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Human Rights Defenders
被判刑记者姜维平提前获得释放 (Early Release for Jailed Journalist Jiang Weiping)
BBC, January 04, 2006
Journalist Jiang Weiping, who was sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment in 2001 for Illegally providing state secrets and inciting subversion, has been released one year before his term was due to expire. His sentence, which was commuted from eight years to six years in 2003, was further reduced by one year after the American Ambassador to China lobbied for his early release.
http://news8.thdo.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_4570000/
newsid_4579400/4579408.stm.stm
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Statement on the Release of Jiang Weiping
The Dui Hua Foundation, January 04, 2006
http://www.duihua.org/press/statements/statement_on_
jiangweiping_release.htm
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Corruption
Hunan Deputy Governor Tries to Kill Himself Amid Corruption Probe
SCMP, January 04, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZW13RJRGE.html
Corruption
中国启动行贿犯罪黑名单联网 (Online Blacklist of People Convicted of Corruption Launched)
Radio Free Asia, January 03, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/03/
heimingdan/
Death Penalty
台湾毒枭获死刑 (Taiwanese Drug Trafficker Sentenced to Death)
Legal Daily, January 04, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-01/04/content_245384.htm
Environment
Water Pollution Threatens Harmonious Development
People's Daily, January 04, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200601/03/print
20060103_232497.html
Human Rights Defenders
台湾媒体：程翔案将在春节后审理 (Taiwan Media: Ching Cheong to be Tried After Chinese New Year)
Radio Free Asia, January 04, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/03/
chingcheong/
Labor
中国评论﹕罔顾受薪阶层 社会难安定 (China Analysis: Neglect of Working Class Will Lead to Instability)
Ming Pao, January 04, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/
Media
For China, 2005 Was Year of Media Crackdown
Financial Times, January 04, 2006
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/eca85798-7c3b-11da-936a-
0000779e2340.html
Migrant Workers
Migrant Dads Return Home Suspicious
China Daily, January 04, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-01/04/
content_508938.htm
Poverty
China Set to Narrow Rich-Poor Gap
People's Daily, January 04, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200601/04/eng20060104
_232725.html
Protests and Petitions
Chinese Man Jumps Ship for Taiwan
BBC, January 04, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4577672.stm
上海上访者毛恒凤被关押 (Shanghai Petitioner Mao Hengfeng Detained)
Radio Free Asia, January 04, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/03/
maohengfeng/
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Press Advisory: Further Crackdown on Petitioner Mao Hengfeng and Others in Beijing and Shanghai
Human Rights in China, January 3, 2006.
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision%5fid
=26505&item%5fid=26504
洛阳征地不予合理补偿引起村民抗争 (Villagers Protest Unreasonable Compensation for Land Acquisition in Luoyang)
Radio Free Asia, January 03, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/03/
luoyang/
Public Health
讨论:中国西部公共卫生需加大投资 (Discussion: China Needs to Increase Investment in Public Health Care in Western Region)
Radio Free Asia, January 03, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/03/
gonggongweisheng/