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.

Thursday, July 20, 2006

July 20, 2006

Top News of the Day
Protests and Petitions - Health
Desperate Parents Seek Help in HK
SCMP, July 20, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServ
er?pagename=SCMP/Printacopy&aid=ZZZVP9D2TPEbin/
A group of farmers from Jiangmen, Guangdong Province have gone to Hong Kong to appeal for help for their children, who contracted acute toxic encephalitis after taking a meningitis vaccine distributed by the mainland authorities last year. Some of the children have reportedly lost the ability to talk, walk or even sit up after the injections. The local authorities have refused to take any responsibility for the matter, saying that the children had “bad luck”.

News
Corporate Social Accountability
Web Groups 'Ignore' Human Rights in China
Financial Times, July 20, 2006
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Corruption
Cadres Punished for Buying and Selling Promotion
SCMP, July 20, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ1OXC2TPE.html

Death Penalty
曾使警督李久明蒙冤判死缓 真凶昨被执行死刑 (Man Executed for Murder and Rape in Tangshan, Hebei Province)
Xinhuanet, July 20, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-07/20/
content_4859475.htm

Education
China Has 55 Million Illiterate Women
People's Daily, July 19, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200607/19/eng20060719_
284503.html

Food Security
吃后损腎脏伤神经致癌 紅药水西瓜广州通街卖 (Watermelon Injected with Mercurochrome on Sale in Guangzhou)
Apple Daily, July 20, 2006
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?
iss_id=20060720&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=
6143931335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=6143931

Government
商议民主：公共决策民意说了算 (Discussing Democracy: Let the Public Make Policy Decisions)
China Youth Daily, July 20, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-07/20/content_1452211
.htm

粤官若救災不力就地免职 (Guangdong Officials to Be Dismissed if Found Negligent in Disaster Relief Duties)
Ming Pao, July 20, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060720/ccd1.htm

Human Rights Defenders – Lawyers - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
China: Release “Barefoot Lawyer”
Human Rights Watch (HRW), July 19, 2006
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/07/18/china13765_txt
.htm

临沂法院口头通知延期审理陈光诚 (Local Court Informs Chen Guangcheng's Lawyer About Delay of Trial)
Radio Free Asia, July 19, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/19
/linyi/

Law
A Global Citizen Needs Law to Protect Its People
SCMP, July 20, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZLWID2TPE.html

Lawyers Seek Reform of Criminal Law
SCMP, July, 20, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZWO9D2TPE.html

Media
大陸网民1.23亿 全球第二 (China Has World’s Second Largest Number of Internet Users)
Ming Pao, July 20, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060720/cch1.htm

医药減肥购物节目停播 夸大效果 破坏传媒公信力 (TV Ads on Drugs and Slimming Products Pulled for Exaggerating Results)
Ming Pao, July 20, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060720/cca1.htm

Politics
China's Jiang Creeps Back from Political Oblivion
Reuters (via Swissinfo), July 20, 2006
http://www.swissinfo.org/eng/international/ticker/detail/
China_s_Jiang_creeps_back_from_political_oblivion.html?
siteSect=143&sid=6906030&cKey=1153289275000m_

学者批中国重设学部委员只看政治 (Only 2 Out of 47 Members of New Social Sciences Department Committee at CASS Are Non-CPC Members)
Voice of America, July 19, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-07-19-voa15.cfm

Protests and Petitions
Hundreds Protest over Redundancies at Chinese Bank
Today Online, July 20, 2006
http://www.todayonline.com/articles/131519.asp

村民堵施工现场 北京六环路施工受阻 (Resettled Villagers Continue 7-Month Protest of Construction of Ring Road in Beijing, 6 Detained)
Radio Free Asia, July 19, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/19
/beijing/

中国医生与污染抗争西方媒体关注 (A Chinese Doctor's Fight Against Pollution)
Voice of America, July 20, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-07-20-voa3.cfm

Public Health
21 Held Liable for Qiqihar Drugs Scandal
SCMP, July 20, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZRP9D2TPE.html

Wednesday, July 19, 2006

July 19, 2006

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Xinjiang
China Mum on Fate of Detained Canadian
The Globe and Mail, July 18, 2006
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC
.20060718.CHINA18/TPStory/National
Chinese authorities are rejecting all of Canada's requests for information on the fate or whereabouts of detained Uighur activist Huseyincan Celil. Mr. Celil was sentenced to death in absentia for founding a political party in Xinjiang in the 1990s. After escaping from China, he was allowed into Canada as a political refugee in 2001 and became a Canadian citizen. He was arrested in Uzbekistan in March 2006 and extradited to China last month.

News

Death Penalty
北京一批重犯今天上午被执行死刑 (Two Executed for Murders in Beijing)
Xinhuanet, July 18, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-07/18/content
_4849494.htm

林氏兄弟列车上袭警致一死两伤被判重刑 (Brothers Sentenced to Death for Murdering Policeman on Train)
Xinhuanet, July 17, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-07/17/
content_4844636.htm

陕西潼关县一民警参与绑架杀害堂侄被执行死刑 (Shaanxi Policeman Executed for Taking Part in Kidnapping and Murder)
Xinhuanet, July 17, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-07/17/
content_4844388.htm

新疆石河子两凶犯残害妇女被判极刑 (Two Men Executed for Murdering and Raping Two Women in Xinjiang)
Xinhuanet, July 14, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-07/14/content
_4832623.htm

云南丽江：杀警凶犯一审被判死刑 (Yunnan Man Sentenced to Death for Murdering Policeman)
Xinhuanet, July 14, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-07/14/content
_4832640.htm

Environment
深圳水库漂垃圾恐污食水 (Rubbish in Shenzhen Reservoir May Be Polluting Water Supply)
Ming Pao, July 19, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060719/ccd1.htm

Sewage Disposal a Big Headache
SCMP, July 19, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ9AOAP7PE.html

Warning of Ecological Disaster over Farmland Pollution
SCMP, July 19, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZI7BMUAPE.html

US$175 Bln Earmarked for Environmental Protection
People's Daily, July 17, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-07/17
/content_642870.htm

Human Rights
不要让举报人消失 (Protecting the Rights of Anonymous Whistleblowers)
China Youth Daily, July 19, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-07/19/content_
1451336.htm

实名举报 换来两次辞退一年劳教 (Woman Dismissed Twice and Sent for Reeducation-through-Labor for Reporting Accounting Fraud at Tax Bureau)
China Youth Daily, July 19, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-07/19/content_1451321.htm

Human Rights Defenders - Liu Beixing (刘北星)
宜宾维权农民代表刑满 政府不许回老家 (Released Human Rights Defender Not Allowed to Go Home)
Radio Free Asia, July 18, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07
/18/weiquan/

Human Rights Defenders - Petitioners
上海访民跳楼自杀 (Shanghai Petitioner Made Homeless by Forced Eviction Commits Suicide)
Radio Free Asia, July 18, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/07/18/shangfang/

Labor
中国大学毕业生供求关系严重失调 (Serious Unemployment for China's University Graduates)
Radio Free Asia, July 18, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07
/18/xuesheng/

Law - Labor
四部法律提上立法日程 劳动者权益有望获进一步保护 (Four Bills Get on Legislative Agenda; Workers’ Rights May Be Further Protected)
Legal Daily, July 19, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-07/19/
content_354929.htm

Media
102 Wireless Services Companies
Reuters (via China Daily), July 18, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2006-07/18
/content_643675.htm

黑客就入侵中国民革网接受专访 (Man Who Hacked into China's Official Webpage Interviewed by RFA)
Radio Free Asia, July 18, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/
18/heike/

Politics
欧阳五﹕《莺莺沉冤》與中共反腐战 (Commentary: Sex and CPC's Anti-Corruption War)
Ming Pao, July 19, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060719/fab1.htm

Politics – Rural Issues
中国全国政协拟设立农民界别 (CPPCC Considers Establishing Organization to Represent Farmers)
Radio Free Asia, July 18, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/
18/nongmin/

Protests and Petitions
票务糾紛深圳僧人暴动 (Shenzhen Monks Riot in Ticket Dispute)
Ming Pao, July 19, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060719/caa1.htm

Religion
吉林河南四川家庭教会成员被关押扣留 (Protestant House Church Members in Jilin, Henan and Sichuan Detained)
Radio Free Asia, July 17, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/
17/jiaohui/

Rural Issues
专家对中国解决三农问题不乐观 (Experts Not Optimistic About Agricultural Reforms)
Voice of America, July 19, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-07-18
-voa70.cfm

Rural China: Too Little, too Late
Asia Times Online, July 19, 2006
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_Business
/HG19Cb01.html

Society
Wealth Has Brought Insecurity on Mainland, Survey Finds
SCMP, July 19, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZM7BMUAPE.html

Tibet
Thousands Head to Temple on Dalai Lama Rumour
Reuters, July 18, 2006
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=world
News&storyID=2006-07-18T072433Z_01_PEK264923_RTRU
KOC_0_UK-CHINA-TIBET.xml

Tuesday, July 18, 2006

July 18, 2006

Civil Society
NGO Shut for Falsifying Its Records
SCMP 18, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZKH9MUAPE.html

Environment
铁腕治高污　千厂临大限 (Thousands of Guangdong Factories Face Closure Under Tough Anti-Pollution Policies)
Wen Wei Po, July 18, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?cat=002CH&news
_id=CH0607180001

Gender
“出嫁女”告赢村委会的意义 (Guangxi Woman Wins Lawsuit Against Village Committee over Discriminatory Land Grab Compensation)
China Youth Daily, July 18, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-07/18/content_
1449851.htm

Human Rights
人权律师呼吁中国结束强行摘取器官 (Human Rights Lawyer Urges China to Stop Harvesting Human Organs)
Voice of America, July 18, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-07-18-voa4
.cfm

大陆首宗艾滋遗孤控告媒体案原告胜诉 (AIDS Orphan Wins Lawsuit Against Newspaper)
Radio Free Asia, July 17, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/17/
aids/

Human Rights Defender – Lawyer - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
律师再往临沂取证　官方继续内外设防 (Officials and Triad Members Prevent Chen Guangcheng's Lawyer from Gathering Evidence on Chen's Case)
Radio Free Asia, July 17, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/17
/linyi/

Land Policy
UN Calls for New Report over Dams at Heritage Site
SCMP, July 18, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ8GLAP7PE.html

Media
顾敏康﹕《突发事件应对法》应針对官员而不是媒体 (Commentary: Law on Handling Suddenly-Occurring Incidents Should Target Officials, Not Media)
Ming Pao, July 18, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060718/faa1h.htm

中国民主与自由网站第48次被封 (China's "Democracy and Freedom" Website Blocked for the 48th Time)
Voice of America, July 17, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-07-17-voa39.cfm

Migrant Workers
八成北漂演员遭操控 男当打手女被迫陪酒 (80 Per Cent of Migrants in Beijing Looking for Acting Jobs Forced to Work as Hired Thugs, Escorts)
Ming Pao, July 18, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060718/cca1.htm

Multilateral
Hu Hails 'Practical' Three-way Talks
SCMP, July 18, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ6F8MUAPE.html

Police
Guangzhou Claims Win Against Crime
SCMP, July 18, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZOH9MUAPE.html

Politics
Beijing's Da Vinci Code
SCMP, July 18, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZGFLAP7PE.html

Public Health
Corruption Alive and Well in Mainland Health-care Sector
SCMP, July 18, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chifeatures/ZZZM2LY51PE.html

Monday, July 17, 2006

July 15-17, 2006

Top News of the Day
Protests and Petitions - Environment
广西村民拦建污染化工厂 遭千警殴打抓捕 (Guangxi Villagers Beaten and Arrested by 1,000 Policepersons for Protesting Construction of Chemical Plant)
Radio Free Asia, July 15, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/15
/wuran/
Villagers in a small town in Guangxi Province protested the construction of a chemical plant on June 27, and early the next morning the authorities took away two leaders of the protest. That day, hundreds of villagers participated in a sit-in protest in front of the township government to demand their release, and were met by violent suppression by about 1,000 policepersons. Some of the villagers were injured and four are reportedly still under criminal detention.

News
Corruption
China Fights Corruption to Enhance Work Safety
People's Daily, July 14, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200607/14/eng20060714_
283161.html

Death Penalty
Serial Boy Killer Faces Death
Shanghai Daily, July 17, 2006
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/art/2006/07/14/286154/
Serial_boy_killer_faces_death.htmm

Education
College Education Just a Dream for Villagers
SCMP, July 15, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZGZEY51PE.html

Labor
如此“挽留”工人？(Keeping Workers by Fining Them for Quitting)
Nanfang Daily, July 17, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy
/200607170482.asp

Law
中国政府禁止尸体买卖等商业活动 (China Issues New Regulation Banning the Trading of Corpses and Body Parts)
Voice of America, July 16, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-07-16-voa34.cfm

中国《选举法》被指严重歧视农民 (China's Election Law Discriminatory Towards Farmers, Academics Argue)
Radio Free Asia, July 14, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/14
/nongmin/

Media
48th Shutdown of Dissident Writers' Online Chat Forum
SCMP, July 17, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZDIIAP7PE.html

Miami Vice Likely to Join Banned Film List
SCMP, July 15, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZZCFAP7PE.html

Bloggers in China to Hit 100 Million
People's Daily, July 14, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200607/14/eng20060714
_283123.html

Chinese Censors Brace for Sensitive Anniversaries
AFP (via YahooNews), July 14, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060714/wl_asia_afp/
chinamediafilmtvcensorshiphistory_060714061925060714
061925

Politics
China's Party All Aglow, but May Be Blinkered
Los Angeles Times, July 17, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-
advance14jul14,1,5814594.story?coll=la-headlines-world

New Journal Aims to Ease World Fears
SCMP, July 17, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZTXHY51PE.html

Protests and Petitions
上海26名访民被关3小时后获释 (26 Shanghai Petitioners Released After 3 Hours of Detention)
Radio Free Asia, July 14, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/14/
shangfang/

China: Hu's Power Play
International Herald Tribune, July 14, 2006
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/07/14/opinion
/edbremmer.php

Religion
Jesus in China
Los Angeles Times, July 16, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/features/magazine/west/la-tm-
china29jul16,1,3696793.story?coll=la-headlines-westchina
29jul16,1,3696793.story?coll=la-headlines-west

Religion
大陆的佛门并不和谐清静 (Corruption May Exist in China's Buddhist Temples)
Radio Free Asia, July 14, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/14
/zongjiao/

Rural Issues
The Rights of Farmers Trampled, Survey Finds
SCMP, July 15, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ432MUAPE.html

Society – Ethnic Minorities
海南黎族警民冲突至少17人被拘留 (Members of Hainan’s Li Minority Clash with Police, 17 Detained)
Voice of America, July 16, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-07-16-voa11.cfm

Tibet
Potala Palace, the Jewel of Tibet, Overrun with Tourists
AFP (via YahooNews), July 17, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060716/wl_asia_afp/
tibetchinaeconomytourism_060716023416023416

Railroad to Perdition
New York Times, July 15, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/15/opinion/15gere.html?_
r=1&oref=slogin

Tibetan Monk Faces Eight Years for Separatism
Radio Free Asia, July 14, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2006/07/14/tibet_monk/

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
News&storyID=2006-07-13T123129Z_01_PEK297128_RTR
IDST_0_OUKIN-UK-CHINA-MEDIA.XML13T123129Z_01_
PEK297128_RTRIDST_0_OUKIN-UK-CHINA-MEDIA.XML
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
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