Top news of the day
Protests and Petitions
Return our homes, say Shanghai protesters
SCMP, 11/08/2005
About 100 Shanghai residents staged a protest in front of the Shanghai legislature yesterday over unreasonable compensation packages offered for being evicted from their home to make way for a number of property development and infrastructure projects as a result of China's hosting of the World Expo 2010.
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZKKPWX6CE.html
News
Death Penalty
Drug dealers get death sentence
China Daily, 11/08/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-08/11/content
_468019.htm
Detention – Ching Cheong (程翔)
Ching's friends petition for fair trial
SCMP, 11/08/2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZP10YX6CE.html
Ching Cheong may be put on trial within 3 months and sentenced for 5 years
程翔3个月内审判或囚5年不递解出境
Chinesenewsnet.com, 10/08/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews
/Hongkong/2005_8_10_18_59_49_310.html
Economic Issues
Yahoo takes 40 pct stake in China Alibaba
Reuters, August 11, 2005
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=internet
News&storyID=2005-08-11T104912Z_01_N11546262_RTRID
ST_0_NET-MEDIA-CHINA-YAHOO-DC.XML
Education / Poverty - Rural poverty
Barriers to get poor students from rural areas to university: peasants work 35 years just enough to pay university fee
大学学费相当农民35年收入
Nanfang City News, 11/08/2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/dd/nfrb/a08/2005
08110292.asp
Education / Hukou
The threshold to enter renowned universities and cities
名校的门槛与城市的门槛
China Youth Daily, 11/08/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-08/11/content_47262.htm
Labor - Disasters
15 Trapped Miners in Jiangxi Confirmed Dead
Xinhua, August 11, 2005
http://china.org.cn/english/China/138135.htm#
Media - Censorship
New Rules to Safeguard Cultural Security
Xinhua, August 11, 2005
http://china.org.cn/english/China/138139.htm#
Multilateral
China not in favor of submitting Iranian nuclear issue to UN council
Xinhua, August 11, 2005
http://english1.people.com.cn/200508/11/text20050811_2015
17.html
Poverty - Rural poverty / NGOs
Charity fund set up to help the rural poor
China Daily, 11/08/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-08/11/content
_468017.htm
Poverty - Rural poverty
Income disparity in China reach unacceptable level, expert warns
专家析中国贫富差距现象 指已超合理限度应警惕
Chinesenewsnet.com, 10/08/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Main
land/zxs_2005-08-10_610260.shtml
Public Health - AIDS/HIV
National HIV/AIDS training center launched in SW China
Xinhua, August 11, 2005
http://english1.peopledaily.com.cn/200508/11/print20050811_
201728.html
Public Health / Rural Issues
Rural health bodies put on fast track
SCMP, 11/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ3G3YX6CE.html
Public Health - Other
China says anthrax outbreak under control
AFP via Yahoo! News, August 8, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050808/
wl_asia_afp/chinahealthdisease_050808200255
Reforms - Social
Charity Fund Set Up to Help the Rural Poor
China Daily, August 11, 2005
http://china.org.cn/english/China/138142.htm
Religion – Christianity / Police - Abuse
Police crack down on priests and members of family churches, say religious rights group
中国警察大肆拘捕虐打传教士及家庭教会成员
Peacehall, 11/08/2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/8/11/n1014508.htm
Social Security / Resettlement
Social security system in sight for landless Guangdong farmers
SCMP, 11/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ9VPWX6CE.html
Tibet
China Struggles With Tibetan Buddhism
AP via YahooNews.com,10/08/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050810/ap_on_re_as/china
_tibet_troubles;_ylt=AnXrHfryJ2Yn5pMa9HzagAcBxg8F