Monday, November 21, 2005

November 19-21, 2005

News

Environment - Water
Polluted River Water in China Poisons 34 People
AFP via YahooNews.com, 21/11/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051120/wl_asia_afp/chinaenviro
nmentwater_051120193614
614

Government - Governance and Accountability
Reforms Critical if China to Win Bird-Flu Fight
Global and Mail, 19/11/2005
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/
LAC/20051119/BIRDFLU19/TPInternational/Asia
9/TPInterna
tional/Asia


Human Rights - Bilateral Ties
Bush Preaches Freedom to the Converted
SCMP, 21/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZS0KL78GE.html

China Shrugs off Human Rights Criticisms
Telegraph, 21/11/2005
http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005
/11/21/wchina21.xml


布什访华异议人士及上访者被监视(Dissidents and Petitioners Put Under Surveillance During Bush Visit)
Radio Free Asia, 18/11/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/other/2005/11/18/shangfang2/

Human Rights - Human Rights Defenders / Protests and Petitions
听证会失利 当局秘密调查高智晟 (Authorities Launch Further Investigation of Activist Lawyer Gao Zhisheng)
Dajiyuan.com, 21/11/2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/11/21/n1127010.htm

A List Aids China's Political Prisoners
ABC, 20/11/2005
http://abcnews.go.com/International/CSM/story?id=1331579

Media - Press Freedom/Censorship
河北3记者采访遭殴打 (Three Reporters Beaten Up in Hebei)
The Beijing News, 19/11/2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/1120/11@00413
0.html


Migrant Workers - Work Conditions and Payment
It's on the Cards that Migrant Workers Will Get the Right Message
SCMP, 21/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZOCDP58GE.html

Politics
Book on Ousted Party Chief Published
SCMP, 21/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZW0KL78GE.html

Poverty - Urban Poverty
北京7万多有劳动能力的低保对象停发粮油帮困金 (Food Aid for 70,000 Beijing Low-Income Earners)
Xinhuanet.com, 21/11/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/society/2005-11/21/content_38
10545.htm


Public Health - HIV AIDS /STDs
专家呼吁:减少艾滋病报道中耻辱和歧视现象(Expert Calls for Media to Tone Down Bias on AIDS)
People's Daily, 21/11/2005
http://society.people.com.cn/GB/1063/3871518.html

Public Health
China Tightens Rules on Animal Epidemics Amid New Bird Flu Outbreaks
AFP via YahooNews.com, 20/11/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051120/wl_asia_afp/healthf
luchina_051120202020


Religion
30 Detained After Church Visit, Says Petitioner
SCMP, 21/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZQKGL78GE.html

More Religious Freedom than People Abroad Think
People's Daily, 21/11/2005
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200511/21/eng20051121_222
856.html


Tibet
Panchen Lama Holds Worship Ceremony in Tibet
People's Daily, 21/11/2005
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200511/21/eng20051121_222
868.html


Tibetan Monk Detained, Another Expelled, Amid Chinese Crackdown
Radio Free Asia, 18/11/2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/social/2005/11/18/tibet_monk/