The HRIC Daily Brief is a daily selection of news stories and commentary related to human rights in China, drawn from Chinese- and English-language news and online media sources that we monitor daily. In addition to headlines and source links, HRIC also provides English translation of Chinese headlines.

Wednesday, August 31, 2005

August 31, 2005

Top news of the day

Police – Abuse / Human Rights - Human rights defenders
Activist group shut before envoy's visit
SCMP, 31/08/2005
Rights activist Hou Wenzhuo was virtually putting house arrest as police surrounded her home in Beijing, after police raided her office yesterday.
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZP0M0GZCE.html

Police – RTL / Protests and Petitions
Petitioner Wang Qiaojuan Sentenced to RTL
Human Rights in China Press Release, 30/08/2005
Shanghai petitioner Wang Qiaojuan (王巧娟) was sentenced to one year of Reeducation Through Labor (RTL) on a charge of “obstructing the execution of public duty. ”She was attacked by public securities on June 24 and formally detained on July 7, as she and some 30 petitioners attempted to make way to petition to Beijing authority.
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision%5fid
=24481&item%5fid=24478

Protests and Petitions / Corruption - Cases
Villagers starting hunger strike to remove leader
SCMP, 31/08/2005
Residents of Taishi village in Guangzhou's Panyu district would stage a hunger strike today to
pressure the local government to remove their corrupted village chief, who had been accused of embezzling village funds.
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ50M0GZCE.html

Xinjiang
Xinjiang Police Form Special Unit for Exile Dissident's Family
Radio Free Asia, 31/08/2005
Xinjiang police have set up a special unit, known as "the number 307 office", to investigate the relatives and business interests of exiled Uyghur dissident Rebiya Kadeer.
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/politics/2005/08/30/
uyghur_kadeer/


News

Corruption
China Youth Daily: How many people have been sentenced for corruption?
中国青年报：有多少人因为行贿而判刑
People's Daily, 30/08/2005
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42731/3652783.html

Death Penalty / Law
Interview with NPC members and Supreme People's Court on the proposal of scrapping death penalty on non-violent crimes
关注非暴力犯罪死刑问题 专访全国人大和高法
EastDay.com, 31/08/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node
83476/userobject1ai1398691.html

Detention – Zhao Yan (趙岩) / State Security - State secrets
Secrecy Veils China's Jailing of a Journalist
New York Times, 31/08/2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/31/international/asia/3
1secret.html?ex=1283140800&en=4e50d6e91e1a4cdf&ei=5
088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

Detention – Yao Fushan (姚福善) / Human Rights - Human rights defenders
Jailed labor rights activist Yao Fushan suffers from heart attack in prison
辽阳工运领袖姚福信狱中发心脏病
Voice of America, 30/08/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-08-30-voa14.cfm

Education - Basic education / Law
Clear definition on free education needed before any law amendments
中国经济时报:修订义务教育法应先正名义务教育
People's Daily, 30/08/2005
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42731/3653087.html

Gender - Sexual harassment
Expert anxious the blurred sexual harassment definition to make people getting uneasy about socializing activities
專家稱若不對性騷擾進行界定將會引發交往恐慌
CRI Online, 31/08/2005
http://big5.chinabroadcast.cn/gate/big5/gb.chinabroadcast.cn/
3821/2005/08/31/107@680600.htm

Beijing court to receive the first sexual harassment case
北京将有首起性骚扰诉讼
Chinesenewsnet.com, 30/08/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Main
land/cna_2005_08_30_05_00_31_843.html

Gender - Gender equality / Law
Law should also protect male's sexual rights
男性性权利法律也该保护
Legal Daily, 31/08/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-08/31/content_1885
50.htm

Gender - Women trafficking / UN
Top UN Human Rights Official Urges Ratification of Anti-Trafficking Agreements
Voice of America, 30/08/2005
http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-08-30-voa9.cfm

Human Rights / UN
Back off on human rights, Beijing says
SCMP, 31/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZT0M0GZCE.html

Human Rights - Human rights defenders / UN
Right activists monitored during the UN Human Rights Commissioner's visit
联合国官员到访中国监控异议人士
Voice of America, 31/08/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-08-30-voa15.cfm

Land
Ministry of Land and Resources urged to crackdown on illegal land confiscation in the name of "renting"
國土資源部緊急通知 阻擊“以租代徵”圈地運動
CRI Online, 31/08/2005
http://big5.chinabroadcast.cn/gate/big5/gb.chinabroadcast.cn/
3821/2005/08/31/107@680646.htm

Legal reform in China: many ideas, yet too many challenges
中国司法改革头绪繁多落实遇挑战
Voice of America, 30/08/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/2005-08-30-voa30.cfm

Media - Press freedom/censorship
Media monitoring should not be treated as media censorship
舆论监督不应成为“媒体审判”
People's Daily, 31/08/2005
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42731/3651372.html

Police – Abuse / Human Rights - Human rights defenders
Hu Jia beaten up by Public Security on the day when UN High Commissioner started the China visit
【专访】联合国专员访华 胡佳遭毒打
Dajiyuan.com, 31/08/2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/8/31/n1036010.htm

Protests and Petitions / Rural Issues
Activist speaks about a tidal wave of protests in rural areas upcoming
韩东方：中国新一轮农民起义揭开序幕？
Chinesenewsnet.com, 31/08/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Opinion/2005
_8_30_20_23_19_651.html

Public Health - HIV AIDS /STDs / Rural Issues
AIDS campaign to focus on remote rural regions
Xinhuanet.com, 31/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/31/content_342
4750.htm

Public Health / Government
More funding on the public health sector so hospitals no need to sell drugs to make a budget balance
“以医养医”取代“以药养医”效果如何？
Radio Free Asia, 30/08/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/08/30/yiyao/

An insight into sky-high medical expenses
Sinofile.net via China Digital News, 28/08/2005
http://www.sinofile.net/Saiweng/swsite.nsf/FullStory?readform&
25BF5756334CF2554825704C001DE2DA

Society - Ethnic minority / Economic Development
China to formulate development policy in favor of the ethnic minorities
中國將採取措施加快人口較少民族發展
CRI Online, 31/08/2005
http://big5.chinabroadcast.cn/gate/big5/gb.chinabroadcast.cn/
3821/2005/08/30/107@680509.htm

Xinjiang / State Security - Terrorism
Xinjiang police set up anti-terrorism training school to crackdown terrorism and separatism in the region
新疆警方兴建"中亚反恐学校"打击"三股势力"
EastDay.com, 31/08/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node83
476/userobject1ai1398461.html

Hong Kong
June 4 democrats invited by Beijing
The Standard, 31/08/2005
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=
12&art_id=606&sid=4349075&con_type=1

Tuesday, August 30, 2005

August 30, 2005

Top news of the day

Police – Abuse / Human Rights
Beijing Police Raid Rights Group Office
New York Times, 30/08/2005
Beijing police raid the office of a US-funded human right group Empowerment and Rights Institute on the same day when UN High Commissioner for Human Rights started her China visit. The director of the Institute feared that police may take further action in preventing her from meeting the UN Commissioner.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/30/international/asia/30
china.html?ex=1283054400&en=a07cba94c15d73f2&ei=5088
&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss


News

Border Territories/Issues-Taiwan
Lien Chan to set up Cross-Straits Peace Foundation
Xinhua, 30/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/29/content_34
19423.htm

Bilaterals-Other
China says WW2 victory celebrations not anti-Japan
By Benjamin Kang Lim, Reuters, 30/08/2005
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=world
News&storyID=2005-08-30T090232Z_01_DIT032565_RT
RIDST_0_INTERNATIONAL-CHINA-JAPAN-DC.XML

Death Penalty
Drug trafficker sentenced to death for selling drug on probation period
假釋期間又販毒 貴州毒犯被處死刑
CRI Online, 30/08/2005
http://big5.chinabroadcast.cn/gate/big5/gb.chinabroadcast.cn
/3821/2005/08/29/1566@677393.htm

Education
Ministry of Education to abandon fees on school selection to make basic education genuinely free in rural areas
教育部称择校费将取消 农村义务教育将全部免费
Xinhuanet.com, 30/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/edu/2005-08/30/content_3419
661.htm

Environment - Disasters
Over 1,000 die in floods in China so far this year, government says
AFP via YahooNews.com, 30/08/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/
20050830/sc_afp/chinaweatherfloods_050830133051

Gender - Gender equality
China vow to make gender equality a basic principle of national policy
中国坚持男女平等基本国策
The Beijing News, 30/08/2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/0830/11@0236
53.html

Enforcing the Law on the Protection of Women's Rights and Interests is not only a government effort, but also a collective social responsibility
贯彻实施妇女法是全社会共同责任
Legal Daily, 30/08/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-08/30/content_187
775.htm

Why we need to place gender equality as the basic principle of national policy?
为什么要把男女平等提到国策高度
Xinhuanet.com, 30/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-08/30/content_3420
706.htm

Gender - Domestic violence
Hotline hears a litany of women's tragedies
SCMP, 30/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ2NDS0YCE.html

Gender - Sexual harassment / Law
NPC may clarify the scope of "sexual harassment"
全国人大官员称:不排除进一步界定性骚扰行为
EastDay.com, 30/08/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node83253/userobject1ai1393243.html

Hong Kong - Human Rights
Protesters allege HK Disney abuses
AP via CNN.com, 30/08/2005
http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/08/30/hongkon
g.disney.ap/

Hong Kong - Politics
H.K. opposition lawmakers allowed to visit mainland China
Kyodo via YahooNews.com, 30/08/2005
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/050830/kyodo/d8ca3qu02.html

Human Rights / UN
UN Human Rights Commissioner: China commit to improve human rights with international cooperation
联合国人权高专：中国致力于人权领域国际合作
People's Daily, 30/08/2005
http://world.people.com.cn/GB/1029/42408/3653158.html

UN rights chief's China trip focuses on abuses
Reuters via YahooNews.com, 30/08/2005
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/050829/3/26f2p.html

UN rights chief to push for reforms
SCMP, 30/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ8SNT0YCE.html

Families of detained dissidents urge UN High Commissioner to pressure China on improving human rights conditions
公开信吁UN官员促中国改善人权
Voice of America, 29/08/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-08-29-voa48.cfm

Human Rights - Bilateral ties
China open to dialogue on human rights, NPC vice chairman
People's Daily, 29/08/2005
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200508/29/eng20050829_20
5097.html

Labor - Industrial accidents / Government -Governance and accountability
Governor in self-criticism over mine deaths
SCMP, 30/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZYG3S0YCE.html

Law / Protests and Petitions
Changes to protest law put organizers 'at greater risk'
SCMP, 30/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ8JNT0YCE.html

Media - Internet
Beware of nude web chats
News24.com, 30/08/2005
http://www.news24.com/News24/Technology/News/0,,2-13-
1443_1761904,00.html

Multilaterals - UN
UN: China on track to meet all MDGs
China Daily, 30/08/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-08/30/content
_473317.htm

Olympics-Security
China, Greece to set up joint committee on Olympic security
Xinhua, 30/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/30/content_342
3008.htm

Poverty / Government
Amendment to the law on personal income tax may not bridge the income gap between the rich and the poor in the short-run
个税法修正:不能对短期缩小贫富差距抱过高希望
Xinhuanet.com, 29/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/fortune/2005-08/30/content_34
19593.htm

Protests and Petitions
Some 70,000 protests in China this year
中国一年发生七万多次民众抗争
Voice of America, 29/08/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-08-29-voa39.cfm

Public Health / Law
An unsettled medical dispute for 12 years
一起十二年未了的医疗纠纷
Legal Daily, 30/08/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2005-08/30/content_187
815.htm

Public Health - HIV AIDS /STDs
U.S., China AIDS Researchers Sign Pact
AP via YahooNews.com, 30/08/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050829/ap_
on_he_me/us_china_aids_1

China, US cooperate in AIDS fight
AP via China Daily, 30/08/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-08/30/content
_473484.htm

Public Health - Other
Gov't provides free health check-up for married rural women
Xinhua, 30/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/30/content_3423
209.htm

600,000 Beijingers feel depressed
China Economic Net, 30/08/2005
http://en-1.ce.cn/Life/social/200508/30/t20050830_455670
3.shtml

Rural Issues-Poverty
Female suicides happen most often in rural areas
Xinhua, 30/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/29/content_3416
895.htm

Society
Awkward beggars
SCMP, 30/08/2005
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZXCMT0YCE.html

State Security – Terrorism / Police
Ministry of Public Security said China is under threat of terrorism
公安部称恐怖主义出现新特征 中国面临恐怖威胁
People's Daily, 30/08/2005
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1027/3652526.html

Women
Trafficking of women, children on rise worldwide-UN
Reuters, 30/08/2005
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=world
News&storyID=2005-08-30T080315Z_01_YUE028817_RTR
UKOC_0_UK-RIGHTS-TRAFFICKING.xml

Monday, August 29, 2005

August 27-29, 2005

Top news of the day

Law - Legal reform / Police - Abuse
10 key highlights of the Law on Governing Offenses against Public Order
治安管理处罚法十大看点：尊重保障人权
NPC passed the Law on Governing Offences against Public Order to specify scopes of offences against public orders and power abuses of the police. The law would take effective in March 1, 2006.
People's Daily, 29/08/2005
http://npc.people.com.cn/GB/14957/3648728.html


Protests and Petitions / Police
Five elderly villagers held as police break up protest
SCMP, 28/08/2005
Police was allegedly detained 22 petitioners, including five elderly villagers, who participated in the large-scale rioting broken out in Huaxi County, Zhejiang province on April 10. The arrest has reignited tensions between the village petitioners and police.
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZYSLMPVCE.html



News

Detention / Protests and Petitions
Henan petitioner attempts to organize protest in Tiananmen Square sentenced to prison for 1.5 years
河南漢發動天安門示威囚年半
Ming Pao, 29/08/2005
http://full.mingpaonews.com/20050829/t_cag1.htm

Former American businessman lobbies for China's political prisoners
AP via Signonsandiego.com, 28/08/2005
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20050828-0940-ca-
chineseprisoneradvocate.html

Gender - Discrimination / Status / Law
Interpretations of the Law on the Protection of Women's Rights and Interests
解读妇女权益保障法修正案
Legal Daily, 29/08/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2005-08/29/content_187
309.htm


Authorized announcement: Law on the Protection of Women's Rights and Interests (Full Text)
受权发布：中华人民共和国妇女权益保障法
Xinhuanet.com, 28/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2005-08/28/content_
3413366.htm

Government - Governance and accountability / Law
Chinese lawmakers attend lecture on administrative enforcement
People's Daily, 29/08/2005
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200508/29/eng20050829_
204999.html

NPC to hold landmark public hearing
SCMP, 29/08/2005
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZMZVMPVCE.html

Government - Governance and accountability
Shaanxi Xianyang city residents allowed to attend government meetings for public policy-making
公民旁听市府决策
Nanfang Weekend, August 25, 2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20050825/xw/szxw1/
200508250007.asp

Law / Police
Laws target police and social stability
SCMP, 29/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZRTKHPVCE.html

Media - Press freedom/censorship
How to avoid breaching reporting guidelines?
如何避免在中国采访时误触法网
Voice of America, 27/08/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-08-27-voa30.cfm

Sex and the City (and China's media crackdown)
Asia Times Online, 27/08/2005
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/GH27Ad02.html

Migrant Workers - Migrant children
40% of rural children whose parents left to work in cities do not want to join their parents
四成留守儿童不想随父母进城
The Beijing News, 29/08/2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/0827/10@0311
54.html

Olympics
Beijing's Quest for 2008: To Become Simply Livable
New York Times, 28/08/2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/28/international/asia/28
beijing.html

Protests and Petitions
Pollution protests a powder keg, say activists
SCMP, 29/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZYOLHPVCE.html

China's Angry Petitioners
Asian Wall Street Journal, 26/08/2005
http://www.howardwfrench.com/archives/2005/08/26/chinas_
angry_petitioners/

Public Health / Tibet -
China Culls Cattle in Qinghai Tibetan Village
Radio Free Asia, 25/08/2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2005/08/25/tibet_cattle/

Religion - Christianity
Pope meets group about China ties
SCMP, 27/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZCLEGSTCE.html

Resettlement - Forceful eviction / Law
113 Gansu Chengxian peasants sue local government for unlawful forceful eviction and demanding 25 million yuan in compensation
甘肅成縣113名農民告政府強行拆遷 索賠2500萬
CRI Online, 29/08/2005
http://big5.chinabroadcast.cn/gate/big5/gb.chinabroadcast.cn/
3821/2005/08/29/381@677352.htm

Society
Online beggar directory a waste?
China Daily, 29/08/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-08/29/content
_472946.htm

UN / Human Rights
UN rights official to meet Hu during visit
SCMP, 27/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZOULISTCE.html

Xinjiang
China set to use force to crackdown on Uygur Muslim terrorists and separatists
据称中国或准备镇压维吾尔穆斯林
Voice of America, 27/08/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-08-27-voa26.cfm

Controversy over Xinjiang's development record
西藏变化巨大各方褒贬不一
Voice of America, 27/08/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-08-27-voa25.cfm

Friday, August 26, 2005

August 26, 2005

Top news of the day

Xinjiang – Rebiya Kadeer / State Security -Terrorism
Exiled Uygur activist accused of terror plot
SCMP, 26/08/2005
Xinjiang party secretary Wang Lequen (王樂泉) publicly accused the exiled Uygur dissident Rebiya Kadeer of "conspiring with separatists and religious extremists" on ways to plan terror attacks in the region. Wang added that the the authorities had gathered enough evidence showing Rebiya Kadeer's close connection with terrorists activists overseas.
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ8CDVRRCE.html






News

Death Penalty
Robbers, rapists and murderers executed in Beijing
北京一批搶劫、強姦、殺人重犯今天被執行死刑
CRI Online, 25/08/2005
http://big5.chinabroadcast.cn/gate/big5/gb.chinabroadcast.cn/
3821/2005/08/25/381@674252.htm

Corrupt official gets death penalty
China Daily, 26/08/2005
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-08/26/cont
ent_472290.htm

Shanghai arsonists given severe punishment
China Daily, 26/08/2005
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-08/26/cont
ent_472292.htm

Detentions
China may free dissident ahead of Hu's U.S. visit
Reuters, 26/08/2005
http://olympics.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=top
News&storyID=2005-08-26T081556Z_01_DIT629691_RTRI
DST_0_NEWS-CHINA-USA-VISIT-DC.XML

Gender - Gender equality
Chinese women: less than half of heaven
United Press International via China Digital, 25/08/2005
http://news.monstersandcritics.com/asiapacific/article_104378
8.php/Chinese_women_less_than_half_of_heaven

Government - Governance and accountability
5,000 Party officials disciplined Jan-June
Xinhuanet.com, 26/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/25/content_340
4308.htm

Government - Civil service
Shanghai's new civil servants required intern practices in grassroots font size
People's Daily, 26/08/2005
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200508/26/eng20050826_
204688.html

Law - Criminal
Young offenders under age 18 to [be] free from detention in China
People’s Daily, 25/08/2005
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200508/25/eng20050825_20
4606.html

Labor - Disasters
Latest in grim series of China mine blasts kills 15
Reuters, 26/08/2005
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK268518.htm

Labor - Industrial accidents
Accidents claim 951 lives in first eight months
Xinhuanet.com, 25/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/25/content_340
3288.htm

Law - Juvenile justice
Young offenders under age 18 to free from detention in China
People's Daily, 25/08/2005
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200508/25/eng20050825_
204606.html

Media - Press freedom/censorship
One more news company drops plan that extends broadcasting service to more Chinese provinces due to government pressures
中国限制境外媒体又一计划遭搁置
Voice of America, 25/08/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-08-25-voa37.cfm

Protests and Petitions / Police
Police stop four AIDS protestors to make petitions at the Beijing Petition and Letter Office
四名艾滋病感染者在京上访遭公安殴打
Dajiyuan.com, 26/08/2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/8/26/n1030871.htm

Protests and Petitions
Beijing set to demolish the Petitioner Village on the countryside
中国官方将清拆北京上访村
Radio Free Asia, 25/08/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/08/25/
shangfang/

Poisoned village up in arms again
SCMP, 26/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ4MDURRCE.html





Protests and Petitions / Resettlement - Forceful eviction
Guangdong Nanhai villagers stage furious protests over forceful eviction
广东南海区村民抬棺抗议政府征地
Voice of America, 25/08/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-08-25-voa57.cfm

Public Health
33 sentenced for illegal medical practice
Xinhuanet.com, 26/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/25/content_340
3265.htm

Thirty-three Chinese sentenced for illegal medical practice
People’s Daily, 26/08/2005
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200508/26/print20050826
_204721.html

UN
UNHCR opens first Procurement Information Center in China
People's Daily, 26/08/2005
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200508/26/eng20050826
_204677.html

Xinjiang / State Security - Terrorism
Xinjiang crackdown on a terrorist group and shot dead the ring leader
新疆搗毀暴力恐怖團夥擊斃頭目阿布杜拉-庫爾班
CRI Online, 26/08/2005
http://big5.chinabroadcast.cn/gate/big5/gb.chinabroadcast.cn/
3821/2005/08/26/922@674653.htm

Thursday, August 25, 2005

August 25, 2005

Top news of the day

Detention – Ching Cheong (程翔)
Detained reporter Ching can't get lawyer yet
SCMP, 25/08/2005
Beijing authorities turned down the application by the family of the detained journalist Ching Cheong to seek legal representation for Ching, on the grounds that the case is still under investigation.
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZF5BURRCE.html

Xinjiang
China detained 10 Xinjiang Muslims for "secession of state power"
中国以分裂罪拘留十名新疆穆斯林
Voice of America, 25/08/2005
A Uighur rights group reported that 10 Uighurs was detained and charged with "secession of state power". Police accused the Uighurs of engaging in the separatism activities in Xinjiang.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-08-24-voa40.cfm


News

Death Penalty
Chenzhou pension funds official sentenced to death for embezzling 100 million yuan
“公积金第一案”主犯李树彪获死刑
The Beijing News, 25/08/2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/0825/09@014
759.html

Shanghai arsonist sentenced to death with two year suspension
沪动迁纵火案主犯被判死缓
The Beijing News, 25/08/2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/0825/09@01342
8.html

Gender - Women trafficking / Children - Children trafficking
Guangxi clamp down on cross border women and children trafficking crimes, 1800 people women and children saved in the past 5 years
廣西嚴打跨國拐賣婦女兒童犯罪 5年解救1800人
CRI Online, 25/08/2005
http://big5.chinabroadcast.cn/gate/big5/gb.chinabroadcast.cn/
3821/2005/08/25/381@673254.htm

Gender - Gender equality
Experts cast doubts on the credibility of the gender equality white paper
专家质疑中国政府妇女问题白皮书
Voice of America, 24/08/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-08-24-voa35.cfm

Government - Governance and accountability
Beijing criticized of spending money on building luxury offices but not fund poor rural kids to school
學 者 轟 行 政 支 出 佔 38 ％: 豪 建 政 府 樓 　 教 育 苦 無 錢
Apple Daily, 25/08/2005
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?
iss_id=20050825&sec_id=15335&showdate=20050825&art
_id=5167113

Law-Governance
NPC debates further raising tax threshold
China Daily, 25/08/2005
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-08/25/content_471987.htm

Law – Wrongful conviction
Lawyers given weak roles in wrongful conviction cases
冤案中律师的声音在哪里
Legal Daily, 25/08/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-08/25/content
_185825.htm

Law - Legal reform / Police
Protections of human rights and dignity should be written into the draft of Regulations Governing Offenses Against Public Order, say NPC representatives
保障人权和人格尊严写入草案
China Youth Daily, 25/08/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-08/25/content_54099.htm

Media - Internet
China imposes online gaming curbs
BBC, 25/08/2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4183340.stm

Multilaterals - WTO
WTO commends China's efforts in textile issue
People’s Daily Online, 25/08/2005
http://english.people.com.cn/200508/25/eng20050825_204473.html

Multilaterals - UN
UNHCR opens first Procurement Information Center in China
Xinhua, 25/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/25/content_3403081.htm

NGOs
Mainland environmental NGOs urge government to clarify their legal identity
非政府环保组织期待法定身份
Legal Daily, 25/08/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-08/25/content_
185741.htm

Olympics-Environment
Gas-driven vehicles planned for environment-friendly 2008 Olympics
Xinhua, 25/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/25/content_3403101.htm

Political Dissidents/Organizing-Petitions and Protests
China accuses high-profile dissident of terror plot
Reuters, 25/08/2005
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK252636.htm

Population - Gender imbalance
Gender imbalance put down to old thinking
SCMP, 25/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZN4AURRCE.html

Population - One-child policy
Having a second child: a privilege for the rich
生育第二胎成富人特权 生育机会区分阶层
People's Daily, 25/08/2005
http://edu.people.com.cn/GB/1055/3642105.html

Protests and Petitions
Beijing police arrested 25 petitioners arrested for surrounding Central Commission for Discipline Inspection office
四平30名職工進京上訪在中紀委門前滋事被拘留
CRI Online, 25/08/2005
http://big5.chinabroadcast.cn/gate/big5/gb.chinabroadcast.cn/
3821/2005/08/25/107@673028.htm

Protests and Petitions / Politics
Land of 74,000 Protests (but Little Is Ever Fixed)
International Herald Tribune, 24/08/2005
http://www.howardwfrench.com/archives/2005/08/24/land_of
_74000_protests_but_little_is_ever_fixed/

Public Health
Public hospitals at the crossroads: ethnics or profit
公立医院在道义与营利之间徘徊
EastDay.com, 25/08/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node82278/userobject1ai1378833.html

Reform - Corruption
5,000 Party officials disciplined for taking gifts, gambling in first half year
Xinhua, 25/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/25/content_3404308.htm

Rural Issues-Migrants
Migrant Workers' Lack of Opportunities Exposed
China.org.cn, 25/08/2005
http://china.org.cn/english/2005/Aug/139601.htm

Rural Issues-Poverty
250,000 impoverished people benefited from subsidized loans in S. China region
People’s Daily Online, 25/08/2005
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200508/24/eng20050824_204390.html

Tibet / Religion
Beijing wary of Tibetans' remembrance to 10th Panchen Lama, though the new Panchen Lama installed
外国记者发现藏人仍怀念十世班禅
Voice of America, 25/08/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-08-24-voa75.cfm

Xinjiang
US camp holds 'homeless' Chinese
BBC.com, 24/08/2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4180292.stm

Wednesday, August 24, 2005

August 24, 2005

Top news of the day

Detention – Shi Tao (師濤)
Dissident Writer Shi Tao Files for Review of Appeal Decision
Human Rights in China Press Release, 24/08/2005
The mother of the imprisoned dissident writer Shi Tao has filed a trial supervision review on the ground of "serious procedural defects" in Shi's appeal hearing.
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision%5fid
=24320&item%5fid=24151


Police – Prisons / UN
UN: China Allows First Probe on Torture
AP via YahooNews.com, 24/08/2005
A special investigator of the UN Human Rights Commission would visit prisons and detention centres as part of her investigation into torture allegations on China, during her first visit to China from November 21 to December 2, 2005.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050824/ap_on_re_eu/un_china
_torture;_ylt=AlnaZEW5uthguSaKkKVT8rEBxg8F





News
Bilaterals-Other
Poll: China-Japan ties need mending
By Qin Jize, China Daily, 24/08/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-08/24/content
_471671.htm

Border Territories/Issues-Tibet
Rival child lamas grow up and into political storm
By Lindsay Beck, Reuters, 22/08/2005
http://ca.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=oddly
EnoughNews&storyID=2005-08-22T124600Z_01_HO245771_
RTRIDST_0_LIFESTYLE-CHINA-TIBET-PANCHENLAMA-
C-COL.XML

Death Penalty
Robber sentenced to death by a Guangzhou Court
廣州斬手劫匪重判死緩
Ming Pao, 24/08/2005
http://full.mingpaonews.com/20050824/__cca1.htm

Education
The controversy of extending free education from 9 years to 12 years: addressing the issue of inequity access to education seems far more important
“义务教育改12年”惹争议 解决“不均衡”更重要
People's Daily, 23/08/2005
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1026/3638073.html

Environment / Olympics
A Big, Dirty Growth Engine
Business Week Online, 22/08/2005
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_34/b394
8520.htm

Gender - Law
White paper: Gender Equality and Development in China (full text)
中国性别平等与妇女发展状况（全文）
Xinhuanet.com,24/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2005-08/24/content_
3395409.htm

Gender - Sexual harassment / Law
Women's right legislations specify channels for sexually harassed victims to report their cases
为性骚扰受害人明确了救济渠道
Legal Daily, 24/08/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-08/24/content_1851
88.htm

Women's rights better guarded by revised law
Xinhuanet.com, 24/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/24/content_339
4713.htm

China strives to eliminate poverty among women
Xinhua, 24/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/24/content_3395
801.htm.

China issues White Paper on gender equality
Xinhua, 24/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/24/content_3395
419.htm

Figures and facts: Gender Equality and Women's Development in China
People’s Daily, 24/08/2005
http://english.people.com.cn/200508/24/eng20050824_204
337.html

Government
Officials ordered to withdraw investments in coal mines
SCMP, 24/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ7HXJROCE.html

Hong Kong-Human Rights
Court rules age of consent for homosexuals is unconstitutional
SCMP, 24/08/2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZUSJYWOCE.html

Police – Abused / Protests and petitions
Shanghai petitioner under police's surveillance after releasing from prison
上海上访人士马亚莲获释后仍被警察监控
Radio Free Asia, 23/08/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/08/23/ma
yalian/

Labor - Trade union
A New China for Organized Labor
Business Week Online, 22/08/2005
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_34/b3
948435.htm

Law - Legal reform
Don't make the re-trial system as a legal burden
别让再审成为负担
Legal Daily, 24/08/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-08/24/content_185
203.htm

NPC likely to pass the draft revision on the Regulations Governing Offenses Against Public Order this year
治安管理处罚法草案等有望表决
Legal Daily, 24/08/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-08/24/content_185
173.htm


Media - Internet
A Watchful Eye on China's Blogosphere
Business Week, 24/08/2005
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/aug2005/nf2005
0823_2006_db065.htm

Migrant Workers - Migrant children
Over 20 million children left in rural areas as their parents work in cities, survey shows
我国1.2亿农民外出务工 2千万儿童成为留守孤儿
EastDay.com, 24/08/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node81939/userobject1ai1374931.html

Police - Prisons
Ministry of Justice to publish a manual on law enforcement in prison
司法部将印发执行《监狱执法手册》
Legal Daily, 24/08/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-08/24/content
_185177.htm

Protests and Petitions / Politics
Alarm and disarray on rise in China
International Herald Tribune, 24/08/2005
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/08/23/news/china.php

Public Health-AIDS/HIV
Media must rethink AIDS coverage
Xinhua, 24/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/24/content_33
94906.htm

Reform-Population Control
Imbalanced sex ratio in China not owed to family planning: official
Xinhua, 24/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/24/content_339
7289.htm

Tuesday, August 23, 2005

August 23, 2005

News

Corruption
Common in China, Kickbacks Create Trouble for U.S. Companies at Home
Washington Post, 22/08/2005
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/
08/21/AR2005082101068.html

Economic Development
Price controls blamed for China's ailments
Financial Times, 23/08/2005
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/5fcfd58c-132f-11da-beee-00000e
2511c8.html

Education / Law
Some fundamental problems should be addressed in the revision of the Free Education Law
修订《义务教育法》应回答一些根本性问题
China Youth Daily, 23/08/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-08/23/content_52617.htm

Human Rights
Special Rapporteur On Torture To Visit China
UN Press Release, 22/08/ 2005
http://www.ohchr.org/english/issues/torture/rapporteur/ind
ex.htm

Labor-Other
China takes measures to curb coalmine accidents
China Daily, 23/08/2005
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-08/23/cont
ent_471556.htm

Law - Legal reform
31 provincial governments to adopt new system to ensure Administrative Order ("Red Head Document") issued by local governments in line with laws
31个省级政府建立制度 红头文件不能与国法违背
EastDay.com, 23/08/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node81679/userobject1ai1371365.html

Excerpted article: Hindrances to judicial reforms in China
百姓杂志:中国司法之病
Peacehall, 23/08/2005
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2005/08/200508221
637.shtml

Law - Legal rights / Police
Hunan lawyer wins lawsuit against Public Security Bureau who do not allow the lawyer to meet a detained suspect
湖南一律师告赢公安局
China Youth Daily, 23/08/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-08/23/content_52627.htm

Media-Internet
Cyber-dissident Ma Yalian released on completing sentence
Reporters Sans Frontières, 22/08/ 2005
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=9703

Media - Press freedom/censorship
China probes Star TV linked company
Financial Times, 23/08/2005
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/969fb314-131d-11da-beee-00000e25
11c8.html

Media ordered to keep silent on oil shortages to ease possible social unrest
北京恐油荒影響穩定宣傳部門下令封口
Asia Times Online, 22/08/2005
http://www.atchinese.com/index.php?option=com_content&task
=view&id=5620&Itemid=28

Multilateral
FM: UN reform should consider concerns of developing countries
Xinhua, 23/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/22/content_3389
417.htm

Police
Convicted policemen go free and back on beat
China Daily, 23/08/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-08/23/content
_471344.htm

Police winning battle for Shenzhen streets
SCMP, 23/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ73CVWOCE.html

Protests and Petitions / Labor
Blood will flow, warn mine bosses
SCMP, 23/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ7Z4WWOCE.html

Protesters detained
SCMP, 23/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ2QEYWOCE.html

Protests and Petitions / UN
Hundreds of petitioners sign petition letter to UN High Commissioner to raise concern over human rights abuse in China
中国公民公开信呼吁UN关注人权
Voice of America, 22/08/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-08-22-voa31.cfm

Public Health
Medical institutions should place greater concerns on public interest not profit-making, says expert
专家称医疗机构应注重公益性而非营利性
EastDay.com, 23/08/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/
node37957/node37979/node81679/userobject1ai1371325.html

China to ratify framework convention on tobacco control
China Daily, 23/08/2005
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-08/23/content
_471557.htm

Public Health-AIDS/HIV
Healthcare falls short, Chinese tell leaders
International Herald Tribune, 20/08/2005
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/08/19/news/china.php

Resettlement - Forceful eviction / Law
Misunderstanding to the judicial interpretation that Court no longer hearing forceful eviction case, a judge explains
最高法叫停地方法院介入强拆始末
The Beijing News, 23/08/2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/0823/10@01
1658.html

Xinjiang
Three workers killed by poisonous gas in sewage plant in Xinjiang
China Daily, 23/08/2005
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-08/23/cont
ent_471584.htm

Monday, August 22, 2005

August 20-22, 2005

Top news of the day

Detention - Xie Chunren (谢纯仁) / State Security - Spying
China Has Arrested American on Suspicion of Spying for Taiwan
New York Times, 19/08/2005
The Chinese Foreign Ministry confirmed the arrest of Xie Chunren(谢纯仁), a Chinese-born American businessman who runs a nutritional company in Sichuan, on May 31,2005 in Sichuan. Xie has been accused of "engaging in activities harmful to the security of the People's Republic of China", and put under "residential surveillance under suspicion of espionage for Taiwan".
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/19/international/asia/19spy
.html




News
Border Territories - Taiwan
Taiwan detains 20 fishermen from China
Taiwan News, 22/08/2005
http://www.etaiwannews.com/Taiwan/Society/2005/08/22/1124
674571.htm

Corruption / Government - Governance and accountability
Beijing to step up efforts in curbing corruption by stressing on accountability of public officials
北京加大反腐治本力度 领导干部问责办法将制定
Xinhuanet.com, 21/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2005-08/21/content
_3382413.htm

Detention – Ching Cheong (程翔) / State Security - Spying
Glimmer of hope for Ching Cheong
SCMP, 22/08/2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZOVG77MCE.html

Hong Kong Democratic Party stage protest outside the China's Representative office demanding a fair and open trial for Ching Cheong
香港民主党到中联办请愿　促公开审讯程翔
Chinesenewsnet.com, 19/08/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/cna_2005_08_19_05_30_11_352.html

Detention – Zhu Jiuhu (朱久虎) / Human Rights - Human rights defenders
Chinese lawyers urge lawyer association to relay industry's concerns over the detention of Zhu Jiuhu (朱久虎) to the authorities as clarification needed to protect lawyers' rights
中国律师呼吁协会关注律师被拘案
Voice of America, 21/08/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-08-21-voa10.cfm

Shaanxi arrests highlight doubts over the rule of law in China
Financial Times, 20/08/2005
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/a8f53b0a-1116-11da-adc0-0000
0e2511c8.html

Education / Politics
NPC Representative agrees more efforts needed to enforce 9-year free education, but 12-year free education appears unrealistic
人大代表反对义务教育增至12年 强调巩固九年制
Xinhuanet.com, 21/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2005-08/21/content
_3382409.htm

Food Security
China succeeds in solving food problem
Xinhuanet.com, 20/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/20/content_33
81507.htm

Gender - Marriage
China witnesses record divorces in 2004
Press Trust of India via Financial Express, 21/08/2005
http://www.financialexpress.com/latest_full_story.php?content
_id=99751

Law
Administrative Procedure Law: 30 % of the plaintiff win their cases in the first hearing
一审行政案件原告胜诉率占三成
Legal Daily, 22/08/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-08/22/content_184
051.htm

Law - Legal reform
Accused government agents required to suspend administration duties throughout the court hearing period, according to the draft revision of Administrative Procedure Law
行政诉讼期间停止执行行政行为
The Beijing News, 22/08/2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/0822/12@013
157.html

Draft revision of Civil Procedure Law to reduce legal fee to as low as 10yuan per case to ensure access to legal advice
民事诉讼法修改稿再降低诉讼费 打官司10元起价
Xinhuanet.com, 22/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-08/22/content_338
6833.htm

China to amend law on administrative procedure
Xinhua, 22/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/22/content_33
88455.htm

Media - Press freedom/censorship
Party raps media over beer reports
SCMP, 22/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZU1Z67MCE.html

Poverty - Rural poverty
Income gap critical by 2010, experts warn
China Daily, 22/08/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-08/22/
content_470967.htm

Protests and Petitions / Labor - Work safety / conditions
Outrage over orders to blow up coal mines
SCMP, 22/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZVM638MCE.html

Protests and Petitions – Cases / Police -Abuse
Dozens Hurt After China Factory Protest
AP via YahooNews.com, 21/08/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050821/
ap_on_re_as/china_factory_protest_2

Toxic waste sparks violent protest at China factory
Reuters, 22/08/ 2005
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK86664.htm

Dozens hurt as police beat demonstrators
AP via SCMP, 22/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ8WG77MCE.html

Public Health / Education
Medicare to cover college students
Xinhuanet.com, 22/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/22/content_338
6082.htm

Public Health
Survey shows 90% of the respondents discontent with changes resulted from the health care reform in the last decade
調查顯示九成公眾不滿意10年來醫療體制的變化
CRI Online, 22/08/2005
http://big5.chinabroadcast.cn/gate/big5/gb.chinabroadcast.cn/
3821/2005/08/22/107@668596.htm

Review the current debate on health care reform
“中国医改第一市”医疗现状扫描　
Nanfang City News, 22/08/2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/dd/dsb/A14/20050
8220237.asp

More youth, women smoking: survey
Xinhuanet.com, 20/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/20/content_3380
048.htm

Can foreign insurance companies save China's health care reform from disgrace?
中国医疗走入困境，外国保险公司能够起死回生？
Chinesenewsnet.com, 19/08/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Main
land/2005_8_19_12_52_45_597.html

Hong Kong says China often stays mum on food scares
YahooNews.com, 22/08/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050822/
hl_afp/healthhongkongchina_050822110651

Resettlement - Forceful eviction / Law
Supreme High Court refuse to involve in resettlement and forceful eviction disputes shows wisdoms or helpless of our judicial system
司法的智慧还是无奈? 最高法回避房屋拆迁纠纷
EastDay.com, 22/08/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node81454/userobject1ai1369587.html

Society - Social Stability
China's widening income gap threatening social stability: government
AFP via YahooNews.com, 22/08/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050822/
ts_afp/chinaeconomyincomepoverty_050822040904

Xinjiang
China bans Islamic group in Xinjiang, arrests 179
News From Bangladesh via YahooNews.com, August 20, 2005
http://www.bangladesh-web.com/news/view.php?hidDate=
2005-08-20&hidType=RIN&hidRecord=0000000000000
000057419

Xinjiang in NW China becomes country's major oil, gas production base
People’s Daily Online, 22/08/2005
http://english.people.com.cn/200508/22/eng20050822_2038
22.html

Friday, August 19, 2005

August 19, 2005

Top news of the day

Detention – Sun Xiaodi (孫小弟)
Activist Disappears after Reporting Nuclear Contamination
Human Rights In China Press Release, 19/08/2005
Sun Xiaodi (孫小弟), an mine worker of Gansu No.792 Uranium Mine who had petitioned to the Beijing government over radiation poisoning in the working area, was reportedly taken away by public security police on April 28 and gone missing for 110 days. According to a friend of Sun, police accused Sun of engaging in a "very serious crime related to state secrets", as he had spoken to an AFP journalist.
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision%5fid=24102&item%5fid=24098


News

Border Regions - Xinjiang
China bans branch of Islam in Xinjiang and arrests 179
AFX News, 19/08/2005
http://www.forbes.com/home_asia/feeds/afx/2005/08/19/afx2185931.html

Detention
China holds US citizen accused of spying for Taiwan
Reuters, 19/08/2005
http://olympics.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2005-08-19T131654Z_01_DIT935711_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-CHINA-SPY-DC.XML

China arrests investor leader
Washington Post, 19/08/2005
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/12423050.htm

Education / Law
NPC deputies propose more education funding in a seminar on the revision of free education law 全国人大《义务教育法》修订座谈会聚焦教育经费投入机制--做大蛋糕并先切给义务教育
China Youth Daily, 19/08/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-08/19/content_51294.htm

Three main concerns about the free education system: lack of government funding, right to access to education of migrant worker's children, expensive textbooks
拟解决三大问题： 义务教育经费 保障进城务工子女就学 教科书过厚过于豪华
Xinhuanet.com, 19/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2005-08/19/content
_3374123.htm

Gender - Domestic violence
Forum focuses on harmonious family
China Daily, 19/08/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-08/19/content_470364.htm

Gender / Rural Issues - Credit/loans
Happiness Project helps needy rural mothers
Xinhuanet.com, 19/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/18/content_3373714.htm

Gender - Discrimination / Law
The scope of sexual harassment should be clearly defined in law
对性骚扰的范围应作出明确界定
Legal Daily, 19/08/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-08/19/content_183
308.htm

Labor - Work safety / conditions
We're exploited, claim workers at Disney suppliers
SCMP, 19/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZH4NURHCE.html

Disney probes China 'sweatshop' claims
Times Online, 19/08/2005
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9071-1742027,00.html

Law – legal rights
Different views over taking suspects to the streets for shaming and deterrence purposes
嫌犯“游街”：有人喝彩　有人质疑
Nanfang Weekend, 18/08/2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20050818/xw/fz/2005
08180013.asp

Media - Press freedom/censorship / Politics
High-profile journalists resign over direction of top paper
SCMP, 19/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ83OURHCE.html

Newspaper kills plan to link pay with praise
SCMP, 19/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZLY7VRHCE.html

The saga of China Youth Daily's appraisal scheme put Hu Jintao to a test
中青报事件考验胡锦涛
VOA via Dajiyuan.com, 18/08/2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/8/19/n1023765.htm

Media - Internet
14 Ministries and Commissions join forces to "clean up" web space
14部委联合“净化”互联网
Nanfang Weekend, 18/08/2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20050818/xw/szxw1/200
508180019.asp

China Tightens Grip on Cyberspace
Radio Free Asia, 18/08/2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/in_depth/2005/08/17/
internet_china/

Korea, China, Japan Agree to Tackle Internet Troubles
The Korea Times, 19/08/2005
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/biz/200508/kt2005081920503311910.htm

China tries to wipe Internet icon from Web
Reuters, 19/08/2005
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/NewsArticle.aspx?type=internetNews&storyID=2005-08-19T020341Z_01_HO907436_RTRIDST_0_OUKIN-UK-CHINA-INTERNET.XML

Police / State Security - Terrorism
Special police units to counter protests and terrorism threats
SCMP, 19/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZC3OURHCE.html

Poverty / Government - Governance and accountability
Doubtful statistics on poverty population hinder consistency of national poverty alleviation strategy
中国贫困人口知多少 统计差异使扶贫战略不确定
Chinesenewsnet.com, 18/08/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/zxs_2005-08-18_613534.shtml

Protests and petitions
Public Security to implement "three-level hearing" process for protests and petitions
公安信访实行“三级终结”复核制
Legal Daily, 19/08/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-08/19/content_18
3294.htm

New standing procedures for handling petitions institutionalize police chief's obligation to meet
petitioners
首部《公安机关信访工作规定》颁布实施，公安机关一把手接访将成为制度
Xinhuanet.com, 19/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-08/19/content_3374
859.htm

Four Henan peasants punished for setting themselves on fire in Tiananmen Square to protest over medical negligence
河南四农民天安门自焚被判刑
Chinesenewsnet.com, 19/08/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/cna_2005_08_18_00_09_18_228.html

Public Health - Disability
More services to be provided for 60 mln handicapped
Xinhuanet.com, 19/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/19/content_
3374836.htm

Public Health
The root problems of health care reform
医改的死穴在哪？
Nanfang Weekend, 18/08/2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20050818/xw/sd/2005
08180033.asp

Hundreds fall ill from north China swimming pool
Reuters, 19/08/2005
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK204943.htm

Public Health / Protests and Petitions
China's problematic health care system: patients complaints accelerate, yet some tend to let out their grievances by violence
中國醫療系統病了：患者投訴激增，使用暴力者眾
Asia Times Online, 18/08/2005
http://www.atchinese.com/index.php?option=com_content&task
=view&id=5389&Itemid=28

Reforms - Corruption
Opinion: Corruption has to stay capital crime
China Daily, 19/08/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-08/19/content_470384_3.htm

Religion - Christianity
China Reportedly Arrests Five American Church Leaders, Tortures Christians
Voice of America, 18/08/2005
http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-08-18-voa9.cfm

Beijing and the Vatican edge closer
International Herald Tribune, 18/08/2005
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/08/17/opinion/edpedrosa.php

Resettlement / Population - Urbanization
How to compensate the landless peasants in light of rapid urbanization in China?
城市化进程中如何解除失地农民的后顾之忧
People's Daily, 19/08/2005
http://cppcc.people.com.cn/GB/34961/45591/3627930.html

Society
Helping centers built for urban homeless
Xinhuanet.com, 19/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/18/content_3
372369.htm

China works to ensure drug safety in rural areas
Xinhuanet.com, 19/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/19/content_3377561.htm

Thursday, August 18, 2005

August 18, 2005

Top news of the day

Police – Abuse / Protests and petitions
Some 500 riot police called in a Guangzhou village to stop signature petitions aim to topple corrupted village chief, villagers reportedly beaten up
广州番禺动用防暴警察殴打村民
Radio Free Asia, 18/08/2005
On August 9, local government called in some 500 riot police to a Guangzhou village to stop villagers from collecting villagers' signatures to demand the removal of the corrupted village chief. Eight villagers were taken away by police while many got injured in the clash with police.
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2005/08/17/panyu/

China sets up riot police units
BBC News, 18/08/2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4162254.stm


News

Children - Law/ Protection
Government to draft special regulations for helping and protecting homeless children
流浪儿童救助将有专门法规
The Beijing News, 18/08/2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/0818/05@003
439.html

Public Health / Children
Rural kids 'need better healthcare'
China Youth Online, 18/08/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-08/18/content
_470046.htm

Detention – Ching Cheong (程翔)
China silence on US's demand for more details on Ching Cheong's case
美國向中國要求了解程翔案 尚未獲回應
Asia Times Online, 18/08/2005
http://www.atchinese.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=
view&id=5300&Itemid=33

Detention
China arrests U.S. executive as spy
By Chris Buckley, International Herald Tribune, August 18, 2005
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/08/18/news/spy.php

Gender - Sexual harassment / Law
NPC deputy suggests to outlaw sexual harassment by women against men in the draft anti-sexual harassment law
人大代表建议将禁止女士对男士性骚扰写入法律
Xinhuanet.com, 18/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-08/18/content_3369
021.htm

Labor-Disputes
Grass-roots committee set up to mediate labour disputes
Xinhua, 18/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/18/content_3369245.htm

Law – Wrongful Convictions
Court orders to compensate 220,000 yuan to innocent prisoner who had spent 11 years in jail, the money yet to reach the hands of the innocent victim after a year
村民无罪被关11年 22万赔偿分文未得
Dajiyuan.com, 18/08/2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/8/18/n1022234.htm

Law / Government - Governance and accountability
How to effectively operationalise the state compensation system?
追偿制度如何有效实施
People's Daily, 18/08/2005
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/30178/3624476.html

Media - Press freedom/censorship / Politics
Row rages over 'Hu cult' article
SCMP, 18/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZPIJURHCE.html

NGOs
Green groups fall under microscope
SCMP, 18/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZC50VRHCE.html

Population
Survey on population to begin
China Youth Daily, 18/08/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-08/18/content_
470042.htm

One-Child policy will kill China
Advantage India, 17/08/2005
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-1203400,curpg-2.cms

1,026 Helping Centers Built for Urban Homeless
Xinhua, 18/08/2005
http://china.org.cn/english/China/139021.htm#


Protests and Petitions / Police
Ministry of Public Security announce standard procedures for handling petitions
公安部颁布的《公安机关信访工作规定》今日正式实施
People's Daily, 18/08/2005
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42735/3625457.html


Public Health
A wake-up call for health-care reform?
SCMP, 18/08/2005
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZTLJURHCE.html

China's exorbitant health care fees spark suicides
By Benjamin Kang Lim, Reuters, 18/08/2005
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK237124.htm

Public Health - HIV AIDS /STDs / Children
Summer camp for AIDS orphans kick off in Beijing, 86 AIDS children meets their host-families in Beijing
86名艾滋孤儿北京会亲人
China Youth Daily, 18/08/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-08/18/content_50553.htm

Religion-Detention
China Reportedly Arrests Five American Church Leaders, Tortures Christians
By Daniel Schearf, VOA News, 18/08/2005
http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-08-18-voa9.cfm

Society
1.1 million homeless people and beggars received relief aid from government in the past two years
救助办法实施两年 全国111．4万余人次获救助
China Youth Daily, 18/08/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-08/18/content_50558.htm

Women-Law/Protection
Nun or prostitute? Tibet's women face few choices
By Lindsay Beck, Reuters, 18/08/2005
http://asia.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=lifeAndLeisureNews&storyID=2005-08-18T122514Z_01_SCH844696_RTRIDST_0_LIFESTYLE-CHINA-TIBET-WOMEN-DC.XML

Wednesday, August 17, 2005

August 17, 2005

News

Children / Society
Children are available for rental when begging becomes a profession
当乞讨成为一种职业 儿童就可以出租
Dajiyuan.com,17/08/2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/8/16/n1020286.htm

Environment - Water
Fuzhou farmers irrigate vegetable fields with sewage water of nearby factories
福 州 工 廠 廢 水 種 菜
Apple Daily, 17/08/2005
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm
?sec_id=15335&iss_id=20050817&art_id=5144133

Environment - Pollution
American e-waste finds its way to India, China: Study
AP via Press Trust of India, 17/08/ 2005
http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=52898

Food Security / Disasters
One quarter of China's farmland hit by pests
AFP via YahooNews.com, 17/08/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050817/wl_
asia_afp/chinaagriculturericegrain_050817033426

Environment - Natural Resources
Super large gas reserve discovered in China's Sichuan Province
People’s Daily Online, August 17, 2005
http://english.people.com.cn/200508/17/print20050817_203064.html

Gender - Marriage
Chinese women over 30 in hard hunt for Mr Right
China Daily, 17/08/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-08/17/content
_469678.htm

Gender - Sexuality
Gay college course start of nation's lesson
China Daily, 17/08/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-08/17/content
_469742.htm

Gender - Women trafficking / Children - Children trafficking
Over 50,000 women and children saved from trafficking gangs in the past 4 years
4年间全国公安机关解救被拐卖妇女儿童5万多人
People's Daily, 17/08/2005
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42735/3621792.html

Government
China studying Western groups promoting democracy
Knight Ridder via YahooNew.com, 17/08/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/krwashbureau/
20050816/ts_krwashbureau/_bc_china_democracy_wa_1

Expert: Citizens' expanded role vital
China Daily, 17/08/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-08/17/content
_469684.htm

China commentary on Hu sparks 'personality cult' row
By Benjamin Kang Lim, Reuters, 17/08/ 2005
http://in.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-08-17T145630Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_India-212905-1.xml

Human Rights
Hit squad 'sent to kill China defector'
The Australian, 17/08/2005 http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,16290274%255E1702,00.html

Labor - Industrial accidents
Cost of China's Coal: Miners' Lives
LA Times, 17/08/2005
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-coal
16aug16,1,510793.story?ctrack=1&cset=true

Labor - Employment market and income
Unpaid wages still haunt migrant workers
Xinhuanet.com, 17/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/17/content_
3365321.htm

Law - Legal profession
Government attempts to draft regulations to protect the rights of judges
拟启动立法程序保护法官
Legal Daily, 17/08/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-08/17/content_182
149.htm

Law - Legal reform
People's Juror system help addressing the issue of judicial justice, useful or not?
解决司法不公陪审员作用有多大
Legal Daily, 17/08/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-08/17/content_182
150.htm

Shanghai courts give legal aid to poor
Xinhua, 17/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/17/content_3364783.htm

Media
New rules of China Youth Daily: bonus points given for praising the leaders
中国青年报条例：领导表扬多加分
Voice of America, 16/08/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-08-16-voa44.cfm

Media - Press freedom/censorship
China Youth Daily chief editor responds to Li Datong's open letter while CCP blocks web posting
李大同公开信 中宣部封杀 总编回复
Dajiyuan.com, 17/08/2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/8/16/n1020737.htm

Population - Aging population / Social Security
Aging problem accelerates in Guangdong as the over 60 age group reaches 8.8 million, survey reports
广东人口老龄化加快 60岁以上人口已达880多万
EastDay.com, 17/08/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node80204/userobject1ai1353368.html

Protests and Petitions
People have the rights to make petitions, but endless petitioning would hold up massive government resources at the expense of public interest, says official
上访不能损害他人利益 终结无序信访的政治背景
People's Daily, 17/08/2005
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42731/3622160.html

Protests and Petitions / Politics
Circular bans soldiers from joining protests
SCMP, 17/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZWBII2ECE.html

Protests and Petitions / Labor - Industrial accidents
Mine boss held for attack on villagers
SCMP, 17/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ0CII2ECE.html

Protests and Petitions / UN
Public urged to sign their petitions to senior UN Human Rights Commissioner for the release of political dissidents
联合国人权专员访华 民间征签递公开信
Radio Free Asia, 17/08/2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/8/17/n1021244.htm

Public Health / Children
Half of rural children died of illness never get proper medical treatment
我国因病死亡的农村儿童中仍有一半未得到治疗
People's Daily, 17/08/2005
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1027/3621804.html

Religion
Faith flourishes in an arid wasteland
SCMP, 17/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZLTHI2ECE.html

Religion - Christianity
Hong Kong religion groups raise public concerns about the conditions of underground church member who has fleet to Thailand
港宗教团体吁 关注中国逃泰基督徒
Voice of America via Dajiyuan.com, 17/08/2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/8/17/n1021107.htm

Religion / Human Rights - Bilateral ties
Delegation of United States Commission on International Religious Freedom visits China for the first time
美国际宗教委员会代表团首次访华
Voice of America, 17/08/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-08-16-voa71.cfm

Tibet / Gender - Sex workers
FEATURE - Nun or prostitute? Tibet's women face few choices
Reuters via YahooNew.com, 17/08/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050817
/india_nm/india_212870

Public Health
China denies nationwide outbreak of anthrax
Xinhua, 17/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/17/content_3367056.htm

Women - Women's Rights
Four women who shape Beijing: As capitalism booms in China, women now make up almost 20 percent of the new entrepreneurs.
By Amelia Newcomb, CSMonitor.com, 16/08/2005
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0816/p10s01-woap.html

Chinese Woman Seeks Damages After Roughed Up by Homeland Security
By Eugenia Chien, Sing Tao Daily, 11/08/2005
http://news.ncmonline.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=d7585c31ada6b0c9fa17ca2ee6427e05

Premier stresses protecting rights of women, children
Xinhua, 17/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/16/content_3363408.htm
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