Below are translated summaries of the articles and news briefs published in Huaxia Dianzi Bao, Issue No. 208. The full Chinese-language issue can be found at http://www.huaxiabao.org.
Articles: | |
【焦点透视】“面子工程”的千年一脉 – “奥运猪”与隋炀帝、毛泽东的外事活动 ◇ 何清涟 |
[Spotlight Perspective] One Thousand Years of “Maintaining the Façade”: China’s Foreign Affairs From the Sui Dynasty to Mao Zedong to the Olympics, By He Qinglian |
【热点追踪】当局正在品尝奥运苦果 ◇ 王天明 |
[Tracking Hot Topics] Authorities Now Tasting the Bitter Fruits of the Olympics, Writes Wang Tianming |
【政坛动向】李克强将充任胡锦涛接班人 ◇ 胡坤明 |
[Political Trends] Li Keqiang Poised to Become Hu Jintao’s Successor, By Hu Kunming |
[Citizens’ Defense of Rights] Court Rules Against Couple Who Brought Lawsuit over China’s Family Planning Policies, Writes Dong Yuan | |
【官场黑幕】贪官王振忠客死纽约 ◇ 朱文武 |
[Scandal in Official Circles] Wang Zhenzhong, Official Accused of Corruption, Found Dead in New York, By Zhu Wenwu |
News in Brief: | |
黑龙江维权人士杨春林被正式逮捕 (9/4/2007) |
Heilongjiang Rights Defender Yang Chunlin Formally Arrested (September 4, 2007) |
河北当局启动“护城河工程” 严防“危险分子”进京 | Hubei Authorities Initiate “City Moat” Project to Prevent “Dangerous Elements” From Entering Beijing |
当局关闭数千服务器上万网站运转受影响 (8/30/2007) | Authorities Shut Down Service Providers, Affecting Tens of Thousands of Websites (August 30, 2007) |
Shanwei Rural Rights Defenders Injured, Arrested as One Hundred Dongzhou Women Launch Protest (September 4, 2007) | |
四川宜宾大塔农民维权代表被逮捕 | Rights Defender for Yibin Tower Rural Residents Arrested in Sichuan |
Eleven Land Rights Defenders Sentenced in Shunde, Guangdong (September 5, 2007) | |
400 Members of Hui Ethnic Minority Petition in Front of Beijing City Government Offices (September 5, 2007) | |
大陆首位民间信访调解员刘贵琴被提起公诉 (9/3/2007) |
Government-Hired Mediator for Civil Complaints Liu Guiqin Indicted (September 3, 2007) (August 21, 2007) |
当局逮捕维权代表 青岛错埠岭继续拆迁 (9/4/2007) |
Authorities Arrest Rights Defenders as Qingdao Continues Demolition of Cuobuling Neighborhood (September 4, 2007) |
麦格塞塞奖缺席颁发袁伟静遭暴力绑架 (8/31/2007) | Yuan Weijing Abducted En Route to Ramon Magsaysay Award Ceremony in Philippines (August 31, 2007) |
Hundreds of Military Cadres Transferred to Civilian Work Units Demand Meeting with Yantai City Government, Calling For “Policies, Food, and Means of Subsistence” (August 31, 2007) | |
Tibetan Government-in-Exile Denounces China’s New Guidelines for Reincarnation of the Living Buddha (September 2, 2007) | |
Italian Anti-Death Penalty Group Reports that China Accounted for Nearly Ninety Percent of World’s Executions in Past Year (September 3, 2007) |