Wednesday, July 20, 2005

July 20, 2005

Top news of the day

Media - Press freedom/censorship
BBC Beijing reporter, cameraman briefly detained, searched
YahooNews.com (Asia Section), 19/07/2005
BBC correspondent in Beijing, Bessie Du, and her Japanese camera man were reportedly strip-searched and detained for four hours by police outside Beijing after they had interviewed a group of landless farmers near Dingzhou city.
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/050719/kyodo/d8beeeng1.html

Protests and Petitions
Anger in China Rises Over Threat to Environment
New York Times, 20/07/2005
Xinchang government in Zhejiang province deployed dozens of busloads of police officers to clamp down as many as 15,000 angry protesters who staged protest against a pharmaceuticals plant allegedly causing severe pollution in their village.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/19/international/asia/19
china.html?



Protesters in China get angrier and bolder
The New York Times, July 20, 2005
http://www.iht.com/bin/print_ipub.php?file=/articles/2005/07/19/news/china.php

Angry farmers force factory to close
AP, July 20, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZA9YC2ABE.html

News

Bilaterals - US/China

US does not consider China a threat: White House
AFP, July 20, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050720/
pl_afp/uschinamilitary_050720142205

China blasts U.S. concerns on its military rise
Reuters, July 20, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050720/ts_nm/china_usa_reaction_dc_1

Pentagon Says China Seeks to Extend Military Reach
Los Angeles Times, July 20, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/latimests/200507
20/ts_latimes/pentagonsayschinaseekstoextendmilitaryreach

Bilaterals - Other
Chen's pitch to Congress may fuel row with China
Sydney Morning Herald, July 20, 2005
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/chens-pitch-to-congress
-may-fuel-row-with-china/2005/07/19/1121538975641.html?o
neclick=true

China to Japan: Be honest about germ warfare
Reuters, July 20, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050720/
wl_nm/china_japan_dc_2

Death Penalty
Courts urged to be cautious in death penalty rulings
最高人民法院要求严把“死刑”关
Chinesenewsnet.com, 20/07/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/xhw_2005_07_19_20_25_07

Serial rapist sentenced to death by Anhui Court
安徽界首：骗奸多名女生被告人一审被判死刑
Chinesenewsnet.com, 20/07/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/xhw_2005_07_19_22_55_09

Environment - Natural Resources
Unocal accepts Chevron, rejects China suitor
AFP, July 20, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/200507
20/ts_alt_afp/uschinaoilcompany_050720142731

Human Rights - Bilateral ties
Chen to address US committee on China rights abuses
Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 19/07/2005
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200507/s1417786.htm

Labor - Disasters
Death toll from Tongchuan coal mine blast rises to 20
Xinhua, July 20, 2005
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-07/20/content
_461856.htm

Miners Saved from Collapsed Coal Mine in Jilin
Xinhua, July 20, 2005
http://china.org.cn/english/China/135545.htm

Labor - Employment market and income
Graduates kept on file to improve jobless rate
SCMP, 20/07/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZRHYC2ABE.html

Registered jobless rate unchanged at 4.2%
Xinhuanet.com, 20/07/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-07/20/content_324
1829.htm

Law
Hubei Committee of Political and Legislative Affairs issues public statement to conclude lessons learned in She Xianglin’s wrongful conviction case
荆门首次公开总结佘祥林案教训 主观原因多于客观
Chinesenewsnet.com, 20/07/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/xhw_2005_07_19_04_55_21

Law - Legal profession
Beijing: three types of judicial mistakes to be marked in judges' performance record
北京：三类司法不当将被记入档案
Xinhuanet.com, 20/07/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2005-07/20/content_
3241547.htm

New regulations strive to strengthen lawyers' rights in doing their job
律师维权探索立法应予借鉴
Legal Daily, 20/07/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2005-07/20/content_1702
95.htm

Law – Legal rights
Court to be punished if rejects materials for filing case
北京：法院拒收诉讼材料将受罚
Xinhuanet.com, 20/07/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2005-07/20/content_
3241560.htm

Media – Press freedom
Journalists too willing to write fake stories for cash, seminar told
SCMP, 20/07/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZIFWI2ABE.html

Media - Internet
China censors weave sophisticated Web to trap dissenters
SCMP, 20/07/2005
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZERVI2ABE.html

China's Evolving Blogosphere
Asia Pacific Media Network, 19/07/2005
http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=26947

China's Censored Online Market Booms as India's Lags (Update1)
Bloomberg, July 20, 2005
http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=nifea&&sid=aV5
bHxBfTio0

Google grabs top Microsoft exec for China lab
The National Business Review, July 20, 2005
http://www.nbr.co.nz/home/column_article.asp?id=12462&cid
=3&cname=Technology

Olympics
China adds four cities to 2008 Olympic hosting roster
Reuters, July 20, 2005
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=world
News&storyID=2005-07-20T023246Z_01_MOR009156_RTR
UKOC_0_OLYMPICS-CHINA-VENUES.xml

Protests and Petitions
Henan government strengthens accountability mechanism to facilitate ‘receiving complaining letters campaign’
河南通过强化责任追究 促进公安信访问题解决
Xinhuanet.com, 20/07/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2005-07/20/content_
3242448.htm

Public Health
Health care beyond reach of many in Guangdong, survey shows
SCMP, 20/07/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZW8YC2ABE.html

UN, NGOs say China must do more to help children affected by HIV/AIDS
AFP, July 20, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/200507
20/hl_afp/healthaidschina_050720102913

Resettlement - Forceful eviction
Fuzhou farmer petitioners charged "distribution social order" after suing local government over land disputes
福州状告地方政府的农民代表被判刑
Dajiyuan.com, 19/07/2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/7/19/n990878.htm

Women - Women's Rights
Open Debate on Women's Rights
China Daily, July 20, 2005
http://china.org.cn/english/China/135549.htm