April 1-3, 2006

News

Bilateral Ties
China Deal to Break Open Australian Nuclear Industry
AFP (via YahooNews), April 03, 2006
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/060403/afp/060403045512asiap
acificnews.html

Death Penalty
打孔盗油最重判死刑 (Pipeline Oil Thieves May Face Death Penalty)
The Beijing News, April 03, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/china/2006/0401/014@17
1411.htm

Education
盖监狱的钱不如拿去盖学校 (Spending the Money on Building Schools, not Building Prisons, Says Legal Expert)
Nanfang City News, April 03, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/dd/dsb/A03/2006
04030175.asp

Environment
Pollution Woes can Turn China into Green Industry Leader
SCMP, April 03, 2006
http://columns.scmp.com/colart/afterhours/ZZZ2TQJ1DLE.html

Human Rights Defenders – Journalist Shi Tao (師濤)
师涛家人召开记者会 投诉雅虎香港控股 (Shi Tao's Family Sets to Sue Yahoo Hong Kong for Privacy Leak)
Radio Free Asia, March 31, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/03/31/
shitao/

Shareholder Activist Urges Victims of Web Name-list Blunder to Sue
SCMP, April 01, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZ8BOJ1DLE.html

Labor - Industrial Accidents
山西偏关县花炮厂发生爆炸8人死亡1人失踪 (Eight Died and One Went Missing in Firework Blast in Shanxi)
EastDay.com, April 03, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node
127598/userobject1ai1955674.html

Gas Leak Villagers Go Home
SCMP, April 03, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZRYFJ1DLE.html

省长亲赴处理 出事原因未明 (Provincial Chief to Handle Gas Blast in Shandong Which Has Killed At Least 28 Workers and Injured Many)
Ming Pao, April 03, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060403/caa1.htm

Labor - Unions
China Plans to Unionize 60% of Foreign Firms
Asia Times Online, April 01, 2006
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_Business/HD01Cb03.html

Law - Juvenile Justice
青少年农民工虚报年龄 引发刑事判决麻烦 (Falsifying Age Documentation Amongst Young Migrant Workers Hinders Courts to Invoke Juvenile Justice System in Serious Criminal Cases
Legal Daily, April 03, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-04/03/content_
292634.htm

Media - Censorship / Press Freedom
冰点拒刊袁伟时文章 ( Bing Dian Refuses to Publish Articles of Controversial Scholar)
Radio Free Asia, April 01, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/04/01/
bingdian/

北京文革纪念摄影展受阻 (Photo Exhibition of Cultural Revolution May be Called-off Under Increasing Political Pressure)
Radio Free Asia, March 31, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/03/31/
wenge/

Media - Internet Censorship
Web Users Walk Great Firewall of China
USA Today, April 03, 2006
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/internetprivacy/2006-04
-02-china-web-cops_x.htm?csp=34

Tech Companies' Ties to China Worry Some
USA Today, April 02, 2006
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/2006-04-02
-china-worries_x.htm?csp=34

Police - Abuses
HRIC: Woman Physically, Mentally Abused in Chinese Custody
Voice of America, April 03, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-04-01-voa19.cfm

Population - One-Child Policy
中国独生子女的人际空间:六成感孤独 交友多疑虑 (60% Feel Lonely and Hesitate to Make Friends, According to Survey on China's Single Children)
EastDay.com, April 03, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node
127598/userobject1ai1955852.html

Poverty
中国扶贫面临巨大挑战 (China's Poverty Situation Facing Great Challenges)
Radio Free Asia, April 02, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/04/02/
fupin/

Protests and Petitions
Activists' Tug-of-War to Ensure Democracy Wins at Olympics
SCMP, April 03, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZJYFJ1DLE.html

Villagers Forced to Sign 'Hush Form' over Shootings
SCMP, April 01, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZJWCJ1DLE.html

Public Health - HIV-AIDS/STDs
《艾滋病防治条例》实施后少女状告华夏时报侵犯肖像/隐私权 (AIDs Orphan Sues Newspaper for Invading Privacy in Accordance to the Rights Enshrined in the Regulations on AIDs Prevention)
Chinesenewsnet.com, April 03, 2006
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Forums/
BackStage/2006_4_2_14_57_46_748.html

Public Health
Removing Stigma from a Noble Cause
SCMP, April 01, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZDYMJ1DLE.html

Religion - Christianity
专家：中梵之冰未破 (Sino-Vatican Relations Still Need More Ice-Breaking Efforts)
Wen Wei Po, April 03, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH06040300
19&cat=002CH

Society - Ethnic Minorities
Ex-librarian Struggles to Save Zhuji Dialect from Extinction
SCMP, April 02, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ67FJ1DLE.html

Tibet
China May let Dalai Lama visit, Eyes Ties with Vatican
Reuters (via YahooNews), April 03, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060403/wl_nm/religion
_china_dc_1;_ylt=AoYxGsZz6847_tKlNg9bT5BPzWQA;_
ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Hong Kong
Fighting for Our Rights
SCMP, April 03, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZI1GJ1DLE.html