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, July 14, 2006

July 14, 2006

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender – Journalist - Li Yuanlong (李元龙)
China Sentences Net Writer to Two Years
Reuters, July 13, 2006
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=internet
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Reporter Li Yuanlong, who worked for Guizhou’s Bijie Daily newspaper, was sentenced to a two-year prison term yesterday. He was detained in September 2005 and charged in February 2006 with issuing essays by email that allegedly "fabricated, distorted and exaggerated facts, incited subversion of the state and (sought) to overthrow the socialist system.” Li’s lawyer stated that international outcry over Li’s case may have been a factor in his relatively light sentence.

News
Death Penalty
广西杀死杀伤7名儿童、妇女的犯罪分子被判死刑 (Guangxi Man Sentenced to Death for Murdering Five Children and Women)
Xinhua, July 14, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-07/14/
content_4831871.htm

涉案3千余万 四川犍为原县委书记田玉飞判死缓 (Former Sichuan Cadre Tian Yufei Sentenced to Death with Two-year Reprieve for Corruption)
Xinhuanet, July 13, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-07/
13/content_4827226.htm

Economic Development
Middle Class Segment on Mainland Set to Rise
Xinhuanet, July 13, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-07/13/content
_4825294.htm

Education
Number of Elementary Schools Shrinks in China
People's Daily, July 13, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200607/13/
eng20060713_282486.html

Government
有些基层政府侵害农民权益 (Some Local Governments Violating Farmers' Rights)
China Youth Daily, July 14, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-07/14/content
_1446726.htm

Human Rights
干部举报局长招致报复 独立意见人士联署声援 (Signature Campaign Launched for Detained Cadre Who Reported on Boss at Zhejiang Water Bureau)
Radio Free Asia, July 13, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07
/13/yangchunhong/

Human Rights Defender – Zhang Qi (张起)
泛蓝联盟重庆成员张起获释回家 (Chongqing Member of "Pan-blue Alliance" Zhang Qi Released)
Radio Free Asia, July 13, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/13
/zhangqi/

Labor
China Urged to Improve Emergency Response System for Chemical Accidents
People's Daily, July 13, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200607/
13/eng20060713_282555.html

Land Policy
Plea to Stop 'the Mindless Pursuit of Urbanization'
SCMP, July 14, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZV6BY51PE.html

权威专家数次上书国务院 直陈城市化“大跃进”隐忧 (Expert Writes to State Council on Problems of Rapid Urbanization)
Nanfang Weekend, July 13, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060713/xw/
tb/200607130003.asp

Media
Media Scrutiny Intensifies in Key Year
SCMP, July 14, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZM6YLUAPE.html

文革出版品须备案 (Publications on Cultural Revolution Must Be Reported Under New Notice)
Ming Pao, July 14, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060714/cah1.htm

中国少年网上集体反抗父母专制 (China's Youth Protest Against Authoritarian Parents Online)
Voice of America, July 13, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-07-13-voa81.cfm

Politics
中国评论﹕党內民主呼声渐强 (Commentary: Calls for Intra-party Democracy Increasing)
Ming Pao, July 14, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060714/cai1.htm

Drive to Repair Image Leads to Expulsion of 45,000 Party Members
SCMP, July 14, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZG7CAP7PE.html

地方党委換届增加民主 (Local Party Elections Becoming More Democratic)
Ming Pao, July 14, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060714/cab1.htm

河南省南街村的共产主义 (The Practice of Communism in a Henan Village)
Ming Pao, July 14, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060714/msa.htm

Business and Politics Converge in China
Financial Times, July 13, 2006
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/61850bf8-12a8-11db-
aecf-0000779e2340.html

Population
More Boys than Girls Worries North China Province
EastDay.com, July 13, 2006
http://english.eastday.com/eastday/englishedition/
nation/userobject1ai2177587.html

Public Health
China Sets up Mechanism to Fight Climate-related Health Emergencies
People's Daily, July 13, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200607/13/eng20060713_
282591.html

Intestinal Disease Cases Rise in June
People's Daily, July 12, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200607/12/eng20060712
_282161.html

Rural Issues
专家呼吁尽快出台农民权益保护法 (Expert Calls for Quick Passing of Legislation to Protect Farmers' Rights)
China Youth Daily, July 14, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-07/14/
content_1446731.htm

农民维权远离诉讼 (Farmers Won’t Sue to Protect Rights)
China Youth Daily, July 14, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-07/14/content
_1446716.htm

后农业税时代一些地方农民负担反弹 (The Agricultural Tax is Gone, but New Fees are Taking its Place)
China Youth Daily, July 14, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-07/14/content_
1446721.htm

城乡二元结构是农民权益受损的制度根源 (Urban-rural Divide Is Main Cause of Farmers’ Financial Hardships)
China Youth Daily, July 14, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-07/14/content_
1446711.htm

Tibet
Tourism Threatening Tibet's Sacred Spaces
The Globe and Mail, July 12, 2006
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC
.20060712.TIBET12/TPStory/TPInternational/Asia/
ational/Asia/

Hong Kong
Opt-out Clause in Cross-border Courts Pact
SCMP, July 14, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZ08CAP7PE.html

Thursday, July 13, 2006

July 13, 2006

Top News of the Day

Human Rights Defenders – Lawyer Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠）
郑恩宠被入屋搜查　妻蒋美丽遭传唤 (Zheng Enchong's House Searched and Wife Jiang Meili Summoned)
Radio Free Asia, July 12, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/12
/zheng/
Activist Lawyer Zheng Enchong’s wife Jiang Meili was taken from their home on the evening of July 12 and held for questioning for five hours, after which she was released. Shortly after she was summoned, a dozen public security police officers carried out a search of Zheng's home and Seized a computer and a number of documents.
News

Economic Development
China Trying Again to Tame Booming Economy
AP( via YahooNews), July 12, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060712/ap_on_re_as/china
_runaway_economy_1;_ylt=Aljtizc8IBfx.XAbtiC2cepPzWQA;
_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUljtizc8IBfx
.XAbtiC2cepPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYw
MlJVRPUCUl

Environment
China Learns of Pollutant Perils
Financial Times, July 12, 2006
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2c7349a8-11d0-11db-b1ff
-0000779e2340.html

Human Rights
Surveillance Regulations Spark Fears over Privacy
SCMP, July 13, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ0XULUAPE.html

Labor
广州月最低工资标准780元 (Minimum Wage Set at 780 Yuan Per Month in Guangzhou)
Guangzhou Daily, July 13, 2006
http://gzdaily.dayoo.com/html/2006-07/13/content
_10121517.htm

Media - Internet Censorship
Cyberspace Tattlers Get Their Own Website
SCMP, July 13, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZUIB3SAPE.html

Censorship, Human Rights, and Capitalism
Washington Post, July 12, 2006
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/
2006/07/12/AR2006071200260.htmldyn/content/article
/2006/07/12/AR2006071200260.html

Cyberpatriot's Takeover Conflict a New-age Chinese Puzzle
The Globe and Mail, July 12, 2006
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.
20060712.gtxibasia12/TPStory/International/
columnistsernational/columnists

Migrant Workers - Children
Schools for Migrant Children Closed
SCMP, July 13, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZYI8AP7PE.html

Olympics
Olympics Imperil Historic Beijing Neighborhood
New York Times, July 13, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/12/world/asia/12beijing.
html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Politics - CPC
外界预测中共政治局常委人事变动 (Outsider Observers Predict Personnel Change in CPC Politburo)
Voice of America, July 12, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-07-12-voa55.cfm

Population - One-Child Policy
Beijing Split over Abortion Policy
Financial Times, July 12, 2006
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/f11c2aa8-1109-11db-9a72-0000
779e2340,_i_rssPage=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2340.
html0000779e2340,_i_rssPage=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-
0000779e2340.html

人大未通过禁止鉴定胎儿性别法案 (NPC Has Not Yet Passed Legislation Prohibiting Gender Testing of Unborn Babies)
Voice of America, July 12, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-07-12-voa42.cfm

性别失衡将追问官员责任 (Officials to Be Held Accountable for Gender Imbalance)
Radio Free Asia, July 12, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/12
/xingbie/

Poverty
中国的三无农民问题 (The Three Problems of China's Farmers: No Land, No Work, No Government Aid)
Radio Free Asia, July 12, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/12
/nongmin/

Protests and Petitions
贵阳市发生群众和警察冲突事件 (Crowds Clash with Police in Guiyang)
Radio Free Asia, July 12, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07
/12/guiyang/

Public Health
'Death Map' to Chart Jiangsu's Top Killers
People's Daily, July 12, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200607/12/eng20060712
_282246.html

Public Health - HIV-AIDS/STDs
Reducing HIV Risks Along China's Northeast Border
Chinacsr.com, July 13, 2006
http://www.chinacsr.com/2006/07/12/reducing-hiv-risks-along
-chinas-northeast-border/

Rural Issues
State Agency to Direct Growth of Interior
SCMP, July 13, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ2JB3SAPE.html

Tibet
林业援藏计划明确五年目标 (Five-year Target Set for Assisting Tibet with Forestry Industry)
The Beijing News, July 13, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0565/2006/07-13/
014@042827.htm

Wednesday, July 12, 2006

July 12, 2006

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defenders – Lawyer - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
陈光诚会见律师 进一步揭露政府的非法迫害 (Chen Guangcheng Reveals Further Illegal Persecution from the Authorities)
Radio Free Asia, July 11, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/11
/linyi/
For the first time, on July 11 Chen Guangcheng was able to meet his lawyers without the presence of the police. According to the lawyers, Chen revealed details of the alleged abduction by police to Shandong from Beijing, beatings and other torture that occurred during interrogation. Chen's brother added that Chen's wife Yuan Weijing would also be detained once her baby's lactation period was over.

Human Rights Defender - Public Intellectual - Guo Qizhen (郭起真)
河北沧州维权人士郭起真被起诉 (Hebei Human Rights Defender Guo Qizhen Indicted)
Radio Free Asia, July 11, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/11
/guoqizhen/r
Human rights defender Guo Qizhen has been formally indicted on subversion-related charges. Guo was detained on May 12 for posting essays on the Internet and formally arrested on June 6. While the authorities stated that his lawyer Li Jianqiang could see him, Li has twice attempted to see his client in detention but has not been permitted to do so.

News
Death Penalty
广东两名男子绑架活埋人大代表被判死刑 (Two Sentenced to Death for Kidnapping and Burying Alive an NPC Representative in Guangdong)
EastDay.com, July 12, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node147424/userobject1ai2173253.html3253.html

Environment
城市垃圾报废农民家园 (Urban Garbage Being Dumped in Rural Areas)
China Youth Daily, July 12, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-07/12/content_1444136
.htm

美专家谈中国环境污染治理 (US Experts Discuss How China Can Handle Pollution)
Voice of America, July 12, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-07-11-voa70.cfm

Half of China's Chemical Plants Endanger Environment
Xinhuanet, July 11, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-07/11/content_
4818672.htm

China Power Appetite 'Wasteful'
BBC, July 10, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/5165346.stm

Gender
Experts Call for Measures to Help Protect Girls' Rights
People's Daily, July 11, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200607/11/
eng20060711_281829.html

Inconclusive Rape Trial Ends with Acquittal
China Daily, July 11, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-07/11/content
_637989.htm

Women's Rights Advocated in Volunteer Program
Xinhuanet, July 11, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-07/11/
content_4818616.htm

Human Rights Defender - Public Intellectual - Wu Hao (吴皓)
Blogger Hao Wu Freed After Being Held for Five Months
Reporters Without Borders (RSF), July 11, 2006
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=18253

Media
The Return of China's Censors
Asia Times Online, July 11, 2006
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/HG12Ad01.html

Migrant Workers
福建省青少年犯罪20％是留守孩子所为 (20% of Underage Criminals in Fujian Are Children of Migrant Workers)
China Youth Daily, July 12, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-07/12/content
_1443966.htm

Politics
China's Classic Reform Conundrum
The Australian, July 10, 2006
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,
19735407-643,00.html

Population
China's Population Control Program Plagued by Abuse Allegations, Gender Imbalance
Voice of America, July 11, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-07-11-voa15.cfm

Protests and Petitions
穗居民呛声 反建变电站 (700 Residents in Guangzhou Protest Construction of Electric Substation)
Wen Wei Po, July 12, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH06
07120021
&cat=002CH

湖北教师信访要求关注民办教师生活 (Private School Teachers in Hubei Petition City Government for Better Treatment)
Radio Free Asia, July 12, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/11
/hubei/

Public Health
Professional Training Program Launched for Deaf Teachers
Xinhuanet, July 11, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-07/11/
content_4819260.htm

Xinjiang - Rebiya Kadeer (热比娅)
热比娅一儿子疑不堪酷刑签字认罪 (Son of Rebiya Kadeer May Have Pleaded Guilty Due to Torture)
Voice of America, July 11, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-07-11-voa41.cfm

Tuesday, July 11, 2006

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

Monday, July 10, 2006

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.

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

Friday, July 07, 2006

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

Thursday, July 06, 2006

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
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