September 6, 2006

News
Children
AIDS Orphans Learn to Stand on Their Own Feet
Xinhuanet, September 04, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-09/04/content_504
7155.htm

Death Penalty
郴州市原副市长雷渊利被判死刑 (Senior Cadre in Hunan Sentenced to Death with Two-year Reprieve on Corruption Charges)
Legal Daily, September 06, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-09/06/cont
ent_403352.htm

留美杀夫女硕士死缓 (Woman Who Studied in US Sentenced to Death with Two-year Reprieve for Murdering Husband)
Wen Wei Po, September 06, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH06090
60008&cat=002CH

Disasters
中国红十字会： 今年已投入1．5亿元款物救助国内灾区 (China's Red Cross Spent 150 Million Yuan on Disaster Relief Work in China in First 8 Months of 2006)
China Youth Daily, September 06, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-09/06/conte
nt_1501901.htm

Environment
Thousands Poisoned by Lead from Smelting Plant, Gansu Villagers Claim
SCMP, September 06, 2006
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZGURN9CRE.html

Food Security
环保组织促欧盟禁中国转基因大米 (Green Groups Urge European Union to Ban China's GM Rice)
Voice of America, September 05, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-09-05-voa26.cfm

Human Rights
中国维权运动和公民社会的发展 (四) (China's Rights Defense Movement and the Development of Civil Society (Part 4))
Radio Free Asia, September 05, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/200
6/09/05/wei-quan4/

Human Rights Defender - Journalist - Ching Cheong (程翔)
'Leak' Raises New Queries on Ching Trial
SCMP, September 06, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZ8W5L9CRE.html

When State Secrets Are the Rule
SCMP, September 06, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZOSRN9CRE.html

Human Rights Defender – Lawyer - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
国内有影响力的大学教授声援高智晟 (Influential Academics in China Plead Support for Gao Zhisheng)
Radio Free Asia, September 05, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/05/gzs/

警方禁止高智晟的兄弟到北京 (Police Ban Gao Zhisheng's Brothers from Entering Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, September 05, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/200
6/09/05/gaozhisheng/

Land Policy
土地管理：中国政府再出手 (China Issues New Notice on Land Management)
Radio Free Asia, September 06, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/05/land/

Law
没钱照样挑律师 (Poor Can Still Choose Own Lawyers Under Guangzhou's Legal Aid System)
Legal Daily, September 06, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-09/06/co
ntent_403495.htm

Media
人民一发笑，政府就思考 (Commentary: Authorities Should Be Happy with “Internet Disturbances”)
Ming Pao, September 06, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060906/msa1.htm

Chinese Log On for Retribution
Los Angeles Times, September 05, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-webjust
ice5sep05,1,2161938.story?coll=la-headlines-worldwebjustice5sep0
5,1,2161938.story?coll=la-headlines-world

Wikipedia Will Not Filter Content in China
China Knowledge, September 05, 2006
http://www.chinaknowledge.com/news/news-detail.aspx?id=4216

Migrant Workers
父母离乡打工去留守儿童多哀歌 (Tragic Results for Many Children Left Behind by Migrant Parents)
Apple Daily, September 06, 2006
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?iss
_id=20060906&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=628676
3335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=6286763

Olympics
北京奥运更文明更绿色 (Beijing Olympics Will Be “Civilized” and “Green”)
Wen Wei Po, September 06, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH0609
060048&cat=002CH

Beijing to Back Media Freedom to Travel in China: Jowell
Reuters (via YahooNews), September 05, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060905/sp_nm/olympics_bei
jing_britain_dc_1

Bustling Beijing Gives London an Olympic Lesson
The Guardian, September 05, 2006
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,18
64816,00.html

Police
China Fights Against Illegally Prolonged Detention
China Daily, September 04, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-09/04/cont
ent_680627.htm

Politics
You Can't Rush Democracy, Says Chinese PM
The Times, September 06, 2006
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2343437,00.html

Scandals Emerging in Shanghai as Political Season Nears
New York Times, September 05, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/05/world/asia/05chi
na.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Public Health
Suicide Haunting Chinese
China News, September 05, 2006
http://www.chinanews.cn//news/2005/2006-09-05/27327.html

State Security
陆建华案泄密界定现分歧至今未决 (Chinese Authorities Undecided About Definition of Leaking State Secrets in Lu Jianhua Case)
Voice of America, September 06, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-09-05-voa25.cfm