Friday, September 01, 2006

September 1, 2006

News
Civil Society
中国加紧控制非政府组织 (China Tightens Control on NGOs)
Voice of America, August 31, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-08-31-voa47.cfm

Corporate Social Accountability
企业的社会责任理应受舆论监督 (Corporations Should Be Monitored by Public Opinion to Ensure Social Responsibility)
Legal Daily, September 01, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-09/01/conte
nt_399621.htm


Corruption
靠情妇来帮我们反腐败? (Are "Mistresses" Needed in the Fight Against Corruption?)
China Youth Daily, September 01, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-09/01/content_1497526.htm

Death Penalty
服刑人员在监狱里替130多个死刑犯人写遗书 (Inmates Help Those Sentenced to Death to Write Last Letters)
Xinhuanet, September 01, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-09/01/conten
t_5033695_3.htm


百名专家吁高院 速收死刑复核权 (100 Chinese Jurists Urge Supreme People's Court to Quickly Take Up Review of Death Penalty Cases)
Voice of America, August 31, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-08-31-voa55.cfm

陕西渭南系列强奸杀人案案犯被枪决 (Serial Rapist and Murderer Executed in Weinan, Shaanxi Province)
Xinhuanet, August 31, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-08/31/conte
nt_5032114.htm


Education
1.5万名学生转读公立校 (15,000 Children of Migrant Workers in Beijing to Study in Public Schools)
China Youth Daily, September 01, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-09/01/content_1497611.
htm


A Less Ideological Chinese Text Puts Mao in His Place
International Herald Tribune, September 01, 2006
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/08/31/news/china.php

北京市勒令关闭民工子弟学校 (Beijing Local Authorities Order Closure of Schools for Migrant Workers' Children)
Radio Free Asia, September 01, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/0
8/31/mingong/


Environment
我国将实行节能问责制 (China to Implement Accountability System Based on Energy Consumption)
Legal Daily, September 01, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-09/01/con
tent_399602.htm


Guangzhou Brings in New-car Emission Rules
SCMP, September 01, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZVQ9N9CRE.html

China to Relocate 240,000 People to Protect Environment
AFP (via YahooNews), August 31, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060831/sc_afp/chinaenvironm
ent_060831055820


Human Rights Defender – Journalist - Ching Cheong (程翔)
I Am Innocent, Says Ching Cheong
SCMP, September 01, 2006
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZ5YAN9CRE.html

Related Information
4個月后可申保外就医 (Ching Cheong Can Apply for Medical Parole After Serving Four More Months of Sentence)
Ming Pao, September 01, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060901/gca3.htm

Evidence Too Weak: Expert
SCMP, September 01, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZ9SDN9CRE.html

HRIC Press Release: Ching Cheong Sentence “Deeply Troubling”
Human Rights in China, August 31, 2006
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision%5fi
d=30490&item%5fid=30487


Human Rights Defender – Lawyer - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
声援高智晟持续 莫少平愿任辩护律师 (Mo Shaoping Willing to Be Gao Zhisheng's Defense Lawyer)
Radio Free Asia, August 31, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08/31/gao/

Labor
Working-age Population Set to Decline
People's Daily, September 01, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200609/01/eng2
0060901_298711.html


Land Policy
江阴死者家属获赔待惩凶 质疑当局包庇拆迁暴行 (While Family Gets Compensated for Murdered Victim in Eviction Case, Murderers Are Still at Large)
Radio Free Asia, August 31, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
08/31/jiangyin/


Law
农业普查条例出台 (China Issues Regulation on Agricultural Census)
Legal Daily, September 01, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-09/01/cont
ent_399597.htm


王友金﹕内地查案 多「先重後轻」 (China Researcher Discusses Preponderance of Cases that “Start Heavy but End up Light”)
Ming Pao, September 01, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060901/gaa3.htm

3年民事法援案件九成胜诉 (Defense Arguments for 90% of Parties in Civil Lawsuits Supported by Legal Aid at Least Partially Adopted by Courts)
Legal Daily, September 01, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-09/01/cont
ent_399599.htm


20069月实施新法一览 (List of New Regulations That Take Effect on September 1)
Legal Daily, September 01, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-08/30/con
tent_399581.htm


Media
富士康案当力戒"舆论审判" ("Trial by Public Opinion" Should Be Avoided in Foxconn Electronics Libel Case)
China Youth Daily, September 01, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-09/01/content_1497496.htm

Chinese Are the Biggest Online Chatterboxes
SCMP, September 01, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZSEUK9CRE.html

第一财经日报称已组"豪华律师团" 应对索赔官司 (Newspaper Claims It Has Formed "Deluxe Lawyer Team" to Defend Libel Claim)
EastDay.com, September 01, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762
/node158697/u1a2290799.html


Prison
刘山青﹕规律生活助平复 (Released Political Prisoner Lau Shan Ching Says a Disciplined Life Helps in Prison)
Ming Pao, September 01, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060901/gga5.htm

王丹﹕写日记自己聊天 (Wang Dan Wrote Diary and Talked to Himself While Serving Prison Term)
Ming Pao, September 01, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060901/gga4.htm

Protests and Petitions - Labor (Case)
哈尔滨亚麻厂工人示威静坐 (1,000 Workers Protest Corruption in Harbin)
Radio Free Asia, August 31, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08/31/kang
yi/


Three Gorges
Sinohydro 'Downgraded' over Accident Record
Three Gorges Probe, August 31, 2006
http://www.threegorgesprobe.org/tgp/index.cfm?DSP=con
tent&ContentID=16173


Tibet
北京所选班禅喇嘛回西藏参观访问 (Panchen Lama Picked by Beijing Concludes Two-Day Visit to Tibet)
Voice of America, September 01, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-08-31-voa35.cfm

Hong Kong-China
A Reminder of City's Vulnerability in 'One Country, Two Systems'
SCMP, September 01, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZOKSK9CRE.html

HK Gov't Respects "One Country, Two Systems" Principle in Ching Cheong's Case
People's Daily, September 01, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200609/01/eng200
60901_298579.html