Top News of the Day
Tibet
China Tries to Gag Climbers Who Saw Tibet Killings
The Independent, October 11, 2006
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article1834347.ece
Chinese diplomats in Nepal are trying to track down and silence Western climbers and Sherpas who witnessed the shooting to death of at least two Tibetan refugees on the Nangpa La mountain pass on September 30. Fears grow for the safety of a group of Tibetan children who were marched away by Chinese security personnel on the pass. According to witnesses, Chinese soldiers took aim and fired towards the group of fleeing refugees for 15 minutes.
News
Corruption
Focus Expected to Be on Fight Against Graft
SCMP, October 11, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZOIVN9CRE.html
京刊严批部分中央机构「卖国自肥」(Official Magazine Condemns Government Departments for "Selling Out the Country")
Wen Wei Po, October 11, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH061011000
7&cat=002CH
Two Ways to Fight Corruption
International Herald Tribune, October 09, 2006
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/10/09/opinion/edwei.php
Death Penalty
活埋亿万富豪两凶手获死 (Two Sentenced to Death for Burying Millionaire Alive)
The Beijing News, October 11, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0567/2006/10-11/014@21
3985.htm
Environment - Water
我国全面推进水价改革 启动经济杠杆战缺水高峰 (China to Beef Up Water Pricing Reform Efforts to Ease Worsening Water Shortage)
EastDay.com, October 11, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node1
65233/u1a2368906.htmll
中国水资源短缺问题引起国际关注 (Water Shortage Draws Attention of International Community)
EastDay.com, October 10, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node
165104/u1a2368647.htmll
Government - Grassroots Elections
邹涛參选受阻叹政治恐怖 (Activist Zou Tao Bullied into Withdrawing from Local People’s Congress Election)
Ming Pao, October 11, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20061011/cac1.htm
中国村一级换届选举普遍存在贿选现象 (Corruption Common in China's Village Elections)
Radio Free Asia, October 10, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/10/xuanju/
Human Rights Defenders – Journalist - Ching Cheong (程翔)
莫宜端﹕程翔案的政治博弈 (The Political Machinations Behind the Ching Cheong Case)
Ming Pao, October 11, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20061011/fac1.htm
Law
手机实名制需有效保护公民隐私 (New Policy of Real Name Registration for Mobile Phone Users Should Include Provisions to Protect Privacy)
Legal Daily, October 11, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-10/11/content_
426875.htm
Media
Mainland Media Focus on Protests
SCMP, October 11, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZI20O9CRE.html
The New People's Republic
The Standard, October 07, 2006
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/weekend_news_detail.asp?pp_
cat=30&art_id=28850&sid=10143929&con_type=3&d_str=2006
1007id=10143929&con_type=3&d_str=20061007
Migrant Workers
报告：中国民工汇款改善家乡生活 (Money from Migrant Workers Improves Life in Home Towns)
BBC, October 11, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_6030000/newsid
_6038600/6038682.stm
Population
China's Population to Reach Peak
China Daily, October 10, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-10/10/content_
704983.htm
Protests and Petitions - Labor
河南强行关闭水泥厂 四万名工人失业 (40,000 Workers Protest Lay-offs After Closure of 200 Cement Factories in Henan Province)
Radio Free Asia, October 10, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/10/shiye/
Public Health
Grass-roots Groups Start Fitness Tour for the Poor
SCMP, October 11, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZTCIQ9CRE.html
一份病历被修改183处 (Shanxi Woman’s Medical Lawsuit Drags on for 4 Years)
The Beijing News, October 11, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0566/2006/10-11/014@
213962.htm
Public Health - Health Care Reform
“中国医改不存在模式之争” (No Controversy on Which Model to Adopt: Ministry of Health Speaks on Health Care Reforms)
The Beijing News, October 11, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0546/2006/1011/014@
214018.htm
Society
建和谐社会须社保托底 (Seven Social Problems Must Be Addressed to Build a Harmonious Society)
The Beijing News, October 11, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0565/2006/10-11/014@
040556.htm