October 3, 2007

News
Death Penalty
女老总为贪巨款 雇兇杀情夫 (Nanjing Businesswoman Sentenced to Death for Murdering Lover)
Wen Wei Po, October 03, 2007
http://paper.wenweipo.com/2007/10/03/CH0710030016.
htm

Chinese Man Gets Death Penalty with Two-Year Reprieve for Torturing Ex-Girlfriend
Xinhuanet, October 02, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6275975.html

Environment
Mainland to Phase Out Traditional Light Bulbs
South China Morning Post, October 03, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
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China to Relocate Tibetan Nomads
BBC, October 02, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7023908.stm

Human Rights Defender - Wang Dan (王丹)
I Am a Free Man Now, Let Me Return, Says Exiled Wang Dan
South China Morning Post, October 03, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
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Human Rights Defenders
十七大之前北京的白色恐怖 (Terror for Beijing's Rights Defenders and Petitioners Ahead of CPC Meeting)
Radio Free Asia, October 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/02/17/

海外民运人士电子信箱密码被窃取 (US-Based Chinese Dissident Accuses Chinese Police of Stealing Email Passwords)
Radio Free Asia, October 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/02/email/

Media
China's Handouts to Journalists Skew Media Coverage
Financial Times Deutschland, October 02, 2007
http://www.ftd.de/karriere_management/business_english/:
Business%20English%20China/260183.htmlhina/260183.html

Olympics
China Bloggers Stew About Olympic Pigs
Wall Street Journal, October 03, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119126782037645353.html?
mod=googlenews_wsj

Hu Opens Special Olympics, Pledges to Help Handicapped
South China Morning Post, October 03, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
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Beijing Cabs Declared Smoke-Free Zone
Reuters (via YahooNews), October 02, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071002/wl_nm/olympics
_beijing_smoking_dc_1;_ylt=AqXmWRpz4HH1WpaBXRk
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China Rejects Attempt to Link Developments in Burma to Beijing Olympics
Washington Post, October 02, 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007
/10/01/AR2007100101712.htmldyn/content/article/2007/10/
01/AR2007100101712.html

中国智库建议邀异议人士奥运回国 (Chinese Think Tank Advises Authorities to Invite Exiled Dissidents to Attend Beijing Olympics)
Voice of America, October 02, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-10-02-voa30.cfm

Population
湖南省：赴香港超生者返回后照罚 (Hunan Residents Fined Even If They Bear Second Child in Hong Kong)
BBC, October 01, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_7020000/
newsid_7021400/7021440.stm

Society - Ethnic Minorities
Africans in Beijing Say Discrimination on the Rise
South China Morning Post, October 03, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
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October 2, 2007

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender – Li Heping (李和平)
北京律师李和平遭绑架殴打 (Beijing Lawyer Li Heping Abducted and Beaten)
Radio Free Asia, September 30, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/30/li/
Beijing rights defense lawyer Li Heping (李和平) was beaten with electric rods by a group of unidentified masked men on September 29. That afternoon, a state security officer asked Li to go to his car. Five minutes later, the masked men came and abducted Li to an unknown place where the beating took place. The assailants told Li to leave Beijing with his family. After the beating, Li was dumped in the woods outside the city. Local police promised to investigate when Li reported the incident.

Related Information
HRIC Press Statement: Rule of Law Threatened by Extra-Legal Attacks Against Lawyer
Human Rights in China, October 1, 2007
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/45122

News
Death Penalty
安徽合肥市新中国成立以来最大一起贩毒案宣判 (Anhui Drug Trafficker Sentenced to Death)
Xinhuanet, October 01, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2007-10/01/content_
6820994.htm

Environment
China Resettles Tibetan Herdsmen to Preserve Yangtze, Yellow River Source
Xinhuanet, September 27, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-10/02/content_
6821942.htm

Human Rights Defenders
北京维权人叶国强失踪，叶明君被拘留，张文和绝食抗议 (Beijing Rights Defenders Detained and on Hunger Strike)
Radio Free Asia, October 01, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/01/
yeguoqian/

山东军转干部维权代表乔延兵再次被拘留 (Shandong Soldier-Turned-Cadre Qiao Yanbing Detained Again)
Radio Free Asia, October 01, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/01/
qiaoyanbing/

Human Rights Defender – Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠)
上海律师郑恩宠被传讯及访民被软禁情况 (Zheng Enchong Summoned Twice and Petitioners Detained Ahead of National Day Holiday)
Radio Free Asia, October 01, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/01/
zhengenchong/

Human Rights Defender - He Depu (何德普)
当局威胁何德普的妻子不得透露监狱的情况 (He Depu's Wife Threatened Not to Reveal Prison Conditions)
Radio Free Asia, September 28, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/09/28/china_
dissident_jail/

Related Information
HRIC Press Release: He Depu Threatened with Deprivation of Family Visits over Disclosure of Prison Conditions
Human Rights in China, September 27, 2007
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/45104

Labor
Illegal Coal Mines near Beijing Face Closure
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), October 02, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
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Media
天津网监封杀北京学者张耀杰的博客专栏 (Tianjin Authorities Block Beijing Scholar's Blog)
Radio Free Asia, October 01, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/01/
zhangyaojie/

Chinese Cyber-Call Censored
Financial Times, September 28, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8f587574-6e05-11dc-b8ab-00
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Olympics
Spotlight on 13m Disabled as Special Olympics Start
South China Morning Post, October 02, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
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北京规定不准向家庭教会出租房屋 (Beijing's New Regulation Punishes Landlords Who Rent to Protestant House Churches)
Radio Free Asia, September 28, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/09/28/china_
religion_church/

Protests and Petitions
桂林船工罢工 武警开枪 (Guangxi Police Open Fire and Arrest 10 Protesters Who Go on Strike)
Ming Pao, October 02, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20071002/cca1h.htm

Villagers Protest at Control of Lucrative Rafting Trips
South China Morning Post, October 02, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
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东洲2000村民十一抗议游行 (2,000 Villagers in Dongzhou, Guangdong Protest Land Grab and Corruption)
Radio Free Asia, October 01, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/01/
dongzhou/

中国一些访民质疑网上信访效果 (Some Petitioners Question Effectiveness of Online Petitioning System )
Radio Free Asia, September 29, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/29/
xingfang/

山西和河南访民揭露“黑监狱”黑幕 (Petitioners Reveal Inhumane Conditions in Secret Detention Centers)
Radio Free Asia, September 28, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/09/28/china_
petition_abuse/

Public Health
各国艾滋组织致信联合国莫让奥运成中国民间受压推手 (27 International HIV/AIDS Groups Call for Attention on Suppression of China's HIV/AIDS NGOs and Activists)
Radio Free Asia, September 29, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/29/aoyun/

September 29-October 1, 2007

News
Bilateral Ties
China Cooperating With U.S. Investigation Into Steroid Smuggling
International Herald Tribune, October 01, 2007 http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/10/01/business/steroid
.php

Japan Urged To Abide By Pledge, Properly Handle Taiwan Question
Xinhuanet, October 01, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-09/30/content_
6146993.htm

EU Urges China To Pressure Myanmar Rulers On Crackdown
Deutsche Welle, September 30, 2007
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2803521,00.html

Corruption
China Warns Multinationals Also Targeted In Anti-Graft Drive
AFP, October 01, 2007
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gx7rhB_U8GN8e60tQq
0pyIP85wkA

Senior Official Underlines Anti-Corruption Among Party Officials
Xinhuanet, October 01, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6274774.html

Economic Development China’s Moves To Curb Food Prices May Not Succeed
Daily Times, October 01, 2007
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007%
5C09%5C30%5Cstory_30-9-2007_pg5_422007_pg5_42

Education Higher Education In Mainland China In Debt: 200 Billion Yuan
Epoch Times, September 29, 2007
http://en.epochtimes.com/news/7-9-29/60244.html

Environment
China Shuts Down 253 Small Power Plants
China Knowledge, October 01, 2007
http://www.chinaknowledge.com/news/news-detail.aspx?id=10604

China's Input On Environmental Protection Hits Record High
CRI English, September 30, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2007-09/30/content_
6147342.htm

Food Security China Bans Poultry Imports From Canada
Xinhuanet, October 01, 2007
http://www.china.org.cn/english/news/226592.htm

Hong Kong Hong Kong A Player Not A Bystander In China Affairs, Leader Says
Earthtimes.org, October 01, 2007
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/116619.html

Human Rights Defenders
China Arrests Cyber-Dissident
AFP, October 01, 2007
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5h3L1XQot1TEhq9
-vzwFk3o3SJXmw

China Communist Elder Issues Bold Call For Democracy
Reuters, September 30, 2007
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL30317811
20070930?sp=true

Labor
Beijing To Close 1,000 Small Coal Mines Before Olympic Games
AFP, October 01, 2007
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iLpKsX7rzHeE_6GcU8
_lOPfJtaFg

Powerful Explosions Level 100 Houses, Many Feared Dead
Epoch Times, September 30, 2007
http://en.epochtimes.com/news/7-9-30/60242.html

China Abandons Search For Bodies In Mine
AP, September 29, 2007
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jKx3JZrgPD0fw_vwhJ
4kMAzQb_WgD8RV2QP84

Land Policy China's Property Law Takes Effect
Xinhuanet, October 01, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-10/01/content_
6820625.htm

Macau Macau Residents Set For Major Protest
AFP, October 01, 2007
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=
data/theworld/2007/October/theworld_October10.xml&sec
tion=theworldheworld_October10.xml&section=theworld

Media
China Trotting Into The Internet Age
People's Daily, October 01, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90781/6275479.html

China Bans Bra, Underwear Ads
AP, September 30, 2007
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5huoKF09I2X_o73N
5OJOp2IXazn-QD8RVP0E80

Multilateral Six Parties Reach Tentative Deal
China Daily, October 01, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6275440.html

Olympics
Ahead Of 2008 Olympics, Beijing Says Goodbye To "Chinglish"
Xinhuanet, October 01, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90779/6274117.html

China Hosts Biggest Ever Special Olympics
AFP, October 01, 2007
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/
sports/2007/October/sports_October31.xml&section=sports&col
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Politics
China To Insist On Reform, Opening-Up For Harmonious Society: Premier
Xinhuanet, October 01, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6275312.html

External Inter-Party Exchange And Diplomatic Activities Of The CPC
People's Daily, September 30, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90785/6275179.html

Population Where's Our Child?
The Guardian, October 01, 2007
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2007/09/30/
2003381132

Poverty Battle To Conquer Poverty Continues
China Daily, September 29, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6274054.html

September 28, 2007

News
Corruption
Five Sentenced for Looting Shanghai Pension Fund
South China Morning Post, September 28, 2007
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Former Medical Chief Pleads Guilty to Graft
South China Morning Post, September 28, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
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深圳處長受賄囚10年 (Shenzhen Environmental Protection Bureau Chief Sentenced to 10 Years for Bribery)
Ming Pao, September 28, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070928/cce1.htm

Death Penalty
Three sentenced to death for poisoning their partners
South China Morning Post, September 28, 2007
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Education
中国将用3年左右优先化解 500亿元农村义务教育巨债 (China to Invest RMB 50 Billion to Tackle Rural Education in Three Years)
Xinhuanet, September 28, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/edu/2007-09/28/content_6805
623.htm

Environment
Beneath Booming Cities, China’s Future Is Drying Up
New York Times, September 28, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/28/world/asia/28water
.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Gender
部分条款创新 解读广东妇女权益保障4大突破 (Breakthroughs in Guangdong Women's Rights and Protection Law)
Legal Daily, September 27, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2007-09/27/content_
709353.htm

Human Rights Defenders
大陆各地政府继续打压维权人士 (Human Rights Defenders Harassed by Local Authorities)
Radio Free Asia, September 27, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/27/
daya/

Human Rights Defenders - Ouyang Xiaorong (欧阳小戎)
独立中文笔会成员欧阳小戎被公安带走 (Internet Writer Ouyang Xiaorong Taken Away by Police)
Radio Free Asia, September 27, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/27/gao/

Land Policy
16 Cases of Illegal Land Use Revealed
South China Morning Post, September 28, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
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Media
河南濮阳发生两次大爆炸 (Cover-up of Two Large-Scale Explosions in Henan)
Radio Free Asia, September 27, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/09/27/china_
explosion/

云南文山草根论坛因发布警察打人的帖子被关闭 (Yunnan Online Forum Closed After Posting "Sensitive" Articles)
Radio Free Asia, September 27, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/27/
wenshan/

Protests and Petitions
几十名昔日抗非典医务人员在北京市政府上访 (SARS Medical Practitioners Petition the Government over Its Unfulfilled Promises)
Radio Free Asia, September 27, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/27/
kangdiang/

September 27, 2007

News
Bilateral Ties
As Usual, China Holds the Trump Card in Burma's Struggle
The Sydney Morning Herald, September 27, 2007
http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/as-usual-china-holds
-the-trump-card-in-burmas-struggle/2007/09/26/1190486
390157.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1struggle/2007/09
/26/1190486390157.html?page=fullpage - contentSwap1

Death Penalty
枪杀公安局长 疑犯被判死刑 (Henan Man Sentenced to Death for Murdering Policeman)
Nanfang City News, September 26, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/djjz/2007092
60570.asp

Environment
Dredging in Wetland a Recipe for Disaster
South China Morning Post, September 27, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
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Human Rights Defender - Deng Yongliang (邓永亮)
异议人士邓永亮因网上文章被警方驱出西安 (Dissident Forcefully Expelled from Xi'an After Publishing Essay Online)
Radio Free Asia, September 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/26/
deng/

Human Rights Defender – Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
高智晟发表公开信后下落不明信使黄燕被遣返 (Whereabouts of Gao Zhisheng Unknown; Huang Yan Beaten and Sent Back to Hubei Hometown)
Radio Free Asia, September 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/26
/gaozhisheng/

Human Rights Defender
北京国保威胁把维权人士送进精神病院 (Beijing State Security Officials Threaten to Send Rights Defender to Psychiatric Hospital)
Radio Free Asia, September 25, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/25
/guowei/

Human Rights Defender – Li Xige (李喜阁)
简要新闻：李喜阁遭软禁 邮寄的月饼被扣留 (In Brief: Li Xige Barred from Posting Moon Cakes to Friends)
Radio Free Asia, September 25, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/09/25/0925
/#li

Human Rights Defender – Gao Qinrong (高勤荣)
高勤荣获“国际新闻自由奖” (NGO Honors Gao Qinrong with 2007 International Press Freedom Award)
Radio Free Asia, September 25, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/25
/gaorong/

Law
Defying of Court Orders Tackled
South China Morning Post, September 27, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
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Media
China Bans 'Sexy' Advertisements
BBC, September 27, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7013618.stm

《红问号》被禁了，疑问还在 (Commentary: Doubts Remain After Ban on TV Drama)
China Youth Daily, September 27, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-09/27/content_19096
01.htm

七家外国通讯社获准在中国境内发布新闻 (Seven Foreign News Agencies Allowed to Release News in China)
Radio Free Asia, September 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/26/
press/

十七大前安徽卫星频道禁止接受境外节目 (Access to Foreign TV Barred in Anhui Ahead of CPC Meeting)
Radio Free Asia, September 25, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/25/
anhui/

网民举报网上犯罪最高奖2500元 广东虚拟警察全面上网执勤 (Guangdong Police to Reward Reports of Illegal Internet Content)
Nanfang City News, September 27, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/2007092
70521.asp

Skype加强与中共合作 各方破网各施其法 (Skype Strengthens Cooperation with CPC on Internet Censorship)
Radio Free Asia, September 25, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/25/
skype/

Protests and Petitions
中秋节官方清拆上访村 上访者无处栖身露天淋雨 (Beijing Petitioners Become Homeless at Mid-Autumn Festival as Petitioners' Village Is Demolished)
Radio Free Asia, September 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/26/
shangfang/

广东村民包围村委会，抗议选举黑箱操作 (New Election Promised After Guangdong Villagers Hold Sit-in Protest for 80 Days over Irregular Election)
Radio Free Asia, September 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/26/
shunde/

六名港商北京上访被公安带走 (Six Hong Kong Merchants Taken Away for Petitioning in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, September 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/26/
gangshang/

Public Health
Public Apologists
South China Morning Post, September 26, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62
ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=50413e448bc
35110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
a0/?vgnextoid=50413e448bc35110VgnVCM100000360a0
a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Religion
北京家庭教会访民教友大减 (Significantly Fewer Petitioners Attend Beijing House Church Gatherings)
Radio Free Asia, September 25, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/09/25/china_
religion_church/

September 26, 2007

News
Bilateral Ties
China Likely Advising Burmese Leaders To Show Restraint
Voice of America, September 26, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-09-26-voa8.cfm

Japanese Lobby Urges For Transparency In China's Policy Changes
Bloomberg, September 26, 2007
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&si
d=aZcaNY7JWA8c&refer=japan

Senior CPC Official Meets DPRK Delegation
Xinhuanet, September 26, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6271942.html

Corruption
China Jails Six More In Shanghai Scandal: Report
Reuters, September 26, 2007
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK7253
720070926

Death Penalty
China Threatens Death Penalty For Copper Thieves
AFP, September 26, 2007
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/world/view_artic
le.php?article_id=90781

Environment
China Approves Five-Year Plan For Environment Protection
Xinhuanet, September 26, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-09/26/content_
6797209.htm

Food Security
621 Food Production Licenses Canceled For Safety
Xinhuanet, September 26, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-09/26/content_
6136457.htm

Law
China Moves To Protect Courts, Police From Mob Rule
Reuters, September 26, 2007
http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-297199
20070926

China Slashes Administrative Procedures
Xinhuanet, September 26, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-09/26/content_
6137094.htm

Media
3 More Foreign News Agencies OKed To Release Financial Info, Photos In China
Xinhuanet, September 26, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-09/26/content_
6136604.htm

Military
Beijing Replaces Top Military Officials
AP, September 26, 2007
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/09/26/asia/beijing.php

Multilateral Relations WTO Launches Probe Of Piracy In China
AP, September 26, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-wto26sep26,1,908
252.story?coll=la-mininav-technology

Population
Zhejiang To Loosen Birth Control Regulations
China.org.cn, September 26, 2007
http://www.china.org.cn/english/China/225957.htm

Poverty
Climate Change Hits China's Poor Hardest
China Daily, September 26, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-09/26/content_
6134424.htm

Protests and Petitions
Beijing Knocks Down Petitioners' Houses
AP, September 26, 2007
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g1NIwTCJJKsWSFv
iN5UlGLKr9OnQ

Three Gorges
Concerns Voiced On China Dam Environment
AP, September 26, 2007
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jHdFsIJL3ciMnz6XpW
Q-sou1cSiA

September 25, 2007

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender – Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
高智晟公开信发表后 被警方带走下落不明 (Gao Zhisheng Taken Away by Police)
Radio Free Asia, September 24, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/24/
gao/
Gao Zhisheng (高智晟) was taken away by police on September 22 and his whereabouts is unknown. This happens after he wrote an open letter to the US Congress explaining the inhumane treatment that he and his family have received and condemning China's human rights record. Huang Yan (黄燕), who from time to time has transmitted messages about Gao's family to the public, was also reportedly taken away by state security officers.

News
Bilateral Ties
China Silent on Burma Protests
BBC, September 25, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7010796.stm

Civil Society
反就业歧视中社会组织大有可为 (Social Organizations Play Important Roles Against Workplace Discrimination)
Legal Daily, September 25, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2007-09/25/content_
707622.htm

Death Penalty
河北推广打毒针死刑 (Henan Higher People's Court Advocates Use of Lethal Injection for Execution)
Xinhua (via Ming Pao), September 25, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070925/cae1.htm

山东齐河法官被害案一审宣判 主犯被判处死刑 (Murderer of Shandong Judge Sentenced to Death)
Xinhuanet, September 25, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-09/25/content_
6787431.htm

Environment
Thirsty Capital Wrings Water from Neighbours
South China Morning Post, September 25, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5e1df1061e
735110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=New
sa0/?vgnextoid=5e1df1061e735110VgnVCM100000360a0a
0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Government
As Landmark Opens, Architectural Freedom It Inspired Has Already Passed into History
South China Morning Post, September 25, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=35daf1061e7
35110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
a0/?vgnextoid=35daf1061e735110VgnVCM100000360a0a
0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Media
Why China Shut Down 18,401 Websites
Christian Science Monitor, September 25, 2007
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0925/p01s06-woap.html

Police
最高检:举报人年受害案1200多件 将推保护新措 (1,200 Whistleblowers Paralyzed or Murdered Each Year; Supreme People's Procuratorate to Put Forward New Protection Measures)
Xinhuanet, September 24, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-09/24/content_678
0268.htm

Population
One Child Policy: “Slow Humanitarian Tragedy” Which Threatens China’s Development
AsiaNews.it, September 25, 2007
http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=10379&size=A

Protests and Petitions
从用“情”用“法”到用“信访代理+调解” 王淑清的调解缘分 (Local Authorities in Jilin Merge Mediation and Petitioning Work)
Legal Daily, September 25, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2007-09/25/content_
707619.htm

成都约 200 人向官员追究上访失踪家属的下落 (200 Chengdu Residents Demand Official Accounts of Whereabouts of Relatives Who Petitioned in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, September 24, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/24/
shangfang/

十一之前北京严查游人和访民 (Beijing Authorities Step Up Checks on Tourists and Petitioners Ahead of National Day)
Radio Free Asia, September 24, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/24/
beijing/

烟台军转干部要求释放被抓捕代表 (Shandong Retired Soldier Still Under Detention for Refusing to Promise Not to Again Petition over Retirement Benefits)
Radio Free Asia, September 24, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/24/
yantai/

Public Health
Beijing Open to Sharing Virus Data
South China Morning Post, September 25, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c28af1061e
735110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
a0/?vgnextoid=c28af1061e735110VgnVCM100000360a0a0
aRCRD&ss=China&s=New

September 22 – 24, 2007

News
Bilateral Ties
The Tyrant’s Friend
Financial Times, September 21, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b17b7ba4-6871-11dc-b475-
0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-
0000779e2340.html0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=
9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2340.html

Corruption
Over 140,000 Officials Hand In Bribes
China Daily, September 22, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-09/22/content_
6126801.htm

Death Penalty
农行四川达州分行原行长受贿700万被判处死刑 (Former Bank Manager in Sichuan Sentenced to Death on Corruption Charges)
Xinhuanet, September 22, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-09/22/content_
6767003.htm

Environment
A River Ran Through It
South China Morning Post, September 22, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2136d2e66f
725110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=Newsa0
/?vgnextoid=2136d2e66f725110VgnVCM100000360a0a0a
RCRD&ss=China&s=News

环境污染造成出生缺陷率上升 (Experts Blame Environmental Pollution for Surge in Birth Defects)
Radio Free Asia, September 22, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/22
/chu/

山西临汾被美杂志列为世界第三大污染城市 (National Geographic Lists Linfen, Shanxi as Third Most Polluted City in the World)
Radio Free Asia, September 21, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/21/
linfen/

Human Rights Defender - Zhang Zongai (张宗爱)
简要新闻：西安人代候选人合法竞选遭绑架 (In Brief: Candidate for Local People's Congress in Xi'an Abducted)
Radio Free Asia, September 22, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/09/22/xinwen/

Related Information
HRIC Press Release: Anti-Corruption People's Congress Candidate Abducted and Harassed
Human Rights in China, September 21, 2007
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/item?item_id
=45086

Human Rights Defender
汕尾狱中维权代表望保外就医　中央关注有余实效未到 (Guangdong Rights Defender Turns Blind in Prison But Medical Parole Application Is Rejected)
Radio Free Asia, September 21, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/21/
shanwei/

Human Rights Defender - Li Hong (力虹)
健康日益恶化的作家力虹被拒保外就医 (Li Hong's Medical Parole Application Rejected Despite Worsening Health)
Radio Free Asia, September 21, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/09/21/china_
dissident_jail/

Media
China Orders Strict Curbs on 'Idol'-Style TV Shows
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), September 22, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070922/wl_asia_afp/enter
tainmentchinatelevision_070922104053;_ylt=AiR8p.QwKfVf
KKMw9zhO7w1PzWQA22104053;_ylt=AiR8p.QwKfVfKKM
w9zhO7w1PzWQA

Olympics
Political Games
New York Times, September 24, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/23/magazine/23wwln-
lede-t.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

China Comes Out to Play
Time (via Yahoonews.com), September 23, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20070923/wl_time/
chinacomesouttoplay

Beijing Drivers Ignore No Car Day
BBC, September 22, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7007893.stm

国务院公布《大型群众性活动安全管理条例》 国务院法制办解读 (State Council Promulgates Regulations on Management of Large Scale Mass Activities Ahead of Olympics)
Ministry of Public Security, September 22, 2007
http://www.mps.gov.cn/cenweb/brjlCenweb/jsp/common/
article.jsp?infoid=ABC000000000000401430000040143

Police
Beijing Police Target Black Men in 'Brutal' Anti-Drug Operation
South China Morning Post, September 24, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d5390141103
35110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=Newsa0
/?vgnextoid=d539014110335110VgnVCM100000360a0a0a
RCRD&ss=China&s=Ne

Population
Grey Areas in China's One-Child Policy
BBC, September 21, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7002201.stm

Protests and Petitions
北京丰台当局周五开始清拆上访村 (Local Authorities in Beijing Started Demolishing Petitioners' Village Last Friday)
Radio Free Asia, September 21, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/09/21/china_
petition_government/

上海访民投诉官员作秀 (Shanghai Petitioners Say Senior Cadres Meet Fake Petitioners for Public Relations Purpose)
Radio Free Asia, September 21, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/21/
sh/

Public Health
Mattel Apologizes to China over Recalls
Associated Press (via YahooNews), September 21, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/china_tainted_products;_ylt=
Ah2F_uAbLCkpQar5G00acolPzWQAWQA

September 21, 2007

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender – Mao Hengfeng (毛恒凤)
上海访民毛恒凤狱中遭受虐待 (Mao Hengfeng Abused in Prison)
Radio Free Asia, September 20, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/20/
maohengfeng/
Shanghai petitioner Mao Hengfeng (毛恒凤) is abused in prison. She was placed under solitary confinement for 70 days, in violation of the Prison Law and relevant international standards. Moreover, Mao has refused to wear a prison uniform as a protest of her innocence, and is thus forced to stay in her cell without clothes on. Mao has petitioned on the one-child policy since 1989. In January 2007, she was sentenced to two and a half years in prison for breaking two table lamps in protest of her detention by the Shanghai authorities in a guesthouse.

Related Information
HRIC Press Release: Mao Hengfeng Protests Abusive Confinement
Human Rights in China, September 19, 2007
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/item?item_
id=45049

News
Civil Society
天网获得台湾拨款 款项却被中国银行冻结 (Bank of China Freezes Funds for Human Rights Website from a Taiwan Foundation)
Radio Free Asia, September 20, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/20
/tianwang/

Corruption
Corruption Declining, Graft-Buster Says
South China Morning Post, September 21, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=bb3a4a6a07
325110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=Ne

Human Rights Defender - Lu Gengsong (吕耿松)
吕耿松案被以涉密禁律师介入 (Lu Gengsong Barred from Appointing Lawyers as Case Involves State Secrets)
Radio Free Asia, September 20, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/20/lu/

Media
China Tightens Grip Ahead of Congress
BBC, September 21, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6992946.stm

More Talk Shows Put Off the Air
South China Morning Post, September 21, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=fa7a4a6a073
25110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

网络火星文日趋流行 (Code Words Challenge China's Internet Censorship)
Radio Free Asia, September 20, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/20/
huoxingwen/

Olympics
Beijing to Ban Smoking in Cabs
China Daily, September 20, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-09/20/content_
6122941.htm

China Lays Olympic Torch Path to Everest
Associated Press (via YahooNews), September 20, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070920/ap_on_re_as/china
_olympics_everest_1;_ylt=Auk41bnef1xFzHK_tMBzAr9PzWQA

Politics
China Values Opinion Polls in Promoting Senior Cadres
Xinhuanet, September 21, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-09/21/content_
6762418.htm

Population
China's 'Perfect Child' Generation
BBC, September 21, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7001561.stm

Protests and Petitions
安徽学生抗议食堂伙食费大幅上涨发生骚乱 (Anhui Students Riot over Drastic Surge in Food Price)
Radio Free Asia, September 20, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/20/
anhui/

驻京办羁押访民业务外判 执法性质的商业服务？ (Henan's Government Regional Office in Beijing Outsources the Detention of Petitioners to Private Companies)
Radio Free Asia, September 20, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/20/
petitioners/

Religion
China Protests US Criticism over Religious Freedom
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), September 20, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070920/wl_asia_afp/usrelig
ionrightschina_070920070143;_ylt=
AiUS4AYFWVlNEWLqBsSag9NPzWQA

China Slashes U.S. Criticism of China's Religious Situation
Xinhuanet, September 20, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-09/20/content_
6762119.htm

Tibet
Don't Meet the Dalai Lama, China Urges Foreign Leaders
South China Morning Post, September 21, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=bff94a6a07
325110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

China Detains Tibetan Boys over Graffiti Calling for Dalai Lama's Return
Reuters (via Phayul), September 20, 2007
http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=17967&
article=China+detains+Tibetan+boys+over+graffiti+calling
+for+Dalai+Lama's+return&t=1&c=1

September 20, 2007

Top News of the Day
Protests and Petitions
当局多管齐下拟十七大前令访民绝迹京城? (Are Authorities Using Multiple Strategies to Rid Beijing of Petitioners Ahead of CPC Meeting?)
Radio Free Asia, September 19, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/19/
fangmin/
Chinese authorities have intensified efforts to clear petitioners out of Beijing ahead of the 17th CPC National Congress. Petitioners who moved out from the Beijing petitioning village before September 19 were given a cash reward. On the other hand, police reportedly issued an order on September 14, stating that hostels in the petitioning village which accommodate petitioners will be fined 20,000 yuan. Furthermore, local newspapers across China have published stories on petitioners being punished, reportedly after the CPC central authorities issued a document requesting all petitioners be taken from Beijing to their home towns ahead of the CPC meeting.

News
Bilateral Ties
Suspected Smuggling Kingpin in Court Victory
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), September 20, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2af88ad71be
15110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Alarm over China’s Congo Deal
Financial Times, September 19, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d66142e4-66d9-11dc-a218-
0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-
0000779e2340.html

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

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

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

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

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

Government
Top Auditor's Report Details Creative Accounting by Government Offices
South China Morning Post, September 20, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62
ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=08688ad71b
e15110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=Newsa
0/?vgnextoid=08688ad71be15110VgnVCM100000360a0a0
aRCRD&ss=China&s=Ne

Land Policy
Land Acquisitions, House Demolition Most Targeted Areas in Public Complaints
Xinhuanet, September 19, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-09/19/content_
6755966.htm

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

September 19, 2007

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

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

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

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

Land Policy
Crude Slum Houses to Be Gone 'in Three Years'
South China Morning Post, September 19, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3f2aac856791
5110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=New

Landless Farmers Urged to Migrate to Africa
South China Morning Post, September 19, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=74f8ac8567
915110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=New

Law
江苏行政机关负责人出庭应诉4年累计1213人次 (Attendance of Administrative Review Trials Counts Towards Jiangsu Officials' Performance)
Legal Daily, September 19, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2007-09/19/content_
704171.htm

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Religion
Vatican 'Tranquil' on New Bishop
Reuters (via South China Morning Post), September 19, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c3eaac8567
915110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

因接两吨圣经被捕 周恒在看守所首次会见律师 (Xinjiang Christian Allowed to Meet Lawyers for the First Time After Being Arrested for Receiving Bibles)
Radio Free Asia, September 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/18/
zhou/

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

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

September 18, 2007

News
Environment
Unilever Fined over Pollution
South China Morning Post, September 18, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6ae000a8b34
15110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=Ne

China to Hold First-Ever 'No Car Day' on Saturday
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), September 17, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070917/sc_afp/
chinaautotrafficenvironment

Human Rights Defender - Zou Tao （邹涛）
Housing Activist Joins Shenzhen Poll of the Poor
South China Morning Post, September 18, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=52bbf7252d
415110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Human Rights Defender – Yang Chunlin (杨春林)
公安局找借口阻止杨春林面见律师 (Lawyers Barred from Meeting Yang Chunlin as "Case Involves State Secrets")
Radio Free Asia, September 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/17/
yangchunlin/

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

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

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

Land Policy
Thousands Punished for Land Grabs
Associated Press (via South China Morning Post), September 18, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a68d00a8b3
415110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=Ne

Olympics
Beijing Plays Down Olympic Smog Fears
Financial Times, September 17, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/883b0df8-655c-11dc-bf89-
0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-000077
9e2340.html0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-
11da-89df-0000779e2340.html

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Public Health
Cutting Corners Costly for World's Workshop
South China Morning Post, September 18, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=597f64cc8c
015110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=New

Religion
河北被捕地下主教贾治国有生命危险 (Detained Catholic Underground Church Bishop Falls Ill)
Radio Free Asia, September 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/17/
jiazhiguo/

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

September 15 – 17, 2007

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

September 14, 2007

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

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

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

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

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

Lost in translation: Tianjin Not as Polluted as Tianying
Reuters (via South China Morning Post), September 14, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=95d2ebfbe9f
f4110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Revised Proposal for Contentious Canal
South China Morning Post, September 14, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7253ebfbe9f
f4110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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