December 2, 2005

News

Corporate Social Responsibility / UN
UN Global Compact Summit Convenes in Shanghai
People's Daily, December 01, 2005
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200512/01/eng20051201_2
24729.html

Education
Beijing Must Focus on Quality of Education
SCMP, December 02, 2005
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZE6EQ58GE.html

国家的学校，家长的择校费？(Public Schools Forbidden to Take “Special Admission Fee")
Nanfang Weekend, December 01, 2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20051201/xw/ttzs/20051
2010006.asp

Human Rights / UN
China Values Cooperation with UN Human Rights Mechanism, Says FM Spokesman
People's Daily, December 02, 2005
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200512/02/eng20051202_
225009.html

Shift Seen in China's Attitude on Torture
Los Angeles Times, December 01, 2005
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-torture
1dec01,1,7024185.story?coll=la-headlines-worldtorture1dec01,1,
7024185.story?coll=la-headlines-world

Labor - Work Safety / Conditions
Workers Rights Debate Taboo in China
SCMP, December 02, 2005
http://biz.scmp.com/bizchina/ZZZ6FIM78GE.html

Labor – Heilongjiang Coal Mine Accident
东风矿难家属指当地官员涉嫌克扣抚恤金 (Officials Accused of Keeping Compensation Given to Families of Heilongjiang Coal Mining Disaster Victims)
Radio Free Asia, December 01, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/12/01/
kuangnan/

Media - Press Freedom/Censorship
Courage Under Cover
SCMP, December 02, 2005
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZ85EQ58GE.html

Media – Internet
Perspective: A Cyber Blind Spot on Human Rights
CNET.com, December 01, 2005
/news.com.com/A+cyber+blind+spot+on+human+rights/2010
-1028_3-5977410.html?part=rss&tag=5977410&subj=news

Poverty
今年城乡收入差距或达3.3:1 将是历史最高值 (Rural-Urban Income Gap Widened to Historic High)
Xinhuanet.com, December 01, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/fortune/2005-12/01/content_
3860362.htm

Protests and Petitions
Housing Activists Held over Gripe Letter to UN
SCMP, December 02, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ72CQ58GE.html

Police Stop Petitioners Putting Case to Media
SCMP, December 02, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ46EQ58GE.html

刘晓波等公开信追究番禺官员责任 (Liu Xiaobo and Other Dissidents Write Open Letter Demanding Government Accountability over Taishi Incident)
Voice of America, November 30, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-11-30-voa23.cfm

Playing with Protests
Asia Times Online, November 29, 2005
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/GK29Ad02.html

Public Health - HIV AIDS /STDs
300 Monitoring Stations to Prevent Epidemic
Xinhuanet.com, December 02, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/02/content_
3865920.htm

中国的艾滋病患者期待解决“药物之困” (AIDS Patients Concerned About Access to AIDS Drugs)
Xinhuanet.com, December 02, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2005-12/02/content_
3867076.htm

Public Health
医改重在补偿机制改革 (Reforming Compensation Mechanism is an Important Part of Public Healthcare Reform, Says Former Health Official)
Nanfang Weekend, December 01, 2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20051201/xw/szxw2/
200512010014.asp

Visiting an AIDS Village in Northern Anhui
EastSouthWestNorth, December 01, 2005
http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20051202_1.htm

Religion - Christianity
Catholic Church to Buy Land Taken in 1952
SCMP, December 02, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZQMLM78GE.html

西安16名修女遭不明人士殴打(Sixteen Nuns Beaten up in Xi'an)
Radio Free Asia, December 01, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/12/01/xian/

State Security - Terrorism
Anti-terror Trucks Land 100 Orders
Xinhuanet.com, December 02, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/02/content_
3865877.htm