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Protests and Petitions
人权组织：拆迁上访人士叁送精神院 (Rights Group: Petitioners of Resettlement Sent to Psychiatric Hospital)
BBC , January 22, 2006
Human Rights in China (HRIC) has learned that Shanghai petitioner Liu Xinjuan has been forcibly admitted to a psychiatric hospital after being detained in a roundup of petitioners while Shanghai’s People’s Congress and Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference were in session.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_4630000/newsid_
4636400/4636488.stm
Related News
Petitioner Liu Xinjuan Sent to Psychiatric Hospital, Petitioner Xu Zhengqing Loses Appeal on 3-Year Sentence)
Human Rights in China (HRIC), January 23, 2006
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision%5fid=26694
&item%5fid=26692
Xinjiang
18,000 Uygurs Arrested for ‘Security Threats' Last Year
SCMP, January 21, 2006
Over 18,000 people, mainly of Uyghur decent, were arrested in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region last year for crimes that fall under the category of endangering state security, according to the Xinjiang Daily.
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZSODY6SGE.html
News
Death Penalty
经最高法复核 作案32起强奸34人恶魔被执行死刑 (Hohhot High Court Sentences Man to Death for Raping 34 Women)
Xinhuanet, January 21, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-01/21/content_4081638.htm
Disasters
China's State Council Issues Emergency Response Plan for Accidental Calamities
People's Daily, January 23, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200601/23/eng20060123_
237451.html
Environment
中国加强环保国际合作 多边双边官方民间相结合 (China Steps up International Cooperation on Environmental Protection)
Dajiyuan.com, January 23, 2006
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/zxs_2006-01-23_681760.shtml23_681760.shtml
Report Backs Yunnan Development
SCMP, January 21, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZFSMSJRGE.html
'We Are not Blindly Opposed to Dams'
SCMP, January 21, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ2OGSJRGE.html
Gender
Wuhan to Conduct Survey on Male Homosexuals
Xinhuanet, January 23, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/23/content_
4087877.htm
Government
政府权力规范与公民权益保障 (Checks and Balances in Government and the Protection of Civil Rights)
Legal Daily, January 23, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-01/23/content_
55860.htm
China Punishes Officials Who Buy Official Posts, Practice Bribery in Election
People's Daily, January 23, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200601/23/eng20060123_
237588.html
Online Publication of Lawmakers' Proposals Shows Democracy in Action
People's Daily, January 23, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200601/20/eng20060120_
237064.html
Hukou
河南率先取消农村户口 (Henan Province Becomes the First to Abolish Rural Household Registration)
Dajiyuan.com, January 22, 2006
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/2006_1_22_2_28_6_855.html_6_855.html
Labor
我国职业危害波及7亿人 (700 Million Workers Suffer from Work-related Injuries)
Legal Daily, January 23, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-01/23/content_255825.htm
Media
张德江令严抓纪检 压媒体监督谁把关？(Guangdong Party Chief Zhang Dejiang Tightens Control Over Social Unrest, But Who Controls the Media?)
Radio Free Asia, January 23, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/20/
zhangdeijiang/
Test Promotes Internet Awareness
China Daily, January 23, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/home/index.html
Media - Internet Censorship
Doing Beijing's Dirty Work
SCMP, January 21, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZJRMSJRGE.html
Migrant Workers
春节临近民工回不了乡 讨薪被迫下跪 (As Chinese New Year Nears, Migrant Workers Plead for Unpaid Wages So They Can Go Home)
Apple Daily, January 23, 2006
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?sec_id=15335&iss_id=20060123&art_id=5596725123&art_id=5596725
Police
中国官方杂志承认黑社会犯罪猖獗 (Official Magazine Admits That Triad-Related Crimes Are Rampant)
Voice of America, January 22, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-01-22-voa39.cfm
Politics
Ambitious Officials Likely to Tread with Care in Intense Jockeying for Power
SCMP, January 23, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZIQKSJRGE.html
China Taking the Lead to Energise Marxist Ideology
SCMP, January 23, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZUL3EKRGE.html
Protests and Petitions
Police in Clash with Laid-Off Workers
SCMP, January 23, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZPTPSJRGE.html
温家宝认为侵占耕地导致社会不稳 (Premier Wen Jiabao Says Government Occupation of Farmland Is Causing Instability)
Radio Free Asia, January 22, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/22/wenjiabao/
Protests and Petitions – Zhongshan Land Compensation Incident
Officials to Pay Price for Teen's Death
SCMP, January 21, 2006
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZCPDY6SGE.html
Public Health - HIV-AIDS/STDs
Tragic AIDS Tales Come to Life in Activist's Book
SCMP, January 23, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZD5HY6SGE.html
Guangxi Educates Govt Officials About AIDS
Xinhuanet, January 21, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/21/content_4081508.htm
Religion
Religious Groups Called to Play Role in Maintaining Stability
Xinhuanet, January 22, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/22/content_4086310.htm
