August 31, 2006

Top News of the Day

Human Rights Defender – Journalist – Ching Cheong (程翔)
China Jails Singapore Reporter for Spying
Reuters (via YahooNews), August 31, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060831/wl_nm/china
_journalist_dc_3
A court in Beijing sentenced Straits Times reporter Ching Cheong to five years’ imprisonment today for spying for Taiwan. Ching, detained since April 2005, was also deprived of his political rights for a year and had personal property worth 300,000 yuan confiscated. Rights groups and other journalists are very concerned about Ching, who is 56 and suffers from high blood pressure. Ching was charged with allegedly receiving money from a Taiwan foundation and using it to buy secret information on China's political, economic and military affairs between 2000 and 2005.

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  0060831_298465.html
  

News

Civil Society
妖魔还是天使?外国非政府组织在华被指助长腐败 (Foreign NGOs Alleged to Contribute to Corruption in China)
EastDay.com, August 31, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762
/node158531/u1a2289292.html

Death Penalty
Give Top Court Control of Executions: Lawyers
SCMP, August 31, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZMGQK9CRE.html

主犯一审被判死刑 (Man Sentenced to Death for Multiple Armed Robberies in Dongguan, Guangdong Province)
Legal Daily, August 31, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-08/31/content_
398661.htm

潮州严惩“铁锤帮” (Two Sentenced to Death for Murdering Two with Hammer in Chaozhou, Guangdong Province)
Legal Daily, August 31, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-08/31/content_
398662.htm

Freedom of Speech
TV Must Be in Its Prime, China Rules
The Australian, August 30, 2006
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,203000
21-2703,00.html

Gender
"I Will Continue Until I Find Justice"
SCMP, August 31, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ1XOK9CRE.html

Government
盛华仁指直选乡镇长违宪 (Senior NPC Official Argues Direct Elections for Village and Town Heads Are Unconstitutional)
Ming Pao, August 31, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060831/cak2.htm

Hukou
被收养独生子女可落户北京 (Adopted Single Children in Beijing Now Allowed to Get Hukou)
The Beijing News, August 31, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0546/2006/0831/018@
205685.htm

Human Rights Defenders
恐吓信威胁北京知识分子“闭嘴” (Beijing Intellectuals Threatened and Told to "Shut Up")
Voice of America, August 30, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-08-30-voa26.cfm

中国维权运动和公民社会的发展 (二) (China's Rights Defense Movement and the Development of Civil Society (Part 2))
Radio Free Asia, August 30, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08/30/
wei-quan2/

Human Rights Defender – Lawyer - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
律师会见陈光诚　商讨上诉受阻 (Lawyers Prevented from Discussing Appeal with Chen Guangcheng)
Radio Free Asia, August 30, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08/30/
chenguangcheng/

Labor
最高人民法院关于审理劳动争议案件适用法律若干问题的解释(二) (The Supreme People's Court’s Interpretation of Certain Questions Regarding How to Apply the Law When Trying Labor Dispute Cases (Part 2))
Legal Daily, August 31, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-08/31/content
_398675.htm

“被取缔学校教师不在安置之列” (Teachers of Banned Schools in Beijing Will Not Be Allocated New Jobs)
The Beijing News, August 31, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0554/2006/08-31/018@
205699.htm

Land Policy
建设部对廉租房实行年审制度 住户不再享终身制 (Ministry of Construction Issues New Measures to Scrap Lifetime Rental Agreements for Public Housing)
The Beijing News, August 31, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node
158531/u1a2288450.html

上海拆迁居民写信举报周正毅合同诈骗 (Open Letter from Evicted Shanghai Residents Accuses Developer Zhou Zhengyi of Fraud)
Radio Free Asia, August 31, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08/30/shanghai/

• Related information
  HRIC Press Release: Shanghai Residents File Formal Complaint Suggesting Official Collusion in Zhou Zhengyi Fraud 

  Human Rights in China, August 30, 2006
  http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision
  %5fid=30468&item%5fid=30465
  

Law
中国司法何曾独立 ？ (Commentary: State Secrets Charge Being Dropped Against Zhao Yan Does Not Mean Judicial Independence Exists in China)
Apple Daily, August 31, 2006
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm
iss_id=20060831&sec_id=4104&subsec_id=15337&art_id=6268605

农民工凭工资欠条可直接向法院起诉 (New Judicial Interpretation Allows Migrant Workers to Sue Employers Using Only Wage Receipts)
China Youth Daily, August 31, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-08/31/content_1496151.htm

中国法律援助现状调查 (Survey on the Present Situation of Legal Aid in China)
Legal Daily, August 31, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-08/31/content_3986
74.htm

Media
社论：轻视法律的不是媒体，是富士康 (Editorial: Foxconn Electronics Ignored the Law, Not Journalists)
Nanfang Daily, August 31, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/2006083
10489.asp

鸿富锦“记者侵权案”索赔降为1元 (iPod Maker Reduces Libel Claim to 1 Yuan)
Xinhuanet, August 31, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-08/31/content_502
8183.htm

起诉记者天价索赔案未尝不是好事 (Libel Claim Against Journalists Not Entirely Bad)
China Youth Daily, August 31, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-08/31/content_149
6076.htm

China Developing Internet Game that Teaches Chinese Ethics
All Headline News, August 29, 2006
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7004692859

Multilateral
上合组织合作反恐影响美国政策? (Do SCO States Cooperate to Influence US Policy?)
Voice of America, August 31, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-08-31-voa1.cfm

Police
番禺：村委会强行关押200人办暂住证 (200 People Detained and Forced to Pay for Temporary Residence Permit in Panyu, Guangdong Province)
Nanfang Daily, August 31, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/2006
08310044.asp

Politics
Party Tells Cadres to Put Duty First in Reshuffle)
SCMP, August 31, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZV5AN9CRE.html

Protests and Petitions
中央党校副校长:群体性事件参与者极少数是坏人 (Senior Cadre at CPC School Argues that Only a Small Number of Those Who Participate in Mass Incidents Are Troublemakers)
EastDay.com, August 31, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node158531/u1a2289260.html

京遭封学校师生拆门上学 (Teachers and Students Force Banned School to Reopen)
Wen Wei Po, August 31, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH0
608310004&cat=002CH

Public Health
五年内解决农村1.6亿人饮水问题 (State Council Vows to Solve Drinking Water Problem for 160 Million in 5 Years)
The Beijing News, August 31, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0546/2006/0831/018@
205683.htm

China Police Break Up Fake Tamiflu Ring
TVNZ, August 30, 2006
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411319/823716

Rural Issues
Counting the Cost of Expansion
The Standard, August 30, 2006
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asppp_cat=
20&art_id=26122&sid=9641680&con_type=3

State Security
Harsh Penalties Vowed for Illegal Foreign Surveys
China Daily, August 30, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-08/30/content
_677698.htm

Tibet
Time Running Out for Tibet: French Senators
Washington Post, August 30, 2006
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyn/content/article/
2006/08/30/AR2006083000424.html

Hong Kong - Gender
Suicide Rampant Among China's Rural Women, City High-Flyers
Radio Free Asia, August 31, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2006/08/30/china_suicide/

August, 30, 2006

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defenders
中国异见人士接连被抓或失踪 (More Dissidents Arrested or Missing Following Detention of Gao Zhisheng)
Radio Free Asia, August 29, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08/2
9/yijianrenshi/
At least four dissidents have been arrested in the past half month. Some speculate the authorities want to prevent anyone from campaigning for the release of human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng. The wife of Shaanxi dissident Deng Yongliang (邓永亮) confirms that her husband has been held in detention since August 18, when he went to Shandong Province to support rights defender Chen Guangcheng. The authorities arrested Zhao Xin (赵昕) in Beijing on August 19 and claimed they would bring him back to his home in Yunnan Province, but Zhao's father said he was not back. Two other dissidents, Xiao Qiao (小乔) and Ouyang Xiaorong (欧阳小戎), were also arrested on August 21 in Qingdao. The former was brought back to Shanghai while Ouyang was reportedly placed under house detention in Kunming.

News
Children
CFHRD Wants More Support for Children of Prisoners
Chinacsr.com, August 29, 2006
http://www.chinacsr.com/2006/08/29/cfhrd-wants-more-supp
ort-for-children-of-prisoners/

Death Penalty
特大犯罪团伙柬埔寨覆灭记 (Jiangsu Higher People's Court Sentences 7 Cross-border Criminals to Death)
Legal Daily, August 30, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-08/30/content
_397968.htm

Disasters
福建记者赴桑美灾区采访 称与其他媒体所见不同 (Reports by Fujian Journalists on Local Government's Relief Work More Positive than Reports by Other Media)
EastDay.com, August 30, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node1
58293/u1a2285918.html

Education
京强封民校 千学生失学 (1,000 Children of Migrant Workers Affected as Beijing Shuts Down School)
Ming Pao, August 30, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060830/cam1.htm

Environment
中国最大核电站 年底开工 (China to Start Construction of Largest Nuclear Plant at End of Year)
Wen Wei Po, August 30, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH06083
00013&cat=002CH

Key Pollutants on the Rise in China
AFP (via YahooNews), August 29, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060829/sc_afp/chinaenviro
nmentpollution_060829163118

Gender
Vietnam, China Boost Ties to Combat Human Trafficking
Thinhnien News (Vietnam), August 30, 2006
http://www.thanhniennews.com/society/?catid=3&newsid=19385

Government
泛蓝宣传品成违禁品　成员批当局破坏选举 ("Pan-blue Alliance" Members Marginalized over Elections for Local People's Congresses)
Radio Free Asia, August 29, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
08/29/xuanqu/

Human Rights
中国维权运动和公民社会的发展 (一) (China's Rights Defense Movement and the Development of Civil Society (1))
Radio Free Asia, August 29, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08/2
9/wei-quan1/

Human Rights Defender – Journalist - Ching Cheong (程翔)
北京证实程翔案明早宣判 (Beijing Confirms Verdict on China Cheong Will Be Released Tomorrow Morning)
Ming Pao, August 30, 2006
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20060830
/gb31239a.htm

Human Rights Defenders – Lawyers
律师眼中的公益诉讼 (What Lawyers Think About Collective Lawsuits)
Legal Daily, August 30, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-08/30/content_397579
.htm

“中国人权”指责中国政府打压维权律师 ("Human Rights in China" Condemns Chinese Government for Persecuting Human Rights Lawyers)
Radio Free Asia, August 29, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08/29/renquan/

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  HRIC Trends Bulletin: Setback for the Rule of Law – Lawyers Under Attack in China
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Human Rights Defender – Lawyer - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
高智晟家人受警方严密监控 (Gao Zhisheng’s Family Under Tight Surveillance)
Voice of America, August 28, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-08-28-voa28.cfm

Human Rights Defender – Lawyer - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
美重要参议员呼吁中国释放陈光诚 (US Senator Calls for Release of Chen Guangcheng)
Voice of America, August 28, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-08-28-voa50.cfm

Labor
Economic Growth Does Not Solve Unemployment, Official
People's Daily, August 29, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200608/29/eng200
60829_297839.html

Law
代理律师进行社会调查 (Lawyers Consider Social and Family Backgrounds of Juvenile Defendants When Preparing Defense)
Legal Daily, August 30, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-08/30/cont
ent_397586.htm

镇政府告市政府 要看的不是热闹 (Township Government Sues County Government in Henan Province)
Nanfang City News, August 30, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/20
0608300438.asp

Media
“恶搞”争议反衬健康舆论环境亟待健全 (Debate over "Internet Disturbances" Reflects Urgent Need for Improvement)
China Youth Daily, August 30, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-08/30/content_1494906.htm

Journalists Involved in Defamation Case Open Blog to Solicit Support
People's Daily, August 30, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200608/30/eng200608
30_297916.html

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  社论：资本有恃无恐　媒体有心无力 (Editorial: Media Becomes Powerless as Rich Capitalists Threaten Libel Lawsuit)
  Nanfang Daily, August 30, 2006
  http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/2006
  08300451.asp
  
  

Apple Computer Urged to Intercede for Two Reporters Who Exposed Bad Conditions at Supplier’s Plants
Reporters Without Borders, August, 29, 2006
http://www.rsf.org/print.php3?id_article=18691

中国互联网“第一口水战”内幕 (Story Behind the Largest Internet Quarrel in China)
Nanfang Daily, August 24, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/zmzg/
200608240667.asp

Multilateral
Developing Nations to Win IMF Boost
Financial Times, August 30, 2006
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0a86b566-3794-11db-bc
01-0000779e2340.html

Police
穗热卖迷魂药一嗅失知觉 (Drug Which Causes Loss of Consciousness a Hot Item in Guangzhou)
Ming Pao, August 30, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060830/cak1.htm

55%民众不满广州治安 (Survey: 55% of Guangzhou Residents Not Satisfied with Crime Situation)
Ming Pao, August 30, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060830/cak2.htm

Politics
CPC Requires Leading Cadres to Report Their Personal Affairs
People's Daily, August 30, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200608/30/eng20060
830_297914.html

中国评论﹕胡锦涛加强监督官员财产 (Commentary: Hu Jintao Wants Supervision of Cadres’ Assets Too)
Ming Pao, August 30, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060830/car1.htm

Protests and Petitions
700业主买楼9年没房产证 (700 Apartment Owners Protest Non-issuance of Property Ownership Certificate)
Apple Daily, August 30, 2006
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?
iss_id=20060830&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=62
65732

Religion
House Church in Inner Mongolia Raided, Woman Missionary Sentenced to Re-education Through Labor, Civil Rights Activist, Chen Guangcheng Sentenced
China Aid, August 30, 2006
http://www.chinaaid.org/english_site/press_release_deta
il.php?id=744

State Security
China to Tackle Terror at Judicial Summit
Reuters, August 29, 2006
http://in.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNe
ws&storyID=2006-08-29T115743Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_
India-265263-1.xml&archived=False

August 29, 2006

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender
杭州民主党成员王荣清被拘留 (Hangzhou Democratic Party Member Wang Rongqing Placed Under Criminal Detention)
Radio Free Asia, August 28, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08/28
/wangrongqing/
Hangzhou Democratic Party member Wang Rongqing (王荣清) was placed under criminal detention on August 24 for inciting subversion. One friend speculated that Wang's detention may be related to his efforts to call for the release of human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng. Wang has been detained and monitored for his political activities several times in the past two years.

News
Corruption
中国开展军队第二次反腐行动 (China to Start Second Military Anti-Corruption Campaign)
Radio Free Asia, August 28, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08/28/fanfu/

Disasters
漏报灾害天气可能要坐牢 (New Regulation in Jiangsu Province to Impose Criminal Liability for Failing to Report on Natural Disasters)
The Beijing News, August 29, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0565/2006/08-29/011@01204
0.htm

Environment
和田玉20万人滥挖 (Environmental Damage Caused by 200,000 People Digging for Precious Jade in Tibet)
Ming Pao, August 29, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060829/ccc1.htm

Government
监督权行使走向规范化程序化 (New Law Standardizes Use of Supervisory Power)
Legal Daily, August 29, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-08/29/con
tent_396611.htm

公共资源部门化与“洗钱”何异 (What is the Difference Between "Privatizing Public Resources" and Corruption?)
China Youth Daily, August 29, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-08/29/content_1493561.htm

Human Rights Defenders - Journalists
Trying Times for Journalists in China
Asia Times Online, August 29, 2006
http://atimes.com/atimes/China/HH29Ad01.html

Human Rights Defender – Lawyer - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
高智晟的女儿躲过警方控制出逃被发现 (Gao Zhisheng's Daughter Sent Home After Escaping from Residential Surveillance)
Radio Free Asia, August 28, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/0
8/28/gaozhisheng/

Land Policy
粤农「土地入股高速」惹争议 (Concern Grows over Compensation in the Form of Shares for Land Acquisition in Guangdong Province)
Wen Wei Po, August 29, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH06082
90023&cat=002CH

广州再收47块闲置土地 6月以来收地面积已近去年卖地面积两倍 (In Guangzhou, Land Acquired in First 6 Months of 2006 Doubles that in Whole of 2005)
Nanfang Daily, August 29, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/2006
08290651.asp

党政机关告别集资建房 公务员住房保障成新问题 (New Notice Prohibiting Government Organs from Collecting Funds for Cooperative House-building Leads to Housing Problems)
Legal Daily, August 29, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-08/29/content_
396944.htm

Law
公共利益：物权法要摆脱的困境 (Draft Law on Property Rights Will Not Solve Problems Related to "Public Interests")
Legal Daily, August 29, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-08/29/content
_396599.htm

iPod Maker Sues over Labour Story
SCMP, August 29, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZZDZM9CRE.html

用法律给破产企业和职工希望 (New Bankruptcy Law Gives Hope to Bankrupt Enterprises and Their Workers)
Legal Daily, August 29, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-08/29/c
ontent_396605.htm

Media
起诉记者是一个危险的信号 (Prosecuting Journalists Is a Dangerous Sign)
China Youth Daily, August 29, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-08/29/con
tent_1493501.htm

哀悼江阴强迁致死村民 百姓论坛遭整肃 (Baixing Magazine's Internet Forum Blocked for Mourning Murdered Victim in Land Grab)
Radio Free Asia, August 28, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
08/28/baixing/

Olympics
城市管理依法升级的契机 (Olympics Gives Beijing Opportunity to Legislate on City Management)
Legal Daily, August 29, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-08/29/conte
nt_396593.htm

Wanted: 100,000 Olympic Volunteers
SCMP, August 29, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZI7IK9CRE.html

Public Health
食螺致病10患者集体维权 (10 People Ill from Eating Snails Preparing Collective Action Against Restaurant)
The Beijing News, August 29, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0558/2006/08-
29/018@205061.htm

Society
Safety Net
SCMP, August 29, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZU6IK9CRE.html

State Security
China Completes "Anti-terror" Drill with Kazakhstan, Ratifies Pakistan Pact
AFP (via YahooNews), August 28, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060828/wl_afp/chinakazakhsta
npakistanattackssecurity_060828055107060828055107

Three Gorges
Dai Qing: Boosting Support to Dam Migrants Is Just a Start
Three Gorges Probe, August 27, 2006
http://www.threegorgesprobe.org/tgp/index.cfm?DSP=conte
nt&ContentID=16071

Tibet
Double Opportunity in China's Far West
Los Angeles Times, August 28, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-gowest28aug28,0,4032204
.story?coll=la-home-headlinesheadlines

Hong Kong
HK Urged to Play Role in the Next 5-year Plan
SCMP, August 29, 2006
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZFEZM9CRE.html

North Korea
North Koreans Flee into China but Dwell There in Fear
Mercury News, August 29, 2006
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/ne
ws/world/15327734.htm

August 26-28, 2006

Top News
Religion
Underground Bishop Released After Bowing to Beijing
SCMP, August 28, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZEQVM9CRE.html
An Shuxin (安树新), a bishop in the underground Catholic Church, has been released after being held under house arrest in Hebei Province for more than 10 years. The release is a result of his recognition of the government's authority over the church, according to an official bishop in a local church in Hebei. The US-based Cardinal Kung Foundation says six more bishops are still in prison. An was reportedly arrested in 1996 for conducting an underground seminary.

News
Bilateral Ties
Britain Ignores Asylum Seeker's Fears
SCMP, August 28, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZZYEK9CRE.html

Corruption
Prosecutor, NPC Members Dismissed
SCMP, August 28, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZIBGK9CRE.html

This Time, Anti-graft Investigators Are Staying Put in Shanghai
SCMP, August 28, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZRIXM9CRE.html

Embezzler Highlights Lack of Controls on Party Fees
SCMP, August 26, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZWM1CC9RE.html

Education
教育部要求规范义务教育办学行为 废止乱收费 (Ministry of Education’s New Opinion Prohibits Arbitrary School Charges)
EastDay.com, August 28, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/no
de157756/u1a2280778.htmll

Environment
NPC Report Slams Slow Progress on Pollution
SCMP, August 28, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZCSYM9CRE.html

Chemical Spill Pollutes China Reservoir
AP( via YahooNews), August 27, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060827/ap_on_re_as/china_che
mical_spill_4;_ylt=ApYBzESuSKGD8isTJk0k_EpPzWQA;_ylu=
X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUlESuSKGD8isTJk
0k_EpPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJ
VRPUCUl

Government
Beijing Capital in the Clear
SCMP, August 28, 2006
http://biz.scmp.com/bizchina/ZZZKL0N9CRE.html

CCB Denies Lending to Illegal Power Projects
SCMP, August 28, 2006
http://biz.scmp.com/bizchina/ZZZOL0N9CRE.html

Human Rights Defender – Journalist - Zhao Yan (赵岩)
Appeal Likely for Journalist at The Times
New York Times, August 26, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/26/world/asia/26china
.html?_r=2&n=Top%2fNews%2fWorld%2fCountries%20and
%20Territories%2fChina&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

Related News
Politics Still Drives Mainland Legal System
SCMP, August 26, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZTPFM79RE.html

中国被批两案件审判不公随意定罪 (China Criticized for Arbitrary Convictions in Chen and Zhao Cases)
Voice of America, August 25, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-08-25-voa46.cfm

Human Rights Defender - Religious Practitioner
美牧师帮北韩难民被中国拘押经历 (American Priest Tells of Experience of Being Detained in China for Aiding North Korean Refugees)
Voice of America, August 24, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-08-24-voa75.cfm

Human Rights Defender
When Activists Fall Foul of China's Police State
International Herald Tribune, August 25, 2006
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/08/25/opinion/edzeng.php

Law
中华人民共和国各级人民代表大会常务委员会监督法 (Supervision Law for All Delegates of the Standing Committee of the National People Congress of the People’s Republic of China)
Xinhuanet, August 27, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-08/27/conte
nt_5013597.htm

Related News
中国评论﹕监督法聊胜於无 (Commentary: China's New Supervision Law Better Than Nothing)
Ming Pao, August 28, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060828/car1.htm

Law Empowers NPC Members to Check Abuses
SCMP, August 28, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZH40N9CRE.html

Media
Wikipedia Chief Says No to Censorship
SCMP, August 27, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZNYEK9CRE.html

Bar on Foreign Press Printing Papers on Mainland to Remain
SCMP, August 26, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZSI2H69RE.html

Ministry Attacks Student 'Sob Stories'
SCMP, August 26, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZYB1H69RE.html

Migrant Workers
Unlucky, Unfazed, Unbroken
Los Angeles Times, August 21, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-unbroke
n21aug21,0,964956.story?coll=la-home-headlinesunbroken21aug
21,0,964956.story?coll=la-home-headlines

Poverty
Poverty Relief Official Says China's Poverty Line Is Too Low
CRI Online, August 23, 2006
http://en.chinabroadcast.cn/2946/2006/08/23/195@
130248.htm

Protests and Petitions
南京拘拦路陈情工人 (Nanjing Authorities Arrest over 100 Protesting Workers)
Ming Pao, August 28, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060828/cap1.htm

Rural Issues
Concrete Paves Peasants' Long Road from Poverty
The Guardian, August 27, 2006
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1859248,00.html

Tibet
Qinghai-Tibet Railway Line May Be Extended to Nepal
SCMP, August 28, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZD40N9CRE.html

August 25, 2006

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender – Journalist - Zhao Yan (赵岩)
China Jails NYT Researcher for 3 Years for Fraud
Reuters (via YahooNews), August 25, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060825/ts_nm/rights_china
_researcher_dc_3
Zhao Yan, a former researcher for the New York Times, was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for fraud by a Beijing court this morning. Taking into account the fact that he was held in detention for two years, Zhao is due for release in September 2007. His lawyer said he will "likely" appeal the conviction. The court dropped the charge of leaking state secrets due to insufficient evidence. He was detained in September 2004 after he correctly predicted, in an article he wrote for the New York Times, that former Chinese President Jiang Zemin would give up his sole remaining leadership post as military chief.

• Related News
  Former Chinese Reporter Zhao Yan Sentenced to Three Years in Prison
  People's Daily, August 25, 2006
  http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200608/25/eng200608
  25_296760.html
  

Human Rights Defender – Lawyer - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
Four Years in Jail for Blind Activist
SCMP, August 25, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ2CYBC9RE.html
Blind activist Chen Guangcheng was sentenced to four years and three months’ imprisonment by a court in Shandong Province yesterday for "damaging property and organizing a mob to disturb traffic." Chen refused to speak in his own defense to protest the detention of his lawyer the day before his trial. The authorities hastily appointed two others and, according to Chen's brother who attended the trial, their only statements were, "We have no objection." His brother said the charges were unfounded and called the lengthy sentence “illegal.”

• Related News
  失明维权人士重囚4年 (Blind Rights Defender Given Lengthy Sentence)
  Apple Daily, August 25, 2006
  http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_mai
  n.cfm?iss_id=20060825&sec_id=15335&subsec
  _id=15336&art_id=6251738335&subsec_id=15336&art
  _id=6251738
  

News
Death Penalty
男子遭退婚手刃未婚妻准岳母被判死刑 (Man Sentenced to Death for Murdering Two over Marriage Dispute in Jiangxi Province)
Xinhuanet, August 23, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-08/23/conten
t_4996836.htm

Environment
松花江支流污染得到基本控制 (Pollution in Songhua River Under Control)
China Youth Daily, August 25, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-08/25/content_
1490501.htm

Government
中国干部问责制被指不得已而为之 (China's Accountability System for Cadres an Unwilling Compromise)
Voice of America, August 23, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-08-23-voa21.cfm

Human Rights Defender - Religious Practitioner - Master Shengguan (圣观大师)
为六四死难者举行超度 圣观法师被驱逐出寺庙 (Master Shengguan Expelled from Temple for Performing Rituals of Salvation for June 4th Victims in Jiangxi)
Radio Free Asia, August 24, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/0
8/24/shenguan/

• Related Information
  HRIC Press Release: Top Buddhist Officials Join in Persecution of Activist Monk
  Human Rights in China, August 23, 2006
  http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision%5
  fid=30313&item%5fid=30305
  
  

Human Rights Defenders
人权组织促中国保护民间维权人士 (Rights NGOs Urge China to Protect Human Rights Defenders)
Voice of America, August 23, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-08-23-voa52.cfm

Land Policy
重要的不是“公共利益”而是平等博弈 ("Public Interests" Should Be Balanced by Individual Property Rights in Discussion of Amending Property Rights Law)
China Youth Daily, August 25, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-08/25/content_1490441.htm

Politics
Communist Party Sets up Shop in Mainland Wal-Mart Store
SCMP, August 25, 2006
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZ4DCM79RE.html

Population
广东人口增长率高于8‰ "富人"超生将究刑责? (Guangdong Cadre Proposes Criminal Sanctions for Violators of One-child Policy as Population of Province Rises)
Xinhuanet, August 25, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-08/25/content
_5004071.htm

Public Health
北大人民医院等8家医院乱收费 (Eight Beijing Hospitals Found to Charge Patients Arbitrarily)
China Youth Daily, August 25, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-08/25/conten
t_1490476.htm

August 24, 2006

Top News of the Day
Religion - Christianity
Six House Church Leaders Formally Arrested in Zhejiang Province After Church Destruction
China Aid, August 22, 2006
http://www.chinaaid.org/english_site/press_release_detail
.php?id=735
Six detained Protestant house church leaders have been formally arrested for "inciting violence to resist implementation of the law" after their church was destroyed in late July in Xiaoshan, Zhejiang Province. The authorities claimed the church was an illegal structure.

News
Bilateral Ties
Authors Told to Pay Damages to Nanking Survivor
SCMP, August 24, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZM777H6RE.html

Children
未成年人保护法修订草案：电邮日记被列为隐私 (Proposed Law on Protection of Minors Makes Emails and Diaries Private)
EastDay.com, August 24, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node156654/u1a2272406.htmll

Civil Society
中国政府徵求民间抗衡日本对策？ (Why Did China Consult a Civil Organization on its Anti-Japanese Strategy?)
Voice of America, August 22, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-08-22-voa4.cfm

Education
教育部官员：让孩子全日制"读私塾"行为违法 (Education Official Says Full-time Study in Old-style Chinese Private Schools Is Illegal)
Xinhuanet, August 24, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-08/24/content_
5000116.htm

Relief in Sight for Distressed Students
SCMP, August 24, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZRBRIB6RE.html

Environment
四川多名学者撰写备忘录质疑南水北调西线工程 (Sichuan Academics Question Transferal of Water from South to North)
EastDay.com, August 24, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/nod
e156858/u1a2272797.htmll

松花江支流发生化工污染 (Songhua River Under Threat from Another Chemical Spill)
The Beijing News, August 24, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0546/2006/0824/0
14@204017.htm

Food Security
粮食安全面临多重挑战 中国积极采取应对之策 (China Proactive on Food Security Problems)
Xinhuanet, August 24, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-08/24/content
_4998792.htm

Government
Fatal Party Thrown for Auditors 'Broke Rules'
SCMP, August 24, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZQ777H6RE.html

桑美台风媒体报道与官员描述不一 (China Central Television and Local Officials Differ on Typhoon Reports)
Radio Free Asia, August 23, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08/
23/taifeng/

Human Rights Defender – Lawyer - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
中国知名学者：秘捕高智晟不合法 (Famous Scholar of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Argues Secret Arrest of Gao Zhisheng Is Unlawful)
Voice of America, August 22, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-08-22-voa22.cfm

Labor
China's Unions Emboldened by Wal-Mart Success
Asia Times Online, August 24, 2006
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_Busines
s/HH24Cb03.html

Land Policy
山林变法：第三次“土改”艰难破冰 (Third "Land Reform" on Forestry Takes a Difficult Turn)
Xinhuanet, August 24, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-08/24/c
ontent_4999524.htm

Law
娄底审判员当庭打瞌睡 (Judicial Officer Naps During Trial)
The Beijing News, August 24, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0567/2006/08-2
4/014@203984.htm

Media
浙江大学庄道鹤被行政记大过处分 (Zhejiang University Editor Zhuang Daohe Receives Administrative Punishment for Trying to Publish Book on "Double Regulations")
Radio Free Asia, August 23, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006
/08/23/Zhuang_daohe/

Protests and Petitions
中国颁布军队信访条例受密切关注 (Concerns Grow over Petition Regulations for the Military)
Voice of America, August 22, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/n2006-08-22-voa40.cfm

Public Health
广东率先给乡村医生发财政补贴 (Guangdong to Become China's First Province to Subsidize Rural Doctors)
Legal Daily, August 24, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-08/24
/content_392435.htm

卫生部昨出台政策：新建小区须增设社区医院 (New Ministry of Health Policy Requires New Districts to Establish Community Hospitals)
Xinhuanet, August 24, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-08/24/conte
nt_4999647.htm

Society
China Acts on Funeral Strippers
BBC, August 24, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5280312.stm?ls

故宫两商店拒国人进入 (Two Shops in Forbidden City Refuse Chinese Customers)
Ming Pao, August 24, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060824/ccd1.htm

Tibet
How an Exile Defies China
Guardian, August 22, 2006
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisf
ree/story/0,,1855346,00.html

August 23, 2006

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Religious Practitioner - Master Shengguan (圣观大师)
为六四死难者举行超度 江西法师处境艰难 (Buddhist Master Persecuted for Performing Rituals of Salvation for June 4th Victims in Jiangxi)
Radio Free Asia, August 22, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08/22/jiangxi/
According to Human Rights in China, Master Shengguan, a former 1989 democracy activist and currently the executive director of a Buddhist temple in Jiangxi, has been persecuted for performing rituals of salvation for June 4th victims and for corruption allegations made by temple personnel against local officials. The local authorities want to expel the Master, formerly known as Xu Zhiqiang (徐志强), from the temple. Reportedly, a female temple volunteer was taken away, beaten and threatened until she falsely stated that she was involved in a sexual relationship with the Master.

• Related Information
  HRIC Press Release: Buddhist Temple Target of Corrupt Official Persecution
  Human Rights in China, August 21, 2006
  http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision%5f
  id=30276&item%5fid=30271
  

Human Rights Defender – Lawyer - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
高智晟维权遭打压 亲朋好友受株连 (Relatives and Friends Entangled in Persecution of Gao Zhisheng)
Radio Free Asia, August 22, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08/22/g
aozhisheng/
In addition to human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng himself being held in detention, his wife and children have been placed under house arrest. His three nephews have also been detained for two days for trying to visit the Gao family, and their mobile phones have been confiscated. Gao’s friend Zhao Xin, a rights defender who offered to act in Gao’s defense, was forcibly sent from Beijing to Yunnan by a local state secrets bureau.

News
Children
《未成年人保护法（修订草案）》 向“恶搞”等不良舆论环境挥利剑 (Proposed Amendments to Law on Protection of Minors Target Indecent Media Materials)
China Youth Daily, August 23, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-08/23/content_1488021.htm

立法重铸未成年人保护制度 (Proposed Amendments to Law on Protection of Minors Will Bring Improvements)
Legal Daily, August 23, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-08/23/content_
391528.htm

Death Penalty
落马女支书买凶杀人 (Dismissed Cadre Sentenced to Death with Two-year Reprieve for Murder)
Legal Daily, August 23, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-08/23/co
ntent_391298.htm

杀害西安新华书店原总经理凶手被执行死刑 (Man Executed for Murdering Manager in Xi'an)
Xinhuanet, August 22, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-08/22/conten
t_4992819.htm

Environment
China's Urban Water Supplies Face Severe Test
SCMP, August 23, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060822/wl_nm/environ
ment_china_dc_3

New Bill to Protect Scenic Spots
SCMP, August 23, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ2ROIB6RE.html

所有城镇年底开征污水费 (Waste-water Fees to Extend to All Cities and Towns)
The Beijing News, August 23, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0565/2006/08-23
/014@040513.htm

Water Pollution ‘Worsening Across China’
Financial Times, August 23, 2006
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/5a521c24-31d7-11db-ab06-00
00779e2340.html

Government – Local Elections
泛蓝人大代表竞选遭破坏 (Campaign of Pan-blue Alliance Candidate for Local People's Congress Sabotaged)
Radio Free Asia, August 22, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2
006/08/22/renda/

Human Rights
Draft Law Backs Right to Private Property
China Daily, August 23, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-08/23/cont
ent_671486.htm

Human Rights Defender – Journalist - Zhao Yan (赵岩)
Chinese Court May Rule Soon on Times Researcher
New York Times, August 22, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/22/world/asia/22zhao.h
tml?_r=1&oref=slogin

Human Rights Defenders
四川失地农民维权代表遭殴打 (Representative of Victims of Land Grabs Beaten up in Sichuan Province)
Radio Free Asia, August 22, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08/22/
sichuan/

Media
China Shuts Down over 100 Websites for Copyright Violation
SCMP, August 23, 2006
http://technology.scmp.com/techinternet/ZZZEX0K74RE.html

Two Ways to Deal with the Net Threat
SCMP, August 23, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZSPOIB6RE.html

Migrant Workers
外来务工者统称“新市民” (District in Xi'an to Call Migrant Workers "New Citizens" to Avoid Discriminatory Connotation)
The Beijing News, August 23, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0565/2006/08-23
/014@041105.htm

Public Health
由“不良事件”而生的疑问 (Discussing the Legal Consequences of an "Adverse Drug Effect" in Deadly Antibiotic Case)
Legal Daily, August 23, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-08/23/content_3
91214.htm

Tibet
Dalai Lama Attacked with New Ferocity
SCMP, August 23, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chifeatures/ZZZQBWJ74RE.html