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, October 06, 2005

October 6, 2005

Top News of the Day

Human Rights - Human rights defenders / State Security - State Secrets
Blind activist accused of leaking state security
官方指陈光诚案涉国家机密
Radio Free Asia, 06/10/2005
Shandong police has formally laid charges against blind activists Chen Guangcheng for "leaking state secrets", but refused to give details of the investigation. Chen was actively involved in revealing forced abortions in his locality, which had drawn media attention on the case. Chen's lawyers were also reportedly beaten up when they had tried to meet with Chen.
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/10/05/chen
_guangcheng/

related news:
Legal pair beaten and detained for activist visit
SCMP, 06/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZYV7QXEEE.html

Religion - Christianity
Henan police arrest family church missionary and priest
河南一家庭教会牧师和父亲被捕
Radio Free Asia, 05/10/2005
A US-based religious rights group reported that that the Henan Shengchi police detained a pair from a family church in the Sanmensia City, a missionary and a priest on September 26. A villager reported to the police when the pair met in the village.
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/10/05/
zhongjiao/


News
Detention – Zhao Yan (趙岩) / State Security - State secrets
Internal Times Memo Key to China's Case
Washington Post, 04/10/2005
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/
10/04/AR2005100401433_2.htmldyn/content/article/2005/10
/04/AR2005100401433_2.html

Education / Rural Issues
Minister of Education: rural education is in top priority of China's education policy
教育部长：农村教育是当今中国教育事业重中之重
YahooNew.com (China), 06/10/2005
http://cn.news.yahoo.com/051006/1308/2fcbb.html

Environment - Water
Water issues to be tackled
China Daily, 06/10/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-10/06/content
_482834.htm

Hukou / Rural Issues
Hukou reform urgently needed as peasants flood into cities
大量农民涌进城，中国户籍“变法”势不可挡
Chinesenewsnet.com, 05/10/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Mai
nland/2005_10_5_15_23_43_451.html3_43_451.html

Human Rights - Human rights defenders / Protests and Petitions
Campaigner arrested over unrest in Taishi
SCMP, 06/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ1CATXEEE.html

Beijing legal experts beaten up and detained for visiting the blind activist in house arrest
山东警方强将北京学者律师送京
Voice of America, 05/10/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-10-05-voa40.cfm

Labor - industrial accidents
Two more mine accidents in China bring week's death toll nears 70
AFP via YahooNews.com， 06/10/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20051005/wl_afp/chinamine_0510051621
3062130

Labor - Protests
Thousands of Chongqing steel workers take to the street demanding justice of unreasonable work treatment
重庆特种钢铁厂下岗工人抗议不公
Voice of America，05/10/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-10-05-voa54.cfm

Law - Legal aid / Government - Fiscal
Beijing issues regulations for funding legal aid services in poor provinces
中央补助地方法律援助办案专款管理暂行办法
Legal Daily, 06/10/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-10/01/content_2
01834.htm

Law - Court system
Courting impartial judges
SCMP, 06/10/2005
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZU57QXEEE.html

Justice buckles under weight of soaring workload
SCMP, 06/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZPV7QXEEE.html

Media - Internet
Colleges students in Jiangsu asked to use real name for BBS forums
江苏高校BBS将实行实名制
The Beijing News, 06/10/2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/1006/12@00
3059.html

Military
China to complete demobilization of 200,000 soldiers this year
精兵利器中國今年完成裁軍20萬
Wen Wei Po, 06/10/2005
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH051006
0001&cat=002CH

Politics
Beijing targets a harmonious society in Five-Year Plan
China Daily, 06/10/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-10/06/content
_482890.htm

Hu poised to tighten grip on power
The Standard, 06/10/2005
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=5&art
_id=2853&sid=4873149&con_type=1&d_str=20051006&con_ty
pe=1&d_str=20051006

Xinjiang - Forceful eviction / Resettlement
Bitter end for China's pioneers
The Standard, 04/10/2005
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat
=9&art_id=2641&sid=4840678&con_type=1&d_str=2005
1004&con_type=1&d_str=20051004

Wednesday, October 05, 2005

October, 5, 2005

Top News of the Day

Human Rights - Human rights defenders
RFA: rights activist Guo Feihong formally charged by Pangu PSB after Taishi villagers give up removing village chief
自由亚洲电台：番禺公安局正式逮捕维权人士郭飞雄
Radio Free Asia via Peacehall, 05/10/2005
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2005/10/2005
10051237.shtml
Guangdong Panyu authority has informed the lawyer of the detained activist Guo Feihong, that Guo has been formally charged. Police has yet to revealed the charge and rejected Guo's application for a bail.

News

Death Penalty
A wrongfully convicted death penalty case reveals China's inadequate prosecution system
从一例死刑冤案看执法黑幕
Chinesenewsnet.com, 05/10/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Opinion
/2005_10_4_20_25_47_435.html

Death row revisited
The Standard, 05/10/2005
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp
_cat=20&art_id=2742&sid=4842782
&con_type=1&d_str=20051005

Villager sentenced to death with reprieve for setting fire in forests
7次放火烧林一村民被判死缓
The Beijing News, 05/10/2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/1005/12
@011607.html

Gender-Abuse
Women chase cheating spouses in Chengdu, China
CTV.ca, 02/10/2005
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/
20050930/chengdu_womensrights
_20050930/20051002?hub=TopStories

Human Rights-Human rights defenders/Population-One-child policy
Blind Social Activist, Lawyers Beaten in China
Radio Free Asia, 04/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/social/2005/10/04/c
hina_beatings/

Labor-Industrial accidents
Five die in explosion at Xinjiang coal mine
SCMP, 05/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZS0XBXCEE.html

Labor-Work safety / conditions
Mine Safety Bureau to publish a safety manual for mine worker
安监总局：煤矿工人年底前将人手一本安全手册
People's Daily, 05/10/2005
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1027/3744676.html

Labor-Work safety / conditions/Corruption
Mining accidents scandals reveal corrupted links between officials and state-owned
mining companies
官煤勾結　觸目驚心
Orisun.com, 05/10/2005
http://orientaldaily.orisun.com/new/new_c3.html

Labor-Work safety / conditions
Poor management blamed for mine blast
China Daily, 05/10/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-10/05/
content_482685.htm

Media-Internet
Internet users over a 100 million in China
中国网民突破一亿人
Dajiyuan.com, 05/10/2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/10/4/n1074389.htm

China shuts three Internet websites in new crackdown
YahooNews.com (China Section), 04/10/2005
http://au.news.yahoo.com/051004/19/w7lv.html

Olympics
2008 Olympics Games will create 1.8 million employment opportunities in Beijing, according to research
研究显示：奥运会将为北京提供180万个就业岗位
YahooNew.com (China), 05/10/2005
http://cn.news.yahoo.com/051004/1308/2fbjd.html

Poverty-Rural poverty/Rural Issues
Peasants pessimistic on rise in income
中国农民增收形势不乐观
Radio Free Asia, 04/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/1
0/04/nongmin/

Public Health
For the sick, it's con artists or the queue
SCMP, 05/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ9G
0BXCEE.html

Low-paid doctors say they are squeezed from all sides
SCMP, 05/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ3P0BXCEE.html

Ailing health system needs urgent care
SCMP, 05/10/2005
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZ2XVBXCEE.html

Public Health-HIV AIDS /STDs
China bans AIDs patients to join the Army
中國嚴禁愛滋病者入伍
Wen Wei Po, 05/10/2005
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH0
510050024&cat=002CH

Xinjiang/State Security-Terrorism
Analysis: Sino-US responses on terrorist threat in Xinjiang
分析：東突宣戰，美中應對
BBC.com (Chinese), 04/10/2005
http://news8.thdo.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid
_4310000/newsid_4310400/4310478.stm

Tuesday, October 04, 2005

October 4, 2005

Top News of the Day

Media – Internet
Beijing University's law discussion forum ordered to close after university restricts professor's academic activities
北京大学燕南网站被勒令关闭
Radio Free Asia, 03/10/2005
Beijing Communication Authority ordered to close a university website, Yannan Wang, on September 30, citing no reasons for the closure. The move is believed to target on He Weifang (賀衛方), a law professor of the university who had petitioned to the Principal against closing down a student website. He refused to take PhD students in protest. He's academic activities have been reportedly restricted to a minimum level and his daily activities have been closely watched by the government.
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/10/03/
yannan/


News

Death Penalty
Kill Fewer, Kill Carefully
MSNBC.com via China Digital News, 04/10/2005
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9556253/site/newsweek/

Gender - Marriage
Women in China Embrace Divorce as Stigma Eases
New York Times, 04/10/2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/04/international/asia/
04divorce.html

Human Rights - Human rights defenders / Protests and Petitions
Detained rights activist on hunger strive for over 20 days
被押维权人士郭飞雄绝食超20天
Voice of America, 03/10/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-10-03-voa11.cfm

Labor
34 miners killed in Henan blast
SCMP, 04/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZW6WAXCEE.html

Media – Internet / Inner Mongolia
Two Mongolian websites closed for containing messages revealing separatism ideas
内蒙两个蒙古语网站遭到关闭
Radio Free Asia, 03/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/10/03/
neimeng/

Poverty
Five years until income 'red alert'
SCMP, 04/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZHJ4EXCEE.html

Protests and Petitions / Media - Internet
China Closes Web Site That Reported Taishi Village Standoff
Radio Free Asia, 03/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/politics/2005/10/03/
china_taishi/

Protests and Petitions
Public opinions on the failure of protest and petition system in China
听众谈中国的上访问题
Voice of America, 03/10/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-10-03-voa47.cfm

Public Health / Rural Issues
Cooperative public health system eases anxiety over health care services in rural population
合作医疗让中国农民不再为看病发愁
EastDay.com, 04/10/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node90426/userobject1ai1512682.html682.html

Pilot subsidy scheme may offer cure for sick system
SCMP, 04/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZQLXAXCEE.html

Struggling 'barefoot doctor' may call it quits
SCMP, 04/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ2TWAXCEE.html

The root causes of medical disputes
医患矛盾到底根在何处？
Nanfang City News, 04/10/2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/dd/dsb/A02/
200510040077.asp

Xinjiang / State Security - Terrorism
Beijing's clamp down on Xinjiang's Independence movement invites terrorists' revenge
中國嚴打疆獨 東突強硬派亟思反擊
WorldJournal.com, 03/10/2005
http://www.worldjournal.com/wj-ch-news.php?nt_seq_id
=1244715

More military trainings to ensure PLA well-prepare for conflicts and terrorism activities in Xinjiang
解放军报透露新疆军区增强训练预备兵
Chinesenewsnet.com, 03/10/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/2005_10_3_18_37_19_439.html7_19_439.html

Xinjiang Party Secretary rows to curb separatism activities in Xinjiang
中共新疆党委书记称打击东突绝不手软
Chinesenewsnet.com,03/10/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/cna_2005_10_03_12_00_33_896.html12_00_33
_896.html

Monday, October 03, 2005

October 1 - 3, 2005

Top News of the Day


Protests and Petitions / Government – Governance and Accountability
Panyu clears village chief of corruption
SCMP, 01/10/2005
Panyu City government in Guangdong Province announced in an official statement that Taishi villagers had agreed to withdraw their protests to remove the village chief Chen Jinsheng, ending the three month long struggle. The statement said that dispute was "stirred up" by "irresponsible" media and villagers were now confident of the Village Chief. Yet, villagers refused to comment on the incident.
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZIRPUD6EE.html

related news:
Failure of Taishi impeachment committee and public hearing system: Guangdong is no
longer a pioneer of political reform
罷官失敗，聽証失效：廣東不再是改革先鋒
Asia Times Online, 02/10/2005
http://www.atchinese.com/index.php?option=com_content&task
=view&id=8029&Itemid=2828

Liu Xiaobo: Who is the true winner of Taishi village chief dispute
刘晓波来稿：太石村罢官谁是真赢家
Chinesenewsnet.com, 03/10/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Opinion/2005
_10_2_9_47_29_482.html


News

Death Penalty
Henan Vice-Governor sentenced to death for murdering wife
副 省 長 買 兇 殺 妻 判 死
Apple Daily, 03/10/2005
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?iss_id
=20051003&sec_id=15335&showdate=20051003&art_id=527631
6335&showdate=20051003&art_id=5276316

Gang leader sentenced to death by Heilongjiang Court
非法敛财千万“黑老大”获极刑
The Beijing News, 02/10/2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/1002/09@014
028.html

Drug trafficker caught and sentenced to death with reprieve in Quanzhou
逍遙法外長達14年的毒販在泉州落網被判處死緩
CRI Online, 01/10/2005
http://big5.chinabroadcast.cn/gate/big5/gb.chinabroadcast.cn/
8606/2005/10/01/106@723322.htm3322.htm

Education - Basic education / Government - Fiscal
Government to pay a big bill for promulgating free and compulsory education across the country
中国将推行全免义务教育 政府要埋多大的单
Xinhuanet.com, 03/10/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/school/2005-10/03/content_3577
880.htm

Government - Governance and accountability / Labor - Work safety / conditions
454 officials punished for mining disasters
Xinhuanet.com, 01/10/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-10/01/content_3571
344.htm

Human Rights - Human rights defenders
Beijing rights activist evicted from apartment
SCMP, 03/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZL272E6EE.html

Labor / Protests and Petitions
Shoe-factory workers in police clash
SCMP, 03/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZJDV3E6EE.html

Land
We've nothing left to trade, say residents of one test-case village
SCMP, 01/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZFDV3E6EE.html

Law - Juvenile justice
Supreme Court to select experimental cities to setup Juvenile Court
最高人民法院副院长：在大城市试点设立少年法院
China News Agency, 02/10/2005
http://www.chinanews.com.cn//news/2005/2005-10-02/8/63
3709.shtml

Media - Internet
Guangdong government orders educational institutions' BBS to register legal names of student users
Interfax via China Digital News, 03/10/2005
http://www.interfax.cn/showfeature.asp?aid=6251&slug=INTE
RNET-GUANGDONG-BBS-EDUCATIONEDUCATION

Politics / State Security - State secrets
Shaanxi opens archives about Cultural Revolution
People's Daily, 02/10/2005
http://english.people.com.cn/200510/02/eng20051002_212
116.html

Politics / Economic Development
China Promises Equitable Growth
Washington Post, 01/10/2005
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/
09/30/AR2005093001545.html?sub=ARdyn/content/article
/2005/09/30/AR2005093001545.html?sub=AR

Public Health
Medical care: high-priced and hard to get
SCMP, 03/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZFMTUD6EE.html

Terminal debt and despair hit cancer villages
SCMP, 03/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZQ2Z3E6EE.html

Bring affordable medical service to farmers
Xinhuanet.com, 02/10/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-10/02/content_3576
901.htm

Religion - Christianity
Bishops blocked from Vatican visit
SCMP, 03/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZLRQUD6EE.html

Tibet
Radio, TV reach administrative villages in Tibet
China Daily, 03/10/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-10/02/content_4
82400.htm

Xinjiang / State Security - Terrorism
Renewed 'Strike Hard' Campaign Ordered in Xinjiang
Radio Free Asia, 29/09/2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/politics/2005/09/29/china_str
ikehard/

Friday, September 30, 2005

September 30, 2005

Top News of the Day

Protests and Petitions
Crackdowns on petitioners before National Day
中国警方十一前对上访人员大清扫
Radio Free Asia, 29/09/2005
Beijing authorities have reportedly mobilized police forces to closely monitor activities of petitioners in Beijing and Shanghai, with more than 100 petitioners rounded up, in preparation for China's National Day observances on October 1.
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/09/29/
shangfang/

related news:
Massive Petitioner Sweep for China’s National Day
Human Rights in China Press Release, 30/09/2005
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision%5fid=
25001&item%5fid=24999


News

Corruption
OECD warns of corruption risk to party control
SCMP, 30/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZTU32E6EE.html

Corruption / Government - Governance and accountability
China Audit Finds Rampant Government Corruption
New York Times, 29/09/2005
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/international/international-
china-corruption.html

1.7 billion illegal charges on education and 250 million in health care, according to audit report
全国查处教育违规收费17亿元 医疗乱收费2.5亿
People's Daily, 30/09/2005
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1026/3738961.html

Auditing efforts to be in vain if follow-up actions never undertaken
别让麻木消弭“审计风暴”的力量
The Beijing News, 30/09/2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/0930/10@02
0650.html

The aftermath of auditing: time to give new thoughts on making the budget?
审计风暴之后是否应掀起预算风暴
China Youth Daily, 30/09/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-09/30/content_72112.htm

32 departments and ministries criticized of misusing government funds, according to audit report
审计再刮风暴 32部委上榜
The Beijing News, 29/09/2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/0929/10@020
310.html

Death Penalty
Man to die for killing Filipinos
SCMP, 30/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZTMMUD6EE.html

Environment / Government - Governance and accountability
Efforts to environment protection becomes an area in appraisal of government officials
当官要过环保关
Nanfang Weekend, 29/09/2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20050929/xw/szxw1/2005
09290020.asp

Labor - Work safety / conditions / Government
Officials to receive different 'treatment" for withdrawing personal interests from mining companies before or after the deadline
“期限前后撤资　处理肯定不一样”
Nanfang Weekend, 30/09/2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20050929/xw/tb/200509
290002.asp

related news:
Lawyers explain why officials rather quit than withdraw interest from coal mines
律师剖析“官员宁可撤官也不撤资”
Legal Daily, 29/09/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-09/29/content_200
874.htm

Land
Guangdong turns the tide of land reform in China
新土地变革广东启幕
Nanfang Weekend, 30/09/2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20050929/jj/jjxw/200509
290030.asp

related news:
New regulations on land use adopted in Guangdong
广东：“农地入市”新规
Nanfang Weekend, 30/09/2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20050929/jj/jjxw/200509
290031.asp

Law - Court system
Courts told to ignore demands of bureaucrats
SCMP, 30/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZDMMUD6EE.html

Law
Don't be mistaken of the function of public hearing for legislation
不要误读立法听证会的功能
China Youth Daily, 30/09/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-09/30/content_72137.htm
Law – Legal profession
Gathering evidence is a big challenge to Chinese lawyers
探究律师调查取证难
Legal Daily, 29/09/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-09/29/content_2009
17.htm

Media – Internet / Law
Q&A: China's New Internet Restrictions
New York Times, 30/09/2005
http://www.nytimes.com/cfr/international/slot1_092905.html

China: Bullying The Bloggers
Radio Free Europe, 29/09/2005
http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2005/09/c9dc152a-a999-
43d2-894c-38059b8a34f0.html38059b8a34f0.html

Rights group calls on China to stop censoring Internet
AFP via YahooNews.com, 29/09/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050929/tc_
afp/chinainternetrights_0509291421510929142151

Media - Press freedom/censorship
On Chinese Television, What's Cool Is No Longer Correct
Washington Post, 29/09/2005
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/
09/28/AR2005092802219.htmldyn/content/article/2005/09/
28/AR2005092802219.html

Population - One-child policy
Shandong family planning unit ‘busy’ for destroying evidence of abuses
临沂计生部门加紧毁灭罪证材料
Radio Free Asia, 30/09/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/09/29/linyi/

Public Health
Survey shows 65% urban residents without medical insurance and 25% rural peasants gave up medical treatment for lacking funds
调查显示65%居民无医保 25%农民生病放弃治疗
EastDay.com, 30/09/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node
9850/userobject1ai1503732.html732.html

Public Health - HIV AIDS /STDs/ UN
The China AIDs orphan under the protection of UNICEF
联合国儿基会羽翼下的中国艾滋孤儿
China Youth Daily, 30/09/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-09/30/content_72197.htm

Xinjiang / State Security - Terrorism
China warns of Xinjiang 'danger'
BBC.com, 29/09/2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4292466.stm

Thursday, September 29, 2005

September 29, 2005

Top News of the Day

Religion – Christianity / Police - RTL
Church leader released after spending two years in reeducation through labor camp
中国一基督教家庭教会领袖获释
Voice of America, 28/09/2005
Zhang Yinan (鄭義南), the 47-year-old prominent activist in China's underground Protestant church, was released from a labor camp on September 25, after serving a two-year sentence in a re-education through labour camp near the central China city of Zhengzhou. Zhang was sentenced in 2003 without trial on the charge of attempting to subvert China's government and political system. Police confiscated Zhang's identification card, restricting him from traveling.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-09-28-voa44.cfm


News

Children - Child labour / Education - Basic education
Right to access to basic education is the key to help child labor to get a better future
童工的出路在于兑现义务教育的权利
China Youth Daily, 29/09/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-09/29/content_71299.htm

Death Penalty / Law - wrongful convictions
Concerns Grow Over Executions in China
Los Angeles Times, 29/09/2005
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-china
death28sep28,1,5399587.story?coll=la-headlines-world&ctrack
=1&cset=truechinadeath28sep28,1,5399587.story?coll=la-head
lines-world&ctrack=1&cset=true

Human Rights - Human rights defenders – Guo Feihong (郭飞鸿)
Guo Feihong meets his lawyer for the first time since detention
郭飞雄被捕后首次会见律师
voice of America via Dajiyuan.com, 29/09/2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/9/29/n1068640.htm

Protests and Petitions / Government - Elections
Hunger strike leaves Taishi rights activist ill
SCMP, 29/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ7YRQG3EE.html

Detention – Cheng Yichun (郑贻春)
Cheng Yichun meets his lawyer to file an appeal
郑贻春与上诉律师高智晟首次面谈
Radio Free Asia, 28/09/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/09/28/
ZhengYichun/

Food Security - GM Food
Genetically modified rice set for go-ahead
China Daily, 29/09/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-09/29/content
_481710.htm

Government - Governance and accountability
Black marks for all in audit of ministries
SCMP, 29/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZXMMQG3EE.html

Law - Court system / Resettlement - Forceful eviction
Courts should not interfere in eviction cases
人民法庭不得参与拆迁
China Youth Daily, 29/09/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-09/29/content_71394.htm

Law - Legal reform
Supreme People's Court highlights 6 major areas in legal reform
最高检着力推进司法体制改革 提出六大任务
People's Daily, 29/09/2005
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1027/3734577.html

Media - Internet
China: End Censorship of Internet
Reuters Alert Net, 29/09/2005
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/HRW/d04f251c81
860f30ccd515681ee41ab9.htmhtm

Media - Press freedom/censorship
China politics: Cracking down on the media
The Economist Intelligence Unit, 28/09/2005
http://www.viewswire.com/index.asp?layout=display_article&doc
_id=1449450330

Rights group condemns China of shutting down newspapers reporting on mining scandals
人权组织谴责中国令河南商报停刊
Voice of America, 28/09/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-09-28-voa73.cfm

Migrant Workers - Work conditions and payment
Expert: 40% of unreasonable wage rates for migrant workers due to discrimination
专家：农民工收入不合理 人为歧视因素占近四成
China News Agency, 29/09/2005
http://www.chinanews.com.cn//news/2005/2005-09-27/8/
631789.shtml

Police
Attacks on police increase
China Daily, 29/09/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-09/29/content
_481716.htm

Public Health
China cuts drug prices to allay fears over health system
Financial Times, 29/09/2005
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/94f1c21c-307f-11da-ba9f-00000e25
11c8.html

Why there is room for 40% cut of drug price?
发改委解释为何药价有40％的降价空间
China Youth Daily, 29/09/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-09/29/content_71259.htm

Wednesday, September 28, 2005

September 28, 2005

News

Death Penalty / Law
Public hearing should be introduced in the procedures of death penalty review
死刑复核程序应引入听证制度
Legal Daily, 28/09/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-09/28/content_20
0224.htm

Top court will review death sentences
Xinhuanet.com, 28/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/28/content_355
4454.htm

Two prominent judges to be given the power to review death penalty cases on behalf of the
Supreme People's Court
执掌死刑复核权帅印的两位专家型大法官
Legal Daily, 28/09/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-09/28/content_200
178.htm

Environment – Water
Yangtze River water diversion underway
The Standard, 28/09/2005
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=5&art_
id=2243&sid=4760451&con_type=1&d_str=200509281&d_str=
20050928

Law
The implications of the Decision Regarding Strengthening the work of People's Court
《最高人民法院关于全面加强人民法庭工作的决定》解读
Legal Daily, 28/09/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-09/28/content_200
078.htm

New regulation emphasizes the quality of presidents of Grassroots Court in order to build the capacity of low-level courts
人民法庭庭长须选派科级法官
The Beijing News, 28/09/2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/0928/10@0209
38.html

The legal identify and power of Red Letter Document must be clarified in the legal system
红头文件必须法治化
Legal Daily, 28/09/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-09/28/content_200
100.htm

Media – Internet / Human Rights - Freedom of speech
China tightens control on Internet - Analysts: New rules aimed at individuals' online discussions
CNN.com, 28/09/2005
http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/09/27/china.
internet.reut/index.html?section=cnn_latest

Media – Internet / Law
China strengthen controls over internet
中国强化对互联网的管理
Voice of America, 27/09/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-09-27-voa52.cfm

Military
Beijing unable to block proliferation of weapons: report
SCMP, 28/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZUEH3H3EE.html

Politics - Political reforms
China must wait for democracy
Asia Times Online, 28/09/2005
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/GI27Ad01.html

Population - Urbanization
Waves of migrants spark debate on movement
China Daily, 28/09/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-09/28/content
_481468.htm

Protests and Petitions
Government plans to establish a centralized legal system to receive and handle petitions
冀政法系统将集中联合接访 解决涉法信访问题
People's Daily, 27/09/2005
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42735/3730469.html

Over 200 petitioners taken away from Tiananmen Square before national holiday
十一前两百多上访者天安门被抓
Radio Free Asia, 27/09/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/09/27/
shangfang/

Protests and Petitions / Government - Elections
University professor, lawyers and journalist attacked on the way to interview detained villagers
太石村罢官风波：大学教授进村遭袭击
Chinesenewsnet.com, 27/09/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/2005_9_27_20_37_55_858.htmltml

Taishi villagers abandon struggle to eject chief
SCMP, 28/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZTSOQG3EE.html

Public Health / Poverty - Urban poverty
Tumble into poverty after losing the entitlement of medical insurance
丧失医疗保障 一个小康家庭从富裕跌入赤贫
China Youth Daily, 28/09/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-09/28/content_70624.htm

Resettlement - Forceful eviction / Protests and Petitions
Shandong peasant petitioners beaten up after complaining government land grabs
临沂村官强卖耕地，村民上访却遭暴打
Radio Free Asia, 27/09/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/09/27/linyi/

State Security - State secrets
In China, everything can be considered as state secrets
在中国，任何话都可能被称为国家机密
Chinesenewsnet.com, 28/09/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/2005_9_27_14_51_48_815.htmltml


Tuesday, September 27, 2005

September 27, 2005


Top News of the Day

Human Rights - Human rights defenders – Guo Feihong (郭飞鸿)
Lawyer defending the rights of Taishi villagers confirmed detained by police after reported missing for over 10 days
帮助广东村民维权人士证实被拘留
Voice of America, 26/09/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-09-26-voa23.cfm
Police confirmed the detention of Guo Feihong, a right activist and lawyer in Beijing who had been helping Taishi villagers to seek their rights of sacking corrupted village chief, on September 13. Guo has yet to be given the chance to meet with his two lawyers.


News

Death Penalty
Supreme Court to setup three new criminal courts for regaining power on death penalty review
最高法院将增设三个刑事审判庭接管死刑复核权
Xinhuanet.com, 27/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2005-09/27/content_354
8738.htm

Detention – Shi Tao (师涛) / State Security - State secrets
Shi Tao health conditions worsen
师涛狱中近况急剧恶化
Radio Free Asia, 26/09/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/09/26/shitao/

Education / Government – Governance and Accountability
Accountability is the root cause of overcharging and imposing too many extra fees in schools
教育乱收费的根源在于处罚不严
China Youth Daily, 27/09/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-09/27/content_70178.htm

Environment - Water
Yangtze River Delta faces pollution crisis
Xinhuanet.com, 27/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/26/content_35
44229.htm

Government - Governance and accountability / Law
NPC opens hearing for law-making for the first time
中国最高立法机关首次举行立法听证会
Xinhuanet.com, 27/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-09/27/content_3549
965.htm

Labor - Work safety / conditions
Death toll of mining accidents reaches 3,800 every year
我国非煤矿山每年死亡3800人
Legal Daily, 27/09/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-09/27/content_199
478.htm

500 officials heed order to quit mine business
SCMP, 27/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZYH53EZDE.html

Media / Law
First SMS regulations coming out in China
Xinhuanet.com, 27/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/27/content_354
9796.htm

Media – Internet / Law
China tightens grip on web news
BBC.com, 26/09/2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4282510.stm

China toughens rules on Internet news, targets civil society
AFP via YahooNews.com, 26/09/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050926/
lf_afp/chinainternetmedia_05092613034949

Shanghai legislation tightens control over language use on the internet
上海市立法，限制网络语言的使用
Radio Free Asia, 24/09/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/09/24/
wangluo/

NGOs / Law
NGO can play a big role in building a harmonious civil society
非政府组织推动建立和谐社会和公民社会
Radio Free Asia, 26/09/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/09/26/
shehui/

Public Health - Sexual health /Law
Ministry of Health plans to overhaul of clinics for sexual diseases
卫生部拟清理性病诊所
The Beijing News, 27/09/2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/0927/10@
022541.html

Resettlement - Forceful eviction / Protests and Petitions
Labour rights activist: staging protest is perhaps the last resort of desperate peasants to protect their land
韩东方：当农民被逼得只剩下一条命的时候…
Chinesenewsnet.com, 26/09/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Opinion/
2005_9_26_20_50_50_160.html

UN / Human Rights
UN Working to Create New Human Rights Panel
Voice of America, 27/09/2005
http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-09-26-voa55.cfm

Xinjiang
Beijing criticized of overshadowing her suppressions in Xinjiang with development rhetoric
海外维吾尔人称北京成就“假话”
Voice of America, 26/09/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-09-26-voa7.cfm

Monday, September 26, 2005

September 24-26, 2005


Top News of the Day

Human Rights
Chinese dissidents urge Taiwan to grant asylum to activist
AFP via YahooNews.com, 24/09/2005
A group of 190 dissidents in China and overseas has appealed to the Taiwanese Presdient to give asylum to a democracy activist Yan Peng.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050924/
wl_asia_afp/chinataiwandissident_050924055823924055823

Media – Internet / Law
China Tightens Its Restrictions for News Media on the Internet
New York Times, 26/09/2005
The government has tightened its restrictions on news media in gathering news and other information for internet users. According to the new regulations, websites must stop posting their commentary articles. Individuals or groups are required to register with the government in order to operate email distribution lists spreading news or commentary. The move is widely criticized as the government's step-up efforts in curbing public opinions on the internet.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/26/international/asia/26
china.html


News

Children - Child labour / Xinjiang - Persecution
Xinjiang Children Forced To Work in Cotton Fields
Radio Free Asia, 21/09/2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/social/2005/09/21/uyghur
_labor/

Detention – Cheng Guangcheng (陈光诚) / Population – One-child policy
Blinded activist arrested again, likely to be charged with providing information to foreign media
山东当局抓捕盲人维权人士陈光诚
Voice of America, 25/09/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-09-25-voa34.cfm

Detention – Zhu Jiuhu (朱久虎) / Protests and Petitions
Lawyers pushed out of oilfield struggle in Shaanxi
SCMP, 25/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZJYZ2EZDE.html

Education - Girl education / Rural Issues - rural development
Development efforts in West China under threat due to poor rural education
恶性循环威胁西部农村教育
China Youth Daily, 26/09/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-09/26/content_69543.htm

Education
Timetable needed for the promotion of equitable access to basic education
促进基础教育公平应有时间表
China Youth Daily, 26/09/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-09/26/content_69658.htm

Wen approves big rise in schools tax
SCMP, 25/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ3A03EZDE.html

Education can break vicious poverty cycle
Xinhuanet.com, 23/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/23/content_353
1461.htm

Environment
China faces big challenge of environmental pollution
中国面临环境污染严重巨大压力
Voice of America, 25/09/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-09-25-voa24.cfm

Government - Civil service
Township authorities to merge in cost-cutting measure
SCMP, 26/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZY4L5EZDE.html

Human Rights / NGOs
Silicon Valley awards for tech solutions to global problems
AFP via YahooNews.com, 26/09/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050922/
ts_alt_afp/ustechenvironment_050922205758

Human Rights - Bilateral ties
New China-U.S. dialogue could strengthen complex ties
International Herald Tribune, 23/09/2005
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/09/23/news/china.php

Human Rights / UN
Senior leaders hint on the ratification of Political and Civil Rights Covenant
国家高层表示尽快批准公约
Nanfang Weekend, 22/09/2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20050922/xw/szxw2/
200509220017.asp

Labor - Employment market and income
Guangdong tackles labour shortage
SCMP, 26/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZT3CMSXDE.html

Labor - Work safety / conditions
China reports less non-coal mining accidents, death toll
Xinhuanet.com, 24/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/24/content
_3535962.htm

'Harsh penalties' for officials with ties to coal mines
SCMP, 24/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZADCMSXDE.html

Labor - Work safety / conditions
Mine safety drive fails in China
BBC.com, 23/09/2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4273928.stm

Law - Legal profession
Reform of China's lawyer system in shape as draft Amendments to Law on Lawyers submitted to State Council for review
中国改革律师体制 律师法修订草案已报送国务院
China News Agency, 26/09/2005
http://www.chinanews.com.cn//news/2005/2005-09-26/8/
631164.shtml

Law / Politics
State Secrets Law revision to pave way for government information disclosure regulations
中国修改保密法 媒体析称为制定信息公开法准备
China News Agency, 26/09/2005
http://www.chinanews.com.cn//news/2005/2005-09-26/8/
631072.shtml

Law - Legal reform / Politics
Is the rule of law coming to China?
The Miami Herald via China Digital News, 23/09/2005
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/opinion/127
18286.htm

Media – Internet / Politics
Commentary: Information control does little to consolidate political power
中國評論﹕箝制資訊無助鞏固政權
Ming Pao, 26/09/2005
http://full.mingpaonews.com/20050926/cae1.htm

Migrant Workers
Nation says "no" to bias against migrant workers
Xinhuanet.com, 24/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/24/content_3
536573.htm

Olympics / NGOs
NGO helps Beijing build "Green Olympics"
Xinhuanet.com, 26/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/24/content_353
8189.htm

Population - Aging population
The elderly population of China reaches 130 million
我国老年人已达1.3亿
The Beijing News, 25/09/2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/0925/12@0211
52.html

Poverty - Rural poverty
Why Chinese media widely reports on the rich-poor gap in the country?
中国媒体为何大谈贫富差距？
Voice of America, 23/09/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-09-23-voa30.cfm

China Warns Gap Between Rich, Poor Is Feeding Unrest
Washington Post, 22/09/2005
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/
2005/09/21/AR2005092100727_pf.html

Rural Issues
Farmers need financial support to improve lives
China Daily, 26/09/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-09/26/content
_480756.htm

Rural Issues / Government - Elections
Party initiates rural election reform
Xinhuanet.com, 26/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/26/content_3542
981.htm

Social Security
Fund shortage may spell social security crisis
China Daily, 26/09/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-09/26/content
_480899.htm

State Security - State secrets / Government - Governance and accountability
Improve the State Secrets Law important to develop a system for government information disclosure
完善保密法是政府信息公开的基石
Legal Daily, 26/09/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-09/26/content_1
98947.htm

Tibet
Chinese Forces Fired on Tibetan Asylum-Seekers
Radio Free Asia, 22/09/2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/politics/2005/09/22/tibet
_asylum/

Hong Kong / WTO
WTO protest ban feared
The Standard, 26/09/2005
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=11
&art_id=2114&sid=4733282&con_type=1&d_str=20050926
=1&d_str=20050926

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