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/
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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-YYgbyrFDRFWdT6C1TM8j5gn&adxnnlx=
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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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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