April 25, 2006

News

Bilateral Ties / Human Rights Defenders
鲁德成批评西方对中国专制统治妥协 (Lu Decheng Criticizes Western Countries for Compromising with China's Dictatorship)
Radio Free Asia, April 24, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2006/04/24/china_humanrights/

Government
中国地方村干部滥用权力问题严重 (Problems of Power Abuse by Village Cadres Worsens)
Radio Free Asia, April 24, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2006/04/24/china_local/

北京居委会换届选举禁止拉票竞选 (Campaigning Prohibited in Beijing’s Residential Committee Elections)
Radio Free Asia, April 24, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2006/04/24/china_election/

Government / Law
李至伦强调严格依法监察 做好行政复议应诉工作 (Ministry of Supervision Holds Training Course to Improve Administrative Review Work)
Chinesenewsnet.com, April 24, 2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Mainland/
zxs_2006-04-24_721881.shtml

Hong Kong
港民主派议员声称电话遭窃听 港府否认 (Hong Kong Pan-Democratic Legco Councilors Claim Their Phones Have Been Tapped)
Chinesenewsnet.com, April 25, 2006
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Mainland/
cna_2006_04_24_23_00_20_839.html

Human Rights Defenders / Hu Jia (胡佳)
胡佳因病住院，继续受警方监视 (Hu Jia in Hospital for Medical Treatment, Still Under Police Surveillance)
Radio Free Asia, April 24, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/04/24/hujia/

Human Rights Defenders / Feng Bingxian (冯秉先)
油农代表冯秉先“扰乱社会公共秩序”罪二审维持原判 (Appeal by Shaanxi Campaigner Feng Bingxian Rejected, 3-Year Sentence for "Disturbing Social Order" Upheld)
Radio Free Asia, April 24, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2006/04/24/china_rights_
property/

Labor
Workplace Diseases in Spotlight
Xinhuanet, April 25, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-04/25/content_4470195.htm

中国今年来已发生35起特大安全生产事故549人死 (35 Large-scale Industrial Accidents Caused 549 Fatalities in First Four Months of 2006)
Chinesenewsnet.com, April 24, 2006
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Mainland/
zxs_2006-04-24_721851.shtml

Land Policy
Shanghai Defends Mass Relocations for Expo 2010
New York Times, April 24, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-china-expo.html
?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

Media
中国取缔互联网"不良"内容 (China Bans "Unhealthy" Web Content)
BBC, April 25, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_4930000/newsid_4939
900/4939956.stm

敏感题材艺展被禁 记者网站再次被关 (Over 700 Pieces of Artwork Depicting Mao Zedong, June 4 and Cultural Revolution Banned from Being Exhibited; Web Site of Journalist Wang Ganlin Shut Down)
Radio Free Asia, April 25, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/04/24/internet/

美人士批评中国严格限制国际新闻 (China Criticized for Restricting International News Coverage)
Voice of America, April 24, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-04-24-voa19.cfm

中国净化互联网 关闭六百个论坛 (Over 600 Web Forums Shut Down as China Purges Internet)
Radio Free Asia, April 24, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/04/24/net/

Migrant Workers
劳动节，该对农民工的劳动感恩 (Farmers in Chongqing Given Paid Leave for Labor Day)
China Youth Daily, April 25, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-04/25/content_1368141.htm

Migrant Workers / Public Health
卫生部拟全国调查农民工职业健康状况 (Ministry of Health to Conduct First Survey on Occupational Health of Migrant Workers)
EastDay.com, April 25, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node131833/
userobject1ai2002770.html

Migrant Workers to Get Basic Job Healthcare
Xinhuanet, April 24, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-04/24/content_4469205.htm

Protests and Petitions
非礼殴打村妇激民愤　汕尾官方威胁抓人 (Shanwei Police Harassment of Villagers Continues Months after December Crackdown)
Radio Free Asia, April 24, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/04/24/shanwei/

Religion / Protests and Petitions
China's Many Messages to Quell Unrest
The Christian Science Monitor, April 25, 2006
http://search.csmonitor.com/2006/0425/p01s02-woap.html

Tibet
藏人组织吁释放达赖选定之班禅 (Tibetan Rights Groups Urge China to Free Panchen Lama)
Voice of America, April 25, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-04-25-voa5.cfm