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.

Wednesday, August 09, 2006

August 9, 2006

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Internet Activist - Li Jianping (李建平)
李建平超期拘押至今未判 (Verdict Delayed for Internet Activist Li Jianping)
Radio Free Asia, August 08, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08/08
/li_jianping/
According to Human Rights in China, no verdict has yet been announced in the trial of internet activist Li Jianping, nearly four months after his trial. Li was tried on April 12 on charges of "incitement to subvert state power" on the basis of articles he wrote that were posted on overseas Web sites. He has almost been completely cut off from communication with his family and lawyer. The NGO contends that the delay in the announcement of the verdict violates the Criminal Procedure Law.

News
Bilateral Ties
N Korea Not Listening, China Says
Reuters (via SCMP), August 09, 2006
http://asia.scmp.com/asianews/ZZZUGP48KQE.html

Children
全国有因艾滋病致孤儿童8644人 (8,644 Chinese Children Orphaned Due to AIDS)
China Youth Daily, August 09, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-08/09/content_1472996.htm

Corruption
中国房地产业腐败多 专家论原因 (Expert Discusses Causes of Serious Corruption in China's Real Estate Sector)
Voice of America, August 07, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-08-07-voa36.cfm

Death Penalty
入户抢劫杀人 快递员被判死刑 (Courier Sentenced to Death for Robbing and Murdering Customer)
EastDay.com, August 09, 2006
http://ld.eastday.com/eastday/node37/
node189/node13518/userobject1ai160749.html

Disasters
One-third of China's Dams Unsafe
China Daily, August 08, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-08/08/content
_659827.htm

Environment
Together, We Can Improve Air Quality
SCMP, August 09, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZKRO48KQE.html

Freedom of Speech
Chinese Musical Questions Official History, Criticizes Chinese Society
Voice of America, August 08, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-08-08-voa16.cfm

Gender
China Promotes Girls to Avoid Glut of Bachelors
China Daily, August 08, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-08/08/content
_660041.htm

Government
规划局长告上级市政府 (Local Planning Bureau Sues City Government over Administrative Decision)
The Beijing News, August 09, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0567/2006/08-09/
011@200466.htm

中国维权人士参选地方人大受瞩目 (Rights Defenders Running for Local People’s Congresses Draw Attention)
Voice of America, August 07, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-08-07-voa50.cfm

Human Rights Defender – Petitioner – Fu Xiancai (付先财)
Did Activist Fall or Was He Pushed?
SCMP, August 09, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZWOV38KQE.html

Human Rights Defender - Internet Activist - Zou Tao (邹涛)
邹涛﹕罗湖人大直选內定 (Rights Defender Zou Tao Says He Is Excluded from Running for Local People’s Congress)
Ming Pao, August 09, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060809/cab1.htm

Labor
肯德基宣布在全国取消劳务派遣 (Kentucky Fried Chicken Cancels "Labor Missions" Practice in China)
Legal Daily, August 09, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-08/09/
content_368941.htm

Land Policy
欧阳五﹕六中全会前的一大博弈 (Commentary: Central Government and Local Authorities Clash on Land Policy Ahead of CPC Meeting)
Ming Pao, August 09, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060809/fab1.htm

美专家评广东农民失地补充标准 (US Expert Comments on Compensation Standard for Land Grabs Under New Guangdong Rule)
Voice of America, August 09, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-08-07-voa48.cfm

Media
中国电信终止为16家信息服务商提供全网接入 (China Telecom Terminates Cooperation with 16 Information Providers)
Legal Daily, August 09, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-08/09/content
_369275.htm

China Says No TV Delay for 2008 Olympics
AFP (via YahooNews), August 08, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/
20060808/ennew_afp/chinaoly2008chn_060808165810

江阴农民传播强拆报道受压　《百姓》考虑采取行动 (Jiangsu Farmers Pressured for Distributing Magazines That Reported on Forced Evictions)
Radio Free Asia, August 08, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08/
08/Jiangyin/

Migrant Workers
最高法院通知要求： 全面清查拖欠农民工工资案件 (Supreme People's Court's New Notice Requires All Courts to Conclude Cases on Unpaid Wages for Migrant Workers)
China Youth Daily, August 09, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-08/09/content_
1473041.htm

Olympics
Beijing 'on Track' for a Successful Games
SCMP, August 09, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ44O48KQE.html

中国评论﹕办好奥运 先须透明 (Commentary: Transparency Necessary for Successful Olympic Games)
Ming Pao, August 09, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060809/caf1.htm

2008 Games Will Speed up China Reform, Say Organisers
Reuters, August 08, 2006
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=
sportsNews&storyID=2006-08-08T080044Z_01_SP161834
_RTRUKOC_0_UK-OLYMPICS-BEIJING.xml08T080044Z_01
_SP161834_RTRUKOC_0_UK-OLYMPICS-BEIJING.xml

Police
Violent Criminal Cases Down; Economic Crimes on Rise
Xinhuanet, August 09, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-08/09/
content_4938832.htm

Protests and Petitions
深圳600业主围法院抗议 (600 Property Owners Protest Non-Enforcement of Court Decision at Shenzhen Court)
Ming Pao, August 09, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060809/cca1h.htm

辽宁凌源警民大冲突 专家谈骚乱 (Expert Comments on the Riot in Lingyuan, Liaoning Province)
Voice of America, August 07, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-08-07-voa16.cfm

Public Health
药监局：欣弗事件未瞒报 (State Food and Drug Administration Found No Cover-up in Defective Antibiotics Case)
The Beijing News, August 09, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0567/2006/08-09/
011@200465.htm

China Province Pushes AIDS Tests for Some
AP (via OutinAmerica), August 08, 2006
http://www.outinamerica.com/home/news.asp?
articleid=8333

China Rethinks Bird Flu History
BBC, August 08, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5255078.stm

China Turns out Mummified Bodies for Displays
New York Times, August 08, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/08/business/worldbusiness/
08bodies.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin=slogin&oref=slogin

China Urges Needle Exchanges to Fight AIDS
AP (via OutinAmerica), August 08, 2006
http://www.outinamerica.com/home/news.asp?articleid=8884

Public Health - Organ Harvesting
Activist Harry Wu Challenges Organ Harvesting Claims
SCMP, August 09, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZN4V38KQE.html

Tibet
Dalai Lama Unworthy of Religious Leader: Tibetan Official
Xinhuanet, August 09, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-08/09/
content_4937478.htm

达赖喇嘛：继承者必须是流亡藏人 (Dalai Lama States His Successor Must Be Tibetan-in-exile)
Voice of America, August 07, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-08-07-voa35.cfm

Tuesday, August 08, 2006

August 8, 2006

Death Penalty
Video of Executed Taiwan Spy Shown as a Warning
Reuters (via SCMP), August 08, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZOPL48KQE.html

Disasters
Mainland Needs to Face Landslide Threat: Geologist
SCMP, August 08, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZBIM48KQE.html

Environment
四成脱硫设施为何成摆设 (Why Is 40 Percent of Desulphurization Equipment Not Functioning?)
China Youth Daily, August 08, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-08/08/content
_1471561.htm

China Plans to Shut Projects that Pollute Oil-Rich Bohai Sea
Bloomberg, August 07, 2006
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&
sid=aLu5hIlWZN3M&refer=asia

Food Security
中国耕地减少 将冲击粮食市场？ (Will Reduction of Farmland in China Destabilize Global Food Market?)
Voice of America, August 06, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-08-06-voa37.cfm

Gender
湖南规定人大代表候选人女性要占30%以上 (New Regulation in Hunan Stipulates that at Least 30% of Candidates for Provincial People’s Congress Must Be Women)
Xinhuanet, August 05, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-08/05/content
_4923260.htm

Human Rights
学者﹕应依法对待维权 (Academic: Authorities Should Handle Rights Defense Movement In Accordance with Law)
Ming Pao, August 08, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060808/caa2.htm

Human Rights Defender – Xinjiang - Huseyincan Celil (塞利尔)
中国保证不判塞利尔死刑 家人疑可信性 (China Promises Not to Sentence Huseyincan Celil to Death; Family Skeptical)
Radio Free Asia, August 07, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08/
07/shailier/

Human Rights Defender – Lawyer - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
逾两百人联署抗议高智晟遭暴力袭击 (Over 200 Join Signature Protest Against Attack on Gao Zhisheng)
Radio Free Asia, August 07, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08/
07/gao/

Labor
English-language Schools in China - the New Sweatshops
Today Online, August 08, 2006
http://www.todayonline.com/articles/134957.asp

滬最低工资提至750 全国最高 (Minimum Wage Raised to 750 Yuan Per Month in Shanghai, Highest in Nation)
Wen Wei Po, August 08, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id
=CH0608080011&cat=002CH

石油工人维权胜利获赔 (Rights Defense Movement Wins Victory as Oil Workers Get Redundancy Pay)
Ming Pao, August 08, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060808/caa1.htm

More Trade Unions Set up in Wal-Mart Outlets in China
China Daily, August 07, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-08/07/
content_658894.htm

中国健康最透支：信息技术人员 (Survey: Information Technology Jobs Most Debilitating to Health)
Voice of America, August 06, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-08-06-voa13.cfm

Law
China Revises Law to Reduce Energy Costs
Xinhuanet, August 06, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-08/06/
content_4925414.htm

Media
Beijing Urged to Ease Press Curbs
Financial Times, August 08, 2006
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/4e0fc850-266d-11db-
afa1-0000779e2340.html

“欣弗”事件暴露政府信息公开的惯性与惰性 (Defective Antibiotics Expose Government's Inertia in Releasing Information)
Nanfang Daily, August 08, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/
spqy/200608080546.asp

广州市卫生局长回应“限访令” (Guangzhou Health Authorities Explain That Policy Requiring Approval for Media Interviews Only Applies to Large-scale Incidents)
Legal Daily, August 08, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-08/08/
content_368086.htm

一旦遇到“较真”，权力也很“讲理” (Guangzhou Health Authorities “Reasonable” in Answering Questions on Notice Restricting Media Interviews)
Nanfang Daily, August 08, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/
southnews/spqy/200608080543.asp

Chinese Go Further, Faster and Higher with Media Crackdowns Two Years Before Beijing Olympics
Reporters Without Borders (RSF), August 07, 2006
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=18483

Ease Limits on Foreign Press, Club Says
SCMP, August 08, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ2RS38KQE.html

Olympics
Hopes for Change Hung on '08 Olympics
The Christian Science Monitor, August 07, 2006
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0807/p06s02-woap.html

Beijing Getting Closer to Olympic Standard as Host
Xinhuanet, August 06, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-08/06/
content_4926304.htm

Beijing Must Do More to Secure "Green Olympics"
Reuters (via New York Times), August 06, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/sports/sports-
olympics-china.html

Politics
中共十六届六中全会前瞻 (Predicting Emphasis for Sixth Plenary Session of the 16th CPC Central Committee)
Nanfang Weekend, August 08, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/zmzg
/200608020613.asp

Population
Abortions up in China as Taboos Weaken
The Japan Times, August 08, 2006
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/eo20060807a3.html

Protests and Petitions
中国评论﹕成果共享 方有和谐 (Commentary on Protests in Sichuan: Harmony Will Only Be Possible When Fruits of Economic Development Are Shared)
Mingpao, August 08, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060808/caf1.htm

湖北百的士市政府请愿 (Nearly 100 Taxi Drivers Petition at Suizhou Government Building, Hubei Province)
Ming Pao, August 08, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060808/ccf1.htm

湖南湘阴移民早排斥酿暴力冲突　(Locals and New Immigrants Clash in Xiangyin, Hunan Province)
Radio Free Asia, August 07, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08
/07/chongtu/

Public Health
安徽药监部门畅通信息发布渠道 (Anhui’s Food and Drug Administration Working to Find Answer to Defective Antibiotic Case)
China Youth Daily, August 08, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-08/08/content_1471556.htm

Shaanxi Woman Believed to Be the Fourth Victim of Deadly Antibiotic
SCMP, August 08, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ0QL48KQE.html

Thousands Quarantined in China School TB Scare
Reuters, August 07, 2006
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK360787.htm

Religion
北京佛教居士雷大勇因印刷公益佛经被判刑四年 (Buddhist Practitioner Sentenced to Four Years' Imprisonment for Publishing Free Sutras)
Radio Free Asia, August 07, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08/07/fujin/

Rural Issues
Painting the Peasants into the Portrait of China’s Economic Boom
New York Times, August 07, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/07/books/07kahn.html?_r=2
&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

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

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