January 14-16, 2006

Top News of the Day

Protests and Petitions – Zhongshan Land Compensation Protest
Villagers Vow to Fight on for Compensation
SCMP, January 16, 2006
About 50 villagers were injured, and a further 100 were detained, during a clash with military police dispatched to break up a protest over land acquisition in Panlong village in Zhongshan, Guangdong Province. During the Saturday protest, which involved some 10,000 villagers, police beat protestors at random and it was rumored that a 13-year-old girl had died as a result.
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZKSJDKRGE.html


News

Corruption
Suicide of Zhejiang Official Met with Shock
SCMP, January 16, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZOG5SJRGE.html

Education
Equality Finally Gets a Chance with Revision of Education Standards
SCMP, January 16, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZK32SJRGE.html

Key Measures Missing from Draft, Experts Say
SCMP, January 16, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZG32SJRGE.html

Environment
Beijing Determined to Build 'Livable City'
SCMP, January 16, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZCG5SJRGE.html

China`s Developing World Energy Strategy - Edward Lanfranco
UPI, January 16, 2006
http://news.monstersandcritics.com/asiapacific/article_
1075843.php/China`s_developing_world_energy_
strategyoping_world_energy_strategy

潘岳：中国环保形势严峻 公众参与程度低是要因 (Environmental Chief Says that Lack of Public Participation is a Major Cause for Environmental Degradation)
Chinesenewsnet.com, January 16, 2006
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/zxs_2006-01-16_678597.shtml16_678597.shtml

Government
讨论：广东民间要求罢免省委书记张德江的诉求 (Discussion: The People’s Demand That Zhang Dejiang, General Secretary of Guangdong’s Provincial Committee, Be Dismissed)
Radio Free Asia, January 16, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/14/
zhangdejiang/

Human Rights Defenders
北京警方再带走拟悼念赵紫阳居民 (Beijing Police Arrest Activist Li Jinping Again, Allegedly for Planning to Hold Memorial Activities to Mark the First Anniversary of Zhao Ziyang's Death)
Voice of America , January 16, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-01-15-voa51.cfm

Labor - Work Safety
整顿关闭煤矿进程缓慢:竟有省份一矿未关 (Slow Progress in Reforms on Coal Mines, No Mines Have Been Shut Down in Some Provinces)
People's Daily, January 16, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1027/4028633.html

Poverty - Urban Poverty
Beijing's Income Gap Grows, as Study Sees Slum Potential
SCMP, January 16, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZDCVX6SGE.html

Protests and Petitions – Zhongshan Land Compensation Protest
中山徵地 釀警民衝突 (Clash Between Police and Villagers in Zhongshan Due to Land Acquisition) Wen Wei Po, January 16, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?cat=002CH&
news_id=CH0601160002

中山逾萬警民衝突數十傷, 不滿政府低價徵地高價出售 (Dozens Injured as Over 10,000 Villagers Clash with Police in Zhongshan)
Ming Pao , January 16, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/

广东村民抗议征地不公与警方冲突 (Guangdong Villagers Clash with Police Over Unfair Compensation on Land Acquisition)
Voice of America, January 16, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-01-15-voa52.cfm

Scores Injured as China Police Quell Protest: Residents
AFP (via YahooNews), January 16, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060115/wl_asia_afp/chinaright
slandunrest_060115194537&printer=1;_ylt=AmiU5fXMN_AbiL
RuQNBF2VruOrgF;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MXN1bHE0BHNl

Traffic Blockade Ends in Guangdong
Xinhuanet, January 16, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/15/
content_4055529.htm

Villagers in Land Protest Flee Police Batons and Tear Gas
SCMP, January 16, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ0TIDKRGE.html

Fight for Fair Land Payout Brought to Violent End
SCMP, January 14, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ042SJRGE.html

Protests and Petitions- Shanwei Incident
Curfew on Riot Village Lifted Amid Talk of Beijing Probe
SCMP, January 14, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZU9GDKRGE.html

Public Health
四川医药购销黑幕:已查128人吃回扣近千万 (Medical Fee Scandal in Sichuan: 128 People Took Close to 10 Million Yuan in Illegal Kickbacks)
EastDay.com, January 16, 2006
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node112668/userobject1ai1794668.html

Wealth Grows, but Health Care Withers in China
New York Times, January 16, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/14/international/asia/1
4health.html?n=Top%2fNews%2fInternational%2fCountries%
20and%20Territories%2fChina2fInternational%2fCountries%
20and%20Territories%2fChina

Rural Issues
Huge Funds Increase for Rural Roads
Xinhuanet, January 16, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/16/
content_4057301.htm

Model Village to Teach Others How to Improve
China Daily, January 16, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-01/
16/content_512583.htm

Social Security
Pension System to Cover 220m People in 2010
Xinhuanet, January 16, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/13/content_
4049758.htm