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Media - Censorship
Banned Chinese Director to Defy Orders
AP( via YahooNews), September 06, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060906/ap_on_re_as/china_b
anned_director_2
Director Lou Ye (娄烨) plans to defy a government order banning him from making films for five years. The ban was prompted by the screening of his movie at the Cannes Film Festival before it cleared censors in China. The film is a sexually explicit love story set against the June 4th incident. Lou said he was under pressure to screen the film at Cannes because of marketing needs.
Tibet
China Detains Tibetan Abbot in Sichuan
Radio Free Asia, September 07, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2006/09/07/tibet_abbot/
Authorities in the Tibetan region of Karze in Sichuan Province have held Khenpo Jina, the abbot of a major monastery, in detention since August 23. The detention is possibly in connection with the appearance of posters supporting Tibetan independance one year ago.
News
Corruption
China to Audit Local Pension Funds
AP (via Business Week), September 06, 2006
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8JV97E80.h
tm?sub=apn_news_down&chan=db
Death Penalty
安徽涉案金额最高职务犯罪案一审宣判 (Former Cadre and Businessman Sentenced to Death with Two-year Reprieve in Anhui’s Largest Corruption Case)
Xinhuanet, September 07, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-09/07/content_5
058699.htm
建国以来海关查获最大毒品走私案终审 (Three Sentenced to Death in Biggest Heroin Smuggling Case Since Founding of PRC)
Legal Daily, September 07, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-09/07/
content_404436.htm
Disasters
830 Dead Or Missing in China Natural Disasters in August
AFP (via INQ7.net), September 06, 2006
http://newsinfo.inq7.net/breakingnews/world/view_article.
php?article_id=19419
Education
社论：义务教育，有教无类比因材施教更重要 (Editorial: Under Compulsory Education, Equality Is More Important Than Teaching According to Each Student’s Ability)
Nanfang Daily, September 07, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/200609070539
.asp
Environment
China's Scramble for Energy
Spiegel Online, September 07, 2006
http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/spiegel/0,1518
,433401,00.html
China to Clean up Polluters Along Songhua River After Repeated Chemical Spills
People's Daily, September 06, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200609/06/eng20060906_299864.html
Government
中国评论﹕人民倘能当家 毋须眼泪铁面 (Commentary: Premier Wen Jiabao Can Save His Tears for When There is People-based Governance)
Ming Pao, September 07, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060907/ccf1.htm
温家宝反击「 乡镇直选违宪论」 中央政改存重大分歧 (Difference Among Senior Officials Revealed as Premier Wen Jiabao Promotes Direct Village Elections)
Apple Daily, September 07, 2006
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?iss
_id=20060907&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336
&art_id=6290714
Human Rights Defender – Journalist - Ching Cheong (程翔)
China: High-profile Cases Deal Blows to Credibility of Chinese Legal Reform
Monday Morning, September 07, 2006
http://www.mmorning.com/ArticleC.asp?Article=3942&Categor
yID=7
Human Rights Defender – Lawyer - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
高智晟的大哥高智义签署律师委托书？ (Did Gao Zhisheng's Brother Sign Power of Attorney Document for Gao?)
Radio Free Asia, September 06, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2
006/09/06/gao/
June 4th
Beijing Urges EU to Scrap Arms Ban
SCMP, September 07, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ1EVN9CRE.html
Land Policy
港商东莞囤地被罚827万 (Hong Kong Merchant Fined 8.27 Million Yuan for Undeveloped Land in Dongguan, Guangdong Province)
Wen Wei Po, September 07, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH0609
070001&cat=002CH
海南省发生村民袭警夺枪事件 (Villagers Attack Police and Take Gun in Land Dispute in Hainan Province)
Radio Free Asia, September 06, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/20
06/09/06/hainan/
Migrant Workers
Migrant Worker Sues After Back-pay Row Ends in Fractured Skull
SCMP, September 07, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZXPBL9CRE.html
Migrant Workers Need Better Protection
SCMP, September 07, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZE99L9CRE.html
Multilateral
WTO Warns China on Free Trade Agreements
AP( via YahooNews), September 06, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060906/ap_on_bi_g
e/china_wto_2
Olympics
Behind China's Big Chill
The Times, September 05, 2006
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,153
1723,00.html
Politics
Pro-KMT Opposition Group Fights Election in Mainland China
Radio Free Asia, September 06, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2006/09/06/china_panblue/
Protests and Petitions
深圳商场港业主示威被打 (Hong Kong Shop Owners Beaten for Protesting Dishonest Practices at Shenzhen Shopping Mall)
Ming Pao, September 07, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060907/cca1h.htm
Increase in Environmental Protests Causes Instability in China
Green Clippings, September 06, 2006
http://www.greenclippings.co.za/gc_main/article.php?story=
20060906170952367
Public Health
Condom Use Promoted in Fight Against AIDS
China Daily, September 07, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-09/07/content_
683221.htm
Poisoned Villagers' Pleas Were Ignored
SCMP, September 07, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ9EVN9CRE.html
Religion
Chinese Influence Extends Persecution Beyond the Mainland
The Epoch Times, September 06, 2006
http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/6-9-6/45679.html
Society
Samaritan Patrols Bridge for China's Lost Souls
National Public Radio (NPR), September 07, 2006
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5
765923&ft=1&f=1004
Tibet
A Tale of Gold Evokes Another. Remember That Goose?
New York Times, September 06, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/06/world/asia/06sichua
n.html?_r=1&oref=slogin