Wednesday, June 07, 2006

June 07, 2006

News

Death Penalty
云南巨额税案首犯两度获死刑 高法复核枪下留人 (Supreme People's Court Overturns Death Sentences and Orders Retrial in Big Tax Case in Yunnan)
People's Daily, June 07, 2006
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42733/4443201.html

Environment
寸草不生 住在河边却买水喝 浏阳污染触目惊心 (Pollution in Hunan So Serious that Plants Don’t Grow and River Water Is Undrinkable)
People's Daily, June 07, 2006
http://society.people.com.cn/GB/41165/4442431.html

新疆天然草地退化严重 (Xinjiang’s Natural Grasslands Rapidly Disappearing)
Legal Daily, June 07, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-06/07/
content_329443.htm


China to Build Hydroelectric Project in Southwest
Financial Times, June 06, 2006
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/f207c9b4-f551-11da
-bcae-0000779e2340.html


浙江农妇县前掀環保风暴 (Zhejiang Woman Documents Environmental Pollution, Reports Findings to Government)
Apple Daily, June 07, 2006
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?iss_id=20060607&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=
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Government
谁来接下村里发展的重担 (二) (Who Will Take on the Responsibility of Village Development? (2))
China Youth Daily, June 07, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-06/07/content_
1409121.htm


Human Rights Defender – Lawyers - Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠)
Chinese Lawyer Speaks out Despite Warnings
AP( via YahooNews), June 06, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060606/ap_on_re_as/
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Land Policy
严重土地违法多与地方政府有关 (National Bureau of Statistics Blames Local Governments for Increase in Cases of Illegal Land Use)
Legal Daily, June 07, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-06/07/
content_329447.htm


Media
Google Investigates Blocking Complaints
SCMP, June 07, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZHMJLKZNE.html

Google.com Blocked in China
AFP (via Yahoo), June 07, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060607/wl_asia_afp/
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Military
Beijing Dismisses U.S. Military Criticism
AP( via YahooNews), June 06, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060606/ap_on_re_as/
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Politics
Auction of Mao Portrait Called off at 'Suggestion' of Authorities
SCMP, June 07, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chifeatures/ZZZBS0FQ3ME.html

Three Gorges
Blasts Herald New Phase for Three Gorges
SCMP, June 07, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ9QXYB2OE.html

Tibet
China Condemns Spanish Court Allegations of Tibetan Genocide
Voice of America, June 06, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-06-06-voa15.cfm

Xinjiang
穆斯林商人吐尔地-吾守尔被拘受到非人道待遇 (Uyghur Trader Tudahun Hoshur Reportedly Receiving Inhumane Treatment in Detention)
Radio Free Asia, June 07, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/06/06/xinjiang/