
10230215&fsrc=RSS
Police
基层民警揭制度腐败：罚款创收成考核标准 拉赞助形同黑社会保护费 (Low Ranking Police Speak of Systemic Corruption; Fines Collected Determines Officers' Performances)
Radio Free Asia, December 25, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/25/
minjing/
Protests and Petitions
Up to 2,000 Police Guarding Key Pylon in Dongzhou
Radio Free Asia, December 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2007/12/26/china_
template/
Public Health
China Outlines Medical Reform Plan, Highlighting Gov't Responsibility
Xinhuanet, December 26, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/26/content_
7318261.htm
Religion
当局将张明选收养的孤儿赶出学校 (Hebei Authorities Expel Orphans from Protestant Leader's School)
Radio Free Asia, December 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/26/china_
religion_church/
四川甘孜政府加强控制藏人寺庙 (Sichuan Authorities Strengthen Controls on Tibetan Temples)
Radio Free Asia, December 25, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/25/china_
tibetan/
Monday, December 24, 2007
December 22 – 24, 2007
News
Death Penalty
Shanghai Business Boss' Sentence Suspended
Associated Press (via YahooNews), December 21, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071221/ap_on_re_as/china
_shanghai_scandal_1;_ylt=Ap4IZJjmQ_WKDBgkSCV3gzx
PzWQA
死刑复核：激荡一年间 (Supreme People's Court Has Reviewed Death Sentences for One Year)
Nanfang Weekend, December 20, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/zmzg/2007122
00862.asp
Gender - Trafficking of Women
China Traffickers Push Drugs on North Korean Defector Women
Radio Free Asia, December 21, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2007/12/21/nkor_women/
Human Rights Defenders
China Bans Writers' Gathering: Dissident
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), December 22, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071222/lf_afp/chinamediarig
htsoly2008chn_071222185514
Human Rights Defender - Sun Xiaodi (孙小弟)
环保人士孙小弟被殴并受威胁 众多女访民遭性侵犯不敢声张 (Landlord Beats Sun Xiaodi; Female Petitioners Hesitate to Reveal Sexual Abuse)
Radio Free Asia, December 21, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/21/
sun/
Human Rights Defender - Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠)
郑恩宠收大量举报江泽民的两个儿子涉上海圈地黑幕 (Zheng Enchong Receives More Information After Revealing Zhang Zemin's Sons' Involvement in the Shanghai Land Grab Scandal)
Radio Free Asia, December 21, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/21/
zheng_enchong/
Human Rights Defender – Zhang Qing (张青)
张青电脑被入侵文件丢失 U盘短暂插入存文一空 (Zhang Qing's Computer Hacked; Documents in USB Lost)
Radio Free Asia, December 20, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/20/
zhangqing/
Labor
China Jails Mine Owner in 2005 Blast)
Associated Press (via YahooNews), December 22, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071222/ap_on_re_as/china
_mine_sentences_1;_ylt=Avw5_WndMGwT800sHlPzpkF
PzWQA
Land Policy
Village Land Claim Could Shake Core Principle of Collectivism
South China Morning Post, December 24, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c7eae46a70
807110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Law
江苏省出台新规定:法官不得强迫律师撤诉或调解 (Jiangsu's New Regulations Bar Judges from Forcing Lawyers to Withdraw Claims or Accept Mediation)
Legal Daily, December 24, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2007-12/24/content_
767945.htm
China to Ratify UN Protocol to Safeguard Children from Armed Conflicts
Xinhuanet, December 23, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/23/content_
7300288.htm
Media
广东通过法例加强控制互联网 (Guangdong's New Regulations Strengthen Internet Censorship)
Radio Free Asia, December 21, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/21/china_
internet/
Olympics
涉外交谈时切忌唾沫四溅 (Olympic Guide Asks Readers to Be Polite and Avoid Sensitive Topics with Foreigners)
The Beijing News, December 24, 2007
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/olympic/2007/12-24/
011@082401.htm
Protests and Petitions
A Year of Unrest Across China
Radio Free Asia, December 21, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2007/12/21/china_unrest/
Report: Chinese Protesters Tear Gassed
Associated Press (via YahooNews), December 21, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071221/ap_on_re_as/china
_village_protest_1;_ylt=AjCwFmHtMuBx.1xUUf4qof9PzWQA
Religion
圣诞前夕中国当局加紧打压家庭教会 (Authorities Increase Suppression of House Churches Ahead of Christmas)
Radio Free Asia, December 20, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/20/
jiaohui/
Rural Issues
Backgrounder: Rural China in Facts, Figures
Xinhuanet, December 22, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/22/content_
7294918.htm
State Security
三门峡维权农民被控煽动颠覆政权罪 (Rights Defense Farmers in Sanmen Gorge Under Criminal Detention for Inciting Subversion)
Radio Free Asia, December 21, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/21/china_
rights_detain/
“煽动颠覆国家政权罪”是否违宪？ (Is the Crime of Inciting Subversion Unconstitutional?)
Radio Free Asia, December 20, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/20/
weixian/
Three Gorges
Chinese Critic of Dam Remains Steadfast Crusader
Wall Street Journal, December 24, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119845333973047705.html?
mod=home_asia_weekend
Death Penalty
Shanghai Business Boss' Sentence Suspended
Associated Press (via YahooNews), December 21, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071221/ap_on_re_as/china
_shanghai_scandal_1;_ylt=Ap4IZJjmQ_WKDBgkSCV3gzx
PzWQA
死刑复核：激荡一年间 (Supreme People's Court Has Reviewed Death Sentences for One Year)
Nanfang Weekend, December 20, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/zmzg/2007122
00862.asp
Gender - Trafficking of Women
China Traffickers Push Drugs on North Korean Defector Women
Radio Free Asia, December 21, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2007/12/21/nkor_women/
Human Rights Defenders
China Bans Writers' Gathering: Dissident
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), December 22, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071222/lf_afp/chinamediarig
htsoly2008chn_071222185514
Human Rights Defender - Sun Xiaodi (孙小弟)
环保人士孙小弟被殴并受威胁 众多女访民遭性侵犯不敢声张 (Landlord Beats Sun Xiaodi; Female Petitioners Hesitate to Reveal Sexual Abuse)
Radio Free Asia, December 21, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/21/
sun/
Human Rights Defender - Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠)
郑恩宠收大量举报江泽民的两个儿子涉上海圈地黑幕 (Zheng Enchong Receives More Information After Revealing Zhang Zemin's Sons' Involvement in the Shanghai Land Grab Scandal)
Radio Free Asia, December 21, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/21/
zheng_enchong/
Human Rights Defender – Zhang Qing (张青)
张青电脑被入侵文件丢失 U盘短暂插入存文一空 (Zhang Qing's Computer Hacked; Documents in USB Lost)
Radio Free Asia, December 20, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/20/
zhangqing/
Labor
China Jails Mine Owner in 2005 Blast)
Associated Press (via YahooNews), December 22, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071222/ap_on_re_as/china
_mine_sentences_1;_ylt=Avw5_WndMGwT800sHlPzpkF
PzWQA
Land Policy
Village Land Claim Could Shake Core Principle of Collectivism
South China Morning Post, December 24, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c7eae46a70
807110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Law
江苏省出台新规定:法官不得强迫律师撤诉或调解 (Jiangsu's New Regulations Bar Judges from Forcing Lawyers to Withdraw Claims or Accept Mediation)
Legal Daily, December 24, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2007-12/24/content_
767945.htm
China to Ratify UN Protocol to Safeguard Children from Armed Conflicts
Xinhuanet, December 23, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/23/content_
7300288.htm
Media
广东通过法例加强控制互联网 (Guangdong's New Regulations Strengthen Internet Censorship)
Radio Free Asia, December 21, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/21/china_
internet/
Olympics
涉外交谈时切忌唾沫四溅 (Olympic Guide Asks Readers to Be Polite and Avoid Sensitive Topics with Foreigners)
The Beijing News, December 24, 2007
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/olympic/2007/12-24/
011@082401.htm
Protests and Petitions
A Year of Unrest Across China
Radio Free Asia, December 21, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2007/12/21/china_unrest/
Report: Chinese Protesters Tear Gassed
Associated Press (via YahooNews), December 21, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071221/ap_on_re_as/china
_village_protest_1;_ylt=AjCwFmHtMuBx.1xUUf4qof9PzWQA
Religion
圣诞前夕中国当局加紧打压家庭教会 (Authorities Increase Suppression of House Churches Ahead of Christmas)
Radio Free Asia, December 20, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/20/
jiaohui/
Rural Issues
Backgrounder: Rural China in Facts, Figures
Xinhuanet, December 22, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/22/content_
7294918.htm
State Security
三门峡维权农民被控煽动颠覆政权罪 (Rights Defense Farmers in Sanmen Gorge Under Criminal Detention for Inciting Subversion)
Radio Free Asia, December 21, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/21/china_
rights_detain/
“煽动颠覆国家政权罪”是否违宪？ (Is the Crime of Inciting Subversion Unconstitutional?)
Radio Free Asia, December 20, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/20/
weixian/
Three Gorges
Chinese Critic of Dam Remains Steadfast Crusader
Wall Street Journal, December 24, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119845333973047705.html?
mod=home_asia_weekend
Friday, December 21, 2007
December 21, 2007
News
Bilateral Ties
EU Needs to Change Its Mindset about Africa
Xinhuanet, December 21, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/21/content_
7289147.htm
Cameron Plea to China on Mugabe
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 21, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7155414.stm
MEPs 'Serious Concern' over China Human Rights Record
Theparliament.com, December 21, 2007
http://www.eupolitix.com/EN/News/200712/fa8744d0-7bd9
-45cb-b793-c4dbb8f53dd8.htm
Children
Dozens More Punished for China Child Prostitution
Reuters (via YahooNews), December 21, 2007
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/
idUSPEK20355520071221
Corruption
Ex-Prosecutor Given Death Sentence
South China Morning Post, December 21, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f24e4c2bae7f
6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=N
Retired Ministry of Agriculture Official Sentenced for Bribery, Abuse of Power
People's Daily, December 21, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6325271.html
Death Penalty
Corrupt Prosecutor Gets Death Sentence
Associated Press (via YahooNews), December 21, 2007
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i2kB2VGA3dhSVOh7Z
ZR04XZgL-8AD8TLD3O80
Former Power Company Chairman Sentenced to Death
People's Daily, December 21, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6324903
.html
Education
China to Draw 300 Mln Yuan of Lottery Funds to Support Poor Students
People's Daily, December 21, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6325294.html
Environment
China Grabs West’s Smoke-Spewing Factories
Blueridgenow.com, December 21, 2007
http://www.blueridgenow.com/article/20071221/ZNYT03/
712210373/1170/NEWS/ZNYT03/China_Grabs_West_x
2019_s_Smoke_Spewing_Factories
China Suffers ‘Worst Drought in a Decade’
SCMP, December 21, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9f7ac3343
4bf6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=N
Yunnan Scraps Tiger Leaping Gorge Dam
South China Morning Post, December 21, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3ebe4c2bae7
f6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=
Food Security
Common Sense Ensures Food Safety: Beijing
South China Morning Post, December 21, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=305d582d0fb
f6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=N
Labor
China's Top Legislature Defends New Labor Contract Law
Xinhuanet, December 21, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/22/content_
7290979.htm
11 Officials under Investigation over N. China Mine Blast That Killed 105
People's Daily, December 21, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6325269.html
Media
Group Says Yahoo China Loses Piracy Suit
New York Times, December 21, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-China-
Yahoo-Music-Piracy.html
Pulling the Strings of China’s Internet
Far Eastern Economic Review, December 21, 2007
http://www.feer.com/articles1/2007/0712/free/p018.html?
Pulling_the_Strings_of_China%E2%80%99s_Internet
Military
Backgrounder: Major PLA-Related Joint Anti-Terror Military Exercises and Trainings
People's Daily, December 21, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6325264.html
China to Invest 50 Million USD in Transforming Military Technologies for Civilian Use in 2008
People's Daily, December 18, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90881/6322939
.html
Multilateral Relations
A Revisionist Tale: Why a Poor China Seems Richer
New York Times, December 21, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/21/business/21yuan.html?
_r=1&oref=slogin
Protests and Petitions
China Denies Fresh Stand-off in Troubled Village
Reuters, December 21, 2007
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSPEK205673
Public Health
China to Keep Ethics Records on Medical Staff to Curb Malpractice
People's Daily, December 21, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90782/6324624.html
Bilateral Ties
EU Needs to Change Its Mindset about Africa
Xinhuanet, December 21, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/21/content_
7289147.htm
Cameron Plea to China on Mugabe
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 21, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7155414.stm
MEPs 'Serious Concern' over China Human Rights Record
Theparliament.com, December 21, 2007
http://www.eupolitix.com/EN/News/200712/fa8744d0-7bd9
-45cb-b793-c4dbb8f53dd8.htm
Children
Dozens More Punished for China Child Prostitution
Reuters (via YahooNews), December 21, 2007
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/
idUSPEK20355520071221
Corruption
Ex-Prosecutor Given Death Sentence
South China Morning Post, December 21, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f24e4c2bae7f
6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=N
Retired Ministry of Agriculture Official Sentenced for Bribery, Abuse of Power
People's Daily, December 21, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6325271.html
Death Penalty
Corrupt Prosecutor Gets Death Sentence
Associated Press (via YahooNews), December 21, 2007
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i2kB2VGA3dhSVOh7Z
ZR04XZgL-8AD8TLD3O80
Former Power Company Chairman Sentenced to Death
People's Daily, December 21, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6324903
.html
Education
China to Draw 300 Mln Yuan of Lottery Funds to Support Poor Students
People's Daily, December 21, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6325294.html
Environment
China Grabs West’s Smoke-Spewing Factories
Blueridgenow.com, December 21, 2007
http://www.blueridgenow.com/article/20071221/ZNYT03/
712210373/1170/NEWS/ZNYT03/China_Grabs_West_x
2019_s_Smoke_Spewing_Factories
China Suffers ‘Worst Drought in a Decade’
SCMP, December 21, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9f7ac3343
4bf6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=N
Yunnan Scraps Tiger Leaping Gorge Dam
South China Morning Post, December 21, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3ebe4c2bae7
f6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=
Food Security
Common Sense Ensures Food Safety: Beijing
South China Morning Post, December 21, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=305d582d0fb
f6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=N
Labor
China's Top Legislature Defends New Labor Contract Law
Xinhuanet, December 21, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/22/content_
7290979.htm
11 Officials under Investigation over N. China Mine Blast That Killed 105
People's Daily, December 21, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6325269.html
Media
Group Says Yahoo China Loses Piracy Suit
New York Times, December 21, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-China-
Yahoo-Music-Piracy.html
Pulling the Strings of China’s Internet
Far Eastern Economic Review, December 21, 2007
http://www.feer.com/articles1/2007/0712/free/p018.html?
Pulling_the_Strings_of_China%E2%80%99s_Internet
Military
Backgrounder: Major PLA-Related Joint Anti-Terror Military Exercises and Trainings
People's Daily, December 21, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6325264.html
China to Invest 50 Million USD in Transforming Military Technologies for Civilian Use in 2008
People's Daily, December 18, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90881/6322939
.html
Multilateral Relations
A Revisionist Tale: Why a Poor China Seems Richer
New York Times, December 21, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/21/business/21yuan.html?
_r=1&oref=slogin
Protests and Petitions
China Denies Fresh Stand-off in Troubled Village
Reuters, December 21, 2007
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSPEK205673
Public Health
China to Keep Ethics Records on Medical Staff to Curb Malpractice
People's Daily, December 21, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90782/6324624.html
Thursday, December 20, 2007
December 20, 2007
News
Corruption
Corruption Complaints Crash Chinese Web Site
Washington Post, December 19, 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/19/AR2007121900678.html
Death Penalty
天津市检察院原检察长李宝金一审被判处死缓 (Former Tianjin Prosecutor Given Suspended Death Sentence for Receiving Bribes and Embezzling Public Funds)
Legal Daily, December 20, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2007-12/20/content_766106.htm
Human Rights Defenders - Jing Chu (荆楚)
Chinese Activist Held for Subversion
Associated Press (via YahooNews), December 19, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071219/ap_on_re_as/china_dissident_detained_1
Human Rights Defenders - Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)
法院令张青21日交付四万元罚款 律师吁请关心帮助郭飞雄妻儿 (Jailed Rights Defender's Wife Pressured to Pay Fine)
Radio Free Asia, December 19, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/19/zhang/
Human Rights Defenders - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
袁伟静再次被拒探监 张青继续写信申冤 (Jailed Rights Defense Activist Chen Guangcheng Denied Family Visits Again)
Radio Free Asia, December 19, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/19/china_rights_chen/
Human Rights Defenders - Li Jianhong / Xiao Qi (李剑红(小齐))
上海异议人士小乔被国保非法拘禁 (Shanghai Dissident Writer Prevented from Attending Chinese PEN Gathering)
Radio Free Asia, December 19, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/19/xiaoqiao/
Labor
专家:立法明确"不适合妇女岗位"细化条款是关键 (Listing "Inappropriate Jobs for Women" in Law is Key, Says Expert)
Legal Daily, December 20, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2007-12/20/content_766095.htm
Squads Deployed to Deter Layoffs
South China Morning Post, December 20, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1932bdc71c2f6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
陕西大荔棉纺职工请愿被防暴警察驱散 (Shaanxi Police Disperse Petitioning Textile Factory Workers)
Radio Free Asia, December 19, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/19/dali/
Land Policy
Beijing Official Defends Evictions
Reuters, December 19, 2007
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK3912020071219
Media
西藏“雪域青年论坛”网被关闭 (Popular Tibetan Online Forum Shut Down)
Radio Free Asia, December 19, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/12/19/xinwen/
Police
Displaced Farmers 'Jailed, Tortured'
South China Morning Post, December 20, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=de20bdc71c2f6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
武汉花楼街面临最后清拆 (Wuhan Hualou Street Residents Face Forced Evictions)
Radio Free Asia, December 19, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/19/china_demolition_clash/
Politics
Politburo Meets to Clarify Party Line on Religion
South China Morning Post, December 20, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1f9bbc9af53f6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Protests and Petitions
王桂兰揭发公安倒卖访民 (Beijing Police Turn Petitioners Over to Local Officials For Money)
Radio Free Asia, December 19, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/19/china_petitioner/
营房成了关押访民的班房 (Chengdu Military Camps Used to Detain Petitioners)
Radio Free Asia, December 19, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/19/yingfang/
东莞白马社区村民抗议官员低价征地被打伤 (Dongguang Villagers Clash with Police over Resettlement Compensation)
Radio Free Asia, December 19, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/19/china_land_clash/
银川复员军官上访被拘留 (Retired Military Official Detained for Criminal Investigation)
Radio Free Asia, December 19, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/19/junguan/
天津农民要求地方镇政府归还良田 (Thousands of Tianjin Farmers Protest Over Land Grab)
Voice of America, December 19, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-12-19-voa60.cfm
Religion
教会领袖指责当局圣诞前夕加紧打压家庭教会 (House Church Leaders Criticize Government for Intensified Crackdowns Before Christmas)
Radio Free Asia, December 19, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/19/china_religion_christian/
Tibet
Tibetan Monks Held in Wake of Clashes
Radio Free Asia, December 20, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2007/12/19/tibet_detain/
Corruption
Corruption Complaints Crash Chinese Web Site
Washington Post, December 19, 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/19/AR2007121900678.html
Death Penalty
天津市检察院原检察长李宝金一审被判处死缓 (Former Tianjin Prosecutor Given Suspended Death Sentence for Receiving Bribes and Embezzling Public Funds)
Legal Daily, December 20, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2007-12/20/content_766106.htm
Human Rights Defenders - Jing Chu (荆楚)
Chinese Activist Held for Subversion
Associated Press (via YahooNews), December 19, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071219/ap_on_re_as/china_dissident_detained_1
Human Rights Defenders - Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)
法院令张青21日交付四万元罚款 律师吁请关心帮助郭飞雄妻儿 (Jailed Rights Defender's Wife Pressured to Pay Fine)
Radio Free Asia, December 19, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/19/zhang/
Human Rights Defenders - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
袁伟静再次被拒探监 张青继续写信申冤 (Jailed Rights Defense Activist Chen Guangcheng Denied Family Visits Again)
Radio Free Asia, December 19, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/19/china_rights_chen/
Human Rights Defenders - Li Jianhong / Xiao Qi (李剑红(小齐))
上海异议人士小乔被国保非法拘禁 (Shanghai Dissident Writer Prevented from Attending Chinese PEN Gathering)
Radio Free Asia, December 19, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/19/xiaoqiao/
Labor
专家:立法明确"不适合妇女岗位"细化条款是关键 (Listing "Inappropriate Jobs for Women" in Law is Key, Says Expert)
Legal Daily, December 20, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2007-12/20/content_766095.htm
Squads Deployed to Deter Layoffs
South China Morning Post, December 20, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1932bdc71c2f6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
陕西大荔棉纺职工请愿被防暴警察驱散 (Shaanxi Police Disperse Petitioning Textile Factory Workers)
Radio Free Asia, December 19, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/19/dali/
Land Policy
Beijing Official Defends Evictions
Reuters, December 19, 2007
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK3912020071219
Media
西藏“雪域青年论坛”网被关闭 (Popular Tibetan Online Forum Shut Down)
Radio Free Asia, December 19, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/12/19/xinwen/
Police
Displaced Farmers 'Jailed, Tortured'
South China Morning Post, December 20, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=de20bdc71c2f6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
武汉花楼街面临最后清拆 (Wuhan Hualou Street Residents Face Forced Evictions)
Radio Free Asia, December 19, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/19/china_demolition_clash/
Politics
Politburo Meets to Clarify Party Line on Religion
South China Morning Post, December 20, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1f9bbc9af53f6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Protests and Petitions
王桂兰揭发公安倒卖访民 (Beijing Police Turn Petitioners Over to Local Officials For Money)
Radio Free Asia, December 19, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/19/china_petitioner/
营房成了关押访民的班房 (Chengdu Military Camps Used to Detain Petitioners)
Radio Free Asia, December 19, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/19/yingfang/
东莞白马社区村民抗议官员低价征地被打伤 (Dongguang Villagers Clash with Police over Resettlement Compensation)
Radio Free Asia, December 19, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/19/china_land_clash/
银川复员军官上访被拘留 (Retired Military Official Detained for Criminal Investigation)
Radio Free Asia, December 19, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/19/junguan/
天津农民要求地方镇政府归还良田 (Thousands of Tianjin Farmers Protest Over Land Grab)
Voice of America, December 19, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-12-19-voa60.cfm
Religion
教会领袖指责当局圣诞前夕加紧打压家庭教会 (House Church Leaders Criticize Government for Intensified Crackdowns Before Christmas)
Radio Free Asia, December 19, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/19/china_religion_christian/
Tibet
Tibetan Monks Held in Wake of Clashes
Radio Free Asia, December 20, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2007/12/19/tibet_detain/
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
December 19, 2007
News
Bilateral Ties
China to Play Greater Role in World Bank
Associated Press (via YahooNews), December 18, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071218/ap_on_bi_ge/china_zoellick_2
Death Penalty
Triad Leader Executed for Drugs and Organized Crime
South China Morning Post, December 19, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1a4e63122ade6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Ex-official to be Executed for Killing Deputy
South China Morning Post, December 19, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7c1c63122ade6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
宜宾原政协常委买凶杀人获死刑 (Former Yibin CPPCC Standing Committee Member Sentenced to Death for Murder)
The Beijing News, December 19, 2007
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/guonei/2007/12-19/018@081916.htm
Teachers Who Forced 23 Schoolgirls to Work As Prostitutes Given Death Sentences
South China Morning Post, December 19, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7b2c63122ade6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Economic Development
China, India Economies ‘40% Smaller’
Financial Times, December 18, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/36a2d566-ad82-11dc-9386-0000779fd2ac.html
Environment
鄱阳湖水域缩80倍 (Capacity of China's Largest Freshwater Lake Reduced to 1.25 Percent)
The Beijing News, December 19, 2007
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/guonei/2007/12-19/018@081800.htm
Chemical Plant Plan Not Dead Yet, Officials Say
South China Morning Post, December 19, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=89ed63122ade6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Web Site Tracks China's Pollution Levels
ABC News, December 18, 2007
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=4018827&page=1
Food Security
China Food Safety Seen Mired in Economic Transition
Reuters, December 18, 2007
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSN18521474
Human Rights Defenders - Yan Zhengxue (严正学)
严正学在狱中被打 生命受到威胁 (Dissident Yan Zhengxue Beaten in Prison)
Radio Free Asia, December 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/18/
yan/
Human Rights Defenders - Xiao Qingshan (肖青山)
广东维权人士肖青山被国保人员禁锢审问 (Labor Activist Interrogated by State Security Personnel for Nearly 11 Hours)
Radio Free Asia, December 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/18/China_Dissident/
Human Rights Defenders - Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)
郭飞雄妻子张青于绝食抗议日致国家主席胡锦涛先生的公开信（四）(Zhang Qing's 4th Open Letter to China's President)
Radio Free Asia, December 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/18/guofeixiong/
Media
成都业主不满当局私自卖地 网上讨论帖子被删 (Internet Postings on Disputed Land Sale Removed)
Radio Free Asia, December 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/18/chengdu/
中国自由作家个人博客接连被封闭 (Two Dissident Writers' Blogs Recently Shut Down)
Voice of America, December 18, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-12-18-voa30.cfm
Migrant Workers
中国农民工文化生活贫乏 面临边缘化危机 (Report Says Migrants Face Marginalization)
Radio Free Asia, December 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/18/nong/
Olympics
More Media Services Promised
Xinhuanet, December 19, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/19/content_7278787.htm
北京市规范手机短信散布谣言将被查处 (Beijing to Punish Individuals Who Spread Rumors by SMS)
Radio Free Asia, December 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/18/Briefing/
Politics
《瞭望》文章：政改指向权力过分集中 (Political Reform to Change Centralization of Power)
Xinhuanet, December 19, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2007-12/19/content_7278579.htm
Population
Report: China Population Aging Rapidly
Associated Press ( via YahooNews), December 18, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071218/ap_on_re_as/china_aging
Protests and Petitions
深圳地鐵清拆糾紛 (Villages Dispute Compensation for Land Confiscated for Shenzhen New Metro)
Ming Pao, December 19, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20071219/ccb1.htm
浙江慈溪上访农民代表被刑事拘留 (Jiejiang Petitioner Detained After Clash with Police over Land Dispute)
Radio Free Asia, December 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/17/china_rights_rural/
再有三门峡库区维权农民被逮捕 (Shaanxi Resettlement Representative Detained for Criminal Investigation)
Radio Free Asia, December 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/17/china_rights_land/
湖北再次抓捕上访民办教师 (Hubei Teachers Detained After Petitioning)
Radio Free Asia, December 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/18/minban/
Rural Issues
Rural issue, anti-corruption high on CPC meeting agenda
Xinhuanet, December 18, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/18/content_7276263.htm
Bilateral Ties
China to Play Greater Role in World Bank
Associated Press (via YahooNews), December 18, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071218/ap_on_bi_ge/china_zoellick_2
Death Penalty
Triad Leader Executed for Drugs and Organized Crime
South China Morning Post, December 19, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1a4e63122ade6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Ex-official to be Executed for Killing Deputy
South China Morning Post, December 19, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7c1c63122ade6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
宜宾原政协常委买凶杀人获死刑 (Former Yibin CPPCC Standing Committee Member Sentenced to Death for Murder)
The Beijing News, December 19, 2007
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/guonei/2007/12-19/018@081916.htm
Teachers Who Forced 23 Schoolgirls to Work As Prostitutes Given Death Sentences
South China Morning Post, December 19, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7b2c63122ade6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Economic Development
China, India Economies ‘40% Smaller’
Financial Times, December 18, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/36a2d566-ad82-11dc-9386-0000779fd2ac.html
Environment
鄱阳湖水域缩80倍 (Capacity of China's Largest Freshwater Lake Reduced to 1.25 Percent)
The Beijing News, December 19, 2007
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/guonei/2007/12-19/018@081800.htm
Chemical Plant Plan Not Dead Yet, Officials Say
South China Morning Post, December 19, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=89ed63122ade6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Web Site Tracks China's Pollution Levels
ABC News, December 18, 2007
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=4018827&page=1
Food Security
China Food Safety Seen Mired in Economic Transition
Reuters, December 18, 2007
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSN18521474
Human Rights Defenders - Yan Zhengxue (严正学)
严正学在狱中被打 生命受到威胁 (Dissident Yan Zhengxue Beaten in Prison)
Radio Free Asia, December 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/18/
yan/
Human Rights Defenders - Xiao Qingshan (肖青山)
广东维权人士肖青山被国保人员禁锢审问 (Labor Activist Interrogated by State Security Personnel for Nearly 11 Hours)
Radio Free Asia, December 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/18/China_Dissident/
Human Rights Defenders - Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)
郭飞雄妻子张青于绝食抗议日致国家主席胡锦涛先生的公开信（四）(Zhang Qing's 4th Open Letter to China's President)
Radio Free Asia, December 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/18/guofeixiong/
Media
成都业主不满当局私自卖地 网上讨论帖子被删 (Internet Postings on Disputed Land Sale Removed)
Radio Free Asia, December 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/18/chengdu/
中国自由作家个人博客接连被封闭 (Two Dissident Writers' Blogs Recently Shut Down)
Voice of America, December 18, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-12-18-voa30.cfm
Migrant Workers
中国农民工文化生活贫乏 面临边缘化危机 (Report Says Migrants Face Marginalization)
Radio Free Asia, December 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/18/nong/
Olympics
More Media Services Promised
Xinhuanet, December 19, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/19/content_7278787.htm
北京市规范手机短信散布谣言将被查处 (Beijing to Punish Individuals Who Spread Rumors by SMS)
Radio Free Asia, December 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/18/Briefing/
Politics
《瞭望》文章：政改指向权力过分集中 (Political Reform to Change Centralization of Power)
Xinhuanet, December 19, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2007-12/19/content_7278579.htm
Population
Report: China Population Aging Rapidly
Associated Press ( via YahooNews), December 18, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071218/ap_on_re_as/china_aging
Protests and Petitions
深圳地鐵清拆糾紛 (Villages Dispute Compensation for Land Confiscated for Shenzhen New Metro)
Ming Pao, December 19, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20071219/ccb1.htm
浙江慈溪上访农民代表被刑事拘留 (Jiejiang Petitioner Detained After Clash with Police over Land Dispute)
Radio Free Asia, December 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/17/china_rights_rural/
再有三门峡库区维权农民被逮捕 (Shaanxi Resettlement Representative Detained for Criminal Investigation)
Radio Free Asia, December 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/17/china_rights_land/
湖北再次抓捕上访民办教师 (Hubei Teachers Detained After Petitioning)
Radio Free Asia, December 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/18/minban/
Rural Issues
Rural issue, anti-corruption high on CPC meeting agenda
Xinhuanet, December 18, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/18/content_7276263.htm
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
December 18, 2007
News
Death Penalty
杀人时未发病/自首不足以轻判 湛江杀人局长宣雄判死刑 (Guangdong Court Sentences Former Cadre to Death for Murder)
Nanfang City News, December 18, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/200712180610.asp
千万富翁遭活埋 风尘女涉嫌色诱绑架判死缓 (Shanxi Sex Worker Sentenced to Death with a 2-Year Reprieve for Burying Millionaire Alive)
Daynews.com.cn (via Xinhua), December 18, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-12/18/content_7270810.htm
Environment
China's Environmental Agency Gets Teeth
Wall Street Journal, December 18, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119791498877734281.html
Government
村民为选举欲集体离婚 (Beijing Villagers Divorce En Masse to Gain More Votes in Local Election)
Nanfang City News, December 18, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/djjz/200712180597.asp
Human Rights Defender - Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠)
维权律师郑恩宠第11次被警方传唤 (Human Rights Lawyer Zheng Enchong Summoned by the Police for the 11th Time Since August)
Radio Free Asia, December 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/17/zheng/
Human Rights Defenders
陕西三门峡库区农民代表被刑事拘留 (Three Shaanxi Farmers' Representatives Placed Under Criminal Detention)
Radio Free Asia, December 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/17/nong/
Labor
Firms Warned Against Mass Layoffs
South China Morning Post, December 18, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f0635663018e6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Land Policy
Ruling in Land Dispute Seen as Threat to Art Centre near Capital
South China Morning Post, December 18, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f1535663018e6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
湖北民警指证当局拆迁牟利内幕 贪腐食物链派出所每月收两万 (Hubei Police Officer Reveals Corrupt Relations Between Local Eviction Authorities and Police)
Radio Free Asia, December 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/17/huangshi/
Law
国有资产法、食品安全法、社会保险法等法律案将首次审议 (Standing Committee of NPC to Examine Draft Law on State-Owned Assets, Food Safety, and Social Insurance for the First Time)
Xinhuanet, December 18, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-12/17/content_7267683.htm
Migrant Workers
Migrant Workers' Demand for Entertainment Hardly Met
Xinhuanet, December 17, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/17/content_7269233.htm
Olympics
奥运选手可开博客 (IOC's New Resolution Allows Athletes in Beijing Olympics to Blog)
The Beijing News, December 18, 2007
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/olympic/2007/12-18/018@073318.htm
Population
Elderly Care Heavy Burden for Services, Report Finds
South China Morning Post, December 18, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f2435663018e6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Protests and Petitions
长沙城管打人致死数百人聚集谴责 当局压制舆论家属求助无门 (Hunan Urban Management Authorities Beat Man to Death; Internet Discussion Censored)
Radio Free Asia, December 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/17/changsha/
Religion
基督教商人石维翰被拘留 家庭教会河南分会长遭殴 (Beijing Christian Merchant Detained on "Illegal Business Activity" Charges; Henan Police Beat Family House Church Leader)
Radio Free Asia, December 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/17/shi/
Three Gorges
Officials Deny Evictees Returning to Partly Submerged Areas
South China Morning Post, December 18, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9da35663018e6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Villagers' Hopes Drowned in the Three Gorges
South China Morning Post, December 18, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=52335663018e6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Tibet
Tibet Tourism 'Hits Record High'
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 17, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7147366.stm
Death Penalty
杀人时未发病/自首不足以轻判 湛江杀人局长宣雄判死刑 (Guangdong Court Sentences Former Cadre to Death for Murder)
Nanfang City News, December 18, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/200712180610.asp
千万富翁遭活埋 风尘女涉嫌色诱绑架判死缓 (Shanxi Sex Worker Sentenced to Death with a 2-Year Reprieve for Burying Millionaire Alive)
Daynews.com.cn (via Xinhua), December 18, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-12/18/content_7270810.htm
Environment
China's Environmental Agency Gets Teeth
Wall Street Journal, December 18, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119791498877734281.html
Government
村民为选举欲集体离婚 (Beijing Villagers Divorce En Masse to Gain More Votes in Local Election)
Nanfang City News, December 18, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/djjz/200712180597.asp
Human Rights Defender - Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠)
维权律师郑恩宠第11次被警方传唤 (Human Rights Lawyer Zheng Enchong Summoned by the Police for the 11th Time Since August)
Radio Free Asia, December 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/17/zheng/
Human Rights Defenders
陕西三门峡库区农民代表被刑事拘留 (Three Shaanxi Farmers' Representatives Placed Under Criminal Detention)
Radio Free Asia, December 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/17/nong/
Labor
Firms Warned Against Mass Layoffs
South China Morning Post, December 18, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f0635663018e6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Land Policy
Ruling in Land Dispute Seen as Threat to Art Centre near Capital
South China Morning Post, December 18, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f1535663018e6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
湖北民警指证当局拆迁牟利内幕 贪腐食物链派出所每月收两万 (Hubei Police Officer Reveals Corrupt Relations Between Local Eviction Authorities and Police)
Radio Free Asia, December 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/17/huangshi/
Law
国有资产法、食品安全法、社会保险法等法律案将首次审议 (Standing Committee of NPC to Examine Draft Law on State-Owned Assets, Food Safety, and Social Insurance for the First Time)
Xinhuanet, December 18, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-12/17/content_7267683.htm
Migrant Workers
Migrant Workers' Demand for Entertainment Hardly Met
Xinhuanet, December 17, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/17/content_7269233.htm
Olympics
奥运选手可开博客 (IOC's New Resolution Allows Athletes in Beijing Olympics to Blog)
The Beijing News, December 18, 2007
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/olympic/2007/12-18/018@073318.htm
Population
Elderly Care Heavy Burden for Services, Report Finds
South China Morning Post, December 18, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f2435663018e6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Protests and Petitions
长沙城管打人致死数百人聚集谴责 当局压制舆论家属求助无门 (Hunan Urban Management Authorities Beat Man to Death; Internet Discussion Censored)
Radio Free Asia, December 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/17/changsha/
Religion
基督教商人石维翰被拘留 家庭教会河南分会长遭殴 (Beijing Christian Merchant Detained on "Illegal Business Activity" Charges; Henan Police Beat Family House Church Leader)
Radio Free Asia, December 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/17/shi/
Three Gorges
Officials Deny Evictees Returning to Partly Submerged Areas
South China Morning Post, December 18, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9da35663018e6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Villagers' Hopes Drowned in the Three Gorges
South China Morning Post, December 18, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=52335663018e6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Tibet
Tibet Tourism 'Hits Record High'
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 17, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7147366.stm
Monday, December 17, 2007
December 15 – 17, 2007
News
Disaster
樟木头火災 遗属遭软禁 (Guangdong Authorities Put Families of Fire Victims Under House Arrest)
Ming Pao, December 17, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20071217/cca1h.htm
Environment
Villagers Endure Foul-Smelling Factory Despite Promises
South China Morning Post, December 17, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4ab73baa4d2e6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
China Stops 13 Small Power Plants to Save Energy, Cut Pollution
Xinhuanet, December 16, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/16/content_7262318.htm
China Says Water Supplies Exploited by 2030
Reuters, December 14, 2007
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSPEK13275320071214
Gender
Human Trafficking a Growing Problem
Associated Press (via YahooNews), December 14, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071214/ap_on_re_as/china_human_trafficking_1
Human Rights Defender - Jing Chu (荆楚)
异议作家荆楚突遭警方传唤后被刑事拘留 (Guangxi Dissident Writer Placed Under Criminal Detention for "Inciting Subversion")
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/14/jinchu/
Labor
四川邮政局非法解聘大量员工 (Sichuan Post Office Evades New Labor Law Provisions for Long-Term Employees by Requiring Them to Resign and Sign New Contract)
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/14/post/
东莞劳工维权谘询机构遭到破坏 (Thugs Damage Labor Rights Consultative Center in Guangdong)
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/14/laogong/
Media
博讯记者案移交检察院 孑木会见律师称遭构陷 (Nanjing Police Send Boxun Reporter's Case to Procuratorate; Detained Reporter Denies Charges)
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/14/Jiemu/
Olympics
'One World' to Gather in Beijing ... Minus Tibet
South China Morning Post, December 16, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7f206c7d6bdd6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Population
广西调明年高考照顾政策:农村独生子女降10分 (Guangxi to Lower Requirement for High School Admission for Single Child in Rural Areas)
EastDay.com, December 17, 2007
http://news.eastday.com/c/20071217/u1a3294547.html
Poverty
Harsh Life for China's Hill Farmers
British Braodcasting Corporation, December 15, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/7143206.stm
Protests and Petitions
学者呼吁不要隐瞒群体事件真相 (Academic Urges No Cover-ups on Mass Incidents)
Radio Free Asia, December 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/16/qun/
China Detains Five in Simmering Land Disputes
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2007/12/14/china_land/
Public Health
我国烟草致死人数居世界首位 烟:该定个吸法 (Number of Cigarette-Related Deaths in China Highest in the World)
Legal Daily, December 17, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2007-12/17/content_763003.htm
Disaster
樟木头火災 遗属遭软禁 (Guangdong Authorities Put Families of Fire Victims Under House Arrest)
Ming Pao, December 17, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20071217/cca1h.htm
Environment
Villagers Endure Foul-Smelling Factory Despite Promises
South China Morning Post, December 17, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4ab73baa4d2e6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
China Stops 13 Small Power Plants to Save Energy, Cut Pollution
Xinhuanet, December 16, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/16/content_7262318.htm
China Says Water Supplies Exploited by 2030
Reuters, December 14, 2007
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSPEK13275320071214
Gender
Human Trafficking a Growing Problem
Associated Press (via YahooNews), December 14, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071214/ap_on_re_as/china_human_trafficking_1
Human Rights Defender - Jing Chu (荆楚)
异议作家荆楚突遭警方传唤后被刑事拘留 (Guangxi Dissident Writer Placed Under Criminal Detention for "Inciting Subversion")
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/14/jinchu/
Labor
四川邮政局非法解聘大量员工 (Sichuan Post Office Evades New Labor Law Provisions for Long-Term Employees by Requiring Them to Resign and Sign New Contract)
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/14/post/
东莞劳工维权谘询机构遭到破坏 (Thugs Damage Labor Rights Consultative Center in Guangdong)
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/14/laogong/
Media
博讯记者案移交检察院 孑木会见律师称遭构陷 (Nanjing Police Send Boxun Reporter's Case to Procuratorate; Detained Reporter Denies Charges)
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/14/Jiemu/
Olympics
'One World' to Gather in Beijing ... Minus Tibet
South China Morning Post, December 16, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7f206c7d6bdd6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Population
广西调明年高考照顾政策:农村独生子女降10分 (Guangxi to Lower Requirement for High School Admission for Single Child in Rural Areas)
EastDay.com, December 17, 2007
http://news.eastday.com/c/20071217/u1a3294547.html
Poverty
Harsh Life for China's Hill Farmers
British Braodcasting Corporation, December 15, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/7143206.stm
Protests and Petitions
学者呼吁不要隐瞒群体事件真相 (Academic Urges No Cover-ups on Mass Incidents)
Radio Free Asia, December 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/16/qun/
China Detains Five in Simmering Land Disputes
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2007/12/14/china_land/
Public Health
我国烟草致死人数居世界首位 烟:该定个吸法 (Number of Cigarette-Related Deaths in China Highest in the World)
Legal Daily, December 17, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2007-12/17/content_763003.htm
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