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.

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
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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