July 7, 2006

News
Death Penalty
劳教人员虐死同伴被执行死刑 (Reeducation-Through-Labor Inmate Executed for Murdering Fellow Inmate)
The Beijing News, July 07, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0567/2006/07-07/018
@192901.htm

被告人故意杀人被判死缓 (Woman Sentenced to Death with Two-year Reprieve for Murdering Ex-lover)
Legal Daily, July 07, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-07/07/content
_347875.htm

Government
安徽不敢公布数十万人参与的行风评议结果 (Anhui Authorities Unwilling to Release Results of Opinion Poll on the Public's Favorite Government Departments)
EastDay.com, July 07, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node146345/userobject1ai2160946.html0946.html

Human Rights Defenders - Petitioners
上海访民的遭遇 (The Fate of Shanghai Petitioners After the SCO Summit)
Radio Free Asia, July 06, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/
06/fangmin/

Labor
中国各级工会两年内将帮百万下岗失业人员再就业 (China's Unions to Help a Million Laid-off Workers Finds Jobs in Coming Two Years)
People's Daily, July 07, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1026/4567692.html

中国拟迫外商准员工成立官方工会 (China Considers Compelling Foreign Enterprises to Allow Workers to Join Official Trade Unions)
Voice of America, July 06, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/n2006-07-06-voa24.cfm

China to Spend More on Work Safety
Xinhuanet, July 06, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-07/06/
content_4803074.htm

Law
《国务院关于全面加强应急管理工作的意见》("State Council's Opinion on How to Comprehensively Strengthen Emergency Response Work")
People's Daily, July 06, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1026/4567740.html

Related Information
国务院关于全面加强应急管理工作的意见 (State Council Issues "Opinion on How to Comprehensively Strengthen Emergency Response Work")
People's Daily, July 07, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1026/4567940.html

Media
思科将承建中国电信网络扩容工程 (American Company Cisco Plans Project to Expand China's Internet System)
Voice of America, July 07, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-07-07-voa7.cfm

张文光﹕防火 防盗 防记者 (Commentary: The “Law on Handling Suddenly-Occurring Incidents” Hinders Access to information)
Ming Pao, July 07, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060707/fab1.htm

Internet Controls Tightened Further
SCMP, July 07, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZI8RX51PE.html

China Holds German Reporter in Yunnan for `Illegal Interviews'
Bloomberg, July 06, 2006
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601100&sid
=aljvFMcqxMgs&refer=germanyny

Migrant Workers
放假了，留守儿童探父母 (Children Travel to Cities to Visit Migrant Worker Parents During Summer Vacation)
China Youth Daily, July 07, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-07/07/content
_1439871.htm

Migrant Workers to Be Provided with Bank Cards in 12 More Provinces
Xinhuanet, July 06, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-07
/06/content_4801940.htm

Police
Report Alleges China Harvests Body Parts from Live Inmates
AFP (via YahooNews), July 07, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060706/wl_asia_afp/ca
nadachinarights_060706223918

广州组建情报部门紧盯犯罪 500特警将武装巡逻 (Guangzhou Authorities Set up Intelligence Department and Send 500 Armed Police to Patrol Streets in Effort to Fight Crime)
EastDay.com, July 07, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node146345/userobject1ai2160534.html0534.html

Politics
胡锦涛推动温和政治改革 (President Hu Jintao Pushes for Moderate Political Reform)
Radio Free Asia, July 06, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/
06/gaige/

Poverty
Poverty Leaves China's College Students Laden with Psychological Problems, Survey Says
EastDay.com, July 07, 2006
http://english.eastday.com/eastday/englishedition/nation/
userobject1ai2159650.html

Wage Reforms a Priority, Says Hu
SCMP, July 07, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZGXELUAPE.html

Protests and Petitions
七七前夕京严防民间反日 (Beijing on Guard Against Anti-Japan Protests Ahead of Anniversary of Japanese Invasion)
Ming Pao, July 07, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060707/cab1.htm

Public Health
Light Penalties for Forced Hysterectomies in China)
Reuters (via New York Times), July 07, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-crime
-china-hysterectomy.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Religion
Visit Points to Revival of Orthodox Church
San Francisco Chronicle, July 07, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZQJS9P7PE.html

Social Security
贫困隐私和低保监督，哪个更重要 (Should Social Security Recipients Have to Reveal Their Identity?)
China Youth Daily, July 07, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-07/07/content
_1439766.htm

Tibet
达赖喇嘛希望统辖大西藏 (Chinese Media Claim That Dalai Lama Wants to Form Autonomous Region from Tibetan Areas in Qinghai, Gansu, Sichuan and Yunnan)
Radio Free Asia, July 06, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07
/06/dalai/

Hong Kong
Asylum Seekers Refuse Food in Quest for Bail
SCMP, July 07, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZY8RX51PE.html

July 6, 2006

News
Corruption
中国贪腐日益严重监督机制难应对 (Existing Monitoring Mechanism Cannot Deal With Worsening Corruption in China)
Voice of America, July 05, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-07-05-voa17.cfm

Death Penalty
废除贪官死刑有违社会伦理 (Abolishing Death Penalty for Corrupt Officials Is Unethical)
China Youth Daily, July 06, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-07/06/content_1438441.htm

四川犍为原县委书记受贿1859万被判死缓 (Corrupt Senior CPC Member in Sichuan Sentenced to Death with Two-year Reprieve)
Shenzhen Daily, July 06, 2006
http://www.sznews.com/news/content/2006-07/06/content
_180719.htm

男子掐死智障姐姐奸尸续：凶手一审被判处死缓 (Man Sentenced to Death with Two-year Reprieve for Murdering Sister with Mental Disability)
Shenzhen Daily, July 06, 2006
http://www.sznews.com/news/content/2006-07/06/
content_181079.htm

Education
內地小学生年減四百万 (Number of Primary Students Reduced Drastically in Recent Years)
Wen Wei Po, July 06, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=
CH0607060028&cat=002CH

Political Courses 'Made More Relevant' in Merger
SCMP, July 06, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZB0OX51PE.html

Environment
国家森林公园竟成城市垃圾场 垃圾堆积十米高 (10 Meters of Rubbish Sitting in National Park in Hainan)
EastDay.com, July 06, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node146062/userobject1ai2158544.html8544.html

An Energy Bridge to the Future
SCMP, July 06, 2006
http://columns.scmp.com/colart/balsheet/ZZZQDP9P7PE.html

Experts Warn Swimmers Against Health Hazards in Pearl River
SCMP, July 06, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ25P9P7PE.html

循环经济先从这里开篇 战略转型下的“罗湖试验” (How the "Recycling Economy Law" Is Being Implemented in Luohu, Shenzhen)
Nanfang Daily, July 06, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/
200607060311.asp

深圳将开展绿色GDP核算试点 (Shenzhen to Launch "Green GDP Audit")
Shenzhen Daily, July 06, 2006
http://www.sznews.com/zhuanti/content/2006-07/06/
content_180975.htm

中国现有水土流失需半个世纪治理 (China Needs 50 Years to Fix Soil Erosion Problem)
Radio Free Asia, July 05, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/
05/shuitu/

Freedom of Speech
刘云山：文艺工作者要更好地关注现实 服务大众 (Central Propaganda Department Official: Writers and Artists Should Pay More Attention to Reality and Serve the Public)
People's Daily, July 06, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1024/4563449.html

Government
国家赔偿额度过低不利于人权保障 (Insufficient State Compensation Not Beneficial to Protection of Human Rights)
China Youth Daily, July 06, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-07/06/
content_1438426.htm

Human Rights Defender – Lawyers - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
临沂政府加强监控打压陈光诚家属 (Local Government in Shandong Steps up Monitoring of Chen Guangcheng's Family)
Radio Free Asia, July 06, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/
05/linyi/

Human Rights Defender – Journalist - Ching Cheong (程翔)
程翔案有新发展 月底可能开审 (New Development in Ching Cheong Case – Trial Could Start in Late July)
Radio Free Asia, July 05, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/
05/chingcheong/

Labor
Despite Boom, China Graduates Face Job Crunch
Washington Post, July 04, 2006
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article
/2006/07/04/AR2006070400363.html

Media
媒体如何才能正常报道突发事件 (How Can the Media Report on “Suddenly Arising Mass Incidents” Properly?)
China Youth Daily, July 06, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-07/06/content
_1438416.htm

中国禁演同性恋题材韩片 (China Bans Korean Movie with Homosexual Content)
BBC, July 05, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_5150000
/newsid_5152000/5152046.stm

Internet Regulation Protects Search Engines
SCMP, July 05, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-07/05
/content_634075.htm

中国著名门户网站凯迪网作出调整 (Popular Hainan-Based Web Portals Change Content Due to Censorship)
Radio Free Asia, July 05, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07
/05/internet/

Migrant Workers
Orphans of the Chinese Economy
Los Angeles Times, July 05, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-
children5jul05,1,7369125.story?coll=la-headlines-world

Police
公民的非正常死亡是法治社会的悲哀 (Unnatural Death of a Woman in Hubei in 2002 Discredits Claim of Rule of Law)
China Youth Daily, July 06, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-07/06/content_
1438391.htm

Politics
Southern Chinese City Marks Cultural Revolution
Radio Free Asia, July 04, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2006/07/04/china_cultrev/

Poverty
有些“国情”亟须我们改变 ("National Conditions" Related to Income Gap Must Change)
China Youth Daily, July 06, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-07/06/content_1438396.htm

Protests and Petitions
Rumblings from China
New York Times, July 06, 2006
http://global.factiva.com.arugula.cc.columbia.edu:2048/
ha/default.aspx

突发重大环境事项可直报国家信访局 (State Environmental Protection Administration Issues “Measures for Handling Environmental Petitions”)
Legal Daily, July 06, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-07/06
/content_347315.htm

Rural Issues
Shanghai to Give Single-child Parents "Retirement Award"
People's Daily, July 04, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200607/
05/eng20060705_280082.html

Tibet
Foreign Press Gets No Easy Ride on Tibet Line
The Independent Online (South Africa), July 06, 2006
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=14&click_id=
420&art_id=qw1151654941867T614

Tibet Tourism Impact Fears Rejected
SCMP, July 06, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZN0OX51PE.html

Bikers Rev up Where Old Tibet and New China Collide
Reuters, July 05, 2006
http://today.reuters.com/News/newsArticle.aspx?type=
inDepthNews&storyID=2006-07-05T125515Z_01_PEK
331786_RTRUKOC_0_US-CHINA-TIBET.xml

July 5, 2006

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender – Petitioner - Sun Xiaodi (孫小弟)
揭露核污染维权人士孙小弟受到各方孤立 (Rights Defender Sun Xiaodi Persecuted for Revealing Nuclear Pollution)
Radio Free Asia, July 04, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/
04/sun/
Gansu human rights defender Sun Xiaodi has been persecuted in various ways by the government for revealing problems related to nuclear pollution since 1989. His family’s electricity and water supply were cut recently, and his 23-year-old daughter has not been able to find a job since graduating six years ago.

News
Death Penalty
黄金大盗粟君才被判死刑 3·5老庙劫金案一审宣判 (Armed Robber Sentenced to Death)
EastDay.com, July 05, 2006
http://why.eastday.com/eastday/node33/node35/
node7612/userobject1ai141620.html

Disasters
400m Lives Disrupted by Disasters Each Year
SCMP, July 05, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZYTL9P7PE.html

Environment
Beijing Misses Blue-sky Target in First Six Months
SCMP, July 05, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ7JUZ51PE.html

中国加紧兴建核电站缓解用电紧张 (China Speeds up on Nuclear Plant Construction to Ease Electricity Demand)
Voice of America, July 04, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-07-04-voa32.cfm

Human Rights Defender – Lawyer - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
美议员促恢复维权人士陈光诚自由 (US Lawmakers Urge China to Restore Freedom to Human Rights Defender Chen Guangcheng)
Voice of America, July 04, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-07-04-voa61.cfm

Labor
上海严查超时加班 企业被重罚八十三万元 (Shanghai Authorities Get Tough on Overtime; Enterprise Fined 830,000 Yuan)
People's Daily, July 05, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/14562/4559688.html

Land Policy
拆迁有头儿 安置没尾儿 (200 Henan Households Still Not Resettled Two Years After Eviction)
People's Daily, July 05, 2006
http://society.people.com.cn/GB/1062/4559568.html

Media
A Gag that Can Only Hurt Beijing
SCMP, July 05, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZXHUZ51PE.html

Media Toes Line on Quake Coverage
SCMP, July 05, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ0BKX51PE.html

Chinese Discuss Plan to Tighten Restrictions on Cyberspace
New York Times, July 04, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/04/world/asia/
04internet.html?_r=1&n=Top%2fNews%2fWorld%2f
Countries%20and%20Territories%2fChina&oref=slogin2f
World%2fCountries%20and%20Territories%2fChina&oref
=slogin

民间人士上书人大　呼吁停止审议反新闻自由条款 (Civil Society Leaders Urge NPC to Stop Deliberation of Anti-Press Freedom Clause in Emergency Response Bill)
Radio Free Asia, July 03, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/03
/Press_freedom/

Poverty
我国收入分配制度改革大幕将启 (China to Reform Income Distribution System)
People's Daily, July 05, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1026/4561639.html

Society
All Due Respect
SCMP, July 05, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZBKUZ51PE.html

A Part of China, but Apart From It
Washington Post, July 04, 2006
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article
/2006/07/03/
AR2006070301186.htmldyn/content/article/2006/07/03
/AR2006070301186.html

Tibet
Chinese, Exiled Tibetan Officials Disagree
AP( via YahooNews), July 04, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060704/ap_on_re_as/
china_dalai_lama_2;_ylt=ArYdv1z3cotswuLHAGk560l
PzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRP
UCUlcotswuLHAGk560lPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04
NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Tibet – Dissident - Tenzin Tsundue
Tibetan Dissident to Accuse Chinese of Torture and Genocide
The Independent, July 03, 2006
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article1155233.ece

July 4, 2006

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Rights Defender – Liu Xiaowu (刘小武)
AIDS Activist Stabbed After Corruption Claim
SCMP, July 04, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZNKGX51PE.html
Henan AIDS activist Liu Xiaowu was stabbed in the back three times by an unknown assailant on June 15, four days after he complained to the Ministry of Health about health officials profiting from free medicine supplied by the central government. He was still receiving treatment on July 3. According to Liu, the police had "not actively" tried to track down his attacker.

News
Children
特殊弱势群体保护遭遇法律空白 (Children of Jailed Parents Have No Legal Protection)
China Youth Daily, July 04, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-07/04/content_1436006
.htm

监狱服刑人员未成年子女基本情况调查报告 (Survey on the Conditions of Underage Children of Jailed Parents)
China Youth Daily, July 04, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-07/04/content_
1436001.htm

Death Penalty
跨国境抓回人渣 江苏特大跨国系列绑架杀人案 主犯被执行死刑 (Chinese Police Went to Cambodia to Catch Suspects; Seven Executed for Abduction and Murder)
Legal Daily, July 04, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-07/04
/content_345562.htm

是否刑讯逼供开庭前就要调查 (Allegations of Extracting Confession by Torture in Death Penalty Cases Will Be Investigated Before Trials Begin in Anhui)
Legal Daily, July 04, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-07/04/content
_345559.htm

Education
178万贫困生未获资助 (1.78 Million Poor Students Get No Government Subsidies)
Ming Pao, July 04, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060704/can1.htm

Land Policy
以修的名义，拆 (Authorities Remove Historical Structures in the Name of Repair)
Nanfang Weekend, June 29, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060629/wh/
whxw/200606290043.asp

Law
优化司法环境 力促公平正义 (Measures to Improve the Judicial System)
China Youth Daily, July 04, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-07/04/content
_1436281.htm

Media
中国评论﹕惡法再辩还是惡法 (Commentary: A Bad Law Remains Bad No Matter How It Is Debated)
Ming Pao, July 04, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060704/caq1.htm

Mainland Gag Would Include Foreign Media
SCMP, July 04, 2006
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZFLGX51PE.html

中国拟重罚违规接青少年顾客网吧 (China Considers Imposing Harsh Punishments on Cyber Cafes Open to Minors)
Voice of America, July 03, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-07-03-
voa36.cfm

突破网络封锁又添新工具 (New Internet Tools Available to Avoid Being Blocked)
Radio Free Asia, July 03, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/03
/internet_block/

国务院法制办介绍《突发事件应对法(草案)》 (State Council’s Legislative Affairs Office Introduces Emergency Response Bill)
Chinanews.com, July 03, 2006
http://news.china.com/zh_cn/domestic/945/20060703
/13444571.html

Police
鄢烈山：坏人的基本人权也要保护 (Commentary: Basic Human Rights of Lawbreakers Should also Be Protected)
Nanfang Daily, July 03, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/
spqy/200607030484.asp

Politics
China's Hu in Reformist Pitch Praises Democracy
Reuters (via YahooNews), July 03, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060703/wl_nm/china_
politics_dc_1;_ylt=AgaMUpvuYqIdKQ57Lop5Ya1PzWQA;_
ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUlKQ57
Lop5Ya1PzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYw
MlJVRPUCUl

中央党校课题组提交政改报告 (CPC School Submits Report on Political Reform)
Nanfang Weekend, June 29, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060629/xw/
szxw1/200606290005.asp

Public Health
Poor Farmers Risk Lives for Living
Shanghai Daily (via China Daily), July 04, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-07/04/
content_632401.htm

Tibet
西藏文化不会因铁路而消失 (Tibetan Culture Will Not Disappear Because of the New Railway)
China Youth Daily, June 29, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060629/xw/
zmxwzt/200606290013.asp

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.

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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