July 1 - 3, 2006

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender – Journalist - Li Datong (李大同)
新闻悍將新书未出先禁 冰点前主编谈封对改革影响 (Former Editor of Freezing Point Not Allowed to Publish New Book)
Ming Pao, July 03, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060703/cab1.htm
Former editor Li Datong (李大同) of the weekly supplement Freezing Point (Bing Dian) will not be allowed to publish his new book in mainland China, even though the authorities have not yet read his manuscript. Freezing Point, a supplement of the China Youth Daily newspaper, was shut down in January of this year because of a controversial article on the history of the Boxer Rebellion. Although the supplement was later allowed to reopen, Li was forced to resign.

News
Bilateral Ties
加要求中国允许探视加籍维吾尔人 (Canada Asks China to Allow Embassy Official to Visit Detained Uyghur)
Voice of America, July 02, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-07-02-voa35.cfm

Civil Society
社区民间组织强势群体“缺席” (Local Social Organizations Run Mainly by the Elderly and Poor)
The Beijing News, July 03, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0557/2006/07-03/013@
191902.htm

Corruption
观察人士评胡锦涛反腐说有褒有贬 (Commentators Differ on President Hu Jintao's Anti-Corruption Speech)
Voice of America, June 30, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-06-30-voa38.cfm

Death Penalty
上海审死刑案皆要录像 (All Trials of Death Penalty Cases in Shanghai to Be Videotaped)
The Beijing News, July 03, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0571/2006/07-03/013
@191892.htm

“二次辗轧”致人死亡 故意杀人被判死刑 (Driver Sentenced to Death for Vehicular Manslaughter)
Legal Daily, July 03, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-07/03/content
_344705.htm

通往“程序正义”之路 (Reforms in Second Trials of Death Penalty Cases Are Important for Procedural Justice)
China Youth Daily, July 03, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-07/03/content_
1434666.htm

Education
Cash Crunch Forces Many to Give up University Dream
SCMP, July 03, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ3JCX51PE.html

Environment
国家统计局等单位发布05年各省区市GDP能耗公报 (Authorities Release Data on Energy Consumption for 2005)
Xinhuanet, July 03, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/fortune/2006-07/03/content
_4785819.htm

Greens May Cancel Plan to Sue Dams Watchdog
SCMP, July 03, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZVICX51PE.html

Big Polluters Given Time to Clean up
SCMP, July 01, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZX4JZ51PE.html

Government
Divisive New Law Pushes Reforms
SCMP, July 03, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZRICX51PE.html

Provinces Told to Keep Rein on Debt
SCMP, July 03, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZWQDX51PE.html

Human Rights Defender – Petitioner - Liu Xinjuan (刘新娟)
访民刘新娟逃离精神病院　儿子遭警方扣留 (Petitioner Liu Xinjuan Escapes from Mental Hospital and Her Son Is Detained)
Radio Free Asia, July 03, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/06/
30/shangfang/

Human Rights Defenders
中国家庭教会屡遭政府打压 (China's Protestant House Churches Face Further Persecution)
Radio Free Asia, June 30, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/06/
30/zongjiao/

Human Rights Defender - Journalist - Yang Xiaoqing (阳小青)
记者阳小青病情恶化，家人要求保外就医 (Family Seeks Medical Parole as Convicted Journalist Yang Xiaoqing’s Health Takes a Turn for the Worse)
Radio Free Asia, June 30, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/06
/30/yangxiaoqing/

Labor
As China Ages, a Shortage of Cheap Labor Looms
Nanfang City News, June 30, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/30/world/asia/30aging.html

Law
Regulation Banning Human Organ Trade Takes Effect
Xinhuanet, July 01, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-07/01/
content_4781199.htm

Media - Internet Censorship
China Vows Broad New Censorship Measures
International Herald Tribune, July 03, 2006
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/06/30/news/china.php

Govt Tightens Control on Internet Cafes
Xinhuanet, July 01, 2006
http://big5.xinhuanet.com/gate/big5/news.xinhuanet.com
/english/2006-07/01/content_4780341.htm07/01
/content_4780341.htm

Multilateral
民间人士日内瓦返国谈人权大会　(Civil Society Leaders Return from UN Human Rights Council Meeting)
Radio Free Asia, June 30, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/06/
30/renquan/

Politics
Corridors of Power Buzzing with Sex Scandal
SCMP, July 03, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZNO1V91PE.html

Population
Mother Falls to Death During Abortion Struggle
SCMP, July 01, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZJV9X51PE.html

Protests and Petitions
Beijing Cabbies off Roads in Protest
SCMP, July 02, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZY6BX51PE.html

Protesters Arrested as Tibet Railway Readies to Roll
SCMP, July 01, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZH4JZ51PE.html

Protests on Rise at China's Private Universities
Radio Free Asia, June 30, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/english/china/2006/06/30/
china_universities/

Public Health
中奥医院违规抢120病人调查 (Emergency Unit of Hospital Shut down and Investigated for Opening Without Permit)
The Beijing News, July 03, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0554/2006/07-03/013
@191924.htm

药品招投标遭遇六年之痒 (Tender System for Drugs Unsatisfactory)
Nanfang Weekend, June 29, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060629/jj/jjxw
/200606290026.asp

AIDS Alert on Male Sex Workers
SCMP, July 01, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZQFXU91PE.html

Religion
Waylaid Bishop Misses Funeral
SCMP, July 01, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ55JZ51PE.html

四川警方抓捕三十多家庭教会信徒 (Sichuan Police Arrest Over 30 Protestant House Church Petitioners)
Voice of America, June 30, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-06-30-voa36.cfm

Tibet
First Beijing-Tibet Run Hits Halfway Point - Early
SCMP, July 03, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZTAMZ51PE.html

达赖喇嘛有条件欢迎青藏铁路建成 (Dalai Lama Welcomes Qinghai-Tibet Railway if it Benefits Tibetan People)
Voice of America, June 30, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-06-30-voa25.cfm

Hong Kong
HK Strives for Universal Suffrage
China Daily, July 03, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-07/03/
content_631299.htm

July 1 One Big Party for Patriots, One Big Protest for Democrats
SCMP, July 02, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZQ7BX51PE.html

30 June 2006

Top News
Human Rights Defender – Journalist - Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠）
维权律师郑恩宠抗议警方骚扰 (Human Rights Lawyer Zheng Enchong Protests Police Harassment)
Radio Free Asia, June 29, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/06/29/
weiquan/
Lawyer Zheng Enchong, released earlier this month after serving a three-year prison term for “revealing state secrets,” has been put under de facto house arrest and subjected to other restrictions on his personal freedom.

• Related News

HRIC Press Release: Shanghai Lawyer Zheng Enchong Under De Facto House Arrest
Human Rights in China, June 28, 2006
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision%
5fid=29451&item%5fid=29431

News
Bilateral Ties
Delegation of 2 Is Vatican's First to China in Years
New York Times, June 29, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/29/world/asia/
29vatican.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Corruption
最高检察院：三年中县处级以上官员9633人"落马" (Supreme People's Procuratorate: 9,633 Senior Officials Removed for Corruption in Last 3 Years)
People's Daily, June 30, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1026/4545510.html

Death Penalty
7月1日起所有死刑二审案件都将开庭审理 (All Appeal Trials of Death Penalty Cases to Be Open to Public Starting July 1)
People's Daily, June 30, 2006
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42735/4545525.html

Education
教育部副部长:国务院违反义务教育法也要被问责 (Education Department Official: Even State Council Will Be Held Accountable if it Violates Compulsory Education Law)
People's Daily, June 30, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1027/4546324.html

新义务教育法有七大亮点 (New Compulsory Education Law Has 7 Advantages)
China Youth Daily, June 30, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-06/30/
content_1432796.htm

Environment
我国首部循环经济地方立法7月1日起在深圳实施 (First Local "Recycling Economy Law" in China to Be Implemented in Shenzhen on July 1)
People's Daily, June 30, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1026/4547314.html

Human Rights Defender – Lawyer - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
陈光诚案研讨会被迫取消 (Conference on Chen Guangcheng Case Forced to Close)
Radio Free Asia, June 29, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006
/06/29/yantaohui/

Labor
第三次就业高峰，中国能安然度过吗？(Can China Handle its Manpower Surplus?)
Radio Free Asia, June 29, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
06/29/jiuye/

Land Policy
评论北京考虑收回地方政府征地权 (Discussion on Proposal to Return Authority to Acquisition Land to Local Governments)
Voice of America, June 29, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-06-29-voa51.cfm

Law
中国批准中国和西班牙关于移管被判刑人条约 (China Approves Limited Bilateral Repatriation Treaty with Spain)
People's Daily, June 30, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1026/4545570.html

China Sets Stiffer Penalties for Graft, Accidents
Reuters, June 30, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060630/wl_nm/crime
_china_dc_1;_ylt=AlxBtZmlDUevi3guUKO7f4pPzWQA;_
ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUluUKO
7f4pPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJV
RPUCUl

解读刑法修正案：隐瞒贪污贿赂所得定为洗钱罪 (Concealing Corruption to Come Under Money Laundering Crime Under Amended Criminal Law)
People's Daily, June 30, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1026/4545828.html

一批法律法规6月通过 (Several New Laws and Regulations Passed in June)
Legal Daily, June 30, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-06/30/
content_343674.htm

Media
China to Tighten Supervision over Blogs and Online Search Engines
People's Daily, June 29, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200606/29/print20060629
_278567.html

中国国情咨询网被频繁关闭 前景堪忧 (China's Democracy Web Frequently Blocked)
Radio Free Asia, June 29, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
06/29/net/

Politics
Ex-naval Chief Expelled by NPC
SCMP, June 30, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZOCEZ51PE.html

Protests and Petitions
抗议成本增 京的士七一拟罢驶 (Beijing Taxi Drivers Plan Strike on July 1 to Protest Increased Gas and Other Costs)
Ming Pao, June 30, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060630/ccb1.htm

西安40名社会人员在施工纠纷中打死工商干部 (Official Beaten to Death by 40 People in Labor Dispute in Xi’an)
People's Daily, June 30, 2006
http://society.people.com.cn/GB/1062/4546964.html

Public Health
粤港澳昨签协议合作应对突发卫生事件 (Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau Sign Agreement to Cooperate on Handling Public Health Crises)
Nanfang City News, June 30, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/newdaily/
gd/200606300021.asp

广州两医院售假药遭央视曝光后被查处 (Two Guangzhou Hospitals Investigated After China’s Central Television Exposes Use of Fake Drugs)
People's Daily, June 30, 2006
http://society.people.com.cn/GB/1062/4546089.html

Tibet
Tibet Rail Link 'a Dream Come True'
SCMP, June 30, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ6DEZ51PE.html

June 29, 2006

News
Environment
Worldwatch Institute: 16 of World's 20 Most-Polluted Cities in China
Voice of America, June 28, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-06-28-voa36.cfm

Gender
Women in China Falling Victim to Gender Violence
The Japan Times, June 28, 2006
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/eo20060628a2.html

Government
审计报告为啥不点名？ 审计署：有审计结果公告制度没必要一一列举 (National Audit Office Says No Need to List Individual Results of Audit Report)
Nanfang Daily, June 29, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/
200606290534.asp

Transparency Is the Key to Containing Bird Flu
SCMP, June 29, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZYPAKB7OE.html

权力变现正在成为一种流行病 (When Abuse of Power Becomes Commonplace)
China Youth Daily, June 29, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-06/29/content
_1431706.htm

Human Rights Defender – Petitioner - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
律师临沂冒险录像 揭官警迫害陈光诚 (Video of Lawyer Being Beaten Shows Police Persecution of Chen Guangcheng)
Radio Free Asia, June 28, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006
/06/28/chen/

Human Rights Defender – Tibet - Nyima Choedron (尼玛曲珍)
中国证实尼玛曲珍2月已提前获释 (China Confirms Release of Tibetan Activist Nyima Choedron in February)
Voice of America, June 28, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-06-28-voa46.cfm

Labor
Fifty-six Confirmed Dead in China Mine Accident as New Tragedy Kills 22
AFP (via YahooNews), June 29, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060628/wl_asia_afp/
chinaminingaccident_060628142327;_ylt=AqhoPehV8HTxJ
_8kP9BfcIdPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYw
MlJVRPUCUl7;_ylt=AqhoPehV8HTxJ_8kP9BfcIdPzWQA;_
ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRP

Getting Tough on Work Safety
SCMP, June 29, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZCDSIB7OE.html

Media
广州：网络警察“巡逻”BBS和博客 (Guangzhou Internet Police to "Patrol" Bulletin Board System and Blogs)
Nanfang Daily, June 29, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/
200606290294.asp

热点快评：笼统设限有害监督 相应赋权才是急所 (Commentary: Proposed Draft Law Would Punish Media for Reporting on “Suddenly Occurring Mass Incidents” Without Authorization)
Yang Cheng Wan Bao, June 27, 2006
http://www.ycwb.com/gb/content/2006-
06/27/content_1153510.htm

Olympics
Hebei to Help Avoid Olympic Drought
SCMP, June 29, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZWCYB67OE.html

Letter from China: Minding Their Manners, Looking to the Olympics
International Herald Tribune, June 28, 2006
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/06/28/news/letter.php

Protests and Petitions
Mass Protest over Ban on Motorised Tricycles
SCMP, June 29, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZS3OS67OE.html

Public Health
China to Promote Local AIDS Awareness
Xinhua (via China Economic Net), June 28, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-06/28/content_
4763170.htm

June 28, 2006

News
Bilateral Ties
Brief Talks 'Won't Seal' Vatican Ties
SCMP, June 28, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZGU6KB7OE.html

Canadian Activist Handed Over to China
The Globe and Mail, June 27, 2006
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/
LAC.20060627.CELIL27/TPStory/TPInternational/
Asia/

Children
Children of Convicts, Shunned in China, Find Friendly Refuge
The Christian Science Monitor, June 28, 2006
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0627/p01s02-woap.htm

Death Penalty
致4人死亡 广东龙川网吧纵火案2名主犯被枪决 (Two Executed for Deadly Arson Attack in Guangdong Internet Café)
Xinhua (via China Economic Net), June 28, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-06/28/
content_4759204.htm

Education
教育部：公办高校必须开辟“绿色通道” (Ministry of Education Asks Colleges to Make Sure Poor Students Are Able to Study)
China Youth Daily, June 28, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-06/28/content
_1430536.htm

Environment
中国电脑用户更懂“环保”价值？(Greenpeace Study Finds China’s Consumers Willing to Pay More for Environmentally-Friendly Computers)
BBC, June 28, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_5110000/
newsid_5116900/5116948.stm

专家评黄土高原生态破坏发人深省 (Experts Comment on Extent of Environmental Damage to Loess Plateau in Shaanxi)
Voice of America, June 28, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-06-28-voa6.cfm

Government
中央48部门55亿元违规 (48 Government Departments Involved in Misuse of Public Funds in 2005)
Ming Pao, June 28, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060628/cab1.htm

Human Rights Defender - Labor Activist - Wang Bingzhang (王炳章)
香港人士示威要求中国释放王柄章 (Hong Kong Protestors Urge China to Release Wang Bingzhang)
Voice of America, June 28, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-06-27-voa19.cfm

Human Rights Defender – Lawyers - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
陈光诚的律师临沂被打后失踪 (Chen Guangcheng’s Lawyer Beaten in Shandong, Whereabouts Unknown)
Radio Free Asia, June 28, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/06/27
/linyi/

Human Rights Defender – Journalist - Ching Cheong (程翔)
Lenient Term Tipped for Journalist
SCMP, June 28, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/
ZZZOU6KB7OE.html

Labor
Dynamite Blast Kills 10 in China Village
AP( via YahooNews), June 27, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060627/ap_on_re_as/
china_deadly_explosion_1

Land Policy
徵地建公路 欠农民16亿 (Local Governments Owe Farmers 1.6 Billion Yuan for Land Acquisition)
Ming Pao, June 28, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060628/cab2.htm

Police
青海“黑枪三角区”地窖造枪为害十省 (Illegal Guns Becoming a Serious Problem in Qinghai)
The Beijing News, June 27, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0547/2006/0627/013@
190469.htm

Politics
Hu Jintao and the New China
Asia Times Online, June 28, 2006
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/HF28Ad01.html

Poverty
中国拟推动第三次分配 缩小贫富悬殊 (China Proposes Encouraging Donations from the Rich to Narrow the Wealth Gap)
Radio Free Asia, June 27, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/06/27
/distribution/

Protests and Petitions
佛山官方澄清徵地纠纷 (Foshan Authorities Clarify Points on Land Dispute)
Wen Wei Po, June 28, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=
CH0606280022&cat=002CH

Religion
四川阆中９名家庭教会成员被抓 (Nine Protestant House Church Members Arrested in Sichuan)
Radio Free Asia, June 27, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/06/
27/jiaohui/

Tibet
Activists Angry at TV Horse 'Abuse'
SCMP, June 28, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZVGOIB7OE.html

欧阳五﹕青藏铁路盘活中共治藏棋局 (Qinghai-Tibet Railway a Strategy for Strengthening CPC Rule in Tibet)
Ming Pao, June 28, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060628/fab1.htm

June 27, 2006

News

Corruption
广东新会医院140人集体受贿 (Over 140 Staff of Guangdong Hospital Take Collective Bribe)
China Youth Online, June 27, 2006
http://news.cyol.com/content/2006-06/27/content_1429525.htm

Death Penalty
2 Men Sentenced to Death for Drug Making in Gansu
Xinhuanet, June 26, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-06/26/content_4752
107.htm

Education
教科书应作为国家财产免费使用 (NPC Deputies Urge Textbook Recycling to Provide More Free Textbooks for Poor Students)
Nanfang City News, June 27, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/dd/dsb/A03/2006
06270018.asp

Gender
Less Anatomy, More Morality in Sex Education Efforts
China Daily, June 26, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2006-06/26/content_62
5414.htm

Human Rights Defenders - Rights Defender Zhu Yufu (朱虞夫)
朱虞夫刑满未释 异见人士联署要求正法 (Democracy Activist Zhu Yufu Not Yet Released After Completing Prison Term on June 19, Dissident Calls on Government to Adhere to Law)
Radio Free Asia, June 26, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/06/26/
zhu/

Human Rights Defenders – Journalist Ching Cheong (程翔)
程翔可能遭重判 港记者拟七一游行声援 (Hong Kong Journalists Plan to Demonstrate on July 1 in Anticipation of Ching Cheong’s Trial Verdict Announcement)
Radio Free Asia, June 26, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/06/26/
chenxiang/

Media - Censorship / Press Freedom
央视回应“取消晚间播放国歌”质疑 (CCTV Dismisses Criticism Over Broadcasting National Anthem in Prime Time to Boost Patriotism)
The Beijing News, June 27, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0565/2006/06-27/013@0
11722.htm

擅自报导突发灾害有罪？专家批评 (Is Reporting on Disasters Without Permission a Crime? One Expert Comments)
Voice of America, June 26, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-06-26-voa62.cfm

Migrant Workers
珠三角用工环境调查：女工每小时加班费不足1元 (Survey Reveals Female Workers Paid Less Than One Yuan Per Hour for Overtime Work)
EastDay.com, June 27, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node144154/userobject1ai2135662.html5662.html

Police
一年来逾五万毒犯被判刑 (Over 50,000 Drug Dealers Sentenced in 2005-2006)
The Beijing News, June 27, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0565/2006/06-27/013@
024941.htm

提出“恢复收容无业游民” 钟南山成争议人物 (Scholar Sparks Controversy Over Bringing Back 'Custody and Repatriation' for Urban Vagrants)
People's Daily, June 27, 2006
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42735/4533083.html

中国媒体批评治安过于武力化 (Mainland Media Criticizes Public Security Officers for Being Overly Armed in Daily Patrols)
Radio Free Asia, June 26, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/06/26/
piping/

Public Health - HIV-AIDS/STDs
艾滋病发现率　深圳年增61.5％ (HIV-AIDS Cases in Shenzhen Rising at Annual Rate of 61.5%)
Nanfang City News, June 27, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/dd/dsb/A13/
200606270036.asp

Religion - Christianity
Vatican Party in Beijing for Talks on Sealing Ties
SCMP, June 27, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZESMIB7OE.html

报告：中国一年逮捕近两千基督徒 (Report Reveals That China Arrested Over 2,000 Protestants Last Year)
Voice of America, June 26, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-06-26-voa50.cfm

Society - Ethnic Minorities
Lawmaker Calls for Compulsory Minority Language Education
Xinhuanet, June 25, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-06/25/content_
4747147.htm

Tibet
Fragile and in Need of Protection
SCMP, June 27, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZW2LIB7OE.html

Tibetans in India Protest Against Train to Lhasa
Reuters (via YahooNews), June 26, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060626/wl_nm/india_
china_protest_dc_2

Hong Kong
Pushing Unity Too Far
SCMP, June 27, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZ7K3KB7OE.html

June 24-26, 2006

Top News of the Day

Human Rights Defender – Petitioner - Liu Xinjuan (刘新娟)
上海访民刘新娟鉴定正常却被送入精神病院 (Shanghai Petitioner Liu Xinjuan Sent to Psychiatric Hospital, Despite Having Been Diagnosed as “Normal”)
Radio Free Asia, June 26, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/06/
23/liuxinjuan/
After petitioning the authorities in Beijing on resettlement issues, Liu Xinjuan was on her way home to Shanghai when she was picked up by Shanghai police and taken to a psychiatric hospital. While in Beijing, a psychiatric expert had diagnosed her as being “psychologically normal.” This is the fifth time in three years that the authorities have forcibly admitted her to mental institutions.

• Related News:

HRIC Press Release: Petitioner Liu Xinjuan Forcibly Admitted to Mental Hospital for the Fifth Time Human Rights in China, June 22, 2006
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision%
5fid=29389&item%5fid=29385

News
Death Penalty
胜利油田一高管被判死缓 (Senior Official of State-owned Enterprise Sentenced to Death with Two-year Reprieve for Corruption)
The Beijing News, June 26, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0566/2006/06-26/
018@190288.htm

Education
义务教育学校收杂费仍属合法 (Miscellaneous Charges for Education Will Still Be Legal According to Latest Bill)
Nanfang Daily, June 25, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/newdaily/
yw/200606250014.asp

Environment
Guangdong to Go Ahead with Drive Against Pollution
SCMP, June 26, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZ4CHIB7OE.html

Human Rights Defender – Petitioner - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
Blind Activist and Lawyer Claim They Have Received Death Threats
SCMP, June 24, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZPBEIB7OE.html

Human Rights Defender – Journalist - Ching Cheong (程翔)
程翔案即将宣判？关注组再次呼吁 (Hong Kong Newspaper Reports that Verdict on Ching Cheong May Be Announced Soon)
Voice of America, June 25, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-06-25
-voa32.cfm

Human Rights Defender – Journalist - Zhao Yan (赵岩)
北京法院推迟对赵岩判决 (Beijing Court Postpones Verdict for Zhao Yan's Case)
Radio Free Asia, June 23, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
06/23/zhaoyan/

Human Rights Defender – Xinjiang - Rebiya Kadeer (热比娅)
Exiled Uyghur Dissident Says Family Detained in Retaliation
Radio Free Asia, June 23, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/english/uyghur/2006/06/
23/uyghur_kadeer/

Media
中华全国新闻工作者协会提出《意见》(All-China Journalists Association Issues Opinion to Incorporate CPC's Latest Principles into Journalists' Work)
China Youth Daily, June 26, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-06/26/
content_1428076.htm

On the Table: Fines for Breaking News
SCMP, June 26, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZRSZJB7OE.html

Politics
Chinese Communist Party Undergoes Democratic Reform to Meet Challenges
People's Daily, June 25, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200606/25
/eng20060625_277173.html

Population
China Retreats on Selective Abortion Law Plan
Financial Times, June 26, 2006
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/070693de-0486-11db-8981
-0000779e2340.html

Poverty
Migration: China's Answer to Desertification, Poverty
The Times of India, June 22, 2006
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1672371.cms

Protests and Petitions
上合组织峰会当局以各种手法监控访民 (Authorities Use Various Methods to Monitor Petitioners During SCO Meeting)
Radio Free Asia, June 23, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
06/23/fangmin/

Public Health
公立医院看病价格划定“上限” (Guangdong Public Hospitals Plan to Place Cap on Fee Schedule)
Nanfang Daily, June 24, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/
newdaily/gd/200606240035.asp

Over 60% of Epileptics Go Untreated in Rural China
Xinhua (via CRI), June 23, 2006
http://en.chinabroadcast.cn/2946/2006/06/23/48
@106192.htm

Religion
Women Lead Prayers, Revolution in China
The Times of India, June 26, 2006
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/
articleshow/1678957.cms

Society
China to Review Enforcement of Law on Minority Autonomy
Xinhua (via China Economic Net), June 23, 2006
http://en.ce.cn/National/Law/200606/24
/t20060624_7494378.shtml

State Security
Think-tank Academic Jailed, Say Colleagues
SCMP, June 26, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZLLFIB7OE.html

Hong Kong
Laws Exist to Ban Sect, Says Institute; Experts Doubt It
SCMP, June 25, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZFCNB67OE.html

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
BHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl=AjKMhe8DJ6KNnyPSRpQYu8lP
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/
indiatibetchinarail_060622091228;_ylt=AmcCm_B0ab4w
33lA3IbJWo9PzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlY
wMlJVRPUCUl8;_ylt=AmcCm_B0ab4w33lA3IbJWo9PzWQA
;_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