The HRIC Daily Brief is a daily selection of news stories and commentary related to human rights in China, drawn from Chinese- and English-language news and online media sources that we monitor daily. In addition to headlines and source links, HRIC also provides English translation of Chinese headlines.

Friday, May 26, 2006

May 26, 2006

News

Bilateral Ties
东突疑犯海外被释 (Beijing Says That 5 Uyghurs in Albania Are Terrorists, not Refugees )
The Beijing News, May 26, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0567/2006/05-26/
015@182968.htm


Civil Society
官方选人监督抗疾基金 代表性遭质疑 (NGOs Question Fairness of Elections Held to Select Monitors of International Donations for AIDS Prevention)
Radio Free Asia, June 25, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/05/25
/jiandu/


NGOs Look to Management and Media Skills, Boards, in Leadership Transition
China Development Brief, May 24, 2006
http://www.chinadevelopmentbrief.com/node/621

Death Penalty
中国拒明确排除对赖昌星判处死刑 (China Refuses to Promise Not to Execute Lai Changxing if He Is Extradited)
Voice of America, May 25, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-05-25-voa42.cfm

Education
三部委发文规范高校收费 (Three Government Departments Issue Notice to Regulate Payment of High School Fees)
Nanfang Daily, May 26, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/djjz/
200605260324.asp


乡村小学教师为啥都是爷爷奶奶” (Primary School Teachers in Rural Areas Are Getting Older)
China Youth Daily, May 26, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-05/26/content_1396851.htm

应该改革一刀切的高校收费模式 (Fee Schedule for High School Students Should be Changed)
Nanfang Weekend, May 25, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060525/xw/zy/
200605250023.asp


Environment
北京2010年能耗降20% ( Beijing's Energy Consumption to Drop by 20% in 2010)
The Beijing News, May 26, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0553/2006/05-26/
013@182873.htm


Liaoning Punishes Two Factories for Pollution
Xinhuanet, May 26, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-05/26/
content_4602098.htm



Human Rights Defender - Wang Bingzhang (王炳章)
广东省监狱当局对王炳章实施非人道待遇 (Prison Authorities Refuse to Let Family Visit Wang Bingzhang, Claiming He Is on Hunger Strike)
Boxun.com, May 26, 2006
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2006/05/
200605260704.shtml


Labor
Officials Vow to Cut Mine Deaths
SCMP, May 26, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ7TREQ3ME.html

Land Policy
集体离婚 (Chongqing Residents Divorcing and Re-marrying for Better Housing)
Nanfang Weekend, May 25, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060525/xw/szxw2/
200605250014.asp


Media
网警任重道远期盼法律更完善 (Cyber Police Hope for More Comprehensive Legislation)
Legal Daily, May 26, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-05/26/
content_321937.htm


中国要求各新闻网站关闭新闻跟帖 (China Asks News Websites to No Longer Allow Readers’ Comments)
Radio Free Asia, May 25, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/05/25/wangluo/


Migrant Workers
Villa's Bourgeois Bus Rule Sparks Row
SCMP, May 26, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZZSREQ3ME.html

Police
China Clamps Down on Gang-related Crimes
People's Daily, May 26, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200605/26/
eng20060526_268662.html


Politics
Archivists Start Hunt for Relics of the Cultural Revolution Era
SCMP, May 26, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZI9UEQ3ME.html

中组部强化监督地方党委换届工作 公布举报电话 (CPC Strengthens Monitoring of Local Party Elections)
EastDay.com, May 26, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762
/node137110/userobject1ai2062649.html


Protests and Petitions
成都金堂八十多所中小学教师罢工 (Teachers from 80 Chengdu Schools Go on Strike)
Radio Free Asia, June 25, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/05/25/bagong1/


北京市信访条例(修订草案)昨审议 (Beijing Municipal Government Discusses Amendments to Petitioning Regulation)
Legal Daily, May 26, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-05/26/
content_321778.htm


京拟修例禁上访者聚集 (Beijing Municipality’s Proposed Amendments to Petitioning Regulation Would Make it Illegal for Petitioners to Gather in Groups)
Ming Pao, May 26, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060526/caq1.htm

居民坐堵工地争取采光权 (Concerned that New Buildings Will Block Incoming Light, 30 Beijing Residents Protest at Construction Site)
The Beijing News, May 26, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0558/2006/05-26/
015@182901.htm


Public Health
必须给给政策套上笼头 (Authorities Should Not Be Allowed to Charge People for Implementing Public Health Policies)
China Youth Daily, May 26, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-05/26/
content_1396816.htm


Plan for Disabled People Outlined
Xinhuanet, May 26, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-05/26/
content_4601329.htm


Tibet
In Greater Tibet, Dalai Lama's Light Burns Bright
Reuters (via YahooNews), May 25, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060525/lf_nm/
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