Top news of the day
Detention – Ching Cheong (程翔)
Detained reporter Ching can't get lawyer yet
SCMP, 25/08/2005
Beijing authorities turned down the application by the family of the detained journalist Ching Cheong to seek legal representation for Ching, on the grounds that the case is still under investigation.
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZF5BURRCE.html
Xinjiang
China detained 10 Xinjiang Muslims for "secession of state power"
中国以分裂罪拘留十名新疆穆斯林
Voice of America, 25/08/2005
A Uighur rights group reported that 10 Uighurs was detained and charged with "secession of state power". Police accused the Uighurs of engaging in the separatism activities in Xinjiang.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-08-24-voa40.cfm
News
Death Penalty
Chenzhou pension funds official sentenced to death for embezzling 100 million yuan
“公积金第一案”主犯李树彪获死刑
The Beijing News, 25/08/2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/0825/09@014
759.html
Shanghai arsonist sentenced to death with two year suspension
沪动迁纵火案主犯被判死缓
The Beijing News, 25/08/2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/0825/09@01342
8.html
Gender - Women trafficking / Children - Children trafficking
Guangxi clamp down on cross border women and children trafficking crimes, 1800 people women and children saved in the past 5 years
廣西嚴打跨國拐賣婦女兒童犯罪 5年解救1800人
CRI Online, 25/08/2005
http://big5.chinabroadcast.cn/gate/big5/gb.chinabroadcast.cn/
3821/2005/08/25/381@673254.htm
Gender - Gender equality
Experts cast doubts on the credibility of the gender equality white paper
专家质疑中国政府妇女问题白皮书
Voice of America, 24/08/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-08-24-voa35.cfm
Government - Governance and accountability
Beijing criticized of spending money on building luxury offices but not fund poor rural kids to school
學 者 轟 行 政 支 出 佔 38 ％: 豪 建 政 府 樓 教 育 苦 無 錢
Apple Daily, 25/08/2005
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?
iss_id=20050825&sec_id=15335&showdate=20050825&art
_id=5167113
Law-Governance
NPC debates further raising tax threshold
China Daily, 25/08/2005
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-08/25/content_471987.htm
Law – Wrongful conviction
Lawyers given weak roles in wrongful conviction cases
冤案中律师的声音在哪里
Legal Daily, 25/08/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-08/25/content
_185825.htm
Law - Legal reform / Police
Protections of human rights and dignity should be written into the draft of Regulations Governing Offenses Against Public Order, say NPC representatives
保障人权和人格尊严写入草案
China Youth Daily, 25/08/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-08/25/content_54099.htm
Media - Internet
China imposes online gaming curbs
BBC, 25/08/2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4183340.stm
Multilaterals - WTO
WTO commends China's efforts in textile issue
People’s Daily Online, 25/08/2005
http://english.people.com.cn/200508/25/eng20050825_204473.html
Multilaterals - UN
UNHCR opens first Procurement Information Center in China
Xinhua, 25/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/25/content_3403081.htm
NGOs
Mainland environmental NGOs urge government to clarify their legal identity
非政府环保组织期待法定身份
Legal Daily, 25/08/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-08/25/content_
185741.htm
Olympics-Environment
Gas-driven vehicles planned for environment-friendly 2008 Olympics
Xinhua, 25/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/25/content_3403101.htm
Political Dissidents/Organizing-Petitions and Protests
China accuses high-profile dissident of terror plot
Reuters, 25/08/2005
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK252636.htm
Population - Gender imbalance
Gender imbalance put down to old thinking
SCMP, 25/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZN4AURRCE.html
Population - One-child policy
Having a second child: a privilege for the rich
生育第二胎成富人特权 生育机会区分阶层
People's Daily, 25/08/2005
http://edu.people.com.cn/GB/1055/3642105.html
Protests and Petitions
Beijing police arrested 25 petitioners arrested for surrounding Central Commission for Discipline Inspection office
四平30名職工進京上訪在中紀委門前滋事被拘留
CRI Online, 25/08/2005
http://big5.chinabroadcast.cn/gate/big5/gb.chinabroadcast.cn/
3821/2005/08/25/107@673028.htm
Protests and Petitions / Politics
Land of 74,000 Protests (but Little Is Ever Fixed)
International Herald Tribune, 24/08/2005
http://www.howardwfrench.com/archives/2005/08/24/land_of
_74000_protests_but_little_is_ever_fixed/
Public Health
Public hospitals at the crossroads: ethnics or profit
公立医院在道义与营利之间徘徊
EastDay.com, 25/08/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node82278/userobject1ai1378833.html
Reform - Corruption
5,000 Party officials disciplined for taking gifts, gambling in first half year
Xinhua, 25/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/25/content_3404308.htm
Rural Issues-Migrants
Migrant Workers' Lack of Opportunities Exposed
China.org.cn, 25/08/2005
http://china.org.cn/english/2005/Aug/139601.htm
Rural Issues-Poverty
250,000 impoverished people benefited from subsidized loans in S. China region
People’s Daily Online, 25/08/2005
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200508/24/eng20050824_204390.html
Tibet / Religion
Beijing wary of Tibetans' remembrance to 10th Panchen Lama, though the new Panchen Lama installed
外国记者发现藏人仍怀念十世班禅
Voice of America, 25/08/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-08-24-voa75.cfm
Xinjiang
US camp holds 'homeless' Chinese
BBC.com, 24/08/2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4180292.stm