April 5-6, 2006

News

Death Penalty
成都原宣传部长终审死缓 (Former Chengdu Propaganda Chief Given Death Penalty with Reprieve for Corruption)
The Beijing News, April 06, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/china/2006/0406/005@
172615.htm

Environment
Factories Put on Hold by Green Watchdog
SCMP, April 06, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ2MOJ1DLE.html

Food Security
Farmland Loss Leads to Food Security Fears
Xinhuanet, April 06, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-04/05/content_
4388153.htm

Government - Grassroots Elections
Democracy Programme "a Success" in Rural Areas
Xinhuanet, April 06, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-04/06/content_
4389569.htm

Human Rights
温家宝承认中国人权仍需改善 (Premier Wen Jiabao Admits China's Human Rights Record Requires More Improvement)
Asia Times Online, April 06, 2006
http://www.atchinese.com/index.php?option=com_content
&task=view&id=14881&Itemid=33=33

Human Rights Defenders - Xinjiang
加籍维吾尔异议人士乌兹别克被捕 (Uyghur Dissident Arrested in Uzbekistan)
Voice of America, April 05, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-04-05-voa47.cfm

Land Policy
Tighter Control on Land Use to Protect Farmland
China Daily, April 06, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-04/06/content_
561278.htm

Media - Censorship / Press Freedom
Jailed Chinese Reporter Says Charges False
AP( via YahooNews), April 06, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060405/ap_on_re_as/china_
reporter_arrested;_ylt=Alri1gv8h47hRRAsqs8ipMwBxg8F;_ylu
=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--v8h47hRR
Asqs8ipMwBxg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN
1YmNhdA--

Media - Internet Censorship
无国界记者组织声援废除互联网新规定的请愿 (Reporters Without Borders Joins Campaign Urging China to Drop Regulations on Internet News Services)
Radio Free Asia, April 04, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/04/04/rsf/

Military
China Builds up Largest Military Training Ground in Asia
Xinhuanet, April 05, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-04/05/content_438
7507.htm

Olympics
Olympics to Bring Beijing Short Reprieve from Pollution Woes
AFP (via YahooNews), April 06, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060406/wl_asia_afp/oly2008
chnenvironment;_ylt=Ahs8hVlnGi_rHEzQUGWxFM8Bxg8F;_ylu
=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--VlnGi_rHEz
QUGWxFM8Bxg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1
YmNhdA--

Beijing 2008 Games Will Improve Human Rights: Rogge
Reuters (via YahooNews), April 05, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060405/sp_nm/olympics_
beijing_dc_2

Police
人肉炸弹袭四川法院 (Bomb Explosion in Sichuan Court Kills Two)
Wen Wei Po, April 06, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH0604060021
&cat=002CH

Dare to Shoot Criminals, Police Told
SCMP, April 06, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ57ZJ1DLE.html

Protests and Petitions
维权绝食人士欧阳小戎被抓下落不明 (Whereabouts Unknown of Rights Defender Ouyang Xiaorong, Detained in February for Participating in Hunger Strike)
Radio Free Asia, April 05, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/04/05/
Ouyangxiaorong/

China Steps Up 'Patriotic Education' as Dongzhou Mourns Its Dead
Radio Free Asia, April 05, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2006/04/05/china_shanwei/

上访者在沈阳苏家屯区政府前请愿 (Liaoning Petitioners Stage Protest Against Corrupt Village Officials)
Radio Free Asia, April 05, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/04/05/
shangfang/

Public Health - Health Care Reform
医疗体制改革不需要设立新机构 (New Institutions Not Necessary for Health Care Reform)
China Youth Daily, April 06, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-04/06/content_1352332.htm

Society
70个城市拒绝廉租房 谁拿走了百姓的廉租房？(70 City Governments Refuse to Provide Low-Cost Housing)
People's Daily, April 06, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/30178/4271006.html

Suicide Hotline for Elderly Kept Busy
SCMP, April 06, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ6MOJ1DLE.html