September 27, 2006

Top News of the Day

Religion – Christianity
中国释放梵蒂冈任命的主教贾治国 (Bishop Julius Jia Zhiguo Released After 10 Months of Detention)
Radio Free Asia, September 26, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/26/
zongjiao/
According to a report by the Associated Press, Vatican-appointed Catholic bishop Julius Jia Zhiguo (贾治国), aged 70, has been released and returned to his home in Zhengding, Hubei Province, after spending more than 10 months in police custody. Jia was taken away by government agents on November 8, 2005. Jia has spent some 20 years of his life in prison and has been detained by police eight times since 2004.


News

Corruption
去年11071人因贪贿被开除党籍 (11,071 Party Members Expelled from CPC Last Year for Corruption)
Legal Daily, September 27, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-09/27/content_
419167.htm

次轮巡视 重点各省市国企 (Authorities to Check Corruption in State-owned Enterprises)
Wen Wei Po, September 27, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH06092700
14&cat=002CH

以法治代党纪 以民主代豪言 (Editorial: Rule of Law Is More Authoritative Than Party Discipline)
Ming Pao, September 27, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060927/mra.htm

Education
Students Farm Labor Funds Schools
Shanghai Daily, September 27, 2006
http://shanghaidaily.com/art/2006/09/27/293106/Students_farm
_labor_funds_schools.htm

Environment
中国评论﹕整治污染 须务实勿做骚 (Commentary: Curbing Pollution Requires Practical Actions, Not Cosmetic Measures)
Ming Pao, September 27, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060927/caz1.htm

Government - Grassroots Elections
新会选举冲突再拘3人 (Three More Villagers Detained After Election Clashes in Xinhui City, Guangdong)
Ming Pao, September 27, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060927/cal1.htm

泛蓝郑州成员蔡爱民竞选遭软禁 (“Pan-blue Alliance” Member Running for People's Congress in Zhengzhou Put Under House Arrest)
Radio Free Asia, September 26, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/26/minzhu/

Human Rights Defenders – Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
胡佳一月内第三次被传唤 (Rights Defender Hu Jia Summoned for Third Time in Past Month)
Radio Free Asia, September 27, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/26/hujia/

Media
Even in Tightly Controlled China, Anyone Can Be a Reporter
YahooNews (China), September 26, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20060926/cm_csm/ychinni26_1

最高法院媒体限令引发争论 (Controversy over Supreme People's Court's New Policy on Mass Media)
Nanfang Weekend, September 21, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/zmzg/200609
210687.asp

专家分析中国博客网迅速发展原因 (Experts Analyze the Drastic Increase of Blogging in China)
Voice of America, September 27, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-09-27-voa3.cfm

Media - Internet Censorship
Dodging the Internet Censor
SCMP, September 27, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZ89DP9CRE.html

Police
Police Criticized for Protecting Businesses
SCMP, September 27, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZIGYM9CRE.html

Politics - CPC
六中全会下月8日召开 为期4天 (Sixth Plenary Session of the 16th CPC Central Committee Set to Convene Between October 8 and 11)
Ming Pao, September 27, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060927/caj1.htm

CPC Official Explains "Double Designations"
Xinhuanet, September 26, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-09/26/content_514
0779.htm

Politics - CPPCC
粤政协无故缺席两次撤职 (Guangzhou CPPCC Representatives to Be Sacked If Absent from More than Two Meetings)
Ming Pao, September 27, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060927/cap1.htm

Protests and Petitions - Three Gorges
三峡移民天安门广场下跪 (Three Gorges Villagers Petition at Tiananmen Square)
Radio Free Asia, September 26, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/26/
sanxia/