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Human Rights Defender - Zhao Yan (赵岩)
北京高法拒绝记者赵岩上诉听证 (Beijing Higher People's Court Denies Zhao Yan an Appeal Hearing)
BBC, November 06, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_6120000/newsid_
6123100/6123140.stm
According to Zhao Yan's lawyer, on November 2 the Beijing Higher People's Court ruled that during Zhao's upcoming appeal trial, no oral arguments or defense may be heard. Instead, Zhao will have to plead his case based only on written submissions to the court. The trial could be held in the coming two weeks.
News
Bilateral Ties
中非峰会:"和谐世界"理念的成功实践 (China-Africa Summit Is Successful Realization of "Harmonious World")
EastDay.com, November 07, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node1
70674/u1a2426798.html
Corruption
国际透明组织公布年度清廉排行榜 (China Ranked 70 in Transparency International's 2006 Corruption Perception Index)
BBC, November 07, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_6120000/newsid_
6122800/6122824.stm
Media Opens Up on Shenzhen Scandal
SCMP, November 07, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZVNML47UE.html
Environment
官商勾结 太湖治污难 (Official Tells Pollution Fighter in Jiangsu to Stop Campaigns)
Ming Pao, November 07, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20061107/cal1.htm
Gender
成都规定 区县四大班子至少各有一名女干部 (Chengdu Imposes Gender Quota on Local Government's Leading Positions)
EastDay.com, November 07, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node170
674/u1a2427564.html
中学校园频发性骚扰事件 老师称这不是什么大事 (Secondary Teachers Not Surprised by Sexual Harassment on School Grounds)
People's Daily, November 07, 2006
http://society.people.com.cn/GB/1062/5006141.html
Government
选举专家参选人代受压 选民网上读票抵制黑箱 (Two Local Election Candidates Harassed in Hubei)
Radio Free Asia, November 06, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/11/06/election/
Human Rights Defender – Li Xige (李喜阁)
艾滋病感染者李喜阁计划第六次上访 (HIV Activist Li Xige Plans Sixth Petition in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, November 06, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/11/06/aids/
Law
北京海淀检察院调查：是什么在困扰检警关系 (Survey Completed on Improving Cooperation Between Prosecutors and Police in Haiding, Beijing)
Xinhuanet, November 07, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-11/07/content_5298379.htm
Media
China Opens up to Media Hordes for Olympics
Phayul.com, November 07, 2006
http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=14579&art
icle=China+opens+up+to+media+hordes+for+Olympics&t=1&c=1+h
ordes+for+Olympics&t=1&c=1
“24小时反新闻封锁网上抗议活动” (Reporters Without Borders Organizes "24-hour Online Demonstration Against Internet Censorship")
Radio Free Asia, November 06, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/11/06/rsf/
Migrant Workers
北京打工子弟学校遭干部打砸抢 校方状告镇政府 (School for Migrant Children in Beijing to Sue County Government over School Raid)
People's Daily, November 07, 2006
http://society.people.com.cn/GB/1062/5006209.html
南京发布民工生存状态调查 60%想在城市生活 (60 Percent of Interviewed Migrant Workers in Nanjing Have Adapted to Life in Cities)
EastDay.com, November 06, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81763/node170
460/u1a2426036.html
Police
广东：暴力抗法袭警8个月268起 遇袭民警2死3重伤 (268 Cases of Attacks on Police Recorded in 8 Months in Guangdong; Province to Set up Committees to Defend Police Rights)
Nanfang Daily, November 07, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/200611070015
.asp
Poverty
China's Millions of Poor
China Post, November 06, 2006
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/editorial/detail.asp?onNews=&GRP=
i&id=94499
Protests and Petitions
China Extends Police Presence in Countryside As 'Mass Participation' Incidents Decline
People's Daily, November 07, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200611/07/eng20061107_31895
4.html
省市两级公安机关今年将实现网上办理信访事项 (Public Security Bureaus at Provincial and City Levels to Start Receiving "E-Petitions" by End of 2006)
Xinhuanet, November 07, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-11/07/content_5298670.htm
成都离退休职工静坐七个多月 反映生活困难 (2,000 Former Employees of State-Owned Enterprise in Chengdu Continue 7-Month Sit- In Protest)
Radio Free Asia, November 06, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/11/06/chengdu/
State-owned Enterprises
新华视点：“协会骚扰”企业不能承受之重 (Anhui Enterprise Harassed by Demands for Membership Fees by "Professional Associations")
Xinhuanet, November 07, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/fortune/2006-11/07/content_529930
0.htm
Tibet
China: Fewer Tibetans on Lhasa’s Key Ruling Body
Human Rights Watch (HRW), November 07, 2006
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/11/07/china14522.htm