Thursday, November 03, 2005

November 3, 2005

News

Death Penalty/Law-Legal reform
Supreme People's Court Reorganizes its Human Resources to Handle the Review on
Death Sentences
最高法扩编全国选才 重大疑难死刑案复核或听证
People's Daily, 03/11/2005
http://npc.people.com.cn/GB/15177/53060/3823933.html

Detention- Chen Guangcheng(陳光誠) /Population-One-child policy
Beijing Pressed on ‘Abuse’ of Blind Activist
Financial Times, 03/11/2005
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/2e0f2ec6-4bfb-11da-997b-
0000779e2340.html


Detention- Wang Wanxing(王萬星)
'Mad' Dissident Speaks Out After Release
SCMP, 03/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZSI7Q7BFE.html

Education
"Inadequate Funding" Becomes the Excuse for All Sorts of Delays in Education Reform
“投入不足”正成为教育卸责的万能借口
China Youth Daily, 03/11/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-11/03/content_85958.htm

Education/Hukou
Students from Cities Lie to Get Residence Permits in Rural Areas in Order to Get Educational Subsidies
城市学子争优惠 争相谎报农村户口
The Beijing News, 03/11/2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/1103/15@02
5041.html


Environment
Dam Opposition Swells
Asia Times Online, 03/11/2005
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_Business/GK03Cb06.html

Violence Flares in Hunan as Hired Thugs Collect Pollution Surcharge
SCMP, 03/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ8J7Q7BFE.html

Hukou/Migrant Workers
Abolishment of Hukou System Cannot Secure Migrant's Rights
中国“取消户籍不能根本改善民工权益”
Chinesenewsnet.com, 03/11/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/2005_11_2_15_4
_13_609.html

Rural Migrants to Get More Rights in China
International Herald Tribune, 02/11/2005
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/11/02/news/china.t.php

Labor-Protests
Chinese Sofa Factory Workers Go on Strike
AP via YahooNews.com, 03/11/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051103/ap_on_bi_ge/china_lab
or_dispute;_ylt=AjWIzoK_
57v2vuU0hgzpxksBxg8F;_ylu=X3oD
MTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA—


Shenzhen Workers Protest at Beatings
SCMP, 03/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ9MZ58BFE.html

Law-Legal reform
Legal Reforms Don't Go Far Enough, Says US Law Expert
SCMP, 03/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZMMY58BFE.html

Law-Wrongful Convictions
State Compensation: Cases Should Provide Foundation for Further Legal Development
国家赔偿:判例当促进立法
China Youth Daily, 03/11/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-11/03/content_85913.htm

Judges Across China Will Soon Be Required to Answer Enquiries on Verdicts Passed
法官判后答疑制将在全国推广
Legal Daily, 03/11/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2005-11/03/content_214
395.htm


Media-Internet
Western Companies Under Fire over Media Controls in China
AFP via Turkish Press.com, 03/11/2005
http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=77526

Public Health
China's Past Stirs Fears of Future
Chicago Tribune via Newsday.com, 03/11/2005
http://www.newsday.com/news/health/chi-0511020223nov02
,0,3384568.story?coll=ny-
leadhealthnews-headlines

Head of Ministry of Health: Conflicts Between Patients and Medical Institutions Are
Caused by the Latter Party
卫生部部长高强:解决医患矛盾关键在医方
People's Daily, 03/11/2005
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1027/3823883.html

Rural Issues/Government-Governance and Accountability
Five Steps to Complete the Legislation on Formulation of Village Committees
从五个方面完善村委会组织法
Legal Daily, 03/11/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2005-11/03/content_214
468.htm


Tibet
Representative of Dalai Lama Says Tibet is not Fighting for Independence
达赖喇嘛特使重申不求西藏独立
Voice of America, 02/11/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-11-02-voa77.cfm