January 13, 2006

News

Bilateral Ties
Beijing Shrugs Off Claim of Helping 'Rogue States'
SCMP, January 13, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ94OX6SGE.html

Bilateral Ties / Media - Internet Censorship
Lawmaker Aims to Stop China's Net Censorship
The Boston Globe, January 13, 2006
http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2006/01/
12/lawmaker_aims_to_stop_chinas_net_censorship/?rss_id=
Boston+Globe+--+Business+Newsp_chinas_net_censorship/?rss
_id=Boston+Globe+--+Business+News

Corruption
法律「灰色地帶」漏洞大 (Gray Areas in Law Hinders Efforts to Curb Corruption)
Wen Wei Po, January 13, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH0601130007
&cat=002CH

Economic Development
面对外资我们能否不亢不卑？(Finding a Balanced View of Foreign Investment)
Nanfang Weekend, January 13, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060112/xw/zy/20060
1130016.asp

Education - Basic Education/ Rural Issues
义务教育，并不免费 (Compulsory Education is Not Free At All)
Nanfang Weekend, January 13, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060112/xw/sd/20060
1130018.asp

Environment
UN Criticizes Response to Toxic Spill
SCMP, January 13, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ1IZRJRGE.html

中国成为污染输出国 (China is the World's Major Exporter of Pollution)
Voice of America, January 12, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-01-12-voa82.cfm

「怒江水電」 完成環評審查 (Green Assessment of a Controversial Hydropower Project on the Nu River Completed)
Wen Wei Po, January 11, 2006
http://slave.wwpnews.net/news.phtml?news_id=CH0601110030
&cat=002CH&PHPSESSID=7222b3ef8ae28e479120dc3c766be59d
SID=7222b3ef8ae28e479120dc3c766be59d

Gender - Sexuality
校园同性恋不再被视为另类 (Homosexuals No Longer Seen as 'Aliens' on Campus)
China Youth Daily, January 13, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2006-01/13/content_119817.htm

中国同性恋走向公开大事记 (Society's Increased Acceptance of Homosexuality: A Chronology)
China Youth Daily, January 13, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2006-01/13/content_119797.htm

Labor - Law
深圳刑拘8名恶意欠薪者　系全国首例以涉嫌经济犯罪严惩企业欠薪行为 (Eight Employers Detained for Holding Workers' Back Pay; First Case of This Kind of Economic Crime in China)
Nanfang Daily, January 13, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/dd/nfrb/a01/2006
01130122.asp

Land Policy - Resettlement
征地纠纷裁决制度有望年内建立 (Mechanism for Making Rulings on Land Disputes to Be Set Up This Year)
Xinhuanet, January 12, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/mrdx/2006-01/12/content_4042
497.htm

Law
国家突发公共事件总体应急预案(全文) (China's National Emergency Response Plan (Full Text))
People's Daily, January 13, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/8198/57347/57350/4021
527.html

立法应该重视成本效益分析 (Cost-Benefit Analysis Should be Emphasized in Legislation)
Nanfang Weekend, January 13, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060112/jj/gd/20060113
0034.asp

Police / Protests and Petitions
Combat Efficiency of Police to Be Boosted
SCMP, January 13, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZTURRJRGE.html

Police - Prisons
北京将把犯人分为三类五等分别关押改造 (Beijing Prisoners Categorized into Different Groups for Better Prison Management)
People's Daily, January 11, 2006
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42735/4016979.html

Population - Aging Population
中国如何应对老龄化？(How Will China Cope with its Aging Problem?)
Nanfang Weekend, January 12, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060112/jj/jjxw/2006
01130022.asp

Protests and Petitions
广东又发生徵地补偿纠纷警民起冲突民众受伤 (10 Protesters Reportedly Injured in Land Dispute Protest in Guangdong)
Chinesenewsnet.com, January 13, 2006
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/cna_2006_01_12_22_00_27_541.html22_00_27
_541.html

汕尾局势有变 省委书记向中央作检查 (Beijing Demands Report on Shanwei Incident from Guangdong Party Chief)
Radio Free Asia, January 13, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/12/
shanwei/

Public Health
专访中国第一例SARS患者庞佐尧 (An Interview with China's First SARS Patient)
Nanfang Weekend, January 13, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060112/xw/dcgc/2006
01130006.asp

Public Health
吉林艾滋病感染者被警方殴打 (Jilin AIDS Patients Beaten Up by Police After Clashes with Doctors)
Radio Free Asia, January 13, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/12/jilin/

中国在各地推行建立平价医院 (China to Build Hospitals that Provide Low-Cost Medical Care)
Radio Free Asia, January 12, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/12/
pingjiayiyuan/