April 13, 2006

Top News of the Day

Media - Internet Censorship
Chief Says Google Won't Fight Chinese Censorship
New York Times, April 12, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/12/technology/
12cnd-china.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
Google's chief executive, Eric E. Schmidt, said the Internet company - which is launching a new Chinese service in China and has agreed to filter out sensitive keywords - has no plan to challenge Beijing's control over freedom of speech.

Google’s ‘Old Dog’ Taught Chinese Tricks
Financial Times, April 13, 2006
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/64d84ef2-ca30-11da-852f
-0000779e2340.html

News

Death Penalty
“两高”：死刑二审两种情形　证人鉴定人须出庭 (Higher Courts and Higher Procuratorates Issue Notice: Witnesses and Forensic Experts Must Testify in Death Penalty Appeal Cases Under Certain Situations)
People's Daily, April 13, 2006
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42735/4293966.html

Human Rights Defenders – Journalists - Ching Cheong (程翔)
香港记协发起“要求释放程翔”联署签名 (Hong Kong Journalists' Association Launches New Signature Campaign to Appeal for Release of Correspondent Ching Cheong)
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2006/04/12/
china_journalist_spy/

Human Rights Defenders - Internet Activists – Li Jianping (李建平)
山东省异见人士李建平案审结等候法院判决 (Shandong Dissident Writer Li Jianping Awaits Ruling After Trial)
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2006/04/12/
china_dissident/

Labor
Flesh and Spirit Crushed on Dark Side of Mining
The Standard, April 13, 2006
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat
=9&art_id=16427&sid=7484899&con_type=1&d_str=20060413

Law - Constitution
Constitutional Overhaul Is Inevitable, Legal Scholar Says
SCMP, April 13, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ64AK1DLE.html

Media
Watchdog Says No Foreign Reports
SCMP, April 13, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZGBBK1DLE.html

Population
富人超生，用钱就能买来“通行证”吗？(Can Rich People Buy “Permits” to Allow Them to Have More than One Child?)
SohuNews.com, April 12, 2006
http://news.sohu.com/20060412/n242757921.shtml

Protests and Petitions
汕头8000警民对打传1死 (One Woman Killed and Dozens Injured in Clash with Police in Shantou)
Ming Pao, April 13, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060413/cab1.htm

Riot Police End Housing Estate Protest
SCMP, April 13, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ1FLK1DLE.html

Six Villagers Hurt in Clash With Police in Shantou
SCMP, April 13, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZE1BK1DLE.html

深圳罗湖周三发生大规模警民对峙事件 (Large-Scale Standoff Between Police and Residents Breaks Out in Shenzhen)
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2006/04/12/china_clash_shenzhen/

莆田失地村民向法院提交行政起诉书 (Villagers in Fujian Province File Lawsuit Over Land Grab)
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2006/04/12/china_rights_land/

泉州工厂长期污染引发当地村民的暴力抗议 (Villagers in Fujian Province Stage Violent Protest over Factory Pollution)
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2006/04/12/china_rights_pollution/

Religion
Beijing, the Vatican and the Zen Factor
Asia Times Online, April 13, 2006
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/HD13Ad01.html

Falun Gong Lies Slammed by Hospital
People's Daily, April 13, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200604/13/eng20060413_258105.html

世界佛教论坛今开幕 班禅罕见露面 (Panchen Lama Appointed by China Makes Rare Appearance at World Buddhist Forum in Beijing)
BBC, April 13, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_4900000/newsid_4905200/4905200.stm

Tibet
China's Snub to Dalai Lama Due to Concerns of 'Disharmony'
AFP (via YahooNews), April 12, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060412/wl_asia_afp/chinatibetreligion_060412174310