July 11, 2006

News
Children
Child Obesity a Bigger Problem
People's Daily, July 11, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200607/10/eng20060710_
281551.html

Civil Society
China to Receive AIDS Grants Despite Dispute over Supervisory Board
Financial Times, July 11, 2006
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/cd5ae3f6-1079-11db-8eec
-0000779e2340.html

Corporate Social Accountability
BSCI Helps China's Textile Sector Improve Corporate Social Responsibility
Chinacsr.com, July 10, 2006
http://www.chinacsr.com/2006/07/10/bsci-helps-chinas
-textile-sector-improve-corporate-social-responsibility/
social-responsibility/

Death Penalty
北京JJ舞厅凶杀案主犯一审被判死刑 (Man Sentenced to Death for Murdering Two in Beijing)
Xinhuanet, July 10, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-07/10/content
_4814229.htm

Education
我国义务教育的政府责任成为关注焦点 (What Is Government's Responsibility Under Compulsory Education Law?)
Legal Daily, July 11, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-07/11/content
_349750.htm

Government
Shenzhen Leads Way with Public Service
SCMP, July 11, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZCD0Y51PE.html

Human Rights Defender – Petitioner - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
临沂警传唤袁伟静 威胁与陈光诚同罪 (Yuan Weijing Summoned by Police and Warned She Could Be Suspect in Husband Chen Guangcheng's Case)
Radio Free Asia, July 10, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/
10/chen/

Human Rights Defender - Public Intellectual
自由作家廖亦武被剥夺出国权 (Dissident Writer Liao Yiwu Deprived of Right to Leave the Country)
Radio Free Asia, July 10, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/
10/liaoyiwu/

Human Rights Defender - Petitioners
上海访民被超期刑拘 (Four Shanghai Petitioners Detained for More Than 37 Days; Familes Not Informed of Legal Status as Required by Law)
Radio Free Asia, July 10, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/10
/fangmin/

Labor
1b Yuan Loan Plan Aims to Help Laid-off Workers
SCMP, July 11, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZEBOLUAPE.html

在华外企必须有工会是空洞威胁？ (Is Requiring Foreign Enterprises to Let Workers Join Trade Unions an Empty Threat?)
Voice of America, July 10, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-07-10-voa72.cfm

Law
我国将修改法律保障律师执业权利 (China to Amend Laws to Protect Lawyers' Right to Practice)
China Youth Daily, July 11, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-07/11/content_1442671.htm

China's Lawyers Failing To Provide Nationwide Service
People's Daily, July 10, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200607/10/
eng20060710_281725.html

刑法应明确规定罚金的数额幅度 (Criminal Law Should Specify Range of Amount of Fines)
Legal Daily, July 10, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-07/11/
content_349583.htm

Media
RSF促欧议会主席为被监禁的中国新闻人士说话 (Reporters Without Borders Urges European Parliament to Speak for Jailed Journalists in China)
Radio Free Asia, July 11, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/
10/RSF/

Politics
“入党风波”背后的利益博弈 (Conflict of Interests Behind Promotion of Impeached Village Representative in Zhejiang)
Nanfang Daily, July 11, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/
spqy/200607110588.asp

Population
男女婴失衡比例扩大 (Imbalance in Gender Ratio of Infants Widens)
Ming Pao, July 11, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060711/ccd1.htm

Poverty
Ms Qiao Reflects a Widening Social Divide
SCMP, July 11, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZGN43SAPE.html

Commentary: The Dark Side of China Growth
Bloomberg News (via IHT), July 10, 2006
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/07/10/bloomberg
/sxpesek.php

Protests and Petitions
拒拉广告 华夏时报记者被炒 (China Times' Reporters Dismissed for Refusing to Solicit Ad Clients)
Ming Pao, July 11, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060711/cac1.htmm

Public Health
China: A Smoker's Paradise
Asia Times Online, July 11, 2006
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_Business/
HG11Cb01.html

社论：医疗机构怪罪媒体 负面形象尚需自救 (Editorial: Medical Authorities Should Take Responsibility When Media Reports on Them Negatively)
Nanfang City News, July 11, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/
spqy/200607110597.asp

卫生部：坚决打击“医闹” (Ministry of Health Spokesperson Vows to Quell Disturbances Regarding Medical Care)
The Beijing News, July 11, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0546/2006/0711/
014@193841.htm

Tibet
In Tibet, Dalai Lama Continues to Hold Sway, China Wary of Exiled Spiritual Leader's Politics
Washington Post, July 10, 2006
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/
article/2006/07/09/
AR2006070900840.htmldyn/content/article/2006/07/
09/AR2006070900840.html

July 8-10, 2006

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Religious Practitioner - Jia Zhiguo (贾治国)
中国天主教地下教会一主教被扣押 (Catholic Bishop Jia Zhiguo Detained)
Voice of America, July 10, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-07-07-voa33.cfm
The US-based Cardinal Kung Foundation has reported that 72-year-old Bishop Jia Zhiguo, a leader of China’s underground Catholic church,, was taken from his hospital bed in Hebei Province on June 25. The authorities reportedly said Jia had to be given several day’s “education.” His current whereabouts are unknown.

Human Rights Defender – Lawyer - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
陈光诚将在两周内在临沂受审 (Chen Guangcheng to Be Tried in Shandong on July 20)
Radio Free Asia, July 07, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/
07/chenguangcheng/
Human rights defender Chen Guangcheng will be tried on July 20 on charges of intending to damage public property and inciting people to disrupt traffic. His wife believes the charges are a response to his exposure of human rights violations related to the one-child policy. He has been under detention for 10 months.

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News
Death Penalty
最高法收回死刑复核权 推动死刑二审开庭审理 (Higher People's Courts Across the Country to Hold Open Appeal Trials for Death Penalty Cases Starting July 1)
Xinhuanet, July 09, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-07/09/
content_4809627.htm

China Sentences Sect Members to Death for Murders
Reuters (via YahooNews), July 07, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060707/wl_nm/crime_
china_sect_dc_1;_ylt=AvFw3m6AV_XYk0zrCrhd5p1PzWQA;
_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl_XYk0zr
Crhd5p1PzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMl
JVRPUCUl

基督教家庭教会核心成员被判处死刑 (Core Member of Protestant House Church Sentenced to Death)
Radio Free Asia, July 07, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07
/07/jiaohui/

Human Rights Defenders – Liao Yiwu (廖亦武)
异议人士离境难 廖亦武争出国权 (Dissident Writer Liao Yiwu’s Request to Leave the Country Refused for the Eighth Time)
Voice of America, July 10, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-07-10-voa1.cfm

Taishi Activist Held over Bike Licence
SCMP, July 10, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZY2KLUAPE.html

Land Policy
Land Seizures Provoke Growing Anger in China
Reuters (via YahooNews), July 07, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060707/lf_nm/
china_land_dc_1

Law
最高院眼中的“治本之策”浮出 (Supreme People's Court Proposes Solution to Non-enforcement of Court Decisions)
Nanfang Weekend, July 06, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060706/xw/
szxw1/200607060008.asp

Media
网名涉反日遭封杀 (Internet Users Protest Web Portals for Blocking Game Users Who Adopt Anti-Japanese Usernames)
Ming Pao, July 10, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060710/cab1.htm

对比对中国惩罚媒体法律不同反响 (Different Responses to the Clause on Punishing Media in the “Draft Law on Handling Suddenly-Occurring Incidents”)
Voice of America, July 08, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-07-08-voa10.cfm

欧洲议会通过议案谴责国际网络公司见利忘义 (European Parliament Passes Motion to Condemn Multinational Internet Companies for Assisting Authoritarian Countries)
Radio Free Asia, July 08, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006
/07/08/ouzhou/

重庆新规定：个人家中上网须在公安局备案 (New Regulation: Chongqing Residents Must File Report with Public Security Bureau to Go Online)
Radio Free Asia, July 07, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/
shenrubaodao/2006/07/07/chongqing/

Migrant Workers
东莞两月3小童失踪 (Three Children of Migrant Workers Gone Missing in Dongguan in Past 2 Months)
Ming Pao, July 10, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060710/caa1.htm

Poverty
驻京周记﹕解决贫富悬殊的收入分配改革 (Commentary: Reforms Should Aim to Narrow Income Gap)
Ming Pao, July 10, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060710/cci1.htm

Public Health
72.7％的公众担心药品安全 (72.7% of Interviewees Worried About Drug Safety)
China Youth Daily, July 10, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-07/
10/content_1441216.htm

Bird Flu Whistle-blower Gets Jail Term for Graft
SCMP, July 10, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZO0Z9P7PE.html

Religion
Protestant Preacher Jailed for Seven Years
SCMP, July 10, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZX7XX51PE.html

地下教会领袖张荣亮被判刑七年半 (Protestant House Church Leader Zhang Rongliang Given 7-1/2 Year Sentence)
Radio Free Asia, July 09, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/
mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/09/zhangrongliang/

Xinjiang
维吾尔人关注活动人士被遣返中国 (Uyghur Rights Groups Concerned over Repatriation of Three Activists to China)
Voice of America, July 07, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-07-07-voa32.cfm

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