Monday, May 30, 2005

May 28-30, 2005

Top news of the day

Detention – Ching Cheong
Hong Kong Reporter Being Held By China
The Washington Post, May 30, 2005
Ching Cheong, a prominent Hong Kong journalist and the Chief China correspondent of Singapore’s Straits Times, was reported under detention in China after he had been taken away by police in Guangzhou on April 22, where he was scheduled to obtain a collection of secret interviews with a Communist leader purged for opposing the 1989 Tiananmen Square movement. The authorities warned the Ching’s wife and the newspaper not to disclose Ching’s detention.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/
05/29/AR2005052900986.html

News

Children
Focus on children's emotions, say experts
SCMP, May 28, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZFTZURX8E.html

Gender Issues – Domestic violence
Legislation on domestic violence to take effective in August 1 in Liaoning
今年8月1日起 遼寧省立法預防和制止家庭暴力
CRI Online, May 29, 2005
http://big5.chinabroadcast.cn/gate/big5/gb.chinabroadcast.cn/
3821/2005/05/29/381@563116.htm

Human Rights – bilateral ties
Human rights worries will not derail trade talks, says Clark
The New Zealand Herald, May 30, 2005
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=3&ObjectID=101
28235

June 4th –Tiananmen Mother Campaign
Victims' families demand Beijing face up to June 4
SCMP, May 29, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZZIX4EA9E.html


Labour
Budget funding for re-employment up 31%
Xinhuanet.com, May 28, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-05/28/content_30
12963.htm

Land Policies
Declining in land resources causes tensions of land use in Beijing
北京土地资源日渐减少，用地紧张
Voice of America, May 29, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-05-29-voa22.cfm

Law
Torture by judicial personnel is not allowed: official
Xinhuanet.com, May 27, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-05/27/content_3012
614.htm

Media - Press freedom
Big Brother's book ban blues
The Standard, May 28-29, 2005
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/stdn/std/Weekend/GE28Jp0
3.html

China is amongst the most repressive regimes on media control, according to World Association of Newspaper (WAN) latest report
世界报业协会：中国是压制新闻自由最严重国家之一
Radio Free Asia, May 29, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2005/05/29/xinwenziyou/

Media - Internet
Great Firewall of China puts websites under pressure
SCMP, May 29, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ2TN5EA9E.html

China in drive to register all Internet sites
AFP via the Independent Online, May 28, 2005
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=31&art_id=
qw1117268462827C553

Migrant Workers
Chinese migrant building workers join trade unions
China Daily, May 29, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-05/29/content
_446672.htm

Olympic
Thousand of homes destroyed to make way for Olympics tourists
Times, May 26, 2005
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,1-3-1628199-
3,00.html

Police – Abuse
Police told to stop using torture
SCMP, May 28, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZHI8CSX8E.html

Poverty
Minister in rare admission of the scale of poverty
SCMP, May 29, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZLHJ5EA9E.html

Poverty / Ethnic minority
Balance of support and unity will help minorities, says Hu
SCMP, May 28, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZFL9HSX8E.html

Public health
Poor regions get advanced medical equipment
Xinhuanet.com, May 29, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-05/29/content_3017
906.htm

Hong Kong
Wolves in sheep's clothing
SCMP, May 28, 2005
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZ2RYURX8E.html

Hundreds of Hong Kong people join peaceful march to commemorate 16th anniversary of June 4th
香港上千名市民发起游行 纪念六四十六周年
Radio Free Asia, May 29, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2005/05/29/6.4/