July 27, 2006

News

Civil Society
广东全面清理社会团体 变相组织公费旅游等列为重点 (Guangdong to “Clean up” Social Organizations that Have Violated Operating Procedures)
Nanfang Daily, July 27, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy
/200607270017.asp

Death Penalty
迂回三省运毒进京22岁男子被判死缓 (22-year-old Drug Trafficker Sentenced to Death with Two-year Reprieve)
Xinhuanet, July 26, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-07/26/content_
4880996.htm

Education
China, U.S. Cooperate to Train Rural Teachers
People's Daily, July 26, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200607/26/eng20060726_
286687.html

Environment
能耗将成政府核准项目的强制性门槛 (New Projects Will Have to Pass Energy Consumption Requirements)
China Youth Daily, July 27, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-07/27/content_
1459641.htm

国家环保总局:中国饮用水源地环境污染问题突出 (State Environmental Protection Administration Finds Polluted Sources of Drinking Water a Serious Problem)
EastDay.com, July 27, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node150808/u1a2209260.html

Government
中国评论﹕不信群众仅信党﹖ (Commentary: Local Electoral System Reflects Trusts in CPC but Not in Public)
Ming Pao, July 27, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060727/cah1.htm

县乡人大选举禁自我宣传 (Electoral Campaigns Ruled Out for China's Local Elections)
Ming Pao, July 27, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060727/caa1.htm

两方式选人代 (Two Ways to Elect People's Representatives)
Ming Pao, July 27, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060727/caa2.htm

Why Hasn't Development Led to Democracy to China?
Indian eNews, July 26, 2006
http://indiaenews.com/2006-07/16199-hasnt-
development-democracy-china.htm

Human Rights Defender – Petitioner
Activist Arrested While Seeking Hubei Election Candidates
SCMP, July 27, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZOR27MZPE.html

Human Rights Defender – Petitioner - Liu Beixing (刘北星)
宜宾县官高调走访被指作秀 维权领袖低调回乡仍受欢迎 (Low-profile Rights Defender Liu Beixing Welcomed in Hometown)
Radio Free Asia, July 26, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/
26/weiquan/

Labor
肯德基被指规避中国法律 (Kentucky Fried Chicken Accused of Exploiting Legal Loopholes)
Legal Daily, July 27, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-07/27/
content_360442.htm

中国劳工权益状况美国政府再拒调查 中国表示欢迎 (Beijing Welcomes Washington's Refusal to Investigate China's Labor Conditions)
Radio Free Asia, July 26, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/
26/laogong/

Law
Torture Made a Criminal Offence
SCMP, July 27, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZX7J7MZPE.html

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五成贪官缓刑惹关切 (50 Percent of Corrupt Officials Sentenced Given Reprieves)
Wen Wei Po, July 27, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id
=CH0607270007&cat=002CH

Media
Attacking Japan in Cyberspace
SCMP, July 27, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZW2I7MZPE.html

当年瞒预警 今日禁披露 (Book Revealing Official Cover-up of Tangshan Earthquake Is Banned)
Ming Pao, July 27, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060727/cak1.htm

港人导演电视剧被腰斩 (TV Series "Tangshan Earthquake" Banned in Sichuan for Criticizing Official Response to Early Warnings)
Apple Daily, July 27, 2006
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?
iss_id=20060727&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=
6164535335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=6164535

敢言网站「世紀中国」被关 (Outspoken Website "Century China" Closed Down)
Ming Pao, July 27, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060727/cac1.htm

There's Hope on the Horizon
SCMP, July 27, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZS2I7MZPE.html

Migrant Workers
Legal Aid Procedures for Migrant Workers Simplified
Xinhuanet, July 26, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-07/26/
content_4881778.htm

Police
警察闯省人大是地方权力“苏丹化”的表现 (Arrest in Provincial People's Congress Reflects State of Lawlessness)
China Youth Daily, July 27, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-07/27/content_
1459691.htm

Protests and Petitions
20港人深圳讨徵地赔款 (20 Hong Kong Citizens Seek Compensation for Land Acquisition in Shenzhen)
Ming Pao, July 27, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060727/ccd1.htm

Public Health
Insurance Firms Failing to Support Disabled
Xinhuanet, July 26, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-07/26/
content_4878313.htm

Rural Issues
为三无农民提供低保为燃眉之急 (Pressing Need to Provide Destitute Farmers with Minimum Social Security Benefits)
Radio Free Asia, July 26, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07
/26/nongmin/

Tibet
China Accuses Dalai Lama of Links to CIA; Beijing Rejects Tibetan Spiritual Leader’s Overtures
Reuters (via MSNBC.com), July 27, 2006
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14037499/

July 26, 2006

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender
太石村纪念维权一周年　村民再次被砍伤 (Activist Slashed Ahead of Anniversary of Democratic Protest in Taishi Village, Guangdong)
Radio Free Asia, July 25, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/25
/taishi/
An activist has been attacked and ceremonial activities have been cancelled ahead of the one-year anniversary of a protest in Taishi Village, Guangdong Province. Activist Feng Caihong (冯彩虹) was wounded by a man whom she believed was employed by local authorities. She was one of the leaders involved in an attempt to impeach the corrupt village head a year ago.

News
Corruption
Corrupt Officials Get Off Lightly: Report
SCMP, July 26, 2006
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZOZ77MZPE.html

Education
四成助学贷款申请遭拒 (40 Percent of Student Loan Applications Refused)
Nanfang Daily, July 26, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/djjz
/200607260463.asp

Learning Curve
SCMP, July 26, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZ2007MZPE.html

China Promises to Ensure College Entrance for Poor Freshmen
Xinhuanet, July 25, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-07/25/content
_4877478.htm

Government
人大代表不得接受赞助 (Beijing City Deliberating on Legislation to Prohibit People's Representatives from Receiving Private Contributions)
Legal Daily, July 26, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-07/26/content
_359520.htm

Human Rights Defender – Journalist - Zhao Yan (赵岩)
北京法庭再次推迟对赵岩的判决 (Beijing Postpones Verdict on Zhao Yan Again)
Radio Free Asia, July 25, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/
25/zhaoyan/

Media
European Parliament Calls for Censorship Code of Conduct
The Register, July 26, 2006
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/25/ep_
censorship_plea/

Play Turns Spotlight on China's Hidden History
The Times, July 26, 2006
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,25689-2285203
,00.html

中国干预互联网 “世纪中国”面临关停 (More Democracy Web Sites Shut Down, "Century China" also Faces Closure)
Radio Free Asia, July 25, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/
25/net/

Migrant Workers
四川出台措施维护进城务工人员权益 (Licenses of Sichuan's Businesses to Be Revoked if Migrant Workers Are Not Paid on Time)
China Youth Daily, July 26, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-07/26/content
_1458621.htm

Protests and Petitions
50业主维权 徒步三环主路 (Over 50 Beijing Apartment Owners Detained on Public Order Charges for Protesting on Main Road)
The Beijing News, July 26, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0558/2006/07-26/
018@197183.htm

Public Health
China Faces Huge Task in Hepatitis B Fight
Reuters, July 25, 2006
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK74074.htm

Society
中国新富阶层如何发挥政治作用？ (How Do China's New Rich Influence Politics?)
Voice of America, July 26, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-07-26-voa5.cfm

评论人士：中国社会矛盾严重普遍 (Serious Social Conflicts in China: Commentators)
Voice of America, July 25, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-07-25-voa25.cfm

Three Gorges
Estuary of China's Longest River to Undergo Dredging
Xinhuanet, July 25, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-07/25/content
_4877107.htm

Tibet
China’s Nomads Trade Up for an Easier Ride on the Range
New York Times, July 25, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/25/world/asia/
25nomads.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=sloginslogin

North Korea
Beijing Lets North Korean Refugees Go to US
SCMP, July 26, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ4Z77MZPE.html

July 25, 2006

Death Penalty
Gang Convicted of Theft from Yu Minhong, Murder of Others
China Daily, July 24, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-07/24/content
_648204.htm

Education
贫困生家庭人口众多必须正视 (Survey Shows that Poor Children in Fujian Come from Large Families)
China Youth Daily, July 25, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-07/25/content_1457301
.htm

Environment
Guangdong Faces Further Power, Oil Shortages over Summer
SCMP, July 25, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ2Y47MZPE.html

Nine Areas Vow to Cut Toxic Flow into Rivers
SCMP, July 25, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZQWV6MZPE.html

英国出资助中国保护环境 (Britain Subsidizes Environmental Protection in China)
BBC, July 24, 2006
http://www.bbc.co.uk/china/lifeintheuk/story/2006/07/0607
24_uk_china_support.shtml

Contamination of Drinking Water Getting Worse
Xinhuanet, July 24, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-07/24/content
_4873598.htm

Government
湖南衡阳实行“救灾限时问责制” (Authorities in Hunan Set Deadlines for Disaster Relief Work)
China Youth Daily, July 25, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-07/25/content
_1457431.htm

Human Rights Defender – Journalist – Zhao Yan (赵岩)
逾期未判赵岩申请保释 ( Zhao Yan Applies for Parole Amid Overdue Verdict)
Apple Daily, July 25, 2006
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?
iss_id=20060725&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=
6157554335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=6157554

Human Rights Defender – Journalist - Ching Cheong (程翔)
Straits Times Reporter May Be Tried as `Spy' in China
Bloomberg, July 24, 2006
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&
sid=asFnvvPX8pio&refer=asia

Labor
中国就业形势严峻的原因及对策 (Causes of and Countermeasures for China's Unemployment Problem)
Voice of America, July 24, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-07-24-voa30.cfm

Land Policy
4台铲车夜半强拆学校 (School Demolished by Four Bulldozers at Night)
The Beijing News, July 25, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0558/2006/07-25/018@
196994.htm

Watchdog Set up to Stop Rampant Illegal Conversion of Farmland
SCMP, July 25, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZDVW6MZPE.html

Law
民告官四难 (Four Difficulties in Implementing Administrative Procedure Law)
Ming Pao, July 25, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060725/cak1.htm

为保障农民工权益 立法意义深远 (Henan Is First Province to Consider Legislating on Protection of Migrant Workers' Rights in China)
China Youth Daily, July 25, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-07/25/content_1457366.htm

行政干预诉讼法打折 (Implementation of Administrative Procedural Law Hindered by Administrative Interference)
Ming Pao, July 25, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060725/cak2.htm

刑事和解：逐步被接纳的“私了” (Private Settlement More Common in Criminal Cases)
China Youth Daily, July 25, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-07/25/content
_1457371.htm

西班牙司法大臣接受本报独家专访—— 我们为什么和中国签订引渡条约 (Spanish Minister of Justice Explains Why Spain Signed Repatriation Treaty with China)
China Youth Daily, July 25, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-07/25/content
_1457376.htm

Media
中国建立“互联网黑名单” (China Establishes "Internet Blacklist")
BBC, July 23, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_5200000/
newsid_5207600/5207640.stm

Police
派出所长当街打死记者 (Head of Police Sub-station Beats Journalist to Death in Public over Private Dispute)
Ming Pao, July 25, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060725/cce1.htm

Politics
十六届六中全会10月北京召开 (Sixth Plenary Session of the 16th CPC Central Committee to Be Held in October in Beijing)
Ming Pao, July 25, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060725/cab1.htm

政治运作程序合理，贿选很难发生 (Corruption Will Cease if Electoral Process Is Reasonable)
Nanfang Daily, July 24, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/
200607240375.asp

中纪委调查黄菊家人的传言和政局 (Investigation of Family of Vice-premier Huang Ju May Be a Rumor)
Voice of America, July 24, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-07-24-voa38.cfm

陈希同保外就医？贪官失势和权争 (Is Chen Xitong's Release Due to Ill Health or Loss in Power Struggle?)
Voice of America, July 24, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-07-24-voa31.cfm

Protests and Petitions
县警省人大院内抓访民 (Petitioner Arrested in Sichuan People's Congress Building)
Nanfang Daily, July 25, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/
jwxy/200607250031.asp

一斤瓜两分钱 农妇絕望上吊 (Shanxi Watermelon Farmer Hangs Herself over Bad Sales)
Ming Pao, July 25, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060725/caa2.htm

东洲难属生活不济 不顾威胁喊冤乞讨 (Families of Jailed Dongzhou Protesters Protest Injustice Despite Threats)
Radio Free Asia, July 24, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/
24/dongzhou/

北京上访村诉冤者惨状 （The Miserable Conditions of Petitioners in Beijing)
Voice of America, July 24, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-07-24-voa40.cfm

Religion
美国牧师在山西应邀前往讲道被阻 (Chinese Authorities Revoke Consent to US Pastor's Visit to Shanxi)
Radio Free Asia, July 24, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/
24/zongjiao/

Rural Issues
被征地农民就业培训是否有效？(Is Job Training in Lieu of Compensation an Effective Policy for Victims of Land Grabs?)
Voice of America, July 25, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-07-25-voa8.cfm

Society
艾滋西瓜谣言拖垮瓜农 （Rumors About "AIDS Watermelon" Ruins Melon Farmers)
Ming Pao, July 25, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060725/caa1.htm

July 22-24, 2006

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defenders – Petitioner - Fu Xiancai (付先财）
三峡移民代表付先财亲属被监控骚扰 (Family of Three Gorges Petitioner Fu Xiancai Monitored and Harassed)
Radio Free Asia, July 21, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/
21/sanxia/
According to a news report by Human Rights in China, family members of Three Gorges petitioner Fu Xiancai are being followed and harassed by police. Fu was seriously injured during an attack more than a month ago and is still in hospital slowly recovering. Except for visits from his family, Fu is not allowed to contact others.

Related News
HRIC News Update: Fu Xiancai’s Family and Friends Harassed by Police “Minders”
Human Rights in China, July 20, 2006
http://hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision
%5fid=29564&item%5fid=29562

Human Rights Defenders
宜宾政府逮捕村民代表打压维权 (Two Villagers Arrested for Planning to Welcome Home Released Rights Leader Liu Beixing)
Radio Free Asia, July 21, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/21/
Authorities in Yibin County, Sichuan Province have arrested two of a group of individuals who were planning a welcome home gathering for a local rights leader who was recently released from prison named Liu Beixing. Authorities have also summoned a number of the group for allegedly “planning an illegal gathering and demonstrations,” even though the group had no intention of demonstrating. Liu was sentenced to a three-year prison term in 2003 for representing the villagers in a compensation lawsuit.

News
Death Penalty
京连环綁架杀人兇徒残忍 (Beijing's Serial Kidnapper and Murderer)
Ming Pao, July 24, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060724/cca1.htm

兰州铁路局原总会计师张宁被数罪并罚判死刑 (Lanzhou Railway Bureau Chief Zhang Ning Sentenced to Death on Multiple Corruption Charges)
Xinhuanet, July 22, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-07/22/content_
4868255.htm

Environment
Plenty of Awareness but Not Enough Action
SCMP, July 24, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZVKID2TPE.html

Small Steps on a Long Road to Cleaner Air
San Francisco Chronicle, July 23, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ17SD2TPE.html

Victory Is a Rare Pleasure for China's Erin Brockovich
SCMP, July 23, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZPZ6D2TPE.html

Government
Don't Play Down Death Tolls, Warn Officials
SCMP, July 24, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZEQ4D2TPE.html

Civil Servants to Get Pay Rise
SCMP, July 23, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZC47D2TPE.html

Human Rights
Global Bazaar in Body Parts
San Francisco Chronicle, July 20, 2006
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006
/07/20/EDGOBIPVC51.DTL

Human Rights Defenders – Journalist - Ching Cheong (程翔)
Journalist's Trial May Start in 10 Days
SCMP, July 22, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZIMGD2TPE.html

Media
China to Quicken Censoring of TV Animation Production
People's Daily, July 24, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200607/21/print20060721
_285455.html

Media Attacks New Rules on Reporting Health Emergencies
SCMP, July 22, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZAMGD2TPE.html

Olympics
China Calls for the Ultimate Sacrifice from Its Olympics Workforce
The Telegraph, July 23, 2006
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006
/07/23/wchina23.xml

Olympic Tower Sports 'Beijing 2008' Logo
SCMP, July 21, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200607/21/
eng20060721_285310.html

Politics
Disgraced Former Party Chief Freed on Medical Parole
SCMP, July 24, 2006
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZJES6MZPE.html

Protests and Petitions
艾滋上访者被拘留　艾滋专款被贪污 (Two AIDS Patients Detained After Petitioning Ministry of Health)
Radio Free Asia, July 21, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/
21/aids/

Religion
一名法轮功练习者在北京被捕 (Whereabouts Unknown of Detained Falun Gong Practitioner and Staff Member of Asia Foundation’s Beijing Office)
Radio Free Asia, July 23, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/
23/falungong/

国际人权组织代表谴责中国继续打压法轮功 (International Human Rights Organization Condemns China's Continuous Persecution of Falun Gong)
Radio Free Asia, July 21, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/
21/flg/

Social Security
中国养老保险制度面临重大改革 (China's Insurance System for the Aged Faces Big Reforms)
Voice of America, July 24, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-07-24
-voa2.cfm

Tibet
Spirit of Dalai Lama Is Unbowed by Wind of Change
The Times, July 21, 2006
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,25689-
2279060,00.html

Xinjiang
Wife Begs China to Release Husband Facing Execution
Toronto Star, July 24, 2006
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename
=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&pubid=968163964
505&cid=1153433435098&col=968705899037&ce1&c=Article
&pubid=968163964505&cid=1153433435098&col=968705899
037&c

July 21, 2006

News
Bilateral Ties
Beijing Becomes Major Food Donor
SCMP, July 21, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZP81D2TPE.html

No Consensus in Secret Beijing-Vatican Talks
SCMP, July 21, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZDWCD2TPE.html

Kazakh Environmentalists Say China Misuses Border Rivers
Radio Free Europe, July 20, 2006
http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2006/07/5-not/not-200706.
asp

Death Penalty
China's Mobile Death Fleet
Asia Times Online, July 21, 2006
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/HG21Ad01.html

解密注射死刑执行车 (Explaining China's Execution Vans)
Nanfang Weekend (via Xinhuanet), July 20, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-07/20/content_4860918
.htm

Education
当校规中使用最多的词汇是“严禁” (Too Many "Prohibitions" in School Rules Hinder Creativity)
China Youth Daily, July 21, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-07/21/content_
1454321.htm

Food Security
广东拟订食品安全条例 强制召回不安全食品 (Guangdong Considers Legislating on Food Safety)
Xinhuanet, July 21, 2006
http://www.gd.xinhuanet.com/gdnews/2006-07/21
/content_7574431.htm

Human Rights Defender – Journalist - Ching Cheong (程翔)
Wife of Journalist Awaiting Sentencing in China Seeks Public Support
YahooNews (Asia), July 21, 2006
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/060720/kyodo/d8ivm0ao1.html

Human Rights Defender – Lawyer - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
Advocate for China’s Weak Crosses the Powerful
New York Times, July 20, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/20/world/asia/
20blind.html?_r=1
&oref=slogin

陈光诚声援者临沂遇袭　家属被严控 (Chen Guangcheng's Supporters Attacked, Family Monitored)
Radio Free Asia, July 20, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07
/20/chenguangcheng/

Law
安徽启动未成年人维权律师办案资助项目 (Anhui Launches Legal Assistance Scheme for Minors)
China Youth Daily, July 21, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-07/21/content_
1454291.htm

美专家探讨中国法治现状和前景 (US Experts Discuss Present Situation and Prospects of China's Legal System)
Voice of America, July 21, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-07-21-voa9.cfm

Media
China's Karaoke Police Have a Request: Do It Mao's Way
Los Angeles Times, July 20, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-
karaoke20jul20,0,3288662.story?coll=la-home-headlines

专家：中国整顿电信业为维持控制 (Experts Believe China Maintains Control Over Telecommunication Companies Through Licensing Requirements)
Voice of America, July 20, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-07-20-voa4.cfm

Inside the Great Firewall of China
BBC, July 20, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5191294.stm

Politics
胡锦涛是代表逆流吗﹖— 與龙应台女士商榷 (Commentary: President Hu Jintao Does Not Represent a Countercurrent)
Ming Pao, July 21, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060721/msa.htm

Poverty
中国贫富差距持续扩大需改革分配 (Widening Wealth Gap Should Be Corrected Through Reform of Income Allocations)
Voice of America, July 20, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-07-20-voa41.cfm

Protests and Petitions
教会探上访村送日用品 (Church Distributes Daily Commodities at "Petition Village")
Ming Pao, July 21, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060721/cch1.htm

北京天安门又有人自焚 (Another Self-immolation in Tiananmen Square)
Radio Free Asia, July 20, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/20/zifen/

河南输血感染艾滋病妇女上访卫生部 (Seven Henan Women Having Contracted HIV Through Blood Donations Petition to Ministry of Health)
Radio Free Asia, July 20, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/20/AIDS/

云南数百名教师上访要求落实政策加薪 (Hundreds of Teachers Petition for Wage Increases In Front of Yunnan Government Building)
Radio Free Asia, July 19, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/
19/yunnan/

Public Health
Plan Aims to Upgrade Health in Countryside
SCMP, July 21, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZQX0D2TPE.html

Tibet
Experts Fear for Tibet in Rush for Minerals
SCMP, July 21, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZPHMD2TPE.html

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
https://registration.ft.com/registration/barrier?referer
=http://www.ft.com/world/asiapacific/china&location=http%
3A//www.ft.com/cms/s/5989c164-1762-11db-abad-0000779
e2340
.htmlchina&location=http%3A//www.ft.com/cms/s/
5989c164-1762-11db-abad-

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

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
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