Tuesday, March 07, 2006

March 8, 2006

News

Children - Orphans and Adoption
Baby Adoption Case Draws Scrutiny in China
Washington Post, March 06, 2006
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/
03/06/AR2006030601011.html
dyn/content/article/2006/03/
06/AR2006030601011.html


Education / Poverty - Rural Poverty
City Teachers will Work in Rural Schools
China Daily, March 08, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-03/08/
content_528140.htm


教育是农村的未来 (Education Underlies the Prospects of China's Rural Areas)
Legal Daily, March 08, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-03/08/content_
278255.htm


Gender
'Inequality in Jobs Still a Serious Issue'
China Daily, March 08, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-03/08/
content_527978.htm


中国妇女发展报告曝内幕 婚内强奸立法两度被弃 (Insider Story of the Report on Women's Development in China: Legislation Against Rape within Marriage Dropped Twice)
EastDay.com, March 08, 2006
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node122621/userobject1ai1898520.html
8520.html

Labor
Back-pay Claims Pile Up
SCMP, March 08, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ6AJVH8JE.html

Land Policy
中国耕地短缺将超过六百万公顷 (Official Warns Land Shortage Reaching an Alarming Stage)
Radio Free Asia, March 07, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/03/07/land/

Media - Public Access to Information
郎咸平上海脱口秀节目被突然停播 (Shanghai Authority Orders to Suspend Economist's Talk Show)
Radio Free Asia, March 07, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/03/07/lang/

The Wild Web of China: Sex and Drugs, Not Reform
New York Times, March 08, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/08/business/worldbusiness/
08chinanet.html


Media - Internet Censorship / Human Rights Defenders – Journalist Li Yuanlung (李元龙)
微软公司否认和李元龙案有关 (Microsoft Denies Involvement in Journalist Case)
Radio Free Asia, March 07, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/03/07/
weiruan/


Politics – Fourth Session of the Tenth NPC and CPPCC Conferences
5-year Plan Addresses Pressing Problems
Xinhuanet, March 08, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-03/07/content_
4267295.htm


教育投入占GDP4%应成硬指标 (Government Urged to Set Target for Education Investment)
The Beijing News, March 08, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0586/2006/03-08/015
@031307.htm


中共党内人士呼吁放宽新闻控制 (Party Members Urge the Government to Relax Control over Press)
Radio Free Asia, March 04, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/03/04/
zhonggong/


代表三度提议制定《新闻监督法》(NPC Deputies Submit Proposal to Draft Laws Supervising the Press)
The Beijing News, March 08, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0586/2006/03-08/015@
031136.htm


访民发出致人大政协建议书 (Petitioners Submit Open Letter to CPPCC)
Radio Free Asia, March 06, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/03/06/fangmin/

中国人大代表促立法反家庭暴力 (NPC Deputies Call for Legislation Against Domestic Violence)
Voice of America, March 06, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-03-06-voa68.cfm

Protests and Petitions
'Criminals' Blamed for Riot in Shanwei
SCMP, March 08, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ9NMUH8JE.html

Public Health - Health Care Reform
Hospital Found Overcharging 200,000 Yuan
Xinhuanet, March 08, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-03/08/content_
4273342.htm


听众对中国医疗腐败问题的看法 (Public Opinions over China's Corrupted Health Care System)
Voice of America, March 08, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-03-08-voa1.cfm

Rural Issues
Landless Farmers "Must Be Helped"
Xinhuanet, March 08, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-03/08/content_
4272594.htm


Rural Development to Underpin Economy, Says Statistician
SCMP, March 08, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZZ9DUH8JE.html

Society
Until Social Reform Do Us Part
SCMP, March 08, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZ7LMUH8JE.html