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.

Wednesday, August 17, 2005

August 17, 2005

News

Children / Society
Children are available for rental when begging becomes a profession
当乞讨成为一种职业 儿童就可以出租
Dajiyuan.com,17/08/2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/8/16/n1020286.htm

Environment - Water
Fuzhou farmers irrigate vegetable fields with sewage water of nearby factories
福 州 工 廠 廢 水 種 菜
Apple Daily, 17/08/2005
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm
?sec_id=15335&iss_id=20050817&art_id=5144133

Environment - Pollution
American e-waste finds its way to India, China: Study
AP via Press Trust of India, 17/08/ 2005
http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=52898

Food Security / Disasters
One quarter of China's farmland hit by pests
AFP via YahooNews.com, 17/08/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050817/wl_
asia_afp/chinaagriculturericegrain_050817033426

Environment - Natural Resources
Super large gas reserve discovered in China's Sichuan Province
People’s Daily Online, August 17, 2005
http://english.people.com.cn/200508/17/print20050817_203064.html

Gender - Marriage
Chinese women over 30 in hard hunt for Mr Right
China Daily, 17/08/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-08/17/content
_469678.htm

Gender - Sexuality
Gay college course start of nation's lesson
China Daily, 17/08/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-08/17/content
_469742.htm

Gender - Women trafficking / Children - Children trafficking
Over 50,000 women and children saved from trafficking gangs in the past 4 years
4年间全国公安机关解救被拐卖妇女儿童5万多人
People's Daily, 17/08/2005
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42735/3621792.html

Government
China studying Western groups promoting democracy
Knight Ridder via YahooNew.com, 17/08/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/krwashbureau/
20050816/ts_krwashbureau/_bc_china_democracy_wa_1

Expert: Citizens' expanded role vital
China Daily, 17/08/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-08/17/content
_469684.htm

China commentary on Hu sparks 'personality cult' row
By Benjamin Kang Lim, Reuters, 17/08/ 2005
http://in.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-08-17T145630Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_India-212905-1.xml

Human Rights
Hit squad 'sent to kill China defector'
The Australian, 17/08/2005 http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,16290274%255E1702,00.html

Labor - Industrial accidents
Cost of China's Coal: Miners' Lives
LA Times, 17/08/2005
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-coal
16aug16,1,510793.story?ctrack=1&cset=true

Labor - Employment market and income
Unpaid wages still haunt migrant workers
Xinhuanet.com, 17/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/17/content_
3365321.htm

Law - Legal profession
Government attempts to draft regulations to protect the rights of judges
拟启动立法程序保护法官
Legal Daily, 17/08/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-08/17/content_182
149.htm

Law - Legal reform
People's Juror system help addressing the issue of judicial justice, useful or not?
解决司法不公陪审员作用有多大
Legal Daily, 17/08/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-08/17/content_182
150.htm

Shanghai courts give legal aid to poor
Xinhua, 17/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/17/content_3364783.htm

Media
New rules of China Youth Daily: bonus points given for praising the leaders
中国青年报条例：领导表扬多加分
Voice of America, 16/08/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-08-16-voa44.cfm

Media - Press freedom/censorship
China Youth Daily chief editor responds to Li Datong's open letter while CCP blocks web posting
李大同公开信 中宣部封杀 总编回复
Dajiyuan.com, 17/08/2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/8/16/n1020737.htm

Population - Aging population / Social Security
Aging problem accelerates in Guangdong as the over 60 age group reaches 8.8 million, survey reports
广东人口老龄化加快 60岁以上人口已达880多万
EastDay.com, 17/08/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node80204/userobject1ai1353368.html

Protests and Petitions
People have the rights to make petitions, but endless petitioning would hold up massive government resources at the expense of public interest, says official
上访不能损害他人利益 终结无序信访的政治背景
People's Daily, 17/08/2005
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42731/3622160.html

Protests and Petitions / Politics
Circular bans soldiers from joining protests
SCMP, 17/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZWBII2ECE.html

Protests and Petitions / Labor - Industrial accidents
Mine boss held for attack on villagers
SCMP, 17/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ0CII2ECE.html

Protests and Petitions / UN
Public urged to sign their petitions to senior UN Human Rights Commissioner for the release of political dissidents
联合国人权专员访华 民间征签递公开信
Radio Free Asia, 17/08/2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/8/17/n1021244.htm

Public Health / Children
Half of rural children died of illness never get proper medical treatment
我国因病死亡的农村儿童中仍有一半未得到治疗
People's Daily, 17/08/2005
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1027/3621804.html

Religion
Faith flourishes in an arid wasteland
SCMP, 17/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZLTHI2ECE.html

Religion - Christianity
Hong Kong religion groups raise public concerns about the conditions of underground church member who has fleet to Thailand
港宗教团体吁 关注中国逃泰基督徒
Voice of America via Dajiyuan.com, 17/08/2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/8/17/n1021107.htm

Religion / Human Rights - Bilateral ties
Delegation of United States Commission on International Religious Freedom visits China for the first time
美国际宗教委员会代表团首次访华
Voice of America, 17/08/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-08-16-voa71.cfm

Tibet / Gender - Sex workers
FEATURE - Nun or prostitute? Tibet's women face few choices
Reuters via YahooNew.com, 17/08/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050817
/india_nm/india_212870

Public Health
China denies nationwide outbreak of anthrax
Xinhua, 17/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/17/content_3367056.htm

Women - Women's Rights
Four women who shape Beijing: As capitalism booms in China, women now make up almost 20 percent of the new entrepreneurs.
By Amelia Newcomb, CSMonitor.com, 16/08/2005
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0816/p10s01-woap.html

Chinese Woman Seeks Damages After Roughed Up by Homeland Security
By Eugenia Chien, Sing Tao Daily, 11/08/2005
http://news.ncmonline.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=d7585c31ada6b0c9fa17ca2ee6427e05

Premier stresses protecting rights of women, children
Xinhua, 17/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/16/content_3363408.htm

Tuesday, August 16, 2005

August 16, 2005

Top news of the day

Media - Press freedom/censorship
Freedom row at China Youth Daily
SCMP, 16/08/2005
In a open letter, an editor of China Youth Daily, a state media, criticised the newspaper of adopting a new appraisal system which pegs journalists' bonuses to praise by party and government leaders. The system would restrain editorial freedom.
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZCYDI2ECE.html




Xinjiang / Religion
Teacher and 37 students detained for reading Koran in China
AFP via YahooNews.com, 15/08/2005
A Uighur woman and 37 of her students, most of whom were primary and secondary school pupils were detailed by the Xinjiang authorities for studying the Koran. Police confiscated 23 copies of the Koran, 56 textbooks on the Koran, and a hand-written manuscript and other religious materials.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050815/wl_
asia_afp/chinaxinjiangreligionmuslim_050815064356





News

Children
NGO grows fruit trees to support street children to go to school
自 種 棗 樹 籌 款 10 月 才 有 收 成--北 京 逾 百 街 童 等 錢 開 學
Apple Daily, 16/08/2005
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?
sec_id=15335&iss_id=20050816&art_id=5141215

Detention – Wang Bingzhang (王炳章)
Dissident 'exonerated' in embassy bomb plot
SCMP, 16/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZIGWI2ECE.html

Environment
China addressing pollution issue
China Daily, 16/08/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-08/16/content
_469458.htm

China choked by pollution but signs emerge it is addressing the issue
AFP via YahooNews.com, August 15 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050816/
sc_afp/chinapollution_050816015910

China picks possible site for Guangdong Nuclear Plant
Business Week Online, 16/08/2005
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8C0NB981.h
tm?campaign_id=apn_home_down&chan=db

Environment - Water
Water treatment for Nan Shui Bei Diao to take 100 years?
南水北调水质治理需一百年？
The Beijing News, 16/08/2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/0816/05@010
839.html

Hukou / Population
How can we judge internal mobility of people with the standard of cross-country migration?
怎能用国际移民标准看待国内人口流动
China Youth Daily, 16/08/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-08/16/content_49243.htm

Labor - Employment market and income / SOEs
148 redundant SOE workers lose social security
148名国企退职职工失去社会保障
China Youth Daily, 16/08/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-08/16/content_49258.htm

Labor / Law
Zhejiang Supreme Court finally accepts a labour rights case that had been dismissed twice by local courts
浙江省总工会代理的一起维权案终获法院支持
People's Daily, 16/08/2005
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42733/3618540.html

Law - Court system
The expectation to pre-hearing system proposal that allows judges to decide on cases with greater independence
对法官独立办案的制度期许
Legal Daily, 16/08/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-08/16/content_181
514.htm

Media - Press freedom/censorship
China: Acting To Keep Out 'Harmful Information'
Radio Free Europe, 14/08/2005
http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2005/08/edd58feb-5e56-
4146-bec4-faaab62600d8.html

Police – Abuse / Rural Issues
The power of security officers in rural villages should be regulated to avoid abuses
农村治安员行为应予规范
Legal Daily, 16/08/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-08/16/content_181497.htm

Population - Gender imbalance / Public Health - HIV AIDS /STDs
China: gender imbalance of newborns widens and number of aids orphans on the rise
中国出生人口性别比继续拉大 艾滋孤儿数量增多
China News Agency, 16/08/2005
http://www.chinanews.com.cn/news/2005/2005-08-16/26/612
303.shtml

Population / Environment
Population growth leads experts to fear for environment
China Daily, 16/08/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-08/16/content
_469323.htm

Poverty - Rural poverty / Government - Fiscal
Income tax changes may lessen income disparity
个税法修改有利于遏制贫富差距扩大
EastDay.com, 16/08/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node79904/userobject1ai1349637.html

China to amend personal income tax law
Xinhua, 16/08/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-08/16/content
_469424.htm

Poverty
Widen the income gap: the rich makes huge profit from buying state properties at cheap price
中国贫富差距拉大 富豪廉价买国有资产一夜暴富
EastDay.com, 16/08/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957
/node37979/node79904/userobject1ai1348885.html

Borders/Territories - Taiwan
KMT legislators depart for China
By Shih Hsiu-Chuan, Tapei Times, August 16, 2005
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2005/08/
16/2003267918

China slams new proposals on Taiwan
Xinhua, 16/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/16/content_336
0850.htm

Borders/Territories - Tibet
Tibet to have one more airport
Xinhua, 16/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/16/content_3362
840.htm

Monday, August 15, 2005

August 13-15, 2005

News


Bilaterals-US/China
U.S. to seek new curbs on exports from China
The Associated Press, Reuters, August 13, 2005
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/08/12/business/clothing.php

Bilaterals-Other
China vows to further cooperation with African Union: Hu
Xinhua, August 15, 2005
http://english.people.com.cn/200508/15/text20050815_202598.html

Border Territories/Issues-Taiwan
China says Taiwan U.N. bid again doomed to failure
Reuters, August 13, 2005
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1034156

Chen urges democratization of China
Taipei Times, August 15, 2005
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2005/08/15/2003267791

Border Territories/Issues-Tibet
China Jails Three Tibetans For Dalai Lama Pictures, Teachings
RFA, August 13, 2005
http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=10428

Revered Dalai Lama still key to Tibet stability
Reuters, August 14, 2005
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/

Border Territories/Issues-Xinjiang
Chinese Teacher, 37 students detained for reading Koran
Press Trust of India, August 15, 2005
http://www.hindustantimes.com/onlineCDA/PFVersion.jsp?article=http://10.81.141.122/news/181_1462193,00050004.htm

Corruption / Government
Lavish galas are banned
SCMP, 15/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZP953VACE.html

Death Penalty
Ex-BOCHK head given suspended death sentence
SCMP, 13/08/2005
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZO47YX6CE.html

Murderers sentenced to death for killing a Wenzhou millionaire
周祖豹案一人改判为死刑
The Beijing News, 13/08/2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/0813/10@0250
55.html

China pressured on death penalty
International Herald Tribune, August 15, 2005
http://www.iht.com/bin/print_ipub.php?file=/articles/2005/08/14/news/china.php

Detention – Ching Cheong (程翔)
Demand for journalist's release falls on deaf ears
SCMP, 15/08/2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZHO23VACE.html

Jail is unavoidable for Ching, says DAB chief
SCMP, 13/08/2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZH47YX6CE.html

Environment / Resettlement
Expert suggests government to give the affected population reasonable compensation for ecological damages as a result of "Nan Shui Bei Diao" (南水北调) construction projects
专家建议对南水北调中线水源区进行生态补偿
Xinhuanet.com, 14/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2005-08/14/content_
3351075.htm

Environment
Over half of Guangdong rainfall is acid rain
SCMP, 13/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZEOVWX6CE.html

Gender - Domestic violence / Law
Legislation to protect women's rights aims to stop domestic violence
立法对家庭暴力说不
Legal Daily, 15/08/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2005-08/15/content_181
191.htm

Hukou / Government - Elections
Excerpted article: what are the political rights of the migrants?
半月谈—叩问"非户籍居民"政治权利
EastDay.com, 13/08/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957
/node37982/node66902/userobject1ai1343195.html

Labor - Industrial accidents / Government
800 family members of the miners in Guangdong Daxing(大兴) accidents closely watched and not allow to speak to journalists
广东大兴矿难 800家属遭“软禁”
Dajiyuan.com, 14/08/2005
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2005/08/20050814
0242.shtml

Beijing to investigate pit disaster against background of poor safety
Financial Times, August 13, 2005
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/556159da-0b97-11da-9939-00000e2511c8.html

Law-Legal Reform
China's legal system in transition
CECC via People’s Daily, August 15, 2005
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200508/15/eng20050815_202556.html

Media-Internet
China's Internet Boom Looks Very Familiar
Bloomberg, August 15, 2005
http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000039&sid=aI5I1fqL3CYw#

Media - Press freedom/censorship
Reporters told to learn the mainland's rules on news
SCMP, 14/08/2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZK213VACE.html

Strengthen monitoring of unfavorable working conditions is the key as female workers face six major problems
民企女工面临六大问题 加强监管与服务是关键
People's Daily, 15/08/2005
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42734/43193/3468899.html

China: Acting To Keep Out 'Harmful Information'
Radio Free Europe, August 15, 2005
http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2005/08/edd58feb-5e56-4146-bec4-faaab62600d8.html

Migrant Workers / Hukou
Hukou reforms and relax rural-urban migration are among the seven major ways to bridge the
labour-shortage gap
专家支七招破解民工就业难 建议改革户籍制度/给农民自由迁徙权
Nanfang City News, 15/08/2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/200508150
487.asp

Migrant Workers / Population - Urbanization
Urbanization in China: what are the policy implications as Beijing residents call for strict restrictions on those coming from outside
从北京市民呼吁限制外来人口看我国的城市化[图]
EastDay.com, 14/08/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node79530/userobject1ai1343344.html

Multilateral
China opposed to deadline for UN reform
AFP, August 14, 2005
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-08/14/content_468859.htm

NGOs / Disasters
China Red Cross to strengthen its role in humanitarian relief in China
中国红十字会扩大海内外救援活动
Voice of America, 12/08/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-08-12-voa28.cfm

Olympics
Haier named as white goods sponsor of 2008 Olympics
Xinhua, August 13, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-08/13/content_468764.htm

Protests and Petitions
Police warn activists on war-end anniversary
SCMP, 13/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZW37YX6CE.html

Beijing blasts Ching protests
The Standard, August 15, 2005
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/stdn/std/Metro/GH15Ak03.html

The popularity of using internet and mobile phone to mobilize people to join protests reinforce the quest for democracy?
用网络和手机组织示威能促民主？
Voice of America, 15/08/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/m2005-08-14-voa48.cfm

Protests and petitions / Human Rights
Campaign urges rights action
SCMP, 14/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ1A33VACE.html

Protests and Petitions / Resettlement
Family members of Feng Bingxian (冯秉先), the detained representative of Shannbei oil field, on hunger strike to demand Feng's rights to meet his lawyer
家人绝食抗议律师被拒见油农代表
Voice of America, 14/08/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-08-14-voa30.cfm

Public Health - HIV AIDS /STDs
HIV/AIDS training centers opened
Xinhuanet.com, 13/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/13/content_3346
957.htm

China, US cooperate to fight AIDS
Xinhua, August 14, 2005
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200508/14/print20050814_202287.html

Reforms-Social
Prisoners in Beijing to receive compulsory HIV tests
China Daily, August 15, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/15/content_3354924.htm

Religion-Protestants
Two U.S. Seminary Students, 41 Believers Arrested in China during Raid
The Christian Post, August 14, 2005
http://www.christianpost.com/article/missions/1761/section/two.us.seminary.students.41.believers.arrested.in.china.during.raid/1.htm

Resettlement / Law
Evictions ruling could backfire, legal experts warn
SCMP, 13/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZF3WWX6CE.html

Victims can invoke administrative law procedures if not happy with the verdicts of related
departments on resettlement disputes
不服拆迁裁决可行政诉讼
The Beijing News, 13/08/2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/0813/10@022
137.html

Tibet
China Jails Three Tibetans For Dalai Lama Pictures, Teachings
Radio Free Asia, 11/08/2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2005/08/11/tibet_
sentences/

August 13-15, 2005

News

Corruption / Government
Lavish galas are banned
SCMP, 15/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZP953VACE.html

Death Penalty
Ex-BOCHK head given suspended death sentence
SCMP, 13/08/2005
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZO47YX6CE.html

Murderers sentenced to death for killing a Wenzhou millionaire
周祖豹案一人改判为死刑
The Beijing News, 13/08/2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/0813/10@0250
55.html

China banker spared death penalty: Former executive given suspended sentence for corruption
Reuters via CNN, Friday, 12/08/2005
http://edition.cnn.com/2005/BUSINESS/08/12/china.dea
th.sentence.reut/

Detention – Ching Cheong (程翔)
Demand for journalist's release falls on deaf ears
SCMP, 15/08/2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZHO23VACE.html

Jail is unavoidable for Ching, says DAB chief
SCMP, 13/08/2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZH47YX6CE.html

Environment / Resettlement
Expert suggests government to give the affected population reasonable compensation for ecological damages as a result of "Nan Shui Bei Diao" (南水北调) construction projects
专家建议对南水北调中线水源区进行生态补偿
Xinhuanet.com, 14/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2005-08/14/content_
3351075.htm

Environment
Over half of Guangdong rainfall is acid rain
SCMP, 13/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZEOVWX6CE.html

Gender - Domestic violence / Law
Legislation to protect women's rights aims to stop domestic violence
立法对家庭暴力说不
Legal Daily, 15/08/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2005-08/15/content_181
191.htm

Hukou / Government - Elections
Excerpted article: what are the political rights of the migrants?
半月谈—叩问"非户籍居民"政治权利
EastDay.com, 13/08/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957
/node37982/node66902/userobject1ai1343195.html

Labor - Industrial accidents / Government
800 family members of the miners in Guangdong Daxing(大兴) accidents closely watched and not allow to speak to journalists
广东大兴矿难 800家属遭“软禁”
Dajiyuan.com, 14/08/2005
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2005/08/20050814
0242.shtml

China says 693 miners dead or missing in six weeks
Reuters, 15/08/2005
http://za.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=bus
inessNews&storyID=2005-08-15T101038Z_01_ALL536589_
RTRIDST_0_OZABS-CHINA-MINE-20050815.XML

Media - Press freedom/censorship
Reporters told to learn the mainland's rules on news
SCMP, 14/08/2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZK213VACE.html

Strengthen monitoring of unfavorable working conditions is the key as female workers face six major problems
民企女工面临六大问题 加强监管与服务是关键
People's Daily, 15/08/2005
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42734/43193/3468899.html

Freedom row at China Youth Daily
By Kristine Kwok, SCMP, 16/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZCYDI2ECE.html

Migrant Workers / Hukou
Hukou reforms and relax rural-urban migration are among the seven major ways to bridge the
labour-shortage gap
专家支七招破解民工就业难 建议改革户籍制度/给农民自由迁徙权
Nanfang City News, 15/08/2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/200508150
487.asp

Migrant Workers / Population - Urbanization
Urbanization in China: what are the policy implications as Beijing residents call for strict restrictions on those coming from outside
从北京市民呼吁限制外来人口看我国的城市化[图]
EastDay.com, 14/08/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node79530/userobject1ai1343344.html

NGOs / Disasters
China Red Cross to strengthen its role in humanitarian relief in China
中国红十字会扩大海内外救援活动
Voice of America, 12/08/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-08-12-voa28.cfm

Protests and Petitions
Police warn activists on war-end anniversary
SCMP, 13/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZW37YX6CE.html

Protests and Petitions
The popularity of using internet and mobile phone to mobilize people to join protests reinforce the quest for democracy?
用网络和手机组织示威能促民主？
Voice of America, 15/08/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/m2005-08-14-voa48.cfm

Protests and petitions / Human Rights
Campaign urges rights action
SCMP, 14/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ1A33VACE.html

Protests and Petitions / Resettlement
Family members of Feng Bingxian (冯秉先), the detained representative of Shannbei oil field, on hunger strike to demand Feng's rights to meet his lawyer
家人绝食抗议律师被拒见油农代表
Voice of America, 14/08/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-08-14-voa30.cfm

Public Health - HIV AIDS /STDs
HIV/AIDS training centers opened
Xinhuanet.com, 13/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/13/content_3346
957.htm

Prisoners to receive compulsory HIV tests
By Jiang Zhuqing, China Daily, August 15, 2005
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-08/15/content_468946.htm

Resettlement / Law
Evictions ruling could backfire, legal experts warn
SCMP, 13/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZF3WWX6CE.html

Victims can invoke administrative law procedures if not happy with the verdicts of related
departments on resettlement disputes
不服拆迁裁决可行政诉讼
The Beijing News, 13/08/2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/0813/10@022
137.html

Tibet
China Jails Three Tibetans For Dalai Lama Pictures, Teachings
Radio Free Asia, 11/08/2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2005/08/11/tibet_
sentences/

Revered Dalai Lama still key to Tibet stability
By Lindsay Beck, Reuters, 15/08/ 2005
http://ca.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=oddly
EnoughNews&storyID=2005-08-15T140050Z_01_KNE545316_
RTRIDST_0_LIFESTYLE-CHINA-TIBET-DALAILAMA-C-CO
L.XML

Xinjiang
Teacher and 37 students detained for reading Koran in China
AFP via Yahoo News, 15/08/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050815/
wl_asia_afp/chinaxinjiangreligionmuslim_050815080329

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
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