March 31, 2006

News

Death Penalty
China to 'Kill Fewer, Kill Carefully'
Asia Times Online, March 31, 2006
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/HC31Ad01.html

湖北：五类刑案慎用或不用“死刑立即执行” (Five Types of Criminal Convictions May Not Lead to Death Penalty with Immediate Execution, Say Hubei Courts)
Xinhuanet, March 31, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-03/31/content_4367
576.htm

收回死刑复核权带动刑事司法全局变革 (Returning the Power to Review Death Penalty Cases to the Supreme Court Will Bring About Comprehensive Legal Reforms)
Nanfang Weekend, March 30, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060330/xw/fz/2006
03300011.asp

完善死刑复核程序被告人辩护权保障机制的构想 (Changes in Procedure for Reviewing Death Penalty Cases Will Allow Convicts to Defend Themselves Before the Review Panel)
Legal Daily, March 30, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-03/30/content_
291067.htm

最高法选调死刑复核官进京 4月掌死刑复核权 (Supreme Court Selects Judges to Sit on Death Penalty Review Panels to Begin in April)
EastDay.com, March 30, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node126731/userobject1ai1948963.html8963.html

检察机关不应介入死刑复核程序 (Procuratorial Organs Should Not Intervene in Review of Death Penalty Cases)
Legal Daily, March 30, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-03/30/content_
291064.htm

Education
Shenzhen to Retain Temporary Teachers
SCMP, March 31, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ2VIJ1DLE.html

Environment
Collapses Found at Yangtze River banks
China Daily, March 31, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-03/31/content
_556838.htm

Gender - Domestic Violence
河南新法规：家暴受害者求救 警察须迅速出警 (New Regulation in Henan Province Requires Police to Provide Immediate Assistance to Victims of Domestic Violence)
Xinhuanet, March 31, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-03/31/content
_4367028.htm


Human Rights Defenders - Rights Defender Wang Bingzhang (王炳章)
来稿：敦促中国政府批准王炳章参加父亲葬礼的紧急呼吁 (China Urged to Allow Jailed Dissident Wang Bingzhang to Attend Father's Funeral in Canada)
Chinesenewsnet.com, March 30, 2006
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Opinion/
2006_3_30_20_15_16_223.htmlml

Labor
More Evacuations as Bid to Plug Gas Leak Fails
SCMP, March 31, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ1K8J1DLE.html

劳动合同法草案的三点缺憾 (Three Major Weaknesses in Draft Law on Labor Contracts)
China Youth Daily, March 31, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-03/31/content_1348394.htm

Media - Censorship / Press Freedom - Wu Hao (吴皓)
China Says Filmmaker 'Committed Crime'
AP( via YahooNews), March 31, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060331/ap_on_re_as/china
_missing_filmmaker_3;_ylt=AiRYHslO2t8Tn77OGxDFJ2FPz
WQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUliR
YHslO2t8Tn77OGxDFJ2FPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW
9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

北京公安拒绝对家人披露吴皓犯了什么罪 (Beijing Public Security Bureau Refuses to Disclose Charges Against Filmmaker Wu Hao to Family)
Radio Free Asia, March 30, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/03/30/wu/

Media - Censorship / Press Freedom
国际新闻学会批评中国压制互联网自由 (International Press Institute Criticizes China for Internet Censorship in Annual Report)
Radio Free Asia, March 30, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/03/30/
hulianwang/

Rolling Stone Silenced in China
Los Angeles Times, March 30, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-stone
30mar30,1,439554.story?coll=la-headlines-worldstone30mar
30,1,439554.story?coll=la-headlines-world

Media - Internet Censorship
中国限制网络新闻规定被批违宪 (Media Censorship in China Criticized as Being Unconstitutional)
Voice of America, March 29, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-03-29-voa56.cfm

Migrant Workers - Abuses
Beaten Slave Workers Freed from Brick Pit
SCMP, March 31, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ0UIJ1DLE.html

Multilateral - UN
联合国人权委员会调查中国苏家屯集中营传言 (UN Human Rights Committee to Investigate Concentration Camp in Shenyang Said to Be Selling Falun Gong Practitioners' Organs)
Chinesenewsnet.com, March 31, 2006
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/cna_2006_03_30_21_00_21_242.html21_00_21
_242.html

“中国使用酷刑的现象仍很普遍” ("Torture is Very Still Common in China", Says UN Special Rapporteur on Torture)
BBC, March 30, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_4860000/newsid
_4862800/4862862.stm

Olympics
Olympic-sized Debate on China
CNN, March 30, 2006
http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/03/30/china.
olympics.liberties.ap/index.html?section=cnn_latest?section=
cnn_latest

Protests and Petitions
佛山过百村民政府外静坐 强征地维权代表被劳教 (Hundreds of Foshan Villagers Stage Sit-in Protest Against Illegal Land Grab and Sentencing of Fellow Protestor)
Radio Free Asia, March 30, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/03/30/
foshan1/

Public Health - HIV-AIDS/STDs
China's Human Trial of AIDS Vaccine Proceeding Well
Xinhuanet, March 30, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-03/30/content_
4365658.htm

Religion
Compromise Likely Over China Bishop Postings
Financial Times, March 31, 2006
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/597ad6d8-c053-11da-939f-00007
79e2340.html

Tibet
人权观察关注四川省被关押藏人 (Rights Group Expresses Concerns on Detention of Five Tibetans in Sichuan Province)
Voice of America, March 30, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-03-30-voa51.cfm

North Korea – Refugees
White House Condemns China Treatment of North Korean Asylum Seeker
AFP (via YahooNews), March 31, 2006
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/060331/afp/060331024429
asiapacificnews.html

多维详讯：中国遣返朝鲜女难民美表严重关注 (US Concerned About Beijing's Repatriation of North Korean Refugee)
Chinesenewsnet.com, March 30, 2006
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Topics/
2006_3_30_19_14_39_364.html

March 30, 2006

Top News of the Day

Poverty
全国仍有未能解决温饱的贫困人口２３６５万 (Over 23 Million of People Still Living in Poverty in China)
Radio Free Asia, March 29, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2006/03/29/
china_rural/
An interim report published by the State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development said more than 23 million people in China are still living in poverty.


News

Corruption
Dozens Arrested After 2004 Audit of State Finances
SCMP, March 30, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZD8FJ1DLE.html

Education
Foreign Professionals in Great Demand
China Daily, March 30, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-03/30/
content_555994.htm

教育部表示将清退四十多万名代课教师 (Ministry of Education Says 400,000 Substitute Teachers Will Be Dismissed)
Radio Free Asia, March 30, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2006/03/29/
china_rural_education/

Environment
Auditors: Billions for Water Projects Go Down the Drain
China Daily, March 30, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-03/30/
content_555835.htm

Government - Grassroots Elections
Farmers Urged to Pick Leaders to Bring Wealth
China Daily, March 30, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-03/30/
content_555980.htm

Human Rights Defenders
Campaigner Honoured for Exposing Epidemic
SCMP, March 30, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZA9GJ1DLE.html

上海异见人士李国涛被拘留七天后获释 (Shanghai-Based Dissident Li Guotao Released for Seven Days in Detention)
Radio Free Asia, March 30, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2006/03/29/
china_dissident/

Law
最高检公布受理行贿犯罪档案查询暂行规定 (Supreme Court Announces Regulations on Public Access to Bribe Cases)
People's Daily, March 30, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1026/4250891.html

吸收未成年人参与起草 规定严禁变相开除学生 (Teenagers to Be Involved in Drafting of Juvenile Law, Schools May be Prohibited from Expelling Students)
Legal Daily, March 30, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-03/30/content
_291147.htm

Media
南风窗杂志驻京记者谈中国新闻自由 (Beijing Correspondent of Nanfeng Chong Magazine Talks about Press Freedom in China)
Radio Free Asia, March 30, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/03/29/xinwenziyou/

Protests and Petitions - Hu Jia (胡佳)
Aids Activist Tells of Ordeal in Detention
SCMP, March 30, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZBZ4J1DLE.html

Interview With AIDS Activist Hu Jia
Radio Free Asia, March 29, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2006/03/29/china_hujia/

专访艾滋病活动人士胡佳和李丹 (Interview With AIDS Activists Hu Jia and Li Dan)
Radio Free Asia, March 30, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/03/29/hujia1/

Protests and Petitions
上海拆迁户跳楼身亡 (Shanghai Evictee Plunges to Death)
Radio Free Asia, March 30, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/03/29/chaiqian/

Protests and Petitions - Taishi Incident
Taishi Poll Candidate to Sue Election Committee
SCMP, March 30, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ9U4J1DLE.html

太石村民拟诉诸人大及法律手段挑战选举结果 (Taishi Villagers Plan Legal Actions to Challenge Party Chief Election Results)
Radio Free Asia, March 30, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
03/29/taishi/

Public Health
中国否认从死刑犯身上摘取器官 (Beijing Denies Stripping Organs from Executed Convicts)
Radio Free Asia, March 30, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
03/29/organ_harvest/

Religion - Christianity
Religion and Politics A Duty to Speak out for Social Justice
SCMP, March 30, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZPS4J1DLE.html

March 29, 2006

Top News of the Day

Protests and Petitions - Hu Jia (胡佳)
中国民间艾滋病防治人士胡佳获释 (Detained AIDS Activist Hu Jia Released)
Radio Free Asia, March 29, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/03/28/hujia/
Hu Jia, a 32-year-old AIDS activist, returned to his home in Beijing on Tuesday after having been detained by authorities at an unknown location for about six weeks. He was arrested on February 16 while participating in a hunger strike called by rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng.

Related News
Aids Activist Released but Researcher Still Detained
SCMP, March 29, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZC3R8AVKE.html

News

Environment
Polluters May be Taxed, Says Minister
SCMP, March 29, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZO3R8AVKE.html

Labor
Chinese President Stresses Safe Production and "Putting People First"
People's Daily, March 29, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200603/29/
eng20060329_254148.html

Media
中宣部禁止传媒负面报道长征 (Publicity Department Bans Negative Reports on the Long March)
Radio Free Asia, March 29, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2006/03/28/
china_media_freedom/

电子网络成为另一种民主形式 (Internet Becomes Another Form of Democracy in China)
Radio Free Asia, March 29, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
03/28/wangluo/

Protests and Petitions
上访夫妇岳永进被关月余仍未获释 (Liaoning Couple Still Being Held in Detention for Petitioning in Beijing Last Month)
Radio Free Asia, March 29, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
03/28/shangfang/

广西警民冲突 被抓村民只部分释放 (Four Villagers Detained in Clash With Police in Guangxi Province Still Not Released)
Radio Free Asia, March 29, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/03/28/chongtu/

Anti-Graft Activists Detained
SCMP, March 29, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZW3R8AVKE.html

Protests and Petitions – Taishi Incident
New Setback in Taishi's Struggle for Democracy
SCMP, March 29, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZGQLI6VKE.html

官方宣布太石村选举结果　公正性遭质疑 (Taishi Local People’s Congress Election Results Announced, but Fairness of Elections Is in Question)
Radio Free Asia, March 29, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
03/28/taishi/

Public Health
北京废止动员组织公民献血条例 (Beijing Repeals 1998 Municipal Regulation Urging Citizens to Give Blood)
China Youth Daily, March 29, 2006
http://news.cyol.com/content/2006-03/29/content
_1344941.htm

Gruesome Business of Supply, Demand
SCMP, March 29, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZC2OI6VKE.html

Organs Taken 'With Consent of Prisoners'
SCMP, March 29, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ04R8AVKE.html

青海省甘河滩地区大批儿童铅中毒 (Lead Poisoning Found in Large Number of Children in Qinghai Province)
Radio Free Asia, March 29, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2006/
03/28/china_pollution/

Religion
Catholic Group Preparing for Mainland Move
SCMP, March 29, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZH7XI6VKE.html

March 28, 2006

News

Environment
Latest Import from China: Filthy Air
ABC News, March 28, 2006
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/GlobalWarming/
story?id=1772177&page=1

China Imposing Grazing Ban to Save Pasture
China Daily, March 27, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-03/27
/content_553583.htm

Labor
劳动合同法草案公布一周 收到意见4769件 (Draft of Labor Contract Law to Be Promulgated on Monday, 4,769 Opinions Already Received)
Legal Daily, March 28, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-03/28/
content_289162.htm

Land Policy
卫星巡查违法用地 (Satellite Technology Employed to Locate Illegal Land Use)
The Beijing News, March 28, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/china/2006/0328/
014@170350.htm

Law
缓解西部及贫困地区基层检察官短缺问题 最高检提出突破困境八大措施 (Supreme Court Endorses Eight Measures to Relieve Shortage of Procurators in Rural Areas)
Legal Daily, March 28, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-03/28/
content_289168.htm

Media
哈佛研究员介绍中国的博客和网络审查 (Harvard University Researcher Presents Findings on Blog and Internet Censorship in China)
Radio Free Asia, March 27, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/03/27/blog/

Migrant Workers
受权发布:国务院关于解决农民工问题的若干意见 (State Council Issues Opinion on How to Resolve Problems Related to Migrant Workers)
Xinhuanet, March 28, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-03/27/
content_4351076.htm

Migrant Workers Get More Protection
People's Daily, March 28, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200603/28/eng20060328_253946.html

Protests and Petitions – Wu Hao (吴皓)
China Not Giving Details About Filmmaker
AP( via YahooNews), March 27, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060327/ap_on_re_as/china_missing_filmmaker_1;_ylt=AozYlty5T9HrwjEMgGaZVqlPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Protests and Petitions
Hopelessness Haunts China's Desperate Petitioners
Reuters (via YahooNews), March 27, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060327/lf_nm/china_petitioners_dc_1;_ylt=AsWLdI6Q4863gVcv8NHNN4lPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

临沂三村民被正式逮捕 (Three Relatives of Blind Activist Chen Guangcheng Formally Arrested)
Radio Free Asia, March 27, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/03/27/linyi/

Protests and Petitions - Hu Jia (胡佳)
Wife of Missing Aids Activist Victim of Attack
SCMP, March 28, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZKRTI6VKE.html

Protests and Petitions - Resettlement
Villagers Keep Up Demands for Justice
SCMP, March 28, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZSDII6VKE.html

Protests and Petitions - Shanwei Incident
东洲村民希望诉诸法律救助被捕者 (Dongzhou Villagers Seek Legal Aid to Rescue Detainees)
Radio Free Asia, March 27, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/03/27/dongzhou/

Public Health
中国器官移植新规定禁止买卖人体器官 (China Announces New Law to Ban Trading of Human Organs)
Radio Free Asia, March 27, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/03/27/organ_trafficking/

March 25 – 27, 2006

News

Bilateral Ties - Other
梵蒂冈：与中国建交时机成熟 (Vatican: Time Ripe for Building Ties with China)
Voice of America, March 25, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-03-25-voa52.cfm

Corruption
Nationwide Blitz on Corrupt Officials Nets 400 Fugitives
SCMP, March 27, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZD5PI6VKE.html

Environment
報告稱中國木材加工業威脅世界森林 (Green Group Forest Trends Says China's Timber Industry Threatens Livelihood of Global Forests)
BBC, March 27, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_4840000/
newsid_4842900/4842950.stm

Gender
中国妇女如何维护自身权益 (How Can Chinese Women Protect Their Rights?)
Radio Free Asia, March 25, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
03/25/funu/

Human Rights Defenders
纪录片制作人吴皓被拘留 亲属表示十分担忧 (Family Worried About Detained Documentary Filmmaker Wu Hao)
Radio Free Asia, March 26, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/03/26/wuhao/

Labor
礦鄉美好時刻 村民自拍 無災無難 (Guizhou Mine Workers Hold Photo Exhibition to Showcase Their Lives)
Ming Pao, March 27, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/

Labour Contract Law Draft Safeguards Workers' Rights
People's Daily, March 27, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200603/27/
eng20060327_253700.html

Media
Journalist Number Doubles in 20 Years
People's Daily, March 27, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200603/27/
eng20060327_253708.html

报刊业跻身中国发展最快行业 年销售逾300亿元 (Print Media Is Fastest Growing Industry in China, With Annual Sales at 30 Billion Yuan)
People's Daily, March 27, 2006
http://media.people.com.cn/GB/40710/4238256.html

Police - Crime
China Faces Rising Number of Young Offenders, Says Researcher
People's Daily, March 27, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200603/26/
eng20060326_253608.html

Poverty
中國評論﹕政策調整須顧弱勢群體 (Discussion: Policy Adjustments Should Accommodate the Underprivileged)
Ming Pao, March 27, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/

Factory Shake-Up Bid to Close Income Gap
SCMP, March 27, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZD5FI6VKE.html

Protests and Petitions
Villagers Evicted from University Town to Get Back Some Land
SCMP, March 27, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZUAQI6VKE.html

街道办事处私下出售海域 村民维权多年上访未果 (Fishermen in Liaoning Province Still Petitioning Over Land Sold by Neighborhood Councils in 1992, No Resolution in Sight)
Radio Free Asia, March 25, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/03/25/shangfang/

Rural Issues
讨论:中国新农村建设的关键 (Discussion: The Key to China's New Socialist Countryside)
Radio Free Asia, March 25, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/03/25/nongcun/

Hong Kong /
Media - Censorship / Press Freedom
Journalists Fear For Press Freedoms
SCMP, March 27, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZKLG8AVKE.html

March 24, 2006

News

Bilateral Ties - US/China
Status of Hu's US Visit Up in the Air
SCMP, March 24, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZKBJI6VKE.html

Children - Orphans and Adoption
Adopted in China, Seeking Identity in America
New York Times, March 23, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/23/national/23adop
t.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Civil Society - NGOs
“扶贫二重唱”：地方政府与NGO联袂首演 (NGOs and Local Government Work Together to Curb Poverty)
Nanfang Weekend, March 23, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060323/xw/s
zxw2/200603230014.asp

Death Penalty
Men Sentenced to Death for Babies Trafficking in Yunnan
Xinhuanet, March 23, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-03/23/co
ntent_4337561.htm

Education - Basic Education
义务教育就应当是完全免费教育 (Compulsory Education Should Be Completely Free Education)
Legal Daily, March 24, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-03/24/con
tent_287494.htm

制度保障农村中小学校经费 (School Fees for Primary and Secondary Schools in Rural Areas Need to Be Standardized)
Legal Daily, March 24, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-03/24/co
ntent_287491.htm

Environment
中国水资源短缺等四大水问题依然严峻 (Water Shortages Are One of the Four Most Serious Water-Related Problems in China)
China Youth Daily, March 23, 2006
http://news.cyol.com/content/2006-03/23/content
_1341224.htm

Government
李金华要求将医疗教育住房等作为审计重点 (Head of National Audit Office Says This Year’s Focus Should Be on Health Care, Education and Housing)
People's Daily, March 24, 2004
http://gov.people.com.cn/GB/59640/4233223.html

Human Rights
联合国经社理事会通过决议废除人权委员会 (Resolution to Abolish UN Commission on Human Rights Adopted)
China Youth Daily, March 24, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-03/24/content%2
0_1342036.htm

中国人权状况如何？听众批评较多 (Criticisms Over China's Human Rights Condition)
Voice of America, March 23, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/m2006-03-23
-voa62.cfm

Human Rights Defenders – Journalist Zhao Yan (赵岩)
京指赵岩获释不符事实 (Washington Criticized for Inaccurate Comments over China’s Handling of Zhao Yan's Case)
Ming Pao, March 24, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060324/cab2.htm

美国国务院要求立即释放中国记者赵岩 (US Urges Immediate Release of New York Times Researcher Zhao Yan)
Radio Free Asia, March 23, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/20
06/03/23/zhaoyan/

Human Rights Defenders - Petitioner Liu Xinjuan (刘新娟)
以精神病为名受迫害的上访人讲述经历 (Petitioner Forcibly Admitted to Psychiatric Hospital Speaks About the Experience)
Radio Free Asia, March 23, 2004
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006
/03/23/shangfang/

Labor – Industrial Accidents
临县透水煤矿已发现17人遇难 (17 Found Dead in Shanxi Coal Mine Flooding)
China Youth Daily, March 24, 2006
http://news.cyol.com/content/2006-03/24/cont
ent_1342141.htm

Coal Mine Blast Leaves 8 Dead, 5 Injured in N. China
China Daily, March 24, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-03/24/
content_551486.htm

Law
(Govt to Improve Legal System to Solve Refugee Problems)
Xinhuanet, March 23, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-03/23/c
ontent_4337800.htm

Police
对中国器官移植和死刑犯关注再起 (Harvesting Organs of Executed Prisoners for Transplants Raises Public Concerns Again)
Voice of America, March 23, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-03-2
3-voa74.cfm

Poverty
贫困，绊住了我们的脚步 (Poverty Keeps Us from Moving Forward)
China Youth Daily, March 24, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-03/24/conte
nt_1341896.htm

仇富农民开车撞人案再度引起关注 (Man Charged with Vehicular Homicide Pleads for Death Sentence)
Voice of America, March 23, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-03-2
3-voa42.cfm

Protests and Petitions
Authorities 'Paying Lip Service' to Complaints
SCMP, March 24, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZWQC8A
VKE.html

Public Health
哈尔滨“天价医药费”事件调查升格 (Investigation Continues into Astronomical Medical Fees in Harbin)
Radio Free Asia, March 23, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao
/2006/03/23/harbin/

Public Health - HIV-AIDS/STDs
广西截至05年底累计报告艾滋病毒感染者20604例 (Guangxi Province Reports 20,604 HIV/AIDS Infections as of End of 2005)
EastDay.com, March 24, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/n
ode81762/node125406/userobject1ai1934198.html
4198.html

Religion - Christianity
湖北河南的两县地下教会聚会被冲击 (Authorities Crack Down on Two Underground House Churches in Hubei and Henan)
Radio Free Asia, March 23, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2
006/03/23/jiaohui/

March 23, 2006

News

Bilateral Ties - US/China
Hu-Bush Meeting Set for April 20
SCMP, March 23, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ7JA8AVKE.html

Education
平教育是扶贫根本 (Equitable Access to Education: The Key to Alleviating Poverty)
Nanfang City News, March 23, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/20060323
0568.asp

Environment - Water
Yellow River's Thirst for Water Brings China's Shortages into Light
Xinhuanet, March 23, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-03/23/content_4334
897.htm

Human Rights
人权组织批中国加强镇压维权人士 (Rights Group Criticizes China for Crackdown on Human Rights Defenders)
Voice of America, March 23, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-03-23-voa3.cfm

Human Rights Defenders - Rights Defenders
北京抓捕绝食统筹工作人员 (Beijing Arrests Hunger Strike Organizers)
Radio Free Asia, March 23, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/03/22/jueshi/

Human Rights Defenders – Journalist Wu Hao (吴皓)
中国独立纪录片制片人吴皓被拘留 (Independent Documentary Film Maker Wu Hao Detained)
Chinesenewsnet.com, March 23, 2006
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/2006_3_22_14_37_50_171.html7_50_171.html

Human Rights Defenders – Journalist Zhao Yan (赵岩)
Kin to Press China to Release NY Times Researcher
Reuters (via YahooNews), March 23, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060323/wl_nm/china_journalist
_dc_2;_ylt=AqPakCVXDoBIMPBvo.Iv46JPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMT
BiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUlBIMPBvo.Iv46JPzWQA;_ylu
=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl


Human Rights Defenders – Journalist Shi Tao (师涛)
师涛母亲拟控雅虎洩私隐 (Shi Tao's Mother Plans to Sue Yahoo! for Revealing Shi Tao's Personal Information to the Chinese Government)
Apple Daily, March 23, 2006
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?iss
_id=20060323&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=5760
941335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=5760941

Human Rights Defenders - Rights Defender Hu Jia (胡佳)
China AIDS Chief Knows Nothing of Missing Activist
China National News, March 22, 2006
http://story.chinanationalnews.com/p.x/ct/9/id/6a2d7a93164
529db/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/b/

Labor
农民工健康状况调查:40%左右带病上岗 (Study on Health Conditions of Migrant Workers Reveals Over 40% Work in Spite Of Sickness)
People's Daily, March 23, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1026/4229919.html

劳动合同法草案解读:定额限制遏止变相加班 (Interpretation of the Draft Law on Labor Contracts: Fixed Quota on Migrant Workers May Lead to More Overtime Work)
China Youth Daily, March 21, 2006
http://www.ynet.com/view.jsp?oid=8127388

Law
China to Revise Law Interpretation on Differentiated Personal Injury Compensation
People's Daily, March 23, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200603/23/eng20060323_
252682.html

独立审判与审委会存废 (Analysis on Whether to Keep or Abolish Judicial Committees)
Legal Daily, March 23, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-03/23/content_
286751.htm

审委会改革路在何方 (In Which Direction Will the Reform of Judicial Committees Go?)
Legal Daily, March 23, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-03/23/content_
286752.htm

Media - Censorship / Press Freedom
新京报记者编辑扣薪 报道御用教授涉剽窃 (Editors and Reporters of The Beijing News Criticized and Penalized for Publishing Story Discrediting Well-Connected Scholar)
Ming Pao, March 23, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060323/cab1.htm

Politics
Eight-Step Program for What Ails China
Washington Post, March 23, 2006
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/
006/03/22/AR2006032202042.html?nav=rss_
worlddyn/content/article/2006/03/22/AR20060322
02042.html?nav=rss_world

Protests and Petitions
Villagers Injured in Land Clash
SCMP, March 23, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZCP5I6VKE.html

Public Health - HIV-AIDS/STDs
艾滋高发区应强制婚检 (Pre-Marital Check-ups Required in Regions With High Risk of AIDS)
The Beijing News, March 23, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/china/2006/0323/012
@169294.htm

March 22, 2006

News

Death Penalty
男子在3妇女身上刺字获死缓 (Jilin Man Sentenced to Death with Two-Year Reprieve for Abusing Three Women)
The Beijing News, March 22, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/china/2006/0322/011@169
047.htm

Government – Grassroots Election
Taishi Villagers Call for New Poll Over Proxy Vote Queries
SCMP, March 22, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZUA1I6VKE.html

Human Rights Defenders – Rights Defender Hu Jia (胡佳)
爱滋关注者失踪月馀 家属求援 (Wife Calls for Help to Find Missing AIDS Activist)
Ming Pao, March 22, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060322/cac1.htm

Human Rights Defenders – Journalist Zhao Yan (赵岩)
中国撤销对赵岩指控但赵尚未获释 (China Still Hasn’t Released New York Times Researcher Zhao Yan, Although Charges Have Been Dropped)
Voice of America, March 21, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-03-21-voa59.cfm

Lawyer Asks China to Release Jailed Times Researcher Now
New York Times, March 21, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/21/international/asia/21cnd
-zhao.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Labor
劳动合同法开门立法 重在保护劳动者权益 (Legislation on Labor Contracts Aims to Protect Workers' Rights)
Xinhuanet, March 21, 2006
http://npc.people.com.cn/GB/28320/41246/48570/4223496.html

中华人民共和国劳动合同法（草案）(Draft of Law on Labor Contracts – Full Text)
Xinhuanet, March 21, 2006
http://npc.people.com.cn/GB/14957/4219948.html

Politics - CPPCC
关注规范政协委员履职：履职，需制度跟进 (Concerns About the Duties of CPPCC Members: The System Should Be Improved to Ensure That Members Fulfill Their Responsibilities)
People's Daily, March 22, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1026/4225543.html

Population – One-Child Policy
No Let-up on Birth Controls, Says Chief
SCMP, March 22, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ3V58AVKE.html

Public Health
卫生部授权地方自主发布法定传染病疫情信息 (Ministry of Health Authorizes Local Public Health Departments to Disclose Information on Infectious Diseases)
People's Daily, March 22, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1027/4223582.html

Rural Issues
Countryside in Sharp Focus
SCMP, March 22, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZ1A1I6VKE.html

UN / Human Rights
Changes Urged to Stop Torture in China
AP via YahooNews.com, March 22, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060322/ap_on_re_as/china_un
_torture;_ylt=AurKz7A1puSgwbVehsbNjAwBxg8F;_ylu=X3oDM
TBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--

Hong Kong
UN委员会关注北京干预香港政改 (UN Human Rights Commission Is Concerned About Beijing's Interference in Hong Kong's Political Reforms)
Voice of America, March 21, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-03-21-voa29.cfm

March 21, 2006

Top News of the Day

Children - Trafficking of Children
United in Grief, Farmers Lament Loss of Children 'Stolen' by Officials
SCMP, March 21, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZU0ZH6VKE.html
Parents from Hunan Province are accusing local officials of stealing their unregistered children. A total of 12 children are believed to have been kidnapped for orphanages, which allegedly placed them in adoptive homes overseas.


News

Corruption
不少党政干部迷上打高尔夫球 哪里来的钱？(Cadres Hooked on Golf, but Where Does the Money Come From?)
Xinhuanet, March 21, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-03/21/
content_4325874.htm

Education
教育部: 3年查处乱收费1万9千件处分5931人 (Ministry of Education: 19,000 Cases of Mismanagement of Educational Fees in Past Three Years, 5,931 People Punished)
People's Daily, March 21, 2006
http://edu.people.com.cn/GB/4221404.html
-
Education is Natural Right
The Standard, March 20, 2006
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=5&art_id=14572&sid=7111307&con_type
=1&d_str=20060320
7&con_type=1&d_str=20060320

Hukou
內地戶籍制將漸進取消 (Hukou System to Soon Be Phased Out)
Wen Wei Po, March 21, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=
CH0603210027&cat=002CH

中国官员：户籍制度不能马上取消 (Chinese Official: Household Registration Cannot Be Abolished Immediately)
Voice of America, March 20, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-03-20-
voa40.cfm

Land Policy
莆田上访农民代表黄维忠案审结 (Petitioner Huang Weizhong Awaits Verdict of Second Trial)
Radio Free Asia, March 20, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2006/03/2
0/china_rights_petition/

Farmer Denies Inciting Riots Against Land Seizures
SCMP, March 21, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZQI28AVKE.html

莆田千农庭外声援维权领袖 当局每人60元「劝阻费」未奏效 (Over 1,000 Farmers Rally for Rights Activist Huang Weizhong Outside Court, Despite 60 Yuan Per-Person Fine Charged by Authorities)
Ming Pao, March 21, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/htm/Print.htm

天津西地头镇过千名农民周一再次包围镇政府办公楼 (Over 1,000 Farmers in Tianjin Besiege Government Office Building)
Radio Free Asia, March 20, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2006/03/20/chin
a_rights_land/

Human Rights Defenders-Journalists-Ching Cheong
前全国政协常委徐四民呼吁当局尽快解决程翔事件 (Former CPPCC Member Xu Simin Urges Authorities to Quickly Resolve Case of Hong Kong Journalist Ching Cheong)
Radio Free Asia, March 20, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2006/03
/20/china_journalist_spy/

Labor
中国再度开门立法 公布劳动合同法草案征求意见 (China Seeks Public Views on Revised Labor Law)
Xinhuanet, March 21, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-03/21/
content_4324570.htm

China's Draft Law on Labor Contract Made Public to Solicit Opinions
People's Daily, March 21, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200603/21/en
g20060321_252106.html

Firms Say New Labour Law is A Step Backwards
SCMP, March 21, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZGQ9I6VKE.html

Law
人身损害赔偿将出台新规 (New Personal Injury Compensation Law Passed)
The Beijing News, March 21, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/china/2006/0321
/011@168766.htm

Media-Censorship
中共党史月刊「百年潮」主编被劝退 (Editor of China's Party Publication Urged to Resign )
Radio Free Asia, March 20, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/20
06/03/20/bailianzhao/

Protests and Petitions
Taishi Residents Block Run-off Poll for Local Delegate
SCMP, March 21, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+F
TContentServer?pagename=SCMP/Printacopy&aid=Z
ZZU0ZH6VKEb
in/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename=SCM
P/Printacopy&aid=ZZZU0ZH6VKE

一场大规模绝食行动将展开 (Large-Scale Hunger Strike by Activists to Begin Soon)
Radio Free Asia, March 20, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/0
3/20/jueshi/

太石村村民指责当局选举舞弊 (Corruption Alleged in Taishi Village Party Chief Elections)
Radio Free Asia, March 20, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2006/03/20
/china_rights_taishi/

Religion-Falun Gong
渖阳否认设法轮功集中营 (Shenyang Denies Claim That It Has a Falun Gong Concentration Camp)
Ming Pao, March 21, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/htm/Print.htm