January 12 - 14, 2008

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Lü Gengsong (吕耿松)
简要新闻∶杭州网络作家吕耿松被起诉 (Hangzhou-based Internet Writer Lü Gengsong Indicted)
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2008/01/11/
Hangzhou-based Internet writer Lü Gengsong (吕耿松) will stand trial on January 22, 2008, on charges of "inciting subversion of state power." The Hangzhou Intermediate People's Court called Lü’s wife, Wang Xue'e (汪雪娥), telling Wang that the procuratorate submitted Lü's indictment to the court on January 10 and sent a copy to Lü. Lü has recently been involved in different rights defense activities.

Related Information
HRIC Press Release: Writer Lü Gengsong Indicted
Human Rights in China, January 11, 2008
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/46847

News
Death Penalty
全国首个规定故意杀人死刑案件证据规则引关注 (China's First Circular Standardizing Regulations Concerning Evidence in Murder Cases Draws Attention)
Legal Daily, January 14, 2008
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2008-01/14/content_
780523.htm

Environment
China Bans Free Plastic Bags
Voice of America, January 12, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-01-12-voa16.cfm

Human Rights Defender - Yue Tianxiang (岳天祥)
简要新闻∶甘肃天水民运人士岳天祥刑满出狱 (Gansu Democracy Activist Yue Tianxiang Released from Jail)
Radio Free Asia, January 12, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2008/01/12/xiwen/

Human Rights Defender - Jing Chu (荆楚)
简要新闻: 广西异议作家荆楚被取保候审释放 (Guangxi-based Dissident Writer Jing Chu Released on Bail Pending Further Investigation)
Radio Free Asia, January 12, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2008/01/12/xiwen/

Labor
China Says Coal mine Deaths Fall One Fifth in 2007
Reuters, January 12, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSPEK329219

China Frees Brick Kiln Slaves and Then Loses Them
Reuters, January 11, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/
idUSPEK31987820080111

广东蓄电池厂工人普遍铅中毒 (Workers in a Guangdong Battery Factory Suffer Lead Poisoning)
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/11/china_
labor_protection/

Over 100,000 Died in China Work Accidents in 2007
Reuters, January 11, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/
idUSPEK33212820080111

Migrant Workers
Migrant Worker Asked for His Pay, Got Beating Instead
South China Morning Post, January 14, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a654bfcc6537
7110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Half of China's Migrant Workers Unhappy with Social Status
Xinhuanet, January 13, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/13/content_
7412708.htm

Police
2,717 Chinese Police Officers Die in Line of Duty in Past Six Years
Xinhuanet, January 11, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/12/content_
7408398.htm

城管打死人公安抢尸体 死者家属要求杀人偿命 (Hubei Authorities Take Away Victim's Corpse in Urban Management Abuse Case; Family Demands Justice)
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/11/
chengguan/

Politics
地方人大换届新迹象：农民工声音渐响 官员悄隐退 (As Local People's Congresses Get New Representatives, A Trend Emerges: More Rural Migrant Workers, Less Cadres)
Xinhuanet, January 14, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2008-01/14/content_
7415376.htm

Poverty
Lives of Poverty, Untouched by China’s Boom
New York Times, January 13, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/13/world/asia/13china.
html?scp=4&sq=

Protests and Petitions
湖北潜江征地发生血案四村民受伤 (Four Villagers Hurt in Violent Hubei Land Grab)
Radio Free Asia, January 13, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/13/
hu/

成都出动六百名公安武警继续强拆民房 (Chengdu Dispatches 600 Police Officers and Paramilitary Police Officers for Forced Evictions)
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/11/china_
demolition_clash/

福建女子魏香平上访17年被拘60次 (Fujian Woman Has Been Petitioning for 17 Years, Detained 60 Times)
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 1008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/11/china_
petition_abuse/

Religion
家庭教会会长再发表致胡锦涛公开信 呼吁关注严厉迫害 (Protestant House Church President Once Again Sends Open Letter to Hu Jintao Urging Halt to Persecution)
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/
11/zhang/

January 11, 2008

News
Corruption
河南审计2026名领导干部 查出违规金额33.11亿元 (Henan Audits 2026 Cadres, Uncovers Misuse of Funds Amounting to About 3.3 Billion Yuan)
Legal Daily, January 11, 2008
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2008-01/11/content_
779437.htm

China's Top Disciplinary Official Urges Self-discipline Among Corruption Fighters
Xinhuanet, January 10, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/10/content_
7400983.htm

北京市海淀原区长周良洛涉嫌受贿1600万被公诉 (Former Cadre In Haidian District, Beijing, Indicted for Allegedly Accepting Bribes of 16 Million Yuan)
Xinhuanet, January 10, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2008-01/10/content_7395
801.htm

2008 反腐风暴怎样刮？ (What Are the Anti-Corruption Measures in 2008?)
The Beijing News, January 10, 2008
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/guonei/2008/01-10/
021@081635.htm

Government
各地各部门纠正损害群众利益不正之风工作综述 (Government Departments Report on Efforts to Rectify Mispractice)
Xinhuanet, January 10, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2008-01/10/content
_7398132.htm

Human Rights Defender - Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠）
郑恩宠告官案开庭 禁书翻版当局紧张 (Zheng Enchong's Lawsuit Started on Tuesday; Authorities Nervous About Pirated Copies of Book on Shanghai Corruption)
Radio Free Asia, January 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/10/
zheng/

Labor
河北临西县：解救奴工被镇政府送还黑窑主/目前两奴工失踪 (Township Government in Linxi County, Hebei, Sends Freed Forced Laborer Back to "Black Kiln")
Nanfang Daily, January 11, 2008
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/20080111
0561.asp

安徽电视台大批裁员 (Anhui TV Station Dismisses Employees En Masse)
Radio Free Asia, January 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/10/an/

Land Policy
浙江村民因为拆迁纠纷状告国家发改委 一审胜诉 (Beijing Court Decides in Favor of Zhejiang Villagers Against State Development and Planning Commission in Eviction Lawsuit)
CCTV (via Xinhua), January 11, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2008-01/11/content_7402
687.htm

Threats over Land Deal Alleged
South China Morning Post, January 11, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6ecc4c32624671
10VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

China Says Farmland Is for Cultivation
Associated Press (via YahooNews), January 10, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080110/ap_on_re_as/china
_rural_land;_ylt=AhXNC.qHBE7Hac6N_rjSsOwBxg8F

Law
烟台军转干乔延兵被秘审 律师指法院违反法律程序 (Demobilized Soldiers' Representative Secretly Tried; Lawyer Argues the Court Has Not Followed Proper Procedures)
Radio Free Asia, January 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/10/
qiao/

Migrant Workers
建设部等五部委联合发文要求改善农民工居住条件 (Ministry of Construction and Other State Organs Issue Opinion Demanding Improvement on Migrant Workers' Housing Conditions)
Jinghua Times (via Xinhua), January 11, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2008-01/11/content_74
02678.htm

Protests and Petitions
“4000工人讨薪”追踪：讨薪工人再次堵路/又有2000多工人加入 (Four Thousand Workers Demanding Back Pay Block Roads Again)
Nanfang Daily, January 11, 2008
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/20080111
0692.asp

四川古蔺县石屏乡农田遭破坏 官商勾结打伤数百名农民 (Hundreds of Sichuan Farmers Beaten During Protest Against Land Pollution)
Radio Free Asia, January 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/10/
nong/

成都塑料12厂受伤工人在医院遭殴打 (Injured Factory Workers in Chengdu Beaten in Hospital)
Radio Free Asia, January 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/10/
gong/

湖北天门城管打死人引发群体性事件仍在持续 (Public Continue Protests Against Urban Management Authorities' Beating to Death of a Hubei Resident)
Radio Free Asia, January 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/10/
chengguang/

Public Health
China Parents to Sue over "Tainted" Umbilical Blood
Reuters, January 10, 2008
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=health
News&storyid=2008-01-10T074109Z_01_PEK271279_RTRU
KOC_0_US-CHINA-BLOOD.xml

医疗服务成为中国民众最关注问题 (Medical Service Becomes China's Most Topical Social Issue)
Radio Free Asia, January 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/10/
service/

January 10, 2008

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Yuan Weijing (袁伟静)
独家报道：德国记者欲访袁伟静未成行 陈光诚家人遭围困威胁恐吓 (German TV Station Prevented from Interviewing Yuan Weijing; Chen Guangcheng's Family Threatened)
Radio Free Asia, January 09, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/09/
yuan/
Shandong authorities prevented a German TV crew from interviewing Yuan Weijing (袁伟静) on January 9. A German journalist told Yuan on January 7 that they wanted to interview her on January 9. On January 8, the Public Security Bureau (PSB) of Yinan County, Shandong Province, reportedly called Yuan's brother-in-law Chen Guangfu (陈光福), telling him that the German crew would not be able to interview Yuan even if they entered her village. As a result the TV crew cancelled the interview the following morning. The PSB’s deputy director allegedly called Chen a traitor for having been repeatedly interviewed by foreign media, and told him that he could be arrested anytime. Yuan’s husband, blind human rights lawyer Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚), is in jail after revealing the presence of forced abortions in Linyi, Shandong Province.

News
Civil Society
In China, Grass-Roots Groups Stretch Limits on Activism
Wall Street Journal, January 09, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119980515239074901.html

Environment
Shoppers: It's BYO Bag in China
Associated Press (via YahooNews), January 10, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080110/ap_on_re_as/china
_plastic_bags_15;_ylt=AhqbHHeaXVax1E.eAplyVSNPzWQA
HeaXVax1E.eAplyVSNPzWQA

Beijing's Neighbors Report More Blue Sky Days in 2007
Xinhuanet, January 09, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/09/content_
7394475.htm

Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
胡佳羁押期健康安全成疑虑 各方吁紧急关注病情 (Different Groups Concerned for Hu Jia's Health)
Radio Free Asia, January 09, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/09/
hujia/

Labor
Around the Nation - 3 Killed in Fireworks Factory Blast
South China Morning Post, January 10, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=dc877b93f7e5
7110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

重庆：硫化氢泄漏致5死13伤 出事的化工厂人员已全部疏散 (Five Chongqing Workers Die and 13 Injured in Hydrogen Sulfide Leakage Accident)
Nanfang City News, January 10, 2008
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/20080
1100829.asp

Land Policy
江西丰城拆迁株连调查 (China Youth Daily Looks Into Eviction Tactics in Fengcheng, Jiangxi Province)
China Youth Daily, January 10, 2008
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2008-01/10/content_2026961.htm

Law
本网独家披露:2008中国法院改革会有哪些大动作 (What Will Be the Big Reforms for China's Courts in 2008?)
Legal Daily, January 10, 2008
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2008-01/10/content_
778639.htm

Worker Given Life Sentence for ATM Windfall May Get Retrial
South China Morning Post, January 10, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=dd777b93f7e57
110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Media
Reporter Receives Apology over Subpoena
South China Morning Post, January 10, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=de677b93f7e57
110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Olympics
发改委称奥运期间北京将出台措施减少交通流量 (Beijing's Development and Reform Commission to Reduce Traffic During Olympics)
Jinghua Times (via Xinhua), January 10, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/society/2008-01/10/content_
7395960.htm

Rules Tightened for China Workers
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 09, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7179198.stm

Police
China to Start Prison Administration Reform Nationwide
Xinhuanet, January 09, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/09/content_
7394840.htm

City Staff Among 24 Held in China After Man Beaten to Death: Report
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), January 09, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080109/wl_asia_afp/chinar
ightsinspectorsbeating_080109192551;_ylt=AhokglS9nDL01a
7sWXvFxRFPzWQA09192551;_ylt=AhokglS9nDL01a7sWXvF
xRFPzWQA

Protests and Petitions
湖北访民郑大靖在关押期间遭受毒打 (Hubei Petitioner Zheng Dajing Severely Beaten During Detention)
Radio Free Asia, January 09, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/09/
zheng_daijing/

200名北京市的经租户代表示威 (Two Hundred Beijing Private Apartment Owners Protest at Government Building)
Radio Free Asia, January 09, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/09/china_
rights_property/

永州教师不满薪资待遇罢课请愿 当局派防暴警察镇守 (Hunan Authorities Deploy Anti-Riot Police to Separate Protesting Teachers from Government Building)
Radio Free Asia, January 09, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/09/
hunan/

Religion
Differing Readings of the Bible in China
Asia Times Online, January 10, 2008
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/JA10Ad01.html

January 9, 2008

Top News of the Day
Media
拒撤揭黑文章网站被关 单位逼孔强认疯免责 (Website Administrator Asked to Admit Psychiatric Problems to Avoid Dismissal over Article on Shanghai Corruption)
Radio Free Asia, January 08, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/08/
gong/
On January 7, the Zhonghua Shenzheng website was shut down by the Ministry of Public Security’s Internet Supervision Bureau. The event occurred because Shandong-based website administrator Sun Qiang (孙强) refused to delete a report that condemned the Shanghai Police. Sun’s work unit told his parents to urge Sun to admit that he had “psychiatric problems” and to check into a psychiatric hospital as a means to avoid getting fired. The report in question, written by former Shanghai police officer Zhang Baoliang (张宝亮), reportedly exposes the misuses of power and abuse of the law by the Shanghai authorities.

News
Environment
Report of Fish in Toxic Waters Called Sensational, Misleading
South China Morning Post, January 09, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=262eb8f9cc
957110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Human Rights
China Hits Back at Critics of Rights Record
Reuters, January 08, 2008
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=wor
ldNews&storyid=2008-01-08T093104Z_01_PEK253926_R
TRUKOC_0_US-OLYMPICS-BEIJING-RIGHTS.xml08T0
93104Z_01_PEK253926_RTRUKOC_0_US-OLYMPICS-B
EIJING-RIGHTS.xml

广东将设一百万监视摄像头 (Guangdong to Install One Million Surveillance Cameras)
Radio Free Asia, January 08, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/08/
monitor/

Human Rights Defenders
转业军人乔延兵被密审 当地官方禁止北京律师介入 (Demobilized Soldiers' Representative Secretly Tried; Shandong Authorities Bar Beijing Lawyers from Getting Involved)
Radio Free Asia, January 08, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/08/
qiao/

Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
上海访民发起绝食行动要求当局释放胡佳 (Shanghai Petitioners Launch Hunger Strike Demanding Hu Jia's Release)
Radio Free Asia, January 08, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/08/china_
rights_hujia/

Labor
Fighting Back: Workers Claiming to Be Overworked and Underpaid Are Suing Their Former Mainland Bosses
South China Morning Post, January 09, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=23357afa92
457110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Land Policy
China to Further Clamp Down on Illegal Development of Farmland
Xinhuanet, January 08, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/08/content_
7388061.htm

Law
China Woman in Legal First over Abortion Case
The Telegraph, January 07, 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/
2008/01/07/wchina107.xml

Media
西丰县公安局撤销对朱文娜的立案、拘传 (Public Security Bureau of Xifeng County Withdraws Investigation and Coercive Summons on Journalist)
Xinhuanet, January 09, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2008-01/09/content_
7389210.htm

四川电视台两名记者采访时被殴打 伤情严重 (Sichuan TV's Two Journalists Beaten by Thugs During Interview, Suffer from Serious Injuries)
Sichuan Online (via Xinhua), January 09, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2008-01/09/content_7391
102.htm

Migrant Workers
斩断农民工子弟学校的恶性循环 让流动的孩子不再流动 (Chaoyang Authorities Trying to End "Vicious Cycle" for Schooling for Migrant Workers' Children)
Guangming Ribao (via Xinhuanet), January 09, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2008-01/09/content_
7391067.htm

Olympics
奥运期间2000刑警反扒 (Two Thousand Police Officers Given Anti-Pickpocketing Mission During Olympics)
The Beijing News, January 09, 2008
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/olympic/2008/01-09/
021@084724.htm

China Crackdown Flouts Olympic Rights Vow: Activists
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), January 08, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080108/wl_asia_afp/chinar
ightsoly2008chn_080108191027;_ylt=AhqEKInsh8grrWHM3
AakxTFPzWQA027;_ylt=AhqEKInsh8grrWHM3AakxTFPzWQA

Food Safety an Olympic Challenge for Beijing Games
Reuters, January 08, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK2249
7620080109?sp=true

Police
90pc of People 'Feel Safe'
South China Morning Post, January 09, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=253eb8f9cc957
110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Hubei Urban Officers Beat Man to Death
South China Morning Post, January 09, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=271eb8f9cc957110Vg
nVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Protests and Petitions
Dongzhou Power Station Opens Amid Protest
Radio Free Asia, January 08, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2008/01/08/china_
dongzhou/

Religion
北京基督教徒商人石维翰获保释 (Beijing-Based Christian Businessman Released)
Radio Free Asia, January 08, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/08/shi/

January 8, 2008

News
Death Penalty
Man Gets Suspended Death Sentence for Fatal N China Detonator Blast
Xinhuanet, January 08, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/08/content_
7383897.htm

河南去年48个涉黑团伙覆灭6人死刑4人死缓 (Six People Sentenced to Death in 2007 over Triad Activities in Henan; Four Others Sentenced to Death with a Two-Year Reprieve)
Xinhuanet, January 08, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2008-01/08/content_
7383967.htm

Environment
1,066 Cement Plants Blacklisted for Violating Watchdog's Closure Order
South China Morning Post, January 08, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=210b5dc23b457
110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Government
Government-Backed Survey Finds Food, Water Quality Top Worries
South China Morning Post, January 08, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a4ee46c9c955
7110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
China Urged to Improve Human Rights Before Olympics
Reuters, January 07, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK85566
20080107

Human Rights Defender - Yang Chunlin (杨春林)
富锦杨春林面临起诉 外媒采访维权遭阻 (Heilongjiang Authorities to Prosecute Yang Chunlin; Australia Newspaper Barred from Interviewing Victims of Land Grab)
Radio Free Asia, January 07, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/07
/fujin/

Labor
'Sacred Duty' for Unions to Protect Workers, Says Hu
South China Morning Post, January 08, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=22fa5dc23b457
110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

深圳查封民工维权人士陈连林的办公室 (Shenzhen Authorities Close Down Office of Migrant Rights' Defender)
Radio Free Asia, January 07, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/07/china_
rights_labor/

Land Policy
China to Take Measures to Improve Land Use Efficiency
Xinhuanet, January 07, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/08/content_
7381215.htm

Media
Stories China's Media Could Not Write
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 06, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7171648.stm

Chinese Officials Reacting to "Negative Reporting" in Different Ways
Xinhuanet, January 08, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/08/content_
7382821.htm

Outrage as China Police Chase Reporter for "Libel"
Reuters, January 07, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK33260
720080107

Population
Central China Province Punishes Hundreds for Violating Family Planning Policy
Xinhuanet, January 07, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/07/content_
7377930.htm

Protests and Petitions
Labour Contract Delay Sparks Shanghai Protest
South China Morning Post, January 08, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=25ca5dc23b4
57110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

深圳百达实业公司千名失业员工举行示威 (One Thousand Shenzhen Laid-Off Workers Protest Lack of Compensation)
Radio Free Asia, January 07, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/07/china_
labor_protest/

Public Health
China Unveils Healthcare Scheme
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 08, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7175501.stm

January 5 - 7, 2008

Top News of the Day
Media
天网及台湾网站连番被攻击 (6-4 Tianwang.com and Taiwan Websites Receive Ongoing Hacks)
Radio Free Asia, January 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/04/china_
internet/
The 6-4 Tianwang.com website has received ongoing online attacks since December 28, 2007, and is now inaccessible worldwide. Personal computers of its China- and Denmark-based volunteers have also been hacked. Huang Qi, the founder of the website, believes these attacks are due to authorities' discontent with the website's ongoing reports on the crackdown against petitioners ahead of the Beijing Olympics.

News
Environment
China to Launch Pollution Survey in February: State Media
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), January 04, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080105/wl_asia_afp/china
environmentpollution_080105043307

Hukou
中国户口制度使“有教无类”成为空洞理想 (Household Registration System Makes "Education for All" a Meaningless Goal)
Radio Free Asia, January 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/04/
hukou/

Human Rights Defenders
Attacks on Chinese Activists Raise Fears
Associated Press (via YahooNews), January 06, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080106/ap_on_re_as/china
_attacks_on_activists_1;_ylt=AiKVZDggj_FtlPn9isHAD69Pz
WQAAiKVZDggj_FtlPn9isHAD69PzWQA

Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
胡佳被以涉密拒律师会见 民间继续关注郭飞雄高智晟 (Lawyer Barred from Meeting Hu Jia on State Secrets Grounds; Concerns for Guo Feixiong and Gao Zhisheng Continue)
Radio Free Asia, January 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/04/
hu-jia/

Labor
Business Doubts Impact of New Laws in Chaotic China: Analysts
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), January 06, 2008
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080106/tbs-china-economy
-laws-labour-tax-5268574_1.html5268574_1.html

In Chinese Factories, Lost Fingers and Low Pay
New York Times, January 05, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/05/business/worldbusine
ss/05sweatshop.html?ex=1357189200&en=5eec2e4af4644ba3
&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss57189200&en=5eec2e4af
4644ba3&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

Law
8律师学者上书促改刑法 (Eight Lawyers and Scholars Call for Amendment to Criminal Law)
Ming Pao, January 07, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080107/cac1.htm

Media
只因发表揭秘报道 辽宁西丰警察进京去《法制日报》报社抓记者 (Liaoning Police Try to Arrest Journalist at Legal Daily for Negative Reporting on Local Party Chief)
Nanfang City News, January 07, 2008
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/
200801070490.asp

Online Censorship Rules Are Clear, Official Says
South China Morning Post, January 07, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3042a976e6f
47110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

China Cracks Down on "Vulgar" Entertainment
Reuters, January 05, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK215812
20080105

Olympics
Beijing Steel Maker Cuts Emissions for Olympics
Xinhuanet, January 05, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/05/content_
7370697.htm

Exiled Tibetans Plan Anti-Olympic March Back Home
Reuters, January 04, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSDEL331906
20080104?sp=true

Olympic Challenge for International Film in China
Screen Daily.com, January 04, 2008
http://www.screendaily.com/ScreenDailyArticle.aspx?intSto
ryID=36441&Category=

Protests and Petitions
发起维权抗争的成都塑料厂职工遭暴徒袭击 (Chengdu Thugs Beat up Protesting Plastic Factory Workers)
Radio Free Asia, January 06, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/06/
weiquan/

北京开始大规模遣送访民 (Beijing Authorities Start to Send Petitioners En Masse Back to Their Hometowns)
Radio Free Asia, January 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/04/china_
petition_beijing/

Tibet
Tibetans Forced to Oppose Dalai Lama's Return: Group
Reuters, January 06, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK19866
120080106

January 4, 2008

Top News of the Day
Protests and Petitions
湖北访民郑大靖遭截访后被私自关押并殴打 (Hubei Petitioner Beaten in Secret Detention Center)
Radio Free Asia, January 03, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/03/
zheng/
Hubei petitioner Zheng Dajing (郑大靖) was beaten in a secret detention center after he was "retrieved" in Beijing last September, his wife told Radio Free Asia on January 3. China law expert Ong Yew-kim commented that Zheng's secret detention is illegal because the detention has not gone through proper procedures. In related news, petitioner Liu Jiamei (刘佳美) said she saw local "retrievers" inside the office of the State Bureau for Letters and Calls. She suspected the Bureau colludes with local "retrievers."

News
Children
12-Year-Old Used as Bait in China Kidnapping Ring: State Media
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), January 03, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080103/wl_asia_afp/china
traffickingchildren_080103063005;_ylt=ArxXbShA81IyQN
MdN5oBD51PzWQA005;_ylt=ArxXbShA81IyQNMdN5oBD51PzWQA

Economic Development
Income Gap to Widen, Think-Tank Predicts
South China Morning Post, January 04, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7dfc9db3110
47110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Gender
A Voice for Rural Women of China
Los Angeles Times, January 02, 2008
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-w
omen2jan02,1,3436981.story

Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
中方称依法抓捕胡佳 暗地严控质疑之声 (Chinese Authorities Say Hu Jia Is Arrested According to Law, Covertly Monitor Critics)
Radio Free Asia, January 03, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/03/
hujia/

Human Rights Defender - Li Jianhong (Xiao Qiao) (李剑虹(小乔))
上海异见作家小乔再次被当局软禁 (Shanghai Dissident Writer Placed Under House Arrest Again)
Radio Free Asia, January 03, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/03/china_
dissident_detain/

Labor
1m Who Graduated Last Year Still Jobless: Study
South China Morning Post, January 04, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62
ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=775d9db311047
110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Land Policy
China Faces a Second Land Revolution
Asia Times Online, January 03, 2008
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/JA03Ad01.html

Media
“响水经验”：防堵记者、控制舆论 (Xiangshui County Government, Jiangsu Province, Proudly Reports Work on Media Censorship)
Radio Free Asia, January 03, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/03/jizhe/

Olympics
中国社科院：北京奥运面临十大风险 (CASS Sees Ten Risks for Beijing Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, January 03, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/03/
aoyun/

Population
Rich 'Flaunt' One Child Law
Shanghai Daily, January 03, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200801/20
080103/article_343782_1.htm

Poverty
Discontent 'Grips Chinese Cities'
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 03, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7170438.stm

Protests and Petitions
汪洋上任首遇徵地示威 (Wang Yang Encounters His First Land Grab Protest As Party Secretary of Guangdong)
Ming Pao, January 04, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080104/cab1.htm

官方劝说访民返原籍 专家建议软手段处理问题 (Beijing Officials Advise Petitioners to Return to Hometowns; Experts Recommend Soft Tactics Against Petitioners)
Radio Free Asia, January 03, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/03/
fangmin/

访民之女突然死去 寻找死因却遭拘留殴打 (Sichuan Petitioners Detained and Beaten for Demanding Justice for Daughter's Sudden Death)
Radio Free Asia, January 03, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/03/
nanchong/

January 3, 2008

Top News of the Day
Media
１７大前２６００多网站博客遭关闭 (China Closed Down More Than 2,600 Websites During 17th Party Congress)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/02/
blog/
Reporters Without Borders has described China as the world's biggest prison for journalists over the past four years. Its 2007 annual report on press freedom states that China has jailed 33 journalists and 50 cyber-dissidents in 2007. About 2,600 websites, blogs and forums were shut down before and during the 17th Communist Party Congress in October.

News
Children
Child-trafficking Gang Broken Up in Central China
Xinhuanet, January 03, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/03/content_
7358238.htm

Death Penalty
Lethal Injection to Be Used More
Xinhuanet, January 03, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/03/content_
7358637.htm

Education
流动儿童教育成为最突出的教育公平问题 (Education of Migrant Children Is the Most Problematic)
Xinhuanet, January 03, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2008-01/03/content_
7358424.htm

Environment
Paper Plant's Toxic Gush Threatens Millions
South China Morning Post, January 03, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6a5cac17dea37110
VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=

Freedom of Association
段惠民忌日当局阻挠拜祭 群警出动百访民被抓 (Police Deployed to Bar Shanghai Petitioners Commemorating Duan Huimin's Death)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/02/
duan/

Government
Public Hearing to be Held on Domestic Roaming Fees
South China Morning Post, January 03, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a96cac17dea37110
VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=

江苏省赣榆县励庄镇谭湖村选举出现舞弊 (Corruption Reported in Jiangsu Village Election)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/02/
xianju/

Human Rights Defenders - Hu Jia (胡佳)
律师李劲松李方平向警方递交要求会见胡佳的申请 (Hu Jia's Attorneys Request a Meeting with Client)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/02/
hujia/

数十警察围困曾金燕 胡佳被拘细节辗转传出 (More Details on Hu Jia's Detention)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/02/
hu_zeng/

Labor
劳动合同法实施前夕 海口一医院终止聘用上百清洁工 (Haikou Hospital Sacks Hundreds of Cleaners Before Law Contract Law Becomes Effective)
Xinhuanet, January 03, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2008-01/03/content_
7358051.htm

蓄意规避劳动合同法 山东省汶上县邮政局解骋职工 (Shangdong Post Office Dismisses Long-Serving Employees Before New Labor Contract Law Takes Effect)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/02/lao/

企业职工工资可集体协商 河北率先立法 (Hebei Implements Pilot Law in Collective Bargaining)
Xinhuanet, January 03, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2008-01/03/content_
7358487.htm

China's Work Accidents Fall in 2007 But Still Claim Almost 100,000 Lives
Xinhuanet, January 02, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/02/content_
7354552.htm

Media
驻华外国记者投诉受到干扰 (Foreign Correspondents in China Face Interferences)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/02/
foreign_journalist/

Olympics
Beggars, Unlicensed Peddlers to Be Cleared Up in Chang'an Avenue
Xinhuanet, January 02, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/02/content_
7355619.htm

Beijing Puts Sniffer Dogs on Subway
Associated Press (via YahooNews), January 02, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080102/ap_on_re_as/china
_subway_dogs_2;_ylt=AgtfKlGZfyhwrMWgV7wOibhPzWQA
GZfyhwrMWgV7wOibhPzWQA

Beijing to Set Up Food Safety Monitoring Center for Olympics
Xinhuanet, January 02, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/02/content_7355279.htm

China Imposes Stricter Clean-Air Standards in Beijing
Voice of America, January 02, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-01-02-voa65.cfm

Police
集会讨论上访的教师代表被当局拘禁 (Hubei Teachers' Representatives Detained After Petitioning)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/02/china_
petition_teachers/

Population
Rich Flout China's One-Child Rule
Associated Press (via YahooNews), January 03, 2008
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080102/china_family_planning.
html?.v=1

中国光棍男子越来越多 (Number of Male Bachelors Increases in China)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/02/
shitiao/

Protests and Petitions
独家报道：宜昌夷陵鄢家河村民土地被征十几年至今未得合理补偿 (Hubei Villagers Failed to Get Adequate Compensation for Land Loss for More Than Ten Years)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/02/tudi/

独家报道：中国资深媒体人呼吁言论自由 (Newspaper Editor Issues Open Letter Urging Press Freedom)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/02/lin/

Society
2007年居民总体生活满意度：城市下降 农村上升 (Survey Finds Less Urban Residents Satisfied with Life But More Amongst Rural Residents)
Xinhuanet, January 03, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2008-01/03/content_
7358277.htm

January 1 - 2, 2008

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
胡佳涉嫌煽动颠覆国家政权罪被刑事拘留 (Hu Jia Placed Under Criminal Detention on Suspicion of Inciting Subversion)
Radio Free Asia, December 31, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/31/china_
rights_detain/
Hu Jia (胡佳) has been reportedly placed under criminal detention at the Beijing Municipal Detention Center on suspicion of inciting subversion. An anonymous source told Radio Free Asia that the police had allegedly told Hu's family that they are investigating him for articles he had posted online, including some that call for a boycott of the Beijing Olympics.

News
Environment
Corporate Ecology Urged in China
China Daily, December 31, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2007-12/31/content_
6361820.htm

Beijing 'Meets Pollution Target'
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 31, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7165610.stm

Human Rights Defenders
收费：中国维权律师的窘境 (Rights Defense Lawyers Not Paid After Providing Services)
Radio Free Asia, January 01, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/01
/lawyer/

沈阳公安逮捕三名受理蚁力神案的律师 (Shenyang Police Arrest Three Lawyers Who Represent Victims in a Get-Rich-Quick Scheme)
Radio Free Asia, December 31, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/31/china_
rights_lawyer/

Labor
Labor Protection Official Underlines Breakthroughs in New Disputes Arbitration Law
Xinhuanet, January 01, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/02/content_
7349659.htm

New Labor Contract Law Changes Employment Landscape
Xinhuanet, January 01, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/01/content_
7348036.htm

深圳市元升公司新劳工法前解雇资深员工 (Shenzhen Company Dismisses Senior Employees Before New Labor Contract Law Takes Effect)
Radio Free Asia, January 01, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/01/China_
Labor/

China Coal Mine Death Toll Rises to 19
Reuters, December 31, 2007
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSPEK219118

Media
In Brief: Fake Reporters Detained after Trying to Extort Money
South China Morning Post, January 02, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a73c26635c5
37110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Olympics
China Exudes Optimism Despite Critical New Report
Reuters, January 01, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/idUSSP598592
0080102?sp=true

China's Sports System Delivers, but at a Cost
Reuters, January 01, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/idUSN31554693
20080102?pageNumber=3&virtualBrandChannel=0&sp=
true&virtualBrandChannel=0&sp=true

The Glory of Games Is Fraught with Risk
Chicago Tribunal, January 01, 2008
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-china08
_osnosjan01,1,6250460.story?ctrack=1&cset=truechina08_osno
sjan01,1,6250460.story?ctrack=1&cset=true

Activists Fail to Stir Opposition to China's Float
Los Angeles Times, December 30, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-chinarose30dec30,
0,2373323,full.story?coll=la-home-centerchinarose30dec30,0,
2373323,full.story?coll=la-home-center

Blogging Boom Sets Up Stars for Bonanza
South China Morning Post, December 30, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=987aadc9ad5271
10VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Population
County Adviser Fined 765,500 Yuan for Having Second Child
South China Morning Post, January 02, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb3
29d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c47c26635c537
110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Protests and Petitions
万人公开信呼吁奥运年批准《公民权利和政治权利国际公约》 (14,000 People Sign Open Letter Urging Ratification of ICCPR in 2008)
Radio Free Asia, January 01, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/01/rights/

独家报道：广东电网再引发大规模抗议 顺德参照汕尾铁腕镇压 (Shunde Authorities Learn from Shanwei Police's Tactics to Suppress Villagers Who Protest Undercompensation for Electricity Project)
Radio Free Asia, January 01, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/01/
shunde/

Religion
World's Biggest Bible Factory Opens in a 'Godless' China
China Post, December 31, 2007
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/2007/12/31/137078/World

Three Gorges
Canada's Aid Seeded China Dam
Wall Street Journal, December 31, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119906431204358677.html

December 29 - 31, 2007

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
著名维权人士胡佳以“颠覆国家政权”罪被捕 (Prominent Rights Defender Hu Jia Arrested for "Inciting Subversion")
Radio Free Asia, December 31, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/30/
hu_jia/
On December 27, Beijing police detained rights defender Hu Jia (胡佳) on suspicion of "inciting subversion." Authorities reportedly disconnected his family's telephone, mobile, and Internet lines, as well as seizing a computer and documents from his residence. Hu's wife Zeng Jinyan (曾金燕), also a rights defense activist, remains under house arrest.

Related Information
HRIC Press Statement: Protest the Detention of Hu Jia
Human Rights in China, December 28, 2007
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/item?item_
id=46164

News
Children
China Ratifies UN Protocol to Safeguard Children from Armed Conflicts
Xinhuanet, December 29, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/29/content_
7335132.htm

Death Penalty
重庆三名厅级干部因受贿被判刑 (Chongqing Court Convicts Three High Ranking Officials on Corruption Charges)
Xinhuanet, December 30, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2007-12/30/
content_7341350.htm

抢劫坐台女并杀人抛尸长江 三恶魔一审被判极刑 (Anhui Court Sentences Trio to Death for Murdering Two Sex Workers)
Anhui Commercial News (via Xinhua), December 30, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-12/30/content_
7340240.htm

Economic Development
中国城乡居民收入差距继续拉大 (Income Gap Between Urban and Rural Residents Further Widens)
Radio Free Asia, December 28, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/28/
shouru/

Human Rights
2007年公民维权篇大事记 (Xinhua Selects Top Ten Rights Defense Cases in 2007)
Xinhuanet, December 31, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-12/31/content_
7343281.htm

Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
China Detains AIDS Activist, Clears Guangdong Protests
Radio Free Asia, December 30, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2007/12/30/china_
olympics_rights/

Human Rights Defender - Li Guotao (李国涛)
李国涛已被软禁一个半月 (Shanghai Democracy Activist Li Guotao under House Arrest for 1.5 Months)
Radio Free Asia, December 30, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/30
/liguotao/

Human Rights Defender - Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)
Chinese Rights Lawyer Beaten, Staging Hunger Strike in Prison
Radio Free Asia, December 28, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/china/2007/12/28/china_template/

Human Rights Defenders
三门峡失地农民代表被关押半月不准家人探视 (Families Barred from Visiting Detained Sanmen Gorge Farmers on State Security Grounds)
Radio Free Asia, December 28, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/28/china_
rights_rural/

Law
China's Top Legislature Approves Minister Nomination, Adopts a Number of Bills
Xinhuanet, December 31, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/29/content_
7334599.htm

Media
私人短片网上禁播 (New Regulations Require Internet Users to Seek Approval for Posting Audio and Visual Programmes Online)
Ming Pao, December 31, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20071231/cac1.htm

North Korea
China to Allow over 40 North Korean Refugees to Leave: Report
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), December 30, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071230/wl_afp/nkoreaskore
achinausrightsrefugees_071230055621;_ylt=Ap5JOU.855JtE
2AKvcBpMbBPzWQA230055621;_ylt=Ap5JOU.855JtE2AKv
cBpMbBPzWQA

Olympics
Beijing’s Olympic Quest: Turn Smoggy Sky Blue
New York Times, December 29, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/29/world/asia/29china.
html?hp

Protests and Petitions
广东掘墓千警民冲突 (One Thousand Guangdong Villagers Clash with Police over Burial Arrangement)
Ming Pao, December 31, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20071231/cca1.htm

Three Gorges
China's Massive Dam Project Causes Worry
Associated Press (via YahooNews), December 31, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071229/ap_on_re_as/china
_s_troubled_dam_2;_ylt=Ag_VmwnVKhD1JLfP6gDCunRP
zWQAVmwnVKhD1JLfP6gDCunRPzWQA

December 28, 2007

News
Children
黑砖窑母亲：不要忘了我们 (Mother Urges People Not to Forget Her Missing Son Who May Have Been a Brick Kiln Slave)
Nanfang Weekend, December 27, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/zmzg/2007122
70672.asp

Death Penalty
安徽原副省长何闽旭一审被判死缓 (Former Deputy Governor of Anhui Province Sentenced to Death with a Two-Year Reprieve)
Procuratorial Daily, December 28, 2007
http://www.jcrb.com/n1/jcrb1517/ca666490.htm

贵州：县长一家六口被灭门案案犯被判死刑 (Guizhou Court Sentences Man to Death for Murdering County Mayor and His Family)
Xinhuanet, December 28, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-12/27/content_
7325697.htm

Environment
6 Chinese Enterprises Apologize to Public over Pollution
Xinhuanet, December 27, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/27/content_
7325501.htm

Human Rights Defenders - Zeng Jinyan (曾金燕), Hu Jia (胡佳)
胡佳亲友与胡夫妇联络中断 关注曾金燕能否如约到公司 (Hu Jia and Wife Cannot Be Contacted by Internet or Phone)
Radio Free Asia, December 28, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/27/
hujia/

Labor
青岛一劳工组织遭受暴徒袭击 (Unidentified Thugs Attack Employees of Qingdao's Labor Organization)
Radio Free Asia, December 27, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/27/
laogong/

Land Policy
深圳警水炮催泪弹强拆民宅 (Guangdong Police Use Water Cannons and Tear Gas in Forcible Eviction)
Ming Pao, December 28, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20071228/cab1.htm

Media
內地传禁订阅《亚洲週刊》 (China Bars Subscription of Hong Kong-Based Magazine "Yazhou Zhoukan")
Ming Pao, December 28, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20071228/cac1.htm

翟明磊个人网站《壹报》再次被当局屏蔽 (Authorities Again Block Website of Banned Publication's Editor)
Radio Free Asia, December 27, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/27/
zhaiminglei/

China May Retain Relaxed Reporting Rules
Associated Press (via YahooNews), December 27, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071227/ap_on_re_as/china
_reporting_rules_1;_ylt=AuSGLMazZIV2e0GM8I9OANlPzWQA

Olympics
八成多受访者不知残奥开幕时间 (Over 80 Percent of Interviewees Do Not Know When Paralympics Will Start)
The Beijing News, December 28, 2007
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/olympic/2007/12-28
/011@082021.htm

汕尾当局继续抓人　阻外媒采访有理？ (Shanwei Authorities Arrest More Protestors, Bar Foreign Journalist)
Radio Free Asia, December 27, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/27/
dongzhou/

Poverty
Minister: China's Wealth Gap Widens
Associated Press (via YahooNews), December 27, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071227/ap_on_re_as/china_
wealth_gap_1;_ylt=Ao_SDHA8cuEpBM6hU2oA94xPzWQA

Protests and Petitions
北京上访村已全部被清拆 (Beijing Petitioning Village Completely Demolished)
Radio Free Asia, December 27, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/27/
shangfangcun/

白马村民指责当局暴力镇压行为可耻 (Guangdong Villagers Condemn Violent Suppression)
Radio Free Asia, December 27, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/27/china_
land_clash/

December 25 – 27, 2007

News
Economic Development
China Aims to Grow Its Middle Class
Associated Press (via YahooNews), December 26, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071226/ap_on_re_as/china
_development_6;_ylt=Akyke8.ReJxL7bw1bjB0it5PzWQA

Environment
Conservation Measures to Lead Attack on Power Usage
South China Morning Post, December 27, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2c283481b17
17110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Food Security
China Mulls Law to Ensure Food Safety
Xinhuanet, December 26, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/26/content_
7316505.htm

Human Rights Defender - Zhang Qing (张青)
张青被法院提走存款冻结帐户 (Guangdong Court Freezes Zhang Qing's Bank Account)
Radio Free Asia, December 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/26/
zhangqing/

Human Rights Defender - Li Jianhong (Xiao Qiao) (李剑虹(小乔))
异见作家小乔被当局拘禁数日 (Shanghai Police Detain Dissident Writer Xiao Qiao for 4 Days)
Radio Free Asia, December 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/26/china_
dissident_release/

Human Rights Defenders
万人上书王桂兰被捕失踪　近失明刘杰劳教继续不予治疗 (Whereabouts of Arrested Petitioning Activist Unknown; Liu Jie Not Given Treatment for Serious Eye Problem)
Radio Free Asia, December 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/26/
wangguilan/

Human Rights Defender - Sun Xiaodi (孙小弟)
孙小弟女儿平安夜遭殴打 (Thugs Beat Sun Xiaodi's Daughter on Christmas Eve)
Radio Free Asia, December 25, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/25/
sunxiaodi/

Human Rights Defenders
China Detains Farmers Urging Land Privatization
Reuters, December 24, 2007
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=world
News&storyid=2007-12-24T110434Z_01_PEK213531_RTRU
KOC_0_US-CHINA-LAND.xml

Bold Activists Hold Beijing to Account
Financial Times, December 26, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e1b2faf0-b3de-11dc-a6df-000
0779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e
2340.html

Land Policy
Official: China Won't Privatize Rural Farmland
Xinhuanet, December 26, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/26/content_
7318687.htm

Law
China Pays 170 Mln Yuan of State Compensation to Citizens over 5 years, Court Says
Xinhuanet, December 26, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/26/content_
7318962.htm

Media
Dog Owner Takes On China's Web Censors
Washington Post, December 26, 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007
/12/25/AR2007122501150.html

Beijing Clamps Down on Text Messages
Associated Press (via YahooNews), December 24, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071224/ap_on_re_as/china
_text_messages_1;_ylt=AkXHbcrLjC.X3tYaL9VbpABPzWQA

Migrant Workers
Chinese Governments Recover 43.32 Bln Yuan for Migrant Workers' Unpaid Wages
Xinhuanet, December 26, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/26/content_
7318887.htm

Olympics
Breaking the Habit
South China Morning Post, December 26, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=21399906c91
17110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

The Challenge to Beijingoism
The Economist, December 26, 2007
http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=
10230215&fsrc=RSS

Police
基层民警揭制度腐败：罚款创收成考核标准 拉赞助形同黑社会保护费 (Low Ranking Police Speak of Systemic Corruption; Fines Collected Determines Officers' Performances)
Radio Free Asia, December 25, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/25/
minjing/

Protests and Petitions
Up to 2,000 Police Guarding Key Pylon in Dongzhou
Radio Free Asia, December 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2007/12/26/china_
template/

Public Health
China Outlines Medical Reform Plan, Highlighting Gov't Responsibility
Xinhuanet, December 26, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/26/content_
7318261.htm

Religion
当局将张明选收养的孤儿赶出学校 (Hebei Authorities Expel Orphans from Protestant Leader's School)
Radio Free Asia, December 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/26/china_
religion_church/

四川甘孜政府加强控制藏人寺庙 (Sichuan Authorities Strengthen Controls on Tibetan Temples)
Radio Free Asia, December 25, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/25/china_
tibetan/

December 22 – 24, 2007

News
Death Penalty
Shanghai Business Boss' Sentence Suspended
Associated Press (via YahooNews), December 21, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071221/ap_on_re_as/china
_shanghai_scandal_1;_ylt=Ap4IZJjmQ_WKDBgkSCV3gzx
PzWQA

死刑复核：激荡一年间 (Supreme People's Court Has Reviewed Death Sentences for One Year)
Nanfang Weekend, December 20, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/zmzg/2007122
00862.asp

Gender - Trafficking of Women
China Traffickers Push Drugs on North Korean Defector Women
Radio Free Asia, December 21, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2007/12/21/nkor_women/

Human Rights Defenders
China Bans Writers' Gathering: Dissident
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), December 22, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071222/lf_afp/chinamediarig
htsoly2008chn_071222185514

Human Rights Defender - Sun Xiaodi (孙小弟)
环保人士孙小弟被殴并受威胁 众多女访民遭性侵犯不敢声张 (Landlord Beats Sun Xiaodi; Female Petitioners Hesitate to Reveal Sexual Abuse)
Radio Free Asia, December 21, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/21/
sun/

Human Rights Defender - Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠)
郑恩宠收大量举报江泽民的两个儿子涉上海圈地黑幕 (Zheng Enchong Receives More Information After Revealing Zhang Zemin's Sons' Involvement in the Shanghai Land Grab Scandal)
Radio Free Asia, December 21, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/21/
zheng_enchong/

Human Rights Defender – Zhang Qing (张青)
张青电脑被入侵文件丢失 U盘短暂插入存文一空 (Zhang Qing's Computer Hacked; Documents in USB Lost)
Radio Free Asia, December 20, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/20/
zhangqing/

Labor
China Jails Mine Owner in 2005 Blast)
Associated Press (via YahooNews), December 22, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071222/ap_on_re_as/china
_mine_sentences_1;_ylt=Avw5_WndMGwT800sHlPzpkF
PzWQA

Land Policy
Village Land Claim Could Shake Core Principle of Collectivism
South China Morning Post, December 24, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c7eae46a70
807110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Law
江苏省出台新规定:法官不得强迫律师撤诉或调解 (Jiangsu's New Regulations Bar Judges from Forcing Lawyers to Withdraw Claims or Accept Mediation)
Legal Daily, December 24, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2007-12/24/content_
767945.htm

China to Ratify UN Protocol to Safeguard Children from Armed Conflicts
Xinhuanet, December 23, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/23/content_
7300288.htm

Media
广东通过法例加强控制互联网 (Guangdong's New Regulations Strengthen Internet Censorship)
Radio Free Asia, December 21, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/21/china_
internet/

Olympics
涉外交谈时切忌唾沫四溅 (Olympic Guide Asks Readers to Be Polite and Avoid Sensitive Topics with Foreigners)
The Beijing News, December 24, 2007
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/olympic/2007/12-24/
011@082401.htm

Protests and Petitions
A Year of Unrest Across China
Radio Free Asia, December 21, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2007/12/21/china_unrest/

Report: Chinese Protesters Tear Gassed
Associated Press (via YahooNews), December 21, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071221/ap_on_re_as/china
_village_protest_1;_ylt=AjCwFmHtMuBx.1xUUf4qof9PzWQA

Religion
圣诞前夕中国当局加紧打压家庭教会 (Authorities Increase Suppression of House Churches Ahead of Christmas)
Radio Free Asia, December 20, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/20/
jiaohui/

Rural Issues
Backgrounder: Rural China in Facts, Figures
Xinhuanet, December 22, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/22/content_
7294918.htm

State Security
三门峡维权农民被控煽动颠覆政权罪 (Rights Defense Farmers in Sanmen Gorge Under Criminal Detention for Inciting Subversion)
Radio Free Asia, December 21, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/21/china_
rights_detain/

“煽动颠覆国家政权罪”是否违宪？ (Is the Crime of Inciting Subversion Unconstitutional?)
Radio Free Asia, December 20, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/20/
weixian/

Three Gorges
Chinese Critic of Dam Remains Steadfast Crusader
Wall Street Journal, December 24, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119845333973047705.html?
mod=home_asia_weekend

December 21, 2007

News
Bilateral Ties
EU Needs to Change Its Mindset about Africa
Xinhuanet, December 21, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/21/content_
7289147.htm

Cameron Plea to China on Mugabe
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 21, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7155414.stm

MEPs 'Serious Concern' over China Human Rights Record
Theparliament.com, December 21, 2007
http://www.eupolitix.com/EN/News/200712/fa8744d0-7bd9
-45cb-b793-c4dbb8f53dd8.htm

Children
Dozens More Punished for China Child Prostitution
Reuters (via YahooNews), December 21, 2007
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/
idUSPEK20355520071221

Corruption
Ex-Prosecutor Given Death Sentence
South China Morning Post, December 21, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f24e4c2bae7f
6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=N

Retired Ministry of Agriculture Official Sentenced for Bribery, Abuse of Power
People's Daily, December 21, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6325271.html

Death Penalty
Corrupt Prosecutor Gets Death Sentence
Associated Press (via YahooNews), December 21, 2007
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i2kB2VGA3dhSVOh7Z
ZR04XZgL-8AD8TLD3O80

Former Power Company Chairman Sentenced to Death
People's Daily, December 21, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6324903
.html

Education
China to Draw 300 Mln Yuan of Lottery Funds to Support Poor Students
People's Daily, December 21, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6325294.html

Environment
China Grabs West’s Smoke-Spewing Factories
Blueridgenow.com, December 21, 2007
http://www.blueridgenow.com/article/20071221/ZNYT03/
712210373/1170/NEWS/ZNYT03/China_Grabs_West_x
2019_s_Smoke_Spewing_Factories

China Suffers ‘Worst Drought in a Decade’
SCMP, December 21, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9f7ac3343
4bf6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=N

Yunnan Scraps Tiger Leaping Gorge Dam
South China Morning Post, December 21, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3ebe4c2bae7
f6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=

Food Security
Common Sense Ensures Food Safety: Beijing
South China Morning Post, December 21, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=305d582d0fb
f6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=N

Labor
China's Top Legislature Defends New Labor Contract Law
Xinhuanet, December 21, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/22/content_
7290979.htm

11 Officials under Investigation over N. China Mine Blast That Killed 105
People's Daily, December 21, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6325269.html

Media
Group Says Yahoo China Loses Piracy Suit
New York Times, December 21, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-China-
Yahoo-Music-Piracy.html

Pulling the Strings of China’s Internet
Far Eastern Economic Review, December 21, 2007
http://www.feer.com/articles1/2007/0712/free/p018.html?
Pulling_the_Strings_of_China%E2%80%99s_Internet

Military
Backgrounder: Major PLA-Related Joint Anti-Terror Military Exercises and Trainings
People's Daily, December 21, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6325264.html

China to Invest 50 Million USD in Transforming Military Technologies for Civilian Use in 2008
People's Daily, December 18, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90881/6322939
.html

Multilateral Relations
A Revisionist Tale: Why a Poor China Seems Richer
New York Times, December 21, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/21/business/21yuan.html?
_r=1&oref=slogin

Protests and Petitions
China Denies Fresh Stand-off in Troubled Village
Reuters, December 21, 2007
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSPEK205673

Public Health
China to Keep Ethics Records on Medical Staff to Curb Malpractice
People's Daily, December 21, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90782/6324624.html

December 20, 2007

News
Corruption
Corruption Complaints Crash Chinese Web Site
Washington Post, December 19, 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/19/AR2007121900678.html

Death Penalty
天津市检察院原检察长李宝金一审被判处死缓 (Former Tianjin Prosecutor Given Suspended Death Sentence for Receiving Bribes and Embezzling Public Funds)
Legal Daily, December 20, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2007-12/20/content_766106.htm

Human Rights Defenders - Jing Chu (荆楚)
Chinese Activist Held for Subversion
Associated Press (via YahooNews), December 19, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071219/ap_on_re_as/china_dissident_detained_1

Human Rights Defenders - Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)
法院令张青21日交付四万元罚款 律师吁请关心帮助郭飞雄妻儿 (Jailed Rights Defender's Wife Pressured to Pay Fine)
Radio Free Asia, December 19, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/19/zhang/

Human Rights Defenders - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
袁伟静再次被拒探监 张青继续写信申冤 (Jailed Rights Defense Activist Chen Guangcheng Denied Family Visits Again)
Radio Free Asia, December 19, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/19/china_rights_chen/

Human Rights Defenders - Li Jianhong / Xiao Qi (李剑红(小齐))
上海异议人士小乔被国保非法拘禁 (Shanghai Dissident Writer Prevented from Attending Chinese PEN Gathering)
Radio Free Asia, December 19, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/19/xiaoqiao/

Labor
专家:立法明确"不适合妇女岗位"细化条款是关键 (Listing "Inappropriate Jobs for Women" in Law is Key, Says Expert)
Legal Daily, December 20, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2007-12/20/content_766095.htm

Squads Deployed to Deter Layoffs
South China Morning Post, December 20, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1932bdc71c2f6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

陕西大荔棉纺职工请愿被防暴警察驱散 (Shaanxi Police Disperse Petitioning Textile Factory Workers)
Radio Free Asia, December 19, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/19/dali/

Land Policy
Beijing Official Defends Evictions
Reuters, December 19, 2007
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK3912020071219

Media
西藏“雪域青年论坛”网被关闭 (Popular Tibetan Online Forum Shut Down)
Radio Free Asia, December 19, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/12/19/xinwen/

Police
Displaced Farmers 'Jailed, Tortured'
South China Morning Post, December 20, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=de20bdc71c2f6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

武汉花楼街面临最后清拆 (Wuhan Hualou Street Residents Face Forced Evictions)
Radio Free Asia, December 19, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/19/china_demolition_clash/

Politics
Politburo Meets to Clarify Party Line on Religion
South China Morning Post, December 20, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1f9bbc9af53f6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
王桂兰揭发公安倒卖访民 (Beijing Police Turn Petitioners Over to Local Officials For Money)
Radio Free Asia, December 19, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/19/china_petitioner/

营房成了关押访民的班房 (Chengdu Military Camps Used to Detain Petitioners)
Radio Free Asia, December 19, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/19/yingfang/

东莞白马社区村民抗议官员低价征地被打伤 (Dongguang Villagers Clash with Police over Resettlement Compensation)
Radio Free Asia, December 19, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/19/china_land_clash/

银川复员军官上访被拘留 (Retired Military Official Detained for Criminal Investigation)
Radio Free Asia, December 19, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/19/junguan/

天津农民要求地方镇政府归还良田 (Thousands of Tianjin Farmers Protest Over Land Grab)
Voice of America, December 19, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-12-19-voa60.cfm

Religion
教会领袖指责当局圣诞前夕加紧打压家庭教会 (House Church Leaders Criticize Government for Intensified Crackdowns Before Christmas)
Radio Free Asia, December 19, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/19/china_religion_christian/

Tibet
Tibetan Monks Held in Wake of Clashes
Radio Free Asia, December 20, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2007/12/19/tibet_detain/