The HRIC Daily Brief is a daily selection of news stories and commentary related to human rights in China, drawn from Chinese- and English-language news and online media sources that we monitor daily. In addition to headlines and source links, HRIC also provides English translation of Chinese headlines.

Tuesday, February 28, 2006

February 28, 2006

Top News of the Day

Religion – Christianity
江苏家庭教会成员被抓 (Members of Jiangsu Underground Church Arrested)
Radio Free Asia, February 27, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/27/
zongjiao/
Four members of a house church in Jiangsu Province were detained for hours on Sunday after police officers stormed into the apartment where around 20 Christians were gathered. The four have now been released.


News

Death Penalty
Drive-By Bag Snatchers May Face Death Penalty
SCMP, February 28, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ14OTH8JE.html

Execution Appeals to be Held Publicly
SCMP, February 28, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZP3OTH8JE.html

Economic Development
The Socialist Contradiction
The Standard, February 28, 2006
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=5&art_id=12899&sid=6814740&con_type=1&d_
str=200602270&con_type=1&d_str=20060227

Education
中国九年制义务教育的人口地区覆盖率已超过95% (95 Percent of Areas in China Have Adopted Compulsory Education)
EastDay.com, February 28, 2006
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node120921/userobject1ai1881273.html1273.html

Environment
'Environment' is Still a Dirty Word
SCMP, February 28, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZX3OTH8JE.html

Guangdong to House Oil Reserve Bases
People's Daily, February 28, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200602/28/eng20060228_
246572.html

Human Rights Defenders – Journalists - Li Yuanlung (李元龙)
贵州记者被控煽动颠覆 (Guizhou-Based Journalist Li Yuanlong Indicted for Inciting Subversion)
Ming Pao, February 28, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/

Law
全国人大及其常委会十届三次会议以来 制定和修改法律20件 (20 Laws Drafted or Amended Since the Third Plenary Meeting of the Tenth National People's Congress Session)
Legal Daily, February 28, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-02/28/content_272665.htm

贾春旺：检察改革是提高法律监督能力必由之路 (Head of Supreme People’s Procuratorate Says Reform of Procuratorates is the Best Way to Improve Supervision of Legal System)
Xinhuanet, February 28, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-02/28/content_
4237500.htm

Media - Internet Censorship
周济:中国并未把校园BBS论坛关掉 而是加强管理 (Education Chief Zhou Ji: China Has Strengthened Control of BBS on Campuses but Has Not Shut Them Down)
EastDay.com, February 28, 2006
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node120921/userobject1ai1881393.html1393.html

Nonsense on the Net
The Standard, February 28, 2006
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=5&art_id=13009&sid=6842885&con_type=1&d_
str=200602285&con_type=1&d_str=20060228

Media - Public Access to Information
Internet Facilitates Information Flow
China Daily, February 28, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-02/28/
content_524710.htm

Police
警务督察五年查纠执法不公问题33万件 (330,000 Cases of Law Enforcement Violations by Police Officers in Five Years)
Legal Daily, February 28, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-02/28/content_
272668.htm

刑讯逼供列入公安部督察重点 (Public Security Bureaus to Focus on Monitoring Forced Confessions)
The Beijing News, February 28, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/china/2006/0228/
013@163711.htm

治安管理处罚法明起施行 嫖娼被抓将要通知老婆 (New Public Order Law Takes Effect on March 1: Wives of Prostitute Patrons Will Be Notified of Arrest)
EastDay.com, February 28, 2006
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node120921/userobject1ai1881107.html1107.html

公安部通报治安管理处罚法实施准备情况 (Preparations Being Made for Implementation of New Public Order Law)
Xinhuanet, February 28, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-02/28/content_
4237868.htm

公安部开通打黑除恶举报电话 号码010-65204666 (Public Security Bureau Launches Hotline for the Public to Report Triad-Related Activities)
Legal Daily, February 28, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-02/28/content_
272663.htm

Poverty
Rich Gap Tops NPC Worries
The Standard, February 28, 2006
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=5&art_id=12895&sid=6837209&con_type=
1&d_str=20060227&sear_year=2006&con_type=1&d
_str=20060227&sear_year=2006

Protests and Petitions
Man Uses Corpse in Beijing Suicide Standoff
SCMP, February 28, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZTNYTH8JE.html

土地被卖三千村民讨说法　政府拒谈判酿暴力对峙 (Riots Break Out in Jiangsu as Government Refuses to Discuss Land Acquisition with Farmers)
Radio Free Asia, February 28, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/27/chongtu/

Public Health
City Health Centers to Provide Better Care
China Daily, February 28, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-02/28/
content_524560.htm

Rural Issues
“三农法庭”：探寻中国农村特色的法治之路 ("Rural Courts": Exploring Rule of Law with Rural Characteristics)
Xinhuanet, February 28, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-02/28/content_
4237486.htm

解读中央一号文件：农村改革如何深化 (Decoding Govt. Document No. 1: How to Further Reforms in Rural Areas)
Xinhuanet, February 28, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-02/28/content_
4236264.htm

Taiwan
Taiwan Leader Halts China Unifying Panel
AP( via YahooNews), February 28, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060228/ap_on_re_as/taiwan_
china;_ylt=AkeeePVbORWKAPFWV03hXi4Bxg8F;_ylu=X3oD
MTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdAAPFWV03hXi4Bx
g8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA