The HRIC Daily Brief is a daily selection of news stories and commentary related to human rights in China, drawn from Chinese- and English-language news and online media sources that we monitor daily. In addition to headlines and source links, HRIC also provides English translation of Chinese headlines.

Friday, August 12, 2005

August 12, 2005

Top news of the day

Resettlement / Law
Courts pass buck on eviction cases
SCMP, 12/08/2005
The Supreme People's Court ordered courts at all level that, starting from August 11, they "must not deal with civil litigations over compensation and relocation disputes" as the cases should be handled by relevant government departments. Lawyers and academics said that the decision may jeopardize the vulnerable groups' means to seek justice from their disputes against corrupted property developers, who are usually backed by government departments.
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZTQ6YX6CE.html





News

Children / Law
Children prone to commit crimes during summer holiday
暑假“三不管”诱发青少年犯罪
China Youth Daily, 12/08/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-08/12/content_48056.htm

Youngsters involved in 70pc of robberies
SCMP, 12/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ2PSWX6CE.html

Children – Abuse / Law
Legal expert expresses concerns over legal vacuum in domestic violence legislation as parent-child relation often ignored by public
专家：中国在调整亲子关系方面存在法律“真空”
People's Daily, 12/08/2005
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42731/3609882.html

Children / Public Health - HIV AIDS /STDs
Survey on the well-being of AIDs orphans: poor and lacking help from the society
艾滋孤儿生存现状调查：贫穷缺少救助
Sina.com, 12/08/2005
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2005-08-12/00396669480s.shtml

Corruption
Grass-roots corruption to be probed
Xinhuanet.com, 12/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/12/content_3342
573.htm

Death Penalty / Law - Legal reform
Death penalty review returns to Supreme People's Court next year
中央明年收權覆核死刑
Wen Wei Po, 12/08/2005
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH0508120
020&cat=002CH


China Banker Gets Suspended Death Sentence
AP, August 12, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050812/ap_on_bi_ge/china_bank_corruption_6

Arsonist Executed for Taking Revenge on Policeman
Xinhua, August 12, 2005
http://china.org.cn/english/China/138273.htm#

Death Penalty / Children - Children trafficking
Trafficker sentenced to death for selling 38 children to Singapore
拐賣38兒童到星洲 泉州漢判死
Ming Pao, 12/08/2005
http://www.mingpaonews.com/_caindex.htm

Detention - Ching Cheong (程翔)
'I am not Ching Cheong's mistress'
SCMP, 12/08/2005
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZACTWX6CE.html

Detention – Huang Jingao (黃金高) / Corruption
Public wants open trial of Huang Jingao's (黄金高) corruption case
期待黄金高案公开审理
China Youth Daily, 12/08/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-08/12/content_48011.htm

Disasters
Death toll from China floods rises to 910, another 218 missing: Red Cross
AFP via YahooNews.com, 12/08/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050812/
wl_asia_afp/chinaweatherfloodstoll_050812032635

Environment-Disasters
Death toll from China floods rises to 910, another 218 missing
AFP, August 12, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050812/wl_asia_afp/chinaweatherfloods_050812171551

Environment-Natural Resources
Drought Affects 7.6 Mln People Across the Country
China Daily, August 12, 2005
http://china.org.cn/english/China/138262.htm#

Environment - Water
China's worsening water crisis
SCMP, 12/08/2005
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZ5NRWX6CE.html

Human Rights
Public opinions on China's human rights conditions
听众谈中国人权状况
Voice of America, 11/08/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/m2005-08-11-voa90.cfm

Labor-Disasters
Local officials among managers of flooded Guangdong mine
SCMP, August 12, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ6O3YX6CE.html

Law
Long-standing harmony built on the commitment of equality and justice
持久和谐需要司法公平正义
Nanfang Weekend, 11/08/2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20050811/xw/tb/2005081
10084.asp

To settle court cases in "speedy" way
“闪电”断案
Nanfang Weekend, 11/08/2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20050811/xw/fz/2005081
10087.asp

Law-Governance
Courts pass buck on eviction cases
SCMP, August 12, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename=SCMP/Printacopy&aid=ZZZTQ6YX6CE

Law / Resettlement
What do public interests" and "reasonable compensation" mean in the Constitution?
“公共利益”与“合理补偿”的宪法解释
Nanfang Weekend, 12/08/2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20050811/xw/sd/2005081
10109.asp

Law – Judicial system
China's judicial system: leave judges alone to rule on their cases
判案，让法官自己做主
Nanfang Weekend, 11/08/2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20050811/xw/fz/20050
8110092.asp

Migrant Workers / Social Security
Migrant workers call for a more flexible social security system
流动的农民工呼唤“流动的社保”
China Youth Daily, 12/08/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-08/12/content_48036.htm

Population
UN official: China faces challenges on population development
Xinhuanet.com, 11/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/11/content_334
0950.htm

Public Health / Rural poverty
Health care reform: half-hearted reform will not benefit poor peasants but cause more social
problems
中国医疗改革举步艰难农民难受益
Voice of America, 11/08/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-08-11-voa77.cfm

Resettlement / Law
China about to announce benchmark for resettlement compensations over land disputes to protect peasants interest
中国将出台新的征地补偿标准 保护农民切身利益
China News Agency, 11/08/2005
http://www.chinanews.com.cn/news/2005/2005-08-11/26/6
10917.shtml

Rural Issues-Poverty
China spends billion yuan to promot rural lodging schools
Xinhua, August 12, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/12/content_3346311.htm

Society - Drug
Network database on drug traffickers to be launched
Xinhuanet.com, 11/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/11/content_3341
133.htm

State Security
CASS researchers asked to be careful of foreign manipulation against state security in the name of academic exchange and research collaboration
社 科 院 要 求 加 強 國 安 意 識
Singtao.com, 12/08/2005
http://www.singtao.com/yesterday/chi/0812eo01.html

Women-Women’s Rights
Law to Catapult Women's Rights into New Century
China Daily, August 12, 2005
http://china.org.cn/english/China/138265.htm#

WTO / Society
China Exclusive: China issues regulations to protect cultural security
People's Daily, 12/08/2005
http://english.people.com.cn/200508/12/eng20050812_20
1906.html

Thursday, August 11, 2005

August 11, 2005

Top news of the day

Protests and Petitions
Return our homes, say Shanghai protesters
SCMP, 11/08/2005
About 100 Shanghai residents staged a protest in front of the Shanghai legislature yesterday over unreasonable compensation packages offered for being evicted from their home to make way for a number of property development and infrastructure projects as a result of China's hosting of the World Expo 2010.
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZKKPWX6CE.html




News

Death Penalty
Drug dealers get death sentence
China Daily, 11/08/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-08/11/content
_468019.htm

Detention – Ching Cheong (程翔)
Ching's friends petition for fair trial
SCMP, 11/08/2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZP10YX6CE.html

Ching Cheong may be put on trial within 3 months and sentenced for 5 years
程翔3个月内审判或囚5年不递解出境
Chinesenewsnet.com, 10/08/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews
/Hongkong/2005_8_10_18_59_49_310.html

Economic Issues
Yahoo takes 40 pct stake in China Alibaba
Reuters, August 11, 2005
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=internet
News&storyID=2005-08-11T104912Z_01_N11546262_RTRID
ST_0_NET-MEDIA-CHINA-YAHOO-DC.XML

Education / Poverty - Rural poverty
Barriers to get poor students from rural areas to university: peasants work 35 years just enough to pay university fee
大学学费相当农民35年收入
Nanfang City News, 11/08/2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/dd/nfrb/a08/2005
08110292.asp

Education / Hukou
The threshold to enter renowned universities and cities
名校的门槛与城市的门槛
China Youth Daily, 11/08/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-08/11/content_47262.htm

Labor - Disasters
15 Trapped Miners in Jiangxi Confirmed Dead
Xinhua, August 11, 2005
http://china.org.cn/english/China/138135.htm#

Media - Censorship
New Rules to Safeguard Cultural Security
Xinhua, August 11, 2005
http://china.org.cn/english/China/138139.htm#

Multilateral
China not in favor of submitting Iranian nuclear issue to UN council
Xinhua, August 11, 2005
http://english1.people.com.cn/200508/11/text20050811_2015
17.html

Poverty - Rural poverty / NGOs
Charity fund set up to help the rural poor
China Daily, 11/08/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-08/11/content
_468017.htm

Poverty - Rural poverty
Income disparity in China reach unacceptable level, expert warns
专家析中国贫富差距现象 指已超合理限度应警惕
Chinesenewsnet.com, 10/08/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Main
land/zxs_2005-08-10_610260.shtml

Public Health - AIDS/HIV
National HIV/AIDS training center launched in SW China
Xinhua, August 11, 2005
http://english1.peopledaily.com.cn/200508/11/print20050811_
201728.html

Public Health / Rural Issues
Rural health bodies put on fast track
SCMP, 11/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ3G3YX6CE.html

Public Health - Other
China says anthrax outbreak under control
AFP via Yahoo! News, August 8, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050808/
wl_asia_afp/chinahealthdisease_050808200255

Reforms - Social
Charity Fund Set Up to Help the Rural Poor
China Daily, August 11, 2005
http://china.org.cn/english/China/138142.htm

Religion – Christianity / Police - Abuse
Police crack down on priests and members of family churches, say religious rights group
中国警察大肆拘捕虐打传教士及家庭教会成员
Peacehall, 11/08/2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/8/11/n1014508.htm

Social Security / Resettlement
Social security system in sight for landless Guangdong farmers
SCMP, 11/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ9VPWX6CE.html

Tibet
China Struggles With Tibetan Buddhism
AP via YahooNews.com,10/08/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050810/ap_on_re_as/china
_tibet_troubles;_ylt=AnXrHfryJ2Yn5pMa9HzagAcBxg8F

Wednesday, August 10, 2005

August 10, 2005

Top news of the day

Protests and Petitions
Protesters go on rampage after police dogs attack petitioners
SCMP, 10/08/2005
Hubei police sent police dogs to clear angry protestors of Daye city from ransacking government offices, damage cars and attached a police station on August 6. The government said the protestors would get punished for the violent acts.
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZSYQ824CE.html

Religion - Christianity
Two American Theology students detained by Hubei police
美国两神学生遭湖北警察扣押问话
Voice of America, 09/08/2005
China Aid Association reported that two American Theology students were harassed and detained by Hubei police officials on August 2, due to their participation in an underground church gathering. Their personal belongings, included Bible, books and notebooks were confiscated.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-08-09-voa65.cfm


News

Bilaterals-Other
Russia moving air force troops for joint exercise with China
Xinhua, August 10, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/10/content_333
6922.htm

Detention – Huang Jingao(黃金高) / Corruption
Anti-corruption hardliner Huang Jingao formally charged with corruption
黄金高因涉嫌受贿罪被提起公诉
Radio Free Asia, 09/08/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2005/08/09/huangjingao/

Gender - Marriage
Allow university students to get marry shows the respect to the rule of law
大学生可以结婚是对法律的尊重
Nanfang City News, 10/08/2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/dd/nfrb/a02/2005
08100053.asp

Changing perceptions on divorce in cities
北京人谈离婚的变迁
Chinesenewsnet.com, 09/08/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/EntDigest/Life/
2005_8_9_14_52_54_974.html

Hong Kong-Politics
Chan: Impasse Likely for Next Elections
China Daily HK Edition, August 10, 2005
http://china.org.cn/english/China/138009.htm

Hukou
"Restrictions on residing in Beijing" invokes fierce debate on China's hukou policy
"减少外地人入京"建议引争议　
Nanfang City News, 10/08/2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/dd/dsb/A15/20050
8100180.asp

Human Rights - Human rights defenders
Rights activist and lawyer: The case of Zhu Jiuhu(朱久虎) makes us stand firm on social justice
浦志强：朱久虎律师的遭遇让我们不再恐惧
Peacehall, 09/08/2005
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2005/08/200508091
525.shtml

Labor-Disasters
Mine had been told to cease production
SCMP, August 10, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ9KRR14CE.html

The lucky break that saved a miner's life
SCMP, August 10, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ4ZQ824CE.html

Eleven Held for Mine Flood, 1st Body Recovered
Xinhua, August 10, 2005
http://china.org.cn/english/China/138022.htm

LNG Tank Blast Kills 2, Injuring 7 in Xinjiang
Xinhua, August 10, 2005
http://china.org.cn/english/China/138006.htm

Labor / Social Security
Inflexible insurance system with high insurance premium discourages migrant workers to enroll in nation-wide social security system
社保高门槛让农民工望而却步
China Youth Daily, 10/08/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-08/10/content_46367.htm

Labor - Industrial accidents
Mine had been told to cease production
SCMP, 10/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ9KRR14CE.html

Feared death toll in China mine disaster rises to 123
AFP via YahooNews.com, 09/08/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050809/wl
_asia_afp/chinamine_050809174727

Law-Criminal
China drafting counterterrorism law
Xinhua, August 10, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/10/content_333
6512.htm

Law - Legal reform / Public Health
Judges say medical dispute is the most difficult type of civil cases to handle
医疗纠纷成为民事审理最难
Legal Daily, 10/08/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-08/10/content_179
356.htm

Law - Legal profession
Moving up the ladder: from lawyers to judges
实现法律职业的有序流动
Legal Daily, 10/08/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-08/10/content_17
9316.htm

Law - Legal reform
To make Civil Procedure Law serve public interests
让公益诉讼走向公众
Legal Daily, 10/08/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-08/10/content_1793
19.htm

Media
Media censorship: approval before going to print?
舆论监督：打虎先请虎签字？
Peacehall, 09/08/2005
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/pubvp/2005/08/20050
8091454.shtml

Media-Internet
Battle of blogs in China
Reuters, August 10, 2005
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/08/09/business/blog.php

Police - Abuse
Burglar beaten to death as police want confession
一民警刑讯逼供致人死亡
The Beijing News, 10/08/2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/0810/11@010
404.html

Politics / Protests and Petitions
Chaos and stability in the Chinese society
中国社会的小乱与大安
Chinesenewsnet.com, 10/08/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Main
land/2005_8_9_14_50_18_927.html

Shandong High Court adopt procedures to solve long-standing petition cases
山东解决老上访案出台终结评审程序
Legal Daily, 10/08/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-08/10/content_17945
6.htm

Political Dissidents/Organizing-Detention Cases
China Tightens its Grip on Media
The Epoch Times, August 10, 2005
http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-8-10/31093.html

Political Dissidents/Organizing-Petitions and Protests
China Grows More Wary Over Rash Of Protests
Washington Post Foreign Service, August 10, 2005
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/09/AR2005080901323.html

Reforms-Corruption
4,000 Officials Flee Overseas with US$50 Bln of Illicit Money
Xinhua, August 10, 2005
http://china.org.cn/english/China/138004.htm

Reforms-Social
Move to clarify benefits-fund rules
SCMP, August 10, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZBIM824CE.html

Resettlement / Rural Issues - Rural development
Concerns on land-less peasants: 20% pretty well-off, yet 10% living in hardship
关注失地农民：20％生活富裕10％生活艰难
People's Daily, 10/08/2005
http://society.people.com.cn/GB/1063/3604542.html

State Security – Terrorism / Law
Profession reveals Beijing step up efforts in drafting Anti-Terrorism Law
我国正加紧起草《反恐法》
China Youth Daily, 10/08/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-08/10/content_46362.htm

Xinjiang / Police
Armed police patrolling in Xinjiang provinces to monitor social unrest on 50th anniversary of the establishment of Xinjiang Autonomous Region
维吾尔自治区50周年 中共武装清查新疆
Dajiyuan.com, 09/08/2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/8/9/n1012924.htm

Tuesday, August 09, 2005

August 9, 2005

Top news of the day

Protests and Petitions
Three Gorges Petitioners Impeded, Harassed
Human Rights in China Press Release, 09/08/2005
Human Rights in China (HRIC) reported that petitioners represent more than 500 residents of Yangguidian Village, Hubei Province, were blocked from petitioning the central government in Beijing, and that one activist has been seriously harassed since being interviewed by an American journalist in May.
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision%5fid=
23910&item%5fid=23896



News

Corruption
Foreign enterprises bribe Mainland officials and media to foster business relations, according to survey
外 商 「 花 錢 買 太 平 」
Apple Daily, 09/08/2005
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?
sec_id=15335&iss_id=20050809&art_id=5120756

Detention – Ching Cheong (程翔)
U.S show deep concerns over Ching Cheong's case
美国关注【海峡时报】记者程翔案
Radio Free Asia, 08/08/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2005/08/08/chingcheong/

Disasters
New disaster relief system to work nationwide
Xinhuanet.com, 09/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/08/content_332
5426.htm

Government - Governance and accountability
Anti-negligence bureaus set up
Xinhuanet.com, 09/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/08/content_332
5689.htm

Human Rights
A Taiwan church accommodates rights activists Yan Peng (燕鹏) and Chen Rongli (陈荣利)
民运人士燕鹏和陈荣利偷渡到台湾被当地教会收容
Radio Free Asia, 08/08/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2005/08/08/minyun/

Labor-Disasters
Death toll in mine disaster could be much higher than 102
AFP, August 9, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZT2P824CE.html

Law - Legal reform
Breakthroughs of the drafted amendments of Civil Procedure Law
民事诉讼法修改建议稿有突破
Legal Daily, 09/08/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2005-08/09/content_178
906.htm

Supreme Court judge suggests amending the Civil Procedure Law to establish pre-sessional hearing to improve court efficiency
最高法法官建議修改民事訴訟法 建審前準備程式
CRI Online, 09/08/2005
http://big5.chinabroadcast.cn/gate/big5/gb.chinabroadcast.cn/
3821/2005/08/09/1245@652948.htm

Media
Challenges remain for the mainland's booming press
SCMP, 09/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZSUPR14CE.html

Media - Internet
Self-obsessed bloggers give watchdogs little to chew on
SCMP, 09/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZMRM824CE.html

As blogging blooms in China, firms aim to cash in
Reuters via Yahoo! News, August 9, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050809/wr_nm/media_china_blogs_dc_1

Migrant Workers / Population
The meaning of adopting legislations on the rights of the floating population
立法给流动人口以国民待遇的意义
China Youth Daily, 09/08/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-08/09/content_43911.htm

Olympics
Reporters Push IOC for Freer China Press
AP via YahooNews.com, 09/08/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050809/
ap_on_re_eu/olympics_journalists_1

Rights group urges Beijing to improve human right record before Olympic launch
大赦国际促北京奥运会前改善人权
Chinesenewsnet.com, 08/08/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Main
land/2005_8_8_14_36_20_528.html

Political Dissidents/Organizing-Detention Cases
Supporter of oil investors detained
SCMP, August 9, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZY1J824CE.html

Public Health
Gaps within trouble China's health sector
People's Daily, 09/08/2005
http://english.people.com.cn/200508/09/eng20050809_201
140.html

No more pig-borne disease cases reported in SW China
Xinhua, August 9, 2005
http://english1.peopledaily.com.cn/200508/09/print20050809_201049.html

Religion-Protestants
Two Americans among dozens of Christians arrested in China
AFX News Limited, August 9, 2005
http://www.forbes.com/work/feeds/afx/2005/08/09/afx2175949.html

Social Security
Ministry of Civil Affairs to launch a country-wide relief management system to share information of homeless people in the country
流浪人員救助管理系統啟動 乞丐資料將全國共用
CRI Online, 09/08/2005
http://big5.chinabroadcast.cn/gate/big5/gb.chinabroadcast.cn/
3821/2005/08/09/106@652799.htm

State Security - Terrorism
Security experts urge to crackdown on terrorism
北京专家呼吁「严防个人恐怖主义」
Chinesenewsnet.com, 09/08/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/2005_8_8_19_36_10_967.html

Hong Kong
The democrats' dilemma
SCMP, 09/08/2005
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZ9PL824CE.html

Monday, August 08, 2005

August 6-8, 2005

Top news of the day

Detention – Chen Shaowen (陈少文)
Dissident writer Chen Shaowen released after serving three years in prison
狱中作家陈少文刑满出狱
Peacehall, 08/08/2005
Dissident writer Chen Shaowen(陈少文) was freed on May 5 after serving 3 years in prison for incitement of state security in 2002.
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2005/08/200508
080742.shtml

Detention – Feng Bingxian (冯秉先)/ Protests and Petitions
Representative of Shaanbei oil field shareholders arrested
陕北油农维权代表冯秉先被逮捕
Voice of America, 07/08/2005
Feng Bingxian(冯秉先), a representative of a group of Shannxi oil field shareholders, has been arrested by the Wuhan police on his way to a CCTV interview on May 26. Feng was arrested by the police once last year and warned that he should not "stir up more troubles" again. Feng's son believed that the interview appointment was a "trap" to setup the arrest of his father.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-08-07-voa31.cfm


News

Border Territories/Issues-North Korea
Six parties agree to recess N.Korea talks: China
Reuters, August 6, 2005
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNew
s&storyID=2005-08-07T032532Z_01_PEK131648_RTRIDST_
0_NEWS-KOREA-NORTH-DC.XML

Border Territories/Issues-Tibet
Fear on the roof of the world: How China haunts Tibet
The Independent, August 8, 2005
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article304415.ece

Corruption / Government - Governance and accountability
Beijing fails to reverse flight of corrupt officials
SCMP, 08/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ8ARHRZBE.html

The cost of reporting corrupted officials in China
在中国举报贪官的代价有多大?
Asia Times Online, 06/08/2005
http://news.online.sh.cn/news/gb/content/2005-08/06/content
_1274511.htm

Death Penalty
Haikou court sentence two drug traffickers to death
广西海南贩毒通道两毒犯一审判死刑
Legal Daily, 08/08/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2005-08/08/content_178
290.htm

Leader of a cross-border children trafficking gang sentenced to death
跨国贩卖44儿童主犯被判死刑
The Beijing News, 08/08/2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/0808/09@0213
03.html

Hefei gang leader executed as High Court uphold death penalty verdict
合肥涉黑第一案終審判決 黑老大胡斌被執行死刑
CRI Online, 06/08/2005
http://big5.chinabroadcast.cn/gate/big5/gb.chinabroadcast.cn/38
21/2005/08/06/107@650650.htm

Detention – Ching Cheong (程翔)
Journalists turn up heat in attempt to secure a fair trial
SCMP, 08/08/2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZWTKOSZBE.html

For more news clippings on Ching Cheong’s case, please go to HRIC Special News Brief on Ching Cheong:
http://hric-newsbrief.blogspot.com/2005/08/special-news-
brief-on-ching-cheong-may.html


Food Security
Survey: Food safety people's top concern
Xinhuanet.com, 08/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/08/content_332
3279.htm

Gender - Domestic violence
Mainland is facing up to the scourge of domestic violence
SCMP, 08/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ1RQHRZBE.html

Gender – Abuse / Law
Xinjiang court convicts husband of raping wife, setting precedence of rape cases in China
丈夫可成为强奸罪主体 新疆判决婚内强奸案
People's Daily, 08/08/2005
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42735/3598784.html

Government - Governance and accountability
Leading researcher in People's University urges for a clear division of governing power between government and mayor
给权力划清边界
China Youth Daily, 08/08/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-08/08/content_43547.htm

Unpack the governing power of mayor
解剖市长权力
China Youth Daily, 08/08/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-08/08/content_43552.htm

Human Rights
Defector Slams China on Rights Abuses
AP via YahooNews.com, 08/08/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050806/ap_
on_re_ca/canada_chinese_defector_1%20

Labor-Disasters
Hopes fade for 102 trapped in flooded China mine
Reuters, August 8, 2005
http://asia.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNe
ws&storyID=2005-08-08T062308Z_01_N08299749_RTRIDS
T_0_INTERNATIONAL-CHINA-MINE-DC.XML

Law - Legal reform
People' Procuratorate to be given power to file cases of public interest as proposed in the draft revision of the Civil Procedure Law
检察院有望可提起公益诉讼
The Beijing News, 08/08/2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/0808/09@02
2958.html

Witness testifying in court to be written in the draft revision of the Criminal Procedure Law, as less than 8% of criminal cases with witness presence in court
证人要出庭作证将写进新刑诉法 现出庭率不超8%
People's Daily, 08/08/2005
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42735/3598320.html

Law - Legal aid
Over 3,000 legal aid organizations operate in China, showing progress of China's legal aid system
机构逾三千 中国法律援助制度进入发展完善阶段
China News Agency, 07/08/2005
http://www.chinanews.com.cn/news/2005/2005-08-07/26/608
862.shtml

Media - Press freedom/censorship
China Bans Foreign Investors From News Industry
Radio Free Asia, 05/08/2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/politics/2005/08/05/china_
media/

Olympics
Sensitive Beijing a threat to Games
The Australian, August 8, 2005
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5
744,16185834%5E2703,00.html

Population
NW forum on population, development opens
Xinhuanet.com, 08/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/07/content_3320
909.htm

30th anniversary of China's family planning policy: doing good or bad?
中国计划生育政策三十年正反评价不一
ChinaNewsman.net, 07/08/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Main
land/cna_2005_08_07_08_09_09_547.html

Population program "much more than" fertility control
Xinhuanet.com, 07/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/07/content_33211
30.htm

Family planning policy saves China 300 mln births
People’s Daily Online, August 8, 2005
http://english1.peopledaily.com.cn/200508/08/eng20050808_20
0955.html

Protests and Petitions / Police - Abuse
Survey shows 90% of petition is related to police and public security system
中国公安部官员：执法中引发治安信访问题占九成
China News Agency, 08/08/2005
http://www.chinanews.com.cn/news/2005/2005-08-06/26/608
802.shtml

What do we know about the petitioners village in Beijing
北京上访村见闻
Voice of America, 05/08/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-08-05-voa61.cfm

Public Health
Anthrax hits China as pig disease festers
Reuters, August 7, 2005
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK131976.htm

SARS vaccine approved for clinical study
Xinhua, August 7, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/07/content_33197
30.htm

Chinese officials fired for pig disease cover-up
Reuters, August 8, 2005
http://today.reuters.com/News/CrisesArticle.aspx?storyId=PEK
301619

Religion - Christianity
Chinese priest: we need help to form priests in the official Church
AsiaNews, August 8, 2005
http://www.asianews.it/view_p.php?l=en&art=3875

Resettlement - Forceful eviction / Protests and Petitions
Thousands residents in Hubei Daye City surround city government building to show grievances over redevelopment project
不满“撤市建区” 湖北大冶数万抗议者包围当地政府
Radio Free Asia, 07/08/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2005/08/07/hubei/

Social Security
Social security fund to increase
Xinhuanet.com, 06/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/06/content_3316
437.htm

Society - suicide
Chinese farmer sets off bomb on bus; 23 injured
Reuters, August 8, 2005
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK163742.htm

Tibet
Few in Tibet know that Dalai Lama has chosen 11th Panchen Lama as China block information and determine to choose her own
达赖喇嘛选定的十一世班禅至今在西藏鲜为人知
Radio Free Asia, 08/08/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2005/08/07/xizang/

Special News Brief on Ching Cheong (May to August 2005)

August 2005

New hopes on release of detained journalist
SCMP, 02/08/2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZBNT1QUBE.html

Beijing set to charge reporter with spying
SCMP, 04/08/2005
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZA5NQXWBE.html

China Charges Reporter With Spying
AP via Yahoonews.com, 05/08/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050805/ap_on_re_as/china_
detained_reporter;_ylt=ApXmZy4o1g712c6kmXs6ZtsBxg8F;_
ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Reporter's wife still seeking a solution
SCMP, 05/08/2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZ7N5ICYBE.html

Beijing formally charged Ching Cheong with Spying
程翔正式被捕
Dajiyuan.com, 05/08/2005
http://www.epochtimes.com.tw/bt/5/8/5/n1008888.htm

Ching Choeng may be put on trial today
传程翔今开审
Dajiyuan.com, 05/08/2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/8/5/n1008888.htm

Accusations are false, says Taiwan
SCMP, 06/08/2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZNIOHRZBE.html

Ching will be jailed, analysts predict
SCMP, 06/08/2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZ0UKOSZBE.html

Quick trial seen for spy charge reporter
SCMP, 06/08/2005
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZO3OHRZBE.html

Demonstrating journalists seek fair trial for Ching
SCMP, 07/08/2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZ7YUNSZBE.html

Journalists turn up heat in attempt to secure a fair trial
SCMP, 08/08/2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZWTKOSZBE.html


July 2005

Wife of detained journalist said Beijing intend to spread news of Ching Cheong’s release before July 1 to calm public dismay
程翔妻子：官方故意散布程将获释消息
Radio Free Asia, July 3, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2005/07/03/chenxiang/

Wife hopes reporter goes free this week
SCMP, 24/07/2005
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZVPIZRFBE.html

Wife of detained reporter in China denies remarks on his release
AFP via YahooNews.com, 25/07/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050725/wl_asia_afp/chinasing
aporehongkongmedia_05072505080


June 2005

Zong Fengming (宗鳯鳴) vow to publish dialogues with Zhao Ziyang, despite the detention of Ching Cheong
美关注程翔被捕宗凤鸣称继续出书
Voice of America, June 1, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-06-01-voa1.cfm

Detained Journalist Entrapped by Bogus Promise of Zhao Papers: Zong Fengming
Radio Free Asia, June 1, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/politics/2005/06/01/china
_journalist_arrest/

HK journalist confessed to spying: Beijing
SCMP, June 1, 2005
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZJO4YFA9E.html

I'm ready for the worst, says wife
SCMP, June 1, 2005
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZKRERGA9E.html

Donald Tsang yet to respond to reporter’s wife appeal for help
向曾蔭權求助無回音
Apple Daily, June 1, 2005
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?sec_
id=4104&showdate=20050601&art_id=4933610

The Two Faces of China's Leadership
LA Times, June 2, 2005
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-china2
jun02,1,2069912.story?coll=la-headlines-world&ctrack=1&cset=true

The statement of Ministry of Foreign Affairs implies Ching a spy for Taiwan
多维追击：中国外交部暗示程翔替台湾工作
Chinesenewsnet.com, June 2, 2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Main
land/2005_5_31_21_43_17_385.html

Outcry over arrest puts pressure on mainland
SCMP, June 2, 2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZMY7YFA9E.html

Detention of HK journalist is mainland's legal affair: officials
SCMP, June 2, 2005
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZ33L2GA9E.html

Believe only the hard evidence
SCMP, June 2, 2005
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZS5G3GA9E.html

Transparency needed in case of 'spy' journalist
SCMP, June 2, 2005
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZAY7YFA9E.html

Open letter reveals Ching’s work relationship with President Hu Jintao
多维追击：妻子公开信爆料程翔为胡锦涛工作
Chinesenewsne.com, June 3, 2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Forums/Back
Stage/2005_6_2_17_18_21_839.html

Journalist Association urges for fair investigation of Ching Cheong case
香港记协请愿要求公正处理程翔案
Voice of America, June 3, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-06-02-voa35.cfm

Legal experts comment on the judicial procedures for Ching Cheong’s case
中美律师谈程翔案司法程序
Voice of America, June 3, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-06-03-voa69.cfm

Detained journalist, academic didn't give anything away, say HK contacts
SCMP, June 4, 2005
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZKVQ2GA9E.html

Reporter under house arrest
SCMP, June 6, 2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZNJIYFA9E.html

Singapore journalist association urges the release of Ching Cheong
新记者协会吁中国尽快处理程翔案
Voice of America, June 8, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-06-08-voa54.cfm

Hong Kong media: Ching tells Taiwan China’s bottom line of its Taiwan policy
港媒体：程翔涉嫌向台湾透露大陆对台政策的底线
Radio Free Asia, June 8, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2005/06/08/chingcheong/

Zhang Hua: to save Ching Cheong, make it high profile or low profile in press?
张华：救程翔，该低调还是高调？
Apple Daily via Chinesenewsnet.com, June 9, 2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Opinion/2005
_6_8_17_41_0_12.html

Stand up for journalists' rights, Hong Kong
SCMP, June 14, 2005
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZWCC4GA9E.html

Wife of Ching Cheong plead the new Chief Executive to pass a petition letter to Beijing leaders
程翔妻请新特首到北京转交信函
Voice of America, June 21, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-06-21-voa15.cfm

Detained journalist saved by boss in earlier brush with officials
SCMP, June 26, 2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZ68XP73AE.html

'Truth soon' on detained journalist
SCMP, June 28, 2005
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZYV0G1GAE.html

Journalist's wife wary of release rumours
SCMP, June 30, 2005
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZLOYJ1GAE.html


May 2005

Hong Kong Reporter Being Held By China
The Washington Post, May 30, 2005
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/
2005/05/29/AR2005052900986.html

Reporter detained over Zhao interviews
SCMP, May 31, 2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZM3B3GA9E.html

Friday, August 05, 2005

August 5, 2005

Top news of the day

Detention-Ching Cheong(程翔)
China Charges Reporter With Spying
AP via Yahoonews.com, 05/08/2005
Ching Cheong(程翔), the Straits Times journalist under detention since April, has been formally charged by mainland government with spying for Taiwan,yet the details of further steps were not told.
The official new agency reported Ching ,using the name of "Chen Yuanchun", brought "a great deal of information about China's political,economic and especially military affairs, including some classified as 'top secret' or 'confidential,' and passed it to the Taiwan intelligence," in return, several million of Hong Kong dollars was rewarded.
Taiwan Mainland Affair Council has yet to response to the spying claim.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050805/ap_on_re_as/
china_detained_reporter;_ylt=ApXmZy4o1g712c6kmX
s6ZtsBxg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl


News

Border Territories/Issues-Taiwan
Taiwan Leaders' Separatist Remarks Criticized
Xinhua, China Daily, August 5, 2005
http://china.org.cn/english/China/137542.htm#

Children-Adoption
50,000 children in China has been adopted by foreigners
5万中国儿童被外国人领养
People's Daily, 05/08/2005
http://edu.people.com.cn/GB/1054/3594907.html

Environment-Natural Resources
New sources to ease Beijing energy shortage
China Daily, August 5, 2005
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-08/05/content
_466479.htm

Gender-Domestic violence
Experts call on more legal support to women who opted for self-defence in domestic violence situations
专家呼吁对妇女“以暴抗暴”案件提供法律帮助
China News Agency, 04/08/2005
http://www.chinanews.com.cn/news/2005/2005-08-04/
26/608126.shtml

Government-Governance and accountability
Guangdong gov't to go transparent
Xinhuanet.com, 05/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/
05/content_3311911.htm

Hong Kong-Politics
New top US diplomat in HK wants more democracy
AP, August 5, 2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZ9VLHRZBE.html

Lau urges pragmatic approach on suffrage
China Daily, August 5, 2005
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-08/05/content
_466448.htm

Human Rights-Bilateral ties
Prerequisite for joining the global community: China should keep a distance from tyrannical regimes
融入國際社會的大前提：中國必須避跟暴政為伍
Asia Times Online, 04/08/2005
http://www.atchinese.com/2005/08/0804rep2.htm

Labor-Other
Rise in income scores double-digit growth
China Daily, August 5, 2005
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-08/05/content
_466486.htm

Law/Hukou
Different Hukou entitled to different level of compensation: Is the law offering fair?
“同命不同价” 考问法律公平
Chinesenewsnet.com, 05/08/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoN
ews/Mainland/xhw_2005_08_04_22_55_22_953.html

Law-wrongful convictions (cases)
What is the legal bases for Gansu Minqu Law Court's "generosity"?--30,000 yuan compensation for one day of wrongful detention
错拘一天赔偿3万，依据何在
China Youth Daily, 05/08/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-08/05/content_42832.htm

Media-Censorship
China tightens culture rules, bars new foreign TV licenses
AP, August 5, 2005
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/international/detail.asp?ID=6646
2&GRP=D

Migrant worker-Abuses
Unpaid workers beaten up
SCMP, 05/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZFL6JCYBE.html

Olympics
B.C. Firm Scores Big in Beijing Olympics
Globe and Mail, August 5, 2005
http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.200508
05.gtyoung05/BNStory/einsider/

The Olympics countdown - three years of human rights reform?
Amnesty International, August 5, 2005
http://www.amnestyusa.org/news/document.do?id=90EA73796F7
83C018025704B00527B41

Police-Abuse (cases)
Drug rehabilitation centre inmates faced with sometimes deadly abuse
SCMP, 05/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZO1KICYBE.html

Political Dissidents/Organizing-Petitions and Protests
Chinese villagers, police clash; 47 arrested
Reuters via ABC News, August 5, 2005
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1010851

Public Health
Review of 2 decades of health care reform in China
中国医改20年
Nanfang Weekend, 04/08/2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20050804/xw
/zmxwzt/200508040010.asp

WHO Recommends More Pig Disease Tests
AP via Newsday, August 5, 2005
http://www.newsday.com/news/health/wire/sns-ap-china-pig-
disease,0,6450542.story?coll=sns-ap-health-headlines

Reforms-Corruption
Guangdong gov't to go transparent
China Daily, August 5, 2005
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-08/05/content
_466481.htm

Reforms-Social
Hospitals overcharge patients for profits
China Daily, August 5, 2005
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-08/05/content
_466465.htm

Report highlights sorry state of China's health sector
AFP via Yahoo! News, August 5, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050805/
wl_asia_afp/healthchinapublic_050805085422

Resettlement/Social Security
Guangdong government to draft regulations ensuring social security for peasants who were being forceful evicted
粤被征地农民将享社保 广东正在草拟《办法》
Chinesenewsnet.com, 05/08/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/xhw_2005_08_04_08_55_19_477.html

Society
Public opinion on the root cause of social instability in China
听众谈社会不稳定的根源
Voice of America, 04/08/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/m2005-08-04-voa72.cfm

Society-Suicide
Mental illnesses a leading factor
SCMP, 05/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZWL6JCYBE.html

WTO-Human rights/Hong Kong-Human rights
Think-tank plots WTO anti-protest action
SCMP, 05/08/2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZO2KICYBE.html

Thursday, August 04, 2005

August 4th, 2005

Top news of the day

Migrant Workers-Abuse
Migrant clashes rise in Shanghai
SCMP, 04/08/2005
Shanghai municipal people's procuratorate reported a 237.5 per cent rapid growth in the number of violent clashes in relation with migrant workers, which reflects "a growing unease among the group in the lowest stratum of the urban population" and prompting calls for government's attention.
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZSRNQXWBE.html

News

Bilaterals-US/China
Failed bid poisons U.S.-China ties
Reuters, August 4, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050804/bs_nm/
energy_china_usa_dc_1

Border Territories/Issues-Tibet
China spells out conditions for Dalai Lama's return
Reuters, August 4, 2005
http://in.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx
?type=topNews&storyID=2005-08-04T203325Z_01_
NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_India-211598-1.xml

Children
Illness theory bolstered by famine study
SCMP, 04/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZHPHWXWBE.html

Children-Adoption
China's infant castoffs find home
Chicago Tribune, 04/08/2005
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/
chi-0508030238aug03,1,4870303.story?page=1&col
l=chi-newsnationworld-hed 0508030238aug03,1,4
870303.story?page=1&coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed

Children-Children trafficking
Baby traffickers shift focus to girls
SCMP, 04/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ7M2SXWBE.html

Death Penalty -Cases
Supervisor in Guangxi Public Security sentenced to death for drug trafficking
广西一公安局教导员参与贩毒被判死刑
China Youth Daily, 04/08/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-08/04/content_41974.htm

Detention-Ching Cheong (程翔)
Beijing set to charge reporter with spying
SCMP, 04/08/2005
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZA5NQXWBE.html

Food Security-GM Food
Carrefour stores sell illegal GM rice, claims Greenpeace
SCMP, 04/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZORNQXWBE.html

Gender-Domestic violence
Experts analysis the root of domestic violence: Gender inequality is the main reason
中外专家探讨家庭暴力问题：两性不平等是要因
YahooNew.com (China), 04/08/2005
http://cn.news.yahoo.com/05-08-/1022/2e5oo.html

Gender-Reproductive health/Migrant workers
Shenzhen subsidizes migrant childbirth
China Daily, 04/08/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-08/04
/content_466099.htm

Gender-gender imbalance
'Guerilla parents' may be good news for gender imbalance
SCMP, 04/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ64NQXWBE.html

Gender-homosexuality
Survey on the living conditions of homosexuals in China
处于社会的边缘地带 中国同性恋者生存状况调查
YahooNew.com (China), 04/08/2005
http://cn.news.yahoo.com/050803/993/2e58f.html

Human Rights
Addict dies in rehabilitation centre
SCMP, August 4, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZZRNQXWBE.html

Labor
Xian labour to hold press conference for backpays
讨薪民工开起新闻发布会(图)
Chinesenewsnet.com, 03/08/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews
/Mainland/xhw_2005_08_03_02_56_02_076.html

Henan coal mine accident kills 24
China Daily, August 4, 2005
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-08/04/content_466104.htm

Law-wrongful convictions
Jiangsu High Court strictly enforce the State Compensation Law by requiring judges to make
compensations for committing judicial error
江苏高院出台制度 法官出错国家赔了个人也赔
Xinhuanet.com, 04/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-08/04/content_3306773.htm

Media-Press freedom/censorship
Beijing moves to curb foreign access to media
Financial Times, 04/08/2005
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/256c9c5a-0479-11da-a7
75-00000e2511c8.html

No new foreign TV channels allowed into China
Shenzhen Daily, Xinhua, August 4, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/04/content_3307507.htm

China Issues New Restrictions Aimed at Protecting Its Culture
New York Times, August 4, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/04/business/
worldbusiness/04media.html

China curbs foreign TV channels
BBC, August 4, 2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4744987.stm

Media-Press freedom/censorship /Public Health
Media Blackout as Pig-Borne Disease Spreads to 10 Chinese Cities
Radio Free Asia, 03/08/2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2005/08/03/chinapigs/

Media/June 4th
Press Freedom Guardian switch to electronic publication
新闻自由导报转为网络版
Voice of America, 03/08/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-08-03-voa64.cfm

Media-Internet
Unhealthy online games targeted
China Daily, August 4, 2005
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-08/04/
content_466100.htm

Migrant Workers-Migrant children
New system to ease migrant children entering to urban schools is awaiting implementation
农民工子女入学政策待落实
The Beijing News, 04/08/2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/0804/
09@022048.html

Multilaterals
US and China to block plan to expand UN Security Council
AP, August 4, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ7EIICYBE.html

NGO/Environment
90% of environmental NGOs in China lack official registrations
9成民间环保组织无合法身份
Legal Daily, 04/08/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2005-08/04/
content_177233.htm

Police- Abuse
Addict dies in rehabilitation centre
SCMP, 04/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZZRNQXWBE.html

Political Dissidents/Organizing-Detention Cases
Paper: China to charge reporter - Journalist will face spy charge, according to report
Reuters, August 4, 2005
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/08/03/rights
.china.reporter.reut/index.html?section=cnn_latest

Public Health
Half-baked health care reform based on blind faith in self regulatory ability left everyone dissatisfied
患者医院政府无人满意 医改夹生饭源自两点迷信
Xinhuanet.com, 04/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/fortune/2005-08/04/content_
3308444.htm

Head of Ministry of Public Health condemn the irresponsible health organizations which trade-off public interest for more profit
卫生部部长高强斥责某些医疗机构见利忘义
Xinhuanet.com, 04/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2005-08/04/content_
3308358.htm

Reforms-Population Control/One-Child
Baby traffickers shift focus to girls
SCMP, August 4, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ7M2SXWBE.html

Reforms-Social
More reform still required in country's pension system
China Daily, August 4, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/04/c
ontent_3306897.htm

Religion-Christianity
Pope offers a special greeting to mainland priests
SCMP, 04/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZE4NQXWBE.html

Wednesday, August 03, 2005

August 3, 2005

Top news of the day

Detention – Zhang Lin (張林)
Dissident writer Zhang Lin(张林) given five year jail terms for 'endangering state security" charge
中国异议作家张林被判五年有期徒刑
Chinesenewsnet.com, 02/08/2005
Lawyer of detained dissident writer Zhang Lin (張林) revealed that the court was set to impose a five-year prison sentence to Zhang for "inciting subversion of state power" in a few days.
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Main
land/2005_8_2_14_40_30_992.html



Detention – Wu Shishen (吳士深)
RSF welcome the early release of detained journalist Wu Shishen (吴士深)
记者无国界欢迎吴士深提前获释
Peacehall, 03/08/2005
RSF welcomed the early release of former Xinhua editor Wu Shishen (吳士深), who was convicted of leaking state secrets to a Hong Kong journalist in 1992 and sentenced for life in prison. Wu was freed on August 2.
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2005/08/2005080
30910.shtml


News

Bilaterals - Other
Tokyo casts wary eye on military build-up
Reuters, August 3, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZBLW1QUBE.html

Japan's official paper groundless in exaggerating "China threat"
Xinhua, August 3, 2005
http://english.people.com.cn/200508/03/text20050803_199894.html

Borders Territories/Issues - North Korea
China battles to save Korea nuclear talks
Reuters, August 3, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050803/ts_nm/korea_north_dc_100

Gender - Reproductive health
Reproductive health in remote rural villages
偏僻乡村生育之重（图）
China Youth Daily, 03/08/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-08/03/content_41295.htm

State Family Planning Commission conduct the first national survey on the effectiveness of contraception for improving reproductive health conditions in China
中国首次大规模避孕效果调查 提高生殖健康水平
China News Agency, 02/08/2005
http://www.chinanews.com.cn/news/2005/2005-08-02/26/
607173.shtml

Government - Governance and accountability
CCP Central Committee to discuss reforms of local governance structure
五中全會體制改革：強縣擴權浮上抬面
Asia Times Online, 02/08/2005
http://www.atchinese.com/2005/08/0802rep2.htm

Labor - Disasters
Coal Mines Fail to Apply for Safety Licenses
China.org.cn., August 3, 2005
http://china.org.cn/english/2005/Aug/137216.htm

Labor - Other
Marriage: A Career Obstacle?
Shanghai Daily, August 3, 2005
http://china.org.cn/english/China/137294.htm#

Media / June 4th
Press Freedom Guardian closed down due to funding problems
《新闻自由导报》因经费问题停刊
Dajiyuan.com, 03/08/2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/8/3/n1006175.htm

Media – Internet
Legislators use Internet to test the water
China Daily, 02/08/2005
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-08/02/
content_465452.htm

China bans minors under 18 from playing online games that allow players to kill other players
Interfax China, August 3, 2005
http://www.interfax.cn/showfeature.asp?aid=4211&slug=INTERNET-ONLINE%20GAME-MOC-POLICY-MII

Media - Press freedom/censorship / Public Health
CHINA: Swine flu cover-up -- China's stiff warning
Asia Pacific Media Network, 03/08/2005
http://asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=27542

China puts brakes on foreign TV: Expanded clampdown forbids any new foreign-owned channels, jeopardizes plans by Disney, Viacom.
Reuters, August 3, 2005
http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/03/news/international/china_tv.reut/index.htm?section=money_latest

Protests and Petitions
A village woman spends 20 years petitioning her grievances, how much has it cost?
农妇伸冤20年2代记者关注 上访成本何其昂贵(图)
Xinhuanet.com, 03/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/focus/2005-08/03/content_329
9946.htm

Protest over boy's death
SCMP, 03/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ1DX1QUBE.html

State Bureau of Letters and Complaints says some petitioners abuse the petition system
极少数人非法串联聚集扰乱信访 国家信访局表态
Chinesenewsnet.com, 02/08/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/zxs_2005-08-02_607000.shtml

Public Health
Ministry of health discuss the draft plan for health care reform with related departments
卫生部会同相关部委制定医疗改革新方案
Xinhuanet.com,03/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2005-08/03/content_
3301671.htm

Religion - Catholics
Pope meets with Chinese priests
AP, August 3, 2005
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2005/08/03/1157882-ap.html

Resettlement
China faces growing land disputes
BBC.com, 02/08/2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4728025.stm

Xinjiang
Rights group say China prepares to deter military uprisings in Xinjiang by force when necessary
传中国政府严防新疆兵团武装暴动
Peacehall, 03/08/2005
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2005/08/2005080
12341.shtml

Overseas Uyghur rights group urges US to put pressure on China to stop persecuting Uyghurs in Xinjiang
维吾尔人海外组织吁美向北京施压
Dajiyuan.com, 02/08/2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/8/2/n1005921.htm

Tuesday, August 02, 2005

August 2, 2005

Top news of the day

Protests and Petitions / Law - wrongful convictions
Beijing lawyers send in protest application to Beijing Public Security Bureau to fight for justify of a wrongfully convicted death row prisoners in Hebei
京律師申請遊行為案呼冤
Ming Pao, 02/08/2005
A group of lawyer and legal experts in Beijing sent in an application to the Public Security Bureau for organizing a protest against their discontent over Hebei government's ignorance to an alleged wrongful conviction case, in which four innocent teenagers were put in jail ten years ago. It was their third attempt to submit the protest application after being rejected twice by the police in May and June. Beijing Police has yet to respond to the application.
http://full.mingpaonews.com/20050802/__cca1.htm




News

Bilaterals-Other
Japan worried about China’s growing military spending
AFP, August 2, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ8Y81QUBE.html

China, Russia to launch first joint military exercises
Xinhua, August 2, 2005
http://english.people.com.cn/200508/02/text20050802_199815.html

Border Territories/Issues-North Korea
China proposes new draft at nuke talks
AP, August 2, 2005
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-08/02/content_465456.htm

Children
Center for roaming children in Beijing
流浪孩子的天使
China Youth Daily, 02/08/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-08/02/content_40482.htm

Death Penalty
Former county Party Secretary in Yunnan executed for killing mistress
杨国瞿杀死情人被执行死刑
The Beijing News, 02/08/2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/0802/09@023
011.html

Murderer executed in Anhui Tahan city
30元饭钱要了两条命 杀人犯在安徽太和被执行枪决
Chinesenewsnet.com, 01/08/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Main
land/xhw_2005_08_01_03_55_13_584.html

Detention – Ching Cheong (程翔)
New hopes on release of detained journalist
SCMP, 02/08/2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZBNT1QUBE.html

Gender - Domestic violence
The first provincial legislation on domestic violence takes effective in Liaoning
辽宁首部反家庭暴力地方性法规今日正式施行
EastDay.com, 01/08/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957
/node37979/node76910/userobject1ai1303483.html

Government - Governance and accountability / Law
China to step up efforts to draft legislation for setting up an accountability system for administrative enforcement
中国加速推行行政执法责任制 各省着手制定规定
EastDay.com, 02/08/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node77190/userobject1ai1304929.html

Government – Elections / Corruption
Elected village chief fails to deliver the promised benefits, villagers unveil stories of the corrupted election campaign
未兑现竞选承诺 "受贿"选民掉头揭发村官贿选(图)
Xinhuanet.com, 02/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/focus/2005-08/02/content_329
5619.htm

Labor-Disasters
Over 5,000 Coal Mines to Suspend Production
Xinhua, August 2, 2005
http://china.org.cn/english/China/137146.htm#

Labor - Trade union
First labor union for migrant workers established and succeeds in claiming 2,900 yuan late payment
全国首家农民工工会成立 三个月只讨回2900工资
YahooNew.com (China), 02/08/2005
http://cn.news.yahoo.com/050801/813/2e3av_2.html

Law - wrongful convictions (cases)
Death penalty conviction against Shaanxi peasant raise doubts on wrongful conviction: convicted or not, another victim like She Xianglin?
農民高進發被關押千日 他是又一個佘祥林?(圖)
CRI Online, 02/08/2005
http://big5.chinabroadcast.cn/gate/big5/gb.chinabroadcast.cn/3
821/2005/08/01/1329@643449.htm

Migrant Workers - Migrant children
Don't use the right to education to control migrant population in Shenzhen
别拿孩子的受教育权要挟外来人口
China Youth Daily, 02/08/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-08/02/content_40452.htm

Olympics
2008: Olympics taste
People’s Daily Online, August 2, 2005
http://english.people.com.cn/200508/02/text20050802_199761.html

Police / Protests and Petitions
Crackdown on petitioners in Tiananmen Square
天安门广场严查外地上访人员
Radio Free Asia, 02/08/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/08/01/
shangfang/

Political Dissidents/Organizing-Detention Cases
Journalist Wu Shishen freed after more than 12 years in prison
Reporters Without Borders, August 2, 2005
http://www.rsf.org

Protests and Petitions
A Chinese City's Rage At the Rich And Powerful
Washington Post, 02/08/2005
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/
2005/07/31/AR2005073101163.html

New petition law paves the path for people to have complains heard
新《信访条例》畅通信访路
Xinhuanet.com, 02/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-08/02/content_3297
913.htm

As rural unrest rises, Beijing sends stern warning
Washington Post, 01/08/2005
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/07/31/news/china.php

Lack of avenues for the disadvantaged groups to advocate their rights may invoke more social tensions
弱势群体利益诉求渠道缺失 群体性事件考验中国
YahooNew.com (China), 01/08/2005
http://cn.news.yahoo.com/050801/993/2e3ap_3.html

Legalized and institutionalized the revised petition regulations is the way forward, say legal experts
法制化、规范化是信访的必由之路
Chinesenewsnet.com, 01/08/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/xhw_2005_08_01_09_25_11_341.html

The government care nothing about the plights of the people, say petitioners
中国上访者：政府不关心民众疾苦
Chinesenewsnet.com, 01/08/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Main
land/2005_8_1_14_28_42_461.html

Veterans in pension protest rounded up
SCMP, August 2, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZZ5U1QUBE.html

Public Health - HIV AIDS /STDs
AIDS experts: 'Mobile men with money' risky
China Daily, 02/08/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-08/02/content_
465367.htm

Public Health-Other
China mulls banning medical treatment ads
Xinhua, August 2, 2005
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-08/02/content_465638.htm

Two New Deaths from Pig-borne Epidemic
Xinhua, August 2, 2005
http://china.org.cn/english/2005/Aug/137121.htm

China farmers ignore swine flu hygiene orders
Reuters, August 2, 2005
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK69061.htm

Reforms-Population Control/One-Child
Beijing population to top 15.5 mln
CRIENGLISH.com, August 2, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/02/content_3298249.htm

State Security - Spying
Be on lookout for spies, public told
SCMP, 02/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ1HU1QUBE.html
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