September 23, 2005

News

Detention – Zhu Jiuhu (朱久虎) / Human Rights – Human rights defenders
Lawyer fighting for oil investors gets 1-year bail
SCMP, 23/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZFWZD6WDE.html

Detention – Cheng Yichun (郑贻春)/ Media - Press freedom/censorship
Family shocked at Court decision giving dissident writer 7-year sentence
郑贻春网言获罪判7年 家人反应
Voice of America, 22/09/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-09-22-voa43.cfm

Disasters
Natural disaster emergency response system taking shape
Xinhuanet.com, 22/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/22/content_35
29211.htm

Gender - Sex workers
China sees red over sex for sale
Reuters via YahooNews.com, 22/09/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050922/
od_nm/china_red_dc_1

Labor - Work safety / conditions
Guangdong government shames factories forcing workers do long hours and delay wage payment
广东血汗工厂被公开谴责 恶意欠薪超时加班
YahooNew.com (China), 23/09/2005
http://cn.news.yahoo.com/050922/1462/2f54y.html

Law - Juvenile justice
Improving Juvenile justice system needed
法评：少年司法制度亟待完善
People's Daily, 23/09/2005
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42731/3721184.html

Media - Internet
Online Chinese forum blocks rural democracy, migrant worker debates
Interfax China via China Digital News,22/09/2005
http://www.interfax.cn/showfeature.asp?aid=5987&slug=BBS

Media
Public opinion on blocking presence of foreign media in China
听众评中共阻海外媒体入境
Voice of America, 22/09/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-09-22-voa54.cfm

Politics - Political reforms/ Human Rights - Bilateral ties
Sino-US tensions increase as US publicly criticize China's one-party rule ideology
中國評論﹕美國擺明遏制中國
Ming Pao, 23/09/2005
http://full.mingpaonews.com/20050923/caf1.htm

US told it must respect China's political path
SCMP, 23/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZGW5G6WDE.html

Protests and Petitions
Five more people quit impeachment committee of Taishi Village
太 石 村 5 罷 免 委 員 請 辭
Apple Daily, 23/09/2005
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?
sec_id=15335&iss_id=20050923&art_id=5249638249638

Taishi Village election show the quest for democracy in the country
太石村选举 中国民主橱窗
Dajiyuan.com, 23/09/2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/9/23/n1061646.htm

Protests and Petitions / Corruption
Thousand petitioners sign open letter to Hu Jintao
中国上千名上访人联名上书胡锦涛
Voice of America, 23/09/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-09-22-voa28.cfm

Public Health - Mental health
Conference reveals 40 million people suffered from serious mental illness
4000萬人患嚴重精神病
Ming Pao, 23/09/2005
http://full.mingpaonews.com/20050923/cch1.htm

Public Health - HIV AIDS /STDs
Henan government offers free HIV test to 630,000
河南将对六十三万人进行免费艾滋病病毒检测
EastDay.com, 23/09/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node
88254/userobject1ai1480198.html

Religion - Christianity/ Olympics
Will the 2008 Game bring hopes to Catholic Church in China?
奥运圣火将为中国天主教会带来曙光？
Chinesenewsnet.com, 22/09/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Main
land/2005_9_22_14_43_19_369.htmltml

State Security – Terrorism / Law
Anti-Terrorism law drafted, also covering activities of financing of terrorism
中国反恐怖法草案大纲已起草 内容包括反恐融资
China News Agency, 23/09/2005
http://www.chinanews.com.cn//news/2005/2005-09-23/8/629
969.shtml

Rush to complete money laundering, anti-terror laws
SCMP, 23/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZBENF6WDE.html

State Security - State secrets
Past natural disaster tolls will remain in the past
SCMP, 23/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ4VYD6WDE.html

Comment on the declassification of natural disasters death toll
中国公开天灾死亡人数专家评议
Voice of America, 22/09/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-09-22-voa44.cfm

Tibet
Aid programme brings sea changes to Tibet
China Daily, 23/09/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-09/23/content
_480162.htm