March 3, 2006

News

Bilateral Ties
报告称民主中国或对世界威胁更大 (Report Says a Democratic China Could Be a 'Greater Risk' to the World)
Voice of America, March 03, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-03-03-voa9.cfm

Death Penalty
大赦国际批评中国死刑判决过多 (China Criticized for Too Many Death Penalty Cases)
Voice of America, March 02, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/2006-03-02-voa53.cfm

Education / Rural Issues
甘肃乡村女教师三年未发工资无奈辞职 (Rural Teacher Sadly Says Goodbye to Students After Three Years Without Pay)
EastDay.com, March 03, 2006
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node
121716/userobject1ai1887464.html7464.html

Education / Law
义务教育法修订草案将明确政府应承担责任 (Draft of Compulsory Education Law to Highlight Government Responsibility)
EastDay.com, March 02, 2006
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node12
1716/userobject1ai1887471.html7471.html

Gender – Law / Law - Legal Aid
妇女权益保护列为法律援助重点 (Legal Aid for Women to Be Focus of Ministry of Justice Work)
Legal Daily, March 03, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-03/03/content_275
182.htm

Hukou / Inner Mongolia
内蒙古户籍新政为何遇阻 (The Issues Concerning Inner Mongolia’s New Hukou Policy)
China Youth Daily, March 03, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-03/03/content_1326728.htm

Human Rights Defenders - Internet Activists - Hou Wenbao (侯文豹)
侯文豹因言获罪 原定绝食当天被抓 (Internet Dissident on Hunger Strike After Being Charged with Inciting Subversion)
Radio Free Asia, March 02, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/03/02/
houwenbao/

Media - Censorship / Press Freedom
专访戴晴谈中青报冰点复刊 (Interview with Dai Qing on the Relaunch of Bingdian)
Voice of America, March 03, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-03-02-voa68.cfm

Media - Internet Censorship
美议员拟禁公司助中国过滤因特网 (US Congressmen to Submit Bill to Forbid US Internet Companies from Helping China Filter Websites and Messages)
Voice of America, March 02, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-03-02-voa67.cfm

Police
Police Accused of Covering up Murder of US Woman in Beijing
SCMP, March 03, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZY19UH8JE.html

Police - Administrative Detention / Protests and Petitions
解读：超过五人集体上访属违法 (Shenzhen’s Crackdown on Social Order: Petitioning Groups of More Than 5 People Are Unlawful)
EastDay.com, March 03, 2006
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node
121716/userobject1ai1887466.html7466.html

Politics - Political Reform/ Human Rights
A Peaceful Push for Reform Emerges out of the Shadows
SCMP, March 03, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZKK8UH8JE.html

Politics - NPC
有机遇有挑战 “十一五”中国应对十大考验 (The Challenges of the 11th Five-Year Plan)
People's Daily, March 03, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/30178/4161137.html

Vice-premier is Sick, but May Not Be Quitting Yet
SCMP, March 03, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ3GAUH8JE.html

Protests and Petitions – Taishi Case
Climate of Fear Persists in Strife-torn Taishi
SCMP, March 03, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZT34VH8JE.html

Protests and Petitions - Resettlement
Farmers Pay a Heavy Price in Victory Over Factories
SCMP, March 03, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZI29UH8JE.html

Many Families Without Main Breadwinner
SCMP, March 03, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ4KYTH8JE.html

Protests and Petitions - Shanwei Incident
Shanwei Villagers Seethe at Ill-treatment in Land Grab
SCMP, March 03, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZP34VH8JE.html

Protests and Petitions / Politics - NPC
Targeting of Petitioners Denied
SCMP, March 03, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ8K8UH8JE.html

Public Health
China Says It has 'Rigorous' Laws for Organ Transplants
AFP (via YahooNews), March 02, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060302/hl_afp/healthchinajapan
_060302175529

Public Health - Health Care Reform
重庆2400种政府定价药降价 最高加价率降低15% (Chongqing Government Fixes Mark-up Rate for 2,400 Types of Medicine at 15 Percent)
EastDay.com, March 03, 2006
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node
121716/userobject1ai1887455.html7455.html

The High Price of Illness in China
BBC, March 02, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4763312.stm

Tibet
Which Model of Autonomy for Tibet?
SCMP, March 03, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZSIYTH8JE.html