December 30, 2005

Top News of the Day

Media - Press Freedom/Censorship
特稿：新京报总编被撤，两千多员工罢工 (Feature Story: Beijing News Staff Goes on Strike over Editors’ Dismissal)
Chinesenewsnet.com, December 29, 2005
Over 2,000 reporters and staff of the Beijing News, an outspoken and liberal newspaper, reportedly went on strike yesterday in protest against the dismissal of Chief Editor Yang Bin and two assistant editors. The dismissals were allegedly ordered by Party authorities to ensure that the newspaper takes a more conservative stance and that no 'political mistakes' will be made in the future.
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/2005_12_29_16_24_55_336.html


Related news:
中宣部着眼「政治安全」下令改组新京报 (CPC Orders a Reshuffle of the Beijing News' Editorial Team to Ensure 'Political Security')
Ming Pao via Chinesenewsnet.com, December 29, 2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/2005_12_29_17_9_11_998.html


News

Death Penalty
河北最大集资诈骗案审结 被告人曹海林判死刑 (Hebei Woman Sentenced to Death in that Province’s Largest Ever Fraud Case)
GoogleNews.com (China), December 30, 2005
http://news.qq.com/a/20051230/000805.htm

Detention – Zheng Yichun (郑贻春)
人权组织要求中国释放网上作家 (Rights Group Urges Immediate Release of Jailed Dissident Writer After Zheng’s Appeal to Liaoning Higher Court Is Rejected)
Voice of America, December 29, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-12-29-voa51.cfm

Education / Labor
Unemployment Rate of Well-educated People on Rise
Xinhuanet.com, December 30, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/30/content_398
8068.htm

Food Security
China Still Faces Grain Shortage
Xinhuanet.com, December 30, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/29/content_398
6333.htm

Media - Press Freedom/Censorship
Academic's Article is Pulled after Plagiarism Accusation
SCMP, December 30, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZKLTQJRGE.html

Foreign Journalists Promised Easier Times
SCMP, December 30, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZOLTQJRGE.html

香港媒体评论：中国打压传媒有损国家形象 (Hong Kong Media: Suppression of Media Freedom Would Harm China's International Image)
Ming Pao via Chinesenewsnet.com, December 29, 2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/cna_2005_12_29_22_00_22_564.html

Media – Internet / Law
Rules Issued to Ensure Internet Safety
Xinhuanet.com, December 30, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/30/content_
3987243.htm

Olympics/ Government
Beijing's New Party Line: China Officials Train Crowds tTo Be More Polite, Orderly aAs 2008 Olympics Approach
The Wall Street Journal, December 27, 2005
http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB113564831466831878-SZb
kaoU90k8sToMdRlOVeSZDjRU_20061227.html?mod=tff_
main_tff_topSZbkaoU90k8sToMdRlOVeSZDjRU_20061227.html
?mod=tff_main_tff_top

Population - One-child Policy
Family Planning Policy Becomes Controversial Topic
Xinhuanet.com, December 30, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/29/content_398
6715.htm

Public Health / UN
WHO says China Still not Sharing Bird Flu Samples
Reuters via YahooNews.com, December 30, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051230/wl_nm/birdflu_china_dc_
5;_ylt=AgxR4vuM6JJe3lP4EOWZ_sRPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW
04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUlP4EOWZ_sRPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMT
BiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Rural Issues / Government
中央农村工作会议全面部署农业农村工作　“六管齐下”推进新农村 (CPC’s Rural Work Conference: Six Major Measures Adopted to Speed Up Rural Development)
Nanfang Daily, December 30, 2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/dd/nfrb/a01/2005
12300129.asp

Farmers Win Pledge of More Investment
SCMP, December 30, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZN0PW6SGE.html

Social Security
低保是法定权利而不是恩惠 (Subsidy to Low-Income Residents is a Right, not Charity)
China Youth Daily, December 30, 2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-12/30/content_113855.htm

December 29, 2005

Top News of the Day

Detention - Ching Cheong
程翔案下月将移交检察院 (Journalist Ching Cheong's Espionage Case to Be Handed Over to Procuratorate on January 6)
Radio Free Asia, December 29, 2005
The case of renowned Hong Kong-based journalist Ching Cheong, who has been charged with spying for Taiwan, will be handed over to the procuratorate in Beijing on January 6. Ching Cheong was detained in April and formally arrested on August 5 of this year.
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/12/28/
chingcheong/

Protests and Petitions
Villagers Held for Disrupting Poll and Staging Sit-In
SCMP, December 29, 2005
An unknown number of villagers in Shaoguan, Guangdong Province have been arrested by police for reportedly disrupting a local election in June and organizing a sit-in demonstration at government offices last month.
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ42LW6SGE.html

News

Children
Stress Affecting 30m Schoolchildren
SCMP, December 29, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZROQQJRGE.html

Corruption
全面推进反腐败工作 中纪委公布反腐败举报网站 (Website for Reporting Corruption Launched)
EastDay.com, December 29, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node
108937/userobject1ai1753959.html3959.html

Environment
九成城市地下水受污染　北方城市污染较南方严重，污染元素多且超 (90 Percent of Underground Water Contaminated; More Pollutants and Higher Levels of Pollution Found in Cities in the North than in the South)
Nanfang City News, December 29, 2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/dd/nfrb/a08/
200512290080.asp

Concern Voiced Over Salt Tide Threat
China Daily, December 29, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-12/29/
content_507629.htm

Government
Central Government Portal Website to Be Launched
China Daily, December 29, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-12/29/
content_507605.htm

Human Rights
Beijing Bars Exit for SARS Hero
The Standard, December 29, 2005
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asppp_cat=5&art_id=8748&sid
=6060225&con_type=1&d_str=20051229

蔣彥永申请出国未获准 (SARS Whistleblower Jiang Yanyong Barred from Leaving the Country)
Wen Wei Po, December 29, 2005
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=
CH0512290013&cat=002CH

Labor
80% of Private Firms Violate Employee Rights
Xinhuanet.com, December 29, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/29/content_
3983058.htm

China Plans Criminal Penalties to Run-Away Employers of Unpaid Workers
People's Daily, December 29, 2005
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200512/29/eng20051229
_231463.html

我国劳动法实施存5大问题 超时加班较普遍 (Five Major Problems in Enforcement of Labor Law, Unpaid Overtime Most Common)
EastDay.com, December 29, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node109158/userobject1ai1755273.html5273.html

Media
Editor of Outspoken Newspaper Sent Packing
SCMP, December 29, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ7OQQJRGE.html

大陆《百姓》杂志网站被封 (Website of Mainland-based Magazine "Baixing" Shut Down)
Peacehall, December 29, 2005
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2005/12/
200512291221.shtml

Olympics
Safety Given Top Priority at Beijing Olympics
China Daily, December 29, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-12/29/
content_507528.htm

Protests and Petitions
京警涉毆上访村民 (Beijing Police Allegedly Beat Up Petitioners)
Ming Pao, December 29, 2005
http://www.mingpaonews.com/

Public Health
Aids Funding to Double, Says Report
SCMP, December 29, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZVOQQJRGE.html

轮血染艾滋 医院赔5万 (Hospital Compensates Woman 50,000 Yuan for Contracting AIDS Through Blood Transfusion)
The Beijing News, December 29, 2005
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/china/2005/1229/005@151310.htm

Hospitals Ordered to Offer Cheaper Check-Ups
China Daily, December 29, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-12/29/
content_507527.htm

Religion
圣诞期间新疆河南家庭教会遭到冲击 (Five Christians in Xinjiang Detained During Church Celebration on X'mas Day)
Radio Free Asia, December 29, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/12/28/jiaohui/

December 24-28, 2005

Top News of the Day

Human Rights
重庆异议人士许万平被判处12年徒刑 (Chongqing Dissident Xu Wanping Sentenced to 12 Years in Jail)
Radio Free Asia, Dcember 28, 2005
Chongqing dissident Xu Wanping has been sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment by a Chongqing court for "incitement to subvert state power" and four years' deprivation of political rights.
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/12/26/xu/

• Related News:
  Dissident receives sentence of 12 years
  HRIC Press Release, December 23, 2005
  http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision%5fid=26467&
  item%5fid=26458
  

Protests and Petitions – Taishi Incident
China Releases Village Activist
BBC.com, Deember 27, 2005
Guo Feixiong, a lawyer from a Beijing law firm who was assisting villagers in Taishi village, Guangdong Province, in their unsuccessful bid to unseat the village chief, has been released after being detained for about three months.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4562662.stm


News

Corruption
中国评论﹕愈肃愈贪 愈反愈腐 (China Analysis: Crackdown on Corruption Breeds More Opportunities for Corruption)
Ming Pao, December 28, 2005
http://www.mingpaonews.com/

Tighter Laws Urged to Fight Corruption
SCMP, December 28, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZN5NQJRGE.html

Death Penalty
Killer of House Seller Receives Death Sentence
Xinhuanet.com, December 28, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/28/content_
3978724.htm

Education
十一五新增2182亿元农村义务教育经费 (218.2 Billion Yuan Earmarked in 11th Five-Year Plan for Compulsory Education in Rural Areas)
China Youth Daily, December 28, 2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-12/28/content_112668.htm

Government
原国土资源部长田凤山被判无期徒刑 (Former Land Resources Chief Sentenced to Life Imprisonment)
Radio Free Asia, December 27, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2005/12/27/tianfengshan/

Human Rights
Psych Retort
SCMP, December 28, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chifeatures/ZZZH3GAKRGE.html

陕北石油民企代表冯秉先案开庭审理 (Court Opens Trial on Feng Bingxian, the Representative of Shaanxi's Oil Industry)
Radio Free Asia, December 26, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/12/26/
fengbingxian/

杨天水再度被拘捕　下落不明 (Dissident Yang Tianshui Under Arrest Again, Whereabouts Unknown)
Radio Free Asia, December 26, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/12/26/
yangtianshui/

China 'Jails Democracy Activist'
BBC.com, December 25, 2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4558764.stm

Law
行政强制：须治乱与治软并重 (NPC to Discuss Draft Law on Administrative Enforcement That Would Allow Government to Ensure That Both Citizens and Officials Comply with Laws and Regulations)
Legal Daily, December 28, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-12/28/content_242692.htm

China Courts Turn Deaf Ear To Peasants' Cases
International Herald Tribune, December 27, 2005
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/12/27/news/land.php

广东省人大常委会立法将改两审制为“三审制” (Guangdong Province People's Congress Passes Law to Replace Two-Trial System with Three-Trial System)
Xinhuanet.com, December 27, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-12/27/content_3976182.htm

Media
明年我国将启动手机实名制 (Real-Name System on Mobile Phones to Start Next Year)
China Youth Daily, December 28, 2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-12/28/content_112663.htm

Police
中国监狱人权状况恶化的经济原因 (Economic Factors Contribute to the Worsening Situation of Prisoners' Rights in China )
Chinesenewsnet.com, December 28, 2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Opinion/
2005_12_27_20_11_16_827.htmltml

Politics
Reshuffle of Key Leadership Posts Strengthens Hu's Power Base
SCMP, December 24, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZRJNQJRGE.html

Population
China's Population Not to Top 1.6 Billion, Report
China Daily, December 27, 2005
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200512/27/eng20051227_
231161.html

Protests and Petitions
Seeking a Public Voice on China's 'Angry River'
New York Times, December 26, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/26/international/asia/26china.
html?hp&ex=1135659600&en=36c17cb7e60e6c5f&ei=5094&partner
=homepage&oref=login

Religion
要求归还房产的神甫修女返回山西 (Priests and Nuns Involved in Protest to Fight for Land Rights of a School in Tianjin Under Demolition Have Returned Home)
Radio Free Asia, December 26, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/12/26/shenfu/

Resettlement
中国当局提案保障清拆户权益 (China Proposes New Law to Strengthen Protection of Evictees)
BBC.com, December 28, 2005
http://news8.thdo.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_4560000/
newsid_4561800/4561824.stm.stm

December 23, 2005

News

Detention – Peng Ming (彭明)
China Upholds Life Sentence for US-based Dissident
AFP via YahooNews.com, December 23, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051223/wl_asia_afp/chinaus
dissidentrights_051223060048;_ylt=AjBQSx4cfj5UR44ahEwWP
cVPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Disasters
Forty-two Killed in Gas Explosion in Southwest China
AFP via YahooNews.com, December 23, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051223/wl_asia_afp/chinagas
blast;_ylt=AoOgGmMnAIX4FCVrA68SozIBxg8F;_ylu=X3oDMT
BjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--FCVrA68SozIBxg8F
;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--

Environment
Nation Sets "Green" Tax Incentives
Xinnhuanet.com, December 23, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/23/content_3959
122.htm

Labor
14 mln Laid-off Workers Find Jobs in 3 Years
Xinhuanet.com, December 22, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/22/content_3957
696.htm

Olympics / State Security - Terrorism
Anti-terrorism Cameras to Enter Star-rated Hotels in Beijing
People's Daily, December 23, 2005
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200512/23/eng20051223_
230169.html

Poverty / Social Security
中国加强保障弱势群体 直指收入最低的农民群体 (China to Target Low-income Rural Households in the Latest Efforts toProtect Disadvantaged Groups)
EastDay.com, December 23, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node
108072/userobject1ai1740737.html0737.html

Protests and Petitions / Resettlement
We're Not Leaving Building, Vow Priests in Tianjin Siege
SCMP, December 23, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ3J9W6SGE.html

Protests and Petitions – Shanwei Incident
东洲家属路祭死者探望伤者均遭禁止 (Families of Shanwei Incident Victims Prevented from Hospital Visits and Mourning the Dead)
Radio Free Asia, December 22, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/12/22/shanwei/

Public Health
医疗补贴主要给了富人 (Health Care Reform: Health Care Subsidies Will Mainly Benefit the Rich)
China Youth Daily, December 23, 2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-12/23/content_110824.htm

Public Health
一个高校“性教育”BBS的艰难行走 (The Use of Internet Discussion Forums in Sex Education)
China Youth Daily, December 23, 2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-12/23/content_110679.htm

Religion - Christianity
北京判处传圣经牧师监禁不提宗教 (Beijing Court Told Not to Consider Religion When Trying Pastor Cai Zhuohua's Case)
Voice of America, December 22, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-12-22-voa43.cfm

SOEs / Labor
Reforms of SOEs Will Push Ahead Next Year
China Daily, December 23, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-12/23/content
_505847.htm

December 22, 2005

Top News of the Day

Protests and Petitions – Shanwei Incident
联合国要中国提供汕尾事件信息 (UN Asks China to Provide Information on Shanwei Incident)
Radio Free Asia, December 22, 2005
Philip Alston, the United Nations’ special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, sent a letter to Chinese authorities last week, demanding a report on the Shanwei incident. Officials said three were killed when a police chief ordered police to open fire at a crowd of people protesting a land dispute in Dongzhou Village, Shanwei, in Guangdong Province two weeks ago.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-12-21-voa54.cfm

News

Economic Development
随中国经济发展暴力犯罪引人关注 (In the Wake of China's Economic Development, Violent Crimes Are Getting More Attention)
Voice of America, December 22, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-12-21-voa29.cfm

Environment
S. China Cities to Deal with Possible Water Crisis
Xinhuanet.com, December 22, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/21/content_
3953560.htm

Labor
Better Workforce Essential to Growth
SCMP, December 22, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZIXFQJRGE.html

Media - Internet
中国民众难浏览美英国际电台网页 (Chinese Citizens' Access to International News Websites Getting More Difficult)
Voice of America, December 21, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-12-21-voa15.cfm

Migrant Workers
Migrant Policy Stirs Fear of Slums
SCMP, December 22, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZGFCQJRGE.html

Military
Focus on Hi-tech Future in Latest PLA Reshuffle
SCMP, December 22, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ0B6W6SGE.html

Police
Ex-Prisoner's Way of Redemption
China Daily, December 22, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-12/22/
content_505463.htm

Politics
中国“团派”开始全面掌权 (China's Communist Youth League Begins to Gain Power)
Radio Free Asia, December 22, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/12/21
/tuanpai/

国务院新闻办发表《中国的和平发展道路》白皮书 (China's State Council Issues White Paper Entitled “China’s Peaceful Path of Development”)
Xinhuanet.com, December 22, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2005-12/22/content
_3954986.htm

Poverty
Unionists Concerned Over Income Gap
People's Daily, December 22, 2005
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200512/22/eng20051222
_230015.html

Wealth Gap Fuelling Instability, Studies Warn
SCMP, December 22, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ8FCQJRGE.html

Public Health
28 Infected with HIV After Illegal Blood Sales
China Daily, December 22, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-12/22/
content_505465.htm

社科院蓝皮书：65.7％国人无医疗保险 (Social Sciences Academy Blue Paper Reports: 65.7 Percent of People Don't Have Medical Insurance)
Wen Wei Po, December 22, 2005
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=
CH0512220007&cat=002CH

Rural Issues
Network Launched in Rural Areas for Access to Internet
Xinhuanet.com, December 22, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/22/
content_3954446.htm

Tibet
China Arrests Tibetan Monks, Nuns for Dalai Lama Poster
Radio Free Asia, December 20, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2005/12/20/china_tibetans/

Hong Kong
政改拉倒 (Hong Kong Political Reforms Rejected)
Ming Pao, December 22, 2005
http://www.mingpaonews.com/

December 21, 2005

Top News of the Day

Religion
北京家庭教会蔡卓华案被维持原判 (Court Upholds Verdict for Beijing House Church Pastor Cai Zhuohua)
Radio Free Asia, December 20, 2005
A court has upheld the verdict for Cai Zhuohua, a pastor with an underground church in Beijing, who was convicted of illegally printing and selling over 200,000 Christian books. Cai was tried together with his wife and his wife’s uncle, who were individually sentenced to between one and three years’ imprisonment..
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/12/20/
caizuohua/

News

Corruption
中国评论﹕除腐败方能保和平 (China Analysis: Peace Can Be Maintained Only by Rooting out Corruption)
Ming Pao, December 21, 2005
http://www.mingpaonews.com/

胡锦涛主持研究反腐败 (Hu Jintao in Charge of Anti-Corruption Research)
Ming Pao, December 21, 2005
http://www.mingpaonews.com/

Death Penalty
Former Bank Official Gets Death for Graft
People's Daily, December 21, 2005
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200512/21/eng20051221_
229735.html

北京幼儿园命案凶手伏法 临刑前称对不起母亲 (Man Who Killed a Teacher at a Beijing Kindergarten Said "Sorry" to Mother Before His Execution)
Xinhuanet.com, December 21, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-12/21/content_3948922.htm

“刨锛”作案16起 一审被判死刑 (Liaoning Man Recently Released from Prison Is Sentenced to Death on New Charges of Assault and Robbery)
Legal Daily, December 20, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-12/21/content_
239019.htm

Economic Development
China Remains Developing Nation Despite GDP Increase
People's Daily, December 21, 2005
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200512/21/eng20051221_
229653.html

Education
中国农村教师被拖欠工资超百亿元 (Government Owes Teachers in Rural Areas over 10 Billion Yuan in Wages)
Voice of America, December 21, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-12-20-voa37.cfm

机会成本：上大学不如擦皮鞋？(The Cost of Opportunity: Should I Go to University or Shine Shoes?)
China Youth Daily, December 21, 2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-12/21/content_109422.htm

Teachers Still Waiting for Billions in Back Pay
SCMP, December 21, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ9QQBKRGE.html

Government
公共政策制定应多问问老百姓 (Government Should Consult the People More on Public Policies)
China Youth Daily, December 21, 2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-12/21/content_109477.htm

Human Rights
中国维权律师当选“风云人物” (China Human Rights Lawyer Named "Man-of-the-Year" by Yazhou Zhoukan Magazine)
Dajiyuan.com, December 21, 2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/12/20/n1160553.htm

Labor
讨论:十一五规划的失业调控政策 (Discussion: Unemployment Control During the 11th Five-Year Plan)
Radio Free Asia, December 20, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/12/20/shiye/

Law
内蒙古检察机关5年查处职务犯罪司法人员600多 (Over 600 Judicial Officials Sanctioned in Inner Mongolia’s Procuratorates in Past Five Years)
Xinhuanet.com, December 20, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-12/20/content_
3946861.htm

Military
讨论：解放军高层将领大调换 (Discussion: PLA's Senior Management to be Reshuffled)
Radio Free Asia, December 20, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/12/20/
jiefangjun/

Olympics
Beijing Sets Up Special Police Unit to Tighten Olympics Security
Xinhuanet.com, December 20, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/20/content_
3947560.htm

Public Health
六成北京市民对医疗卫生不满 (60 Percent of Beijing Residents Unsatisfied with Health Care System)
China Youth Daily, December 21, 2005
http://news.cyol.com/gb/news/2005-12/21/content_109648.htm

Social Security
GDP Surge Underlines Welfare Shortfall
SCMP, December 21, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZYM2W6SGE.html

Xinjiang
Bursting Boom Town Holds Key to a Stable China
International Herald Tribune, December 21, 2005
http://www.iht.com/bin/print_ipub.php?file=/articles/
2005/12/20/news/china.php

December 20, 2005

Economic Development
中国经济成全球第六大 (China Becomes the Sixth Largest Economy in the World)
Ming Pao, December 20, 2005
http://www.mpinews.com/

Environment - Water
法律学者起诉中石油 法院拒绝受理 (Legal Scholars File Suit Against China National Petroleum Corporation for Polluting the Songhua River, but Court Refuses to Hear Case)
Radio Free Asia, December 20, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/12/19/
zhongshiyou/

Hukou
公安部高官要求逐步放宽大中城市户口迁移限制 (Public Security Bureau Official Asks for Gradual Relaxation of Restrictions on Households Moving to Large and Medium-sized Cities)
Chinesenewsnet.com, December 20, 2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/zxs_2005-12-20_667448.shtml

Law
粵律师每小時收費3000 (Guangdong Lawyers Make 3,000 Yuan an Hour)
Ming Pao, December 20, 2005
http://www.mingpaonews.com/

New York Times Gets Full Access to China Court Proceedings
People's Daily, December 20, 2005
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200512/20/print20051220_
229374.html

全国人大常委会明确违宪审查程序 (NPC Standing Committee Clarifies Inspection Procedures on Laws and Regulations that Contradict Constitution)
China Youth Daily, December 20, 2005
http://news.cyol.com/gb/news/2005-12/20/content_109018.htm

Police Penalty Flouts Law: Expert
SCMP, December 20, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZWSNBKRGE.html

三大诉讼法修改列入新一届人大五年立法计划 (Revision of the Three Procedural Laws Included in NPC's Five-Year Legislation Plan)
Xinhuanet.com, December 20, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-12/19/content_3939262.htm

Media
Hi-Tech Firms Censured Over China
BBC.com, December 19, 2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4541524.stm

Investors Speak Out on Free Speech
Christian Science Monitor, December 19, 2005
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1219/p14s03-lire.html

Migrant Workers
Childbirth Insurance to Help Female Migrant Workers
Xinhuanet.com, December 19, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/19/content_3941190.htm

Natural Resources / Energies
今年"十大暴利行业"排行榜出炉 能源业位居榜首 (Energy Companies Top This Year's "Ten Most Profitable Industries" List)
EastDay.com, December 20, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node107301/userobject1ai1732221.html2221.html

NGOs
NGOs Will Get State Funds to Help Poor
Xinhuanet.com, December 20, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/20/content_
3944231.htm

Police
公安部要求:妥善处置群体事件严防流血 加强反恐 (Public Security Bureau Urges Proper Crowd Control to Prevent Violence and to Strengthen Anti-Terrorism)
China News Agency, December 20, 2005
http://www.chinanews.com.cn/news/2005/2005-12-20/8/
667442.shtml

Religion
中国神职人员在天津遭到殴打，遭遇西安修女同样厄运 (Members of Clergy Beaten up In Tianjin, Similar to the Case of Xi'an Nuns)
Asia News, December 20, 2005
http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=zh&art=4906

Rural Issues
Central Government Scraps Tax on Farmers
SCMP, December 20, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ7M5QJRGE.html

December 17-19, 2005

Top News of the Day

WTO
Tentative Steps Forward Seen as Better Than None at All
Financial Times, December 19, 2005
The World Trade Organization's Sixth ministerial meeting has reached a consensus on the removal of export subsidies on all agricultural products within 8 years, among other agreements.
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/d0e6f070-6fff-11da-a1f7-0000779e2340.html

Xinjiang
Bias Getting Worse in Guangzhou, Say Muslims
SCMP, December 19, 2005
An increasing number of Arab and Uyghur Muslims are moving from the northwestern Xinjiang Autonomous Region to settle in the southern Guangdong Province, claiming that they are discriminated against in Xinjiang.
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZN85QJRGE.html

Related News
Uyghur Dissident's Employees Freed After Seven Months in a Chinese Jail
Radio Free Asia, December 16, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/releases/2005/12/16/uyghur_akide/


News

Death Penalty
律师提出刑事诉讼法修改意见 拟参加死刑复核 (Lawyers Give Feedback on Draft of Revised Criminal Procedure Law, Suggesting that Defense Lawyers Be Present at All Reviews of Death Penalty Cases )
EastDay.com, December 19, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node107113/userobject1ai1728859.html8859.html

Education
教育部拟将农村教师400多亿工资全额列入预算 (Education Ministry Plans to Make Budget Provision of 40 Billion Yuan for Rural Teachers' Wages)
EastDay.com, December 19, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node107113/userobject1ai1728860.html

Environment
Clean Water Promised to Rural Residents
Xinhuanet.com, December 19, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/19/content_3940385.htm

Gender
Police Raid Shuts Gay Festival in Beijing

SCMP, December 17, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZWXXPJRGE.html

Law
高法副院长奚晓明:让法官不再惧怕得罪政府 (High Court Judge Xi Xiaoming: Judges Should No Longer Fear Offending the Government)
Xinhuanet.com, December 19, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2005-12/19/content_3940090.htm

Media
Media Helps Promote Judicial Reform
Xinhuanet.com, December 19, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/18/content_3938497.htm

Weekly Newspaper With Outspoken Record Shuts Down
SCMP, December 19, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ98VV6SGE.html

Migrant Workers
化解民工医院的困境须政府积极作为 (Government Should Act Proactively to Resolve the Difficult Situation of Private Clinics for Migrants)
Legal Daily, December 19, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-12/19/content_237868.htm

Govt Calls on Protecting Migrant Children
Xinhuanet.com, December 19, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/18/content_3938083.htm

Migrant Workers Seek Spouses Through Haste Marriage
Xinhuanet.com, December 16, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/16/content_3929603.htm

Poverty
社科院专家称北京贫富差距严重超过警戒线(Social Sciences Academy Says Beijing's Wealth Gap Has Reached an Alarming Rate)
Xinhuanet.com, December 19, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2005-12/19/content_3940113.htm

Closing Gap Between Haves, Have-nots
Xinhuanet.com, December 17, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/17/content_3933421.htm

《中国人类发展报告2005》(United Nations Issues China Development Report for 2005)
Radio Free Asia, December 17, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/12/17/pinfu/

Protests and Petitions
China Official on Trial over Riot
BBC.com, December 19, 2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4534444.stm

Protests and Petitions
In China, it's Powerlessness to the People
Los Angeles Tlimes, December 18, 2005
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-op-china18
dec18,0,5915818.story?coll=la-news-comment-opinionschina18d
ec18,0,5915818.story?coll=la-news-comment-opinions

Protests and Petitions – Shanwei Incident
Officials Defend Shanwei Shooting
SCMP, December 19, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZMVJBKRGE.html

Dongzhou Woes Simmered for a Year Before Riot
SCMP, December 17, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ15GBKRGE.html

Chinese Evade Censors to Discuss Police Assault
Washington Post, December 16, 2005
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/16/AR2005121601709_pf.htmldyn/
content/article/2005/12/16/AR2005121601709_pf.html

Social Security
中国拟两年左右取消福利供热制 (China to Drop Free Heating for Urban Residents in Two Years)
China Youth Daily, December 19, 2005
http://news.cyol.com/gb/news/2005-12/19/content_108423.htm

WTO
[媒体观察]谁替中国农民去WTO说话 (Media Watch: Who Speaks for Chinese Farmers at WTO? )
Xinhuanet.com, December 19, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2005-12/19/content_3940148.htm

Mainland Farmers `Neglected' In Reforms
The Standard, December 17, 2005
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=11&art_id=8112&sid=5949377&con_type=1&d_
str=20051217&sear_year=2005&con_type=1&d_str=
20051217&sear_year=2005

December 16, 2005

News

Children / Education
农村失学问题严重 (Drop-out Rates Rise in Rural China)
Apple Daily, December 16, 2005
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main
.cfm?sec_id=15335&showdate=20051216&art_id=5491404

Death Penalty
Suspended Death Term for Official
SCMP, December 16, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZBKYPJRGE.html

Disasters
Blaze at Chinese Hospital Leaves 38 Dead, 24 Unaccounted For
AFP via YahooNews.com, December 16, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051216/wl_afp/chinafire;
_ylt=Al9BRj.gBnYw8dCQtVg0FdwBxg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBj
MHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--

Food Security / UN
世界粮食计划署将停对华援助 中国成重要捐赠国 (WFP to End Food Aid Program in China End of This Year, Asks for China's Donation)
EastDay.com, December 16, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node106721/userobject1ai1723647.html

Human Rights
Democracy Starts at Grassroots
SCMP, December 16, 2005
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZ1QNV6SGE.html

Comment: Human Rights Still a Touchy Subject for Beijing
New Strait Times, December 15, 2005
http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Thursday/
Columns/20051215075032/Article/indexb_html

Human Rights - Human Rights Defenders
殴打维权人士赵昕的四名嫌犯被抓 (Four Suspects Who Beat Up Rights Lawyer Arrested )
Radio Free Asia, December 15, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/12/15/zhaoxin/

Labor - Industrial accidents
矿井泄气　数百人中毒 (Hundreds Poisoned in Mine Field Gas Leak)
Apple Daily, December 16, 2005
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.
cfm?iss_id=20051216&sec_id=15335&showdate=2005
1216&art_id=5491354

Labor - Work Safety / Conditions
Vigilance on Labor Contracts Urged
SCMP, December 16, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZTONV6SGE.html

Media - Internet
著名异见网站“观点” 被关闭 (Dissident Web Site "Guangdian" Shut Down)
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/12
/14/guandian/

Military
China's Military Might a Concern
SCMP, December 16, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZKDUPJRGE.html

Politics
学者：中国政治隐患势影响香港内地农民被禁来港示威 (Scholar: Mainland Farmers Prevented from Participating in WTO Demonstration in Hong Kong in the Midst of Growing Political and Social Tensions in China)
Apple Daily, December 16, 2005
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main
.cfm?sec_id=4104&iss_id=20051216&art_id=5491609

Politics - Political Reforms /Economic Development
中美学者研讨政治自由化与中国经济发展 (Scholars Discuss Democratization and Economic Development in China)
Radio Free Asia, December 15, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/12/
15/zhengzhi/

Protests and Petitions – Shanwei Incident
人权观察吁中国彻查汕尾枪杀事件 (Rights Group Urges China to Investigate Shanwei Incident)
Voice of America, December 16, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-12-15-voa35.cfm

Probe of China Protest Shootings Sought
AP via YahooNews.com, December 15, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051215/ap_on_re_as/china
_protest_shootings;_ylt=AnoTiNJ6eLt8jHF_6FfV_C8Bxg8F
;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--

Protests and Petitions
China Seeks Calm While Letting Public Vent
AP via YahooNews.com, December 14, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051214/ap_on_re_as/china_
protest_control

Public Health
Dementia Cases 'Are Set to Soar'
BBC.com, December 16, 2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4530740.stm

中国官方关闭管轶实验室动机受质疑 (Beijing Questioned on Closing Bird Flu Laboratory Run by Outspoken Professor)
Radio Free Asia, December 15, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/12/15/
guanyi/

Public Health - HIV AIDS /STDs
新疆首次大规模筛查艾滋病 (Xinjiang to Launch Large-scale HIV Tests)
The Beijing News, December 16, 2005
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/china/2005/1216/014@
148346.htm

AIDS Campaign Backfires as Patients' Families Shunned
The Standard, December 15, 2005
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=
2&art_id=7899&sid=5914834&con_type=1&d_str=20051215

Resettlement
Chinese President Stresses Settlement of Problems People Concern Most
People's Daily, December 16, 2005
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200512/16/eng20051216
_228337.html

Social Security
New Pension Plan Aims to Cut Fund Losses
SCMP, December 16, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZZDXPJRGE.html

Society / Economic Development
China's Version of the American Dream
Asia Times Online, December 16, 2005
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/GL16Ad01.html