The HRIC Daily Brief is a daily selection of news stories and commentary related to human rights in China, drawn from Chinese- and English-language news and online media sources that we monitor daily. In addition to headlines and source links, HRIC also provides English translation of Chinese headlines.

Friday, June 30, 2006

30 June 2006

Top News
Human Rights Defender – Journalist - Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠)
维权律师郑恩宠抗议警方骚扰 (Human Rights Lawyer Zheng Enchong Protests Police Harassment)
Radio Free Asia, June 29, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/06/29/
weiquan/
Lawyer Zheng Enchong, released earlier this month after serving a three-year prison term for “revealing state secrets,” has been put under de facto house arrest and subjected to other restrictions on his personal freedom.



  • Related News

HRIC Press Release: Shanghai Lawyer Zheng Enchong Under De Facto House Arrest
Human Rights in China, June 28, 2006
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision%
5fid=29451&item%5fid=29431



News
Bilateral Ties
Delegation of 2 Is Vatican's First to China in Years
New York Times, June 29, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/29/world/asia/
29vatican.html?_r=1&oref=slogin


Corruption
最高检察院:三年中县处级以上官员9633"落马" (Supreme People's Procuratorate: 9,633 Senior Officials Removed for Corruption in Last 3 Years)
People's Daily, June 30, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1026/4545510.html

Death Penalty
71日起所有死刑二审案件都将开庭审理 (All Appeal Trials of Death Penalty Cases to Be Open to Public Starting July 1)
People's Daily, June 30, 2006
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42735/4545525.html

Education
教育部副部长:国务院违反义务教育法也要被问责 (Education Department Official: Even State Council Will Be Held Accountable if it Violates Compulsory Education Law)
People's Daily, June 30, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1027/4546324.html

新义务教育法有七大亮点 (New Compulsory Education Law Has 7 Advantages)
China Youth Daily, June 30, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-06/30/
content_1432796.htm


Environment
我国首部循环经济地方立法71日起在深圳实施 (First Local "Recycling Economy Law" in China to Be Implemented in Shenzhen on July 1)
People's Daily, June 30, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1026/4547314.html

Human Rights Defender – Lawyer - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
陈光诚案研讨会被迫取消 (Conference on Chen Guangcheng Case Forced to Close)
Radio Free Asia, June 29, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006
/06/29/yantaohui/


Labor
第三次就业高峰,中国能安然度过吗?(Can China Handle its Manpower Surplus?)
Radio Free Asia, June 29, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
06/29/jiuye/


Land Policy
评论北京考虑收回地方政府征地权 (Discussion on Proposal to Return Authority to Acquisition Land to Local Governments)
Voice of America, June 29, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-06-29-voa51.cfm

Law
中国批准中国和西班牙关于移管被判刑人条约 (China Approves Limited Bilateral Repatriation Treaty with Spain)
People's Daily, June 30, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1026/4545570.html

China Sets Stiffer Penalties for Graft, Accidents
Reuters, June 30, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060630/wl_nm/crime
_china_dc_1;_ylt=AlxBtZmlDUevi3guUKO7f4pPzWQA;_
ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl
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解读刑法修正案:隐瞒贪污贿赂所得定为洗钱罪 (Concealing Corruption to Come Under Money Laundering Crime Under Amended Criminal Law)
People's Daily, June 30, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1026/4545828.html

一批法律法规6月通过 (Several New Laws and Regulations Passed in June)
Legal Daily, June 30, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-06/30/
content_343674.htm


Media
China to Tighten Supervision over Blogs and Online Search Engines
People's Daily, June 29, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200606/29/print20060629
_278567.html


中国国情咨询网被频繁关闭 前景堪忧 (China's Democracy Web Frequently Blocked)
Radio Free Asia, June 29, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
06/29/net/


Politics
Ex-naval Chief Expelled by NPC
SCMP, June 30, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZOCEZ51PE.html

Protests and Petitions
抗议成本增 京的士七一拟罢驶 (Beijing Taxi Drivers Plan Strike on July 1 to Protest Increased Gas and Other Costs)
Ming Pao, June 30, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060630/ccb1.htm

西安40名社会人员在施工纠纷中打死工商干部 (Official Beaten to Death by 40 People in Labor Dispute in Xi’an)
People's Daily, June 30, 2006
http://society.people.com.cn/GB/1062/4546964.html

Public Health
粤港澳昨签协议合作应对突发卫生事件 (Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau Sign Agreement to Cooperate on Handling Public Health Crises)
Nanfang City News, June 30, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/newdaily/
gd/200606300021.asp


广州两医院售假药遭央视曝光后被查处 (Two Guangzhou Hospitals Investigated After China’s Central Television Exposes Use of Fake Drugs)
People's Daily, June 30, 2006
http://society.people.com.cn/GB/1062/4546089.html

Tibet
Tibet Rail Link 'a Dream Come True'
SCMP, June 30, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ6DEZ51PE.html

Thursday, June 29, 2006

June 29, 2006

News
Environment
Worldwatch Institute: 16 of World's 20 Most-Polluted Cities in China
Voice of America, June 28, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-06-28-voa36.cfm

Gender
Women in China Falling Victim to Gender Violence
The Japan Times, June 28, 2006
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/eo20060628a2.html

Government
审计报告为啥不点名? 审计署:有审计结果公告制度没必要一一列举 (National Audit Office Says No Need to List Individual Results of Audit Report)
Nanfang Daily, June 29, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/
200606290534.asp


Transparency Is the Key to Containing Bird Flu
SCMP, June 29, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZYPAKB7OE.html

权力变现正在成为一种流行病 (When Abuse of Power Becomes Commonplace)
China Youth Daily, June 29, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-06/29/content
_1431706.htm


Human Rights Defender – Petitioner - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
律师临沂冒险录像 揭官警迫害陈光诚 (Video of Lawyer Being Beaten Shows Police Persecution of Chen Guangcheng)
Radio Free Asia, June 28, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006
/06/28/chen/


Human Rights Defender – Tibet - Nyima Choedron (尼玛曲珍)
中国证实尼玛曲珍2月已提前获释 (China Confirms Release of Tibetan Activist Nyima Choedron in February)
Voice of America, June 28, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-06-28-voa46.cfm

Labor
Fifty-six Confirmed Dead in China Mine Accident as New Tragedy Kills 22
AFP (via YahooNews), June 29, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060628/wl_asia_afp/
chinaminingaccident_060628142327;_ylt=AqhoPehV8HTxJ
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ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRP


Getting Tough on Work Safety
SCMP, June 29, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZCDSIB7OE.html

Media
广州:网络警察巡逻”BBS和博客 (Guangzhou Internet Police to "Patrol" Bulletin Board System and Blogs)
Nanfang Daily, June 29, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/
200606290294.asp


热点快评:笼统设限有害监督 相应赋权才是急所 (Commentary: Proposed Draft Law Would Punish Media for Reporting on “Suddenly Occurring Mass Incidents” Without Authorization)
Yang Cheng Wan Bao, June 27, 2006
http://www.ycwb.com/gb/content/2006-
06/27/content_1153510.htm


Olympics
Hebei to Help Avoid Olympic Drought
SCMP, June 29, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZWCYB67OE.html

Letter from China: Minding Their Manners, Looking to the Olympics
International Herald Tribune, June 28, 2006
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/06/28/news/letter.php

Protests and Petitions
Mass Protest over Ban on Motorised Tricycles
SCMP, June 29, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZS3OS67OE.html

Public Health
China to Promote Local AIDS Awareness
Xinhua (via China Economic Net), June 28, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-06/28/content_
4763170.htm

Wednesday, June 28, 2006

June 28, 2006

News
Bilateral Ties
Brief Talks 'Won't Seal' Vatican Ties
SCMP, June 28, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZGU6KB7OE.html

Canadian Activist Handed Over to China
The Globe and Mail, June 27, 2006
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/
LAC.20060627.CELIL27/TPStory/TPInternational/
Asia/


Children
Children of Convicts, Shunned in China, Find Friendly Refuge
The Christian Science Monitor, June 28, 2006
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0627/p01s02-woap.htm

Death Penalty
4人死亡 广东龙川网吧纵火案2名主犯被枪决 (Two Executed for Deadly Arson Attack in Guangdong Internet Café)
Xinhua (via China Economic Net), June 28, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-06/28/
content_4759204.htm


Education
教育部:公办高校必须开辟绿色通道” (Ministry of Education Asks Colleges to Make Sure Poor Students Are Able to Study)
China Youth Daily, June 28, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-06/28/content
_1430536.htm


Environment
中国电脑用户更懂环保价值?(Greenpeace Study Finds China’s Consumers Willing to Pay More for Environmentally-Friendly Computers)
BBC, June 28, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_5110000/
newsid_5116900/5116948.stm


专家评黄土高原生态破坏发人深省 (Experts Comment on Extent of Environmental Damage to Loess Plateau in Shaanxi)
Voice of America, June 28, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-06-28-voa6.cfm

Government
中央48部门55亿元违规 (48 Government Departments Involved in Misuse of Public Funds in 2005)
Ming Pao, June 28, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060628/cab1.htm

Human Rights Defender - Labor Activist - Wang Bingzhang (王炳章)
香港人士示威要求中国释放王柄章 (Hong Kong Protestors Urge China to Release Wang Bingzhang)
Voice of America, June 28, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-06-27-voa19.cfm

Human Rights Defender – Lawyers - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
陈光诚的律师临沂被打后失踪 (Chen Guangcheng’s Lawyer Beaten in Shandong, Whereabouts Unknown)
Radio Free Asia, June 28, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/06/27
/linyi/


Human Rights Defender – Journalist - Ching Cheong (程翔)
Lenient Term Tipped for Journalist
SCMP, June 28, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/
ZZZOU6KB7OE.html


Labor
Dynamite Blast Kills 10 in China Village
AP( via YahooNews), June 27, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060627/ap_on_re_as/
china_deadly_explosion_1


Land Policy
徵地建公路 欠农民16亿 (Local Governments Owe Farmers 1.6 Billion Yuan for Land Acquisition)
Ming Pao, June 28, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060628/cab2.htm

Police
青海黑枪三角区地窖造枪为害十省 (Illegal Guns Becoming a Serious Problem in Qinghai)
The Beijing News, June 27, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0547/2006/0627/013@
190469.htm


Politics
Hu Jintao and the New China
Asia Times Online, June 28, 2006
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/HF28Ad01.html

Poverty
中国拟推动第三次分配 缩小贫富悬殊 (China Proposes Encouraging Donations from the Rich to Narrow the Wealth Gap)
Radio Free Asia, June 27, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/06/27
/distribution/


Protests and Petitions
佛山官方澄清徵地纠纷 (Foshan Authorities Clarify Points on Land Dispute)
Wen Wei Po, June 28, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=
CH0606280022&cat=002CH


Religion
四川阆中9名家庭教会成员被抓 (Nine Protestant House Church Members Arrested in Sichuan)
Radio Free Asia, June 27, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/06/
27/jiaohui/


Tibet
Activists Angry at TV Horse 'Abuse'
SCMP, June 28, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZVGOIB7OE.html

欧阳五﹕青藏铁路盘活中共治藏棋局 (Qinghai-Tibet Railway a Strategy for Strengthening CPC Rule in Tibet)
Ming Pao, June 28, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060628/fab1.htm

Tuesday, June 27, 2006

June 27, 2006

News

Corruption
广东新会医院140人集体受贿 (Over 140 Staff of Guangdong Hospital Take Collective Bribe)
China Youth Online, June 27, 2006
http://news.cyol.com/content/2006-06/27/content_1429525.htm

Death Penalty
2 Men Sentenced to Death for Drug Making in Gansu
Xinhuanet, June 26, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-06/26/content_4752
107.htm


Education
教科书应作为国家财产免费使用 (NPC Deputies Urge Textbook Recycling to Provide More Free Textbooks for Poor Students)
Nanfang City News, June 27, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/dd/dsb/A03/2006
06270018.asp


Gender
Less Anatomy, More Morality in Sex Education Efforts
China Daily, June 26, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2006-06/26/content_62
5414.htm


Human Rights Defenders - Rights Defender Zhu Yufu (朱虞夫)
朱虞夫刑满未释 异见人士联署要求正法 (Democracy Activist Zhu Yufu Not Yet Released After Completing Prison Term on June 19, Dissident Calls on Government to Adhere to Law)
Radio Free Asia, June 26, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/06/26/
zhu/


Human Rights Defenders – Journalist Ching Cheong (程翔)
程翔可能遭重判 港记者拟七一游行声援 (Hong Kong Journalists Plan to Demonstrate on July 1 in Anticipation of Ching Cheong’s Trial Verdict Announcement)
Radio Free Asia, June 26, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/06/26/
chenxiang/


Media - Censorship / Press Freedom
央视回应取消晚间播放国歌质疑 (CCTV Dismisses Criticism Over Broadcasting National Anthem in Prime Time to Boost Patriotism)
The Beijing News, June 27, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0565/2006/06-27/013@0
11722.htm


擅自报导突发灾害有罪?专家批评 (Is Reporting on Disasters Without Permission a Crime? One Expert Comments)
Voice of America, June 26, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-06-26-voa62.cfm

Migrant Workers
珠三角用工环境调查:女工每小时加班费不足1(Survey Reveals Female Workers Paid Less Than One Yuan Per Hour for Overtime Work)
EastDay.com, June 27, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node144154/userobject1ai2135662.html
5662.html

Police
一年来逾五万毒犯被判刑 (Over 50,000 Drug Dealers Sentenced in 2005-2006)
The Beijing News, June 27, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0565/2006/06-27/013@
024941.htm


提出恢复收容无业游民钟南山成争议人物 (Scholar Sparks Controversy Over Bringing Back 'Custody and Repatriation' for Urban Vagrants)
People's Daily, June 27, 2006
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42735/4533083.html

中国媒体批评治安过于武力化 (Mainland Media Criticizes Public Security Officers for Being Overly Armed in Daily Patrols)
Radio Free Asia, June 26, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/06/26/
piping/


Public Health - HIV-AIDS/STDs
艾滋病发现率 深圳年增61.5(HIV-AIDS Cases in Shenzhen Rising at Annual Rate of 61.5%)
Nanfang City News, June 27, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/dd/dsb/A13/
200606270036.asp


Religion - Christianity
Vatican Party in Beijing for Talks on Sealing Ties
SCMP, June 27, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZESMIB7OE.html

报告:中国一年逮捕近两千基督徒 (Report Reveals That China Arrested Over 2,000 Protestants Last Year)
Voice of America, June 26, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-06-26-voa50.cfm

Society - Ethnic Minorities
Lawmaker Calls for Compulsory Minority Language Education
Xinhuanet, June 25, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-06/25/content_
4747147.htm


Tibet
Fragile and in Need of Protection
SCMP, June 27, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZW2LIB7OE.html

Tibetans in India Protest Against Train to Lhasa
Reuters (via YahooNews), June 26, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060626/wl_nm/india_
china_protest_dc_2


Hong Kong
Pushing Unity Too Far
SCMP, June 27, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZ7K3KB7OE.html

Monday, June 26, 2006

June 24-26, 2006

Top News of the Day

Human Rights Defender – Petitioner - Liu Xinjuan (刘新娟)
上海访民刘新娟鉴定正常却被送入精神病院 (Shanghai Petitioner Liu Xinjuan Sent to Psychiatric Hospital, Despite Having Been Diagnosed as “Normal”)
Radio Free Asia, June 26, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/06/
23/liuxinjuan/

After petitioning the authorities in Beijing on resettlement issues, Liu Xinjuan was on her way home to Shanghai when she was picked up by Shanghai police and taken to a psychiatric hospital. While in Beijing, a psychiatric expert had diagnosed her as being “psychologically normal.” This is the fifth time in three years that the authorities have forcibly admitted her to mental institutions.

  • Related News:
HRIC Press Release: Petitioner Liu Xinjuan Forcibly Admitted to Mental Hospital for the Fifth Time Human Rights in China, June 22, 2006
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision%
5fid=29389&item%5fid=29385


News
Death Penalty
胜利油田一高管被判死缓 (Senior Official of State-owned Enterprise Sentenced to Death with Two-year Reprieve for Corruption)
The Beijing News, June 26, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0566/2006/06-26/
018@190288.htm


Education
义务教育学校收杂费仍属合法 (Miscellaneous Charges for Education Will Still Be Legal According to Latest Bill)
Nanfang Daily, June 25, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/newdaily/
yw/200606250014.asp


Environment
Guangdong to Go Ahead with Drive Against Pollution
SCMP, June 26, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZ4CHIB7OE.html

Human Rights Defender – Petitioner - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
Blind Activist and Lawyer Claim They Have Received Death Threats
SCMP, June 24, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZPBEIB7OE.html

Human Rights Defender – Journalist - Ching Cheong (程翔)
程翔案即将宣判?关注组再次呼吁 (Hong Kong Newspaper Reports that Verdict on Ching Cheong May Be Announced Soon)
Voice of America, June 25, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-06-25
-voa32.cfm


Human Rights Defender – Journalist - Zhao Yan (赵岩)
北京法院推迟对赵岩判决 (Beijing Court Postpones Verdict for Zhao Yan's Case)
Radio Free Asia, June 23, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
06/23/zhaoyan/


Human Rights Defender – Xinjiang - Rebiya Kadeer (热比娅)
Exiled Uyghur Dissident Says Family Detained in Retaliation
Radio Free Asia, June 23, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/english/uyghur/2006/06/
23/uyghur_kadeer/


Media
中华全国新闻工作者协会提出《意见》(All-China Journalists Association Issues Opinion to Incorporate CPC's Latest Principles into Journalists' Work)
China Youth Daily, June 26, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-06/26/
content_1428076.htm


On the Table: Fines for Breaking News
SCMP, June 26, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZRSZJB7OE.html

Politics
Chinese Communist Party Undergoes Democratic Reform to Meet Challenges
People's Daily, June 25, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200606/25
/eng20060625_277173.html


Population
China Retreats on Selective Abortion Law Plan
Financial Times, June 26, 2006
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/070693de-0486-11db-8981
-0000779e2340.html


Poverty
Migration: China's Answer to Desertification, Poverty
The Times of India, June 22, 2006
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1672371.cms

Protests and Petitions
上合组织峰会当局以各种手法监控访民 (Authorities Use Various Methods to Monitor Petitioners During SCO Meeting)
Radio Free Asia, June 23, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
06/23/fangmin/


Public Health
公立医院看病价格划定上限” (Guangdong Public Hospitals Plan to Place Cap on Fee Schedule)
Nanfang Daily, June 24, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/
newdaily/gd/200606240035.asp


Over 60% of Epileptics Go Untreated in Rural China
Xinhua (via CRI), June 23, 2006
http://en.chinabroadcast.cn/2946/2006/06/23/48
@106192.htm


Religion
Women Lead Prayers, Revolution in China
The Times of India, June 26, 2006
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/
articleshow/1678957.cms


Society
China to Review Enforcement of Law on Minority Autonomy
Xinhua (via China Economic Net), June 23, 2006
http://en.ce.cn/National/Law/200606/24
/t20060624_7494378.shtml


State Security
Think-tank Academic Jailed, Say Colleagues
SCMP, June 26, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZLLFIB7OE.html

Hong Kong
Laws Exist to Ban Sect, Says Institute; Experts Doubt It
SCMP, June 25, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZFCNB67OE.html

Friday, June 23, 2006

June 23, 2006

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Internet Activist - Zou Tao (邹涛)
罢买楼号召人禁来港 深圳拒批邹涛自由行 称境外不欢迎(Authorities Refuse Border Pass for Zou Tao to Visit Hong Kong)
Ming Pao, June 23, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060623/caa1.htm
Zou Tao, the activist who launched an internet campaign against increasing home prices, has been refused permission to go to Hong Kong by the authorities. Shenzhen border officials say that as of this month, Zou’s rights to leave the country are being restricted until further notice, stating only that he is “not welcome outside of China.”

News

Children
请不要暴露我是艾滋遗孤” (AIDS Orphan Sues Newspaper for Reporting on Her Situation)
Nanfang Weekend, June 23, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060622/xw/fz/
200606220031.asp


Death Penalty
痴情卖淫女被勒死留下相思日记案:凶手判死刑 (Client Sentenced to Death for Murdering Sex Worker)
Xinhuanet, June 23, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-06/22/
content_4730974.htm


法学专家谈废除腐败官员死刑” (Legal Experts Discuss Abolition of Death Penalty for Corrupt Officials)
Nanfang Weekend, June 22, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060622/xw/
szxw2/200606220028.asp


Education
Campus Riot Highlights China's Education Sector Woes
AFP (via YahooNews), June 23, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060622/wl_asia_afp/
chinaeducation_060622143351;_ylt=AjKMhe8DJ6KN
nyPSRpQYu8lPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9m
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zWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUC


Rioting in China over Label on College Diplomas
New York Times, June 22, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/22/world/asia/
22china.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=
1151029524-YYgbyrFDRFWdT6C1TM8j5g
n&adxnnlx=
1151029524-YYgbyrFDRFWdT6C1TM8j5g


大学改革迫在眉睫的任务 (A Pressing Need for University Reform)
Nanfang Weekend, June 22, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060622/xw/sd/
200606220082.asp


Environment
Green GDP Figures Seen as Guideline
SCMP, June 23, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ0CHB67OE.html

出于环保/减少扰民/考虑拆迁 广州地铁二号线北延线采用地下方案 (Guangzhou’s New Railway Line to Be Built Underground to Reduce Environmental and Resettlement Problems)
Nanfang Daily, June 23, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/
200606230070.asp


Gender
Divorce Rate Rises as Chinese Move: Scholar
China Daily, June 23, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-06/23/
content_624333.htm


Human Rights Defender - Internet Activist - Yang Tianshui (杨天水)
律师反驳中国对网上异见者判决书 (Lawyer Says Internet Activist Yang Tianshui’s Actions Were Constitutional, Disagrees with 12-Year Sentence)
Voice of America, June 22, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-06-22-voa40.cfm

Land Policy
理性看待中国房地产运动” (Taking a Look at China's "Real Estate Campaign")
Nanfang Weekend, June 23, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060622/jj/gd/
200606220061.asp


规划不透明难禁非法用地 (Planning Behind Closed Doors Makes Prohibiting Lands Grabs Difficult)
Legal Daily, June 23, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-06/23/content_
339473.htm


Law
收容废了,城市治安怎么抓 (Concerns Over Abolition of Custody and Repatriation System in Guangzhou and Shenzhen)
Nanfang Weekend, June 22, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060622/xw/ttzs/
200606220025.asp


Migrant Workers
农民,首先是公民 (State Employment Statistics Should Include Farmers)
People’s Daily, June 23, 2006
http://finance.people.com.cn/GB/1045/4519371.html

Olympics
Official Held in Widening Olympic Graft Probe
SCMP, June 23, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ1X6S67OE.html

Politics
中国肃贪官被指仍属内部政治斗争 (Hong Kong Commentator Believes Removal of Corrupt Officials Is Merely an Internal Political Struggle)
Voice of America, June 22, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-06-22-voa54.cfm

Population
China's Population to Peak at 1.5 Billion in 2030s
People’s Daily, June 23, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200606/23/
eng20060623_276510.html


Protests and Petitions
上海反日遊行4人判囚 (Four Convicted of Disturbing Public Order in Anti-Japanese Protest in Shanghai)
Ming Pao, June 23, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060623/ccf1.htm

Resignation Fails to Resolve Diploma Row
SCMP, June 23, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ25AIB7OE.html

Tibetan Exiles to Protest China's New Rail Link to Lhasa
AFP (via YahooNews), June 23, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060622/wl_sthasia_afp/
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;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJV


黑龙江村民拦截副总理座车被拘捕 (Heilongjiang Petitioner Arrested for Blocking Vice Premier's Car in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, June 22, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/06/
22/lanche/


Public Health
Beijing Sars Case H5N1, Doctors Say
SCMP, June 23, 2006
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZU5AIB7OE.html

Religion
劉柏年:梵挺地下教會阻建交 (Chinese Patriotic Church Official Argues Vatican's Support of Underground Churches Hinders Formation of Diplomatic Ties)
Wen Wei Po, June 23, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=
CH0606230002&cat=002CH

Thursday, June 22, 2006

June 22, 2006

News
Bilateral Ties
中国称不能接受王文怡案撤销起诉 (China Won’t Accept US's Withdrawal of Indictment Against Falun Gong Protestor Wang Wenyi)
Voice of America, June 21, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-06-21-voa65.cfm

Death Penalty
3名妇女身上钢针刺字 被告人周景志获死缓/(Man Sentenced to Death with Two-Year Reprieve for Torturing 3 Women)
Xinhuanet, June 21, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-06/21/
content_4728333.htm


Environment
Burning of Farm Straw Has Capital Choking
SCMP, June 22, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZNVDB67OE.html

Gender
新世纪中国妇女 仍肩负传统重轭 (Modern Chinese Women Still Bearing Traditional Burdens)
BBC, June 20, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid
_5090000/newsid_5098000/5098064.stm


Human Rights
娱乐场所新毒品泛滥 北京将对娱乐场所实施尿检 (Beijing PSB Plans for Urine Testing in Entertainment Venues as Use of New Drugs Increases)
EastDay.com, June 22, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/
node81762/node143031/userobject1ai2124346.html


Human Rights Defender – Petitioner - Zeng Jinyan (曾金燕)
胡佳的妻子曾金燕被跟踪 (Activist Zeng Jinyan, Wife of AIDS Activist Hu Jia, Followed)
Radio Free Asia, June 21, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006
/06/21/hujia/


Human Rights Defender – Petitioner - Fu Xiancai (付先财)
付先财接受德国援助 中国不希望受外界干扰 (Fu Xiancai Accepts Germany's Assistance but China Says it Wants No Foreign Intervention)
Radio Free Asia, June 21, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin
/shenrubaodao/2006/06/21/fuxiancai/


Human Rights Defender - Petitioner - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
Police Detain Blind Chinese Activist, Put Family Under House Arrest
Radio Free Asia, June 21, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/social
/2006/06/21/china_activist/


Human Rights Defender – Journalist - Li Changqing (李长青)
原福州日报记者李长青二审维持原判 (Rights Lawyer Mo Shaoping Discusses Appeal of Journalist Li Changqing)
Radio Free Asia, June 21, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
06/21/fuzhou/


Human Rights Defender – Lawyer - Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠)
郑恩宠夫妇发表公开信 再次点名批评黄菊 (Zheng Enchong and Wife Issue Another Open Letter Criticizing CPC Leader Huang Ju)
Radio Free Asia, June 21, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/06
/21/huangju/


Law
China Moves Against Local Meddling in Court Cases
China Daily, June 21, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200606/21/
eng20060621_276052.html


Media
搜狐新浪搜索引擎重启使用 (Blocked Search Engines of Two Chinese Websites Reopened)
Radio Free Asia, June 21, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006
/06/21/sohu/


Poverty
「先富起来」背后的危机 (The Danger of "Letting Some Get Rich First")
Ming Pao, June 22, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060622/msa1.htm

Protests and Petitions
市民抵京抗议后 3名天津高官待查 (Three Senior Tianjin Officials to Be Investigated After Citizens Protest in Beijing)
BBC, June 22, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi
/newsid_5100000/newsid_5104700/5104736.stm


郑州大学骚乱仍未平息 ( Student Protest at Zhengzhou University Still Unresolved)
Radio Free Asia, June 21, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao
/2006/06/21/zhengzhou/


Religion
北京批港法轮功骚扰游客引发关注 (Beijing’s Criticism over Falun Gong Member’s Harassment of Tourists in Hong Kong Raises Concerns for Future of Falun Gong)
Voice of America, June 21, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-06-21-voa35.cfm

Society
公安部最新普查 內地道友78.5(Ministry of Public Security’s New Figures Show 785,000 Drug Addicts in China in 2005)
Wen Wei Po, June 22, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id
=CH0606220021&cat=002CH


Three Gorges
Activists Threaten to Sue Watchdog over Dam Project
SCMP, June 22, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ1T6IB7OE.html

Wednesday, June 21, 2006

June 21, 2006

News
Children
我国13的儿童食品毫无营养 (One-third of Children in China Eat Food Lacking in Nutritional Value)
China Youth Daily, June 21, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-06/21/content_1423346.htm

Environment
Droughts Root of Poverty
People's Daily, June 20, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200606/20/eng20060620
_275516.html


Gender
三亚:女性求职遭遇歧视 白衣天使被限身高 (Hainan Girl's Job Application for Nurse Refused Due to Height)
China Youth Daily, June 21, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-06/21/content_
1423611.htm


Human Rights
保护举报人权益就是保护社会良知 (Protecting the Rights of Whistleblowers)
Nanfang City News, June 21, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/
spqy/200606210399.asp


Human Rights Defender – Petitioners – Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
維权者家人被强送回鄉 (Family of Chen Guangcheng Sent Home Before They Can Protest Chen's Detention)
Ming Pao, June 21, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060621/ccf1.htm

Human Rights Defender – Petitioners - Fu Xiancai (付先财)
China Criticizes Germany for Helping Activist
Expatica.com, June 20, 2006
http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel
_id=26&story_id=30969&name=China+
criticizes+Germany+for+helping+activist


Human Rights Defenders
为王文怡案辩护的两位维权律师护照遭拒 (Two Chinese Rights Lawyers Not Allowed Passports to Fly to US to Defend Falun Gong Protestor)
Radio Free Asia, June 20, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006
/06/20/wangwenyi/


Media
成都:网络虚拟警察上岗 网民可网络报警 (Chengdu Cyberpolice Ask Citizens to Report on Internet Crimes)
Xinhuanet, June 21, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-06/21/
content_4727010.htm


被迫推迟出刊删稿件 《百姓》主编记者叹奈何 (Baixing Magazine Forced to Pull Article and Postpone Publication)
Radio Free Asia, June 20, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/06/20/baixing/


Migrant Workers
北京地铁5号线258名民工为薪资告赢市政集团 (258 Migrant Workers Win Lawsuit to Recover Wages)
Xinhuanet, June 21, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-06/21/content
_4726771.htm


Migrant Workers
广东700万农民工年内享医保 (Seven Million Migrant Workers to Enjoy Medical Insurance in Guangdong)
People's Daily, June 21, 2006
http://gd.people.com.cn/GB/channel14/200606/21/
18920.html


Multilateral
中国政府提出开创国际人权事业新局面主张 (China Proposes New Focus for International Human Rights Work)
EastDay.com, June 21, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762
/node142721/userobject1ai2120119.html
0119.html

Police
公安部:2005年全国共38万名贩毒分子被判刑 (38,000 Drug Traffickers Punished in 2005)
Xinhuanet, June 21, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-06/21/content_
4725384.htm


Politics
Beijing Spells out Rules on Promotion
SCMP, June 21, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic
+FTContentServer?pagename=SCMP/Printacopy&
aid=ZZZXI3IB7OE
bin
/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename=
SCMP/Printacopy&aid=ZZZXI3IB7OE


中共出台五法规文件 干部人事法规体系初步构成 (CPC Issues Five Laws on Managing Government Personnel and Party Cadres)
EastDay.com, June 21, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762
/node142470/userobject1ai2118715.html
8715.html

Population
人人生而平等,但有些人比其他人更加平等 (Everyone Is Born Equal, but Some Are More Equal Than Others)
Nanfang Daily, June 21, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy
/200606210405.asp


中国承认解决人口问题有体制障碍 (China Admits Population Problem Is Structural)
Voice of America, June 20, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-06-20-voa34.cfm

Protests and Petitions
China Students Face down Police on Campus
AFP (via YahooNews), June 21, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060620/wl_asia_afp/
chinaunreststudent_060620135410;_ylt=AggIZB8Wjw
K6Qqk6IIvvSVVPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBH
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;_ylt=AggIZB8WjwK6Qqk6IIvvSVVP
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Protests and Petitions
四川大学午夜断电 学生球迷骚乱泄愤 (Thousands of Sichuan University Students Riot over Electricity Outage During World Cup)
Radio Free Asia, June 20, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
06/20/xuesheng/


Religion
美议员呼吁中国政府放宽宗教自由 (US Lawmakers Call on China to Respect Religious Freedom)
Voice of America, June 21, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-06-21
-voa16.cfm


Three Gorges
9.53万三峡移民被安置至上海浙江等11个省市 (95,300 Former Residents of Three Gorges Region Resettled Across China)
EastDay.com, June 21, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81763/
node142722/userobject1ai2120398.html
0398.html

重庆就三峡库区就业等问题出台一揽子解决方案 (Chongqing Government Proposes Solutions for Various Problems in Three Gorges Area)
EastDay.com, June 21, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node142721/userobject1ai2120169.html
0169.html