Thursday, October 05, 2006

October 5, 2006

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender – Lawyer - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
陈光诚妻子被禁探望父母遭传唤问话10小时 (Wife of Chen Guangcheng Barred from Visiting Parents and Interrogated for 10 Hours Ahead of Mid-Autumn Festival)
Radio Free Asia, October 04, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/04/chen/
According to Human Rights in China, Yuan Weijing (袁伟静), the wife of blind activist Chen Guangcheng, was stopped and detained by police in Linyi City, Shandong Province, on October 3 where she and her daughter were in transit on the way to her parents' home for the Mid-Autumn Festival. The police threatened to arrest her if she insisted on visiting her parents, where her three-year-old son also lives. She was released after about ten hours' interrogation.
News
Civil Society - NGOs
More Power for Anti-AIDS Campaigners
People's Daily, October 04, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200610/04/eng20061
004_308783.html


Corruption
China and India 'Top Bribe List'
BBC, October 05, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/5405438.stm

內蒙村委选举1票值千元 (One Vote Is Worth 1,000 Yuan in Village Election in Inner Mongolia)
Ming Pao, October 05, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20061005/cam1.htm

我国采取措施抑制和防范特殊利益集团衍生 (China Adopts Policy to Suppress and Prevent the Proliferation of "Special Interest Groups")
Xinhuanet, October 04, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-10/05/content_5169
850.htm

In Graft Inquiry, Chinese See a Shake-Up Coming
New York Times, October 04, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/04/world/asia/04corrupt.h
tml?_r=1&ref=todayspaper&oref=slogin


Human Rights Defender – Lawyer – Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
Attorney Gao's Wife Finally Receives Notification of Gao's Arrest
The Epoch Times, October 03, 2006
http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/6-10-3/46634.html

Land Policy
温岭政府强拆房被判违法 (Court Finds Local Government in Zhejiang Guilty of Unlawful Demolition)
The Beijing News, October 05, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0567/2006/10-05/
021@212983.htm


Overseas Developers Look Inland for China Bargains
Reuters (via YahooNews), October 04, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061004/lf_nm/property_china
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Thugs Kill Villager in Xi'an Forced Demolition Conflict
The Epoch Times, October 03, 2006
http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/6-10-3/46609.html

Law
浙江确立业委会诉讼主体资格 维权路不再漫漫 (New Local Regulation Allows Apartment Associations in Zhejiang Province to Sue over Bad Management)
Xinhuanet, October 02, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-10/02/content_
5164227.htm


Media
Chat Room Traffic Opposed to Visit
SCMP, October 05, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZNFFN9CRE.html

Protests and Petitions
Beijing Authorities Intensify Arrest of Appellants During National Day Weekend
The Epoch Times, October 04, 2006
http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/6-10-4/46655.html

Religion
中国穆斯林只在北京沙特使馆办正朝副朝签证 (Chinese Muslims Can Only Apply for Pilgrimage Visa from Saudi Embassy in Beijing)
The Beijing News, October 05, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0546/2006/1004/011@212
903.htm


Underground and Official Church Are Persecuted in China, Says Cardinal Zen
AsiaNews.it, October 04, 2006
http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=7388

Society - Ethnic Minorities
Bilingual Education in Lhasa
CCTV, October 04, 2006
http://www.cctv.com/program/cultureexpress/20061
004/100600.shtml


Society
Insurance, Bankcard Ease Farmers' Financial Woes
People's Daily, October 04, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200610/04/eng20061004
_308788.html


Tibet
Two Tibetans Allegedly Killed by Chinese Guards
Reuters, October 04, 2006
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/B911952.htm