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Religion - Christianity
Six House Church Leaders Formally Arrested in Zhejiang Province After Church Destruction
China Aid, August 22, 2006
http://www.chinaaid.org/english_site/press_release_detail
.php?id=735
Six detained Protestant house church leaders have been formally arrested for "inciting violence to resist implementation of the law" after their church was destroyed in late July in Xiaoshan, Zhejiang Province. The authorities claimed the church was an illegal structure.
News
Bilateral Ties
Authors Told to Pay Damages to Nanking Survivor
SCMP, August 24, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZM777H6RE.html
Children
未成年人保护法修订草案：电邮日记被列为隐私 (Proposed Law on Protection of Minors Makes Emails and Diaries Private)
EastDay.com, August 24, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node156654/u1a2272406.htmll
Civil Society
中国政府徵求民间抗衡日本对策？ (Why Did China Consult a Civil Organization on its Anti-Japanese Strategy?)
Voice of America, August 22, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-08-22-voa4.cfm
Education
教育部官员：让孩子全日制"读私塾"行为违法 (Education Official Says Full-time Study in Old-style Chinese Private Schools Is Illegal)
Xinhuanet, August 24, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-08/24/content_
5000116.htm
Relief in Sight for Distressed Students
SCMP, August 24, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZRBRIB6RE.html
Environment
四川多名学者撰写备忘录质疑南水北调西线工程 (Sichuan Academics Question Transferal of Water from South to North)
EastDay.com, August 24, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/nod
e156858/u1a2272797.htmll
松花江支流发生化工污染 (Songhua River Under Threat from Another Chemical Spill)
The Beijing News, August 24, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0546/2006/0824/0
14@204017.htm
Food Security
粮食安全面临多重挑战 中国积极采取应对之策 (China Proactive on Food Security Problems)
Xinhuanet, August 24, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-08/24/content
_4998792.htm
Government
Fatal Party Thrown for Auditors 'Broke Rules'
SCMP, August 24, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZQ777H6RE.html
桑美台风媒体报道与官员描述不一 (China Central Television and Local Officials Differ on Typhoon Reports)
Radio Free Asia, August 23, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08/
23/taifeng/
Human Rights Defender – Lawyer - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
中国知名学者：秘捕高智晟不合法 (Famous Scholar of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Argues Secret Arrest of Gao Zhisheng Is Unlawful)
Voice of America, August 22, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-08-22-voa22.cfm
Labor
China's Unions Emboldened by Wal-Mart Success
Asia Times Online, August 24, 2006
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_Busines
s/HH24Cb03.html
Land Policy
山林变法：第三次“土改”艰难破冰 (Third "Land Reform" on Forestry Takes a Difficult Turn)
Xinhuanet, August 24, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-08/24/c
ontent_4999524.htm
Law
娄底审判员当庭打瞌睡 (Judicial Officer Naps During Trial)
The Beijing News, August 24, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0567/2006/08-2
4/014@203984.htm
Media
浙江大学庄道鹤被行政记大过处分 (Zhejiang University Editor Zhuang Daohe Receives Administrative Punishment for Trying to Publish Book on "Double Regulations")
Radio Free Asia, August 23, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006
/08/23/Zhuang_daohe/
Protests and Petitions
中国颁布军队信访条例受密切关注 (Concerns Grow over Petition Regulations for the Military)
Voice of America, August 22, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/n2006-08-22-voa40.cfm
Public Health
广东率先给乡村医生发财政补贴 (Guangdong to Become China's First Province to Subsidize Rural Doctors)
Legal Daily, August 24, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-08/24
/content_392435.htm
卫生部昨出台政策：新建小区须增设社区医院 (New Ministry of Health Policy Requires New Districts to Establish Community Hospitals)
Xinhuanet, August 24, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-08/24/conte
nt_4999647.htm
Society
China Acts on Funeral Strippers
BBC, August 24, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5280312.stm?ls
故宫两商店拒国人进入 (Two Shops in Forbidden City Refuse Chinese Customers)
Ming Pao, August 24, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060824/ccd1.htm
Tibet
How an Exile Defies China
Guardian, August 22, 2006
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisf
ree/story/0,,1855346,00.html