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 23, 2006

June 23, 2006

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Internet Activist - Zou Tao （邹涛）
罢买楼号召人禁来港 深圳拒批邹涛自由行 称境外不欢迎(Authorities Refuse Border Pass for Zou Tao to Visit Hong Kong)
Ming Pao, June 23, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060623/caa1.htm
Zou Tao, the activist who launched an internet campaign against increasing home prices, has been refused permission to go to Hong Kong by the authorities. Shenzhen border officials say that as of this month, Zou’s rights to leave the country are being restricted until further notice, stating only that he is “not welcome outside of China.”

News

Children
“请不要暴露我是艾滋遗孤” (AIDS Orphan Sues Newspaper for Reporting on Her Situation)
Nanfang Weekend, June 23, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060622/xw/fz/
200606220031.asp

Death Penalty
痴情卖淫女被勒死留下相思日记案：凶手判死刑 (Client Sentenced to Death for Murdering Sex Worker)
Xinhuanet, June 23, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-06/22/
content_4730974.htm

法学专家谈“废除腐败官员死刑” (Legal Experts Discuss Abolition of Death Penalty for Corrupt Officials)
Nanfang Weekend, June 22, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060622/xw/
szxw2/200606220028.asp

Education
Campus Riot Highlights China's Education Sector Woes
AFP (via YahooNews), June 23, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060622/wl_asia_afp/
chinaeducation_060622143351;_ylt=AjKMhe8DJ6KN
nyPSRpQYu8lPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9m
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zWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUC

Rioting in China over Label on College Diplomas
New York Times, June 22, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/22/world/asia/
22china.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=
1151029524-YYgbyrFDRFWdT6C1TM8j5gn&adxnnlx=
1151029524-YYgbyrFDRFWdT6C1TM8j5g

大学改革迫在眉睫的任务 (A Pressing Need for University Reform)
Nanfang Weekend, June 22, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060622/xw/sd/
200606220082.asp

Environment
Green GDP Figures Seen as Guideline
SCMP, June 23, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ0CHB67OE.html

出于环保/减少扰民/考虑拆迁 广州地铁二号线北延线采用地下方案 (Guangzhou’s New Railway Line to Be Built Underground to Reduce Environmental and Resettlement Problems)
Nanfang Daily, June 23, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/
200606230070.asp

Gender
Divorce Rate Rises as Chinese Move: Scholar
China Daily, June 23, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-06/23/
content_624333.htm

Human Rights Defender - Internet Activist - Yang Tianshui (杨天水)
律师反驳中国对网上异见者判决书 (Lawyer Says Internet Activist Yang Tianshui’s Actions Were Constitutional, Disagrees with 12-Year Sentence)
Voice of America, June 22, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-06-22-voa40.cfm

Land Policy
理性看待中国“房地产运动” (Taking a Look at China's "Real Estate Campaign")
Nanfang Weekend, June 23, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060622/jj/gd/
200606220061.asp

规划不透明难禁非法用地 (Planning Behind Closed Doors Makes Prohibiting Lands Grabs Difficult)
Legal Daily, June 23, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-06/23/content_
339473.htm

Law
收容废了，城市治安怎么抓 (Concerns Over Abolition of Custody and Repatriation System in Guangzhou and Shenzhen)
Nanfang Weekend, June 22, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060622/xw/ttzs/
200606220025.asp

Migrant Workers
农民，首先是公民 (State Employment Statistics Should Include Farmers)
People’s Daily, June 23, 2006
http://finance.people.com.cn/GB/1045/4519371.html

Olympics
Official Held in Widening Olympic Graft Probe
SCMP, June 23, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ1X6S67OE.html

Politics
中国肃贪官被指仍属内部政治斗争 (Hong Kong Commentator Believes Removal of Corrupt Officials Is Merely an Internal Political Struggle)
Voice of America, June 22, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-06-22-voa54.cfm

Population
China's Population to Peak at 1.5 Billion in 2030s
People’s Daily, June 23, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200606/23/
eng20060623_276510.html

Protests and Petitions
上海反日遊行4人判囚 (Four Convicted of Disturbing Public Order in Anti-Japanese Protest in Shanghai)
Ming Pao, June 23, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060623/ccf1.htm

Resignation Fails to Resolve Diploma Row
SCMP, June 23, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ25AIB7OE.html

Tibetan Exiles to Protest China's New Rail Link to Lhasa
AFP (via YahooNews), June 23, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060622/wl_sthasia_afp/
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;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJV

黑龙江村民拦截副总理座车被拘捕 (Heilongjiang Petitioner Arrested for Blocking Vice Premier's Car in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, June 22, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/06/
22/lanche/

Public Health
Beijing Sars Case H5N1, Doctors Say
SCMP, June 23, 2006
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZU5AIB7OE.html

Religion
劉柏年：梵挺地下教會阻建交 (Chinese Patriotic Church Official Argues Vatican's Support of Underground Churches Hinders Formation of Diplomatic Ties)
Wen Wei Po, June 23, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=
CH0606230002&cat=002CH

Thursday, June 22, 2006

June 22, 2006

News
Bilateral Ties
中国称不能接受王文怡案撤销起诉 (China Won’t Accept US's Withdrawal of Indictment Against Falun Gong Protestor Wang Wenyi)
Voice of America, June 21, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-06-21-voa65.cfm

Death Penalty
在3名妇女身上钢针刺字 被告人周景志获死缓/图 (Man Sentenced to Death with Two-Year Reprieve for Torturing 3 Women)
Xinhuanet, June 21, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-06/21/
content_4728333.htm

Environment
Burning of Farm Straw Has Capital Choking
SCMP, June 22, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZNVDB67OE.html

Gender
新世纪中国妇女 仍肩负传统重轭 (Modern Chinese Women Still Bearing Traditional Burdens)
BBC, June 20, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid
_5090000/newsid_5098000/5098064.stm

Human Rights
娱乐场所新毒品泛滥 北京将对娱乐场所实施尿检 (Beijing PSB Plans for Urine Testing in Entertainment Venues as Use of New Drugs Increases)
EastDay.com, June 22, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/
node81762/node143031/userobject1ai2124346.html

Human Rights Defender – Petitioner - Zeng Jinyan (曾金燕)
胡佳的妻子曾金燕被跟踪 (Activist Zeng Jinyan, Wife of AIDS Activist Hu Jia, Followed)
Radio Free Asia, June 21, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006
/06/21/hujia/

Human Rights Defender – Petitioner - Fu Xiancai (付先财)
付先财接受德国援助 中国不希望受外界干扰 (Fu Xiancai Accepts Germany's Assistance but China Says it Wants No Foreign Intervention)
Radio Free Asia, June 21, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin
/shenrubaodao/2006/06/21/fuxiancai/

Human Rights Defender - Petitioner - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
Police Detain Blind Chinese Activist, Put Family Under House Arrest
Radio Free Asia, June 21, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/social
/2006/06/21/china_activist/

Human Rights Defender – Journalist - Li Changqing (李长青)
原福州日报记者李长青二审维持原判 (Rights Lawyer Mo Shaoping Discusses Appeal of Journalist Li Changqing)
Radio Free Asia, June 21, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
06/21/fuzhou/

Human Rights Defender – Lawyer - Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠)
郑恩宠夫妇发表公开信 再次点名批评黄菊 (Zheng Enchong and Wife Issue Another Open Letter Criticizing CPC Leader Huang Ju)
Radio Free Asia, June 21, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/06
/21/huangju/

Law
China Moves Against Local Meddling in Court Cases
China Daily, June 21, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200606/21/
eng20060621_276052.html

Media
搜狐新浪搜索引擎重启使用 (Blocked Search Engines of Two Chinese Websites Reopened)
Radio Free Asia, June 21, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006
/06/21/sohu/

Poverty
「先富起来」背后的危机 (The Danger of "Letting Some Get Rich First")
Ming Pao, June 22, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060622/msa1.htm

Protests and Petitions
市民抵京抗议后 3名天津高官待查 (Three Senior Tianjin Officials to Be Investigated After Citizens Protest in Beijing)
BBC, June 22, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi
/newsid_5100000/newsid_5104700/5104736.stm

郑州大学骚乱仍未平息 ( Student Protest at Zhengzhou University Still Unresolved)
Radio Free Asia, June 21, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao
/2006/06/21/zhengzhou/

Religion
北京批港法轮功骚扰游客引发关注 (Beijing’s Criticism over Falun Gong Member’s Harassment of Tourists in Hong Kong Raises Concerns for Future of Falun Gong)
Voice of America, June 21, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-06-21-voa35.cfm

Society
公安部最新普查 內地道友78.5万 (Ministry of Public Security’s New Figures Show 785,000 Drug Addicts in China in 2005)
Wen Wei Po, June 22, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id
=CH0606220021&cat=002CH

Three Gorges
Activists Threaten to Sue Watchdog over Dam Project
SCMP, June 22, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ1T6IB7OE.html

Wednesday, June 21, 2006

June 21, 2006

News
Children
我国1／3的儿童食品毫无营养 (One-third of Children in China Eat Food Lacking in Nutritional Value)
China Youth Daily, June 21, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-06/21/content_1423346.htm

Environment
Droughts Root of Poverty
People's Daily, June 20, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200606/20/eng20060620
_275516.html

Gender
三亚：女性求职遭遇歧视 “白衣天使”被限身高 (Hainan Girl's Job Application for Nurse Refused Due to Height)
China Youth Daily, June 21, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-06/21/content_
1423611.htm

Human Rights
保护举报人权益就是保护社会良知 (Protecting the Rights of Whistleblowers)
Nanfang City News, June 21, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/
spqy/200606210399.asp

Human Rights Defender – Petitioners – Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
維权者家人被强送回鄉 (Family of Chen Guangcheng Sent Home Before They Can Protest Chen's Detention)
Ming Pao, June 21, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060621/ccf1.htm

Human Rights Defender – Petitioners - Fu Xiancai (付先财）
China Criticizes Germany for Helping Activist
Expatica.com, June 20, 2006
http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel
_id=26&story_id=30969&name=China+
criticizes+Germany+for+helping+activist

Human Rights Defenders
为王文怡案辩护的两位维权律师护照遭拒 (Two Chinese Rights Lawyers Not Allowed Passports to Fly to US to Defend Falun Gong Protestor)
Radio Free Asia, June 20, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006
/06/20/wangwenyi/

Media
成都：网络“虚拟警察”上岗 网民可网络报警 (Chengdu Cyberpolice Ask Citizens to Report on Internet Crimes)
Xinhuanet, June 21, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-06/21/
content_4727010.htm

被迫推迟出刊删稿件　《百姓》主编记者叹奈何　(Baixing Magazine Forced to Pull Article and Postpone Publication)
Radio Free Asia, June 20, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/06/20/baixing/

Migrant Workers
北京地铁5号线258名民工为薪资告赢市政集团 (258 Migrant Workers Win Lawsuit to Recover Wages)
Xinhuanet, June 21, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-06/21/content
_4726771.htm

Migrant Workers
广东700万农民工年内享医保 (Seven Million Migrant Workers to Enjoy Medical Insurance in Guangdong)
People's Daily, June 21, 2006
http://gd.people.com.cn/GB/channel14/200606/21/
18920.html

Multilateral
中国政府提出开创国际人权事业新局面主张 (China Proposes New Focus for International Human Rights Work)
EastDay.com, June 21, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762
/node142721/userobject1ai2120119.html0119.html

Police
公安部：2005年全国共3．8万名贩毒分子被判刑 (38,000 Drug Traffickers Punished in 2005)
Xinhuanet, June 21, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-06/21/content_
4725384.htm

Politics
Beijing Spells out Rules on Promotion
SCMP, June 21, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic
+FTContentServer?pagename=SCMP/Printacopy&
aid=ZZZXI3IB7OEbin
/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename=
SCMP/Printacopy&aid=ZZZXI3IB7OE

中共出台五法规文件 干部人事法规体系初步构成 (CPC Issues Five Laws on Managing Government Personnel and Party Cadres)
EastDay.com, June 21, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762
/node142470/userobject1ai2118715.html8715.html

Population
人人生而平等，但有些人比其他人更加平等 (Everyone Is Born Equal, but Some Are More Equal Than Others)
Nanfang Daily, June 21, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy
/200606210405.asp

中国承认解决人口问题有体制障碍 (China Admits Population Problem Is Structural)
Voice of America, June 20, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-06-20-voa34.cfm

Protests and Petitions
China Students Face down Police on Campus
AFP (via YahooNews), June 21, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060620/wl_asia_afp/
chinaunreststudent_060620135410;_ylt=AggIZB8Wjw
K6Qqk6IIvvSVVPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBH
NlYwMlJVRPUCUl;_ylt=AggIZB8WjwK6Qqk6IIvvSVVP
zWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPU

Protests and Petitions
四川大学午夜断电 学生球迷骚乱泄愤 (Thousands of Sichuan University Students Riot over Electricity Outage During World Cup)
Radio Free Asia, June 20, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
06/20/xuesheng/

Religion
美议员呼吁中国政府放宽宗教自由 (US Lawmakers Call on China to Respect Religious Freedom)
Voice of America, June 21, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-06-21
-voa16.cfm

Three Gorges
9.53万三峡移民被安置至上海浙江等11个省市 (95,300 Former Residents of Three Gorges Region Resettled Across China)
EastDay.com, June 21, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81763/
node142722/userobject1ai2120398.html0398.html

重庆就三峡库区就业等问题出台一揽子解决方案 (Chongqing Government Proposes Solutions for Various Problems in Three Gorges Area)
EastDay.com, June 21, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node142721/userobject1ai2120169.html0169.html

Tuesday, June 20, 2006

June 20, 2006

News
Civil Society
绿色和平，你把人家吓着了！(Authorities Annoyed by Greenpeace's Report on Poisonous Vegetables)
Nanfang Daily, June 20, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/
200606200563.asp

Nation Without Charity
SCMP, June 20, 2006
http://columns.scmp.com/colart/blackcat/
ZZZVQJJB7OE.html

Corruption
举报腐败案三成实名 (Only 30 Percent of Those who Report on Corruption in Guangzhou Use Their Real Names)
Nanfang Daily, June 20, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy
/200606200215.asp

Death Penalty
原双轮集团副总刘峰涉四罪终审被判死缓 (Businessman Sentenced to Death with Two-year Reprieve for Economic and Other Crimes)
Xinhuanet, June 19, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-06/19/
content_4714782.htm

Environment
发改委叫停3400万千瓦电站项目 (Development and Reform Commission Stops Programs That Would Generate 34 Million Kilovolts of Electricity)
The Beijing News, June 20, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0565/2006/06-20
/014@024941.htm

广东将试行定额用水 (Guangdong to Try System of Water Usage Quota)
The Beijing News, June 20, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0565/2006/06-20
/014@024006.htm

Government
有些事为何一经调查就无下文 (Why Some Investigations End with No Result)
China Youth Daily, June 20, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-06/20/
content_1422016.htm

Human Rights Defenders
中国民间代表参与人权大会受阻 (Rights Petitioners Not Allowed to Attend UN Human Rights Council Meeting)
Radio Free Asia, June 19, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/06/19/humanrights/

Human Rights Defender – Petitioner - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
中国评论﹕失明再失自由 中共于心何忍 (Commentary: CPC Should Show Mercy to Detained Blind Activist Chen Guangcheng)
Ming Pao, June 20, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060620/caf1.htm

京禁声援维权者遊行 (Beijing Bans Protest in Support of Chen Guangcheng)
Ming Pao, June 20, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060620/cab1.htm

Human Rights Defender – Petitioner - Hu Jia (胡佳)
胡佳的妻子曾金燕获第四届受难者家人奖 (Zeng Jinyan, Wife of AIDS Activist Hu Jia, Receives Award for Family of Victims of Persecution)
Radio Free Asia, June 19, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
06/19/zengjinyan/

Human Rights Defender – Xinjiang - Rebiya Kadeer (热比娅)
议员拟致函胡锦涛促放热比娅家属 (American Lawmakers Propose to Demand Release of Kadeer's Children)
Voice of America, June 20, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-06-20-voa13.cfm

Human Rights Defender – Xinjiang - Tohti Tunyaz
No Word for Wife on Jailed Uyghur Writer's Fate
Radio Free Asia, June 19, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/politics/2006/
06/19/uyghur_writer/

Land Policy
Developers Accused of Sitting on Land
SCMP, June 20, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZUHJJB7OE.html

Media - Press Freedom - Li Jinhua, Lü Aiqiang (李金华、吕爱强)
揭弊被诬敲诈 兩记者获復职 (Journalists Li Jinhua and Lu Aiqiang Reinstated After Being Dismissed for Reporting Corruption)
Ming Pao, June 20, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060620/ccd1.htm

Media
Two Mainland Web Portals Blocked
SCMP, June 20, 2006
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZLX7B67OE.html

当网民变成金鱼，权力又如何走出神秘之幕 (Changsha PSB Orders all Internet Cafés to Install Software that Requires Users to Identify Themselves)
China Youth Daily, June 20, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-06/20/
content_1422036.htm

Politics
产经新闻﹕大陆报道罢扁惹反效果 (Japanese Newspaper: Mainland Reports About Impeachment of Taiwan Leader Backfire)
Ming Pao, June 20, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060620/caa2.htm

Protests and Petitions
长春10村民不满土地问题到北京跳楼被劝服 (Ten Jilin Residents Threaten to Commit Suicide in Beijing Over Land Dispute)
Xinhuanet, June 20, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-06/20/
content_4717685.htm

河南大学生骚乱抗议校方长期欺骗 (Henan University Students Protest to School Administration for Lying about Certificate Issuance)
Voice of America, June 19, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-06-19-voa31.cfm

Religion
Beijing, Holy See Have Held Talks in Recent Weeks
SCMP, June 20, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZBW7B67OE.html

Three Gorges
三峡库区污水处理厂受困一串难题 (Series of Problems with Sewage Treatment for Three Gorges Project)
China Youth Daily, June 20, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-06/20/
content_1422171.htm

Monday, June 19, 2006

June 17-19, 2006

Top News of the Day

Human Rights Defender – Journalist - Zhao Yan (赵岩)
北京法院闭门审判赵岩 (Zhao Yan Tried Behind Closed Doors)
Radio Free Asia, June 16, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/06/
16/zhaoyan/
The trial of New York Times researcher Zhao Yan (赵岩), who has been detained for 22 months since September 2004, took place behind closed doors in a Beijing Court and ended on June 16, with no verdict reached. According to one of Zhao's lawyers, Zhao pleaded not guilty to the charges of fraud and leaking state secrets. The court rejected Zhao's bail application. The lawyer added that it was not immediately clear when there would be a verdict. If convicted of leaking state secrets, Zhao could face a prison terms of 10 years.
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Journalist's Case is a Bellwether of Freedom
SCMP, June 17, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZ26UHB7OE.html



News
Civil Society
Aid Group's HIV Work Blocked for Four Years
SCMP, June 19, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZNAGJB7OE.html

Corruption
Top Official Vanishes Amid Graft Allegations
SCMP, June 19, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ0DXHB7OE.html

Environment
Beijing's Cleanup Bill to Cost 1.6pc of GDP - Environment Official
SCMP, June 19, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZNEVR67OE.html

Mainland Must Get More Serious on Desert Menaces
SCMP, June 19, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZBBGJB7OE.html

Government
Public Services Sidelined by Growth, Say Scholars
SCMP, June 19, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ8DXHB7OE.html

Human Rights Defender – Petitioner - Fu Xiancai (付先财）
维权者获德国资助医瘫 (German Government Provides Financial Assistance to Help Paralyzed Three Gorges Activist Get Medical Treatment)
Ming Pao, June 19, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060619/cae1.htm

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HRIC Press Release: HRIC Calls for International Action as Fu Xiancai Denied Vital Surgery
Human Rights in China, June 16, 2006

http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/press?
revision%5fid=29328&item%5fid=29288

Human Rights Defender – Petitioner - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
百名知识分子签名吁释放陈光诚 (One Hundred Intellectuals Urge Authorities to Release Blind Activist Chen Guangcheng)
Radio Free Asia, June 19, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/06/
18/chenguangcheng/

Labor
Foreign Investors May Quit If China Tightens Up Labour Law
The Times, June 19, 2006
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,13132
-2231993,00.html

就业不如"吃低保"? 弱势群体需要特殊就业援助 (Is Living on Social Security Assistance Better Than Work?)
EastDay.com, June 19, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762
/node142169/userobject1ai2115478.html5478.html

Toll in China Chemical Blast Rises to 16
AP( via YahooNews), June 19, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060619/ap_on_re_as/
china_chemical_blast;_ylt=At75yfdujPDb86nykMbaEmABxg8F
;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--

农村和城市低保家庭大学生求职更难 (University Graduates from Poor Families Find it Harder to Get Jobs)
China Youth Daily, June 19, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-06/19/content_
1421131.htm

Sweatshop Conditions at IPod Factory Reported
Washington Post, June 16, 2006
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article
/2006/06/15/AR2006061501898.
htmldyn/content/article/2006/06/15/AR2006061501898.html

Land Policy
Officials Warned on Illegal Land Deals
SCMP, June 17, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZUFDJB7OE.html

Migrant Workers
民工夫妇无力支付医药费跳江自杀 (Migrant Worker Couple Commits Suicide over Being Unable to Pay Medical Bill)
Radio Free Asia, June 19, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/06
/16/yiyao/

Olympics
Cleanup Efforts Slow Toxic Spill in China
AP (via CBSNews), June 18, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060618/ap_on_re_as/china
_river_pollution

Politics
35岁以下党员达23% (23% of CPC Members Are Under 35 Years Old)
The Beijing News, June 19, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0565/2006/06-19/
015@024052.htm

Religion
安徽牧师被捕 妻子否认丈夫非法经营 (Anhui Pastor's Wife Denies Charges of Illegal Business Operations)
Radio Free Asia, June 16, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/06/
16/mushi/

Tibet
Chinese Authorities Detain Five Tibetans for Alleged Leafleting
Radio Free Asia, June 16, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2006/06/16/tibet_karze/

Friday, June 16, 2006

June 16, 2006

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender – Journalist – Zhao Yan (赵岩)
Trial of NYT Researcher Opens in China
Reuters (via YahooNews), June 16, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060616/ts_nm/rights
_china_dc_1;_ylt=At5ukO6wX6x.jDhEZ421OcpPzWQA;_
ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUlEZ421Ocp
PzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl
The trial of Zhao Yan, a New York Times researcher accused of fraud and leaking state secrets, opens today (June 16). He has been in custody for 22 months since he was taken away by police in September 2004. The charges against him had once been dropped but were revived in May 2006.

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HRIC Press Release: HRIC Calls for Zhao Yan's Immediate Release
Human Rights in China, June 15, 2006
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision
%5fid=29277&item%5fid=29276

Human Rights Defender – Journalist – Yang Xiaoqing (阳小青)
揭黑记者阳小青被判刑一年 数百民众法院外喊冤 (Yang Xiaoqing Sentenced, Hundreds Gather Outside Court to Call for His Release)
Radio Free Asia, June 15, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/06/
15/yangxiaoqing/
On June 15th, journalist Yang Xiaoqing was convicted on charges of fabricating corruption stories in an attempt to blackmail the authorities and given a one-year sentence by a local court in Hunan Province. He immediately said he would appeal this decision, arguing that he merely reported on alleged corruption among local officials.

News
Bilateral Ties
The US Finger on China's Pulse
Asia Times Online, June 16, 2006
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/HF16Ad02.html

Civil Society
Foreign-funded Nonprofits Under Investigation in China
Boston Globe, June 16, 2006
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2006/06/
15/foreign_funded_nonprofits_under_investigation_in_china/

Corruption – Death Penalty
反腐课题组建议废除腐败官员死刑 (Anti-corruption Agency Proposes to Abolish Death Penalty for Officials Convicted of Corruption)
Nanfang Weekend, June 16, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/zmzg/
200606150629.asp

Death Penalty
安徽阜阳轮奸16名校园少女案宣判 2主犯判死刑 (Two Sentenced to Death for Gang-raping 16 School Girls in Anhui Province)
Xinhuanet, June 16, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-06/16/content_
4705703.htm

China Makes Ultimate Punishment Mobile
USA Today, June 14, 2006
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-06-14-
death-van_x.htm?csp=34

Government
全新干部考核体系即将公开 (More Transparent Official Selection System to Be Adopted at Local Level in Several Provinces)
Nanfang Weekend, June 16, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/zmzg
/200606150628.asp

June 4th
蔡子强:请容悼念和烛光 保留一点私人空间 (Commentary: Please Leave Hong Kong Officials Private Time to Commemorate June 4th)
Ming Pao, June 16, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060616/fab1.htm

Labor
中国劳动合同法引起争议 (China's Labor Contract Law Causes Dispute)
Radio Free Asia, June 16, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
06/15/hetong/

iPod 'Slave' Claims Investigated
BBC, June 15, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/5079590.stm

胡新宇“过劳死”死了白死？(Work Exhaustion Common in Many Enterprises in China)
Nanfang Weekend, June 15, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/zmzg
/200606150632.asp

Media
上合组织峰会加强监控互联网合作 (SCO Summit Agrees to Strengthen Cooperation on Internet Surveillance)
Voice of America, June 16, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-06-15-voa48.cfm

China’s Media in Unusual Call for Transparency
Financial Times, June 15, 2006
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/f4c3da90-fbd1-11da-b1a1
-0000779e2340.html

Politics
纪念「文革」，重温邓小平讲话和《决议》 (Commentary: Why the Authorities Do Not Commemorate the Cultural Revolution)
Ming Pao, June 16, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060616/msa.htm

Protests and Petitions
顺德械斗 警民仍对峙 (Protestors' Clash with Authorities Still Ongoing in Shunde, Guangdong Province)
Wen Wei Po, June 16, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news_print.phtml?news_
id=CH0606160035

上合组织峰会沪上访者被拘押软禁 (Shanghai Petitioners Detained and Put Under House Arrest During SCO Summit)
Voice of America, June 15, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-06-15-voa51.cfm

Thursday, June 15, 2006

June 15, 2006

News
Education
广东今日首办盲人专场高考 储备巧克力应急 (Guangdong Allows Blind People to Take University Entry Examination for First Time)
Xinhuanet, June 15, 2006
http://www.gd.xinhuanet.com/gdnews/2006-06/15/
content_7267850.htm

广州:上不起幼儿园 "自愿捐资助学费"成录取标准 ("Voluntary Donations" Becomes Standard Requirement for Getting into Certain Kindergartens in Guangzhou)
Xinhuanet, June 14, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/society/2006-06/14/content_
4693781.htm

Environment
Guangdong May Start Emissions Trade Plan
SCMP, June 15, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZ9WMHB7OE.html

美中应该联手解决温室效应问题？(US and China Should Cooperate to Solve Greenhouse Effect)
Voice of America, June 15, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-06-15-voa8.cfm

Food Security
绿色和平蔬果药检 农业部质疑 (Ministry of Agriculture Questions Standards Greenpeace Used for Inspecting Vegetables)
Wen Wei Po, June 15, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=
CH0606150019&cat=002CH

Government
社论：政府应以最大善意欢迎民间组织的批评 (Editorial: Government Should Welcome Criticism from NGOs)
Nanfang Daily, June 15, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/
200606150361.asp

Human Rights Defender – Petitioner - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
Beijing Lawyers Fight to Free Whistleblower
Financial Times, June 15, 2006
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/0cace2fa-fbd2-11da-b1a1
-0000779e2340.html

Human Rights Defenders – Petitioner - Fu Xiancai (付先财)
中国人权对付先财遭殴打表示愤慨 (Human Rights in China Expresses Anger over Assault on Fu Xiancai)
Voice of America, June 14, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-06-14-voa66.cfm

Labor
上半年煤矿事故死12人 (12 Died in Coal Mine Accidents in Last Six Months)
The Beijing News, June 15, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0553/2006/06-15/015
@187623.htm
海南建立失业预警：一次裁员超过20人要报告 (Hainan Firms Must Now Report Dismissals of More than 20 Workers at Any One Time)
Xinhuanet, June 14, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/society/2006-06/14/content_
4693674.htm

Law
法界斥律协戕害大众法律权利 (Legal Community Condemns All-China Lawyers Association for Infringing on Public's Legal Rights)
Ming Pao, June 15, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060615/ccd1.htm

Top Court Recruiting Lawyers to Act as Judges
SCMP, June 15, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ8CKR67OE.html

Migrant Workers
东莞外来工患麻疹飙升 (Number of Measles Cases Increasing Among Migrant Workers in Dongguan, Guangdong Province)
Wen Wei Po, June 15, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=
CH0606150028&cat=002CH

Multilateral
Hu Jintao Vows to Enhance Anti-terrorism Cooperation with SCO Members
People's Daily, June 15, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200606/15/
print20060615_274065.html

世卫传染病中心 落戶广州 (WHO Establishes Centre for Disease Control and Prevention in Guangzhou)
Wen Wei Po, June 15, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=
CH0606150031&cat=002CH

人权观察促上合组织成员尊重人权 (Human Rights Watch Calls for Shanghai Cooperation Organization Members to Respect Human Rights)
Voice of America, June 14, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-06-14-voa40.cfm

Politics
Letter from China: An Ideology of Control Reeling out of Control
International Herald Tribune, June 15, 2006
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/06/14/news/letter.php

Protests and Petitions
82名养殖户申请复议 法院判令环保总局受理 (State Environmental Protection Administration Ordered to Accept Pollution Complaintsof 82 Mariculture Operators)
China Youth Daily, June 15, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-06/15/content_
1417611.htm

顺德民黑冲突持续　村民指责警方失责 (Guangdong Villagers' Clash with Triad Members over Land Dispute Continues; Villagers Criticize Police for Failing in Their Duties)
Radio Free Asia, June 14, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/06/14
/chongtu/

Society
岂能容忍地域歧视的幽灵再现 (Discrimination Based on Provincial Origin Cannot Be Tolerated)
People's Daily, June 15, 2006
http://society.people.com.cn/GB/1063/4474301.html

Xinjiang
五获释维族人“想前往他国求庇护” (Five Released Uyghurs in Albania Want to Seek Asylum Elsewhere)
BBC , June 15, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_5080000/
newsid_5080700/5080772.stm

Xinjiang
China: Uyghur Separatists Caught Up In Antiterror Campaign
Radio Free Europe, June 15, 2006
http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2006/6/
0c289d9f-186b-46d9-9cee-43204968e643.html
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