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Media
Chinese Ban on Wikipedia Prevents Research, Users Say
Google News (HK), January 11, 2006
China-based researchers are expressing outrage at the Chinese authorities' ban on access to Wikipedia, a free online encyclopedia run by a non-profit organization in Florida. Access to the website has been completely blocked since October 2005. In 2004, there were two incidents of temporary suspension, reportedly because the web site contains materials related to sensitive issues such as Tibet and the Tiananmen Square protests.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/
RTGAM.20060110.wxwikipedia10/BNStory/International//International/
News
Death Penalty
死刑复核应出现律师身影 (Lawyers to Participate in Review of Death Penalty Cases)
Legal Daily, January 11, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-01/11/content_
249606.htm
Man with Death Penalty Pronounced Innocent
Xinhuanet, January 11, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/11/content_
4036194.htm
Economic Development
Beijing Eases Oil, Coal Grip
The Standard, January 09, 2006
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp
pp_cat=15&art_id=9432&sid=6142414&con_type=1
Environment
Behind China's Shiny Facade Lies Economic, Ecological Nightmares
YahooNews (China), January 11, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucgg/20060110/cm_ucgg/b
ehindchinasshinyfacadelieeconomicecologicalnightmares
cecologicalnightmares
Law - Legal Aid
全国法律援助办案同比增长三成 (Legal Aid Cases Increase 30 Percent Nation-Wide)
Legal Daily, January 11, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-01/11/content_
249397.htm
Media
Unshackle the Mainland Media
SCMP, January 11, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZRVRRJRGE.html
China: CPJ Condemns Censorship of Blogger
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), January 11, 2006
http://www.cpj.org/news/2006/asia/china06jan06na.html
Population
重庆出现代孕网：两万元借腹生子 (Surrogacy Website Found in Chongqing: Surrogate Mothers for Hire for 20,000 Yuan)
ChinaNewsman.net, January 10, 2006
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/EntDigest/
Life/2006_1_10_20_26_52_284.html284.html
Protests and Petitions
陕西华阴市40多名上访农民被捕 (Over 40 Villagers Arrested for Petitioning Government in Huayang City, Shaanxi Province)
Radio Free Asia, January 10, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/10/
shangfang/
Public Health
「天价医疗费」内幕将公布 (Details on Harbin Hospital That Charged Excessive Medical Fees to Be Disclosed Soon)
Ming Pao, January 11, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/
Herbal Help Extended for AIDS Patients
SCMP, January 11, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ1P5DKRGE.html
Non-profit Hospitals Proposal Pitched for Needy
SCMP, January 11, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ7XRRJRGE.html
民间艾滋病研讨会一波三折
( AIDS Seminar Organized by the Public Meets with Resistance)
Radio Free Asia, January 10, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/10/aids/
中国将严格控制公立医院建设规模和发展速度 (China to Step up Control on the Scale and Pace of Development of Public Hospitals)
Radio Free Asia, January 10, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/10/yiliao/
Religion
Catholicism Flourishes in Tibetan Village
China Daily, January 11, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-01/10/
content_511001.htm
