Tuesday, November 15, 2005

November 15, 2005

News

Corporate Social Responsibility
99% of Chinese Enterprises Do Not Make Donations
中國99%企業無參與捐贈
Asia Times Online, 14/11/2005
http://www.atchinese.com/index.php?option=com_content&task
=view&id=9980&Itemid=33

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Corruption
Verdicts of Wang Jingao's Case Cause Doubt Among the Public
黄金高被判无期 诸多疑点引起质疑
Radio Free Asia, 11/11/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/11/11/hua
ngjingao/


Economic Development
China expects 6% rise in oil imports
Bloomberg November 14, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-11/14/content
_494440.htm


Siemens to build high-speed trains for China
Xinhua November 14, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-11/14/content_
494472.htm


Education-Girl education
Programme Offers Future for Rural Girls
China Daily, 15/11/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-11/15/content_
494698.htm


Food Security
Concern raised over future grain supplies
China Daily, November 14, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-11/14/content_
494340.htm


Gender-Sexuality
Sex Culture Festival Opens in Guangzhou
China Daily, November 14, 2005
http://china.org.cn/english/2005/Nov/147901.htm

Gender-Trafficking of Women
Memoirs suggest kidnapped women are in North Korea
Taipei Times, November 14, 2005
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2005/11/14/
2003280119


Gender-Gender Equality/Government-Civil Service
Should Male and Female Civil Servants Retire at the Same Age?
男女公务员同龄退休?
EastDay.com, 15/11/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node9
9916/userobject1ai1644499.html
499.html

Human Rights
Beware of Discrimination in the Policy-Making Process
警惕政策制定中的歧视现象
China Youth Daily, 15/11/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-11/15/content_91553.htm

Dissidents suffer in China's prisons
Taipei Times, November 14, 2005
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2005/11/
12/2003279830/print


Human Rights-Bilateral ties
Bush to Press China on Human Rights, Despite Flap Over US Torture policy
AFP via YahooNews.com, 15/11/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051114/pl_afp/usbushapecrights_
051114142959


Prince Charles threatens legal action over China memo
The Guardian, November 14, 2005
http://www.guardian.co.uk/monarchy/story/0,2763,1642106,
00.html


Human Rights-Human Rights Defenders
China to Give Memorial Rite to Hu Yaobang, Purged Reformer
New York Times, 15/11/2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/15/international/asia/15c
hina.html?ex=1289710800&en=c11934d6c6492a74&ei=5088&
partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
n=c11934d6c6492a74&ei=5088&part
ner=rssnyt&emc=rss


Gao Zhisheng Asks for Second Hearing on the Sudden Closure of Law Firm
維權律師高智晟被勒令停業一年 覆議聽證
Asia Times Online, 15/11/2005
http://www.atchinese.com/index.php?option=com
_content&task=view&id=10002&Itemid=33
=33

June 4th-EU arms ban
Hu Presses Spain on EU Arms Embargo
International Herald Tribune, 14/11/2005
http://www.iht.com/bin/print_ipub.php?file=/articles/
2005/11/14/news/hu.php


Labor
Workers' rights in private firms well protected
Xinhua, November 14, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-11/14/content
_3778752.htm


Media-Internet
China Blocks Web Site Nominated for DW Weblog Award
Deutsch Welle , November 14, 2005
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,1776197,00.html

Netizens Initiate Online Petition to Urge the Removal of Internet Control Regulations
网上发起公民签名活动 促当局撤销《互联网新闻信息服务管理规定》
Radio Free Asia, 11/11/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/11/11/
wangluo/


Olympics
Mascots promise a 'friendly' Olympics
China Daily, November 14, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-11/12/content
_494085.htm


Police-Crime
Early Success Cited in Crime Crackdown
SCMP, 15/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZLRUPFXFE.html

Police-Abuse/Resettlement-Forceful Eviction
Thousands of Police Clash Violently with Peasants in Sichuan’s Anyue County; 8 Arrested
四川安岳警民冲突 8位村民被抓
Radio Free Asia, 11/11/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/11/11/chong
tu/


Population-One-child Policy
State Family Planning Commission Reports 90 Million “Only Children” in China
全国累计出生9000万独生子女
The Beijing News, 15/11/2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/1115/09@002617
.html


Sen. Rodham Clinton Calls on Bush To Address China's One-Child Policy With China's
President
Kaiser Network, November 14, 2005
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR
_ID=33696


Poverty-Rural poverty
China Urged to Tackle Rural Poor
BBC.com, 15/11/2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4435174.stm

Protests and Petitions
Protesters Wander Streets as Authorities Tear Down Beijing Petitioners’ Village
北京上访村被拆 外地访民被迫露宿街头
Radio Free Asia, 15/11/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/11/14/shan
gfang/


Chinese police killed 2 at labor protest, rights group says
Kyodo News, November 14, 2005
http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=7&id=352175

Human rights protestors greet Chinese president
Expatica, November 14, 2005
http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=11204&article
=Human+rights+protestors+greet+Chinese+president
greet+Chin
ese+president


Public Health
Special prisons built for HIV/AIDS inmates
Big News Network, November 14, 2005
http://story.chinanationalnews.com/p.x/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e
9b/id/5f496916d2c06cee/

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Public Health -HIV AIDS /STDs/Police-Prisons
China Plans Jails for HIV Inmates
BBC.com, 14/11/2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4434446.stm

Religion
Past Haunts Gansu as Religious Freedom Returns
The Standard, 15/11/2005
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=9&art
_id=5611&sid=5467820&con_type=1&d_str=20051115
&con
_type=1&d_str=20051115


Tibet
People May Act if No Autonomy, Dalai Lama Warns
SCMP, 15/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ1SUPFXFE.html