November 18, 2005

News

Corruption / Government - Governance and accountability
“集体决定”为何变成了集体犯罪 (When Did “Collective Decision-Making” Become a Collective Crime?)
China Youth Daily, 18/11/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-11/18/content_93319.htm

Detention – Yang Jianli (楊建利)
Activists Urge Bush on Chinese Prisoners
AP via YahooNews.com, 17/11/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051117/ap_on_re_as/china_us
_prisoner_politics

Education - Basic education / Children
财政部部长金人庆:农村义务教育明年学杂费全免 (Rural Villages Exempted from Paying Certain Fees for Compulsory Education Next Year)
People's Daily, 18/11/2005
http://society.people.com.cn/GB/41158/3868005.html

Rural Teachers Despair at Lack of Recognition
SCMP, 18/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZS0HQFXFE.html

Government
Beijing 'Ignored' by Local Cadres
SCMP, 18/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ8H6QFXFE.html

Government - Elections
湖北潜江村民选举被下令停止 (Qianjiang Village in Hubei Ordered to Put a Halt to Elections)
Radio Free Asia, 17/11/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/11/17/
xuanju/

Hukou / Social Security
城乡二元保障体制是社会根源 (The "Two-Tier Social Insurance System" is a Root Cause for Lack of Access to Medical Treatment in Rural Areas)
China Youth Daily, 18/11/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-11/18/content_93404.htm

Human Rights / Politics
Hopes Fade for Better Human Rights under Hu
Financial Times, 17/11/2005
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/94a6ac76-57a0-11da-8866-00000e
25118c.html

Law
何为公共利益 怎样合理补偿 (How to Reconcile Public Interests with Equitable Compensation)
Legal Daily, 18/11/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-11/18/content_221
438.htm

Media - Press freedom/censorship
Beijing Concerned about ‘Colour Revolution’
Financial Times, 18/11/2005
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/739cf006-57c5-11da-8866-00000e2
5118c.html

Media – Internet / UN
China Advocates Equal Stress on Freedom, Law in Digital World
People's Daily, 18/11/2005
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200511/18/eng20051118_22
2080.html

Media - Internet
Survey Studies Internet Use in China
USA Today, 17/11/2005
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2005-11-17-china-internet
-survey_x.htm

Migrant Workers
容忍歧视等于放弃权利 (Tolerating Discrimination is Equal to Giving Up on Human Rights)
China Youth Daily, 18/11/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-11/18/content_93344.htm

Police - Prisons
Cadaver Exhibition Raises Questions Beyond Taste
New York Times, 18/11/2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/18/nyregion/18bodies.html

Police – RTL
美国会决议谴责中国劳改制度 (US Congress Passes Resolution Condemning China’s Reeducation-Through-Labor System)
Voice of America, 17/11/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-11-17-voa79.cfm

Politics - CCP
中共胡耀邦纪念活动 官方不准自由派出席 (Chinese Government Refuses to Allow Freedom Activists to Attend Hu Yaobang’s Memorial Ceremony)
Radio Free Asia, 17/11/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/11/17/huyao
bang1/

Population - Aging population
“未富先老”的中国 如何破解老龄社会的难题 (“Getting Old Before We Get Rich” – How Do We Solve the Problems of China’s Ageing Population?)
Xinhuanet.com, 18/11/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2005-11/18/content_3798
065.htm

Protests and Petitions
Sidelined Stallholders Await Verdict
SCMP, 18/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ4H6QFXFE.html

福建莆田失地农民黄维忠进京上访被拘 (Fujian Farmer Huang Weizhong Arrested in Beijing for Petitioning Government Over Land Seized)
Radio Free Asia, 17/11/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/11/17/wei
quan/

Public Health
医改目标将覆盖90％人群 (Medical Care Reform Goal Is to Cover 90 Percent of Population)
China Youth Daily, 18/11/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-11/18/content_93419.htm

Health Officials Warn More Outbreaks of Bird Flu Likely in China
Voice of America, 17/11/2005
http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-11-17-voa16.cfm

Religion - Christianity
Christians in China Persevere Despite Religious Restrictions
USA Today, 17/11/2005
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2005-11-16-china-chu
rches_x.htm

Xinjiang
中国战略考虑对新疆人权状况的意义(US Discusses Significance of China’s Chang in Strategy Regarding Xinjiang’s Human Rights Situation)
Radio Free Asia, 17/11/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/11/17/ren
quan/

November 17, 2005

News

Human Rights
State Council Member Declares: "Human Rights Conditions in China Are the Best!"
唐家璇：「中国的人权是最好的！」
Apple Daily via Chinesenewsnet.com, 17/11/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/2005_11_16_17_28_20_18.html28_20_18.html

Economic Development
Chinese People Work Hard, but Why Don't They Get Rich?
中国人为何勤劳却不富有
China Youth Daily, 17/11/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-11/17/content_92592.htm

Gender - Sexuality
Social Stigma Towards Homosexuals Remains in Chinese Society
中国社会对同性恋仍有矛盾心理
Voice of America, 16/11/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-11-16-voa37.cfm

Government - Governance and Accountability / Politics
China Youth Daily Criticizes Provincial Government for Turning a Deaf Ear to Central Policies
《中青報》議論地方不遵中央
Asia Times Online, 17/11/2005
http://www.atchinese.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10124&Itemid=33=33

Government - Civil Service
Government Officials Turn to Violence to Protect Themselves from Losing Power
官员犯罪渐趋暴力化 为保己政治生命不惜雇凶杀人
YahooNew.com (China), 15/11/2005
http://cn.news.yahoo.com/051114/1339/2g2a2.html

Law / Rural Issues
Legislative Efforts Needed to Realize Protection of Farmers' Rights
如何立法体现农民权益保护
Legal Daily, 17/11/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-11/17/content_22084
8.htm

Law
“Public Sentencing Rallies” to Soon End
“公判大会”当叫停
Legal Daily, 17/11/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-11/17/content_220
959.htm

Law - Legal Profession
Embattled Chinese Lawyer Vows to Continue Rights Work
Radio Free Asia, 16/11/2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/social/2005/11/16/china_
lawyer/

Media - Press Freedom/Censorship
Beijing Blocks Foreign Newspapers
Financial Times, 17/11/2005
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/4cddea3c-56e5-11da-b98c-00000
e25118c.html

Media - Press Freedom/Censorship / Law
How Should the Media Report on Court Cases?
媒体应如何报道案件
Legal Daily, 17/11/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-11/17/content_2209
06.htm

Politics – CCP / Media - Press Freedom/Censorship
Public Praise for an Overdue Celebration
SCMP, 17/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZV1WPFXFE.html

Politics - CCP
Scaled-down Commemoration of 'a Great Leader'
SCMP, 17/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ6P2QFXFE.html

Video Footage Confirms Current Officials Attended Secretive 1990 Funeral
SCMP, 17/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZPCDQFXFE.html

Why Has the CPC Decided to Hold Commemoration Activities for Hu Yaobang?
中共为何决定纪念胡耀邦？
Voice of America, 16/11/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-11-16-voa71.cfm

Public Health
Residents of Big Cities Live 12 Years Longer than Rural Peasants
学者表示:中国大城市人均寿命比农村高12年
EastDay.com, 17/11/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node
100567/userobject1ai1652051.html2051.html

Survey Shows 80% of Urban Residents Find Medical Treatment and Drugs Too Expensive
调查显示八成市民认为医疗和药品价格过高
EastDay.com, 17/11/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node
100567/userobject1ai1651649.html1649.html

Public Health - HIV AIDS /STDs
Shenzhen Reports 383 New HIV/AIDS Cases
Xinhuanet.com, 17/11/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-11/17/content_379
2864.htm

Religion - Christianity
Imprisoned Beijing House Church Leader Cai Zhuohua Drops Appeal after Being
Threatened with Additional Sentence
蔡卓华等三人被迫弃诉 胡锦云提出上诉
Dajiyuan.com, 17/11/2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/11/16/n1121924.htm

Resettlement / Corruption
Farm Land in Inner Mongolia Taken Over to Build 40 Luxury Houses, but Villagers Are Given No Compensation
内蒙占用130亩粮田建造40栋别墅 村民没有1分补偿
China Daily via YahooNews.com, 17/11/2005
http://cn.news.yahoo.com/051116/1055/2g3oe.html

November 16, 2005

News

Gender-Sexual harassment
Chongqing Female Teacher Files the First Lawsuit of Sexual Harassment in China's
Legal History
重庆女教师状告校长 中国首例性骚扰案即将开庭
Dajiyuan.com, 16/11/2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/11/16/n1121521.htm

Human Rights-Bilateral ties
Bush: China shouldn't fear freedom
CNN.com, 15/11/2005
http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/11/15
/apec.bush.china/

The US formula for China
Asia Times Online, 09/11/2005
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/GK09Ad02.html

Labor-Work Safety / Conditions
Fatal Workplace Accidents on the Rise
China Daily, 16/11/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-
11/16/content_495052.htm

Media-Internet
Evaluation Committee of Blogger Competition Protest Against China's Blockage of
Wang Yi's Webpage
博客大赛评委抗议中共封锁王怡网站
Dajiyuan.com, 16/11/2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/11/
16/n1121435.htm

Internet Agencies in China Held Meeting in Hangchow to Discuss the Use of Internet to
Build a Harmonious Society
中国网络媒体西湖"论剑"探讨网络媒体与和谐社会
Chinesenewsnet.com, 15/11/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Sino
News/Mainland/zxs_2005-11-15_651912.shtml
15_651912.shtml

Police-Abuse/Public Health-HIV AIDS /STDs
HIV Carriers in Hebei Xingtai Beaten Up by Police
河北邢台艾滋病毒感染者遭警方暴打
Radio Free Asia, 15/11/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao
/2005/11/15/aids/

Politics
The Confucian renaissance
Asia Times Online, 16/11/2005
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/GK16Ad01.html

Nanfang City News Break the Taboo and Vowed to Build the Cultural Revolution
Museum
南都报勇破禁忌 倡建文革博物馆
Dajiyuan.com, 15/11/2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/11/15/n1120500.htm

Poverty-Rural poverty
China's Rural Question
Financial Times, 15/11/2005
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/64d64ac2-5586-11
da-96fc-00000e25118c.html

Protests and Petitions
In China, Crossing the Line Into Activism
Washington Post, 12/11/2005
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/
11/11/AR2005111101934.htmldyn/content/article/2005/11/11/
AR2005111101934.html

Public Health
WHO Confirms Two Outbreaks in Xinjiang
SCMP, 16/11/2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZGS9QFXFE.html

China Plans Billions of Poultry Vaccinations
New York Times, 15/11/2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/15/internatio
nal/asia/15cnd-flu.html

Religion
U.S State Council Expresses Concerns Over Religious Freedom in China
美国会关注中国宗教自由状况
Voice of America, 15/11/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-11-15-voa71.cfm

Society
To People in China, Future Looks Bright
International Herald Tribune, 15/11/2005
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/11/15/news/pew.php

State Security-Terrorism
Security Boost After Terror Warning
SCMP, 16/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ7EYPFXFE.html

Tibet
Dalai Lama, Uyghur Dissident Rebiya Kadeer Meet in Front of Thousands
Radio Free Asia, 15/11/2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/social/2005/11/15/us_dalai
lama_kadeer/

Hong Kong-Politics
No Changes to Proposals, Hui Insists
The Standard, 16/11/2005
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asppp_cat=11&art
_id=5761&sid=5495690&con_type=1&d_str=20051116&con_ty
pe=1&d_str=20051116

November 15, 2005

News

Corporate Social Responsibility
99% of Chinese Enterprises Do Not Make Donations
中國99％企業無參與捐贈
Asia Times Online, 14/11/2005
http://www.atchinese.com/index.php?option=com_content&task
=view&id=9980&Itemid=33
33

Corruption
Verdicts of Wang Jingao's Case Cause Doubt Among the Public
黄金高被判无期 诸多疑点引起质疑
Radio Free Asia, 11/11/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/11/11/hua
ngjingao/

Economic Development
China expects 6% rise in oil imports
Bloomberg November 14, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-11/14/content
_494440.htm

Siemens to build high-speed trains for China
Xinhua November 14, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-11/14/content_
494472.htm

Education-Girl education
Programme Offers Future for Rural Girls
China Daily, 15/11/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-11/15/content_
494698.htm

Food Security
Concern raised over future grain supplies
China Daily, November 14, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-11/14/content_
494340.htm

Gender-Sexuality
Sex Culture Festival Opens in Guangzhou
China Daily, November 14, 2005
http://china.org.cn/english/2005/Nov/147901.htm

Gender-Trafficking of Women
Memoirs suggest kidnapped women are in North Korea
Taipei Times, November 14, 2005
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2005/11/14/
2003280119

Gender-Gender Equality/Government-Civil Service
Should Male and Female Civil Servants Retire at the Same Age?
男女公务员同龄退休?
EastDay.com, 15/11/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node9
9916/userobject1ai1644499.html499.html

Human Rights
Beware of Discrimination in the Policy-Making Process
警惕政策制定中的歧视现象
China Youth Daily, 15/11/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-11/15/content_91553.htm

Dissidents suffer in China's prisons
Taipei Times, November 14, 2005
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2005/11/
12/2003279830/print

Human Rights-Bilateral ties
Bush to Press China on Human Rights, Despite Flap Over US Torture policy
AFP via YahooNews.com, 15/11/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051114/pl_afp/usbushapecrights_
051114142959

Prince Charles threatens legal action over China memo
The Guardian, November 14, 2005
http://www.guardian.co.uk/monarchy/story/0,2763,1642106,
00.html

Human Rights-Human Rights Defenders
China to Give Memorial Rite to Hu Yaobang, Purged Reformer
New York Times, 15/11/2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/15/international/asia/15c
hina.html?ex=1289710800&en=c11934d6c6492a74&ei=5088&
partner=rssnyt&emc=rssn=c11934d6c6492a74&ei=5088&part
ner=rssnyt&emc=rss

Gao Zhisheng Asks for Second Hearing on the Sudden Closure of Law Firm
維權律師高智晟被勒令停業一年　覆議聽證
Asia Times Online, 15/11/2005
http://www.atchinese.com/index.php?option=com
_content&task=view&id=10002&Itemid=33=33

June 4th-EU arms ban
Hu Presses Spain on EU Arms Embargo
International Herald Tribune, 14/11/2005
http://www.iht.com/bin/print_ipub.php?file=/articles/
2005/11/14/news/hu.php

Labor
Workers' rights in private firms well protected
Xinhua, November 14, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-11/14/content
_3778752.htm

Media-Internet
China Blocks Web Site Nominated for DW Weblog Award
Deutsch Welle , November 14, 2005
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,1776197,00.html

Netizens Initiate Online Petition to Urge the Removal of Internet Control Regulations
网上发起公民签名活动　促当局撤销《互联网新闻信息服务管理规定》
Radio Free Asia, 11/11/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/11/11/
wangluo/

Olympics
Mascots promise a 'friendly' Olympics
China Daily, November 14, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-11/12/content
_494085.htm

Police-Crime
Early Success Cited in Crime Crackdown
SCMP, 15/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZLRUPFXFE.html

Police-Abuse/Resettlement-Forceful Eviction
Thousands of Police Clash Violently with Peasants in Sichuan’s Anyue County; 8 Arrested
四川安岳警民冲突 8位村民被抓
Radio Free Asia, 11/11/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/11/11/chong
tu/

Population-One-child Policy
State Family Planning Commission Reports 90 Million “Only Children” in China
全国累计出生9000万独生子女
The Beijing News, 15/11/2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/1115/09@002617
.html

Sen. Rodham Clinton Calls on Bush To Address China's One-Child Policy With China's
President
Kaiser Network, November 14, 2005
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR
_ID=33696

Poverty-Rural poverty
China Urged to Tackle Rural Poor
BBC.com, 15/11/2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4435174.stm

Protests and Petitions
Protesters Wander Streets as Authorities Tear Down Beijing Petitioners’ Village
北京上访村被拆 外地访民被迫露宿街头
Radio Free Asia, 15/11/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/11/14/shan
gfang/

Chinese police killed 2 at labor protest, rights group says
Kyodo News, November 14, 2005
http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=7&id=352175

Human rights protestors greet Chinese president
Expatica, November 14, 2005
http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=11204&article
=Human+rights+protestors+greet+Chinese+presidentgreet+Chin
ese+president

Public Health
Special prisons built for HIV/AIDS inmates
Big News Network, November 14, 2005
http://story.chinanationalnews.com/p.x/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e
9b/id/5f496916d2c06cee/
/

Public Health -HIV AIDS /STDs/Police-Prisons
China Plans Jails for HIV Inmates
BBC.com, 14/11/2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4434446.stm

Religion
Past Haunts Gansu as Religious Freedom Returns
The Standard, 15/11/2005
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=9&art
_id=5611&sid=5467820&con_type=1&d_str=20051115&con
_type=1&d_str=20051115

Tibet
People May Act if No Autonomy, Dalai Lama Warns
SCMP, 15/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ1SUPFXFE.html

November 12-14, 2005

News

Death Penalty/Law-Legal Reform
Experts Say That Returning Review of Death Sentences to Supreme Court Could Results in Fewer Mistakes
专家：死刑复核权收归最高法院可力避冤假错案
People's Daily, 13/11/2005
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42735/3851826.html

Education
China to Boost Vocational Education, Premier Says
People's Daily, 14/11/2005
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200511/14/eng20051114_2
20871.html

Gender-Sexual harassment
Beijing’s First Sexual Harassment Case Attracts Public Attention
北京首例性骚扰案引起社会关注
Voice of America, 13/11/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-11-13-voa30.cfm

Hukou
Chinese Scholar Wants Lawmakers to Confirm Right to Resettle
中国学者吁立法确认迁徙自由
Chinesenewsnet.com, 14/11/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/cna_2005_11_13_21_00_21_112.html21_00_21_
112.html

Human Rights-Bilateral ties
Spain Targets Rights Progress Through Dialogue as China's Hu Visits
AFP via YahooNews.com, 13/11/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051113/wl_asia_afp/spainchina
_051113182102

Calmy-Rey Reminds China About Human Rights
NZZ Online via China Digital News, 12/11/2005
http://www.nzz.ch/2005/11/12/eng/article6231368.html

June 4th-EU arms ban
Schroeder Sure EU will Scrap Arms Ban
SCMP, 13/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZSH1QFXFE.html

Labor-Industrial accidents
Mass Evacuation After Chemical Blast
SCMP, 14/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ5WQPFXFE.html

Law-Wrongful Convictions
Not Easy to Get State to Compensate for Wrongful Detentions, Arrests or Sentences
错拘错捕错判不宜纳入国家赔偿
Legal Daily, 14/11/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-11/14/content_218
590.htm

Media-Internet
CHINA: Yahoo! China Focuses On Searching Internet
Asia Media via China Digital News, 10/11/2005
http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=33194

Olympics/Media-Press Freedom/Censorship
Olympic Committee Concerned Over China’s Control of Media
国际奥委会对中国官方对媒体的管制感到担忧
Radio Free Asia, 12/11/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/11/12/aow
eihui/

Olympics
IOC Says Beijing on Track for 2008
SCMP, 12/11/2005
http://sport.scmp.com/sportnews/ZZZ7XRQIRFE.html

Public Health
WHO Visits China to Investigate Whether Girl’s Death Was Caused by Bird Flu
WHO赴中国调查女孩死因
Voice of America, 14/11/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/n2005-11-14-voa12.cfm

Ninety Percent of Population Covered by Basic Heath Care
基本医疗拟覆盖90%人群
The Beijing News, 14/11/2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/1114/12@00351
2.html

Round Three of Discussions on Heath Care Reform
医改的第三条道路
Nanfang Weekend, 10/11/2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20051110/xw/sd/2005
11100039.asp

Public Health -HIV AIDS /STDs/Police-Prisons
Special Prisons for HIV/AIDS Inmates
China Daily, 14/11/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-11/14/content
_494338.htm

Religion
China Tries to Keep the Flock in Official Churches
San Francisco Chronicle, 12/11/2005
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/11/12/
MNG9QFN3C71.DTL

Religion-Christianity
Bush Seeks Church Service in China
AFP via YahooNews.com, 11/11/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051112/pl_afp/uschinabush
religion_051112004652

Tibet
Tibet to Benefit Economically Within China: Dalai Lama
AFP via YahooNews.com, 13/11/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051114/wl_asia_afp/uschinati
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November 11, 2005

Top News of Today

Religion-Christianity
Chinese Security Forces Detain Bishop
AP via YahooNews.com, 11/11/2005
Julius Jia Zhiguo, an elderly bishop in the underground Roman Catholic Church, was detained in the northern city of Zhengding on Wednesday, the U.S.-based Cardinal Kung Foundation reported. A spokesman for the Zhengding Public Security Bureau denied that such an arrest had been made. According to the Foundation, however, this is the eighth time that Julius has been detained in the past two years because of his refusal to affiliate with the State-controlled Catholic Patriotic Association.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051111/ap_on_re_as/
china_bishop_detained;_ylt=At_90thuIILubzub6Z75JDc
Bxg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1Ym
NhdA--


News

Corruption
Anti-graft Hero Gets Life in Jail for Corruption
SCMP, 11/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZTPNQIRFE.html

Gender
Gays in Guangdong Show Unity and Pride
China Daily, 11/11/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-11/11/
content_493739.htm

Hukou
China Rethinks Peasant 'Apartheid'
BBC.com, 10/11/2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4424944.stm

June 4th-EU arms ban
Lifting EU Arms Ban is Off Agenda in Germany
SCMP, 11/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ6Z2OIRFE.html

Labor
Labor Disputes Take Time to Settle as the Law is Complicated to Implement
劳动争议案件审理面临法律滞后
Legal Daily, 11/11/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2005-11/11/content_
218064.htm

Media-Internet
Yahoo Backed on Helping China Trace Writer
Financial Times, 10/11/2005
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/7ed7a41e-515f-11da-ac3b-000
0779e2340.html

Olympics
Olympic Preparations Move into High Gear
China Daily, 11/11/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-11/11/
content_493747.htm

Police
Public Support is the Best Safeguard for Police Officers
群众的拥护才是警察安全的最好保障
Xinhuanet.com, 11/11/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/society/2005-11/11/content_
3766023.htm

Poverty
The Effectiveness of China's Anti-Poverty Policy Is in Doubt
中国扶贫成果受到质疑
Voice of America, 11/11/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-11-10-voa56.cfm

Public Health
Chinese Government Sends Open Letter to Farmers on Bird Flu
People's Daily, 11/11/2005
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200511/11/eng20051111
_220541.html

Public Health-HIV AIDS /STDs
Fujian Drug Addition Treatment Center Covered Up HIV Infection Among Users
福建戒毒所集体感染爱滋
Radio Free Asia, 11/11/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/11/10/
fujian_aizi/

Public Health/UN
UN Officials Praise Openness of Beijing
SCMP, 11/11/2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZ18TNIRFE.html

Religion
China Rejects US Condemnation of China's Religious Situation
People's Daily, 11/11/2005
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200511/11/eng20051111
_220444.html

Tibet
Bush Slammed for Hosting Dalai Lama
SCMP, 11/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ13TNIRFE.html

Xinjiang
Chinese Court Jails Uyghur Editor for Publishing Veiled Dissent
Radio Free Asia, 10/11/2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/uyghur/2005/11/10/uyghur_
kashgar/

November 10, 2005

News

Education-Basic education
Senior Ministry of Education Official Announces Free Compulsory Education Plan to Reach Villages in 2010 and to Cover Entire Country by 2015
义务教育2010农村免费2015全国免费
People's Daily, 10/11/2005
http://edu.people.com.cn/GB/1053/3845865.html

Labor-Employment market and income
Fears of Unrest Put Spotlight on the Jobless
SCMP, 10/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ8GKQIRFE.html

Law-Legal reform
Amendments on Administrative Procedural Law: People's Procuratorate Take Up the
Responsibility to be Plaintiff in Court Cases
行诉法修改稿:检察院列入公益诉讼第一序列原告
Legal Daily, 10/11/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2005-11/10
/content_217707.htm

Amendments to the Administrative Procedural Law an Important Breakthrough As
Judges Being Recognized With Independent Status
法官独立 突破审判行政化“瓶颈”
China Youth Daily, 10/11/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-11/10/content_89332.htm

Migrant Workers
China's Migrant Worker Pool Dries Up
Asia Times Online, 10/11/2005
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_Business
/GK10Cb01.html

Migrant Workers/Gender
The True Picture of Wives Being Left in Villages By Migrant Workers
进农村留守妇女的现实生活 “三座山”压心头
People's Daily, 10/11/2005
http://society.people.com.cn/GB/41158/3845384.html

NGOs/Environment
NGOs Unite to Protect Environment
China Daily, 10/11/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-11
/10/content_493311.htm

Olympics/Environment
UN Environment Agency to Help China with 2008 Olympics
Xinhuanet.com, 09/11/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-11/10
/content_3758895.htm

Population-Urbanization
Urban Population Accounts for 40% of National Total
Xinhuanet.com, 09/11/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-11/0
9/content_3756413.htm

Protests and Petitions/Human Rights-Human rights defenders
Lawyer Seeks Release of Village Row Activist
SCMP, 10/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZKRPNIRFE.html

Public Health
China Reports Two More Bird Flu Outbreaks, As Control Efforts Flounder
AFP via YahooNews.com, 10/11/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051110/wl_asia_a
fp/healthfluchina_051110032355;_ylt=AmuwWefmB
_onyvUkzuxbaYXtOrgF;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl
AmuwWefmB_onyvUkzuxbaYXtOrgF;_ylu=X3oDMT
BiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Public Health-HIV AIDS /STDs
Most Young People in Rural Areas Know Little About HIV Aids, Survey Says
农村多数青少年不了解艾滋病
China Youth Daily, 10/11/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-11/10/content_89452.htm

Religion
U.S Councilors Urges Bush to Raise Concerns Over Religious Freedom in China
美议员吁布什关注中国宗教自由
Voice of America, 09/11/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-11-09-voa105.cfm

Social Security
Pension System Covers Only 15% of Population
Xinhuanet.com, 09/11/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-11/
09/content_3757690.htm

State Security-Terrorism
Muslim Terror Alert for Mainland Hotels
SCMP, 10/11/2005
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZ0SPNIRFE.html

Shanghai Cooperation Organization to Release List of Common Terrorist Targets
上合組織公布恐怖分子名單
Ming Pao, 10/11/2005
http://full.mingpaonews.com/20051110/cac1.htm

State Security-Terrorism/Xinjiang
The Root of Islamic Terrorism in Xinjiang
剖析新疆伊斯蘭'恐怖主義'根源
BBC.com (Chinese), 09/11/2005
http://news8.thdo.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_4420
000/newsid_4422900/4422930.stm
.stm

Tibet-Persecution
China Blacklists Tibetan Lamas Recognized by Dalai Lama
Radio Free Asia, 09/11/2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/social/2005/11
/09/tibet_lamas/

November 9, 2005

Top News of the Day

Religion-Christianity
Pastor Imprisoned for Printing Bibles
SCMP, 09/11/2005
Cai Zhuohua (蔡卓華), an underground house church minister, was sentenced to three years' imprisonment by the Beijing Intermediate People's Court for printing and distributing Christian publications in exchange for money. Cai's wife and brother, who are facing the same charges, were given sentences of two years and 18 months, respectively. The lawyer representing Cai vowed to appeal within 10 days and said that the charges amounted to religious oppression and lacked concrete support.
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZMFLNIRFE.html


News

Bilateral Ties-EU/China

Rowdy Reception for Chinese President
The Guardian, November 08, 2005
http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,7369,1636952,00.html

Detention- Ching Cheong (程翔)
Fourteen Journaalist Associations Write to President Hu Jintao to Raise Concerns Over Ching Cheong's Case
14记者组织向胡锦涛发联署信关注程翔事件
Chinesenewsnet.com, 09/11/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/EntDigest/Sh
owbuz/2005_11_8_20_40_8_325.html

The Hong Kong Journalists Association Sends Letter to President Hu Jintao Requesting a Fair Trial for Ching Choeng
香港记协致函胡锦涛要求公平处理程翔案
Chinesenewsnet.com, 08/11/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/cna_2005_11_08_00_00_49_055.html

Detention- Shi Tao (師濤)
Funds Urge Web Firms to Protect Freedom of Expression
SCMP, 09/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZGWLNIRFE.html

Education-Higher Education
China to Send Largest Group of State-Funded Students Abroad Next Year
People's Daily, November 08, 2005
http://english.people.com.cn/200511/08/eng20051108_219910.html

Environment
Environmental Budget to Double Over Next 5 Years
SCMP, 09/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZX1WNIRFE.html

Gender/Law-Legal rights
Hotlines Help Women Safeguard Legal Rights
Xinhuanet.com, 09/11/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-1
1/09/content_3753384.htm

Government-Elections
Deputy of Hubei Local People's Congress Travels to Villages to Promote Village Elections and Ends Up With Beatings
姚立法湖北农村宣传合法选举被打
Voice of America, 08/11/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-11-08-voa24.cfm

Human Rights-Human rights defenders
Human Rights Lawyer Says He Will Fight Suspension
SCMP, 09/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ12WNIRFE.html

Labor-Industrial Accidents
China Gypsum Mine Toll Rises to 31; New Mine Blast Kills 14
Bangkok Post, November 08, 2005
http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=60770

Three China Mine Disasters Kill at Least 57
Reuters Alert Net, November 08, 2005
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK74768.htm

Law-Legal Reform
Suggestions Made for Amendments on Administrative Procedural Law
行政诉讼法修改建议稿出新亮点
Legal Daily, 09/11/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2005-11
/09/content_217035.htm

• Related news:
• More Thoughts on Amendments to the Administrative Procedural Law
• 行政诉讼法修改尚需探索
• Legal Daily, 09/11/2005
• http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2005-11/09/content_217150.htm

Law-wrongful convictions
Court Sued Over Wrongful Imprisonment
China Daily, 09/11/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-1
1/09/content_492781.htm

Media-Internet
China Cracks Down on Sex and Violence on Websites
AFP via YahooNews.com, November 08, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051108/tc_afp/chinainternetmedia_051108133653

Media-Press freedom/censorship
Disgraced Leader's Ex-Aide Says Hong Kong Reporters Dragged Away
Radio Free Asia,08/11/2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/politics/2005/11/08/china_hongkong/

Four in Five Reporters Want to Change Jobs
China Daily, 08/11/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-11/08/content_492251.htm

Journalist Day: Journalists Face Two Kinds of Pressure
中国记者节：记者面临双重压力
Voice of America, 08/11/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-11-08-voa52.cfm

Media-Censorships / Press Freedom
US Company Hopes to Block Skype in China
Macworld, November 08, 2005
http://www.macworld.com/news/2005/11/08/skype/index.php

Journalists Urged to Promote National Progress
Xinhuanet.com, 08/11/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-11/08/content_3751396.htm

Media-Internet
Press Watchdog Blacklists 53 Illegal Websites
Xinhuanet.com, 08/11/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-11/08/conte
nt_3750743.htm

Walking the Web Tightrope
The Standard, 08/11/2005
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=9&
art_id=5121&sid=5360852
&con_type=1&d_str=20051108

Protests and Petitions-Resettlement
Land Seizures Raise Ire in China
Los Angeles Times, November 06, 2005
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-chinafarmers6nov06,1,3882954.story

Public Health
China Shuts Bird Markets to Combat Flu
The Age (Australia), November 09,2005
http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/china-shuts-bird-markets-to-combat-
flu/2005/11/08/1131407637280.html?oneclick=true

All Eyes on China
SCMP, 09/11/2005
http://columns.scmp.com/colart/fchina/ZZZB2HQIRFE.html

China's Labs Not Ready for H5N1 - They're Still Getting Over Sars
SCMP, 09/11/2005
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZH2WNIRFE.html

Failure of Health Care Reform: The Worsening Picture of "Sick People Being Refused
Treatment”
中国医改失败：老百姓“有病不医”现象严重
Chinesenewsnet.com, 08/11/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/M
ainland/2005_11_8_7_35_53_523.html

Public Health-HIV AIDS /STDs
HIV Carriers Try Hard to Reintegrate into Society
中国艾滋病患者努力回归正常生活
EastDay.com, 08/11/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/no
de98163/userobject1ai1624652.html

Tibet
China Imposing 'Very Repressive' Policies in Tibet: Dalai Lama
AFP via YahooNews.com, 09/11/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051108/wl_asia_afp/uschin
atibetrights;_ylt=Aj5scaEH1P
UvSfLtwVC4NZvtOrgF;_ylu=
X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl