March 8, 2006

News

Children - Orphans and Adoption
Baby Adoption Case Draws Scrutiny in China
Washington Post, March 06, 2006
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/
03/06/AR2006030601011.htmldyn/content/article/2006/03/
06/AR2006030601011.html

Education / Poverty - Rural Poverty
City Teachers will Work in Rural Schools
China Daily, March 08, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-03/08/
content_528140.htm

教育是农村的未来 (Education Underlies the Prospects of China's Rural Areas)
Legal Daily, March 08, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-03/08/content_
278255.htm

Gender
'Inequality in Jobs Still a Serious Issue'
China Daily, March 08, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-03/08/
content_527978.htm

中国妇女发展报告曝内幕 婚内强奸立法两度被弃 (Insider Story of the Report on Women's Development in China: Legislation Against Rape within Marriage Dropped Twice)
EastDay.com, March 08, 2006
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node122621/userobject1ai1898520.html8520.html

Labor
Back-pay Claims Pile Up
SCMP, March 08, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ6AJVH8JE.html

Land Policy
中国耕地短缺将超过六百万公顷 (Official Warns Land Shortage Reaching an Alarming Stage)
Radio Free Asia, March 07, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/03/07/land/

Media - Public Access to Information
郎咸平上海脱口秀节目被突然停播 (Shanghai Authority Orders to Suspend Economist's Talk Show)
Radio Free Asia, March 07, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/03/07/lang/

The Wild Web of China: Sex and Drugs, Not Reform
New York Times, March 08, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/08/business/worldbusiness/
08chinanet.html

Media - Internet Censorship / Human Rights Defenders – Journalist Li Yuanlung (李元龙)
微软公司否认和李元龙案有关 (Microsoft Denies Involvement in Journalist Case)
Radio Free Asia, March 07, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/03/07/
weiruan/

Politics – Fourth Session of the Tenth NPC and CPPCC Conferences
5-year Plan Addresses Pressing Problems
Xinhuanet, March 08, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-03/07/content_
4267295.htm

教育投入占GDP4％应成硬指标 (Government Urged to Set Target for Education Investment)
The Beijing News, March 08, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0586/2006/03-08/015
@031307.htm

中共党内人士呼吁放宽新闻控制 (Party Members Urge the Government to Relax Control over Press)
Radio Free Asia, March 04, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/03/04/
zhonggong/

代表三度提议制定《新闻监督法》(NPC Deputies Submit Proposal to Draft Laws Supervising the Press)
The Beijing News, March 08, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0586/2006/03-08/015@
031136.htm

访民发出致人大政协建议书 (Petitioners Submit Open Letter to CPPCC)
Radio Free Asia, March 06, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/03/06/fangmin/

中国人大代表促立法反家庭暴力 (NPC Deputies Call for Legislation Against Domestic Violence)
Voice of America, March 06, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-03-06-voa68.cfm

Protests and Petitions
'Criminals' Blamed for Riot in Shanwei
SCMP, March 08, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ9NMUH8JE.html

Public Health - Health Care Reform
Hospital Found Overcharging 200,000 Yuan
Xinhuanet, March 08, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-03/08/content_
4273342.htm

听众对中国医疗腐败问题的看法 (Public Opinions over China's Corrupted Health Care System)
Voice of America, March 08, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-03-08-voa1.cfm

Rural Issues
Landless Farmers "Must Be Helped"
Xinhuanet, March 08, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-03/08/content_
4272594.htm

Rural Development to Underpin Economy, Says Statistician
SCMP, March 08, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZZ9DUH8JE.html

Society
Until Social Reform Do Us Part
SCMP, March 08, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZ7LMUH8JE.html

March 7, 2006

Top News of the Day

Rural Issues - Rural Development
新农村建设耗资4万亿 (New Socialist Countryside Reforms Need 40 Trillion Yuan by 2020)
Ming Pao, March 07, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/
The so-called new socialist countryside, an ambitious plan launched by China to revive the economy in the rural areas will call for up to 40 trillion yuan by 2020, Justin Lin Yifu, a leading economist said.


News
Economic Development
五年后城镇居民收入超13000元 (Average Urban Income Expected to Grow over 13,000 Yuan in Five Years)
The Beijing News, March 07, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0586/2006/03-07/
015@043748.htm

Environment
Legal Threat Opens New Debate over Spill in Jilin
SCMP, March 07, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZNBJUH8JE.html

Hukou - Reform
西安将逐步实行城乡统一“居民户口” ( Xi'an City to Widen Hukou Reform)
China Youth Daily, March 07, 2006
http://news.cyol.com/content/2006-03/07/content_
1329805.htm

Labor
Shanxi Puts Brakes on Expansion of Coal Mining
China Daily, March 07, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-03/
07/content_527529.htm

Media
中国调整域名体系 增强自主性？(China Changes Internet Domain Name to Increase Autonomy)
BBC, March 07, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_4770000/
newsid_4772600/4772610.stm

Politics - NPC
HK Deputy Blasts Wen's Work Report
SCMP, March 07, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZYFFVH8JE.html

2020年中国耕地缺口1亿亩以上 (China Will Have a Shortage of Farmland of Up to 100 Billion Mu by 2020)China Youth Daily, March 07, 2006
http://news.cyol.com/content/2006-03/07/content_1329801.htm

Economist Says Give Poor Rights, not Infrastructure
SCMP, March 07, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZD39UH8JE.html

Farmers Want a 'Land-Leasing Policy'
China Daily, March 07, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-03/07/content_527428.htm

Leaders Tackle China's Great Divide
The Guardian, March 07, 2006
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1724215,00.html

Trade Barriers Hinder China's Rural Development
Xinhuanet, March 07, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-03/06/content_4266800.htm

Burgeoning Population of Landless Migrants Threatens Stability
Voice of America, March 06, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/english/China-Burgeoning-Population-of-
Landless-Migrants-Threatens-Stability.cfmThreatens-Stability.cfm

Population
Years Running out for China to Resolve Aging Problem
Xinhuanet, March 07, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-03/06/
content_4266244.htm

Poverty
北京城乡人均收入差距近万 (Income Gap Between Rural and Urban in Beijing Close to 10,000 Yuan)
The Beijing News, March 07, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0586/2006/03-07/
015@043201.htm

Public Health - HIV-AIDS/STDs
Beijing Daily Sued for Identifying Aids Orphan
SCMP, March 07, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZX6JUH8JE.html

Public Health
Local Experiments on Euthanasia Proposed
Xinhuanet, March 07, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-03/06/
content_4265327.htm

Rural Issues - Taxation
财政部：取消农业税不等于农民不缴税 (Ministry of Finance: Farmers Still Have to Pay Tax after Abolition of Agricultural Tax)
China Youth Daily, March 07, 2006
http://news.cyol.com/content/2006-03/06/content_
1329232.htm

Tibet
'Channels of Contact' Open to Dalai Lama
SCMP, March 07, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZDCJUH8JE.html

Xinjiang
关塔那摩维吾尔囚犯不愿遣返中国 (Uyghurs Detained in Guantánamo Bay Don't Want to be Sent back to China)
BBC, March 07, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_4780000/
newsid_4780900/4780984.stm