News
Bilateral Ties
China, UK Enter New Green Era
China Daily (via Xinhuanet), January 21, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/21/content
_7462232.htm
Corruption
SW China Former Vice Mayor Jailed for Nine and a Half Years over Bribery
Xinhuanet, January 18, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/18/content
_7448030.htm
Human Rights Defenders
Church Leaders Freed After Christian Group Intervenes
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), January 21, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af6
2ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=677fc24f8
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110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=N
Human Rights Defenders - Li Qing (李清)
澳洲民运人士回国受监控 (Authorities Put Democracy Activist Li Qing Under Surveillance)
Radio Free Asia, January 19, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/
19/ao/
Human Rights Defenders - Li Xiangyang (李向阳)
山东维权人士李向阳被法官毒打四小时 (Shandong Rights Defender Li Xiangyang Beaten Up by Court Officials)
Radio Free Asia, January 18, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/18
/lixiangyang/
Human Rights Defenders - Lü Gengsong (吕耿松)
Trial Scheduled for Chinese Writer
Associated Press ( via YahooNews), January 18, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/china_human_rights;_ylt=A
kw91ur8wz5rfj08i2NXm8pPzWQA
Labor
Seven Killed in E China Workshop Collapse
Xinhuanet, January 21, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/21/content
_7460125.htm
9 Killed in Illegal Firework Workshop Explosion in N China
Xinhuanet, January 20, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/20/content
_7459061.htm
Latest China Coal Mine Accident Kills 13
Reuters, January 18, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSPEK21973
Land Policy
成都300警察强拆，村民被断电断水（带录像）(300 Chengdu Police Deployed to Implement Forced Eviction)
Radio Free Asia, January 18, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/18
/qiangchai/
广西容县村民阻工抗议强征土地 (Guangxi Villagers Confront Police During Protest Against Land Acquisition)
Radio Free Asia, January 18, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/18/china
_rights_rural/
Media
3,000 Sexually Suggestive or False Ads Dropped From Chinese Television, Radio
Xinhuanet, January 18, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/18/content
_7449146.htm
Olympics
Beijing Pulls Out All Stops for Success of Olympics
China Daily (via Xinhuanet), January 21, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/21/content
_7460678.htm
Mayor Vows to Clean Up Beijing in Time for Games
South China Morning Post, January 21, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af6
2ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=668fc24f88
797110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=N
Reporters Enjoy More Freedom Covering Beijing's "Two Sessions"
Xinhuanet, January 21, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/21/content
_7460131.htm
Chinese 'Covered Up' 10 Stadium Deaths
Agence France-Presse (via news.com.au), January 21, 2008
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,20797,230
82959-5003402,00.html?from=public_rss
北京奧運 史上最貴 場館投資38億美元 「節儉辦奧運」落空 (Spending on Beijing Olympics Facilities Exceeds All Precedents)
Ming Pao, January 21, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080121/gaa1.htm
Politics
Farm Workers Have Say in SW China Municipality Legislature
Xinhuanet, January 20, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/20/content
_7458449.htm
Protests and Petitions
They're Well-Off and Angry, and They're Not Going to Take the Maglev Lying Down
South China Morning Post, January 21, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af6
2ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=05bfc24f88
797110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=N
居民保护抗议磁悬浮新线的横幅遭暴徒殴伤 (Shanghai Residents Beaten When Attempting to Stop Officers from Taking Down Banner Protesting Maglev)
Radio Free Asia, January 18, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/18/china
_rights_residents/
Public Health
China's Long-Awaited Healthcare Reform Plan to be Publicized in March
Xinhuanet, January 18, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/18/content
_7448782.htm
Rural Issues
Rural Residents Go on Buying Spree With Subsidized Appliance Offer
Xinhuanet, January 20, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/20/content
_7459754.htm
Social Security
SZ Pledges 20 Mln Yuan Yearly for Disabled
Shenzhen Daily (via Xinhua), January 18, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/18/content
_7445730.htm
Tibet
中国政府推动藏族牧民定居计划 (Government Releases Tibetan Herdsman Resettlement Scheme)
Radio Free Asia, January 21, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/18
/tibet/
Tibet Railway Firm Seeks Listing
BBC, January 20, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7198857.stm
Monday, January 21, 2008
Friday, January 18, 2008
January 18, 2008
Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Yu Changwu (于长武)
Peasant Leader Given Two Years in Labour Camp
South China Morning Post, January 18, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af
62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=05f582
cf3b787110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Representative of Heilongjiang land grab victims Yu Changwu (于长武) was sentenced to two years’ Reeducation-Through-Labor (RTL) on charges of endangering state security on January 17, 2008, according to Yu’s family. Yu and other lands rights activists in Fujin declared in November, 2007 that 966 hectares of land which was seized by the local government 13 years ago belonged to 900 villagers. However, Yu’s family reportedly said his sentence is not because of his land rights campaign but because he talked to foreign media. Dr Fu Hualing of the University of Hong Kong finds the sentence “ridiculous”, as an RTL sentence is only for minor offences, but endangering state security cannot be a minor offence.
News
Environment
Revised Criteria for "Green List"
China Daily (via Xinhuanet), January 18, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/18/content_
7443908.htm
Drinking Water System Failure Blamed for NE China Poisoning, Officials Punished
Xinhuanet, January 17, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/17/content_
7440514.htm
Food Security
Tests Reveal Toxic Delta Vegetables
South China Morning Post, January 18, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=852f9e408a8
87110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=Hong+Kong&s
=News
Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
维权人士遭威胁 当局抓胡佳意在沛公？ (After Hu Jia Being Taken Away, Authorities Threaten Other Rights Defenders)
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/17/
hujia/
欧洲议会通过决议呼吁立即释放胡佳 (European Parliament Passes Resolution Demanding Immediate Release of Hu Jia)
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2008/01/17/
网络各路声援胡佳夫妇 两聚焦博客同时被屏 (Internet Users Give Support to Hu Jia and His Wife; Authorities Shut Down Two Relevant Blogs)
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/1
7/hu_jia/
Human Rights Defender - Lin Bingchang (林炳长)
温州洞头县维权代表林炳长被非法拘留 (Authorities in Dongtou County, Zhejiang Illegally Detain Rights Defender Lin Bingchang)
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/17/
lin/
Human Rights Defender - Lü Gengsong (吕耿松)
被控作家吕耿松的家人仅得到两张旁听证 (Family of Writer Lü Gengsong Only Given Two Seats for Lu's Trial)
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/17/china
_dissident_trail/
Human Rights Defender - Yang Chunlin (杨春林)
黑龙江当局加紧迫害富锦失地农民维权代表 (Heilongjiang Authorities Step Up Persecution of Land Rights Defenders)
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/17/china
_rights_court/
Human Rights Defender - Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠)
上海维权律师郑恩宠连续两日遭公安传唤 (Shanghai Police Summon Zheng Enchong for Two Consecutive Days)
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/17/china
_rights_lawyer/
Labor
Disgruntled Workers on the Move
China Daily (via Xinhuanet), January 18, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/18/content_
7444066.htm
新的《劳动合同法》为什么使得一些工厂倒闭？(Why Are Factories Shutting Down After the New Labor Contract Law Has Taken Effect?)
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/
17/lao/
Land Policy
After Years of Planning, Work on High-Speed Railway to Begin at Last
South China Morning Post, January 18, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb32
9d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a23682cf3b7871
10VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Law
Chinese Court to Rehear Faulty ATM Case
Xinhuanet, January 17, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/17/content_
7441382.htm
Olympics
Order to Speed Up Water Scheme
South China Morning Post, January 18, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=207f18327c88711
0VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
德国讨论奥运期间保障记者报道安全顺利问题 (Conference in Berlin Discusses How to Protect Journalists' Reporting During The Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01
/17/ji/
Police
天门事件再拷问：城管到底废不废？ (Tianmen Incident Raises Discussion on Whether to Abolish Urban Management System)
Nanfang Weekend, January 17, 2008
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/zmzg/200801
170894.asp
Politics
赵紫阳逝世三周年家祭低调进行 成都维权人士公开派发纪念文章 (Family Holds Low-Profile Commemoration for Third Anniversary of Zhao Ziyang’s Death)
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2008/01/17/
Protests and Petitions
福建访民到北京上访被截访 (Fujian Petitioners Detained in Beijing Hostel)
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/17/
fujian/
Workers Riot at Maersk Factory in Southern China
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2008/01/17/china_riot/
Human Rights Defender - Yu Changwu (于长武)
Peasant Leader Given Two Years in Labour Camp
South China Morning Post, January 18, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af
62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=05f582
cf3b787110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Representative of Heilongjiang land grab victims Yu Changwu (于长武) was sentenced to two years’ Reeducation-Through-Labor (RTL) on charges of endangering state security on January 17, 2008, according to Yu’s family. Yu and other lands rights activists in Fujin declared in November, 2007 that 966 hectares of land which was seized by the local government 13 years ago belonged to 900 villagers. However, Yu’s family reportedly said his sentence is not because of his land rights campaign but because he talked to foreign media. Dr Fu Hualing of the University of Hong Kong finds the sentence “ridiculous”, as an RTL sentence is only for minor offences, but endangering state security cannot be a minor offence.
News
Environment
Revised Criteria for "Green List"
China Daily (via Xinhuanet), January 18, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/18/content_
7443908.htm
Drinking Water System Failure Blamed for NE China Poisoning, Officials Punished
Xinhuanet, January 17, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/17/content_
7440514.htm
Food Security
Tests Reveal Toxic Delta Vegetables
South China Morning Post, January 18, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=852f9e408a8
87110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=Hong+Kong&s
=News
Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
维权人士遭威胁 当局抓胡佳意在沛公？ (After Hu Jia Being Taken Away, Authorities Threaten Other Rights Defenders)
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/17/
hujia/
欧洲议会通过决议呼吁立即释放胡佳 (European Parliament Passes Resolution Demanding Immediate Release of Hu Jia)
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2008/01/17/
网络各路声援胡佳夫妇 两聚焦博客同时被屏 (Internet Users Give Support to Hu Jia and His Wife; Authorities Shut Down Two Relevant Blogs)
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/1
7/hu_jia/
Human Rights Defender - Lin Bingchang (林炳长)
温州洞头县维权代表林炳长被非法拘留 (Authorities in Dongtou County, Zhejiang Illegally Detain Rights Defender Lin Bingchang)
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/17/
lin/
Human Rights Defender - Lü Gengsong (吕耿松)
被控作家吕耿松的家人仅得到两张旁听证 (Family of Writer Lü Gengsong Only Given Two Seats for Lu's Trial)
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/17/china
_dissident_trail/
Human Rights Defender - Yang Chunlin (杨春林)
黑龙江当局加紧迫害富锦失地农民维权代表 (Heilongjiang Authorities Step Up Persecution of Land Rights Defenders)
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/17/china
_rights_court/
Human Rights Defender - Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠)
上海维权律师郑恩宠连续两日遭公安传唤 (Shanghai Police Summon Zheng Enchong for Two Consecutive Days)
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/17/china
_rights_lawyer/
Labor
Disgruntled Workers on the Move
China Daily (via Xinhuanet), January 18, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/18/content_
7444066.htm
新的《劳动合同法》为什么使得一些工厂倒闭？(Why Are Factories Shutting Down After the New Labor Contract Law Has Taken Effect?)
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/
17/lao/
Land Policy
After Years of Planning, Work on High-Speed Railway to Begin at Last
South China Morning Post, January 18, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb32
9d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a23682cf3b7871
10VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Law
Chinese Court to Rehear Faulty ATM Case
Xinhuanet, January 17, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/17/content_
7441382.htm
Olympics
Order to Speed Up Water Scheme
South China Morning Post, January 18, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=207f18327c88711
0VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
德国讨论奥运期间保障记者报道安全顺利问题 (Conference in Berlin Discusses How to Protect Journalists' Reporting During The Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01
/17/ji/
Police
天门事件再拷问：城管到底废不废？ (Tianmen Incident Raises Discussion on Whether to Abolish Urban Management System)
Nanfang Weekend, January 17, 2008
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/zmzg/200801
170894.asp
Politics
赵紫阳逝世三周年家祭低调进行 成都维权人士公开派发纪念文章 (Family Holds Low-Profile Commemoration for Third Anniversary of Zhao Ziyang’s Death)
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2008/01/17/
Protests and Petitions
福建访民到北京上访被截访 (Fujian Petitioners Detained in Beijing Hostel)
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/17/
fujian/
Workers Riot at Maersk Factory in Southern China
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2008/01/17/china_riot/
Thursday, January 17, 2008
January 17, 2008
Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Li Jinping (李金平)
趙紫陽逝世3周年 異見者禁設靈堂悼念 (Beijing Police Bars Dissident from Commemorating Third Anniversary of Zhao Ziyang’s Death)
Ming Pao, January 17, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080117/caf1.htm
Police have been using daily detentions to harass Beijing-based dissident Li Jinping (李金平). These detentions began on January 2; Li is taken to a police substation each morning and kept under surveillance until night. The police officers allegedly admitted to Li that they had to prevent him from organizing any memorial activities in the run-up to the third anniversary of the death of former Secretary-General of Communist Party of China on January 17.
News
Corruption
Strict Targets Set for Weeding Out Graft
South China Morning Post, January 17, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b97b83ef8938
7110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Food Security
Beijing Food, Drug Safety Drive "Complete Success"
Xinhuanet, January 17, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/17/content_
7436836.htm
Human Rights
“自由之家”报告仍列中国为不自由国家 (Freedom House Stills Lists China as One of the "Not Free" States)
Radio Free Asia, January 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/16/
freedom/
Human Rights Defender – Ching Cheong (程翔)
王丹：京不會為奧運放程翔 (Wang Dan Believes Beijing Will Not Release Ching Cheong Ahead of The Olympics)
Ming Pao, January 17, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080117/god1.htm
Land Policy
江苏无锡北塘区政府派出100多名城管强拆民宅 (Beitang Authorities, Jiangsu Deploy 100 Urban Management Officers in Forcible Eviction)
Radio Free Asia, January 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/16/
qiangchai/
中国将提高农村土地的征地补偿费 (China to Increase Compensation for Rural Land Acquisition)
Radio Free Asia, January 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/16/land/
Law
China's Supreme Court Explains Trial of Lawsuits Against Gov't
Xinhuanet, January 16, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/17/content_
7433468.htm
Media
China's YouTube: Trouble for Beijing
Time, January 15, 2008
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1703574,00
.html?cnn=yes
Olympics
China Blasts Dutch Gov't for Organizing Olympics and Rights Forum
Kyodo News (via aol.com), January 15, 2008
http://news.aol.com/story/_a/china-blasts-dutch-govt-for-organ
izing/n20080115050309990039organizing/n200801150503099
90039
Poverty
High Prices Prompt Call for Return to Food Coupons
South China Morning Post, January 17, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=bf2caa994038
7110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Protests and Petitions
China Property Firm's Woes Spark Fierce Protests
Reuters, January 16, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssFinancialServicesAndRe
alEstateNews/idUSPEK278152200801165220080116
江门酒店员工追讨欠薪遭警方殴打拘留 (Guangdong Police Beat and Detain Hotel Workers for Protesting Labor Authorities' Inaction over Back Pay Claim)
Radio Free Asia, January 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/16/china_labor
_wage/
湖北访民刘小群逃脱当局软禁 (Hubei Petitioner Liu Xiaoqun Escapes from House Arrest)
Radio Free Asia, January 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/16/china_
petition_detain/
上海低调处理磁悬浮铁路抗议事件 (Shanghai Authorities Take Soft-Handed Approach to Maglev Protest)
Radio Free Asia, January 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/16/
shanghai/
今日关注：上海磁浮扩建争议"悬浮"法律疑惑 (Shanghai Maglev Train Extension Faces Legal Problems)
Legal Daily, January 17, 2008
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2008-01/17/content_
782944.htm
深圳政府征地迫搬厂 劳工权益谁来保障？ (Shenzhen Factory Forced to Relocate Due to Government's Land Seizure, Offers Inadequate Compensation to Dismissed Workers)
Radio Free Asia, January 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/16/
labor/
Public Health
China Warns Product Safety Still a Worry
Reuters, January 16, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK28902
0080116
Tibet
Two Monks from Panchen Lama's Monastery Commit Suicide
Radio Free Asia, January 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/tibetan/2008/01/16/tibet_suicide/
Human Rights Defender - Li Jinping (李金平)
趙紫陽逝世3周年 異見者禁設靈堂悼念 (Beijing Police Bars Dissident from Commemorating Third Anniversary of Zhao Ziyang’s Death)
Ming Pao, January 17, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080117/caf1.htm
Police have been using daily detentions to harass Beijing-based dissident Li Jinping (李金平). These detentions began on January 2; Li is taken to a police substation each morning and kept under surveillance until night. The police officers allegedly admitted to Li that they had to prevent him from organizing any memorial activities in the run-up to the third anniversary of the death of former Secretary-General of Communist Party of China on January 17.
Related Information
HRIC Press Release: Li Jinping Harassed and Detained Ahead of Anniversary of Zhao Ziyang’s DeathHuman Rights in China, January 15, 2008
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/46994
News
Corruption
Strict Targets Set for Weeding Out Graft
South China Morning Post, January 17, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b97b83ef8938
7110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Food Security
Beijing Food, Drug Safety Drive "Complete Success"
Xinhuanet, January 17, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/17/content_
7436836.htm
Human Rights
“自由之家”报告仍列中国为不自由国家 (Freedom House Stills Lists China as One of the "Not Free" States)
Radio Free Asia, January 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/16/
freedom/
Human Rights Defender – Ching Cheong (程翔)
王丹：京不會為奧運放程翔 (Wang Dan Believes Beijing Will Not Release Ching Cheong Ahead of The Olympics)
Ming Pao, January 17, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080117/god1.htm
Land Policy
江苏无锡北塘区政府派出100多名城管强拆民宅 (Beitang Authorities, Jiangsu Deploy 100 Urban Management Officers in Forcible Eviction)
Radio Free Asia, January 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/16/
qiangchai/
中国将提高农村土地的征地补偿费 (China to Increase Compensation for Rural Land Acquisition)
Radio Free Asia, January 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/16/land/
Law
China's Supreme Court Explains Trial of Lawsuits Against Gov't
Xinhuanet, January 16, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/17/content_
7433468.htm
Media
China's YouTube: Trouble for Beijing
Time, January 15, 2008
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1703574,00
.html?cnn=yes
Olympics
China Blasts Dutch Gov't for Organizing Olympics and Rights Forum
Kyodo News (via aol.com), January 15, 2008
http://news.aol.com/story/_a/china-blasts-dutch-govt-for-organ
izing/n20080115050309990039organizing/n200801150503099
90039
Poverty
High Prices Prompt Call for Return to Food Coupons
South China Morning Post, January 17, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=bf2caa994038
7110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Protests and Petitions
China Property Firm's Woes Spark Fierce Protests
Reuters, January 16, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssFinancialServicesAndRe
alEstateNews/idUSPEK278152200801165220080116
江门酒店员工追讨欠薪遭警方殴打拘留 (Guangdong Police Beat and Detain Hotel Workers for Protesting Labor Authorities' Inaction over Back Pay Claim)
Radio Free Asia, January 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/16/china_labor
_wage/
湖北访民刘小群逃脱当局软禁 (Hubei Petitioner Liu Xiaoqun Escapes from House Arrest)
Radio Free Asia, January 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/16/china_
petition_detain/
上海低调处理磁悬浮铁路抗议事件 (Shanghai Authorities Take Soft-Handed Approach to Maglev Protest)
Radio Free Asia, January 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/16/
shanghai/
今日关注：上海磁浮扩建争议"悬浮"法律疑惑 (Shanghai Maglev Train Extension Faces Legal Problems)
Legal Daily, January 17, 2008
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2008-01/17/content_
782944.htm
深圳政府征地迫搬厂 劳工权益谁来保障？ (Shenzhen Factory Forced to Relocate Due to Government's Land Seizure, Offers Inadequate Compensation to Dismissed Workers)
Radio Free Asia, January 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/16/
labor/
Public Health
China Warns Product Safety Still a Worry
Reuters, January 16, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK28902
0080116
Tibet
Two Monks from Panchen Lama's Monastery Commit Suicide
Radio Free Asia, January 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/tibetan/2008/01/16/tibet_suicide/
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
January 16, 2008
News
Death Penalty
Top Chinese Officials Sentenced to Death for Graft: State Media
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), January 15, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080115/wl_asia_afp/china
politicscorruption_080115201754;_ylt=AtnzRY.WL6ACHcUQ
E4eJXctPzWQA754;_ylt=AtnzRY.WL6ACHcUQE4eJXctPzWQA
Environment
Green Goals at Risk from Flaws and Corruption
South China Morning Post, January 16, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7e017c8fdcd7
7110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
South China Province Reports Worsening Air Quality
Xinhuanet, January 15, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/16/content_
7430191.htm
Human Rights Defender - Li Zhiyou (李志友)
广西异见人士李志友被捕 (Guangxi Dissident Li Zhiyou Taken Away)
Radio Free Asia, January 15, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/15/china_
dissident_detain/
Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
美国和欧盟关注胡佳被捕事件 (The US and the E.U. Express Concern about the “Disturbing” Detention of Rights Activist Hu Jia)
Radio Free Asia, January 15, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/15/us_china_
humanrights/
Human Rights Defenders - Yang Chunlin (杨春林), Yu Changwu (于长武), and Wang Guilin (王桂林)
黑龙江富锦两名失地农民代表将被判劳教 (Two Heilongjiang Land Rights Activists to Be Sentenced to RTL; Yang Chunlin to Stand Trial Before Lunar New Year)
Radio Free Asia, January 15, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/15/fujin/
Labor
New Labour Law 'Setback for HK'
South China Morning Post, January 16, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0e717c8fdcd77
110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
East China Chemical Explosion Kills Four
Xinhuanet, January 15, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/16/content_74
28251.htm
Toxic Factories Take Toll on China's Labor Force
Wall Street Journal, January 15, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119972343587572351.html?
mod=hpp_asia_pageone
Land Policy
Farmers to Get Help in Transferring Land-Use Rights for Farmland
South China Morning Post, January 16, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=72d07c8fdcd77
110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Law
环境维权案诉讼难 我国将建首家环境公益律所 (First National Environmental Public Interest Law Center Established)
Legal Daily, January 16, 2008
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2008-01/16/content_
782177.htm
Migrant Workers
China Arrests Employers for Failing to Pay Wages
Xinhuanet, January 15, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/15/content_
7425784.htm
Olympics
Shanghai Consumers' Rights Watchdogs Get Ready for More Complaints
Xinhuanet, January 16, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/16/content_
7430459.htm
China Oceanic Authority: Water Quality in Qingdao Up to Standard for Olympic Sailing
Xinhuanet, January 15, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/15/content_
7428197.htm
Protests and Petitions
天安门广场一百多名访民被押走 (One Hundred People Taken Away While Petitioning in Tiananmen Square)
Radio Free Asia, January 15, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/15/
fangmin/
嵊州万人抗议强拆事件被捕人士被判刑 (Seven Zhejiang Protesters Against Forced Evictions Receive Sentences)
Radio Free Asia, January 15, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/15/
zhejiang/
Religion
新疆维族基督徒被刑拘 信仰与国安不相容？ (Xinjiang Province Place Uyghur Christian Under Criminal Detention)
Radio Free Asia, January 15, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/15/xj/
Tibet
Antique Statues Missing from Tibetan Monastery
Radio Free Asia, January 15, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2008/01/15/tibetan_statues/
China Earmarks Special Funds to Protect Tibet Cultural Relics
Xinhuanet, January 15, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/15/content_
7426259.htm
Death Penalty
Top Chinese Officials Sentenced to Death for Graft: State Media
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), January 15, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080115/wl_asia_afp/china
politicscorruption_080115201754;_ylt=AtnzRY.WL6ACHcUQ
E4eJXctPzWQA754;_ylt=AtnzRY.WL6ACHcUQE4eJXctPzWQA
Environment
Green Goals at Risk from Flaws and Corruption
South China Morning Post, January 16, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7e017c8fdcd7
7110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
South China Province Reports Worsening Air Quality
Xinhuanet, January 15, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/16/content_
7430191.htm
Human Rights Defender - Li Zhiyou (李志友)
广西异见人士李志友被捕 (Guangxi Dissident Li Zhiyou Taken Away)
Radio Free Asia, January 15, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/15/china_
dissident_detain/
Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
美国和欧盟关注胡佳被捕事件 (The US and the E.U. Express Concern about the “Disturbing” Detention of Rights Activist Hu Jia)
Radio Free Asia, January 15, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/15/us_china_
humanrights/
Human Rights Defenders - Yang Chunlin (杨春林), Yu Changwu (于长武), and Wang Guilin (王桂林)
黑龙江富锦两名失地农民代表将被判劳教 (Two Heilongjiang Land Rights Activists to Be Sentenced to RTL; Yang Chunlin to Stand Trial Before Lunar New Year)
Radio Free Asia, January 15, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/15/fujin/
Labor
New Labour Law 'Setback for HK'
South China Morning Post, January 16, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0e717c8fdcd77
110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
East China Chemical Explosion Kills Four
Xinhuanet, January 15, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/16/content_74
28251.htm
Toxic Factories Take Toll on China's Labor Force
Wall Street Journal, January 15, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119972343587572351.html?
mod=hpp_asia_pageone
Land Policy
Farmers to Get Help in Transferring Land-Use Rights for Farmland
South China Morning Post, January 16, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=72d07c8fdcd77
110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Law
环境维权案诉讼难 我国将建首家环境公益律所 (First National Environmental Public Interest Law Center Established)
Legal Daily, January 16, 2008
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2008-01/16/content_
782177.htm
Migrant Workers
China Arrests Employers for Failing to Pay Wages
Xinhuanet, January 15, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/15/content_
7425784.htm
Olympics
Shanghai Consumers' Rights Watchdogs Get Ready for More Complaints
Xinhuanet, January 16, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/16/content_
7430459.htm
China Oceanic Authority: Water Quality in Qingdao Up to Standard for Olympic Sailing
Xinhuanet, January 15, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/15/content_
7428197.htm
Protests and Petitions
天安门广场一百多名访民被押走 (One Hundred People Taken Away While Petitioning in Tiananmen Square)
Radio Free Asia, January 15, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/15/
fangmin/
嵊州万人抗议强拆事件被捕人士被判刑 (Seven Zhejiang Protesters Against Forced Evictions Receive Sentences)
Radio Free Asia, January 15, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/15/
zhejiang/
Religion
新疆维族基督徒被刑拘 信仰与国安不相容？ (Xinjiang Province Place Uyghur Christian Under Criminal Detention)
Radio Free Asia, January 15, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/15/xj/
Tibet
Antique Statues Missing from Tibetan Monastery
Radio Free Asia, January 15, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2008/01/15/tibetan_statues/
China Earmarks Special Funds to Protect Tibet Cultural Relics
Xinhuanet, January 15, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/15/content_
7426259.htm
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
January 15, 2008
News
Death Penalty
Chinese Man Sentenced to Death for Killing Six Family Members
Xinhuanet, February 25, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-07/12/content_6
366276.htm
Human Rights Defender – Ching Cheong (程翔)
程翔系狱明满1000日 (Journalist Ching Cheong in Jail for 999 Days)
Ming Pao, January 15, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080115/gda1.htm
Human Rights Defender - Li Qing (李清)
澳洲籍民运人士李清回国被国安监视 (Australian Citizen and Democracy Activist Li Qing Put Under House Arrest)
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/14/china_
dissident_entry/
Human Rights Defender - Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)
简要新闻: 郭飞雄狱中处境险恶，张青再次呼吁声援 (Guo Feixiong's Conditions Worsen in Jail; Wife Zhang Qing Calls for Support)
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2008/01/14/xinwen/
Human Rights Defender - Lü Gengsong (吕耿松)
吕耿松张子霖被控煽动颠覆案月底开审 (Lü Gengsong and Zhang Zilin to Await Trial at Month's End; Ye Guoqiang Released on Bail)
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/14/china_
dissident_trail/
Labor
One Dead, 11 Feared Buried in China Landslip
Reuters, January 14, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSSP12175
Media
上海查处关闭3931家淫秽网站 (Shanghai Shuts Down 3931 Pornographic Websites)
China Youth Daily, January 14, 2008
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2008-01/15/content_2032531
.htm
Olympics
China to Scrutinize Olympic Food
Associated Press (via YahooNews), January 14, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080114/ap_on_re_as/china_
tainted_products;_ylt=AqmxFAQ10KnVYkjCdwDdGg4Bxg8F
AQ10KnVYkjCdwDdGg4Bxg8F
Politics
海外民运人士在纽约宣布成立中国过渡政府 (Overseas Chinese Democracy Activists in New York Announce Establishment of Interim Government)
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/14/china_
dissident_overseas/
Protests and Petitions
Farmers Rise in Challenge To Chinese Land Policy
Washington Post, January 14, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article
/2008/01/13/AR2008011302383.html?hpid=topnewsdyn/
content/article/2008/01/13/AR2008011302383.html?hpid
=topnews
山东菏泽几百名学生市政府请愿两人被打 (Hundreds of Shandong Students Protest, Two Beaten)
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/14/
heze/
广东江门发生警民冲突 (Police and Villagers Clash in Jiangmen, Guangdong)
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/14/china_
clash_police/
上海磁悬浮线路延长引起争议和示威 (Shanghai Maglev Protests Continue)
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/14/
shanghai/
汕头电厂占地引发维权 官方出动武警清场 (Shantou Authorities Suppress Land Protest, Ten Injured)
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/14/
shantou/
Rural Issues
China Looks to Rural Subsidy to Ease Trade Surplus
Reuters, January 14, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssConsumerGoodsAndReta
ilNews/idUSPEK34175020080114080114
Death Penalty
Chinese Man Sentenced to Death for Killing Six Family Members
Xinhuanet, February 25, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-07/12/content_6
366276.htm
Human Rights Defender – Ching Cheong (程翔)
程翔系狱明满1000日 (Journalist Ching Cheong in Jail for 999 Days)
Ming Pao, January 15, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080115/gda1.htm
Human Rights Defender - Li Qing (李清)
澳洲籍民运人士李清回国被国安监视 (Australian Citizen and Democracy Activist Li Qing Put Under House Arrest)
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/14/china_
dissident_entry/
Human Rights Defender - Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)
简要新闻: 郭飞雄狱中处境险恶，张青再次呼吁声援 (Guo Feixiong's Conditions Worsen in Jail; Wife Zhang Qing Calls for Support)
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2008/01/14/xinwen/
Human Rights Defender - Lü Gengsong (吕耿松)
吕耿松张子霖被控煽动颠覆案月底开审 (Lü Gengsong and Zhang Zilin to Await Trial at Month's End; Ye Guoqiang Released on Bail)
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/14/china_
dissident_trail/
Labor
One Dead, 11 Feared Buried in China Landslip
Reuters, January 14, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSSP12175
Media
上海查处关闭3931家淫秽网站 (Shanghai Shuts Down 3931 Pornographic Websites)
China Youth Daily, January 14, 2008
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2008-01/15/content_2032531
.htm
Olympics
China to Scrutinize Olympic Food
Associated Press (via YahooNews), January 14, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080114/ap_on_re_as/china_
tainted_products;_ylt=AqmxFAQ10KnVYkjCdwDdGg4Bxg8F
AQ10KnVYkjCdwDdGg4Bxg8F
Politics
海外民运人士在纽约宣布成立中国过渡政府 (Overseas Chinese Democracy Activists in New York Announce Establishment of Interim Government)
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/14/china_
dissident_overseas/
Protests and Petitions
Farmers Rise in Challenge To Chinese Land Policy
Washington Post, January 14, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article
/2008/01/13/AR2008011302383.html?hpid=topnewsdyn/
content/article/2008/01/13/AR2008011302383.html?hpid
=topnews
山东菏泽几百名学生市政府请愿两人被打 (Hundreds of Shandong Students Protest, Two Beaten)
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/14/
heze/
广东江门发生警民冲突 (Police and Villagers Clash in Jiangmen, Guangdong)
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/14/china_
clash_police/
上海磁悬浮线路延长引起争议和示威 (Shanghai Maglev Protests Continue)
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/14/
shanghai/
汕头电厂占地引发维权 官方出动武警清场 (Shantou Authorities Suppress Land Protest, Ten Injured)
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/14/
shantou/
Rural Issues
China Looks to Rural Subsidy to Ease Trade Surplus
Reuters, January 14, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssConsumerGoodsAndReta
ilNews/idUSPEK34175020080114080114
Monday, January 14, 2008
January 12 - 14, 2008
Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Lü Gengsong (吕耿松)
简要新闻∶杭州网络作家吕耿松被起诉 (Hangzhou-based Internet Writer Lü Gengsong Indicted)
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2008/01/11/
Hangzhou-based Internet writer Lü Gengsong (吕耿松) will stand trial on January 22, 2008, on charges of "inciting subversion of state power." The Hangzhou Intermediate People's Court called Lü’s wife, Wang Xue'e (汪雪娥), telling Wang that the procuratorate submitted Lü's indictment to the court on January 10 and sent a copy to Lü. Lü has recently been involved in different rights defense activities.
News
Death Penalty
全国首个规定故意杀人死刑案件证据规则引关注 (China's First Circular Standardizing Regulations Concerning Evidence in Murder Cases Draws Attention)
Legal Daily, January 14, 2008
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2008-01/14/content_
780523.htm
Environment
China Bans Free Plastic Bags
Voice of America, January 12, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-01-12-voa16.cfm
Human Rights Defender - Yue Tianxiang (岳天祥)
简要新闻∶甘肃天水民运人士岳天祥刑满出狱 (Gansu Democracy Activist Yue Tianxiang Released from Jail)
Radio Free Asia, January 12, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2008/01/12/xiwen/
Human Rights Defender - Jing Chu (荆楚)
简要新闻: 广西异议作家荆楚被取保候审释放 (Guangxi-based Dissident Writer Jing Chu Released on Bail Pending Further Investigation)
Radio Free Asia, January 12, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2008/01/12/xiwen/
Labor
China Says Coal mine Deaths Fall One Fifth in 2007
Reuters, January 12, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSPEK329219
China Frees Brick Kiln Slaves and Then Loses Them
Reuters, January 11, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/
idUSPEK31987820080111
广东蓄电池厂工人普遍铅中毒 (Workers in a Guangdong Battery Factory Suffer Lead Poisoning)
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/11/china_
labor_protection/
Over 100,000 Died in China Work Accidents in 2007
Reuters, January 11, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/
idUSPEK33212820080111
Migrant Workers
Migrant Worker Asked for His Pay, Got Beating Instead
South China Morning Post, January 14, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a654bfcc6537
7110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Half of China's Migrant Workers Unhappy with Social Status
Xinhuanet, January 13, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/13/content_
7412708.htm
Police
2,717 Chinese Police Officers Die in Line of Duty in Past Six Years
Xinhuanet, January 11, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/12/content_
7408398.htm
城管打死人公安抢尸体 死者家属要求杀人偿命 (Hubei Authorities Take Away Victim's Corpse in Urban Management Abuse Case; Family Demands Justice)
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/11/
chengguan/
Politics
地方人大换届新迹象：农民工声音渐响 官员悄隐退 (As Local People's Congresses Get New Representatives, A Trend Emerges: More Rural Migrant Workers, Less Cadres)
Xinhuanet, January 14, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2008-01/14/content_
7415376.htm
Poverty
Lives of Poverty, Untouched by China’s Boom
New York Times, January 13, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/13/world/asia/13china.
html?scp=4&sq=
Protests and Petitions
湖北潜江征地发生血案四村民受伤 (Four Villagers Hurt in Violent Hubei Land Grab)
Radio Free Asia, January 13, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/13/
hu/
成都出动六百名公安武警继续强拆民房 (Chengdu Dispatches 600 Police Officers and Paramilitary Police Officers for Forced Evictions)
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/11/china_
demolition_clash/
福建女子魏香平上访17年被拘60次 (Fujian Woman Has Been Petitioning for 17 Years, Detained 60 Times)
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 1008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/11/china_
petition_abuse/
Religion
家庭教会会长再发表致胡锦涛公开信 呼吁关注严厉迫害 (Protestant House Church President Once Again Sends Open Letter to Hu Jintao Urging Halt to Persecution)
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/
11/zhang/
Human Rights Defender - Lü Gengsong (吕耿松)
简要新闻∶杭州网络作家吕耿松被起诉 (Hangzhou-based Internet Writer Lü Gengsong Indicted)
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2008/01/11/
Hangzhou-based Internet writer Lü Gengsong (吕耿松) will stand trial on January 22, 2008, on charges of "inciting subversion of state power." The Hangzhou Intermediate People's Court called Lü’s wife, Wang Xue'e (汪雪娥), telling Wang that the procuratorate submitted Lü's indictment to the court on January 10 and sent a copy to Lü. Lü has recently been involved in different rights defense activities.
Related Information
HRIC Press Release: Writer Lü Gengsong Indicted
Human Rights in China, January 11, 2008
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/46847
News
Death Penalty
全国首个规定故意杀人死刑案件证据规则引关注 (China's First Circular Standardizing Regulations Concerning Evidence in Murder Cases Draws Attention)
Legal Daily, January 14, 2008
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2008-01/14/content_
780523.htm
Environment
China Bans Free Plastic Bags
Voice of America, January 12, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-01-12-voa16.cfm
Human Rights Defender - Yue Tianxiang (岳天祥)
简要新闻∶甘肃天水民运人士岳天祥刑满出狱 (Gansu Democracy Activist Yue Tianxiang Released from Jail)
Radio Free Asia, January 12, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2008/01/12/xiwen/
Human Rights Defender - Jing Chu (荆楚)
简要新闻: 广西异议作家荆楚被取保候审释放 (Guangxi-based Dissident Writer Jing Chu Released on Bail Pending Further Investigation)
Radio Free Asia, January 12, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2008/01/12/xiwen/
Labor
China Says Coal mine Deaths Fall One Fifth in 2007
Reuters, January 12, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSPEK329219
China Frees Brick Kiln Slaves and Then Loses Them
Reuters, January 11, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/
idUSPEK31987820080111
广东蓄电池厂工人普遍铅中毒 (Workers in a Guangdong Battery Factory Suffer Lead Poisoning)
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/11/china_
labor_protection/
Over 100,000 Died in China Work Accidents in 2007
Reuters, January 11, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/
idUSPEK33212820080111
Migrant Workers
Migrant Worker Asked for His Pay, Got Beating Instead
South China Morning Post, January 14, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a654bfcc6537
7110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Half of China's Migrant Workers Unhappy with Social Status
Xinhuanet, January 13, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/13/content_
7412708.htm
Police
2,717 Chinese Police Officers Die in Line of Duty in Past Six Years
Xinhuanet, January 11, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/12/content_
7408398.htm
城管打死人公安抢尸体 死者家属要求杀人偿命 (Hubei Authorities Take Away Victim's Corpse in Urban Management Abuse Case; Family Demands Justice)
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/11/
chengguan/
Politics
地方人大换届新迹象：农民工声音渐响 官员悄隐退 (As Local People's Congresses Get New Representatives, A Trend Emerges: More Rural Migrant Workers, Less Cadres)
Xinhuanet, January 14, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2008-01/14/content_
7415376.htm
Poverty
Lives of Poverty, Untouched by China’s Boom
New York Times, January 13, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/13/world/asia/13china.
html?scp=4&sq=
Protests and Petitions
湖北潜江征地发生血案四村民受伤 (Four Villagers Hurt in Violent Hubei Land Grab)
Radio Free Asia, January 13, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/13/
hu/
成都出动六百名公安武警继续强拆民房 (Chengdu Dispatches 600 Police Officers and Paramilitary Police Officers for Forced Evictions)
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/11/china_
demolition_clash/
福建女子魏香平上访17年被拘60次 (Fujian Woman Has Been Petitioning for 17 Years, Detained 60 Times)
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 1008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/11/china_
petition_abuse/
Religion
家庭教会会长再发表致胡锦涛公开信 呼吁关注严厉迫害 (Protestant House Church President Once Again Sends Open Letter to Hu Jintao Urging Halt to Persecution)
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/
11/zhang/
Friday, January 11, 2008
January 11, 2008
News
Corruption
河南审计2026名领导干部 查出违规金额33.11亿元 (Henan Audits 2026 Cadres, Uncovers Misuse of Funds Amounting to About 3.3 Billion Yuan)
Legal Daily, January 11, 2008
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2008-01/11/content_
779437.htm
China's Top Disciplinary Official Urges Self-discipline Among Corruption Fighters
Xinhuanet, January 10, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/10/content_
7400983.htm
北京市海淀原区长周良洛涉嫌受贿1600万被公诉 (Former Cadre In Haidian District, Beijing, Indicted for Allegedly Accepting Bribes of 16 Million Yuan)
Xinhuanet, January 10, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2008-01/10/content_7395
801.htm
2008 反腐风暴怎样刮？ (What Are the Anti-Corruption Measures in 2008?)
The Beijing News, January 10, 2008
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/guonei/2008/01-10/
021@081635.htm
Government
各地各部门纠正损害群众利益不正之风工作综述 (Government Departments Report on Efforts to Rectify Mispractice)
Xinhuanet, January 10, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2008-01/10/content
_7398132.htm
Human Rights Defender - Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠）
郑恩宠告官案开庭 禁书翻版当局紧张 (Zheng Enchong's Lawsuit Started on Tuesday; Authorities Nervous About Pirated Copies of Book on Shanghai Corruption)
Radio Free Asia, January 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/10/
zheng/
Labor
河北临西县：解救奴工被镇政府送还黑窑主/目前两奴工失踪 (Township Government in Linxi County, Hebei, Sends Freed Forced Laborer Back to "Black Kiln")
Nanfang Daily, January 11, 2008
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/20080111
0561.asp
安徽电视台大批裁员 (Anhui TV Station Dismisses Employees En Masse)
Radio Free Asia, January 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/10/an/
Land Policy
浙江村民因为拆迁纠纷状告国家发改委 一审胜诉 (Beijing Court Decides in Favor of Zhejiang Villagers Against State Development and Planning Commission in Eviction Lawsuit)
CCTV (via Xinhua), January 11, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2008-01/11/content_7402
687.htm
Threats over Land Deal Alleged
South China Morning Post, January 11, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6ecc4c32624671
10VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
China Says Farmland Is for Cultivation
Associated Press (via YahooNews), January 10, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080110/ap_on_re_as/china
_rural_land;_ylt=AhXNC.qHBE7Hac6N_rjSsOwBxg8F
Law
烟台军转干乔延兵被秘审 律师指法院违反法律程序 (Demobilized Soldiers' Representative Secretly Tried; Lawyer Argues the Court Has Not Followed Proper Procedures)
Radio Free Asia, January 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/10/
qiao/
Migrant Workers
建设部等五部委联合发文要求改善农民工居住条件 (Ministry of Construction and Other State Organs Issue Opinion Demanding Improvement on Migrant Workers' Housing Conditions)
Jinghua Times (via Xinhua), January 11, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2008-01/11/content_74
02678.htm
Protests and Petitions
“4000工人讨薪”追踪：讨薪工人再次堵路/又有2000多工人加入 (Four Thousand Workers Demanding Back Pay Block Roads Again)
Nanfang Daily, January 11, 2008
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/20080111
0692.asp
四川古蔺县石屏乡农田遭破坏 官商勾结打伤数百名农民 (Hundreds of Sichuan Farmers Beaten During Protest Against Land Pollution)
Radio Free Asia, January 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/10/
nong/
成都塑料12厂受伤工人在医院遭殴打 (Injured Factory Workers in Chengdu Beaten in Hospital)
Radio Free Asia, January 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/10/
gong/
湖北天门城管打死人引发群体性事件仍在持续 (Public Continue Protests Against Urban Management Authorities' Beating to Death of a Hubei Resident)
Radio Free Asia, January 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/10/
chengguang/
Public Health
China Parents to Sue over "Tainted" Umbilical Blood
Reuters, January 10, 2008
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=health
News&storyid=2008-01-10T074109Z_01_PEK271279_RTRU
KOC_0_US-CHINA-BLOOD.xml
医疗服务成为中国民众最关注问题 (Medical Service Becomes China's Most Topical Social Issue)
Radio Free Asia, January 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/10/
service/
Corruption
河南审计2026名领导干部 查出违规金额33.11亿元 (Henan Audits 2026 Cadres, Uncovers Misuse of Funds Amounting to About 3.3 Billion Yuan)
Legal Daily, January 11, 2008
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2008-01/11/content_
779437.htm
China's Top Disciplinary Official Urges Self-discipline Among Corruption Fighters
Xinhuanet, January 10, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/10/content_
7400983.htm
北京市海淀原区长周良洛涉嫌受贿1600万被公诉 (Former Cadre In Haidian District, Beijing, Indicted for Allegedly Accepting Bribes of 16 Million Yuan)
Xinhuanet, January 10, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2008-01/10/content_7395
801.htm
2008 反腐风暴怎样刮？ (What Are the Anti-Corruption Measures in 2008?)
The Beijing News, January 10, 2008
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/guonei/2008/01-10/
021@081635.htm
Government
各地各部门纠正损害群众利益不正之风工作综述 (Government Departments Report on Efforts to Rectify Mispractice)
Xinhuanet, January 10, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2008-01/10/content
_7398132.htm
Human Rights Defender - Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠）
郑恩宠告官案开庭 禁书翻版当局紧张 (Zheng Enchong's Lawsuit Started on Tuesday; Authorities Nervous About Pirated Copies of Book on Shanghai Corruption)
Radio Free Asia, January 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/10/
zheng/
Labor
河北临西县：解救奴工被镇政府送还黑窑主/目前两奴工失踪 (Township Government in Linxi County, Hebei, Sends Freed Forced Laborer Back to "Black Kiln")
Nanfang Daily, January 11, 2008
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/20080111
0561.asp
安徽电视台大批裁员 (Anhui TV Station Dismisses Employees En Masse)
Radio Free Asia, January 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/10/an/
Land Policy
浙江村民因为拆迁纠纷状告国家发改委 一审胜诉 (Beijing Court Decides in Favor of Zhejiang Villagers Against State Development and Planning Commission in Eviction Lawsuit)
CCTV (via Xinhua), January 11, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2008-01/11/content_7402
687.htm
Threats over Land Deal Alleged
South China Morning Post, January 11, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6ecc4c32624671
10VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
China Says Farmland Is for Cultivation
Associated Press (via YahooNews), January 10, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080110/ap_on_re_as/china
_rural_land;_ylt=AhXNC.qHBE7Hac6N_rjSsOwBxg8F
Law
烟台军转干乔延兵被秘审 律师指法院违反法律程序 (Demobilized Soldiers' Representative Secretly Tried; Lawyer Argues the Court Has Not Followed Proper Procedures)
Radio Free Asia, January 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/10/
qiao/
Migrant Workers
建设部等五部委联合发文要求改善农民工居住条件 (Ministry of Construction and Other State Organs Issue Opinion Demanding Improvement on Migrant Workers' Housing Conditions)
Jinghua Times (via Xinhua), January 11, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2008-01/11/content_74
02678.htm
Protests and Petitions
“4000工人讨薪”追踪：讨薪工人再次堵路/又有2000多工人加入 (Four Thousand Workers Demanding Back Pay Block Roads Again)
Nanfang Daily, January 11, 2008
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/20080111
0692.asp
四川古蔺县石屏乡农田遭破坏 官商勾结打伤数百名农民 (Hundreds of Sichuan Farmers Beaten During Protest Against Land Pollution)
Radio Free Asia, January 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/10/
nong/
成都塑料12厂受伤工人在医院遭殴打 (Injured Factory Workers in Chengdu Beaten in Hospital)
Radio Free Asia, January 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/10/
gong/
湖北天门城管打死人引发群体性事件仍在持续 (Public Continue Protests Against Urban Management Authorities' Beating to Death of a Hubei Resident)
Radio Free Asia, January 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/10/
chengguang/
Public Health
China Parents to Sue over "Tainted" Umbilical Blood
Reuters, January 10, 2008
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=health
News&storyid=2008-01-10T074109Z_01_PEK271279_RTRU
KOC_0_US-CHINA-BLOOD.xml
医疗服务成为中国民众最关注问题 (Medical Service Becomes China's Most Topical Social Issue)
Radio Free Asia, January 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/10/
service/
Thursday, January 10, 2008
January 10, 2008
Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Yuan Weijing (袁伟静)
独家报道：德国记者欲访袁伟静未成行 陈光诚家人遭围困威胁恐吓 (German TV Station Prevented from Interviewing Yuan Weijing; Chen Guangcheng's Family Threatened)
Radio Free Asia, January 09, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/09/
yuan/
Shandong authorities prevented a German TV crew from interviewing Yuan Weijing (袁伟静) on January 9. A German journalist told Yuan on January 7 that they wanted to interview her on January 9. On January 8, the Public Security Bureau (PSB) of Yinan County, Shandong Province, reportedly called Yuan's brother-in-law Chen Guangfu (陈光福), telling him that the German crew would not be able to interview Yuan even if they entered her village. As a result the TV crew cancelled the interview the following morning. The PSB’s deputy director allegedly called Chen a traitor for having been repeatedly interviewed by foreign media, and told him that he could be arrested anytime. Yuan’s husband, blind human rights lawyer Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚), is in jail after revealing the presence of forced abortions in Linyi, Shandong Province.
News
Civil Society
In China, Grass-Roots Groups Stretch Limits on Activism
Wall Street Journal, January 09, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119980515239074901.html
Environment
Shoppers: It's BYO Bag in China
Associated Press (via YahooNews), January 10, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080110/ap_on_re_as/china
_plastic_bags_15;_ylt=AhqbHHeaXVax1E.eAplyVSNPzWQA
HeaXVax1E.eAplyVSNPzWQA
Beijing's Neighbors Report More Blue Sky Days in 2007
Xinhuanet, January 09, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/09/content_
7394475.htm
Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
胡佳羁押期健康安全成疑虑 各方吁紧急关注病情 (Different Groups Concerned for Hu Jia's Health)
Radio Free Asia, January 09, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/09/
hujia/
Labor
Around the Nation - 3 Killed in Fireworks Factory Blast
South China Morning Post, January 10, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=dc877b93f7e5
7110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
重庆：硫化氢泄漏致5死13伤 出事的化工厂人员已全部疏散 (Five Chongqing Workers Die and 13 Injured in Hydrogen Sulfide Leakage Accident)
Nanfang City News, January 10, 2008
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/20080
1100829.asp
Land Policy
江西丰城拆迁株连调查 (China Youth Daily Looks Into Eviction Tactics in Fengcheng, Jiangxi Province)
China Youth Daily, January 10, 2008
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2008-01/10/content_2026961.htm
Law
本网独家披露:2008中国法院改革会有哪些大动作 (What Will Be the Big Reforms for China's Courts in 2008?)
Legal Daily, January 10, 2008
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2008-01/10/content_
778639.htm
Worker Given Life Sentence for ATM Windfall May Get Retrial
South China Morning Post, January 10, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=dd777b93f7e57
110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Media
Reporter Receives Apology over Subpoena
South China Morning Post, January 10, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=de677b93f7e57
110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Olympics
发改委称奥运期间北京将出台措施减少交通流量 (Beijing's Development and Reform Commission to Reduce Traffic During Olympics)
Jinghua Times (via Xinhua), January 10, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/society/2008-01/10/content_
7395960.htm
Rules Tightened for China Workers
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 09, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7179198.stm
Police
China to Start Prison Administration Reform Nationwide
Xinhuanet, January 09, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/09/content_
7394840.htm
City Staff Among 24 Held in China After Man Beaten to Death: Report
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), January 09, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080109/wl_asia_afp/chinar
ightsinspectorsbeating_080109192551;_ylt=AhokglS9nDL01a
7sWXvFxRFPzWQA09192551;_ylt=AhokglS9nDL01a7sWXvF
xRFPzWQA
Protests and Petitions
湖北访民郑大靖在关押期间遭受毒打 (Hubei Petitioner Zheng Dajing Severely Beaten During Detention)
Radio Free Asia, January 09, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/09/
zheng_daijing/
200名北京市的经租户代表示威 (Two Hundred Beijing Private Apartment Owners Protest at Government Building)
Radio Free Asia, January 09, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/09/china_
rights_property/
永州教师不满薪资待遇罢课请愿 当局派防暴警察镇守 (Hunan Authorities Deploy Anti-Riot Police to Separate Protesting Teachers from Government Building)
Radio Free Asia, January 09, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/09/
hunan/
Religion
Differing Readings of the Bible in China
Asia Times Online, January 10, 2008
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/JA10Ad01.html
Human Rights Defender - Yuan Weijing (袁伟静)
独家报道：德国记者欲访袁伟静未成行 陈光诚家人遭围困威胁恐吓 (German TV Station Prevented from Interviewing Yuan Weijing; Chen Guangcheng's Family Threatened)
Radio Free Asia, January 09, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/09/
yuan/
Shandong authorities prevented a German TV crew from interviewing Yuan Weijing (袁伟静) on January 9. A German journalist told Yuan on January 7 that they wanted to interview her on January 9. On January 8, the Public Security Bureau (PSB) of Yinan County, Shandong Province, reportedly called Yuan's brother-in-law Chen Guangfu (陈光福), telling him that the German crew would not be able to interview Yuan even if they entered her village. As a result the TV crew cancelled the interview the following morning. The PSB’s deputy director allegedly called Chen a traitor for having been repeatedly interviewed by foreign media, and told him that he could be arrested anytime. Yuan’s husband, blind human rights lawyer Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚), is in jail after revealing the presence of forced abortions in Linyi, Shandong Province.
News
Civil Society
In China, Grass-Roots Groups Stretch Limits on Activism
Wall Street Journal, January 09, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119980515239074901.html
Environment
Shoppers: It's BYO Bag in China
Associated Press (via YahooNews), January 10, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080110/ap_on_re_as/china
_plastic_bags_15;_ylt=AhqbHHeaXVax1E.eAplyVSNPzWQA
HeaXVax1E.eAplyVSNPzWQA
Beijing's Neighbors Report More Blue Sky Days in 2007
Xinhuanet, January 09, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/09/content_
7394475.htm
Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
胡佳羁押期健康安全成疑虑 各方吁紧急关注病情 (Different Groups Concerned for Hu Jia's Health)
Radio Free Asia, January 09, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/09/
hujia/
Labor
Around the Nation - 3 Killed in Fireworks Factory Blast
South China Morning Post, January 10, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=dc877b93f7e5
7110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
重庆：硫化氢泄漏致5死13伤 出事的化工厂人员已全部疏散 (Five Chongqing Workers Die and 13 Injured in Hydrogen Sulfide Leakage Accident)
Nanfang City News, January 10, 2008
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/20080
1100829.asp
Land Policy
江西丰城拆迁株连调查 (China Youth Daily Looks Into Eviction Tactics in Fengcheng, Jiangxi Province)
China Youth Daily, January 10, 2008
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2008-01/10/content_2026961.htm
Law
本网独家披露:2008中国法院改革会有哪些大动作 (What Will Be the Big Reforms for China's Courts in 2008?)
Legal Daily, January 10, 2008
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2008-01/10/content_
778639.htm
Worker Given Life Sentence for ATM Windfall May Get Retrial
South China Morning Post, January 10, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=dd777b93f7e57
110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Media
Reporter Receives Apology over Subpoena
South China Morning Post, January 10, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=de677b93f7e57
110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Olympics
发改委称奥运期间北京将出台措施减少交通流量 (Beijing's Development and Reform Commission to Reduce Traffic During Olympics)
Jinghua Times (via Xinhua), January 10, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/society/2008-01/10/content_
7395960.htm
Rules Tightened for China Workers
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 09, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7179198.stm
Police
China to Start Prison Administration Reform Nationwide
Xinhuanet, January 09, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/09/content_
7394840.htm
City Staff Among 24 Held in China After Man Beaten to Death: Report
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), January 09, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080109/wl_asia_afp/chinar
ightsinspectorsbeating_080109192551;_ylt=AhokglS9nDL01a
7sWXvFxRFPzWQA09192551;_ylt=AhokglS9nDL01a7sWXvF
xRFPzWQA
Protests and Petitions
湖北访民郑大靖在关押期间遭受毒打 (Hubei Petitioner Zheng Dajing Severely Beaten During Detention)
Radio Free Asia, January 09, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/09/
zheng_daijing/
200名北京市的经租户代表示威 (Two Hundred Beijing Private Apartment Owners Protest at Government Building)
Radio Free Asia, January 09, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/09/china_
rights_property/
永州教师不满薪资待遇罢课请愿 当局派防暴警察镇守 (Hunan Authorities Deploy Anti-Riot Police to Separate Protesting Teachers from Government Building)
Radio Free Asia, January 09, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/09/
hunan/
Religion
Differing Readings of the Bible in China
Asia Times Online, January 10, 2008
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/JA10Ad01.html
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
January 9, 2008
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
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=262eb8f9cc
957110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
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
TRUKOC_0_US-OLYMPICS-BEIJING-RIGHTS.xml08T0
93104Z_01_PEK253926_RTRUKOC_0_US-OLYMPICS-B
EIJING-RIGHTS.xml
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
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=23357afa92
457110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
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
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=253eb8f9cc957
110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
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/
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
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=262eb8f9cc
957110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
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
TRUKOC_0_US-OLYMPICS-BEIJING-RIGHTS.xml08T0
93104Z_01_PEK253926_RTRUKOC_0_US-OLYMPICS-B
EIJING-RIGHTS.xml
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
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=23357afa92
457110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
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
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=253eb8f9cc957
110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
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/
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
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
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
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