Monday, March 27, 2006

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