Wednesday, June 15, 2005

June 15, 2005

News

Death Penalty
Heartbreaking man sentenced to death for killing six people
男子恋爱不成连杀6人获死刑
The Beijing News, June 15, 2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/0615/12@0159
52.html#


Disaster
Cash offer for families of flooding victims
SCMP, June 15, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZVZG4GA9E.html

Food Security
China to announce new laws to uphold food safety
关注食品安全:我国加大整顿食品安全力度
Chinesenewsnet, June 15, 2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Main
land/xhw_2005_06_14_21_55_13_768.html


Gender-marriage
Divorce rate in China exceeds Japan and Korea, Beijing at the top of national league table of divorce cases
中国离婚水平已超过日韩 北京离婚率全国最高
Xinhuanet, June 15, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2005-06/15/content_
3086702.htm


Law-Legal profession
Chinese lawyers save 500 billion yuan of losses in past 3 years
People’s Daily, June 15, 2005
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200506/15/eng20050615_
190265.html


Media – Internet
China's secret internet police target critics with web of propaganda
The Guardian, June 14, 2005
http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1505988,00.
html


Chinese Target Web's 'Prohibited Language'
AP via YahoNews.com, June 15, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050615/ap_on_hi_te/china_micr
osoft/nc:731;_ylt=AvNRufrb5LG3djUdTMfTslkBxg8F;_ylu=X3oD
MTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl


RSF condemns Microsoft kowtows to Beijing’s evil internet censorship
记者无国界谴责微软公司屈从中国政府压力
Radio Free Asia, June 14, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2005/06/14/microsoft/

Olympics
'Green Olympics' eyed for 2008 Beijing Games
China Daily, June 15, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-06/15/content
_451599.htm


Villagers in Beijing suburbs block the entrance of an Olympic Stadium to protest against unreasonable compensation of land grabs
北京郊民因土地补偿问题堵塞奥运馆入口处
Radio Free Asia, June 14, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2005/06/14/aoyuan/

Protests and petitions
City chiefs sacked over deadly attack on farmers
SCMP, June 15, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ7N4ZEU9E.html

Religion – Christianity
Beijing paving way to renew Vatican links
SCMP, June 15, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZJ25ZEU9E.html

State security – Spying
HK haven for spies: ex-Xinhua chief
SCMP, June 15, 2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZ30H4GA9E.html

Xinjiang
Uighurs feel China's squeeze
Asia Time Online, June 14, 2005
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/GF14Ad03.html