February 10, 2006

Top News of the Day

Human Rights Defenders - Internet Activists / Media - Internet Censorship
雅虎再涉异议人士被捕案 (Yahoo Again Accused of Leaking Information on an Internet Activist, Leading to His Imprisonment)
Radio Free Asia, February 10, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/09/yahoo/
Reporters Without Borders has accused Yahoo of supplying personal user’s information to the Chinese authorities on dissident writer Li Zhi (李志). Li was arrested in 2003 and subsequently sentenced to eight years in jail for 'inciting subversion'.

Related news:
Chinese Man 'Jailed Due to Yahoo'
BBC, February 09, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4695718.stm


News

Economic Development / Government
Beijing Lays Out Road Map for Scientific Revolution
SCMP, February 10, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ4EDSH8JE.html

Government
Shenzhen Steps Up Crime Fight
SCMP,February 10, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ6S3SH8JE.html

Government - Governance and Accountability
Guangdong Villagers Tried to Remove Corrupt Official Alleged Being Harassed After Visited By an Activist
SCMP, February 10, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ1R3SH8JE.html

Human Rights Defenders - Rights Defenders / Freedom of Speech
Zhao Changqing (赵长青)
赵长青宁关禁闭不歌颂党　人权组织谴责当局虐待 (Human Rights Groups Condemn the Further Punishment of Dissident Zhao Changqing, Who Refused to Sing Political Anthem)
Radio Free Asia, February 09, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/09/zhao/

Human Rights Defender – Journalist Zhao Yan (赵岩)
赵岩案庭审在即 香港呼吁公开审讯 (Hong Kong Public Calls for "Open" Trial for New York Times Researcher Zhao Yan)
Radio Free Asia, February 10, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/09/
zhaoyan/

Labor - Work Safety
China Reports Rise in Coal Mine Deaths
AP( via YahooNews), February 10, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060210/ap_on_re_as/china_
mining_deaths;_ylt=AlhyRnGG0vJEEISNCEqfua8Bxg8F;_ylu=
X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--
GG0vJEEISNCEqfua8Bxg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVq
MTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--

Labor
Stop Discrimination in Job Recruitment
China Daily, February 10, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-02/10/content
_518913.htm

Law - Juvenile Justice
China's Juvenile Courts Convict Nearly 400,000 Minors in Seven Years
People's Daily, February 10, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200602/10/eng20060210_
241522.html

Media - Internet Censorship / Corporate Social Accountability
Analysis: Yahoo's China Problem
CNN, February 10, 2006
http://money.cnn.com/2006/02/08/technology/yahoo_china_b20
/?eref=yahoo

Media - Censorship / Press Freedom
［公益时报］主编降职疑因言获罪 (Chief Editor of Government Publication Gongyi Shibao (Public Interest Times) Demoted, Allegedly for Criticizing Articles on English Web Site)
Radio Free Asia, February 09, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/09/
yanlun/

Media - Internet Censorship
Group Accuses Yahoo of Working with Chinese Police
Voice of America, February 09, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-02-09-voa40.cfm

Olympics
China Wants Olympians to See its Best Behavior
USA Today, February 08, 2006
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-02-08-china-
manners_x.htm?csp=N009

Police
Police Apologize for Discriminatory Banners
Xinhuanet, February 10, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/10/content_
4160477.htm

Protests and Petitions - Resettlement
河北征地冲突命案责任人被判刑 (Official Responsible for Violent Clash in Dingzhou Sentenced to Life Imprisonment)
Voice of America, February 09, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-02-09-voa49.cfm

February 9, 2006

News

Children - Children
深圳拟建立少儿住院保险制度 (Shenzhen to Establish Health Insurance Scheme for Children)
China Youth Daily, February 09, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-02/09/content_1312268.htm

Children - Law/Protection / Gender
最高法院出台解释与幼女发生性行为不都是犯罪 (Supreme Court Issues Controversial Explanation: "Minors Having Sex with Young Girls Not Necessarily a Crime")
EastDay.com, February 09, 2006
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node
116778/userobject1ai1839110.htmlai1839110.html

Economic Development
China Still a "Less Developed Country"
Xinhuanet, February 09, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/08/content_
4152669.htm

专家献策：五年内让五亿农民入城 (Experts Suggest Relaxing Hukou System to Allow 500 Million Peasants to Come to Cities in 5 Years)
Wen Wei Po, February 09, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH0602090008
&cat=002CH

滴血的GDP數字 (The Suffering Behind China's Impressive GDP Figures)
BBC, February 08, 2006
http://news8.thdo.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_4690000/
newsid_4694200/4694214.stm4214.stm

Environment - Water
Rising Tide of Salinity Threatens Delta Freshwater Supply
SCMP, February 09, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZA06TH8JE.html

中国水污染灾难何时了？ (When Will Water Pollution Disasters in China End?)
Voice of America, February 09, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-02-08-voa62.cfm

Labor - Employment Conditions
Labor Shortage Likely to Worsen
SCMP, February 09, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZAZ5TH8JE.html

Law - Court System
人民监督员制度试点的几个问题及完善建议 (Suggestions on How to Improve the “People's Supervisors” System)
Legal Daily, February 09, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-02/09/content_
262433.htm

Media - Censorship / Press Freedom
Editor Fired over Reports Criticizing Authorities
SCMP, February 09, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ9E1SH8JE.html

《人民日報》前总编胡绩伟挺《冰点》(Former Chief Editor of People's Daily Says the Closure of Freezing Point May be Unconstitutional)
Asia Times Online, February 09, 2006
http://www.atchinese.com/index.php?option=com_content
&task=view&id=13418&Itemid=33emid=33

Chinese Editor Dies After Beating by the Police
New York Times, February 08, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/08/international/asia/08china
.html?_r=1&oref=slogingin

'Police Beating Caused Death'
SCMP, February 09, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ6Z5TH8JE.html

Media - Internet Censorship
Net Portals Braced for More Curbs on Content
SCMP, February 09, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ06ASH8JE.html

Yahoo, Press Watchdog Clash over Chinese Cyber-Dissident
AFP (via YahooNews), February 09, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060209/wl_asia_afp/
uschinainternetmedia;_ylt=AsVr192TFnWs2.CwZdA.B_
YBxg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1
YmNhdA--r192TFnWs2.CwZdA.B_YBxg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTB
jMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNh

Politics - NPC
2006年全国各地“两会”的热点焦点亮点 (An Overview of the Major Issues Discussed at Local NPC and CCPCC Conferences Across China)
People's Daily, February 09, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1026/4088533.html

Population - One-Child Policy
中国治理出生人口性别比初见成效 平等意识增强 (Progress in Improving China's Male-Female Ratio at Birth Reflects Growing Awareness of Gender Equality)
EastDay.com, February 09, 2006
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node
116778/userobject1ai1840034.htmlai1840034.html

Poverty - Urban Poverty
城市贫困群体呈发展趋势 (Urban Poverty on the Rise)
China Youth Daily, February 09, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-02/09/content_1312278.htm

Protests and Petitions - Corruption (Case)
太石村暴力升级　村民被砍手指 (Violence Increases in Taishi Village After Villager Slashed)
Radio Free Asia, February 09, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/08/taishi/

Rural Issues
让农民说话有门 投诉有应 (Farmers’ Complaints Should Be Answered to Ensure That Their Voices Are Heard)
China Youth Daily, February 09, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-02/09/content_1312358.htm

North Korea / Children - Trafficking of Children
报导指北韩妇女儿童在中国遭贩卖剥削 (NGO Reports Abuses of North Korean Women and Children in China)
Chinesenewsnet.com, February 08, 2006
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/cna_2006_02_08_09_00_38_308.html08_09_00_38_308.html

February 8, 2006

Top News of the Day

Religion / Tibet
甘肃法庭判五名藏传佛教僧人徒刑 (Five Tibetan Monks and Nuns Sentenced to One to Three Years’ Imprisonment by a Guansu Court)
Voice of America, February 08, 2006
Three Tibetan monks and two nuns have been sentenced to jail for one to three years by a local court in Gansu Province for passing out flyers that called for Tibetan independence last May, according to the London-based Free Tibet Campaign.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-02-07-voa44.cfm


News

Civil Society
中国活动人士受压从民间组织辞职 (Founder of an AIDS Concern Group Allegedly Pressured to Quit)
Radio Free Asia, February 08, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-02-07-voa46.cfm

Corruption
讨论：美国不再是中国金融腐败分子的“安全港” (Discussion: US No Longer a Safe Haven for China's Fleeing Corrupt Officials)
Radio Free Asia, February 08, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/07/fubai/

Education
中国城乡教师收入相差悬殊 致山区教师纷纷流失 (The Huge Income Gap Between Teachers in Cities and Villages Has Led to a Shortage in the Hill Areas)
Xinhuanet, February 08, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-02/08/content_
4150071.htm

Environment - Pollution
Green Watchdog to Sink Teeth into Factory Pollution
SCMP, February 08, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZLH7SH8JE.html

Gender
China Issues First Report on Gay Groups
Xinhuanet, February 08, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/08/content_
4150264.htm

Government
官员不罚污染企业可能被撤职 (Officials Who Fail to Sanction Companies for Pollution May Be Dismissed)
The Beijing News, February 08, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/china/2006/0208/
013@159375.htm

环保总局掀「水污染问责风暴」(State Environmental Protection Administration Investigates Officials Responsible for Harbin Toxic Spill)
Wen Wei Po, February 08, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=
CH0602080008&cat=002CH

Human Rights Defenders - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
长期软禁维权志更坚 陈光诚接力绝食反迫害 (Detained Blind Activist Chen Guangcheng Stages Hunger Strike)
Radio Free Asia, February 08, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/07/chen/

Human Rights Defenders - Gao Feixiong (郭飞雄)
Sister's Fears for Missing Activist
SCMP, February 08, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ468SH8JE.html

Law - Criminal Law and Procedure
建议立法用决定形式宣告缓刑 (Courts Should Announce Suspended Sentences by Legislative Ruling, Not as Part of Verdict)
Legal Daily, February 08, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-02/08/content_
261305.htm

Media - Censorship / Press Freedom
医学专家：《台州晚报》副总编吴湘湖死於乙肝复发(Medical Expert: Former Editor of Taizhou Evening Post Died of Hepatitis B Relapse)
Wen Wei Po, February 08, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=
CH0602080041&cat=002CH

Silencing the Hounds
The Standard, February 08, 2006
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat
=5&art_id=11452&sid=6547507&con_type=
1&d_str=200602077&con_type=1&d_str=20060207

Police
公安部召开新闻发布会通报2006年工作重点 (Ministry of Public Security Calls Press Conference to Announce Working Plan for 2006)
Xinhuanet, February 08, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-02/07/content_
4147190.htm

公安部：基层警力要达总警力85%以上 (Ministry of Public Security: Frontline Police Officers Should Account for over 85 Percent of the Force)
China Youth Daily, February 08, 2006
http://news.cyol.com/content/2006-02/08/content_1311701.htm

Poverty
大学求财若渴 贫困生钱途多艰 (Low-Income University Students Face Many Financial Difficulties)
Ming Pao, February 08, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/

Protests and Petitions / Police
Social Unrest Just a Phase, Police Say
SCMP, February 08, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZDH7SH8JE.html

Public Health - HIV-AIDS/STDs
中国艾滋病救助活动人士胡佳辞去民间组织工作 (AIDS Relief Advocate Hu Jia Steps Down from NGO Post)
Radio Free Asia, February 08, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/07/hujia/

Religion
中国加强对基督教家庭教会领袖的监控 (Chinese Government Steps Up Monitoring of House Church Leaders)
Radio Free Asia, February 08, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/02/07/zongjiao/

China Bans Officials, State Employees, Children from Mosques
Radio Free Asia, February 08, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2006/02/06/uyghur_religion/

Society
内地十大暴利行业曝光 (Ten Most Profitable Industries in China Revealed)
Dajiyuan.com, February 08, 2006
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/6/2/8/n1215530.htm

February 7, 2006

Top News of the Day

Media - Censorship / Press Freedom
《冰点》主编上书控中宣部 中纪委须一周内回覆是否受理 (Ex-Editor of Banned Weekly "Freezing Point" Files Suit with Propaganda Ministry)
Ming Pao, February 07, 2006
The former editor of the banned weekly "Freezing Point" (Bing Dian), Li Datong, has filed a lawsuit with the Propaganda Ministry. Li claims that the closure of the outspoken supplement of the China Youth Daily by authorities is a violation of the constitution and Party rules.
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060207/caa1.htm


News

Disasters
Green Watchdog Wants Accident News Fast
SCMP, February 07, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZAZ3SH8JE.html

Economic Development
Counting the Human Cost of Reforms
SCMP, February 07, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ4HZSH8JE.html

Environment
Anhui Shuts Down 379 Polluting Enterprises
Xinhuanet, February 07, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/07/content
_4146096.htm

Energy Law Aims at Power Conservation
China Daily, February 07, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-02/07/
content_517704.htm

Human Rights Defenders - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
陈光诚亲戚遭殴被带走 (Cousin of Blind Activist Chen Guangcheng Taken Away by Police)
Radio Free Asia, February 07, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/06/
chenhua/

Human Rights Defenders
高智晟绝食声援郭飞雄　胡佳齐志勇接力 (Rights Activists Stage Hunger Strike to Rally Support for Lawyer Guo Feixiong, Who Was Beaten by Police)
Radio Free Asia, February 07, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/06/
guofeixiong/

中国维权人士接力绝食抗议 (Chinese Rights Activities Stage Hunger Strike to Protest)
BBC, February 06, 2006
http://news8.thdo.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_
4680000/newsid_4686000/4686054.stm.stm

Labor - Working Conditions
劳动维权要注意60天时效 (Shanghai Labor Bureau Reminds Workers to File Complaints Within 60 Days)
Legal Daily, February 07, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-02/07/content_
260578.htm

Land Policy
Beijing Promises Curbs on Farmland Sales
SCMP, February 07, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZDP3SH8JE.html

Land Policy - Land Disputes (Case)
北京两起强拆事件造成一死一重伤 (One Dies and One Injured in Two Incidents of Forced Eviction in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, February 07, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/06/
chaiqian/

Law
Wrongly Detained Deng Seeks Indemnity
Xinhuanet, February 07, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/07/content_
4145663.htm

Media - Internet Censorship
China Closes More than 2,000 'Unhealthy' Websites
AFP (via YahooNews), February 06, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060206/wl_asia_afp/
chinainternetmediacensorship_060206070358;_ylt=Au
JT6z2KNF9S4cq63WBe.8VPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW
04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl206070358;_ylt=AuJT6z
2KNF9S4cq63WBe.8VPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHN

Internet Lions Turn Paper Tiger in China
New York Times, February 06, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/06/technology/06link.
html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Migrant Workers - Working Conditions
Migrant Workers Expect Higher Wages
Xinhuanet, February 07, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/06/content_
4144318.htm

Police - Abuses (Case)
Justice Remains Shanghaied in City's Law Courts
SCMP, February 07, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ9P3SH8JE.html

Protests and Petitions
听众：中国上访者利益得不到保护 (Caller: Interests of Petitioners in China not Protected)
Radio Free Asia, February 07, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-02-06-voa57.cfm

Public Health -
政府该为医改做些什么 (What Can the Government Do About Health Care Reform?)
People's Daily, February 07, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/30178/4076326.html

February 4 – 6, 2006

Top News of the Day

Police - Abuses
浙江报人被警打死 (Editor of Zhejiang Newspaper Beaten to Death by Police)
Apple Daily, February 06, 2006
A deputy editor with the Taizhou Evening Post in Zhejiang Province who was severely beaten by police officers last October has died of liver and kidney failure, his family said. Wu Xianghu became the target of a police attack last year because of a report he published about exorbitant fees levied by the traffic authorities.
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?sec_id=15335&iss_id=20060206&art_id=5632938206&art_
id=5632938

Related News
Deputy Editor Beaten by Police Dies
SCMP, February 06, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZUUNRH8JE.html

Protests and Petitions
土地信访数量居高不下 《国土资源信访规定》出炉 (Number of Petitions over Land Disputes Stands High, New Regulation Issued by Land Resources Ministry Requires Bureaus to Report Case Status)
Legal Daily, February 06, 2006
The Ministry of Land Resources has issued a regulation to require bureaus at the provincial level or above to publicize the status of petitions they have received. The new rule came as petitions related to land disputes filed by citizens accounted for up to 80 percent of all complaints received by the Chinese government in some provinces in recent years.
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-02/06/content_
259782.htm


News

Bilateral Ties - US/China
China's Crushing of Dissent Could Fuel Instability, Warns Washington
SCMP, February 06, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ6FSSH8JE.html

Death Penalty
案犯被判死刑不应适用罚金刑 (Fines Should Not Be Levied in Death Penalty Cases)
Legal Daily, February 06, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-02/06/content_
259753.htm

Government
李金华:树立“民本审计观” 医疗、养老将成重点 (Chief Auditor Li Jinhua: Establish a People-Oriented Auditing Principle Focused on Health Care and Pension)
Xinhuanet, February 06, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/fortune/2006-02/06/content_
4140586.htm

Rein in State Power or Face a National Crisis, Says Professor
SCMP, February 06, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZMESSH8JE.html

Year of the Watchdog
The Standard, February 06, 2006
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=15&art_id=11398&sid=6404367&con_type=17&con_type=1

Human Rights Defenders - Lawyers
Lawyer Launches Hunger Strike to Support Persecuted Activists
SCMP, February 06, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ4IVSH8JE.html

Lawyer, Wife Fret as Rights Activist Held
SCMP, February 06, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZAFSSH8JE.html

维权人士郭飞熊被打 (Rights Activist Guo Feixiong Beaten)
Radio Free Asia, February 05, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/05/
guofeixiong/

Labor - Work Safety
China Vows to Reduce Coal Mine Deaths by 3.5 pct in 2006
Xinhuanet, February 06, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/05/content_
4140268.htm

Labor - Employment Conditions
劳动部调查:职场人士2/3感到遭遇就业歧视 (Survey by Labor Ministry: Two-thirds of Employees Claim They Have Suffered from Job- Related Discrimination)
EastDay.com, February 06, 2006
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node116057/userobject1ai1832481.html2481.html

Law - Legal Reform
Pushing the Boundary of What Can't be Done in Legal Reform
SCMP, February 06, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ4NXRH8JE.html

Media
中国开始要求手机用户用实名登记 ("Real-Name" Registration for Mobile Phone Users Begins in China)
Radio Free Asia, February 04, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/04/shouji/

Media - Censorship / Press Freedom
BBC Tones Down News on China Website
Financial Times, February 06, 2006
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/23baeac4-94d9-11da-9f39-0000779
e2340.html

Media - Internet Censorship
中国人权：Google中国，发挥公司领导作用为时未晚 (Human Rights in China Issues Statement to Google.cn: Not Too Late for Corporate Leadership)
Radio Free Asia, February 04, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/04/renquan/

Police - Abuses
Chinese Village Anger Erupts Against Police
Reuters (via YahooNews), February 06, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060205/wl_nm/china_protest_dc
_1;_ylt=Au7XL64L0l4O6F9XnH2JV.1PzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW
04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUlF9XnH2JV.1PzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMT
BiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Police – Crime
Survey: Education Key to Reducing Crime
Xinhuanet, February 06, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/05/content_
4137974.htm

Poverty
国家发改委：我国城市居民收入差距较大且不合理 (National Development and Reform Commission: Wealth Gap Between Rural and Urban Residents Unreasonable)
Xinhuanet, February 06, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-02/06/content_
4140718.htm

Protests and Petitions
广东省吴川县两个村落发生大规模械斗 (Clash over Land Rights Between Residents of Two Villages in Guangdong Province Breaks Out)
Radio Free Asia, February 05, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/05/
wuchuan/

Public Health - HIV-AIDS/STDs
AIDS Scourge Travels Fast on Ancient Chinese Road
Chicago Tribunal, February 06, 2006
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0602050307
feb05,1,5726852.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true0602050307feb05,1,5726852.
story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true

Anhui Provides Free Housing to Needy AIDS Patients
Xinhuanet, February 06, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/05/content_
4139873.htm

Rural Issues Farmers Deserve Proper Response to Their Many Complaints
SCMP, February 06, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZXORRH8JE.html

State Security
Chinese Security Policy Safeguards Sovereignty, Unity, Territorial Integrity, Official
People's Daily, February 06, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200602/06/
eng20060206_240442.html

Three Gorges
Three Gorges Dam to Be Completed Ahead of Schedule
Xinhuanet, February 06, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/04/content_
4134080.htm

February 3, 2006

News

Bilateral Ties - US/China/ Human Rights
美高官：中国压制反对声音有碍稳定 (US Official Says China's Suppression of Dissenting Opinions Undermines Stability and Growth)
BBC, February 02, 2006
http://news8.thdo.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_4670000/
newsid_4676100/4676112.stm.stm

Children
调教“问题孩子” (Mobile School - A Place for Correcting the Problems of China's Spoiled Children)
Nanfang Weekend, January 26, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060126/xw/xz/2006
01260026.asp

Disasters
China Fireworks Deaths Blamed on Child
AP( via YahooNews), February 03, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060202/ap_on_re_as/china_
fireworks_deaths;_ylt=ApyQW.yxV_qkNyiXB2xRhMcBxg8F;
_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--W.yxV
_qkNyiXB2xRhMcBxg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYw
N5bnN1YmNhdA--

Human Rights Defenders - Lawyers
Lawyer Attacked after Visiting Taishi Activist
SCMP, February 03, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZWS9TJRGE.html

Human Rights Defenders – Petitioner Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
杨群：山东临沂维权盲人陈光诚的亲邻继续遭受迫害 (Shandong Blind Activist Chen Guangcheng Reportedly Under Surveillance)
Chinesenewsnet.com, February 03, 2006
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/2006_2_2_14_48_12_961.html_12_961.html

Human Rights Defenders – Journalist Li Yuanlong (李元龙)
贵州记者李元龙案数番换审 (Guizhou Court Still Working Out the Charge for Detained Journalist Li Yuanlong)
Radio Free Asia, February 02, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/02/
liyuanlong/

Labor - Industrial Accidents (Case)
山西晋城煤矿瓦斯爆炸23名矿工丧生 (Gas Blast Kills 23 in State-Run Shanxi Coal Mine)
Radio Free Asia, February 03, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/02/
jincheng/

Law - Legal Reform
全国人大将修订刑事民事及行政诉讼法 (NPC to Revise Criminal, Civil and Administrative Procedure Laws)
EastDay.com, February 03, 2006
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node
115608/userobject1ai1827050.html7050.html

Law - Juvenile Justice
不满16岁犯罪一般不判无期徒刑 (Supreme Court Issues Guidelines Setting Out More Lenient Punishment for Minors)
The Beijing News, February 03, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0199/2006/0203/005@
158710.htm

Media - Internet Censorship / Corporate Social Accountability
Google and Microsoft Turn Up Heat over China
Financial Times, February 03, 2006
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/25bfd440-9382-11da-a978-0000779
e2340.html

Surrendering to China's Censors
SCMP, February 03, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZUYETJRGE.html

Media - Public Access to Information
China's Texters to Lose Anonymity
Asia Times Online, February 02, 2006
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_Business/HB03Cb04.html

China Ban for Memoirs of a Geisha
BBC, February 02, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4672840.stm

Protests and Petitions - Resettlement
无锡农民联名状告江苏省非法侵占土地 (Farmers Sue Jiangsu Government over Land Grabs)
Radio Free Asia, February 02, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/02/wuxi/

Protests and Petitions
Violence Works Where Peace Failed for China Villages
Reuters (via YahooNews), February 01, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=572&ncid=572&e
=2&u=/nm/20060201/lf_nm/china_riots_dc_1nm/china_riots_
dc_1

Public Health - Health Care Reform
推进平价战略 现有公立医院怎么办 (How Will Public Hospitals Cope with the Pressure of Offering Medical Care at Lower Prices?)
Nanfang Weekend, January 26, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060126/xw/tb/2006
01260005.asp

Poverty
China Puts $598 mln to Reduce Poverty in Ethnic Regions in 2005
Xinhuanet, February 02, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/02/content_4129
632.htm

Rural Issues
听众评论胡锦涛有关农村新口号 (Listeners Comment on President Hu Jintao’s New Ideas for Rural Development)
Voice of America, February 03, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-02-02-voa76.cfm

Social Security - Social Insurance
Govt Grants Senior Citizens Favorable Treatment
Xinhuanet, February 03, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/01/content_412
7480.htm

Xinjiang / Religion
北京严格限制维族的宗教信仰 (Beijing Tightens Control over Religion in Xinjiang)
Radio Free Asia, February 02, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/02/weizu/

February 2, 2006

Top News of the Day

Police – Abuse /
Tibet
Tibetan, Blinded, Freed from Jail, Five Still Held for Slaughterhouse Fire
Radio Free Asia, February 02, 2006
A Tibetan nomad has been freed from detention after allegedly being blinded as a result of severe beating while in the custody of the Sichuan public security authorities. The man, who is named Sogya, was arrested last August along with five other Tibetans after storming into and setting fire to a Chinese-owned slaughterhouse.
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/social/2006/02/01/tibet_fire/


News

Corruption
大 学教授举报腐败 女儿险遭绑票 (Daughter of Professor Who Complained About Corruption of Local Officials in Jiangsu Province Allegedly Kidnapped)
Radio Free Asia, February 02, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/01/fubai/

Education
教育部强调严禁挪用农村义务教育经费发放工资 (Education Ministry Stresses Prohibition Against Rural Villages Using Funds for Compulsory Education to Pay Wages)
People's Daily, February 02, 2006
http://edu.people.com.cn/GB/1053/4071826.html

Environment
9B Yuan to Be Spent on Protection of Wetlands
SCMP, February 02, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZHC6TJRGE.html

China's Pollution Galvanises Peasants to Action
Reuters (via YahooNews), February 02, 2006
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK339684.htm

Environment – Harbin Toxic Spill
China to Continue Dealing with Songhua River Pollution
People's Daily, February 02, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200602/02/eng20060202_
239773.html

Human Rights Defenders
北京维权人士叶国柱在狱中受迫害 (Beijng-Based Rights Activist Ye Guozhu Allegedly Abused in Jail)
Radio Free Asia, February 02, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/01/
yoguozhu/

讨论：中国维权律师在骚扰和暴力下办案 (Discussion: Violence and Harassment Threaten Human Rights Lawyers in China)
Radio Free Asia, February 02, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/01/weiquan/

Human Rights Defenders – Lawyers - Zheng Enchong (鄭恩寵)
被关押律师郑恩宠之妻回信反驳狱方指称 (Wife of Jailed Rights Lawyer Zheng Enchong Rebuts Accusations of Prison Authorities)
Radio Free Asia, February 02, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/01/
zhengenchong/

Labor - Industrial Accidents
China Fireworks Deaths Blamed on Child
AP( via YahooNews), February 02, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060202/ap_on_re_as/china_
fireworks_deaths;_ylt=At_k9VnCykAgtcOchrstIoYBxg8F;_ylu
=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--VnCykAgtc
OchrstIoYBxg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHN
lYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--

Coal Mine Blast Kills 23 in North China
AFP (via YahooNews), February 02, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060202/wl_asia_afp/
chinaminingaccident;_ylt=AiNeonG9XlrhRsVBxv80sjUBxg8F;_
ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--XlrhRsV
Bxv80sjUBxg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BH
NlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--

Land Policy – Resettlement
Row over Evictions May Erupt in Violence
SCMP, February 02, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZLC6TJRGE.html

Law - Juvenile Justice
未成年罪犯同时具备3种情形法院应当宣告缓刑 (Court Should Grant Juvenile Criminals Suspended Sentences Under Certain Conditions)
Xinhuanet, February 02, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-02/02/content_
4128143.htm

Media - Internet Censorship
Internet Firms 'Bowed to Beijing'
BBC, February 02, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4672518.stm

Lawmakers Blast US Firms Helping China Censor Internet
Voice of America, February 02, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-02-01-voa86.cfm

Military
4,000 PLA Officers Set for Audit by End of 2010
China Daily, February 02, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-02/01/
content_516644.htm

Police
深圳街头将安装20万摄像探头 (Shenzhen to Install 200,000 Surveillance Cameras in Public Areas to Fight Crime)
Radio Free Asia, February 02, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/01/
shenzhen/

Police - Prisons
Job Agency Gives Light to Lives of Ex-Inmates
China Daily, February 02, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-02/02/
content_516790.htm

Protests and Petitions
Elderly Protester Freed After 'Vow' to Drop Flood Demands
SCMP, February 02, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZR96Z6SGE.html

上访村缘何被拆? (Why Was the "Petition Village" in Beijing Demolished?)
Wen Wei Po, February 02, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=
CH0602020029&cat=002CH

Rural Issues - Taxation
内地免农税 农民过丰年 (Farmers Have an Happy New Year Holiday After Agricultural Tax Is Scrapped)
Wen Wei Po, February 02, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?cat=002CH&news
_id=CH0602020001

Social SecurityGovt Grants Senior Citizens Favorable Treatment
Xinhuanet, February 02, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/01/content_
4127480.htm

Xinjiang
Putonghua Push in Uygur Nursery Schools
SCMP, February 02, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZN96Z6SGE.html

中国维族未满18岁不得进清真寺 (Uygurs Under the Age of 18 Barred from Entering Mosques)
Dajiyuan.com, February 02, 2006
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/6/2/2/n1209364.htm