October 8 - 10, 2005

Top News of the Day

Protests and Petitions
Chinese Legislator Missing After Beating: Journalists
AFP via YahooNews.com, 09/10/2005
Lu Banglie(吕邦烈), deputy to the Zhijiang People's Congress in Hubei Province, has disappeared after being dragged from his car and beaten up on Saturday while he was on his way to visit Taishi Village in Guangdong Province with Benjamin Joffe Walt, a reporter for The Guardian newspaper. The reporter was removed from the car and taken to a government office in Yuwoutou Township and later released. Mr. Lu's whereabouts are still unknown. One lawyer believes that the local authorities have collaborated with gangsters to orchestrate the incident. http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051009/wl_asia_afp/chinarights
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'They Were Working Themselves into a Frenzy'
SCMP, 10/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZRRDTXEEE.html

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Children
Report: Child Malnutrition Varies in China
AP via YahooNews.com, 08/10/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051009/ap_on_re_as/china_
malnutrition;_ylt=AmbaHXv.w1FRA.EPI7PEh7gBxg8F;_ylu=X
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Corruption
Transparency is Still Best Way to Beat Corruption
SCMP, 10/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ89LTXEEE.html

Death Penalty/Corruption
Chongging Section Chief Sentenced to Death for Corruption
重庆一科长被判死缓
The Beijing News, 10/10/2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/1008/09@014112.
html

Gender-Reproductive Health
Ratio of Unmarried Women Having Abortions on the Rise
中国未婚女性堕胎比例上升
Radio Free Asia, 08/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/10/08/duotai/

Government Elections/Rural Issues
Village Party Officials Need to Gain Support from the Masses
中国农村真正能两推一选党支部？
Voice of America, 07/10/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-10-07-voa46.cfm

Labor
Why Does China Still Suffer from a Labor Shortage Despite a Population of 1.3 Billion?
中国人口13亿沿海省仍缺劳工?
Voice of America, 09/10/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-10-09-voa23.cfm

Labor-Protests
Authorities Crack Down on Chongging Steel Workers’ Protest, Causing Two Deaths
重庆特钢工人抗议活动遭镇压，两人死亡
Radio Free Asia, 07/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/10/07/chong
qing/

Media-Internet/Gender
Sex Blogger Breaks Chinese Sound Barrier
Telegraph via China Digital News, 09/10/2005
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005
/10/09/wchina09.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/10/09/ixworld.html

Migrant Workers
Name, but Do Not Shame, Migrant Workers
China Daily, 10/10/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-10/10/content
_483595.htm

Waves of Migrant Workers: What Should the Government Do?
劳务输出：政府该做什么
Nanfang Weekend, 06/10/2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20051006/jj/gd/2005100
90016.asp

Politics-Political Reforms
Hu Jintao on the Edge of Political Reform
胡锦涛处在政治改革边缘
Chinesenewsnet.com, 08/10/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Forums/
BackStage/2005_10_8_1_24_42_168.html

Population-Aging Population/Public Health
China Needs More Nurses to Care for Elderly
AFP via YahooNews.com, 10/10/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051008/hl_afp/chinahealth
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Population-Aging Population
More than 7% of Chinese Age 65 or Above
Xinhuanet.com, 09/10/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-10/09/content_35992
88.htm

Poverty
In China, Does Poverty Go Hand in Hand with Economic Growth?
中国经济发展与贫富差距齐头并进？
Chinesenewsnet.com, 07/10/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SocDigest/Econo
my/2005_10_7_12_41_36_959.html

Protests and Petitions
Liu Xiaobo: The Prospect of Civil Disobedience Movements in China
刘晓波：公民不服从运动在中国的前景
Peacehall, 09/10/2005
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/pubvp/2005/10/2005100
90543.shtml

Protests and Petitions /Media
Two Journalists Intending to Investigate Taishi Incident Beaten Up
两名外国记者前往太石村采访被打
Radio Free Asia, 07/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/10/07/taishi/

Interview with Owner of Webpage that Was Shut Down for Publicizing Taishi
Disputes
采访因太石村被关闭网站的负责人
Voice of America, 07/10/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-10-07-voa38.cfm

Public Health-Disability/Law
Amended Legislation to Protect the Disabled Launched
残疾人保障法修改全面展开
People's Daily, 10/10/2005
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42735/3753759.html

Public Health
Experts Urge Early Completion of Public Health Legislation to Clarify Direction
of Health Care Reform
专家建议应尽早制定卫生法确立医改大方向
EastDay.com, 08/10/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node
91092/userobject1ai1520180.html