October 6, 2006

Bilateral Ties
Pope Wants Cardinal Zen to Focus on Mainland
SCMP, October 06, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZ9AIN9CRE.html

Civil Society
Civil Society: A Sort of Growth in China
Inter Press Service News Agency (IPS), October 05, 2006
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=35001

Public Hearings: Driving Engine of Democracy in China
Xinhuanet, October 05, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-10/05/co
ntent_5169973.htm

Death Penalty
十万元雇凶杀舅　江西两案犯伏法 (Two Executed for Paying 100,000 Yuan to Kill Uncle in Jiangxi Province)
Xinhuanet, October 04, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-10/04/conten
t_5168967.htm

Gender
Chinese Gay Rights Activists Encouraged After Taiwan Visit
Raw Story, October 05, 2006
http://rawstory.com/news/2006/Chinese_gay_rights_activists_
encour_10052006.html

Dead Bachelors in Remote China Still Find Wives
New York Times, October 05, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/05/world/asia/05china.html?
_r=1&ref=todayspaper&oref=sloginef=slogin

Government – Grassroots Elections
中国评论﹕扩大直选有助反腐 (Commentary: Expanding Direct Elections Will Help Fight Corruption)
Ming Pao, October 06, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20061006/cav1.htm

地方官逐步扩大直选 (Direct Elections to be Expanded at Local Level)
Ming Pao, October 06, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20061006/cak1.htm

Labor
Companies Shamed on Illegal Overtime Blacklist
China Daily, October 05, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-10/05/content_701
807.htm

Land Policy
上海强迁因陈良宇被抓而受阻 (Forced Eviction in Shanghai Suspended After Arrest of Chen Liangyu)
Radio Free Asia, October 05, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/
05/chaiqian/

Law
Broader Measures Needed to Curb Abuses of Power
SCMP, October 06, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZVAIN9CRE.html

Congress Powers Grow but Party Still Supreme
SCMP, October 06, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZEWMN9CRE.html

Media
Net Giants Lashed over the Great Firewall of China
SCMP, October 06, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ4D1Q9CRE.html

洛阳网上论坛被关闭后重开 (Closed Internet Forum in Luoyang Reopened)
Radio Free Asia, October 05, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/05/net/

Migrant Workers
New Migrants Want to Spend, Not Just Survive
SCMP, October 06, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ1AIN9CRE.html

Military
China Jamming Test Sparks U.S. Satellite Concerns
Reuters (via YahooNews), October 05, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061005/pl_nm/arms_space_
dc_4;_ylt=AkShwc8Q3yEHwU0fA7zjEplPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDM
TBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUlU0fA7zjEplPzWQA;_ylu=
X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

North Korea
Beijing Condemns Bomb-test Threat by N Korea
SCMP, October 06, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZWDON9CRE.html

Can't Anyone Save These Poor Women?
The Daily NK, October 06, 2006
http://www.dailynk.com/english/read.php?cataId=nk00300
&num=1177

Politics
Silence Is Golden When Dealing with the Gang of Four
SCMP, October 06, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZV35Q9CRE.html

China's Communist Rulers to Meet, Chart Change
Reuters (via YahooNews), October 05, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061005/wl_nm/china_party_
dc_1;_ylt=Ap55sbnxvi02mxiKUMl.pQZPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBi
MW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUlKUMl.pQZPzWQA;_ylu=X3o
DMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Protests and Petitions
Petition System Reform Due After Party Plenum
SCMP, October 06, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZIWMN9CRE.html

Public Health - HIV-AIDS/STDs
A Class of His Own
China Daily, October 05, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-10/05/conte
nt_701843.htm

Tibet
Tibetan Refugees Face Human Rights Abuses: Study
Phayul.com, October 06, 2006
http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?article=Tibetan+refu
gees+face+human+rights+abuses%3A+Study&id=14121+abuses
%3A+Study&id=14121

Tibetan Nun Shot Dead; Other Tibetans Feared Killed on Way to Nepal
Phayul.com, October 06, 2006
http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?article=Tibetan+nun+
shot+dead%3b+other+Tibetans+feared+killed+on+way+to+N
epal&id=14135betansfeared+killed+on+way+to+Nepal&id=14135

Xinjiang
'Bombings Like in London Will Never Come from My Mosque'
The Times, October 05, 2006
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2389010,00.html