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Media - Censorship / Press Freedom
《冰点》主编上书控中宣部 中纪委须一周内回覆是否受理 (Ex-Editor of Banned Weekly "Freezing Point" Files Suit with Propaganda Ministry)
Ming Pao, February 07, 2006
The former editor of the banned weekly "Freezing Point" (Bing Dian), Li Datong, has filed a lawsuit with the Propaganda Ministry. Li claims that the closure of the outspoken supplement of the China Youth Daily by authorities is a violation of the constitution and Party rules.
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060207/caa1.htm
News
Disasters
Green Watchdog Wants Accident News Fast
SCMP, February 07, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZAZ3SH8JE.html
Economic Development
Counting the Human Cost of Reforms
SCMP, February 07, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ4HZSH8JE.html
Environment
Anhui Shuts Down 379 Polluting Enterprises
Xinhuanet, February 07, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/07/content
_4146096.htm
Energy Law Aims at Power Conservation
China Daily, February 07, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-02/07/
content_517704.htm
Human Rights Defenders - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
陈光诚亲戚遭殴被带走 (Cousin of Blind Activist Chen Guangcheng Taken Away by Police)
Radio Free Asia, February 07, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/06/
chenhua/
Human Rights Defenders
高智晟绝食声援郭飞雄 胡佳齐志勇接力 (Rights Activists Stage Hunger Strike to Rally Support for Lawyer Guo Feixiong, Who Was Beaten by Police)
Radio Free Asia, February 07, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/06/
guofeixiong/
中国维权人士接力绝食抗议 (Chinese Rights Activities Stage Hunger Strike to Protest)
BBC, February 06, 2006
http://news8.thdo.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_
4680000/newsid_4686000/4686054.stm.stm
Labor - Working Conditions
劳动维权要注意60天时效 (Shanghai Labor Bureau Reminds Workers to File Complaints Within 60 Days)
Legal Daily, February 07, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-02/07/content_
260578.htm
Land Policy
Beijing Promises Curbs on Farmland Sales
SCMP, February 07, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZDP3SH8JE.html
Land Policy - Land Disputes (Case)
北京两起强拆事件造成一死一重伤 (One Dies and One Injured in Two Incidents of Forced Eviction in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, February 07, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/06/
chaiqian/
Law
Wrongly Detained Deng Seeks Indemnity
Xinhuanet, February 07, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/07/content_
4145663.htm
Media - Internet Censorship
China Closes More than 2,000 'Unhealthy' Websites
AFP (via YahooNews), February 06, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060206/wl_asia_afp/
chinainternetmediacensorship_060206070358;_ylt=Au
JT6z2KNF9S4cq63WBe.8VPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW
04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl206070358;_ylt=AuJT6z
2KNF9S4cq63WBe.8VPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHN
Internet Lions Turn Paper Tiger in China
New York Times, February 06, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/06/technology/06link.
html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Migrant Workers - Working Conditions
Migrant Workers Expect Higher Wages
Xinhuanet, February 07, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/06/content_
4144318.htm
Police - Abuses (Case)
Justice Remains Shanghaied in City's Law Courts
SCMP, February 07, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ9P3SH8JE.html
Protests and Petitions
听众：中国上访者利益得不到保护 (Caller: Interests of Petitioners in China not Protected)
Radio Free Asia, February 07, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-02-06-voa57.cfm
Public Health -
政府该为医改做些什么 (What Can the Government Do About Health Care Reform?)
People's Daily, February 07, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/30178/4076326.html