September 22, 2005

Top News of the Day

Death Penalty
Chief of Inner Mongolia Public Security Bureau executed for killing mistress
呼和浩特杀死情妇的公安局长梁冠中今日伏法/图
Xinhuanet.com, 22/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-09/22/content_3525
875.htm

Detention – Ching Cheong (程翔) / State Security - Spying
Information mistaken: Ching's commentary on Sino-Russian agreement on border issues bases on facts, should not be counted as state secrets
勿把下載當機密
The Hong Kong Economic Journal, Page 19, 22/09/2005

Detention – Zhu Jiuhu (朱久虎) / Human rights – Human rights defenders
Zhu Jiuhu keeps silence during the bail period
朱久虎律师取保候审不能接受采访
Radio Free Asia via Dajiyuan, 22/09/2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/9/22/n1060733.htm

Education / Poverty - Rural poverty
High tuition fees drive mother to suicide
China Daily, 22/09/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-09/22/content
_479808.htm

Government - Civil service
Chinese leader stresses importance of Law on Civil Servants
People's Daily, 22/09/2005
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200509/22/eng20050922_20
9997.html

Government - Governance and accountability
Public called on to report officials with mine shares
SCMP, 22/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZZKMLYUDE.html

Human Rights / Police
Shanghai dissident freed, but still under surveillance
上海异议人士姚振祥获释 仍受监控
Dajiyuan.com, 22/09/2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/9/22/n1060740.htm

Labor - Work safety / conditions
Heavy hand to tighten control of mine sector
Xinhuanet.com, 22/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/22/content_3524
917.htm

Labor - Protests / SOEs
Liaoning steel workers stage protest against company bankruptcy
重庆特钢风波稍平，辽宁鞍钢工人示威
Radio Free Asia, 21/09/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/09/21/chon
gqing/

Labor – Protests / Labor - Industrial accidents
Workers suffered from silicosis seek justice through Hong Kong Labor Union
大陆矽肺病工人赴港维权
Radio Free Asia, 21/09/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/09/21/xifei/

Media - Internet
China's model for a censored Internet
The Christian Science Monitor, 22/09/2005
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0922/p01s02-woap.html

A Cooler Look at Yahoo in China
Business Week Online via YahooNews.com, 21/09/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/bw/20050921/bs_bw/nf200509219
883db065

Media - Press freedom/censorship
Excerpted magazine article on Huang Jingao's corruption case removed from website
被大陆网站删除的“黄金高案始末”
Dajiyuan.com, 21/09/2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/9/21/n1060397.htm

Media – Internet / Media - Press freedom/censorship
Press Freedom Group Publishes Cyber-Dissident Handbook
Radio Free Asia, 20/09/2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/technology/2005/09/20/
us_rsf/

Migrant Workers
Respecting rights of migrant workers
China Daily, 20/09/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-09/20/content
_479267.htm

Olympics / Media
First TV deal signed for 2008 Olympics
China Daily, 22/09/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-09/22/content
_479830.htm

Politics - Political reforms / Human Rights - Bilateral ties
U.S.: One-Party System in China Can't Last
AP via YahooNews.com, 21/09/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/
20050922/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_china_2

Population - One-child policy / Government - Governance and accountability
Officials fired for forced abortions
Xinhuanet.com, 21/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/21/content_352
1235.htm

Protests and Petitions / Politics - NPC/CPCC
NPC Petitions Unit gives priority in investigating 3 types of petitions
全国人大信访局:将重点督办督查3类信访交办件
EastDay.com 22/09/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node
87950/userobject1ai1476704.html

Protests and Petitions
Audit report disappoints Taishi villagers
太石村民对政府公布的财务报告失望
Radio Free Asia, 21/09/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/09/21/taishi/

Survey: only 2 out of 1000 petitioners have their complaints resolved
仅千分之二中国上访者能解决问题
Voice of America, 21/09/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-09-21-voa23.cfm

Public Health - HIV AIDS /STDs
Aids project targets pregnant women
SCMP, 22/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ4DNLYUDE.html

Young HIV victims must not be forgotten
China Daily, 22/09/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-09/22/content
_479824.htm

Resettlement - Forceful eviction / Law
Yunnan High Court rules in favor of villagers over illegal land grab dispute, village officials ordered to give compensations
村干部违法抵押土地 法院判决帮农民追回失地
People's Daily, 21/09/2005
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42733/3715989.html

Rural Issues - rural development
Wen Jiabao's idea of "let the people govern the township" prompts renewed attentions of scholars on a new around of political reform
温家宝谈乡镇管理引起学者议论
Voice of America, 22/09/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-09-21-voa48.cfm

Society – Drug
Drug abuses become a big problem in cities, says Ministry of Public Security
中国城市吸毒问题日趋严重
Voice of America,21/09/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-09-21-voa39.cfm

Society - Ethnic minority / Gender
The Chinese region with women in charge
BBC.com, 18/09/2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4252552.stm

Hong Kong
Hu backs reform plan
The Standard, 22/09/2005
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=12&
art_id=1867&sid=4682532&con_type=1&d_str=20050922=1&d
_str=20050922