The HRIC Daily Brief is a daily selection of news stories and commentary related to human rights in China, drawn from Chinese- and English-language news and online media sources that we monitor daily. In addition to headlines and source links, HRIC also provides English translation of Chinese headlines.

Friday, June 02, 2006

Jun 2, 2006

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender – Xinjiang - Rebiya Kadeer (热比娅)
Uyghur Dissident's Sons Detained, Beaten in Front of Own Children
Radio Free Asia, June 01, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/english/uyghur/
2006/06/01/uyghur_kadeer/
Chinese authorities in Xinjiang have formally detained two sons of exiled Uyghur dissident Rebiya Kadeer and are keeping one of her daughters under house arrest for alleged tax evasion, after "seriously" beating one son in front of his children, according to the Kadeer family and an official news report.

News

Bilateral Ties
加拿大联邦法院裁定，暂缓遣返 (Canadian Federal Court Stays Repatriation Order on Lai Changxing)
Voice of America, June 01, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-06-01-voa56.cfm

Death Penalty
凶手在王府井劫车撞9人案赔偿出现同命不同价 (Deadly Car Crash Case Decided in Beijing Court, Victims from Rural Areas Receive Less Compensation than Those from Cities)
Xinhuanet, May 31, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-05/31/
content_4623772.htm

巡警中队长杀情人案一审判死 赔偿原告20余万 (Policeman Sentenced to Death for Murdering Lover in Fuzhou)
Xinhuanet, May 31, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-05/31/
content_4626262.htm

Education
广州:2100元/月咬牙供儿入幼儿园 (2,100 Yuan a Month Needed to Put Kids into Kindergarten in Guangzhou)
Nanfang Daily, June 02, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/shyp/
200606020396.asp

Environment
中国打击缅甸边境非法伐木业 (China Bans Illegal Logging at Myanmar Border)
BBC, June 02, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_5030000
/newsid_5037400/5037478.stm

Experts Push for Westward Water Diversion Route
China Daily, June 02, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-06/02/
content_606839.htm

中国近40%城市的空气重度污染 (Nearly 40% of Chinese Cities Have Serious Air Pollution)
Radio Free Asia, June 01, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/06/01/air/

Gender
Prostitution Rule: Oral Sex Seller Lightly Punished
Shanghai Daily (via China Daily), June 02, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-06/02/
content_606590.htm

Government
村民自治由谁说了算 (Village Self-governance Should Be More Than Words)
Nanfang Weekend, June 01, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/
zmzg/200606010686.asp

Human Rights Defender - Internet Activist - Huang Qi (黄琦)
披露六四补偿 網主被逼迁 (Website Owner Forced to Move Home Twice in a Month for Revealing June 4th Compensation)
Ming Pao, June 02, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060602/cab1.htm

Human Rights Defender - Jiang Qisheng (江棋生）
江棋生“六四”前又遭公安监视 (Dissident Jiang Qisheng Monitored by Police Ahead of June 4th)
Radio Free Asia, June 01, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/06/01/jqs/

Labor
“2005年中国工会维护职工合法权益蓝皮书”发布 (All-China Federation of Trade Unions Issues “2005 Blue Paper on Chinese Trade Unions Safeguarding the Rights and Interests of all Working Men and Women")
Xinhuanet, June 02, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-06/02
/content_4636428.htm

第二等公平与"无煤不黑"定律 (The Dark Side of Coal Mines)
China Youth Daily, June 02, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-06/02/
content_1404341.htm

Land Policy
中国下令禁止征用土地建豪华住房 (China Orders Ban on Land Acquisition for Construction of Luxury Houses)
Voice of America, June 01, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-06-01-voa58.cfm

Law
CPC Starts Review of Accident Investigations
Xinhuanet, June 01, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-06/01/
content_4635054.htm

Media
采访遭拒绝 上海记者起诉市规划局信息不公开 (Shanghai Journalist Sues Municipal Authorities for Refusing Interviews)
Xinhuanet, June 02, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-06/02/
content_4637030.htm

美国讨论会关注中国缺乏互联网自由 (US Conference Shows Concern for Lack of Internet Freedom in China)
Radio Free Asia, June 01, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/06/01/internet/

Protests and Petitions
河南高法“大接访” (Henan Higher People's Court Receives 7,000 Petitioning Cases in Four Days)
Nanfang Weekend, June 02, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/zmzg/
200606010687.asp

北京百餘民工向韓國公司討薪遭毆打 (More than 100 Migrant Workers Beaten for Demanding Salary from Korean Company in Beijing)
BBC, June 02, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_5030000/
newsid_5036800/5036816.stm

Tibet
Dalai Lama Urges Patience in Dealing with China
Financial Times, June 01, 2006
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/d837e194-f0fc-11da-9338
-0000779e2340.html

Thursday, June 01, 2006

May 31 - June 1, 2006

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Rebiya Kadeer (热比娅)
热比亚子女获释但被限制在家 (Kadeers' Children Released but Under House Arrest)
Voice of America, June 01, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/n2006-06-01-voa2.cfm
Three children of exiled Uyghur dissident Rebiya Kadeer have been placed under house arrest after being taken away by the police for questioning for several hours on May 31. Sources say that the authorities wanted to prevent the trio from meeting with a visiting American congressional team.


Related News:

News
Children
Clean up Children's Goods: Expert
SCMP, June 01, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ8BGUCSNE.html

谁来做这些特殊儿童监护人 (Who Will Be the Guardians of These Special Children?)
Legal Daily, June 01, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-06/01/
content_326447.htm

Civil Society - NGOs
艾滋病有关人士团体呼吁重选基金理事会 (AIDS Activists Ask Authorities to Hold Re-election for Executive Council of AIDS Foundation)
Radio Free Asia, May 30, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/05/30/aids/

Beijing's Global Environment Institute Tests the Boundaries of NGO Activity
WorldWatch, May 30, 2006
http://www.worldwatch.org/features/chinawatch/stories/
20060530-1

Death Penalty
乐业爆炸案9死4伤两栋三层楼被炸塌 两主犯被判死刑 (Two People Sentenced to Death for Causing Deadly Explosion in Guangxi)
Legal Daily, June 01, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-06/01/
content_326438.htm

Environment
北京面临50年来大乾旱缺水严重 (Beijing Faces Most Serious Water Shortage in 50 Years)
Voice of America, May 31, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-05-31-voa67.cfm

中国长江污染严重江水已呈腊黄色 (Pollution of Yangtze River Getting Worse)
Voice of America, May 30, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-05-30-voa24.cfm

Deserts Shrinking by 7,585 Sq Km Annually
Xinhuanet, May 30, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-05/30/
content_4618229.htm

In China, Globalization Can Be Green
International Herald Tribune, May 30, 2006
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/05/30/opinion/edali.php

Freedom of Speech
国际笔会通过提案关注中国言论自由 (International Pen Association Passes Motion to Express Concern over Freedom of Speech in China)
Radio Free Asia, May 30, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/05/30/
penchina/

Gender
中国查封两百家性别选择人流诊所 (China Closes 200 Abortion Clinics for Practicing Gender Selection)
Voice of America, June 01, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-06-01-voa7.cfm

Human Rights Defenders
西藏原女政治犯逃离西藏避难印度 (Tibetan Female Ex-political Prisoners Flee Tibet for India)
Voice of America, May 31, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-05-31-voa52.cfm

Human Rights Defender - Internet Activist - Liu Shui (刘水)
警方释放刘水 威胁其离开深圳 (Police Release Liu Shui but Warn Him to Leave Shenzhen by June 1)
Radio Free Asia, May 30, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/05/30/
liushui/

June 4th
欧阳五﹕胡锦涛政改努力缝合「六四伤痕」(Commentary: Hu Jintao Is Trying to Suture the "June 4th Scar")
Ming Pao, June 01, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060601/fab1.htm

Labor
Minimum Wages Going up 17pc in Shenzhen to Ease Social Unrest
SCMP, June 01, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZWBGUCSNE.html

Land Policy - Land Disputes
Residents Cry Foul as Shanghai Hails Expo Relocation Success
SCMP, June 01, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZA25FQ3ME.html

江苏岛民抵抗征地　官方内施酷刑外控媒体 (Jiangsu Residents Tortured for Resisting Land Grab; Media Harassed for Trying to Report on Incident)
Radio Free Asia, May 31, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/05/31/zhengdi/

Seized University Town Land Released to Developers
SCMP, June 01, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZSTXUCSNE.html

Media
China: Businessman Jailed over Illegal Paper
SCMP (via Asiamedia), June 01, 2006
http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=46980

New Forms of New Media Are in Vogue
China Daily, May 31, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-05/31/
content_604577.htm

国际媒体年会要求中国停止封锁审查互联网 (International Press Institute Asks China to Stop Internet Censorship )
Radio Free Asia, May 30, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/05/30/internet/

Migrant Workers
社会关爱：合肥「阳光」一帮一 (Help for Children of Anhui’s Migrant Workers)
Wen Wei Po, June 01, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=
CH0606010026&cat=002CH

Olympics
China to Ban Smoking for Duration of Olympics
Guardian, May 30, 2006
http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,,1785575,00.html

Politics
中共干部换班被质疑是否真想民主 (Critics Question Whether Change of CPC Officials Really Means Democracy)
Voice of America, May 30, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-05-30-voa40.cfm

Protests and Petitions
港民权活动人士端午节请愿 呼吁北京释放政治犯和入狱记者 (Hong Kong Activists Petition for Release of Political Prisoners and Jailed Journalists at Dragon Boat Festival)
Radio Free Asia, May 31, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/05/31/minquan/

上海访民乔装打扮逃脱上海警方抓人 (Shanghai Petitioners Disguise Themselves to Avoid Arrest)
Radio Free Asia, May 30, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/05/30/fangmin/

汕尾重判村民轻罚官 网上发起联署抗议 (Internet Signature Protest Launched Against Ruling on Shanwei Incident)
Radio Free Asia, May 30, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/05/30/shanwei/

Public Health
他的左肝有没有人动过？(Family of Psychiatric Patient Suspect that Hospital Removed Part of Son’s Liver Without Permission)
The Beijing News, June 01, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0558/2006/06-01/
012@184406.htm

Tuesday, May 30, 2006

May 30, 2006

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Internet Activist - Liu Shui (刘水）
异议作家刘水在深圳被公安带走 (Dissident Writer Liu Shui Taken Away by Police in Shenzhen)
Radio Free Asia, May 29, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/05/29/
liushui/
Dissident writer Liu Shui was taken away by police in Shenzhen on May 29 while visiting a friend. Liu frequently posted critical essays on the Internet and had previously been detained four times. According to the report, his friend suspected that Liu was taken away for questioning in regard to research Liu had been doing on the system of custody and education.

News

Death Penalty
大学生见义勇为制止行窃被杀害 (Murderer Sentenced to Death for Killing University Student Who Tried to Stop Theft)
Legal Daily, May 30, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-05/30/
content_323651.htm

Environment
遏沙尘京3年內取消翻耕 (Beijing to Ban Traditional "Deep Plowing" Method in Three Years to Reduce Dust Storms)
Wen Wei Po, May 30, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_
id=CH0605300025&cat=002CH

GE Invests $50m in 'Green' China
BBC, May 30, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/5026496.stm

Government
人大代表选举引进预选 对自我宣传/罢免门槛/贿选制裁等有明确规定 (Guangdong Provincial People's Congress Proposes Amendments to Election Law )
Nanfang Daily, May 30, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews
/jwxy/200605300107.asp

监察部、国土资源部查处5起严重土地违法案件被 (Ministry of Supervision and Ministry of Land Resources Join to Investigate Land Grabs)
Xinhuanet, May 30, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2006-05/30/
content_4619238.htm

Human Rights Defenders
天网创办人黄琦与美国领事见面被公安打扰 (Inaugurator of Website "Sky Net" Huang Qi Harassed by Police After Meeting American Consul)
Radio Free Asia, May 29, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/05/29/huangqi/

June 4th
天安门母亲要求重评六四依法赔偿 (Tiananmen Mothers Demand Reassessment of June 4th and Compensation)
Radio Free Asia, May 29, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-05-29-voa27.cfm

  • Related News:

HRIC Press Release: Tiananmen Mothers Renew Calls for Justice for June 4th Crackdown May 28, 2006
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision
%5fid=28030&item%5fid=28028

Land Policy
国土资源部要求先期介入规划 (Ministry of Land Resources Asks Local Branches to Intervene in Early Planning Stage of Land Use)
Legal Daily, May 30, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-05/30/
content_323648.htm

台州官员卖地牟利 农民申请游行遭据 (Farmers' Application to Protest Land Grab in Zhejiang Refused)
Radio Free Asia, May 29, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/05/29/taizhou/

Law
信息网络传播权保护条例今年7月1日起施行 (Regulation on Copyright Protection for Information on Internet to Take Effect as of July 1)
Legal Daily, May 30, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-05/30/
content_323628.htm

六成县市区侦查机关停止社会鉴定 (60 Percent of Judicial Investigative Agencies Shut Down in Hebei)
Legal Daily, May 30, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-05/30/
content_323654.htm

立法机关应回应最低刑龄之争 (Legislative Organs Should Respond to Debate on Minimum Age for Children to Be Held Criminally Responsible)
Legal Daily, May 30, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-05/30/
content_323647.htm

Media
《南方周末》可能再遭整顿 ("Nanfang Weekend" Criticized by Propaganda Ministry for Publishing Article About Retired Top Leaders)
Radio Free Asia, May 29, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/05/29/
nanfangzhoumo/

Migrant Workers
武汉农民工子女独立编班激起波澜 (Debate Heats Up As Migrant Workers' Children Are Segregated to Different Classes in Wuhan City)
China Youth Daily, May 30, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-05/30/content_
1400481.htm

Politics
人大是官员调养身体的去处吗 (Is NPC the Place for Officials to Convalesce?)
China Youth Daily, May 30, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-05/30/
content_1400261.htm

Poverty
中共欲改革分配制度缩小贫富差距 (CPC Wants to Reform Income Distribution to Narrow Wealth Gap)
Voice of America, May 29, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-05-29-voa38.cfm

Protests and Petitions
“以死相逼”要追责于法无据 (Criminalizing Death Threats by Petitioners Lacks Legal Basis)
China Youth Daily, May 30, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-05/30/
content_1400191.htm

Public Health
Smoking Ban Urged to Protect Children in Public Areas
SCMP, May 30, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ0L3UCSNE.html

Monday, May 29, 2006

May 27-29, 2006

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender – Journalist Zhao Yan (赵岩)
Trial of NYT Researcher Begins June 8
AP (via YahooNews), May 27, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060527/ap_on_re_as/
china_new_york_times_2;_ylt=At5qerFdxenJW_
5Fm0NWaptPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9m
BHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl
erFdxenJW_5Fm0NWaptPzWQA;_ylu=X3o
DMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl
A Beijing court has set June 8 as the date to try Zhao Yan, a researcher for The New York Times, on charges of leaking state secrets and fraud. This is despite the fact that the same charges were dropped in March. He was detained in September 2004 for correctly predicting in his report Jiang Zemin's plan to resign from the Central Military Commission.

News
Bilateral Ties
欧盟赞中国保障人权进展 (European Union Praises China's Progress on Human Rights Protection but Criticizes Use of Death Penalty and Torture)
Wen Wei Po, May 29, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id
=CH0605290022&cat=002CH

布什会见中国人权活动人士及反响 (The Meeting Between President Bush and China's Rights Defenders and Its Repercussions)
Voice of America, May 26, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-05-26-voa68.cfm

Death Penalty
死刑二审案件开庭进入攻坚阶段 (Policy of Second Trial for Death Penalty Cases Enters Crucial Stage)
Legal Daily, May 29, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-05/29/content_
322838.htm

Environment
扔掉的煤够用10年 三大因素致煤炭资源浪费严重 (Three Reasons for Serious Coal Wastage; Thrown-away Coal Enough for 10 Years’ Consumption)
People's Daily, May 29, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1026/4412036.html

Battle to Restore Lake's Lost Beauty
SCMP, May 29, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZUNXEQ3ME.html

环保总局局长周生贤:破坏环境的项目“一律不批” (Head of State Environmental Protection Administration Says: Projects that Harm Environment Will Not Be Approved)
People's Daily, May 29, 2006
http://gov.people.com.cn/GB/46738/4412058.html

Water Consumption for Per Unit of GDP to Drop 30% in 2010
Xinhuanet, May 28, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-05/28/content
_4611771.htm

Government
检察院工作“通报”人大代表 (Xuanwu District Procuratorate in Beijing to Begin Making Quarterly Reports to People's Congress Representative)
The Beijing News, May 29, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0553/2006/05-29/
015@183567.htm

Human Rights Defender - Internet Activist - Sun Wenguang (孙文广)
孙文广网上发表文章遭公安人员问讯 (Rights Activist Sun Wenguang Questioned by Police for Posting Articles on Internet)
Radio Free Asia, May 28, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/05/28/
wenxun/

Human Rights Defender - Mao Hengfeng (毛恒凤)
2 Chinese Activists Detained in Shanghai
AP (via CBSNews), May 27, 2006
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/05/27/ap/world/
printableD8HS0I0G0.shtml
June 4th
Rain Dents Turnout by June 4 Protesters
SCMP, May 29, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZXK0FQ3ME.html

US Consul Studies Payout over Tiananmen
SCMP, May 29, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ0G1FQ3ME.html

Labor
Rural Labor Resources Shortage Felt in China
Xinhuanet, May 28, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-05/28/content_
4611259.htm

Media
网络必设防：安全事件月均万起 粤沪苏等地最多 (More than 10,000 Internet Security Cases in China Last Year)
People's Daily, May 29, 2006
http://it.people.com.cn/GB/8219/61651/61654/4410401.html

大赦国际启动旨在争取网络自由的新网站 (Amnesty International Launches New Webpage to Campaign for Internet Freedom)
Radio Free Asia, May 28, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/05/28/wangluo/

北京市招200名首批特约网络监察员 (Beijing City Recruits First 200 Internet Monitors)
Radio Free Asia, May 25, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/05/25/
wangluo1/

Migrant Workers
“伤有所保”离农民工有多远 (How Long Before Migrant Workers Will Have On-the-Job Insurance Protection?)
People's Daily, May 29, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1026/4410564.html

他们是当下中国最容易受伤害的人 (Migrant Workers' Children Left at Home Alone Are Most Vulnerable to Harm)
China Youth Daily, May 29, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-05/29/content_1398701.htm

网络给农民带来了什么 (What Has the Internet Given Migrant Workers?)
People's Daily, May 28, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/30178/4409675.html

North Korea
美中密议允许闯馆北韩人离开中国 (Secret Deal Discussed to Allow North Koreans Who Enter American Consulate to Leave China)
Voice of America, May 26, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-05-26-voa41.cfm

Police
陕西平利交警队瞒报420多起事故52名死亡者 (Police in One County in Shaanxi Province Found to Have Covered Up 420 Accidents and 52 Deaths)
EastDay.com, May 29, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node137587/userobject1ai2067391.html

中国黑恶势力向政治领域渗透 (Chinese Mafia Infiltrates Political Sphere)
Radio Free Asia, May 26, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/05/26/hk/

Poverty
世行助华扶贫作用如何？专家评论 (Experts Comment on Impact of World Bank's Anti-Poverty Measures in China)
Voice of America, May 29, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-05-29-voa3.cfm

Public Health
医院输血致夫妻同染艾滋 索赔被拒妻子悲愤离世 (Couple Contracts AIDS as a Result of Blood Transfusion; Wife Dies Before Final Court Holds Hospital Responsible)
People's Daily, May 29, 2006
http://society.people.com.cn/GB/1062/4411488.html

Religion
Rome-approved Bishop Defies Ban
SCMP, May 29, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZDL0FQ3ME.html

A Chinese Dissident's Faith
Washington Post, May 28, 2006
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article
/2006/05/26/AR2006052601615.
htmldyn/content/article/2006/05/26/AR2006052601615.html

Tibet
西藏流亡政府称北京对其立场曲解 (Tibetan Government-in-Exile Argues that Beijing Misinterprets Its Stance)
Voice of America, May 26, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-05-26-voa54.cfm

Friday, May 26, 2006

May 26, 2006

News

Bilateral Ties
“东突”疑犯海外被释 (Beijing Says That 5 Uyghurs in Albania Are Terrorists, not Refugees )
The Beijing News, May 26, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0567/2006/05-26/
015@182968.htm

Civil Society
官方选人监督抗疾基金　代表性遭质疑 (NGOs Question Fairness of Elections Held to Select Monitors of International Donations for AIDS Prevention)
Radio Free Asia, June 25, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/05/25
/jiandu/

NGOs Look to Management and Media Skills, Boards, in Leadership Transition
China Development Brief, May 24, 2006
http://www.chinadevelopmentbrief.com/node/621

Death Penalty
中国拒明确排除对赖昌星判处死刑 (China Refuses to Promise Not to Execute Lai Changxing if He Is Extradited)
Voice of America, May 25, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-05-25-voa42.cfm

Education
三部委发文规范高校收费 (Three Government Departments Issue Notice to Regulate Payment of High School Fees)
Nanfang Daily, May 26, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/djjz/
200605260324.asp

乡村小学教师为啥都是“爷爷奶奶” (Primary School Teachers in Rural Areas Are Getting Older)
China Youth Daily, May 26, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-05/26/content_1396851.htm

应该改革“一刀切”的高校收费模式 (Fee Schedule for High School Students Should be Changed)
Nanfang Weekend, May 25, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060525/xw/zy/
200605250023.asp

Environment
北京2010年能耗降20% ( Beijing's Energy Consumption to Drop by 20% in 2010)
The Beijing News, May 26, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0553/2006/05-26/
013@182873.htm

Liaoning Punishes Two Factories for Pollution
Xinhuanet, May 26, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-05/26/
content_4602098.htm


Human Rights Defender - Wang Bingzhang (王炳章)
广东省监狱当局对王炳章实施非人道待遇 (Prison Authorities Refuse to Let Family Visit Wang Bingzhang, Claiming He Is on Hunger Strike)
Boxun.com, May 26, 2006
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2006/05/
200605260704.shtml

Labor
Officials Vow to Cut Mine Deaths
SCMP, May 26, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ7TREQ3ME.html

Land Policy
集体离婚 (Chongqing Residents Divorcing and Re-marrying for Better Housing)
Nanfang Weekend, May 25, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060525/xw/szxw2/
200605250014.asp

Media
网警任重道远期盼法律更完善 (Cyber Police Hope for More Comprehensive Legislation)
Legal Daily, May 26, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-05/26/
content_321937.htm

中国要求各新闻网站关闭新闻跟帖 (China Asks News Websites to No Longer Allow Readers’ Comments)
Radio Free Asia, May 25, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/05/25/wangluo/

Migrant Workers
Villa's Bourgeois Bus Rule Sparks Row
SCMP, May 26, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZZSREQ3ME.html

Police
China Clamps Down on Gang-related Crimes
People's Daily, May 26, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200605/26/
eng20060526_268662.html

Politics
Archivists Start Hunt for Relics of the Cultural Revolution Era
SCMP, May 26, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZI9UEQ3ME.html

中组部强化监督地方党委换届工作 公布举报电话 (CPC Strengthens Monitoring of Local Party Elections)
EastDay.com, May 26, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762
/node137110/userobject1ai2062649.html

Protests and Petitions
成都金堂八十多所中小学教师罢工 (Teachers from 80 Chengdu Schools Go on Strike)
Radio Free Asia, June 25, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/05/25/bagong1/

北京市信访条例(修订草案)昨审议 (Beijing Municipal Government Discusses Amendments to Petitioning Regulation)
Legal Daily, May 26, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-05/26/
content_321778.htm

京拟修例禁上访者聚集 (Beijing Municipality’s Proposed Amendments to Petitioning Regulation Would Make it Illegal for Petitioners to Gather in Groups)
Ming Pao, May 26, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060526/caq1.htm

居民坐堵工地争取采光权 (Concerned that New Buildings Will Block Incoming Light, 30 Beijing Residents Protest at Construction Site)
The Beijing News, May 26, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0558/2006/05-26/
015@182901.htm

Public Health
必须给“给政策”套上笼头 (Authorities Should Not Be Allowed to Charge People for Implementing Public Health Policies)
China Youth Daily, May 26, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-05/26/
content_1396816.htm

Plan for Disabled People Outlined
Xinhuanet, May 26, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-05/26/
content_4601329.htm

Tibet
In Greater Tibet, Dalai Lama's Light Burns Bright
Reuters (via YahooNews), May 25, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060525/lf_nm/
religion_china_tibet_dc_1;_ylt=Aj0_lahoA1JmQTFr
Jt2cME9PzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHN
lYwMlJVRPUCUl
JmQTFrJt2cME9PzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04
NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Thursday, May 25, 2006

May 25, 2006

Top News of the Day
Protests and Petitions
Prison Terms for Dongzhou Rioters
SCMP, May 25, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ3XJHQ3ME.html
Yesterday, 12 residents of Guangdong's Dongzhou Village were given up to seven years’ imprisonment for their participation in a violent demonstration in December 2005. However, the former vice-director of the local public security bureau, whose actions left at least three villagers dead, was merely dismissed and three other senior law-enforcement officials reprimanded. Activist Li Jian criticised the light punishment for the officials, alleging that there was a cover-up and that local authorities prevented the defendants' relatives from hiring lawyers.

News
Bilateral Ties
赖斯望中国经济改革促进政治民主 (Rice Hopes China's Economic Development Will Promote Democracy)
Voice of America, May 25, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-05-25-voa7.cfm

Death Penalty
闯入大排档乱枪杀两人 潮州涉黑团伙骨干周延樊昨被枪决 (Chaozhou Triad Group Leader Executed Yesterday for Random Killing of Two People at Food Stall)
Nanfang Daily, May 25, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy
/200605250161.asp

寻访死刑二审开庭审理之足迹 (Looking at the History Behind Having a Second Trial for Death Penalty Cases)
Legal Daily, May 25, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-05/25/
content_320923.htm

Economic Development
发改委:缩小区域差距主要在于缩小生活水平差异 (National Development and Reform Commission: The Key to Reducing Regional Disparities Lies in Bridging the Gap in Living Standards)
EastDay.com, May 25, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node136836/userobject1ai205
9019.html

Education
广西：让最穷的孩子也能上学 (Guangxi Province: Trying to Provide Education for Even the Poorest Children)
China Youth Daily, May 25, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006
-05/25/content_1395291.htm

西部贫困大学生调查:透支35年收入上4年大学 (Poor University Students in Western Regions Have to Go into Debt for 35 Years to Pay for 4 Years of Studies)
EastDay.com, May 25, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741
/node81762/node136836/userobject1ai206
0465.html

Environment
Officials to Be Punished for Pollution
SCMP, May 25, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ8NOEQ3ME.html

China Struggles to Stop Its Largest Lake Shrinking
Reuters (via Boston.com), May 24, 2006
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/
2006/05/24/china_struggles_to_stop_it
s_largest_lake_shrinking/

Human Rights Defender - Huang Weizhong (黄维忠)
福建农民代表黄维忠被判三年监禁 (Fujian Farmers’ Representative Huang Weizhong Sentenced to 3 Years’ Imprisonment)
Voice of America, May 24, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-05-24-voa31.cfm

Human Rights Defender - Xiong Zhongjun (熊忠俊)
网络异见人士被公安逼迫返乡 (Public Security Bureau Forces Another Internet Activist to Go Back to Home Town)
Radio Free Asia, May 24, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/05/24/fanxiang/

Labor
左云矿难祸首「金字塔」式转包 ("Pyramidal" Sub-contracting Was Cause of Shanxi Mine Accident)
Wen Wei Po, May 25, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id
=CH0605250023&cat=002CH

8 Dead in Latest Chinese Mine Accident
AP( via YahooNews), May 24, 2006


Law
河北：掀起一场政府文件清理风暴 (Hebei Government to Update Documents in Line with Latest Law)
China Youth Daily, May 25, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-05/25/
content_1395361.htm

Media
AIDS Film Hits Shops 4 Years After Release
SCMP, May 25, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZBSQEQ3ME.html

Media
'Pornographic' Art Exhibition Closed
SCMP, May 25, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZCNOEQ3ME.html

Migrant Workers
断裂的社会与流放的儿童 (Migrant Workers' Children with No Parental Care Easily Fall Victim to Abuse)
Nanfang Daily, May 25, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/
200605250751.asp

Military
Beijing 'Spends More on Defence than It Claims'
Financial Times, May 25, 2006
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/f97c78ec-eb89
-11da-823e-0000779e2340.html

Public Health
State Must Pay to Defuse Health-care Time Bomb
SCMP, May 25, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZ90OEQ3ME.html

Rural Issues
河南将全面启动农村低保制度 (Henan to Launch Program of Guaranteed Government Assistance for Low-Income Rural Residents)
China Youth Daily, May 25, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-05/25/
content_1395426.htm

Three Gorges
China: Three Gorges Dam Holds Lessons for Green Activists
Inter Press Service News Agency (IPS), May 23, 2006
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=33327

Wednesday, May 24, 2006

May 24, 2006

News
Bilateral Ties
德总理会见中国农民调查一书作者 (German PM Meets with Authors of Book on China’s Rural Problems)
Voice of America, May 23, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-05-23-voa34.cfm

Death Penalty
福州警匪勾结杀人案3人获死刑 公安副局长外逃 (3 Sentenced to Death in Murder and Robbery Case in Fuzhou)
Xinhuanet, May 24, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/
2006-05/24/content_4591562.htm

中国与发达国家谈判引渡条约提速 (China Speeds up Negotiations on Extradition with Developed Countries)
The Beijing News, May 24, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0566/2006/05-24/
013@182471.htm

肖扬：死刑二审案件将全部开庭审理 (President of Supreme People's Court Says Second Trials Will Be Held for All Death Penalty Cases)
China Youth Daily, May 24, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-05/
24/content_1394176.htm

Environment
周生贤：不能让环保局长“顶得住的站不住” (Head of State Environmental Protection Administration Says Heads of Local Administrations Should Not Be Dismissed Because They Stand Firm on Environment)
Xinhuanet, May 24, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-05/24/
content_4591060.htm

环保重防患 中国不会放弃"绿色GDP"核算计划 (State Environmental Protection Administration Says China Will Not Give Up On Green GDP Index)
EastDay.com, May 24, 2006

http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node136665/userobject1ai205
7922.html


World Bank Flags Environment in New Plan for China
AFP (via China Daily), May 24, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-05/24/
content_598912.htm

Freedom of Speech
逾百敏感诗人画家杭州聚首 (Over 100 “Politically Sensitive” Poets and Artists Gather in Hangzhou)
Ming Pao, May 24, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/htm/Print.htm

Human Rights
Statute of Liberty
SCMP, May 24, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZK7LEQ3ME.html

Human Rights Defender - Zhang Lin (张林)
Freelance Political Writer Zhang Lin Ill in Prison
The Epoch Times, May 22, 2006
http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/6-5-22/41858.html

June 4th
Student Leaders Arrested for Broadcasting About Tiananmen Massacre
Dajiyuan.com, May 22, 2006
http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/6-5-22/41853.html

Labor
温总批示严查左云矿难黑幕 (Premier Wen Jiabao Calls for Investigation into Shanxi Coal Mine Accident)
Tai Kung Pao, May 24, 2006
http://www.takungpao.com/news/06/05/24/ZM-569779.htm

Land Policy
粤老农不满徵地 仰药自杀 (Guangdong Farmer Angry with Land Grab Commits Suicide)
Wen Wei Po, May 24, 2006


Media
Hospital Staffer Evasive as Reporters Attacked
SCMP, May 24, 2006
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZLLNEQ3ME.html

Police
公安不作为终审被判赔7万元 (Court Orders Local Public Security Bureau to Compensate Battered Farmer with 70,000 Yuan)
Legal Daily, May 24, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-05/24/
content_320366.htm

Poverty
Campaign to Aid Country's Poorest
Xinhuanet, May 24, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-05/24/
content_4591990.htm

Protests and Petitions
安南访京期间北京大批搜捕上访者 (Large Numbers of Petitioners Arrested During Kofi Annan’s Visit to Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, May 23, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/05/23/annan/

被关中国维权人士亲属致信安南 (Families of Detained Human Rights Defenders Send Open Letter to Kofi Annan)
Radio Free Asia, May 23, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/05/23/weiquan1/

Public Health
“奥美定”30万消费者维权之困 (Difficulties in the Rights Campaign of 300,000 People Harmed by Material Used for Plastic Surgery)
The Beijing News, May 24, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0547/2006/0524/
013@182470.htm

医改乏力政府应负更多责任 (Government Should Take More Responsibility for Health Care Reforms)
Legal Daily, May 24, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-05/24/
content_320368.htm
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)