Friday, June 30, 2006

30 June 2006

Top News
Human Rights Defender – Journalist - Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠)
维权律师郑恩宠抗议警方骚扰 (Human Rights Lawyer Zheng Enchong Protests Police Harassment)
Radio Free Asia, June 29, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/06/29/
weiquan/
Lawyer Zheng Enchong, released earlier this month after serving a three-year prison term for “revealing state secrets,” has been put under de facto house arrest and subjected to other restrictions on his personal freedom.



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HRIC Press Release: Shanghai Lawyer Zheng Enchong Under De Facto House Arrest
Human Rights in China, June 28, 2006
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision%
5fid=29451&item%5fid=29431



News
Bilateral Ties
Delegation of 2 Is Vatican's First to China in Years
New York Times, June 29, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/29/world/asia/
29vatican.html?_r=1&oref=slogin


Corruption
最高检察院:三年中县处级以上官员9633"落马" (Supreme People's Procuratorate: 9,633 Senior Officials Removed for Corruption in Last 3 Years)
People's Daily, June 30, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1026/4545510.html

Death Penalty
71日起所有死刑二审案件都将开庭审理 (All Appeal Trials of Death Penalty Cases to Be Open to Public Starting July 1)
People's Daily, June 30, 2006
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42735/4545525.html

Education
教育部副部长:国务院违反义务教育法也要被问责 (Education Department Official: Even State Council Will Be Held Accountable if it Violates Compulsory Education Law)
People's Daily, June 30, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1027/4546324.html

新义务教育法有七大亮点 (New Compulsory Education Law Has 7 Advantages)
China Youth Daily, June 30, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-06/30/
content_1432796.htm


Environment
我国首部循环经济地方立法71日起在深圳实施 (First Local "Recycling Economy Law" in China to Be Implemented in Shenzhen on July 1)
People's Daily, June 30, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1026/4547314.html

Human Rights Defender – Lawyer - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
陈光诚案研讨会被迫取消 (Conference on Chen Guangcheng Case Forced to Close)
Radio Free Asia, June 29, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006
/06/29/yantaohui/


Labor
第三次就业高峰,中国能安然度过吗?(Can China Handle its Manpower Surplus?)
Radio Free Asia, June 29, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
06/29/jiuye/


Land Policy
评论北京考虑收回地方政府征地权 (Discussion on Proposal to Return Authority to Acquisition Land to Local Governments)
Voice of America, June 29, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-06-29-voa51.cfm

Law
中国批准中国和西班牙关于移管被判刑人条约 (China Approves Limited Bilateral Repatriation Treaty with Spain)
People's Daily, June 30, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1026/4545570.html

China Sets Stiffer Penalties for Graft, Accidents
Reuters, June 30, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060630/wl_nm/crime
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解读刑法修正案:隐瞒贪污贿赂所得定为洗钱罪 (Concealing Corruption to Come Under Money Laundering Crime Under Amended Criminal Law)
People's Daily, June 30, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1026/4545828.html

一批法律法规6月通过 (Several New Laws and Regulations Passed in June)
Legal Daily, June 30, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-06/30/
content_343674.htm


Media
China to Tighten Supervision over Blogs and Online Search Engines
People's Daily, June 29, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200606/29/print20060629
_278567.html


中国国情咨询网被频繁关闭 前景堪忧 (China's Democracy Web Frequently Blocked)
Radio Free Asia, June 29, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
06/29/net/


Politics
Ex-naval Chief Expelled by NPC
SCMP, June 30, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZOCEZ51PE.html

Protests and Petitions
抗议成本增 京的士七一拟罢驶 (Beijing Taxi Drivers Plan Strike on July 1 to Protest Increased Gas and Other Costs)
Ming Pao, June 30, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060630/ccb1.htm

西安40名社会人员在施工纠纷中打死工商干部 (Official Beaten to Death by 40 People in Labor Dispute in Xi’an)
People's Daily, June 30, 2006
http://society.people.com.cn/GB/1062/4546964.html

Public Health
粤港澳昨签协议合作应对突发卫生事件 (Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau Sign Agreement to Cooperate on Handling Public Health Crises)
Nanfang City News, June 30, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/newdaily/
gd/200606300021.asp


广州两医院售假药遭央视曝光后被查处 (Two Guangzhou Hospitals Investigated After China’s Central Television Exposes Use of Fake Drugs)
People's Daily, June 30, 2006
http://society.people.com.cn/GB/1062/4546089.html

Tibet
Tibet Rail Link 'a Dream Come True'
SCMP, June 30, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ6DEZ51PE.html