Friday, February 03, 2006

February 3, 2006

News

Bilateral Ties - US/China/ Human Rights
美高官:中国压制反对声音有碍稳定 (US Official Says China's Suppression of Dissenting Opinions Undermines Stability and Growth)
BBC, February 02, 2006
http://news8.thdo.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_4670000/
newsid_4676100/4676112.stm
.stm

Children
调教问题孩子” (Mobile School - A Place for Correcting the Problems of China's Spoiled Children)
Nanfang Weekend, January 26, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060126/xw/xz/2006
01260026.asp


Disasters
China Fireworks Deaths Blamed on Child
AP( via YahooNews), February 03, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060202/ap_on_re_as/china_
fireworks_deaths;_ylt=ApyQW.yxV_qkNyiXB2xRhMcBxg8F;
_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--
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_qkNyiXB2xRhMcBxg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYw
N5bnN1YmNhdA--


Human Rights Defenders - Lawyers
Lawyer Attacked after Visiting Taishi Activist
SCMP, February 03, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZWS9TJRGE.html

Human Rights Defenders – Petitioner Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
杨群:山东临沂维权盲人陈光诚的亲邻继续遭受迫害 (Shandong Blind Activist Chen Guangcheng Reportedly Under Surveillance)
Chinesenewsnet.com, February 03, 2006
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/2006_2_2_14_48_12_961.html
_12_961.html

Human Rights Defenders – Journalist Li Yuanlong (李元龙)
贵州记者李元龙案数番换审 (Guizhou Court Still Working Out the Charge for Detained Journalist Li Yuanlong)
Radio Free Asia, February 02, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/02/
liyuanlong/


Labor - Industrial Accidents (Case)
山西晋城煤矿瓦斯爆炸23名矿工丧生 (Gas Blast Kills 23 in State-Run Shanxi Coal Mine)
Radio Free Asia, February 03, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/02/
jincheng/


Law - Legal Reform
全国人大将修订刑事民事及行政诉讼法 (NPC to Revise Criminal, Civil and Administrative Procedure Laws)
EastDay.com, February 03, 2006
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node
115608/userobject1ai1827050.html
7050.html

Law - Juvenile Justice
不满16岁犯罪一般不判无期徒刑 (Supreme Court Issues Guidelines Setting Out More Lenient Punishment for Minors)
The Beijing News, February 03, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0199/2006/0203/005@
158710.htm


Media - Internet Censorship / Corporate Social Accountability
Google and Microsoft Turn Up Heat over China
Financial Times, February 03, 2006
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/25bfd440-9382-11da-a978-0000779
e2340.html


Surrendering to China's Censors
SCMP, February 03, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZUYETJRGE.html

Media - Public Access to Information
China's Texters to Lose Anonymity
Asia Times Online, February 02, 2006
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_Business/HB03Cb04.html

China Ban for Memoirs of a Geisha
BBC, February 02, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4672840.stm

Protests and Petitions - Resettlement
无锡农民联名状告江苏省非法侵占土地 (Farmers Sue Jiangsu Government over Land Grabs)
Radio Free Asia, February 02, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/02/wuxi/

Protests and Petitions
Violence Works Where Peace Failed for China Villages
Reuters (via YahooNews), February 01, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=572&ncid=572&e
=2&u=/nm/20060201/lf_nm/china_riots_dc_1
nm/china_riots_
dc_1


Public Health - Health Care Reform
推进平价战略 现有公立医院怎么办 (How Will Public Hospitals Cope with the Pressure of Offering Medical Care at Lower Prices?)
Nanfang Weekend, January 26, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060126/xw/tb/2006
01260005.asp


Poverty
China Puts $598 mln to Reduce Poverty in Ethnic Regions in 2005
Xinhuanet, February 02, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/02/content_4129
632.htm


Rural Issues
听众评论胡锦涛有关农村新口号 (Listeners Comment on President Hu Jintao’s New Ideas for Rural Development)
Voice of America, February 03, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-02-02-voa76.cfm

Social Security - Social Insurance
Govt Grants Senior Citizens Favorable Treatment
Xinhuanet, February 03, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/01/content_412
7480.htm


Xinjiang / Religion
北京严格限制维族的宗教信仰 (Beijing Tightens Control over Religion in Xinjiang)
Radio Free Asia, February 02, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/02/weizu/