August 1, 2006

Top News of the Day
Protests and Petitions
China Clash as Church Demolished
BBC, July 31, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5231106.stm
According to a Hong Kong -based human rights organization, 500 police officers clashed with 3,000 Christians who were protesting the forced demolition of a church in Zhejiang on July 29, leaving four people with serious injuries. The authorities claimed the church was an illegal structure.

News
Children
“世界袜都”童工问题被隐瞒 (Child Labor Problem Revealed in World's "Sock Capital")
China Information Center, August 01, 2006
http://www.observechina.net/info/artshow.asp?ID=39999&ad
=7/27/2006

Corruption
Bribery Watchdog Investigates 7,000 Cases
SCMP, August 01, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZHFZP7AQE.html

Environment
1,000 'Green' Cars Targeted Before 2010 Expo
SCMP, August 01, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZKFFN7AQE.html

五督察中心监管地方环保 (Five Centers Established to Monitor Local Environmental Protection)
The Beijing News, August 01, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0565/2006/08-01/
014@044432.htm

Guangdong Takes New Steps to Cut Pollution
SCMP, August 01, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZQGEN7AQE.html

New Energy Projects Accelerated
China Daily, July 31, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2006-07/
31/content_653722.htm

重庆北碚东阳村汞污染严重 (Serious Mercury Contamination in Village in Chongqing)
Radio Free Asia, July 31, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
07/31/chongqing/

China Widens Criteria to Catch Pollution Crimes
Xinhuanet, July 28, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-07/
28/content_4889894.htm

Gender
湖南立法规定：发“黄段子”短信构成性骚扰 (Hunan's New Women's Rights Protection Law Prohibits Obscene Phone Messages)
Xinhuanet, August 01, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-08/01
/content_4902062.htm

Human Rights Defenders
泛蓝联盟成员被学校解雇 ("Pan-blue Alliance" Member Dismissed from Work)
Radio Free Asia, July 31, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
07/31/fanlan/

Human Rights Defender – Lawyer - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
维权律师高智晟遭警察殴打和关押 (Human Rights Lawyer Gao Zhisheng Beaten and Detained)
Voice of America, July 31, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-07-
31-voa18.cfm

Human Rights Defender
美国驻华大使单独宴请余杰夫妇 (US Consul Dines with Protestant House Church Activist Yu Jie and Wife)
Voice of America, July 31, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-07-31-voa19.cfm

Labor
前7月安全事故夺命逾千 (Industrial Accidents in First Seven Months of 2006 Claim Over 1,000 Lives)
Ming Pao, August 01, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060801/ccg1.htm

Law
2006年8月实施新法一览 (List of New Regulations That Take Effect on August 1)
Legal Daily, August 01, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-08/
01/content_363873.htm

为艾滋病女儿蓄发维权 赢得官司却拿不到赔偿 (Man Wins Lawsuit for HIV-infected Daughter but Not Given Compensation)
Xinhua, August 01, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-08/01/
content_4902018.htm

一批法规8月1日起施行 出台规定严禁尸体买卖 (Rule Banning Sale of Corpses Among New Regulations That Take Effect on August 1)
Xinhuanet, August 01, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-08/
01/content_4902036.htm

Media
Website on Attack over 'Barbaric' Shutdown
SCMP, August 01, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZKJUP7AQE.html

China Shuts Tibetan Author's Blog After Dalai Lama Birthday Wishes
Middle East Times, July 31, 2006
http://www.metimes.com/articles/normal.php?StoryID=
20060731-080354-7520r

Migrant Workers
Migrants Troubled by Lack of Sex
People's Daily, July 31, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200607/31/
eng20060731_288366.html

Politics
The Red Chamber (of Commerce)
Asia Times Online, July 27, 2006
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_Business
/HG27Cb01.html

Protests and Petitions
湖北随州民办教师上访 (Over 200 Private School Teachers Petition at Local Government Building in Hubei)
Radio Free Asia, July 31, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/
31/hubei/

Public Health
China Finally Taking Steps to Fight Its HIV Problem - Methadone Clinics, Condoms in Hotels, Free Testing Offered
San Francisco Chronicle, July 30, 2006
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/
2006/07/30/MNGEUK75CU1.DTL&type=healthbin/article.c
gi?f=/c/a/2006/07/30/MNGEUK75CU1.DTL&type=health

Religion
Truth and Lives
SCMP, August 01, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chifeatures/ZZZU1UP7AQE.html

Rural Issues
Farmers' Income Growth Set to Slow in 2nd Half Year
Xinhuanet, August 01, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-08/01/content
_4903465.htm

Society
China's Fourth-largest Ethnic Group in Danger of Losing Its Language
AFP (via YahooNews), July 31, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060731/ts_afp/afplifestylech
inalanguageculture_060731074033;_ylt=AvKNnpPQksRgS01f
P7i2n7FPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJV
RPUCUl074033;_ylt=AvKNnpPQksRgS01fP7i2n7FPzWQA;_y
lu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYw

Tibet
The New Freedom Train?
SCMP, August 01, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZ8EZP7AQE.html

"One Country, Two Systems" Not Possible for Tibet: Article
Xinhuanet, July 28, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-07/28/content
_4889206.htm