Tuesday, August 15, 2006

August 15, 2006

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender – Journalist - Ching Cheong (程翔)
程翔今早在北京受審 (Ching Cheong Goes on Trial Today)
Ming Pao, August 15, 2006
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20060815/gb212
57w.htm
According to the Information Centre for Human Rights in Democracy, Ching Cheong, a Hong Kong-based journalist of the Straits Times, is on trial for spying charges today. He was arrested in Guangzhou last April and has been detained since then. His family and the public are not allowed to attend the closed trial as the case allegedly involves state secrets.
News
Children
Discrimination Glooms Life of AIDS-affected Children
Xinhuanet, August 13, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-08/13/
content_4955051.htm

Corruption
社保基金为何大案频发 (Why Has Large-scale Embezzlement of Social Security Funds Happened?)
Nanfang Weekend, August 10, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060810/jj/
jjxw/200608100032.asp

Death Penalty
远华案3犯减刑 (Trio Have Death Sentences Commuted in Yuanhua Smuggling Case)
Ming Pao, August 15, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060815/cac1.htm

China Ex-chief Prosecutor Executed for Killing Wife
Reuters (via YahooNews), August 13, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060813/wl_nm/china_
execution_dc_1

Environment
主要污染物排放总量不降反升 (Amount of Pollutants Increases in First Half of 2006)
The Beijing News, August 15, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0565/2006/08-15/
015@024837.htm

南海有工厂进口“洋垃圾”？金属废物混杂生活垃圾卫生堪忧 (Factory in Foshan, Guangdong Importing Foreign Rubbish)
Nanfang Daily, August 15, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/
jwxy/200608150023.asp

提高人文含量 告别“唯GDP”发展 (China No Longer Only Uses GDP Growth to Measure Development)
Nanfang Weekend, August 10, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060810/xw/
tb/200608100001.asp

Gender
中国首家官方同志论坛开通 艾滋专页惹争议 (China's First Official Gay Internet Forum Criticized for Confusing Homosexual Orientation with AIDS)
Radio Free Asia, August 14, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
08/14/homosexuality/

Government
云南被国务院通报批评 (State Council Criticizes Yunnan over Handling of Large-scale Accidents)
The Beijing News, August 15, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0565/2006/08-15
/015@032336.htm

Hukou
无户口婴儿之死 (Infant Killed by Father Distraught over Lack of Hukou)
Nanfang Weekend, August 10, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews
/zmzg/200608100726.asp

Human Smuggling
穗旅社运人蛇经港赴东欧 (Travel Agency in Guangzhou Smuggling People to Eastern Europe via Hong Kong)
Wen Wei Po, August 15, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?cat=002CH&
news_id=CH0608150001

Human Rights Defender – Journalist - Zan Aizong (昝爱宗)
记者昝爱宗被扣押 国内外人士联名要求放人 (60 Join Signature Campaign to Demand Release of Journalist Zan Aizong)
Radio Free Asia, August 14, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08
/14/zanaizong/

Land Policy
全国土地调查建数据库 (China Establishes Nationwide Database on Land Use)
Ming Pao, August 15, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060815/ccc1.htm

江阴农民被拆迁人员打死 (Man Reportedly Beaten to Death for Resisting Eviction in Jiangying, Jiangsu Province)
Radio Free Asia, August 14, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
08/14/jiangyin/

Media
Anger Rises over Typhoon Toll Claims
SCMP, August 15, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ46SE1VQE.html

China’s Gays Ignore Government-backed Internet Chatrooms
SCMP, August 15, 2006
http://technology.scmp.com/techinternet/ZZZ3P7VLQQE.html

北京市未经许可不得接收境外卫星电视 (Beijing Residents Cannot Watch Foreign Satellite TV Without Authorization)
Radio Free Asia, August 14, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08
/14/satelletetv/

Olympics
Beijing Cultural Heritage Sites Undergo Maintenance Work
Xinhuanet, August 15, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-08/15
/content_4962840.htm

Politics
CPC Meeting Held on Studying Works of Jiang Zemin
Xinhuanet, August 15, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-08/
15/content_4962627.htm

Protests and Petitions
江苏常州农民集体上访被拘留 (Farmers Detained for Petitioning Land Grabs in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province)
Radio Free Asia, August 14, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
08/14/shangfang/

温江政府非法征地 村民代表拒绝遭报复 (Village Representative Beaten and Charged for Refusing to Cooperate in Land Grab in Wenjiang, Chengdu Province)
Radio Free Asia, August 14, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08
/14/wenjiang/

Religion
地下基督教会成员王伟良被正式刑拘 (Protestant House Church Member Wang Weiliang Placed Under Criminal Detention)
Radio Free Asia, August 14, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
08/14/wang_weiliang/