Friday, July 15, 2005

July 15, 2005

Top news of the day

Tibet / Protests and Petitions
Tibetan Graduates Protest for Jobs, Eight Said To Be Arrested
Radio Free Asia, 14/07/2005
Some 70 ethnic Tibetan school graduates, most of which college graduates, staged a protest outside government offices in Xining, capital city of Qinghai on July 11. They criticized the government of discriminated them from entering government position. Sources reported that eight protestors were taken away and had been beaten by police on July 13.
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2005/07/14/tibetan_youth/


News

Children – Child Labour
Youngsters sneak out of factory to expose child labour scandal
SCMP, 15/07/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZQQ4NV2BE.html

Death Penalty
The most wanted criminal sentenced to death in Xinjiang for killing seven people
A级通缉犯马汉庆在新疆被判死刑 曾杀害7人
EastDay.com, 15/07/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node74070/userobject1


Human Rights - Bilateral ties
You have to do better, says EU chief
SCMP, 15/07/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZICF8V2BE.html

Labor - Industrial accidents
Mine owners hid 17 bodies after blast
SCMP, 15/07/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZYCF8V2BE.html

Law - Legal reform
New "culture of legislation" brings hope to China's political system
期待中国“立法文化”新变
Nanfang Weekend, 14/07/2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20050714/xw/tb/200507
140001.asp


Migrant Workers - Work conditions and safety
A new generation of migrant workers' 'city' dream
新生代民工的城市梦想
Nanfang Weekend, 14/07/2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20050714/xw/ttzs/20050
7140005.asp


Politics - CCP
69 million Communists urged to toe the line
Global and Mail, 15/07/2005
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/freehead
lines/LAC/20050713/CHINA13/intern


Protests and Petitions
Public opinion on petitions and the complaint system in China
听众论中国人上访及上访制度
Voice of America, 14/07/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-07-14-voa70.cfm

Public Health - HIV Aids /STDs
Shanghai leads nation in use of condoms
China Daily, 15/07/2005
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-07/15/content
_460316.htm


Resettlement
Regulation on property rights to help revolve the gaps in resettlement disputes
征地拆迁难题有望立法破解
Legal Daily, 15/07/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2005-07/15/content_1680
29.htm


Land disputes and landless peasants
深入到失地农民中去
Nanfang Weekend, 14/07/2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20050714/xw/sd/2005
07140033.asp


Rural Issues - Taxation
Concerns on taxation reform in rural areas
关注农村税费改革:农村的又一场重大变革
CCTV.com, 14/07/2005
http://www.cctv.com/news/china/20050714/101839.shtml

Society - Suicide
17 counsellors report duty to strengthen resources for the China's first suicide hotline
国内首条自杀干预热线扩容 17位自杀干预员上岗
EastDay.com, 15/07/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37
957/node37979/node74070/userobject1