June 21, 2005

News

Bilaterals - US/China
Government: China Teen Must Be Deported
AP, June 21, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050621/ap_on_re_us/deportation_fight_1

Bilaterals - Other
China defends its relations with Israel
Xinhuanet, June 21, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/21/content_31160
92.htm

Chinese asylum seeker given interim Australia visa
Reuters, June 21, 2005
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&st
oryID=8846196

Corruption
Officials' dining bill will take 36 years to pay off
The Standard, June 21, 2005
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/stdn/std/China/GF21Ad0
9.html

Death penalty
Trio executed for knife murder of party official
The Standard, June 20, 2005
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/stdn/std/China/GF20Ad0
4.html

Education
School denies it knew staff charged media
SCMP, June 21, 2005
http://china.scmp.com8/chimain/ZZZCU2R73AE.html

Human rights
Public opinions on democracy and human rights in Ching
听众议政：中国民主人权
Voice of America, June 20, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/m2005-06-20-voa58.cfm

Human rights / Law
No legal redress mechanism in place to protect victims from reporting human rights violations
举报人权利受到侵害 法律没有规定救济手段
People’s Daily, June 21, 2005
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42731/3483969.html

Labour
Legislative departments attempt to draft new laws on various labour issues or revise Labour Law
立法机关拟制定相关法律或对劳动法进行调整
People’s Daily, June 21, 2005
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42731/3484824.html

China issues circular ordering unsafe mines to close down
AFX News Limited, June 21, 2005
http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2005/06/21/afx210
3202.html

Seven killed, buildings flattened in China blast
Reuters, June 21, 2005
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK179083.htm

Law
Thirty-one foreign chief justices to attend world law congress in China
Xinhuanet.com, June 20, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/20/content_311
1137.htm

Law – wrongful conviction
Innocent death row victim Xu Jingxiang files 560,000 yuan state compensation claims
胥敬祥申请国家赔偿56万元
Legal Daily, June 21, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2005-06/21/content_1575
39.htm

Olympics
Beijing delays work on Olympic rail link
Financial Times, June 21, 2005
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/014fa584-e1c3-11d9-9460-00000e
2511c8.html

ZENON to install its technology for Olympic Village in China
ZENON Environmental Inc., via Yahoo! News, June 21, 2005
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050621/to014.html?.v=8

China prepares Olympics opening ceremony, tickets to go on sale in 2006
AFP, June 21, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050621/sp_
wl_afp/oly2008chn_050621123852

Police – Prisons
China to classify prisons by security levels
Xinhuanet.com, June 20, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/20/content_310
9725.htm

Public health
China warned of obesity problem
中国面临肥胖问题
Dajiyuan.com, June 21, 2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/6/21/n960331.htm

Medicare reform not market-driven: official
Xinhuanet.com, June 20, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/20/content_31
11427.htm

Public health – Mental health
26m depressed, say experts
The Standard, June 20, 2005
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/stdn/std/China/GF20Ad0
2.html

Public health – HIV Aids
Clinic settles case over HIV claims
SCMP, June 21, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZYRR5F4AE.html

Xinjiang / Education
2000 school age children no access to education in two rural Xinjiang villages
新疆两个村千名适龄儿童失学
China Youth Daily, June 21, 2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-06/21/content_20978.htm

Hong Kong
The secret's out
SCMP, June 21, 2005
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZOS1R73AE.html

Women - Sex Exploitation
Rape in China: A 3-Month-Long Nightmare for 26 Schoolgirls
New York Times, June 21, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/21/international/asia/21china.html