August 11-13, 2007

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Wu Lihong (吴立红)
太湖卫士吴立红被判三年 (Tai Lake Defender Wu Lihong Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison)
Radio Free Asia, August 10, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/10
/wulihong/
On August 10, Tai Lake defender Wu Lihong (吴立红) was sentenced to three years' imprisonemnt by a Jiangsu court on charges of fraud and blackmailing. He said he would appeal the verdict, which was delivered at the end of the one-day trial. According to Wu's wife, the sum of money in dispute was only a commission for the service Wu provided to a company; it was not obtained illegally. Wu had complained of torture against him during interrogation, but the court did not find even minor injuries.

Related News
China Environmental Activist Imprisoned
Associated Press (via YahooNews), August 10, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070810/ap_on_re_as
/china_environmentalist_sentenced_1;_ylt=AieAkURK
eEx2.zEZzgaXwb1PzWQA

News
Corruption
Jailers Sentenced in China Tycoon Case
Associated Press (via YahooNews), August 11, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070811/ap_on_re_as/china
_tycoon_s_jailers_1;_ylt=AgNZjnHC1WgNOZThfWCIv_9PzWQA

中国贿医潜规则：医院采购回扣率高达10% (Kick-Backs for Hospitals' Purchases Reach 10 Percent)
Radio Free Asia, August 10, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/10/
huikou/

Environment
Plant Leaked Arsenic into River: Report
South China Morning Post, August 13, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
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Human Rights Defenders
Activist Survives Attack by Gangsters
South China Morning Post, August 13, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=61d2543bec
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June 4th
《中国日报》网站短暂出现有关“六四”的文字 (Description of June 4th Crackdown Posted on China Daily Web Site for 12 Hours)
Radio Free Asia, August 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/12/64/

1989 Tiananmen Protester Released
Associated Press (via CNN), August 10, 2007
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/10/
tiananmen.protest.ap/index.html

Land Policy
简要新闻：央视工程实施第六次强制拆迁 (In Brief: CCTV Construction in Beijing Leads to Sixth Forcible Eviction)
Radio Free Asia, August 11, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/08/11/xinwen/

Media
China Cardboard Bun Hoax Reporter Jailed
Associated Press (via YahooNews), August 13, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070813/ap_on_re_as/china
_cardboard_buns_2;_ylt=AhfN6vnYwqyYGf.k8lWTBm9PzWQA

Chinese Reporter Sentenced to One Year in Jail for Cardboard-Stuffed Bun Hoax
Xinhuanet, August 12, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/12/content_
6519407.htm

Letter from China: It's a Miracle People Hear the Truth at All
International Herald Tribune, August 10, 2007
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/08/10/news/letter.php

Chinese Gives Chan the Chop as Censors Get Tough
The Independent, August 09, 2007
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article2846542.ece

Olympics
The Human Cost of the Games: Standing Up to the Beijing Bulldozers
The Independent, August 13, 2007
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article2859069.ece

China Bird's Nest Designer Rails at Olympic "Fakeness"
Reuters, August 10, 2007
http://www.reuters.com/article/gc04/idUSPEK4803720070810?
src=081007_0803_globalCoveragePromo_globalcoverage

Police
China Enacting a High-Tech Plan to Track People
New York Times, August 12, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/business/worldbusiness/
12security.html?_r=2&pagewanted=1&adxnnl=1&
partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1186930862-

Protests and Petitions
简要新闻：宁夏15岁小访民被关拘留所 (In Brief: 15-Year-Old Detained in Ningxia After Mother Evades Arrest)
Radio Free Asia, August 11, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/08/11/xinwen/

Tibetan Protesters Withdraw Amid Threat of Force
Radio Free Asia, August 10, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/tibetan/2007/08/10/tibetan_
protest_update/

State Security
Experts: SCO Joint Drill to Crack Down on "Three Evil Forces"
Xinhuanet, August 11, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/11/content_
6514687.htm

Tibet
中国撤换大批西藏县委书记 (China Reshuffles Party Positions in Tibet to Strengthen Control)
Radio Free Asia, August 10, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/10/
xizang/

August 10, 2007

News
Death Penalty
Death Sentence for Official Who Had His Mistress Killed
South China Morning Post, August 10, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
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邯郸金库案两主犯死刑 (Duo Sentenced to Death on Charges of Corruption and Embezzling Public Funds in Hebei)
The Beijing News, August 10, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0564/2007/08-10/018@
282585.htm

Gender
权益活跃人士呼吁维护外嫁女的合法经济权益 (Rights Activists Call for Protection of Lawful Economic Interests of Women Who Have Married Men from Other Localities)
Radio Free Asia, August 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/09/
women_right/

Government
China Tightens Local Oversight
Wall Street Journal, August 10, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118669865619393552.html?
mod=hps_asia_whats_news

Human Rights Defender
维权人士任华等在湖南作调查被暴徒殴打目前失踪 (After Thugs' Beating in Hunan, Whereabouts of Human Rights Lawyer Ren Hua Unknown)
Radio Free Asia, August 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/09/
renhua/

Human Rights Defender - Zhu Yufu (朱虞夫)
朱虞夫周四获准和律师见面 (Zhu Yufu Allowed to Meet Lawyer on August 9)
Radio Free Asia, August 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/08/09/china
_dissident_jail/

Labor
Staff Work Overtime at Toy Factory, Despite Export Ban
South China Morning Post, August 10, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
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Olympics
Car-Free Days to Tackle Pollution
The Standard, August 10, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3&
art_id=50917&sid=14878054&con_type=1&d_str=20070810

Olympic Politics and the 'Known Unknowables'
South China Morning Post, August 10, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
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热日烤京城奥运难顶 (Unbearable Heat May Affect Beijing Olympics)
Ming Pao, August 10, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070810/cha1h.htm

澳大利亚奥委官员谈北京奥运期间的言论自由 (Australian IOC Member Discusses Athletes’ Freedom of Speech During Beijing Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, August 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/09/
australia/

Expelled Activists Lash Out
The Standard, August 10, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat
=3&art_id=50918&sid=14870256&con_type=1&d_str=
20070810

China Deports 8 Pro-Tibet Activists
Associated Press (via YahooNews), August 09, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070809/ap_on_re_as/china
_tibet_activists_1;_ylt=AsH8YViZ.NyndeDj4xX3Z7hPzWQA

India's Tibetans Kick Off Year of 'Olympic' Anti-China Protest
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), August 09, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070809/wl_sthasia_afp/
indiatibetprotestoly2008chn_070809060525;_ylt=Ath2i5j
_f9aU1fG3kwaZ7jFPzWQA

Before Olympics, a Call for Change
Washington Post, August 08, 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content
/article/2007/08/07/AR2007080700659.html

Public Health
Relatives Say Charges Too Lenient for 13 Deaths in Drug Scandal
South China Morning Post, August 10, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c9f5fcdbe1b
44110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Society - Ethnic Minorities
Tibetans Clash with Muslims in China's Qinghai
Radio Free Asia, August 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/tibetan/2007/08/09/tibetan_
muslims/

August 9, 2007

News
Corruption
China Official Jailed for Life for Graft
Associated Press (via YahooNews), August 08, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070808/ap_on_re_as/china
_corruption_1;_ylt=Aru2iBgiA.BezdSckxbvN91PzWQABezd
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Death Penalty
Legal Body Confirms New Guidelines
Xinhuanet, August 09, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/09/content_
6499082.htm

Inner Mongolia
China Lauds Minority Rights on Key Anniversary
Reuters (via YahooNews), August 08, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070808/wl_nm/china_
politics_minorites_dc_1;_ylt=AorvpVJ4KK6jQ4jqcJBb
BRdPzWQAVJ4KK6jQ4jqcJBbBRdPzWQA

Labor
女生工厂病死 (Secondary School Student Dies at Summer Job in Guangdong Factory)
Ming Pao, August 09, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070809/cca1h.htm

Law
江苏环保活动人士吴立红案子星期五开庭 (Jiangsu Environmentalist Wu Lihong to Stand for Trial on Friday)
Radio Free Asia, August 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/08/
wulihong/

Olympics
新闻中心难上境外网站 (Access to Foreign Web Sites Remains Difficult for Beijing International Media Center)
Ming Pao, August 09, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070809/cha6.htm

Host Cities to Be Audited for Food Safety Systems
South China Morning Post, August 09, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2c19f1466564
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Beijing Warned on Olympics Air Quality
Financial Times, August 08, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/cc8ae706-458d-11dc-b359-000077
9fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2340.html

China Frees Foreign Pro-Tibet Activists
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), August 08, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070808/wl_asia_afp/oly2
008chinatibet_070808215600;_ylt=AtYZsa1Y0vaCBp70fX
DZoVtPzWQAylt=AtYZsa1Y0vaCBp70fXDZoVtPzWQA

北京奥运倒数庆典同时异议人士自由受限 (Dissidents' Freedom Limited While Olympics Countdown Celebrations Begin)
Radio Free Asia, August 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/08/yiyi/

“奥林匹克观察”呼吁IOC、运动员等关注中国人权 (NGO Urges IOC and Athletes to Show Concern for China's Human Rights Situation)
Radio Free Asia, August 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/08/
IOC/

为奥运会，封锁上访村 (Petitioners' Village Blocked During Olympics Countdown Ceremony)
Radio Free Asia, August 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/08/
shangfangcun/

US Legislators Propose China Olympics Boycott over Rights
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), August 08, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070808/pl_afp/olychn2008
rightschinauscongress_070808074627;_ylt=AqCOBtR1W2g3
isowotgxqM5PzWQA08074627;_ylt=AqCOBtR1W2g3isowo
tgxqM5PzWQA

State Council Issues Circular on Emergency Response Measures
Xinhuanet, August 07, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/07/content_
6490852.htm

Poverty
Mainland's Income Gap Among Asia's Highest
South China Morning Post, August 09, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
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Protests and Petitions
上海访民杜阳明被剥夺家人探视和通信的权利 (Shanghai Petitioner Deprived of Right to Family Visit and Communication)
Radio Free Asia, August 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/08/08/china
_petition_shanghai/

Related Information
HRIC Press Release: Du Yangming Deprived of Family
Visits After Refusing Prison Uniform
Human Rights in China, August 07, 2007
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/item?item_
id=44480

甘孜藏人抗议持续八天后撤离 (Tibetans' 8-Day Protest in Sichuan Ends on August 8)
Radio Free Asia, August 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/08/
ganzi/

August 8, 2007

Top News of the Day
Tibet
General Punished for Shooting Tibetans
Associated Press (via YahooNews), August 07, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070807/ap_on_re_as/china
_tibetans_shot_1;_ylt=AkMvoX9mxoM19pIj3WobS01PzWQA
Meng Jinxi, the most senior Chinese general in Tibet, is reportedly being forced to step down from his position after an incident where Tibetans crossing the border to Nepal in the Himalayan region were shot. A Tibetan and a Buddhist nun were killed in the incident, which happened in September 2006. The two were part of a greater group of about 70 people that police tried to prevent from crossing illegally. Each year, mostly teenagers, monks, and nuns try escaping Tibet in search of a Buddhist education that remains unavailable there.

News
Corruption
China Law Officials Punished for Fake Finnish Trip
Reuters, August 07, 2007
http://africa.reuters.com/odd/news/usnT78297.html

Trials Start in China Pension Scandal
Associated Press (via YahooNews), August 07, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070807/ap_on_re_as/china
_shanghai_scandal_1;_ylt=AkfKhtDP8Jb8Jx66o7SBFwFPzWQA

Human Rights Defender – Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)
郭飞雄见律师 请家人就酷刑伪证致信中央 (Guo Feixiong Meets Lawyers, Asks Wife to Tell Central Government About Torture Situation)
Radio Free Asia, August 07, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/07/
guofeixiong/

Labor
City Traffic Cops Given 43 Years to Live
The Standard, August 08, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3&art
_id=50743&sid=14832494&con_type=1&d_str=20070808

Land Policy
政府征地酿冲突 警察拔枪威胁村民 (Chengdu Police Officer Uses Gun to Threaten Villagers Who Resist Land Grab)
Radio Free Asia, August 07, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/07/bazi/

Law
修订后的律师法有望十月出台 草案有重要改进 (Amended Lawyers' Law to Be Made Public in October)
Legal Daily, August 08, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2007-08/08/content_
676183.htm

Media
中国当局封锁“无界浏览”破网软件 (Anti-Censorship Software "Ultrasurf" No Longer Effective as China Steps Up Censorship Effort)
Radio Free Asia, August 07, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/08/07/china_
internet_freedom/

Military
Shanghai Cooperation Organize Holds Biggest War Games Ahead of Leaders Summit
Voice of America, August 07, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-08-07-voa11.cfm

Olympics
Beijing Smog Clouds Olympic Forecast
Christian Science Monitor, August 08, 2007
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0808/p07s02-woap.html

国家林业局:北京申奥七项绿化承诺已经全部实现 ( China Says Beijing's 7 Olympic Promises on "Greening" the Environment Have All Been Fulfilled)
Legal Daily, August 08, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2007-08/08/content_
676236.htm

Souvenir Makers Fined for Overwork
South China Morning Post, August 08, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
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China Detains Foreign Olympic Protesters
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), August 07, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070807/wl_asia_afp/
oly2008chnchinatibetrights_070807072421;_ylt=Atwhy
ztecd_z6Czxf4UNseRPzWQA

中国当局在奥运之前加紧控制NGO及境外传媒 (China Tightens Control on NGOs and Foreign Media Ahead of Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, August 07, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/08/07/china_ngo/

China Under Fire from All Sides a Year Ahead of Games
Reuters (via YahooNews), August 07, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070807/ts_nm/olympics
_beijing_dc_2;_ylt=AsMAgCYKo9NF13TcJBxDWCFPzWQA

Politics
Party Wants Faster Path to Reform, Says Report
South China Morning Post, August 08, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=edff0e8fe11
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Protests and Petitions
Sichuan Authorities Impose Deadline to End Tibetan Protest
Radio Free Asia, August 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/tibetan/2007/08/08/tibetan_
protest_update/

中国驱逐无国界记者组织的四名代表 (China Expels 4 Protestors from Reporters Without Borders)
Radio Free Asia, August 07, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/08/07/china_
media_reporter/

Tibet
China's "Living Buddhas" Rules Stoke Fire in Tibet
Reuters, August 07, 2008
http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-2886152
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August 7, 2007

News
Human Rights Defender
Tibetan Activist Sees Security Agents on Her Trail in Beijing
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), August 07, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=15d8af4770
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Human Rights Defender - Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠)
陈良宇虽倒台 揭发他的郑恩宠仍受迫害 (Chen Liangyu Ousted But Whistleblower Zheng Enchong Remains Persecuted)
Radio Free Asia, August 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/06/
zhengenchong/

Human Rights Defender - Hu Shigen (胡石根)
简要新闻：中国异议人士胡石根获减刑17个月 (In Brief: Chinese Dissident Hu Shigen Receives 17-Month Sentence Reduction)
Radio Free Asia, August 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/08/06/
xinwen/ - hu

Human Rights Defender - Sun Xiaodi (孫小弟)
家人受辱骂并被要求立刻搬走，孙小弟心脏病发作 (Sun Xiaodi Suffers Heart Attack as Wife Is Constantly Harassed; Authorities Deny Allegation)
Radio Free Asia, August 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/06/
sunxiaodi/

Law
China to Introduce Law on Personal Data Protection
Associated Press (via Inquirer.net), August 06, 2007
http://services.inquirer.net/print/print.php?article_id=80846

Media
China Trembles at the Power of the Blog
The Independent, August 06, 2007
http://news.independent.co.uk/media/article2836677.ece

Citizen Journalists Break, Make the News
Xinhuanet, August 06, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/06/content_
6484959.htm

Olympics
中国学者就奥运致中共领导人公开信 (40 Chinese Academics Send Open Letter to CPC Leadership on Human Rights Protection Ahead of Olympics)
BBC, August 07, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_6930000/
newsid_6934100/6934198.stm

Don't Mix Sport and Politics, Says Bocog
South China Morning Post, August 07, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
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中国评论：食品安全事关奥运成败 (Commentary: Food Security of Paramount Importance to Olympics' Success)
Ming Pao, August 07, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070807/caz1.htm

Beijing Says It Is Winning War on Pollution
Agence France-Presse (via France 24), August 06, 2007
http://www.france24.com/france24Public/en/news/science
/20070806-china-2008-beijing-olympics-games-summer-
pollution-smog-air.html

China Pulls Out Stops for '08 Olympics
McClatchy Newspapers (via YahooNews.com), August 06, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20070806/wl_mcclatchy
/20070806bcchinaolympics_attn_national_foreign_editors_
ytop_1

香港民间团体呼吁关注奥运产品背后的劳工问题 (Hong Kong NGOs Call for Attention to Labor Problems Behind Olympic Products)
Radio Free Asia, August 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/06/HK/

Olympics All Work and No Pay for Migrant Workers
The Globe and Mail, August 06, 2007
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.2007
0806.OLYMPICWORKERS06/TPStory/TPInternational/
Asia/

北京奥运一年倒计时，外国记者被警方短期扣留 (Over 10 Foreign Journalists Detained Briefly for Covering Olympics Protest)
Radio Free Asia, August 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/06/
jizhe/

北京基督徒徐永海为何被软禁 (Why Was Beijing-Based Protestant Xu Yonghai Placed Under House Arrest?)
Voice of America, August 06, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-08-06-voa42.cfm

北京百年老店正阳居成了钉子户 (160-Year-Old Beijing Food Shop to Be Demolished for Olympics Construction)
BBC, August 05, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_6930000/
newsid_6932200/6932280.stm

Protests and Petitions
Police Jostle Reporters at Protest on Press Freedom
Associate Press (via South China Morning Post), August 07, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d698af4770c
34110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=New

Public Health
Keen Demand Fuels Global Trade in Body Parts
CNN, August 06, 2007
http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/08/06/organs.
transplant.reut/index.html?iref=newsse

Religion
新疆家庭教会成员持续受压 (Xinjiang Protestant Detained for Distributing Unregistered Bibles; Son Dismissed from Army Due to Father's Religious Beliefs)
Radio Free Asia, August 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/08/06/china_
religion_church/

August 4 - 6, 2007

News
Corruption
China Arrest Takes Scandal into Politburo
Financial Times, August 03, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/cb8d3aa0-41d4-11dc-8328-
0000779fd2ac.html

Death Penalty
Ex-police Officer Gets Death Sentence in China
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), August 04, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070804/wl_asia_afp/chinac
rimesentence_070804060425;_ylt=AhkFETDIJhMfl_
B0zGKxkftPzWQA

Human Rights
港商在大陆成立维权组织 解决骚扰恐吓事件 (Hong Kong Business People Establish Rights Defence Group to Solve Harassment and Blackmailing Cases in Mainland)
Radio Free Asia, August 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/03/
hongkong_business/

Human Rights Defender - Cai Lujun (蔡陆军)
大陆异议人士蔡陆军抵台湾寻求政治避难 (Dissident Cai Lujun Seeks Political Asylum in Taiwan)
Radio Free Asia, August 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/05/
cailujun/

Human Rights Defender - Xu Yonghai (徐永海)
徐永海禁食祷告第四天 (Xu Yonghai's Fasting Prayer Enters 4th Day)
Radio Free Asia, August 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/05/
xuyonghai/

Human Rights Defenders
Activist Held in China Pollution Battle
Financial Times, August 03, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/a3e99942-41ea-11dc-8328-00007
79fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e23
40.html0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df
-0000779e2340 .html

Human Rights Defender – Shi Tao (师涛)
Lawmaker Wants Yahoo Probe
Associated Press (via YahooNews), August 03, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070803/ap_on_go_co/us_
china_internet_2;_ylt=Aj_c7fu.cjoXSsJi_AvBAsFPzWQA

Media
Media Blackout on Mudslide Disaster
South China Morning Post, August 05, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9f97f7032
c034110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&s=News

Report: China Curbs Foreign Satellite TV
Associated Press (via I won.com), August 04, 2007
http://money.iwon.com/jsp/nw/nwdt_rt_top.jsp?cat=TOPBIZ
&src=601&feed=ap&section=news&news_id=ap-
d8qqhsn00&date=20070804&alias=/alias/money/cm/nw

海南教师写山歌暗讽官员, 被行政拘留 (Hainan Teachers Placed Under Administrative Detention for Ridiculing Resettlement Officials Using Folk Song)
Radio Free Asia, August 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/03/
hainan/

Migrant Workers
13川籍民工山东被扣 (Shandong Authorities Save 13 Sichuan Migrant Workers Held by Glass Manufacturing Company)
The Beijing News, August 06, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0567/2007/08-06/011@
281521.htm

Olympics
Camera Vigil for Games
Associated Press (via The Standard), August 06, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=
3&art_id=50577&sid=14807846&con_type=1&d_str=
20070806

北京迎客 天仍未蓝 (Countdown to Olympics: Sky Not Blue Yet)
Ming Pao, August 06, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070806/cha1.htm

Rights Groups Shine Olympic Spotlight on China
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), August 06, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070806/wl_asia_afp/oly2008
chnyearchinarights_070806030623;_ylt=AtDiQzxWG444GMm
Z06dvVelPzWQA

我为奥运谁为我？ 京动迁户市政府抗议 (100 Beijing Evictees Protest Olympic Construction)
Radio Free Asia, August 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/03/
beijing/

Population
Crude Family Planning Slogans Ban
Associated Press (via South China Morning Post), August 06, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4b9642c17e
534110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Protests and Petitions
Secretive Arm of the Law
South China Morning Post, August 06, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=963ba6e5aa
c24110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

简要新闻：北京官方在上访村大肆抓捕 (In Brief: Beijing Launches Large-Scale Arrest Campaign Against Petitioners Ahead of Olympics Countdown)
Radio Free Asia, August 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/05/
xinwen/ - shangfang

Tibetans 'Held After China Rally'
BBC, August 03, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6929462.stm

Tibet
China Tightens Control of Tibetans
Reuters (via YahooNews), August 03, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070803/wl_nm/china_tibet
_dc_3;_ylt=Am3yBcF4Gh5ojnky3wFjIWFPzWQA

August 3, 2007

News
Corruption
Nearly 2,000 Chinese Officials Confess Wrongdoings
Xinhuanet, August 03, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/02/content_
6466694.htm

扶贫协会高层巨额诈骗 官方慈善机构成贪腐温床？ (Senior Cadre of Poverty Relief Group Arrested on Corruption Charges)
Radio Free Asia, August 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/02/
fupin/

Death Penalty
Execution Defended as Graft Trial Near
The Standard, August 03, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=
3&art_id=50434&sid=14769319&con_type=1&d_str=20070803

Freedom of Speech
Two Teachers Jailed over Cheeky Song
South China Morning Post, August 03, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4507ee63f47
24110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Human Rights
人权观察称中国人权状况无实质性进步 (Human Rights Watch Says China's Human Rights Situation Shows No Substantive Progress)
Radio Free Asia, August 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/02/
ren-quan/

Human Rights Defenders
中国需要成百上千个赤脚记者，赤脚律师 (Commentary: China Needs Thousands of Bare-Foot Journalists and Lawyers)
Nanfang City News, August 02, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/200708020
440.asp

Human Rights Defender - Zhang Jianhong (张建虹)
力虹申请保外就医60天无应答 (Li Hong's Medical Parole Application Remains Untouched 60 Days Later)
Radio Free Asia, August 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/02
/lihong/

June 4th
银行冻结给六四受难者的善款 (Banks Freeze Donations for June 4 Victim)
Radio Free Asia, August 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/08/02/china_64/

Media
Chinese Officals Defend Food Quality, Criticize Foreign Media "Fabrications"
Xinhuanet, August 03, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/02/content_
6467289.htm

有多少重要的民生信息被“敏感”掉 (Commentary: How Much Important Public Information Is "Sensitized" Away?)
China Youth Daily, August 03, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-08/03/content_1848386.htm

Free Speech is Bad News for China Censors
The Seattle Times, August 02, 2007
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003817328
_chinatest02.html

“和谐社会…连凤凰卫视都不给看” 网民批新一轮停播风潮 (Internet Users Criticize Blocking of Phoenix TV Programs )
Radio Free Asia, August 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/02/weishi/

中国不允<尖峰时刻3>公映 好莱坞叹反华扣顶太沉重 (Jackie Chan's Movie Barred from China over "Anti-China" Content)
Radio Free Asia, August 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/02/
rushhour3/

Multilateral Relations
China Welcomes UN Resolution on Deploying "Hybrid" Force in Darfur
Xinhuanet, August 02, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/02/content_
6465042.htm

Olympics
Foreign Media Enjoy Greater Access
Xinhuanet, August 03, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/03/content_
6468047.htm

人权圣火下周点燃 提醒关注中国人权状况 (Human Rights Torch Relay to Begin in Athens on August 8)
Radio Free Asia, August 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/02/
renquan/

Beijing Olympics Offer Protesters Chance to Air Grievances
Wall Street Journal, August 02, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20070802-721547-
search.html?KEYWORDS=China&COLLECTION=autowire
/6month

Group: China Cracking Down on Activists
Associated Press (via YahooNews), August 02, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070802/ap_on_re_as/china
_human_rights_3;_ylt=AsodVpF8ckud20KS7NX02fRPzWQA

Protests and Petitions
Scores of Tibetans Detained for Protesting at Festival
Radio Free Asia, August 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/tibetan/2007/08/02/tibetan_
protest/

Public Health
Poison Me Elmo?
Wall Street Journal, August 03, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118609594484586664-sear
ch.html?KEYWORDS=China&COLLECTION=wsjie/6month
search.html?KEYWORDS=China&COLLECTION=wsjie/6month

August 2, 2007

News
Food Security
China Defends Food Safety at Asian Security Summit
Reuters (via Scotsman), August 02, 2007
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=1199662007

Human Rights Defender - Xu Yonghai (徐永海)
北京家庭教会成员徐永海遭警方骚扰 (Beijing Protestant House Church Member Xu Yonghai Placed Under House Arrest for a Week)
Radio Free Asia, August 01, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/01/
xu/

Human Rights Defender – Li Jianqiang (李建强)
国际和香港组织关注维权律师李建强律师执照被拒延 (RSF and Hong Kong NGO Concerned About Rejection of Li Jianqiang's Lawyer License Renewal)
Radio Free Asia, August 01, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/01/
lijianqiang/

Law
Aggrieved Chinese Citizens Discovering the Lawsuit
Christian Science Monitor, August 02, 2007
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0802/p06s02-woap.htm

广西：政府近四成败诉率 (Guangxi Authorities Lose 40 Percent of First Trials of Administrative Review Cases)
China Youth Daily, August 02, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-08/02/content_
1846791.htm

Viewpoint: Implementation to Reveal Impact of Property Law
Financial Times, August 01, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/b16895c6-3fe9-11dc-ad26-0000
779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2340
.html0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-
0000779e2340.html

Media
China's Local Censors Muffle an Explosion
Washington Post, August 02, 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-
dyn/content/article/2007/07/31/AR2007073101733.htmldyn
/content/article/2007/07/31/AR2007073101733.html

Websites Asked to Crack Down on 'Fake News'
South China Morning Post, August 02, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8c12fd29132
24110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=New

Multilateral Relations
China Welcomes UN Force in Sudan
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), July 31, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070801/wl_asia_afp/sudan
darfurunchinaasean_070801030337;_ylt=An6iQX.a_24_
TJTvDUvZbwVPzWQA

Olympics
Foreign Media in China Say Freedoms Still Lack
Wall Street Journal, August 02, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118594615849884530.html?
mod=hps_asia_whats_news

China Unsure Whether Spielberg Will Pull Out as Olympics Artistic Director
Voice of America, August 01, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/english/Entertainment/2007-08-
01-voa29.cfm

Poverty
Support for Poorest of the Poor by Year-End
South China Morning Post, August 02, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ad52fd2913
224110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Protests and Petitions
浙江访民姜美英多次上访无果反被判劳教 (Zhejiang Petitioner Jiang Meiying Sentenced to Reeducation-Through-Labor Camp)
Radio Free Asia, August 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/01/

大批访民在“八一”建军节被抓捕 (Scores of Petitioners Taken Away on August 1 Army Day)
Radio Free Asia, August 01, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/01/bayi
_fangmin/

Hundreds Protest in China over Jailed Tibetan Monk
Radio Free Asia, July 31, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2007/07/31/tibetan_monk/

August 1, 2007

News
Bilateral Ties
Australia Urges China, India to Push for Change in Burma
Voice of America, July 31, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-07-31-voa20.cfm

Corruption
Cyberspace Opens New Front in War on Graft
South China Morning Post, August 01, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=05f4a93ac0d
14110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=New

Government
邯郸市出动大批警察警戒邯郸人大选举现场 (Police Sent to Hebei Polling Station; Rights Defender Finds Procedural Irregularity in Election)
Radio Free Asia, July 31, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/31/
Handan/

Human Rights Defenders
Three Chinese Activists to Get `Asia's Nobel'
The Standard, August 01, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?
pp_cat=17&art_id=50282&sid=14735968&con_type=168&
con_type=1

泛蓝联盟负责人孙不二被带走依然音讯全无 (Whereabouts of Pan-Blue Alliance Member Sun Bu'er Remains Unknown)
Radio Free Asia, July 31, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/31/
sunbuer/

Media
Rights Group Says Yahoo May Have Lied to Congress
Voice of America, July 31, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-07-31-voa18.cfm

揭露上海政法黑幕的“中华申正网”被关 (Web Site Shut Down for Revealing Scandal in Shanghai)
Radio Free Asia, July 31, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/31/
shenzhengwang/

Olympics
Beijing Games Officials Penalize Firms
Wall Street Journal, August 01, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118587559969583283.html?
mod=hpp_asia_whats_news

奥运开闭幕式导演签"生死状" 泄密将负刑事责任 (Directors of Olympic Ceremonies Required to Keep State Secrets, Criminal Charges for Violation)
People's Daily, August 01, 2007
http://olympic.people.com.cn/GB/22180/22193/94175/
6055617.html

Smog Fans Fears over Road Solution for Games
The Standard, August 01, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=
3&art_id=50240&sid=14730136&con_type=1&d_str=
20070801

Protests and Petitions
维权组织在香港展开反乙肝歧视示威活动 (NGO Protests Discrimination Based on Hepatitis B Status at Company's Hong Kong Office)
Radio Free Asia, July 31, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/31/
yigan/p

江西公安以“台湾间谍”罪拘捕三名罢工领袖 (Three Strike Leaders Arrested for Being "Taiwan's Spies")
Radio Free Asia, July 31, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/07/31/china_labor
_strike/

Tibet
Callers Decry Impact of Tibet Railway
Radio Free Asia, July 31, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/tibetan/2007/07/31/tibetan_
railway/

Hong Kong
Immigration Detainees in Hunger Strike Threat
The Standard, August 01, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_print.asp?art_id=50295
&sid=14735746

July 31, 2007

Top News of the Day
Public Health
广西青年解放军士兵被送精神科 (Healthy Soldiers Admitted to Guangxi Psychiatric Hospital Due to Bad Relationship with PLA Leaders)
Radio Free Asia, July 30, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/30/
guangxi/
Some healthy soldiers are reportedly being kept in a Guangxi hospital for psychiatric treatment because they have offended their leaders in the PLA. Families of some of these soldiers have not been told of the treatment. An anonymous source from the hospital confirmed to RFA in a phone interview that "it is certain that not everyone (admitted to the psychiatric unit) has psychiatric problems." On the other hand, soldiers with real psychiatric issues may not necessarily be given treatment and expelled from the army.

News
Disasters
Managers Covered up Deadly Mine Accident
South China Morning Post, July 31, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0a3f42e70
f714110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Environment
Green Effort Key to Officials' Future
Xinhuanet, July 31, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-07/31/content_
6454252.htm

Modest Gains Made in Energy Efficiency: Report
South China Morning Post, July 31, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=564ce32832814110
VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Gender
警方强势干预家庭暴力需闯四道难关 (Police Face Four Obstacles in Handling Domestic Violence Cases)
Legal Daily, July 31, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2007-07/31/content_
671099.htm

Human Rights
China, Australia Hold Dialogue on Human Rights
Xinhuanet, July 31, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-07/30/content_
6453204.htm

维权智慧拷问烂尾楼业主救济制度 (Should Rights Defense Be About Struggle or Cooperation - A Case Study on Half-Built Apartments in Beijing)
Legal Daily, July 31, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2007-07/31/content_
671062.htm

Human Rights Defenders
杭州维权人士杨云彪被正式起诉 (Hangzhou Rights Defender Indicted on Charges of "Obstructing Execution of Official Duties")
Radio Free Asia, July 30, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/07/30/china_
rights_detain/

Human Rights Defender – Li Jianqiang (李建强)
人权律师李建强申请执照延期被拒 (Human Rights Lawyer Li Jianqiang's Application to Renew License Declined)
Radio Free Asia, July 30, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/07/30/china
_rights_lawyer/

Human Rights Defenders – Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
访民上门求法援　高智晟再困围城 (Surveillance Against Gao Zhisheng Stepped Up as Petitioners Go to His Home to Seek Help)
Radio Free Asia, July 30, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/30/
gaozhisheng/

Media
China State TV Purges Staff After Dumpling Scandal
Reuters (via YahooNews), July 31, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070730/wl_nm/china_safety
_media_dc_2;_ylt=AnnjmbG6ZTd3Z8YWdKj4KM9PzWQA

央视清退大量“新闻民工”原因何在？ (Why Has CCTV Dismissed So Many "Media Migrant Workers?")
Radio Free Asia, July 30, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/30/
cctv/

社论：桂林日报，你为什么道歉？ (Editorial: Why Is Guilin Daily Apologizing for Its Report on Tourism Industry's Bad Practices ?)
Nanfang City News, July 31, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/200707
310590
.asp

南方奶业网撤掉牛奶添加激素的报道 (South Milk Industry's Web Site Withdraws Report About Use of Hormone in "Mengliu" Milk)
Radio Free Asia, July 30, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/30/
milk/

Olympics
Mount Everest Highway Plans on Hold
Associated Press (via YahooNews), July 29, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070729/ap_on_re_as/china
_mount_everest_road_4;_ylt=AuWh.BtOKrkHCl3Fp.QquP5
PzWQA

Protests and Petitions
郑州2万的士罢驶 (20,000 Henan Taxi Drivers Go on Strike, Others Beaten for Continuing Work)
Ming Pao, July 31, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070731/cac1.htm

600 Guilin Tour Guides Held After Protest over Pay
South China Morning Post, July 31, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ebdf42e70f7
14110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Three Gorges
China Floods Put Three Gorges Dam to the Test
Reuters (via YahooNews), July 31, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070731/wl_nm/china_floods
_dc_6;_ylt=AvzUnYhG4b.JAjJrkWhQ2cBPzWQA

Tibet
China Says Talks with Dalai Lama 'Pointless'
The Hindu, July 29, 2007
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200707290942.htm

July 28 – 30, 2007

Top News of the Day
Media
揭黑记者受死亡威胁 北京下令限制揭黑报道 (Journalist Receives Death Threats; Beijing Limits Reports Critical of Government Action)
Radio Free Asia, July 27, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/27/
jiehei/
Journalist Pang Jiaoming (庞皎明) of China Economic Times says in his blog that he has recently received several death threats. These occurred after the publication of two stories he wrote on the use of cheaper materials that will affect the quality of rails used for the Wuhan-Guangdong Railway. Pang is not able to confirm whether the stories led directly to the death threats. In related news, the Beijing Daily reportedly received a notice requiring a reduction in "black news reports" which increase public scrutiny and are critical of government actions. Also that such reports would require the signature of the department involved.

News
Corruption
Bribe-Hungry Officials Can No Longer Hide Behind Mistresses, Says New Judicial Interpretation
People's Daily, July 27, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6226018.html

Death Penalty
China Oil Thieves Sentenced to death
Associated Press (via YahooNews), July 28, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070728/ap_on_re_as/china
_death_sentence_2;_ylt=Al7SHr3SevhmW_NsGNx4y9BPzWQA

Human Rights Defender – Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠)
律师郑恩宠前往教堂参加主日敬拜遭警方拦截 (Lawyer Zheng Enchong Barred from Church, Launches Hunger Strike)
Radio Free Asia, July 29, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/29/
zhengenchong/

Media
中国网民总数已达到1.62亿 (China's Netizens Reach 162 Million)
Radio Free Asia, July 28, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/28/
wangminshu/

Bad News Tests China's Propaganda Arm
Washington Post, July 27, 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content
/article/2007/07/27/AR2007072700080.html?
hpid=moreheadlinesdyn/content/article/
2007/07/27/AR2007072700080.html?hpid=moreheadlines

Migrant Workers
Rural Women Migrant Workers Shut Out of China's Economic Boom
Radio Free Asia, July 27, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/china/2007/07/27/china_
labor_women/

Olympics
姚立法和德国记者在湖北九棵松村采访受阻 (Activist Yao Lifa Prevented from Receiving German Journalist's Interview in Hubei)
Radio Free Asia, July 27, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/07/27/china_
rights_repoters/

Cutting Corners a Deadly Game in Host City Beijing
The Sydney Morning Herald, July 27, 2007
http://www.smh.com.au/news/sport/cutting-corners-a-
deadly-game-in-host-city-beijing/2007/07/27/
1185339256735.html

北京数百名拆迁户连续两星期静坐示威 (Hundreds of Beijing Evictees Stage Sit-in for 2 Weeks)
Radio Free Asia, July 27, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/07/27/china_
demolition_beijing/

斯皮尔伯格吁中国强硬面对苏丹 考虑辞退北京奥运艺术顾问 (Steven Spielberg Urges China to Get Tough on Sudan, Considers Quitting Beijing Olympic Job)
Radio Free Asia, July 27, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/27/
aoyun/

Police
澳游客北京遇丐帮狂追气晕 (Australian Tourist Faints in Beijing After Being Chased by Beggar)
Ming Pao, July 30, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070730/cca1h.htm

Protests and Petitions
Protesters Battle Police over Brewery's Pollution of Water
South China Morning Post, July 30, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=cf7a57f35d21
4110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

八一前夕北京深夜在上访村抓捕驱赶访民 (Beijing Authorities Take Away Petitioners at Night Ahead of August 1 Army Day)
Radio Free Asia, July 27, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/27/
petitioners/

Public Health
China Bans AIDS Rights Meeting, Group Says
Reuters (via YahooNews), July 29, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070729/wl_nm/china_aids
_dc_1;_ylt=Av8H4zUV46mO2Wv5GByxWMBPzWQA

China Should Have Probed "Bad Vaccine" Cases - WHO
Reuters, July 27, 2007
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSHKG274681

Religion
Report: China Detains 4 Priests
Associated Press (via YahooNews), July 29, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070729/ap_on_re_as/china
_priests_detained_1;_ylt=Ai5a1a2PYXMV5ZGvK_2zjV9PzWQA

July 27, 2007

News
Bilateral Ties
China Denies Reports That its Missiles Have Ended Up in Iraq
International Herald Tribune, July 26, 2007
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/26/asia/AS-GEN
-China-Iraq-Missiles.php

Children
教师逼18学童卖淫 (Guizhou Teacher Couple Forces 18 Girls into Prostitution)
Ming Pao, July 27, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070727/ccb1.htm

Corruption
Beijing Official Sacked for Graft
South China Morning Post, July 27, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4b5fd15
705304110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Ex-Shanghai Party Boss to Be Prosecuted
South China Morning Post, July 27, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3a39d1570
5304110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&s=News

Amended Law to Target Corruption
Xinhuanet, July 26, 2007
http://www.chinanews.cn/news/2007-07-26/37941.html

Environment
京津防沙林遭铁矿蚕食 (Sandbreak Forests in Beijing and Tianjin Eaten Away by Iron Ore)
The Beijing News, July 24, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0547/2007/0724/021@
278455.htm

Gender
E China Province Passes Amendment to Sexual Harassment Law to Include Dirty Jokes, Text Messages
People's Daily, July 26, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6225094.html

Human Rights
Consumer Rage Rises in China
The Standard, July 27, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=
20&art_id=49891&sid=14663276&con_type=1

Human Rights Defender – Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)
简要新闻∶广州维权人士郭飞雄"非法经营"一案延后宣判 (In Brief: Indictment for Guo Feixiong's Case Delayed)
Radio Free Asia, July 27, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/07/26/xinwen
/ - guofeixiong

Related Information
HRIC Press Release: Further Investigation Delays Guo
Feixiong Verdict
Human Rights in China, July 26, 2007
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/item?item_id
=44417

Human Rights Defender – Shi Tao (師濤)
无国界记者："师涛案"雅虎公司说谎 (Reporters Without Border Says Yahoo! Lied in Shi Tao's Case)
BBC, July 27, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_6910000/
newsid_6918100/6918198.stm

Human Rights Defender
六四《大屠杀》长诗作者廖亦武申请护照九次被拒 (Ninth Passport Application Rejected for Writer of June 4 Poem "Massacre")
Radio Free Asia, July 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/26/
liaoyiwu/

Inner Mongolia
In Brief: Inner Mongolia's Anniversary 'Nothing to Celebrate'
South China Morning Post, July 27, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb3
29d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1b2fd15705
304110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Media
劳工网站短暂被关 中国网络寒风瑟瑟 (Labor Rights Web Site Shut Down Temporarily)
Radio Free Asia, July 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/26/
website/

当局以打击色情对BBS挥刀　专审批料清大批个人论坛 (Many Internet Forums May Be Shut Down as China Tightens Censorship on Bulletin Board System)
Radio Free Asia, July 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/26/bbs/

North Korea
U.S. Envoy Says China, South Korea Could Do More on North Korean Rights
Radio Free Asia, July 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/politics/2007/07/26/nkorea
_lefkowitz/

Olympics
奥运期间政府可进行特殊管理 (Beijing Municipal Government to Be Given Power to Pass Temporary Regulations During Olympics)
The Beijing News, July 27, 2007
http://olympic.thebeijingnews.com/0957/2007/07-27/021@
015712.htm

Petitions on Darfur Submitted to China's Embassy in Washington
Voice of America, July 26, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-07-26-voa61.cfm

Politics
China's Central Authorities Consult Non-CPC Personalities on Economic Development
Xinhuanet, July 27, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-07/26/content_
6435737.htm

女书记十年倾力推民主 (CPC Cadre Has Advocated Grassroots Democracy for 10 Years)
Nanfang Weekend, July 24, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/zmzg/20070
7240079.asp

Public Health
美称偷渡中国人减少中国假药暴增 (US Says Number of Illegal Immigrants from China Falling But Fake Drugs Surge)
Voice of America, July 27, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-07-26-voa29.cfm

July 26, 2007

News
Bilateral Ties
中国官方教会首次表达希望教宗访华的意愿 (China's Official Church Invites the Pope to Visit China)
Radio Free Asia, July 25, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/07/25/china_
religion/

Corruption
Trial Looms on Pension Fund Scandal
The Standard, July 26, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_
cat=3&art_id=49824&sid=14643564&con_type=1&d_
str=20070726

Environment
China Says Coal Use Surging Despite Environmental Worries
International Herald Tribune, July 25, 2007
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/25/business/AS
-FIN-China-Coal-Consumption.php

Freedom of Speech
北京一间文化交流公司老板因出版《决策.管理》一书被判刑三年 (Beijing Publisher Sentenced to 3 Years' Imprisonment)
Radio Free Asia, July 25, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/25/
laoban/

Human Rights Defender
北京基督教家庭教会的活动人士华惠棋刑满出狱 (Beijing Protestant House Church Activist Hua Huiqi Released from Jail)
Radio Free Asia, July 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/25/
huahuiqi/

Human Rights Defender - Hada (哈达)
Torture Claims Denied
The Standard, July 26, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3
&art_id=49846&sid=14643562&con_type=1&d_str=20070726

Media
Baidu Takes On `Don't Be Evil' Google in China
Bloomberg, July 25, 2007
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid
=aMIkQib69ph8&refer=asia

China's Journalists Told to Stick to Truth
People's Daily, July 25, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6224200.html

蒙古家园助学论坛被关 何处共建心灵家园？ (Inner Mongolian Charity Internet Forum Shut Down Leaving 70 Poor Students Without Assistance)
Radio Free Asia, July 25, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/25/
mengguwang/

Olympics
Beijing Residents Told to Clean Up Their Act
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), July 26, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b8a1079bc3
ef3110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=New

纽约议会促公司停止支持北京奥运 (New York City Council Urges US Companies to Stop Supporting Beijing Olympics)
Voice of America, July 26, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-07-26-voa11.cfm

Beijing to Mark Camera Monitored Zones
Xinhuanet, July 25, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-07/25/content_
6427912.htm

Population
China Province Sets Huge Fines for One-Child Rule
YahooNews (China), July 25, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070725/wl_nm/china_child
_fines_dc_1;_ylt=AootXQJuPhRvBKfQjYtqawhPzWQA

Public Health
受害人死亡就能随便摘取器官吗 (Commentary: Is Organ Harvesting Justified as Long as Victim Is Dead?)
China Youth Daily, July 26, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-07/26/content_1838816.htm

上海医院被指控为外国做人体试验 (Parents of Deceased Man Sue Shanghai Hospital over Unregistered Doctor and Artificial Heart)
Radio Free Asia, July 25, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/07/25/china_
hospital/

July 25, 2007

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender – Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠)
简要新闻∶郑恩宠律师欲申请旁听周正毅案再被软禁 (In Brief: Zheng Enchong Placed Under House Arrest Again for Trying to Attend Zhou Zhengyi’s Trial)
Radio Free Asia, July 24, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/07/24/xinwen/
- zhengenchong
On July 24, Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠) and his wife were placed under house arrest again for seeking to attend Zhou Zhengyi’s trial. Earlier that morning, the couple were forcefully prevented from going to the Shanghai Higher People's Court to apply to attend Zhou's trial. The security guards and police officers knocked Zheng to the ground, battered him and dragged him, leading to serious abrasions to his left hand. The couple were then sent to his sister-in-law's home and were not allowed to leave.

Related Information
HRIC Press Release: Zheng Enchong Battered by Police
While Seeking to Attend Zhou Zhengyi’s Trial
Human Rights in China, July 24, 2007
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/item?item_
id=44399

News
Death Penalty
Death for Beggar's Killer Who Sold Victim's Organs
South China Morning Post, July 25, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f12ebecde09f3
110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Hukou
中国多个户籍改革试点受阻 (Hukou Reforms Fail at Many Test Locations)
Radio Free Asia, July 24, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/24/huji/

Human Rights Defender – Shi Tao (師濤)
北京国安局向雅虎索取师涛电邮证据在网上曝光 (Beijing National Security Bureau's Letter Demanding Yahoo! to Provide Evidence Against Shi Tao Published Online)
Radio Free Asia, July 24, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/24/
yahoo/

Human Rights Defender
北京接济站人员围殴访民 数百人声援 (Hundreds of Petitioners Supporting Rights Defender Beaten by Beijing Authorities)
Radio Free Asia, July 24, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/24/bj/

Land Policy
As Illegal Land Grabs Increase, so Does Unrest in China
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), July 24, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070724/lf_afp/chinaunrestp
roperty_070724140251

Media
加强BBS管制，网民很生气 (Internet Users Angry at Tightened Control on Bulletin Board System)
Radio Free Asia, July 24, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/24/bbs/

网络谎言制造“丁香小慧悲剧” 是否有人要担责? (Should Blogger Be Held Responsible for Trumped-up Child Abuse Report?)
Xinhuanet, July 24, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-07/24/content_64
24057.htm

Olympics
京担心港马术赛保安 (Beijing Worries About Security in Hong Kong During Olympic Equestrian Match)
Ming Pao, July 25, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070725/caa2.htm

Wal-Mart Cautions Two Chinese Suppliers
Wall Street Journal, July 25, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118530022504776393-sea
rch.html?KEYWORDS=China&COLLECTION=wsjie/6month
search .html?KEYWORDS=China&COLLECTION=wsjie/6month

青岛居民联合持续抗议 对奥运强拆工程说不 (100 Qingdao Families Protest Olympic Eviction Project)
Radio Free Asia, July 24, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/24/
qingdao/

迎绿色奥运中国发展风电控制降雨 (Beijing Develops Wind Power and Controls Rain for "Green Olympics")
Voice of America, July 24, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-07-24-voa46.cfm

Human Rights Questions Remain for China
CNN, July 24, 2007
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/07/24/china.
promises/index.html?section=cnn_latest

Police
江西男子狱中被铐双手、泼水电击 出狱后申请国家赔偿涉事干警受处分 (Former Inmate Seeks Prosecution of Guangdong Prison Officers Who Beat Him with Electric Rod)
Nanfang City News, July 25, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/2007072
40050.asp

Protests and Petitions
Three More Held over Protest in Xiamen
South China Morning Post, July 25, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8b8dbecde09f3
110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=New

Official: "Mass Incidents" Involving Labor Disputes on the Rise
Xinhuanet, July 24, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-07/24/content_
6425086.htm

海军高工不满军队剽窃上访 强迫住院当成精神病人治疗 (Senior Engineer Forcefully Sent to Psychiatric Hospital for Petitioning Plagiarism in Guangxi)
Radio Free Asia, July 24, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/24/jundui/

Public Health
Wen Plans Pilot Medical Insurance Scheme to Help Urban Residents
South China Morning Post, July 25, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb3
29d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=88adbecde09
f3110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=New

July 24, 2007

Top News of the Day
Olympics
China Sees Activists as Olympic Threat
Associated Press (via YahooNews), July 23, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070723/ap_on_re_as/china
_olympic_intelligence_1;_ylt=AkS0oLWsXWt7KmlJPngB
TAZPzWQA
An anonymous security consultant told AP that China is compiling lists of potentially troublesome foreign NGOs and their members. These include evangelical Christians, and activists concerned with Darfur and global warming. China reportedly tightened foreigners' access to Tibet after four Americans displayed a banner calling for Tibetan independence on Mount Everest. China's Ministry of Public Security and the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee declined to comment.

News
Bilateral Ties
Greater Effort Urged to Boost Product Safety
The Standard, July 24, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3&art
_id=49619&sid=14606110&con_type=1&d_str=20070724

Environment
China Issues Clean Production Standards
CCTV, July 23, 2007
http://www.cctv.com/program/bizchina/20070723/110645
.shtml

Government
43万救灾款修出“豆腐桥” (Eight Guangdong Cadres Punished for the Construction of Substandard Bridge)
The Beijing News, July 24, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0567/2007/07-24/021@
278444.htm

Human Rights Defenders
Whistleblower Compensated
South China Morning Post, July 24, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=40176d8669
3f3110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Human Rights Defender – Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
高智晟介入维权案受威胁 妻女护照申请遇阻 (Gao Zhisheng Clashes with Police for Involvement in Human Rights Lawsuit)
Radio Free Asia, July 23, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/23/gao
_zhisheng/

Human Rights Defenders
有人假借维权人士名义发放病毒电邮 (Infected Emails Sent out from "Human Rights Defenders'" Accounts)
Radio Free Asia, July 23, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/07/23/China_
HumanRights/

Land Policy
温州渔民被拘期间遭羞辱殴打 总理受外媒采访为何村民不行？ (Zhejiang Evictees Beaten and Detained, Threatened with Imprisonment If Foreign Media Interviews Continue)
Radio Free Asia, July 23, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/23/
wenzhou/

Law
Inferior Food Exporters Punished
China Daily, July 21, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-07/21/content_
5440815.htm

Media
出事的怎么都是些“临时人员” (Commentary: Why Are All Wrongdoers "Temporary Employees?")
China Youth Daily, July 24, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-07/24/content_1835961
.htm

Green Data Withheld `to Protect Economy'
The Standard, July 24, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat
=3&art_id=49629&sid=14604020&con_type=1&d_str=20070724

Olympics
周安（John Vause）﹕北京與奥运 (Commentary: Beijing "Losing Soul" Due to Over-Eviction for Olympics)
Ming Pao, July 24, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070724/faa1.htm

北京奥运拆迁访民市政府门外请愿 (Beijing Resident Petitions Eviction Due to Olympic Venue Construction)
Radio Free Asia, July 23, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/07/23/China_
Olympic/

Protests and Petitions
China Jails Two Men for Birth-Control Riots
YahooNews (China), July 23, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070723/lf_nm/china_sentence
_population_dc_1;_ylt=Aii2kL_4OfjQfGwXTdL5S71PzWQA

中国万花筒：中国高校骚乱 (Student Unions' Lack of Independence Contributes to Campus Unrest)
Radio Free Asia, July 23, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/zhuanti/zhongguowanhuatong/
2007/07/23/China_School/

河南省委书记徐光春：用责任倒查促科学决策 (Henan to Conduct Assessment of Likelihood of Petitioning Before Policy Implementation)
Xinhuanet, July 02, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/local/2007-07/23/content_6414798
.htm

Public Health
Watchdog Probes Firm for Antifreeze in Cough Syrup
South China Morning Post, July 24, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb3
29d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7c476d866
93f3110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=New

State Security
四部门联合制定《信息安全等级保护管理办法》 (China Issues Measures on the Protection of Information Safety)
Xinhuanet, July 24, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-07/24/content_
6421444.htm