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.

Tuesday, October 31, 2006

October 28 - 31, 2006

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender – Rebiya Kadeer (热比娅)
Sons of Exiled Muslim Leader Tried in China, Sister Says
China Post, October 29, 2006
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/asiapacific/detail.asp?GRP=C&id=
93961
Two sons of Rebiya Kadeer, a Uyghur human rights defender in exile, have been tried in China on tax fraud charges, their sister said on October 27. Kahar Abdureyim and Alim Abdureyim were not allowed to defend themselves in the closed trial, which four family members were allowed to attend. The verdict will be announced in about 10 days.

News
Bilateral Ties
China Role in Peaceful World Questioned
Reuters (via YahooNews), October 30, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061030/ts_nm/china_usa_repo
rt_dc_2

Civil Society
壮大环保民间组织亟需法律撑腰 (Commentary: Legal Support Vital for Growth of Green Social Organizations)
Legal Daily, October 31, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-10/31/content_441561.
htm

Ease Control of NGOs, Experts Urge Beijing
SCMP, October 30, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZLQ6BYSTE.html

Corruption
陕西大荔冰雹灾民获补偿 救灾款平均每人仅一元 (Each Hailstorm Victim Gets 1 Yuan for Compensation in Shaanxi
EastDay.com, October 31, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/20061
031/u1a2410977.html

Death Penalty
Beijing to Reclaim Death Penalty Power
SCMP, October 28, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ4F7Q3PTE.html

大学生不甘失恋锤杀女友 作案后网聊自称杀人 (College Student in Sichuan Sentenced to Death for Murdering Ex-Girlfriend
Xinhuanet, October 31, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/society/2006-10/31/content_52701
54.htm

Freedom of Speech
北京自由主义知识分子丁东被国安局抄家 (Beijing-Based Liberal Ding Dong Taken Away for "Endangering State Security" but Later Released)
Radio Free Asia, October 29, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/29/ding
dong/

Government
行政僭越立法已成惯性 立法机关不能一再容忍 (Commentary: Legislative, Not Executive Branch Should Legislate on Road Toll)
Nanfang City News, October 31, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/20061031048
9.asp

关键词：养路费 (Road Tolls to Continue in 2007 Under New Notice)
Nanfang City News, October 31, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/20061031047
4.asp

正厅级高官涉强奸逍遥法外　举报案相关者遭报复 (Senior Cadre in Jiangsu Remains at Post Despite Rape Accusations)
Radio Free Asia, October 30, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/30/jubao/

Human Rights Defenders - Ching Cheong (程翔)
Ching Cheong Appeal on Spy Verdict Is Dealt a Blow
SCMP, October 28, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZ0F7Q3PTE.html

Labor
Human Resource: Minimum Hourly-Wage Standards Announced
China Daily, October 30, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2006-10/30/content_720
122.htm

Land Policy
江西南丰强迁千余坟 (Villagers in Nanfeng, Jiangxi Forced to Resettle Ancestors' Graves)
The Beijing News, October 31, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0567/2006/10-31/014@21858
5.htm

住宅用地被一地两卖 住户多次抗争 (Residents Clash with Security Guards over Land Dispute in Nanjing)
Radio Free Asia, October 30, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/30/tudi/

Law
Crackdown Vow on Corrupt Judges
SCMP, October 31, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZPCV9YSTE.html

Minor to Have Guardians by Side During Police Questioning
People's Daily, October 31, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200610/31/eng20061031_316
599.html

Media - Internet Censorship
China's Lawmakers Consider Banning Children from Internet Cafes
AFP (via YahooNews), October 30, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061030/wl_asia_afp/chinainterne
tcrime_061030064233

Google Defiant Over Censorship in China
African. News. Dimension, October 30, 2006
http://www.andnetwork.com/index?service=direct/0/Home/recen
t.titleStory&sp=l54893

Migrant Workers
City Faces Challenge in Rising Tide of Migrants
Shanghai Daily, October 30, 2006
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/art/2006/10/30/295621/City_
faces_challenge_in_rising_tide_of_migrants.htm

In Brief: Mainland's Migrant Population Reaches 150m
SCMP, October 30, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZGP5AYSTE.html

Olympics
IOC Certain of Free Press for Games
SCMP, October 29, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZIINW3PTE.html

Police
Chinese Senior Official Stresses Grassroots Police Ideological Work
People's Daily, October 31, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200610/31/eng20061031_3167
24.html

Protests and Petitions
Police Prevent Mass Student Protest
SCMP, October 31, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZDQ6BYSTE.html

不满裁判　广州千名球迷骚乱 (1000 Soccer Fans in Guangzhou Riot over Referee's Decisions)
Radio Free Asia, October 30, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/30/guangz
hou/

China: Even Geriatric Dissent Is Intolerable
New Statesman, October 30, 2006
http://www.newstatesman.com/200610300026

Hu Briefed After Thousands of Jiangxi Students Go on Rampage
SCMP, October 29, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZNH5Q3PTE.html

Public Health
In Brief: Court Upholds Ban on Toxic Breast Implant Gel
SCMP, October 31, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZZY7BYSTE.html

Blind Face Tough Battle in Overcoming Hardship
SCMP, October 30, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZQIS9YSTE.html

Religion
35 Arrested Christians in Xinjiang Released After Interrogation
Christian News Wire, October 27, 2006
http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/775531336.html

Tibet
China Draws a Veil Across the Mountains
The Guardian, October 28, 2006
http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,,1933798,00.html

European Parliament Adopts a Resolution on Tibet and the Commission Finds Chinese Policy in Tibet Is Inconsistent
Phayul.com, October 27, 2006
http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=14474&article=
European+Parliament+Adopts+A+Resolution+On+Tibet+And
+The+Commission+Finds+Chinese+Policy+In+Tibet

Xinjiang
China Asserts Grip on Key Western Province
Mercury News, October 26, 2006
http://www.miami.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/1585240
1.htm?source=rss&channel=mercurynews_world

Friday, October 27, 2006

Octobr 27, 2006

Top News of the Day
Protests and Petitions
Report: China Students Clash with Police
AP( via YahooNews), October 26, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061026/ap_on_re_as/china_stu
dent_protest_1
According to the Hong Kong-based Information Centre for Human Rights and Democracy, 10,000 college students clashed with the police in Jiangxi in four days of protests beginning October 21 over their academic status. The Centre said the protestors were ethnic minorities, including 2,000 Uighurs, and they were calling for a protest march to be held on October 29.

News
Bilateral Ties
评论：西方对中国人权的影响减弱 (Commentary: Western Countries Have Less Influence on China's Human Rights Situation)
Voice of America, October 26, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-10-26-voa37.cfm

Corruption
中纪委300人查北京 (300 Officials from the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection Investigate Corruption in Beijing)
Ming Pao, October 27, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20061027/cae1.htm

Probe into Shenzhen Judiciary Escalates
SCMP, October 27, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZZ4KW3PTE.html

腐败犯罪呈现“权力期权化”等四大新特点 (Four New Trends in Corruption)
Xinhuanet, October 26, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-10/26/content_525009
2.htm

Death Penalty
河南濮阳县4名破坏输油管道罪犯被执行死刑 (Four Men Executed for Destroying Oil Pipelines in Henan)
Xinhuanet, October 27, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-10/27/content_5256310
.htm

Human Rights
Beijing to Push Sudan on Rights
SCMP, October 27, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZJ4KW3PTE.html

Human Rights Defender – Zan Aizong (昝爱宗)
昝爱宗状告国家新闻出版总署 (Journalist Zan Aizong Sues GAPP over Cancellation of Press Card)
Radio Free Asia, October 26, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/26/zanai
zong/

Human Rights Defender - Zhu Yufu (朱虞夫)
朱虞夫被防暴队抓走 (Zhu Yufu Taken Away by Riot Police)
Radio Free Asia, October 26, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/26/zhu/

Human Rights Defender –Rebiya Kadeer (热比娅)
Woman Champions Rights for Ethnic Minority in China
Voice of America, October 25, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/english/AmericanLife/2006-10-25-vo
a41.cfm

June 4th - EU Arms Ban
China, France Urge EU to Lift Arms Ban Against China
Xinhuanet, October 26, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-10/26/content_52531
53.htm

Law - Criminal Law and Procedure
官员婚外性行为"退后一步是作风" 性贿赂入罪难 (Difficulties in Prosecuting Cases Involving "Sexual Bribery")
EastDay.com, October 27, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node
168457/u1a2404408.html

Media
秦中飞“短信诽谤案”不应就此结束 ("Text Message Libel Case" Should Not End Now)
China Youth Daily, October 27, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-10/27/content_1553181.htm

Apology for Poetic Clerk Accused of Libel
SCMP, October 27, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZTS3Q3PTE.html

中国评论﹕无独立媒体 何来新闻自由 (Commentary: No Media Freedom Without an Independent Media)
Ming Pao, October 27, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20061027/cau1.htm

京官：无人因反政府言论被捕 (No One Arrested for Anti-Government Speech: Beijing Cadre)
Ming Pao, October 27, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20061027/cab2.htm

China Forms a New Team to Regulate Internet Blogs
The Epoch Times, October 26, 2006
http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/6-10-26/47433.html

申报新闻高级职称要发“正面报道”？ (Journalists in Anhui Required to Publish "Positive Reports" if They Want Promotion)
Nanfang Weekend, October 26, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/zmzg/20061026066
9.asp

驻沪记者发表报道声援中央对上海官场的整治 (Shanghai Journalists Careful About Reporting on Chen Liangyu Case)
Radio Free Asia, October 26, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/26/shan
ghai/

Olympics
Wen Allays Fears
The Standard, October 26, 2006
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=1
9&art_id=30195&sid=10541988&con_type=1

Xinhua Awarded Host News Agency for Beijing Games
Xinhuanet, October 26, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-10/26/content_525436
6.htm

China Considers Beijing Shutdown for Olympics
Australian Broadcasting Corporation, October 25, 2006
http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2006/s1773677.htm

Police
北京成立民警维权机构 9个月为500民警"正名" (Beijing Local Authorities Establish Police Rights Defense Organ to "Restore Justice")
Xinhuanet, October 26, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-10/26/content_525007
2.htm

控告中国佛教协会会长 女居士被送精神病院 (Buddhist Supporter of Master Shengguan Sent to Psychiatric Hospital)
Radio Free Asia, October 26, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/26/zongj
iao/

Protests and Petitions
Begging for Justice in China's Capital
Christian Science Monitor, October 26, 2006
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1026/p07s02-woap.html

Religion – Christianity
家庭教会基督徒起诉地方政府违法拘留 (Three Protestant Church Members in Shandong Sue Local Government over Illegal Detention)
Radio Free Asia, October 26, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/26/zongj
iao1/

Thursday, October 26, 2006

October 26, 2006

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defenders - Li Jianping (李建平)
李建平网上撰文被判两年 家属将上诉 (Li Jianping Given 2 Years’ Imprisonment for Illegal Articles on Internet, Will Appeal)
RFA, October 25, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/25/li/
On October 25, dissident Li Jianping (李建平) was sentenced to two years' imprisonment on charges of “inciting subversion” for publishing critical essays on overseas websites, according to his wife. She says an appeal will be filed, contending that the court has not established how the articles involved any incitement of subversion.
News
Bilateral Ties
Chirac in China Highlights Human Rights Issue
AFP (via YahooNews), October 25, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061025/wl_asia_afp/olychn2
006china_061025134206

Corruption
Anti-Corruption Authorities Forge First Int'l Body for Graft Fighting
People's Daily, October 26, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200610/26/eng20061026_31
5134.html

Education
西安邮院劝退300多学生引起争议 (Dispute Grows as College in Xi'an Asks 300 Students to Leave)
Radio Free Asia, October 25, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/25/xian/

Gender
上海审议妇保实施办法草案 性骚扰有细化界定 (Shanghai Specifies Forms of Sexual Harassment to Implement Law for Protection of Women and Children)
EastDay.com, October 26, 2006
http://xwcb.eastday.com/c/20061026/u1a200851.html

Woman Jailed for Immigration Fraud
Hong Kong Government, October 24, 2006
http://www.news.gov.hk/en/category/lawandorder/061024/html/
061024en08003.htm

Human Rights Defender
民主党成员池建伟被刑事拘留 (Democracy Party Member Chi Jianwei Placed Under Criminal Detention)
Radio Free Asia, October 25, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/25/minzhu/

Human Rights Defender - Gao Yu (高瑜)
中国记者高瑜再获国际媒体勇气奖 (Journalist Gao Yu Receives International Women’s Media Award Again)
Voice of America, October 25, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-10-25-voa39.cfm

Human Rights Defender
中国家庭教会成员徐永海被警察传讯 (Protestant House Church Member Xu Yonghai Summoned by Police)
Radio Free Asia, October 25, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/25/jiaohui/

Labor
买断工龄 国企裁员绝招 ("Buying Off Workers' Seniority" Is Common Dismissal Tactic for SOEs)
Apple Daily, October 26, 2006
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?iss_i
d=20061026&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=64445873
35&subsec_id=15336&art_id=6444587

Law - Legal Aid
怀柔法律援助降低门槛 (District in Beijing to Reduce Threshold for Legal Aid Application)
The Beijing News, October 26, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0558/2006/10-26/021@21755
0.htm

Media
Media Explosion Tests China's Control
BBC, October 26, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6066568.stm

学校也要建新闻发布制 (Schools to Establish Spokesperson System)
Nanfang City News, October 26, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/djjz/200610260541.
asp

Shanghai Bans Ads Promoting 'Corruption Tourism'
SignonSandiego.com, October 24, 2006
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20061024-0238-chin
a-advertisement.html

Migrant Workers
农民工调查：农民工子女城里年均学费2450元 (Migrant Workers Survey: Annual School Fees for Migrant Children Cost 2,450 Yuan)
People's Daily, October 26, 2006
http://pic.people.com.cn/GB/42589/4957074.html

为女工维权律师遭暴打 律师协会将承担其住院费用 (Shanghai Lawyer Beaten for Aiding Female Migrant Worker)
EastDay.com, October 26, 2006
http://xwwb.eastday.com/x/20061025/u1a200602.html

Survey: More than Half Migrant Workers Hope to Settle in Cities
Xinhuanet, October 25, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-10/25/content_524872
6.htm

Poverty
听众：中国执行扶贫政策弊端严重 (Audience: Serious Problems in Implementation of Anti-Poverty Policies)
Voice of America, October 25, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/m2006-10-25-voa59.cfm

Protests and Petitions - Labor
百名前员工示威赠兴 工行上市在即 北京总行遇抗议 (100 Former Employees Protest Forced Early Retirement at Beijing’s Industrial and Commercial Bank of China)
Apple Daily, October 26, 2006
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?iss_i
d=20061026&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=644458633
5&subsec_id=15336&art_id=6444586

Protests and Petitions - Olympics
Songs of Resistance
Channel4, October 24, 2006
http://www.channel4.com/news/special-reports/special-reports-st
orypage.jsp?id=3696

Public Health
Shenzhen Woman Wins Partial Victory in Toxic Gel Appeal
SCMP, October 26, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZHYGW3PTE.html

Repression Under China: Murder in the Mountains
The Independent, October 25, 2006
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article1927123.ece

Wednesday, October 25, 2006

October 25, 2006

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defenders
Activists Infected with HIV Detained
SCMP, October 25, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZV6K8QLTE.html
After three HIV-positive hemophiliacs were detained by police in Shanghai yesterday, 30 hemophilic petitioners gathered outside the municipal government building last night to demand their release. One of the petitioners believed the detention of the trio was related to their attendance at a forum held last month, when they appealed to the health authorities that sold them an HIV-tainted blood product.

News
Bilateral Ties
Brussels' China Strategy 'Ignores Human Rights'
Financial Times, October 25, 2006
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/13471cc8-6385-11db-bc82-0000779e
2340,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2340,_i_rs
sPage=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2340.html

Death Penalty
沪最大涉黑案主犯判极刑 曾自称"上海滩最大流氓" ("Biggest Gangster in Shanghai" Sentenced to Death)
EastDay.com, October 25, 2006
http://why.eastday.com/y/200609/userobject1ai199922.html

四川首次明确对证人保护的规定 (Sichuan Requires Crucial Witnesses to Testify in Appeal Trials of Capital Cases)
Legal Daily, October 25, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-10/25/content_4371
48.htm

青海“3-03”跨国涉枪大案终审宣判 2人死罪 (Two Gun Dealers Sentenced to Death by Qinghai Higher People's Court)
Xinhuanet, October 25, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-10/25/content_5245952.htm

Environment
Plan to Divert Tibet Water Shot Down
SCMP, October 25, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZZ6K8QLTE.html

Government - Governance and Accountability
县政府强令村民污水灌田 (County Government in Inner Mongolia Orders Farmers to Use Polluted Water)
The Beijing News, October 25, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0566/2006/10-25/011@21724
2.htm

Human Rights
FM: Wolfowitz's Criticisms of China's African Loans "Groundless"
Xinhuanet, October 24, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-10/24/content_524411
9.htm

Human Rights Defenders
赤壁农民洪运周被公安拘留 (200 Farmers Protest Criminal Detention of Organizer of "Tiananmen Kneeling Protest" Hong Yunzhou)
Radio Free Asia, October 24, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/24/zhou/

Land Policy – Resettlement
New Dam Displaces Buyi Minority People
SCMP, October 25, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZMM7TYNTE.html

Law
公益视野中的影响性诉讼 (Impact Litigation from the Viewpoint of Public Interest)
Legal Daily, October 24, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-10/24/content_436197.
htm

Media
Deceptive Adverts for Treatments Face Ban
SCMP, October 25, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZHR98QLTE.html

我们为什么坚持报道 (Journalist Harassed for Corruption Allegation Against Former Cadre in Liaoning)
China Youth Daily, October 25, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-10/25/content_1550201.htm

Olympics
Big Brother Watching Your Manners in China
DNA India, October 25, 2006
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1059872

Olympic Chief Worries About China's Image
AFP (via YahooNews), October 24, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061024/ts_afp/oly2008chnrog
ge_061024074658

China Sets up Air Monitoring Group for Beijing Olympics
AFP (via YahooNews), October 24, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061024/sc_afp/chnoly2008beiji
ngenvironmentair_061024060530

奥委会主席提醒北京避免自满情绪 (IOC Chief Reminds Beijing Not to Get Complacent Ahead of Games)
Voice of America, October 24, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-10-24-voa67.cfm

Police
周永康：加强和改进社会管理　促进社会稳定和谐 (Improvement in Social Order Will Promote Social Harmony: Public Security Chief)
People's Daily, October 25, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/4954868.html

Media
Chinese Press Called on to Help Foster "Harmonious Society"
People's Daily, October 25, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200610/25/eng20061025_3148
16.html

Religion - Christianity
Prosecution Postponed for Six Chinese Christian Leaders
Standard Newswire, October 23, 2006
http://www.standardnewswire.com/news/86897173.html

Rural Issues
Agriculture: Chinese Farmers' Income Grows 11.4%
China Daily, October 24, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2006-10/24/content_7
15715.htm

Tibet
Perilous Pilgrimage
SCMP, October 25, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZV7K8QLTE.html

Three Detained for Allegedly Helping Tibetans Flee
Radio Free Asia, October 24, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2006/10/24/tibet_template/

Top Chinese Adviser Meets Tibetans in Britain
People's Daily, October 24, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200610/24/eng20061024_314623
.html

Xinjiang
新疆少数民族学汉语扩大就业机会 (Ethnic Minorities in Xinjiang Learn Chinese to Improve Employment Opportunities)
Voice of America, October 24, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-10-24-voa28.cfm

Tuesday, October 24, 2006

October 24, 2006

Top News of the Day
Religion - Christianity
Handicapped House Church Pastor Imprisoned in China
Christian Today, October 21, 2006
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/handicapped.house.church
.pastor.imprisoned.in.china/8078.htmhina/8078.htm
According to China Aid Association, Protestant house church pastor Wang Zaiqing (王在庆) was given a sentence of two years' imprisonment in Anhui on October 9 on charges of "illegal business practices." Wang's crime was printing and then distributing Bibles and other Christian literature to fellow believers free of charge. Wang's lawyer argued that the crime requires the accused to make a profit, which Wang did not do.
News
Corruption
China Punishes 67,505 Crooked Officials in Less Than 4 Years
People's Daily, October 24, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200610/24/eng20061024_31
4445.html

Environment - Pollution
环保总局：近半数城市空气质量中重度污染 (State Environmental Protection Administration: Nearly Half of China's Cities Suffer from Middle to High Level of Air Pollution)
People's Daily, October 24, 2006
http://env.people.com.cn/GB/4949298.html

Labor
深圳试点破难题 维权坐上直通车 (Labor Disputes Handled by Mediators in Bao'an, Shenzhen)
China Youth Daily, October 24, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-10/24/content_1548196.htm

Law - Court System
Chinese Court Sends Trial Information by Text Message
People's Daily, October 24, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200610/24/eng20061024_3
14455.html

Law - Criminal Law and Procedure
盗窃罪起刑点降低了，其他犯罪呢？ (Commentary on New Law that Lowers Amount of Stolen Goods Needed to Qualify as Theft)
China Youth Daily, October 24, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-10/24/content_1548361.htm

Media
博客实名制后，再实行罪犯报名注册制？ (Commentary: The Slippery Slope for Requiring Real Name Registration from Bloggers)
Nanfang City News, October 24, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/200610240
444.asp

博客需要什么样的自由 (Commentary: What Kind of Freedom Do Bloggers Need?)
China Youth Daily, October 24, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-10/24/content_1548366.htm

No Decision on Blogger Registration Requirement
SCMP, October 24, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZF568QLTE.html

民办专科文凭问题酿冲突 官方严控消息 (Authorities Block Media Coverage of Diploma Dispute in Jiangxi)
Radio Free Asia, October 23, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/23/wen
pin/

Migrant Workers
2008年90％农民工签订劳动合同 (ACFTU Hopes 90 Percent of Migrant Workers Will Be Protected by Labor Contracts by 2008)
Legal Daily, October 24, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-10/24/content_436327
.htm

Survey Finds 40% Migrant Laborers Work Overtime
Xinhuanet, October 22, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-10/22/content_52348
14.htm

Multilateral - World Bank
Wolfowitz Criticizes China over Africa Lending
Reuters (via YahooNews), October 23, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061023/ts_nm/china_wolfowitz
_lending_dc_1;_ylt=Akncy0zzekagrQ.N..GTUbVPzWQA;_ylu=X3
oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl0zzekagrQ.N..GTUbV
PzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Politics - CPC
China Publishes Resolution on Building Harmonious Society
Xinhuanet, October 18, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-10/18/content_521914
3.htm

Public Health
中国医改15年前瞻：政府与市场同行 (Prospects for Health Care Reforms over Next 15 Years)
People's Daily, October 24, 2006
http://finance.people.com.cn/GB/1037/4949338.html

Transplant Guidelines Taking Shape
SCMP, October 24, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZR568QLTE.html

Religion - Christianity
Anglican Head Notes Winds of Change
SCMP, October 24, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZZT8AQLTE.html

Tibet
人权组织敦促中国说明失踪藏人的下落 (Tibetan Rights Group Urges China to Reveal Whereabouts of Arrested Tibetans)
Radio Free Asia, October 23, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/23/tibet/

China Denies Trying to Dilute Tibetan Culture
Baltimore Sun, October 22, 2006
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/bal-te.tibet22oct2
2,0,5801898.story?coll=bal-nationworld-headlineste.tibet22oct22,0,
5801898.story?coll=bal-nationworld-headlines

Challenges at Shetongmon
Tibet Info Net, October 21, 2006
http://www.tibetinfonet.net/content/update/33

Tibetans Reach India Safely After Shootings: Group
Reuters (via YahooNews), October 23, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061023/wl_nm/taiwan_china_
tibet_dc_1;_ylt=AsCLJPg1uo1L.7ms_MmjYTVPzWQA;_ylu=X3o
DMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUluo1L.7ms_MmjYTVPz
WQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Xinjiang
Muslims Feel the Long Arm of Beijing
Los Angeles Times, October 23, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-islam23o
ct23,1,4774123.story?coll=la-headlines-worldislam23oct23,1,4774
123.story?coll=la-headlines-world

Monday, October 23, 2006

October 21-23, 2006

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Yang Xiaoqing (阳小青)
Chinese Court Frees Convicted Journalist
AP( via YahooNews), October 21, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061021/ap_on_re_as/china_repo
rter_freed_1
On Saturday, the wife of journalist Yang Xiaoqing (阳小青) told reporters that the Shaoyang Intermediate People’s Court announced last week that Yang was exempted from serving the remainder of his sentence but that his guilty verdict would not be overturned. Yang was convicted of extortion for exposing local corruption. After serving seven months of a one-year sentence, he was released on bail in September.

News
Bilateral Ties
Rice Raises Human Rights Issues
SCMP, October 23, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ12ER9CRE.html

Corruption
Hu Jintao Stresses Combating Corruption
People's Daily, October 23, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200610/23/eng20061023
_314243.html

Jury Still out on Whether Beijing Will Take on Entrenched Interest Groups
SCMP, October 23, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ8KW9QLTE.html

深圳法官双规显示腐败渗入司法界 (Use of "Double Regulations" in Shenzhen Shows Corruption Has Infiltrated the Judiciary)
Voice of America, October 20, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-10-20-voa28.cfm

湖南退脏贪官可获减罪 (Hunan Reduces Sentence of Corrupt Officials Who Returned Bribes)Radio Free Asia, October 20, 2006 http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/20/tuiz
ang/

Death Penalty
穗涉黑案终审主犯被判死缓 曾横行广州火车站 (Two Triad Leaders Sentenced to Death with Two-year Reprieve in Guangdong)
Xinhuanet, October 20, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-10/20/content_5230
062.htm

Environment
３００万吨医疗废水直排太原城市管网 (3 Million Tons of Medical Waste Flow into Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province)
People's Daily, October 23, 2006
http://society.people.com.cn/GB/41165/4943977.html

June 4th
天安门母亲抗议中国阻拦陶业回国探亲 (Tiananmen Mothers Protest China's Refusal to Allow Return of Philanthropist Who Supports "June 4th Orphanage")
Radio Free Asia, October 20, 2006 http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/20/tao
ye/

Labor
15年就业政策路线图：从积极扩大到比较充分 (15-Year Plan for China's Employment Policy and Strategy)
People's Daily, October 23, 2006
http://finance.people.com.cn/GB/1037/4944192.html

Media
中国列2006年世界新闻自由倒数第六 (Reporters Without Borders Ranks China the Sixth Worst in Press Freedom in 2006)
Radio Free Asia, October 22, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/22/xinwe
nziyou/

Migrant Workers
It Pays for Migrant Workers to Be in the City
SCMP, October 23, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZN5F8QLTE.html

Migrant Workers Born in 1980s Shun Hard Labor in Cities
China Daily, October 21, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-10/21/content_713
737.htm

Protests and Petitions
江西高校数百学生骚乱 (Hundreds of Tertiary Students Riot in Jiangxi Province)
Ming Pao, October 23, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20061023/cce1.htm

各地法院排查信访案 赴京进省上访总量明显下降 (Number of Petitions in Beijing Drops as Courts Set up New System to Deal with Petitions)
Xinhuanet, October 23, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-10/23/content_5236
786.htm

新华网质疑公安阻上访 (Xinhua Questions Public Security Bureau in Chongqing over Its Obstruction of Petitioning Activities)
Ming Pao, October 23, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20061023/cca1.htm

Shenzhen Residents Protest Against Planned Highway
SCMP, October 21, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZX1ER9CRE.html

Public Health
NGOs Tackle Congenital Conditions
SCMP, October 21, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZANAR9CRE.html

Religion - Christianity
Anglican Church Leader Sees Christian Role in China
Reuters (via YahooNews), October 22, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061022/ts_nm/religion_china_
anglicans_dc_1;_ylt=AtCUWQ9u6Bdvg3cOh_digVVPzWQA;_ylu
=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

North Korea - Refugees
难民活动人士吁北京善待北韩难民 (Activist Calls on Beijing to Treat North Korean Refugees Humanely)
Voice of America, October 22, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-10-22-voa33.cfm

Friday, October 20, 2006

October 20, 2006

Top News of the Day
Civil Society
China Closes Down HIV/AIDS Group
AFP (via YahooNews), October 19, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061019/hl_afp/healthchinaaidsri
ghts_061019182924
Xuelianhua (雪莲花), an NGO working on sexually transmitted diseases in Xinjiang, said it had been shut down because local authorities wanted to silence it. The NGO's organizer Chang Kun (常坤) believed the shut down was an act of retaliation, as the group had recently exposed a case in which 19 students who tested positive for hepatitis-B were expelled from school.

News
Civil Society
为什么要有农民的组织？秦晖访谈录 (Scholar Comments on the Need for Farmers' Organizations)
Nanfang Weekend, October 19, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/zmzg/2006101906
99.asp

Corruption
Shanghai Scandal Spreads to Beijing
SCMP, October 20, 2006
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZ8Q6R9CRE.html

Amnesty Account Allows Corrupt Officials to Surrender Illegal Earnings
People's Daily, October 19, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200610/19/eng20061019_313
493.html

Death Penalty
邱兴华一审死刑！陕西高担心其“胡说”临时取消庭审直播 (Serial Killer in Shaanxi Given Death Sentence; Live Broadcast of Trial Cancelled)
Nanfang City News, October 20, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/2006102002
94.asp

Environment
China City Shuts 43 Cement Factories for Pollution
Reuters Alert Net, October 19, 2006
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK158507.htm

Human Rights Defender - Zhu Yufu (朱虞夫)
民主党成员朱虞夫出狱要求恢复工作遭拒绝 (Authorities Decline Democracy Party Member Zhu Yufu's Request to Resume Work at Former Government Bureau)
Radio Free Asia, October 19, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/19/zhu/

Human Rights Defender - Yan Zhengxue (严正学)
严正学被公安带走 住所被搜查 (Dissident Yan Zhengxue Taken Away, Home Searched in Zhejiang Province)
Radio Free Asia, October 19, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/19/hangz
hou/

Media
中国互联网协会证实博客推行实名制已成定局 (Internet Society of China Confirms Policy on Real Name Registration of Bloggers)
EastDay.com, October 20, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node166934/u1a2388377.html

媒体指实名制代表落后公共管理思维 (Newspaper Argues Real Name Registration System Lags Behind Public Management Theory)
Nanfang Daily, October 19, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/djjz/200610190430
.asp

Migrant Workers
Migrants Boost Birth Rate in Shanghai
Xinhuanet, October 19, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-10/19/content_522377
8.htm

Multilateral Relations - World Bank
World Bank Backs Farmers' Groups
SCMP, October 20, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZHVNO9CRE.html

Politics
林牧遗体告别式在官方干扰下举行 (Authorities Intervene in Activities that Commemorate for Lin Mu's Death)
Radio Free Asia, October 19, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/19/linmu/

Protests and Petitions - Labor
Gansu Sanitation Workers Are Promised Minimum Wage
SCMP, October 20, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZM28R9CRE.html

Rural Issues
国家将调研农村留守儿童 (Beijing to Investigate Situation of Migrant Workers’ Children Left at Home)
The Beijing News, October 20, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0565/2006/10-20/024@0246
07.htm

State Security
China Holds Anti-Terror Drill
People's Daily, October 20, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200610/19/eng20061019_313
508.html

Xinjiang
王乐泉：新疆已形成打击“三股势力”的立体屏障 (Xinjiang Party Secretary: Xinjiang Commits to Clamp Down on the "Three Evil Forces")
People's Daily, October 20, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/14562/4937717.html

Thursday, October 19, 2006

October 19, 2006

Top News of the Day

Human Rights Defenders - Chen Shuqing (陈树庆)
浙江中国民主党党员陈树庆被批捕 (Dissident and China Democracy Party Member Chen Shuqing Formally Arrested)
Radio Free Asia, October 18, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/18/chen/
Cyber-dissident and China Democracy Party member Chen Shuqing (陈树庆) was formally arrested and charged with inciting subversion on October 17 by the Hangzhou People’s Procuratorate. Chen has appointed as his defense attorney Li Jianqiang, who believes that Chen’s arrest is related to his recent internet essays in support of human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng. Another cyber-dissident, Zhang Jianhong (张建红), who uses the internet pen name Li Hong (力虹), has also been formally arrested for a similar reason after being detained in early September.



News

Environment
Bohai Sea Will Be Dead in 10 Years: Report
SCMP, October 19, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZY86R9CRE.html

Gender
反家暴 救助机制何在 (What Is the Remedy for Domestic Violence?)
Legal Daily, October 19, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-10/19/content_
433069.htm

Law
Judges Held in Massive Corruption Inquiry
SCMP, October 19, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ0G4R9CRE.html

Money-for-Verdicts Probe Underscores 'Systemic Disease in Courts'
SCMP, October 19, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZP63R9CRE.html

Media - Censorship / Press Freedom
重庆一公务员编写短信针砭时弊获罪 40人受牵连 (Chongqing Government Official Faces Libel Charge for Sending SMS Criticizing Senior Officials)
EastDay.com, October 19, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node166707/u1a2385972.html

Reporter Sacked over Exposé on Welfare Housing Swindle
SCMP, October 19, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ9GKO9CRE.html

Police
Turf Dispute Ends in Mass Fight Between 200 Officers
SCMP, October 19, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ296R9CRE.html

Politics - CPC
六方面问题影响社会和谐 中共强调不断化解矛盾 (CPC Recognizes Six Major Issues Impacting Social Harmony)
EastDay.com, October 18, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node166523/u1a2385545.html

Population
国家人口计生委表示 "奖励少生"至少执行二三十年 (State Population and Family Planning Committee: Population Policy that Rewards Families With Fewer Kids to Continue for at Least 20 Years)
People's Daily, October 18, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1027/4933085.html

Protests and Petitions
顺德村民包围镇政府要求释放村民代表 (Villagers Surround Xingtan Township Government Building in Guangdong and Demand Release of Village Representatives)
Radio Free Asia, October 18, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/18/
cunmin/

Public Health
Barred Hepatitis B Students Sue
SCMP, October 19, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZHGKO9CRE.html

部分省市率先行动 中国正向“全民医保”迈进 (Certain Localities Take the Lead in Promoting "Health Insurance for All")
Xinhuanet, October 19, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/society/2006-10/19/content_
5222397.htm

Xinjiang
East Turkestan: China Defends Control Over Religion
UNPO, October 18, 2006
http://www.unpo.org/article.php?id=5650

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

October 18, 2006

Top News

Media - Censorship / Press Freedom
Scholar Held after Raid on Home
SCMP, October 18, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZK3LO9CRE.html
Dissident scholar and publisher Ding Dong, 55, was detained for 12 hours yesterday by 20 uniformed and plain-clothes police officers for trying to publish a book by late liberal democrat He Jaidong. He was taken away after the police raided his home and took away his computer, more than 200 books and some manuscripts. He was returned home 5:30am today. Ding refused to reveal the reason for his interrogation, but was disappointed that He's book might not be published.


News
Education
廈大開設高爾夫球課引起爭議 (Controversy on Compulsory Golf Lessons for Law and Business Students at Xiamen University)
BBC, October 18, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_6060000/newsid
_6061000/6061014.stm

Environment
A Fresh Stink
SCMP, October 18, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZPMZQ9CRE.html

UN Warning Could See Dams Scrapped
SCMP, October 18, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ654R9CRE.html

Government - Governance and Accountability
湖南学生离奇死亡 官员涉嫌掩盖真相 (Hunan Officials Criticized on Secondary Student's 'Mysterious' Death)
Radio Free Asia, October 17, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/17/
hunan/

Human Rights Defenders - Rights Defender Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠）
郑恩宠仍被限制自由 郭起真被判刑4年 (Rights Lawyer Zheng Enchong Placed Under House Arrest, Dissident Writer Guo Qizhen Sentenced for Four Years)
Radio Free Asia, October 17, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/17/

Labor
北京家政合同禁止成年异性与保姆同居一室引争议 (Controversy in Beijing over Domestic Helpers Sharing Rooms with Minors of Opposite Sex)
Xinhuanet, October 18, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-10/18/content_
5217145.htm

Drive to Clean up China’s Coalmine Heartland
Financial Times, October 18, 2006
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/8242cd92-5e36-11db-82d4-0000779e2340,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2340.html0000779e
2340,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2340.html

Law
China Sets up Expert Testimony Administration
People's Daily, October 18, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200610/18/eng20061018_
312846.html

国家赔偿不赔“精神”带出的问号 (Questions Raised on Mental Damages Not Covered under State Compensation Law)
Legal Daily, October 18, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-10/18/content_
432071.htm

Media - Internet Censorship
China Internet Rumor-mongers Face Fines: Report
Reuters (via YahooNews), October 18, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061018/wr_nm/internet_
china_dc

Media - Censorship / Press Freedom
Press Freedom is Gaining Momentum on Mainland, Says Outspoken Academic
SCMP, October 17, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZALZQ9CRE.html

Police
Beijing Doubles Plain-clothes Police to Make Public 'Feel Safer'
AFP (via YahooNews), October 18, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061018/wl_asia_afp/china
policesociety

Poverty
中国最富的150万个家庭占有70％的财富 (1.5 Million Households Share 70% of China's Wealth)
China Youth Daily, October 18, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-10/18/content_1542041.htm

Plan to Lift the Poorest Villages out of Poverty
SCMP, October 18, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZPNZQ9CRE.html

Public Health - HIV-AIDS/STDs
中国艾滋病传播方式已与非洲相似 (China and Africa Share Similarities in AIDS Transmission)
Voice of America, October 17, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-10-17-voa46.cfm

Tuesday, October 17, 2006

October 17, 2006

Top News of the Day
Media
中青报总编调职 《冰点》事件馀波 (Chief Editor of China Youth Daily Removed from Post)
Ming Pao, October 17, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20061017/cab1.htm
The chief editor of the China Youth Daily, Li Erliang (李而亮), was recently removed from his post. His removal is believed to be the result of the publication of several critical articles in the newspaper, one of which was Professor Yuan Weishi's (袁伟时) re-evaluation of the history of the Boxer Rebellion.

Protests and Petitions
温家宝出席广交会　上千失地村民上访 (1,000 Villagers Petition Land Grabs During Wen Jiabao's Visit to Guangdong)
Radio Free Asia, October 16, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/16/guang
zhou/
About 1,000 villagers from Shunde, Guangdong Province tried to petition against land grabs at government offices when Premier Wen Jiabao attended the Chinese Export Commodities Fair held in Guangzhou on October 15. However, police were deployed so many petitioners were barred from leaving their villages and many petitioners were sent back to their home villages.

News
Gender
Single Mother Sparks Moral Debate
China Daily, October 15, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-10/15/conten
t_708335.htm

Government - Grassroots Elections
Bribery: Business as Usual in China's Village Elections
The Epoch Times, October 13, 2006
http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/6-10-13/46985.html

Human Rights Defender - Internet Activist - Guo Qizhen (郭起真)
六四天网快讯：郭起真被判刑4年 (Guo Qizhen Given 4 Years' Imprisonment for "Inciting Subversion")
The Epoch Times, October 17, 2006
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/6/10/17/n1489598.htm

June 4th - EU Arms Ban
Human Rights Concerns Fail to Staunch Flow of UK Arms
The Guardian, October 15, 2006
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1922775,00.html

Media
需要拯救的是孩子还是网吧?山西方山县网吧事件调查 (Investigation into Closure of Internet Cafes in Fangshan, Shanxi Province)
Xinhuanet, October 17, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/2006101
70077.asp

Police Probe Leaks in Great Firewall of China
Vancouver Sun, October 17, 2006
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/business/story.ht
ml?id=4836c93f-ff7b-40c1-8e9e-c4be2d47bcca40c1-8e9e-c
4be2d47bcca

Official Union in China Says All Wal-Marts Are Organized
New York Times, October 13, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/13/business/worldbusiness
/13union.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=sloginslogin&oref=slogin

Olympics
Olympic Mascots Fall Victim to Friendly Fire
SCMP, October 17, 2006
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZAFWQ9CRE.html

Police
一罪犯被判10年未蹲一天狱 (Criminal Serves No Jail Time Despite 10-year Jail Term)
Legal Daily, October 17, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-10/17/content_43100
5.htm

Population
中国新人口政策奖励农民少生孩子 (China's New Population Policy Encourages Farmers to Have Fewer Kids)
Voice of America, October 16, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-10-16-voa52.cfm

Protests and Petitions
兰州百名环卫工工资低于最低标准拒绝打扫马路 (100 Street Cleaners in Lanzhou, Gansu Province Go on Strike to Protest Non-compliance of Minimum Wage)
EastDay.com, October 17, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node8176
2/node166268/u1a2381052.html

社会矛盾新警号：“无直接利益冲突”苗头出现 (Many People Join Protests Just to Vent Anger)
Xinhuanet, October 17, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-10/17/con
tent_5212824.htm

Sharp Rise in Group Protests in China
The Epoch Times, October 16, 2006
http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/6-10-16/47044.html

Public Health
中国药监局称“欣弗事件”没有瞒报 (Chinese Authorities Find No Cover-up of Deadly Antibiotic Case)
BBC, October 17, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_5250000/n
ewsid_5254900/5254972.stm

Taiwan Asked to Bar Citizens from Organ Transplants in China
Monster and Critics, October 12, 2006
http://news.monstersandcritics.com/asiapacific/article_1210678.
php/Taiwan_asked_to_bar_citizens_from_organ_transplants_i
n_Chinabar_citizens_from_organ_transplants_in_China

Social Security
北京发布就业和社会保障规划 儿童学生纳入医保 (Beijing City Government Issues Plan for Employment and Social Insurance)
EastDay.com, October 17, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node166268/u1a2381074.html

Three Gorges
Three Gorges Dam Project Displaces 1.4 Million People
The Epoch Times, October 13, 2006
http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/6-10-13/46980.html

Tibet
From Chinese Jail to Miss Tibet? A Girl's Dream
Reuters, October 16, 2006
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=oddlyEn
oughNews&storyID=2006-10-16T143628Z_01_DEL134669_RTR
UKOC_0_US-TIBET-BEAUTY.xml&WTmodLoc=OddNewsHome
_C2_oddlyEnoughNews-210-16T143628Z_01_DEL134669_RTR
UKOC_0_US-TIBET-

Train to Tibet Is on the Right Track, China Insists
Los Angeles Times, October 16, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-tibet16oc
t16,1,6478065.story?coll=la-headlines-worldtibet16oct16,1,647806
5.story?coll=la-headlines-world

Hong Kong
President Hu May Deliver Road Map for Democracy on First Visit to HK
SCMP, October 17, 2006
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZILZQ9CRE.html
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