Friday, April 21, 2006

April 21, 2006

News

Death Penalty
国际特赦:中国处死刑人数世界之最 (Amnesty International Reports That China Executes More Prisoners Than Any Other Country)
Chinesenewsnet.com, April 21, 2006
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Mainland/
2006_4_20_14_4
6_30_289.html

亿万富翁杀亿万富翁案宣判 (Billionaire in Inner Mongolia Gets Death Sentence for Killing Another Billionaire)
The Beijing News, April 21, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/china/2006/0421/015@175964.htm

小废品公司牵出17亿惊天税案 六年来全国案情最复杂涉税案件主犯被判死刑 (Death Sentence Handed Down in Biggest Tax Evasion Case in Six Years)
Xinhuanet, April 21, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-04/21/content_304333.htm

Environment
China Labors to Stop Spread of Deserts
AP( via YahooNews), April 21, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060420/ap_on_re_as/china_
sandstorms;_ylt=AhO8mcQ
Cn8XQ6w0pg26f8VIBxg8F;_ylu=X
3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA—


环保的悲剧性与彻底扭转 (Solutions Needed to Reverse Environmental Disaster)
Chinesenewsnet.com ,April 21, 2006
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Opinion/2006_4_
20_20_40_41_988.ht
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Gender
China Slow to Awake to Need for Sex Education
Reuters (via YahooNews), April 20, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060421/wl_nm/life_china_sex_dc_2
;_ylt=AraI02RGd.mfn
rfAK9UY_v9PzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW
9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl


Government
叫你告,给我打!” 如此村支书竟野蛮报复百姓 (Cadre Takes Revenge on Villagers for Reporting on Unlawful Mining)
Xinhuanet, April 21, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/fortune/2006-04/21/content_4454715.
htm


Human Rights Defenders / Chen Guangcheng (
陈光诚)

两村民获取保候审 陈光诚仍下落不明 (Chen Guangcheng’s Two Relatives Released on Bail, but Still No Word on Chen’s Whereabouts)
Radio Free Asia, April 21, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/04/20/linyi/

Human Rights Defenders / Protests and Petitions
上海三名访民被抓捕两个多月音信全无 (Three Shanghai Petitioners Detained for Two Months Without Any News)
Radio Free Asia, April 21, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/04/20/sh/

Labor
事业单位员工须上工伤险 (Beijing Social Organizations to Buy Accident Insurance for Employees)
The Beijing News, April 21, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0189/2006/0421/014@175848.htm

9种律师收费实行政府指导价 (9 Guiding Principles Issued to Regulate Lawyers’ Fees)
Xinhuanet, April 21, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-04/21/content_304332.htm

Law
上海首次启动立法后评估程序 (Shanghai First to Enact Post-Legislation Evaluation Procedure)
Xinhuanet, April 21, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-04/16/content_301113.htm

Police
诈骗疑犯死在看守所里 (Fraud Suspect Dies While in Detention)
The Beijing News, April 21, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/china/2006/0421/015@175965.htm

Population
我国解决人口问题有四任务 必须稳定低生育水平 (The Four Tasks of China’s Population Policy Are to Keep the Birth Rate Low)
Xinhuanet, April 21, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2006-04/21/content_
4455940.htm


Poverty
粤农贫富差距拉大 (Gap Widens Between Rich and Poor Farmers in Guangdong)
Ming Pao, April 21, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060421/cak6.htm

Public Health
一份令人震惊的药品回扣清单 (An Astronomical Medical Bill)
China Youth Daily, April 21, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-04/21/content_1365506.htm

湖北禽疫患者死亡 病源仍成謎 (Human Bird Flu Victim Dies in Hubei, Source of Infection Unknown)
Wen Wei Po, April 21, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH0604210029
&cat=002CH


从红包到点刀费 潜规则暴露医疗界之耻评 (Patients Feel Obliged to Give Doctors Gifts of Money to Ensure Good Care)
Xinhuanet, April 21, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-04/20/content_4456597.htm
New Bird Flu Case Fatal, 2 Birds Die in Liaoning
China Daily, April 21, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-04/21/content_573313.htm

Public Health / Police
Shanghai Police Block HIV News Conference
AP( via YahooNews), April 21, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060421/ap_on_re_as/china_aids;_
ylt=AtXE207bAXeFhPN
eedT8wPsBxg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMT
Q4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--


Public Health / Media
上海公安拘捕三名海外记者 (Three Foreign Journalists Arrested in Shanghai While Attending News Conference Held by AIDS Patients)
Radio Free Asia, April 21, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2006/04/20/china_journalist/

Religion / Cai Zhuohua (蔡卓华)
家庭教会牧师蔡卓华再次被转移服刑地点 (House Church Leader Cai Zhuohua Moved Again to New Place of Detention)
Radio Free Asia, April 21, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2006/04/20/china_religion/