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.

Tuesday, October 18, 2005

October 18, 2005

Top News of the Day

Protests and Petitions/Resettlement-Forced Evictions
Pudong Eviction Protester Alleges Attack by Officials
SCMP, 18/10/2005
Song Shitai, the representative of hundreds of families living around Pudong’s Xueye Estate, said that he was beaten up by district officials yesterday morning after trying to contact overseas media about the government's move to evict the Pudong district residents to make way for the 2010 World Expo.
A spokeswoman for the Shanghai Letters and Complaints Office said the eviction is underway but that no violence has been used.
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZRWKL6UEE.html


News

Children-Child Labor
Shanxi Government Learns from Child Labor Case in Glass Factory
山西省吸取“祁县童工案”教训
Xinhuanet.com, 17/10/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2005-10/17/
content_3625696.htm

Detention-Shi Tao(师涛)
Shi Tao Receives International Prize for Advocating Freedom of the Press
中国记者师涛获国际新闻自由奖
Voice of America, 17/10/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-10-17-voa69.cfm

Economic Development
The Poor Have a Right to Share the Fruits of Development
分享发展成果是穷人的权利
China Youth Daily, 18/10/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-10/18/content_77691.htm

Gender-Gender equality
Don't dare to bare
SCMP, 18/10/2005
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZ2859ETEE.html

Gender-Gender equality
Woman employee defeated in unusual labor dispute
Xinhuanet.com, 18/10/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-10/18/
content_3637487.htm

Government-Elections
Grass roots vote for more than 20,000 village leaders in Tibet
People's Daily, 17/10/2005
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200510/17/
eng20051017_214847.html

Government
Does Massive Investment in Space Program Neglect the Needs of the People?
中国耗巨资搞航天无关百姓民生？
Voice of America, 17/10/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-10-17-voa34.cfm

Human Rights-Human rights defenders
Death of writer who dared speak the truth
SCMP, 18/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZT069ETEE.html

Human Rights-Human Rights Defenders
Shanghai Rights Activist Who Opposed Forced Evictions Given 3-Year Sentence
上海拆迁户许正清被判刑3年
Radio Free Asia, 18/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/
10/17/xuzhengqing/

Labor-Work safety / conditions
836 officials relinquish stakes in coal mines
Xinhuanet.com, 18/10/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-10/18
/content_3637453.htm

Law-Legal Profession
Chinese Lawyers Risk Their Freedom to Protect Society
中国律师将越来越成为人身自由高危人群
Chinesenewsnet.com, 17/10/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Opinion
/2005_10_17_17_22_17_438.h
tml

Media
China Denies Rejecting French Couple’s Visa Application
法国夫妇申请赴华签证被拒中国否认
Chinesenewsnet.com, 18/10/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/
Forums/BackStage/2005_10_17_14_37_0_269.html

Media-Internet
China dissident attacks Yahoo over jailing
Financial Times, 18/10/2005
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/8b5726d0-3f6a-11da
-932f-00000e2511c8.html

NGO
NGOs Need More Institutional Flexibility
民间组织发展需要制度松绑
China Youth Daily, 18/10/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-10/18/content_77671.htm

Police-Prisons/Public Health-HIV AIDS /STDs
Journalist Reports on Living Conditions of AIDS Prisoners in Beijing
记者探秘北京监狱艾滋病监区 狱警兼任医生职责
YahooNew.com (China), 18/10/2005
http://cn.news.yahoo.com/051017/467/2fkvm.html

Police-Crime
China’s Increase in Solving Homicides Leads to Violations of Procedural Rights and
Wrongful Convictions
中国推行命案必破 破案率大升但有后遗症
Chinesenewsnet.com, 17/10/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/
SinoNews/Mainland/cna_2005_10_17_03_00_27_704.html

Poverty
China vows to enhance co-op with WB in poverty reduction
Xinhuanet.com, 17/10/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-10/17/content_3628266.htm

Protests and Petitions
Doubtful Points in the Case of Taishi Village Incident
粵村民罷官離奇事件
Hong Kong Economic Journal, 18/10/2005

Public Questions Official Version of Taishi Village Incident
各界质疑太石村事件官方版本
Radio Free Asia, 17/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2005/10/17/taishicun/

Thousands of Villagers Force Shanwei Officials Off Electrical Plant Building Site
汕尾官员夜入电厂被万人驱赶
Radio Free Asia, 17/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao
/2005/10/17/shanwei/

China's Unquiet Countryside
Times Asia, 16/10/2005
http://www.time.com/time/asia/magazine/article/0,13
673,501051024-1118416,00.html

Public Health
Infectious diseases hospital upsets expats
SCMP, 18/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZXWKR4UEE.html

Xinjiang-Persecution/Police-Abuse
Xinjiang PSB Uses Torture to Force Confessions from Kashgar Christians
新疆喀什基督教徒被国安人员刑讯逼供打成重伤
Radio Free Asia, 17/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao
/2005/10/17/xinjiang/

North Korea
China Deported Four N. Korean Defectors In August: Activist
YahooNews.com (China Section), 18/10/2005
http://au.news.yahoo.com/051017/3/weeq.html

Monday, October 17, 2005

October 15-17, 2005

News

Detention-Zhang Lin(張林)
Second Trial for Zhang Lin: Original Verdict Upheld
张林二审宣判：维持原判
Radio Free Asia, 14/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/10/14/zhanglin/

Detention-Peng Ming(彭明)/State Security-Terrorism
Will Peng Ming Appeal His Life Sentence?
彭明被判无期徒刑 是否上诉？
Voice of America, 14/10/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-10-14-voa45.cfm

Human Rights
Supreme Court Deputy Chief Justice Suggests Including the Right to Housing in Private Property Rights Ordinance
最高法副院长建议增设居住权
The Beijing News, 17/10/2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/
1017/05@003319.html

Rights Group Condemns Poor Human Rights Record in Myanmar and China
人权观察批缅甸和中国人权
Voice of America, 14/10/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-10-14-voa44.cfm

Labor-Protests
Workers Block Road in Pay Dispute
Xinhuanet.com, 17/10/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-10/17/conte
nt_3623509.htm

Labor-Industrial accidents
Worker Killed in Mine Explosion
SCMP, 15/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZMA19TREE.html

Law-Legal Reform
Fujian Higher Court Issues Notice Permitting Appeal of Cases to Bypass Lower Courts if Case is not Handled Properly
基层法院“不理”可直接越级起诉
Legal Daily, 14/10/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-10/14/
content_205233.htm

Law
Mo Shaoping: Much Malpractice in Legislation and Implementation of Criminal Law in China
莫少平：中国刑事立法执法弊端多
Voice of America, 14/10/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-10-14-voa40.cfm

Media-Press freedom/censorship
Chinas Struggling Public Intellectuals
Project Syndicate via China Digital , 17/10/2005
http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/goldman1

Media-Internet
Chinese Authorities Employ Net-Cops to Regulate Public Discussion in Cyberspace
中国政府雇用网警冒充普通网友制造舆论
Radio Free Asia, 14/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/
10/14/wangjing/

Migrant Workers
"Urbanization" in China a Fake Picture as Migrant Workers Return to Native Countrysides
农民工返乡只能使中国“城市化”徒有其表
Xinhuanet.com, 17/10/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/fortune/2005-10/17
/content_3625008.htm

Politics
16th CCP Meeting Hopes to Ease Tensions Within Society
中国11/5计划希望缓解社会矛盾
Voice of America, 16/10/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-10-16-voa27.cfm

Politics-Political Reforms
Democratization Promotes China's Best Interests
政治体制民主化符合中国最大利益
Voice of America, 14/10/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-10-14-voa69.cfm

Population-Aging population
Old People Find it Difficult to Adapt
China Daily, 17/10/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-10/
17/content_485465.htm

Protests and Petitions
Family Begs Officials to Hand over Dad's Body
SCMP, 17/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZZQ29ETEE.html

Panyu's Official News Spokesman Responds to Journalists about Taishi Dispute
番禺区政府新闻发言人就太石村事件答记者问
Chinesenewsnet.com, 17/10/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/
Forums/BackStage/2005_10_16_10_3
_37_619.html

Seeing and Believing in China
Guardian, 17/10/2005
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1593599,00.html

Hundreds of Chengdu Residents Protest Inadequate Government Control of Property Market
成都百名市民聚街抗议政府对房地产商监管不力
Radio Free Asia, 15/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2005/10/15/chengdu/

Protests and Petitions/Population-One-child policy
Court Trial on Linyi Population Control Case Delayed Again
临沂计生诉讼再次无法开庭
Radio Free Asia, 14/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/10/14/linyi/

Protests and Petitions/Media-Internet
Cloak and daggers in cyberspace - dark tales from China's Internet
Interfax via China Digital News, 13/10/2005
http://www.interfax.cn/showfeature.as
p?aid=6447&slug=TAISHI

Public Health
China Keeps Secret its Plans to Fight Bird Flu
International Herald Tribune, 16/10/2005
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/10/16/news/flu.php

China's Health Care Reform (Part 1): Marketization?
中国医疗体制改革(1)：市场化？
Voice of America, 14/10/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-10-14-voa31.cfm

China's Health Care Reform (Part 2): Costly Medical Treatments
中国医疗体制改革(2)：看病难
Voice of America, 15/10/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-10-15-voa26.cfm

China's Health Care Reform (Part 3): An Imbalance Between Urban And Rural Areas
中国医疗体制改革(3)：不平衡
Voice of America, 16/10/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/2005-10-16-voa31.cfm

Public Health-HIV AIDS /STDs
China Reports 126,808 HIV Infection Cases
Xinhuanet.com, 14/10/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-10/14/content_3617094.htm

Religion-Christianity
China Allows Funeral of Underground Bishop
SCMP, 15/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ0XO7TREE.html

No More Need for An "Underground" Chinese Church?
Catholic World News, 14/10/2005
http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=40176

Tibet
China Marks Completion of Railway to Tibet
AFP via YahooNews.com, 17/10/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051015/wl_asia_afp/
chinatibetrail_051015043118;_ylt=A
nHnL1FPXM4bzDGK00qdbq7tOrgF;
_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Tibet-Persecution
Chinese Authorities Step Up Anti-Separatist Campaign in Tibetan Region
Radio Free Asia, 13/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/politics/2005/10/13/china_tibet/

Friday, October 14, 2005

October 14, 2005

Top News of the Day

Detention-Peng Ming (彭明)/State Security-Terrorism
Dissident Accused of Terrorism Jailed for Life
SCMP, 14/10/2005
Peng Ming, the founder of the China Development Union who was charged with involvement in terrorist activities, kidnappings and possession of counterfeit banknotes, was sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Wuhan, Hubei Province yesterday.
Peng disappeared while traveling to Myanmar and was formally arrested in August of last year.
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ66YLSPEE.html

Protests and Petitions
Four Taishi Villagers Who Offered Helping Hand to Foreign Journalist Detained
太石村4村民協助記者被拘
Ming Pao, 14/10/2005
Four Taishi villagers who helped the Guardian journalist with Lu Banglie were arrested by local police and placed under criminal detention.
The details of the charges and the possibility of early release remain unknown.
http://full.mingpaonews.com/20051014/caw1.htm


News

Death Penalty
Four Gun Smugglers Sentenced to Death in Qinghai
Xinhuanet.com, 13/10/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-10/13/con
tent_3614177.htm

Environment /World Bank
World Bank Expresses Concern Over China's Environmental Problems
AFP via YahooNews.com,13/10/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051013/bs_afp/worldbank
china_051013074032;_ylt=ApHVmENs3gJGFDcPrbUtAUrt
OrgF;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Gender-Gender equality
Early-Retirement: Employee Welfare or Company's Duty?
早退休是福利还是义务？
Nanfang Weekend, 13/10/2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20051013/xw/
fz/200510130013.asp

Why Women Require to Retire Earlier than Their Male Counterparts?
女人凭啥无权与男人同龄退休
Nanfang Weekend, 13/10/2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20051013/x
w/fz/200510130012.asp

Human Right/UN
The Implementation of UN International Covenant on Protection of Human Right
Defenders in China
联合国人权卫士公约执行情况
Radio Free Asia, 14/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/10/13/renquan/

Law
Why Government Departments Reluctant to Cooperate With the Courts?
法院执行在政府碰壁 政府机关赖帐原因何在?
YahooNew.com (China), 14/10/2005
http://cn.news.yahoo.com/05-10-/1308/2fi1n.html

Media-Internet
China Cracks Down On Porn Activities in Video Internet Chatrooms
People's Daily, 14/10/2005
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200510/14/
eng20051014_214286.html

Media-Press freedom/censorship
Foreign Journalists Express Concerns over Right Activists in China As Violent Attacks
Occur Frequently
暴力频发 外国记者担心民主人士受牵连
Dajiyuan.com, 14/10/2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/10/14/n1085282.htm

Media-Internet
Google's Blogger Service Now Accessible in China
InfoWorld via China Digital News, 13/10/2005
http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/10/13/HNgoogl
eblogchina_1.html

Police
Beijing: Law Enforcement Process Taped and Filed to Prevent Police Abuse Power
北京：民警执法全程录像 录音笔记录执法对话
Xinhuanet.com, 14/10/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-10/
14/content_3614752.htm

Politics/Law
Harmony Hinges On the Rule of Law
SCMP, 14/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZNY7KSPEE.html

Politics
Mainland Blueprint a Step in Right Direction
SCMP, 14/10/2005
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZ3TTKSPEE.html

Where Should China Go in the Future 5 Years?
未来五年，中国怎么走
Nanfang Weekend, 13/10/2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20051013/j
j/jjxw/200510130035.asp

Population-Aging population
Aging Population Takes to Courts
China Daily, 14/10/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/200
5-10/14/content_484836.htm

Protests and Petitions
Shanbei Oil Field Disputes Continue
陕北油田官民纠纷未了
Radio Free Asia, 13/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaod
ao/2005/10/13/jiufen/

Shanghai Petitoners Arrested During the 16th CCP Meeting
中共五中全会期间上海进京上访者被抓回
Radio Free Asia, 13/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao
/2005/10/13/shangfang1/

Shanwei Village Officials Put To Audit Test as Villagers Win the Negotiation With Local
Government
逾万盐农聚集控村官　政府初允日内查账
Radio Free Asia, 13/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/10/13/yan/

Religion-Christianity
Bishop Zen Zekiun: We Saw No Difference Between Underground Churches and Authorized Churches in China
陈日君：中国教会实际为一个教会
Voice of America, 13/10/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-10-13-voa44.cfm

Thursday, October 13, 2005

October 13, 2005

News

Death Penalty
Murderer Sentenced to Death by Heilongjiang Court for Killing Girlfriend
女友提分手惹来杀身祸 凶手自杀未遂被判极刑
People's Daily, 13/10/2005
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42733/3764525.html

Sichuan Gangsters Sentenced to Death
四川眉山最大黑社会案6人被判死刑 致众官员落马
YahooNew.com (China), 13/10/2005
http://cn.news.yahoo.com/051013/1308/2fh5e.html

Disasters
China Alarmed by Ranking Third Worst-Hit Country by Natural Disasters
我国自然灾害损失世界第三 减灾意识待提高
People's Daily, 12/10/2005
http://env.people.com.cn/GB/1074/3762945.html

Gender-Gender equality
Henan Board of Arbitration for Labor Disputes Close Case of Gender Discrimination
After 5 Days
退休性别歧视案5日内裁决
The Beijing News, 12/10/2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/1012
/10@013648.html

Government-Governance and accountability
Audit Watchdog to Cover 54 Central Departments and 8 Bureaus in the Coming Year
审计覆盖面将扩大至中央54部门 联网监控八部门
People's Daily, 13/10/2005
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1027/3763345.html

Government/Politics
Conflicting Regional Interests Cause Divisions Between Provinces
地方利益引发中国省界划分冲突
Radio Free Asia, 12/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2005/10/12/difang/

Human Rights-Bilateral ties
China Rejects U.S. Rights Report as Meddling
Reuters via YahooNews.com , 13/10/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051013/wl_nm/
rights_china_usa_dc;_ylt=Ao4FTnY56iv0
Vc9CDjaAfO0Bxg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ
4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA—


Labor-Work safety / conditions
In-depth Investigation of Guangdong Toy Factory
李强来稿：玩具血汗工厂调查
Chinesenewsnet.com, 13/10/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews
/SinoNews/Mainland/2005_10_12_10_
17_56_332_1.html

Land
Problems Remain in Implementing Agricultural Law
Xinhuanet.com, 13/10/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-10/13/
content_3610730.htm

Law-Legal profession
Positive Sign For Lawyers Enter Political Field in China
律师从政更值得期待
China Youth Daily, 13/10/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-10/13/content_75342.htm

Media-Internet
Treating China's Online Addicts
BBC.com, 10/10/2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4327258.stm

NGOs
China's Color-Coded Crackdown
Foreign Policy via China Digital News, 13/10/2005
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=3251

A Harmonious Society Needs Broader Support from NGOs
和谐社会需要民间组织大发展
China Youth Daily, 13/10/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-10/13/content_75192.htm

NGO Helps to Solve Water Storage in Rural Areas Around Beijing
NGO为京周边缺水贫困村解渴
The Beijing News, 13/10/2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/1013/15@030022.html

Police-Abuse/Law-wrongful convictions
Guangxi Police Officer Sentenced by Court for Neglecting Duties and Forceful Conviction, Causing an Innocent Person to be Jailed for 2 Years
逼供做证据 一警察玩忽职守 无辜人错押两年
People's Daily, 13/10/2005
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42733/3763475.html

Politics
Hu Brought Down to Earth
Asia Times Online, 13/10/2005
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/GJ13Ad01.html

New Five-Year Plan Called 'Revolutionary'
Asia Times Online, 13/10/2005
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_Business/GJ13Cb01.html

16th CCP Meeting Launches 5-Year Plan With No New Political Reforms
中共全会通过5年规划不涉及政改
Voice of America, 12/10/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-10-12-voa42.cfm

Poverty
China Aims to Bridge Income Gap
International Herald Tribune, 12/10/2005
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/10/12/news/china.php

Protests and Petitions
Activist Shows True Extent of Injuries
SCMP, 13/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZK7ULSPEE.html

Henan Village Experienced Abuses Similar to "Taishi Disputes"
河南有过“太石村”
Chinesenewsnet.com, 13/10/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/
Opinion/2005_10_12_20_25_25_584.h
tml

Taxi Drivers Forced to Abandon Protest
SCMP, 13/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZGM4KSPEE.html

HK Journalist Association Urges Guangdong Government to Investigate the Beating of
Journalist in Taishi Case
记者遭殴 香港记协要求广东省长彻查
Chinesenewsnet.com, 12/10/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/
SinoNews/Mainland/cna_2005_10_12_
10_00_44_864.html

Religion-Christianity
Chinese Bishop Who Served Time Dies
AP via YahooNews.com, 13/10/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051013/ap_on_re_as/
obit_china_bishop;_ylt=AuHyroONc
mbK71VMrWqEWV4Bxg8F;_ylu=X3oDMT
BjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--

Wednesday, October 12, 2005

October 12, 2005

Top News of the Day

Human Rights-Human rights defenders/Population-One-child policy
Lawyers Defending Villagers who Opposed Forced Abortions in Shandong’s Yinan County Harassed and Placed under Surveillance
中国律师维护农民权益受暴力挑衅
Voice of America, 11/10/2005
Lawyers defending villagers in Shandong Province’s Yinan County, who were abused and forced to have abortions by the local authorities, found themselves being closely monitored and
harassed by unknown followers after the court's sudden notice to cancel the trial.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-10-11-voa14.cfm

News

Corruption
Huge Waste of Funds Found in Guangdong
SCMP,11/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZAST53MEE.html

Gender-Discrimination / Sexuality
China Gays under Pressure to Stay in the Closet
Reuters via China Digital News, 11/10/2005
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3439427a12,00.html

Government -Elections/Protests and Petitions
China Village Democracy Skin Deep
BBC.com, 10/10/2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4319954.stm

Government-Governance and accountability
Leaders to be Audited Before Leaving Posts
Xinhuanet.com, 10/10/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-10/10/content_
3602418.htm

Human Rights-Human rights defenders
Blind to Legal Abuses
SCMP, 12/10/2005
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZQ6S53MEE.html

Human Rights
US Congress Study Sees "No Improvement" in China's Human Rights Record
AFP via YahooNews.com, 11/10/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051012/wl_asia_afp/
uschinarights_051012013236;_ylt=
AjIID4owI97WRKKJ8NtKrDLtOrgF;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04
NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl



Human Rights-Freedom of speech
Censors Set Sights on Text Messages
SCMP, 11/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZDLR53MEE.html

Labor-Protests
Police Closely Monitor the Chongqing Steel Workers
重庆特钢继续处在警方严密控制下
Radio Free Asia, 11/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2005/10/11/chongqing/

Labor
Mine Field for Beijing
The Standard, 10/10/2005
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.
asp?we_cat=5&art_id=3072&sid=4892688
&con_type=1&d_str=20051010

Law-Legal reform
Two Reviews on Criminal Procedural Law in the Past Decade: Witness Must Testify in
Court
刑事訴訟法十年兩次修改背後:證人必須出庭作證
CRI Online, 11/10/2005
http://big5.chinabroadcast.cn/gate/big5/gb.chinabro
adcast.cn/8606/2005/10/11/107@73
3569.htm

Population
China's Population Growth Stabilizing, but with Gender Imbalance: French report
AFP via YahooNews.com, 12/10/2005
http://au.news.yahoo.com/051011/19/wb85.html

Poverty
Experts Explain the Poverty Gap: Government Should Let the People Taste the Fruit of
Development
专家详解贫富差距：政府应该让百姓享受发展成果
YahooNew.com (China), 11/10/2005
http://cn.news.yahoo.com/051010/1462/2fezk.html

Protests and Petitions
Chinese Activist Vows to Continue, Despite Beating
The Guardian, 12/10/2005
http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,7369,1589974,00.html

Authorities Said Shawei Villagers Incited by Others to Protest the
Building of Electricity Plant
汕尾村民索赔行动被政府指为少数人煽动
Radio Free Asia, 11/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/10/11/shanwei/

Protests and Petitions
Press Slammed for Coverage of Taishi
SCMP, 12/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZFNV53MEE.html

US Expresses Concern to China over Village Incident
AFP via YahooNews.com, 12/10/2005
http://au.news.yahoo.com/051011/19/wb6p.html

Protests and Petitions/Politics -Political reforms
Beating Highlights Slow Democratic Reform in China
Financial Times, 11/10/2005
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/2959d1e2-39e5-11da-
806e-00000e2511c8.html

Protests Surge as Reforms Fail to Match Rising Hopes
The Guardian, 11/10/2005
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/
0,,1589119,00.html

Public Health-HIV AIDS /STDs
Chinese Youth Taught to be Against AIDS
Xinhuanet.com, 11/10/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-10/11
/content_3605811.htm

Social Security
Welfare Tops Agenda of New 5-year Programme
SCMP, 12/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZWYV53MEE.html

Tuesday, October 11, 2005

October 11, 2005

Top News of the Day

Protests and Petitions (Taishi Incident) / Detention
Legislator returns home after beating
SCMP, 11/10/2005
Zhijiang People's Congress representative Lu Banglie (吕邦列)returned to his home province of Hubei last night after he was badly beaten in Guangdong’s Taishi village. He was attacked as he attempted to enter the strife-torn village in Panyu district, together with a journalist working for the British newspaper The Guardian.
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZZMR53MEE.html


News

Death penalty
Township secretary sentenced to death for stabbing chief of medicine bureau to death
刺死药监局长 镇书记获死刑
The Beijing News, 11/10/2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/1011/10@02
3910.html

Rights group appeals for four Jiangxi prisoners on death row
大赦国际对江西四名死刑犯发起紧急救援
Radio Free Asia, 11/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/10/11/
jiangxi/

Education / Labour
Report reveals China's lack of quality graduates
Xinhuanet.com, 11/10/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-10/11/content_360
3164.htm

Environment
Greenpeace: climate changes put Yellow River under threat
绿色和平：气候变暖威胁黄河源头
Voice of America, 10/10/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-10-10-voa18.cfm

Government – Governance and accountability
Huge waste of funds found in Guangdong
SCMP, 11/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZAST53MEE.html

Media
Censors set sights on text messages
SCMP, 11/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZDLR53MEE.html


Media – Press freedom / Protests and Petitions (Taishi Incident)
French news agency demands explanations for journalists beaten us in
法广就记者广东被打致信中国大使
Voice of America, 11/10/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-10-11-voa26.cfm

Politics - CPC
New 5-Year Plan to see revolutionary changes
Xinhuanet.com, 11/10/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-10/11/content_360
6173.htm

Public health
China orders the 17th price cut on medicine, will it ease the anxiety of patients to go seeing the doctors?
中国第十七次药品大降价 能否缓解"看病贵"?
EastDay.com, 11/10/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node
91905/userobject1ai1532669.html

Public Health - Disability
Law to better safeguard interests of disabled citizen
China Daily, 11/10/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-10/11/content
_484089.htm

Public Health – Mental health
Mental illness 'biggest burden on health care'
SCMP, 11/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZOOD53MEE.html

Religion - Christianity
Fellower of Beijing family churches taken away by police
北京家庭教会的华惠棋被国安带走
Voice of America, 10/10/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-10-10-voa32.cfm

Religion / Human Rights
Public opinions on religious freedom and underground churches in China
听众评说中国宗教自由和地下教会
Voice of America, 08/10/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-10-08-voa34.cfm

Monday, October 10, 2005

October 8 - 10, 2005


Top News of the Day

Protests and Petitions
Chinese Legislator Missing After Beating: Journalists
AFP via YahooNews.com, 09/10/2005
Lu Banglie(吕邦烈), deputy to the Zhijiang People's Congress in Hubei Province, has disappeared after being dragged from his car and beaten up on Saturday while he was on his way to visit Taishi Village in Guangdong Province with Benjamin Joffe Walt, a reporter for The Guardian newspaper. The reporter was removed from the car and taken to a government office in Yuwoutou Township and later released. Mr. Lu's whereabouts are still unknown. One lawyer believes that the local authorities have collaborated with gangsters to orchestrate the incident. http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051009/wl_asia_afp/chinarights
landclash_051009085012;_ylt=Ajba7k9fiFXvOZ5pVHtWYMHtOrg
F;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRP


Related news:
'They Were Working Themselves into a Frenzy'
SCMP, 10/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZRRDTXEEE.html

News

Children
Report: Child Malnutrition Varies in China
AP via YahooNews.com, 08/10/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051009/ap_on_re_as/china_
malnutrition;_ylt=AmbaHXv.w1FRA.EPI7PEh7gBxg8F;_ylu=X
3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Corruption
Transparency is Still Best Way to Beat Corruption
SCMP, 10/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ89LTXEEE.html

Death Penalty/Corruption
Chongging Section Chief Sentenced to Death for Corruption
重庆一科长被判死缓
The Beijing News, 10/10/2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/1008/09@014112.
html

Gender-Reproductive Health
Ratio of Unmarried Women Having Abortions on the Rise
中国未婚女性堕胎比例上升
Radio Free Asia, 08/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/10/08/duotai/

Government Elections/Rural Issues
Village Party Officials Need to Gain Support from the Masses
中国农村真正能两推一选党支部？
Voice of America, 07/10/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-10-07-voa46.cfm

Labor
Why Does China Still Suffer from a Labor Shortage Despite a Population of 1.3 Billion?
中国人口13亿沿海省仍缺劳工?
Voice of America, 09/10/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-10-09-voa23.cfm

Labor-Protests
Authorities Crack Down on Chongging Steel Workers’ Protest, Causing Two Deaths
重庆特钢工人抗议活动遭镇压，两人死亡
Radio Free Asia, 07/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/10/07/chong
qing/

Media-Internet/Gender
Sex Blogger Breaks Chinese Sound Barrier
Telegraph via China Digital News, 09/10/2005
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005
/10/09/wchina09.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/10/09/ixworld.html

Migrant Workers
Name, but Do Not Shame, Migrant Workers
China Daily, 10/10/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-10/10/content
_483595.htm

Waves of Migrant Workers: What Should the Government Do?
劳务输出：政府该做什么
Nanfang Weekend, 06/10/2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20051006/jj/gd/2005100
90016.asp

Politics-Political Reforms
Hu Jintao on the Edge of Political Reform
胡锦涛处在政治改革边缘
Chinesenewsnet.com, 08/10/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Forums/
BackStage/2005_10_8_1_24_42_168.html

Population-Aging Population/Public Health
China Needs More Nurses to Care for Elderly
AFP via YahooNews.com, 10/10/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051008/hl_afp/chinahealth
nurses_051008083446;_ylt=AnoF41kpyChMza8teUXuW_bt
OrgF;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Population-Aging Population
More than 7% of Chinese Age 65 or Above
Xinhuanet.com, 09/10/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-10/09/content_35992
88.htm

Poverty
In China, Does Poverty Go Hand in Hand with Economic Growth?
中国经济发展与贫富差距齐头并进？
Chinesenewsnet.com, 07/10/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SocDigest/Econo
my/2005_10_7_12_41_36_959.html

Protests and Petitions
Liu Xiaobo: The Prospect of Civil Disobedience Movements in China
刘晓波：公民不服从运动在中国的前景
Peacehall, 09/10/2005
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/pubvp/2005/10/2005100
90543.shtml

Protests and Petitions /Media
Two Journalists Intending to Investigate Taishi Incident Beaten Up
两名外国记者前往太石村采访被打
Radio Free Asia, 07/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/10/07/taishi/

Interview with Owner of Webpage that Was Shut Down for Publicizing Taishi
Disputes
采访因太石村被关闭网站的负责人
Voice of America, 07/10/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-10-07-voa38.cfm

Public Health-Disability/Law
Amended Legislation to Protect the Disabled Launched
残疾人保障法修改全面展开
People's Daily, 10/10/2005
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42735/3753759.html

Public Health
Experts Urge Early Completion of Public Health Legislation to Clarify Direction
of Health Care Reform
专家建议应尽早制定卫生法确立医改大方向
EastDay.com, 08/10/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node
91092/userobject1ai1520180.html

Friday, October 07, 2005

October 7, 2005

HRIC Daily News Brief for October 7, 2005
News
Corporate Social Responsibility / Human Rights
Do corporate companies have responsibility in respecting human rights and environmental protection?
人权、环保是企业应担的社会责任吗？
People's Daily, 05/10/2005
http://theory.people.com.cn/GB/40555/3744933.html

Death Penalty
Guizhou mining bureau chief sentenced to death for embezzling 7 million public fund
贵州兴仁原煤炭局长贪污挪用700余万被判死刑
EastDay.com, 07/10/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node90
988/userobject1ai1517835.html835.html

Experts comment on returning the power of death penalty review to Supreme People's Court
专家评议中国高院收回死刑复核权
Voice of America, 06/10/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-10-06-voa41.cfm

Environment
China improves enforcement of Environmental Laws
Xinhuanet.com, 06/10/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-10/06/content_358
6956.htm

Human Rights - Human rights defenders
Shania oil field investors call for the release of detained representative
陕西民营石油投资者呼吁释放维权代表冯秉先
Radio Free Asia, 07/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/10/06/fengbin
gxian/

Labor - Protests
Protesters demand freedom for leaders
SCMP, 07/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZJS6TXEEE.html

Law - Legal profession
Chinese lawyers, how far they can go?
律师在中国能做多少事
Chinesenewsnet.com, 05/10/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Forums/Back
Stage/2005_10_5_23_49_46_739.html_46_739.html

Media - Internet
Beijing takes aim at loggers
SCMP, 07/10/2005
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZTEDTXEEE.html

Censors close website of pro-Taishi professor
SCMP, 07/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZAKBQXEEE.html

Politics / Law
A strategic move towards social harmony
Xinhuanet.com, 06/10/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-10/06/content_358
6463.htm

Protests and Petitions /Land
Shawnee villagers stage protest against village officials' illegal land sales
汕尾村官私自卖地 村民大规模维权
Radio Free Asia 06/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/10/06/sha
nwei/

Protests and Petitions
Taishi Incident: Central government should support grassroots democracy
陈永苗（北京）太石村事件：中央政府应该支持维权运动
Chinaeweekly.com via Peacehall, 06/10/2005
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2005/10/20051006
1317.shtml

Public Health - HIV AIDS /STDs
Heilongjiang sees HIV cases rising
China Daily, 07/10/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-10/07/content
_482986.htm

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
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