HRIC Daily Brief

News Corruption China Edges Up Corruption Ranking Xinhuanet, October 08, 2007 http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-10/08/content_ 6843254....

News Bilateral Ties China Backs Sudan’s $300m Darfur Payment Financial Times, October 03, 2007 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5f7edeba-7189-11dc-...

News Corruption China Punishes 200,000 Rural Officials over Four Years People's Daily, October 03, 2007 http://english.people.com.cn/900...

News Death Penalty 女老总为贪巨款 雇兇杀情夫 (Nanjing Businesswoman Sentenced to Death for Murdering Lover) Wen Wei Po, October 03, 2007 http://paper.we...

Top News of the Day Human Rights Defender – Li Heping (李和平) 北京律师李和平遭绑架殴打 (Beijing Lawyer Li Heping Abducted and Beaten) Radio Free Asia, Sep...

News Bilateral Ties China Cooperating With U.S. Investigation Into Steroid Smuggling International Herald Tribune, October 01, 2007 http://w...

News Corruption Five Sentenced for Looting Shanghai Pension Fund South China Morning Post, September 28, 2007 http://www.scmp.com/portal/sit...

News Bilateral Ties As Usual, China Holds the Trump Card in Burma's Struggle The Sydney Morning Herald, September 27, 2007 http://www.sm...

News Bilateral Ties China Likely Advising Burmese Leaders To Show Restraint Voice of America, ...

Top News of the Day Human Rights Defender – Gao Zhisheng (高智晟) 高智晟公开信发表后 被警方带走下落不明 (Gao Zhisheng Taken Away by Police) Radio Free Asia, Sept...

News Bilateral Ties The Tyrant’s Friend Financial Times, September 21, 2007 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b17b7ba4-6871-11dc-b475- 0000779fd2ac,...

Top News of the Day Human Rights Defender – Mao Hengfeng (毛恒凤) 上海访民毛恒凤狱中遭受虐待 (Mao Hengfeng Abused in Prison) Radio Free Asia, September 20, ...

Top News of the Day Protests and Petitions 当局多管齐下拟十七大前令访民绝迹京城? (Are Authorities Using Multiple Strategies to Rid Beijing of Petitioners Ahea...

News Bilateral Ties China Says Criticism of Its Relations with Sudan 'Incorrect' Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), September 18,...

News Environment Unilever Fined over Pollution South China Morning Post, September 18, 2007 http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2a...