Wednesday, September 14, 2005

September 14, 2005

News

Gender - Sexual harassment / Law
Court accepts the first sexual harassment lawsuit
北京性骚扰第一案正式受理 法院以侵权纠纷立案
Xinhuanet.com, 14/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-09/14/content_3486
858.htm


Government – Fiscal / Poverty
2,000 yuan suggested as income tax baseline
Xinhuanet.com, 14/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/13/content_348
8160.htm


Government - Elections
Ministry of Civil Affairs call for extending village leaders' term of service from 3 years to 5 years
村干部任期3年太短问题多 修改为5年呼声强烈
Xinhuanet.com, 14/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-09/14/content_348
8118.htm


Human Rights - Bilateral ties
China's Hu pledges steps to ease US frictions
Reutuers via YahooNews.com, 14/09/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050914/ts_nm/bush_china
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Human Rights - Human rights defenders / Law
Exclusive interview with rights activist Wang Juntao on lawsuit against Hu Jintao
多维就最近的博客讨论专访王军涛
Chinesenewsnet.com, 13/09/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Opinion/2005_
9_13_23_19_51_224.html


Human Rights - Human rights defenders / Protests and Petitions
Petitioner Xu Zhengqing put on trial in Shanghai
上海开庭审判上访人士许正清
Radio Free Asia, 13/09/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/09/13/xu/


related news:
Witnesses Dispute Charges against Petitioner Xu Zhengqing in Trial
Human Rights in China Press Release, 13/9/2005
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision%5fid=24
708&item%5fid=24705


Labor - Disasters
Death toll rises to 12 in Yunnan unknown blast
China Daily, 14/09/2005

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-09/14/content_477875.htm

Law
Law enforcers urged to standardize practice
Xinhuanet.com, 14/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/13/content_348
5687.htm


Media - Press freedom/censorship
Baixing magazine reporters detained when covering government scandals in Hebei
《百姓》杂志记者遭河北公安扣押
Radio Free Asia, 13/09/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/09/13/bai
xing/


Media – Internet / Police
Mao-era model soldier to clean up online gaming
Reutuers via YahooNews.com, 14/09/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050914/tc_nm/china_game_dc;
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Media – Internet / Corporate Social Responsibility
A Web of treachery
The Standard, 09/09/2005
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=5&art_id=991&sid=4479311&con_type=1&d_str=200509
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Migrant Workers / Death Penalty
Death sentence or not to desperate migrant worker? Legal experts highlight four major issues for concerns
该不该免王斌余一死?法学专家回应四焦点问题
Xinhuanet.com, 14/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-09/14/content_3488
156.htm


Multilaterals - UN
UN refuses to consider Taiwan's representation
Xinhua, 14/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/14/content_3487963.htm

Police
Fung shui classes disrupt harmony
SCMP, 14/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZJP4LJJDE.html

Police - Prisons
Special Report: The beauty products from the skin of executed Chinese prisoners
The Guardian, 14/09/2005
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1568467,00.html

Protests and Petitions / Population - One-child policy
Investigation over abuses in family planning scandal questioned
国家计生委官员赴临沂 诸方质疑行动效果
Radio Free Asia, 12/09/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/09/12/jihu
ashengyu/


Hunger strike continues as Shandong villagers protest against kidnapping leader
山东农民集体绝食抗议绑架维权者
Voice of America, 13/09/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-09-13-voa33.cfm

Public Health
Healthcare nation's top concern
Xinhuanet.com, 14/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/14/content_348
7048.htm


China to crack down on drug use in entertainment venues
Xinhua, 14/09/2005

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/14/content_3490933.htm

The beauty products from the skin of executed Chinese prisoners
Ian Cobain and Adam Luck, The Guardian, 13/09/2005
http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,7369,1568622,00.html?gusrc=rss

Public Health - HIV AIDS /STDs / Protests and Petitions
Infected HIV carriers demand compensations from Shanghai Pharmaceutical Company
感染艾滋病毒的血友病人要求赔偿
Radio Free Asia, 13/09/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/09/13/aizi/

China embarks on extreme condom drive
AFP via IOL, 14/09/2005

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=14&click_id=117&art_id=qw1126678683467B252

Social Security
245b yuan spent on social services, security
Xinhuanet.com, 14/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/13/content_348
6424.htm


State Security - State secrets
China criticized of not providing clear definition of state secrets
中国被指对国家机密仍无明确定义
Dajiyuan.com, 14/09/2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/9/13/n1051268.htm

Editorial: disaster death toll should not be state secrets in any form
天灾死亡人数,不能成为任何形式的秘密
Nanfang City News, 14/09/2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/dd/dsb/A02/2005
09140232.asp


Make disaster death toll public helps to distinguish natural disaster and man-made disaster
公布自然灾害死亡人数,才能区别天灾和人祸
Nanfang City News, 14/09/2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/dd/dsb/A03/2005
09140240.asp


Reform - Social Reform
China booms, so does divorce rate
By Quentin Sommerville, BBC News, 14/09/2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/4240988.stm

Tibet / Economic Development
Dalai Lama: Rail Link 'Cultural Genocide'
Washington Post, 12/09/2005
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/
2005/09/12/AR2005091200264.html


Tibet tries best to stay clean land
Xinhua, 14/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/14/content_3487165.htm