Tuesday, November 01, 2005

November 1, 2005

Top News of the Day

Religion-Christianity
Priests Arrested After Illicit Mass
SCMP, 01/11/2005
A Milan-based religious web site reported that two underground Catholic priests were
taken into custody in Wenzhou on October 27 after they attended a mass with 600
fellow Catholics in celebration of the Year of the Eucharist. Local police refused to comment on the case. The move is considered to be the latest effort of a government crackdown on underground church activities.
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZM1R58BFE.html


News

Detention-Zheng Enchong (鄭恩寵)/Resettlement-Forced Eviction
Detained Lawyer Says Media Coverage for His Case is Highly Defamatory
维权律师狱中指媒体诽谤
Ming Pao, 01/11/2005
http://full.mingpaonews.com/20051101/cca1.htm

Economic Development/Politics-Political Reforms
Can China's Economic Development Bring About Democratization?
中国经济发展能带来民主吗？
Chinesenewsnet.com, 01/11/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/For
ums/BackStage/2005_10_31_9_47_49_852.html

Can China's Economic Development Bring About Democratization? (Part 2)
中国经济发展能带来民主吗？(二)
Chinesenewsnet.com, 31/10/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNew
s/Forums/BackStage/2005_10_31_17_4
0_16_552.html

Environment-Water
China's water crisis worst in the world: government official
AFP via YahooNews.com, 01/11/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051101/sc_afp/c
hinaenvironmentwater;_ylt=AiQ0y0D8m8
UzLW1YzosEe_EBxg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBjM
HVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA—

Hukou
Getting Rid of Hukou System No Big Deal
取消户籍限制，天塌不下来
China Youth Daily, 01/11/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-11/01/content_84751.htm

Abolishment of Hukou System is Inevitable, Even if it Poses Challenges for Urban
Population Management
取消户口界限是大势所趋 对城市管理是场挑战
YahooNew.com (China), 01/11/2005
http://cn.news.yahoo.com/051101/1462/2ftrk_1.html

Media-Internet
China Closes Dissident Blog Nominated for Award
Radio Free Asia, 31/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/technology/2
005/10/31/china_internet/

Population-One-child Policy/Media-Press Freedom/Censorship
Hebei Officials Detain Journalist Who Tried to Cover Up the Fact That Government Posted a Notice to Permit Second Babies for Cash Payment
河北官员出售超生指标图利 前去采访记者遭关押
Radio Free Asia, 31/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/10/31/hebei/

Protests and Petitions
Beijing Petitioning Village is Overcrowded
北京上访村又人满为患
Radio Free Asia, 31/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/20
05/10/31/shangfang/

Public Health
Impact of Medicine Prices Dropping 17 Times Still Unclear
药价降了17次收效不明显
Legal Daily, 01/11/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2005-11/0
1/content_213008.htm

Senior Official from Ministry of Health Says Half of Population is Not
Covered by Medical Insurance
我国过半老百姓没有医疗保险 看病需自掏腰包
Xinhuanet.com, 01/11/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/society/2005-11/01
/content_3711717.htm

Wasp attacks kill 10 farmers in Shaanxi
SCMP, 01/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ6A1Q7BFE.html

Religion-Christianity
Vatican ready to end its 50-year feud with China
Times, 29/10/2005
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,1350
9-1847746,00.html

Resettlement-Forceful Eviction
Chengdu Villages Organize Roundtable to Protest Lost Land, but Government
Pressure Makes Venue Unavailable
成都宪政与维权讨论会，临开前会场被取消
Radio Free Asia, 31/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/20
05/10/31/chengdu/