Wednesday, June 08, 2005

June 8, 2005

Top news of the day

Media – Internet
China Orders All Web Sites to Register
AP via YahooNews.com, June 8, 2005
All China-based websites and blogs have been ordered to register with the Ministry of Information Industry by June 30, or they would be closed down. Unregistered sites would face fines up to 1 million yuan for illegal operation. The move drew severe criticism as the government’s latest effort to tighten media control in China.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050608/ap_on_hi_te/china_
policing_the_net/nc:731;_ylt=AsI0bro20fuEffL4w3B5q9YBxg
8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl



News

Children - children trafficking
Crackdown of children traffickers saves 17 children in Zhengzhong
郑州解救17名被拐儿童
The Beijing News, June 8, 2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/0608/05@0135
23.html#

Corporate social responsibility / NGOs
Chinese Companies Spend Little on Charities
Xinhua News Agency via China Digital News, June 6, 2005
http://www.china.org.cn/english/China/131210.htm

Death penalty
Death sentence to online game player by Shanghai law court
上海判决首起网络纠纷杀人案 被告人被判死缓
People’s Daily, June 8, 2005
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42733/3449888.html

Environment
Bias environmental protect efforts in certain provinces may balloon pollution damages in other provinces
“环境不公”比环境污染更有害
China Youth Daily, June 8, 2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-06/08/content_15381.htm

Environment – Water
Billions to be sunk into water pipes
SCMP, June 8, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZVNPYFA9E.html

Human rights – bilateral ties
Second China defector backs Australia spy claims
Reuters via China National News, June 7, 2005
http://story.chinanationalnews.com/p.x/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9
319e9b/id/00949cec35ac0a2c/

Diplomat seeking asylum in Australia also met US officials
SCMP, June 8, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ4OPYFA9E.html

June 4th
State media silent as former aide to Zhao Ziyang dies
SCMP, June 8, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZKOPYFA9E.html

Law
A total of 114,000 million lawyers in China, but 206 counties without one
律师11.4万但分布不均衡 我国206个县无律师
People’s Daily, June 8, 2005
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42735/3450721.html

Migrant workers
Pension scheme offers carefree retired life for migrants
Xinhuanet.com, June 8, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/08/content_305
8323.htm

Public health – HIV Aids / Gender – sex workers
The controversy of new Aids initiatives over sex industry
防愛滋新舉措掀性產業爭論
Asia Times Online, June 8, 2005
http://www.atchinese.com/2005/06/0607rep3.htm

Prostitutes targeted in anti-AIDS battle
Xinhuanet.com, June 8, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/08/content_305
7637.htm

China Urges Needle Exchanges to Fight AIDS
AP via YahooNews.com, June 7, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050607/ap_on_re_as/china_
aids/nc:731;_ylt=Asu3kFKqyhlzGp9EJjQELjIBxg8F;_ylu=X3o
DMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Society
Homeless, mentally ill 'dumped' in Jiangxi countryside
SCMP, June 8, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZWPX3GA9E.html