The HRIC Daily Brief is a daily selection of news stories and commentary related to human rights in China, drawn from Chinese- and English-language news and online media sources that we monitor daily. In addition to headlines and source links, HRIC also provides English translation of Chinese headlines.

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

April 10, 2007

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defenders - Yan Zhengxue (严正学)
严正学案一审未当庭宣判 (Yan Zhengxue Tried, Verdict Yet to Be Delivered)
Radio Free Asia, April 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/04/05/y
an/
Yan Zhengxue stood trial in the Taizhou Intermediate People's Court on April 5 on "subversion of state power" charges. The trial lasted for three hours. The court adjourned without giving a verdict and no date has been set for delivering the verdict. The bases of the charge were that Yan was a member of the China Democracy Party and that he published "subversive" articles on overseas Web sites. The four witnesses who had planned to testify for him were barred from attending the trial. Yan pleaded not guilty.

News
Bilateral Ties
China Urges Sudan to Accept U.N. Troops
Associated Press (via YahooNews), April 10, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070410/ap_on_re_af/sudan
_china_4;_ylt=ArGKmQLxlL_zgKvUn52Z2JhPzWQA

Civil Society
NGOs Gain Currency in Rural Areas as Beijing Aims to Share Wealth
South China Morning Post, April 10, 2007
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZWL6DE50F.html

Corruption
Anti-Graft Drive Targets Rent-Seeking
South China Morning Post, April 10, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZO43DE50F.html

Second Senior Beijing Official Said to Be Held for Graft
South China Morning Post, April 10, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ9ML7E50F.html

Human Rights Defenders
任畹町获准前往香港检查身体 (Beijing-Based Dissident Ren Wanding Allowed to Go to Hong Kong for Medical Exam)
Radio Free Asia, April 10, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/04/09/china_dis
sident/

维权人士杨在新被暴打留医 (Rights Defender Yang Zaixin Hospitalized After Being Beaten)
Radio Free Asia, April 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/04/09/w
eiquan/

三名赤壁三峡移民维权代表被判刑 (Three Sentenced for Protesting Three Gorges Construction at Tiananmen Square)
Radio Free Asia, April 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/04/09/china_ri
ghts_rural_gorges/

中国泛蓝联盟各省成员被国保骚扰 (Pan-Blue Alliance Members Harassed by Domestic Security Protection Section)
Radio Free Asia, April 07, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/04/07/fan
lan/

Human Rights Defender – Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
高智晟家中坐牢 致电外界打开黑箱内幕 (Gao Zhisheng "Jailed at Home," Reveals Inside Story in Phone Call to Hu Jia)
Radio Free Asia, April 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/04/06/gao/

Labor
“开除是打击报复”京被开除工会主席一审胜诉 (Dismissal of Union Chairperson of a Sino-Japanese Joint Venture Held to Be Unlawful Retaliation)
Xinhuanet, April 10, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/local/2007-04/10/content_595
4968.htm

Land Policy
两百多名成都警察偷拆教师家宅 (200 Chengdu Police Officers Demolish Teacher's House While She Is Away)
Radio Free Asia, April 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/04/08/ji
aoshi/

Media
China Cracks Down on Online IDs
Financial Times, April 09, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2f9f7060-e6bf-11db-9034-000b5
df10621,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e23
40.html

Population
Father-of-Five Expelled from Party
South China Morning Post, April 10, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZK1M7E50F.html

Protests and Petitions
Couple Face Eviction After Fiery Threat
South China Morning Post, April 10, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZC1M7E50F.html

中国实施上访条例上访者依然无助 (Petitioners Still Helpless Despite Implementation of Petitioning Regulation)
Voice of America, April 09, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-04-09-voa24.cfm

武汉花楼街居民再次被拆迁办人员暴力围殴 (Wuhan Residents Beaten by Eviction Officers Again)
Radio Free Asia, April 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/04/09/
caiqian/

河南艾滋女病人上访遭十多人殴伤 (AIDS Patient Beaten for Trying to Petition at Henan Bureau of Letters and Calls)
Radio Free Asia, April 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/04/05/China_P
etitioner/

Public Health
健康歧视影响教育公平 (Health-Based Discrimination Affects Access to Education)
China Youth Daily, April 10, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-04/10/content_1727906
.htm

Monday, April 09, 2007

April 9, 2007

News

Bilateral Ties
China delegation visits Darfur camps: report
Reuters (via YahooNews), April 09, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070408/wl_nm/china_sudan_darfur
_dc_1;_ylt=AvmyG4tXmVr1BcR7eeq0cURPzWQA

China optimistic Sudan will accept U.N. peacekeepers in Darfur
International Herald Tribune, April 09, 2007
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/04/09/africa/AF-GEN-Sudan-
China.php

Japanese travel agencies offer more China tours
EastDay.com, April 09, 2007
http://english.eastday.com/eastday/englishedition/features/userobject
1ai2751391.html

US sizes up WTO clash with China over copyright piracy
AFP (via YahooNews), April 09, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070409/wl_asia_afp/uschinawtotra
decopyrightpiracy_070409155619;_ylt=AhgYLSBw3WVQRFElrsfpSrN
PzWQA

Corruption
Former senior police officer jailed for life in east China
Xinhuanet, April 09, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/09/content_5954588.htm

Leaders call for intensified battle against corruption
Xinhuanet, April 09, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/09/content_5953938.htm

Economic Development
Development of West China more important
CCTV International, April 09, 2007
http://www.cctv.com/program/bizchina/20070409/104378.shtml

Environment
U.N. report raises pressure on China to cut pollution
Los Angeles Times, April 09, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-green
8apr08,1,1672111.story?coll=la-headlines-world

Gender
Chinese Slough Off Old Barriers to Divorce
Washington Post, April 09, 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article
/2007/04/06/AR2007040602220.html?hpid=topnews

Hong Kong
China officially reappoints Hong Kong leader
AFP (via YahooNews), April 09, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070409/wl_asia_afp/hongkongchina
politics_070409154912;_ylt=Al3fKWYfEDKA2bmbz93eCflPzWQA

Human Rights
China slams U.S. human rights report as slanderous
CCTV International, April 09, 2007
http://www.cctv.com/english/20070409/100938.shtml

Human Rights Defenders
’I want justice’ — Celil’s wife
Journal Chretien, April 09, 2007
http://www.spcm.org/Journal/spip.php?article8579

Human Rights Defenders
Gao Zhisheng: 'I Will Fight for My Family's Living Rights'
Epoch Times, April 09, 2007
http://en.epochtimes.com/news/7-4-8/53882.html

Labor
Coal mine accident kills nine in northwest China
CCTV International, April 09, 2007
http://www.cctv.com/english/20070409/100704.shtml

Media
Google apologizes to China's Sohu.com
Reuters (via news.com), April 09, 2007
http://news.com.com/Google+apologizes+to+Chinas+Sohu.com/
2100-1032_3-6174367.html

Politics
Senior official stresses China's need for developing "soft power"
Xinhuanet, April 09, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/08/content_594999
6.htm

Public Health
Blood sales crackdown extended to 21 cities
SCMP, April 09, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZAO1DE50F.html

Experts warn of lower fertility in China
Xinhuanet, April 09, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/09/content_5952830.htm

Religion
'I don't tell people around me I'm Catholic. I am afraid it will get me into trouble'
SCMP, April 09, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZSU1DE50F.html

Friday, April 06, 2007

April 6, 2007

News

Bilateral Ties
A "Village" Spans Two Nations
Beijing Review, April 06, 2007
http://www.bjreview.com.cn/quotes/txt/2007-04/06/content_
60981.htm

China and Africa: A New Scramble?
AEI, April 06, 2007
http://www.aei.org/publications/filter.all,pubID.25912/pub_detail.asp

China's most-wanted man granted another reprieve in Canada
International Herald Tribune, April 06, 2007
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/04/05/america/NA-GEN-Canada-
Chinese-Fugitive.php

China's shameful role in Darfur
Tapei Times, April 06, 2007
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2007/04/06/
2003355508

Corruption
Heads likely to roll over fund scandal
SCMP, April 06, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ3SG7E50F.html

Disasters
Rock slide in SW China forces evacuation of 2,700 people
Xinhuanet, April 06, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/06/content_5944009.htm

Environment
River Pollution Stops Water Supply in Southwest China
Beijing Review, April 06, 2007
http://www.bjreview.com.cn/headline/txt/2007-04/06/content_
60994.htm

Water supplies resumed with allowable level of lead in south China river
Xinhuanet, April 06, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/06/content_5943236.htm

Food Security
To Fortify China, Soybean Harvest Grows in Brazil
New York Times, April 06, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/06/business/worldbusiness/
06soy.html?hp

Human Rights Defenders
Land rights lawyer goes missing
SCMP, April 06, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZSHXCE50F.html

Labor
Beijing considers staggered workday start times
Xinhuanet, April 06, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/06/content
_5942703.htm

Fire put out, power cut off after gas leak in NE China
Xinhuanet, April 06, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/06/content_
5942440.htm

One missing, 11 injured after factory blast in NW China
Xinhuanet, April 06, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/06/content_
5942316.htm

Law
Laws adopted in 2006
Beijing Review, April 06, 2007
http://www.bjreview.com.cn/backgrounder/txt/2007-01/10/content
_52563.htm

Olympics
China to use venues post-Games
Radio Australia, April 06, 2007
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/s1891728.htm

Saving of Beijing's historic neighborhoods
Asia Times Online, April 4, 2007
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/ID06Ad01.html

Police
Blowing the whistle on police costs officer his job
SCMP, April 06, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZOIXCE50F.html

Public Health
China to formalise ban on trade in human organs
Reuters Alert Net, April 06, 2007
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK279705.htm

Doctors cool on emergency call
SCMP, April 06, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZRCG7E50F.html

Hepatitis B carriers offered false hope of beating health checks
SCMP, April 06, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZFSG7E50F.html

Public urged to keep vigilant against bird flu
Xinhuanet, April 06, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/06/content_5943859.htm

Xinjiang
China to build Central Asian Highways
Radio Free Europe, April 06, 2007
http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2007/04/526EDB11-47A2-4988-
9666-63C1B7D02B0F.html

Thursday, April 05, 2007

April 5, 2007

News
Corruption
Second land official under scrutiny as pension woes widen
SCMP, April 05, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZMHBXTYZE.html

Senior Party official stresses anti-corruption
Xinhuanet, April 05, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/04/content_5934754.htm

Economic Development
Monetary strategy under review as investments threaten to rebound
SCMP, April 05, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZOF1XTYZE.html

NASDAQ to launch China Index
People's Daily, April 05, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/200704/05/eng20070405_364031.html

Education
China committed to fighting illiteracy
People's Daily, April 05, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/200704/05/eng20070405_364051.html

Environment
Paper giant accused of illegal China logging
CCTV International, April 05, 2007
http://www.cctv.com/program/bizchina/20070405/102829.shtml

Gender
China launches first gay TV show
BBC, April 05, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6528509.stm

Trafficking of Rural Women, Children Increasing in China
Voice of America, April 05, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-04-04-voa17.cfm

Government
Beijing vows to reduce gov't expenditure by 10%
Xinhuanet, April 05, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/04/content_5933279.htm

Labor
Glory without pay for answering Mao's call
SCMP, April 05, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZIFZUTYZE.html

Land Policy
'Nail House' Stories Fire Up Chinese Netizens
Radio Free Asia, April 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/politics/2007/04/02/china_nailhouse/

Media
No more money-for-coverage
AP (via YahooNews), April 05, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070403/ap_on_re_as/china_news_for_sale_2;_

ylt=AnsMuaFUfePK9O1_9xqPtatPzWQA

Migrant Workers
Beijing offers free vaccinations to migrant workers
Xinhuanet, April 05, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/05/content_5939540.htm

Olympics
Olympic security spending to be lower in Beijing than at other Games
People's Daily, April 05, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/200704/05/eng20070405_363923.html

Politics
Suggestions pour into NPC on draft employment law
Xinhuanet, April 05, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/05/content_5935468.htm

Public Health
China must do more to prevent occupational diseases
China Daily, April 05, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-04/05/content_844435.htm

China not investing enough to fight AIDS - experts
Reuters Alert Net, April 05, 2007
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK289147.htm

Officials plan to crack down on Guangdong's thriving blood trade
SCMP, April 05, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZL8YUTYZE.html

Trial medical insurance scheme urged in cities
SCMP, April 05, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZP0ZUTYZE.html

Rural Issues
Firms embark on Long March to China's interior
Reuters (via YahooNews), April 05, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070403/lf_nm/china_investment_dc_1;_

ylt=ApP7kSZy0eMrcnP3smMlxyNPzWQA

Rural Chinese kids face trafficking risk
AP (via YahooNews), April 05, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070404/ap_on_re_as/china_child_trafficking_3;_

ylt=At2ytBQlOxVhlApO1mh0ta9PzWQA

Upwardly mobile
SCMP, April 05, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chifeatures/ZZZZEQUTYZE.html

Society
Chinese "can't afford to die" as funeral costs soar
Reuters Alert Net, April 05, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070405/wl_nm/china_funerals_dc_1;_

ylt=AioZVOxFvZDdAmAlfSTFy2JPzWQA

Xinjiang
Uyghurs in Forced Labor To Grow China’s Almonds
Radio Free Asia, April 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/social/2007/03/29/uyghur_labor/

Wednesday, April 04, 2007

April 4, 2007

News
Bilateral Ties
China Raises Darfur as Boosts Ties with Sudan
Reuters (via YahooNews), April 03, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070403/wl_nm/china_sud
an_dc_1;_ylt=AnoZk4FmA9zcnsbOgsm4B4VPzWQA

Government
郑州试行首长问责制 市民举报可调查启动程序 (New Measures in Zhengzhou Codify Accountability System for Cadres)
Xinhuanet, April 04, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/local/2007-04/04/content_
5931926.htm

Human Rights Defender - Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)
郭飞雄被从沈阳转回广州关押 (Guo Feixiong Back to Guangzhou from Shenyang, Detention Continues)
Radio Free Asia, April 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/04/03/g
uo/
Related Information
HRIC Press Release: Guo Feixiong
Transferred Again Pending Trial
Human Rights in China, April 02, 2007
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/item?item_i
d=35093

Land Policy
A Lesson in Government as City Settles Demolition Row
South China Morning Post, April 04, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZU0YWTYZE.html

Law
Lawyers Win Role for People Facing Labour-Camp Cases
South China Morning Post, April 04, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ80YWTYZE.html

Property Law Challenges Power of "Chengguan"?
China Daily, April 03, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-04/03/content_
842743.htm

Media
教育局关闭老师博客 (Education Authorities in Guangdong Shut Down Teacher's Blog to Facilitate Teaching and Unity)
Nanfang City News, April 04, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/20070404
0076.asp

简要新闻：深圳异议人士因支持胡温政改网络被切断 (In Brief: Shenzhen Dissident's Internet Access Cut Due to Signature Campaign Supporting CPC Leadership's Political Reform)
Radio Free Asia, April 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/04/03/ - shen
zhen

Newspapers Told to Stop Employees Taking Money for Favourable Reports
South China Morning Post, April 04, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZWYUUTYZE.html

No-Go Zones
South China Morning Post, April 04, 2007
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZSXUUTYZE.html

Olympics
北京将规范处置肇事精神病人 奥运期间分级控制 (Beijing to Pass Regulation Controlling People with Mental Illness During the Olympics)
Legal Daily, April 04, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2007-04/04/content_5
80362.htm

Protests and Petitions
长春化工厂200多下岗工人请愿受到警方镇压 (200 Laid-off Workers at Chemical Plant in Changchun Petition Authorities over Dismissal; 20 Demonstrators Injured by Police in Stand-Off)
Radio Free Asia, April 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/04/03/china_l
abor_petition/

自贡市长接待日上访农民遭到暴力驱赶 (Authorities in Sichuan Use Violence to Disperse Eight Farmers Protesting Land Grab on "Mayor’s Reception Day")
Radio Free Asia, April 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/04/03/china_r
ights_clash/

佳木斯医院保安与病人家属发生冲突 (Security Guards and Family of Dead Patient Clash in Heilongjiang Hospital)
Radio Free Asia, April 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/04/03/jia/

长沙太平街拆迁户受当局施压不敢维权 (Victims of Land Grabs in Hunan Pressured Not to Defend Rights)
Radio Free Asia, April 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/04/03/
weiquan/

信访成中国官员政绩指标 (Work Dealing with Petitions Becomes Index of Officials' Performance)
Radio Free Asia, April 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/04/03/x
infang/

Public Health
粤东卖血部落调查: "血奴"吃药催血月卖血十六次 (Investigation into the Blood Trade in Guangdong: "Blood Slaves" Take Drugs to Boost Blood Levels, Some Sell Blood 16 Times a Month)
Xinhuanet, April 04, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/society/2007-04/04/content_
5931509.htm

Social Security
Social Fund to Get 500m Yuan to Help Repair Losses
South China Morning Post, April 04, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ9B8XTYZE.html

Hong Kong
One Man, One Vote for Legco Unlikely in 2012
South China Morning Post, April 04, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZJ1YWTYZE.html

Tuesday, April 03, 2007

April 3, 2007

News
Bilateral Ties
China, Sudan Vow to Boost Military Exchanges
People's Daily, April 02, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/200704/02/eng20070402_36
3135.html

Death Penalty
What Price Human Rights?
South China Morning Post, April 03, 2007
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZ0QUWTYZE.html

Education
Illiterate Ranks Swell Amid Urban Drift
The Standard, April 03, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?
we_cat=3&art_id=41472&sid=12979207&con_type=1&d_str=20070403

Freedom of Speech
云南纪录片展因涉文革题材被无限期推迟 (Documentary Exhibition in Yunnan Delayed Indefinitely for Including Film of Cultural Revolution)
Radio Free Asia, April 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/04/02/china_
freedom_speech_movie/

Human Rights
老党员讨欠款不明死亡 法院不准家属验伤见尸 (Henan Court Bars Family from Looking Into Mysterious Death of Old CPC Member)
Radio Free Asia, April 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/04/02/
luoyang/

Human Rights Defender - Yan Zhengxue (严正学)
简要新闻：严正学案拟于四月五号开庭 (In Brief: Yan Zhengxue to Stand Trial on April 5)
Radio Free Asia, April 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/04/02/xinwen/
- yan

Human Rights Defenders
维权警察被“鉴定”为精神异常　剥夺司法权利 (Wuhan Policeman and Rights Defender "Certified" as Mentally Abnormal and Deprived of Judicial Rights)
Radio Free Asia, April 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/04/02/
policeman/

浙江渔民维权代表林柄长被关押三个月后取保释放 (Zhejiang Rights Defender Lin Bingzhang Released on Bail After 3 Months of Detention)
Radio Free Asia, April 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/04/02/Chin
a-release/

Land Policy
China Tears Down Home Amid Standoff
Associated Press (via YahooNews), April 03, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070403/ap_on_re_as/china
_home_dispute_1;_ylt=Av2knbC_9a7nL_qtqNed_GlPzWQA

Law
一律师为会见权打官司 (Beijing Lawyer Sues Liaoning Public Security Bureau for Turning Down His Requests to Meet Client)
China Youth Daily, April 03, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-04/03/content_1720306
.htm

律师可代理劳动教养案件 (New Regulation in Chongqing Allows Legal Representation in Reeducation-Through-Labor Cases)
Legal Daily, April 03, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2007-04/03/content_57
8909.htm

Media
"Nail House" Stories Fire Up Chinese Netizens
Radio Free Asia, April 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/politics/2007/04/02/chin
a_nailhouse/

Olympics
长安街沿线公交将装摄像头 (Beijing to Install 3,600 CCTV Cameras in Public Transportation This Year)
The Beijing News, April 03, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0553/2007/04-03/015@
253250.htm

Christian Leaders Arrange Care for 2008 Olympics
Spero News, March 29, 2007
http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?idarticle=8734

Protests and Petitions
辽宁退休干部县政府请愿　要求停止克扣退休金 (Hundreds of Retired Cadres in Liaoning Petition Illegal Reduction of Retirement Funds)
Radio Free Asia, April 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/04/02/
heishan/

江苏和浙江两会期间上访的访民受惩处 (Two Punished for Petitioning Activities During Two Sessions in Jiangsu and Zhejiang)
Radio Free Asia, April 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/04/02/China-
Petitioner/

广西三合口村拆迁户表示对司法和上访失去信心 (Victims of Land Grab in Guangxi Say They Have Lost Faith in Effectiveness of Petitioning and Lawsuits)
Radio Free Asia, April 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/04/02/china_d
emolition_clash/

Religion
安徽及辽宁分别再有家庭教会受到当局打压 (Protestant House Church Members in Anhui and Liaoning Persecuted by Local Authorities)
Radio Free Asia, April 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/04/02/China-r
eligion/

Monday, April 02, 2007

March 31- April 2, 2007

Top News of the Day
Olympics
4 Dead in Beijing Olympic Subway Cave-in
Associated Press (via YahooNews), April 01, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070401/ap_on_re_as/chin
a_subway_collapse_1;_ylt=AlgJRZXLOzlzBIonjFXkBttPz
WQA
A cave-in along a subway line being built for the 2008 Olympic Games killed four construction workers, and two others remain missing. The construction company has been accused of sealing the site immediately after the accident, confiscating employees' mobile phones and ordering people not to talk to police or media - it waited eight hours to report the accident. Police have detained 10 people, including the project supervisor and the tunnel's designers.

News
Environment
Dirty Firms Named in Shame List
South China Morning Post, March 31, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ6WQQZTZE.html

Gender
Cruel Trade
South China Morning Post, April 02, 2007
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZWPQWTYZE.html

Government
为什么紧急通知总赶不上瞒报的步伐 (Commentary: Why Are Emergency Notices Insufficient to Prevent Concealment of Disasters?)
China Youth Daily, April 02, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-04/02/content_1718896
.htm

Human Rights Defenders
襄樊访民在北京被截回后遭关押 (Petitioner Detained in Hubei for 2 Weeks After Being Sent Back from Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, March 30, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/03/30/china_
petition_detain/

前往解除官洲岛村民的北京律师失踪 (Whereabouts Unknown of Beijing Lawyer Who Advised Victims of Land Grabs in Guangzhou)
Radio Free Asia, March 30, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/03/30/china_
rights_rural/

Labor
时薪低于官方标准 麦当劳肯德基受查 (MacDonald's and KFC to Be Investigated over Underpayment Allegations)
Ming Pao, April 02, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070402/cae1.htm

Land Policy
法学家解读"钉子户"事件:拆迁条例与物权法冲突 (Jurists Argue the "Nail House" Incident Reflects a Conflict Between Eviction Regulations and Property Rights Law)
EastDay.com, April 02, 2007
http://news.eastday.com/c/20070402/u1a2729453.html

Law
河南法官湖北遭打的前因后果 (The Cause and Result of the Beatings of Hunan Judges)
Legal Daily, April 02, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2007-04/02/content_57
7734.htm

Media
Blogging Brings Gift of Free Thought to China's Long-Controlled Masses
South China Morning Post, April 02, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZSDNUTYZE.html

中国封锁载文警告中国投资风险的法国国际危机观察网站 (France-Based Website Blocked Due to Article Warning of Investment Risks in China)
Radio Free Asia, March 30, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/03/30/china_
internet_freedom/

中国下令禁止网上报道钉子户事件 (China Bans Internet Reports on Eviction of the "Nail House" Residents)
Radio Free Asia, March 30, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/03/30/d
ingzhi/

Olympics
China Stands Firms Against Olympic Critics
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), March 30, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070330/wl_asia_afp/oly20
08chnpoliticsrightschinadarfur_070330052145;_ylt=AiDUW
.OIiuAwhQ8Fgk_jKq5PzWQA

北京奥运前努力美化环境为面子? (Is Beijing's Environmental Work Ahead of the Games Only to Save Face?)
Voice of America, March 30, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-03-30-voa34.cfm

Police
中国公安部门年内和旅馆业信息联网 (Chinese Police to Have Online Access About Information of Hotel Visitors This Year)
Radio Free Asia, March 31, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/03/31/
lianwang/

Politics
Beijing Looks to Expand Party's Ruling Bodies
South China Morning Post, April 02, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZPUOUTYZE.html

Protests and Petitions
公安部称未下达控制两会期间上访人员进京指令 (Ministry of Public Security Denies Having Ordered the Control of Petitioners During the Two Sessions)
Radio Free Asia, March 31, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/03/31/l
ianghui/

武汉医疗事故亲属抗议遭殴打 (Relatives Beaten and 1 Taken Away in Wuhan After Protesting Death of Woman Due to Delayed Treatment)
Radio Free Asia, March 30, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/03/30/s
higu/

官洲事件后 伤者村民四人被抓 (Victims of Land Grabs in Guangzhou Detained After Being Beaten)
Radio Free Asia, March 30, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/03/30/
guangzhou/

北海政府暴力强迁禁媒体报道 网友热议“钉子户”的不同待遇 (Website Ordered to Pull Reports on Violent Eviction in Guangxi)
Radio Free Asia, March 30, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/03/30/nail/

Religion
辽宁地下基督教会传教人被劳教 (Two Propagators of Christian Family Church in Liaoning Sent to Reeducation-Through-Labor Camp for 1 Year)
Radio Free Asia, April 01, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/04/01/li
aoning/

Society - Ethnic Minorities
中国将制订少数民族突发事件应急预案 (China to Formulate Emergency Response Policy Concerning Ethnic Minorities)
Radio Free Asia, March 30, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/03/30/
tufa/

Tibet
Amnesty Queries China over Panchen Lama in Rare Talks
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), March 30, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070330/wl_asia_afp/uschi
natibetrights_070330224643;_ylt=Al5mwsPPaSDKFlPpjAQ
wvSdPzWQA

Friday, March 30, 2007

March 30, 2007

Top News of the Day

Human Rights Defenders - Sun Xiaodi (孙小弟)
公安威胁将再次逮捕孙小弟 (Public Security Threatens to Arrest Sun Xiaodi Again)
Radio Free Asia, March 29, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/03/29/china_
dissident/
Wife of Environment Activist Sun Xiaodi has been harassed by local police after Sun reportedly escaped surveillance to seek medical treatment in Beijing recently. She has been threatened with the arrest of her husband if she refuses to tell the police Sun's contact information in Beijing.


News
Corporate Social Accountability
We Follow Labor Laws: McDonald's
South China Morning Post, March 30, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZHYCGVTZE.html

Yahoo!, Google Abet Censorship in China: Amnesty
Monster and Critics, March 29, 2007
http://news.monstersandcritics.com/india/news/article
_1284479.php/Yahoo!_Google_abet_censorship_in_China
_Amnesty

Education
河南农民叫板教育乱收费 两个女儿被逼辍学 (Henan Farmer Accuses School of Arbitrary Fees, His Two Daughters are Forced to Drop Out of School)
Xinhuanet, March 30, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/society/2007-03/30/content
_5915555.htm

Ethnic Minorities
中国少数民族规划部份内容有针对 (Ethnic Minority Affairs Plan Criticized for Bias Against Uyghurs and Tibetans )
Voice of America, March 29, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/W2007-03-29-voa43.cfm

Official: China Has No Racial Discrimination
China Daily, March 30, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-03/29/content_
839770.htm

Hukou
中国已有12省区市取消农业和非农业二元户口划分 (12 Provinces, Regions and Municipalities Unify Urban and Rural Household Registration)
Nanfang City News, March 30, 2007
http://news.eastday.com/c/20070330/u1a2721915.html

Labor
京塌地盘迟报7小时 (Seven Hours Delay in Reporting Beijing Tunnel Collapse)
Ming Pao, March 30, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070330/ccc1.htm

Land Policy
Guangdong Considers New Land Proposals
South China Morning Post, March 30, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZKLDGVTZE.html

四川自贡市再次发生政府强行征地事件 (Violent Clashes Over Forced Eviction Reported Again in Zigong City in Sichuan
Radio Free Asia, March 29, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/03/
29/zigong/

Law
最高法：支持行政领导出庭应诉 但不宜强制 (Supreme People's Court Agrees that Officials Attending Administrative Trials Should be Encouraged, But Not Compulsory)
Xinhuanet, March 30, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-03/30/content_
5915443.htm

Media
昝爱宗和浦志强谈博客言论遭封杀经历 (Journalist Zan Aizong and Rights Lawyer Pu Zhiqiang Speak on China's Blog Blocking)
Radio Free Asia, March 29, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/03/
29/blog/

Military
周文重暗示增军费涉反恐 (Chinese Ambassador Hints at Increase in Military Expenditure the Result of Anti-Terrorism Efforts)
Ming Pao, March 30, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070330/cae1.htm

Olympics
China Blasts Attempts to Link Olympics to Darfur Issue
People's Daily, March 30, 2007
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200703/29/eng20070329
_362234.html

Farrow Blasts Spielberg for Role in Beijing `Genocide Olympics'
The Standard, March 30, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat
=18&art_id=41218&sid=12896852&con_type=1&d_str=
20070330

Protests and Petitions
调查称中国上访群众常遭殴打拘留 (Beatings and Detention of Petitioners Common, Survey Shows)
Voice of America, March 29, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-03-29-voa35.cfm

当局追捕退伍军人上访组织者 (Authorities Track Down Organizer Who Plans to Stage Protest with Veteran Military Officers Over Welfare Benefits)
Radio Free Asia, March 30, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/03/29/china
_petition_veteran/

公安部要求建立群体性事件处置机制 (Public Security Bureau Calls to Establish System to Deal with Mass Incidents)
EastDay.com, March 30, 2007
http://news.eastday.com/c/20070330/u1a2722858.html

重庆“钉子户”事件内幕调查 (Chongqing Initiates 'Nail House' Probe)
Nanfang Weekend, March 29, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20070329/xw/tb/
200703290002.asp

医院误诊导致死亡 家属群众要求赔偿 (Family Demands Hospital Compensate for Treatment Delay)
Radio Free Asia, March 29, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/03/
29/wuhan/

Thursday, March 29, 2007

March 29, 2007


News

Corruption
37 Corrupt Officials Deported Home
People's Daily, March 28, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/200703/28/eng20070328_
361890.html

Death Penalty
Drop in Executions Leads to Organ Shortage
Spiegel Online, March 29, 2007
http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,474396,00.html

Environment
China May Stop 'Dragon Project'
BBC, March 28, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6504317.stm

Ethnic Minorities
中国将制订处置涉及民族因素突发性事件应急预案 (China to Draft Emergency Response Plan on Emergencies Concerning Ethnic Related Issues)
EastDay.com, March 29, 2007
http://news.eastday.com/c/20070329/u1a2719293.html

我国将建立民族关系监测系统 (China to Establish Ethnic Relations Monitoring System)
EastDay.com, March 29, 2007
http://news.eastday.com/c/20070329/u1a2719647.html

Government
国务院原则通过《生产安全事故报告和调查处理条例(草案)》等不得迟报谎报瞒报漏报事故 (State Council Approves Industrial Safety Regulation to Prevent Cover-ups of Accidents)
Legal Daily, March 29, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2007-03/29/content_
574527.htm

Human Rights Defenders - Sun Xiaodi (孫小弟)
孙小弟逃过监控前往北京求医 (Sun Xiaodi Escapes Surveillance to Seek Medical Treatment in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, March 28, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/03/28/
china_dissident/
Labor
Chinese Coal Mine Explosion Kills 26
Associated Press (via YahooNews), March 29, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070329/ap_on_re_as/china
_mine_deaths&printer=1;_ylt=ApJd0lIvsoG0smQhAX_g1bL9xg8F

Law
国家28个部委中已有24个做过行政诉讼被告 (24 of the 28 State Departments and Bureaus Had Been Sued under Administrative Law)
People's Daily, March 29, 2007
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1026/5537031.html

“无所不管”的城管没有执法依据？ (Does City Management Authority Have Legal Backing for Performing Its Law Enforcement Duties?
China Youth Daily, March 29, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-03/29/content_1715056.htm

Media
昝爱宗的VIP 博客遭到封锁 (Journalist Zan Aizong's VIP Blog Blocked)
Radio Free Asia, March 28, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/03/28/-zan

Olympics
Beijing's Olympic Stadium Not Ready until Next March
Associated Press (via CNN), March 28, 2007
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/more/03/28/bc.
oly.beijing.venues.ap/index.html?eref=si_more

Secrecy As Hunt for Outside Games' Volunteers Begins
South China Morning Post, March 29, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZD6AGVTZE.html

Police
年底前拘留所与看守所“剥离” (System of Detention and Custody Centers Should Be Separated Before End of Year)
Legal Daily, March 29, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2007-03/29/content
_574524.htm

Protests and Petitions
Village Loses Fight to Save Orchard
South China Morning Post, March 29, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZWY8GVTZE.html

湖北四百名下岗民办教师集体上访 (Four Hundred Hubei Private School Teachers Petition Against Corrupt Officials Over Job Allocation Arrangement)
Radio Free Asia, March 28, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/03/28/china
_petition_teacher/

广州从化政府非法强征 抓村民袭记者内媒声讨 (Guangzhou Conghua Government Criticized of Forced Eviction and Abuses Against Villagers and Reporters)
Radio Free Asia, March 28, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/03/28/
zhengdi/

上海拆迁户征集签名要求惩办腐败官员 (Shanghai Forced Eviction Victims Initiate Signature Campaign to Urge Severe Punishments for Corrupt Officials)
Radio Free Asia, March 28, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/03/28/china_
petition_shanghai/

Public Health
Chinese Teenager Dies from Bird Flu
Reuters (via YahooNews), March 29, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070329/wl_nm/birdflu_
china_dc_2;_ylt=Aurj57greeX_CWDqrOAIg7ZPzWQA

Tibet
Tibet to Extend Drinking Water to 1 Mln People by 2010
Xinhuanet, March 28, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-03/28/content_5908644.htm
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