The HRIC Daily Brief is a daily selection of news stories and commentary related to human rights in China, drawn from Chinese- and English-language news and online media sources that we monitor daily. In addition to headlines and source links, HRIC also provides English translation of Chinese headlines.

Friday, September 29, 2006

September 29, 2006

Top News of the Day
Land Policy
佛山失地村民维权风盛　各种形式与官博弈 (Rights Defense Movement Growing in Foshan, Guangdong Province)
Radio Free Asia, September 29, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/28/tudi/
On September 25, about 10,000 villagers riding motorcycles protested near the Foshan City government building over unreasonable compensation they had been given for land acquisitions. Thousands of people protested at the government building again on September 28. In related news, on September 17 over 90 percent of voters in Sanzhou Village (三洲村), Guangdong Province impeached a government cadre that they believed was corrupt.

News
Bilateral Ties
加外长严辞批中国人权及民主状况 (Canadian Foreign Minister Severely Criticizes China's Human Rights and Democracy Situation)
Voice of America, September 28, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-09-28-voa33.cfm

Corruption
中纪委300人北京查贪官 报道:反贪调查员收信管邮包恐吓 (CPC Discipline Inspection Commission Receives Threats for Investigating Corrupt Officials)
Ming Pao, September 29, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060929/gba1.htm

广东禁止党政人员中秋期间收红包 (Guangdong Cadres Prohibited from Receiving “Red Envelope” Gratuities at Mid-Autumn Festival)
Voice of America, September 28, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-09-28-voa26.cfm

Education
民校住宿生 国庆不得随意离校 (Students at Beijing Schools Confined to Campus During National Day Holiday)
The Beijing News, September 29, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0553/2006/09-29/
015@212388.htm

Environment
一些亚洲国家饮水安全问题严重 (Drinking Water Unsafe in Some Asian Countries)
Radio Free Asia, September 28, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/28/shui/

Government
Low Turnout for Shenzhen Elections
SCMP, September 29, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?
pagename=SCMP/Printacopy&aid=ZZZB75N9CREbin/gx.cgi/App
Logic+FTContentServer?pagename=SCMP/Printacopy&aid=ZZZ
B75N9CRE

Running Outside the Party in China - into Resistance
Chinese Science Monitor, September 28, 2006
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0928/p01s04-woap.html

Human Rights Defender – Lawyer - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
法院定陈光诚二审不开庭　遭质疑黑箱作业 (Closed Court for Chen Guangcheng's Appeal Trial Criticized)
Radio Free Asia, September 28, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/28/chen/

Media
陈良宇案报道受限 只可用新华社消息 (Only Xinhua Reports Allowed for Chen Liangyu Case)
Radio Free Asia, September 28, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/28/chen1/

Xinhua, AP Presidents Pledge to Increase Cooperation in News Fields
Xinhuanet, September 28, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-09/28/cont
ent_5150664.htm

吉炳轩语港澳传媒 内地采访：无禁区 唯守法 (Hong Kong, Macau Media Told: Nothing Is Off-limits but You Must Obey the Law)
Wen Wei Po, September 29, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH0609290
005&cat=002CH

Multilateral - SCO
解放军明年赴俄参加上合组织军演 (PLA to Join SCO Military Exercises in Russia Next Year)
The Beijing News, September 29, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0546/2006/0929/015@212391
.htm

Olympics
刘淇：北京奥组委将为新闻媒体提供优质高效服务 (Beijing Olympics Committee Chairman Promises High Quality Service for Media)
Xinhuanet, September 29, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-09/28/content_
5146497.htm

城管“设伏”68重点区域 (Beijing Authorities to Set Up 68 Patrol Zones During Olympics; Tiananmen to Have 24-Hour Patrols)
The Beijing News, September 29, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0553/2006/09-29/015@2123
77.htm

Police
13商场黄金周将黄色预警 (13 Shopping Malls on "Yellow Alert" for National Day Holiday)
The Beijing News, September 29, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0553/2006/09-29/01
5@212361.htm

国庆观旗民众须受安检 (Mandatory Security Checks at Tiananmen Square for National Day Flag-Raising)
Ming Pao, September 29, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060929/cak1.htm

Protests and Petitions - Labor
深圳景轩酒店酝酿罢工 (Shenzhen Hotel Workers Plan to Strike)
Ming Pao, September 29, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060929/cam1.htm

Public Health
4北京消费者拟在美起诉SK-II (Four SK-II Cosmetics Users Plan Lawsuit in US)
The Beijing News, September 29, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0558/2006/09-29/0
15@212355.htm

China Says Organs of Executed Prisoners Used for Transplants
AFP (via YahooNews), September 28, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060928/hl_afp/chinasciencedonati
on_060928170436&printer=1;_ylt=AqwDqNIrjA7_jJl.BOzxWRWK
OrgF;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MXN1bHE0BHNlYwN0bWE-inter=1;_
ylt=AqwDqNIrjA7_jJl.BOzxWRWKOrgF;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MXN1b
HE0BHNlYwN0b

Thursday, September 28, 2006

September 28, 2006

Top News of the Day
Protests and Petitions
支持反腐上访者被扣押 称拥护中央行动 申请天安门遊行 (Shanghai Petitioners Taken Away After Submitting an Application to Assemble at Tiananmen Square to show support for Anti-Corruption Campaign)
Ming Pao, September 28, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060928/gca1.htm
On September 27, twenty petitioners from Shanghai applied to assemble at Tiananmen Square to demonstrate their support for the recent investigation into Shanghai Party Secretary Chen Liangyu. Their application, however, was rejected. They were taken away, and some petitioners were sent back to Shanghai.

News
Death Penalty
Gang Leader Receives Death Sentence
People's Daily, September 27, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200609/27/eng200609
27_306758.html

安徽临泉贩毒家族覆灭 6人获刑大姐死罪 (Leader of Drug Trafficking Ring Sentenced to Death in Linquan, Anhui Province)
Xinhuanet, September 27, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-09/27/content_5145208
.htm

Education
A Third of Households in W China Cannot Afford Middle School Fees
Xinhuanet, September 27, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-09/27/content_5
145540.htm

Gender
重庆妓女嫖客 将强制验爱滋 (Chongqing to Require Sex Workers and Their Clients to Take HIV Test)
Wen Wei Po, September 28, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH06
09280022&cat=002CH

Human Rights Defenders
中国民主党浙江成员多遭刑事传唤 (Members of China Democracy Party in Zhejiang Province Summoned for Chen Shuqing's Case)
Radio Free Asia, September 27, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/27/zhejia
ng/

Law
高法:修改刑事诉讼法应兼顾控制犯罪和保障人权 (Supreme People's Court: The Revision of Criminal Procedure Law Should Focus on Both Curbing Crimes and Human Rights Protection)
EastDay.com, September 28, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node16
3476/u1a2348772.html

Media
Investigation Begins into 'Beating of Journalists'
People's Daily, September 28, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200609/28/eng20060928_307
077.html

Chongqing Internet Users No Need to Register
Shanghai Daily, September 27, 2006
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/art/2006/09/27/293139/Chong
qing_Internet_users_no_need_to_register.htmeed_to_register.htm

中国博客人数仅次美国 超3400万 (Number of Bloggers in China Reaches 34 Million, Second to US)
Radio Free Asia, September 27, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/27/blogger/

Olympics
Beijing Denies Plan to Evict Migrants
SCMP, September 28, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZWOGP9CRE.html

北京奥运立法密切关注奥运会安全保障等问题 (Beijing Olympics Committee Attempts to Draft Legislation to Accommodate Concerns over Security-Related Issues During the Olympics)
EastDay.com, September 27, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node163
351/u1a2348707.html

Media Free to Roam in China During 2008 Games
The Guardian, September 27, 2006
http://sport.guardian.co.uk/breakingnews/feedstory/0,,-61
08336,00.html

Police
公安部就办理行政案件程序规定答记者问(实录) (Public Security Bureau Answers Media's Questions on the Procedures for Handling Administrative Cases)
Xinhuanet, September 27, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-09/27/content_51
43619.htm

Politics
潘小涛﹕政治局委员的宿命 (Commentary: The Fate of Politburo Members)
Ming Pao, September 28, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060928/fab1.htm

Public Health
中國販賣人體器官現象盛行 (Organ Sales ‘Thriving’ in China)
BBC, September 28, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_5380000/newsid
_5387200/5387238.stm

State Security
Report: China Cuts Sentence for Hong Kong Scholar Jailed on Spying Charges
International Herald Tribune, September 27, 2006
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/09/27/asia/AS_GEN_Chin
a_Jailed_Scholar.php

Tibet
Beijing Starving Nepal to Stop Tibetans from Fleeing
AsiaNews.it, September 27, 2006
http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=7331

Restriction on Nuns Seeking Alms in Tawu County of Tibet
Phayul.com, September 27, 2006
http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?article=Restri
ction+on+nuns+seeking+alms+in+Tawu+County+of+Tibet&id=1
4010n+Tawu+County+of+Tibet&id=14010

Wednesday, September 27, 2006

September 27, 2006


Top News of the Day

Religion – Christianity
中国释放梵蒂冈任命的主教贾治国 (Bishop Julius Jia Zhiguo Released After 10 Months of Detention)
Radio Free Asia, September 26, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/26/
zongjiao/
According to a report by the Associated Press, Vatican-appointed Catholic bishop Julius Jia Zhiguo (贾治国), aged 70, has been released and returned to his home in Zhengding, Hubei Province, after spending more than 10 months in police custody. Jia was taken away by government agents on November 8, 2005. Jia has spent some 20 years of his life in prison and has been detained by police eight times since 2004.


News

Corruption
去年11071人因贪贿被开除党籍 (11,071 Party Members Expelled from CPC Last Year for Corruption)
Legal Daily, September 27, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-09/27/content_
419167.htm

次轮巡视 重点各省市国企 (Authorities to Check Corruption in State-owned Enterprises)
Wen Wei Po, September 27, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH06092700
14&cat=002CH

以法治代党纪 以民主代豪言 (Editorial: Rule of Law Is More Authoritative Than Party Discipline)
Ming Pao, September 27, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060927/mra.htm

Education
Students Farm Labor Funds Schools
Shanghai Daily, September 27, 2006
http://shanghaidaily.com/art/2006/09/27/293106/Students_farm
_labor_funds_schools.htm

Environment
中国评论﹕整治污染 须务实勿做骚 (Commentary: Curbing Pollution Requires Practical Actions, Not Cosmetic Measures)
Ming Pao, September 27, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060927/caz1.htm

Government - Grassroots Elections
新会选举冲突再拘3人 (Three More Villagers Detained After Election Clashes in Xinhui City, Guangdong)
Ming Pao, September 27, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060927/cal1.htm

泛蓝郑州成员蔡爱民竞选遭软禁 (“Pan-blue Alliance” Member Running for People's Congress in Zhengzhou Put Under House Arrest)
Radio Free Asia, September 26, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/26/minzhu/

Human Rights Defenders – Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
胡佳一月内第三次被传唤 (Rights Defender Hu Jia Summoned for Third Time in Past Month)
Radio Free Asia, September 27, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/26/hujia/

Media
Even in Tightly Controlled China, Anyone Can Be a Reporter
YahooNews (China), September 26, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20060926/cm_csm/ychinni26_1

最高法院媒体限令引发争论 (Controversy over Supreme People's Court's New Policy on Mass Media)
Nanfang Weekend, September 21, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/zmzg/200609
210687.asp

专家分析中国博客网迅速发展原因 (Experts Analyze the Drastic Increase of Blogging in China)
Voice of America, September 27, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-09-27-voa3.cfm

Media - Internet Censorship
Dodging the Internet Censor
SCMP, September 27, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZ89DP9CRE.html

Police
Police Criticized for Protecting Businesses
SCMP, September 27, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZIGYM9CRE.html

Politics - CPC
六中全会下月8日召开 为期4天 (Sixth Plenary Session of the 16th CPC Central Committee Set to Convene Between October 8 and 11)
Ming Pao, September 27, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060927/caj1.htm

CPC Official Explains "Double Designations"
Xinhuanet, September 26, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-09/26/content_514
0779.htm

Politics - CPPCC
粤政协无故缺席两次撤职 (Guangzhou CPPCC Representatives to Be Sacked If Absent from More than Two Meetings)
Ming Pao, September 27, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060927/cap1.htm

Protests and Petitions - Three Gorges
三峡移民天安门广场下跪 (Three Gorges Villagers Petition at Tiananmen Square)
Radio Free Asia, September 26, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/26/
sanxia/

Tuesday, September 26, 2006

September 26, 2006

Top News of the Day
Media - Press Freedom
广州四家媒体八名记者采访遭围殴 (Eight Reporters Beaten for Trying to Report on Car Accident in Guangzhou)
Nanfang Daily, September 26, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/200
609260153.asp
Eight reporters from four newspapers were assaulted by public order personnel, security guards and unidentified men for trying to report on a deadly car accident on September 25. Three of the journalists were injured and some of their equipment was damaged. The police are investigating the incident, but a vice-chairman of the town in which the car accident took place denied any beating.

News
Civil Society - Public Participation
小区规划调整须2/3业主同意 《广州市城市规划条例》细则出炉 (New Policy in Guangzhou Stipulates Changes to Town Planning in Smaller Districts Need Agreement from 2/3 of Property Owners)
Nanfang City News, September 26, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/20
0609260323.asp

Corruption
China Vows No Let-up in Graft Scandal Probe
Reuters (via YahooNews), September 26, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060926/wl_nm/china_corruption
_dc_7;_ylt=Agf.1ZQ.8HRQTKmPxzFQEqFPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMT
BiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUlQTKmPxzFQEqFPzWQA;_y
lu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

北京教委：学校收营养餐回扣是从学生嘴里抠钱 (Beijing Education Commission: Schools Take Kick-backs from Students' Lunch Boxes)
Xinhuanet, September 26, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/edu/2006-09/25/content_5130364.h
tm

Death Penalty
葫芦岛一个黑社会性质团伙三名成员被判处死刑 (Trio Sentenced to Death for Murder and Assault in Liaoning Province)
Xinhuanet, September 23, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-09/23/conten
t_5128359.htm

最高法新闻发言人介绍死刑二审开庭程序司法解释 (Supreme People's Court Spokesman Introduces Judicial Interpretation on the Procedures for Holding Trials of the Second Instance Involving the Death Penalty)
Xinhuanet, June 25, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-09/25/conten
t_5136641.htm

Gender
Gender Imbalance Worries China, Gov't Takes Action
Xinhuanet, September 22, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-09/22/c
ontent_5125801.htm

Government
政府信息公开条例起草工作正在进行有望今年出台 (Regulation on Disclosure of Government Information Will Likely Pass in 2006)
Xinhuanet, September 26, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/video/2006-09/
26/content_5138772.htm

Human Rights Defenders
陈毓祥逝世10周年 内地拒保钓代表来港 (Mainland Activist Refused Border Pass to Hong Kong to Commemorate 10th Anniversary of Death of Diaoyu Islands Campaigner)
Ming Pao, September 26, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060926/gdb1.htm

Human Rights Defender – Lawyer - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
高智晟案新情况: 公安局拒绝律师会面要求 (Update on Gao Zhisheng's Case: Public Security Bureau Refuses Lawyer’s Request to Meet with Gao)
Radio Free Asia, September 26, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/25/gao/

Human Rights Defender – Petitioner – Fu Xiancai (付先财)
Paralyzed Chinese Dissident Arrives in Beijing Clinic
Deutsche Presse Agentur (via the Raw Story), September 23, 2006
http://rawstory.com/news/2006/Paralyzed_Chinese_dissident
_arrives_09232006.html

Media
社论：斥责媒体“无知”　源于部门“漠视” (Editorial: Ministry of Education Finally Comments on Media Reports About Impoverished Students)
Nanfang Daily, September 26, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/2
00609260560.asp

Media - Internet Censorship
中国"新奇军"网站因讨论时政被关闭 (Chinese Website Shut Down for Discussing Politics)
Radio Free Asia, September 25, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/
25/wangzhan/

Olympics
Beijing Shutting Schools for Olympics: Rights Group
Reuters (via YahooNews), September 26, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060926/wl_nm/china_rights_sch
ools_dc_1;_ylt=AmXFbH47vam4UE01FNGr5wJPzWQA;_ylu=X3o
DMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUlH47vam4UE01FNGr5w
JPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Protests and Petitions
Grass Roots Pressures Forge China's Civil Rights Movement
Radio Free Asia, September 25, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/social/2006/09/25/chi
na_civilrights/

披露江阴野蛮拆迁黑幕 维权村民被非法羁押 (Rights Defender Chen Jiajin Illegally Detained for Exposing Land Grabs in Jiangyin, Jiangsu Province)
Radio Free Asia, September 25, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/0
9/25/weiquan/

Public Health
卫生部称医改不会效仿别国模式 目前无详细方案 (Health Care Reforms Won't Follow Models of Other Countries, Says Ministry of Health)
EastDay.com, June 25, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/n
ode162962/u1a2341812.htmll

Society
专家分析中国社会动乱的经济和制度因素 (Experts Analyze Causes of Social Unrest in China)
Radio Free Asia, September 25, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/0
9/25/dongluan/

Tibet
China Steps Up Exposure of 11th Panchen Lama
Zee News, September 24, 2006
http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?aid=325045&sid=WOR

North Korea - Refugees
For a Better Life, North Koreans Turn 'Traitor'
International Herald Tribune, September 25, 2006
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/09/25/news/defect.php

Monday, September 25, 2006

September 23 - 25, 2006

Top News of the Day
Protests and Petitions - Police Power Abuse
湖北荆州发生抗议警察暴力的学生暴动 (Over 400 Students Protest Police Brutality in Jingzhou, Hubei Province)
Radio Free Asia, September 24, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
09/24/baodong/
Over 400 students protested what they believed was a police assault on a student in Jingzhou (荆州), Hubei Province on September 21. The students believe the police used excessive force in arresting the student, who was charged with illegal gambling. The students demanded an explanation, blocked highways and damaged police vehicles. Police denied allegations of police brutality.

Protests and Petitions - Labor
四川遂宁数十名下岗职工上访遭警察殴打 (40 Laid-off Workers Beaten for Protesting at Government Building in Suining, Sichuan Province)
Radio Free Asia, September 22, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2006/09/22/chongtu/
According to Human Rights in China, 40 laid-off workers were beaten up and several arrested in Suining （遂宁）, Sichuan Province on September 20. A CPC Committee cadre reportedly instructed the hospital not to treat the injured protestors. Three petitioners have been detained.
News

Death Penalty
疑难案件院长或庭长主审 合议庭庭前审查八项重点 (New Judicial Interpretation Lists 8 Criteria for Holding Open Appeal Trials for Death Penalty Cases)
Legal Daily, September 25, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-09/25/c
ontent_417370.htm

最高人民法院 最高人民检察院 关于死刑第二审案件开庭审理若干问题的规定(试行) (New Regulation on Certain Questions Regarding Holding Trials of the Second Instance Involving the Death Penalty (Provisional))
Legal Daily, September 25, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-09/25/c
ontent_417302.htm

Education
京关民校 百童暴晒上堂 (Hundreds of Migrant Workers' Children Forced to Take Class Outdoors due to School Closure)
Ming Pao, September 25, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060925/ccb1.htm

Environment
Emissions-trading Event for Beijing
SCMP, September 23, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZHKKM9CRE.html

Government
中国将公开除机密外所有审计结果 (China to Announce All Non-Classified Audit Results)
Voice of America, September 24, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-09-24-voa23.cfm

Thousands of Officials Own up on Mine Shares)
SCMP, September 23, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ2K6P9CRE.html

中国阻挠维权者参与基层人大选举 (China Blocks Rights Defenders' Participation in Local Elections)
Voice of America, September 22, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-09-22-voa28.cfm

民间组织人士参选人代 望贴近大众传关爱文化 (Representatives of Civil Organizations Run for Local People's Congress Elections)
Radio Free Asia, September 22, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/200
6/09/22/xuanju/

Human Rights Defender – Journalist - Shi Tao (師濤)
Jailed Chinese Journalist to Sue Yahoo in US Renewed Focus on Net Freedom)
PC Advisor, September 25, 2006
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=7143

Human Rights Defenders
湖北赤壁农民维权领袖被拘留 (Farmers' Representative in Hubei Province Detained for Planning to Go to Beijing to Protest Resettlement Compensation)
Radio Free Asia, September 24, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/24/hubei/

Land Policy
State Media Slams House Price Policy
SCMP, September 25, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ0X6P9CRE.html

江西南昌县城管拆房与村民发生冲突 (Hundreds of Villagers Clash with Authorities over Forced Evictions in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province)
Radio Free Asia, September 22, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/0
9/22/chaiqian/

Law
中国尝试让职业律师出任司法系统官员 (China Experiments with Letting Lawyers Work as Judicial Officials)
Radio Free Asia, September 22, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/22/lvshi/
Media
收紧新闻自由 不美丽的误会 (Commentary: New Measures on Foreign News Agencies Do Not Bring Additional Censorship)
Ming Pao, September 25, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060925/car1.htm

Xinhua Ignores Critics of New Media Rules
Financial Times, September 25, 2006
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/b37b2844-4c22-11db-90d
2-0000779e2340.html

Multilateral
UN人权报告：非人道酷刑在中国仍然普遍 (Torture Still Common in China: UN Special Rapporteur on Torture)
Radio Free Asia, September 22, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/22/NU/

Politics
中共省级党委 下月起大換届 (CPC Committees at Provincial Level to Hold Elections Starting Next Month)
Wen Wei Po, September 25, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?cat=001YO&new
s_id=YO0609250001

Protests and Petitions
深圳阻台商倒扁活动夭折 (Taiwanese Merchants Prevented from Holding Demonstration Against Taiwanese President in Shenzhen)
Ming Pao, September 25, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060925/cac1.htm

政府借着改制变更资源使用权 未获赔偿安置的村民抗议 (Hundreds of Villagers Protest Lack of Compensation over Land Grabs in Wuhan, Hubei Province)
Radio Free Asia, September 23, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/23/kangyi/

Social Security
Social Insurance System Covers 6% More Chinese Each Year
Xinhuanet, September 24, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-09/24/content_
5130189.htm

Hong Kong
Beijing Courts Religious Leaders to Enhance United Front
SCMP, September 25, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZCY9P9CRE.html

HK Delegates Plan More Active Role
SCMP, September 25, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZT0SM9CRE.html

Friday, September 22, 2006

September 22, 2006

Education
沪教科书淡化中共史 (New History Textbooks in Shanghai Put Less Emphasis on CPC History)
Ming Pao, September 22, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060922/cal1.htm

Shanghai to Further Protect Rights of Women and Kids
EastDay.com, September 21, 2006
http://english.eastday.com/eastday/englishedition/metro
/userobject1ai2336769.html

Environment
Haze Exposes Flaws in Pollution Index
SCMP, September 22, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZXX2P9CRE.html

Why Green Watchdogs Are Losing a Dirty War
SCMP, September 22, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZS9LM9CRE.html

Gender
深圳二奶职业化 (Mistresses in Shenzhen Getting Professional)
Ming Pao, September 22, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060922/cca1.htm

Human Trafficking Gang Caught in the Act
China Daily, September 21, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-09/21/content_693
614.htm

Government
Over 900 Million Chinese Vote for Government-approved Candidates
AsiaNews.it, September 22, 2006
http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=7270

Human Rights Defender – Lawyer - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
律师无法确定何时能见到高智晟 (Lawyer Can't Tell When He Can Meet Rights Defender Gao Zhisheng)
Radio Free Asia, September 21, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/2
1/gao/

June 4th - Prisoner
Worker Arrested at Tiananmen Released
AP( via YahooNews), September 21, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060921/ap_on_re_as/china
_tiananmen_prisoner_1;_ylt=Aov.gcSKXm02WiNoofslE4ZPzWQ
A;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUlAov.gcSK
Xm02WiNoofslE4ZPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mB
HNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Land Policy
国务院罕有驳回土地规划 (State Council Rejects Land Use Plan as Farmlands Are Not Adequately Protected)
Wen Wei Po, September 22, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH0609220
014&cat=002CH

Media
《突发事件应对法》明年出台 (Law on Public Emergencies to be Passed Next Year)
China Youth Daily, September 22, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-09/22/content_1519621.htm

Multilateral - SCO
China Urges Tougher Counter Terrorism Measures at SCO Meet
AFP (via YahooNews), September 21, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060921/wl_asia_afp/chinarussia
casia_060921160057;_ylt=Ajk0kJW0Tz6_Z24qfmgup_VPzWQA;_
ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUlylt=Ajk0kJW0
Tz6_Z24qfmgup_VPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNl
YwMlJVRPUC

Protests and Petitions
Furious Women Protest in Shanghai over Flawed US-Japanese Cosmetics
Today Online, September 21, 2006
http://www.todayonline.com/articles/143931.asp

汕尾东洲佛诞庆典改游行 要求土地赔偿及惩凶 (Hundreds of Villagers Protest to Demand Compensation for Land Grabs and Investigation for Deadly Crackdown in Dongzhou, Guangdong Province)
Radio Free Asia, September 21, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/21/
youxing/

十一前上海访民又被公安警告及威胁 (Shanghai Petitioners Threatened Again Ahead of China's National Day)
Radio Free Asia, September 21, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/21/10.1/

Public Health
“媒体炒作”医改新方案 凸现公共信息不足 (Criticisms of Media Speculation on Health Care Reforms Only Manifest Authorities' Lack of Transparency)
China Youth Daily, September 22, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-09/22/content_1519691.htm

医改新政拟覆盖全民基本医保 (Proposed Health Care Reforms to Cover All Basic Treatment)
The Beijing News, September 22, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0546/2006/0920/0
18@210279.htm

Society
Great Efforts Made to Prevent Cultural Assimilation: Chinese Official
People's Daily, September 22, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200609/21/eng20060
921_305012.html

State Security
社科院强化纪律防渗透 (CASS Strengthens Discipline to Avoid Spying)
Ming Pao, September 22, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060922/can1.htm

Xinjiang
Terrorist Bombings Averted in Xinjiang
Ohmynews.com, September 22, 2006
http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.
asp?no=315073&rel_no=1

Thursday, September 21, 2006

September 21, 2006

Top News of the Day
Protests and Petitions
十一之前北京加紧戒备 (Over 200 Petitioners Arrested and One Beaten to Death in Beijing Ahead of National Day)
Radio Free Asia, September 21, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/20/10.1/
Over 200 petitioners were arrested in Beijing on September 20, just 11 days before China’s National Day. All around Beijing, police are stepping up measures to control petitioning activities during the holiday period. One petitioner reported being told that they were not to do anything in relation to human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, or they would be handled as Falun Gong practitioners. Eight other people protested the beating to death of an elderly petitioner at the American Embassy in Beijing and were arrested on September 18.

News
Two Men Executed for Killing Seven with Poison Gas in Robbery
People's Daily, September 20, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200609/20/eng200609
20_304643.html

Government
維权者告政府剥夺参选权 (Rights Defender Sues Government for Depriving Him of Right to Run for Local Elections)
Ming Pao, September 21, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060921/can1.htm

监督法给我们带来什么？ (What Are the Effects of the Supervision Law?)
Nanfang Weekend, September 21, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/zmzg/20
0609140733.asp

武汉公安投票日前扣押独立候选人 (Wuhan Police Arrest Independent Candidate Ahead of Voting Day for Local Elections)
Radio Free Asia, September 20, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/20
06/09/20/wuhan/

Human Rights
报告：中国人权状况一年来有退步 (US Congressional-Executive Commission on China’s Annual Report: Human Rights Situation Has Worsened in Past Year)
Voice of America, September 21, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-09-21-voa11.cfm

Land Policy
加大地方政府土地违法问责力度 (Local Governments to Take More Responsibility for Illegal Land Grabs, Says Minister of Land and Resources)
Legal Daily, September 21, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-09/21/content
_415022.htm

Land Policy
浙江临海动用武警强征农田 (Paramilitary Police Used Tear-gas Bombs in Land Grabs in Linhai, Zhejiang Province on August 1)
Radio Free Asia, September 21, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/
20/zhejiang/

Media
国务院副总理曾培炎：互联网发挥着重要作用 (Vice-premier Hails Benefits of Internet at International Conference in Beijing)
Xinhuanet, September 21, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/tech/2006-09/21/cont
ent_5118812.htm

媒体评论案件不能简单归为“媒体审判” (Media Comments on Court Decisions Should Not Be Seen as "Media Trials")
Nanfang Daily, September 21, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/20
0609210399.asp

新规定后日本通信社与新华社续约 (Japan’s Jiji Press Is First Foreign News Agency to Renew Contract with Xinhua)
Voice of America, September 20, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-09-20-voa50.cfm

U.S. Business Urges China to Suspend Media Rules
Reuters, September 20, 2006
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlebusiness.aspx?type=ousiv&s
toryID=2006-09-20T103911Z_01_PEK22664_RTRIDST_0_BUS
INESSPRO-MEDIA-CHINA-DC.XML&from=business20T
103911Z_01_PEK22664_RTRIDST_0_BUSINESSPRO-MED
IA-CHINA-

Olympics
Beijing Ponders Construction Workers' Future Post-Olympics
Channel News Asia, September 21, 2006
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific_bu
siness/view/231493/1/.html

China Accused over Olympics Pledges
Financial Times, September 21, 2006
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/f1c08b80-48c6-11db-a996-000
0779e2340.html

Public Health
China Trails Neighbours in Pandemic Flu Strategy
SCMP, September 21, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZGQZO9CRE.html

Expert: AIDS Situation in Henan Under Initial Control
China Daily, September 21, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-09/20/conte
nt_693348.htm

Rising Incidence of Birth Defects in China Rings Alarm
People's Daily, September 20, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200609/20/eng200609
20_304612.html

Religion
大赦国际呼吁全球各界救援卜东伟 (Amnesty International Calls for Release of Asia Foundation Employee and Falun Gong Practitioner Bu Dongwei)
Voice of America, September 21, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-09-21-voa12.cfm

Tibet
Panchen Lama's Disappearance Case Highlighted at the United Nations
Phayul.com, September 20, 2006
http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=13943&
article=Panchen+Lamaarance+Case+Highlighted+at+the+United
+Nations&t=1&c=1

Wednesday, September 20, 2006

September 20, 2006

Top News of the Day

Tibet
Another Tibetan Monk Arrested
Radio Free Asia, September 19, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2006/09/19/tibet_karze/
Lobsang Palden, a 22-year-old Monk at Karze monastery in Sichuan Province, has been reportedly detained after police raided his room and found several incriminating documents, including photos of the Dalai Lama. Reports say that he was the eighth monk arrested by Chinese policy in the Karze area this year.


News

Bilateral Ties
Into Africa
SCMP, September 20, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZE4EM9CRE.html

Civil Society - NGOs
党校专家倡限NGO四类活动 (Expert Suggests Limiting 4 Types of NGO Activities)
Wen Wei Po, September 20, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH0609
200005&cat=002CH

Environment
环保NGO自制“水污染地图数据库” (Environmental NGOs Build Water Pollution Database)
China Youth Daily, September 20, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-09/20/content_1516311.htm

组织：中国治污关键在信息透明 (NGO: Key to Reducing Pollution Is Transparency of Information)
Voice of America, September 20, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-09-20-voa7.cfm

Activist: China Needs to Break Ties Between Polluting Industry, Local Officials
China Post, September 19, 2006
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/i_latestdetail.asp?id=41149

Government
Lecturer's District Election Bid Thwarted
SCMP, September 20, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ9CAM9CRE.html

Hukou
Guangdong Seeks Tougher Rules for Foreign Residents
SCMP, September 20, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ3VRO9CRE.html

Human Rights Defenders – Journalist – Ching Cheong (程翔)
疑点重重的判辞／文﹕陈文敏 (Commentary: Ching Cheong's Verdict Raises Many Doubts)
Ming Pao, September 20, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060920/msa.htm

Human Rights Defenders – Petitioner – Fu Xiancai (付先财)
德媒体助维权人士付先财接受治疗 (German Media Aids in Treatment of Human Rights Defender Fu Xiancai)
Voice of America, September 20, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-09-20-voa8.cfm

Human Rights Defenders – Petitioner - Zhao Xin（赵昕）
失踪多日的赵昕暗示父亲不要接受采访 (Missing Rights Defender Zhao Xin Tells Father Not to Give Media Interviews)
Radio Free Asia, September 19, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/19/zhaoxin/

Land Policy - Land Disputes
兰台村400亩耕地撂荒的背后 (The Story Behind The 'Abandoned Farmland' in Lantai Village in Shenyang City)
China Youth Daily, September 20, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-09/20/content_1516351.htm

不仅仅是违法占地 (Land Grabs Are Not the Only Problems in Lantai Village)
China Youth Daily, September 20, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-09/20/content_1516346.htm

江阴政府继续强行拆迁施工 (Forced Eviction Continues in Jiangyin, Jiangsu Province)
Radio Free Asia, September 19, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/19/shigong/

Media - Censorship / Press Freedom
Cut the Bonds of Ignorance
SCMP, September 20, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZ7URO9CRE.html

Report: Jackie Chan Says Villain Role Rejected by Chinese Censors
International Herald Tribune, September 20, 2006
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/09/19/arts/AS_AE_CEL
_Jackie_Chan_Villain_Role.phpE_CEL_Jackie_Chan_Villain_
Role.php

Media - Internet Censorship
Behind the Great Firewall
Ohmynews.com, September 18, 2006
http://www.worldpress.org/Asia/2494.cfm

Politics - CPC
中共十六届六中全会的两项主要议程 (Two Important Items on the Agenda for the Sixth Plenary Session of the 16th CPC Central Committee )
Radio Free Asia, September 19, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/19/ccp/

Protests and Petitions
周永康强调要妥善处理群体性事件 (Public Security Chief Emphasizes Proper Management of Mass Incidents)
Radio Free Asia, September 19, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/19/riots/

Public Health
Taskforce Set Up to Co-ordinate Universal Medical Reform Plan
SCMP, September 20, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZFVRO9CRE.html

期待医改新方案——可持续、求适度、行得通 (Three Important Elements Expected in Health Care Reforms: Sustainability, Adaptability and Feasibility)
Nanfang Daily, September 20, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/200609
200358.asp

Public Health - HIV-AIDS/STDs
卫生部将增加10县市开展艾滋病死因调查 (Survey on Deaths from AIDS Extends to 10 More Cities, Says Ministry of Health)
EastDay.com, September 19, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node161840/u1a2331050.htmll

Religion
The Ties That Bind
Russian Profile, September 19, 2006
http://www.russiaprofile.org/culture/2006/9/19/4409.wbp

State Security
China, Tajikistan to Hold Military Exercise
Xinhuanet, September 19, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-09/19/content_
5111376.htm

Tibet
北京怕达赖喇嘛回西藏采两面手法 (Why Beijing Doesn’t Want the Dalai Lama to Return to Tibet)
Voice of America, September 19, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-09-19-voa33.cfm
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