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Protests and Petitions/Resettlement-Forced Evictions
Pudong Eviction Protester Alleges Attack by Officials
SCMP, 18/10/2005
Song Shitai, the representative of hundreds of families living around Pudong’s Xueye Estate, said that he was beaten up by district officials yesterday morning after trying to contact overseas media about the government's move to evict the Pudong district residents to make way for the 2010 World Expo.
A spokeswoman for the Shanghai Letters and Complaints Office said the eviction is underway but that no violence has been used.
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZRWKL6UEE.html
News
Children-Child Labor
Shanxi Government Learns from Child Labor Case in Glass Factory
山西省吸取“祁县童工案”教训
Xinhuanet.com, 17/10/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2005-10/17/
content_3625696.htm
Detention-Shi Tao(师涛)
Shi Tao Receives International Prize for Advocating Freedom of the Press
中国记者师涛获国际新闻自由奖
Voice of America, 17/10/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-10-17-voa69.cfm
Economic Development
The Poor Have a Right to Share the Fruits of Development
分享发展成果是穷人的权利
China Youth Daily, 18/10/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-10/18/content_77691.htm
Gender-Gender equality
Don't dare to bare
SCMP, 18/10/2005
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZ2859ETEE.html
Gender-Gender equality
Woman employee defeated in unusual labor dispute
Xinhuanet.com, 18/10/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-10/18/
content_3637487.htm
Government-Elections
Grass roots vote for more than 20,000 village leaders in Tibet
People's Daily, 17/10/2005
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200510/17/
eng20051017_214847.html
Government
Does Massive Investment in Space Program Neglect the Needs of the People?
中国耗巨资搞航天无关百姓民生？
Voice of America, 17/10/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-10-17-voa34.cfm
Human Rights-Human rights defenders
Death of writer who dared speak the truth
SCMP, 18/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZT069ETEE.html
Human Rights-Human Rights Defenders
Shanghai Rights Activist Who Opposed Forced Evictions Given 3-Year Sentence
上海拆迁户许正清被判刑3年
Radio Free Asia, 18/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/
10/17/xuzhengqing/
Labor-Work safety / conditions
836 officials relinquish stakes in coal mines
Xinhuanet.com, 18/10/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-10/18
/content_3637453.htm
Law-Legal Profession
Chinese Lawyers Risk Their Freedom to Protect Society
中国律师将越来越成为人身自由高危人群
Chinesenewsnet.com, 17/10/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Opinion
/2005_10_17_17_22_17_438.h
tml
Media
China Denies Rejecting French Couple’s Visa Application
法国夫妇申请赴华签证被拒中国否认
Chinesenewsnet.com, 18/10/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/
Forums/BackStage/2005_10_17_14_37_0_269.html
Media-Internet
China dissident attacks Yahoo over jailing
Financial Times, 18/10/2005
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/8b5726d0-3f6a-11da
-932f-00000e2511c8.html
NGO
NGOs Need More Institutional Flexibility
民间组织发展需要制度松绑
China Youth Daily, 18/10/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-10/18/content_77671.htm
Police-Prisons/Public Health-HIV AIDS /STDs
Journalist Reports on Living Conditions of AIDS Prisoners in Beijing
记者探秘北京监狱艾滋病监区 狱警兼任医生职责
YahooNew.com (China), 18/10/2005
http://cn.news.yahoo.com/051017/467/2fkvm.html
Police-Crime
China’s Increase in Solving Homicides Leads to Violations of Procedural Rights and
Wrongful Convictions
中国推行命案必破 破案率大升但有后遗症
Chinesenewsnet.com, 17/10/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/
SinoNews/Mainland/cna_2005_10_17_03_00_27_704.html
Poverty
China vows to enhance co-op with WB in poverty reduction
Xinhuanet.com, 17/10/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-10/17/content_3628266.htm
Protests and Petitions
Doubtful Points in the Case of Taishi Village Incident
粵村民罷官離奇事件
Hong Kong Economic Journal, 18/10/2005
Public Questions Official Version of Taishi Village Incident
各界质疑太石村事件官方版本
Radio Free Asia, 17/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2005/10/17/taishicun/
Thousands of Villagers Force Shanwei Officials Off Electrical Plant Building Site
汕尾官员夜入电厂被万人驱赶
Radio Free Asia, 17/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao
/2005/10/17/shanwei/
China's Unquiet Countryside
Times Asia, 16/10/2005
http://www.time.com/time/asia/magazine/article/0,13
673,501051024-1118416,00.html
Public Health
Infectious diseases hospital upsets expats
SCMP, 18/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZXWKR4UEE.html
Xinjiang-Persecution/Police-Abuse
Xinjiang PSB Uses Torture to Force Confessions from Kashgar Christians
新疆喀什基督教徒被国安人员刑讯逼供打成重伤
Radio Free Asia, 17/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao
/2005/10/17/xinjiang/
North Korea
China Deported Four N. Korean Defectors In August: Activist
YahooNews.com (China Section), 18/10/2005
http://au.news.yahoo.com/051017/3/weeq.html