May 26, 2006

News

Bilateral Ties
“东突”疑犯海外被释 (Beijing Says That 5 Uyghurs in Albania Are Terrorists, not Refugees )
The Beijing News, May 26, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0567/2006/05-26/
015@182968.htm

Civil Society
官方选人监督抗疾基金　代表性遭质疑 (NGOs Question Fairness of Elections Held to Select Monitors of International Donations for AIDS Prevention)
Radio Free Asia, June 25, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/05/25
/jiandu/

NGOs Look to Management and Media Skills, Boards, in Leadership Transition
China Development Brief, May 24, 2006
http://www.chinadevelopmentbrief.com/node/621

Death Penalty
中国拒明确排除对赖昌星判处死刑 (China Refuses to Promise Not to Execute Lai Changxing if He Is Extradited)
Voice of America, May 25, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-05-25-voa42.cfm

Education
三部委发文规范高校收费 (Three Government Departments Issue Notice to Regulate Payment of High School Fees)
Nanfang Daily, May 26, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/djjz/
200605260324.asp

乡村小学教师为啥都是“爷爷奶奶” (Primary School Teachers in Rural Areas Are Getting Older)
China Youth Daily, May 26, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-05/26/content_1396851.htm

应该改革“一刀切”的高校收费模式 (Fee Schedule for High School Students Should be Changed)
Nanfang Weekend, May 25, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060525/xw/zy/
200605250023.asp

Environment
北京2010年能耗降20% ( Beijing's Energy Consumption to Drop by 20% in 2010)
The Beijing News, May 26, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0553/2006/05-26/
013@182873.htm

Liaoning Punishes Two Factories for Pollution
Xinhuanet, May 26, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-05/26/
content_4602098.htm


Human Rights Defender - Wang Bingzhang (王炳章)
广东省监狱当局对王炳章实施非人道待遇 (Prison Authorities Refuse to Let Family Visit Wang Bingzhang, Claiming He Is on Hunger Strike)
Boxun.com, May 26, 2006
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2006/05/
200605260704.shtml

Labor
Officials Vow to Cut Mine Deaths
SCMP, May 26, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ7TREQ3ME.html

Land Policy
集体离婚 (Chongqing Residents Divorcing and Re-marrying for Better Housing)
Nanfang Weekend, May 25, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060525/xw/szxw2/
200605250014.asp

Media
网警任重道远期盼法律更完善 (Cyber Police Hope for More Comprehensive Legislation)
Legal Daily, May 26, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-05/26/
content_321937.htm

中国要求各新闻网站关闭新闻跟帖 (China Asks News Websites to No Longer Allow Readers’ Comments)
Radio Free Asia, May 25, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/05/25/wangluo/

Migrant Workers
Villa's Bourgeois Bus Rule Sparks Row
SCMP, May 26, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZZSREQ3ME.html

Police
China Clamps Down on Gang-related Crimes
People's Daily, May 26, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200605/26/
eng20060526_268662.html

Politics
Archivists Start Hunt for Relics of the Cultural Revolution Era
SCMP, May 26, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZI9UEQ3ME.html

中组部强化监督地方党委换届工作 公布举报电话 (CPC Strengthens Monitoring of Local Party Elections)
EastDay.com, May 26, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762
/node137110/userobject1ai2062649.html

Protests and Petitions
成都金堂八十多所中小学教师罢工 (Teachers from 80 Chengdu Schools Go on Strike)
Radio Free Asia, June 25, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/05/25/bagong1/

北京市信访条例(修订草案)昨审议 (Beijing Municipal Government Discusses Amendments to Petitioning Regulation)
Legal Daily, May 26, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-05/26/
content_321778.htm

京拟修例禁上访者聚集 (Beijing Municipality’s Proposed Amendments to Petitioning Regulation Would Make it Illegal for Petitioners to Gather in Groups)
Ming Pao, May 26, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060526/caq1.htm

居民坐堵工地争取采光权 (Concerned that New Buildings Will Block Incoming Light, 30 Beijing Residents Protest at Construction Site)
The Beijing News, May 26, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0558/2006/05-26/
015@182901.htm

Public Health
必须给“给政策”套上笼头 (Authorities Should Not Be Allowed to Charge People for Implementing Public Health Policies)
China Youth Daily, May 26, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-05/26/
content_1396816.htm

Plan for Disabled People Outlined
Xinhuanet, May 26, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-05/26/
content_4601329.htm

Tibet
In Greater Tibet, Dalai Lama's Light Burns Bright
Reuters (via YahooNews), May 25, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060525/lf_nm/
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