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.

Thursday, September 15, 2005

September 15, 2005



News

Borders/Territories Issues - Taiwan
China offers aid for poor states rejecting Taiwan
Reuters, 14/09/2005
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N14663461.htm

Death Penalty
3 kidnappers of famous actor executed
绑架演员吴若甫的三名凶徒被执行死刑
Peacehall, 15/09/2005
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2005/09/200509
150546.shtml

Education
Cheats beware: China considering law to jail exam fraudsters for up to seven years
AP via Mainichi Daily, 15/09/2005
http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/international/news/20050915p2g00m0in019000c.html

Environment
Environmental elements to be included in GDP calculation
Xinhuanet.com, 14/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/14/content_349
0277.htm

Government – Elections / Gender - Gender equality
Amendments to the Regulations on Village Elections: at least one woman representative in each village committee
村委会成员应至少有一名女性
Legal Daily, 15/09/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-09/15/content_195
276.htm

Government – Elections
Top legislature adopts judicial appointments
Xinhua, 15/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/15/content_3496291.htm

Human Rights - Bilateral ties
Human rights issues on the agenda of Bush's meeting with Hu
美提清單促華改善人權
Ming Pao, 15/09/2005
http://full.mingpaonews.com/20050915/caa2.htm

Shared ground yields optimism for future
SCMP, 15/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZE9DUXKDE.html

Labor / Population
Middle class to reach 40% of work force
Xinhuanet.com, 14/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/14/content_349
1529.htm

Labor - Employment market and income / Government
Promoting employment a strategic task: Vice premier
Xinhuanet.com, 14/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/14/content_3490
212.htm

Media - Censorship/Controls
You say 'lei ho', we say you're fired, TV hosts told
SCMP, 15/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZBE5UXKDE.html

Media – Internet
China's Internet Controls Raise Tough Questions
Radio Free Asia, 14/09/2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/politics/2005/09/14/china_
internet/

Just following orders in China
Los Angeles Times, 14/09/2005
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-boot
14sep14,0,7012691.column?coll=la-util-opinion-commentaryutil-
opinion-commentary

Population - Aging population / Social Security
Country tackles problems facing seniors
China Daily, 15/09/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-09/15/content
_477980.htm

Population/ Gender - Marriage
China: Bachelor bomb
International Herald Tribune, 14/09/2005
http://iht.com/articles/2005/09/14/opinion/edegner.php

Protests and Petitions / Human Rights - Human rights defenders
Rights lawyer condemns authority of kidnapping rights activist of Taishi Village
维权人士郭飞熊失踪 高智晟强烈谴责
Peacehall, 15/09/2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/9/15/n1052860.htm

Foreign minister mobbed by activists
SCMP, 15/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZENJUXKDE.html

Public Health - HIV AIDS /STDs
Condoms expected to keep AIDS in check
Xinhuanet.com, 15/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/15/content_3492
571.htm

Public Health
Heart Disease, Cancer Top Killers in China
Washington Post, 14/09/2005
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/14/AR2005091402127.html

Rural cooperative medical system promoted
Xinhuanet.com, 14/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/14/content_349
0902.htm

Resettlement - Forceful eviction / Human Rights - Human rights defenders
Police track down lawyer representing evicted Guangdong villagers
广东顺德陈村耕地案律师被警方追捕
Radio Free Asia, 14/09/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/09/14/
gengdi/

Rural Issues - Migrants
China killings reveal plight of migrant workers
Reuters, 15/09/2005
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-09-15T075321Z_01_HO528398_RTRIDST_0_INTERNATIONAL-CHINA-WORKER-DC.XML&archived=False

Society - Social Reform
Beijing students barred from despising non-locals
China Daily, 15/09/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-09/15/content_478146.htm

State Security – Terrorism / UN
China signs the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism
中国签署《制止核恐怖行为国际公约》
Xinhuanet.com, 15/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2005-09/15/content_349
2596.htm

State Security - State secrets
Declassify state secrets that should not be seen any secrets at all
公开不是秘密的“秘密”
China Youth Daily, 15/09/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-09/15/content_64551.htm
How to ensure data validity after declassification?
解密之后如何保证数据真实
China Youth Daily, 15/09/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-09/15/content_64556.htm

State Security – Terrorism / UN
International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism
《制止核恐怖行为国际公约》
Xinhuanet.com, 15/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/ziliao/2005-04/14/content_2826
311.htm

Tibet / NGOs
Tibetan rights group closed down due to lack of funding
西藏信息网因缺乏资金被迫关闭
Voice of America, 13/09/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/2005-09-13-voa59.cfm

Wednesday, September 14, 2005

September 14, 2005

News

Gender - Sexual harassment / Law
Court accepts the first sexual harassment lawsuit
北京性骚扰第一案正式受理 法院以侵权纠纷立案
Xinhuanet.com, 14/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-09/14/content_3486
858.htm

Government – Fiscal / Poverty
2,000 yuan suggested as income tax baseline
Xinhuanet.com, 14/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/13/content_348
8160.htm

Government - Elections
Ministry of Civil Affairs call for extending village leaders' term of service from 3 years to 5 years
村干部任期3年太短问题多 修改为5年呼声强烈
Xinhuanet.com, 14/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-09/14/content_348
8118.htm

Human Rights - Bilateral ties
China's Hu pledges steps to ease US frictions
Reutuers via YahooNews.com, 14/09/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050914/ts_nm/bush_china
_dc;_ylt=AiEqvGplYcWNaQ0d0sfKfMwBxg8F;_ylu=X3oDMT
BiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUlg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW
04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Human Rights - Human rights defenders / Law
Exclusive interview with rights activist Wang Juntao on lawsuit against Hu Jintao
多维就最近的博客讨论专访王军涛
Chinesenewsnet.com, 13/09/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Opinion/2005_
9_13_23_19_51_224.html

Human Rights - Human rights defenders / Protests and Petitions
Petitioner Xu Zhengqing put on trial in Shanghai
上海开庭审判上访人士许正清
Radio Free Asia, 13/09/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/09/13/xu/


related news:
Witnesses Dispute Charges against Petitioner Xu Zhengqing in Trial
Human Rights in China Press Release, 13/9/2005
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision%5fid=24
708&item%5fid=24705

Labor - Disasters
Death toll rises to 12 in Yunnan unknown blast
China Daily, 14/09/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-09/14/content_477875.htm

Law
Law enforcers urged to standardize practice
Xinhuanet.com, 14/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/13/content_348
5687.htm

Media - Press freedom/censorship
Baixing magazine reporters detained when covering government scandals in Hebei
《百姓》杂志记者遭河北公安扣押
Radio Free Asia, 13/09/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/09/13/bai
xing/

Media – Internet / Police
Mao-era model soldier to clean up online gaming
Reutuers via YahooNews.com, 14/09/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050914/tc_nm/china_game_dc;
_ylt=AiFQyHBdGNUoEUTUE_0i6HcBxg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW0
4NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUlg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBH
NlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Media – Internet / Corporate Social Responsibility
A Web of treachery
The Standard, 09/09/2005
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=5&art_id=991&sid=4479311&con_type=1&d_str=200509
091&d_str=20050909

Migrant Workers / Death Penalty
Death sentence or not to desperate migrant worker? Legal experts highlight four major issues for concerns
该不该免王斌余一死？法学专家回应四焦点问题
Xinhuanet.com, 14/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-09/14/content_3488
156.htm

Multilaterals - UN
UN refuses to consider Taiwan's representation
Xinhua, 14/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/14/content_3487963.htm

Police
Fung shui classes disrupt harmony
SCMP, 14/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZJP4LJJDE.html

Police - Prisons
Special Report: The beauty products from the skin of executed Chinese prisoners
The Guardian, 14/09/2005
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1568467,00.html

Protests and Petitions / Population - One-child policy
Investigation over abuses in family planning scandal questioned
国家计生委官员赴临沂　诸方质疑行动效果
Radio Free Asia, 12/09/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/09/12/jihu
ashengyu/

Hunger strike continues as Shandong villagers protest against kidnapping leader
山东农民集体绝食抗议绑架维权者
Voice of America, 13/09/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-09-13-voa33.cfm

Public Health
Healthcare nation's top concern
Xinhuanet.com, 14/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/14/content_348
7048.htm

China to crack down on drug use in entertainment venues
Xinhua, 14/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/14/content_3490933.htm

The beauty products from the skin of executed Chinese prisoners
Ian Cobain and Adam Luck, The Guardian, 13/09/2005
http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,7369,1568622,00.html?gusrc=rss

Public Health - HIV AIDS /STDs / Protests and Petitions
Infected HIV carriers demand compensations from Shanghai Pharmaceutical Company
感染艾滋病毒的血友病人要求赔偿
Radio Free Asia, 13/09/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/09/13/aizi/

China embarks on extreme condom drive
AFP via IOL, 14/09/2005
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=14&click_id=117&art_id=qw1126678683467B252

Social Security
245b yuan spent on social services, security
Xinhuanet.com, 14/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/13/content_348
6424.htm

State Security - State secrets
China criticized of not providing clear definition of state secrets
中国被指对国家机密仍无明确定义
Dajiyuan.com, 14/09/2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/9/13/n1051268.htm

Editorial: disaster death toll should not be state secrets in any form
天灾死亡人数，不能成为任何形式的秘密
Nanfang City News, 14/09/2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/dd/dsb/A02/2005
09140232.asp

Make disaster death toll public helps to distinguish natural disaster and man-made disaster
公布自然灾害死亡人数，才能区别天灾和人祸
Nanfang City News, 14/09/2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/dd/dsb/A03/2005
09140240.asp

Reform - Social Reform
China booms, so does divorce rate
By Quentin Sommerville, BBC News, 14/09/2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/4240988.stm

Tibet / Economic Development
Dalai Lama: Rail Link 'Cultural Genocide'
Washington Post, 12/09/2005
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/
2005/09/12/AR2005091200264.html

Tibet tries best to stay clean land
Xinhua, 14/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/14/content_3487165.htm

Tuesday, September 13, 2005

September 13, 2005


Top News of the Day

Detention – Xie Chunren (謝純仁) / State Security - Spying
Beijing frees US citizen accused of spying for Taiwan
SCMP, 13/09/2005
U.S citizen Xie Chunren was released on September 4 after being detained for almost 100 day on suspicion of spying for Taiwan Authority. The release was made on the day before President Hu left on the diplomatic tour to Canada, Mexico and U.S.A.
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZC1QG6GDE.html

Protests and Petitions
Riot police seize files being guarded by protesting villagers
SCMP, 13/09/2005
Guangdong Panyu local authority mobilized some 1000 riot police yesterday to Taishi village, where dozens of villagers, mostly women elderly women, holding fort inside the local government office in the village to prevent theft of files, were arrested. The villagers said that the files were important as they might provide valid evidence that the village chief Chen Jinsheng had embezzled collective funds.
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZX1OD6GDE.html


News

Border Territories/Issues - Tibet
Dalai Lama: Rail Link 'Cultural Genocide'
By John Miller, AP, 13/09/2005
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/12/AR2005091200264.html

Corruption
Govt reform aims to root out corruption
Xinhuanet.com, 13/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/13/content_348
1907.htm

Death Penalty
Fuzhou patient sentenced to death for killing doctor over medical dispute
福州病人捅死医生案：被告人戴宝淦被判处死刑
Xinhuanet.com, 13/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-09/13/content_3482
719.htm

Education
College applicants cheated of US$12.3 million
Wang Zhuoqiong, China Daily, 13/09/ 2005
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-09/13/content_477211.htm

Human Rights
Dissidents Wang Dan and Wang Juntao plan to sue Hu Jintao in Washington
王丹王军涛在华盛顿起诉胡锦涛
Voice of America, 12/09/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-09-12-voa53.cfm

Labor - Disasters
Death toll rises to 14 in Heilongjiang colliery fire
Xinhua, 13/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/13/content_3483517.htm

Labor - Trade union
Release of report: 2004 China Labor Union report on Labor's rights and protection
2004年中国工会维护职工合法权益蓝皮书发布
Xinhuanet.com, 13/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-09/13/content_3482
491.htm

Media - Press freedom/censorship
China’s Press Crackdown
In These Times via China Digital News, 12/09/2005
http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/article/2304/

Media - Internet
How the web is taking off in China
By Charlotte Windle, BBC News, 13/09/2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4237122.stm

Multilaterals - UN
China takes active part in UN peacekeeping operations
Xinhua, 13/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/13/content_3484998.htm

Population
Population growth may not reach 1.6 billion as new features noted in China's population growth trend
中国人口出现5大新特征 专家称峰值不会到16亿
EastDay.com, 13/09/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node86145/userobject1ai1444885.html

Poverty
Why population in absolute poverty on the rise?
为什么贫困人口越减越多
China Youth Daily, 13/09/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-09/13/content_63331.htm

Protests and Petitions / Public Health - HIV AIDS /STDs
Haemophiliacs demand cash for HIV-tainted blood product
SCMP, 13/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ3FQG6GDE.html

Protests and Petitions / Politics
Taishi village protest: a sign of democratization in China
中國民主發展的希望
Ming Pao, 13/09/2005
http://full.mingpaonews.com/20050913/cag1.htm

China's Rising Tide of Protest Sweeping Up Party Officials
Washington Post, 12/09/2005
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/11/AR2005091101681.html

Public Health
What kind of health care reform will serve our needs?
我们需要什么样的医改
China Youth Daily, 13/09/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-09/13/content_63376.htm

Public Health - Other
China to publish sanitation standards
Xinhua, 13/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/13/content_3484563.htm

China to set up injury-monitoring network
Xinhua, 13/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/13/content_3485661.htm

Reform – Population Control
China's population unlikely to top 1.6 bln: expert
Xinhua, 13/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/13/content_3483968.htm

Reform - Social
China Police Association formed
Xinhua, 13/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/12/content_3480978.htm

Religion
Beijing-Vatican deal seen as possibility
AFP via YahooNews.com, 12/09/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050912/wl_asia_afp/popevati
canreligion_050912202327;_ylt=AjeCmdGcWuP8Pn4giSxUi8Pt
OrgF;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUlmdGc
WuP8Pn4giSxUi8PtOrgF;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYw
MlJVRPUCUl

Resettlement - Forceful eviction / Law
Hubei public hearing on forceful eviction raise question about the role of courts in resettlement disputes
是组织拆迁听证 还是参与拆迁
Legal Daily, 13/09/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2005-09/13/content_194
412.htm

State Security – Terrorism / Police
Chongqing authority launches large-scale military exercises for anti-terrorism
重庆大规模反恐实战演练 机器战警首次亮相
EastDay.com, 12/09/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node8
5890/userobject1ai1442312.html

Tibet
Dalai Lama: Rail Link 'Cultural Genocide'
Washington Post, 12/09/2005
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/12/AR2005091200264.html

Monday, September 12, 2005

September 10-12, 2005


Top News of the Day

Protests and Petitions
Nine villagers face trial over bloody melee
SCMP, 10/09/2005
Nine villagers from Dongyang in Zhejiang province were put on trial on September 8, for the charges of "intentionally injuring policemen" and "inciting social unrest". The villagers were arrested after clashing with police in a protest against land pollution caused by a chemical factory. Lawyers expect the villagers would be given sentences ranging from three to ten year in prison.
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZU6FJ7DDE.html


News

Border Territories/Issues - Xinjiang
China's Newest 'Terrorist' Works for Peace
Alim A. Seytoff, CIC, 09/09/2005
http://cicus.org/news/newsdetail.php?id=5221

Death Penalty
China executes teacher rapist
AFP via Dailytelegraph.new.com, 10/09/2005
http://dailytelegraph.news.com.au/story/0,20281,16554888-
5001028,00.html

China's 'Kindergarten Killer' Gets Death
AP via YahooNews.com, 10/09/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050910/ap_on_re_as/china_
kindergarten_killings;_ylt=

Detention – Ching Cheong (程翔)
Hong Kong human rights group demands to meet Zeng for Ching Cheong's spying allegation
香港人权监察求见曾庆红盼了解程翔近况
Chinesenewsnet.com, 12/09/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/zxs_2005-09-09_623767.shtml09_623767.shtml

Detention – Zhang Lin (張林)
Imprisoned activist Zhang Lin continues hunger strike demanding humane treatment in prison
张林在狱中继续绝食，要求改善非人道待遇
Radio Free Asia, 09/09/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/09/09/
zhanglin/

Environment - Disasters
Typhoon lashes east China coast
BBC, 12/09/2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4234664.stm

State Security - State secrets
Death toll in natural disasters no longer kept as secret
Xinhuanet.com, 11/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/12/content_
3477919.htm

Education / Law
Amendments to the Compulsory education law ready for NPC first reading end of this year
义务教育法修订草案呼之欲出 有望年底进入一审
Xinhuanet.com, 12/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-09/12/content_
3477899.htm

Environment - Natural Resources
China cultivates record high-yield super rice
People’s Daily, 12/09/2005
http://english.people.com.cn/200509/12/eng20050912_207
994.html

Government - Governance and accountability / Law
More administrative cases accepted by court in the past three years, yet successful rate drops
北京“民告官”3年8000余起 行政机关败诉率下降
China News Agency, 12/09/2005
http://www.chinanews.com.cn//news/2005/2005-09-11/8/
624110.shtml

Health - Population Control
7,000 forcibly sterilised in eastern China
AFP via YahooNews.com, 11/09/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/200
50911/wl_asia_afp/chinapopulation_050911213036

Human Rights - Bilateral ties
Clinton: China Must Tolerate More Dissent
Washington Post, 11/09/2005
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/
2005/09/11/AR2005091100241.html

China, Canada Vow to Improve Human Rights
AP via YahooNews.com, 09/09/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050909/ap
_on_re_ca/canada_china_7

Human Rights
Commentary: Given no improvement in the human rights situation, Chinese can never stand on their own feet
秦勝：人權不改善　國人站不起
Ming Pao via Chinesenesnet.com, 11/09/2005
http://www5.chinesenewsnet.com/MainNews/Opinion/2005_9
_10_17_13_42_288.html

Law - Legal reform / Human Rights
State Compensation Law should be an avenue for the protection of human rights
国家赔偿法应是人权保障法
The Beijing News, 11/09/2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/0911/05@001
952.html

Law
Experts hit out at legal 'sweet talk'
SCMP, 10/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZP6FJ7DDE.html

Law congress declaration seeks social advancement
Xinhuanet.com, 10/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/10/content_34
69758.htm

related news:
World Jurist Association adopts Shanghai Declaration
Xinhuanet.com, 09/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/09/content_3467
316_1.htm

Democracy as the foundation of the rule of law, setting the blueprint of China's legal reform
第一解读：民主支撑法治 共绘未来蓝图
People's Daily, 09/09/2005
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42731/3682131.html

Peasants should not be driven away in the course of improving China's legal system
中国的法治化进程绝不能将农民拒之门外
People's Daily, 09/09/2005
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42731/3682723.html

Media - Press freedom/censorship / Detention – Shi Tao (師濤)
Yahoo admits role in China dissident case
Financial Times, 11/09/2005
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/13cbc570-22c9-11da-86cc-00000
e2511c8.html

Jailing of Chinese Journalist: Yahoo's Defense Called Inadequate
CNSNews.com, 12/09/2005
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewForeignBureaus.asp?Page=%5CFor
eignBureaus%5Carchive%5C200509%5CFOR20050909b.html
00509%5CFOR20050909b.html

In China's cyberspace, many do not know the dangers of a careless phrase
AFP via YahooNews.com, 11/09/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050911/tc
_afp/chinainternetpoliticsdissidents_05091122233450911222334

Security issue on China's web space
中国网络的安全问题
Radio Free Asia, 11/09/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/09/11/
wangluo/

Yahoo admits role in China dissident case
By Mure Dickie, Financial Times, 11/09/2005
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/13cbc570-22c9-11da-86cc-00000e2
511c8.html

Disney Takes Exception to China's Media Rules
By Keith Bradsher, NY Times, 12/09/2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/12/business/worldbusiness/
12disney.html?adxnnl=6&adxnnlx=1126535610-m0QV9HUaXZ
H4icZJU3EY7g

China eases state secrets control
BBC News, 12/09/2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4237120.stm

Politics
Retired party official plans to build Cultural Revolution museum in Shenzhen
退 休 幹 部 深 圳 辦 文 革 館
Apple Daily, 12/09/2005
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?
sec_id=15335&iss_id=20050912&art_id=5216872216872

Population - One-child policy
Public opinions on China's family planning policy
听众谈中国计划生育
Voice of America, 11/09/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-09-10-voa42.cfm

Villagers testify under threat of 'punishments' by the Township Family Planning Unit
临沂计生官员威逼利诱村民作假证
Radio Free Asia, 09/09/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/09/09/
linyi/

Protests and Petitions - Detention Cases
Chen Guangcheng seized in Beijing
CIC, 07/09/2005
http://cicus.org/news/newsdetail.php?id=5217

Protests and Petitions /Government - Elections
Villagers prevail in battle to rid chief accused of graft
SCMP, 12/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZB8OB6GDE.html

China exiles sue President Hu for persecution
Reuters, 12/09/2005
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&
storyID=2005-09-12T080413Z_01_HO229060_RTRIDST_0_
NEWS-CHINA-PRESIDENT-LAWSUIT-DC.XML&archived=False

Public Health
Ministry of Health to submit new proposal on medical reform, likely to make public end of this year
新醫改方案交國務院 或年底出台
Ming Pao, 12/09/2005
http://full.mingpaonews.com/20050912/cac1.htm

Religion - Christianity
Beijing says “No” to Vatican' invitation of Bishops in China
北京拒梵蒂冈邀中国主教赴会邀请
Voice of America, 11/09/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-09-11-voa35.cfm

Pope's Invitation to Bishops Angers China
AP via YahooNews.com, 11/09/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050911/ap
_on_re_as/china_vatican_1

Rural Issues - Migrants
Migrant Workers in Hangzhou to Get Resident Status by 2010
China.Org.Cn, September 12, 2005
http://china.org.cn/english/China/141633.htm#

State Security – Terrorism / Law
China to establish coordination mechanism for anti-terrorism as the legal framework of the Anti-terrorism law completed
我國反恐立法框架已完成 將建立反恐怖協調機制
CRI Online, 12/09/2005
http://big5.chinabroadcast.cn/gate/big5/gb.chinabroadcast.cn/
3821/2005/09/12/107@695621.htm

Friday, September 09, 2005

September 9, 2005



Top News of the Day

Detention – Shi Tao
Accused over jailing, Yahoo says it obeys law
SCMP, 09/09/2005
In response to public criticism over passing information of a jailed journalist to the Chinese government, Yahoo defend herself against the accusations, emphasizing that company must "ensure that its local country sites must operate within the laws, regulations and customs of the country in which they are based."
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZNVTG7DDE.html


Protests and petitions / Population - One-child policy
Blind Chinese Activist Describes 38-Hour Kidnapping by Shandong Officials
Radio Free Asia, 08/09/2005
Chinese rights activist Chen Guangcheng (陳光誠) was released after being detained in Beijing by officials from his home city of Linyi, Shangdong for 38 hours. Chen was threatened with spying charges because he revealed abuses of rural women in the name of family planning policy.
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2005/09/08/china_kidnapping/




News

Corporate Social Responsibility
Survey reveals half of the Chinese enterprises ignorant of corporate social responsibility
半數公司無企業公民概念
Ming Pao, 09/09/2005
http://full.mingpaonews.com/20050909/ccg1.htm

Detention – Zhang Lin (張林)
Zhang Lin 100-day hunger strike to protest against illegal verdict
张林绝食100天——抗议非法判决文字狱
Dajiyuan.com, 08/09/2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/9/8/n1046248.htm

Education - Basic education
Beijing set sail on free compulsory education, senior official says
北京副市长：“十一五”北京义务教育将全面免费
YahooNew.com (China), 09/09/2005
http://cn.news.yahoo.com/050908/474/2evpy.html

Food Security /Law
Food safety regulations likely to make public next year
食品安全法有望明年出台
The Beijing News, 09/09/2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/0909/05
@023853.html

Gender - Gender equality/ Rural Issues
Gender inequality serious in China's rural areas
Xinhuanet.com, 08/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/08/content_3459
889.htm

Gender – Sexuality /Education
A Chinese University Removes a Topic From the Closet
Washington Post, 07/09/2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/08/international/asia/08chin
a.html?n=Top%2fNews%2fInternational%2fCountries%20and%20
Territories%2fChina&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1126156269-dU0H8Z/
mxLT0ER2vMAfuMgal%2fCountries%20and%20Territories%2f
China&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1126156269-dU0H8Z/mxLT0ER2v
MAfuMg

Human Rights - Bilateral ties
Trade, rights on agenda as China's Hu visits Canada
Reuters via YahooNews.com,08/09/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050908/
wl_canada_nm/canada_china_col_2

Human Rights - Bilateral ties / Religion
EU assembly urges China stop religious persecution
Reuters via YahooNews.com, 08/09/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050908/wl
_nm/religion_eu_china_dc_1

Human Rights /UN -
China rank 85 in Human Development Index, UN report says
[关注]中国人类发展指数居全球第85位
The Beijing News, 09/09/2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/0909/05@014
644.html


Human rights in China should meet international standard
联合国称中国人权需符合国际标准
Voice of America, 08/09/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-09-08-voa32.cfm

related news:
Chinese government journalist defends Beijing's human rights record
Canadian Press via YahooNews, 08/09/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/cpress/
20050908/ca_pr_on_na/chinese_president_rights_1hts_1

Law - Legal reform
Chief justice draws blueprint for legal system
Xinhuanet.com, 08/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/08/content
_3463933.htm

Senior official: China will strengthen legal institutions to pave the way for the deepening of judicial reform
罗干:加强司法行政基层建设 推进司法改革
Xinhuanet.com, 07/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2005-09/07/content_345
7345.htm

New Securities Law emphasizes information disclosure
Xinhua, 09/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/09/content_
3468800.htm

Media - Internet
Google launches China search site
Xinhuanet.com, 08/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/08/content_3460
862.htm

Migrant Workers / Law - Legal aid
First legal aid institution set up to help migrant workers in Beijing
在京农民工有了法律援助机构
China Youth Daily, 09/09/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-09/09/content_62021.htm

Multilaterals - EU
EU assembly urges China stop religious persecution
Reuters via YahooNews.com, 08/09/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050908/wl_nm/religion_eu_china_dc_1

Olympics - Construction
China sees Beijing jobs bonanza from 2008 Olympics
China Daily, 09/09/2005
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-09/09/
content_476467.htm

Police - Crime
Excerpted article: Police vow to crack down on mercenaries
瞭望东方周刊：人民警察力战“职业打手”
People's Daily, 08/09/2005
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42731/3678131.html

Public Health - HIV AIDS /STDs
Clinton visits AIDS patients in China
Xinhuanet.com, 09/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/09/content_3464
348.htm

Young HIV victims given hope by drug plan
SCMP, 09/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZKCHD7DDE.html

Public Health / Rural Issues
Rural residents should be entitled medical insurance first
谁该优先品尝“医保”蛋糕
China Youth Daily, 09/09/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-09/09/content_61671.htm

Reform – Population Control
Population watchdog to investigate family planning abuses
Xinhua, 09/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/09/content_346
7214.htm

Reforms - Corruption
$2.3 billion retrieved from corruption cases
Xinhua, 09/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/08/content_346
4174.htm

Religion - Christianity
Vatican invites Chinese bishops
SCMP, 09/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZCIAJ7DDE.html

Pope invites Chinese bishops, awaits govt response
Reuters, 08/09/2005
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=world
News&storyID=2005-09-08T191453Z_01_MCC869195_RTRI
DST_0_INTERNATIONAL-POPE-CHINA-DC.XML&archi
ved=False

Bishop Zen welcomes pope's invitation to Chinese bishops
AFP via SCMP, 09/09/2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZG6CJ7DDE.html

Rural Issues - rural development / Poverty
Chinese farmers remain marginalized economically
People's Daily, 08/09/2005
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200509/08/eng20050908
_207418.html

Thursday, September 08, 2005

September 8, 2005

Top News of the Day

Detention – Sun Xiaodi (孙小弟)
Beijing Petitioned on Behalf of Missing Activist Sun Xiaodi
Human Rights in China Press Release, 08/09/2005
HRIC reported that Sun has disappeared for over 130 since April 28 after his interview with AFP journalist speaking about the corruption by mine officials and alleging the continued illicit production which caused serious environmental pollution and radiation sickness in the production area. More than 150 people have signed petition letter and addressed to President Hu Jintao to call for Sun's immediate release.
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision%5fid=
24561&item%5fid=24560


News

Detention – Hu Jia (胡佳)/ UN
Hu Jia detained during the UN High Commissioner' visit
胡佳因ＵＮ人权高专访华而被软禁近半月
Radio Free Asia, 08/09/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/09/07/hujia/

Economic Issues
More reforms needed in China, OECD says
AP via International Herald Tribune, 08/09/2005
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/09/07/business/yuan.php

Education - Basic education / Rural Issues
Free education in rural area not "entirely free", senior official from Ministry of Education explains
农村义务教育并非“全免费”
The Beijing News, 08/09/2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/0908/05@0128
35.html

Gender - Sexual harassment / Law
Lawyer explains Beijing's first sexual harassment lawsuit
律师解析“京城性骚扰第一案”
Legal Daily, 08/09/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2005-09/08/content_1922
86.htm

Human Rights / NGOs
Rights activists call confinement 'ridiculous'
SCMP, 08/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ1F9RH9DE.html

Human rights conditions in China since Hu in power
分析胡锦涛上台后中国人权状况
Voice of America, 07/09/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-09-07-voa63.cfm

Labor - Disasters
17 killed in underground blaze hell
By Zhu Zhe, China Daily, 08/09/2005
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-09/08/cont
ent_476023.htm

Law
Public consultation soon becomes a standard procedure for law-making in China
倾听公民意见渐成中国立法规定程序
Xinhuanet.com, 08/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-09/08/content_3460
751.htm

Grass-roots judicial work needs strengthening
Xinhuanet.com, 07/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/07/content_345
8899.htm

Law - Legal reform / UN
Expert: ratifying UN Anti-Corruption treaty will strengthen efforts in reforming China's criminal law framework
学者:联合国反腐败公约将牵动中国刑事司法改革
China News Agency, 07/09/2005
http://www.chinanews.com.cn//news/2005/2005-09-07/8/6
22265.shtml

China consider revising its Criminal Procedure Law to pave way for entering the United Nations civil and political rights convention
为加入国际人权公约我国拟修改刑诉法
China Youth Daily, 08/09/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-09/08/content_61106.htm

Law on mental health in the making
Xinhua, 08/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/07/content_3459
317.htm

Media - Internet
China top the league of internet censorship, Group says
互 聯 網 審 查 　 中 國 最 厲 害
Apple Daily, 08/09/2005
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?
sec_id=15335&showdate=20050908&art_id=5206399d=5206399

Media-Internet
Yahoo says must abide by law in China after accusations
By John Ruwitch, Reuters, 08/09/2005
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=world
News&storyID=2005-09-08T070105Z_01_FOR825201_RTR
IDST_0_INTERNATIONAL-RIGHTS-CHINA-YAHOO-DC.XML
&archived=False

Media - Press freedom/censorship
Firms face moral dilemma in China
BBC.com, 07/09/2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4222866.stm

NGOs
Guangdong NGOs get independent watchdog
SCMP, 08/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ2W57I9DE.html

Protests and Petitions
90% of the petitions resolved under the campaign of receiving letters and petition
沉甸甸的收获：九成停访息诉
Legal Daily, 08/09/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2005-09/08/content_192
185.htm

Protests and petitions / Politics
Hu at pains to keep China from peasants’ revolt
Financial Times, 08/09/2005
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/75793a7e-1fd0-11da-853a-00000
e2511c8.html

Public Health
Nation-wide medical insurance scheme targets to be in place in 2010
全民醫保成醫改遠期目標 2010年城鎮居民全覆蓋
CRI Online, 07/09/2005
http://big5.chinabroadcast.cn/gate/big5/gb.chinabroadcast.cn/
3821/2005/09/07/1062@689688.htm

Religion - Christianity
Czech Bishop speak of his China visit: there are people spying me everyday
捷克天主教副主教谈中国之旅
Voice of America, 07/09/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-09-07-voa69.cfm

Religion-Falun Gong
Falun Gong practitioner begs Ottawa to abandon deportation order
Canadian Press, 8/09/2005
http://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/news/story.html
?id=435211ef-2aea-4366-82bf-a4ad9a9e79ec

Rural Issues - Poverty
Rural consumption ten years behind cities
Xinhua, 08/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/07/content_345
9324.htm


Three Gorges
Three Gorges Project operates safely
Xinhuanet.com, 08/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/07/content_34
58446.htm

Tibet
U.S may accept Tibetan refugees hiding in Nepal
专家谈美考虑接纳藏族难民
Voice of America, 07/09/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-09-07-voa83.cfm


Women - Women’s Rights
Study: Gender inequality serious in rural areas
By Wang Ying, China Daily, 08/09/2005
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-09/08/cont
ent_476025.htm
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