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.

Monday, August 07, 2006

August 5-7, 2006

Top News of the Day
Protests and Petitions - Corruption
辽宁凌源反贪村民遭镇压 (Protest over Corruption Put Down in Lingyuan, Liaoning Province)
Radio Free Asia, August 04, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08/04/
liaoning/
More than 200 policepersons were called in to put down a protest against corruption and land grabs in a village in Liaoning Province on July 13. Four of the protesters were formally arrested, three are under detention and three were severely injured and are still in hospital. While several officials were dismissed after the incident, the arrest of protestors is ongoing and there is no sign that the authorities want to hold discussions with the villagers.

News
Bilateral Ties
China and Darfur
New York Times, August 04, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/04/opinion/04fri3.html?_
r=1&oref=slogin

Death Penalty
最高法院督办李伟特大涉黑案终审3人获死刑 (Anhui Province Higher People's Court Gives Execution Order for Three Triad Ring Leaders)
Xinhuanet, August 07, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-08/07/content
_4928438.htm

北京：贪689万全输光 “张输光”被判死刑 (Beijing Cadre Sentenced to Death with Two-year Reprieve for Embezzling over Six Million Yuan)
Xinhuanet, August 07, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-08/07/content
_4928009.htm

Environment
Ban Mainland's Dirty Fuel in HK, Critic Says
SCMP, August 07, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZY4QW2IQE.html

Mainland's Progress on Goals for Energy Efficiency 'Not Promising'
SCMP, August 07, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZPVAPVEQE.html

四川重旱二百万人吃水困难 (Two Million People Affected by Serious Drought in Sichuan)
Radio Free Asia, August 06, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08/
06/sichuan/

Damming Asia's Watershed: China's Hydropower Plans in Tibet
Interfax China, August 04, 2006
http://www.interfax.cn/showfeature.asp?aid=15850
&slug=HYDROPOWER-TIBET

Gender
2.6 Mln Chinese Women Reemployed in Past Five Years
People's Daily, August 07, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200608/04/eng20060804
_289734.html

个性相似的男女更容易相爱 (ACWF: Divorce Rate Rose in 2005)
China Youth Daily, August 07, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-08/07/content
_1469936.htm

Government – Local Elections
纳异见入体制有利无害 (Academic: Allowing Different Voices to Enter Government Could Only Be Beneficial)
Ming Pao, August 07, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060807/caa2.htm

维权人士参选 有利民主实践 (Having Rights Defenders Running for Local Elections Will Promote Democracy)
Ming Pao, August 07, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060807/mrb.htm

不买楼运动发起人參选 (Man Who Launched "Don't Buy Apartments" Campaign Runs for Local Election)
Ming Pao, August 07, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060807/caa3.htm

维权者纷选地方人大 (Rights Defenders Run for Local People's Congresses)
Middle East Times, August 07, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060807/caa1h.htm

Government - Governance and Accountability
中央严令党政一把手任期限10年 (New Regulations Impose Term Limits for Government Officials)
Wen Wei Po, August 07, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id
=CH0608070004&cat=002CH

地震后，市政府为何成众矢之的 (Yunnan Official Defends Why Earthquake Warning Was Not Publicized)
Nanfang Weekend, August 03, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060803/xw/
tb/200608030001.asp

Human Rights Defenders
Taishi Activist Arrested
SCMP, August 07, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZOQEYGEQE.html

Human Rights Defender – Lawyer - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
维权人士就高智晟被打发起签名抗议 (Rights Defenders Launch Signature Campaign to Protest Battery of Rights Lawyer Gao Zhisheng)
Radio Free Asia, August 04, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08
/04/gaozhisheng/

Labor
Wal-Mart Workers in China Form Second Union
AFP (via YahooNews), August 05, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060805/ts_afp/chinausreta
ilwalmart_060805170149;_ylt=AomgpiU57PdoIfCmo_3P88B
PzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl
=AomgpiU57PdoIfCmo_3P88BPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW0
4NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUC

Media
驻京周记﹕卡拉OK的「三个代表」(Commentary: The “Three Represents” in the Karaoke Business)
Mingpao, August 07, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060807/ccj1.htm

医院接受采访须报批续 卫生局废"记者限访令" (Guangzhou Health Authorities Abolish Policy Requiring Hospitals to Get Approval Before Accepting Media Interviews)
Xinhuanet, August 07, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-08/07/
content_4928559.htm

Mainland Censors Shut Down Pair of Websites
SCMP, August 05, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZI14XGEQE.html

Plan to Save Newspaper Industry as Youth Increasingly Turn to the Internet
SCMP, August 05, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZIQEYGEQE.html

出版非法刊物上海经理被判刑四年 (Shanghai Manager Given Four Years’ Imprisonment for Issuing Illegal Publications)
Radio Free Asia, August 04, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08/
04/publishing/

Politics
高干任期颁新规 (CPC Issues New Regulations Governing Senior Cadres)
Ming Pao, August 07, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060807/cac1.htm

Protests and Petitions
Anhui Bus Drivers Hold Rare Strike
SCMP, August 05, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZTVAPVEQE.html

上海访民的遭遇 (Persecution Continues for Shanghai Petitioners)
Radio Free Asia, August 05, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08/
05/fangmin/

Thousands Join Fast Protest Against Arrests
SCMP, August 05, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZCK9YGEQE.html

Public Health
Two More Die from Suspect Antibiotics
SCMP, August 07, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZSFJ2UHQE.html

中国民众对艾滋病无知度令人担忧 (Survey: Public's Ignorance of AIDS Worrying)
Voice of America, August 04, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-08-04-voa22.cfm

Religion
凤台教徒学圣经遭袭 党山教堂事件又有5人被抓 (Two Elder Members of Protestant House Church in Anhui Detained; Five More Detained in Church Demolition Case in Hangzhou)
Radio Free Asia, August 04, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08/
04/church/

法轮功学员北京被捕太太赴美求救 (Wife of Detained Falun Gong Practitioner and Asia Foundation Staff Member Goes to US to Seek Help)
Voice of America, August 04, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-08-04-voa40.cfm

Society
中国户均人口3.39人 家庭规模趋小型化模式多样 (3.39 Persons in Average Household; Chinese Families Getting Smaller)
EastDay.com, August 07, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762
/node153122/u1a2234894.htmll

Tibet
遊藏客剧增 拉萨遇难题 (Lhasa Not Well-prepared for Drastic Increase in Number of Tourists)
Wen Wei Po, August 07, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=
CH0608070012&cat=002CH

China Tightening Control over Tibet
Washington Post, August 04, 2006
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/200
6/08/04/AR2006080401471.html

Hong Kong
Hong Kong Passes Covert Surveillance Bill
Financial Times, August 07, 2006
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/f01496b4-25a3-11db-
a12e-0000779e2340.html

Friday, August 04, 2006

August 4, 2006

Top News of the Day
Protests and Petitions - Religion
Church Members Detained in China
AP( via YahooNews), August 04, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060804/ap_on_re_as/china_
bishop_detained_1;_ylt=AhSTS8CmLEEA6iSC8Z7ZsahPzWQA
;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUlTS8Cm
LEEA6iSC8Z7ZsahPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNl
YwMlJVRPUCUl;
On August 2, police detained 90 protestors who were demanding the release of two clergymen in Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province. At least two of the protestors were “seriously injured” and a woman suffered a miscarriage. Seventy of those detained were later released while 20 individuals are still being held by the police. The demonstrators were protesting the detention of bishop Yao Liang (姚良) and priest Li Huisheng (李会生) of China’s underground Catholic church.

News
Bilateral Ties
Africa's Workers Labouring over China's Growing Presence
SCMP, August 04, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZRSBYGEQE.html

中国否认拒绝接受被遣返非法移民 (China Denies Refusing to Receive Repatriated Illegal Emigrants)
Voice of America, August 02, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-08-02-voa55.cfm

Death Penalty
“湘西第一贪”一审死缓 发土地财狂吞1495万 (Corrupt Cadre in Hunan Sentenced to Death with Two-year Reprieve in First Trial)
Xinhuanet, August 04, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-08/04/content_
4918583.htm

灭门、杀哨兵、闹市枪扫无辜 粤3名杀人犯伏法 (Trio Executed for Murders in Chaozhou, Guangdong Province)
Xinhuanet, August 04, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-08/04/content_
4917030.htm

3男子跨国贩毒一审被判死刑 (Three Men Sentenced to Death for Cross-border Drug Trafficking)
The Beijing News, August 04, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0567/2006/08-04/014
@199353.htm

Disasters
被洪水吞没的良知 (Unscrupulous People Take Advantage of Week of Flooding)
China Youth Daily, August 04, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-08/04/content_
1468351.htm

灾难背后是利益之争 (Conflict of Interests Behind the Disaster in Yaogangxian, Hunan Province)
China Youth Daily, August 04, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-08/04/content
_1468336.htm

天灾遮蔽了什么 (Story Behind the "Natural" Disaster in Yaogangxian, Hunan Province)
China Youth Daily, August 04, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-08/04/content
_1468341.htm

Environment
500b-yuan Loss from Sulfur Cloud
SCMP, August 04, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZIR2XGEQE.html

China's Drinking Water Situation Grim; Heavy Pollution to Blame
WorldWatch, August 04, 2006
http://www.worldwatch.org/node/4423/print

Official Denies China Is Polluting US Cities
SCMP, August 04, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ4M8PVEQE.html

污水管乱驳 万戶废水汇入河 (Pollution Problem Worsening in Shenzhen; Residents Connecting Own Sewage Pipes to Clean Ones)
Wen Wei Po, August 04, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id
=CH0608040002&cat=002CH

Profit Deal Could Aid Emissions Trade
SCMP, August 04, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZ4U6YGEQE.html

珠江水转佳 東莞河涌仍污染 (Quality of Pearl River Water Improving, but Dongguan River Is Still Polluted)
Wen Wei Po, August 04, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=
CH0608040004&cat=002CH

A Failed Mid-term Exam
People's Daily, August 03, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200608/03/eng20060803
_289483.html

Food Security
水产品上市须持“身份证” (New Rule in Beijing Requires Seafood Sellers to Identify Source of Product)
The Beijing News, August 04, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0553/2006/08-04/014@
199216.htm

Government
死亡人数至今是个谜 (Death Toll Still Unknown After Floods in Yaogangxian, Hunan Province)
China Youth Daily, August 04, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-08/04/content
_1468346.htm

Human Rights Defenders – Petitioner - Li Xige (李喜阁)
艾滋病人李喜阁仍被关押 (AIDS Patient Li Xige Still Detained)
Radio Free Asia, August 04, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08/
03/aids/

Media
中国查封调查总书记差额选举网站 (Opinion Poll Web Shut Down for Holding Survey on Electoral Method of CPC's Secretary-General)
Voice of America, August 03, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-08-03-
voa30.cfm

Migrant Workers
China: More than 300 Million New Migrants Within Next 20 Years
AsiaNews.it, August 04, 2006
http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=6873

Olympics
「廉洁办奥运」设问责制 (Accountability System Established for "Clean Olympics")
Ming Pao, August 04, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060804/cad1.htm

Protests and Petitions
淮北巴士全部罢驶 (Bus Drivers on Strike in Huaibei, Anhui Province)
Ming Pao, August 04, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060804/cch1.htm

萧山教会吁绝食抗议警察殴打教徒 (Zhejiang Protestant House Church Calls for Hunger Strike to Protest Police Beatings)
Voice of America, August 03, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-08-03-voa36.cfm

Thursday, August 03, 2006

August 3, 2006

Top News
Human Rights Defender - Public Intellectual - Hu Jia (胡佳)
胡佳夫妇被软禁跟踪两周 (Hu Jia’s Wife Writes Letter of Complaint to Beijing Mayor)
Radio Free Asia, August 02, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08/02/hujia/
Zeng Jinyan (曾金燕), the wife of AIDS activist Hu Jia (胡佳), who has been under de facto house arrest since July 17, wrote a letter this week to the mayor of Beijing complaining of police harassment and rights violations. Two weeks ago, police began following Zeng as well. Radio Free Asia carried out an interview with Zeng on her reasons for writing this letter and what she hopes to gain from it.

News
Civil Society
How to Deal With NGOs – Part I, China：Mindful About Political Unrest, China Keeps a Close Watch on Its NGOs
Yale Global Online, August 02, 2006
http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/display.article?id=7902

Corruption
PLA Launches Anti-graft Campaign
SCMP, August 03, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZNZEACCQE.html

Death Penalty
重庆合川七人杀警察抢配枪 主犯被判死刑 (Head of the Seven Who Murdered a Policeman Sentenced to Death)
Xinhuanet, August 03, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-08/03/content
_4911765.htm

劫杀清华女教师凶手被判死刑 (Murderer of Tsing Hua Professor Sentenced to Death)
The Beijing News, August 03, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0558/2006/08-03/014
@198939.htm

Environment
中国拟租用俄100万公顷森林 (China Considers Renting 1 Million Hectares of Russian Forest)
BBC, August 03, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_5240000/new
sid_5240600/5240648.stm

Emissions Pilot Scheme Set to Start
SCMP, August 03, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZK46ACCQE.html

快讯：2005年中国二氧化硫排放总量居世界第一 (Quick News: China Became World's Largest Producer of Sulphur Dioxide in 2005)
Xinhuanet, August 03, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-08/03/content
_4913193.htm

Energy Use Per Unit of GDP Rises
China Daily, August 02, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2006-08/02/content
_655601.htm

Food Security
穗两成猪肉抗生素超标 (20 Percent of Pork in Guangzhou Contains Excessive Levels of Antibiotics)
Ming Pao, August 03, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060803/ghb1.htm

穗奸商冰鲜魚甲醛保鲜 (Guangzhou Businesses Use Formaldehyde to Preserve Fish)
Wen Wei Po, August 03, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?cat=001YO&news
_id=YO0608030006&PHPSESSID=9850f4b8e240458aebd
153706f72a0e3&PHPSESSID=8b41249aebb41c638fa809133
1032e8aSID=9850f4b8e240458aebd153706f72a0e3&PHPSE
SSID=8b41249aebb41c638fa809

Beijing on Drinking Water Alert
Shanghai Daily, August 02, 2006
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/art/2006/08/02/287971/Bei
jing_on_drinking_water_alert.htm

Labor
要用立法激发企业工会活力 (ACFTU Official Discusses New Regulation Allowing Corporate Trade Unions)
Legal Daily, August 03, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-08/03/content
_365221.htm

China Official Vows to Unionize Wal-Mart
Reuters (via Boston.com), August 02, 2006
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2006/08/02/
china_official_vows_to_unionize_wal_mart/onize_wal_mart/

Media
Activists Condemn Website Closure in China
AFP (via YahooNews), August 03, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060803/wl_asia_afp/chinaint
ernetmedia_060802172410;_ylt=AucfFJ5.auDpvsV_FUeAvA
NPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl;
_ylt=AucfFJ5.auDpvsV_FUeAvANPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBi
MW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPU

照播不误：且听广告禁播令一声叹息 (New National Rule Ignored: Pulling Illegal Ads Is Provinces' Responsibility)
China Youth Daily, August 03, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-08/03/content_1466791.htm

Olympics
Heavy Rains Challenge Beijing -- Venue for 2008 Olympic Games
Xinhuanet, August 02, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-08/02/content_
4911178.htm

Politics
74%支持总书记差额选举 (74 Percent of Web Interviewees Support Competitive Election for CPC's Secretary-General)
Ming Pao, August 03, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060803/cac2.htm

Poverty
Gap Between Urban and Rural Chinese's Incomes Likely to Widen
People's Daily, August 02, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200608/02/eng20060802
_289293.html

Public Health
本地艾滋感染者首度覆盖18区县 (AIDS Cases Found in All 18 Districts in Beijing for First Time)
The Beijing News, August 03, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0553/2006/08-03/014
@198912.htm

医闹：高昂诉讼成本下的无奈选择 (High Costs of Litigation Causing More People to Resort to Protesting at Hospitals to Resolve Medical Care Cases)
China Youth Daily, August 03, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-08/03/content
_1466781.htm

Religion
China: Intellectuals and Religious Freedom
Forum18, August 02, 2006
http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=821

Urbanization
Living Space Shrinks as Collective Rent Grows
Xinhuanet, August 03, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-08
/02/content_4907340.htm

Wednesday, August 02, 2006

August 2, 2006

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Public Intellectual - Dolma Kyab (卓玛嘉因)
Commentary Manuscript Lands Tibetan Youth Ten Years in Prison
Tibetan Centre for Human Rights & Democracy, August 01, 2006
http://www.tchrd.org/press/2006/pr20060725.html
The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy has recently confirmed that the 10-year prison sentence handed down to Tibetan Dolma Kyab (卓玛嘉因) in September of last year was upheld by the Lhasa People's Intermediate Court on November 30, 2005. Dolma Kyab was convicted on charges of “endangering state security” for writing a manuscript called "Himalaya on Stir," which includes 57 essays on democracy, the sovereignty of Tibet, and other issues.

News
Corruption
专家：惩治经济犯罪应靠健全制度 (Experts Find Healthy System Necessary for Punishing Economic Crimes)
Voice of America, August 02, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-07-31-voa40.cfm

中共干部换届买官卖官猖獗受关注 (Concern Grows over Buying and Selling of Official Positions as CPC Holds Local Elections)
Voice of America, August 01, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-08-01-voa33.cfm

Death Penalty
恶子不满管教弑父　胁迫母亲帮助埋尸 (Son Sentenced to Death with Two-year Reprieve for Murdering Father)
Xinhuanet, August 02, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-08/02
/content_4907912.htm

Environment
300b Yuan Bid to Boost Water Flow from West
SCMP, August 02, 2006
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZ6YBACCQE.html

全国七成城市缺水 (70 Percent of China's Cities Have Water Shortage)
Ming Pao, August 02, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060802/ccd1.htm

Beijing Takes Steps to Revive Yellow River
Financial Times, August 02, 2006
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/623d9d1e-21b5-11db-
b650-0000779e2340.html

Green Watchdog Extends Its Reach
SCMP, August 02, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ5Y1ACCQE.html

Setback in Drive to Improve Energy Efficiency
SCMP, August 02, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZMESOCCQE.html

Tightening Control over Provinces Is Not Enough
SCMP, August 02, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZSS2ACCQE.html

Despite Small Successes, China Struggles to Contain Spreading Deserts
Voice of America, July 31, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-07-31-voa30.cfm

Gender
China to Keep on with Fight Against Selective Abortions
Xinhuanet, August 01, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-08/01/content
_4906549.htm

Labor
Profits Squeeze Expected to Hamper Job Creation
SCMP, August 02, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZOWBACCQE.html

Land Policy
Displaced Villagers Get Apology from Mayor
SCMP, August 02, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ9Y1ACCQE.html

Media
暴力拆迁曝光江阴宣传部长免职 (Official Sacked as Report on Forced Eviction Revealed)
Radio Free Asia, August 01, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08
/01/mianzhi/

China Cracks Down on Foreign Investors in Web Portals, E-commerce
SCMP, July 28, 2006
http://technology.scmp.com/techinternet/ZZZP5AMS5QE.html

Police
深圳市城管队员：被扒裤很受伤 (Shenzhen Officers Allege Battery and Humiliating Treatment by District Officers)
Nanfang Daily, August 02, 2006
http://www.
nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/200608020071.asp

Politics
分析：中国或出现经济民族主义？ (Analysts Believe "Economic Nationalism" May Arise in China)
Voice of America, July 31, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-07-31-voa61.cfm

Poverty
中国贫富悬殊大到多数人无法接受 (Majority of Interviewees State That Widening Wealth Gap Has Reached a Critical Point)
Voice of America, August 01, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-08-01-voa24.cfm

Two Chinese Villages, Two Views of Rural Poverty
Washington Post, August 01, 2006
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/
article/2006/07/31/AR2006073101399.htmldyn/

Protests and Petitions
湖北随州民办教师上访 (二) (Over 200 Private School Teachers Petition at Local Government Building in Hubei (Part 2))
Radio Free Asia, August 01, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08/01
/jiaoshi/

杭州官员证实强拆教堂逮捕两居民 (Two Arrested in Church Demolition Clash in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province)
Voice of America, August 01, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-08-01-
voa29.cfm

四川陕西发生暴力拆迁 (Forced Evictions Turn Violent in Sichuan and Shaanxi)
Radio Free Asia, August 01, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08/01
/chaiqian/

Tibet
China Taps Tibetan Waters
International Herald Tribune, August 01, 2006
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/08/01/business/river.php

Tuesday, August 01, 2006

August 1, 2006

Top News of the Day
Protests and Petitions
China Clash as Church Demolished
BBC, July 31, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5231106.stm
According to a Hong Kong -based human rights organization, 500 police officers clashed with 3,000 Christians who were protesting the forced demolition of a church in Zhejiang on July 29, leaving four people with serious injuries. The authorities claimed the church was an illegal structure.

News
Children
“世界袜都”童工问题被隐瞒 (Child Labor Problem Revealed in World's "Sock Capital")
China Information Center, August 01, 2006
http://www.observechina.net/info/artshow.asp?ID=39999&ad
=7/27/2006

Corruption
Bribery Watchdog Investigates 7,000 Cases
SCMP, August 01, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZHFZP7AQE.html

Environment
1,000 'Green' Cars Targeted Before 2010 Expo
SCMP, August 01, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZKFFN7AQE.html

五督察中心监管地方环保 (Five Centers Established to Monitor Local Environmental Protection)
The Beijing News, August 01, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0565/2006/08-01/
014@044432.htm

Guangdong Takes New Steps to Cut Pollution
SCMP, August 01, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZQGEN7AQE.html

New Energy Projects Accelerated
China Daily, July 31, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2006-07/
31/content_653722.htm

重庆北碚东阳村汞污染严重 (Serious Mercury Contamination in Village in Chongqing)
Radio Free Asia, July 31, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
07/31/chongqing/

China Widens Criteria to Catch Pollution Crimes
Xinhuanet, July 28, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-07/
28/content_4889894.htm

Gender
湖南立法规定：发“黄段子”短信构成性骚扰 (Hunan's New Women's Rights Protection Law Prohibits Obscene Phone Messages)
Xinhuanet, August 01, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-08/01
/content_4902062.htm

Human Rights Defenders
泛蓝联盟成员被学校解雇 ("Pan-blue Alliance" Member Dismissed from Work)
Radio Free Asia, July 31, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
07/31/fanlan/

Human Rights Defender – Lawyer - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
维权律师高智晟遭警察殴打和关押 (Human Rights Lawyer Gao Zhisheng Beaten and Detained)
Voice of America, July 31, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-07-
31-voa18.cfm

Human Rights Defender
美国驻华大使单独宴请余杰夫妇 (US Consul Dines with Protestant House Church Activist Yu Jie and Wife)
Voice of America, July 31, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-07-31-voa19.cfm

Labor
前7月安全事故夺命逾千 (Industrial Accidents in First Seven Months of 2006 Claim Over 1,000 Lives)
Ming Pao, August 01, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060801/ccg1.htm

Law
2006年8月实施新法一览 (List of New Regulations That Take Effect on August 1)
Legal Daily, August 01, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-08/
01/content_363873.htm

为艾滋病女儿蓄发维权 赢得官司却拿不到赔偿 (Man Wins Lawsuit for HIV-infected Daughter but Not Given Compensation)
Xinhua, August 01, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-08/01/
content_4902018.htm

一批法规8月1日起施行 出台规定严禁尸体买卖 (Rule Banning Sale of Corpses Among New Regulations That Take Effect on August 1)
Xinhuanet, August 01, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-08/
01/content_4902036.htm

Media
Website on Attack over 'Barbaric' Shutdown
SCMP, August 01, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZKJUP7AQE.html

China Shuts Tibetan Author's Blog After Dalai Lama Birthday Wishes
Middle East Times, July 31, 2006
http://www.metimes.com/articles/normal.php?StoryID=
20060731-080354-7520r

Migrant Workers
Migrants Troubled by Lack of Sex
People's Daily, July 31, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200607/31/
eng20060731_288366.html

Politics
The Red Chamber (of Commerce)
Asia Times Online, July 27, 2006
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_Business
/HG27Cb01.html

Protests and Petitions
湖北随州民办教师上访 (Over 200 Private School Teachers Petition at Local Government Building in Hubei)
Radio Free Asia, July 31, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/
31/hubei/

Public Health
China Finally Taking Steps to Fight Its HIV Problem - Methadone Clinics, Condoms in Hotels, Free Testing Offered
San Francisco Chronicle, July 30, 2006
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/
2006/07/30/MNGEUK75CU1.DTL&type=healthbin/article.c
gi?f=/c/a/2006/07/30/MNGEUK75CU1.DTL&type=health

Religion
Truth and Lives
SCMP, August 01, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chifeatures/ZZZU1UP7AQE.html

Rural Issues
Farmers' Income Growth Set to Slow in 2nd Half Year
Xinhuanet, August 01, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-08/01/content
_4903465.htm

Society
China's Fourth-largest Ethnic Group in Danger of Losing Its Language
AFP (via YahooNews), July 31, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060731/ts_afp/afplifestylech
inalanguageculture_060731074033;_ylt=AvKNnpPQksRgS01f
P7i2n7FPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJV
RPUCUl074033;_ylt=AvKNnpPQksRgS01fP7i2n7FPzWQA;_y
lu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYw

Tibet
The New Freedom Train?
SCMP, August 01, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZ8EZP7AQE.html

"One Country, Two Systems" Not Possible for Tibet: Article
Xinhuanet, July 28, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-07/28/content
_4889206.htm

Monday, July 31, 2006

July 29-31, 2006

Top News of the Day
Protests and Petitions
Workers at Toy Factory Arrested After 3-day Riot
SCMP, July 31, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZDEBMS5QE.html
Several mainland workers at a factory in Dongguan, Guangdong Province were detained for participating in a three-day violent riot which ended on July 25. Reportedly, several thousand people took part in the protest over inhumane working conditions. One person was injured and several properties were damaged in the riot before the police were called in.

News
Bilateral Ties
中国要求地拉那引渡五新疆穆斯林 (China Urges Albania to Repatriate Five Muslims)
Voice of America, July 30, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-07-30-voa54.cfm

Corruption
China Tackles Graft in Health Sector
Financial Times, July 31, 2006
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/e4d1bd4a-2026-11db-
9913-0000779e2340.html

Food Security
Cancer-risk Dye Back in Food Products
SCMP, July 31, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZOUUIE7QE.html

Government
Wider Net Urged to Halt Abuse of Power
SCMP, July 31, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZXXYGE7QE.html

涉及9亿人的选举如何进行？ (How is an Election that Involves 900 Million People Conducted?)
Nanfang Weekend, July 26, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/
zmzg/200607260547.asp

老百姓先推选 党组织再定人 (A Local Election in Sichuan: Public Nominates Candidates, Party Determines Winner)
Nanfang Weekend, July 26, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/zmzg
/200607260549.asp

Human Rights Defender – Lawyer - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
Crusader in a Legal Wilderness
SCMP, July 31, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZR3YGE7QE.html

Human Rights Defenders
福建省万民罢官农民代表林正栩仍在冤狱中 (Fujian Farmers’ Representative Lin Zhengxu Still in Jail for Launching Campaign to Impeach Corrupt Officials)
Radio Free Asia, July 29, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/
29/linzhengxu/

Human Rights Defender – Petitioner - Fu Xiancai (付先财)
China's Backbone
New York Sun, July 28, 2006
http://www.nysun.com/article/36906

Human Rights Defender – Petitioner - Liu Anjun (刘安军)
维权人士刘安军和诗人俞心焦出狱 (Human Rights Defender Liu Anjun and Poet Yu Xinjiao Released from Prison)
Radio Free Asia, July 28, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/
28/weiquan/

Labor
Wal-Mart Staff Set up Firm's First Trade Union
SCMP, July 30, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ69YGE7QE.html

Land Policy
北京学者批评中国保护耕地是错误 (Chinese Academic Criticizes New Policy to Preserve Farmland)
Voice of America, July 31, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-07-28-voa16.cfm

8月1日土地新政助力“国六条” (Ministry of Land and Resources' Six New Policies on Stabilizing Property Market to Take Effect on August 1)
Legal Daily, July 31, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-07/31/
content_362363.htm

Media
藏作家网誌赞美达赖被关 (Tibetan Writer’s Blog Shut Down for Glorifying Dalai Lama)
Ming Pao, July 31, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060731/cad1.htm

外商“曲线入华”进入电信领域 中国政府再次出手进行管制 (China Further Tightens Control over Telecommunications Industry)
Radio Free Asia, July 28, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07
/28/dianxun/

Migrant Workers
China's Labour Trap
SCMP, July 29, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZMQAMS5QE.html

Olympics
北京市加速实施大气 污染控制阶段性措施 (Beijing Speeds up Anti-Pollution Measures Ahead of Olympics)
China Youth Daily, July 31, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-07/31/content
_1462841.htm

Police
重庆市公安局新闻发言人称 审慎对待民间反扒组织 (Chongqing Public Security Bureau to Deal Cautiously with Volunteer Anti-Pickpocketing Organizations)
Legal Daily, July 31, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-07/31/
content_362375.htm

Sino-US Pacts to Step up Crime Fight
SCMP, July 31, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZW0LIE7QE.html

Protests and Petitions
驻京周记﹕有理無理上访去 有序无序政府管 (A Reporter’s Commentary on Two Recent Petitioning Cases)
Ming Pao, July 31, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060731/cch1.htm

Public Health
每年五万病人“痛”死于癌症 专家呼吁应积极进行止痛治疗 (Experts Call for Better Pain Relief Treatment for Cancer Patients)
Nanfang City News, July 31, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy
/200607310038.asp

Religion
Hebei Priest Wearied by Battle for Return of Church Property
SCMP, July 31, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ67UIE7QE.html

內地教友來港 填报旅遊亦被截 亚洲青年节 約一半人能到港 (Only Half of Mainland Catholics Able to Visit Hong Kong for Catholic Youth Forum)
Ming Pao, July 31, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060731/gol1.htm

Church Leaders `Sent for Labour Re-education'
SCMP, July 29, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZFFJOS5QE.html

Falun Gong Organs Not Harvested, Official Says
SCMP, July 29, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZSEBMS5QE.html

中国被指责加紧迫害家庭教会成员 (China Criticised for Stepping up Persecution of Protestant House Church Members)
Voice of America, July 28, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-07-28
-voa36.cfm

Rural Issues
乡土中国分成“三个世界”：人均年收入相差12倍 ("Three Worlds" in Rural China; First Earns 12 Times That of Third )
Xinhuanet, July 31, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-
07/31/content_4896868.htm
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