June 20, 2007

News

Bilateral Ties

China Used 'Direct Language' to Push Sudan to Accept Peacekeepers: Diplomat

Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), June 18, 2007

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070619/wl_afp/sudandarfurunrestchina
diplomacy_070619015300;_ylt=AuhyNsAPiy0aKhrB0B8mOexPzWQA

Children

Child Workers Return to School After Tip-Off

South China Morning Post, June 20, 2007

http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d
7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0ddff14f1c443110VgnVCM100000
360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Trafficker Admits to Selling 3,000 Labourers in Three Years

South China Morning Post, June 20, 2007

http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d
7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=676ff14f1c443110VgnVCM100000
360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Woman Who Sold 118 Babies Held in Henan

Reuters (via SCMP), June 20, 2007

http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d
7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e29ff14f1c443110VgnVCM100000
360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Civil Society

China's Largest Municipality Seeks Public Opinions for Urban Development

Xinhuanet, June 18, 2007

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-06/18/content_6257448.htm

Corruption

藥監局長之子在港受賄 (Appeal Trial Concluded for Former Head of State Food and Drug Administration, Awaiting Ruling)

Ming Pao, June 20, 2007

http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070620/caf1.htm

China Steps Up Fight Against Corrupt, Negligent Officials

Xinhuanet, June 19, 2007

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-06/19/content_6264390.htm

北京海淀区四季镇二亿多农保基金被违规滥用 (Pension Funds of More than 200 Million Beijing Farmers Misused)

Radio Free Asia, June 19, 2007

http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/06/19/china_government_fund/

Environment

Liaoning's Reservoirs Dry Up

South China Morning Post, June 20, 2007

http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d
7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=eb3ff14f1c443110VgnVCM100000
360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

China Overtakes US as World's Biggest CO2 Emitter

The Guardian, June 19, 2007

http://environment.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,,2106689,00
.html

China Will Offer Tax Break to Promote Clean Energy

Xinhuanet, June 19, 2007

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-06/19/content_6261090.htm

Food Security

China to Dust off Food Safety Standards

Xinhuanet, June 20, 2007

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-06/20/content_6264933.htm

Hukou

户籍改革存诸多难点 公安部启动户口法立法调研 (Ministry of Public Security to Submit Hukou Reform Proposal)

Legal Daily, June 20, 2007

http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2007-06/20/content_641808.htm

Human Rights Defenders - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)

盲人维权者陈光诚受虐绝食抗议　狱方视而不见 (Chen Guangcheng Goes on Hunger Strike to Protest Against Ill Treatment in Prison)

Radio Free Asia, June 20, 2007

http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/06/19/chenguang
cheng/

Human Rights Defenders - Liu Anjun (刘安军)

北京维权人士刘安军被警察带走 (Rights Defender Taken Away by Beijing Police)

Radio Free Asia, June 19, 2007

http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/06/19/liuanjun/

Labor

Police Admit Failure to Stem Child Slavery

South China Morning Post, June 20, 2007

http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d
7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0afff14f1c443110VgnVCM100000
360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Law

全国人大常委会将首审民事诉讼法修正案草案 (Standing Committee of the National People's Congress to Review Draft of Amended Civil Procedure Law)

Legal Daily, June 19, 2007

http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/2007rdlf/2007-06/19/content_641287.htm

Media

《中国青年报》为抽稿事件辩护 (China Youth Daily Defends Withdrawal of Fake Drugs Report)

Radio Free Asia, June 19, 2007

http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/06/19/china_media_news
paper/

Multilateral

人权理事会就调查践踏人权达一致 (UN Human Rights Council to Reach Consensus on Investigation Policy into Human Rights Violations)

Voice of America, June 19, 2007

http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-06-19-voa57.cfm

Poverty

China Brings More Vocational Training to Poverty-Hit Areas

Xinhuanet, June 18, 2007

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-06/18/content_6259699.htm

Protests and Petitions

天津东洲抗征地十四人重判　大陆还有多少个东洲？ (Heavy Sentences Handed Down to 14 Protesters in Illegal Land Acquisition Case in Dongzhou, Tianjin)

Radio Free Asia, June 19, 2007

http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/06/19/dongzhou/

进京上访者近况 (Update on Situation of Petitioners Going to Beijing)

Radio Free Asia, June 19, 2007

http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/06/19/shangfang/

Public Health

China's Drug Watchdog Exposes Illegal Medical Instrument Ads

Xinhuanet, June 18, 2007

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-06/18/content_6259195.htm

State Security

提高反恐怖能力 维护国家安全和社会公共安全 (Luo Gan: China to Strengthen Anti-Terrorism Capability to Uphold State, Social and Public Security)

Legal Daily, June 20, 2007

http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2007-06/20/content_641789.htm

Tibet

Dalai Lama Laments Beijing Line on Autonomy

The Standard, June 20, 2007

http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3&art_id=
47207&sid=14130475&con_type=1&d_str=20070620

June 19, 2007

News
Bilateral Ties
China Criticizes U.S. Export Controls
Forbes, June 19, 2007
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/06/19/ap3833902.html

China stresses "positive, constructive" efforts on Darfur issue
Xinhuanet, June 19, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-06/19/content_
6264555.htm

China to cut tax rebates on some exports
USA Today, June 19, 2007
http://www.usatoday.com/money/world/2007-06-19-china-
trade_N.htm?csp=34

Children
Police arrest woman linked to China baby trafficking
Agence France Presse (via YahooNews), June 19, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070619/wl_asia_afp/
chinapopulationtraffickingarrest_070619080858

Corruption
China slashes red tape to help businesses, reduce corruption
Xinhuanet, June 19, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-06/19/content_
6263530.htm

Disasters
Experts: drought in Sichuan unrelated to "Three Gorges Project"
People's Daily, June 19, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/200706/19/eng20070619_
385676.html

NE China suffers worst drought in 30 years
Xinhuanet, June 19, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-06/19/content_
6264077.htm

Environment
Expanding deserts in China forcing farmers from fields,
sending sandstorms across Pacific
International Herald Tribune, June 19, 2007
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/06/18/asia/AS-FEA-GEN-
China-Expanding-Deserts.php

Food Security
China says quality of farm products improving
Reuters Alert Net, June 19, 2007
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK211698.htm

Gender
China questions U.S. human trafficking report
Xinhuanet, June 19, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-06/19/content_
6263981.htm

Government
Housing vote 'not supported'
People's Daily, June 19, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/200706/19/eng20070619_
385532.html

Labor
As More Toys Are Recalled, Trail Ends in China
New York Times, June 19, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/19/business/worldbusiness/
19toys.html?em&ex=1182312000&en=3db229b7b298465e&ei
=5087%0A

China orders crackdown on labor abuse
CNN International, June 19, 2007
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/06/19/china.slaves.ap/

Chinese police hunting at least 20 people in slave labor probe
Xinhuanet, June 19, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-06/19/content_
6263541.htm

Media
FEATURE - Blocked China Web users rage against Great Firewall
Reuters India, June 19, 2007
http://in.today.reuters.com/News/newsArticle.aspx?type=
technologyNews&storyID=2007-06-19T192930Z_01_
NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_India-303835-1.xml

Multilateral
China blocks consensus on UN rights council rules
Agence France Presse (via YahooNews), June 19, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070618/wl_asia_afp/
unrightscouncil_070618201705

China to help push forward Doha Round talks, says finance minister
People's Daily, June 19, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/200706/19/eng20070619_
385447.html

Olympics
China holds anti-terrorist exercise for 2008 Olympics
China Daily, June 19, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/sports/2007-06/19/content_
897821.htm

China Plans Highway on Mount Everest
The Guardian, June 19, 2007
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6720358,00.html

Chinese HIV carriers plant trees for green Olympics
Xinhuanet, June 19, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-06/19/content_
6264404.htm

Police
Police, villagers clash in China over student's death
Taipei Times, June 19, 2007
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2007/
06/19/2003365935

Taiwan
One-China policy gains Latin American ground
China Daily, June 19, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/opinion/2007-06/19/content_
897329.htm

Tibet
Dalai Lama says little progress with China's 'hard line' on
autonomy for Tibet
International Herald Tribune, June 19, 2007
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/06/19/asia/AS-GEN-
New-Zealand-Dalai-Lama.php

June 16-18, 2007

Bilateral Ties
China Urges Support to Deployment of Peacekeeping Troop in Darfur
Xinhuanet, June 16, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-06/16/content_
6248244.htm

Disasters
Floods in China Kill 128, Leaving 24 Missing
Xinhuanet, June 16, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-06/16/content_
6251398.htm

Environment
China Plants Trees to Hold Back Desertification
Reuters (via YahooNews), June 17, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070618/lf_nm/deforestation
_china_desert_dc_1;_ylt=Aq.cN.H9KmejlnO2pfHyUxJPzWQA

Freedom of Speech
北京:发生工程事故时散布谣言将被追究法律责任 (Spreading Rumors About Construction Accidents in Beijing to Become an Offense)
Xinhuanet, June 16, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-06/16/content_
6250116.htm

Labor
Slave Labour Factory Boss Under Arrest
South China Morning Post, June 18, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62
ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ec80d85809
933110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&s=News

Law
中国要求重视危害国家安全犯罪的审判工作 (China’s Courts to Consider Impact on Bilateral Relations in Ruling on State Security Cases)
Radio Free Asia, June 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/
06/16/anquan/

最高人民法院出台加强审判公开工作若干意见 (Supreme People's Court Issues Circular on Strengthening Work of Holding Open Trials)
Legal Daily, June 15, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2007-06/15/content_
639244.htm

Media
Head of Safety Watchdog Urges Public, Media to Report Accidents
Xinhuanet, June 16, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-06/16/content_
6251059.htm

Public Health
Reported HIV Cases in Tibet Rise to 41 from 30 Last Year
South China Morning Post, June 18, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62
ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6c25d85809
933110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

State Security
Woman Who Helped the Powerless Seek Justice Charged with Having State Secrets
South China Morning Post, June 18, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62
ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0b45d85809
933110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=Ne

Three Gorges
China to Move Last 100,000 Residents Away from Three Gorges Reservoir
Xinhuanet, June 15, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-06/15/content_
6247818.htm

June 15, 2007

News
Bilateral Ties
Chinese, U.S. lawmakers exchange views on bilateral relations
Xinhuanet, June 15, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-06/15/content_
6246554.htm

Japan-China friendship pioneers tour China again
China Daily, June 15, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-06/15/content_
895004.htm

Penalizing China to hurt US
China Daily, June 15, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2007-06/15/content_
895206.htm

Corruption
979 Henan officials confess offences before deadline
Shanghai Daily, June 15, 2007
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2007/200706/
20070615/article_319751.htm

Shanghai courts begin to hear cases connected to social security
fund scandal
People's Daily, June 15, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/200706/15/eng20070615_
384694.html

Death Penalty
Capital cases made more transparent
People's Daily, June 15, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/200706/15/eng20070615_
384492.html

Disasters
Villagers living in ruins after deadly earthquake
South China Morning Post, June 15, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62
ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=975b28e540
b23110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=

Economic Development
Small loans help tiny businesses to develop in Shanghai
Xinhuanet, June 15, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-06/15/content_
6246797.htm

Environment
China to Ramp Up Greenhouse-Gas Efforts
Wall Street Journal, June 15, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118184538803835613.html?
mod=googlenews_wsj

Setback for water safety campaign
People's Daily, June 15, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/200706/15/eng20070615_
384491.html

Food Security
China hopes HK lifts toothpaste recall
Associated Press (via YahooNews), June 15, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070615/ap_on_bi_ge/
china_tainted_food_4

Gender
Mixed marriages on the increase
China Daily, June 15, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-06/14/content_
893808.htm

Hong Kong
Former secretary for justice: Hong Kong's freedom remains
under basic law
Xinhuanet, June 15, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-06/15/content_
6247967.htm

Labor
Job market faces challenges: Report
People's Daily, June 15, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/200706/15/eng20070615_
384493.html

Outrage as China slave scandal deepens
Agence France Presse (via YahooNews), June 15, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070615/wl_asia_afp/
chinaslaverychildren_070615121742

Law
China, U.S. to Step Up Anti-Piracy Work
Washington Post, June 15, 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/
2007/06/15/AR2007061500534.html

Media
China censors "Pirates" for "vilifying Chinese"
Reuters (via YahooNews), June 15, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070615/od_uk_nm/
oukoe_uk_china_entertainment_pirates_1

Multilateral
Africa wants close cooperation with China, India
People's Daily, June 15, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/200706/15/eng20070615_
384388.html

Olympics
China retailer halts sales of Olympic items believed made by
children - report
Forbes, June 15, 2007
http://www.forbes.com/business/feeds/afx/2007/06/15/
afx3824082.html

Police
Police accused of beating villagers
South China Morning Post, June 15, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62
ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=983b28e540
b23110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=

Public Health
China flood efforts target disease
South China Morning Post, June 15, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62
ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5d5d40bddad
23110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=

Rural Issues
China’s soaring pork prices boost farmers’ incomes
Financial Express, June 15, 2007
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?
content_id=167181

State-owned Enterprises
China Government Tightens Monitoring Over State-Owned Enterprises
Nasdaq, June 15, 2007
http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.
aspx?cpath=20070615%5cACQDJON200706151040
DOWJONESDJONLINE000765.htm&

Taiwan
Taiwan accuses EU of hypocrisy over China
Telegraph.co.uk, June 15, 2007
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/
2007/06/15/wtaiwan115.xml

Three Gorges
Final 100,000 people preparing to relocate to make way for
China's Three Gorges Dam
International Herald Tribune, June 15, 2007
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/06/15/asia/AS-GEN-
China-Three-Gorges-Dam.php

Tibet
PM meets Dalai Lama to talk Tibet
CNN, June 15, 2007
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/06/15/
howard.tibet.ap/

Activist group: China demolishes giant Buddhist statue in Tibet
International Herald Tribune, June 15, 2007
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/06/15/asia/AS-GEN-
China-Tibet-Buddhist-Statue.php

China says to spend more on remote border regions
Reuters (via YahooNews), June 15, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070615/wl_nm/
china_border_dc_1