DAILY NEWS BRIEF FOR October 19, 2004

Top news of the day

Media – Press freedom
Landmark ruling clears magazine of libel charge
SCMP, October 19, 2004
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZYNLWRG0E.html

NGO
Authorities to scrap sponsor rule for NGOs
SCMP, October 19, 2004
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ7GHHOG0E.html

Tough rules on NGO registration expected to relax soon
非政府民间组织注册须主管单位批准规定有望取消
Chinanews.com, October 18, 2004
http://www.chinanews.com.cn/news/2004/2004-10-18/26/495425.shtml


News

Detention - Du Hongqi
A Chongqing worker sentenced 3 years for demanding labour rights
维护劳工权利, 重庆一工人被判刑三年
Radio Free Asia, October 18, 2004
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2004/10/18/quanli/

Education
Zhang Men: the sad story of the commercialization of China’s education
张民：中国教育产业化的悲歌
Chinesenewsnet.com, October 18, 2004
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Opinion/2004_10_18_18_24_21_497.html

June 4th
Senior party officials urge the government to improve Zhao’s situation
北京一些老干部吁改善赵紫阳处境
Voice of America, October 18, 2004
http://www.voanews.com/Chinese/article.cfm?ObjectID=A7FFB5E7-8B29-41A2-AB4B7EBB4EA65C86#

Environment
Environmental concerns over Yunnan’s HuTiaoXia Dam project
虎跳峡水坝工程引发环保忧虑
Voice of America, October 18, 2004
http://www.voanews.com/Chinese/article.cfm?objectID=9300DAD0-460D-4C72-8A4EE4A23D7363F9&title=%2E%BB%A2%CC%F8%CF%BF%CB%AE%B0%D3%B9%A4%B3%CC%D2%FD%B7%A2%BB%B7%B1%A3%D3%C7%C2%C7%2804%C4%EA10%D4%C218%C8%D5%29&catOID=C283D8A3-4AB3-11D5-8EC2009027ACC5C2&categoryname=National%20News#


Labour – Industrial accidents
All victims of Ruzhou coal mine accidents died
汝州"10.17"煤矿事故被困8名矿工全部遇难
Eastday.com, October 19, 2004
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/news/news/node4938/node37012/userobject1ai591282.html

Water leaking trapped 8 workers in a coal mine in Henan
河南省煤矿透水，八人被困井下
Radio Free Asia, October 18, 2004
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2004/10/18/meikuang/

Media – Internet
China blocks internet sites to silence discontent over Sino-Russian agreement
中俄边界协定引发不满 中国禁止网民讨论
Daijiyuan.com, October 18, 2004
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/4/10/18/n693851.htm

Migrant workers - Migrant children
Guangdong extends free basic education to residents without hukou
非户籍常住人口将享义务教育 广东全省将初步推行免费义务教育
Nanfang Daily, October 19, 2004
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/200410190713.asp

Politics – citizenship
China NewsWeek: re-compose the Chinese spirit – the birth of “citizens”
《中国新闻周刊》：重构中国精神：公民的诞生
Chinesenewsnet.com, October 19, 2004
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Mainland/zxs_2004-10-19_496009.shtml

Public health – HIV aids
The truth of China’s HIV aids problem revealed
中国渐逼近艾滋真相 责任人势将绝地反击
Dajiyuan.com, October 19, 2004
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/4/10/19/n694452.htm

Rural Issues – land protests
7 Shenyang farmers sue Ministry of Land and Resources for unsatisfactory compensation
不满土地补偿：沈阳七农民状告国土资源部
Chinesenewsnet.com, October 18, 2004
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Forums/BackStage/2004_10_18_3_15_12_984.html

Three Gorges
Officials deny dam will turn Yangtze into 'second Yellow River'
SCMP, October 19, 2004
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ3GHHOG0E.html

The secret dam: China begins huge project in World Heritage Site, displacing up to 100,000 people and devastating unique tribal societies
Independent, October 17, 2004
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/story.jsp?story=572670

Yangtze to be as bad as Yellow River within ten years - experts
Interfax China, October 15, 2004
http://www.interfax.com/com?item=Chin&pg=0&id=5762624&req=

Tibet
Dalai says there are benefits for Tibet not getting independence
多维详讯：达赖称西藏不独立好处更多
Chinesenewsnet.com, October 18, 2004
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Mainland/2004_10_18_19_9_21_650.html