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Protests and Petitions
4 Huaxi Protesters Handed Jail Terms
SCMP, January 10, 2006
A total of nine villagers in Huaxi, Zhejiang Province have been sentenced for rioting in April last year when they tried to stop the operation of 13 chemical plants. Four received jail terms – the longest of which was five years, four were given suspended sentences, and one was acquitted. The villagers said the plants were built illegally and were poisoning their crops.
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZTLORJRGE.html
News
Economic Development
2004 GDP Growth Revised to 10.1pc
SCMP, January 10, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZKI2DKRGE.html
Environment
Toxic Spills Heighten Water Safety Concerns
SCMP, January 10, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ5PEX6SGE.html
Human Rights
Wrong on Human Rights
New York Times, January 9, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/10/opinion/10tue1.html
Human Rights Defenders - Li Jinping (李金平)
北京前警察因组织赵紫阳纪念会被抓 (Former Beijing Policeman Arrested for Organizing Memorial Activity to Mark the First Anniversary of the Death of Zhao Ziyang)
Radio Free Asia, January 10, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/09/
lijinping/
Chinese Activists Put Under House Arrest
AP via YahooNews, January 10, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060109/ap_on_re_as/
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Law
武汉：民告官判决书全部上网 (Wuhan Intermediate Court Posts All Rulings of Lawsuits Filed Against the Government Online)
Legal Daily, January 10, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-01/10/content_248642.htm
Media
Radical Paper Gets New Senior Staff
SCMP, January 10, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZBQHRJRGE.html
Police
Beijing Women Prisoners to Spend Chinese New Year with Husbands
People's Daily, January 10, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200601/10/
eng20060110_234238.html
Politics
李鹏再出书谈人大“政绩” 剩下六四部份未能出版自辩 (Section on "June 4th" Deleted in Former Chinese Premier Li Peng's Newly Published Memoir)
Asia Times Online, January 10, 2006
http://www.atchinese.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12283&Itemid=33=33
Public Health
吉林68名村民因卖血先后感染艾滋病 (68 Villagers in Jilin Province Contracted AIDS From Selling Blood)
People's Daily, January 10, 2006
http://society.people.com.cn/GB/1062/4008981.html
Authorities Revoke 660 Illegal Medical Practitioners' Licenses
Xinhuanet, January 10, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/09/content_
4030788.htm
Three Gorges
Three Gorges Dam to Be Completed by May
Xinhuanet, January 10, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/09/content_
4030767.htm
