The HRIC Daily Brief is a daily selection of news stories and commentary related to human rights in China, drawn from Chinese- and English-language news and online media sources that we monitor daily. In addition to headlines and source links, HRIC also provides English translation of Chinese headlines.

Tuesday, January 24, 2006

January 24, 2006

News

Bilateral Ties / State Security – Spying - Gao Zhan (高瞻)
Once Eager to Host Her, US Can't Wait to Deport Scholar
SCMP, January 24, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZH4TSJRGE.html

Children
New Measures to Help Street Kids Find Homes
Xinhuanet, January 24, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/24/content_
4091796.htm


Corruption
尽论中国: 腐败最易发生时 (Discussion on China: When Corruption Happens So Easily)
Apple Daily, January 24, 2006
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?iss_
id=20060124&sec_id=15335&showdate=20060124&art_
id=5600117
335&showdate=20060124&art_id=5600117

Guangzhou Graft Fighters Kept Busy
SCMP, January 24, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ54TSJRGE.html

Punishment Announced for Corrupt Officials
China Daily, January 24, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-01/24/
content_514888.htm


Education
一所农村学校不及城市一间教室 (Facilities at Rural Schools Not up to Standards of Urban Schools)
China Youth Daily, January 24, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-01/24/content_1305977.htm

Gender
调整性别比失衡是否需刑法介入 (Should the Criminal Law Be Used to Correct Gender Imbalance?)
Legal Daily, January 24, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-01/24/content_256536.htm

Government
Cadre Gets 5 Years for His Role in Illegal Mine
SCMP, January 24, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZT4NSJRGE.html

Human Rights Defenders - Li Yuanlong (李元龙)
贵州《毕节日报》记者李元龙被逮捕 (Journalist with Guizhou’s Bijie Daily Arrested for Inciting Subversion)
Dajiyuan.com, January 24, 2006
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/6/1/23/n1200735.htm

Labor
企业裁员200人以上须报批 (Anhui Province to Require Companies to Report When They Lay Off More Than 200 Employees)
The Beijing News, January 24, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/china/2006/0124/014@157073.htm

Law - Legal Reform
Courts Struggle with Judicial Enforcement
Xinhuanet, January 24, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/24/content_
4091691.htm


Population
北京十一五规划删除常住人口1600万的控制目标 (Beijing Scraps Goal of Limiting Population to 16 million by 2010)
Xinhuanet, January 24, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-01/23/content_
4089763.htm


Poverty
大学生消费占家庭月入叁成 年花逾万 相当农民收入3.5倍 (University Students’ Expenditures Amount to 30 Percent of Household Income, Equal to 3.5 Times Average Annual Income of Farmers)
Ming Pao, January 24, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060124/cca1.htm

Protests and Petitions
成都军工厂职工维权遭镇压 受伤者众忧官方清算 (Workers Protesting Closure of a Chengdu Factory Fear Retaliation from Authorities)
Radio Free Asia, January 24, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/23/
chengdu/


Public Health
医患纠纷患方胜诉率下降 法院审理有四难” (Court Faces "Four Difficulties" in Medical Dispute Cases)
Xinhuanet, January 24, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-01/24/content_
4091706.htm


Few Benefit From Health-Budget Rise
SCMP, January 24, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZL4TSJRGE.html

Study Urges More Private Healthcare in China
Financial Times, January 24, 2006
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/2f6c1310-8c0b-11da-9efb-
0000779e2340.html


Rural Issues
Highways Offer Peasants a Road to Riches
SCMP, January 24, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ0G7EKRGE.html

Society - Ethnic Minorities
Yunnan Sets up Museum on Life of Ethnic Group
Xinhuanet, January 24, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/23/content_4090777.htm