August 6-8, 2005

Top news of the day

Detention – Chen Shaowen (陈少文)
Dissident writer Chen Shaowen released after serving three years in prison
狱中作家陈少文刑满出狱
Peacehall, 08/08/2005
Dissident writer Chen Shaowen(陈少文) was freed on May 5 after serving 3 years in prison for incitement of state security in 2002.
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2005/08/200508
080742.shtml

Detention – Feng Bingxian (冯秉先)/ Protests and Petitions
Representative of Shaanbei oil field shareholders arrested
陕北油农维权代表冯秉先被逮捕
Voice of America, 07/08/2005
Feng Bingxian(冯秉先), a representative of a group of Shannxi oil field shareholders, has been arrested by the Wuhan police on his way to a CCTV interview on May 26. Feng was arrested by the police once last year and warned that he should not "stir up more troubles" again. Feng's son believed that the interview appointment was a "trap" to setup the arrest of his father.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-08-07-voa31.cfm


News

Border Territories/Issues-North Korea
Six parties agree to recess N.Korea talks: China
Reuters, August 6, 2005
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNew
s&storyID=2005-08-07T032532Z_01_PEK131648_RTRIDST_
0_NEWS-KOREA-NORTH-DC.XML

Border Territories/Issues-Tibet
Fear on the roof of the world: How China haunts Tibet
The Independent, August 8, 2005
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article304415.ece

Corruption / Government - Governance and accountability
Beijing fails to reverse flight of corrupt officials
SCMP, 08/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ8ARHRZBE.html

The cost of reporting corrupted officials in China
在中国举报贪官的代价有多大?
Asia Times Online, 06/08/2005
http://news.online.sh.cn/news/gb/content/2005-08/06/content
_1274511.htm

Death Penalty
Haikou court sentence two drug traffickers to death
广西海南贩毒通道两毒犯一审判死刑
Legal Daily, 08/08/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2005-08/08/content_178
290.htm

Leader of a cross-border children trafficking gang sentenced to death
跨国贩卖44儿童主犯被判死刑
The Beijing News, 08/08/2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/0808/09@0213
03.html

Hefei gang leader executed as High Court uphold death penalty verdict
合肥涉黑第一案終審判決 黑老大胡斌被執行死刑
CRI Online, 06/08/2005
http://big5.chinabroadcast.cn/gate/big5/gb.chinabroadcast.cn/38
21/2005/08/06/107@650650.htm

Detention – Ching Cheong (程翔)
Journalists turn up heat in attempt to secure a fair trial
SCMP, 08/08/2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZWTKOSZBE.html

For more news clippings on Ching Cheong’s case, please go to HRIC Special News Brief on Ching Cheong:
http://hric-newsbrief.blogspot.com/2005/08/special-news-
brief-on-ching-cheong-may.html


Food Security
Survey: Food safety people's top concern
Xinhuanet.com, 08/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/08/content_332
3279.htm

Gender - Domestic violence
Mainland is facing up to the scourge of domestic violence
SCMP, 08/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ1RQHRZBE.html

Gender – Abuse / Law
Xinjiang court convicts husband of raping wife, setting precedence of rape cases in China
丈夫可成为强奸罪主体 新疆判决婚内强奸案
People's Daily, 08/08/2005
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42735/3598784.html

Government - Governance and accountability
Leading researcher in People's University urges for a clear division of governing power between government and mayor
给权力划清边界
China Youth Daily, 08/08/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-08/08/content_43547.htm

Unpack the governing power of mayor
解剖市长权力
China Youth Daily, 08/08/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-08/08/content_43552.htm

Human Rights
Defector Slams China on Rights Abuses
AP via YahooNews.com, 08/08/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050806/ap_
on_re_ca/canada_chinese_defector_1%20

Labor-Disasters
Hopes fade for 102 trapped in flooded China mine
Reuters, August 8, 2005
http://asia.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNe
ws&storyID=2005-08-08T062308Z_01_N08299749_RTRIDS
T_0_INTERNATIONAL-CHINA-MINE-DC.XML

Law - Legal reform
People' Procuratorate to be given power to file cases of public interest as proposed in the draft revision of the Civil Procedure Law
检察院有望可提起公益诉讼
The Beijing News, 08/08/2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/0808/09@02
2958.html

Witness testifying in court to be written in the draft revision of the Criminal Procedure Law, as less than 8% of criminal cases with witness presence in court
证人要出庭作证将写进新刑诉法 现出庭率不超8%
People's Daily, 08/08/2005
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42735/3598320.html

Law - Legal aid
Over 3,000 legal aid organizations operate in China, showing progress of China's legal aid system
机构逾三千 中国法律援助制度进入发展完善阶段
China News Agency, 07/08/2005
http://www.chinanews.com.cn/news/2005/2005-08-07/26/608
862.shtml

Media - Press freedom/censorship
China Bans Foreign Investors From News Industry
Radio Free Asia, 05/08/2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/politics/2005/08/05/china_
media/

Olympics
Sensitive Beijing a threat to Games
The Australian, August 8, 2005
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5
744,16185834%5E2703,00.html

Population
NW forum on population, development opens
Xinhuanet.com, 08/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/07/content_3320
909.htm

30th anniversary of China's family planning policy: doing good or bad?
中国计划生育政策三十年正反评价不一
ChinaNewsman.net, 07/08/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Main
land/cna_2005_08_07_08_09_09_547.html

Population program "much more than" fertility control
Xinhuanet.com, 07/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/07/content_33211
30.htm

Family planning policy saves China 300 mln births
People’s Daily Online, August 8, 2005
http://english1.peopledaily.com.cn/200508/08/eng20050808_20
0955.html

Protests and Petitions / Police - Abuse
Survey shows 90% of petition is related to police and public security system
中国公安部官员：执法中引发治安信访问题占九成
China News Agency, 08/08/2005
http://www.chinanews.com.cn/news/2005/2005-08-06/26/608
802.shtml

What do we know about the petitioners village in Beijing
北京上访村见闻
Voice of America, 05/08/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-08-05-voa61.cfm

Public Health
Anthrax hits China as pig disease festers
Reuters, August 7, 2005
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK131976.htm

SARS vaccine approved for clinical study
Xinhua, August 7, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/07/content_33197
30.htm

Chinese officials fired for pig disease cover-up
Reuters, August 8, 2005
http://today.reuters.com/News/CrisesArticle.aspx?storyId=PEK
301619

Religion - Christianity
Chinese priest: we need help to form priests in the official Church
AsiaNews, August 8, 2005
http://www.asianews.it/view_p.php?l=en&art=3875

Resettlement - Forceful eviction / Protests and Petitions
Thousands residents in Hubei Daye City surround city government building to show grievances over redevelopment project
不满“撤市建区” 湖北大冶数万抗议者包围当地政府
Radio Free Asia, 07/08/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2005/08/07/hubei/

Social Security
Social security fund to increase
Xinhuanet.com, 06/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/06/content_3316
437.htm

Society - suicide
Chinese farmer sets off bomb on bus; 23 injured
Reuters, August 8, 2005
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK163742.htm

Tibet
Few in Tibet know that Dalai Lama has chosen 11th Panchen Lama as China block information and determine to choose her own
达赖喇嘛选定的十一世班禅至今在西藏鲜为人知
Radio Free Asia, 08/08/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2005/08/07/xizang/

Special News Brief on Ching Cheong (May to August 2005)

August 2005

New hopes on release of detained journalist
SCMP, 02/08/2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZBNT1QUBE.html

Beijing set to charge reporter with spying
SCMP, 04/08/2005
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZA5NQXWBE.html

China Charges Reporter With Spying
AP via Yahoonews.com, 05/08/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050805/ap_on_re_as/china_
detained_reporter;_ylt=ApXmZy4o1g712c6kmXs6ZtsBxg8F;_
ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Reporter's wife still seeking a solution
SCMP, 05/08/2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZ7N5ICYBE.html

Beijing formally charged Ching Cheong with Spying
程翔正式被捕
Dajiyuan.com, 05/08/2005
http://www.epochtimes.com.tw/bt/5/8/5/n1008888.htm

Ching Choeng may be put on trial today
传程翔今开审
Dajiyuan.com, 05/08/2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/8/5/n1008888.htm

Accusations are false, says Taiwan
SCMP, 06/08/2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZNIOHRZBE.html

Ching will be jailed, analysts predict
SCMP, 06/08/2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZ0UKOSZBE.html

Quick trial seen for spy charge reporter
SCMP, 06/08/2005
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZO3OHRZBE.html

Demonstrating journalists seek fair trial for Ching
SCMP, 07/08/2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZ7YUNSZBE.html

Journalists turn up heat in attempt to secure a fair trial
SCMP, 08/08/2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZWTKOSZBE.html


July 2005

Wife of detained journalist said Beijing intend to spread news of Ching Cheong’s release before July 1 to calm public dismay
程翔妻子：官方故意散布程将获释消息
Radio Free Asia, July 3, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2005/07/03/chenxiang/

Wife hopes reporter goes free this week
SCMP, 24/07/2005
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZVPIZRFBE.html

Wife of detained reporter in China denies remarks on his release
AFP via YahooNews.com, 25/07/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050725/wl_asia_afp/chinasing
aporehongkongmedia_05072505080


June 2005

Zong Fengming (宗鳯鳴) vow to publish dialogues with Zhao Ziyang, despite the detention of Ching Cheong
美关注程翔被捕宗凤鸣称继续出书
Voice of America, June 1, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-06-01-voa1.cfm

Detained Journalist Entrapped by Bogus Promise of Zhao Papers: Zong Fengming
Radio Free Asia, June 1, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/politics/2005/06/01/china
_journalist_arrest/

HK journalist confessed to spying: Beijing
SCMP, June 1, 2005
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZJO4YFA9E.html

I'm ready for the worst, says wife
SCMP, June 1, 2005
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZKRERGA9E.html

Donald Tsang yet to respond to reporter’s wife appeal for help
向曾蔭權求助無回音
Apple Daily, June 1, 2005
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?sec_
id=4104&showdate=20050601&art_id=4933610

The Two Faces of China's Leadership
LA Times, June 2, 2005
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-china2
jun02,1,2069912.story?coll=la-headlines-world&ctrack=1&cset=true

The statement of Ministry of Foreign Affairs implies Ching a spy for Taiwan
多维追击：中国外交部暗示程翔替台湾工作
Chinesenewsnet.com, June 2, 2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Main
land/2005_5_31_21_43_17_385.html

Outcry over arrest puts pressure on mainland
SCMP, June 2, 2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZMY7YFA9E.html

Detention of HK journalist is mainland's legal affair: officials
SCMP, June 2, 2005
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZ33L2GA9E.html

Believe only the hard evidence
SCMP, June 2, 2005
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZS5G3GA9E.html

Transparency needed in case of 'spy' journalist
SCMP, June 2, 2005
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZAY7YFA9E.html

Open letter reveals Ching’s work relationship with President Hu Jintao
多维追击：妻子公开信爆料程翔为胡锦涛工作
Chinesenewsne.com, June 3, 2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Forums/Back
Stage/2005_6_2_17_18_21_839.html

Journalist Association urges for fair investigation of Ching Cheong case
香港记协请愿要求公正处理程翔案
Voice of America, June 3, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-06-02-voa35.cfm

Legal experts comment on the judicial procedures for Ching Cheong’s case
中美律师谈程翔案司法程序
Voice of America, June 3, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-06-03-voa69.cfm

Detained journalist, academic didn't give anything away, say HK contacts
SCMP, June 4, 2005
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZKVQ2GA9E.html

Reporter under house arrest
SCMP, June 6, 2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZNJIYFA9E.html

Singapore journalist association urges the release of Ching Cheong
新记者协会吁中国尽快处理程翔案
Voice of America, June 8, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-06-08-voa54.cfm

Hong Kong media: Ching tells Taiwan China’s bottom line of its Taiwan policy
港媒体：程翔涉嫌向台湾透露大陆对台政策的底线
Radio Free Asia, June 8, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2005/06/08/chingcheong/

Zhang Hua: to save Ching Cheong, make it high profile or low profile in press?
张华：救程翔，该低调还是高调？
Apple Daily via Chinesenewsnet.com, June 9, 2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Opinion/2005
_6_8_17_41_0_12.html

Stand up for journalists' rights, Hong Kong
SCMP, June 14, 2005
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZWCC4GA9E.html

Wife of Ching Cheong plead the new Chief Executive to pass a petition letter to Beijing leaders
程翔妻请新特首到北京转交信函
Voice of America, June 21, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-06-21-voa15.cfm

Detained journalist saved by boss in earlier brush with officials
SCMP, June 26, 2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZ68XP73AE.html

'Truth soon' on detained journalist
SCMP, June 28, 2005
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZYV0G1GAE.html

Journalist's wife wary of release rumours
SCMP, June 30, 2005
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZLOYJ1GAE.html


May 2005

Hong Kong Reporter Being Held By China
The Washington Post, May 30, 2005
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/
2005/05/29/AR2005052900986.html

Reporter detained over Zhao interviews
SCMP, May 31, 2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZM3B3GA9E.html