July 29, 2005

News

Children-Child Labour
Guangdong child labour survey shows primary students work over ten hours every day
廣東東莞娃娃工調查：小學生一天做工十幾小時
CRI Online,28/07/2005
http://big5.chinabroadcast.cn/gate/big5/gb.chinabroadcast.
cn/3821/2005/07/28/107@639968.htm

Death Penalty
Guangxi Public Security Bureau instructor sentenced to death for involvement in drug trafficking
廣西省平南公安局教導員策劃指揮販毒被判死刑
CRI Online, 28/07/2005
http://big5.chinabroadcast.cn/gate/big5/gb.chinabroadcast.
cn/3821/2005/07/28/1329@639343.htm

Education-Policy
13 year-old Liaoning girl killed herself for lacking school admission money
宁夏13岁女生因10万元择校费自杀
Dajiyuan.com,29/07/2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/7/28/n1000962.htm

Who create China's educational gap?
谁制造了中国的教育差距
China Youth Daily,29/07/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-07/29/content_38867.htm

Gender-Domestic violence
30% of families in China experience domestic violence with more male victims
中国3/10家庭有暴力 女打男增多
Dajiyuan.com,29/07/2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/7/29/n1001262.htm

Hukou/Population
Using hukou policy to control population again?
又闻“户籍限制人口”声
Nanfang Weekend,28/07/2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20050728/xw
/zy/200507280043.asp


Labor-Employment market and income
Urban employees enjoy 13.2% pay rise in 1st half
Xinhuanet.com,29/07/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-07/28/
content_3279138.htm

348,500 Jobs Created in Shanghai This Year
Shanghai Daily, July 29, 2005
http://china.org.cn/english/China/136679.htm#

Law-Commercial
China's supreme court moves to defend farmers' rights on land contract
Xinhua, July 29, 2005
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-07/29/content
_464692.htm

Law-Legal reform

Revision of State Compensation Law: major revisions or just minor changes?
国家赔偿法是“大修”还是“小补”
Legal Daily,29/07/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-07/29/content
_174614.htm

Media-Internet
Are Chinese web police competent to control content posted on websites?
萧强：中国网警能否有效控制网络内容？
Chinesenewsnet.com,29/07/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews
/Opinion/2005_7_28_20_12_26_872.html

Blogs, bulletin boards help Chinese get access to some of the real story
Baltimoresun.com via China Digital News, 29/07/2005
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/
balte.speech28jul28,1,4076181.story?coll=bal-news-
nation&ctrack=1&cset=true

Protests and Petitions
Warning over unrest after violent protests
SCMP, 29/07/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZCZVKXMBE.html

Public Health/Children-Law/ Protection
8-year-old girl died due to belated treatment at hospital
1小时敲不开急诊门 医生怠慢8岁女童不治身亡(图)
Xinhuanet.com,29/07/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/focus/2005-07/29/content
_3279901.htm

Public Health
State Council report says China fails in health care reform
国务院医改发展报告称中国医改不成功
EastDay.com,29/07/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node379
57/node37979/node76501/userobject1ai1294991.html

China's health care reform is more a matter of institutional design, says expert
专家:医疗改革只是制度设计问题
EastDay.com,29/07/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955
/node37957/node37979/node76501/userobject1ai129
4997.html

Relevant statistics of China's health care reform
有关中国医改的一些数字
EastDay.com,29/07/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/
node37957/node37979/node76501/userobject1ai1295000.html

Three prescriptions to treat the problems of health care reform
三大"药方"治医改病症
EastDay.com,29/07/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955
/node37957/node37979/node76501/userobject1ai1294993.html

We feel imbalance of the workload and the pay, say doctors
医生:我们感觉不平衡
EastDay.com, 29/07/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955
/node37957/node37979/node76501/userobject1ai1294996.html

Infections from China pig disease jump to 152
Reuters via YahooNews.com,28/07/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050729/
wl_nm/health_china_dc

Death toll hits 31 as 6 more towns infected
AFP, July 29, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZLAT5XMBE.html

WHO: Too Early to Say China Pig Disease Under Control
Voice of America, July 29, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-07-29-voa16.cfm

Religion-Christianity
Appointment boosts hopes for Vatican thaw
SCMP,29/07/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZP0U5XMBE.html

U.S. Group Says China Police Detain Priest
AP, July 29, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050729/
ap_on_re_as/china_priest_detained_1

Society
Survey of roaming beggars in Hunan: 'professional' beggars reject help from Ministry of Civil Affairs
湖南流浪乞讨者生存调查:职业乞丐拒绝民政救助
People's Daily,29/07/2005
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42731/3577970.html

Hong Kong-Human rights
Guarding our precious rights
SCMP,29/07/2005
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZST06XMBE.html

North Korea/Detention
North Korean Defectors Detained in China
AP via YahooNews.com,28/07/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050728/ap_on_re_as/
china_nkorea_asylum_seekers/nc:731;_ylt=AnH2eO4L
TNtcC6M5xcZqybgBxg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9
mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

July 28, 2005

Top news of the day

Resettlement - Forceful eviction
Mongolian farmers clash with police
SCMP, 28/07/2005
Two thousands Mongolian farmers who had refused to turn over their farmland and blocked the construction of the highway for two months, clashed with hundreds police in the village of Qianjin last week, with 31 people arrested and 131 detained. Local police refused to comment on the case.
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZC1TKXMBE.html



News

Bilaterals-US/China
Experts troubled by China arms buildup
AFP, July 28, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050727/pl_
afp/uschinamilitary_050727182904

Border Territories/Issues-North Korea
North Korean Defectors Detained in China
AP, July 28, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050728/
ap_on_re_as/china_nkorea_asylum_seekers_1

Border Territories/Issues-Taiwan
Taiwanese forces flex military muscle
Reuters, AP, July 28, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZEAQ5XMBE.html

Children - Children trafficking
Heibei police crackdown on Handan trafficking ring selling over 40 babies in a decade
邯郸破获一起特大贩婴案 40多名婴儿10年间被拐卖
Xinhuanet.com, 28/07/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-07/28/content_3277
599.htm

Death Penalty
Former Ruihua City CCP Secretary General sentenced to death with two years reprieve for
corruption
卖工程又卖官 原绥化市委书记马德被判死缓
Xinhuanet.com, 28/07/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-07/28/content_3277
859.htm

Official Sentenced to Death for Corruption
Xinhua, July 28, 2005
http://china.org.cn/english/China/136534.htm

Detention – Yu Huafeng (喻華峰)
Lawyer of jailed former Nanfang journalist vows to file appeal
喻 華 峰 律 師 決 定 上 訴
Apple Daily, July 28, 2005
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?sec_
id=15335&iss_id=20050728&art_id=5087342

Environment-Natural Resources
Drinking water worry tops environmental concerns
China Daily, July 28, 2005
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-07/28/content
_464031.htm

Environment - Water
Drinking water worry tops environmental concerns
Xinhuanet.com, 28/07/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-07/28/content_3276
949.htm

Human Rights - Bilateral ties
State's Birkle Says U.S. Committed To Helping China on Legal Reform
US State Department, 28/07/2005
http://usinfo.state.gov/eap/Archive/2005/Jul/27-578656.html
?chanlid=eap

Labor-Disasters
Coal mine blast kills 14 people in Guizhou
China Daily, July 28, 2005
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-07/28/content
_464032.htm

Labor-Other
China's urban employees enjoy 13.2 percent wage increase in 1st half
Xinhua, July 28, 2005
http://english.people.com.cn/200507/28/eng20050728_1988
15.html

Law - Legal rights
Lawyers defending people's humans is an indicator showing a country's progress in upholding the rule of law
律师维权是社会法治进程的标杆
Legal Daily, 28/07/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-07/28/content_173
842.htm

Law
State Council issues comments regarding the implementation of an accountability system for administrative enforcement
国务院办公厅关于推行行政执法责任制的若干意见
People's Daily, 28/07/2005
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1026/3573513.html

Media - Press freedom/censorship
Mainland media bans coverage of academic's aggressive remarks on attacking Taiwan
朱成虎论震惊海外舆论 中国媒体全面封锁
Dajiyuan.com, 27/07/2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/7/27/n999651.htm

Police - Prisons
Beijing prisons remove humiliated treatments on prisoners to uphold human rights standards in prisons
北京监狱尊重罪犯人格尊严收押罪犯不再抱头蹲地
China News Agency, 28/07/2005
http://www.chinanews.com.cn/news/2005/2005-07-28/26/
604992.shtml

Police - Abuse
State prosecutor goes after rights abusers
SCMP, 28/07/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZGVQ5XMBE.html

Protests and Petitions
Beijing court set producers to direct efforts in handling major petition cases
北京法院对重大涉诉信访案件实行领导包案制
Xinhuanet.com, 28/07/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-07/28/content_3276
640.htm

Special Task: petitions can meet the Public Security Bureau chief under the Receiving Complaint campaign
特别策划：公安＂大接访＂　人人都能见局长？
People's Daily, 28/07/2005
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/30178/3574941.html

Public Health
Toll rises as pig disease spreads in mainland
AFP, July 28, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZBBUKXMBE.html

Dead infected pigs dug up and sold for eating
SCMP, July 28, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZO1TKXMBE.html

Veterinarians play down disease threat
China Daily, July 28, 2005
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-07/28/cont
ent_464034.htm

Shenzhen HIV/AIDS Infections on the Rise
Shenzhen Daily, July 28, 2005
http://china.org.cn/english/China/136541.htm

China completes gene sequence of bacteria that causes pig-borne epidemic
Xinhua, July 28, 2005
http://english.people.com.cn/200507/28/text20050728_19
8775.html

China starts producing pig-borne disease vaccine
Xinhua, July 28, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-07/28/content_32
80685.htm

Reforms-Corruption
Officials' Power Must Be Clearly Defined
China Daily, July 28, 2005
http://china.org.cn/english/China/136538.htm

Religion-Catholics
Vatican-China: New Joint Ordination of Bishop
AKI, July 28, 2005
http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level.php?cat=Religion&loid=8.0.
191794184&par=0

Resettlement - Forceful eviction
Guangdong Foshan peasants went into another violent clash with local police over land disputes
广东农民抗政府征地再与警方冲突
Voice of America, 27/07/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-07-27-voa36.cfm

Rural Issues
Beijing nervous over rural economy
Financial Times, 28/07/2005
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/fe9ae062-fef8-11d9-94b4-00000e2
511c8.html

Rural Issues-Migrants
"One-yuan apartments" for migrant workers
Xinhua, July 28, 2005
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-07/28/content
_464207.htm

Rural Issues-Poverty
Mongolian farmers clash with police
Reuters, July 28, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZC1TKXMBE.html

July 27, 2005

Top news of the day

Detention – Zheng Yichun (鄭貽春)
Dissident charged with endangering state security waiting for court ruling
异议人士郑贻春重审后等待判决
Dajiyuan.com, 26/07/2005
Liaoning court would decide on the verdict of Liaoning dissident Zheng Yichun (鄭貽春), who was charged with endangering state security in a few days.
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/7/26/n998601.htm


News

Border Territories/Issues-Taiwan
Chen goes on attack in speech to Japan
SCMP, July 27, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ06H0SFBE.html

Death Penalty
Driver sentenced to death for knock-down 5 kids and ordered to give compensation of 300,000 yuan
开车撞死5儿童被判死刑赔30万
Legal Daily, 27/07/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-07/27/content_17
3217.htm

Police Officer Sentenced to Death for Drug Trafficking
Xinhua, July 27, 2005
http://china.org.cn/english/China/136441.htm#

Environment-Natural Resources
Excessive Use of Ground Water Causes Trouble in N. China
Xinhua, July 27, 2005
http://china.org.cn/english/China/136438.htm

China halts 32 illegal power projects threatening environment
Xinhua, July 27, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-07/27/content_327
4258.htm

Human Rights
Chinese dissidents beaten to death, defector tells hearing
Sydney Morning Herald, July 27, 2005
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/chinese-dissidents-beaten
-to-death-defector-tells-hearing/2005/07/26/1122143845688.ht
ml?oneclick=true

Government - Elections
Guangdong establishes election observer system to monitor fairness of village committee election
广东首创村委会选举观察员制 推倒重来32宗选举
Xinhuanet.com, 27/07/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2005-07/27/content
_3273195.htm

Government – Civil Services
Low income for grassroots level officials create barriers to improve local governance
收入低正在阻碍年轻人下基层
China Youth Daily, 27/07/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-07/27/content_37414.htm

Labor-Disasters
Coal mine gas blast kills 14 in SW China
Xinhua, July 27, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-07/27/content_3274
333.htm

Death toll rises to 9 in E. China chemical plant blast
Xinhua, July 27, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-07/27/content_3274
323.htm

Law
3% of China's departmental regulations show various problems and 89 failed at State Legal Office’s review
去年中国3%的法规规章存在问题 89件未过审查关
Chinesenewsnet.com, 27/07/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Ma
inland/zxs_2005-07-27_604610.shtml

Government sues three government officials for power abuse
最高检公布刑讯逼供等3起严重侵犯人权犯罪案
Chinesenewsnet.com,26/07/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Main
land/xhw_2005_07_26_22_55_15

National prosecutors handle over 6300 cases of civil rights violations last year
中国检察机关一年来查办侵犯人权重点案6300多件
Chinesenewsnet.com, 26/07/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Main
land/zxs_2005-07-27_604508.shtml

Migrant workers / Hukou
No delay in protecting migrants' right by law as migrant population reached 140 million
我国流动人口已超过1.4亿 立法维权刻不容缓
People's Daily, 27/07/2005
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42731/3571567.html

Olympics
Beijing Olympics ushers in 9th partner
China Daily, July 27, 2005
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-07/27/content
_463645.htm

UPS selected as logistics, express delivery sponsor of 2008 Olympics
Xinhua, July 27, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-07/27/content_3274
133.htm

Protests and petitions
Dozens injured as police, farmers clash in China
Reuters via YahooNews.com (Asia Section), 27/07/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050727/wl_nm/china_clash_
dc/nc:731;_ylt=AlhpIv45ve3HibaPCpLX

Public Health
Province tightens supervision on medicines
China Daily, 25/07/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-07/25/content
_462920.htm

Pig-borne disease claims five more lives
SCMP, July 27, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZMC60SFBE.html

No drug for disease as death toll hits 24
China Daily, July 27, 2005
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-07/27/cont
ent_463597.htm

Reforms-Corruption
Beijing accelerates drive to prosecute police who use torture
AFP, July 27, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZMLRKXMBE.html

China Fights Against Dereliction of Duty
Xinhua, July 27, 2005
http://china.org.cn/english/2005/Jul/136314.htm

Reforms-Military
Report: China working on anti-satellite systems
Space.com, USA Today, July 27, 2005
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2005-07-27-
china-satellites_x.htm

China strengthens protection of military facilities
Xinhua, July 27, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-07/27/content_3274
306.htm

Resettlement
The cover-up of demolition and resettlement in practice
[关注]拆迁办干部自曝拆迁黑幕
The Beijing News,27/07/2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/0726/05@030
826.html

Rural Issues-Poverty
Dozens hurt as police, farmers clash in China
Reuters, July 27, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050727/
wl_nm/china_clash_dc_3

Society – Ethnic Minority
Ethnic region experiments with democratic election
Xinhuanet.com, 27/07/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-07/26/content_3269
634.htm

Society - Suicides
Suicide the major cause of death amongst the 20-25 age group
自杀是中国20-35岁人群中第一死亡原因
Radio Free Asia, 25/07/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2005/07/25/zisha/

Xinjiang
Uyghur Officials Say Family Planning, Religious Strife Behind Death of Communist Official
Radio Free Asia, 27/07/2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2005/07/26/uyghur_killings/

July 26, 2005

News

Bilaterals-US/China
US Report on China military power analyzed
People’s Daily Online, July 26, 2005
http://english.people.com.cn/200507/26/text20050726_1983
68.html

Bilaterals-Other
Mustard gas victims take case to Japan
China Daily, July 26, 2005
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-07/26/content
_463263.htm

Zimbabwe leader meets China's Hu as aid eyed
Reuters, July 26, 2005
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK352315.htm

Border Territories/Issues-North Korea
Food crisis in North Korea worsens, refugees in China swell
Reuters, July 26, 2005
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNe
ws&storyID=2005-07-26T075504Z_01_SPI628485_RTRUKO
C_0_KOREA-NORTH-FOOD.xml

6-party talks open, host China urges flexibility
China Daily, July 26, 2005
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-07/26/content_
463195.htm

Border Territories/Issues-Taiwan
Armed China risks collapse like Soviet Union: Taiwan president
AFP, July 26, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ1KPZRFBE.html

Party rift worsens for new KMT chairman
SCMP, July 26, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ2QD0SFBE.html

Taiwan says China missile build-up a big threat
Reuters, July 26, 2005
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews
&storyID=2005-07-26T072112Z_01_SPI626458_RTRUKOC_0_
TAIWAN-CHINA.xml

Death Penalty
China executes perpetrator of 2003 Fukuoka murders
Kyodo News, 26/07/2005
http://home.kyodo.co.jp/modules/fstStory/index.php?storyid=193924

Detention- Yu Huafeng (喻 華 峰)
Guangdong High Court refuses to review the case of former Nanfang journalist
喻 華 峰 案 法 院 拒 絕 再 審
Apple Daily, 26/07/2005
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?
sec_id=15335&iss_id=20050726&art_id=5

Environment-Natural Resources
China prepares to build world's first 1,000-kv electricity transmission line
Xinhua, July 26, 2005
http://english.people.com.cn/200507/26/print20050726_198387.html

Unocal 'almost backed China bid'
BBC, July 26, 2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4715473.stm

Environment -Water
China about to establish water rights system in order to solve the regional
disequilibrium over supply and demand of water
中国将建立国家水权制度 解决水资源的供需矛盾
Chinesenewsnet.com, 25/07/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/zxs_2005-07-25_603573.shtml

Gansu province: reform on water rights to ease water shortage
落实科学发展观 甘肃张掖水权改革应对用水危机
Chinesenewsnet.com, 25/07/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Mainland/
xhw_2005_07_25_04_55_28

Labor-Employment market and income
Beijing High Court to set up summary process to fast track wage claims of migrant workers
北京法院建立处理拖欠农民工工资案件快速通道
Chinesenewsnet.com, 26/07/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Mainland
/xhw_2005_07_25_04_55_25

Law-Legal reform
Beijing High Court issued eight regulations to protect lawyers' rights in performing their duties
进审判区免安检 北京高院保障律师八项执业权利
China News Agency, 26/07/2005
http://www.chinanews.com.cn/news/2005/2005-07-25/26/6036
21.shtml

Media
Internal Reference Materials in China
EastSouthWestNorth via China Digital News, 26/07/2005
http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20050725_2.htm

Media-Press freedom/censorship
Public debates democracy and press freedom
听众论民主和新闻自由
Voice of America, 25/07/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/m2005-07-25-voa47.cfm

Olympics
China: Let thin clients bloom for Olympics
CNET, July 26, 2005
http://news.com.com/2061-10792_3-5804659.html?part=rss&tag=
5804659&subj=news

Protests and Petitions
Chongqing government regulations give petitioners’ right to
demand public hearings if dissatisfied with the petitioning outcomes
重庆规定不满信访结果可以要求举行听证
Chinesenewsnet.com, 25/07/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/xhw_2005_07_25_03_55_16

Public Health
Bacteria that killed 19 people identified
SCMP, July 26, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZZ830SFBE.html

China halts pork exports from 2 cities
China Daily, July 26, 2005
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-07/26/content_4
63193.htm

Lab suspends H5N1 bird flu work on new China rules
Reuters, July 26, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050726/sc_nm
/birdflu_hongkong_china_dc_1

Public Health-Mental health
Survey: Young suffer from depression most
China Daily, 25/07/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-07/25/content_4
62924.htm

Reforms-Elections
China's ethnic region experiments with democratic election
Xinhua, July 26, 2005
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-07/26/content_.htm

Resettlement
China's "land problem" mainly related to the unreasonable compensation for land takings
文榕:中国“土地问题”
Chinesenewsnet.com, 26/07/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Opinion/2005
_7_25_14_54_49_957.html

How to equitably protect peasants’ rights in land takings?
征地之痛何时休 如何公平合理保障农民利益
Chinesenewsnet.com, 25/07/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/xhw_2005_07_25_02_55_08

The Insider story of land resettlement case: the lawless undertakings by a local official
拆迁干部自曝拆迁造假黑幕 想咋整就咋整
EastDay.com, 25/07/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957
/node37979/node75656/userobject1

Rural Issues-Poverty
Agricultureex-model grapples for new 'spirit'
China Daily, July 26, 2005
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-07/26/content_4
63265.htm

Rural Issues-rural development
Statistics shows a total of 14,340,000 rural residents received Social Security Assistance and Minimum Living Payments, up 16 per cent when compare with same period of the prior year
上半年中国农村定期救济和最低生活保障力度加大
China News Agency, 25/07/2005
http://www.chinanews.com.cn/news/2005/2005-07-25/26/603
652.shtml

State Security-State secrets
Bird flu research suspended after leaks warning
SCMP, 26/07/2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZNID0SFBE.html

July 23-25, 2005

Top news of the day

Protests and Petitions
China Jails Tianjin Petitioner, Arrests 19 Protesters
Radio Free Asia, 21/07/2005
Zheng Mingfang (張明芳), who had been detained by police for more than 10 months,, was sentenced to prison for two years by a city court in Tianjin after she signed an application for 10,000 people to march in Tiananmen Square last August.
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/social/2005/07/21/china_
petitioner/


News

Bilaterals - Other
Envoy's defection puts focus on China espionage: Use of informal informants is widespread tactic
Los Angeles Times, July 24, 2005
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/
2005/07/24/envoys_defection_puts_focus_on_china_espionage?mode=PF

North, South Korea meet in Beijing: Delegations arrive before scheduled six-party talks
AP, July 25, 2005
http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/07/24/koreas.nuclear.ap/

Borders Territories/Issues - Taiwan
CPC general secretary congratulates reelected PFP chairman
Xinhua, July 23, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-07/23/content_3255955.htm

Borders Territories/Issues - Tibet
'Hands off' isn't enough for Tibet: Dalai Lama stops short of autonomy
San Francisco Chronicle, July 24, 2005
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/
archive/2005/07/24/ING6RDRP0J1.DTL

Death Penalty
Kidnappers of county chief sentenced to death
绑架县组织部长两犯获死刑
The Beijing News, 25/07/2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/0724/12@03
3135.html

Fukuoka family killer executed in China after appeal fails
Mainichi, July 25, 2005
http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/national/news/p20050725p2a00m0na024000c.html

Detention – Ching Cheong (程翔)
Wife of detained reporter in China denies remarks on his release
AFP via YahooNews.com, 25/07/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050725/wl_asia_afp/chinasinga
porehongkongmedia_05072505080

• related news:
  Wife hopes reporter goes free this week
  SCMP, 24/07/2005
  http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZVPIZRFBE.html
  

Economic Development
Provinces still waiting for promised prosperity
SCMP, 25/07/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZBPZZRFBE.html

Economic Issues
Gains From China's Currency Change Recede on Second Day
Washington Post, July 23, 2005
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/200
5/07/22/AR2005072202052_pf.html

Education
Make education affordable for all
China Daily, July 23, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-07/23/content_462680.htm

Poor Students Must Get Immediate Help
China Daily, July 25, 2005
http://china.org.cn/english/China/136041.htm#

Environment - Pollution
In China's Dash to Develop, Environment Suffers Severely
Knight Ridder, July 25, 2005
http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=8322

Labor - Disasters
Five detained in mine blast that killed 83
Xinhua, July 24, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-07/24/content_462850.htm

Media - Internet
Mainland chat service wants users' real names
SCMP, 25/07/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZSXWZRFBE.html

Cyber-worm spies are made in China
AFP, July 25, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ2M90SFBE.html

Media – Press Freedom
Rural newspaper banned for covering illegal land transfer in rural areas
《农村青年》因揭露非法售地内幕遭封杀
Dajiyuan.com, 25/07/2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/7/24/n996152.htm

Political Dissidents/Organizing - Detention Cases
China still holds British citizen in jail
United Press International, July 24, 2005
http://washingtontimes.com/upi/20050724-125150-6072r.htm

Wife of detained reporter in China denies remarks on his release
AFP, July 25, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050725
/wl_asia_afp/chinasingaporehongkongmedia_050725050808

Population - One-child policy / gender imbalance
Challenges of maternal insurance as gender discrimination remains in big cities like Beijing
男女平等还是重女轻男 北京生育险面临公平困惑
Xinhuanet.com, 25/07/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2005-07/24/content
_3258718.htm

Poverty - Urban poverty
Low-cost housing announced to help poor urban families to get decent housing conditions
廉租住房如何办理?中国建设部负责人详细解读
EastDay.com, 25/07/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node75656/userobject1

Protests and Petitions
Ministry of Agriculture: all of the complaints received have been resolved, a showcase of success of new petitions and complaint system
件件有结果 农业部信访工作切实维护农民利益
Chinesenewsnet.com, 25/07/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/xhw_2005_07_23_22_55_09

Chinese Farmers in Dispute With Factory
AP, July 23, 2005
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/s
ns-ap-china-factory-vs-farm,1,1311101.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines

Protests and Petitions / Police - Abuse
Police accused of quashing farmers' pollution protest
SCMP,25/07/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZP440SFBE.html

Public health
China withholds vital information for tackling deadly bird flu virus
The Telegraph,24/07/2005
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005
/07/24/wchina24.xml&sSheet=/news/

300 dead egrets spark bird virus fears in Guangzhou
SCMP, July 25, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ2O60SFBE.html

Compulsory pre-marital health check-up in NE China creates controversy
Xinhua, July 25, 2005
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-07/25/content_463175.htm

Death toll from unknown illness rises to 17 in Sichuan
Xinhua, July 25, 2005
http://english.people.com.cn/200507/25/text20050725_198008.html

Suicide high among China's youth
BBC, July 25, 2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4714651.stm

China Bird-Flu Scare Ends
New York Times, July 25, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/25/international/asia/25china.html?pagewanted=print

Experts pinpoint virus in unknown disease in SW China
Xinhua, July 25, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-07/25/content_3266214.htm

Public Health - HIV Aids /STDs
Migrants fuel spread of Aids
SCMP, 25/07/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZMXWZRFBE.html

Public opinions on China's oppression on AIDS activists
听众谈中国抗艾滋积极分子遭打压
Voice of America,25/07/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/m2005-07-24-voa56.cfm

Society
Medical assistance to roving homeless people
流浪病人被弃救助站外, 谁来医疗救助？
Xinhuanet.com, 25/07/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/focus/2005-07/25/content_3244
087.htm

July 22, 2005

News

Corporate Social Responsibility
Companies required incorporating corporate social responsibility in policy, the reality in the business world today
现实要求企业承担社会责任
Nanfang Weekend, 21/07/2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20050721/jj/qs/2005072
10040.asp

• related news:
  Garment factory treats workers well to uphold corporate social responsibility
  侪达故事：企业社会责任的中国之路
  Nanfang Weekend, 21/07/2005
  http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20050721/jj/qs/2005072
  10039.asp
  

Bilaterals - US/China
China affirms 'no first use' nuke policy
China Daily, July 22, 2005
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-07/22/content_462350.htm

Pentagon's "China threat" paranoia
People’s Daily, July 22, 2005
http://english.people.com.cn/200507/22/text20050722_197800.html

No end to US worries over China threat
AFP, July 22, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050721/pl_afp/uschinathreat_050721174334

Bilaterals - Other
China denies explosives in London attack coming from Chinese military plant
Xinhua, July 22, 2005
http://english.people.com.cn/200507/22/text20050722_197744.html

China publishes book on wartime forced laborers in Japan
Xinhua, July 22, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-07/22/content_3254422.htm

Death Penalty - Cases
Millionaire executed, despite plead of not guilty of corruption charge
亿元金融巨贪被执行死刑 刑前仍不承认有罪(图)
YahooNew.com (China), 22/07/2005
http://cn.news.yahoo.com/050721/470/2dteu.html

Economic Development
Lots of wealth, lots of people, lots of flaws
International Herald Tribune, 22/07/2005
http://www.howardwfrench.com/archives/2005/07/22/lots_of
_wealth_lots_of_people_lots_of_fla

Economic Issues
Making sense of China's choice
Financial Times, July 22, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ft/20050722/bs_ft/fto072120052206473825

Environment - Disasters
China dam burst kills 15 people
BBC, July 22, 2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4706129.stm

Gender - Reproductive health
Pre-marital health checks reimposed in Heilongjiang
SCMP, 22/07/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZYID72EBE.html

Human Rights
Three Chinese writers given Hellman/Hammett Grant
中国三作家获赫尔曼/哈米特奖
Voice of America, 21/07/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-07-21-voa61.cfm

Labor - Disasters
5,290 coal mines shut for safety checks
Xinhua, July 22, 2005
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-07/22/content_462540.htm

Media – Press freedom
Jiao Guobiao criticizes China of strict control over media and intellectuals
焦国标谈中国政府控制媒体及思想
Voice of America, 21/07/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/2005-07-21-voa54.cfm

Media - Internet
China Internet users grow 18 pct to hit 103 million
Reuters via YahooNews.com, 22/07/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050722/wr_nm/china_internet_
dc/nc:731;_ylt=Auf5dSGGysqwLu6U

China's Internet users reach 103 million
China Daily, July 22, 2005
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-07/22/content_462329.htm

In Chinese Cyberspace, A Blossoming Passion
Washington Post, 19/07/2005
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/
2005/07/18/AR2005071801561.html

Migrant Workers
Clinic serves migrant workers only
民工诊所
Nanfang Weekend, 21/07/2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20050721/xw/xz/200507
210020.asp

Public Health
Long-standing problems in China's public health care system
中國醫療衛生問題積重難返
Hong Kong Economic Journal (Page 11), 22/07/2005

Breastmilk study suggests China is using DDT: High levels of banned pesticide found in Hong Kong women, researcher says
Reuters, July 22, 2005
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8667105/

Reforms - Social
Beijingers get a say in next 5-year plan
China Daily, July 22, 2005
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-07/22/content_462338.htm

Religion - Falun Gong
China waging 'war' against Falun Gong: ex-diplomat
AFP, July 22, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ9EFZRFBE.html

Resettlement - Forceful eviction
Henan Taikang peasants protest against forceful evictions for building a public square with the size of Tiananmen Square
港媒：河南小县建媲美天安门广场徵地惹民怨
Chinesenewsnet.com, 22/07/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/cna_2005_07_21_23_10_00

July 21, 2005

News

Bilaterals - US/China
US sees military power as limited
Reuters, AFP, July 21, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZPOL8ODBE.html

Diplomats hit 'groundless attacks'
Reuters, SCMP, July 21, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZI0PBODBE.html

Borders Territories/Issues - Taiwan
Lien Chan says his mainland visit fruitful
People’s Daily Online, July 21, 2005
http://english.people.com.cn/200507/21/text20050721_197
548.html

Death Penalty
From death sentence to death penalty with reprieve: Guangzhou Court reviews indictment of drug traffickers
全国最大制贩摇头丸案审结 嫌犯由死刑改判死缓
EastDay.com, 21/07/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node75081/userobject1

Economic Issues
China Says It Will No Longer Peg Its Currency to the U.S. Dollar
International Herald Tribune, July 21, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/21/business/worldbusiness/
21cnd-china.html?ei=5094&en=e12a13cb678ded22&hp=&ex
=1122004800&adxnnl=1&partner=homepage&adxnnlx=11219588
70-9Fzelo5ROz2Jp5aVRvcatw

Labor - Disasters
Latest China mine blast kills 26
Reuters, July 21, 2005
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/07/20/china.mine
.reut/index.html?section=cnn_latest

6 die in deserted mining pit collapse in central China
Xinhua, July 21, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-07/21/content_
3248119.htm

Law
Henan Nanyang biggest homicide case: wrongfully convicted man given 300,000 yuan compensation after spending 13 years in jail
河南南阳第一命案13年后30万国家赔偿执行到位
EastDay.com, 21/07/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node75081/userobject1

Media
"Harmonious society" and "food safety" among new Chinese media buzzwords
Interfax China, 21/07/2005
http://www.interfax.cn/showfeature.asp?aid=3743&slug=CHINA
-MEDIA-NEWSPAPERS-SURVEY

Media asked for more efforts to show "real China"
Xinhuanet.com, 20/07/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-07/20/content_324
6038.htm

Media - Internet
Let a Thousand Filters Bloom
Washington Post, 20/07/2005
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/
2005/07/19/AR2005071901556.html

Olympics / Resettlement
Beijing police arrest peasants who protests against forceful eviction for Olympic preparation
北京警方拘捕数名抗议政府强征土地的农民
Radio Free Asia, 20/07/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2005/07/20/chaiqian/

Co-host cities pin hopes on Games
China Daily, 20/07/2005
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-07/20/cont
ent_461591.htm

Population - One-child policy / gender imbalance
Sex imbalance could threaten progress
SCMP, 21/07/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZVRJPQDBE.html

Protests and Petitions
19 petitioners arrested on the way to Zhongnanhai
圖往中南海請願京拘19上訪者
Orisun.com, 21/07/2005
http://the-sun.com.hk/channels/news/20050721/2005072102
3153_0001.html

Farm owner sues Guangzhou city government for forceful eviction, a real test for the legality of the new petition regulations
信访要求能否下放 农场主状告广州市政府
Legal Daily, 21/07/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2005-07/21/content_17
1183.htm

Hundred demobilized soldiers petition to Beijing for losing jobs at SOEs
數百退伍兵北京上訪
Orientaldaily.com, 21/07/2005
http://orientaldaily.com.hk/cgi-bin/nsrch.cgi?seq=490804

Resettlement
Hebei Dingzhou: Villagers welcome the halt of land conscription
河北定州绳油村土地不再征用 当地村民表示拥护
EastDay.com, 21/07/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node75081/userobject1

Villagers triumph in deadly land grab in China
AFP, July 21, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050721/
wl_asia_afp/chinarightslandclash_050721065016

Public Health - HIV AIDS /STDs / Children
Children unseen victims of Aids
SCMP, 21/07/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ3PL8ODBE.html

Number of Aids orphan reach 76, 000 and to increase to 2.6 million in 2010
我国现有7.6万名艾滋孤儿 2010年将增至26万
Chinesenewsnet.com, 20/07/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/xhw_2005_07_20_09_55_28

Rural Issues - rural development
US farm subsidies more than GDP of poor countries, the livelihoods of 900 million Chinese peasants severely affected
美農業補貼超窮國GDP, 中國九億農民生計受影響
Asia Times Online,20/07/2005
http://www.atchinese.com/2005/07/0720repa.htm

July 20, 2005

Top news of the day

Media - Press freedom/censorship
BBC Beijing reporter, cameraman briefly detained, searched
YahooNews.com (Asia Section), 19/07/2005
BBC correspondent in Beijing, Bessie Du, and her Japanese camera man were reportedly strip-searched and detained for four hours by police outside Beijing after they had interviewed a group of landless farmers near Dingzhou city.
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/050719/kyodo/d8beeeng1.html

Protests and Petitions
Anger in China Rises Over Threat to Environment
New York Times, 20/07/2005
Xinchang government in Zhejiang province deployed dozens of busloads of police officers to clamp down as many as 15,000 angry protesters who staged protest against a pharmaceuticals plant allegedly causing severe pollution in their village.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/19/international/asia/19
china.html?

• related news:
  Pharmaceuticals factory closed down as Zhejiang peasants stage protests
  浙江农民抗议当地药厂污染环境
  Voice of America, 20/07/2005
  http://www.voanews.com/chinese/2005-07-19-voa62.cfm
  

Protesters in China get angrier and bolder
The New York Times, July 20, 2005
http://www.iht.com/bin/print_ipub.php?file=/articles/2005/07/19/news/china.php

Angry farmers force factory to close
AP, July 20, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZA9YC2ABE.html

News

Bilaterals - US/China

US does not consider China a threat: White House
AFP, July 20, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050720/
pl_afp/uschinamilitary_050720142205

China blasts U.S. concerns on its military rise
Reuters, July 20, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050720/ts_nm/china_usa_reaction_dc_1

Pentagon Says China Seeks to Extend Military Reach
Los Angeles Times, July 20, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/latimests/200507
20/ts_latimes/pentagonsayschinaseekstoextendmilitaryreach

Bilaterals - Other
Chen's pitch to Congress may fuel row with China
Sydney Morning Herald, July 20, 2005
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/chens-pitch-to-congress
-may-fuel-row-with-china/2005/07/19/1121538975641.html?o
neclick=true

China to Japan: Be honest about germ warfare
Reuters, July 20, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050720/
wl_nm/china_japan_dc_2

Death Penalty
Courts urged to be cautious in death penalty rulings
最高人民法院要求严把“死刑”关
Chinesenewsnet.com, 20/07/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/xhw_2005_07_19_20_25_07

Serial rapist sentenced to death by Anhui Court
安徽界首：骗奸多名女生被告人一审被判死刑
Chinesenewsnet.com, 20/07/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/xhw_2005_07_19_22_55_09

Environment - Natural Resources
Unocal accepts Chevron, rejects China suitor
AFP, July 20, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/200507
20/ts_alt_afp/uschinaoilcompany_050720142731

Human Rights - Bilateral ties
Chen to address US committee on China rights abuses
Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 19/07/2005
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200507/s1417786.htm

Labor - Disasters
Death toll from Tongchuan coal mine blast rises to 20
Xinhua, July 20, 2005
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-07/20/content
_461856.htm

Miners Saved from Collapsed Coal Mine in Jilin
Xinhua, July 20, 2005
http://china.org.cn/english/China/135545.htm

Labor - Employment market and income
Graduates kept on file to improve jobless rate
SCMP, 20/07/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZRHYC2ABE.html

Registered jobless rate unchanged at 4.2%
Xinhuanet.com, 20/07/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-07/20/content_324
1829.htm

Law
Hubei Committee of Political and Legislative Affairs issues public statement to conclude lessons learned in She Xianglin’s wrongful conviction case
荆门首次公开总结佘祥林案教训 主观原因多于客观
Chinesenewsnet.com, 20/07/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/xhw_2005_07_19_04_55_21

Law - Legal profession
Beijing: three types of judicial mistakes to be marked in judges' performance record
北京：三类司法不当将被记入档案
Xinhuanet.com, 20/07/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2005-07/20/content_
3241547.htm

New regulations strive to strengthen lawyers' rights in doing their job
律师维权探索立法应予借鉴
Legal Daily, 20/07/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2005-07/20/content_1702
95.htm

Law – Legal rights
Court to be punished if rejects materials for filing case
北京：法院拒收诉讼材料将受罚
Xinhuanet.com, 20/07/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2005-07/20/content_
3241560.htm

Media – Press freedom
Journalists too willing to write fake stories for cash, seminar told
SCMP, 20/07/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZIFWI2ABE.html

Media - Internet
China censors weave sophisticated Web to trap dissenters
SCMP, 20/07/2005
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZERVI2ABE.html

China's Evolving Blogosphere
Asia Pacific Media Network, 19/07/2005
http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=26947

China's Censored Online Market Booms as India's Lags (Update1)
Bloomberg, July 20, 2005
http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=nifea&&sid=aV5
bHxBfTio0

Google grabs top Microsoft exec for China lab
The National Business Review, July 20, 2005
http://www.nbr.co.nz/home/column_article.asp?id=12462&cid
=3&cname=Technology

Olympics
China adds four cities to 2008 Olympic hosting roster
Reuters, July 20, 2005
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=world
News&storyID=2005-07-20T023246Z_01_MOR009156_RTR
UKOC_0_OLYMPICS-CHINA-VENUES.xml

Protests and Petitions
Henan government strengthens accountability mechanism to facilitate ‘receiving complaining letters campaign’
河南通过强化责任追究 促进公安信访问题解决
Xinhuanet.com, 20/07/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2005-07/20/content_
3242448.htm

Public Health
Health care beyond reach of many in Guangdong, survey shows
SCMP, 20/07/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZW8YC2ABE.html

UN, NGOs say China must do more to help children affected by HIV/AIDS
AFP, July 20, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/200507
20/hl_afp/healthaidschina_050720102913

Resettlement - Forceful eviction
Fuzhou farmer petitioners charged "distribution social order" after suing local government over land disputes
福州状告地方政府的农民代表被判刑
Dajiyuan.com, 19/07/2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/7/19/n990878.htm

Women - Women's Rights
Open Debate on Women's Rights
China Daily, July 20, 2005
http://china.org.cn/english/China/135549.htm

July 19, 2005

Top news of the day

Protests and Petitions
Retaliatory Detentions of Shanghai Petitioners
Human Rights in China Press Release, 19/07/2005
Shanghai police reportedly detained some Shanghai active petitioners, who had urged for the early release of detained petitioner Xu Zhengqing (徐正清) on June 28, for over 10 days. Some of the detained petitioners were charged with "disturbing public order".
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision%5fid=
23671&item%5fid=23669

State Security - State secrets
Two Experts In China Dispute Bird-Flu Risks
Asian Wall Street Journal, 19/07/2005
Senior Ministry of Agriculture official rejected research finding of Dr Guan Yi (管軼), a prominent flu scientist from University of Hong Kong, that suggested a continuing avian flu outbreak in western China originated in the country's south. Dr Guan's laboratory in Shantou was ordered to stop the bird flu research.
http://online.wsj.com/search/aggregate#SB112163484429687736

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News

Bilaterals - Other
Six-party talks to restart on July 26: FM spokesman
Xinhua, July 19, 2005
http://english1.people.com.cn/200507/19/text20050719_197023.html

China, Vietnam vow to further good-neighborly relations
Xinhua, July 19, 2005
http://english1.people.com.cn/200507/19/text20050719_196838.html

Japan court rejects germ war compensation
China Daily, July 19, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-07/19/content_461471.htm

China, Sudan militaries to increase exchanges
Xinhua, July 19, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-07/19/content_3240753.htm

Children - Children trafficking
Police crackdown on a baby trafficking ring in Henan province
河南省捣破贩卖婴儿集团
Dajiyuan.com, 18/07/2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/7/18/n989706.htm

Death Penalty
Former township party secretary in Yunan Baoshan city sentenced to death for killing mistress
云南昌宁县原县委书记杨国瞿杀害情人被判死刑
EastDay.com, 19/07/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node74728/userobject1

Sichuan men sentenced to death for killing wife to get insurance claims
精心设计车祸杀妻骗保 狠丈夫杨爱平被判死刑
Chinesenewsnet.com, 19/07/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Main
land/xhw_2005_07_18_06_55_13

Environment - Disasters
Typhoon Haitang Slams Into Mainland China
AP, July 19, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050719/ap_on_re_as/asia_typhoon_8

Environment - Natural Resources
Beijing sends workers on leave to save power
Xinhua, July 19, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-07/19/content_461478.htm

Food Security
Consumers have low confidence in food safety
China Daily, 19/07/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-07/19/content
_461401.htm

Government - Elections
China puts democracy to test
Financial Times, 19/07/2005
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/05b45e9e-f7e4-11d9-9f64-00000
e2511c8.html

Government – Governance and accountability / Corruption
Return to the bad old days
SCMP, 19/07/2005
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZ1YTC2ABE.html

Why most NPC representatives oppose to be accountable to their constituency?
半数人大代表反对述职的背后
China Youth Daily, 19/07/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-07/19/content_33696.htm

Labor - Disasters
Coal Mine Blast Traps 19 in Shaanxi
Xinhua, July 19, 2005
http://china.org.cn/english/China/135419.htm#

Labor - Disputes
Building Companies Ignore Midday Work Ban
Shenzhen Daily, July 19, 2005
http://china.org.cn/english/China/135420.htm#

Law
Convenience store compensates girl 100,000 yuan for shoplifting accusation and unjustified body search
便利店无端搜身 一少女精神受损获赔10万元
Chinesenewsnet.com, 19/07/2005
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42732/3550873.html

Law – legal reform
Supreme People's Court set sail on judicial reform
人民法院司法改革主要任务确定
Legal Daily, 19/07/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-07/19/content_169
453.htm

Supreme People's Court to issue judicial interpretation of trying juvenile delinquency cases
审未成年人刑案司法解释将出台
Legal Daily, 19/07/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-07/19/content_169
477.htm

China to revise Criminal Procedural Law for preventing confessions by torture
People's Daily, 18/07/2005
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200507/18/eng20050718_
196782.html

Migrant Workers - Migrant children
How to regulate schools for migrant worker's children?
民工子弟学校怎样更加规范
Legal Daily, 19/07/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-07/19/content_169488.htm

Protests and Petitions
Agricultural department hires petition investigators to deal with increasing complaints on violations of peasants’ rights
农业部信访督查督办 坚决纠正损害农民权益问题
Chinesenewsnet.com, 18/07/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Main
land/zxs_2005-07-

Violent protest by farmers forces shutdown of pharmaceutical plant
AP, July 19, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZBOUI2ABE.html

Public Health
China's five-star clinics offer health for wealth
Asia Times Online, 19/07/2005
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/GG19Ad02.html

China to combat growing obesity problem with new nutritional standards
YahooNews.com (Asia Section), 18/07/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050718/hl_
afp/healthchinaobsesity_050718213

China Has Not Shared Crucial Data On Bird Flu Outbreaks, Officials Say
Washington Post Foreign Service, July 19, 2005
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/18/AR2005071801584_pf.html

Reforms - Elections
China puts democracy to test
Financial Times, July 19, 2005
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/05b45e9e-f7e4-11d9-9f64-00000e2511c8.html

Reforms - Military
PLA gets transparent shopping list
China Daily, July 19, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-07/19/content_461222.htm

Reforms - Social
Coverage of China's social security further enlarged: ministry
Xinhua, July 19, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-07/19/content_3240401.htm

Religion - Falun Gong
Late-Term Abortion Forced on Falun Gong Practitioner
The Epoch Times, July 19, 2005
http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-7-19/30401.html

Rural Issues - Poverty
Farmers in eastern China live better life
Xinhua, July 19, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-07/19/content_3238980.htm

Tibet
Beijing pledge on next Dalai Lama
SCMP, 19/07/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZUKTI2ABE.html