November 18, 2005

News

Corruption / Government - Governance and accountability
“集体决定”为何变成了集体犯罪 (When Did “Collective Decision-Making” Become a Collective Crime?)
China Youth Daily, 18/11/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-11/18/content_93319.htm

Detention – Yang Jianli (楊建利)
Activists Urge Bush on Chinese Prisoners
AP via YahooNews.com, 17/11/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051117/ap_on_re_as/china_us
_prisoner_politics

Education - Basic education / Children
财政部部长金人庆:农村义务教育明年学杂费全免 (Rural Villages Exempted from Paying Certain Fees for Compulsory Education Next Year)
People's Daily, 18/11/2005
http://society.people.com.cn/GB/41158/3868005.html

Rural Teachers Despair at Lack of Recognition
SCMP, 18/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZS0HQFXFE.html

Government
Beijing 'Ignored' by Local Cadres
SCMP, 18/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ8H6QFXFE.html

Government - Elections
湖北潜江村民选举被下令停止 (Qianjiang Village in Hubei Ordered to Put a Halt to Elections)
Radio Free Asia, 17/11/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/11/17/
xuanju/

Hukou / Social Security
城乡二元保障体制是社会根源 (The "Two-Tier Social Insurance System" is a Root Cause for Lack of Access to Medical Treatment in Rural Areas)
China Youth Daily, 18/11/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-11/18/content_93404.htm

Human Rights / Politics
Hopes Fade for Better Human Rights under Hu
Financial Times, 17/11/2005
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/94a6ac76-57a0-11da-8866-00000e
25118c.html

Law
何为公共利益 怎样合理补偿 (How to Reconcile Public Interests with Equitable Compensation)
Legal Daily, 18/11/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-11/18/content_221
438.htm

Media - Press freedom/censorship
Beijing Concerned about ‘Colour Revolution’
Financial Times, 18/11/2005
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/739cf006-57c5-11da-8866-00000e2
5118c.html

Media – Internet / UN
China Advocates Equal Stress on Freedom, Law in Digital World
People's Daily, 18/11/2005
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200511/18/eng20051118_22
2080.html

Media - Internet
Survey Studies Internet Use in China
USA Today, 17/11/2005
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2005-11-17-china-internet
-survey_x.htm

Migrant Workers
容忍歧视等于放弃权利 (Tolerating Discrimination is Equal to Giving Up on Human Rights)
China Youth Daily, 18/11/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-11/18/content_93344.htm

Police - Prisons
Cadaver Exhibition Raises Questions Beyond Taste
New York Times, 18/11/2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/18/nyregion/18bodies.html

Police – RTL
美国会决议谴责中国劳改制度 (US Congress Passes Resolution Condemning China’s Reeducation-Through-Labor System)
Voice of America, 17/11/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-11-17-voa79.cfm

Politics - CCP
中共胡耀邦纪念活动 官方不准自由派出席 (Chinese Government Refuses to Allow Freedom Activists to Attend Hu Yaobang’s Memorial Ceremony)
Radio Free Asia, 17/11/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/11/17/huyao
bang1/

Population - Aging population
“未富先老”的中国 如何破解老龄社会的难题 (“Getting Old Before We Get Rich” – How Do We Solve the Problems of China’s Ageing Population?)
Xinhuanet.com, 18/11/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2005-11/18/content_3798
065.htm

Protests and Petitions
Sidelined Stallholders Await Verdict
SCMP, 18/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ4H6QFXFE.html

福建莆田失地农民黄维忠进京上访被拘 (Fujian Farmer Huang Weizhong Arrested in Beijing for Petitioning Government Over Land Seized)
Radio Free Asia, 17/11/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/11/17/wei
quan/

Public Health
医改目标将覆盖90％人群 (Medical Care Reform Goal Is to Cover 90 Percent of Population)
China Youth Daily, 18/11/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-11/18/content_93419.htm

Health Officials Warn More Outbreaks of Bird Flu Likely in China
Voice of America, 17/11/2005
http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-11-17-voa16.cfm

Religion - Christianity
Christians in China Persevere Despite Religious Restrictions
USA Today, 17/11/2005
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2005-11-16-china-chu
rches_x.htm

Xinjiang
中国战略考虑对新疆人权状况的意义(US Discusses Significance of China’s Chang in Strategy Regarding Xinjiang’s Human Rights Situation)
Radio Free Asia, 17/11/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/11/17/ren
quan/