Monday, August 01, 2005

July 30-Aug 1, 2005

Top News of the day

Media - Press freedom/censorship / Public Health
Hong Kong media reports Beijing blocking media coverage on the spread of pig-borne disease
港媒体：北京限制猪链球菌病报导
Voice of America, 31/07/2005
Hong Kong media reported that China blocked media coverage on the spread of pig-borne disease, which led to 34 death and 174 people infected.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-07-31-voa23.cfm


Religion - Christianity
Underground churches in Fujian harassed by police again
中國地下天主教會再度遭到打壓
BBC.com (Chinese), 31/07/2005
A priest of an underground church in Fujian Lin Daixian (林戴先) was reportedly taken away by police on July 25 while he was giving a mass in the house of a follower.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_4720000
/newsid_4725000/4725003.stm


News

Bilaterals - US/China
China, US hold first strategic dialogue
Xinhua, August 1, 2005
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-08/01/content
_465318.htm

Borders Territories/Issues - Taiwan
Peace, but not at any price for PLA
AFP, Reuters, SCMP, August 1, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZEE68MQBE.html

Corporate Social Responsibility
Businesses reminded of social responsibility
China Daily, 01/08/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-08/
01/content_465037.htm

Death Penalty
Former NPC representative sentenced to death for corruption
全国人大代表桑粤春涉黑案终审 维持一审判死刑
China News Agency, 01/08/2005
http://www.chinanews.com.cn/news/2005/2005-07-
30/26/606098.shtml

Detention – Yu Huafeng (喻華峰)
Journalist jailed for eight years loses appeal
SCMP, 01/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZMNWIMQBE.html

Premier Wen answers the pledge of the wife of detailed journalist Yu Huafeng
南都案喻华峰妻子收温家宝回复
Dajiyuan.com, 01/08/2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/8/1/n1003882.htm

Detention – Wang Bingzhang (王炳章)
Son pleads for sick dissident's release
SCMP, 01/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZIE68MQBE.html

Detention - Li Jianping (李建平)
RSF urge China to release dissident writer Li Jianping
记者无国界呼吁中国释放李建平
Voice of America, 29/07/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-07-29-voa42.cfm

Education
China's elite education makes children suffer somewhat
Shanghai Star, August 1, 2005
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-08/01/content
_465292.htm

Environment - Natural Resources
China's Power Supply Expected to Remain Tight
Asia Pulse, August 1, 2005
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/050801/4/24wgu.html

Environment - Natural Resources
Excessive packaging environmental woes
China Daily, August 1, 2005
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-08/01/content
_465038.htm

China to draft law for circular economy
Xinhua, July 31, 2005
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-07/31/content
_464904.htm

Human Rights - Human rights defenders
Political dissident Xie Wei (薛伟) allowed to stay in Hong Kong for no more than 24 hours for US transit
民运人士薛伟进入香港 只获准停留24小时
Chinesenewsnet.com, 30/07/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews
/Mainland/cna_2005_07_30_02_50_17_804.html

Human Rights - Human rights defenders
Four prominent political dissidents received award from China Democracy Education Fund
中国民主教育基金会公布获奖名单 严家其等四人榜上有名
Radio Free Asia, 31/07/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2005/07/31/jijinhui/

Land / Law
Cases of five type of land disputes must be accepted by courts, say Supreme People's Court
最高法院出台新规 5类土地纠纷法院必须受理
Chinesenewsnet.com, 30/07/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews
/Mainland/xhw_2005_07_29_19_55_19_643.html

Law - Governance
New tax law needed to narrow income gap
China Daily, August 1, 2005
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-08/01/content
_465045.htm

Law - Legal reform
Third draft Amendment for the Civil Procedure Law set to submit to NPC for review
法学家提出民事诉讼法修改建议稿近日将提交人大
China News Agency, 30/07/2005
http://www.chinanews.com.cn/news/2005/2005-07-30
/26/606033.shtml

Media - Internet
Blogs Under Its Thumb
BusinessWeek Online, 01/08/2005
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/
05_32/b3946073.htm?chan=gb

Media - Press freedom/censorship
Warning over curbs on media
SCMP, 30/07/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZZ148MQBE.html

Protests and Petitions
Beijing warns against abusing petition system to disrupt order
SCMP, 01/08/2005
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZHB68MQBE.html

Senior official of State Bureau of Letters and Complaints reports progress in the implementation of new petition law
国家信访局负责人就信访条例施行情况答问(全文)
China News Agency, 30/07/2005
http://www.chinanews.com.cn/news/2005/2005-07-30/26/
606092.shtml

Public Health
Medical reform "in need of reform"
Xinhuanet.com, 30/07/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-07/30/content_
3286233.htm

Guangzhou halts sales of Sichuan pork
SCMP, August 1, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZQF68MQBE.html

Action plan to guarantee food safety
Xinhua, July 30, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-07/30/content_3
286231.htm

Pig disease found in five more cities
China Daily, July 30, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-07/30/content_3
286227.htm

China works on educating farmers as pig disease death toll rises to 36
AFP, August 1, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050801/hl_
afp/chinahealthdisease_050801143225

China rushes in pig flu vaccine
Reuters, July 31, 2005
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/07/31/china.mystery
.disease.reut/index.html?section=cnn_latest

Religion - Christianity
Conflicting views in the government over the fast-growing Christians in China
中共基督徒上亿 政府内部有分歧
Voice of America, 31/07/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-07-31-voa50.cfm

Resettlement - Forceful eviction
Villagers Still Occupy Disputed Land After Inner Mongolia Clashes
Radio Free Asia, 27/07/2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2005/07/27/china_clashes/

Rural Issues
Farmers rights focus of legal clarification
Xinhuanet.com, 01/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-07/30/content_3286
237.htm

Society
Mainland poor left out in the cold despite housing promises
SCMP, 01/08/2005
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZ9O1JMQBE.html

Unveil beggar village in Gansu: beggars can build a luxury house after 4 years in the begging business
揭密甘肃“乞讨村”：乞讨4年盖起豪华新房(图)
YahooNew.com (China), 31/07/2005
http://cn.news.yahoo.com/050730/755/2e288.html

State Security - Spying
Ministry of State Security officials talk about "spying" on net-chat
北京国家安全局官员首次网聊谈间谍案件
Chinesenewsnet.com, 30/07/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/xhw_2005_07_29_20_55_21_202.html

Women - Sex Exploitation
AIDS Patient Jailed for 5 Years for Rape
Xinhua, August 1, 2005
http://china.org.cn/english/China/137022.htm