Friday, December 09, 2005

December 9, 2005

News

Corporate Social Responsibility
Fortune Top 500 Reveals Poor Records in Chinese Firms
Xinhuanet.com, December 07, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/07/content_38934
14.htm


Death Penalty / Law
China Public to Hear Appeals
Financial Times, December 09, 2005
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/71faafb4-684a-11da-bfce-0000779e23
40.html


Detention – Zhao Yan (赵岩)
中国痛批无国界记者颁奖给赵岩(China Condemns Human Rights Prize Going to Zhao Yan)
BBC.com, December 09, 2005
http://news8.thdo.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_4510000/
newsid_4512100/4512170.stm
.stm

Detention – Ching Cheong (程翔)
香港一万多人签名 呼吁中国释放记者程翔 (Thousands Appeal for the Release of Ching Cheong)
Chinesenewsnet.com, December 08, 2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/cna_2005_12_08_10_00_23_568.html
10_00_23
_568.html


Education / Law
义务教育不容行政垄断 (Compulsory Education Law Should not Allow for Administrative Monopoly)
Nanfang Weekend, December 08, 2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20051208/xw/sd/2005
12080020.asp


Environment
Chemical Plants to Be Checked
China Daily, December 09, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-12/09/content
_501968.htm


Nightmare for Safety Troubleshooter
SCMP, December 09, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZQ5RAKRGE.html

Government - Governance and Accountability / Protests and Petitions
'I'm still Waiting to Be Treated Fairly'
SCMP, December 09, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZRTBPJRGE.html

Labor - Tangshan Mine Blast
唐山矿难井下104人?又是谎言!(Another Lie over the Number of Coal Mine Victims in Tangshan Mine Blast?)
Nanfang City News, December 09, 2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/dd/dsb/A17/2005
12090210.asp


Migrant Families Counting the Cost
SCMP, December 09, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZNUBPJRGE.html

Net Voices Silenced on String of Accidents
SCMP, December 09, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ0W9PJRGE.html

Migrant Workers
北京安全事故遇难者 八成五是外来工人 (85% of Beijing Work and Safety Accident Victims are Migrant Workers)
Chinesenewsnet.com, December 09, 2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/cna_2005_12_08_22_00_39_147.html
22_00_39
_147.html


Poverty
內地扶貧款成腐敗重災區 (Poverty Fund Becomes an Easy Target for Corruption)
Wen Wei Po, December 09, 2005
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH051209
0024&cat=002CH


Poverty
全國貧困人口反彈 (Poverty in China Rises Again: UN Report)
Wen Wei Po, December 09, 2005
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH05120900
25&cat=002CH


Protests and Petitions
人权观察:到北京上访者遭迫害 (Rights Group Criticizes China for Persecuting Petitioners)
Voice of America, December 08, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-12-08-voa35.cfm

Protests and Petitions – Dongzhou Protest
汕尾官员进入村通缉村民代表 (Dongzhou Official Vows to Arrest Village Representative)
Radio Free Asia, December 09, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/12/08/
shanwei/


Dongzhou Villager Describes Fatal Clash
SCMP, December 09, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZVTBPJRGE.html

Police Seal off South China Village After Clashes
Reuters via YahooNews.com, December 09, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051209/wl_nm/rights_china
_dc_1


Protests and Petitions / Resettlement - Forceful Eviction
公安影响司法公正 强占法庭座位禁止证人进入 (Police Occupy Court Room to Block Witnesses from Attending Hearing)
Radio Free Asia, December 08, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/12/08/sifa/

Public Health
经济学家吴敬琏称低收入者医疗费应由政府提供 (Medical Bills of Low Income Households Should be Paid by the Government)
Xinhuanet.com, December 09, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2005-12/09/content_3897
028.htm


Public Health - HIV AIDS /STDs / NGOs
双面艾滋妈妈("Mom of AIDS Children" - A Charity Group Warms the Hearts of AIDs Orphans)
Nanfang Weekend, December 08, 2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20051208/xw/zmxwzt/
200512080014.asp


你不能要求所有人都肯定你” ("You Cannot Demand Recognition from Everybody")
Nanfang Weekend, December 08, 2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20051208/xw/zmxwzt/
200512080016.asp


WTO
世贸组织香港会议及中国的作用 (WTO Meeting in Hong Kong and the Role of China)
Voice of America, December 08, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-12-08-voa67.cfm