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