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Protests and Petitions / Government – Governance and Accountability
Panyu clears village chief of corruption
SCMP, 01/10/2005
Panyu City government in Guangdong Province announced in an official statement that Taishi villagers had agreed to withdraw their protests to remove the village chief Chen Jinsheng, ending the three month long struggle. The statement said that dispute was "stirred up" by "irresponsible" media and villagers were now confident of the Village Chief. Yet, villagers refused to comment on the incident.
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZIRPUD6EE.html
related news:
Failure of Taishi impeachment committee and public hearing system: Guangdong is no
longer a pioneer of political reform
罷官失敗，聽証失效：廣東不再是改革先鋒
Asia Times Online, 02/10/2005
http://www.atchinese.com/index.php?option=com_content&task
=view&id=8029&Itemid=2828
Liu Xiaobo: Who is the true winner of Taishi village chief dispute
刘晓波来稿：太石村罢官谁是真赢家
Chinesenewsnet.com, 03/10/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Opinion/2005
_10_2_9_47_29_482.html
News
Death Penalty
Henan Vice-Governor sentenced to death for murdering wife
副 省 長 買 兇 殺 妻 判 死
Apple Daily, 03/10/2005
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?iss_id
=20051003&sec_id=15335&showdate=20051003&art_id=527631
6335&showdate=20051003&art_id=5276316
Gang leader sentenced to death by Heilongjiang Court
非法敛财千万“黑老大”获极刑
The Beijing News, 02/10/2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/1002/09@014
028.html
Drug trafficker caught and sentenced to death with reprieve in Quanzhou
逍遙法外長達14年的毒販在泉州落網被判處死緩
CRI Online, 01/10/2005
http://big5.chinabroadcast.cn/gate/big5/gb.chinabroadcast.cn/
8606/2005/10/01/106@723322.htm3322.htm
Education - Basic education / Government - Fiscal
Government to pay a big bill for promulgating free and compulsory education across the country
中国将推行全免义务教育 政府要埋多大的单
Xinhuanet.com, 03/10/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/school/2005-10/03/content_3577
880.htm
Government - Governance and accountability / Labor - Work safety / conditions
454 officials punished for mining disasters
Xinhuanet.com, 01/10/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-10/01/content_3571
344.htm
Human Rights - Human rights defenders
Beijing rights activist evicted from apartment
SCMP, 03/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZL272E6EE.html
Labor / Protests and Petitions
Shoe-factory workers in police clash
SCMP, 03/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZJDV3E6EE.html
Land
We've nothing left to trade, say residents of one test-case village
SCMP, 01/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZFDV3E6EE.html
Law - Juvenile justice
Supreme Court to select experimental cities to setup Juvenile Court
最高人民法院副院长：在大城市试点设立少年法院
China News Agency, 02/10/2005
http://www.chinanews.com.cn//news/2005/2005-10-02/8/63
3709.shtml
Media - Internet
Guangdong government orders educational institutions' BBS to register legal names of student users
Interfax via China Digital News, 03/10/2005
http://www.interfax.cn/showfeature.asp?aid=6251&slug=INTE
RNET-GUANGDONG-BBS-EDUCATIONEDUCATION
Politics / State Security - State secrets
Shaanxi opens archives about Cultural Revolution
People's Daily, 02/10/2005
http://english.people.com.cn/200510/02/eng20051002_212
116.html
Politics / Economic Development
China Promises Equitable Growth
Washington Post, 01/10/2005
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/
09/30/AR2005093001545.html?sub=ARdyn/content/article
/2005/09/30/AR2005093001545.html?sub=AR
Public Health
Medical care: high-priced and hard to get
SCMP, 03/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZFMTUD6EE.html
Terminal debt and despair hit cancer villages
SCMP, 03/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZQ2Z3E6EE.html
Bring affordable medical service to farmers
Xinhuanet.com, 02/10/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-10/02/content_3576
901.htm
Religion - Christianity
Bishops blocked from Vatican visit
SCMP, 03/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZLRQUD6EE.html
Tibet
Radio, TV reach administrative villages in Tibet
China Daily, 03/10/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-10/02/content_4
82400.htm
Xinjiang / State Security - Terrorism
Renewed 'Strike Hard' Campaign Ordered in Xinjiang
Radio Free Asia, 29/09/2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/politics/2005/09/29/china_str
ikehard/