April 7, 2006

News

Education
毕业了，我们的工作在哪里 (We've Graduated, But Where Are the Jobs?)
Nanfang Weekend, April 06, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060406/xw/tb/2006
04060001.asp

Human Rights
四五运动30年天安门广场仍敏感 (Tiananmen Square on Guard on 30th Anniversary of April 5 Student Movement)
Voice of America, April 06, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-04-06-voa14.cfm

Human Rights Defenders – Journalist Li Yuanlong (李元龙)
李元龙案缓开庭 阳小青案退回补充侦查 (Court Case Against Journalist Li Yuanlong Postponed, Yang Xiaoqing Case Returned Pending Further Investigation)
Radio Free Asia, April 06, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/04/06/
liyuanlong/

Human Rights Defenders – Journalist Yang Xiaoqing (阳小青)
"无国界记者"呼吁释放阳小青 (Reporters Without Borders Calls for Release of Detailed Journalist Yang Xiaoqing)
BBC, April 06, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_4880000/newsid
_4885500/4885520.stm

Media - Censorship / Press Freedom
Professor Hits Back at Critics on the Internet
SCMP, April 07, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZPDTJ1DLE.html

Media - Internet Censorship
Anonymizer Takes on China's Net Censors
PC World via YahooNews (Asia), April 04, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20060404/tc_pcworld/125303

Police
Database Ensures Big Brother is Watching in China
Reuters (via YahooNews), April 07, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060407/ts_nm/china_surveillance
_dc_1;_ylt=An1hbaWRldQt_X.CwuzR3rZPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiM
W04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUlldQt_X.CwuzR3rZPzWQA;_ylu=X3o
DMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Politics
At a Secret Meeting, Chinese Analysts Clashed Over Reforms
New York Times, April 07, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/07/world/07china.html?ex=130
2062400&en=b0e2d5545d2c4847&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&em
c=rss5d2c4847&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

Public Health - HIV-AIDS/STDs
爱滋患者遊长城被捕 (AIDS Patient Arrested While Visiting the Great Wall)
Ming Pao, April 07, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060407/cae1.htm

Society
听众：中国为何房价高？ (Listeners Ask, Why Are Housing Prices So High?)
Voice of America, April 06, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/m2006-04-06-voa56.cfm

April 5-6, 2006

News

Death Penalty
成都原宣传部长终审死缓 (Former Chengdu Propaganda Chief Given Death Penalty with Reprieve for Corruption)
The Beijing News, April 06, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/china/2006/0406/005@
172615.htm

Environment
Factories Put on Hold by Green Watchdog
SCMP, April 06, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ2MOJ1DLE.html

Food Security
Farmland Loss Leads to Food Security Fears
Xinhuanet, April 06, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-04/05/content_
4388153.htm

Government - Grassroots Elections
Democracy Programme "a Success" in Rural Areas
Xinhuanet, April 06, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-04/06/content_
4389569.htm

Human Rights
温家宝承认中国人权仍需改善 (Premier Wen Jiabao Admits China's Human Rights Record Requires More Improvement)
Asia Times Online, April 06, 2006
http://www.atchinese.com/index.php?option=com_content
&task=view&id=14881&Itemid=33=33

Human Rights Defenders - Xinjiang
加籍维吾尔异议人士乌兹别克被捕 (Uyghur Dissident Arrested in Uzbekistan)
Voice of America, April 05, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-04-05-voa47.cfm

Land Policy
Tighter Control on Land Use to Protect Farmland
China Daily, April 06, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-04/06/content_
561278.htm

Media - Censorship / Press Freedom
Jailed Chinese Reporter Says Charges False
AP( via YahooNews), April 06, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060405/ap_on_re_as/china_
reporter_arrested;_ylt=Alri1gv8h47hRRAsqs8ipMwBxg8F;_ylu
=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--v8h47hRR
Asqs8ipMwBxg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN
1YmNhdA--

Media - Internet Censorship
无国界记者组织声援废除互联网新规定的请愿 (Reporters Without Borders Joins Campaign Urging China to Drop Regulations on Internet News Services)
Radio Free Asia, April 04, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/04/04/rsf/

Military
China Builds up Largest Military Training Ground in Asia
Xinhuanet, April 05, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-04/05/content_438
7507.htm

Olympics
Olympics to Bring Beijing Short Reprieve from Pollution Woes
AFP (via YahooNews), April 06, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060406/wl_asia_afp/oly2008
chnenvironment;_ylt=Ahs8hVlnGi_rHEzQUGWxFM8Bxg8F;_ylu
=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--VlnGi_rHEz
QUGWxFM8Bxg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1
YmNhdA--

Beijing 2008 Games Will Improve Human Rights: Rogge
Reuters (via YahooNews), April 05, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060405/sp_nm/olympics_
beijing_dc_2

Police
人肉炸弹袭四川法院 (Bomb Explosion in Sichuan Court Kills Two)
Wen Wei Po, April 06, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH0604060021
&cat=002CH

Dare to Shoot Criminals, Police Told
SCMP, April 06, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ57ZJ1DLE.html

Protests and Petitions
维权绝食人士欧阳小戎被抓下落不明 (Whereabouts Unknown of Rights Defender Ouyang Xiaorong, Detained in February for Participating in Hunger Strike)
Radio Free Asia, April 05, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/04/05/
Ouyangxiaorong/

China Steps Up 'Patriotic Education' as Dongzhou Mourns Its Dead
Radio Free Asia, April 05, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2006/04/05/china_shanwei/

上访者在沈阳苏家屯区政府前请愿 (Liaoning Petitioners Stage Protest Against Corrupt Village Officials)
Radio Free Asia, April 05, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/04/05/
shangfang/

Public Health - Health Care Reform
医疗体制改革不需要设立新机构 (New Institutions Not Necessary for Health Care Reform)
China Youth Daily, April 06, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-04/06/content_1352332.htm

Society
70个城市拒绝廉租房 谁拿走了百姓的廉租房？(70 City Governments Refuse to Provide Low-Cost Housing)
People's Daily, April 06, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/30178/4271006.html

Suicide Hotline for Elderly Kept Busy
SCMP, April 06, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ6MOJ1DLE.html

April 4, 2006

Top News of the Day

Media - Censorship / Press Freedom
记者阳小青揭腐败黑幕 被拘押面临起诉 (Journalist Yang Xiaoqing to Face Charges for Uncovering Corruption)
Radio Free Asia, April 04, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/04/03/
yangxiaoqing/
Journalist Yang Xiaoqing (阳小青) is facing official charges of extortion after being arrested by the police in January. According to Yang's family, the arrest is retribution by the local government against Yang, who had reported claims of corruption and dishonest state property sales in Hunan Province.


News
Death Penalty
沈阳交警执勤被轧死续:罪嫌一审被判死刑 (Shenyang Driver Given Death Penalty for Killing Traffic Police)
Sina.com, April 04, 2006
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2006-04-04/06548605259s.shtml

Environment
谁来补偿因保护生态牺牲的发展机会 (Assistant SEPA Chief Asks: Who Will Compensate for the Loss of Development Opportunities Due to Land Protection in the Current 5-Year Plan?)
China Youth Daily, April 04, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-04/04/content_1350
588.htm

Freedom of Speech
Free Speech? You Have to Pay
China Daily, April 04, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-04/04/content_
559070.htm

Protests and Petitions - Labor
深千人罢工 抗议港资厂刻薄 (Thousands of Shenzhen Workers Go on Strike to Protest Maltreatment of Employees)
Wen Wei Po, April 04, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH06040
40012&cat=002CH

Protests and Petitions - Resettlement
Villagers Escalate Land Row Protest
SCMP, April 04, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZYMTJ1DLE.html

过百三山村民上访　官员欺下瞒上避协商 (Over 100 Villagers in Guangdong’s Pengzhou Township Petition Against Corruption and Illegal Land Grab)
Radio Free Asia, April 03, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/04/03/
shangfang/

Public Health
Medical System to Cover All Residents
People's Daily, April 04, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200604/04/eng20060404
_255774.html

Rising Wealth Takes Its Toll on Health
SCMP, April 04, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ2QJJ1DLE.html

Society
“70％城市居民无能力买新房” ("70% of Urban Residents Cannot Afford to Buy a Home", Says Report)
The Beijing News, April 04, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/china/2006/0404/005@
172040.htm

Tibet
分析中国称或准达赖喇嘛回国访问 (An Analysis of China's Motivation for Possibly Allowing the Dalai Lama to Visit Beijing)
Voice of America, April 04, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-04-03-voa53.cfm

西藏流亡政府称北京发出积极讯息 (Tibetan Government-in-Exile Welcomes Positive Message from Beijing)
Voice of America, April 04, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-04-03-voa43.cfm

Xinjiang
China Moves Farmers as Tarim River Waters Dwindle
Radio Free Asia, April 03, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/english/uyghur/2006/04/03/uyghur_
tarimriver/

April 1-3, 2006

News

Bilateral Ties
China Deal to Break Open Australian Nuclear Industry
AFP (via YahooNews), April 03, 2006
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/060403/afp/060403045512asiap
acificnews.html

Death Penalty
打孔盗油最重判死刑 (Pipeline Oil Thieves May Face Death Penalty)
The Beijing News, April 03, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/china/2006/0401/014@17
1411.htm

Education
盖监狱的钱不如拿去盖学校 (Spending the Money on Building Schools, not Building Prisons, Says Legal Expert)
Nanfang City News, April 03, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/dd/dsb/A03/2006
04030175.asp

Environment
Pollution Woes can Turn China into Green Industry Leader
SCMP, April 03, 2006
http://columns.scmp.com/colart/afterhours/ZZZ2TQJ1DLE.html

Human Rights Defenders – Journalist Shi Tao (師濤)
师涛家人召开记者会 投诉雅虎香港控股 (Shi Tao's Family Sets to Sue Yahoo Hong Kong for Privacy Leak)
Radio Free Asia, March 31, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/03/31/
shitao/

Shareholder Activist Urges Victims of Web Name-list Blunder to Sue
SCMP, April 01, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZ8BOJ1DLE.html

Labor - Industrial Accidents
山西偏关县花炮厂发生爆炸8人死亡1人失踪 (Eight Died and One Went Missing in Firework Blast in Shanxi)
EastDay.com, April 03, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node
127598/userobject1ai1955674.html

Gas Leak Villagers Go Home
SCMP, April 03, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZRYFJ1DLE.html

省长亲赴处理 出事原因未明 (Provincial Chief to Handle Gas Blast in Shandong Which Has Killed At Least 28 Workers and Injured Many)
Ming Pao, April 03, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060403/caa1.htm

Labor - Unions
China Plans to Unionize 60% of Foreign Firms
Asia Times Online, April 01, 2006
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_Business/HD01Cb03.html

Law - Juvenile Justice
青少年农民工虚报年龄 引发刑事判决麻烦 (Falsifying Age Documentation Amongst Young Migrant Workers Hinders Courts to Invoke Juvenile Justice System in Serious Criminal Cases
Legal Daily, April 03, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-04/03/content_
292634.htm

Media - Censorship / Press Freedom
冰点拒刊袁伟时文章 ( Bing Dian Refuses to Publish Articles of Controversial Scholar)
Radio Free Asia, April 01, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/04/01/
bingdian/

北京文革纪念摄影展受阻 (Photo Exhibition of Cultural Revolution May be Called-off Under Increasing Political Pressure)
Radio Free Asia, March 31, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/03/31/
wenge/

Media - Internet Censorship
Web Users Walk Great Firewall of China
USA Today, April 03, 2006
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/internetprivacy/2006-04
-02-china-web-cops_x.htm?csp=34

Tech Companies' Ties to China Worry Some
USA Today, April 02, 2006
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/2006-04-02
-china-worries_x.htm?csp=34

Police - Abuses
HRIC: Woman Physically, Mentally Abused in Chinese Custody
Voice of America, April 03, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-04-01-voa19.cfm

Population - One-Child Policy
中国独生子女的人际空间:六成感孤独 交友多疑虑 (60% Feel Lonely and Hesitate to Make Friends, According to Survey on China's Single Children)
EastDay.com, April 03, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node
127598/userobject1ai1955852.html

Poverty
中国扶贫面临巨大挑战 (China's Poverty Situation Facing Great Challenges)
Radio Free Asia, April 02, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/04/02/
fupin/

Protests and Petitions
Activists' Tug-of-War to Ensure Democracy Wins at Olympics
SCMP, April 03, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZJYFJ1DLE.html

Villagers Forced to Sign 'Hush Form' over Shootings
SCMP, April 01, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZJWCJ1DLE.html

Public Health - HIV-AIDS/STDs
《艾滋病防治条例》实施后少女状告华夏时报侵犯肖像/隐私权 (AIDs Orphan Sues Newspaper for Invading Privacy in Accordance to the Rights Enshrined in the Regulations on AIDs Prevention)
Chinesenewsnet.com, April 03, 2006
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Forums/
BackStage/2006_4_2_14_57_46_748.html

Public Health
Removing Stigma from a Noble Cause
SCMP, April 01, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZDYMJ1DLE.html

Religion - Christianity
专家：中梵之冰未破 (Sino-Vatican Relations Still Need More Ice-Breaking Efforts)
Wen Wei Po, April 03, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH06040300
19&cat=002CH

Society - Ethnic Minorities
Ex-librarian Struggles to Save Zhuji Dialect from Extinction
SCMP, April 02, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ67FJ1DLE.html

Tibet
China May let Dalai Lama visit, Eyes Ties with Vatican
Reuters (via YahooNews), April 03, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060403/wl_nm/religion
_china_dc_1;_ylt=AoYxGsZz6847_tKlNg9bT5BPzWQA;_
ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Hong Kong
Fighting for Our Rights
SCMP, April 03, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZI1GJ1DLE.html

March 31, 2006

News

Death Penalty
China to 'Kill Fewer, Kill Carefully'
Asia Times Online, March 31, 2006
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/HC31Ad01.html

湖北：五类刑案慎用或不用“死刑立即执行” (Five Types of Criminal Convictions May Not Lead to Death Penalty with Immediate Execution, Say Hubei Courts)
Xinhuanet, March 31, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-03/31/content_4367
576.htm

收回死刑复核权带动刑事司法全局变革 (Returning the Power to Review Death Penalty Cases to the Supreme Court Will Bring About Comprehensive Legal Reforms)
Nanfang Weekend, March 30, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060330/xw/fz/2006
03300011.asp

完善死刑复核程序被告人辩护权保障机制的构想 (Changes in Procedure for Reviewing Death Penalty Cases Will Allow Convicts to Defend Themselves Before the Review Panel)
Legal Daily, March 30, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-03/30/content_
291067.htm

最高法选调死刑复核官进京 4月掌死刑复核权 (Supreme Court Selects Judges to Sit on Death Penalty Review Panels to Begin in April)
EastDay.com, March 30, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node126731/userobject1ai1948963.html8963.html

检察机关不应介入死刑复核程序 (Procuratorial Organs Should Not Intervene in Review of Death Penalty Cases)
Legal Daily, March 30, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-03/30/content_
291064.htm

Education
Shenzhen to Retain Temporary Teachers
SCMP, March 31, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ2VIJ1DLE.html

Environment
Collapses Found at Yangtze River banks
China Daily, March 31, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-03/31/content
_556838.htm

Gender - Domestic Violence
河南新法规：家暴受害者求救 警察须迅速出警 (New Regulation in Henan Province Requires Police to Provide Immediate Assistance to Victims of Domestic Violence)
Xinhuanet, March 31, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-03/31/content
_4367028.htm


Human Rights Defenders - Rights Defender Wang Bingzhang (王炳章)
来稿：敦促中国政府批准王炳章参加父亲葬礼的紧急呼吁 (China Urged to Allow Jailed Dissident Wang Bingzhang to Attend Father's Funeral in Canada)
Chinesenewsnet.com, March 30, 2006
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Opinion/
2006_3_30_20_15_16_223.htmlml

Labor
More Evacuations as Bid to Plug Gas Leak Fails
SCMP, March 31, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ1K8J1DLE.html

劳动合同法草案的三点缺憾 (Three Major Weaknesses in Draft Law on Labor Contracts)
China Youth Daily, March 31, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-03/31/content_1348394.htm

Media - Censorship / Press Freedom - Wu Hao (吴皓)
China Says Filmmaker 'Committed Crime'
AP( via YahooNews), March 31, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060331/ap_on_re_as/china
_missing_filmmaker_3;_ylt=AiRYHslO2t8Tn77OGxDFJ2FPz
WQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUliR
YHslO2t8Tn77OGxDFJ2FPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW
9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

北京公安拒绝对家人披露吴皓犯了什么罪 (Beijing Public Security Bureau Refuses to Disclose Charges Against Filmmaker Wu Hao to Family)
Radio Free Asia, March 30, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/03/30/wu/

Media - Censorship / Press Freedom
国际新闻学会批评中国压制互联网自由 (International Press Institute Criticizes China for Internet Censorship in Annual Report)
Radio Free Asia, March 30, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/03/30/
hulianwang/

Rolling Stone Silenced in China
Los Angeles Times, March 30, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-stone
30mar30,1,439554.story?coll=la-headlines-worldstone30mar
30,1,439554.story?coll=la-headlines-world

Media - Internet Censorship
中国限制网络新闻规定被批违宪 (Media Censorship in China Criticized as Being Unconstitutional)
Voice of America, March 29, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-03-29-voa56.cfm

Migrant Workers - Abuses
Beaten Slave Workers Freed from Brick Pit
SCMP, March 31, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ0UIJ1DLE.html

Multilateral - UN
联合国人权委员会调查中国苏家屯集中营传言 (UN Human Rights Committee to Investigate Concentration Camp in Shenyang Said to Be Selling Falun Gong Practitioners' Organs)
Chinesenewsnet.com, March 31, 2006
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/cna_2006_03_30_21_00_21_242.html21_00_21
_242.html

“中国使用酷刑的现象仍很普遍” ("Torture is Very Still Common in China", Says UN Special Rapporteur on Torture)
BBC, March 30, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_4860000/newsid
_4862800/4862862.stm

Olympics
Olympic-sized Debate on China
CNN, March 30, 2006
http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/03/30/china.
olympics.liberties.ap/index.html?section=cnn_latest?section=
cnn_latest

Protests and Petitions
佛山过百村民政府外静坐 强征地维权代表被劳教 (Hundreds of Foshan Villagers Stage Sit-in Protest Against Illegal Land Grab and Sentencing of Fellow Protestor)
Radio Free Asia, March 30, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/03/30/
foshan1/

Public Health - HIV-AIDS/STDs
China's Human Trial of AIDS Vaccine Proceeding Well
Xinhuanet, March 30, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-03/30/content_
4365658.htm

Religion
Compromise Likely Over China Bishop Postings
Financial Times, March 31, 2006
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/597ad6d8-c053-11da-939f-00007
79e2340.html

Tibet
人权观察关注四川省被关押藏人 (Rights Group Expresses Concerns on Detention of Five Tibetans in Sichuan Province)
Voice of America, March 30, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-03-30-voa51.cfm

North Korea – Refugees
White House Condemns China Treatment of North Korean Asylum Seeker
AFP (via YahooNews), March 31, 2006
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/060331/afp/060331024429
asiapacificnews.html

多维详讯：中国遣返朝鲜女难民美表严重关注 (US Concerned About Beijing's Repatriation of North Korean Refugee)
Chinesenewsnet.com, March 30, 2006
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Topics/
2006_3_30_19_14_39_364.html

March 30, 2006

Top News of the Day

Poverty
全国仍有未能解决温饱的贫困人口２３６５万 (Over 23 Million of People Still Living in Poverty in China)
Radio Free Asia, March 29, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2006/03/29/
china_rural/
An interim report published by the State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development said more than 23 million people in China are still living in poverty.


News

Corruption
Dozens Arrested After 2004 Audit of State Finances
SCMP, March 30, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZD8FJ1DLE.html

Education
Foreign Professionals in Great Demand
China Daily, March 30, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-03/30/
content_555994.htm

教育部表示将清退四十多万名代课教师 (Ministry of Education Says 400,000 Substitute Teachers Will Be Dismissed)
Radio Free Asia, March 30, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2006/03/29/
china_rural_education/

Environment
Auditors: Billions for Water Projects Go Down the Drain
China Daily, March 30, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-03/30/
content_555835.htm

Government - Grassroots Elections
Farmers Urged to Pick Leaders to Bring Wealth
China Daily, March 30, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-03/30/
content_555980.htm

Human Rights Defenders
Campaigner Honoured for Exposing Epidemic
SCMP, March 30, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZA9GJ1DLE.html

上海异见人士李国涛被拘留七天后获释 (Shanghai-Based Dissident Li Guotao Released for Seven Days in Detention)
Radio Free Asia, March 30, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2006/03/29/
china_dissident/

Law
最高检公布受理行贿犯罪档案查询暂行规定 (Supreme Court Announces Regulations on Public Access to Bribe Cases)
People's Daily, March 30, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1026/4250891.html

吸收未成年人参与起草 规定严禁变相开除学生 (Teenagers to Be Involved in Drafting of Juvenile Law, Schools May be Prohibited from Expelling Students)
Legal Daily, March 30, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-03/30/content
_291147.htm

Media
南风窗杂志驻京记者谈中国新闻自由 (Beijing Correspondent of Nanfeng Chong Magazine Talks about Press Freedom in China)
Radio Free Asia, March 30, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/03/29/xinwenziyou/

Protests and Petitions - Hu Jia (胡佳)
Aids Activist Tells of Ordeal in Detention
SCMP, March 30, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZBZ4J1DLE.html

Interview With AIDS Activist Hu Jia
Radio Free Asia, March 29, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2006/03/29/china_hujia/

专访艾滋病活动人士胡佳和李丹 (Interview With AIDS Activists Hu Jia and Li Dan)
Radio Free Asia, March 30, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/03/29/hujia1/

Protests and Petitions
上海拆迁户跳楼身亡 (Shanghai Evictee Plunges to Death)
Radio Free Asia, March 30, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/03/29/chaiqian/

Protests and Petitions - Taishi Incident
Taishi Poll Candidate to Sue Election Committee
SCMP, March 30, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ9U4J1DLE.html

太石村民拟诉诸人大及法律手段挑战选举结果 (Taishi Villagers Plan Legal Actions to Challenge Party Chief Election Results)
Radio Free Asia, March 30, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
03/29/taishi/

Public Health
中国否认从死刑犯身上摘取器官 (Beijing Denies Stripping Organs from Executed Convicts)
Radio Free Asia, March 30, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
03/29/organ_harvest/

Religion - Christianity
Religion and Politics A Duty to Speak out for Social Justice
SCMP, March 30, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZPS4J1DLE.html

March 29, 2006

Top News of the Day

Protests and Petitions - Hu Jia (胡佳)
中国民间艾滋病防治人士胡佳获释 (Detained AIDS Activist Hu Jia Released)
Radio Free Asia, March 29, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/03/28/hujia/
Hu Jia, a 32-year-old AIDS activist, returned to his home in Beijing on Tuesday after having been detained by authorities at an unknown location for about six weeks. He was arrested on February 16 while participating in a hunger strike called by rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng.

Related News
Aids Activist Released but Researcher Still Detained
SCMP, March 29, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZC3R8AVKE.html

News

Environment
Polluters May be Taxed, Says Minister
SCMP, March 29, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZO3R8AVKE.html

Labor
Chinese President Stresses Safe Production and "Putting People First"
People's Daily, March 29, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200603/29/
eng20060329_254148.html

Media
中宣部禁止传媒负面报道长征 (Publicity Department Bans Negative Reports on the Long March)
Radio Free Asia, March 29, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2006/03/28/
china_media_freedom/

电子网络成为另一种民主形式 (Internet Becomes Another Form of Democracy in China)
Radio Free Asia, March 29, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
03/28/wangluo/

Protests and Petitions
上访夫妇岳永进被关月余仍未获释 (Liaoning Couple Still Being Held in Detention for Petitioning in Beijing Last Month)
Radio Free Asia, March 29, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
03/28/shangfang/

广西警民冲突 被抓村民只部分释放 (Four Villagers Detained in Clash With Police in Guangxi Province Still Not Released)
Radio Free Asia, March 29, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/03/28/chongtu/

Anti-Graft Activists Detained
SCMP, March 29, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZW3R8AVKE.html

Protests and Petitions – Taishi Incident
New Setback in Taishi's Struggle for Democracy
SCMP, March 29, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZGQLI6VKE.html

官方宣布太石村选举结果　公正性遭质疑 (Taishi Local People’s Congress Election Results Announced, but Fairness of Elections Is in Question)
Radio Free Asia, March 29, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
03/28/taishi/

Public Health
北京废止动员组织公民献血条例 (Beijing Repeals 1998 Municipal Regulation Urging Citizens to Give Blood)
China Youth Daily, March 29, 2006
http://news.cyol.com/content/2006-03/29/content
_1344941.htm

Gruesome Business of Supply, Demand
SCMP, March 29, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZC2OI6VKE.html

Organs Taken 'With Consent of Prisoners'
SCMP, March 29, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ04R8AVKE.html

青海省甘河滩地区大批儿童铅中毒 (Lead Poisoning Found in Large Number of Children in Qinghai Province)
Radio Free Asia, March 29, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2006/
03/28/china_pollution/

Religion
Catholic Group Preparing for Mainland Move
SCMP, March 29, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZH7XI6VKE.html

March 28, 2006

News

Environment
Latest Import from China: Filthy Air
ABC News, March 28, 2006
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/GlobalWarming/
story?id=1772177&page=1

China Imposing Grazing Ban to Save Pasture
China Daily, March 27, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-03/27
/content_553583.htm

Labor
劳动合同法草案公布一周 收到意见4769件 (Draft of Labor Contract Law to Be Promulgated on Monday, 4,769 Opinions Already Received)
Legal Daily, March 28, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-03/28/
content_289162.htm

Land Policy
卫星巡查违法用地 (Satellite Technology Employed to Locate Illegal Land Use)
The Beijing News, March 28, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/china/2006/0328/
014@170350.htm

Law
缓解西部及贫困地区基层检察官短缺问题 最高检提出突破困境八大措施 (Supreme Court Endorses Eight Measures to Relieve Shortage of Procurators in Rural Areas)
Legal Daily, March 28, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-03/28/
content_289168.htm

Media
哈佛研究员介绍中国的博客和网络审查 (Harvard University Researcher Presents Findings on Blog and Internet Censorship in China)
Radio Free Asia, March 27, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/03/27/blog/

Migrant Workers
受权发布:国务院关于解决农民工问题的若干意见 (State Council Issues Opinion on How to Resolve Problems Related to Migrant Workers)
Xinhuanet, March 28, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-03/27/
content_4351076.htm

Migrant Workers Get More Protection
People's Daily, March 28, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200603/28/eng20060328_253946.html

Protests and Petitions – Wu Hao (吴皓)
China Not Giving Details About Filmmaker
AP( via YahooNews), March 27, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060327/ap_on_re_as/china_missing_filmmaker_1;_ylt=AozYlty5T9HrwjEMgGaZVqlPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Protests and Petitions
Hopelessness Haunts China's Desperate Petitioners
Reuters (via YahooNews), March 27, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060327/lf_nm/china_petitioners_dc_1;_ylt=AsWLdI6Q4863gVcv8NHNN4lPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

临沂三村民被正式逮捕 (Three Relatives of Blind Activist Chen Guangcheng Formally Arrested)
Radio Free Asia, March 27, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/03/27/linyi/

Protests and Petitions - Hu Jia (胡佳)
Wife of Missing Aids Activist Victim of Attack
SCMP, March 28, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZKRTI6VKE.html

Protests and Petitions - Resettlement
Villagers Keep Up Demands for Justice
SCMP, March 28, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZSDII6VKE.html

Protests and Petitions - Shanwei Incident
东洲村民希望诉诸法律救助被捕者 (Dongzhou Villagers Seek Legal Aid to Rescue Detainees)
Radio Free Asia, March 27, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/03/27/dongzhou/

Public Health
中国器官移植新规定禁止买卖人体器官 (China Announces New Law to Ban Trading of Human Organs)
Radio Free Asia, March 27, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/03/27/organ_trafficking/

March 25 – 27, 2006

News

Bilateral Ties - Other
梵蒂冈：与中国建交时机成熟 (Vatican: Time Ripe for Building Ties with China)
Voice of America, March 25, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-03-25-voa52.cfm

Corruption
Nationwide Blitz on Corrupt Officials Nets 400 Fugitives
SCMP, March 27, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZD5PI6VKE.html

Environment
報告稱中國木材加工業威脅世界森林 (Green Group Forest Trends Says China's Timber Industry Threatens Livelihood of Global Forests)
BBC, March 27, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_4840000/
newsid_4842900/4842950.stm

Gender
中国妇女如何维护自身权益 (How Can Chinese Women Protect Their Rights?)
Radio Free Asia, March 25, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
03/25/funu/

Human Rights Defenders
纪录片制作人吴皓被拘留 亲属表示十分担忧 (Family Worried About Detained Documentary Filmmaker Wu Hao)
Radio Free Asia, March 26, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/03/26/wuhao/

Labor
礦鄉美好時刻 村民自拍 無災無難 (Guizhou Mine Workers Hold Photo Exhibition to Showcase Their Lives)
Ming Pao, March 27, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/

Labour Contract Law Draft Safeguards Workers' Rights
People's Daily, March 27, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200603/27/
eng20060327_253700.html

Media
Journalist Number Doubles in 20 Years
People's Daily, March 27, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200603/27/
eng20060327_253708.html

报刊业跻身中国发展最快行业 年销售逾300亿元 (Print Media Is Fastest Growing Industry in China, With Annual Sales at 30 Billion Yuan)
People's Daily, March 27, 2006
http://media.people.com.cn/GB/40710/4238256.html

Police - Crime
China Faces Rising Number of Young Offenders, Says Researcher
People's Daily, March 27, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200603/26/
eng20060326_253608.html

Poverty
中國評論﹕政策調整須顧弱勢群體 (Discussion: Policy Adjustments Should Accommodate the Underprivileged)
Ming Pao, March 27, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/

Factory Shake-Up Bid to Close Income Gap
SCMP, March 27, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZD5FI6VKE.html

Protests and Petitions
Villagers Evicted from University Town to Get Back Some Land
SCMP, March 27, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZUAQI6VKE.html

街道办事处私下出售海域 村民维权多年上访未果 (Fishermen in Liaoning Province Still Petitioning Over Land Sold by Neighborhood Councils in 1992, No Resolution in Sight)
Radio Free Asia, March 25, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/03/25/shangfang/

Rural Issues
讨论:中国新农村建设的关键 (Discussion: The Key to China's New Socialist Countryside)
Radio Free Asia, March 25, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/03/25/nongcun/

Hong Kong /
Media - Censorship / Press Freedom
Journalists Fear For Press Freedoms
SCMP, March 27, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZKLG8AVKE.html

March 24, 2006

News

Bilateral Ties - US/China
Status of Hu's US Visit Up in the Air
SCMP, March 24, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZKBJI6VKE.html

Children - Orphans and Adoption
Adopted in China, Seeking Identity in America
New York Times, March 23, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/23/national/23adop
t.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Civil Society - NGOs
“扶贫二重唱”：地方政府与NGO联袂首演 (NGOs and Local Government Work Together to Curb Poverty)
Nanfang Weekend, March 23, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060323/xw/s
zxw2/200603230014.asp

Death Penalty
Men Sentenced to Death for Babies Trafficking in Yunnan
Xinhuanet, March 23, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-03/23/co
ntent_4337561.htm

Education - Basic Education
义务教育就应当是完全免费教育 (Compulsory Education Should Be Completely Free Education)
Legal Daily, March 24, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-03/24/con
tent_287494.htm

制度保障农村中小学校经费 (School Fees for Primary and Secondary Schools in Rural Areas Need to Be Standardized)
Legal Daily, March 24, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-03/24/co
ntent_287491.htm

Environment
中国水资源短缺等四大水问题依然严峻 (Water Shortages Are One of the Four Most Serious Water-Related Problems in China)
China Youth Daily, March 23, 2006
http://news.cyol.com/content/2006-03/23/content
_1341224.htm

Government
李金华要求将医疗教育住房等作为审计重点 (Head of National Audit Office Says This Year’s Focus Should Be on Health Care, Education and Housing)
People's Daily, March 24, 2004
http://gov.people.com.cn/GB/59640/4233223.html

Human Rights
联合国经社理事会通过决议废除人权委员会 (Resolution to Abolish UN Commission on Human Rights Adopted)
China Youth Daily, March 24, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-03/24/content%2
0_1342036.htm

中国人权状况如何？听众批评较多 (Criticisms Over China's Human Rights Condition)
Voice of America, March 23, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/m2006-03-23
-voa62.cfm

Human Rights Defenders – Journalist Zhao Yan (赵岩)
京指赵岩获释不符事实 (Washington Criticized for Inaccurate Comments over China’s Handling of Zhao Yan's Case)
Ming Pao, March 24, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060324/cab2.htm

美国国务院要求立即释放中国记者赵岩 (US Urges Immediate Release of New York Times Researcher Zhao Yan)
Radio Free Asia, March 23, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/20
06/03/23/zhaoyan/

Human Rights Defenders - Petitioner Liu Xinjuan (刘新娟)
以精神病为名受迫害的上访人讲述经历 (Petitioner Forcibly Admitted to Psychiatric Hospital Speaks About the Experience)
Radio Free Asia, March 23, 2004
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006
/03/23/shangfang/

Labor – Industrial Accidents
临县透水煤矿已发现17人遇难 (17 Found Dead in Shanxi Coal Mine Flooding)
China Youth Daily, March 24, 2006
http://news.cyol.com/content/2006-03/24/cont
ent_1342141.htm

Coal Mine Blast Leaves 8 Dead, 5 Injured in N. China
China Daily, March 24, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-03/24/
content_551486.htm

Law
(Govt to Improve Legal System to Solve Refugee Problems)
Xinhuanet, March 23, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-03/23/c
ontent_4337800.htm

Police
对中国器官移植和死刑犯关注再起 (Harvesting Organs of Executed Prisoners for Transplants Raises Public Concerns Again)
Voice of America, March 23, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-03-2
3-voa74.cfm

Poverty
贫困，绊住了我们的脚步 (Poverty Keeps Us from Moving Forward)
China Youth Daily, March 24, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-03/24/conte
nt_1341896.htm

仇富农民开车撞人案再度引起关注 (Man Charged with Vehicular Homicide Pleads for Death Sentence)
Voice of America, March 23, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-03-2
3-voa42.cfm

Protests and Petitions
Authorities 'Paying Lip Service' to Complaints
SCMP, March 24, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZWQC8A
VKE.html

Public Health
哈尔滨“天价医药费”事件调查升格 (Investigation Continues into Astronomical Medical Fees in Harbin)
Radio Free Asia, March 23, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao
/2006/03/23/harbin/

Public Health - HIV-AIDS/STDs
广西截至05年底累计报告艾滋病毒感染者20604例 (Guangxi Province Reports 20,604 HIV/AIDS Infections as of End of 2005)
EastDay.com, March 24, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/n
ode81762/node125406/userobject1ai1934198.html
4198.html

Religion - Christianity
湖北河南的两县地下教会聚会被冲击 (Authorities Crack Down on Two Underground House Churches in Hubei and Henan)
Radio Free Asia, March 23, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2
006/03/23/jiaohui/