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Human Rights Defender - Public Intellectual - Hu Jia (胡佳)
胡佳夫妇被软禁跟踪两周 (Hu Jia’s Wife Writes Letter of Complaint to Beijing Mayor)
Radio Free Asia, August 02, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08/02/hujia/
Zeng Jinyan (曾金燕), the wife of AIDS activist Hu Jia (胡佳), who has been under de facto house arrest since July 17, wrote a letter this week to the mayor of Beijing complaining of police harassment and rights violations. Two weeks ago, police began following Zeng as well. Radio Free Asia carried out an interview with Zeng on her reasons for writing this letter and what she hopes to gain from it.
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Civil Society
How to Deal With NGOs – Part I, China：Mindful About Political Unrest, China Keeps a Close Watch on Its NGOs
Yale Global Online, August 02, 2006
http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/display.article?id=7902
Corruption
PLA Launches Anti-graft Campaign
SCMP, August 03, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZNZEACCQE.html
Death Penalty
重庆合川七人杀警察抢配枪 主犯被判死刑 (Head of the Seven Who Murdered a Policeman Sentenced to Death)
Xinhuanet, August 03, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-08/03/content
_4911765.htm
劫杀清华女教师凶手被判死刑 (Murderer of Tsing Hua Professor Sentenced to Death)
The Beijing News, August 03, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0558/2006/08-03/014
@198939.htm
Environment
中国拟租用俄100万公顷森林 (China Considers Renting 1 Million Hectares of Russian Forest)
BBC, August 03, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_5240000/new
sid_5240600/5240648.stm
Emissions Pilot Scheme Set to Start
SCMP, August 03, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZK46ACCQE.html
快讯：2005年中国二氧化硫排放总量居世界第一 (Quick News: China Became World's Largest Producer of Sulphur Dioxide in 2005)
Xinhuanet, August 03, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-08/03/content
_4913193.htm
Energy Use Per Unit of GDP Rises
China Daily, August 02, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2006-08/02/content
_655601.htm
Food Security
穗两成猪肉抗生素超标 (20 Percent of Pork in Guangzhou Contains Excessive Levels of Antibiotics)
Ming Pao, August 03, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060803/ghb1.htm
穗奸商冰鲜魚甲醛保鲜 (Guangzhou Businesses Use Formaldehyde to Preserve Fish)
Wen Wei Po, August 03, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?cat=001YO&news
_id=YO0608030006&PHPSESSID=9850f4b8e240458aebd
153706f72a0e3&PHPSESSID=8b41249aebb41c638fa809133
1032e8aSID=9850f4b8e240458aebd153706f72a0e3&PHPSE
SSID=8b41249aebb41c638fa809
Beijing on Drinking Water Alert
Shanghai Daily, August 02, 2006
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/art/2006/08/02/287971/Bei
jing_on_drinking_water_alert.htm
Labor
要用立法激发企业工会活力 (ACFTU Official Discusses New Regulation Allowing Corporate Trade Unions)
Legal Daily, August 03, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-08/03/content
_365221.htm
China Official Vows to Unionize Wal-Mart
Reuters (via Boston.com), August 02, 2006
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2006/08/02/
china_official_vows_to_unionize_wal_mart/onize_wal_mart/
Media
Activists Condemn Website Closure in China
AFP (via YahooNews), August 03, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060803/wl_asia_afp/chinaint
ernetmedia_060802172410;_ylt=AucfFJ5.auDpvsV_FUeAvA
NPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl;
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MW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPU
照播不误：且听广告禁播令一声叹息 (New National Rule Ignored: Pulling Illegal Ads Is Provinces' Responsibility)
China Youth Daily, August 03, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-08/03/content_1466791.htm
Olympics
Heavy Rains Challenge Beijing -- Venue for 2008 Olympic Games
Xinhuanet, August 02, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-08/02/content_
4911178.htm
Politics
74%支持总书记差额选举 (74 Percent of Web Interviewees Support Competitive Election for CPC's Secretary-General)
Ming Pao, August 03, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060803/cac2.htm
Poverty
Gap Between Urban and Rural Chinese's Incomes Likely to Widen
People's Daily, August 02, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200608/02/eng20060802
_289293.html
Public Health
本地艾滋感染者首度覆盖18区县 (AIDS Cases Found in All 18 Districts in Beijing for First Time)
The Beijing News, August 03, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0553/2006/08-03/014
@198912.htm
医闹：高昂诉讼成本下的无奈选择 (High Costs of Litigation Causing More People to Resort to Protesting at Hospitals to Resolve Medical Care Cases)
China Youth Daily, August 03, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-08/03/content
_1466781.htm
Religion
China: Intellectuals and Religious Freedom
Forum18, August 02, 2006
http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=821
Urbanization
Living Space Shrinks as Collective Rent Grows
Xinhuanet, August 03, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-08
/02/content_4907340.htm