September 16, 2005

News

Detention—Shi Tao (師濤)
Dissident writers with International PEN urge an early release for Shi Tao
國 際 筆 會 促 釋 放 師 濤
Apple Daily, 16/09/2005
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?iss_id=20050916&sec_id=15335&showdate=20050916&art_
id=5230396e=20050916&art_id=5230396

Government—Governance and accountability
Zhengzhou government issues China’s first “inventory of powers and responsibility” for local government officials
首部法定“权力清单”发布 郑州政府权力4122项
Xinhuanet.com, 16/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-09/14/content_348
9079.htm

Labor—Work Safety and conditions
China to close all coal mines in Guangdong province
AFP via YahooNews.com, 16/09/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050916/wl_asia_afp/china
mine_050916030814;_ylt=Aq.JFpCYYJbXExhJac1NwHftOrgF;
_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Labor—Disputes
Man in coma after burning himself
By Li Fangchao, China Daily, 16/09/2005
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-09/16/cont
ent_478345.htm

Law
Legal experts suggest public hearings alone insufficient to encourage public involvement in the legislative process
立法听证会“说了白说”?
People's Daily, 16/09/2005
http://npc.people.com.cn/GB/14957/53050/3700035.html

Media—Internet
Yahoo's fingering of reporter hurts tech funding
Asia Times Online, 15/09/2005
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_Business/GI16Cb02.html

Population—Aging population
Lonely death heightens concern
SCMP. 16/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZM4OZDMDE.html

Population—One-child policy
China faces political pressure to relax one-child policy
中国面临放松一胎化强制政策压力
Voice of America, 15/09/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-09-15-voa46.cfm





Protests and Petitions
Appeal to premier after Taishi activist disappears
SCMP, 16/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZR4OZDMDE.html



Government exaggerates success rate of settling protests and petitions, petitioners say
信访人士认为官方虚报停访息诉率数据
Radio Free Asia, 15/09/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/09/15/sh
angfang/

Protests and Petitions/Police—Abuse
Six police positions are nation’s top receivers of letters and petitions
六警种在全国公安机关“大接访”中被投诉最多
People's Daily, 16/09/2005
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42735/3699118.html

Religion—Christianity
Bishops' Rome trip still a possibility
SCMP, 16/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZX3OZDMDE.html

Religion—Falun Gong
Falun Gong sues Chinese embassy
Dennis Carcamo, Manila Standard, 16/09/2005
http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=news06_sep
t16_2005

Reform—Population Control
Low birth rate unstable: official
Xinhua, 16/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/16/content_350
0942.htm

State Security—Terrorism
China calls for "fair and effective" security order
AFP via YahooNews.com, 16/09/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050915/wl_asia_afp/unsum
mitchina_050915185002;_ylt=ApaXFi87Kpfv5UnFuQGlnRjtOrg
F;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

State Security—State secrets
What is a "State Secret" in China's political context?
在中国，究竟什么是国家秘密？
Chinesenewsnet.com, 15/09/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews
/Mainland/2005_9_15_14_55_23_936.html

Three Gorges
The Three Gorges Project makes China the world's first to have a nationally unified electricity supply
三峽工程使中國一躍成為世界第一直流輸電國家
CRI Online,16/09/2005
http://big5.chinabroadcast.cn/gate/big5/gb.chinabroadcast.cn
/8606/2005/09/16/1062@703349.htm

Tibet
Supreme People's Procuratorate calls for more effort to prevent public funds embezzlement in Tibet
最高检加大援藏工作力度 防止滥用挪用援藏资金
EastDay.com, 16/09/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node86935/userobject1ai1456231.html
at 9/16/2005 04:07:00 PM

September 15, 2005



News

Borders/Territories Issues - Taiwan
China offers aid for poor states rejecting Taiwan
Reuters, 14/09/2005
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N14663461.htm

Death Penalty
3 kidnappers of famous actor executed
绑架演员吴若甫的三名凶徒被执行死刑
Peacehall, 15/09/2005
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2005/09/200509
150546.shtml

Education
Cheats beware: China considering law to jail exam fraudsters for up to seven years
AP via Mainichi Daily, 15/09/2005
http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/international/news/20050915p2g00m0in019000c.html

Environment
Environmental elements to be included in GDP calculation
Xinhuanet.com, 14/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/14/content_349
0277.htm

Government – Elections / Gender - Gender equality
Amendments to the Regulations on Village Elections: at least one woman representative in each village committee
村委会成员应至少有一名女性
Legal Daily, 15/09/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-09/15/content_195
276.htm

Government – Elections
Top legislature adopts judicial appointments
Xinhua, 15/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/15/content_3496291.htm

Human Rights - Bilateral ties
Human rights issues on the agenda of Bush's meeting with Hu
美提清單促華改善人權
Ming Pao, 15/09/2005
http://full.mingpaonews.com/20050915/caa2.htm

Shared ground yields optimism for future
SCMP, 15/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZE9DUXKDE.html

Labor / Population
Middle class to reach 40% of work force
Xinhuanet.com, 14/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/14/content_349
1529.htm

Labor - Employment market and income / Government
Promoting employment a strategic task: Vice premier
Xinhuanet.com, 14/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/14/content_3490
212.htm

Media - Censorship/Controls
You say 'lei ho', we say you're fired, TV hosts told
SCMP, 15/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZBE5UXKDE.html

Media – Internet
China's Internet Controls Raise Tough Questions
Radio Free Asia, 14/09/2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/politics/2005/09/14/china_
internet/

Just following orders in China
Los Angeles Times, 14/09/2005
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-boot
14sep14,0,7012691.column?coll=la-util-opinion-commentaryutil-
opinion-commentary

Population - Aging population / Social Security
Country tackles problems facing seniors
China Daily, 15/09/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-09/15/content
_477980.htm

Population/ Gender - Marriage
China: Bachelor bomb
International Herald Tribune, 14/09/2005
http://iht.com/articles/2005/09/14/opinion/edegner.php

Protests and Petitions / Human Rights - Human rights defenders
Rights lawyer condemns authority of kidnapping rights activist of Taishi Village
维权人士郭飞熊失踪 高智晟强烈谴责
Peacehall, 15/09/2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/9/15/n1052860.htm

Foreign minister mobbed by activists
SCMP, 15/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZENJUXKDE.html

Public Health - HIV AIDS /STDs
Condoms expected to keep AIDS in check
Xinhuanet.com, 15/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/15/content_3492
571.htm

Public Health
Heart Disease, Cancer Top Killers in China
Washington Post, 14/09/2005
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/14/AR2005091402127.html

Rural cooperative medical system promoted
Xinhuanet.com, 14/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/14/content_349
0902.htm

Resettlement - Forceful eviction / Human Rights - Human rights defenders
Police track down lawyer representing evicted Guangdong villagers
广东顺德陈村耕地案律师被警方追捕
Radio Free Asia, 14/09/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/09/14/
gengdi/

Rural Issues - Migrants
China killings reveal plight of migrant workers
Reuters, 15/09/2005
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-09-15T075321Z_01_HO528398_RTRIDST_0_INTERNATIONAL-CHINA-WORKER-DC.XML&archived=False

Society - Social Reform
Beijing students barred from despising non-locals
China Daily, 15/09/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-09/15/content_478146.htm

State Security – Terrorism / UN
China signs the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism
中国签署《制止核恐怖行为国际公约》
Xinhuanet.com, 15/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2005-09/15/content_349
2596.htm

State Security - State secrets
Declassify state secrets that should not be seen any secrets at all
公开不是秘密的“秘密”
China Youth Daily, 15/09/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-09/15/content_64551.htm
How to ensure data validity after declassification?
解密之后如何保证数据真实
China Youth Daily, 15/09/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-09/15/content_64556.htm

State Security – Terrorism / UN
International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism
《制止核恐怖行为国际公约》
Xinhuanet.com, 15/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/ziliao/2005-04/14/content_2826
311.htm

Tibet / NGOs
Tibetan rights group closed down due to lack of funding
西藏信息网因缺乏资金被迫关闭
Voice of America, 13/09/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/2005-09-13-voa59.cfm
at 9/15/2005 02:32:00 PM

September 14, 2005

News

Gender - Sexual harassment / Law
Court accepts the first sexual harassment lawsuit
北京性骚扰第一案正式受理 法院以侵权纠纷立案
Xinhuanet.com, 14/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-09/14/content_3486
858.htm

Government – Fiscal / Poverty
2,000 yuan suggested as income tax baseline
Xinhuanet.com, 14/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/13/content_348
8160.htm

Government - Elections
Ministry of Civil Affairs call for extending village leaders' term of service from 3 years to 5 years
村干部任期3年太短问题多 修改为5年呼声强烈
Xinhuanet.com, 14/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-09/14/content_348
8118.htm

Human Rights - Bilateral ties
China's Hu pledges steps to ease US frictions
Reutuers via YahooNews.com, 14/09/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050914/ts_nm/bush_china
_dc;_ylt=AiEqvGplYcWNaQ0d0sfKfMwBxg8F;_ylu=X3oDMT
BiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUlg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW
04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Human Rights - Human rights defenders / Law
Exclusive interview with rights activist Wang Juntao on lawsuit against Hu Jintao
多维就最近的博客讨论专访王军涛
Chinesenewsnet.com, 13/09/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Opinion/2005_
9_13_23_19_51_224.html

Human Rights - Human rights defenders / Protests and Petitions
Petitioner Xu Zhengqing put on trial in Shanghai
上海开庭审判上访人士许正清
Radio Free Asia, 13/09/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/09/13/xu/


related news:
Witnesses Dispute Charges against Petitioner Xu Zhengqing in Trial
Human Rights in China Press Release, 13/9/2005
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision%5fid=24
708&item%5fid=24705

Labor - Disasters
Death toll rises to 12 in Yunnan unknown blast
China Daily, 14/09/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-09/14/content_477875.htm

Law
Law enforcers urged to standardize practice
Xinhuanet.com, 14/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/13/content_348
5687.htm

Media - Press freedom/censorship
Baixing magazine reporters detained when covering government scandals in Hebei
《百姓》杂志记者遭河北公安扣押
Radio Free Asia, 13/09/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/09/13/bai
xing/

Media – Internet / Police
Mao-era model soldier to clean up online gaming
Reutuers via YahooNews.com, 14/09/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050914/tc_nm/china_game_dc;
_ylt=AiFQyHBdGNUoEUTUE_0i6HcBxg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW0
4NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUlg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBH
NlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Media – Internet / Corporate Social Responsibility
A Web of treachery
The Standard, 09/09/2005
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=5&art_id=991&sid=4479311&con_type=1&d_str=200509
091&d_str=20050909

Migrant Workers / Death Penalty
Death sentence or not to desperate migrant worker? Legal experts highlight four major issues for concerns
该不该免王斌余一死？法学专家回应四焦点问题
Xinhuanet.com, 14/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-09/14/content_3488
156.htm

Multilaterals - UN
UN refuses to consider Taiwan's representation
Xinhua, 14/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/14/content_3487963.htm

Police
Fung shui classes disrupt harmony
SCMP, 14/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZJP4LJJDE.html

Police - Prisons
Special Report: The beauty products from the skin of executed Chinese prisoners
The Guardian, 14/09/2005
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1568467,00.html

Protests and Petitions / Population - One-child policy
Investigation over abuses in family planning scandal questioned
国家计生委官员赴临沂　诸方质疑行动效果
Radio Free Asia, 12/09/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/09/12/jihu
ashengyu/

Hunger strike continues as Shandong villagers protest against kidnapping leader
山东农民集体绝食抗议绑架维权者
Voice of America, 13/09/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-09-13-voa33.cfm

Public Health
Healthcare nation's top concern
Xinhuanet.com, 14/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/14/content_348
7048.htm

China to crack down on drug use in entertainment venues
Xinhua, 14/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/14/content_3490933.htm

The beauty products from the skin of executed Chinese prisoners
Ian Cobain and Adam Luck, The Guardian, 13/09/2005
http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,7369,1568622,00.html?gusrc=rss

Public Health - HIV AIDS /STDs / Protests and Petitions
Infected HIV carriers demand compensations from Shanghai Pharmaceutical Company
感染艾滋病毒的血友病人要求赔偿
Radio Free Asia, 13/09/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/09/13/aizi/

China embarks on extreme condom drive
AFP via IOL, 14/09/2005
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=14&click_id=117&art_id=qw1126678683467B252

Social Security
245b yuan spent on social services, security
Xinhuanet.com, 14/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/13/content_348
6424.htm

State Security - State secrets
China criticized of not providing clear definition of state secrets
中国被指对国家机密仍无明确定义
Dajiyuan.com, 14/09/2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/9/13/n1051268.htm

Editorial: disaster death toll should not be state secrets in any form
天灾死亡人数，不能成为任何形式的秘密
Nanfang City News, 14/09/2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/dd/dsb/A02/2005
09140232.asp

Make disaster death toll public helps to distinguish natural disaster and man-made disaster
公布自然灾害死亡人数，才能区别天灾和人祸
Nanfang City News, 14/09/2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/dd/dsb/A03/2005
09140240.asp

Reform - Social Reform
China booms, so does divorce rate
By Quentin Sommerville, BBC News, 14/09/2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/4240988.stm

Tibet / Economic Development
Dalai Lama: Rail Link 'Cultural Genocide'
Washington Post, 12/09/2005
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/
2005/09/12/AR2005091200264.html

Tibet tries best to stay clean land
Xinhua, 14/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/14/content_3487165.htm
at 9/14/2005 12:55:00 PM

September 13, 2005


Top News of the Day

Detention – Xie Chunren (謝純仁) / State Security - Spying
Beijing frees US citizen accused of spying for Taiwan
SCMP, 13/09/2005
U.S citizen Xie Chunren was released on September 4 after being detained for almost 100 day on suspicion of spying for Taiwan Authority. The release was made on the day before President Hu left on the diplomatic tour to Canada, Mexico and U.S.A.
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZC1QG6GDE.html

Protests and Petitions
Riot police seize files being guarded by protesting villagers
SCMP, 13/09/2005
Guangdong Panyu local authority mobilized some 1000 riot police yesterday to Taishi village, where dozens of villagers, mostly women elderly women, holding fort inside the local government office in the village to prevent theft of files, were arrested. The villagers said that the files were important as they might provide valid evidence that the village chief Chen Jinsheng had embezzled collective funds.
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZX1OD6GDE.html


News

Border Territories/Issues - Tibet
Dalai Lama: Rail Link 'Cultural Genocide'
By John Miller, AP, 13/09/2005
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/12/AR2005091200264.html

Corruption
Govt reform aims to root out corruption
Xinhuanet.com, 13/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/13/content_348
1907.htm

Death Penalty
Fuzhou patient sentenced to death for killing doctor over medical dispute
福州病人捅死医生案：被告人戴宝淦被判处死刑
Xinhuanet.com, 13/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-09/13/content_3482
719.htm

Education
College applicants cheated of US$12.3 million
Wang Zhuoqiong, China Daily, 13/09/ 2005
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-09/13/content_477211.htm

Human Rights
Dissidents Wang Dan and Wang Juntao plan to sue Hu Jintao in Washington
王丹王军涛在华盛顿起诉胡锦涛
Voice of America, 12/09/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-09-12-voa53.cfm

Labor - Disasters
Death toll rises to 14 in Heilongjiang colliery fire
Xinhua, 13/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/13/content_3483517.htm

Labor - Trade union
Release of report: 2004 China Labor Union report on Labor's rights and protection
2004年中国工会维护职工合法权益蓝皮书发布
Xinhuanet.com, 13/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-09/13/content_3482
491.htm

Media - Press freedom/censorship
China’s Press Crackdown
In These Times via China Digital News, 12/09/2005
http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/article/2304/

Media - Internet
How the web is taking off in China
By Charlotte Windle, BBC News, 13/09/2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4237122.stm

Multilaterals - UN
China takes active part in UN peacekeeping operations
Xinhua, 13/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/13/content_3484998.htm

Population
Population growth may not reach 1.6 billion as new features noted in China's population growth trend
中国人口出现5大新特征 专家称峰值不会到16亿
EastDay.com, 13/09/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node86145/userobject1ai1444885.html

Poverty
Why population in absolute poverty on the rise?
为什么贫困人口越减越多
China Youth Daily, 13/09/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-09/13/content_63331.htm

Protests and Petitions / Public Health - HIV AIDS /STDs
Haemophiliacs demand cash for HIV-tainted blood product
SCMP, 13/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ3FQG6GDE.html

Protests and Petitions / Politics
Taishi village protest: a sign of democratization in China
中國民主發展的希望
Ming Pao, 13/09/2005
http://full.mingpaonews.com/20050913/cag1.htm

China's Rising Tide of Protest Sweeping Up Party Officials
Washington Post, 12/09/2005
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/11/AR2005091101681.html

Public Health
What kind of health care reform will serve our needs?
我们需要什么样的医改
China Youth Daily, 13/09/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-09/13/content_63376.htm

Public Health - Other
China to publish sanitation standards
Xinhua, 13/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/13/content_3484563.htm

China to set up injury-monitoring network
Xinhua, 13/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/13/content_3485661.htm

Reform – Population Control
China's population unlikely to top 1.6 bln: expert
Xinhua, 13/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/13/content_3483968.htm

Reform - Social
China Police Association formed
Xinhua, 13/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/12/content_3480978.htm

Religion
Beijing-Vatican deal seen as possibility
AFP via YahooNews.com, 12/09/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050912/wl_asia_afp/popevati
canreligion_050912202327;_ylt=AjeCmdGcWuP8Pn4giSxUi8Pt
OrgF;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUlmdGc
WuP8Pn4giSxUi8PtOrgF;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYw
MlJVRPUCUl

Resettlement - Forceful eviction / Law
Hubei public hearing on forceful eviction raise question about the role of courts in resettlement disputes
是组织拆迁听证 还是参与拆迁
Legal Daily, 13/09/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2005-09/13/content_194
412.htm

State Security – Terrorism / Police
Chongqing authority launches large-scale military exercises for anti-terrorism
重庆大规模反恐实战演练 机器战警首次亮相
EastDay.com, 12/09/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node8
5890/userobject1ai1442312.html

Tibet
Dalai Lama: Rail Link 'Cultural Genocide'
Washington Post, 12/09/2005
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/12/AR2005091200264.html
at 9/13/2005 03:26:00 PM

September 10-12, 2005


Top News of the Day

Protests and Petitions
Nine villagers face trial over bloody melee
SCMP, 10/09/2005
Nine villagers from Dongyang in Zhejiang province were put on trial on September 8, for the charges of "intentionally injuring policemen" and "inciting social unrest". The villagers were arrested after clashing with police in a protest against land pollution caused by a chemical factory. Lawyers expect the villagers would be given sentences ranging from three to ten year in prison.
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZU6FJ7DDE.html


News

Border Territories/Issues - Xinjiang
China's Newest 'Terrorist' Works for Peace
Alim A. Seytoff, CIC, 09/09/2005
http://cicus.org/news/newsdetail.php?id=5221

Death Penalty
China executes teacher rapist
AFP via Dailytelegraph.new.com, 10/09/2005
http://dailytelegraph.news.com.au/story/0,20281,16554888-
5001028,00.html

China's 'Kindergarten Killer' Gets Death
AP via YahooNews.com, 10/09/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050910/ap_on_re_as/china_
kindergarten_killings;_ylt=

Detention – Ching Cheong (程翔)
Hong Kong human rights group demands to meet Zeng for Ching Cheong's spying allegation
香港人权监察求见曾庆红盼了解程翔近况
Chinesenewsnet.com, 12/09/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/zxs_2005-09-09_623767.shtml09_623767.shtml

Detention – Zhang Lin (張林)
Imprisoned activist Zhang Lin continues hunger strike demanding humane treatment in prison
张林在狱中继续绝食，要求改善非人道待遇
Radio Free Asia, 09/09/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/09/09/
zhanglin/

Environment - Disasters
Typhoon lashes east China coast
BBC, 12/09/2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4234664.stm

State Security - State secrets
Death toll in natural disasters no longer kept as secret
Xinhuanet.com, 11/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/12/content_
3477919.htm

Education / Law
Amendments to the Compulsory education law ready for NPC first reading end of this year
义务教育法修订草案呼之欲出 有望年底进入一审
Xinhuanet.com, 12/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-09/12/content_
3477899.htm

Environment - Natural Resources
China cultivates record high-yield super rice
People’s Daily, 12/09/2005
http://english.people.com.cn/200509/12/eng20050912_207
994.html

Government - Governance and accountability / Law
More administrative cases accepted by court in the past three years, yet successful rate drops
北京“民告官”3年8000余起 行政机关败诉率下降
China News Agency, 12/09/2005
http://www.chinanews.com.cn//news/2005/2005-09-11/8/
624110.shtml

Health - Population Control
7,000 forcibly sterilised in eastern China
AFP via YahooNews.com, 11/09/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/200
50911/wl_asia_afp/chinapopulation_050911213036

Human Rights - Bilateral ties
Clinton: China Must Tolerate More Dissent
Washington Post, 11/09/2005
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/
2005/09/11/AR2005091100241.html

China, Canada Vow to Improve Human Rights
AP via YahooNews.com, 09/09/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050909/ap
_on_re_ca/canada_china_7

Human Rights
Commentary: Given no improvement in the human rights situation, Chinese can never stand on their own feet
秦勝：人權不改善　國人站不起
Ming Pao via Chinesenesnet.com, 11/09/2005
http://www5.chinesenewsnet.com/MainNews/Opinion/2005_9
_10_17_13_42_288.html

Law - Legal reform / Human Rights
State Compensation Law should be an avenue for the protection of human rights
国家赔偿法应是人权保障法
The Beijing News, 11/09/2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/0911/05@001
952.html

Law
Experts hit out at legal 'sweet talk'
SCMP, 10/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZP6FJ7DDE.html

Law congress declaration seeks social advancement
Xinhuanet.com, 10/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/10/content_34
69758.htm

related news:
World Jurist Association adopts Shanghai Declaration
Xinhuanet.com, 09/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/09/content_3467
316_1.htm

Democracy as the foundation of the rule of law, setting the blueprint of China's legal reform
第一解读：民主支撑法治 共绘未来蓝图
People's Daily, 09/09/2005
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42731/3682131.html

Peasants should not be driven away in the course of improving China's legal system
中国的法治化进程绝不能将农民拒之门外
People's Daily, 09/09/2005
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42731/3682723.html

Media - Press freedom/censorship / Detention – Shi Tao (師濤)
Yahoo admits role in China dissident case
Financial Times, 11/09/2005
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/13cbc570-22c9-11da-86cc-00000
e2511c8.html

Jailing of Chinese Journalist: Yahoo's Defense Called Inadequate
CNSNews.com, 12/09/2005
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewForeignBureaus.asp?Page=%5CFor
eignBureaus%5Carchive%5C200509%5CFOR20050909b.html
00509%5CFOR20050909b.html

In China's cyberspace, many do not know the dangers of a careless phrase
AFP via YahooNews.com, 11/09/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050911/tc
_afp/chinainternetpoliticsdissidents_05091122233450911222334

Security issue on China's web space
中国网络的安全问题
Radio Free Asia, 11/09/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/09/11/
wangluo/

Yahoo admits role in China dissident case
By Mure Dickie, Financial Times, 11/09/2005
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/13cbc570-22c9-11da-86cc-00000e2
511c8.html

Disney Takes Exception to China's Media Rules
By Keith Bradsher, NY Times, 12/09/2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/12/business/worldbusiness/
12disney.html?adxnnl=6&adxnnlx=1126535610-m0QV9HUaXZ
H4icZJU3EY7g

China eases state secrets control
BBC News, 12/09/2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4237120.stm

Politics
Retired party official plans to build Cultural Revolution museum in Shenzhen
退 休 幹 部 深 圳 辦 文 革 館
Apple Daily, 12/09/2005
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?
sec_id=15335&iss_id=20050912&art_id=5216872216872

Population - One-child policy
Public opinions on China's family planning policy
听众谈中国计划生育
Voice of America, 11/09/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-09-10-voa42.cfm

Villagers testify under threat of 'punishments' by the Township Family Planning Unit
临沂计生官员威逼利诱村民作假证
Radio Free Asia, 09/09/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/09/09/
linyi/

Protests and Petitions - Detention Cases
Chen Guangcheng seized in Beijing
CIC, 07/09/2005
http://cicus.org/news/newsdetail.php?id=5217

Protests and Petitions /Government - Elections
Villagers prevail in battle to rid chief accused of graft
SCMP, 12/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZB8OB6GDE.html

China exiles sue President Hu for persecution
Reuters, 12/09/2005
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&
storyID=2005-09-12T080413Z_01_HO229060_RTRIDST_0_
NEWS-CHINA-PRESIDENT-LAWSUIT-DC.XML&archived=False

Public Health
Ministry of Health to submit new proposal on medical reform, likely to make public end of this year
新醫改方案交國務院 或年底出台
Ming Pao, 12/09/2005
http://full.mingpaonews.com/20050912/cac1.htm

Religion - Christianity
Beijing says “No” to Vatican' invitation of Bishops in China
北京拒梵蒂冈邀中国主教赴会邀请
Voice of America, 11/09/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-09-11-voa35.cfm

Pope's Invitation to Bishops Angers China
AP via YahooNews.com, 11/09/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050911/ap
_on_re_as/china_vatican_1

Rural Issues - Migrants
Migrant Workers in Hangzhou to Get Resident Status by 2010
China.Org.Cn, September 12, 2005
http://china.org.cn/english/China/141633.htm#

State Security – Terrorism / Law
China to establish coordination mechanism for anti-terrorism as the legal framework of the Anti-terrorism law completed
我國反恐立法框架已完成 將建立反恐怖協調機制
CRI Online, 12/09/2005
http://big5.chinabroadcast.cn/gate/big5/gb.chinabroadcast.cn/
3821/2005/09/12/107@695621.htm
at 9/12/2005 02:17:00 PM
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