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Protests and Petitions - Environment
广西村民拦建污染化工厂 遭千警殴打抓捕 (Guangxi Villagers Beaten and Arrested by 1,000 Policepersons for Protesting Construction of Chemical Plant)
Radio Free Asia, July 15, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/15
/wuran/
Villagers in a small town in Guangxi Province protested the construction of a chemical plant on June 27, and early the next morning the authorities took away two leaders of the protest. That day, hundreds of villagers participated in a sit-in protest in front of the township government to demand their release, and were met by violent suppression by about 1,000 policepersons. Some of the villagers were injured and four are reportedly still under criminal detention.
News
Corruption
China Fights Corruption to Enhance Work Safety
People's Daily, July 14, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200607/14/eng20060714_
283161.html
Death Penalty
Serial Boy Killer Faces Death
Shanghai Daily, July 17, 2006
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/art/2006/07/14/286154/
Serial_boy_killer_faces_death.htmm
Education
College Education Just a Dream for Villagers
SCMP, July 15, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZGZEY51PE.html
Labor
如此“挽留”工人？(Keeping Workers by Fining Them for Quitting)
Nanfang Daily, July 17, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy
/200607170482.asp
Law
中国政府禁止尸体买卖等商业活动 (China Issues New Regulation Banning the Trading of Corpses and Body Parts)
Voice of America, July 16, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-07-16-voa34.cfm
中国《选举法》被指严重歧视农民 (China's Election Law Discriminatory Towards Farmers, Academics Argue)
Radio Free Asia, July 14, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/14
/nongmin/
Media
48th Shutdown of Dissident Writers' Online Chat Forum
SCMP, July 17, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZDIIAP7PE.html
Miami Vice Likely to Join Banned Film List
SCMP, July 15, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZZCFAP7PE.html
Bloggers in China to Hit 100 Million
People's Daily, July 14, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200607/14/eng20060714
_283123.html
Chinese Censors Brace for Sensitive Anniversaries
AFP (via YahooNews), July 14, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060714/wl_asia_afp/
chinamediafilmtvcensorshiphistory_060714061925060714
061925
Politics
China's Party All Aglow, but May Be Blinkered
Los Angeles Times, July 17, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-
advance14jul14,1,5814594.story?coll=la-headlines-world
New Journal Aims to Ease World Fears
SCMP, July 17, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZTXHY51PE.html
Protests and Petitions
上海26名访民被关3小时后获释 (26 Shanghai Petitioners Released After 3 Hours of Detention)
Radio Free Asia, July 14, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/14/
shangfang/
China: Hu's Power Play
International Herald Tribune, July 14, 2006
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/07/14/opinion
/edbremmer.php
Religion
Jesus in China
Los Angeles Times, July 16, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/features/magazine/west/la-tm-
china29jul16,1,3696793.story?coll=la-headlines-westchina
29jul16,1,3696793.story?coll=la-headlines-west
Religion
大陆的佛门并不和谐清静 (Corruption May Exist in China's Buddhist Temples)
Radio Free Asia, July 14, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/14
/zongjiao/
Rural Issues
The Rights of Farmers Trampled, Survey Finds
SCMP, July 15, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ432MUAPE.html
Society – Ethnic Minorities
海南黎族警民冲突至少17人被拘留 (Members of Hainan’s Li Minority Clash with Police, 17 Detained)
Voice of America, July 16, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-07-16-voa11.cfm
Tibet
Potala Palace, the Jewel of Tibet, Overrun with Tourists
AFP (via YahooNews), July 17, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060716/wl_asia_afp/
tibetchinaeconomytourism_060716023416023416
Railroad to Perdition
New York Times, July 15, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/15/opinion/15gere.html?_
r=1&oref=slogin
Tibetan Monk Faces Eight Years for Separatism
Radio Free Asia, July 14, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2006/07/14/tibet_monk/
