The HRIC Daily Brief is a daily selection of news stories and commentary related to human rights in China, drawn from Chinese- and English-language news and online media sources that we monitor daily. In addition to headlines and source links, HRIC also provides English translation of Chinese headlines.

Tuesday, September 06, 2005

September 6, 2005


Top News of the Day

Religion – Christianity /Detention
Hebei police arrest underground priest and theology student
河北庞神父被捕 采访亲人同事
Voice of America, 05/09/2005
A priest of an underground church in Hebei, Pang Yongxing(庞永兴), and his assistant, Ma Yongjiang (马永江), were reportedly taken away by police on September 2. Pang's family was notified the arrest 2 days later.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/2005-09-05-voa44.cfm



News

Death Sentence
Six Chengzhou prisoners given death sentence for organising riots
暴力袭警越狱 六逃犯全抓获 事发河南商水,其中一人越狱前已被判死刑 
Nanfang City News, 06/09/2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/dd/dsb/A17/
200509060056.asp


Disasters
Typhoon Kills 95 in China; 30 Missing
AP via YahooNews.com, 05/09/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050905/ap_on_re_as/ch
ina_typhoon


Government - Elections/ Rural Issues
Hubei to introduce observer system in village committee election
湖北省推行村委会选举观察员制度
Legal Daily, 06/09/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-09/06/content_
190949.htm


Six groups of people cannot stand for village committee election in Xi'an village, Shaanxi
西安村委会选举体弱多病等6种人不得获推选提名
Xinhuanet.com, 06/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-09/06/content_
3449148.htm


Government
Reshuffle the central-provincial relations needed
中央地方關係的制度重建
The Hong Kong Economic Journal (Page 11), 06/09/2005

Human Rights / Law
Beijing reviews key human rights treaty
SCMP, 06/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ5U07D5DE.html

Human Rights - Bilateral ties
Downer on pre-emptive strikes, human rights in China, racism
AFP via YahooNews.com, 06/09/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050906/
wl_asia_afp/australiadownerquotes_050906021441
50906
021441


Trade, not human rights likely to drive agenda as Chinese president visits
AP via YahooNews.com, 05/09/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/cpress/2005
0905/ca_pr_on_na/china_president_visit_1
_1

Labor - Work safety / conditions /Law
State Council issues special regulations on the prevention of mine accident
授权发布:《国务院关于预防煤矿生产安全事故的特别规定》
Xinhuanet.com, 05/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2005-09/05/content
_3447781.htm


Land / Law
Ministry of Land and Resources set criteria for unlawful land grab probe
国土资源部出台《查处土地违法行为立案标准》
Legal Daily, 06/09/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-09/06/content_190
922.htm


Law / Corruption
China about to ratify UN anti-corruption treaty this year
緝 潛 逃 貪 官 公 約 將 通 過
Apple Daily, 06/09/2005
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?sec_
id=15335&iss_id=20050906&art_id=5199950
199950

Law - Legal rights
Shanghai Court: courts should accept cases presenting valid legal arguments and evidence, money
is irrelevant to the decision
上海法院:有理无钱请进来
Xinhuanet.com, 06/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-09/06/content_3449
448.htm


Law
Chief Justice: Harmonious society calls for democracy
Xinhuanet.com, 05/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/05/content_344
7018.htm


Highlights on the 22th World Law Conference
二十二届世界法律大会精彩亮点
Legal Daily, 05/09/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2005-09/05/content_19
1002.htm


Migrant Workers /Education
Putonghua training to benefit migrant workers
China Daily, 06/09/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-09/06/content
_475351.htm


Protests and Petitions / Politics
China: Frustrated Citizens Take To The Streets
Radio Free Europe, 05/09/2005
http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2005/09/c4525ba0-4753
-46e4-b803-7a233e16eb94.html


Public Health
95% of public hospitals run for profits, says expert
專家指出我國95%公立醫院按營利性商業模式運營
CRI Online, 06/09/2005
http://big5.chinabroadcast.cn/gate/big5/gb.chinabroadcast.cn/
3821/2005/09/06/107@687985.htm


Health-care woes threaten stability, lawmaker warns
SCMP, 06/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZG3Z6D5DE.html

State Security - Terrorism/ Law
Challenges in curbing terrorism
驱散恐怖主义的阴霾
Legal Daily, 06/09/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-09/06/content_1909
29.htm


China opposes double standards on terrorism issue
Xinhuanet.com, 06/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/06/content_344
9261.htm


State Security – Terrorism / Xinjiang
Global definition on terrorism needed, as Chinese senior official sees East Turkistan a major threat
of terrorism in China
恐怖主义有望全球统一定义 中国反恐重在"东突"
People's Daily, 05/09/2005
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42735/3670595.html

Three Gorges / Resettlement
Three Gorges resettlement project succeeded in resettling millions of people
三峡成功移民百万破解世界级难题
China Youth Daily, 06/09/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-09/06/content_60044.htm