February 14, 2007

Top News of the Day
Death Penalty
奸杀“凶手”被枪决 10年后“真凶”想偿命 (10 Years After Execution of 18-Year-Old in Hohhot, Another Man Says He Is the Real Murderer)
Xinhuanet, February 14, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-02/14/content_5738675.htm
In 1996, an 18-year-old Inner Mongolian man was executed on murder and rape charges merely 62 days after the death of a girl in Hohhot. In late 2005, a man said he was the real perpetrator of the murder and rape. The Supreme People's Court is now conducting an investigation into the case. The murder in dispute happened during a "strike hard" campaign and the family of the executed had accused the police of torture during the interrogation process.

News
Bilateral Ties
A Tempting Foreign Role Model
South China Morning Post, February 14, 2007
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZS9PD82YE.html

Corruption
中国的腐败与社会制度无关 (Cadre Argues Corruption Has Nothing to Do with Social System)
Nanfang City News, February 14, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/200702140123.
asp

China May Establish State Anti-Corruption Agency
Shanghai Daily, February 13, 2007
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=306244&type=National

Death Penalty
China Urges Early Repatriation of Lai Changxing
People's Daily, February 13, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/200702/13/eng20070213_349794.
html

Education
China Suffers Severe Brain Drain
BBC, February 13, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6356101.stm

Environment
北京污染损失逾116亿 (Beijing Lost 11.6 Billion Yuan Due to Pollution in 2004)
The Beijing News, February 14, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0553/2007/02-14/021@243207.
htm

Freedom of Speech
Author of Zhao Book Asked to Stop Sales
South China Morning Post, February 14, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ4QP682YE.html

禁书事件后余杰的新书出版遭挫 (Publisher Revokes Promise to Publish Dissident Yu Jie's Book)
Radio Free Asia, February 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/13/yujie/

Government
Villagers Outraged After Quarry Painted Green
South China Morning Post, February 14, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZZVI582YE.html

Human Rights
哈珀反击中国关于加拿大批评中国人权危及两国贸易关系的说 (Harper Criticizes China's Argument that Human Rights Critiques Will Harm Trade Relations)
Radio Free Asia, February 14, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/13/jia/

Human Rights in China
Voice of America, February 12, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/uspolicy/2007-02-12-voa2.cfm

Human Rights Defender - Gao Yaojie (高耀洁)
河南软招 向高耀洁拜早年 (Henan Senior Cadres Visit and Send Gift to Gao Yaojie Ahead of Chinese New Year)
Ming Pao, February 14, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070214/cab1.htm

Human Rights Defender - Yan Zhengxue (严正学)
严正学的律师要求延期开庭 (Yan Zhengxue's Trial Delayed at Lawyer's Request)
Radio Free Asia, February 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/13/china_disside
nt/

Law
消费者庭上炮轰“如烟”欺诈 销售商反唇相讥 (Beijing Consumer Sues Cigarette Producer over Misleading Ad)
Xinhuanet, February 14, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-02/14/content_5738479.
htm

秋子赢了，但中国反歧视之路仍很漫长 (Company Issues Employment Contract and Anti-Discriminatory Statement After Girl Sues over Discrimination)
Xinhuanet, February 14, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-02/14/content_5737927.
htm

Media
枣庄矿业职工李海明网上批评公司后被拘留降职 (Employee Detained and Stripped of CPC Membership for Criticizing Company on Internet)
Radio Free Asia, February 14, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/13/china_interne
t_freedom/

Newspaper Director out of Jail Early
South China Morning Post, February 14, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZGAPD82YE.html

浦志强搜狐博客被删要解释　禁网上言论也需公开合法　(Lawyer Demands Explanation over Shut-down of His Blog)
Radio Free Asia, February 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/13/pu/

Police
北京监狱局春节前大规模赦罪 410人获减刑奖励 (410 Beijing Prisoners Have Sentences Reduced Ahead of Chinese New Year)
Legal Daily, February 14, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2007-02/14/content_541160.
htm

Politics
Party Takes Closer Look at Rising Class
South China Morning Post, February 14, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZJRI582YE.html

Protests and Petitions
上海访民在信访室外被拦截和遣返 (40 Petitioners Taken Away in Beijing and Sent Back to Shanghai)
Radio Free Asia, February 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/13/fangmin/

Tibet
Gere Urges Germany to Press China
The Guardian, February 12, 2007
http://film.guardian.co.uk/apnews/story/0,,-6411597,00.html

February 13, 2007

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Yan Zhengxue (严正学)
简要新闻：严正学案延期开庭 (Brief News: Trial for Yan Zhengxue Delayed)
Radio Free Asia, February 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/02/12/xinwen/ - yan
Yan Zhengxue's wife was told on February 12 that her husband's trial, originally scheduled for February 14, will be postponed and the new trial date will be announced after the Lunar New Year. Yan has been indicted on subversion charges.

Related Information
HRIC Press Release: Trial Delay in Yan Zhengxue's
Subversion Case Human Rights in China, February 12, 2007
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/item?item_id=323
55

News
Bilateral Ties
On Darfur, China and the 2008 Olympic Games
Sudan Tribune, February 11, 2007
http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article20210

Death Penalty
一男青年假冒民警入室抢劫杀人被判死刑 (Man Sentenced to Death on Murder and Robbery Charges in Shanghai)
China Youth Daily, February 13, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-02/13/content_1675956.htm

Environment
Higher Growth Blamed for Failure to Meet Pollution Targets
South China Morning Post, February 13, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZL5L682YE.html

Freedom of Speech
颂毛判囚 河南汉英雄式出狱 (Maoist Who Distributed Leaflets Criticizing Economic Reforms Finishes 3 Years' Imprisonment)
Ming Pao, February 13, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070213/cca1h.htm

Human Rights Defender - Gao Yaojie (高耀洁)
简要新闻：胡佳介绍高耀洁被软禁的最新情况 (Brief News: Hu Jia Says Authorities Pressured Gao Yaojie's Family to Advise Her Not to Go to US)
Radio Free Asia, February 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/02/12/xinwen/ - hu

Labor
香港女生扳倒深圳工厂 (After Hong Kong Student Exposes Exploitation, 1 Factory Shuts Down While Another Improves Labor Conditions)
Nanfang City News, February 13, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/2007021300
70.asp

让“忘我工作”退出“工作词典”吧 (Commentary: Chongqing Police Should Not Glorify "Selfless Work" After Policeman Dies of Exhaustion)
China Youth Daily, February 13, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-02/13/content_1676006.htm

梁文道：有血汗工厂还有不准流血的工厂 (Commentary: Factories Distribute Contraceptives to Female Workers to Manage Their Menstruation Cycle)
Nanfang City News, February 13, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/20070213031
4.asp

Draft Law Seen as Attempt to Tackle Deteriorating Unemployment
South China Morning Post, February 13, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZU8MD82YE.html

Law
离奇死亡案被以民事案处理 家属指背后有隐情 (Mysterious Deaths Treated as Suicide in Jiangsu, Families of Deceased Protest Court Treatment)
Radio Free Asia, February 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/12/jiang
su/

Media
Internet Giants to Tackle China's Censorship
Asia Times Online, February 13, 2007
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_Business/IB13Cb01.html

南方日报集团社委李民英获释 (Former Director of Nanfang Dushi Bao Released from Prison)
Radio Free Asia, February 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/12/china_jour
nalist/

袁鹰呼吁对新闻出版立法 (Former Senior Employee of People's Daily Calls for Legislation on Media Freedom)
Radio Free Asia, February 11, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/11/
yuanying/

Migrant Workers
China's Migrant Workers Deserve a Fairer Deal
South China Morning Post, February 13, 2007
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZY9MD82YE.html

Exploited Workers Face Uphill Battle to Get Back Pay
South China Morning Post, February 13, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZGFF582YE.html

Population
Wifeless Future for China's Men
BBC, February 12, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6346931.stm

Protests and Petitions
北京当局周一大举扫荡上访民众 (Hundreds of Petitioners Taken Away During Beijing Police's "Getting Closer to the Public Week")
Radio Free Asia, February 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/12/china_petit
ion_beijing/

上海当局下令各单位加紧监控访民 (Shanghai Authorities Strengthen Surveillance on Petitioners)
Radio Free Asia, February 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/12/china_petitio
n_shanghai/

广西藤县居民不满赔偿维权抗议被判刑 (Victims of Land Grabs in Guangxi Convicted of "Disturbing Social Order")
Radio Free Asia, February 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/12/guangxi/

Religion
Contribute to Harmony, Religious Groups Told
South China Morning Post, February 13, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZDLG582YE.html

中国法轮功练习者被判刑 (Falun Gong Practitioners Sentenced to 3-5 Years' Imprisonment on "Heretical Organization" Charges)
Radio Free Asia, February 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/12/falung
ong/

Xinjiang
Viewing Two Chinas from a Stop on the Silk Road
New York Times, February 11, 2007
http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/02/11/travel/11explore.html

February 10-12, 2007

Top News of the Day
Media
Legal Experts Slam Portal's Censorship
South China Morning Post, February 11, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZWQFZB0YE.html
Four mainland legal experts have denounced Internet portal Sina.com for deleting weblog articles they wrote which contained "sensitive words." They complained that many of their posts were removed without notice. A Sina.com customer service employee said the portal had a team of monitors supervising blog articles at all times.

News
Bilateral Ties
Canada Risks Trade with China over Human Rights Bashing: Media
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), February 09, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070209/wl_asia_afp/canadachin
adiplomacy_070209193029;_ylt=ApJ8Zuajcci3LPslfV29pWNPzWQA

China’s Influence in Africa Arouses Some Resistance
New York Times, February 09, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/10/world/africa/10assess.htm
l?_r=1&oref=slogin

Corruption
Small Print of Anti-Graft Regulations Lets the Princelings off the Hook
South China Morning Post, February 12, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ1FKZB0YE.html

Death Penalty
Gang Boss Gets Suspended Death Sentence, 60 Jailed in Chinese Crime
People's Daily, February 09, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/200702/07/eng20070207_348298.
html

Environment
Beijing's Blueprint for Future Aims High
South China Morning Post, February 12, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZFAQVB0YE.html

Freedom of Speech
社论：李银河涉性言论，不喜欢但要容忍 (Editorial: Academic's View on Sex Not Liked, but Should Be Tolerated)
Nanfang City News, February 12, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/20070212034
0.asp

Government
Wen Holds Rare Grass-Roots Talks
South China Morning Post, February 11, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZ5QFZB0YE.html

Human Rights
中国建成世界上最大的人口身份信息数据库 (China Has Established the World’s Largest Database on Population Information)
Radio Free Asia, February 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/09/renko/

Human Rights Defenders
启靖被暴力围殴　疑当局雇用黑社会所为 (Pan-Blue Alliance Member Qi Jing Beaten by Thugs Allegedly Employed by Chongqing Authorities)
Radio Free Asia, February 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/09/qi/

Media
Reports Cite Cover-up in China Blast
Associated Press (via YahooNews), February 10, 2007
http://news.yahoo.cm/s/ap/20070211/ap_on_re_as/china_min
e_blast_1;_ylt=AkUqy8fX1yOikSJbtmKCpfFPzWQA

博客第四度被封　藏女作家唯色：“关不了声音的源头” (Tibetan Writer Woeser’s 4th Blog Blocked in China)
Radio Free Asia, February 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/09/we/

《赵紫阳软禁中的谈话》香港出版 大陆能否传播考验当局 (Book on Zhao Ziyang’s Time Under House Arrest Published in Hong Kong, but Distribution in China Uncertain)
Radio Free Asia, February 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/09/zhao/

Migrant Workers
New Year Bittersweet for China's Families
Reuters (via YahooNews), February 11, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070211/lf_nm/lunar_year_chin
a_migrants_dc_1;_ylt=AvcroVnCTWGzm_dRi0.OTyRPzWQA

Poverty
可持续发展总纲:力争2050年消除"贫困户" (CASS Report Aims to Eliminate "Poor Households" by 2050)
EastDay.com, February 12, 2007
http://news.eastday.com/c/20070212/u1a2624338.html

Protests and Petitions
公安部开展亲民活动，北京78岁老人被逮捕 (78-Year-Old Arrested on Damaging Public Property Charges in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, February 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/09/gongan/

武汉花楼街居民与拆迁办公室发生冲突 (Victims of Land Grabs Clash with Evictors in Wuhan)
Radio Free Asia, February 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/09/china_demol
ition_clash/

Religion
HK Cardinal Hits out at China over "Acts of War"
Reuters (via YahooNews), February 10, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070210/wl_nm/religion_china_
vatican_dc_1;_ylt=AlbLaiUpn6c_CXmd8XECOVJPzWQA

Masons Follow Forefathers to Restore Cathedral
South China Morning Post, February 10, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ4E4X7XXE.html

Vatican-Backed Bishop Leads Reopening Mass
South China Morning Post, February 10, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZWY3X7XXE.html

Three Gorges
Oversight of Relocation Fund to Be Tightened
South China Morning Post, February 12, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ3AQVB0YE.html

Tibet
Richard Gere to Launch Report on Tibetan Exodus from China
Telugu Portal, February 09, 2007
http://www.teluguportal.net/modules/news/article.php?storyid=
31358

February 9, 2007

Top News of the Day
Death Penalty
Uyghur Activist Executed in China
Radio Free Asia, February 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/breaking_news/2007/02/08/uy
ghur_execute/
Ismail Semed, an ethnic Uyghur, was executed by a shot to his heart in Urumqi on February 8 for "attempting to split the motherland". This charge was based on the allegation that he was a founding member of the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, which Beijing has outlawed as a terrorist group. Semed told the trial court that his confession was coerced. Two other Uyghurs who testified against him have since been executed.

News
Death Penalty
A Matter of Life and Death
Beijing Review, February 08, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-02/08/content_5715918
.htm

Human Rights Defender – Ching Cheong (程翔)
程翔送广州囚禁 (Ching Cheong Sent to Guangzhou to Serve Prison Term)
Ming Pao, February 09, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070209/gbb1.htm

Human Rights Defender – Huseyin Celil (塞利尔)
Celil's Desperate Family Had Given Up Hope
The Globe and Mail, February 08, 2007
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.2007020
8.wcelil0208/BNStory/International/

Human Rights Defender – Liu Xinjuan (刘新娟)
上海市民上访维权被强送精神病院 (Liu Xinjuan Escapes from a Shanghai Psychiatric Hospital After Forced Admission)
Radio Free Asia, February 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/08/li/

Law
赔钱减刑，合法？合理？合情？ (Are Damages for Lesser Punishments Justified?)
Nanfang Weekend, February 08, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/zmzg/20070208082
5.asp

Media
Beijing Tightens Media Grip with Penalty Points System
South China Morning Post, February 09, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZPWY6EXXE.html

王楠7败痛哭　教练怒赶记者 (Coach Yells at Journalists After Their Coverage of Olympic Gold Medalist's Bad Performance)
Nanfang City News, February 09, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/dgtt/200702080427.
asp

Official Denies Banning Books
South China Morning Post, February 09, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ7TYW7XXE.html

广西电视台两名记者帮农民工讨薪遭到暴力殴打 (Two Journalists Beaten for Covering Migrant Workers' Back-Pay in Guangxi)
EastDay.com, February 09, 2007
http://news.eastday.com/c/20070209/u1a2619121.html

中国当局拒绝国际笔会中国分会秘书长张裕入境 (Secretary-General of Chinese PEN from Sweden Barred from Entering China After PEN's Meeting)
Radio Free Asia, February 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/08/china_freedom_
speech/

Migrant Workers
Migrant Workers' Top Ten Cities
Xinhuanet, February 08, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-02/08/content_5715473
.htm

Multilateral Relations
Mixed Reaction at Development Meet to China's Africa Aid Push
Associated Press (via YahooNews), February 09, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070209/wl_asia_afp/chinaafricade
velopmentaidvietnam_070209014750

Politics
Jockeying Intensifies Ahead of China Party Summit
Reuters (via YahooNews), February 08, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070208/wl_nm/china_politics_d
c_1

Population
China to Name Those Who Skirt Child Policy
Associated Press (via YahooNews), February 08, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070208/ap_on_re_as/china_one_chi
ld_1

Protests and Petitions
随州村民代表在被迫签署“不上访保证书”后获释 (Village Representative from Hubei Released Only After Signing a "No-Petitioning Assurance Letter")
Radio Free Asia, February 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/08/china_rights
_petition/

Public Health
Plan Issued for Dealing with Mass Illness Incidents
Xinhuanet, February 08, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-02/08/content_571591
8.htm

Religion
香港法轮功学员曾爱华案周一开庭 (Falungong Practitioner Who Resided in Hong Kong to Be Tried in Shanghai)
Radio Free Asia, February 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/08/trail/

February 8, 2007

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Yan Zhengxue (严正学)
简要新闻-严正学辩护律师李建强拿到起诉书 (Yan Zhengxue's Demand to Postpone Trial to Collect Further Evidence Rejected, Trial Date Set for February 14)
Radio Free Asia, February 07, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/02/07/xinwen/
Despite an appeal by Yan Zhengxue’s lawyer to rescind the indictment for prosecution and postpone Yan’s trial, the court has decided that Yan will stand trial in Zhejiang Province on subversion charges on February 14. His lawyer, Li Jianqiang, received the notice of indictment on February 7. Li had applied to postpone the trial for one month so that he or the judge could gather evidence from witnesses based in the United States.

News
Corruption
273 Prosecutors Disciplined for Misconduct in 2006
Xinhuanet, February 07, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-02/07/content_57100
70.htm

Freedom of Association
莆田失地农民游行申请被拒 征地纠纷持续 (Application to Hold Demonstration Rejected in Fuzhou, Land Grabs Continue)
Radio Free Asia, February 07, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/07/putian/

Freedom of Speech
党报轰三大导影片嗜血 (CPC Newspaper Finds the Movies of 3 Main Chinese Directors Too Violent and Sexual)
Ming Pao, February 08, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070208/caa1h.htm

Human Rights Defender – Huseyin Celil (塞利尔)
Canadian Imprisoned in China Says He Was Tortured
Canadian Television (CTV.ca), February 08, 2007
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/200702
07/celil_torture_070207/20070207?hub=TopStories&s_name=

Human Rights Defenders
9异见作家获人权奖 (Nine Chinese Dissident Writers Given International Human Rights Award)
Ming Pao, February 08, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070208/cad1.htm

Law
'Ugly' Trainee Teacher Sues over Dismissal
South China Morning Post, February 08, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZDVL6ESXE.html

Chinese Prosecutor Challenges "Too Lenient" Penalties for Official Crimes
Xinhuanet, February 07, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-02/07/content_571139
2.htm

Media
Censor Visits Author to Explain Book Ban
South China Morning Post, February 08, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZIJE7ESXE.html

Chinese Film Cleared for Berlin Fest
Expatica.com, February 08, 2007
http://www.expatica.com/actual/article.asp?subchannel_id=52&
story_id=36263

朱小丹：广州舆论不护短 (CPC Cadre Encourages Media to Not Hide Faults of Government's Work)
Wen Wei Po, February 08, 2007
http://paper.wenweipo.com/2007/02/08/CH0702080018.htm

Daughter Sentenced over Dad's 'Mistress'
South China Morning Post, February 08, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZQIE7ESXE.html

Visit over Book Ban 'No Victory'
South China Morning Post, February 08, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZT8Y7ESXE.html

Migrant Workers
China's Left-Behind Kids Struggle as Parents Migrate
Reuters (via YahooNews), February 08, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070207/lf_nm/china_children_l
eftbehind_dc_1;_ylt=Ak3TY8qmhr.tqTGFztgnEmxPzWQA

Olympics
奥运礼仪教育：北京训练市民排队 (Preparing for the Olympics: Beijing Residents Taught How to Politely Stand in Line to Buy Tickets)
BBC, February 08, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_6340000/newsid
_6340100/6340121.stm

Beijing Spitters Face Heavy Fines as Olympics Approach
Xinhuanet, February 07, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-02/07/content_57114
52.htm

北京警方在奥运之前加强管理吸毒者 (Beijing to Take Harsher Action Against Drug Addicts Ahead of Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, February 07, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/07/china_drug/

Police
中国法学界呼吁立法监管滥用精神病鉴定禁锢正常人 (Chinese Jurists Call for an End to Locking Up Healthy People Based on Trumped-up Psychiatric Certification)
Radio Free Asia, February 07, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/07/china_hum
anrights_law/

Politics
湖南衡阳县地税局长动用上百人打伤医护人员 (Cadre Sends Hundreds to Block Hospital and Beat Medical Officers in Hunan After Wife Dies in Surgery)
Radio Free Asia, February 07, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/07/china_hospital/

Protests and Petitions
要求释放维权代表潮州失地农镇政府内被暴打 (100 Protestors of Land Grabs in Guangdong Beaten by Thugs Inside Government Building)
Radio Free Asia, February 07, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/07/weiqu
an/

湖北随州村民包围政府大楼要求释放维权代表 (200 Victims of Land Grab in Hubei Surround Government Building, Demand Release of Arrested Representative)
Radio Free Asia, February 07, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/07/china_rights_r
ural/

四川自贡当局使用警力阻止村民在两会期间上访 (In Sichuan , Hundreds of Police Officers Deployed to Prevent Petitioners from Approaching People's Delegates)
Radio Free Asia, February 07, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/07/china_rights
_petition/

北京上访近况 (The Recent Petitioning Situation in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, February 07, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/07/beijing/

Public Health
中纪委驻海南查「新瓶旧药」 (Central Commission for Discipline Inspection Looks Into Low-Quality Drugs in Hainan)
Wen Wei Po, February 08, 2007
http://paper.wenweipo.com/2007/02/08/CH0702080015.htm

Man Accused of Defaming Drug Firm Released on Bail
South China Morning Post, February 08, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ55Z7ESXE.html

Religion
300 Million Faithful on Mainland: Poll
South China Morning Post, February 08, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZMIE7ESXE.html

February 7, 2007

Top News of the Day

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


News

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

February 6, 2007

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

February 3 - 5, 2007

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

February 2, 2007

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

February 1, 2007

Top News of the Day

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

News

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

January 31, 2007

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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