Top News of the Day
Law
为南海村民辩护 两位律师被软禁无法出庭 (Attorneys Prevented from Representing Land Grab Victims in Guangdong)
Radio Free Asia, December 18, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/18/nanhai/
Attorney Zhang Jiankang (张鉴康) was prevented by Xi'an police when he tried to travel to Guangdong Province to defend representatives of land grab victims who were to be tried on blackmail charges today. Another attorney was also pressured and was not able to attend the trial. The local court had previously cancelled the trial twice after finding out that the villagers had hired these lawyers and that the lawyers would be present in court.
News
Children
China Tightens Child Adoptions to Bar Singles, Obese, Over-50s
Bloomberg, December 19, 2006
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=aKzR_
pq0k8WE&refer=asia
Death Penalty
“毒王”陈炳锡被判死刑 ("King of Drugs" Chen Bingxi Sentenced to Death in Guangzhou)
The Beijing News, December 19, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0567/2006/12-19/031@229822.
htm
最高法院收回死刑复核权存在五大悬疑 (Five Queries Remain on Supreme People's Court's Restoration of Power over Death Sentences)
EastDay.com, December 19, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node17
7486/u1a2516190.html
Environment
China Shifts Pollution Blame
Radio Free Asia, December 18, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/english/features/lelyveld/2006/12/18/china_
pollution/
Government
敏感消息发布的“星期五现象” (Commentary: Authorities Always Release "Sensitive News" on Fridays in Order to Decrease Public Attention)
China Youth Daily, December 19, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-12/19/content_1614961.htm
Giving in to Temptation Biggest Problem for Auditors
South China Morning Post, December 19, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZKLTM9UVE.html
China's Official Opulence
Los Angeles Times, December 18, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-fg-perps18d
ec18,1,3228829.story
Human Rights Defender - Gao Qinrong (高勤荣)
Journalist Unfazed After 8 Years in Jail
South China Morning Post, December 19, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZDGN3AUVE.html
Human Rights Defender - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
高智晟的女儿描述被警察殴打的经过 (Gao Zhisheng's Daughter Describes Police Beatings)
Radio Free Asia, December 18, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/18/gaozhish
eng/
Human Rights Defenders
何德普狱中健康差 狱方拒出示体检结果 (Dissident He Depu Suffering from Ill Health in Beijing Prison)
Radio Free Asia, December 18, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/18/hedepu/
原四川泸州人大代表、维权人士曾建余被拘留 (Former Deputy in Sichuan and Rights Defender Zeng Jianyu Detained)
Radio Free Asia, December 18, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/18/luzhou/
武汉花楼街维权代表陈顺喜被刑事拘留 (Representative of Land Grab Victims Chen Shunxi Placed Under Criminal Detention in Wuhan)
Radio Free Asia, December 18, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/18/wuhan/
Land Policy
湖南警察对反征地的农民使用暴力 三人被拘留 (Hunan Police Use Force Against Petitioning Villagers, Detain Three)
Radio Free Asia, December 18, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/18/hunan/
Law
谁来保护中国“深喉” (Who Is to Protect China's Whistleblowers?)
China Youth Daily, December 19, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-12/19/content_1614996.htm
Migrant Workers
西安40万外来工改称新市民 “这是政府尊重我们的第一步” (Migrant Workers in Xi'an Satisfied with Policy for "New Citizens")
China Youth Daily, December 19, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-12/19/content_1615171.htm
Olympics
2006年度北京奥运十大新闻评选启动 ("Top 10 Beijing Olympic News in 2006" Internet Feature Launched)
China Youth Daily, December 19, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-12/19/content_1615281.htm
Politics
分析：中共十七大胡锦涛面临挑战 (Analysis: President Hu Jintao Faces Challenges in CPC's 17th National Party Congress)
Voice of America, December 18, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-12-18-voa42.cfm
Poverty
中国评论﹕贫富悬殊难望长治久安 (Commentary: Long-Lasting Social Order Is Difficult to Achieve with a Large Income Gap)
Ming Pao, December 19, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20061219/caz1.htm
Protests and Petitions
顺德城管殴打维权骨干 数百村民聚集要官方认错 (Hundreds of Villagers in Guangdong Demand Apology over Police Inaction in Beating of Female Protestor)
Radio Free Asia December 18, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/18/shunde/
In Chinese Boomtown, Middle Class Pushes Back
New York Times, December 18, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/18/world/asia/18shenzhen.html?
_r=1&ref=todayspaper&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
六方会谈会场外访民抗议 (Petitioners Protest Outside Venue for "6-Party Talk" in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, December 18, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/18/6-party/