December 10-12, 2005

Top News of the Day

Protests and Petitions
Chinese Commander Arrested in Deadly Protest Crackdown
Voice of America, December 12, 2005
A police commander in Guangdong Province has been arrested for allegedly ordering officers to open fire at a crowd of protestors on December 6, resulting in an unknown number of deaths. While officials said three were killed, villagers said at least eight had been shot dead at the scene. The protestors were rallying against he construction of a wind power plant.
http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-12-11-voa20.cfm


News

Children
讨论：中国大陆的流浪儿童问题 (Discussion: Problems with Vagrant Children in China)
Radio Free Asia, December 10, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/12/10/liulang/

Corruption
50,000 Officials Punished in Anti-Corruption Campaign
Xinhuanet.com, December 12, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/11/content_3907
750.htm

Death Penalty
镇委书记敛财1500万获死刑 ( Township Party Secretary Sentenced to Death for Embezzling 15 Million Yuan)
The Beijing News, December 12, 2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/1210/05@021
934.html

Environment
Dam Project to Start Amid Controversy
SCMP, December 12, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZESEPJRGE.html

Human Rights
人权日前夕 中国逮400余陈情民众 (400 Protestors Arrested in Beijing on the Eve of International Human Rights Day)
Dajiyuan.com, December 12, 2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/12/11/n1149927.htm
China Denounces US Criticism of Human Rights
China Daily, December 12, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-12/12/content_
502545.htm

Labor
China: Don’t Believe the Hype
ICFTU, December 12, 2005
http://www.icftu.org/displaydocument.asp?Index=991223214&
Language=EN

Law
Reform Urged in Court Adjudication
SCMP, December 12, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ499V6SGE.html

NGOs
China Charity to Look into "Questionable Donation" from US
Xinhuanet.com, December 12, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/11/content_390
7749.htm

Police
Beijing Opens TV Station to Reeducate Prisoners
People's Daily, December 12, 2005
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200512/12/eng20051212_
227275.html

Protests and Petitions – Shanwei Incident
Villagers Believe Police Sweep Has Begun
SCMP, December 12, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZALGPJRGE.html

Protesting Villagers Killed 'by Mistake'
SCMP, December 11, 2005
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZZTHPJRGE.html

廣東汕尾警民衝突下令開槍官員被拘 (Official Arrested for Ordering Police to Open Fire at Protestors in Shanwei)
BBC.com, December 12, 2005
http://news8.thdo.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_4510000/
newsid_4518300/4518398.stm.stm

Riot Village Sealed off in Hunt for Protesters
SCMP, December 10, 2005
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZV37V6SGE.html

Villagers Fear Reprisals Against Rioters
SCMP, December 11, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZOMFPJRGE.html

遭枪击的村民家属要求汕尾官方归还尸体 (Family of Protestor Shot Dead in Shanwei Demands Return of Body from Police)
Radio Free Asia, December 09, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/12/09/shanwei/

Media Muted on Shanwei Incident
SCMP, December 12, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZEUIPJRGE.html

Protests and Petitions
广东深圳逾二千工人抗议罢工造成交通瘫痪 (Traffic Halted as 2,000 on Strike in Shenzhen)
Radio Free Asia, December 12, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/zhuanlan/laogongtongxun/rexian/
2005/12/10/bagong/

Tibet
达赖喇嘛个人网页运作 (Dalai Lama's First Personal Home Page Launched)
Dajiyuan.com, December 12, 2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/12/11/n1150362.htm

WTO
Activists Hit out at Chek Lap Kok Detention
SCMP, December 12, 2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContent
Server?pagename=SCMP/Printacopy&aid=ZZZ7UBPJRGEbin/
gx.cgi/AppLogic+FT ContentServer?pagename=SCMP/
Printacopy&aid=ZZZ7UBPJRGE

First Protest Passes Peacefully as the Carnival Spirit Prevails
SCMP, December 12, 2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContent
Server?pagename=SCMP/Printacopy&aid=ZZZELGPJRGEbin/gx.
cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename=SCMP/Printacopy&aid
=ZZZELGPJRGE

入世四周年：中国完成大部分承诺 (Four Years After Accession to WTO: China Has Met Most of its Promises)
Xinhuanet.com, December 12, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2005-12/11/content_390
6501.htm

North Korea
Threat of Repatriation Forces N Korean Refugees into Slavery
SCMP, December 12, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZIOFPJRGE.html