Top news of the day
Death Penalty
Executions herald no-drug day
SCMP, June 25, 2005
Mainland executed at least 15 drug traffickers on June 24, two days before the UN International Anti-Drug Day. 101 drug traffickers were also sentenced to terms up to life in prison and death sentences, according to the Beijing Supreme Court.
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZB9WP73AE.html
Protests and petitions
China Charges Petitioner Who Applied to March on Tiananmen Square
Radio Free Asia, June 24, 2005
Rights activist Li Xiaocheng(李小成), who had sought police permission to organize a mass petition on Tiananmen Square against corruption, was formally charged by the Beijing authority. Yet, the authority gave no details on the charge against Li.
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/social/2005/06/24/china_
charge/
News
Bilaterals - EU/China
China says EU probe into shoe imports causing trade friction
AFX News Limited, June 26, 2005
http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2005/06/26/afx2
111393.html
Bilaterals - US/China
China Says U.S. Interfered in Canceled Israeli Arms Deal
The Washington Post, June 27, 2005
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/27/AR2005062700351.html
Death Penalty
Death for leader of gang that killed couple
SCMP, June 26, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZMRXP73AE.html
Estate developer sentenced to death with reprieve for bribing former Wenzhou vice mayor
杨秀珠案一老总被判死缓
The Beijing News, June 26, 2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/0626/09@02074
8.html#
Gang leader executed after the Guangdong Immediate court handing capital punishment for making fake money
分工合作一条龙制售假币逾亿元---主犯死刑5从犯分获重刑
Legal Daily, June 24, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2005-06/24/content_159
149.htm
12 drug traffickers sentenced to death
CRI, June 26, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-06/26/conte
nt_454684.htm
Detention- Ching Cheong (程翔)
Detained journalist saved by boss in earlier brush with officials
SCMP, June 26, 2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZ68XP73AE.html
Economic Issues
Learning Curve: After Earlier Fumbles, Cnooc Uses Wall Street Tactics in Unocal Bid
The Wall Street Journal, June 27, 2005
http://wsj.com/
Education
China’s education policy perhaps a main reason for rising regional gaps in education standards
政策是造成教育差距拉大的主因
China Youth Daily, June 27, 2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-06/27/content_23811.htm
Environment - Disasters
536 killed in flooding in China
AP, June 25, 2005
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/06/24/news/china.php
Gender Issues - Discrimination - sexual harassment
Sexual harassment to be made a crime
SCMP, June 27, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ69TKF4AE.html
Gender Issues-Law
Major areas for concerns with the draft amendments of the Law on Protection of Women's Rights and Interests
妇女权益保障法修正案草案的十大亮点
Legal Daily, June 27, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2005-06/27/content_159
726.htm
Human Rights - Bilateral ties
Aust, China talk on human rights, ABC News,
ABC News Onlline, June27, 2005
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200506/s1401198.htm
Willy Trolove: Just don't mention the tanks in Tiananmen Square
The New Zealand Herald, June 27, 2005
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=1033
2784
China Ready for Human Rights Dialogues
CRI, June 27, 2005
http://en.chinabroadcast.cn/2238/2005-6-27/125@251759.htm
Human rights - Human rights defenders Zu Jiuhu (朱久虎)
Rights activists vow to save detained lawyer Zu Jiuhu (朱久虎) who faces charges of “leaking state security” by Shaanxi government
纪硕鸣：北京知识界营救维权律师
Chinesenewsnet, June 25, 2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Forums/Back
Stage/2005_6_25_9_6_19_169.html
Labor
4 killed in Zhejiang coal mine explosion
Xinhuanet, June 26, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/26/content_3139
485.htm
Law
Legislators mull draft property rights law
China Daily, June 27, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-06/27/content
Media
Journalists required to use real name in reporting, demonstrating the government’s latest move in ‘fixing’ the press
大陆整顿媒体 禁止悬赏消息记者须用真名
Chinesenewsnet, June 26, 2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/cna_2005_06_26_01_50_16_539.html
Media - Press freedom
Commentary on tightening media control in the Hu-Wen era
评析胡温政权加强控制舆论(1)
Voice of America, June 26, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-06-26-voa26.cfm
Media - Internet
China to close down unregistered Web Sites
China Daily, June 24, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-06/24/content
_454410.htm
Olympics
Russia, China join forces to top US in Games
China Daily, June 25, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-06/24/content_
454080.htm
China plans $39bn Olympic spend
BBC, June 27, 2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4625671.stm
Beijing 2008 Games: One World, One Dream
China Daily, June 27, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-06/27/content_
454820.htm
Police - Abuse
Restraining police power facilitates the establishment of a harmonize society
规范警察权力也是建设和谐社会的保障
Xinhuanet, June 27, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-06/27/content_314
1219.htm
Protests and petitions
“Seeking petitioners’ village” by Liao Yiwu, Part 5, “Even I got beaten up, I want to it to go public, as the public will be my witnesses”
廖亦武《寻访上访村》（5）：“我挨打也要让群众看到，这就有证人”
Chinesenewsnet, June 26, 2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Forums/
BackStage/2005_6_26_10_46_18_473.html
“Seeking petitioners’ village” by Liao Yiwu, Part 4, “You are not spies for the government, really?”
廖亦武《寻访上访村》（4）：“你们真的不是间谍？”
Chinesenewnet, June 25, 2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Forums/
BackStage/2005_6_25_10_0_0_208.html
Public health
Nationalise health care: UN adviser
SCMP, June 25, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ19HR73AE.html
Health ministry vows to strengthen vaccination control
Xinhuanet, June 27, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/27/content_31440
84.htm
Reforms - Social
Anti-drug campaign severely challenged in China
People’s Daily, June 27, 2005
http://english.people.com.cn/200506/27/eng20050627_1926
19.html
Resettlement
Xian government to invest 50 billion to rebuild Xian old emperor city, but 450,000 people in the neighbourhood forced to leave their land
老城45万人口迁移 西安500亿打造皇城复兴计划
Chinesenewsnet, June 26, 2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/xhw_2005_06_26_00_05_07_639.html
Third draft property rights law sets to be the final
物权法草案三审稿全新亮相
Legal Daily, June 27, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2005-06/27/content_159
822.htm
Resettlement - Forceful eviction
Reported offers an detailed account of the “611” violent clashes in Dingzhou
定州“6.11”袭击事件采访日记 ——《新京报》“战地记者”的网络文章
The New Century Net, June 21, 2005
http://www.ncn.org/asp/zwginfo/da-KAY.asp?ID=64425&ad=
6/21/2005
Rural Issues - Poverty
Retrenched workers under job training to combat poverty
Xinhuanet, June 27, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/27/content_3142
491.htm
Tibet
Tibetan nun's tale of torture reveals Chinese brutality
The Independent, June 27, 2005
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/story.jsp?story
=650027
Women - Women's Rights
China amends law to ban sexual harassment
Xinhuanet, June 26, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/26/content_313
9484.htm
Legislation to raise woman's political status
Xinhuanet, June 26, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/26/content_313
9512.htm
Hong Kong
Democrats at the crossroads
SCMP, June 27, 2005
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZB2YP73AE.html
Survey on attitudes to gays not a referendum
SCMP, June 25, 2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZKB66F4AE.html
Tsang's meeting with lawmakers adjourned in chaos
AFP, June 27, 2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZGZPJ1GAE.html
