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.

Monday, October 31, 2005

October 29-31, 2005

News

Corruption
Hidden Motives in Anti-Corruption Campaign
Asia Times Online, 29/10/2005
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_Bu
siness/GJ29Cb05.html

Corruption/UN
UN Graft Charter Ratified Except for 'Meddling' Provision
SCMP, 29/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZDGN28BFE.html

Gender-Sexuality
Sex and the Cities
SCMP, 31/10/2005
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZ48XP7BFE.html

Under-Aged Performers Lured to Video-Porn Chat Rooms
SCMP, 31/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ7LUP7BFE.html

Gender-Reproductive health
Victims of the Revolution
SCMP, 31/10/2005
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZPXM58BFE.html

Hukou
Hukou System in China to be Reformed
中国户籍管理制度步入改革之途
Voice of America, 28/10/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-10-28-voa27.cfm

Human Rights
Exhibition Shut Down After Sculptures Linked to Rights
SCMP, 31/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ6KJ58BFE.html

Labor-Work safety / conditions
Moving Away from Culture of "Sweatshops”
走出“血汗工厂”
Nanfang Weekend, 27/10/2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20051027/jj/jjx
w/200510270023.asp

Police
Who Will Protect China’s Police Officers?
谁来保护中国警察?
Chinesenewsnet.com, 30/10/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/
SinoNews/Mainland/2005_10_29_15_
42_21_362.html

Police-Abuse
Police Officer Sacked for Beating Editor Over Report
SCMP, 29/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZMSTP7BFE.html

Politics
Four Social Conflicts Must Be Resolved Before a Harmonious Society Can Be Established
中国建构和谐社会需要解决四大社会矛盾
Chinesenewsnet, 30/10/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/
SinoNews/Mainland/cna_2005_10_30_
03_00_36_916.html

Poverty
Go West Plan Fails to Close Gap, Study Finds
SCMP, 31/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ87XP7BFE.html

Protests and Petitions/Police
Government Urges Public Security Organs to Establish Mechanism for Receiving Written Petitions Radio Free Asia, 29/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2005/10/29/xinfang/

Public Health
WHO Wants Full Facts Over Hunan Girl's Death
SCMP, 30/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ0SWP7BFE.html

China Answers Bird Flu Critics
Washington Post , 29/10/2005
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-
dyn/content/article/2005/10/28/AR2005102801961.html

Chinese Officials Emphasize That No Humans Have Been Infected by Bird Flu, but Hong Kong Media Finds Holes in Story
官方强调无人感染禽流感 香港媒体发现疫区漏洞
Radio Free Asia, 28/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/10/28/birdflu/

Blood Donation 'to Blame' for Hep C Levels in China
Science and Development Network , 26/10/2005
http://www.scidev.net/content/news/eng/blood-donat
ion-to-blame-for-hep-c-levels-in-
china.cfm

Resettlement-Forceful eviction
Complaints of Forced Evictions as Land is Cleared for Expo
SCMP, 31/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ07XP7BFE.html

Friday, October 28, 2005

October 28, 2005

News

Corruption/UN
China Ratifies UN Convention Against Corruption
Xinhuanet.com, 27/10/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-10/27
/content_3692298.htm

Death Penalty
China Curbs Courts Killing Too Many Innocent People
Times Online, 28/10/2005
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-1846366,00.html

Who is Creating the Negative Impression that "Donations can Delay a Death Sentence" ?
谁在制造“捐巨款可免死”的恶劣印象
China Youth Daily, 28/10/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-10/28/content_83042.htm

Who Should Reclaim the Power to Review Death Sentences?
死刑核准权应由谁宣布收回
China Youth Daily, 28/10/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-10/28/content_83052.htm

Execute Prisoners in a "Speedy" Manner: Is Beijing Local Court Going Against Supreme Court Order?
北京市中级法院速决死囚 分明跟中央对着干
Asia Times Online, 27/10/2005
http://www.atchinese.com/index.php?option=co
m_content&task=view&id=9324&Itemid=47

Detention- Cheng Guangcheng (陈光诚)/Population-One-child Policy
Blind Activist Plans to Sue Gangsters Who Are Backed by Local Government
临沂官方雇打手 陈光诚拟起诉
Radio Free Asia, 27/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/200
5/10/27/chenguangcheng/

Government-Fiscal
China Eases Tax Burden on Poor
China Daily, 28/10/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-
10/28/content_488410.htm

Government-Elections/Rural Issues
Why Is it So Hard to Remove Village Officials Who Lack Public Support?
失去民心的村干部为何难以罢免
China Youth Daily, 28/10/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-10/28/c
ontent_83267.htm

Hukou
Reform of Hukou System Should Reflect Will of the Public
户籍制度修改要更多反映民众意愿
China Youth Daily, 28/10/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-10/28/content_83032.htm

Human Rights
'Irrational' Fear of Revolution Brings Tighter Controls: Activist
SCMP, 28/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZUAG58BFE.html

Human Rights
Human Rights Group Says China Has Made Progress but Has also Regressed in Certain Areas
人权组织称中国人权有进步有倒退
Voice of America, 27/10/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-10-27-voa24.cfm

Labor-Industrial accidents
Nine dead, Seven Missing in China Mine Blast
AFP via YahooNews.com, 28/10/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051028/wl_asia
_afp/chinamine;_ylt=AsucDnFMqCc_cfe
m3Amv5LgBxg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHV
qMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA—

Law-wrongful convictions
Wronged Man Receives Compensation
China Daily, 28/10/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/20
05-10/28/content_488420.htm

Poverty
Narrowing the Income Gap in Search of Harmony
People's Daily, 27/10/2005
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200510/
27/eng20051027_217265.html

Protests and Petitions
Chinese Villagers Detain Officials Over Exhumed Corpses
Radio Free Asia, 27/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2005/
10/27/china_corpses/

Shaanxi Government Indicts Owners and Investors of Private Oil Companies for "Disturbing Social Order"
陕西公诉民营石油企业家投资者
Voice of America, 27/10/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-10-27-voa70.cfm

Public Health
Drop in Price: An Attempt to Make Medical Care Affordable
医疗服务降价 试解看病贵难题
Xinhuanet.com, 28/10/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2005-
10/28/content_3693597.htm

Hunan Girl's Death `Not from Bird Flu'
The Standard, 28/10/2005
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.a
sp?we_cat=4&art_id=4422&sid=5199635
&con_type=1&d_str=20051028

Public Health-HIV AIDS /STDs
New Rules to Combat AIDS Spread
China Daily, 28/10/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-10
/28/content_488421.htm

Public Health-HIV AIDS /STDs
Scepticism Over Claim that Henan Blood Sales Stopped
SCMP, 28/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZECQP7BFE.html

Public Health
Senior Official in Ministry of Health Denies Saying that "Health Care Reform is
Unsuccessful"
卫生部官员否认医改不成功
The Beijing News, 28/10/2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/200
5/1028/11@010734.html

Religion-Christianity
Vatican Told to Refrain from Meddling
SCMP, 28/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZQAG58BFE.html

Tibet
Is Struggle of Tibetans No Longer About Rights and Freedom?
西藏人为之抗争的不再是自由权利？
Chinesenewsnet.com, 27/10/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainN
ews/SinoNews/Mainland/2005_10_27_15_7_0_431.html

Thursday, October 27, 2005

October 27, 2005

Top News of the Day

Protests and Petitions/Media- Internet
China Internet Writer Missing After Reporting Worker Protest
AFP via YahooNews.com, 27/10/2005
The New York-based rights group Committee to Protect Journalists has reported that Shi Xiaoyu, a businessman who has been writing online reports about the Chongqing steel workers protest since August, disappeared on October 20 and is believed to have been taken away by local police. Another rights group said that Chongqing police searched his house and confiscated Shi's computer and some other materials the day before he disappeared.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051027/wl_asia_afp/chinari
ghtsmediainternet;_ylt=AqvuIHfAZmAcmnKkEb0Td8UBxg8F;
_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--



News

Death Penalty/Law-Legal reform
Supreme Court Reform Plan Could Result in Fewer Executions
SCMP, 27/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZL5JT44FE.html

Supreme People's Court Reclaims Power to Review Death Sentences
死刑核准权统一收归最高法院
Legal Daily, 27/10/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2005-
10/27/content_211257.htm

Detention- Xu Wanping(许万平)/Detention-Li Jianping(李建平)
Trial of Chongqing Dissident to Be Held in Secret, while Procuratorate
Turns Down Charges Against Shandong Media Writer
重庆许万平将被秘密审判　山东李建平案被驳回
Radio Free Asia, 27/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao
/2005/10/26/xuwangping/

Detention- Cai Zhouhua(蔡卓华)
Beijing People's Procuratorate Applies to Delay Trial of Detained Christian
北京检察院申请延期审理蔡卓华案
Radio Free Asia, 27/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaoda
o/2005/10/26/caizuohua/

Detention-Chen Guangcheng(陳光誠)
VIEW: China's Aborted Openness —Li Xiaorong
Daily Times via China Digital News, 26/10/2005
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?pag
e=2005%5C10%5C26%5Cstory_26-10-
2005_pg3_6

Economic Development
Experts Comment on Problems Arising from China's Development
专家谈中国发展中存在的问题
Radio Free Asia, 26/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2005/10/26/fazhan/

Environment
Environment Agency Blacklisted
China Youth Daily, 27/10/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/200
5-10/27/content_488177.htm

Gender-Sexuality
Legal Clarifications Are Needed to Protect the Rights of Gays
同性恋行为是与非需要法律说法
Legal Daily, 27/10/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2005-10/2
7/content_211220.htm

Gender-Sexuality
Small-Town Gays Lead Life in Quiet Desperation
SCMP, 27/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZDIFG64FE.html

Gender
China's Sexual Revolution
Radio Free Asia, 26/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/social/20
05/10/26/china_sex/

Hukou
Removing the Hukou Barriers: Take Caution After the Hurrah
放开户口：叫好之余也当慎重
People's Daily, 27/10/2005
http://society.people.com.cn/GB/1
063/3805540.html


Law-Legal reform
Reform of Court System Launched with 6 Initiatives to Oversee Legal Process
人民法院启动全面改革 六措施加强审判监督
Xinhuanet.com, 27/10/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2005-10/27/co
ntent_3689197.htm


Law-Legal Profession
Supreme People’s Court Sets Out 93 Guidelines to Regulate Behavior of Judges
最高法院制定行为规范：93种规范全程约束法官
People's Daily, 26/10/2005
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42735/3800699.html

Law-Legal reform
New Round of Court Reform Initiated
Xinhuanet.com, 26/10/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-10/26
/content_3687500.htm

Media/Law
Law and Media Should Go Hand in Hand in a Democratic Society
司法与传媒：民主社会相伴相随
Legal Daily, 26/10/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-10/26
/content_210562.htm

Migrant Workers
Floating Population Needs Better Governance System to Secure their Rights
流动人口应建立社会化管理模式
Legal Daily, 26/10/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-10
/26/content_210449.htm

Migrant Workers-Migrant Children
99.8% of Migrant Children Receive Compulsory Education, Survey Says
三方式接纳 适龄民工子女义务教育比例达99.8%
Xinhuanet.com, 25/10/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/edu/2005-10/25/content_3680194.htm

Police
Analyst Gives 4 Reasons for People to React Violently Towards Arrests and Assaul Police Officers
媒体分析认为四大原因引发暴力抗法及袭警事件
China News Agency, 27/10/2005
http://www.chinanews.com.cn//news/2005/2005-10-
26/8/643474.shtml

Politics-Political reforms
Dismissing Democracy
Times Asia, 25/10/2005
http://www.time.com/time/asia/magazine/article
/0,13673,501051031-1122519,00.html

Poverty/NGOs
100 Finalists Announced for Poverty-Reduction Grants
Xinhuanet.com, 27/10/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-10/
26/content_3686402.htm

Protests and Petitions
Guangdong Power Project Stalls Amid Land Dispute
Radio Free Asia, 25/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2005/10/25/china_guangdong/

Public Health
Chief of Ministry of Heath Says About Bird Flu Outbreak: Improved Mechanisms for Cross-Border Communications Are Transparent
高强谈禽流感:中国建立了公开透明的疫情通报制度
China News Agency, 26/10/2005
http://www.chinanews.com.cn//news/2005/2005-10-26/8/643377.shtml

China Assures World Bird Flu Under Control Amid Report of Girl's Death
AFP via YahooNews.com, 27/10/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051027/wl_asia_af
p/healthfluchina;_ylt=Ai813ASBOVdi1
wtbopXhaZYBxg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMH
VqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA—

Public Health-HIV AIDS /STDs
Village doctors Fill Breach in HIV Control
China Daily, 27/10/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/20
05-10/27/content_488120.htm


Public Health/Media-Press freedom/censorship
Chinese Media Silent on Latest Bird Flu Outbreaks
Reuters via ABC News, 26/10/2005
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1251472

Resettlement-Forceful eviction
40 Mln Farmers Lose Land: NPC report
Xinhuanet.com, 26/10/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-10/
26/content_3688312.htm

Xinjiang/State Security-Terrorism
China Urges Global Support to Combat "East Turkistan" Terrorist Activities in Xinjiang
我国代表呼吁各国采取措施打击东突恐怖势力
People's Daily, 27/10/2005
http://world.people.com.cn/GB/1029/42408/3804476.html

Wednesday, October 26, 2005

October 26, 2005

Top News of the Day

Detention-Tan Kai(譚凱)/ Environment
Environmental Activists Detained in Hangzhou
Human Rights in China Press Release, 26/10/2005
Human Rights in China has reported that Tan Kai (譚凱), a rights activist for the environmental civil society group “Green Watch” (Lüse Guancha) who was involved in monitoring a chemical factory in Dongyang City, Zhejiang Province, has been placed under criminal detention by the Hangzhou Public Security Bureau. Tan began monitoring the factory when local residents started to make complaints about the serious pollution in April of this year. The other five members in the same group as Tan were released on October 19, 2005 after being summoned for questioning.
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision%5
fid=25771&item%5fid=25770


News

Death Penalty
Billionaire Donates 49.5 Billion Yuan Hoping to Delay Death Sentence
传亿万富豪捐495亿死刑暂缓
Dajiyuan.com, 26/10/2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/1
0/26/n1098182.htm

Death Penalty/Law-Court system
Courts to be Cautious Over Death Sentence
Xinhuanet.com, 26/10/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-10/
26/content_3684042.htm

Death Penalty/Law-Legal Reform
Supreme People's Court to Reclaim Power to Review Death Sentences
from Provincial Courts
中国死刑核准权将从省级回归最高法院
Chinesenewsnet.com, 26/10/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNew
s/Mainland/cna_2005_10_25_09_00_58_214.html09_00_58_214.html

Environment
Air Pollution in Chinese Cities Turns Serious
中国城市空气污染非常严重
Voice of America, 25/10/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/20
05-10-25-voa60.cfm

Hukou
China Plans to Reform Hukou System to Allow Greater Population Mobility
中国拟取消户口界限 放宽大中城市户口迁移限制
China News Agency, 26/10/2005
http://www.chinanews.com.cn//news/2005/2
005-10-26/8/643231.shtml

Human Rights
See No Evil
In These Times via China Digital News, 24/10/2005
http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/article/2363/

Law-Legal reform
Supreme People's Court Urges Clarification of Criterion to Take up Appeal Cases
最高法建议明确申请再审条件
The Beijing News, 26/10/2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/20
05/1026/11@004803.html

Migrant Workers
Medical Insurance Schemes Left Out the Migrant Workers
我国农民工就医进退维谷 医保问题越发突出
People's Daily, 26/10/2005
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1026/3801630.html

China to Include Unemployed Migrant Workers in National Unemployment Statistics
中国将把农民工纳入失业率统计
Radio Free Asia, 25/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2005/10/25/shiye/

Politics-Political reforms
Anything But Western Democracy
SCMP, 26/10/2005
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZCOET44FE.html

White Paper on Building Democracy in China Faces Challenges
中国“民主建设”面临严峻挑战
Voice of America, 25/10/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-10-25-voa50.cfm

Protests and Petitions
Shanwei Government Use persuasion as a delaying tactic to avoid compensating
villagers
汕尾政府软硬兼施仍未赔偿村民
Radio Free Asia, 25/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2005/10/25/shanwei/

Public Health-HIV AIDS /STDs
Henan Insurance Company Offer Package for HIV Carriers With Compensation Up to
300,000 Yuan
河南开售艾滋病保险单 最高保额为三十万元
EastDay.com, 26/10/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/no
de81762/node95159/userobject1ai1579339.html
339.html

Public Health
Neighbours In the Dark on Outbreak in Anhui
SCMP, 26/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZTJDG64FE.html

NPC Representative Says Comprehensive Medical Insurance Coverage is Needed
Before Health Care Reforms are Launched
全国人大代表王维忠：医改应首先解决社会保障问题
China Youth Daily, 26/10/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-10/26
/content_81786.htm

Religion-Christianity
Vatican Urges End to Tensions With China
The Guardian, 26/10/2005
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,
1280,-5370090,00.html

Tuesday, October 25, 2005

October 25, 2005

Top News of the Day

Religion-Christianity
More than 50 Detained House Church Leaders Released
中国五十多位家庭教会领袖被释放
Voice of America, 25/10/2005
The China Aid Association has reported that more than 50 detained house church leaders were released on October 21, 2005, about one day after they were taken away by the Hebei Public Security Bureau during a religious meeting in Laishui County. Several detainees said that they were beaten up and some of their personal belongings were confiscated.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-10-24-voa54.cfm
.

News

Corruption/UN
What Are the Implications of China Ratifying UN Anti-Corruption Convention?
中国批准“联合国反腐败公约”意味着什么？
Peacehall, 25/10/2005
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/pubvp/2
005/10/200510250126.shtml

UN Anti-Corruption Convention to Take Effect in China This December
联合国反腐公约12月生效 外逃贪官不再为政治犯
Xinhuanet.com, 24/10/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-10
/24/content_3677541.htm

Death Penalty
Family Vows to Appeal After Man's Execution
SCMP, 25/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZCK8G64FE.html

Detention
Detainees on Mainland 'Know What They Did'
SCMP, 25/10/2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZPOSU44FE.html

Detention- Chen Guangcheng(陳光誠)/ Population-One-child policy
Blind Chinese Activist Beaten, Refused Medical Treatment
Radio Free Asia, 24/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/20
05/10/24/china_activist/

Detention- Ching Cheong(程翔)
Ching Cheong's Wife Hopes to See Her Husband Return Home
被中国关押记者程翔之妻盼夫回家
Voice of America, 24/10/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/
W2005-10-24-voa21.cfm

Environment
China to Blacklist, Penalize Polluting Cities
China Daily, 25/10/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/
2005-10/25/content_487561.htm

Environment-Water
China Dam Project Tests New Environmental Policy
Reuters Alert Net, 24/10/2005
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?
type=scienceNews&storyID=2005-10-
24T053538Z_01_MOR420095_RTR
UKOC_0_US-ENVIRONMENT-CHINA.xml

Gender-Sexuality
Hundreds of Gay People Organize Campaign in Shenzhen to Express Concerns Over Living Conditions When They Are Old
百名同性恋深圳撑起彩虹旗 心诉养老成生命之重
YahooNew.com (China), 25/10/2005
http://cn.news.yahoo.com/05-10-/1341/2fp8r.html

Labor-Work safety /conditions
Officials Punished for Fatal Iron Mine Blaze
Xinhuanet.com, 25/10/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-
10/25/content_3679666.htm

Land/Law-Legal reform
Chinese Lawmakers Focus on Land Issue in Property Rights Law Discussion
People's Daily, 25/10/2005
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200510/25/
eng20051025_216625.html

Land
Ministry of Land and Resource: Public Hearings and Official Notices Must be Made Before Appropriating Farmland
国土资源部：占用基本农田必须听证和公告
Xinhuanet.com, 24/10/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-10
/24/content_3675859.htm

Law
NPC Standing Committee Members Suggest Holding Public Hearings for
Legislation that Concerns Public
部分全国人大常委会委员建议：公众关心的法律草案都要听证
China Youth Daily, 25/10/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-
10/25/content_81372.htm

NGOs
Experts Urge Legislation on Donations to Charities to Encourage Development
让善心更透亮 让善款更透明：专家呼吁慈善立法
Xinhuanet.com, 25/10/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-10/
25/content_3680218.htm

Protests and Petitions
Petitioners Find No Way to Redress Grievances over Protest in Tiananmen Square
进京上访者走投无路闯国旗
Radio Free Asia, 25/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaod
ao/2005/10/24/shangfang/

Public Health-HIV AIDS /STDs
China Issues Warning on HIV Cases
CNN.com, 24/10/2005
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiap
cf/10/24/aids.china.reut/index.html

Hainan Registers 318 HIV Carriers
Xinhuanet.com, 24/10/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-10/
24/content_3678637.htm

Society
Chongqing Beggars Refuse Government Aid and Insist on Continuing Begging
拒绝救助坚决乞讨 职业乞丐痛击救助管理软肋(图)
YahooNew.com (China), 25/10/2005
http://cn.news.yahoo.com/051025/1308/2fpfg.html

Monday, October 24, 2005

October 22-24, 2005

News

Corruption/UN
China to Ratify UN Corruption Convention
China Daily, 24/10/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-10/
24/content_487232.htm

Death Penalty
Hong Kong Businessman Sentenced to Death for Tax Evasion
香港老板偷逃税1.8亿获死缓
The Beijing News, 22/10/2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2
005/1022/12@015515.html

Detention- Feng Shuanzhuang
Family Fights for Truth on Son's Death
SCMP, 24/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZHD0581FE.html

Detention-Ching Cheong (程翔)
Hong Kong Journalists Association Urges Open Trial for Ching Cheong's Case
香港记协呼吁尽快公开审理程翔案
Voice of America, 23/10/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/2
005-10-23-voa19.cfm

Education
Rural Chinese Pay Price for Ambition
The Australian via China Digital News, 24/10/2005
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/s
tory_page/0,5744,17009926%255E27
03,00.html

Gender-Discrimination / Status
Do Retirement Regulations Reflect Gender Discrimination?
People's Daily, 23/10/2005
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200510/23/
eng20051023_216206.html

Government-Governance and accountability
China Revises Audit Law to Tighten Supervision Over Officials
People's Daily, 23/10/2005
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200510/23/
eng20051023_216128.html

Human Rights-Bilateral Ties/Detention
Will China Release Political Dissidents Prior to Bush's Visit?
中国会在布什到访前释放政治犯？
Voice of America, 21/10/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-10-21-voa65.cfm

Labor-Work safety / conditions
Over 1,500 Officials Hold Stake in Collieries
SCMP, 24/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ138T44FE.html

Media- Internet
Despite New Bans, Government Still has Trouble Policing Internet
The Telegraph via China Digital News, 23/10/2005
http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbc
s.dll/article?AID=/20051023/BUSINESS/1102
30114/-1/news

Media-Press Freedom/Censorship
Journalist Rights Group Condemns Xinhua News Agency as Mouthpiece of the Communist Government
记者无国界调查报告评介新华社
Voice of America, 23/10/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-10-23-voa62.cfm

Media-Press freedom/censorship /Police-Abuse
Police Beat Editor of Party Paper over Report
SCMP, 22/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ65C381FE.html

Migrant Workers
Mobiles Give Migrants a Nudge on Best Jobs
SCMP, 22/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZY4C381FE.html

Politics-Political Reforms
Foreign Media Comments on China's White Paper on Political Democracy
国际媒体评中国民主政治白皮书
Voice of America, 21/10/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-10-21-voa69.cfm

Population-One-child policy
New Family Planning Reward Policy Slated
China Daily, 24/10/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/
2005-10/23/content_487097.htm

Poverty-Rural Poverty
Survey Shows Two-Thirds of Rural Population in China Suffers From Malnutrition
中国贫困农村人口受营养不良影响比例高达2/3
China News Agency, 21/10/2005
http://www.chinanews.com.cn//news/2005/
2005-10-21/8/641592.shtml

Protests and Petitions/Government-Elections
A True Story about Taishi Village Incident
China Daily, 21/10/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/20
05-10/21/content_486882.htm

Public Health-HIV AIDS /STDs
Nation to Limit HIV Cases to 1.5m by 2010
Xinhuanet.com, 23/10/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-10/2
3/content_3671711.htm

Public Health
Basic Medical Care Comes to Rural Homes
Xinhuanet.com, 22/10/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-10
/22/content_3666158.htm

Breast Cancer Rates Rising
SCMP, 22/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZOWTW71FE.html

Religion-Christianity
Beijing Losing Stranglehold on Catholics, says Bishop Zen
SCMP, 23/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ6D7T44FE.html

Overseas Bishops Pray for an Unified Catholic Church in China
世界各地主教希望中国有统一的天主教教会
Radio Free Asia, 23/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2005/10/23/tianzhujiao/

Friday, October 21, 2005

October 21, 2005

Top News of the Day

Detention- Xu Wanping (許萬平)
Dissident Nears Trial Without Legal Representation
Human Rights in China Press Release, 21/10/2005
Human Rights in China (HRIC) has learned that the Chongqing dissident Xu Wanping, who has been detained since March 30 on the charge of "incitement to subvert state power," will soon go to trial with no lawyer to represent him.
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/press
?revision%5fid=25291&item%5fid=25290

Religion-Christianity
Chinese Police Detain Protestant Leaders
AP via YahooNews.com, 21/10/2005
China Aid Association has reported that more than 50 church leaders from some 20 provinces have been arrested by public security police during a gathering in the village of Gougezhuang in Hebei Province, where they were discussing outreach for the independent Protestant church movement. Spokesmen at the police headquarters refused to give information on the arrest.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051021/ap_on_re_as/
china_banned_church;_ylt=Ah5RgwPTE5GNi1SVsYJc1kQBxg8F;
_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--


News

Corporate Social Responsibility
Govt Honors 21 Enterprises for Environmental Protection
Xinhuanet.com, 21/10/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-10/
20/content_3656509.htm

Death Penalty
Feted Killer of Triad Head Sentenced to Death
China Daily, 21/10/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-10
/21/content_486773.htm

Internet Bar Arsonists Sentenced
Xinhuanet.com, 21/10/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-10/
21/content_3660685.htm

Migrant Who Killed Four Over Wages Executed
SCMP, 21/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ5D9381FE.html

Detention- Ching Cheong(程翔)
State Council: Ching Cheong's Health in Good Condition
國 務 院 ： 程 翔 身 體 良 好
Apple Daily, 21/10/2005
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple
/art_main.cfm?sec_id=4104&iss_id=200510
21&art_id=5328610

Labor-Work safety / conditions
Mining Ban Ignored by Hard-up Owners
Xinhuanet.com, 21/10/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-10
/21/content_3659677.htm

Law
Beijing Local Court Rules Out First Criminal Case to Agree on an Out-of-Court
Settlement
刑事案件首次应用庭外和解
China Youth Daily, 21/10/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-10/21/content_79686.htm

Migrant Workers-Migrant children
Left-Behind Children Should Not be Forgotten
China Daily, 21/10/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-10
/21/content_486767.htm

Politics
Chinese Communists Dash Hopes of Democratic Reform
The Guardian, 21/10/2005
http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0
,7369,1597425,00.html

Protests and Petitions
Bold Opportunity Goes Begging
The Standard, 21/10/2005
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?w
e_cat=9&art_id=3708&sid=5052732
&con_type=1&d_str=20051019

Rights Activist: Looking at Human Rights Protection in Light of the Taishi Village Incident
李银河：从太石村事件看人权保护
Peacehall, 21/10/2005
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2005
/10/200510211307.shtml

China's revolution for everyone and no one
Asia Times Online, 20/10/2005
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_B
usiness/GJ21Cb01.html

Villagers in Shunde, Guangdong Report Being Threatened After Protesting Land Grab by Party Officials
广东顺德村干部违法征地新发展 村民代表受恐吓
Radio Free Asia, 20/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005
/10/20/shunde/

Society-Drug
Expert Warns the Number of Drug Users in China Is Rising
中国吸毒人数增加 禁毒形势严峻
Voice of America, 21/10/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-10-20-voa27.cfm

Hong Kong
Newspapers Criticise Government’s Proposed Democratic Reforms
SCMP, 20/10/2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZT5G9ETEE.html

Thursday, October 20, 2005

October 20, 2005


News

Children-Children trafficking
China Auction Web Site Offers Babies for Sale
Reuters via YahooNews.com, 20/10/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051020/wr_nm/
china_baby_dc;_ylt=Aj7zlQW_qPeakcf5C
Xhk4vgBxg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMT
Q4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA—

Children-Adoption
Families That Adopt Orphans Find Love Doesn't Come Easily
家庭助养 想说爱你不容易
Legal Daily, 20/10/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2005-10/20
/content_207866.htm

Death Penalty
Death for 7 Leaders of Child Theft Network
SCMP, 20/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ55RL6UEE.html

Death Penalty, Forced Confessions and Harvesting Organs of Executed Prisoners: German and Chinese Scholars Break the Taboo in Open Discussion
死刑、刑讯和取死囚器官：中德学者北京破禁忌
Chinesenewsnet.com, 19/10/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews
/SinoNews/Mainland/2005_10_19_14_
47_58_427.html

Detention-Peng Ming(彭明)/State Security-Terrorism
Peng Ming's Letter of Self Defense
本台独家报道：彭明自我辩护书
Radio Free Asia, 20/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2005/10/18/pengmin/

Detention-Zhang Lin (張林)
Rights Activist: Chinese Lawyers, Where is Your Conscience?
赵达功：中国律师的良心何在？
Peacehall, 18/10/2005
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/pubvp
/2005/10/200510181754.shtml

Human Rights-Bilateral ties
They Say, We Say: the Two Views of Political Reform
SCMP, 20/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZD5RL6UEE.html

Law
How Valid Is it to Pass Verdicts Based on Precedents?
先例判决推广价值有多大
Legal Daily, 20/10/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2005-10
/20/content_207867.htm

Law-Legal reform
Reform of Criminal Procedural Law Breaks New Ground
刑事诉讼法修改形成新说
Legal Daily, 20/10/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2005-10/2
0/content_207950.htm

Media-Press freedom/censorship
China Ranks 9th Worst Country for Protecting Press Freedom in 2005
中國2005新聞自由全球倒數第九
BBC.com (Chinese), 20/10/2005
http://news8.thdo.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/ne
wsid_4350000/newsid_4359000/4359058
.stm

Media-Internet
Concerns Raised Over Liu Xiaobo's Open Letter Blaming Yahoo! for Shi
Tao's Detention
刘晓波批雅虎公开信引起关注
Radio Free Asia, 20/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao
/2005/10/19/liuxiaobo/

Politics
White Paper Just a Big Lie: Activists
SCMP, 20/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZEVC9ETEE.html

Analysis of White Paper on Building Political Democracy in China
评析中国民主政治建设白皮书
Voice of America, 19/10/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/2005-10-19-voa57.cfm

Poverty
Is China Headed for a Gini 'Red Alert'?
Asia Times Online, 20/10/2005
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_B
usiness/GJ20Cb01.html

Spread the Wealth
Los Angeles Times, 19/10/2005
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-china19oct19,0,3378309.story?coll=la-news-comment-editorials
china19oct19,0,3378309.story?coll=la-news-comment-editorials

Protests and Petitions
CHINA: Journalists Divided Over Condemnation
Asia Media via China Digital News, 20/10/2005
http://asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=31786

Protests and Petitions
Violent End to Dispute Over Land
SCMP, 20/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZFCB9ETEE.html

What Is the Cause of Rural Unrest in China?
中国农村抗议活动根源何在？
Voice of America, 20/10/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2
005-10-19-voa80.cfm

Villagers in Guangdong's Taishi Slam Official Verdict on Standoff
Radio Free Asia, 19/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/social/200
5/10/19/china_taishi/

Religion-Christianity
Chinese Bishop Writes Letter to Thank Pope for Invitation to Conference
中国主教致函罗马教皇谢赴会邀请
Voice of America, 19/10/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-1
0-19-voa54.cfm
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