November 5-7, 2005

Top News of the Day

Human Rights-Human Rights Defenders/Religion-Falun Gong
China Shutters Prominent Lawyer's Firm
Washington Post, 06/11/2005
Gao Zhisheng, a high-profile civil rights lawyer who had written an open letter to urge President Hu Jintao to stop persecuting Falun Gong members and respect religious freedom, has been ordered by Beijing judicial authorities to shut down his law firm and stop his practice for a year. The lawyer vowed to fight for a formal hearing. The government claimed that the order, which followed Gao's refusal to withdraw his open letter, was given because Gao had failed to register his firm with the authorities after moving to a new office this year.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/
2005/11/05/AR2005110501385.html


News

Children
"Tomorrow Plan" Saves Disabled Orphans
Xinhuanet.com, 05/11/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-11/05/c
ontent_3734714.htm

Death Penalty
Tycoon escapes execution ... for now
SCMP, 05/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZX2078LFE.html

Death Penalty/Law-Legal Reform
China Still Has a Long Way to Go in Using Death Sentences as a Means to
Uphold Social Justice
实现死刑制度的社会公正仍任重而道远
Legal Daily, 03/11/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2005-
11/03/content_214687.htm

Detention-Shi Tao(師濤)/Media-Internet
Watchdog to Continue Inquiry Into 'Spy' E-Mail
SCMP, 04/11/2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZKT388LFE.html

Disasters
China Faces Serious Public Safety Problems: Experts
Xinhuanet.com, 07/11/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-11/0
4/content_3732401.htm

Education/Children
The Hardships of Substitute Teachers Touch Hearts
代课教师艰辛执着震动人心
Nanfang Weekend, 03/11/2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20051103/x
w/tb/200511030013.asp

• Related news:
• Hoping for a "Balanced" Resolution to the Problems of Substitute Teachers
• 以“均衡观”解决代课教师问题
• Nanfang Weekend, 03/11/2005
• http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20051103/xw
  /ttzs/200511030018.asp
• 
  
• School Has Had Only One Teacher for Past 13 Years
• 13年，一人撑起一所学校
• Nanfang Weekend, 03/11/2005
• http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20051103/xw
  /ttzs/200511030017.asp

Gender-Marriage
As Students Say I Do, Universities Say You'd Better Not
SCMP, 07/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZW3B88LFE.html

Gender-Gender Equality/Law-Legal Reform
Activist Fighting for Gender Equality in Retirement Regulation Reaches a Legal Dead-end
周香华进了维权死胡同
Chinesenewsnet.com, 04/11/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/O
pinion/2005_11_4_9_20_4_793.html

Human Rights-Human Rights Defenders
Dissents Ma Xiaoming and Liu Yongzhong Released with Restricted Freedom
异见人士马晓明和刘水重获有限自由
Radio Free Asia, 04/11/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaod
ao/2005/11/04/yijian/

June 4th-EU arms ban
EU Urged to Scrap Arms Embargo
People's Daily, 05/11/2005
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200511/05/e
ng20051105_219279.html

Hu Trip to Win Over EU on Arms Ban
The Standard, 05/11/2005
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_
cat=5&art_id=4985&sid=5335036
&con_type=1

Labor-Protests
Shenzhen Workers Vow to Escalate Actions if Authorities Refuse to Release
Detained Representatives
深圳工人今擬示威升級
Ming Pao, 07/11/2005
http://full.mingpaonews.com/20051107/cca1.htm

Law-Juvenile Justice
Legal Expert Suggests Limiting Use of Monetary Punishments in Cases of Juvenile Delinquency
建议对未成年人犯罪限制适用罚金刑
Legal Daily, 07/11/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2005-11/
07/content_216064.htm

Law-Legal Profession
Hong Kong Lawyers Make their Debuts in Mainland Law Courts
以代理人身份香港律师可内地出庭
The Beijing News, 05/11/2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005
/1105/10@032715.html

Media-Press Freedom/Censorship
Shenzhen’s Legal Daily Suddenly Shuts Down, Some Say Because Authorities Disliked Content of News Stories
以敢言着称的深圳法制报突然停刊
Chinesenewsnet.com, 06/11/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Sino
News/Mainland/cna_2005_11_05_23_00_21_699.html

Migrant Workers
Sex Education for Migrant Workers
民工性教育
Nanfang Weekend, 03/11/2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20
051103/xw/xz/200511030046.asp

Police-Abuse
Two Hainan Police Officers Sentenced for Causing Death by Extorting Confessions
刑讯逼供致死案两民警获刑
The Beijing News, 07/11/2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/1107/10@080026.html

Protests and Petitions
State Councilor urges improvement of handling people's complaints
Xinhuanet.com, 05/11/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-11/05/content_3733528.htm

Public Health
Bird flu may have killed girl after all
SCMP, 07/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZVD378LFE.html

The Actions of Ministry of Public Health on Bird Flu Outbreak: Public Doesn’t Know Whether to Laugh or Cry
衛生部讓人哭笑不得
Ming Pao, 07/11/2005
http://full.mingpaonews.com/20051107/cag1.htm

Huge Medical Bill Left to Relatives of Man who Died in Hospital
8645元：一个临终病人的治疗清单
Nanfang Weekend, 03/11/2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20051103/xw/ms/200511030044.asp

Rural Issues-rural development
International Seminar on Rural Development Launched in NW China
People's Daily, 06/11/2005
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200511/06/
eng20051106_219364.html

Society
Government Tackles Professional Beggars
China Daily, 07/11/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-11/07/content_491755.htm

Tibet
Dalai Lama Endorses Just Wars But Not in Case of Tibet
AFP via YahooNews.com, 05/11/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051105/ts_afp/usti
betchina_051105043044;_ylt=AlI0mQ
MeqppeqHlIQGrRNfntOrgF;_ylu=X3o
DMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

November 4, 2005

Top News of the Day

Detention-Xu Wanping(许万平)
Chongqing Court Holds Secret Trial for Xu Wanping
重庆法院秘密审理异见人士许万平
Radio Free Asia, 04/11/2005
Xu Wanping, the detained internet writer who was charged with "inciting subversion of state power", was tried on Thursday, October 3, 2005 by the Chongqing No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court. A closed trial was held because the case involved state secrets. A verdict has not yet been announced.
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2005/11/03/china_dissident/

• Related news:
• Activists Initiate Signature Campaign in Cyberspace to Urge for the Early Release of Xu Wanping
• 全球网上征集联名 呼吁无罪释放许万平
• Dajiyuan.com, 04/11/2005
• http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/11/4/n1107860.htm

News

Corruption
China to Establish Centralized Computer System to Record Cases of Corruption
中国将建行受贿犯罪档案查询系统
Voice of America, 04/11/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-11-03-voa31.cfm

Corruption
Seventeen Bureau-Level Cadres in Beijing Investigated on Corruption Charges in First Three Quarters of Year
前3季17廳局干部被查 北京市檢察院提交腐敗報
Chinesenewsnet.com, 04/11/2005
http://www5.chinesenewsnet.com/MainNews/Sino
News/Mainland/zxs_2005-11-
04_646926.shtml

Detention- Shi Tao(师涛)/UN
Rights Group Raises Shi Tao's Case to UN
人权组织就师涛案申诉联合国
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-11-03-voa72.cfm

Education
Government Subsidies Needed for Vocational Schools
“要打工，读职中”，可农家孩子没钱读怎么办
China Youth Daily, 04/11/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-11/04/co
ntent_86703.htm

Education-Basic education
Inspector Resigns over Fees Inquiry
SCMP, 04/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZCT388LFE.html

Education
Supply Teachers Get 40 Yuan a Month in Poverty-stricken County in Gansu
穷乡代课教师月薪40 甘肃县委书记含泪上书
Ming Pao, 04/11/2005
http://www.mingpaonews.com/

Gender-Sexuality
'Money Boys' Become Currency of Pimps
SCMP, 04/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chifeatures/ZZZXKEG64FE.html

Gender-Sexual harassment
Sexual harassment law gives hope to women suffering in silence
SCMP, 04/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chifeatures/ZZZ4ZR8C2DE.html

Government-Elections
Back to the Roots
SCMP, 04/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chifeatures/ZZZN8RLSSDE.html

Hukou
China to Drop Urbanite-Peasant Legal Differences
New York Times, 04/11/2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/03/international/
asia/03china.html

Hukou System to be Scrapped in 11 Provinces
中國11個省份將取消戶籍制度
Chinesenewsnet.com, 04/11/2005
http://www5.chinesenewsnet.com/MainNews/Forums/BackSt
age/2005_11_3_15_30_24_835.html

Human Rights-Bilateral ties
China Says Canada Does Not Understand its Human Rights Situation
中国称加拿大并不了解其人权状况
Voice of America, 03/11/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-11-03-voa12.cfm

Labor-Protests
Strike Ended by Promise of Payment
SCMP, 04/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ99N78LFE.html

Law-Legal reform
Justice Buckles under Weight of Soaring Workload
SCMP, 04/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chifeatures/ZZZRM9QXEEE.html

Law-Legal Profession/Protests and Petitions
Lawyers Acting as Intermediaries in Petitioning Government Will Bring 6 Areas of Change
律师参与接访工作的六大作用
Legal Daily, 03/11/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2005-11/03/
content_214552.htm

Media-Internet
China Reportedly Shuts Down Blog
AP via China Digital News, 04/11/2005
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/1700AP_Ch
ina_Blocked_Blog.html

Media
The Bottom Line on SMS Control
一个公民对短信管理的底线要求
China Youth Daily, 04/11/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-11/04/content_86853.htm

NGOs
We Have to Donate According to the Law
我们要“依法行善”
Legal Daily, 04/11/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2005-11/04/content_215306.htm

Police-Abuse/Human Right-Human rights defenders
Lawyer in Taishi Case Harassed by Police Officers
北京维权律师高智晟多次被公安人员滋扰和搜查
Radio Free Asia, 04/11/2005
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2005/11/03/china_lawyer/

November 3, 2005

News

Death Penalty/Law-Legal reform
Supreme People's Court Reorganizes its Human Resources to Handle the Review on
Death Sentences
最高法扩编全国选才 重大疑难死刑案复核或听证
People's Daily, 03/11/2005
http://npc.people.com.cn/GB/15177/53060/3823933.html

Detention- Chen Guangcheng(陳光誠) /Population-One-child policy
Beijing Pressed on ‘Abuse’ of Blind Activist
Financial Times, 03/11/2005
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/2e0f2ec6-4bfb-11da-997b-
0000779e2340.html

Detention- Wang Wanxing(王萬星)
'Mad' Dissident Speaks Out After Release
SCMP, 03/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZSI7Q7BFE.html

Education
"Inadequate Funding" Becomes the Excuse for All Sorts of Delays in Education Reform
“投入不足”正成为教育卸责的万能借口
China Youth Daily, 03/11/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-11/03/content_85958.htm

Education/Hukou
Students from Cities Lie to Get Residence Permits in Rural Areas in Order to Get Educational Subsidies
城市学子争优惠 争相谎报农村户口
The Beijing News, 03/11/2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/1103/15@02
5041.html

Environment
Dam Opposition Swells
Asia Times Online, 03/11/2005
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_Business/GK03Cb06.html

Violence Flares in Hunan as Hired Thugs Collect Pollution Surcharge
SCMP, 03/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ8J7Q7BFE.html

Hukou/Migrant Workers
Abolishment of Hukou System Cannot Secure Migrant's Rights
中国“取消户籍不能根本改善民工权益”
Chinesenewsnet.com, 03/11/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/2005_11_2_15_4_13_609.html

Rural Migrants to Get More Rights in China
International Herald Tribune, 02/11/2005
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/11/02/news/china.t.php

Labor-Protests
Chinese Sofa Factory Workers Go on Strike
AP via YahooNews.com, 03/11/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051103/ap_on_bi_ge/china_lab
or_dispute;_ylt=AjWIzoK_57v2vuU0hgzpxksBxg8F;_ylu=X3oD
MTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA—

Shenzhen Workers Protest at Beatings
SCMP, 03/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ9MZ58BFE.html

Law-Legal reform
Legal Reforms Don't Go Far Enough, Says US Law Expert
SCMP, 03/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZMMY58BFE.html

Law-Wrongful Convictions
State Compensation: Cases Should Provide Foundation for Further Legal Development
国家赔偿：判例当促进立法
China Youth Daily, 03/11/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-11/03/content_85913.htm

Judges Across China Will Soon Be Required to Answer Enquiries on Verdicts Passed
法官判后答疑制将在全国推广
Legal Daily, 03/11/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2005-11/03/content_214
395.htm

Media-Internet
Western Companies Under Fire over Media Controls in China
AFP via Turkish Press.com, 03/11/2005
http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=77526

Public Health
China's Past Stirs Fears of Future
Chicago Tribune via Newsday.com, 03/11/2005
http://www.newsday.com/news/health/chi-0511020223nov02
,0,3384568.story?coll=ny-leadhealthnews-headlines

Head of Ministry of Health: Conflicts Between Patients and Medical Institutions Are
Caused by the Latter Party
卫生部部长高强：解决医患矛盾关键在医方
People's Daily, 03/11/2005
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1027/3823883.html

Rural Issues/Government-Governance and Accountability
Five Steps to Complete the Legislation on Formulation of Village Committees
从五个方面完善村委会组织法
Legal Daily, 03/11/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2005-11/03/content_214
468.htm

Tibet
Representative of Dalai Lama Says Tibet is not Fighting for Independence
达赖喇嘛特使重申不求西藏独立
Voice of America, 02/11/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-11-02-voa77.cfm

November 2, 2005

Top News of the Day

Detention- Wang Wanxing /UN
Report: China Dissident Freed From Asylum
AP via YahooNews.com, 02/11/2005
A New York-based rights group has reported that Wang Wanxing, a political dissident who was committed to police-run Ankang Hospital for 13 years for displaying a banner to commemorate the 1989 pro-democracy demonstrations, has been freed and put on a flight to Germany to join his family there. The group said that the release was timed ahead of an upcoming visit to China by the U.N. High Commissioner of Human Rights, Louise Arbour.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051102/ap_on_re_as/chi
na_dissident_released;_ylt=Al7kkIZLCYQyPto2fYpUlrQ
Bxg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--

News

Bilateral Ties
China Urges "Political Will" From Japan to Improve Bilateral Ties After Cabinet Reshuffle
People's Daily, November 01, 2005
http://english.people.com.cn/200511/01/eng20051101_218279.html

Stronger China Means Peace, Stability; Its Development Undermines No One - Hu
Forbes, November 01, 2005
http://www.forbes.com/work/feeds/afx/2005/11/01/afx2310
653.html

Children
Teenagers Speak for Children's Rights at Forum
Xinhuanet.com, November 01, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-11/01/content_3711063.htm

Corruption
Digging in Over Coal Mine Corruption
SCMP, 02/11/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-11/02/content_3718036.
htmZ9VX28BFE.html

Death Penalty
Vice Chief of Anshun Police Station Sentenced to Death for Murder
派出所副所长酒后5枪打死狱警续：终审被判死刑
Xinhuanet.com, 02/11/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-11/02/
content_3718036.htm

Female Officer in Beihai Social Security Bureau Sentenced to Death for Plotting Murder
广西北海市社保局女官员雇凶杀人 被判处死刑
EastDay.com, 01/11/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/n
ode81762/node96391/userobject1ai1600337.html

Detention- Shi Tao (師濤) /Media-Internet
Privacy Watchdog Sees No Wrong in Yahoo! Disclosure
SCMP, 02/11/2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZRK5Q7BFE.html

Detention-Wang Sen(王森) / Human Rights-Bilateral Ties
Activists Send Open Letter to Bush to Urge Release on Medical Parole of Detained Dissident Wang Sen
公开信促布什争取王森保外就医
Voice of America, 01/11/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-11-01-voa47.cfm

Economic Development
Update 1: China's Railways to Issue Some Shares
Forbes, November 01, 2005
http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/ap/2005/11/01/ap2311816.html

Environment /Protests and Petitions
“Yancheng Cancer Village” in Jiangsu: Pollution Caused Hundreds of Deaths in 3 Years
江苏省盐城癌症村：污染致近3年上百人死于癌症
YahooNew.com (China), 02/11/2005
http://cn.news.yahoo.com/051101/1049/2fucd.html

Hukou
Rural Dwellers to be Granted Urban Rights
China Daily, 02/11/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/200
5-11/02/content_489873.htm

Listeners Comment on the Implementation of Hukou System and Labor Law in China
听众评中国户籍制度和劳动法实施
Voice of America, 01/11/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/m2005-11-01-voa58.cfm

Old System, New Realities
The Standard, 31/10/2005
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.a
sp?pp_cat=15&art_id=4565&sid=5200164
&con_type=1&d_str=20051031&sear_year=2005

Human Rights-Freedom of speech
Freedom of Speech is Still a Trial in China
The Age via China Digital News, 02/11/2005
http://asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=32600

Human Rights Cases—Labor Activists
Bush Asked To Press Beijing To Parole Diabetic Activist
Dow Jones Newswires, November 01, 2005

Human Rights Cases-Journalists
The Soft Underbelly of Freedom
Wall Street Journal (Asia), November 01, 2005

Law-Administrative Law and Procedure
Dispute Leaves U.S. Executive In Chinese Legal Netherworld
New York Times, November 01, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/01/international/asia/01kidnap.html

Law-Juvenile justice
Amendments Underway on Legislation to Protect Juvenile Delinquents
未成年人保护法修订正在进行
Legal Daily, 02/11/2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/01/international/asia/01kidnap
.html/02/content_213723.htm

Why Do the Number of Juvenile Courts Keep Dropping?
少年法庭出现萎缩原因何在
Legal Daily, 01/11/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2005-11/02/content_213723.htm11/01/content_213268.htm

Media-Press freedom/censorship
American Members of Congress and Media Experts Urge China to Promote Press Freedom
美议员专家促中国扩大新闻自由
Voice of America, 01/11/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w200
5-11-01-voa54.cfm

Protests and Petitions
Police Officials Uses Violence to Stop Beijing Petitioners
北京上访形势越演越烈 各地方警察进京拦截访民
Radio Free Asia, 02/11/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaod
ao/2005/11/01/shangfang/

Protests and Petitions - Resettlement
Oil Investors Tapped Out Of Wells; China Orders Private Drillers to Halt Desert Operations
Washington Post, November 01, 2005
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/31
/AR2005103101741.htmldyn/content/article/2005/10/31/AR2005
103101741.html

Public Health
New Rural Medical Co-Operatives Under Scrutiny
China Daily, 02/11/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-11/02/content_
489869.htm

China Pledges Transparency Over Bird Flu
The Guardian, November 01, 2005
http://www.guardian.co.uk/birdflu/story/0,14207,1606149,00.html

Demand Soars For Fruit Used In Bird-Flu Drug
Wall Street Journal, November 01, 2005

Public Health-HIV AIDS /STDs
Official HIV Estimate May be Overstated
SCMP, 02/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZVF4Q7BFE.html

Xinjiang
China's farmer army defends forgotten frontier
Reuters via YahooNews.com, November 01, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051101/lf_nm/china_paramilitary_dc

Xinjiang-Religion
FEATURE-China's Muslim Uighurs "don't dare talk"
Reuters Alert Net, November 01, 2005
http://www.newkerala.com/news.php?action=fullnews&id=45594

November 1, 2005

Top News of the Day

Religion-Christianity
Priests Arrested After Illicit Mass
SCMP, 01/11/2005
A Milan-based religious web site reported that two underground Catholic priests were
taken into custody in Wenzhou on October 27 after they attended a mass with 600
fellow Catholics in celebration of the Year of the Eucharist. Local police refused to comment on the case. The move is considered to be the latest effort of a government crackdown on underground church activities.
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZM1R58BFE.html

• Related news:
• Chinese Government Uses Various Means to Control Underground Churches
• 中国政府施多种手段严控地下教会
• Voice of America, 31/10/2005
• http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-10-31-voa49.cfm

News

Detention-Zheng Enchong (鄭恩寵)/Resettlement-Forced Eviction
Detained Lawyer Says Media Coverage for His Case is Highly Defamatory
维权律师狱中指媒体诽谤
Ming Pao, 01/11/2005
http://full.mingpaonews.com/20051101/cca1.htm

Economic Development/Politics-Political Reforms
Can China's Economic Development Bring About Democratization?
中国经济发展能带来民主吗？
Chinesenewsnet.com, 01/11/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/For
ums/BackStage/2005_10_31_9_47_49_852.html

Can China's Economic Development Bring About Democratization? (Part 2)
中国经济发展能带来民主吗？(二)
Chinesenewsnet.com, 31/10/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNew
s/Forums/BackStage/2005_10_31_17_4
0_16_552.html

Environment-Water
China's water crisis worst in the world: government official
AFP via YahooNews.com, 01/11/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051101/sc_afp/c
hinaenvironmentwater;_ylt=AiQ0y0D8m8
UzLW1YzosEe_EBxg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBjM
HVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA—

Hukou
Getting Rid of Hukou System No Big Deal
取消户籍限制，天塌不下来
China Youth Daily, 01/11/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-11/01/content_84751.htm

Abolishment of Hukou System is Inevitable, Even if it Poses Challenges for Urban
Population Management
取消户口界限是大势所趋 对城市管理是场挑战
YahooNew.com (China), 01/11/2005
http://cn.news.yahoo.com/051101/1462/2ftrk_1.html

Media-Internet
China Closes Dissident Blog Nominated for Award
Radio Free Asia, 31/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/technology/2
005/10/31/china_internet/

Population-One-child Policy/Media-Press Freedom/Censorship
Hebei Officials Detain Journalist Who Tried to Cover Up the Fact That Government Posted a Notice to Permit Second Babies for Cash Payment
河北官员出售超生指标图利 前去采访记者遭关押
Radio Free Asia, 31/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/10/31/hebei/

Protests and Petitions
Beijing Petitioning Village is Overcrowded
北京上访村又人满为患
Radio Free Asia, 31/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/20
05/10/31/shangfang/

Public Health
Impact of Medicine Prices Dropping 17 Times Still Unclear
药价降了17次收效不明显
Legal Daily, 01/11/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2005-11/0
1/content_213008.htm

Senior Official from Ministry of Health Says Half of Population is Not
Covered by Medical Insurance
我国过半老百姓没有医疗保险 看病需自掏腰包
Xinhuanet.com, 01/11/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/society/2005-11/01
/content_3711717.htm

Wasp attacks kill 10 farmers in Shaanxi
SCMP, 01/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ6A1Q7BFE.html

Religion-Christianity
Vatican ready to end its 50-year feud with China
Times, 29/10/2005
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,1350
9-1847746,00.html

Resettlement-Forceful Eviction
Chengdu Villages Organize Roundtable to Protest Lost Land, but Government
Pressure Makes Venue Unavailable
成都宪政与维权讨论会，临开前会场被取消
Radio Free Asia, 31/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/20
05/10/31/chengdu/

October 29-31, 2005

News

Corruption
Hidden Motives in Anti-Corruption Campaign
Asia Times Online, 29/10/2005
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_Bu
siness/GJ29Cb05.html

Corruption/UN
UN Graft Charter Ratified Except for 'Meddling' Provision
SCMP, 29/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZDGN28BFE.html

Gender-Sexuality
Sex and the Cities
SCMP, 31/10/2005
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZ48XP7BFE.html

Under-Aged Performers Lured to Video-Porn Chat Rooms
SCMP, 31/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ7LUP7BFE.html

Gender-Reproductive health
Victims of the Revolution
SCMP, 31/10/2005
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZPXM58BFE.html

Hukou
Hukou System in China to be Reformed
中国户籍管理制度步入改革之途
Voice of America, 28/10/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-10-28-voa27.cfm

Human Rights
Exhibition Shut Down After Sculptures Linked to Rights
SCMP, 31/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ6KJ58BFE.html

Labor-Work safety / conditions
Moving Away from Culture of "Sweatshops”
走出“血汗工厂”
Nanfang Weekend, 27/10/2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20051027/jj/jjx
w/200510270023.asp

Police
Who Will Protect China’s Police Officers?
谁来保护中国警察?
Chinesenewsnet.com, 30/10/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/
SinoNews/Mainland/2005_10_29_15_
42_21_362.html

Police-Abuse
Police Officer Sacked for Beating Editor Over Report
SCMP, 29/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZMSTP7BFE.html

Politics
Four Social Conflicts Must Be Resolved Before a Harmonious Society Can Be Established
中国建构和谐社会需要解决四大社会矛盾
Chinesenewsnet, 30/10/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/
SinoNews/Mainland/cna_2005_10_30_
03_00_36_916.html

Poverty
Go West Plan Fails to Close Gap, Study Finds
SCMP, 31/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ87XP7BFE.html

Protests and Petitions/Police
Government Urges Public Security Organs to Establish Mechanism for Receiving Written Petitions Radio Free Asia, 29/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2005/10/29/xinfang/

Public Health
WHO Wants Full Facts Over Hunan Girl's Death
SCMP, 30/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ0SWP7BFE.html

China Answers Bird Flu Critics
Washington Post , 29/10/2005
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-
dyn/content/article/2005/10/28/AR2005102801961.html

Chinese Officials Emphasize That No Humans Have Been Infected by Bird Flu, but Hong Kong Media Finds Holes in Story
官方强调无人感染禽流感 香港媒体发现疫区漏洞
Radio Free Asia, 28/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/10/28/birdflu/

Blood Donation 'to Blame' for Hep C Levels in China
Science and Development Network , 26/10/2005
http://www.scidev.net/content/news/eng/blood-donat
ion-to-blame-for-hep-c-levels-in-
china.cfm

Resettlement-Forceful eviction
Complaints of Forced Evictions as Land is Cleared for Expo
SCMP, 31/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ07XP7BFE.html

October 28, 2005

News

Corruption/UN
China Ratifies UN Convention Against Corruption
Xinhuanet.com, 27/10/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-10/27
/content_3692298.htm

Death Penalty
China Curbs Courts Killing Too Many Innocent People
Times Online, 28/10/2005
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-1846366,00.html

Who is Creating the Negative Impression that "Donations can Delay a Death Sentence" ?
谁在制造“捐巨款可免死”的恶劣印象
China Youth Daily, 28/10/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-10/28/content_83042.htm

Who Should Reclaim the Power to Review Death Sentences?
死刑核准权应由谁宣布收回
China Youth Daily, 28/10/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-10/28/content_83052.htm

Execute Prisoners in a "Speedy" Manner: Is Beijing Local Court Going Against Supreme Court Order?
北京市中级法院速决死囚 分明跟中央对着干
Asia Times Online, 27/10/2005
http://www.atchinese.com/index.php?option=co
m_content&task=view&id=9324&Itemid=47

Detention- Cheng Guangcheng (陈光诚)/Population-One-child Policy
Blind Activist Plans to Sue Gangsters Who Are Backed by Local Government
临沂官方雇打手 陈光诚拟起诉
Radio Free Asia, 27/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/200
5/10/27/chenguangcheng/

Government-Fiscal
China Eases Tax Burden on Poor
China Daily, 28/10/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-
10/28/content_488410.htm

Government-Elections/Rural Issues
Why Is it So Hard to Remove Village Officials Who Lack Public Support?
失去民心的村干部为何难以罢免
China Youth Daily, 28/10/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-10/28/c
ontent_83267.htm

Hukou
Reform of Hukou System Should Reflect Will of the Public
户籍制度修改要更多反映民众意愿
China Youth Daily, 28/10/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-10/28/content_83032.htm

Human Rights
'Irrational' Fear of Revolution Brings Tighter Controls: Activist
SCMP, 28/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZUAG58BFE.html

Human Rights
Human Rights Group Says China Has Made Progress but Has also Regressed in Certain Areas
人权组织称中国人权有进步有倒退
Voice of America, 27/10/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-10-27-voa24.cfm

Labor-Industrial accidents
Nine dead, Seven Missing in China Mine Blast
AFP via YahooNews.com, 28/10/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051028/wl_asia
_afp/chinamine;_ylt=AsucDnFMqCc_cfe
m3Amv5LgBxg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHV
qMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA—

Law-wrongful convictions
Wronged Man Receives Compensation
China Daily, 28/10/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/20
05-10/28/content_488420.htm

Poverty
Narrowing the Income Gap in Search of Harmony
People's Daily, 27/10/2005
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200510/
27/eng20051027_217265.html

Protests and Petitions
Chinese Villagers Detain Officials Over Exhumed Corpses
Radio Free Asia, 27/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2005/
10/27/china_corpses/

Shaanxi Government Indicts Owners and Investors of Private Oil Companies for "Disturbing Social Order"
陕西公诉民营石油企业家投资者
Voice of America, 27/10/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-10-27-voa70.cfm

Public Health
Drop in Price: An Attempt to Make Medical Care Affordable
医疗服务降价 试解看病贵难题
Xinhuanet.com, 28/10/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2005-
10/28/content_3693597.htm

Hunan Girl's Death `Not from Bird Flu'
The Standard, 28/10/2005
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.a
sp?we_cat=4&art_id=4422&sid=5199635
&con_type=1&d_str=20051028

Public Health-HIV AIDS /STDs
New Rules to Combat AIDS Spread
China Daily, 28/10/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-10
/28/content_488421.htm

Public Health-HIV AIDS /STDs
Scepticism Over Claim that Henan Blood Sales Stopped
SCMP, 28/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZECQP7BFE.html

Public Health
Senior Official in Ministry of Health Denies Saying that "Health Care Reform is
Unsuccessful"
卫生部官员否认医改不成功
The Beijing News, 28/10/2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/200
5/1028/11@010734.html

Religion-Christianity
Vatican Told to Refrain from Meddling
SCMP, 28/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZQAG58BFE.html

Tibet
Is Struggle of Tibetans No Longer About Rights and Freedom?
西藏人为之抗争的不再是自由权利？
Chinesenewsnet.com, 27/10/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainN
ews/SinoNews/Mainland/2005_10_27_15_7_0_431.html