Friday, July 21, 2006

July 21, 2006

News
Bilateral Ties
Beijing Becomes Major Food Donor
SCMP, July 21, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZP81D2TPE.html

No Consensus in Secret Beijing-Vatican Talks
SCMP, July 21, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZDWCD2TPE.html

Kazakh Environmentalists Say China Misuses Border Rivers
Radio Free Europe, July 20, 2006
http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2006/07/5-not/not-200706.
asp


Death Penalty
China's Mobile Death Fleet
Asia Times Online, July 21, 2006
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/HG21Ad01.html

解密注射死刑执行车 (Explaining China's Execution Vans)
Nanfang Weekend (via Xinhuanet), July 20, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-07/20/content_4860918
.htm


Education
当校规中使用最多的词汇是严禁” (Too Many "Prohibitions" in School Rules Hinder Creativity)
China Youth Daily, July 21, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-07/21/content_
1454321.htm


Food Security
广东拟订食品安全条例 强制召回不安全食品 (Guangdong Considers Legislating on Food Safety)
Xinhuanet, July 21, 2006
http://www.gd.xinhuanet.com/gdnews/2006-07/21
/content_7574431.htm


Human Rights Defender – Journalist - Ching Cheong (程翔)
Wife of Journalist Awaiting Sentencing in China Seeks Public Support
YahooNews (Asia), July 21, 2006
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/060720/kyodo/d8ivm0ao1.html

Human Rights Defender – Lawyer - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
Advocate for China’s Weak Crosses the Powerful
New York Times, July 20, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/20/world/asia/
20blind.html?_r=1
&oref=slogin


陈光诚声援者临沂遇袭 家属被严控 (Chen Guangcheng's Supporters Attacked, Family Monitored)
Radio Free Asia, July 20, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07
/20/chenguangcheng/


Law
安徽启动未成年人维权律师办案资助项目 (Anhui Launches Legal Assistance Scheme for Minors)
China Youth Daily, July 21, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-07/21/content_
1454291.htm


美专家探讨中国法治现状和前景 (US Experts Discuss Present Situation and Prospects of China's Legal System)
Voice of America, July 21, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-07-21-voa9.cfm

Media
China's Karaoke Police Have a Request: Do It Mao's Way
Los Angeles Times, July 20, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-
karaoke20jul20,0,3288662.story?coll=la-home-headlines


专家:中国整顿电信业为维持控制 (Experts Believe China Maintains Control Over Telecommunication Companies Through Licensing Requirements)
Voice of America, July 20, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-07-20-voa4.cfm

Inside the Great Firewall of China
BBC, July 20, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5191294.stm

Politics
胡锦涛是代表逆流吗﹖與龙应台女士商榷 (Commentary: President Hu Jintao Does Not Represent a Countercurrent)
Ming Pao, July 21, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060721/msa.htm

Poverty
中国贫富差距持续扩大需改革分配 (Widening Wealth Gap Should Be Corrected Through Reform of Income Allocations)
Voice of America, July 20, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-07-20-voa41.cfm

Protests and Petitions
教会探上访村送日用品 (Church Distributes Daily Commodities at "Petition Village")
Ming Pao, July 21, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060721/cch1.htm

北京天安门又有人自焚 (Another Self-immolation in Tiananmen Square)
Radio Free Asia, July 20, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/20/zifen/

河南输血感染艾滋病妇女上访卫生部 (Seven Henan Women Having Contracted HIV Through Blood Donations Petition to Ministry of Health)
Radio Free Asia, July 20, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/20/AIDS/

云南数百名教师上访要求落实政策加薪 (Hundreds of Teachers Petition for Wage Increases In Front of Yunnan Government Building)
Radio Free Asia, July 19, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/
19/yunnan/


Public Health
Plan Aims to Upgrade Health in Countryside
SCMP, July 21, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZQX0D2TPE.html

Tibet
Experts Fear for Tibet in Rush for Minerals
SCMP, July 21, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZPHMD2TPE.html