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Protests and Petitions
Villagers Riot over Land Dispute in Shandong
SCMP, November 15, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ0JAM47UE.html
About 1,400 police officers and 1,000 villagers have clashed over a land dispute in Jinan, Shandong Province. Twenty villagers were injured on November 5 when police sent them away from a construction site where they had detained a district official in protest against the local government's corrupt handling of a land compensation fund. A Jinan Public Security Bureau spokesman said he had never heard of the incident, but a doctor at a local hospital said four patients were admitted after the clash.
News
Bilateral Ties
China Snubs Canada for Bilateral Meeting at APEC Conference
YahooNews, November 15, 2006
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/061114/national/canada
_china_apec_1
Corruption
Here Comes the Sun
SCMP, November 15, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZDP9M47UE.html
Death Penalty
中国“生死判官”北京轮训 肖扬作重要讲话 (Judges Given Training to Ensure Standards and Consistency in Reviewing Death Penalty Cases)
People's Daily, November 14, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1026/5042847.html
Gender
卖淫嫖娼不满18岁不予收容教育 (New Regulation in Liaoning Stipulates That "Custody and Education" Not Be Applied to Sex Workers or Customers Under 18)
Nanfang City News, November 15, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/djjz/200611
150310.asp
Government
Government Budgets Should Be Transparent, Says Chinese Auditor
People's Daily, November 14, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200611/14/eng20061114
_321364.html
Human Rights Defenders - Ching Cheong (程翔)
刘敏仪：闻年底释程翔 (Ching Cheong's Wife Hears He May Be Released at End of Year)
Ming Pao, November 15, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20061115/gdb1.htm
Human Rights Defenders - Zhao Yan (赵岩)
北京法院将就赵岩案做出终审判决 (Beijing Higher People's Court to Release Final Verdict on Zhao Yan Soon)
Voice of America, November 14, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-11-14-voa16.cfm
Human Rights Defenders – He Depu (何德普)
妻子要求狱方为何德普作全面体检 (Wife Urges Prison Authorities to Provide Thorough Medical Check for Political Prisoner He Depu)
Radio Free Asia, November 14, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/11/14/he/
Law
China: Suing for the Environment
Newsweek, November 15, 2006
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15672081/site/newsweek/
from/ET/
Developers Face Tougher Green Rules
SCMP, November 15, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZXNPP47UE.html
Media
Skype 在中国的服务受限制 (Use of "Skype" Software Restricted in China)
Radio Free Asia, November 14, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/11/14/skype/
Military
中国公布军队处置突发事件预案 (China Announces Emergency Budget for Military to Handle Public Emergencies)
Radio Free Asia, November 14, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/11/14/army/
Police
Rise in Number of Murders Resulting from Civil Disputes
SCMP, November 15, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZJNPP47UE.html
Politics
Hu's Purge for Both Power and Purity
Asia Times Online, November 15, 2006
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/HK15Ad01.html
Protests and Petitions
河南邓州：信访直通车开到农民家门口 ("Petitioning Vehicles" Reach Rural Areas in Zhengzhou, Henan)
China Youth Daily, November 15, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-11/15/content_1573961.htm
群众诉求渠道不畅警方要报告 (Police Should Give Timely Reports to Government on Social Unrest Cases: Public Security Bureau Cadre)
The Beijing News, November 15, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0546/2006/1115/015@221934.htm
四川男童死亡 当局否认抢救不力 (Sichuan Authorities Dispel Criticisms Over Hospital's Maltreatment of Child Who Died)
BBC, November 14, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_6140000/newsid_
6146700/6146746.stm
福建莆田农民反抗征地被打伤 (Farmers in Fujian Beaten for Protesting Land Grabs)
Radio Free Asia, November 14, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/11/14/
fujian/
浙江教师法院门口静坐抗议房屋被强拆 (Teachers in Zhejiang Protest at Court over Forced Demolition)
Radio Free Asia, November 14, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/11/14/
zhejiang/
Public Health
器官移植港澳台民众优先 (Citizens from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Have Preferential Access to Transplanted Organs from Mainland China)
Ming Pao, November 15, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20061115/cab1.htm
Religion
China's Top Advisor Turns to Religion to Boost Social Harmony
Xinhuanet, November 14, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-11/14/content_
5330296.htm
Tibet
Dalai Lama's Brother Slams Tougher Chinese Stance on Tibet
Radio Free Asia, November 14, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2006/11/14/tibet_shift/
Taiwan
China Arrests Two Taiwan Businessmen "Spies"
Reuters (via YahooNews), November 15, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061115/wl_nm/china_
taiwan_spies_dc_1