February 7, 2007

Top News of the Day

Human Rights Defenders - Liu Fenggang (刘凤钢)
专访刚刚出狱的基督教活动人士刘凤钢 (Interview with Released House Church Leader Liu Fenggang)
Radio Free Asia, February 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/06/
ren-quan/
In an interview with Radio Free Asia, Zhejiang house church leader Liu Fenggang (刘凤钢) revealed that he was poorly treated in prison and was not given proper medical treatment for his heart disease, diabetes and high blood pressure. He had been previously denied release on medical parole. Liu was sentenced to 3 years' imprisonment on charges of gathering and providing state secrets to overseas organizations. He was released on February 4, 2007 and returned to his Beijing home on February 6, 2007.


News

Bilateral Ties
Africa Looks to China Because Beijing Ignores Abuses, Analysts Say
CNSNews.com, February 06, 2007
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/viewstory.asp?Page=/Foreign
Bureaus/archive/200702/FOR20070206a.html

Get to Chinese Trial, Harper Tells Diplomats
Reuters (via YahooNews), February 06, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070206/wl_canada_nm/
canada_china_col_2

Death Penalty
沈阳黑社会团伙主犯被判死刑 (Shenyang Gang Leader Sentenced to Death)
Legal Daily, February 07, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2007-02/07/content_
535330.htm

Environment
Converting to Clean Energy 'Too Costly'
South China Morning Post, February 07, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZPUI6ESXE.html

Climate Change 'Affecting' China
BBC, February 06, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6334749.stm

Freedom of Speech
International PEN Concerned About Writers' Freedom of Expression in China
Voice of America, February 06, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-02-06-voa11.cfm

國際筆會中國作家香港赴會受阻 (Chinese Writers Barred from Attending International PEN Conference Held in Hong Kong)
BBC, February 05, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_6330000/
newsid_6331000/6331099.stm

九位中国作家获赫尔曼-哈米特奖 (Rights Group Honors Nine Chinese Writers with Hellman/Hammett Prize)
Radio Free Asia, February 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/06/
award/

Human Rights Defenders - Gao Yaojie (高耀洁)
高耀洁处于软禁之中 近况受关注 (Chinese AIDS Activist Under House Arrest)
Radio Free Asia, February 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/06/gao/

China Foreign Ministry Ignorant of AIDS Doctor Ban
Reuters Alert Net, February 06, 2007
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK318257.htm

Human Rights Defenders - Yan Zhengxue (严正学)
律师表示当局对严正学的指控没有真凭实据 (Lawyer Says Subversion Charge Against Detained Artist Yan Zhengxue Groundless)
Radio Free Asia, February 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/06/china_
dissident_trial/

Media
网文揭露官药勾结　转帖者被取保候审 (Man Earlier Detained for Re-posting Article Revealing Corruption Scandal Released on Bail)
Nanfang City News, February 07, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/dd/dsb/A16/
200702070190.asp

China Unblocks Taiwan Newspaper Web Sites
Washington Post, February 05, 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/05/AR2007020500178.htmldyn/content/article/
2007/02/05/AR2007020500178.html

去年超过三十名记者在中国大陆被扣留 (Over 30 Journalists Detained in China Last Year, Committee to Protect Journalists Says)
Radio Free Asia, February 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/06/jizhe/

Olympics
Lost-in-Translation Signs to Be Cleansed for Olympics
The Seattle Times, February 06, 2007
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003558532
_chinasigns06.html

Protests and Petitions
武汉下岗职工上访代表被强迫送“党校培训” (Wuhan Worker Representatives Sent to Party School for 'Training' after Petitioning Against Dismissal Compensation)
Radio Free Asia, February 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/06/china_
labor_petition/

Religion
中国担心民间宗教扩张 (China Concerned over Growing Popularity of Religious Groups)
Radio Free Asia, February 07, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/06/religion/

Xinjiang
维吾尔流亡人士集会纪念伊宁事件 (Uyghurs in Exile Protest at Chinese Embassy to Commemorate 10th Anniversary of Yining Incident)
Voice of America, February 06, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-02-06-voa34.cfm

February 6, 2007

Top News of the Day
Media / Human Rights Defender - Gao Yaojie (高耀洁)
China Tightens Controls on Own Media
Associated Press (via YahooNews), February 05, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070205/ap_on_re_as/china_cla
mping_down_1;_ylt=AnXuQDbPQ3eDyz_.SqYs9gxPzWQA;_ylu=
X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl
International PEN said yesterday that 20 Chinese writers were prevented from attending its international conference in Hong Kong over the weekend. Some of them were warned not to go and some had their travel documents seized. In addition, Gao Yaojie (高耀洁), a retired doctor in her 80s, was detained at her home in Henan Province, apparently to prevent her from applying for a US visa so she could receive an award by the Vital Voices Global Partnership. Gao gained recognition in the late 1990s for her efforts to alert people in Henan to an AIDS outbreak being spread by tainted blood transfusions.

News
Bilateral Ties
Thanks China, Now Go Home: Buy-up of Zambia Revives Old Colonial Fears
The Guardian, February 05, 2007
http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,,2005902,00.html

Corruption
中央将对副处级以上领导干部进行婚姻及家庭涉外情况普查 (CPC to Look Into Marriage and Family Situation of Senior Cadres)
Radio Free Asia, February 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/05/pucha/

Environment
China and UN Plan Carbon Trading Exchange
Financial Times, February 06, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0fbd7396-b54b-11db-a5a5-0000779e
2340,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2340.html

Government
面对按表决器的手，请记者克制职业冲动 (Commentary: Journalists Should Not Record How People's Delegates Vote)
China Youth Daily, February 06, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-02/06/content_1668371.htm

Human Rights Defender - Yan Zhengxue (严正学)
律师会见严正学说案有重大隐情严将以死抗争 (Yan Zhengxue Indicted for “Participating in a Hostile Organization,” Says He Will Commit Suicide If Given Long Sentence)
Radio Free Asia, February 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/05/yan/

Land Policy
Action Plea on Self-Funded Homes
South China Morning Post, February 06, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZYAF6ESXE.html

目击者谈成都暴力拆迁烧死人事件的细节 (Witnesses Say Evictors Set Fire to Hostel in Chengdu, Evictee Burnt to Death)
Radio Free Asia, February 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/05/chaiqian/

Media
南京晨报记者采访时遭殴打 (Nanjing Journalist Beaten After Newspaper Challenges Zoo on Origin of Polar Bear)
Radio Free Asia, February 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/05/jizhe/

中国电影局禁止《苹果》参加柏林电影节 (China Film Bureau Bans Film from Competing in Berlin International Film Festival)
Radio Free Asia, February 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/05/china_cultural
_movie/

Online Marxist Archive Blames China for Electronic Attacks
International Herald Tribune, February 05, 2007
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/02/05/yourmoney/marx.php

Politics
Official Warned Against Votes Lobbying
China Daily, February 06, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-02/06/content_801797
.htm

民盟内蒙古支部成员指责政府操控民盟选举 (China Democracy League's Inner Mongolia Branch Condemns CPC for Manipulating Election)
Radio Free Asia, February 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/05/china_election
_candidates/

Protests and Petitions
Migrants Target Supportive Paper in Row over Back Pay
South China Morning Post, February 06, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ2BF6ESXE.html

Public Health
Chinese Scholars Call for Better Protection of Labor Rights of HBV Carriers
Xinhuanet, February 05, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-02/05/content_57010
66.htm

February 3 - 5, 2007

Top News of the Day
Protests and Petitions
访民在教育站中受虐待　人权机构谴责侵权违法 (Human Rights in China Condemns Establishment of "Education" Facility for Petitioners)
Radio Free Asia, February 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/02/hum
anrights/
Human Rights in China has issued a press release stating that petitioners in Shandong Province have been detained in a "petitioners’ education center" in Yantai City, where they are being held illegally and subjected to regular physical and verbal abuse by education center personnel. When asked to comment on the situation, officials told RFA that petitioners are sent there when important activities or meetings are taking place in Beijing.

Related Information
HRIC Press Release: Petitioners Expose Abusive Conditions in Shandong
"Education" Facility
Human Rights in China, February, 01, 2007
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision
%5fid=32270&item%5fid=32268

News
Civil Society
Charities Left High and Dry
The Standard, February 05, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=
15&art_id=37586&sid=12043598&con_type=198&con_type=1

Death Penalty
Man Sentenced to Death for Girl's Sexual Assault
South China Morning Post, February 03, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ217YTOXE.html

Human Rights Defenders
河南当局试图阻挠高耀洁赴美领取人权奖 (Henan Authorities Trying to Obstruct AIDS Activist from Receiving Human Rights Award in US)
Radio Free Asia, February 04, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/04/henan/

Human Rights Defender - Yan Zhengxue (严正学)
律师担心严正学可能被判重刑 (Lawyer Worries Yan Zhengxue May Be Given Harsh Sentence)
Radio Free Asia, February 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/02/china_dissid
ent_trial/

Labor
Guangzhou Factory Is Abusing Workers: Report
South China Morning Post, February 05, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZYR9YTOXE.html

Land Policy
Careless Mistake by Officials Nearly Costs Pensioner His Life
South China Morning Post, February 04, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZP8PETOXE.html

Learning from HK to Resolve Land Disputes
South China Morning Post, February 04, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZVGPETOXE.html

Law
反乙肝就业歧视应立法 (Expert Agues Employment Discrimination on the Grounds of Hepatitis B Status Should Be Outlawed)
China Youth Daily, February 05, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-02/05/content_1667241.htm

Communist Leader Wants Control of Courts
Associated Press (via YahooNews), February 03, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070203/ap_on_re_as/china_poli
tics_1;_ylt=AgoR861dK49vu9bwER.IRVBPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMT
BiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl9vu9bwER.IRVBPzWQA;_
ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

再有三名被解雇的乙肝工人控告企业歧视要求赔偿 (Three More Hepatitis B Carriers Sue Former Employee over Dismissal)
Radio Free Asia, February 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/02/china_discr
imination/

Media
驻京周记﹕製造敌人与麻烦 都是为了十七大 (Commentary: The Dynamics of the Censorship of Books and TV Programs in China)
Ming Pao, February 05, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070205/cah1.htm

Despite Official Censorship, More Netizens Are Speaking Up to Support Zhang Yihe
China Digital Times February 05, 2007
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2007/02/despite_official_censorship
_more_netizens_are_speaking.phpeaking.php

新华社前记者投诉书作被禁 (Former Xinhua Journalist Writes Letter of Complaint over Book Ban)
Ming Pao, February 05, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070205/cab1.htm

国际笔会2007年亚太地区会议在香港揭幕 (International PEN Holds 2007 Asia-Pacific Meeting in Hong Kong)
Radio Free Asia, February 04, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/04/bihui/

“六四天网”网站疑受攻击 (June 4th Website Attacked, Inaccessible for 20 Hours)
Radio Free Asia, February 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/02/tianw
ang/

地方政府威胁村民不得接受外国记者采访 (Hunan Authorities Warn Villagers Not to Give Interviews to Foreign Journalists)
Radio Free Asia, February 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/02/china_medi
a_freedom/

Old Party Press Control Buzzword Takes a Back Seat in More Subtle Censorship Approach
China Media Project, February 02, 2007
http://cmp.hku.hk/look/article.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPub
lication=1&NrIssue=1&NrSection=100&NrArticle=780=100&NrAr
ticle=780

Migrant Workers
17 Die in Hostel Blaze
South China Morning Post, February 05, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZUR9YTOXE.html

Olympics
Exploit China's Desire for Successful Olympics, Rights Advocates Urge US
Crosswalk.com, February 05, 2007
http://www.crosswalk.com/news/1467378.html

Politics
“政府的归政府，社会的归社会” (Commentary: Government Should Not Intervene in Development of Civil Society)
Nanfang City News, February 05, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/20070205002
4.asp

中央高层密集视察十七大筹备工作 (CPC Leaders Inspect Preparatory Work for the 17th National People's Congress)
Nanfang Daily, February 04, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/djjz/200702040100
.asp

Public Health
新规默许色情服务？ 洗浴城发放安全套引争议 (New Regulation Requiring Saunas to Provide Condoms Sparks Controversy)
Xinhuanet, February 05, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-02/05/content_5697818.htm

Transparency Is Best Medicine for Chronic Corruption in Drug Watchdog
South China Morning Post, February 05, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZU5QUTOXE.html

Religion
北京地下教会人士刘凤钢获释 (Protestant House Church Member Liu Fenggang Released from Prison)
Radio Free Asia, February 04, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/04/liufeng
gang/

When Opium Can Be Benign
The Economist, February 01, 2007
http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id
=8625817

February 2, 2007

Top News of the Day
Media
出版署：一本都无禁 (GAPP Official Denies Having Ordered the Ban on 8 Books)
Ming Pao, February 02, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070202/caa2.htm

出版社证实被罚 (Publishers Confirm Being Punished for Printing Controversial Books)
Ming Pao, February 02, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070202/caa4.htm
An official of the General Administration of Press and Publication denies having ordered the ban on eight books. However, one publisher says that it was ordered not to further publish the books in dispute, while another publisher's editors reportedly had their bonus salaries deducted. The ban has led to severe domestic and international criticisms.

News
Bilateral Ties
U.N. Hopes China Pushes for Darfur End
Associated Press (via YahooNews), February 02, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070201/ap_on_re_af/sudan_chin
a_1;_ylt=ApaWt8AlEy0iTYOHATkJzC9PzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBi
MW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUlYOHATkJzC9PzWQA;_ylu=X3oD
MTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Death Penalty
Web Critics Attack Court over Lenient Sentences
South China Morning Post, February 02, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZNVSLJKXE.html

崔英杰案判决在即学界呼吁慎用死刑 (Scholars Urge Careful Use of the Death Penalty Ahead of Murder Verdict)
Nanfang Weekend, January 31, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/zmzg/200701310628
.asp

Gender
Beijing Police Smash Another Well-Organized Prostitution Ring
Xinhuanet, February 02, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-02/01/content_568505
2.htm

Government
Local Cadres Named and Shamed for Fixing Polls
South China Morning Post, February 02, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZSTKXEKXE.html

河南独立候选人谈人代选举　会场冷清投票率竟达九成？ (High Voting Rate of Henan's Local Election Indicates Fraud, Says Independent Candidate)
Radio Free Asia, February 01, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/01/henan/

Human Rights
Religious Freedoms and Rights in Sharp Decline, Say US Advisers
South China Morning Post, February 02, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZBWSLJKXE.html

Human Rights Defenders - Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)
郭飞雄的律师向检察院递交意见书 (Guo Feixiong's Lawyer Sends Letter to Procuratorate)
Radio Free Asia, February 01, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/01/china_rights_gu
ofeixiong/

Law
赴外执行遭拒 湖南法官上访 (Hunan Court Seeks Judicial Cooperation from Another Province's Letters and Complaints Bureau)
Nanfang City News, February 02, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/zmzg/200701310627.asp

一桩小案何以迫使最高检亲自抗诉 (Hunan Provincial Procuratorate Intervenes in Civil Claim over Death Due to Pollution)
Legal Daily, February 02, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2007-02/02/content_531908.htm

Judiciary Told to Take Note of Reactions
South China Morning Post, February 02, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZLYJXEKXE.html

Media
“无国界记者” 发表新闻自由年度报告 (Reporters Without Borders Issues Annual Report on World's Media Freedom)
Radio Free Asia, February 01, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/01/china_medi
a_freedom/

Poverty
Wealth Gap Continues to Rise: Report
People's Daily, February 02, 2007
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200702/02/eng20070202_34
6973.html

Protests and Petitions
罗干:有人参与群体事件只是借机宣泄 (Luo Gan: Some Participants in Mass Incidents Only Want to Release Past Grievances)
Nanfang City News, February 02, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/djjz/200702020015.
asp

Workers Protest After Disney Toy Factory Closes)
South China Morning Post, February 02, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZU0SEJKXE.html

Public Health
Renewed Allegations over Organ Harvesting Rejected
South China Morning Post, February 02, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZKTKXEKXE.html

State Security
国安以国家安全为由拒绝异见人士的出境申请 (Dissident's Application to Travel to Hong Kong Rejected on National Security Grounds)
Radio Free Asia, February 01, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/01/china_dissident/

Tibet
China Calls Escaping Tibetans Law-Breakers
Reuters (via YahooNews), February 01, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070201/wl_nm/china_tibet_refu
gees_dc_1;_ylt=Arx1Op

February 1, 2007

Top News of the Day

Protests and Petitions
女村民上访浙江人大被天台县政府拘禁 (Village Woman Detained for Attempting to Petition Zhejiang NPC Representatives)
Radio Free Asia, January 31, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/01/31/china_
petition_detain/
A female petitioner from a village in Tiantai county, Zhejiang, was illegally detained in a guest house in her home county by the police, after attempting to petition Zhejiang NPC Representatives outside the People's Hall in the provincial capital on January 30, 2007. She was forcefully repatriated to Tiantai county and placed in a guest house under close surveillance. She is barred from leaving and has yet to be released from the guest house. She has been petitioning against abuses and corrupt officials in her locality.

News

Bilateral Ties
China Aims to Bring Peace Through Deals with Dictators and Warlords
The Times, January 31, 2007
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2575808,00.html

Children
反映童工的电影《中国正蓝》在欧美放映 (A Film on Child Labour in China Screens in U.S. and Europe )
Radio Free Asia, January 31, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/31/
china_blue/

Civil Society
抓紧修订《社团登记管理条例》 (Ministry of Civil Affairs to Strenthen Efforts to Revise the Regulations for the Registration and Management of Social Organizations)
Legal Daily, February 01, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2007-02/01/content_
530622.htm

Corruption
Pension Fund Scam Involves at Least 20
South China Morning Post, February 01, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZVMHXEKXE.html

调查显示广东免费义务教育部分经费被挪用 (Survey: Some Funds for Free Compulsory Education Embezzled)
EastDay.com, February 01, 2007
http://news.eastday.com/c/20070201/u1a2602575.html

Killing Puts Focus on Corruption in Chinese News Media
New York Times, January 31, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/31/world/asia/31shanghai
.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Death Penalty
“赔钱减刑”该用怎样的眼光审视 (Examining the Proposal "Money Compensation for Death Penalty Reprieve")
Legal Daily, February 01, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2007-02/01/content_
530648.htm

中国评论﹕刑事判决岂能因钱而异 (Commentary: Criminal Verdict Shouldn't Be Amended for Money)
Ming Pao, February 01, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070201/cat1.htm

International Campaign Unlikely to Halt Executions in China
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), February 01, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070201/wl_afp/chinajustice
executionoly2008chn_0702010335161033516

Environment
广东省环保局回应洋垃圾事件:80%废品来自国内 (80% of Waste Dumped into the Sea Are From China, Says Guangdong Environmental Bureau Official)
People's Daily, February 01, 2007
http://env.people.com.cn/GB/5354771.html

Hukou
国务院14部门调研户籍制度 (14 State Council Departments Ordered to Study the Feasibility of Deepening Hukou Reform)
The Beijing News, January 31, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0565/2007/01-31/021@
060336.htm

Human Rights Defenders – Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)
广州第三次拒绝郭飞雄取保候审 (Guangzhou Public Security Bureau Refuses Guo Feixiong's Third Bail Application)
Radio Free Asia, January 31, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/31/guo/

Media
中国禁书事件：官民拉据中切开言论空间 (Book's Ban Sparks Controversy on Society's Freedom of Speech)
Chinesenewsnet.com, February 01, 2007
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/2007_1_31_20_3_45_333.html_45_333.html

Washington Urged to Confront China on Internet Censorship
The Age (Australia), January 31, 2007
http://www.theage.com.au/news/technology/washington-urged-
to-confront-china-on-internet-censorship/2007/01/31/116991938
3343.htmlinternet-censorship/2007/01/31/1169919383343.html

Population
China to Provide Free Family Planning Services to Migratory Population
People's Daily, February 01, 2007
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200702/01/eng20070201_
346669.html

Protests and Petitions
浙江洞头县以漏税罪名逮捕并扣押维权渔民代表 (Zhejiang Fishermen Representatives Arrested and Detained for Tax Evasion After Petitioning Against Local Officials)
Radio Free Asia, January 31, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/01/31/china_rights_
detain/

中国政府软硬兼施减少农村抗争？(How Does the Chinese Government Reduce Rural Conflicts with a Carrot-and-Stick Approach?)
Voice of America, January 30, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-01-30-voa59.cfm

勞資糾紛威脅中國社會穩定 (Labor Disputes Threaten China's Social Stability)
BBC, January 30, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_6310000/newsid
_6312900/6312975.stm

Public Health
Canada Rights Team Decries China 'Organ Tourism'
Reuters (via YahooNews), February 01, 2007
http://in.news.yahoo.com/070201/137/6bolt.html

Rural Issues
学者称中国无力解决农村内在问题 (China Can't Solve Intrinsic Rural Issues, Says Scholar)
Voice of America, January 30, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-01-30-voa51.cfm

Tibet
Prostitutes Flooding in: Dalai Lama
South China Morning Post, February 01, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ1WQLJKXE.html

Tibetans Tortured After Arrest: Witness
South China Morning Post, February 01, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZT2HXEKXE.html

Xinjiang
中国与新疆独立势力争夺青年一代 (China and Xinjiang Pro-independence Group Compete to Gain Influence in the Minds of Xinjiang Youth
Voice of America, January 30, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-01-30-voa31.cfm

January 31, 2007

Top News of the Day
Protests and Petitions
广西村民投诉锰产业 五人已判刑七人待审 (Five Representatives Convicted over Pollution Protest in Guangxi, 7 More to Stand Trial)
Radio Free Asia, January 30, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/30/guangxi/
Five village representatives were convicted of "attacking a state organ" and sentenced to half a year to two years' imprisonment in Guangxi Province in late December 2006. They led protests against a manganese electrolyte plant which had caused serious pollution. Seven others from a nearby village were arrested, charged with "disrupting production" and "obstructing the execution of official duties" and are awaiting trial. They protested against the inadequate compensation received for their land.

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  HRIC Press Release: Guangxi Pollution Protesters Go on Trial
  Human Rights in China, December 04, 2006
  http://hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision%5fid=31
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News
Bilateral Ties
Hu Leaves on African Tour in Latest Effort to Woo Continent
South China Morning Post, January 31, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ7VMLJKXE.html

Corruption
问题煤矿标本:市委副书记是后台 屡次曝光不倒 (Corruption Allegation Against a Hunan-Based Coal Mine)
EastDay.com, January 31, 2007
http://news.eastday.com/c/20070131/u1a2599957.html

Death Penalty
广东东莞尝试赔钱减刑 抢劫犯赔5万获轻判死缓 (Death Sentence Reprieved as Guangdong Murderer Pays 50,000 Yuan Compensation)
EastDay.com, January 31, 2007
http://news.eastday.com/c/20070131/u1a2599967.html

死刑案件关键证人拟出庭幕后 (Issues Around the Appearance of Key Witnesses in Death Penalty Trials)
Legal Daily, January 31, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2007-01/31/content_529623.
htm

Economic Development
How a Village Went from Rags to Rolls-Royces
Asia Times Online, January 31, 2007
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_Business/IA31Cb03.html

Labor
Labour Law Won't Go to NPC in March
South China Morning Post, January 31, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZU3LEJKXE.html

Two HK Bosses Among 29 Fined for Failing to Pay Their Workers
South China Morning Post, January 31, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZY3LEJKXE.html

Labour Disputes Threaten China's Stability: Report
Reuters (via YahooNews), January 30, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070130/wl_nm/china_stability_d
c_1;_ylt=Am63thepojfLUeLc3zzhE9FPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW
04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUleLc3zzhE9FPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMT
BiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Land Policy
Land-Seizure Rows the Main Cause of Rural Unrest in '06
South China Morning Post, January 31, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ1ZDXEKXE.html

Law
段惠民的亲属提出行政复议要求撤销劳教决定 (Duan Huimin's Family Launches Administrative Review Against His Reeducation-Through-Labor Order)
Radio Free Asia, January 30, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/30/duanhui
fang/

Media
国家新闻出版总署改口否认曾下令禁书 (Official Denies Having Ordered the Ban on 8 Books)
Radio Free Asia, January 30, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/01/30/china_media_f
reedom/

Protests and Petitions
Farmers' Protests Decline 20 Percent Last Year
China Daily, January 31, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-01/31/content_796946.
htm

佛山希涌和三山港乡征地维权新发展 (Latest Development on the Land Grabs in Guangdong)
Radio Free Asia, January 30, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/30/fushan/

湖北擂鼓墩村农民抗争月余后与政府达成协议 (Victims of Land Grabs in Hubei Reach Compromise with Village Cadres)
Radio Free Asia, January 30, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/01/30/china_rights
_rural/

Public Health
江苏吴江工厂解雇22名乙肝病毒携带者 (22 Hepatitis B Workers Dismissed by Jiangsu Factory)
Radio Free Asia, January 30, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/30/yigan/

Religion
权威人士：爱国会地位将加强 (Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association Will Strengthen, Says Unnamed Chinese Authority)
Wen Wei Po, January 31, 2007
http://paper.wenweipo.com/2007/01/31/CH0701310015.htm

Tibet
Tibetan Teen Says He Fled China Captors
Associated Press (via YahooNews), January 30, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070130/ap_on_re_as/india_tibetan
s_shot_1;_ylt=AgKrCQmGhYjN2fmp2Teiln1PzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMT
BiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUlQmGhYjN2fmp2Teiln1PzWQ
A;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Hong Kong
HK Race Is Everything but an Election
Financial Times, January 31, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/49c7227c-b0b8-11db-8a62-0000779e23
40,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2340.
html0000779e2340,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-000077
9e2340.html

January 30, 2007

Top News of the Day
Police
北京社会活动家华惠棋遭公安袭击 (Social Activist Hua Huiqi Assaulted and Detained in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, January 29, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/29/hua/
On January 26, church and social activist Hua Huiqi (华惠棋) and his 76-year-old mother were attacked and wounded by the police when they tried to talk to the deputies of the Beijing Municipal People's Congress. They were then taken to the police station in Beijing, where Hua was again beaten. The police told Hua's wife that he had been sentenced to one months' criminal detention for "obstructing the execution of official duties."

News
Death Penalty
黑龙江一局长为还赌债劫杀一副局长被判处死刑 (Former Cadre Sentenced to Death in Heilongjiang over Murder and Other Charges)
Xinhuanet, January 28, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-01/28/content_5664106.
htm

Environment
Small Power Plants to Shut Down
South China Morning Post, January 30, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZAHRNTEXE.html

Human Rights Defender - Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)
郭飞雄案涉揭黑　转押沈阳恐遭报复 (Guo Feixiong Fears Acts of Revenge by Shenyang Police While in Detention)
Radio Free Asia, January 29, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/29/guo/

Law
Supreme People's Court Details Five Ways to a Harmonious Society
People's Daily, January 30, 2007
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200701/30/eng20070130_3458
50.html

莆田失地农民游行申请再次被拒决定入禀法院 (Victims of Land Grabs in Fujian Sue Police over Rejection of Application to Demonstrate)
Radio Free Asia, January 29, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/01/29/china_rights_r
ural/

Media
China Deletes Nearly 3,000 Pieces of Harmful On-Line Information in 2006
People's Daily, January 30, 2007
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200701/30/eng20070130_345
849.html

学者北京集会批评政府箝制言论 (50 Scholars Meet in Beijing to Criticize Banning of 8 Books)
Radio Free Asia, January 29, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/29/bj/

英国电视台北京现场播报遭中国警察阻止 (British TV Station Barred from Broadcasting Live in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, January 29, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/29/tv/

First Real-Name Blog Website Launched in China
China Daily, January 29, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-01/29/content_795804
.htm

'I Know Who My Comrades Are'
Wall Street Journal, January 27, 2007
http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110009588&
mod=RSS_Opinion_Journal&ojrss=frontpages=frontpage

日本产经新闻采访高智晟受阻 (Japanese Newspaper Barred from Interviewing Gao Zhisheng)
Radio Free Asia, January 29, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/29/gao/

大竹民众怀疑当局掩盖真相 公安关闭网上论坛封锁言论 (Two Internet Forums Closed for Allowing Discussion on Death of Raped Girl in Sichuan)
Radio Free Asia, January 29, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/01/29/china_riot/

Migrant Workers
报告：中国民工留守儿童童年孤独 (CASS Report Finds Most Children Left Behind by Migrant Workers' Parents Feel Lonely)
BBC, January 29, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_6300000/newsid_630
8700/6308705.stm

Olympics
China Warns on Olympics Morality
BBC, January 30, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6308863.stm

Protests and Petitions
百余农民工工地前讨薪 (100 Migrant Workers Block Roads in Beijing to Demand Outstanding Backpay)
The Beijing News, January 30, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0558/2007/01-30/021@239530.htm

In Brief: HK Protester Freed from House Arrest in Beijing
South China Morning Post, January 30, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ6SWNTEXE.html

Petition over Property Prices Gains Momentum
South China Morning Post, January 30, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZBUZNTEXE.html

浙江上访者遭截访 吕耿松两度受询问 (Aggrieved Parties Barred from Petitioning Outside Meeting of Zhejiang People's Congress)
Radio Free Asia, January 29, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/29/zhejiang/

Rural Issues
New Pledge to Give Farmers a Louder Voice
South China Morning Post, January 30, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZEZSNTEXE.html

January 27 - 29, 2007

Top News of the Day
Tibet
China Detains Tibetan Monk in Gansu
Radio Free Asia, January 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/tibetan/2007/01/26/tibetan_monk/
Chinese authorities in a Tibetan region of northwest Gansu Province arrested a monk on January 8; his whereabouts have been unclear since then. Local residents speculated that the arrest of Jamyang Gyatso could be because he helped them receive a Radio Free Asia broadcast in Tibetan, or that he made copies of a book writer by the Tibetan poet Hortsang Jigme, who lives in the United States.

News
Death Penalty
北京市高院院长称死刑案件拟要求关键证人出庭 (Beijing Higher People's Court Considers Mandating That Crucial Witnesses Testify in Trials that May Involve Death Penalty)
Xinhuanet, January 29, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-01/29/content_5666840.
htm

死刑复核案律师可见最高法法官 (Supreme People's Court Judges to Meet Lawyers Involved in Death Penalty Cases upon Request)
The Beijing News, January 29, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0565/2007/01-29/014@063332.
htm

甘肃宣传部副部长被杀案的两名罪犯被判死刑 (Two Murderers of Cadre Sentenced to Death in Gansu)
Radio Free Asia, January 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/01/26/china_crime/

Economic Development
China May Achieve Industrial Economy by 2015: Report
People's Daily, January 28, 2007
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200701/28/eng20070128_345
510.html

Environment
Raise Environment Watchdog to Ministerial Level: Academics
South China Morning Post, January 29, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZZMNNTEXE.html

Labor
Guangdong's Foreign Firms Must Set Up Labour Unions
South China Morning Post, January 29, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZD1UNTEXE.html

Land Policy
Bosses to Go back to Building Homes
South China Morning Post, January 27, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZOQQNTEXE.html

Law
余姚市政府组织强拆民房 法院判决其行政违法 (Ningbo Court Rules Forcible Demolition Illegal)
Xinhuanet, January 29, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-01/29/content_5667948.h
tm

山东两千民师告官　官压上访疑涉贪 (Shandong Courts Refuse to Accept Claims from 2,000 Private School Teachers)
Radio Free Asia, January 27, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/27/shandong/

一名乙肝带菌者控告东莞港资企业歧视 (Hepatitis B Carrier Launches Discrimination Lawsuit Against Hong Kong Enterprise)
Radio Free Asia, January 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/01/26/china_discrimi
nation/

Media
Channels Boom, but Picture Remains Blurred
South China Morning Post, January 29, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZFCQNTEXE.html

外国记記者採访放宽 地头蟲迎战过江龙 (China's Media Feel the Heat Under New Regulation Governing Journalists' Work)
Ming Pao, January 29, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070129/cha1.htm

中国禁书引起强烈反弹 (Scholars in China Condemn Censorship of New Books)
Radio Free Asia, January 28, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/28/jinshu/

Hospital Sues over Transplant Reports
South China Morning Post, January 27, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZGRQNTEXE.html

自由派顶尖学者开讲　“二十一世纪兴云讲坛”被封杀 (Forum Composed of Top Liberal Scholars Ordered to Close, Website Shut down)
Radio Free Asia, January 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/26/21/

Police
川酒店女工证实死於急病 (Sichuan Police Find Girl Died of Illness, Not Rape)
Wen Wei Po, January 29, 2007
http://www.wenweipo.com/news_print.phtml?news_id=CH07012
90040

Protests and Petitions
反右50周年永湧索偿潮 (Victims Seek Compensation Ahead of 50th Anniversary of "Anti-Rightist" Campaign)
Ming Pao, January 29, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070129/cab1.htm

HK Demonstrator Threatens Suicide
South China Morning Post, January 27, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZEYTNTEXE.html

岑溪农民抗议造纸厂污染　警方拘押十几名村民 (10 Guangxi Villagers Arrested for Protesting Pollution from Paper Factory)
Radio Free Asia, January 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/26/wuran/

武汉下岗职工抗议集体财产被侵吞 (20 Dismissed Workers Protest Unfair Compensation in Wuhan)
Radio Free Asia, January 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/01/26/china_protest/

二百名访民在北京市人大会议开幕当天被抓 (200 Petitioners Taken Away as Beijing Local People's Congress Starts)
Radio Free Asia, January 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/26/fangmin/

Public Health
Pledge to Clean Up Drugs Watchdog
South China Morning Post, January 28, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ2ZSNTEXE.html

Drug Talks Offer Aids Patients Hope
South China Morning Post, January 27, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZKQQNTEXE.html

Xinjiang
Uygur Analysis Appals
South China Morning Post, January 29, 2007
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZC7UNTEXE.html