September 20, 2007

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 Ahead of CPC Meeting?)
Radio Free Asia, September 19, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/19/
fangmin/
Chinese authorities have intensified efforts to clear petitioners out of Beijing ahead of the 17th CPC National Congress. Petitioners who moved out from the Beijing petitioning village before September 19 were given a cash reward. On the other hand, police reportedly issued an order on September 14, stating that hostels in the petitioning village which accommodate petitioners will be fined 20,000 yuan. Furthermore, local newspapers across China have published stories on petitioners being punished, reportedly after the CPC central authorities issued a document requesting all petitioners be taken from Beijing to their home towns ahead of the CPC meeting.

News
Bilateral Ties
Suspected Smuggling Kingpin in Court Victory
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), September 20, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
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Alarm over China’s Congo Deal
Financial Times, September 19, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d66142e4-66d9-11dc-a218-
0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-
0000779e2340.html

China Credited with Progress on Darfur
Associated Press (via YahooNews), September 19, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070919/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe
/us_darfur_1;_ylt=AnYkd18fptmRZ7hdiFGIymtPzWQA
tmRZ7hdiFGIymtPzWQA

Corporate Social Accountability
China's Hot Stock: Orwell Inc.
Washington Post, September 19, 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article
/2007/09/18/AR2007091801571.htmldyn/content/article
/2007/09/18/AR2007091801571.html

Death Penalty
Chinese Court Upholds Death Sentence for Two Bank Employees over Record Heist
Xinhuanet, September 19, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-09/19/content_
6755620.htm

临夏法官一家四口灭门惨案一审宣判 两主犯被判死刑 (Two Men Sentenced to Death for Murdering a Family of Four in Gansu)
Legal Daily, September 19, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2007-09/20/content_
705002.htm

Disasters
Accident Accountability System Approved
Xinhuanet, September 20, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-09/19/content
_6751707.htm

Government
Top Auditor's Report Details Creative Accounting by Government Offices
South China Morning Post, September 20, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62
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Land Policy
Land Acquisitions, House Demolition Most Targeted Areas in Public Complaints
Xinhuanet, September 19, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-09/19/content_
6755966.htm

武汉拆迁中暴力事件屡屡发生 (Two Elderly Women Dead in Series of Violent Evictions in Wuhan)
Radio Free Asia, September 19, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/19/
wuhan/

Media
拍摄驻京办羁押访民　英国记者遇袭反被指违法 (British Journalists Beaten and Accused of Disrupting Order for Interviewing Petitioners in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, September 19, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/19/jizhe/

国际笔会关注西藏作家仁青桑布 (International PEN Concerned About Torture and Harassment for Tibetan Writer)
Radio Free Asia, September 19, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/19/
IPEN/

Olympics
China Imposes Pre-Olympics Visa Crackdown
Wall Street Journal, September 20, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119022511204632617.html?
mod=hpp_asia_whats_news

Population
Has China's One-Child Policy Worked?
BBC, September 19, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7000931.stm

New Family Policy Attacks Elites' Egos
China Daily, September 19, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-09/19/content_
6116785.htm

Protests and Petitions
Deadline up for China Petitioners
BBC, September 20, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7002082.stm

Beijing Prepares to Evict Disgruntled Citizens
Los Angeles Times, September 18, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-vi
llage18sep18,1,623470.story?coll=la-headlines-worldvillage
18sep18,1,623470.story?coll=la-headlines-world

September 19, 2007

News
Bilateral Ties
China Says Criticism of Its Relations with Sudan 'Incorrect'
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), September 18, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070918/wl_asia_afp/china
sudanundarfur_070918151353;_ylt=
AoTttW3LVbocee4TtYhMmStPzWQA

Environment
China Warns Foreign Polluters
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), September 18, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070918/sc_afp/chinaenviro
nment_070918170827

Food Security
China to Raise Food Safety Standards
Associated Press (via YahooNews), September 18, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070918/ap_on_re_as/china
_tainted_products_10;_ylt=Ar4iGZRkmo.J38i05_eoFGFPzWQA

Human Rights Defender – Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
高智晟评维权文章发表后威胁加强禁接触外界 (Authorities Intensify Harassment After Gao Zhisheng Publishes Article on Rights Defense)
Radio Free Asia, September 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/18/gao/

Land Policy
Crude Slum Houses to Be Gone 'in Three Years'
South China Morning Post, September 19, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
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Landless Farmers Urged to Migrate to Africa
South China Morning Post, September 19, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
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Law
江苏行政机关负责人出庭应诉4年累计1213人次 (Attendance of Administrative Review Trials Counts Towards Jiangsu Officials' Performance)
Legal Daily, September 19, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2007-09/19/content_
704171.htm

揭丑闻电脑被收罚万元 杭州信息网网主告政府 (Website Sues Hangzhou Authorities over Computer Confiscation and Fines)
Radio Free Asia, September 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/18/
hangzhou/

Media
本台报导被网民转贴 高点击率后被网管删除 (Radio Free Asia's Report Removed from Sichuan-Based Bulletin Board System)
Radio Free Asia, September 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/18/
internet/

网上模拟投票也被封杀 (Web Site Shut Down for the 18th Time After Launch of Virtual Election for CPC Leadership)
Radio Free Asia, September 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/18/
fengpiao/

Olympics
搜狐“垄断”互联网奥运广告内幕 (The Insider's Story of Sohu's "Monopoly" over Online Olympics Ads)
21st Century Business Herald, September 18, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/sjjj/
200709180585.asp

Politics
新疆：人大代表中官员不得超过25％ (New XUAR Notice Stipulates That Government Officials Cannot Take Up More Than 25 Percent of the People's Congress)
China Youth Daily, September 19, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-09/19/content_
1900606.htm

Protests and Petitions
简要新闻：河北访民王国英被劳教，残疾孩子被强迫在福利院劳动 (In Brief: After Hebei Petitioner Is Sent to Reeducation-Through-Labor Facility, Disabled Son Is Forced to Work in Welfare Institution)
Radio Free Asia, September 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/09/18/fuqi/#7

简要新闻：北京对上访群体正采取又一轮疯狂打压 (In Brief: Apartments near Beijing South Railway Station Expel Petitioning Tenants for Fear of Fines)
Radio Free Asia, September 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/09/18/fuqi/#8

Religion
Vatican 'Tranquil' on New Bishop
Reuters (via South China Morning Post), September 19, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
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因接两吨圣经被捕 周恒在看守所首次会见律师 (Xinjiang Christian Allowed to Meet Lawyers for the First Time After Being Arrested for Receiving Bibles)
Radio Free Asia, September 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/18/
zhou/

Rural Issues
China's Rural Engel Coefficient Decreases to 43%
People's Daily, September 17, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6264530
.html

Tibet
西藏强调环保作家称“山河破碎” (Tibetan Writer Questions Authorities' Promise on Environmental Protection)
Voice of America, September 18, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-09-18-voa29.cfm

September 18, 2007

News
Environment
Unilever Fined over Pollution
South China Morning Post, September 18, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
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China to Hold First-Ever 'No Car Day' on Saturday
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), September 17, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070917/sc_afp/
chinaautotrafficenvironment

Human Rights Defender - Zou Tao （邹涛）
Housing Activist Joins Shenzhen Poll of the Poor
South China Morning Post, September 18, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=52bbf7252d
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Human Rights Defender – Yang Chunlin (杨春林)
公安局找借口阻止杨春林面见律师 (Lawyers Barred from Meeting Yang Chunlin as "Case Involves State Secrets")
Radio Free Asia, September 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/17/
yangchunlin/

Human Rights Defender - Zhang Zilin (张子霖)
泛蓝成员张子霖的案子被退回叙浦县公安局 (Prosecutor Sends Zhang Zilin's Case Back to Police for Supplementary Investigation)
Radio Free Asia, September 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/17
/zhangzilin/

Human Rights Defender – Rebiya Kadeer (热比娅)
US House Calls On China to Free Uighur Activist's Children
Associated Press (via Wall Street Journal), September 17, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20070917-713922-sea
rch.html?KEYWORDS=China&COLLECTION=autowire/6month
search.html?KEYWORDS=China&COLLECTION=autowire
/6month

Human Rights Defender - Ren Wanding (任畹町)
民运老将任畹町再度到港并首次获准出国 (Veteran Democracy Activist Ren Wanding Visits Hong Kong Again, Allowed to Travel Abroad for the First Time)
Radio Free Asia, September 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/09/17/china_
dissident/

Land Policy
Thousands Punished for Land Grabs
Associated Press (via South China Morning Post), September 18, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
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Olympics
Beijing Plays Down Olympic Smog Fears
Financial Times, September 17, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/883b0df8-655c-11dc-bf89-
0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-000077
9e2340.html0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-
11da-89df-0000779e2340.html

Politics
Communist Party of China to Amend Party Constitution
Xinhuanet, September 17, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-09/17/content_
6741184.htm

Population
黑户孩子是不是中国公民 (Are Children of One-Child Policy Violators Chinese Citizens?)
China Youth Daily, September 18, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-09/18/content_
1898356.htm

年入20万超生最高罚48万 广东绝不会让富人名人成“特殊公民” (Guangdong Imposes Higher Fines for Rich Violators of One-Child Policy)
Nanfang Daily, September 18, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/
200709180453.asp

Protests and Petitions
用创新精神破解信访难题 (Henan's Innovative Spirit Leads to Petitioning Reduction)
Legal Daily, September 18, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2007-09/18/content_
703367.htm

Chinese Ministry Protests Media Reports on Riots Among Ex-Soldiers at Training Centers
Associated Press (via International Herald Tribune), September 17, 2007
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/09/17/asia/AS-GEN
-China-Ex-Soldiers-Riot.php

上海拆迁七旬老妇上访被当局拘留 (Seventy-Year-Old Eviction Petitioner Placed Under Administrative Detention in Mid-August)
Voice of America, September 17, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-09-17-voa22.cfm

两名访民被控“敲诈勒索”和“非法持有国家机密” (Two Petitioners Arrested on Charges of Distortion and Illegal Possession of State Secrets)
Radio Free Asia, September 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/09/17/china_
petition_trail/

Public Health
Cutting Corners Costly for World's Workshop
South China Morning Post, September 18, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
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Religion
河北被捕地下主教贾治国有生命危险 (Detained Catholic Underground Church Bishop Falls Ill)
Radio Free Asia, September 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/17/
jiazhiguo/

家庭教会牧师蔡卓华刑满出狱但行动仍受限制 (Protestant House Church Priest Barred from Reading Bible While Serving Sentence)
Radio Free Asia, September 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/17/
caizhuohua/

September 15 – 17, 2007

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender – Zhao Yan (赵岩)
China Frees NY Times Reporter
Reuters (via YahooNews), September 15, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070915/ts_nm/china_journalist_dc_3
On September 15, former New York Times researcher Zhao Yan (赵岩) was released after being sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for fraud – a charge he denied. Zhao was detained in September 2004 on accusations of leaking state secrets after the Times reported that former Chinese President Jiang Zemin would give up his sole remaining leadership post as military chief, which Jiang did shortly afterwards. A Beijing court dropped the charge of leaking state secrets due to insufficient evidence but convicted Zhao for fraud.

Related Information
HRIC Says Release of Journalist Zhao Yan is Three Years Too Late
Human Rights in China, September 16, 2007
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/44931

News
Death Penalty
山西运城市畜牧局原副局长因婚外恋杀人被判死刑 (Former Shanxi Cadre Sentenced to Death for Murdering Lover's Husband)
Legal Daily, September 16, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2007-09/16/content_702346.htm

China: Orders to Use Death Penalty Less
Associated Press (via YahooNews), September 14, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070914/ap_on_re_as/china_death_penalty_2

Environment
83.7％的人不放心自己喝的水 (83.7 Percent of Interviewees Are Worried About Drinking Water Safety)
China Youth Daily, September 17, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-09/17/content_1896201.htm

Beijing Gets Flak for Pollution of Waterways
South China Morning Post, September 17, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=249fba42c2f05110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender – Li Yuanlong (李元龙)
Journalist Freed After Two Years
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), September 17, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6180ba42c2f05110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender – Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)
郭飞雄妻子著文纪念丈夫被捕一周年 (Guo Feixiong's Wife Publishes Article to Commemorate Anniversary of Husband's Arrest)
Radio Free Asia, September 15, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/09/15/xinwen/ - 3

Related Information
Wife Appeals for Guo Feixiong's Release
Human Rights in China, September 14, 2007
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/44913

Human Rights Defender - Mao Qingxiang (毛庆祥)
组中国民主党入狱八年毛庆祥获释 (China Democracy Party Member Mao Qingxiang Released After Eight Years' Imprisonment)
Voice of America, September 14, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-09-14-voa35.cfm

Human Rights Defender - Sun Buer (孙不二)
孙不二已经出狱, 行动不自由? (Is Sun Buer Released from Detention but Still Restricted on Movement?)
Radio Free Asia, September 14, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/14/sun/

Law
China's Supreme Court Renews Ban on Uncorroborated Confessions
Xinhuanet, September 14, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-09/14/content_6724119.htm

Olympics
Paralympics Ready to Take Centre Stage
South China Morning Post, September 16, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=066ffdd941905110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Population
China to Crack Down on Rich Flouting One-Child Rule
Reuters (via YahooNews), September 15, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070915/wl_nm/china_family_planning_dc_1

Protests and Petitions
各地解决“医闹”的措施 (Various Places Tackle "Disturbances" Regarding Medical Disputes Differently)
China Youth Daily, September 17, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-09/17/content_1896576.htm

十七大前当局开始加紧对各地访民严控 (Authorities Step Up Monitoring of Petitioners Ahead of CPC Meeting)
Radio Free Asia, September 14, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/14/yankong/

Demobilized Soldiers Riot in China
Associated Press (via YahooNews), September 14, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070914/ap_on_re_as/china_ex_soldiers_riot_1

北京上访人士双淑英保外就医申请被拒绝 (Medical Parole for Beijing Petitioner Shuang Shuying Rejected)
Radio Free Asia, September 14, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/14/liu/

Related Information
Elderly Activist Denied Medical Parole
Human Rights in China, September 13, 2007
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/44890

Public Health
China Hemophiliacs Face Dangerous Shortage of Drug
Reuters (via YahooNews), July 14, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070914/wl_nm/china_blood_dc_3

Religion
Church Leader Released from China Prison
Associated Press (via YahooNews), September 17, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070916/ap_on_re_as/china_banned_church_1

US Criticizes China for Repressing Religious Freedom
Wall Street Journal, September 14, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20070914-708677-search.html

September 14, 2007

News
Corruption
New Bureau Set to Fight Corruption
The Standard, September 14, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat
=3&art_id=53432&sid=15372986&con_type=1&d_str=
20070914

Officials' Assets to Be Made Public
Xinhuanet, September 14, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-09/14/content_
6720503.htm

Death Penalty
最高法:严控和慎用死刑确保死刑案审判质量 (New Decision of Supreme People's Court Orders Careful Use of Death Penalty)
Legal Daily, September 14, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2007-09/14/content_
701029.htm

Education
China Launches New Project to Support Poor Students Get Through Education
Xinhuanet, September 13, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-09/13/content_
6720161.htm

Environment
China Shuts 1,000 Factories near Polluted Lake
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), September 13, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070913/wl_asia_afp/chinae
nvironmentpollutionwater_070913070136;_ylt=As9y4M2Lz
_maENUrcmkWbdRPzWQA

Lost in translation: Tianjin Not as Polluted as Tianying
Reuters (via South China Morning Post), September 14, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
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Revised Proposal for Contentious Canal
South China Morning Post, September 14, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7253ebfbe9f
f4110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Human Rights Defenders
东莞劳工维权者屡遭拘留 当局利用宣传将打压合法化 (Guangdong Newspaper Used as Tool in the Suppression of Labor Activists)
Radio Free Asia, September 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/13/
laogong/

胡佳网上发文指当局十七大前大范围制造恐怖气氛 (Hu Jia Criticizes Increased Harassment of Human Rights Defenders Ahead of CPC Meeting)
Radio Free Asia, September 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/13
/17da/

Human Rights Defender - Sun Buer (孙不二)
简要新闻：孙不二被以颠覆罪秘密逮捕 母亲受不断监视骚扰 (In Brief: Sun Bu'er Secretly Taken Away on Subversion Charges in May; His Mother Asked Not to Talk to Media)
Radio Free Asia, September 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/09/13/0913
/ - sun

Media
No Bloggers in China, Please
Wall Street Journal, September 14, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118971637019026752-
search.html?KEYWORDS=China&COLLECTION=wsjie/
6monthsearch.html?KEYWORDS=China&COLLECTION=
wsjie/6month

告博客封帖案遭驳回 律师质疑枉法裁决 (Beijing Lawyer Appeals Judgment Which Rejects His Claim of Internet Censorship)
Radio Free Asia, September 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/13/
boke/

法新社记者定州采访遭扣留盘查 (Journalists of Agence France-Presse Detained for 5 Hours in Hebei; Asked to Reveal Identity of Interviewees)
Radio Free Asia, September 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/13
/afp/

Microsoft Sued by Beijing Student for Privacy Infringement
People's Daily, September 13, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6262170.html

Poverty
Income Gap Between Urban, Rural Residents Widens
Xinhuanet, September 13, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-09/13/content_
6718914.htm

Protests and Petitions
Outraged Monks Save Historic Building
South China Morning Post, September 14, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1273ebfbe9ff
4110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

上海又有九名访民在北京被打 (Nine More Shanghai Petitioners Beaten in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, September 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/13/
fangmin/

Public Health
Whistleblowers a Rare and Endangered Species
Financial Times, September 14, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/609042c8-6250-11dc-bdf6-
0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-
0000779e2340.html0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-
4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2340.html

September 13, 2007

News
Environment
Planet’s Most Polluted Sites Unveiled
Financial Times, September 12, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1d4c0916-6156-11dc-bf25-
0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-
0000779e2340.html

Gender
SKorea Probes School Sex Trips to China
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), September 12, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070912/wl_asia_afp/lifestyl
eskoreachinaeducationsex_070912072704;_ylt=
AveAJY0CESGVLUVlVqmxGEZPzWQA

Human Rights Defender
组织北京异见人士聚会 维权人士张文和被绑架 (Beijing Rights Defender Taken Away for Organizing Dissidents' Gathering)
Radio Free Asia, September 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/12/
zhangwenhe/

Labor
香港“大学师生监察无良企业行动”指责迪士尼忽视劳工权利 (Hong Kong NGO Condemns Disney over Violations of Labor Rights)
Radio Free Asia, September 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/09/12/hongkong
_labor/

Land Policy
杭州特困残疾户再被强行迁出 (Destitute Disabled Person Forcefully Sent to Home for the Elderly in a Hangzhou Eviction)
Radio Free Asia, September 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/12/
hangzhou/

Media
`Massive' Spy Damage Sparks Call for Tighter Net Controls
Reuters (via The Standard), September 13, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat
=3&art_id=53357&sid=15349071&con_type=1&d_str
=20070913

Chinese Web Filtering 'Erratic'
BBC, September 13, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6990842.stm

China Disconnects 18,400 Illegal Websites
Shanghai Daily, September 11, 2007
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2007/200709/
20070911/article_330778.htm

An Opportunity for Wall Street in China's Surveillance Boom
International Herald Tribune, September 10, 2007
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/09/11/business/
11security.php

Protests and Petitions
顾秀莲强调：探索做好妇联信访工作长效机制 (All-China Women's Federation to Explore the Strengthening of Long-Term Mechanism for Petitioning Work)
Legal Daily, September 13, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2007-09/13/content_
700124.htm

China to Evict Petitioners Before Olympics
Christian Science Monitor, September 13, 2007
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0913/p01s06-woap.html

广东东莞塘厦镇因征地纷争爆发警民冲突 (Hundreds of Guangdong Villagers Clash with Local Authorities over Land Grab)
Radio Free Asia, September 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/12/
land/

Public Health
54 Killed in Health Emergencies in Aug
China Daily, September 12, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-09/12/content_
6101752.htm

艾滋病传播真相被隐瞒 河南负责官员未受罚 (Henan Officials That Were Involved in Blood Trade in 1980s and 1990s Remain Unpunished)
Radio Free Asia, September 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/12/
henan/

Kidney Patient's Battle Against Negligence
South China Morning Post, September 12, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb3
29d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4016cfe1a5
5f4110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

September 12, 2007

News
Civil Society
山东义工组织募捐遭取缔 (Shandong's Unregistered Charitable Organization Banned)
Ming Pao, September 12, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070912/cac1.htm

Death Penalty
Former Beijing Bank Official Executed for Bribery
Xinhuanet, September 11, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-09/11/content_
6706446.htm

Environment
Setback in Water Diversion Scheme
South China Morning Post, September 12, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7386cfe1a55f
4110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Gender
顾秀莲：以机制建设为重点推进妇女儿童维权 (All-China Women's Association President Urges Systematic Measures to Advance Women's and Children's Rights)
Legal Daily, September 12, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2007-09/12/content_
699159.htm

Women a Rare Sight in China's Corridors of Power
Reuters (via YahooNews), September 12, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070912/lf_nm/china_party
_women_dc_1;_ylt=AtcUdETKLwCAhGmJSC6GoONPzWQA

More Chinese Women Than Men Commit Suicide: Media
Reuters (via YahooNews), September 10, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070911/wl_nm/china_
suicides_dc_1;_ylt=AhGhDFVhHdMRIFNiR0Z_WoJPzWQA

Human Rights Defender
姚立法被以散播谣言罪传唤 "被访者不属执法对象" (Hubei Rights Defender Summoned for Talking to Foreign Media)
Radio Free Asia, September 11, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/11/
yaolifa/

Olympics
Beijing Vehicle Ban Cut Pollution 20pc, Scientist Claims
South China Morning Post, September 12, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4ad6cfe1a55
f4110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Beijing Olympics 'Face Terrorism Threat'
Associated Press (via YahooNews), September 11, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070911/ap_on_re_as/china
_olympics_terror_2;_ylt=AtUVmPz7eDDoxkAJ1WXCRNVPzWQA

Politics
Leadership Posts Come with Health Warning in China
Reuters (via YahooNews), September 12, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070912/lf_nm/china_party
_heir_dc_1;_ylt=AmERZNwqrQN_t16_37f7u01PzWQA

Party Paper Urges Political Reform
South China Morning Post, September 12, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5cd5cfe1a5
5f4110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Protests and Petitions
Thousands of Ex-Soldiers Riot in China
Associated Press (via YahooNews), September 11, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070911/ap_on_re_as/china
_ex_soldiers_riot_1;_ylt=Aon.wB5xY5p8QQ2EEvIoQLlPzWQA

Public Health
China Bans Lead Paint on US Toy Exports
Associated Press (via YahooNews), September 11, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070911/ap_on_go_ca_st_
pe/china_tainted_products_16;_ylt=
ApzJPL7e63pDgQ2ZyAfGy_tPzWQA

当局禁止流脑疫苗受害儿童前往香港就医 (Guangdong Child Who Became Gravely Ill After Receiving Vaccine Not Allowed to Go to Hong Kong for Treatment)
Radio Free Asia, September 11, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/09/11/china_
medicine/

Religion
中国天主教地下教会主教韩鼎祥在医院去世 (Chinese Catholic Underground Bishop Dies in Hospital)
Radio Free Asia, September 11, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/11/
handingxiang/

Three Gorges
重庆三峡库区拟二次移民 (Chongqing Considers Launching 2nd Migration in Three Gorges Reservoir Area)
The Beijing News, September 12, 2007
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/guonei/2007/09-12/
018@080008.htm

Macau
Macau Urged to Plug Terror and Crime Loopholes
South China Morning Post, September 12, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=740fcfe1a55
f4110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

September 11, 2007

News
Corruption
Supervisors Appointed to Keep an Eye on Village Heads
Xinhuanet, September 10, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-09/10/content_
6698475.htm

Law
中国评论﹕公捕大会 侵犯人权 (Commentary: Public Display of Criminal Suspects Violates Human Rights)
Ming Pao, September 11, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070911/caz1.htm

Media
For China's Censors, Electronic Offenders Are the New Frontier
Washington Post, September 10, 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content
/article/2007/09/09/AR2007090901979.htmldyn/
content/article/2007/09/09/AR2007090901979.html

新青年论坛被暂停登陆 昝爱宗等个人博客被关 (Internet Forum and Individual Blogs Shut Down Ahead of CPC Meeting)
Radio Free Asia, September 10, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/
10/forum/

网站被勒令删除河南艾滋病血祸报告 (Website Ordered to Remove Report on Transfusion of HIV-Contaminated Blood in Henan)
Radio Free Asia, September 10, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/
10/aids/

Olympics
Terrorism "Big Threat" to Olympics
Xinhuanet, September 11, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-09/11/content_
6700963.htm

Interpol to Help at 2008 Beijing Games
Associated Press (via YahooNews), September 10, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070910/ap_on_re_as/oly
_beijing_security_1;_ylt=
AoMXUNbPPdRf4GUgfZbZnbFPzWQA

Will Darfur Trigger a 2008 Olympic Boycott?
Voice of America, September 10, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/english/Africa/2007-09-10-voa4
.cfm

Protests and Petitions
江苏新安政府强迁 老妇被打重伤昏迷 (Jiangsu Old Woman Remains in Coma 2 Weeks After Being Beaten During Eviction)
Radio Free Asia, September 10, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/10/
xinan/

成都温江维权代表到京上访被押送回乡 (Petitioner Sent Back to Chengdu Hometown from Beijing and Warned Not to Talk to Media)
Radio Free Asia, September 10, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/
10/chengdu/

郑明芳上访再遭殴打 揭公安局长接待日实况 (Petitioner Zheng Mingfang Beaten by Police Again on Petitioner Reception Day)
Radio Free Asia, September 10, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/
10/zheng/

工厂为制止上访日夜监视被打残的承包户 (Xinjiang Woman Paralyzed by State-Owned Factory Cadre in a Land Grab Dispute)
Radio Free Asia, September 10, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/09/10/china_
land_contract/

杭州维权人士杨云彪被判刑 (Zhejiang Eviction Protestor Sentenced to 2 Years' Imprisonment on Charges of "Obstructing Execution of Official Duties")
Radio Free Asia, September 10, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/10/
yang/

Public Health
Act Now in HIV Battle or Pay Later, UN Aids Fighter Warns
Reuters (via South China Morning Post), September 11, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f613742c130
f4110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Most Toy Recalls Caused by Poor Design, Says New Study
South China Morning Post, September 11, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5943742c13
0f4110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=New

Operation Where Everyone Gets a Cut
South China Morning Post, September 11, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6403742c13
0f4110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=New

China to Inspect Six Major Hospitals
Xinhuanet, September 10, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-09/10/content_
6700124.htm

Religion
China Ordains Successor to Bishop
BBC, September 11, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6987169.stm

Tibet
Activists Say Tibet Railway Is `Tool of Conquest'
Taipei Times, September 10, 2007
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2007/
09/10/2003378050

September 8-10, 2007

News
Children
劳工权益组织分析中国童工现象 (Labor Rights NGO Analyzes Child Labor Situation in China)
Voice of America, September 09, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-09-09-voa53.
cfm

Corruption
调查 村官为何频频栽在“土地”上 (Why Are So Many Village Cadres Involved in Corruption Concerning Land Use?)
Legal Daily, September 10, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2007-09/10/content_
697280.htm

'Zipper Mayor', His Mistresses the Talk of the Town
South China Morning Post, September 10, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f074e73b11
be4110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Death Penalty
男子借影碟遭拒杀死孕妇被判死刑 (Guangdong Man Sentenced to Death over Murder of Pregnant Woman)
Xinhuanet, September 10, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-09/10/content_
6695748.htm

Disasters
李毅中发火:别把事故原因推给自然灾害 (Head of State Administration of Work Safety Criticizes Subordinate for Blaming Disasters on Nature)
Xinhuanet, September 10, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2007-09/10/content_
6694454.htm

Environment
Government to Spend Billions to Clean Water
South China Morning Post, September 10, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9973e73b11
be4110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=Ne

Official: No Permanent Buildings near Qinghai Lake
Xinhuanet, September 09, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-09/09/content_
6692334.htm

China's Hu Tells Rich World to Meet Climate Targets
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), September 08, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070908/wl_afp/apecsummitc
limatechina_070908055917;_ylt=Aov_Aj_V_akfJUeuKdifP
rFPzWQA

Human Rights Defender - Li Subin (李苏滨)
维权律师李苏滨状告司法厅局乱收费案开庭法庭未宣判 (Human Rights Lawyer Li Subin Sues Henan Authorities for Obstructing His Practice; Verdict Yet to Be Delivered)
Radio Free Asia, September 07, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/07
/lisubin/

Multilateral Relations
White House: No U.N. Funding for China
Associated Press (via YahooNews), September 07, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070907/ap_on_go_pr_wh/
us_un_population_fund_2;_ylt=
At4G2i3LuGdhFlgB2Km5i8dPzWQA

Olympics
本台首发: 奥运前的中国真相 (滕彪、胡佳） (Commentary: The Truth About China Ahead of the Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, September 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/09/
aoyun/

For Disabled, China Has Risen to the Challenge
Boston Globe, September 08, 2007
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/
articles/2007/09/08/for_disabled_china_has_risen_to_the_
challenge/

Protests and Petitions
访民郑大靖发公开信呼吁国际关注中国的人权状况 (Petitioner Sent Back to Hubei Hometown After Issuing Open Letter Urging Concern for China's Human Rights Records)
Radio Free Asia, September 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/09/
zheng/

Public Health
“让中国爱滋病活动人士说话” (Let China's HIV/AIDS Activists Speak: UN Official)
BBC, September 10, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_6980000/
newsid_6986400/6986458.stm

China Reports Leap in New HIV/AIDS Cases
Reuters, September 09, 2007
http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-
29421220070909

State Security
China to Enhance Crackdown on "Hostile Forces and Evil Cult" for Upcoming Congress
Xinhuanet, September 07, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-09/07/content_
6682348.htm

September 7, 2007

Top News
Protests and Petitions
China petition 'village' coming down
Associated Press (via YahooNews), August 06, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070906/ap_on_re_as/china
_petitioners_1;_ylt=Al9lFSR502ixY23BCgdyrVdPzWQA
A slum housing thousands of petitioners in Fengtai, Beijing will be demolished to make way for a new road, according to official notices. The announcements were posted throughout the petition village to warn residents to leave by September 19th. The local government has stated that residents will be compensated. However, the demolition is likely to affect 4,000 people, including petitioners who fear that they will become homeless since they cannot afford to live elsewhere. Since petitioner numbers tend to increase ahead of important political events, it is speculated that the demolition is scheduled to take place before the upcoming October Party Congress.

News
Corruption
China sets up anti-corruption bureau
Associated Press (via YahooNews), September 06, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070906/ap_on_re_as/china
_corruption_1;_ylt=AmsCpWxcsYpxjLkTntsikxVPzWQA

Human Rights Defender - Gao Yaojie (高耀洁)
高耀洁：卖血转地下 (Gao Yaojie Says Blood Sale Goes Underground)
Ming Pao, September 07, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070907/cak1.htm

Labor
Punishment as miners declared lost
South China Morning Post, September 07, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4fe09258ca
bd4110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=New

Safety chief pins blame for deaths
Associated Press (via The Standard), September 07, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat
=3&art_id=52983&sid=15262138&con_type=1&d_str=
20070907

Land Policy
New rule reserves land for farmers
South China Morning Post, September 07, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=02c19258cab
d4110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Media
博主抗议博客被删进行自宫：白茫茫一片真和谐 (Bloggers Shut Down Their Own Blogs in Protest of Internet Censorship Ahead of CPC Meeting)
Radio Free Asia, September 07, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/06/
blog/

首都网络110虚拟警察 好求不好遇 (Internet Police Officers on Duty Across China)
Xinhuanet, September 07, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2007-09/07/content_
6680181.htm

Newspaper urges SMS controls
South China Morning Post, September 07, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e1219258ca
bd4110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Sex talk ordered off airwaves
South China Morning Post, September 07, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2e9f9258cab
d4110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=New

<六四诗集>正式发行后 首次遭遇中国政府大举查缴 (June 4th Poetry Book Faces First Massive Confiscation in China After Formal Publication)
Radio Free Asia, September 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/06/64/

西安大型拆迁酿群体事件 媒体报喜不报忧 (Protest over Eviction Not Reported in Official Xi'an Newspaper)
Radio Free Asia, September 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/06/
xian1/

Wikipedia Blocked in China Again
PC World, September 06, 2007
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,136879-c,sites/article.html

Olympics
Bush pushes China on democracy
Financial Times, September 07, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/df3bde34-5c92-11dc-9cc9-
0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-000077
9e2340.html0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-
11da-89df-0000779e2340.html

Politics
China says will allow nothing to spoil the Party
Reuters (via YahooNews), September 06, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070906/wl_nm/china_party
_security_dc_1;_ylt=AlAzS0gGewsfTL1QGvT3nopPzWQA

Public Health
AIDS risks remain in blood
Reuters (via The Standard), September 07, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=
3&art_id=52982&sid=15265261&con_type=1&d_str=20070907

Bush, Hu agree to tackle product safety
Financial Times, September 07, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5b18b800-5c85-11dc-9cc9-
0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-
0000779e2340.html

September 6, 2007

News
Death Penalty
Jinan official executed for killing ex-lover
South China Morning Post, September 06, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ce1fc527c7
6d4110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=New

Environment
Draft law on water pollution solicits public opinion
Xinhuanet, September 05, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-09/05/content
_6083093.htm

Food Security
Tainted food ruled out in death of diplomat
South China Morning Post, September 06, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=cd3fc527c7
6d4110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=New

Media
Pressing issues
South China Morning Post, September 06, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=fb29c527c7
6d4110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=New

China Pulls Plug on Internet Data Centers Ahead of Party Congress
Radio Free Asia, September 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/china/2007/09/05/china_internet/

Olympics
维权人士杨春林被捕　律师会见受阻 (Lawyers Barred from Meeting Rights Defender on State Secrets Grounds)
Radio Free Asia, September 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/05/
yangchunlin/

Protests and Petitions
Rights group says Chinese villagers beaten over development land grab protest
Associated Press (via International Herald Tribune), September 05, 2007
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/09/05/asia/AS-GEN
-China-Land-Protest.php

Related Information
HRIC Press Release: Villagers Beaten, Seedlings Destroyed in Liaoning Land Grab
Human Rights in China, September 04, 2007
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/item?item_id=
44750

重庆逾千警民爆发冲突 (Chongqing Residents Clash with Police over City Authorities' Brutal Law Enforcement)
Ming Pao, September 06, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070906/cca1.htm

独家：顺德希涌11名土地维权村民被判刑 (Eleven Guangdong Land Grab Protestors Convicted on Public Order Charges)
Radio Free Asia, September 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/05/
shunde/

北京通州四百多名回民集体上访 (Four Hundred Muslims Petition over Land Grabbing in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, September 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/09/05/china
_rights_land/

定州绳油村发生警民抢尸事件 (Hebei Police Try to Confiscate from Protestors Bodies of Victims of Beating by Corrupt Officials)
Radio Free Asia, September 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/05/
dingzhou/

近百名东洲村妇女抗议当局拘捕维权村民 (One Hundred Women from Dongzhou, Guangdong Protest the Arrest of Rights Defender)
Radio Free Asia, September 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/09/05/china
_rights_clash/

Public Health
Regulators scrutinise Mattel's latest recall
South China Morning Post, September 06, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f810c527c76
d4110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=New

Religion
中国官方持续打压家庭教会 (China Continues to Suppress Protestant House Churches)
Radio Free Asia, September 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/05/
zongjiao/

State Security
EU warns over use of national security excuse
Associated Press (via The Standard), September 06, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3
&art_id=52897&sid=15244320&con_type=1&d_str=20070906

September 5, 2007

Top News of the Day
Olympics
Public Urged to Keep Tabs on Olympic Protests
South China Morning Post, September 05, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0954660c1
51d4110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
The official Xinhua news agency issued a series of guidelines instructing spectators, athletes, and officials attending the Olympic Games on how to react to any potential protests. The guidelines ask people who witness protests to report them immediately to police, volunteers and any venue managers nearby, and to under no circumstances engage in physical conflict.

News
Bilateral Ties
Bid to Block Rights Meeting Fails
The Standard, September 05, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3
&art_id=52816&sid=15228112&con_type=1&d_str=200709051
2&con_type=1&d_str=20070905

Children
China Refutes on Child Labor Abuse Accusation by Overseas Groups
Xinhuanet, September 04, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-09/04/content_
6663765.htm

Environment
China Closes 400 Companies for Pollution
Associated Press (via YahooNews), September 04, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070904/ap_on_re_as/china
_environment_1;_ylt=
Au6cgBczid2WILsASbDYgEtPzWQAczid2WILsASbDYgEtPzWQA

Government
Panel Set to Target Human Trafficking
People's Daily, September 04, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6254117.html

Human Rights Defender - Zhao Yan (赵岩)
赵岩传本月16日获释 (Zhao Yan to Be Freed on September 16)
Ming Pao, September 05, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070905/cae1.htm

Human Rights Defender – Huseyin Celil (塞利尔)
简要新闻：加籍维吾尔族人士塞利尔被监禁18个月后，亲属到监狱探视 (In Brief: Family Visits Huseyin Celil in Prison 18 Months After His Detention)
Radio Free Asia, September 04, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/09/04/
xinwen/

Human Rights Defender - Liu Shenggui (刘生贵)
四川宜宾大塔农民维权代表被逮捕 (Sichuan Rights Defender Formally Arrested)
Radio Free Asia, September 04, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/
04/data/

Law
Jury System Still Work in Progress
People's Daily, September 04, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6254175.html

Media
十七大前又一网站论坛被封 (Another Internet Forum Blocked Ahead of the 17th CPC National Congress)
Radio Free Asia, September 04, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/04/
internet/

Military
“塔利班用中国造武器袭击英军” ("Taliban Uses Chinese Weapons to Attack the British Army")
BBC, September 04, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_6970000/
newsid_6977200/6977297.stm

Olympics
Beijing to Build Religious Worship Center in Olympic Village
Associated Press (via Wall Street Journal), September 04, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20070904-701468-
search.html?KEYWORDS=China&COLLECTION=autowire/
6monthsearch.html?KEYWORDS=China&COLLECTION=
autowire/6month

当局以“诽谤罪”逮捕维权代表 青岛错埠岭拆迁继续 (Qingdao Representative of Evictees Formally Arrested on Defamation Charges)
Radio Free Asia, September 04, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/04/
chaiqian/

Protests and Petitions
汕尾东洲再有维权村民被捕 (Villagers' Representative Taken Away by Police in Dongzhou, Guangdong After 12-Day-Long Protest)
Radio Free Asia, September 04, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/09/04/china_
rights_rural/

Public Health
上海妇女注射假疯狗疫苗后死亡 (Shanghai Woman Dies from Fake Rabies Vaccine)
Radio Free Asia, September 04, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/09/04/china_
medicine/

State Security
国家测绘局局长:5年全国查处测绘违法案2725件 (China Investigated 2,725 Cases of Illegal Surveying and Mapping in Past 5 Years)
Legal Daily, September 05, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2007-09/05/content_
694494.htm

September 4, 2007

Top News of the Day
Olympics
China Arrests Anti-Olympics Activist
Associated Press (via YahooNews), September 04, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070904/ap_on_re_as/china
_activist_arrested_1;_ylt=
AojF1RMWz88hWo1NWdg7DUpPzWQA
According to the NGO China Human Rights Defenders, land rights activist Yang Chunlin was formally arrested on August 3rd. While he has been in detention since July 6th, police explained to Yang’s family that he was suspected of taking money from foreign anti-China organizations. However, Yang’s family suspects that the true cause of his arrest is his collecting 10,000 signatures for his open letter “We want human rights, not the Olympics.” The NGO said that Yang’s case illustrates the Chinese authorities’ sensitivity on linking the Olympics with human rights.

News
Children
Alarm Grows as Child Labor Increases
Associated Press (via The Standard), September 04, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=
3&art_id=52699&sid=15214267&con_type=1&d_str=20070904

Corruption
China Disputes Reports It Goes Easy on Bribers
Wall Street Journal, September 04, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118881175568215987.html?
mod=hps_asia_whats_news

Death Penalty
死刑复核权上收“盘点” 专访最高法副院长姜兴长大法官 (Supreme People's Court's Judge Reviews Effectiveness of Death Penalty Reforms)
Xinhuanet, September 04, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-09/04/content_
6659243.htm

Environment
Beijing Urges to Citizens to Cut Energy Use
Financial Times, September 03, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/86eb0b4a-59ab-11dc-aef5-
0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-
0000779e2340.html

Gender
视点：隐性就业性别歧视危害日甚 应如何应对 (How Should Implicit Sex Discrimination in the Workplace Be Tackled?)
Legal Daily, September 04, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2007-09/04/content
_693569.htm

Human Rights Defenders
Three Charged for Chopping Activist
South China Morning Post, September 04, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0cbe62db4
3cc4110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

北京异见人士张文和被公安传唤及抄家 (Beijing Police Summon Dissident Zhang Wenhe and Ransack His Home)
Radio Free Asia, September 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/09/03/china_
dissident/

Human Rights Defender – Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
高智晟：北京奥运已成为许多中国人仇恨的对象 (Gao Zhisheng Says Many Chinese Critical of Beijing Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, September 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/09/03/china
_rights_lawyer/

Human Rights Defender – Yuan Weijing (袁伟静)
临沂公安暴力阻止袁伟静前往北京 (Local Authorities in Shandong Forcefully Bar Yuan Weijing from Going to Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, September 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/09/03/china
_rights_chen/

Land Policy
成都拆迁户因拒绝搬迁而被砍伤致残 (Sixty-Year-Old Woman's Left Hand Chopped Off by Thugs After Refusing Eviction in Chengdu)
Radio Free Asia, September 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/03/
chaiqian/

Media
假报道夺新闻奖 (Fake News Report Gets Award)
Ming Pao, September 04, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070904/caa1.htm

中国当局要求关闭所有未经备案的网上讨论区 (Chinese Authorities Request Closure of All Internet Discussion Forums That Have Yet to Report Their Operations)
Radio Free Asia, September 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/09/03/china_
internet_police/

成都“世纪东方”和汕头“中客科技”两家互联网提供商被切断服务 (Two Internet Service Providers in Chengdu and Guangdong Ordered to Shut Down Due to Illegal Messages)
Radio Free Asia, September 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/03/
wang/

Migrant Workers
Migrant Children Miss Out on Free Textbooks
South China Morning Post, September 04, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a6ae62db43c
c4110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Olympics
维权代表被逾期拘押或转捕 青岛拆迁户告官前赴后继 (Qingdao Rights Defender Detained for 37 Days After Protesting Eviction Ahead of Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, September 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/03/
chaiqianhu/

Protests and Petitions
215名上海市民致胡锦涛公开信，要求查清上海高官腐败行为 (215 Residents Send Open Letter to Hu Jintao Demanding Investigation on Corruption in Shanghai)
Radio Free Asia, September 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/03/
shanghai/

State Security
简要新闻：中国首位民间信访调解员刘贵琴被提起公诉 (In Brief: China's First Civil Mediator on Petitioning Matters Indicted on Charges of Illegal Possession of State Secrets)
Radio Free Asia, September 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/09/03/xinwen/

September 1-3, 2007

News
Bilateral Ties
US Presses for Action over Myanmar, But China, Russia Reluctant
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), August 31, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070901/ts_afp/
usmyanmarunpoliticsrights_070901021200;_ylt
=AlmDlRP6Hpaeg_OhtzWe4UdPzWQA

Death Penalty
反死刑组织指中国去年处决八千人 (China Executed 8,000 People in 2006, Says Anti-Death Penalty NGO)
Voice of America, August 31, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-08-31-voa29.cfm

Environment
Pollution Control Strengthened On China-Russia Border Rivers
Xinhuanet, August 31, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/31/content_
6640374.htm

Food Security
Beijing Launches Food Safety Crackdown
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), September 3, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/china_tainted_products;_ylt=
AhThKKRql39F3oCA_TRvuR5PzWQA

Human Rights Defender – Yuan Weijing (袁伟静)
China Defends Blocking Trip by Activist's Wife
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), August 31, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070831/wl_nm/china_
activist_dc_1;_ylt=Akwm8Yr9Sn4HETE.1a7P7I5PzWQA

Human Rights Defender – Ching Cheong (程翔)
China: Jailed Straits Times Journalist 'to Be Allowed Medical Check-ups'
The Straits Times (via Asia Daily), August 31, 2007
http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=77149

Labor
In Spite of All Danger
The Guardian, September 1, 2007
http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,,2160050,00.html

Land Policy
China Approves Seizure of Private Homes
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), August 31, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070831/ap_on_re_as/china
_real_estate_1;_ylt=AtFRWT8KBPMBmNiGNswpBV5PzWQA

Law
条例修改物管变身：从物权到民权的缓慢演进 (Commentary: New Regulation on Property Rights to Pave Way for Human Rights Development)
Nanfang City News, September 3, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/
200709030323.asp

Media
China Tightens Television Controls after Explosion of Talent Programs
Associated Press (via the International Herald Tribune), August 31, 2007
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/31/asia/AS-FEA-
A-E-TV-China-TV-Crackdown.php

China’s Journalists Take a Beating Despite Olympics Pledges
Asia Sentinel, August 31, 2007
http://asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task
=view&id=671&Itemid=35

大陆仍然封锁“六四”事件资料 (China Still Blocking Information on June 4th Crackdown)
Radio Free Asia, August 31, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/08/31/China
_Internet/

Search Engines Told to Clean Up
Shanghai Daily, September 1, 2007
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2007/200709/
20070901/article_329573.htm

Virtual Voices
South China Morning Post, September 3, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem
.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=
62e9f2d9cbcb4110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=
China&s=News

Multilateral Relations
China's Influence Spreads Around World
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), September 2, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070902/ap_on_re_as/
china_global_impact_7;_ylt=
AnZs4ewluBG2bFCNqgixIXtPzWQA

Olympics
中国在十七大奥运会前压新闻自由 (China Curbs Media Freedom Ahead of 17th CPC National Congress and Olympics)
Voice of America, August 31, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-08-31-voa56
.cfm

Beijing Vows Rapid Action Against Errant Security Officers
South China Morning Post, September 3, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.
2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid
=63a66437556c4110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
&ss=China&s=News

Protests and Petitions
China's Public Complaint Department Busiest Office in Beijing
Xinhua, September 2, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-09/02/
content_6647961.htm

Religion
Panel Critical of China over Dalai Lama
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), August 31, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070831/ap_on_go_ot/us
_china_dalai_lama_2;_ylt=Air.yb1uDFhBQkBwQcFPnrdPzWQA

China Frees Priests Jailed Over Vatican Trip
Reuters (via the China Post), August 31, 2007
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/international/2007/08/31
/120641/China-frees.htm

Tibet
Tibetans Opposes China on Reincarnations
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), September 3, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070903/ap_on_re_as/india
_living_buddhas_2;_ylt=AsDNAQNWZ9Q6diw_7ZYvKEZPzWQA

August 31, 2007

Top News
Public Health
注射疫苗后得病 官员不帮治疗反干扰 (Officials Interfere with Treatment for Children Who Get Sick After Vaccination)
Radio Free Asia, August 30, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/30/
jiangmen/

Liang Yongli, the father of a child who contracted encephalitis after being vaccinated at a local health facility in Guangdong, complained that authorities have tried to interfere with his daughter’s medical treatment. Local officials from Guangdong warned the Liang couple to stop writing letters to the mayor of Jiangmen, Guangdong, to stop raising funds on the streets for their daughter’s treatment and to take her home before the second surgery took place. Liang has lodged a civil lawsuit against the local authorities but the court has yet to deliver a verdict.

Related Information:
HRIC Press Advisory: Officials Attempt to Interfere in Care of Gravely Ill Child of Protesters
Human Rights in China, August 29, 2007
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/item?item_i
d=44726

News
Bilateral Ties
Merkel Seen as Tough on Rights in China Trip
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), August 30, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070830/wl_afp/chinager
manydiplomacyrightstrade_070830060218;_ylt=
AliuYPKaEGg._3Uxkz5mhjJPzWQA

英国高官敦促中国改善人权 (British Prime Minister Gordon Brown Urges China to Improve Rights Situation)
BBC, August 30, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_6970000/
newsid_6970400/6970483.stm

Corruption
Qingdao Vice-Mayor Dismissed
South China Morning Post, August 31, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=64c4c71468
7b4110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Death Penalty
广州割喉案主犯判死 (Guangzhou Murderer Sentenced to Death)
Ming Pao, August 31, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070831/ccd1.htm

Disaster
China Adopts Emergency Response Law
Xinhua, August 30, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/30/content_
6632427.htm

China Passes Emergency Response Law Banning Disaster Rumors
Associated Press (via the International Herald Tribune), August 30, 2007
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/30/asia/AS-GEN-
China-Disaster-Response.php

Education
Radio Free Asia, August 30, 2007
重庆青年职业学院学生在厂实习遭老师殴打 (Teacher Beats Student for Trying to Skip Exploitative Internship)
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/30/
xuesheng/

Human Rights Defender
维权老人刘凤池举殡前夕　当局监控亲朋干预悼念 (Beijing Evictee’s Funeral Under Close Monitoring)
Radio Free Asia, August 30, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/30/
liufengchi/

Labor
First Mention of Human Factors in Coal Mine Disaster
South China Morning Post, August 31, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6794c71468
7b4110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

New Law Allows Job Seekers to Litigate Against Discrimination
Xinhua, August 30, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/30/content_
6634058.htm

Law
Rights of Suspects 'Highly Respected'
China Daily, August 30, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-08/30/content_
6067003.htm

Media
方舟评论：为保障网民言论自由叫一声好 (Commentary: Luoyang Authorities Deserve Praise for Safeguarding Freedom of Speech on the Internet)
Nanfang Weekend, August 30, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/zmzg/
200708300754.asp

厦门蓝芒网站被切断连线 (Servers of Guangdong-Based Company Disconnected from Internet Due to Bad Messages)
Radio Free Asia, August 30, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/30
/xiamen/

Population
China Says One-Child Policy Helps Protect Climate
Reuters (via Yahoo News), August 30, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070830/ts_nm/climate_
population_dc_1;_ylt=AkxIQMGcZxWDQjw9sfinNYhPzWQA

Protests and Petitions
南宁：5种行为被界定为“恶意讨薪” (New Notice in Nanning, Guangxi Defines 5 Types of Behavior as “Maliciously Demanding Wages”)
China Youth Daily, August 31, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-08/31/content_1877751
.htm

北京工行总部外请愿者遭警驱赶　数百人被带走 (400 Laid-off Protestors Taken Away Outside Industrial and Commercial Bank in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, August 30, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/30
/gonghang/

Tibet
Tibetan Monks in Protest over Opera Ban
Radio Free Asia, August 30, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/arts/2007/08/30/
tibet_opera/