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Police
Suspect's Custody Death Puts Police Under Scrutiny
SCMP, December 09, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZSKMRSGVE.html
On November 22, farmer and driver He Yujiang left his home in Hebei Province to buy construction materials. Two days later, the family was informed by police that He was ill, but when they went to visit him, they found that he had unaccountably died in police custody. He’s family later learned that he had been taken to the police station for questioning about a theft. He's relatives suspect that he was tortured, but they were forbidden from taking photographs of the body and are worried that prosecutors won’t tell the truth if an autopsy is performed.
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Civil Society
中国将对民间组织进行依法管理和法制教育 (China's NGOs to Be Managed by Law and Given Legal Education)
Radio Free Asia, December 10, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/10/minjian/
Environment
北京未来5年人口超载300万 面临水资源短缺危机 (Beijing May Face Water Shortage Crisis in Next Five Years Due to Population Boom)
People's Daily, December 11, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/14562/5148731.html
Lack of Support Puts Green GDP Audit at Risk
SCMP, December 11, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZB6PRSGVE.html
Supply and Demand
SCMP, December 11, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZENPRSGVE.html
Freedom of Speech
Book About First Independent Election Candidate Is Banned
SCMP, December 10, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZETOSSGVE.html
Human Rights Defender – Ching Cheong (程翔)
Family of Journalist to Seek Tsang's Help
SCMP, December 11, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZKLMRSGVE.html
Human Rights Defender - Wang Bingzhang (王炳章)
王炳章狱中遭狱警虐打 海外民运团体抗议 (Overseas Support Group for Wang Bingzhang Protests Wang’s Torture in Prison)
Radio Free Asia, December 09, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/09/wangb
ingzhang/
Human Rights Defender – Li Xige (李喜阁)
带女儿北京治病遭监视居住 李喜阁接受本台专访 (HIV/AIDS Petitioner Li Xige Put Under Residential Surveillance)
Radio Free Asia, December 08, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/08/lixige/
Labor
德国玩具业关注中国工人待遇 (Germany's Toy Makers Concerned About Treatment of Chinese Workers)
BBC, December 08, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_6160000/newsid_
6163000/6163053.stm
Law
北京3成行政诉讼协调和解 (30% of Beijing’s Administrative Lawsuits Resolved by Mediation)
Legal Daily, December 11, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-12/11/content_483022.
htm
HK Businessman Held Five Years on Mainland Set Free
SCMP, December 11, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZATOSSGVE.html
最高法拟加大矿难惩治力度 (Supreme People's Court Considers Imposing More Severe Punishments for Crimes Related to Coal Mine Accidents)
The Beijing News, December 11, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0565/2006/12-11/015@015935
.htm
Media
中国连续第八年成为监禁记者最多的国家 (China Listed as the World’s Largest Jailer of Journalists for 8 Years in a Row)
Radio Free Asia, December 08, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/08/jizhe/
Migrant Workers
河南农民工子女城里上学不再难 (Migrant Workers' Children to Have Easier Access to Education in Henan Province)
China Youth Daily, December 10, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-12/10/content_1604361.htm
Olympics
Beijing to Give HK Media Extra Freedoms
SCMP, December 09, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZUM8TSGVE.html
Poverty
中国贫富差距的系数超越国际警戒线 (China's Poverty Gap Exceeds Internationally-Recognized Danger Level)
Radio Free Asia, December 08, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/08/rich_poo
r_gap/
Protests and Petitions
Deal with Protests by Addressing Grievances
SCMP, December 09, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZ8LMRSGVE.html
In Brief: Villagers Demand Release of Land Protesters
SCMP, December 09, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZQM8TSGVE.html
Shenzhen Zoo Workers on Strike over Job Cuts and Pay
SCMP, December 09, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ2OLRSGVE.html
Unrest Is Challenging Party Rule, Xinhua Says in Rare Appraisal
SCMP, December 09, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ0SMSSGVE.html
甘肃：省长出面接待上访者 (Provincial Leaders Meet with Petitioners in Gansu)
Nanfang Weekend, December 06, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/zmzg/200612060604
.asp
Public Health
中国医疗保健面临严峻挑战(1) (China's Health Care System Faces Serious Challenges (Part I))
Voice of America, December 10, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-12-10-voa1.cfm
Religion
內地允「地下教会」公开传教 ("Underground Churches" Allowed to Preach Publicly, Says Unnamed Chinese Authority)
Wen Wei Po, December 11, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?cat=001YO&news_id=YO
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