Thursday, July 21, 2005

July 21, 2005

News

Bilaterals - US/China
US sees military power as limited
Reuters, AFP, July 21, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZPOL8ODBE.html

Diplomats hit 'groundless attacks'
Reuters, SCMP, July 21, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZI0PBODBE.html

Borders Territories/Issues - Taiwan
Lien Chan says his mainland visit fruitful
People’s Daily Online, July 21, 2005
http://english.people.com.cn/200507/21/text20050721_197
548.html


Death Penalty
From death sentence to death penalty with reprieve: Guangzhou Court reviews indictment of drug traffickers
全国最大制贩摇头丸案审结 嫌犯由死刑改判死缓
EastDay.com, 21/07/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node75081/userobject1


Economic Issues
China Says It Will No Longer Peg Its Currency to the U.S. Dollar
International Herald Tribune, July 21, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/21/business/worldbusiness/
21cnd-china.html?ei=5094&en=e12a13cb678ded22&hp=&ex
=1122004800&adxnnl=1&partner=homepage&adxnnlx=11219588
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Labor - Disasters
Latest China mine blast kills 26
Reuters, July 21, 2005
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/07/20/china.mine
.reut/index.html?section=cnn_latest


6 die in deserted mining pit collapse in central China
Xinhua, July 21, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-07/21/content_
3248119.htm


Law
Henan Nanyang biggest homicide case: wrongfully convicted man given 300,000 yuan compensation after spending 13 years in jail
河南南阳第一命案13年后30万国家赔偿执行到位
EastDay.com, 21/07/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node75081/userobject1


Media
"Harmonious society" and "food safety" among new Chinese media buzzwords
Interfax China, 21/07/2005
http://www.interfax.cn/showfeature.asp?aid=3743&slug=CHINA
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Media asked for more efforts to show "real China"
Xinhuanet.com, 20/07/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-07/20/content_324
6038.htm


Media - Internet
Let a Thousand Filters Bloom
Washington Post, 20/07/2005
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/
2005/07/19/AR2005071901556.html


Olympics / Resettlement
Beijing police arrest peasants who protests against forceful eviction for Olympic preparation
北京警方拘捕数名抗议政府强征土地的农民
Radio Free Asia, 20/07/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2005/07/20/chaiqian/

Co-host cities pin hopes on Games
China Daily, 20/07/2005
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-07/20/cont
ent_461591.htm


Population - One-child policy / gender imbalance
Sex imbalance could threaten progress
SCMP, 21/07/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZVRJPQDBE.html

Protests and Petitions
19 petitioners arrested on the way to Zhongnanhai
圖往中南海請願京拘19上訪者
Orisun.com, 21/07/2005
http://the-sun.com.hk/channels/news/20050721/2005072102
3153_0001.html


Farm owner sues Guangzhou city government for forceful eviction, a real test for the legality of the new petition regulations
信访要求能否下放 农场主状告广州市政府
Legal Daily, 21/07/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2005-07/21/content_17
1183.htm


Hundred demobilized soldiers petition to Beijing for losing jobs at SOEs
數百退伍兵北京上訪
Orientaldaily.com, 21/07/2005
http://orientaldaily.com.hk/cgi-bin/nsrch.cgi?seq=490804

Resettlement
Hebei Dingzhou: Villagers welcome the halt of land conscription
河北定州绳油村土地不再征用 当地村民表示拥护
EastDay.com, 21/07/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node75081/userobject1


Villagers triumph in deadly land grab in China
AFP, July 21, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050721/
wl_asia_afp/chinarightslandclash_050721065016


Public Health - HIV AIDS /STDs / Children
Children unseen victims of Aids
SCMP, 21/07/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ3PL8ODBE.html

Number of Aids orphan reach 76, 000 and to increase to 2.6 million in 2010
我国现有7.6万名艾滋孤儿 2010年将增至26万
Chinesenewsnet.com, 20/07/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/xhw_2005_07_20_09_55_28


Rural Issues - rural development
US farm subsidies more than GDP of poor countries, the livelihoods of 900 million Chinese peasants severely affected
美農業補貼超窮國GDP, 中國九億農民生計受影響
Asia Times Online,20/07/2005
http://www.atchinese.com/2005/07/0720repa.htm