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Media - Censorship / Press Freedom
中国严格控制电视剧制作和国际新闻广播 (China Tightens Grip on TV Production and Foreign News Reports)
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
04/11/guangdian/
Beijing's State Administration of Radio, Film and Television has issued two notices concerning TV production and the adoption of news coverage of foreign media. TV production related to major or sensitive subjects have to be approved by government departments at the provincial level or above. No unauthorized usage of news reports or programs from foreign media will be allowed.
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中央主要新闻网站响应“文明办网” (Major Government-Run News Websites Support Self-Discipline Principles)
China Youth Daily, April 12, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-04/12/content_
1356253.htm
Major News Websites Back Internet Self-Censorship
China Daily, April 12, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-04/12/
content_565793.htm
News
Civil Society
Charitable Acts on the Rise
China Daily, April 12, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-04/12/
content_565655.htm
Environment
Nowhere to Breathe
The Standard, April 12, 2006
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?
we_cat=9&art_id=16322&sid=7467017&con_type=
1&d_str=20060412
Government
'People-First' Criteria for New Provincial Leaders
SCMP, April 12, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ1M6K1DLE.html
Human Rights
中国人权研究会:如何正确评价中国的人权状况 (China Society for Human Rights Studies Asks: How Can We Accurately Evaluate China's Human Rights Situation?)
Xinhuanet, April 12, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2006-04
/12/content_4413151.htm
美国一百多名议员联署呼吁布什关注杨建利 (Over 100 US Congressmen Sign Joint Plea Urging Bush to Bring Up Case of Jailed Dissident Yang Jianli During Visit with Hu Jintao)
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2006/04/11/
us_china_humanrights/
山东省异议人士李建平将在本周三开审 (Shandong-Based Activist Li Jianping to Be Tried on Wednesday)
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2006/04/10/
china_internet_dissident/
June 4th - Prisoner
Mao Portrait Protester Freed, Travels to Canada
Free Asia Radio, April 12, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2006/04/11/china_release/
Land Policy
江苏靖江政府动用黑社会势力强政农民土地 (Local Government in Jiangsu Province Allegedly Hired Thugs to Grab Land from Farmers)
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2006/04/10/china_rights_land/
Law
佘祥林案助推中国司法改革:目标直指公平与正义 (Redressed Death Penalty Case Helps Push China's Legal Reform)
Xinhuanet, April 12, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2006-04/12/content_4413281.htm
Olympics
Ideas Sought to Boost City's Olympics Effort
SCMP, April 12, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZFW7K1DLE.html
Police
Police Official Denies Conflict with Farmers
SCMP, April 12, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ5M6K1DLE.html
Povertyr
Poverty Alleviation Targets Gender Inequality
China Daily, April 12, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-04/12/content_565654.htm
Protests and Petitions
200 Angry Villagers Loot Leather Plants
SCMP, April 12, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ5WGK1DLE.html
京郊数千名村民在市府抗议官员贪污要求村民自治 (Over 1,000 Villagers in Beijing Suburbs Protest Government Corruption and Demand More Autonomy for Villages)
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2006/04/10/china_rights_petition/
Public Health
China Moves to Crack Down on Bribery in Health Sector
Xinhuanet, April 12, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-04/11/content_4412186.htm
Religion
Sticking Points in Sino-Vatican Relations
SCMP, April 12, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZ2P6K1DLE.html
Rural Issues
中国人均耕地面积减少到1.4亩 为世界40％ (China's Average Amount of Farmland Per Person Shrinks to 1.4 mu)
Xinhuanet, April 12, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-04/11/content_4412457.htm