December 24-28, 2005

Top News of the Day

Human Rights
重庆异议人士许万平被判处12年徒刑 (Chongqing Dissident Xu Wanping Sentenced to 12 Years in Jail)
Radio Free Asia, Dcember 28, 2005
Chongqing dissident Xu Wanping has been sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment by a Chongqing court for "incitement to subvert state power" and four years' deprivation of political rights.
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/12/26/xu/

• Related News:
  Dissident receives sentence of 12 years
  HRIC Press Release, December 23, 2005
  http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision%5fid=26467&
  item%5fid=26458
  

Protests and Petitions – Taishi Incident
China Releases Village Activist
BBC.com, Deember 27, 2005
Guo Feixiong, a lawyer from a Beijing law firm who was assisting villagers in Taishi village, Guangdong Province, in their unsuccessful bid to unseat the village chief, has been released after being detained for about three months.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4562662.stm


News

Corruption
中国评论﹕愈肃愈贪 愈反愈腐 (China Analysis: Crackdown on Corruption Breeds More Opportunities for Corruption)
Ming Pao, December 28, 2005
http://www.mingpaonews.com/

Tighter Laws Urged to Fight Corruption
SCMP, December 28, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZN5NQJRGE.html

Death Penalty
Killer of House Seller Receives Death Sentence
Xinhuanet.com, December 28, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/28/content_
3978724.htm

Education
十一五新增2182亿元农村义务教育经费 (218.2 Billion Yuan Earmarked in 11th Five-Year Plan for Compulsory Education in Rural Areas)
China Youth Daily, December 28, 2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-12/28/content_112668.htm

Government
原国土资源部长田凤山被判无期徒刑 (Former Land Resources Chief Sentenced to Life Imprisonment)
Radio Free Asia, December 27, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2005/12/27/tianfengshan/

Human Rights
Psych Retort
SCMP, December 28, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chifeatures/ZZZH3GAKRGE.html

陕北石油民企代表冯秉先案开庭审理 (Court Opens Trial on Feng Bingxian, the Representative of Shaanxi's Oil Industry)
Radio Free Asia, December 26, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/12/26/
fengbingxian/

杨天水再度被拘捕　下落不明 (Dissident Yang Tianshui Under Arrest Again, Whereabouts Unknown)
Radio Free Asia, December 26, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/12/26/
yangtianshui/

China 'Jails Democracy Activist'
BBC.com, December 25, 2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4558764.stm

Law
行政强制：须治乱与治软并重 (NPC to Discuss Draft Law on Administrative Enforcement That Would Allow Government to Ensure That Both Citizens and Officials Comply with Laws and Regulations)
Legal Daily, December 28, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-12/28/content_242692.htm

China Courts Turn Deaf Ear To Peasants' Cases
International Herald Tribune, December 27, 2005
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/12/27/news/land.php

广东省人大常委会立法将改两审制为“三审制” (Guangdong Province People's Congress Passes Law to Replace Two-Trial System with Three-Trial System)
Xinhuanet.com, December 27, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-12/27/content_3976182.htm

Media
明年我国将启动手机实名制 (Real-Name System on Mobile Phones to Start Next Year)
China Youth Daily, December 28, 2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-12/28/content_112663.htm

Police
中国监狱人权状况恶化的经济原因 (Economic Factors Contribute to the Worsening Situation of Prisoners' Rights in China )
Chinesenewsnet.com, December 28, 2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Opinion/
2005_12_27_20_11_16_827.htmltml

Politics
Reshuffle of Key Leadership Posts Strengthens Hu's Power Base
SCMP, December 24, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZRJNQJRGE.html

Population
China's Population Not to Top 1.6 Billion, Report
China Daily, December 27, 2005
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200512/27/eng20051227_
231161.html

Protests and Petitions
Seeking a Public Voice on China's 'Angry River'
New York Times, December 26, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/26/international/asia/26china.
html?hp&ex=1135659600&en=36c17cb7e60e6c5f&ei=5094&partner
=homepage&oref=login

Religion
要求归还房产的神甫修女返回山西 (Priests and Nuns Involved in Protest to Fight for Land Rights of a School in Tianjin Under Demolition Have Returned Home)
Radio Free Asia, December 26, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/12/26/shenfu/

Resettlement
中国当局提案保障清拆户权益 (China Proposes New Law to Strengthen Protection of Evictees)
BBC.com, December 28, 2005
http://news8.thdo.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_4560000/
newsid_4561800/4561824.stm.stm

December 23, 2005

News

Detention – Peng Ming (彭明)
China Upholds Life Sentence for US-based Dissident
AFP via YahooNews.com, December 23, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051223/wl_asia_afp/chinaus
dissidentrights_051223060048;_ylt=AjBQSx4cfj5UR44ahEwWP
cVPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Disasters
Forty-two Killed in Gas Explosion in Southwest China
AFP via YahooNews.com, December 23, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051223/wl_asia_afp/chinagas
blast;_ylt=AoOgGmMnAIX4FCVrA68SozIBxg8F;_ylu=X3oDMT
BjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--FCVrA68SozIBxg8F
;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--

Environment
Nation Sets "Green" Tax Incentives
Xinnhuanet.com, December 23, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/23/content_3959
122.htm

Labor
14 mln Laid-off Workers Find Jobs in 3 Years
Xinhuanet.com, December 22, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/22/content_3957
696.htm

Olympics / State Security - Terrorism
Anti-terrorism Cameras to Enter Star-rated Hotels in Beijing
People's Daily, December 23, 2005
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200512/23/eng20051223_
230169.html

Poverty / Social Security
中国加强保障弱势群体 直指收入最低的农民群体 (China to Target Low-income Rural Households in the Latest Efforts toProtect Disadvantaged Groups)
EastDay.com, December 23, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node
108072/userobject1ai1740737.html0737.html

Protests and Petitions / Resettlement
We're Not Leaving Building, Vow Priests in Tianjin Siege
SCMP, December 23, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ3J9W6SGE.html

Protests and Petitions – Shanwei Incident
东洲家属路祭死者探望伤者均遭禁止 (Families of Shanwei Incident Victims Prevented from Hospital Visits and Mourning the Dead)
Radio Free Asia, December 22, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/12/22/shanwei/

Public Health
医疗补贴主要给了富人 (Health Care Reform: Health Care Subsidies Will Mainly Benefit the Rich)
China Youth Daily, December 23, 2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-12/23/content_110824.htm

Public Health
一个高校“性教育”BBS的艰难行走 (The Use of Internet Discussion Forums in Sex Education)
China Youth Daily, December 23, 2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-12/23/content_110679.htm

Religion - Christianity
北京判处传圣经牧师监禁不提宗教 (Beijing Court Told Not to Consider Religion When Trying Pastor Cai Zhuohua's Case)
Voice of America, December 22, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-12-22-voa43.cfm

SOEs / Labor
Reforms of SOEs Will Push Ahead Next Year
China Daily, December 23, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-12/23/content
_505847.htm

December 22, 2005

Top News of the Day

Protests and Petitions – Shanwei Incident
联合国要中国提供汕尾事件信息 (UN Asks China to Provide Information on Shanwei Incident)
Radio Free Asia, December 22, 2005
Philip Alston, the United Nations’ special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, sent a letter to Chinese authorities last week, demanding a report on the Shanwei incident. Officials said three were killed when a police chief ordered police to open fire at a crowd of people protesting a land dispute in Dongzhou Village, Shanwei, in Guangdong Province two weeks ago.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-12-21-voa54.cfm

News

Economic Development
随中国经济发展暴力犯罪引人关注 (In the Wake of China's Economic Development, Violent Crimes Are Getting More Attention)
Voice of America, December 22, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-12-21-voa29.cfm

Environment
S. China Cities to Deal with Possible Water Crisis
Xinhuanet.com, December 22, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/21/content_
3953560.htm

Labor
Better Workforce Essential to Growth
SCMP, December 22, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZIXFQJRGE.html

Media - Internet
中国民众难浏览美英国际电台网页 (Chinese Citizens' Access to International News Websites Getting More Difficult)
Voice of America, December 21, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-12-21-voa15.cfm

Migrant Workers
Migrant Policy Stirs Fear of Slums
SCMP, December 22, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZGFCQJRGE.html

Military
Focus on Hi-tech Future in Latest PLA Reshuffle
SCMP, December 22, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ0B6W6SGE.html

Police
Ex-Prisoner's Way of Redemption
China Daily, December 22, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-12/22/
content_505463.htm

Politics
中国“团派”开始全面掌权 (China's Communist Youth League Begins to Gain Power)
Radio Free Asia, December 22, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/12/21
/tuanpai/

国务院新闻办发表《中国的和平发展道路》白皮书 (China's State Council Issues White Paper Entitled “China’s Peaceful Path of Development”)
Xinhuanet.com, December 22, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2005-12/22/content
_3954986.htm

Poverty
Unionists Concerned Over Income Gap
People's Daily, December 22, 2005
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200512/22/eng20051222
_230015.html

Wealth Gap Fuelling Instability, Studies Warn
SCMP, December 22, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ8FCQJRGE.html

Public Health
28 Infected with HIV After Illegal Blood Sales
China Daily, December 22, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-12/22/
content_505465.htm

社科院蓝皮书：65.7％国人无医疗保险 (Social Sciences Academy Blue Paper Reports: 65.7 Percent of People Don't Have Medical Insurance)
Wen Wei Po, December 22, 2005
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=
CH0512220007&cat=002CH

Rural Issues
Network Launched in Rural Areas for Access to Internet
Xinhuanet.com, December 22, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/22/
content_3954446.htm

Tibet
China Arrests Tibetan Monks, Nuns for Dalai Lama Poster
Radio Free Asia, December 20, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2005/12/20/china_tibetans/

Hong Kong
政改拉倒 (Hong Kong Political Reforms Rejected)
Ming Pao, December 22, 2005
http://www.mingpaonews.com/

December 21, 2005

Top News of the Day

Religion
北京家庭教会蔡卓华案被维持原判 (Court Upholds Verdict for Beijing House Church Pastor Cai Zhuohua)
Radio Free Asia, December 20, 2005
A court has upheld the verdict for Cai Zhuohua, a pastor with an underground church in Beijing, who was convicted of illegally printing and selling over 200,000 Christian books. Cai was tried together with his wife and his wife’s uncle, who were individually sentenced to between one and three years’ imprisonment..
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/12/20/
caizuohua/

News

Corruption
中国评论﹕除腐败方能保和平 (China Analysis: Peace Can Be Maintained Only by Rooting out Corruption)
Ming Pao, December 21, 2005
http://www.mingpaonews.com/

胡锦涛主持研究反腐败 (Hu Jintao in Charge of Anti-Corruption Research)
Ming Pao, December 21, 2005
http://www.mingpaonews.com/

Death Penalty
Former Bank Official Gets Death for Graft
People's Daily, December 21, 2005
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200512/21/eng20051221_
229735.html

北京幼儿园命案凶手伏法 临刑前称对不起母亲 (Man Who Killed a Teacher at a Beijing Kindergarten Said "Sorry" to Mother Before His Execution)
Xinhuanet.com, December 21, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-12/21/content_3948922.htm

“刨锛”作案16起 一审被判死刑 (Liaoning Man Recently Released from Prison Is Sentenced to Death on New Charges of Assault and Robbery)
Legal Daily, December 20, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-12/21/content_
239019.htm

Economic Development
China Remains Developing Nation Despite GDP Increase
People's Daily, December 21, 2005
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200512/21/eng20051221_
229653.html

Education
中国农村教师被拖欠工资超百亿元 (Government Owes Teachers in Rural Areas over 10 Billion Yuan in Wages)
Voice of America, December 21, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-12-20-voa37.cfm

机会成本：上大学不如擦皮鞋？(The Cost of Opportunity: Should I Go to University or Shine Shoes?)
China Youth Daily, December 21, 2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-12/21/content_109422.htm

Teachers Still Waiting for Billions in Back Pay
SCMP, December 21, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ9QQBKRGE.html

Government
公共政策制定应多问问老百姓 (Government Should Consult the People More on Public Policies)
China Youth Daily, December 21, 2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-12/21/content_109477.htm

Human Rights
中国维权律师当选“风云人物” (China Human Rights Lawyer Named "Man-of-the-Year" by Yazhou Zhoukan Magazine)
Dajiyuan.com, December 21, 2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/12/20/n1160553.htm

Labor
讨论:十一五规划的失业调控政策 (Discussion: Unemployment Control During the 11th Five-Year Plan)
Radio Free Asia, December 20, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/12/20/shiye/

Law
内蒙古检察机关5年查处职务犯罪司法人员600多 (Over 600 Judicial Officials Sanctioned in Inner Mongolia’s Procuratorates in Past Five Years)
Xinhuanet.com, December 20, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-12/20/content_
3946861.htm

Military
讨论：解放军高层将领大调换 (Discussion: PLA's Senior Management to be Reshuffled)
Radio Free Asia, December 20, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/12/20/
jiefangjun/

Olympics
Beijing Sets Up Special Police Unit to Tighten Olympics Security
Xinhuanet.com, December 20, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/20/content_
3947560.htm

Public Health
六成北京市民对医疗卫生不满 (60 Percent of Beijing Residents Unsatisfied with Health Care System)
China Youth Daily, December 21, 2005
http://news.cyol.com/gb/news/2005-12/21/content_109648.htm

Social Security
GDP Surge Underlines Welfare Shortfall
SCMP, December 21, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZYM2W6SGE.html

Xinjiang
Bursting Boom Town Holds Key to a Stable China
International Herald Tribune, December 21, 2005
http://www.iht.com/bin/print_ipub.php?file=/articles/
2005/12/20/news/china.php

December 20, 2005

Economic Development
中国经济成全球第六大 (China Becomes the Sixth Largest Economy in the World)
Ming Pao, December 20, 2005
http://www.mpinews.com/

Environment - Water
法律学者起诉中石油 法院拒绝受理 (Legal Scholars File Suit Against China National Petroleum Corporation for Polluting the Songhua River, but Court Refuses to Hear Case)
Radio Free Asia, December 20, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/12/19/
zhongshiyou/

Hukou
公安部高官要求逐步放宽大中城市户口迁移限制 (Public Security Bureau Official Asks for Gradual Relaxation of Restrictions on Households Moving to Large and Medium-sized Cities)
Chinesenewsnet.com, December 20, 2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/zxs_2005-12-20_667448.shtml

Law
粵律师每小時收費3000 (Guangdong Lawyers Make 3,000 Yuan an Hour)
Ming Pao, December 20, 2005
http://www.mingpaonews.com/

New York Times Gets Full Access to China Court Proceedings
People's Daily, December 20, 2005
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200512/20/print20051220_
229374.html

全国人大常委会明确违宪审查程序 (NPC Standing Committee Clarifies Inspection Procedures on Laws and Regulations that Contradict Constitution)
China Youth Daily, December 20, 2005
http://news.cyol.com/gb/news/2005-12/20/content_109018.htm

Police Penalty Flouts Law: Expert
SCMP, December 20, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZWSNBKRGE.html

三大诉讼法修改列入新一届人大五年立法计划 (Revision of the Three Procedural Laws Included in NPC's Five-Year Legislation Plan)
Xinhuanet.com, December 20, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-12/19/content_3939262.htm

Media
Hi-Tech Firms Censured Over China
BBC.com, December 19, 2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4541524.stm

Investors Speak Out on Free Speech
Christian Science Monitor, December 19, 2005
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1219/p14s03-lire.html

Migrant Workers
Childbirth Insurance to Help Female Migrant Workers
Xinhuanet.com, December 19, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/19/content_3941190.htm

Natural Resources / Energies
今年"十大暴利行业"排行榜出炉 能源业位居榜首 (Energy Companies Top This Year's "Ten Most Profitable Industries" List)
EastDay.com, December 20, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node107301/userobject1ai1732221.html2221.html

NGOs
NGOs Will Get State Funds to Help Poor
Xinhuanet.com, December 20, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/20/content_
3944231.htm

Police
公安部要求:妥善处置群体事件严防流血 加强反恐 (Public Security Bureau Urges Proper Crowd Control to Prevent Violence and to Strengthen Anti-Terrorism)
China News Agency, December 20, 2005
http://www.chinanews.com.cn/news/2005/2005-12-20/8/
667442.shtml

Religion
中国神职人员在天津遭到殴打，遭遇西安修女同样厄运 (Members of Clergy Beaten up In Tianjin, Similar to the Case of Xi'an Nuns)
Asia News, December 20, 2005
http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=zh&art=4906

Rural Issues
Central Government Scraps Tax on Farmers
SCMP, December 20, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ7M5QJRGE.html

December 17-19, 2005

Top News of the Day

WTO
Tentative Steps Forward Seen as Better Than None at All
Financial Times, December 19, 2005
The World Trade Organization's Sixth ministerial meeting has reached a consensus on the removal of export subsidies on all agricultural products within 8 years, among other agreements.
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/d0e6f070-6fff-11da-a1f7-0000779e2340.html

Xinjiang
Bias Getting Worse in Guangzhou, Say Muslims
SCMP, December 19, 2005
An increasing number of Arab and Uyghur Muslims are moving from the northwestern Xinjiang Autonomous Region to settle in the southern Guangdong Province, claiming that they are discriminated against in Xinjiang.
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZN85QJRGE.html

Related News
Uyghur Dissident's Employees Freed After Seven Months in a Chinese Jail
Radio Free Asia, December 16, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/releases/2005/12/16/uyghur_akide/


News

Death Penalty
律师提出刑事诉讼法修改意见 拟参加死刑复核 (Lawyers Give Feedback on Draft of Revised Criminal Procedure Law, Suggesting that Defense Lawyers Be Present at All Reviews of Death Penalty Cases )
EastDay.com, December 19, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node107113/userobject1ai1728859.html8859.html

Education
教育部拟将农村教师400多亿工资全额列入预算 (Education Ministry Plans to Make Budget Provision of 40 Billion Yuan for Rural Teachers' Wages)
EastDay.com, December 19, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node107113/userobject1ai1728860.html

Environment
Clean Water Promised to Rural Residents
Xinhuanet.com, December 19, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/19/content_3940385.htm

Gender
Police Raid Shuts Gay Festival in Beijing

SCMP, December 17, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZWXXPJRGE.html

Law
高法副院长奚晓明:让法官不再惧怕得罪政府 (High Court Judge Xi Xiaoming: Judges Should No Longer Fear Offending the Government)
Xinhuanet.com, December 19, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2005-12/19/content_3940090.htm

Media
Media Helps Promote Judicial Reform
Xinhuanet.com, December 19, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/18/content_3938497.htm

Weekly Newspaper With Outspoken Record Shuts Down
SCMP, December 19, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ98VV6SGE.html

Migrant Workers
化解民工医院的困境须政府积极作为 (Government Should Act Proactively to Resolve the Difficult Situation of Private Clinics for Migrants)
Legal Daily, December 19, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-12/19/content_237868.htm

Govt Calls on Protecting Migrant Children
Xinhuanet.com, December 19, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/18/content_3938083.htm

Migrant Workers Seek Spouses Through Haste Marriage
Xinhuanet.com, December 16, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/16/content_3929603.htm

Poverty
社科院专家称北京贫富差距严重超过警戒线(Social Sciences Academy Says Beijing's Wealth Gap Has Reached an Alarming Rate)
Xinhuanet.com, December 19, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2005-12/19/content_3940113.htm

Closing Gap Between Haves, Have-nots
Xinhuanet.com, December 17, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/17/content_3933421.htm

《中国人类发展报告2005》(United Nations Issues China Development Report for 2005)
Radio Free Asia, December 17, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/12/17/pinfu/

Protests and Petitions
China Official on Trial over Riot
BBC.com, December 19, 2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4534444.stm

Protests and Petitions
In China, it's Powerlessness to the People
Los Angeles Tlimes, December 18, 2005
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-op-china18
dec18,0,5915818.story?coll=la-news-comment-opinionschina18d
ec18,0,5915818.story?coll=la-news-comment-opinions

Protests and Petitions – Shanwei Incident
Officials Defend Shanwei Shooting
SCMP, December 19, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZMVJBKRGE.html

Dongzhou Woes Simmered for a Year Before Riot
SCMP, December 17, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ15GBKRGE.html

Chinese Evade Censors to Discuss Police Assault
Washington Post, December 16, 2005
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/16/AR2005121601709_pf.htmldyn/
content/article/2005/12/16/AR2005121601709_pf.html

Social Security
中国拟两年左右取消福利供热制 (China to Drop Free Heating for Urban Residents in Two Years)
China Youth Daily, December 19, 2005
http://news.cyol.com/gb/news/2005-12/19/content_108423.htm

WTO
[媒体观察]谁替中国农民去WTO说话 (Media Watch: Who Speaks for Chinese Farmers at WTO? )
Xinhuanet.com, December 19, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2005-12/19/content_3940148.htm

Mainland Farmers `Neglected' In Reforms
The Standard, December 17, 2005
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=11&art_id=8112&sid=5949377&con_type=1&d_
str=20051217&sear_year=2005&con_type=1&d_str=
20051217&sear_year=2005

December 16, 2005

News

Children / Education
农村失学问题严重 (Drop-out Rates Rise in Rural China)
Apple Daily, December 16, 2005
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main
.cfm?sec_id=15335&showdate=20051216&art_id=5491404

Death Penalty
Suspended Death Term for Official
SCMP, December 16, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZBKYPJRGE.html

Disasters
Blaze at Chinese Hospital Leaves 38 Dead, 24 Unaccounted For
AFP via YahooNews.com, December 16, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051216/wl_afp/chinafire;
_ylt=Al9BRj.gBnYw8dCQtVg0FdwBxg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBj
MHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--

Food Security / UN
世界粮食计划署将停对华援助 中国成重要捐赠国 (WFP to End Food Aid Program in China End of This Year, Asks for China's Donation)
EastDay.com, December 16, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node106721/userobject1ai1723647.html

Human Rights
Democracy Starts at Grassroots
SCMP, December 16, 2005
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZ1QNV6SGE.html

Comment: Human Rights Still a Touchy Subject for Beijing
New Strait Times, December 15, 2005
http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Thursday/
Columns/20051215075032/Article/indexb_html

Human Rights - Human Rights Defenders
殴打维权人士赵昕的四名嫌犯被抓 (Four Suspects Who Beat Up Rights Lawyer Arrested )
Radio Free Asia, December 15, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/12/15/zhaoxin/

Labor - Industrial accidents
矿井泄气　数百人中毒 (Hundreds Poisoned in Mine Field Gas Leak)
Apple Daily, December 16, 2005
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.
cfm?iss_id=20051216&sec_id=15335&showdate=2005
1216&art_id=5491354

Labor - Work Safety / Conditions
Vigilance on Labor Contracts Urged
SCMP, December 16, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZTONV6SGE.html

Media - Internet
著名异见网站“观点” 被关闭 (Dissident Web Site "Guangdian" Shut Down)
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/12
/14/guandian/

Military
China's Military Might a Concern
SCMP, December 16, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZKDUPJRGE.html

Politics
学者：中国政治隐患势影响香港内地农民被禁来港示威 (Scholar: Mainland Farmers Prevented from Participating in WTO Demonstration in Hong Kong in the Midst of Growing Political and Social Tensions in China)
Apple Daily, December 16, 2005
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main
.cfm?sec_id=4104&iss_id=20051216&art_id=5491609

Politics - Political Reforms /Economic Development
中美学者研讨政治自由化与中国经济发展 (Scholars Discuss Democratization and Economic Development in China)
Radio Free Asia, December 15, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/12/
15/zhengzhi/

Protests and Petitions – Shanwei Incident
人权观察吁中国彻查汕尾枪杀事件 (Rights Group Urges China to Investigate Shanwei Incident)
Voice of America, December 16, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-12-15-voa35.cfm

Probe of China Protest Shootings Sought
AP via YahooNews.com, December 15, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051215/ap_on_re_as/china
_protest_shootings;_ylt=AnoTiNJ6eLt8jHF_6FfV_C8Bxg8F
;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--

Protests and Petitions
China Seeks Calm While Letting Public Vent
AP via YahooNews.com, December 14, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051214/ap_on_re_as/china_
protest_control

Public Health
Dementia Cases 'Are Set to Soar'
BBC.com, December 16, 2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4530740.stm

中国官方关闭管轶实验室动机受质疑 (Beijing Questioned on Closing Bird Flu Laboratory Run by Outspoken Professor)
Radio Free Asia, December 15, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/12/15/
guanyi/

Public Health - HIV AIDS /STDs
新疆首次大规模筛查艾滋病 (Xinjiang to Launch Large-scale HIV Tests)
The Beijing News, December 16, 2005
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/china/2005/1216/014@
148346.htm

AIDS Campaign Backfires as Patients' Families Shunned
The Standard, December 15, 2005
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=
2&art_id=7899&sid=5914834&con_type=1&d_str=20051215

Resettlement
Chinese President Stresses Settlement of Problems People Concern Most
People's Daily, December 16, 2005
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200512/16/eng20051216
_228337.html

Social Security
New Pension Plan Aims to Cut Fund Losses
SCMP, December 16, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZZDXPJRGE.html

Society / Economic Development
China's Version of the American Dream
Asia Times Online, December 16, 2005
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/GL16Ad01.html

December 15, 2005

News

Gender
Sex Survey Defends the Honour of University Students
SCMP, December 15, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZV69BKRGE.html

Government
讨论：县级干部公选是改革吏治的出路? (Discussion: Can Elections for County-level Officials be the Way Out for Government Reforms? )
Radio Free Asia, December 15, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/12/14/gongxuan/

Labor
2005年中国煤矿事故死亡大幅增加 (Coalmine Accidents in China Rise Sharply in 2005 )
Radio Free Asia, December 15, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/12/14/mine/

Media
迪斯尼将首次在中国制作发行电影 (Disney to Produce and Distribute Movies in China for the First Time)
Voice of America, December 15, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-12-14-voa95.cfm

Poverty
0.5%家庭拥全国60%财富 (60 Percent of Wealth Concentrated in 0.5 Percent of Families in China)
Ming Pao, December 15, 2005
http://www.mingpaonews.com/

Protests and Petitions - Shanwei
汕尾血腥镇压 当局籲村民自首 (Authorities Urge Villagers Involved in Shanwei Incident to Surrender)
Apple Daily, December 15, 2005
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?sec_id=15335&iss_id=20051215&art_id=5487660215&art_id=5487660

汕尾惨案凸显中共处於改革十字路口 (Shanwei Incident Highlights Fact That China's Reforms Are at a Cross-Road)
Asia Times Online, December 15, 2005
http://www.atchinese.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=11292&Itemid=28=28

汕尾村民不敢议论 网民隐晦发贴 (Shanwei Villagers Hushed on Crackdown)
Radio Free Asia, December 15, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/12/14/dongzhou/

Public Health - HIV AIDS /STDs
President's AIDS-Awareness Crusade Backfires On Patients
SCMP, December 15, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZN69BKRGE.html

Rural Issues
讨论：广州三农问题的六大症结 (Discussion: Six Core Problems in Guangzhou's Rural Issues)
Radio Free Asia, December 15, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/12/14/sannong/

Social Security
China's Basic Old-Age Pension Payment to Reach 400 Billion Yuan
People's Daily, December 15, 2005
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200512/15/eng20051215_
228238.html

WTO
China on the Offensive over Trade Record
SCMP, December 15, 2005
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZN0LV6SGE.html

December 14, 2005

Top News of the Day

Media - Press Freedom/Censorship
报告：中国连续7年关押记者最多 (Report: China Keeps Journalists in Prison for Longer Than Any Other Country in the World)

Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2005
China, along with Cuba, Eritrea and Ethiopia, is the world's biggest jailers of journalists, accounting for two-thirds of a total of 125 writers, editors and photojournalists currently incarcerated in all surveyed countries, according to the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists. China now has 32 news professionals in jail, the largest number of any country for the last seven years.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-12-14-voa6.cfm

Related News
China, Cuba, Two African Nations are Top Jailers of Journalists
Committee to Protect Journalists, December 13, 2005
http://www.cpj.org/Briefings/2005/imprisoned_05/imprisoned_
05.html


News

Corruption
中国评论﹕肃贪方是真善事 (China Analysis: Eliminating Corruption Would Be a Truly Benevolent Act)
Ming Pao, December 14, 2005
http://www.mingpaonews.com/

Government
Regional Bosses Accused of Harming Central Authority
SCMP, December 14, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ3GNPJRGE.html

Labor
Blacklists Unfair to Firms, Says Legal Expert
SCMP, December 14, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ7GNPJRGE.html

Private Firms Crucial for Employment
China Daily, December 14, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-12/14/content_
503262.htm

Media
The Man Behind China's Answer to Google: Accused by Critics of Piracy and Censorship
The Guardian, December 08, 2005
http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,16781,1661644,00.html

Migrant Workers
讨论：中国农民工遭受歧视 (Discussion: Discrimination Against Migrant Workers in China)
Radio Free Asia, December 13, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/12/13/mingong/

NGOs
China to Tighten Regulation of Donations
People's Daily, December 14, 2005
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200512/14/eng20051214_
227897.html

Population
New Rich Challenge Family Planning Policy
China Daily, December 14, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-12/14/content_
503360.htm

Poverty
职业乞丐每天能挣两百 拒绝救助 ("Professional" Beggars Who Make 200 Yuan a Day Refuse Aid)
China Youth Daily, December 14, 2005
http://news.cyol.com/gb/news/2005-12/14/content_106030.htm

Protests and Petitions – Shanwei Incident
Village Shooting 'no Tiananmen'
SCMP, December 14, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ75QPJRGE.html

汕尾村民估计失踪者多数已经死亡 (Villagers Missing in Shanwei Incident Feared Dead)
ChinaNewsman.net, December 14, 2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/2005_12_13_20_42_30_359.html42_30_359.html

汕尾枪杀事件综合报道 (Comprehensive Report on Shanwei Incident)
Radio Free Asia, December 13, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/12/13/Shanwei1/

Protests and Petitions – Taishi Incident
官方打压太石村事件　广州维权律师被解聘 (Guangzhou Lawyers Involved in the Taishi Case Sacked by Law Firm)
Radio Free Asia, December 13, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/12/13/taishichun/

Public Health
深圳120万元住院费事件续:医院主任引咎辞职 (Hospital Chief Resigns Over Allegation of Overcharging Medical Fees)
EastDay.com, December 14, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node106282/userobject1ai1718186.html8186.html

Religion
11 Suspects Held Over Brutal Attack on Nuns in Xian
SCMP, December 14, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZXE5BKRGE.html

WTO
A Swim, a Burning Coffin and a Scuffle - Koreans Pitch In
SCMP, December 14, 2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZJF5BKRGE.html

WTO Chief Urges Boldness on Trade Negotiators
Financial Times, December 14, 2005
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/ce571e10-6c04-11da-bb53-
0000779e2340.html

December 13, 2005

Top News of the Day
Protests and Petitions – Shanwei Incident
汕尾拘9示威村民 (Nine Villagers Arrested over Shanwei Incident)
Ming Pao, December 13, 2005
Nine villagers in Dongzhou Village, Shanwei in Guangdong Province have been arrested in connection with an armed police crackdown of a protest over the construction of a power plant. On December 6, local officials said three had been killed in the incident, but reports have cited a higher death toll ranging from eight to over 20. Intellectuals in China, including Ding Zilin, leader of the Tiananmen Mothers Campaign, have issued an open letter to condemn the brutal suppression.
http://www.mingpaonews.com/

Religion
Twenty Nine Chinese House Church Leaders Arrested; Christian Beaten Businessman Files Civil Claim with Xinjiang Court
China Aid, December 13, 2005
Chinese authorities have rounded up 29 Christians during a raid on an underground church in Henan Province, a move not seen as unusual around Christmas time, Texas-based China Aid Association said. The 29 are church leaders from Anhui and Henan provinces, who are gathering to discuss how to help peasants infected with AIDS.
http://www.chinaaid.org/english_site/press_release_detail.
php?id=93

News

Death Penalty
潮州特大杀人案一审判决 (Death Sentence Handed Down for Chaozhou Murder Case)
Legal Daily, December 13, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2005-12/13/content_23
4531.htm

Economic Development
China Understated GDP by US$300b
SCMP, December 13, 2005
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZPQ1BKRGE.html

Human Rights
本台首发：著名维权律师高智晟再次致信中国领导人 (Renowned Human Rights Lawyer Gao Zhisheng Writes Another Open Letter to Leaders)
Radio Free Asia, December 13, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/12/12/gao
zhisheng/

为农民进京告状的黄维忠被刑事拘留 (Activist Lawyer Huang Weizhong Detained)
Radio Free Asia, December 12, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/12/12/
huangweizhong/

Labor
China to Shut Down 4,000 Mines by Dec. 31
China Daily, December 13, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-12/13/content
_502870.htm

广东张榜公布“血汗工厂” (Guangdong Issues Blacklist of "Sweatshops")
The Beijing News, December 13, 2005
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/china/2005/1213/014@14757
2.htm

Law
法院是否有权 查询电信客户资料引发争议 (Do Courts Have the Right to Inquire Into Account Information of Phone Users?)
Legal Daily, December 13, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2005-12/13/content_23455
2.htm

审判程序透明 让公正看得见 (Trial Procedures More Transparent; Public Allowed to Attend)
Legal Daily, December 13, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2005-12/13/content_2345
48.htm

Police
大陆提供死囚器官供外国人器官移植 (Executed Inmates' Organs Used in Transplants for Foreigners in China)
Dajiyuan.com, December 13, 2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/12/12/n1151575.htm

Protests and Petitions – Shanwei Incident
听众评论汕尾镇压事件(1) (Callers' Comments on Shanwei Incident -1)
Radio Free Asia, December 13, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/m2005-12-12-voa68.cfm

听众评论汕尾镇压事件(2) (Callers' Comments on Shanwei Incident-2)
Radio Free Asia, December 13, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/m2005-12-12-voa67.cfm

Chinese Township Under News Clampdown Following Clashes
Radio Free Asia, December 13, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/politics/2005/12/09/china_
shanwei_official/

Intellectuals Register Their Opposition in Open Letter
SCMP, December 13, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZJPMPJRGE.html

汕尾枪杀事件官方版本受各方质疑
Official Line on Shanwei Incident Challenged by Various Parties
Radio Free Asia, December 13, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/12/12/shan
wei/

Public Health
深圳天价医药费案患者家属担心医院修改病历 (Families That Complained About Being Overcharged for Medicine in Shenzhen Now Worried About Medical Records Being Tampered With)
EastDay.com, December 13, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node106001/userobject1ai1716533.html6533.html

罗氏集团正式授权在中国生产达菲 (Roche Grants License for China to Produce Tamiflu)
China Youth Daily, December 13, 2005
http://news.cyol.com/gb/news/2005-12/13/content_105441.htm

Resettlement
Exodus Forced by Dam Under Way
SCMP, December 13, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZKSCV6SGE.html