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Protests and Petitions - Police Power Abuse
海南民警玩忽职守 致使一名青年死亡 (Police Negligence Leads to Death of Young Man in Hainan)
Radio Free Asia, October 09, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/09/hainan/
Nearly 1,000 villagers raided a police substation and protested at the town government building in Danzhou, Hainan Province, from October 2 to October 4. The villagers were protesting the death of a young person in their village who they believe died due to police negligence. Two policepersons were reportedly injured in the violent protest and the substation was damaged. The death is under investigation.
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Environment
6类环境违法案件要挂牌督办 (Environment Watchdog Specifies Six Types of Violations That Require Strict Supervision)
Legal Daily, October 10, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-10/10/cont
ent_425699.htm
Government
Bribery Reported in Grass-root Elections in Some Villages in China
People's Daily, October 09, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200610/09/eng200610
09_310244.html
Labor
第一解读：现行最低工资标准是高还是低 (Is the Current Minimum Wage High or Low?)
People's Daily, October 09, 2006
http://society.people.com.cn/GB/1063/4894480.html
Law
Should Law Educational System Change?
People's Daily, October 10, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200610/10/eng20061
010_310270.html
Media
China 'Softening' Curbs on Media
Financial Times, October 10, 2006
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/52210d14-57f0-11db-be9f-0000779e
2340,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-
Censor Sees Through Writer's Guile in Tale of China's Blood-selling Scandal
The Guardian, October 09, 2006
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,189
0765,00.html
上海手机将全部进行实名登记 细则年内有望出台 (New Regulation May Require Shanghai Residents to Show ID When Buying Mobile Phone Cards)
EastDay.com, October 09, 2006
http://dfdaily.eastday.com/d/node15944/u1a191889.html
Politics
港媒:中共十六届六中全会将对未来产生四大影响 (Hong Kong Media: 6th CPC Central Committee Meeting to Focus on 4 Key Policy Areas)
EastDay.com, October 09, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node1
64920/u1a2365313.html
Senior CPC Official Calls for Greater Ideological Education of Young People
People's Daily, October 09, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200610/09/eng20061009
_310019.html
Population
Shift Planned in Population Policy
SCMP, October 10, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZVXSN9CRE.html
Poverty
关注低收入人群住房难 居住和谐成住房新政亮点 ('Harmonious Housing' Policy Proposed to Address Low Income Housing Shortage)
EastDay.com, October 10, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node1
65104/u1a2367027.html
Protests and Petitions
京为破冰严控反日团体 (Anti-Japanese Organizations Under Tight Control as Beijing Tries to Improve Relations with Japan)
Ming Pao, October 10, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20061010/cay1.htm
佛山骚乱拘4人 (Four Arrested for Rioting in Foshan, Guangdong Province Last Month)
Ming Pao, October 10, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20061010/cay4.htm
上访村遭赶绝盼胡温到访 (Petitioning Village in Beijing Demolished to Make Way for Train Station Construction)
Ming Pao, October 10, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20061010/cak1.htm
Sit-in over Arrest Has Police Besieged
SCMP, October 10, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZYYWN9CRE.html
六中全会访民遭拘 和谐社会论调受质疑 ("Harmonious Society" Discourse Questioned as Petitioners Taken Away Ahead of CPC Meeting)
Radio Free Asia, October 09, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/09/fan
gmin/
西昌官员对上访移民进行打击报复 (Relocated Villagers in Sichuan Province Beaten and Arrested After Petitioning in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, October 08, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/1
0/08/xichang/
Public Health
医改新方案年底可能出台 79.7%受访者充满期待 (Nearly 80% of Those Surveyed Have High Hopes for Health Care Reforms)
People's Daily, October 09, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1026/4892017.html
Tibet
达赖喇嘛：若实质自治藏人会回家 (Dalai Lama: Tibetan Refugees Will Go Home If Given Real Autonomy)
Voice of America, October 09, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-10-09-voa39.cfm