May 5-7, 2007

Top news of the day
Protests and Petitions
上海、湖北和成都官方压制上访维权 (Authorities in Shanghai and Other Localities Suppress Petitioners)
Radio Free Asia, May 04, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/05/04/s
hangfang/
Recently, authorities in Shanghai, Jiangsu and Chengdu have adopted various strategies to suppress petitioners. Shanghai's Office for Letters and Calls decided in an April meeting to train laid-off workers to monitor petitioners, and on April 29, its officials forced three petitioners to sign a letter confessing to the crime of disturbing social order after beating them up. Jiangsu authorities detained petitioners and made them attend "education classes," while in Chengdu, a notice was issued on April 29 that banned certain types of petitioning, including kneeling, shouting slogans and self-immolation.

News
Bilateral Ties
德国各人权组织反对欧盟-中国人权对话 (Germany's Human Rights NGOs Oppose EU-China Rights Dialogue)
Radio Free Asia, May 04, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/05/04/
de/

Environment
In Brief: Beijing, Shanghai to Join First `No Car' Day on September 22
South China Morning Post, May 06, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZG035K61F.html

China More Assertive in Climate Talks
Financial Times, May 04, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/86073606-fa59-11db-8bd0-000
b5df10621,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-000077
9e2340.html

Human Rights
China Rights Group Blasts Official Abuses
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), May 04, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070504/wl_asia_afp/china
politicsdemocracyrights_070504063632;_ylt=An_nwUkOhG
v6GmKUJUZqhoxPzWQA

Human Rights Defenders
Activist Is Barred from Seeing His Lawyer, Wife
South China Morning Post, May 06, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZWNZYV51F.html

简要新闻：北京异议人士何普在狱中被殴打 (In Brief: Beijing Dissident He Depu Beaten by Prison Inmate)
Radio Free Asia, May 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/05/06/xinwe
n/ - bei

Human Rights Defender - Zeng Jinyan (曾金燕)
Honour Inspires Rights Activist in Her Mission
South China Morning Post, May 05, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ9Q3YV51F.html

Land Policy
Property Owners Plant Seeds of Democracy
South China Morning Post, May 06, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZDO5YV51F.html

Law
驻京周记﹕司法判決的政治干预與不干预 (Commentary: Political Interference and Judicial Independence as Seen in Eviction Dispute in Beijing)
Ming Pao, May 07, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070507/cci1.htm

Media
中国和俄罗斯的新闻自由状况"令人担忧" (Rights Groups Find Media Freedom in China and Russia "Worrying")
Radio Free Asia, May 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/05/06/x
in/

Xinhua Rejects US Radio's Charge
South China Morning Post, May 06, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ9O5YV51F.html

中国何时从“互联网之敌”名单上消失？ (When Will China Disappear from the List of "Enemies of the Internet"?)
Radio Free Asia, May 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/05/05
/wang/

中国当局封锁记者无国界中文网 (Reporters Without Borders’ Chinese Web Site Blocked in China)
Radio Free Asia, May 04, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/05/04/china_
internet_freedom/

Migrant Workers
调查显示中国农民工生活质量约为城镇居民一半 (Study Shows Quality of Life of Migrant Workers Is Half as Good as That of Urban Residents')
Radio Free Asia, May 04, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/05/04
/nongmin/

Politics
Veteran Communist's Call for Democracy Stirs Quiet Party Countermove
South China Morning Post, May 07, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ1CNPPD1F.html

Party Told to Winnow out Non-Marxist Members
South China Morning Post, May 05, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZIU05K61F.html

Protests and Petitions
各地驻京办使用民居拘留访民 (Government Regional Offices in Beijing Use Local Residents’ Homes to Detain Petitioners)
Radio Free Asia, May 04, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/05/04/china_
petition_detain/

Public Health
我国提出“十一五”期间力争建立乙肝免疫策略 (China Aims to Establish Hepatitis B Immunization Strategy During Its 11th Five-Year Plan)
Xinhuanet, May 07, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/tech/2007-05/07/content_6065
536.htm

Panama Deaths Linked to Mainland
South China Morning Post, May 07, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZLBNPPD1F.html

Religion
上海昆山家庭教会财产被没收 (Property of Shanghai Protestant House Church Confiscated)
Radio Free Asia, May 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/05/06/s
hanghai/