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 28, 2006

August 26-28, 2006

Top News
Religion
Underground Bishop Released After Bowing to Beijing
SCMP, August 28, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZEQVM9CRE.html
An Shuxin (安树新), a bishop in the underground Catholic Church, has been released after being held under house arrest in Hebei Province for more than 10 years. The release is a result of his recognition of the government's authority over the church, according to an official bishop in a local church in Hebei. The US-based Cardinal Kung Foundation says six more bishops are still in prison. An was reportedly arrested in 1996 for conducting an underground seminary.

News
Bilateral Ties
Britain Ignores Asylum Seeker's Fears
SCMP, August 28, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZZYEK9CRE.html

Corruption
Prosecutor, NPC Members Dismissed
SCMP, August 28, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZIBGK9CRE.html

This Time, Anti-graft Investigators Are Staying Put in Shanghai
SCMP, August 28, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZRIXM9CRE.html

Embezzler Highlights Lack of Controls on Party Fees
SCMP, August 26, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZWM1CC9RE.html

Education
教育部要求规范义务教育办学行为 废止乱收费 (Ministry of Education’s New Opinion Prohibits Arbitrary School Charges)
EastDay.com, August 28, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/no
de157756/u1a2280778.htmll

Environment
NPC Report Slams Slow Progress on Pollution
SCMP, August 28, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZCSYM9CRE.html

Chemical Spill Pollutes China Reservoir
AP( via YahooNews), August 27, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060827/ap_on_re_as/china_che
mical_spill_4;_ylt=ApYBzESuSKGD8isTJk0k_EpPzWQA;_ylu=
X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUlESuSKGD8isTJk
0k_EpPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJ
VRPUCUl

Government
Beijing Capital in the Clear
SCMP, August 28, 2006
http://biz.scmp.com/bizchina/ZZZKL0N9CRE.html

CCB Denies Lending to Illegal Power Projects
SCMP, August 28, 2006
http://biz.scmp.com/bizchina/ZZZOL0N9CRE.html

Human Rights Defender – Journalist - Zhao Yan (赵岩)
Appeal Likely for Journalist at The Times
New York Times, August 26, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/26/world/asia/26china
.html?_r=2&n=Top%2fNews%2fWorld%2fCountries%20and
%20Territories%2fChina&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

Related News
Politics Still Drives Mainland Legal System
SCMP, August 26, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZTPFM79RE.html

中国被批两案件审判不公随意定罪 (China Criticized for Arbitrary Convictions in Chen and Zhao Cases)
Voice of America, August 25, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-08-25-voa46.cfm

Human Rights Defender - Religious Practitioner
美牧师帮北韩难民被中国拘押经历 (American Priest Tells of Experience of Being Detained in China for Aiding North Korean Refugees)
Voice of America, August 24, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-08-24-voa75.cfm

Human Rights Defender
When Activists Fall Foul of China's Police State
International Herald Tribune, August 25, 2006
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/08/25/opinion/edzeng.php

Law
中华人民共和国各级人民代表大会常务委员会监督法 (Supervision Law for All Delegates of the Standing Committee of the National People Congress of the People’s Republic of China)
Xinhuanet, August 27, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-08/27/conte
nt_5013597.htm

Related News
中国评论﹕监督法聊胜於无 (Commentary: China's New Supervision Law Better Than Nothing)
Ming Pao, August 28, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060828/car1.htm

Law Empowers NPC Members to Check Abuses
SCMP, August 28, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZH40N9CRE.html

Media
Wikipedia Chief Says No to Censorship
SCMP, August 27, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZNYEK9CRE.html

Bar on Foreign Press Printing Papers on Mainland to Remain
SCMP, August 26, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZSI2H69RE.html

Ministry Attacks Student 'Sob Stories'
SCMP, August 26, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZYB1H69RE.html

Migrant Workers
Unlucky, Unfazed, Unbroken
Los Angeles Times, August 21, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-unbroke
n21aug21,0,964956.story?coll=la-home-headlinesunbroken21aug
21,0,964956.story?coll=la-home-headlines

Poverty
Poverty Relief Official Says China's Poverty Line Is Too Low
CRI Online, August 23, 2006
http://en.chinabroadcast.cn/2946/2006/08/23/195@
130248.htm

Protests and Petitions
南京拘拦路陈情工人 (Nanjing Authorities Arrest over 100 Protesting Workers)
Ming Pao, August 28, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060828/cap1.htm

Rural Issues
Concrete Paves Peasants' Long Road from Poverty
The Guardian, August 27, 2006
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1859248,00.html

Tibet
Qinghai-Tibet Railway Line May Be Extended to Nepal
SCMP, August 28, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZD40N9CRE.html

Friday, August 25, 2006

August 25, 2006

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender – Journalist - Zhao Yan (赵岩)
China Jails NYT Researcher for 3 Years for Fraud
Reuters (via YahooNews), August 25, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060825/ts_nm/rights_china
_researcher_dc_3
Zhao Yan, a former researcher for the New York Times, was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for fraud by a Beijing court this morning. Taking into account the fact that he was held in detention for two years, Zhao is due for release in September 2007. His lawyer said he will "likely" appeal the conviction. The court dropped the charge of leaking state secrets due to insufficient evidence. He was detained in September 2004 after he correctly predicted, in an article he wrote for the New York Times, that former Chinese President Jiang Zemin would give up his sole remaining leadership post as military chief.


Human Rights Defender – Lawyer - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
Four Years in Jail for Blind Activist
SCMP, August 25, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ2CYBC9RE.html
Blind activist Chen Guangcheng was sentenced to four years and three months’ imprisonment by a court in Shandong Province yesterday for "damaging property and organizing a mob to disturb traffic." Chen refused to speak in his own defense to protest the detention of his lawyer the day before his trial. The authorities hastily appointed two others and, according to Chen's brother who attended the trial, their only statements were, "We have no objection." His brother said the charges were unfounded and called the lengthy sentence “illegal.”

News
Death Penalty
男子遭退婚手刃未婚妻准岳母被判死刑 (Man Sentenced to Death for Murdering Two over Marriage Dispute in Jiangxi Province)
Xinhuanet, August 23, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-08/23/conten
t_4996836.htm

Environment
松花江支流污染得到基本控制 (Pollution in Songhua River Under Control)
China Youth Daily, August 25, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-08/25/content_
1490501.htm

Government
中国干部问责制被指不得已而为之 (China's Accountability System for Cadres an Unwilling Compromise)
Voice of America, August 23, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-08-23-voa21.cfm

Human Rights Defender - Religious Practitioner - Master Shengguan (圣观大师)
为六四死难者举行超度 圣观法师被驱逐出寺庙 (Master Shengguan Expelled from Temple for Performing Rituals of Salvation for June 4th Victims in Jiangxi)
Radio Free Asia, August 24, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/0
8/24/shenguan/

Human Rights Defenders
人权组织促中国保护民间维权人士 (Rights NGOs Urge China to Protect Human Rights Defenders)
Voice of America, August 23, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-08-23-voa52.cfm

Land Policy
重要的不是“公共利益”而是平等博弈 ("Public Interests" Should Be Balanced by Individual Property Rights in Discussion of Amending Property Rights Law)
China Youth Daily, August 25, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-08/25/content_1490441.htm

Politics
Communist Party Sets up Shop in Mainland Wal-Mart Store
SCMP, August 25, 2006
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZ4DCM79RE.html

Population
广东人口增长率高于8‰ "富人"超生将究刑责? (Guangdong Cadre Proposes Criminal Sanctions for Violators of One-child Policy as Population of Province Rises)
Xinhuanet, August 25, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-08/25/content
_5004071.htm

Public Health
北大人民医院等8家医院乱收费 (Eight Beijing Hospitals Found to Charge Patients Arbitrarily)
China Youth Daily, August 25, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-08/25/conten
t_1490476.htm

Thursday, August 24, 2006

August 24, 2006

Top News of the Day
Religion - Christianity
Six House Church Leaders Formally Arrested in Zhejiang Province After Church Destruction
China Aid, August 22, 2006
http://www.chinaaid.org/english_site/press_release_detail
.php?id=735
Six detained Protestant house church leaders have been formally arrested for "inciting violence to resist implementation of the law" after their church was destroyed in late July in Xiaoshan, Zhejiang Province. The authorities claimed the church was an illegal structure.

News
Bilateral Ties
Authors Told to Pay Damages to Nanking Survivor
SCMP, August 24, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZM777H6RE.html

Children
未成年人保护法修订草案：电邮日记被列为隐私 (Proposed Law on Protection of Minors Makes Emails and Diaries Private)
EastDay.com, August 24, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node156654/u1a2272406.htmll

Civil Society
中国政府徵求民间抗衡日本对策？ (Why Did China Consult a Civil Organization on its Anti-Japanese Strategy?)
Voice of America, August 22, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-08-22-voa4.cfm

Education
教育部官员：让孩子全日制"读私塾"行为违法 (Education Official Says Full-time Study in Old-style Chinese Private Schools Is Illegal)
Xinhuanet, August 24, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-08/24/content_
5000116.htm

Relief in Sight for Distressed Students
SCMP, August 24, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZRBRIB6RE.html

Environment
四川多名学者撰写备忘录质疑南水北调西线工程 (Sichuan Academics Question Transferal of Water from South to North)
EastDay.com, August 24, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/nod
e156858/u1a2272797.htmll

松花江支流发生化工污染 (Songhua River Under Threat from Another Chemical Spill)
The Beijing News, August 24, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0546/2006/0824/0
14@204017.htm

Food Security
粮食安全面临多重挑战 中国积极采取应对之策 (China Proactive on Food Security Problems)
Xinhuanet, August 24, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-08/24/content
_4998792.htm

Government
Fatal Party Thrown for Auditors 'Broke Rules'
SCMP, August 24, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZQ777H6RE.html

桑美台风媒体报道与官员描述不一 (China Central Television and Local Officials Differ on Typhoon Reports)
Radio Free Asia, August 23, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08/
23/taifeng/

Human Rights Defender – Lawyer - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
中国知名学者：秘捕高智晟不合法 (Famous Scholar of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Argues Secret Arrest of Gao Zhisheng Is Unlawful)
Voice of America, August 22, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-08-22-voa22.cfm

Labor
China's Unions Emboldened by Wal-Mart Success
Asia Times Online, August 24, 2006
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_Busines
s/HH24Cb03.html

Land Policy
山林变法：第三次“土改”艰难破冰 (Third "Land Reform" on Forestry Takes a Difficult Turn)
Xinhuanet, August 24, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-08/24/c
ontent_4999524.htm

Law
娄底审判员当庭打瞌睡 (Judicial Officer Naps During Trial)
The Beijing News, August 24, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0567/2006/08-2
4/014@203984.htm

Media
浙江大学庄道鹤被行政记大过处分 (Zhejiang University Editor Zhuang Daohe Receives Administrative Punishment for Trying to Publish Book on "Double Regulations")
Radio Free Asia, August 23, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006
/08/23/Zhuang_daohe/

Protests and Petitions
中国颁布军队信访条例受密切关注 (Concerns Grow over Petition Regulations for the Military)
Voice of America, August 22, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/n2006-08-22-voa40.cfm

Public Health
广东率先给乡村医生发财政补贴 (Guangdong to Become China's First Province to Subsidize Rural Doctors)
Legal Daily, August 24, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-08/24
/content_392435.htm

卫生部昨出台政策：新建小区须增设社区医院 (New Ministry of Health Policy Requires New Districts to Establish Community Hospitals)
Xinhuanet, August 24, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-08/24/conte
nt_4999647.htm

Society
China Acts on Funeral Strippers
BBC, August 24, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5280312.stm?ls

故宫两商店拒国人进入 (Two Shops in Forbidden City Refuse Chinese Customers)
Ming Pao, August 24, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060824/ccd1.htm

Tibet
How an Exile Defies China
Guardian, August 22, 2006
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisf
ree/story/0,,1855346,00.html

Wednesday, August 23, 2006

August 23, 2006

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Religious Practitioner - Master Shengguan (圣观大师)
为六四死难者举行超度 江西法师处境艰难 (Buddhist Master Persecuted for Performing Rituals of Salvation for June 4th Victims in Jiangxi)
Radio Free Asia, August 22, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08/22/jiangxi/
According to Human Rights in China, Master Shengguan, a former 1989 democracy activist and currently the executive director of a Buddhist temple in Jiangxi, has been persecuted for performing rituals of salvation for June 4th victims and for corruption allegations made by temple personnel against local officials. The local authorities want to expel the Master, formerly known as Xu Zhiqiang (徐志强), from the temple. Reportedly, a female temple volunteer was taken away, beaten and threatened until she falsely stated that she was involved in a sexual relationship with the Master.

Human Rights Defender – Lawyer - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
高智晟维权遭打压 亲朋好友受株连 (Relatives and Friends Entangled in Persecution of Gao Zhisheng)
Radio Free Asia, August 22, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08/22/g
aozhisheng/
In addition to human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng himself being held in detention, his wife and children have been placed under house arrest. His three nephews have also been detained for two days for trying to visit the Gao family, and their mobile phones have been confiscated. Gao’s friend Zhao Xin, a rights defender who offered to act in Gao’s defense, was forcibly sent from Beijing to Yunnan by a local state secrets bureau.

News
Children
《未成年人保护法（修订草案）》 向“恶搞”等不良舆论环境挥利剑 (Proposed Amendments to Law on Protection of Minors Target Indecent Media Materials)
China Youth Daily, August 23, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-08/23/content_1488021.htm

立法重铸未成年人保护制度 (Proposed Amendments to Law on Protection of Minors Will Bring Improvements)
Legal Daily, August 23, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-08/23/content_
391528.htm

Death Penalty
落马女支书买凶杀人 (Dismissed Cadre Sentenced to Death with Two-year Reprieve for Murder)
Legal Daily, August 23, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-08/23/co
ntent_391298.htm

杀害西安新华书店原总经理凶手被执行死刑 (Man Executed for Murdering Manager in Xi'an)
Xinhuanet, August 22, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-08/22/conten
t_4992819.htm

Environment
China's Urban Water Supplies Face Severe Test
SCMP, August 23, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060822/wl_nm/environ
ment_china_dc_3

New Bill to Protect Scenic Spots
SCMP, August 23, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ2ROIB6RE.html

所有城镇年底开征污水费 (Waste-water Fees to Extend to All Cities and Towns)
The Beijing News, August 23, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0565/2006/08-23
/014@040513.htm

Water Pollution ‘Worsening Across China’
Financial Times, August 23, 2006
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/5a521c24-31d7-11db-ab06-00
00779e2340.html

Government – Local Elections
泛蓝人大代表竞选遭破坏 (Campaign of Pan-blue Alliance Candidate for Local People's Congress Sabotaged)
Radio Free Asia, August 22, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2
006/08/22/renda/

Human Rights
Draft Law Backs Right to Private Property
China Daily, August 23, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-08/23/cont
ent_671486.htm

Human Rights Defender – Journalist - Zhao Yan (赵岩)
Chinese Court May Rule Soon on Times Researcher
New York Times, August 22, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/22/world/asia/22zhao.h
tml?_r=1&oref=slogin

Human Rights Defenders
四川失地农民维权代表遭殴打 (Representative of Victims of Land Grabs Beaten up in Sichuan Province)
Radio Free Asia, August 22, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08/22/
sichuan/

Media
China Shuts Down over 100 Websites for Copyright Violation
SCMP, August 23, 2006
http://technology.scmp.com/techinternet/ZZZEX0K74RE.html

Two Ways to Deal with the Net Threat
SCMP, August 23, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZSPOIB6RE.html

Migrant Workers
外来务工者统称“新市民” (District in Xi'an to Call Migrant Workers "New Citizens" to Avoid Discriminatory Connotation)
The Beijing News, August 23, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0565/2006/08-23
/014@041105.htm

Public Health
由“不良事件”而生的疑问 (Discussing the Legal Consequences of an "Adverse Drug Effect" in Deadly Antibiotic Case)
Legal Daily, August 23, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-08/23/content_3
91214.htm

Tibet
Dalai Lama Attacked with New Ferocity
SCMP, August 23, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chifeatures/ZZZQBWJ74RE.html

Tuesday, August 22, 2006

August 22, 2006

Top News of the Day

Human Rights Defenders – Journalist - Zhao Yan (赵岩)
Times Researcher's Court Hearing Scheduled for Friday
SCMP, August 22, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZW5GL74RE.html
According to the lawyer for Zhao Yan, the New York Times researcher who has been detained since September 2004 on charges of revealing state secrets, a court hearing has been scheduled on this Friday (August 26) for Zhao's case. Zhao was tried in June of this year, but no verdict was reached.

News

Children
中国全国共有15万“流浪未成年人” (China has 150,000 Vagrant Minors)
BBC, August 19, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_5260000/newsid_
5267700/5267782.stm

Civil Society - Public Participation
公众参与是环保可持续发展的根本力量 (Public Participation is the Key to Sustainable Development of Environment Protection)
Legal Daily, August 22, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-08/22/content_390
231.htm

Corruption
Beijing Cracks the Whip on Rogue Projects
Asia Times Online, August 22, 2006
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_Business/HH22Cb03.html

Most People Believe Kickbacks Crackdown Will Fail: Survey
SCMP, August 22, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZE3ZJ74RE.html

Environment
重污染企业迁址农村之后 (Moving Heavily Polluting Factories from Cities to Countryside Has Only Shifted the Problem to Rural Areas)
Xinhuanet, August 22, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-08/22/content_1486656.htm

Corruption is Linked to Pollution in China
International Herald Tribune, August 21, 2006
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/08/21/news/smog.php

南水北调水源成“纳污河” (The Plan to "Move Water from South to North" Appears to Have Worsened Water Pollution)
The Beijing News, August 22, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0567/2006/08-22/014@
203461.htm

Government
因灾死亡人数公布方式将改进 (Authorities to Improve Mechanism for Reporting Death Tolls of Disasters)
The Beijing News, August 22, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0565/2006/08-22/014@
035613.htm

中国彻底废除幹部职务终身制 (China Set to Abolish Life Tenure System of Leaders and Cadres)
BBC, August 20, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_5260000/newsid
_5269100/5269122.stm

Human Rights Defenders – Journalist - Ching Cheong (程翔)
Journalist's Trial Lasted Seven Hours
SCMP, August 22, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZ4SRR74RE.html

Human Rights Defenders – Lawyer - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
陈光诚庭审结束　当局打压维权人士未停 (Court Hearing for Blind Activist Chen Guangcheng Ended, but Crackdown on Rights Activists Continues)
Radio Free Asia, August 21, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08/21/
chenguangcheng/

Human Rights Defenders – Lawyer - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
高智晟妻儿被软禁 海内外呼吁释放高 (Family of Detained Rights Lawyer Gao Zhisheng Under House Arrest, While Rights Activists Call for His Release)
Radio Free Asia, August 21, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08/21/
gaozhisheng/

Labor
上海最低工资竟被当做了“标准工资”来执行 (Shanghai Hospital Adopts Minimum Wage as Standard for Low-ranking Support Staff)
Xinhuanet, August 22, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-08/22/content_
4990202.htm

Land Policy / Protests and Petitions
浙江农民护地和政府冲突 (Zhejiang Farmers Clash with Local Government over Land Grab)
Radio Free Asia, August 21, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08/21/
chongtu/

Media - Internet Censorship
广东百余家网站 仅有少数获审批 (Of 100 Websites Registered in Guangdong, Just a Handful Pass Stringent Internet Monitoring Mechanism)
Legal Daily, August 22, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-08/22/content_
390234.htm

Media - Censorship / Press Freedom
报道拆教堂 记者遭开除 (Reporter Detained and Sacked After Covering Demolition of Protestant Church in Zhejiang)
Ming Pao, August 22, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060822/cab1.htm

Politics - NPC
五百独立人士参选中国人大代表 (500 Candidates to Run as Independents in Local People's Congress Elections)
Voice of America, August 20, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-08-20-voa35.cfm

Religion
中国政府控制及打压宗教力度升级 (China Tightens Control over Religion as Crackdown on Religious Activities Intensifies)
Voice of America, August 20, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-08-20-voa38.cfm

State Security – Terrorism
中国与哈萨克斯坦将联合举行反恐演习 (China, Kazakhstan Team up for Anti-Terrorism Exercise)
Xinhuanet, August 21, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/mil/2006-08/21/content_
4989026.htm

Xinjiang
维吾尔人不满情绪，北京尽在眼底？ (Does Beijing Realize the Level of Discontent that Exists Among Uighurs?)
Chinesenewsnet.com, August 21, 2006
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/2006_8_21_15_12_42_468.html2_42_468.html

Monday, August 21, 2006

August 19-21, 2006

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender – Lawyer – Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
Police Hold Activist's Lawyer Until End of Trial
SCMP, August 21, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ44O7XZQE.html
Rights defender Chen Guangcheng's trial was held on August 18 but no verdict was announced. The day before the trial, Chen's defense lawyer Xu Zhiyong was beaten up and detained for almost 24 hours, after which officials appointed two local lawyers to represent Chen, despite his objections. Chen's own lawyers filed a complaint with the court stating that the trial was invalid, since the government-appointed lawyers had only one hour to prepare a defense and were not familiar with the case.

News
Civil Society
官方徵求民间抗日对策 (Authorities Consult Civil Organization on Anti-Japanese Strategy)
Ming Pao, August 21, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060821/caa1.htm

Corruption
中国评论﹕打击贪腐须传媒监督 (Commentary: Media Supervision Needed in the Fight Against Corruption)
Ming Pao, August 21, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060821/cae1.htm

Corruption Fuels Rise in Emissions
SCMP, August 21, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ4WV7XZQE.html

The Battle Against Official Graft Has to Start at the Very Top
SCMP, August 21, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ9QR6XZQE.html

Disasters
社论：灾区政府应该如何面对媒体“不实报道” (Editorial: How the Government Should Deal with "False Media Reports" on Disasters)
Nanfang Daily, August 21, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy
/200608210436.asp

Environment
环保总局将公布污染“排行榜” (State Environmental Protection Administration to Announce Pollution Levels of Different Localities)
The Beijing News, August 21, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0565/2006/08-21
/015@020549.htm

Government - Civil Service
青海：村村都要有大学生村官 (Qinghai Government Vows to Fill Village Official Positions with University Graduates)
China Youth Daily, August 21, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-08/21/content_
1485356.htm

Human Rights Defender – Lawyer - Zhao Xin （赵昕）
Dissident's Banishment Tied to Support for Activists
SCMP, August 21, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZNNQ6XZQE.html

Human Rights Defender – Lawyer - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
China Dissidents Press for Lawyer's Release
Reuters (via YahooNews), August 20, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060820/wl_nm/rights_
china_lawyer_dc_1

Crackdown on Defense Lawyers Is Intensified in China
New York Times, August 18, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/18/world/asia/18cnd-chin
a.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=sloginchina.html?_r=2&oref=sl
ogin&oref=slogin

Human Rights Defenders
宜宾大塔多名农民遭当局传讯 (Villagers Summoned for Trying to Celebrate the Release of Rights Defender in Yibin，Sichuan Province)
Radio Free Asia, August 20, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08/20/yibin/

Human Rights Defender – Lawyer - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
陈光诚案强行开庭 律师指当局多处违法 (Chen Guangcheng Goes on Trial; Lawyers Allege Trial Is Unlawful)
Radio Free Asia, August 18, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08/
18/chen_guangcheng/

Human Rights Defender - Tibet
China Detains Teenage Girl for Writing Pro-Independence Leaflets
Radio Free Asia, August 18, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2006/08/18/tibet_arrest/

Labor
Apple Work Code Broken at Supplier's China Plant
Reuters (via YahooNews), August 18, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060818/bs
_nm/manufacturing_china_apple_dc_1

Land Policy
Blanket Ban on New Staff Housing for Government Departments
SCMP, August 20, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZUCV7XZQE.html

Olympics
北京奥运采高科技保安 (Beijing to Adopt High-Tech Security Measures During Olympics)
Apple Daily, August 21, 2006
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?
iss_id=20060821&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=62
37847335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=6237847

Game to Help
SCMP, August 21, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZGVV7XZQE.html

Post-Games Uses to Be Explored
People's Daily, August 18, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200608/18/eng20060818_2
94373.html

Police
Suicide Verdict Fuels Suspicion of Police Cover-up
SCMP, August 19, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ84O7XZQE.html

Protests and Petitions
广东茂名警民冲突多人受伤 (Dozen Injured as Villagers Clash with Police in Maoming, Guangdong Province)
Radio Free Asia, August 20, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08
/20/guangdong/

Protests and Petitions - Labor
广西南宁百货大楼职工罢工 (A Dozen Workers Injured as Police Disperse Strike in Nanling, Guangxi Province)
Radio Free Asia, August 18, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08/1
8/nanning/

Protests and Petitions - Corruption
凌源维权村民遭镇压后警察继续抓人 (Arrest Continues One Month After Anti-Corruption Protest in Lingyuan, Liaoning Province)
Radio Free Asia, August 18, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08/18/linyuan
/

Public Health
欣弗事件不是“药品不良反应” (Antibiotic Incident Is Not About "Bad Reaction to the Drug")
Nanfang Daily, August 21, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.
cn/southnews/spqy/200608210434.asp

HIV Vaccine Trial Hailed a Success
SCMP, August 19, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZQEN6XZQE.html

专家：中国肥胖症增长速度惊人 (Expert: Rate of Obesity Climbs in China)
BBC, August 18, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_5260000/ne
wsid_5262200/5262242.stm

Religion
China Adds Restrictions in Effort to Shake the Faith of Independent Congregations
New York Times, August 18, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/18/world/asia/18china.html?
n=Top%2fNews%2fWorld%2fCountries%20and%20Territories%2
fChina%2fCountries%20and%20Territories%2fChina

Rural Issues
首部西部大开发五年规划将出台 (State Council to Issue First Five-Year Plan for the Great Western Development Campaign)
The Beijing News, August 20, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0565/2006/08-20/015
@013921.htm

State Security
中国涉密案件剖析 (Analyzing Cases Involving State Secrets in China)
Voice of America, August 18, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-08-18-voa42.cfm

Hong Kong
Thugs Batter Lawmaker Albert Ho
SCMP, August 21, 2006
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZ7QQ6XZQE.html

Friday, August 18, 2006

August 18, 2006

Top News of the Day

Human Rights Defender – Lawyer - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
高智晟在山东姐姐家被抓 (Rights Defense Lawyer Gao Zhisheng Arrested at Sister's Home in Shandong)
Radio Free Asia, August 17, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08/17/gao_zhisheng/
Rights defense lawyer Gao Zhisheng has been detained in Shandong since August 15. His two nephews were also taken away by police in Beijing. There is speculation that the arrest is a temporary measure in relation to Chen Guangcheng’s trial on August 18, although it may also signify the beginning of a series of arrests of rights defenders across the country.



Human Rights Defender – Lawyer - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
陈光诚案开审前夕律师被困警署 (Lawyers Detained Ahead of Chen Guangcheng's Trial)
Radio Free Asia, August 17, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08/17/
chenguangcheng1/
Three of Chen Guangcheng's lawyers were detained and beaten up for what was reportedly a fabricated theft ahead of his trial today (August 18). Two have been released but one is still being held in detention.

News
Corruption
爱滋村救助金未被挪用 (AIDS Relief Funds for Henan County Not Embezzled)
Ming Pao, August 18, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060818/cad1.htm

Former Head of AIDS-hit County in Henan Arrested for Bribery
China Daily, August 17, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-08/1
7/content_667528.htm

Death Penalty
Mentally Ill Driver Who Killed Four Avoids Death
People's Daily, August 17, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200608/17/eng2006
0817_293900.html

制造广东东莞“四尸五命案”凶手被执行死刑 (Murderer of Four Executed in Guangdong Province)
Xinhuanet, August 17, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-08/17/
content_4974999.htm

Disasters
民政部官员：灾情数字不必隐瞒也不可能瞒得住 (Ministry of Civil Affairs: Disaster-related Figures Need Not and Cannot Be Concealed)
Xinhuanet, August 17, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-08/
17/content_4975320.htm

Education
新华视点：是“论价施教”还是“不公平施教”？ (Students Get Better Computer and English Classes in Shandong’s Schools if Parents Pay More)
Xinhuanet, August 18, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-08/18
/content_4976963.htm

Environment
Garbage Suffocating Chinese Cities as Rapid Urbanization Continues
Xinhuanet, August 17, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-08/17/c
ontent_4974906.htm

Gender
疾控中心建“同志论坛”为同性恋网民提供帮助 (Disease Control Center in Beijing Establishes Gay Internet Forum)
Xinhuanet, August 18, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-08/18/content_
4976115.htm

Hukou
活人上户难 死人不销户 (Hukou of Dead People Not Cancelled, While the Living Can’t Get One)
Nanfang Weekend, August 17, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060817/x
w/szxw1/200608170009.asp

Human Rights
Police Have Easier Access to Data on Hotel Guests
China Daily, August 18, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-08/18/c
ontent_667605.htm

Human Rights Defender – Journalist - Ching Cheong (程翔)
程翔案关注組﹕部分媒体报道不公 (Group Concerned over Ching Cheong Case Criticizes Unfair Media Reports)
Ming Pao, August 18, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060818/gbc1.htm

吴志森﹕审讯程翔 法治大戏 (Commentary: Trial for Ching Cheong a Legal Farce)
Ming Pao, August 18, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060818/fac1.htm

Friends Pin Hopes on Parole for Spy-charge Journalist
SCMP, August 18, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZWDCIWXQE.html

Spy Trial Looks Set to Add Pressure on Journalists
Financial Times, August 18, 2006
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/91c5c356-2e47-11db-93a
d-0000779e2340.html

程翔案是十七大人事布局的政治牺牲品？ (Is Ching Cheong a Sacrificial Lamb in Personnel Struggle of Upcoming 17th CPC Central Committee?)
Radio Free Asia, August 17, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao
/2006/08/17/chenxiang/

Human Rights Defender - Public Intellectual - Dolma Kyab (卓玛嘉)
China Denies Jailing Tibetan Teacher for Book
Reuters, August 17, 2006
http://in.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=top
News&storyID=2006-08-17T114909Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_
0_India-263923-1.xml17T114909Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0
_India-263923-1.xml

Human Rights Defender - Public Intellectual - Zou Tao （邹涛）
邹涛参选人大受压　网上宣传遭反攻 (Internet Attack Launched Against Zou Tao's Electoral Campaign)
Radio Free Asia, August 17, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08/17
/zhoutao/

Land Policy
山东菏泽市民不堪拆迁逼迫上吊身亡 (Shandong Man Hangs Himself over Forced Eviction)
Radio Free Asia, August 16, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08/16/he
ze/

Labor
沃尔玛工会为谁而建 (For Whom Were Wal-Mart’s Trade Unions Established?)
Nanfang Weekend, August 17, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060817/jj/c
j/200608170054.asp

Law
上半年454人受查处 (Judicial Authorities Investigated 454 Cadres in First Half of 2006)
Legal Daily, August 18, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-08/18/co
ntent_386469.htm

刑事诉讼法修改 沉默权成焦点 (The Right to Remain Silent Becomes Focus in Proposed Amendments to the Criminal Procedure Law)
Nanfang Weekend, August 17, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060817/xw/szxw2/2
00608170011.asp

Media
Freeze on Internet Cafes to End
SCMP, August 18, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ8DCIWXQE.html

中国加紧对互联网的控制 (China Tightens Internet Control)
Radio Free Asia, August 17, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08/17/wang/

中国广电总局拟严管网上自制影视节目 (The State Administration on Radio, Film and Television Considers Tightening Control on Homemade Internet Programs)
Radio Free Asia, August 16, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/20
06/08/16/video/

Migrant Workers
剖析民工荒 (Analyzing the Shortage of Migrant Workers)
Nanfang Weekend, August 18, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060817/jj/j
jxw/200608170042.asp

Military
Chinese Envoy Tells U.S. to 'Shut Up'
AP( via YahooNews), August 18, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060818/ap_on_re_as/brit
ain_china_us

Olympics
对半年死伤89名城管队员的反思 (Conflict Between Hawkers and Beijing City Authorities Escalate Ahead of Olympic Games)
China Youth Daily, August 18, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-08/18/conte
nt_1483626.htm

China Hones Game for 2008 Olympics
Washington Post, August 17, 2006
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/artic
le/2006/08/16/AR2006081601722.html?nav=rss_world

China to Tighten Anti-terror Training Ahead of Olympics
China Daily, August 17, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-0
8/17/content_667518.htm

Police
34名民警被开除辞退 (34 Policepersons Dismissed for Corruption)
Legal Daily, August 18, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-08
/18/content_386475.htm

泛蓝联盟呼吁立即释放戴平山 ("Pan-blue Alliance" Calls for Immediate Release of Taiwanese Activist Dai Pingshan)
Radio Free Asia, August 16, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
08/16/fanlan/

Protests and Petitions
Chinese Police Haul off "Bad Vaccine" Protesters
Reuters (via New York Times), August 18, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-rights-
china.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

官方施压 太石维权周年纪念活动流产 (Authorities Pressure Taishi Residents to Cancel Activities to Commemorate Anniversary of Rights Defense Movement)
Radio Free Asia, August 16, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006
/08/16/taishicun/

Public Health
欣弗事件怎么没有人引咎辞职 (Why Has No One Resigned over Deadly Antibiotic Case?)
China Youth Daily, August 18, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-08/18/con
tent_1483621.htm

Religion
China: The Economics of Religious Freedom
Forum18, August 18, 2006
http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=831
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