April 16-18, 2005

News

Children
4 saved in police crackdown on child trafficking
湖北警方破获一拐卖儿童大案 解救4名被拐儿童
EastDay.com, April 18, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node57395/userobject1ai1025550.html

June 4th –EU arms ban
China-Japan strains further cloud EU plans to lift arms ban
AFP via Yahoo news, April 17, 2005
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1529&ncid=
1529&e=2&u=/afp/20050417/wl_asia_afp/euchinajapanarms_0
50417053013

Human rights - Bilateral ties
US Congress hearing on state control over the society in China
美国会听证中国社会控制
Voice of America, April 16, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-04-16-voa24.cfm

Law
Money can’t compensate the mental damages of She Xianglin
佘祥林精神损害赔偿无法可依
Legal Daily, April 18, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/xwzx/2005-04/18/content_2
06308.htm

Labour
Four major problems in current medical system in medical system have significant impacts on labour’s health, official survey says
2005百姓看病调查:四大弊端影响劳动者生命健康
People Daily, April 18, 2005
http://society.people.com.cn/GB/41158/3329026.html

Labour- Work Safety/ Condition
Synthetic gem makers in battle over lung disease
SCMP, April 16, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZG00VOY6E.html

Exhaustion should not be ignored as survey finds that 20 % of the working population works more than 10 hours per day
中青年20%每天工作超10小时 "过劳死"不容忽视
East Day.com, April 18, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node379
57/node37979/node57395/userobject1ai1023771.html

Media - Internet
China’s Great Firewall
Radio Free Asia, April 15, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/politics/2005/04/15/china_
internet_censorship/

Protests and petitions
Protests by ex-soldiers 'the tip of the iceberg'
SCMP, April 16, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZE2PVOY6E.html

Crackdown on activists to head off protests
SCMP, April 16, 2005
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZAS1VOY6E.html

Anti-Japan protests raise doubts over Chinese government’s control
Financial Times, April 17, 2005
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/73eb49a4-af55-11d9-bb33-00000e
}2511c8.html

Public Health
Cancer has become top killer
Xinhuanet.com, April 16, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-04/16/content_28
39445.htm

Rural issue - Land Policy
Decrease of farmland slows down
Xinhuanet.com, April 16, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-04/16/content_28
36834.htm

Rural Issue - Taxation
Reform raises stock of farmers
Xinhuanet.com, April 18, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-04/18/content_284
3424.htm

Society – Drug
Brain surgery to cure drug addicts banned
SCMP, April 18, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZO74VOY6E.html