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