Wednesday, February 15, 2006

February 15, 2006


News

Death Penalty
一农民为竞争村官雇凶枪杀“政敌” 主犯一审被判死刑 (Farmer Sentenced to Death for Murdering Rivals in Village Election)
Legal Daily, February 15, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-02/15/content_265
442.htm

Environment - Pollution
Capital Endures a Terrible Month for Air Pollution
SCMP, February 15, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZYFISH8JE.html

Gender - Marriage
Divorce Rate Surges Across China
China Daily, February 15, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-02/15/content
_520204.htm

Government - Governance and Accountability
Complain? Nobody Will Listen
SCMP, February 15, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZTGSSH8JE.html

Human Rights
听众从郭飞雄事件评中国人权状况 (Public Comments on China's Human Rights Conditions After Guo Feixiong Incident)
Voice of America, February 15, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/m2006-02-14-voa75.cfm

Human Rights Defenders
中国异议人士获释后人身自由受限 (Dissidents Under Close Surveillance After Release from Jail)
Voice of America, February 15, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-02-14-voa52.cfm

Labor - Work Safety
China Orders 35,842 Companies to Close
AP( via YahooNews), February 15, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060215/ap_on_bi_ge/china_work
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jMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--OegD.SCzN2AgucBxg8F
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Media - Internet Censorship
China Says Web Controls Follow the West's Lead
New York Times, February 15, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/15/international/asia/15web.
html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Net Firms at Crossroads: Blogger
SCMP, February 15, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZAGISH8JE.html

2005年度全球记者和新闻自由报告 (Committee to Protect Journalists Issues 2005 World Press Freedom Report, China Ranks at Bottom of List)
Radio Free Asia, February 14, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/14/cpj/

Pirates and Bloggers Beat China's Great Wall of Propaganda
The Guardian, February 15, 2006
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1709123,00
.html

西藏权益组织呼吁抵制古狗 (Students for a Free Tibet Calls for Goggle Boycott)
Voice of America, February 15, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-02-14-voa91.cfm

Media - Censorship / Press Freedom
前中共高级官员谴责新闻审查制度 (Veteran Cadres Criticize Press Censorship in China)
BBC, February 15, 2006
http://news8.thdo.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_4710000/
newsid_4712000/4712060.stm.stm

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    关於冰点事件的联合声明（全文） (Joint Statement Issued in Response to Closure of Freezing Point (Bing Dian) News Supplement (Full Text))
    Ming Pao, February 15, 2006
    http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060215/ccg1.htm

Politics - CPC
中国评论﹕黄菊接连缺席牵动政坛(China Analysis: Huang Ju's Absence Sparks Speculations of Leadership Reshuffle)
Ming Pao, February 15, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060215/caf1.htm

Population - One-Child Policy
吃药多胞胎 超生不受罚 (Having Twins: A Loophole for Getting Around China's One-Child Policy)
Radio Free Asia, February 14, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/14/
chaosheng/

Protests and Petitions
重大上访案公开听证 (Shenzhen Judges Suggest Holding Public Hearings for Major Petitioning Cases)
China Youth Daily, February 15, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-02/15/content_1315412.htm

广东连南警民冲突事件曝光 (Causes of Clash Between Police and Villagers in Guangdong Revealed)
Radio Free Asia, February 14, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/14/
liannan/

Public Health - Disability
National Survey on Handicapped to Help Form Policies
Xinhuanet, February 15, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/15/content_
4182401.htm

Rural Issues
New Breed of Fixers in Chinese Struggle for Rights
Financial Times, February 15, 2006
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/c88fcde8-9db8-11da-b1c6-000077
9e2340.html