September 6, 2005

Top News of the Day

Religion – Christianity /Detention
Hebei police arrest underground priest and theology student
河北庞神父被捕 采访亲人同事
Voice of America, 05/09/2005
A priest of an underground church in Hebei, Pang Yongxing(庞永兴), and his assistant, Ma Yongjiang (马永江), were reportedly taken away by police on September 2. Pang's family was notified the arrest 2 days later.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/2005-09-05-voa44.cfm



News

Death Sentence
Six Chengzhou prisoners given death sentence for organising riots
暴力袭警越狱　六逃犯全抓获　事发河南商水，其中一人越狱前已被判死刑　
Nanfang City News, 06/09/2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/dd/dsb/A17/
200509060056.asp

Disasters
Typhoon Kills 95 in China; 30 Missing
AP via YahooNews.com, 05/09/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050905/ap_on_re_as/ch
ina_typhoon

Government - Elections/ Rural Issues
Hubei to introduce observer system in village committee election
湖北省推行村委会选举观察员制度
Legal Daily, 06/09/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-09/06/content_
190949.htm

Six groups of people cannot stand for village committee election in Xi'an village, Shaanxi
西安村委会选举体弱多病等6种人不得获推选提名
Xinhuanet.com, 06/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-09/06/content_
3449148.htm

Government
Reshuffle the central-provincial relations needed
中央地方關係的制度重建
The Hong Kong Economic Journal (Page 11), 06/09/2005

Human Rights / Law
Beijing reviews key human rights treaty
SCMP, 06/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ5U07D5DE.html

Human Rights - Bilateral ties
Downer on pre-emptive strikes, human rights in China, racism
AFP via YahooNews.com, 06/09/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050906/
wl_asia_afp/australiadownerquotes_05090602144150906
021441

Trade, not human rights likely to drive agenda as Chinese president visits
AP via YahooNews.com, 05/09/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/cpress/2005
0905/ca_pr_on_na/china_president_visit_1_1

Labor - Work safety / conditions /Law
State Council issues special regulations on the prevention of mine accident
授权发布：《国务院关于预防煤矿生产安全事故的特别规定》
Xinhuanet.com, 05/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2005-09/05/content
_3447781.htm

Land / Law
Ministry of Land and Resources set criteria for unlawful land grab probe
国土资源部出台《查处土地违法行为立案标准》
Legal Daily, 06/09/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-09/06/content_190
922.htm

Law / Corruption
China about to ratify UN anti-corruption treaty this year
緝 潛 逃 貪 官 公 約 將 通 過
Apple Daily, 06/09/2005
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?sec_
id=15335&iss_id=20050906&art_id=5199950199950

Law - Legal rights
Shanghai Court: courts should accept cases presenting valid legal arguments and evidence, money
is irrelevant to the decision
上海法院：有理无钱请进来
Xinhuanet.com, 06/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-09/06/content_3449
448.htm

Law
Chief Justice: Harmonious society calls for democracy
Xinhuanet.com, 05/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/05/content_344
7018.htm

Highlights on the 22th World Law Conference
二十二届世界法律大会精彩亮点
Legal Daily, 05/09/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2005-09/05/content_19
1002.htm

Migrant Workers /Education
Putonghua training to benefit migrant workers
China Daily, 06/09/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-09/06/content
_475351.htm

Protests and Petitions / Politics
China: Frustrated Citizens Take To The Streets
Radio Free Europe, 05/09/2005
http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2005/09/c4525ba0-4753
-46e4-b803-7a233e16eb94.html

Public Health
95% of public hospitals run for profits, says expert
專家指出我國95%公立醫院按營利性商業模式運營
CRI Online, 06/09/2005
http://big5.chinabroadcast.cn/gate/big5/gb.chinabroadcast.cn/
3821/2005/09/06/107@687985.htm

Health-care woes threaten stability, lawmaker warns
SCMP, 06/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZG3Z6D5DE.html

State Security - Terrorism/ Law
Challenges in curbing terrorism
驱散恐怖主义的阴霾
Legal Daily, 06/09/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-09/06/content_1909
29.htm

China opposes double standards on terrorism issue
Xinhuanet.com, 06/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/06/content_344
9261.htm

State Security – Terrorism / Xinjiang
Global definition on terrorism needed, as Chinese senior official sees East Turkistan a major threat
of terrorism in China
恐怖主义有望全球统一定义 中国反恐重在"东突"
People's Daily, 05/09/2005
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42735/3670595.html

Three Gorges / Resettlement
Three Gorges resettlement project succeeded in resettling millions of people
三峡成功移民百万破解世界级难题
China Youth Daily, 06/09/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-09/06/content_60044.htm