Thursday, June 09, 2005

June 9, 2005

News


Detention – Ching Cheong (程翔)
Singapore journalist association urges the release of Ching Cheong
新记者协会吁中国尽快处理程翔案
Voice of America, June 8, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-06-08-voa54.cfm

Hong Kong media: Ching tells Taiwan China’s bottom line of its Taiwan policy
港媒体:程翔涉嫌向台湾透露大陆对台政策的底线
Radio Free Asia, June 8, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2005/06/08/chingch
eong/


Zhang Hua: to save Ching Cheong, make it high profile or low profile in press?
张华:救程翔,该低调还是高调?
Apple Daily via Chinesenewsnet.com, June 9, 2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Opinion/2005_
6_8_17_41_0_12.html


Gender
Little sex knowledge means more abortions
China Daily, June 9, 2005
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-06/09/content
_449873.htm


Gender - Marriage
Guangdong divorce rate soars since restrictions lifted
SCMP, June 9, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZTYOMEK9E.html

Government – Governance and accountability
3,000 university students in Hebei given official posts in villages
三千大学生中原当“村官”
China Youth Daily, June 9, 2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-06/09/content_16045.htm

Human rights – Bilateral ties
China defector says would rather die than go home
Reuters via YahooNews.com, June 9, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050609/wl_nm/australia_china_
defector_dc/nc:731;_ylt=AqPoJNAl19OVPFLVpCuWbw4Bxg8F;_
ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl


Media – press freedom
Alarms Over China
Forbe.com, June 8, 2005
http://www.forbes.com/business/2005/06/08/china-media-inte
rnet-cz_rm_0608crackdown.html?partner=rss


Migrant workers
Survey on the cost of defending rights of rural migrant workers: to get delay payment of 100 billion yuan would cost 300 billion yuan of the society
农民工维权成本调查:追讨1千亿欠薪需3千亿成本
Xinhuanet.com, June 9, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-06/09/content_3061
559.htm


Population – One-child policy
Violations of the reproductive right of the Chinese people persists, according to experts
专家:中国仍存在计生侵权问题
Voice of America, June 8, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-06-08-voa78.cfm

Society
Ministry of Civil Affairs should not abandon the disadvantaged groups
民政部门不能抛弃弱者
China Youth Daily, June 9, 2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-06/09/content_15875.htm

Tibet
Wife of exile Tibetan Independence Movement activist leaves to Europe with fake passports via Hong Kong after 3-month detention in Beijing
疆独负责人迪里夏提之妻以假护照经香港转机
Dajiyuan.com, June 8, 2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/6/8/n948744.htm