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Human Rights Defender - Yang Xiaoqing (阳小青)
Chinese Court Frees Convicted Journalist
AP( via YahooNews), October 21, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061021/ap_on_re_as/china_repo
rter_freed_1
On Saturday, the wife of journalist Yang Xiaoqing (阳小青) told reporters that the Shaoyang Intermediate People’s Court announced last week that Yang was exempted from serving the remainder of his sentence but that his guilty verdict would not be overturned. Yang was convicted of extortion for exposing local corruption. After serving seven months of a one-year sentence, he was released on bail in September.
News
Bilateral Ties
Rice Raises Human Rights Issues
SCMP, October 23, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ12ER9CRE.html
Corruption
Hu Jintao Stresses Combating Corruption
People's Daily, October 23, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200610/23/eng20061023
_314243.html
Jury Still out on Whether Beijing Will Take on Entrenched Interest Groups
SCMP, October 23, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ8KW9QLTE.html
深圳法官双规显示腐败渗入司法界 (Use of "Double Regulations" in Shenzhen Shows Corruption Has Infiltrated the Judiciary)
Voice of America, October 20, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-10-20-voa28.cfm
湖南退脏贪官可获减罪 (Hunan Reduces Sentence of Corrupt Officials Who Returned Bribes)Radio Free Asia, October 20, 2006 http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/20/tuiz
ang/
Death Penalty
穗涉黑案终审主犯被判死缓 曾横行广州火车站 (Two Triad Leaders Sentenced to Death with Two-year Reprieve in Guangdong)
Xinhuanet, October 20, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-10/20/content_5230
062.htm
Environment
３００万吨医疗废水直排太原城市管网 (3 Million Tons of Medical Waste Flow into Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province)
People's Daily, October 23, 2006
http://society.people.com.cn/GB/41165/4943977.html
June 4th
天安门母亲抗议中国阻拦陶业回国探亲 (Tiananmen Mothers Protest China's Refusal to Allow Return of Philanthropist Who Supports "June 4th Orphanage")
Radio Free Asia, October 20, 2006 http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/20/tao
ye/
Labor
15年就业政策路线图：从积极扩大到比较充分 (15-Year Plan for China's Employment Policy and Strategy)
People's Daily, October 23, 2006
http://finance.people.com.cn/GB/1037/4944192.html
Media
中国列2006年世界新闻自由倒数第六 (Reporters Without Borders Ranks China the Sixth Worst in Press Freedom in 2006)
Radio Free Asia, October 22, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/22/xinwe
nziyou/
Migrant Workers
It Pays for Migrant Workers to Be in the City
SCMP, October 23, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZN5F8QLTE.html
Migrant Workers Born in 1980s Shun Hard Labor in Cities
China Daily, October 21, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-10/21/content_713
737.htm
Protests and Petitions
江西高校数百学生骚乱 (Hundreds of Tertiary Students Riot in Jiangxi Province)
Ming Pao, October 23, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20061023/cce1.htm
各地法院排查信访案 赴京进省上访总量明显下降 (Number of Petitions in Beijing Drops as Courts Set up New System to Deal with Petitions)
Xinhuanet, October 23, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-10/23/content_5236
786.htm
新华网质疑公安阻上访 (Xinhua Questions Public Security Bureau in Chongqing over Its Obstruction of Petitioning Activities)
Ming Pao, October 23, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20061023/cca1.htm
Shenzhen Residents Protest Against Planned Highway
SCMP, October 21, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZX1ER9CRE.html
Public Health
NGOs Tackle Congenital Conditions
SCMP, October 21, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZANAR9CRE.html
Religion - Christianity
Anglican Church Leader Sees Christian Role in China
Reuters (via YahooNews), October 22, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061022/ts_nm/religion_china_
anglicans_dc_1;_ylt=AtCUWQ9u6Bdvg3cOh_digVVPzWQA;_ylu
=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl
North Korea - Refugees
难民活动人士吁北京善待北韩难民 (Activist Calls on Beijing to Treat North Korean Refugees Humanely)
Voice of America, October 22, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-10-22-voa33.cfm