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.

Tuesday, September 12, 2006

September 12, 2006

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Public Intellectual - Hu Jia (胡佳)
胡佳北京遭软禁 誓言营救高智晟 (Hu Jia Kept Under House Arrest in Beijing)
Voice of America, September 10, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-09-10-voa39.cfm
Rights defender Hu Jia (胡佳) was placed under house arrest on September 9 after being summoned twice to answer questions on Gao Zhisheng's case. The police told him he was now considered a suspect in Gao's case. His internet access and landline have also been cut off.

News
Bilateral Ties
Premier Wen Makes Eight-point Proposal on New Asia-Europe Ties
People's Daily, September 11, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200609/11/eng20060
911_301503.html

Civil Society
UN：中国民间应参与艾滋病防治 (UN: China's Civil Society Should Participate in the Prevention of AIDS)
Voice of America, September 11, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-09-11-voa55.cfm

Corporate Social Accountability
Foreign Companies Faces Human-rights Challenge in China
Monster and Critics, September 09, 2006
http://news.monstersandcritics.com/asiapacific/article_11996
54.php/Foreign_companies_faces_human-rights_challenge_in
_Chinas_faces_human-rights_challenge_in_China

Death Penalty
杀害英雄保安的凶手被判死刑 (Murderer of Security Guard Given Death Sentence in Guangxi Province)
Legal Daily, September 12, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-09/12/content_407777
.htm

Environment
Gov't Invests to Clean up Rural Water
Xinhuanet, September 12, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-09/12/con
tent_5080598.htm

Leaders Make Pledge on Emissions
SCMP, September 12, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZUQ9O9CRE.html

Government
瞭望文章：从严治政健全问责制度 (Establishing a Political Accountability System)
Xinhuanet, September 12, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-09/12/con
tent_5079900.htm

北京要地方两小时内报告重大疫情 (Beijing Requires Local Authorities to Report Large Epidemics Within Two Hours)
Voice of America, September 10, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-09-10-voa36.cfm

Human Rights Defender – Xinjiang – Huseyin Celil (塞利尔)
Canadian Held in China Given 15 Years, Sister Says
The Globe and Mail, September 11, 2006
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.200609
11.CELIL11/TPStory/National

Human Rights Defender – Xinjiang - Rebiya Kadeer (热比娅)
China Muslim Activist: from Unknown to Nobel Nominee
Reuters, September 11, 2006
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNe
ws&storyID=2006-09-11T055011Z_01_PEK161842_RTRUKO
C_0_US-CHINA-ACTIVIST.xml&archived=False11T

Human Rights Defenders
中国频频抓捕政治上的异见者 (More Dissidents Arrested in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, September 11, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/11/yiyi/

June 4th
China Will Likely Have to Wait Longer for End of EU Weapons Ban
International Herald Tribune, September 10, 2006
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/09/10/europe/EU_ANL_
EU_China_Waiting_for_Weapons.phppons.php

Labor
Labour Campaigners Accuse Disney of Using Sweatshop Factories
Deutsche Presse Agentur (via the Raw Story), September 12, 2006
http://rawstory.com/news/2006/Labour_campaigners_accuse
_Disney_of_09102006.htmlml

EU Urges Asia on Labor Rights, Climate Change
Washington Post, September 10, 2006
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article
/2006/09/10/AR2006091000381.htmldyn/

Law
传统量刑先天不足？电脑比人脑公正？山东争议中推广电脑量刑 (Shandong Courts to Use Computers to Determine Length of Sentence)
Nanfang Daily, September 12, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwx
y/200609120782.asp

Media
Press Groups Criticize China Curbs on Foreign News
Reuters (via YahooNews), September 12, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060912/wl_nm
/media_china_dc_1

Media - Internet Censorship
In China, It's Wikipedia Versus the Internet Censors
Taipei Times, September 11, 2006
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2006/09/
11/2003327126

Police
公安误拘4学生罚跪逼供 (Four Students Tortured into Confessing Murder in Anhui Province Before Real Suspects Caught)
Ming Pao, September 12, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060912/cao1.htm

Politics
中国评论﹕道德沉沦 「八荣八耻」成效存疑 (Commentary: Effect of Eight-Honors-Eight-Shames" Slogan Doubtful)
Ming Pao, September 12, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060912/cat1.htm

六中全会料十月中召开 (Sixth Plenary Session of the 16th CCP Central Committee Expected to Meet in Mid- October)
Wen Wei Po, September 12, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH0609
120006&cat=002CH

Protests and Petitions - Police Power Abuse
浙江台州村民请愿遭镇压 (Protestors Injured and Arrested in Taizhou, Zhejiang Province)
Radio Free Asia, September 11, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/20
06/09/11/taizhou/

Public Health
中国正立法规范器官捐献 (China Is Legislating on Regulation of Organ Donations)
The Beijing News, September 12, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0565/2006/09-12/01
4@044718.htm

Wealth and Westernisation Drives China to Drink: Expert
AFP (via YahooNews), September 11, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060911/hl_afp/australiahealthalc
oholconferencechina_06091110314560911103145

In China, Delicately Testing the Taboo on Talking About Sex
Washington Post, September 10, 2006
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/
2006/09/10/AR2006091000955.htmldyn/content/article/200
6/09/10/AR2006091000955.html

Monday, September 11, 2006

September 9-11, 2006

Top News of the Day
Media Censorship
China Unveils Curbs on Foreign News Distribution
Reuters (via YahooNews), September 10, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060910/wl_nm/media_china_
foreign_dc_3;_ylt=AiHoISB4Im0wtWesif1b7D1PzWQA;_ylu=
X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl4Im0wtWesif1b
7D1PzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl
Released on September 10 by the Xinhua News Agency and taking immediate effect, the “Measures for Administering the Release of News and Information in China by Foreign News Agencies" stipulate that Xinhua shall exercise “unified administration over the release of news and information in China by foreign news agencies.” The new measures require all foreign news agencies to meet specific requirements and seek approval in writing from Xinhua before distributing news domestically, and list 10 areas off-limits to foreign news reports. Observers view these new measures as a worrying trend of media censorship ahead of the Olympic Games.


News
Bilateral Ties
China-EU Summit Embraces All Aspects of Relations
SCMP, September 10, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZNJ4O9CRE.html

Children
Spaniards Lead the Field in Adopting Chinese Children
SCMP, September 11, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZCT0O9CRE.html

Corruption
驻京周记﹕管好贪官就不用管包装 (Commentary: No Need for Bribes if Corrupt Officials Are Brought under Control)
Ming Pao, September 11, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060911/cac1.htm

Death Penalty
兰州“杀人练胆案”主犯被判死刑 (Two Murderers Sentenced to Death in Lanzhou, Gansu Province)
Xinhuanet, September 11, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-09/11/conten
t_5074488.htm

Disasters
Delta Faces Huge Flooding Threat from a Melting Ice Cap
SCMP, September 11, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZKR0O9CRE.html

Environment
Chemical Spill Poisons Water Supply for 80,000
SCMP, September 11, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ5N6O9CRE.html

中国首次公布绿色GDP核算报告 (China Issues First "Green GDP" Audit Report)
The Beijing News, September 11, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0546/2006/090
8/015@207672.htm

China Lead Poisoning Caused by Substandard Waste System
AFP (via YahooNews), September 10, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060910/wl_asia_afp/healthchi
naaccidentindustryenvironment_060910080122;_ylt=AgbSD6v
gztZBlQ9lACl2_ptPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlY
wMlJVRPUCUlment_060910080122;_ylt=AgbSD6vgztZBlQ9lA
Cl2_ptPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9

Demolition Team Goes to Work on Polluting Gansu Smelter
SCMP, September 10, 2006
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZZELL9CRE.html

Fitting Venue for World Water Congress
Inter Press Service News Agency (IPS), September 08, 2006
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=34629

Government
'First Ladies' Get Taste of Prison Life
China Daily, September 11, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-09/11/co
ntent_685791.htm

港区人代选举取消预选 (Pre-election System Cancelled in Hong Kong’s NPC Delegate Election)
Wen Wei Po, September 11, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?cat=002CH&new
s_id=CH0609110001

告官操控选举遭骚扰 选民挺泛蓝选人大 (Voters Complain of Harassment for Supporting "Pan-blue Alliance" Candidates in Local People's Congress Elections)
Radio Free Asia, September 09, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/20
06/09/09/fanlan/

Human Rights Defender – Journalist - Ching Cheong (程翔)
Journalist Appeals Against Conviction for Spying
SCMP, September 09, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZUC2O9CRE.html

Human Rights Defender - Public Intellectual – Zou Tao (邹涛)
Tough Test for Activists Seeking Office
SCMP, September 09, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZFAGL9CRE.html

Human Rights Defender - Public Intellectual - Hu Jia (胡佳)
胡佳又被警方传唤 (Rights Defender Hu Jia Summoned Again)
Radio Free Asia, September 08, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
09/08/hujia/

Media
毛泽东逝世30周年纪念活动拒绝境外记者采访 (Foreign Media Barred from Reporting on 30th Anniversary of Mao Zedong's Death)
Radio Free Asia, September 08, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/09/08/mao/

Military
PLA Abuzz over Public Shaming of Senior Officers
SCMP, September 11, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZRTNL9CRE.html

Police
倒枣事件背后的城市小贩“堵疏”难题 (The Difficult Hawker Management Issue Behind the "Jujube Dumping Story")
The Beijing News, September 11, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0547/2006/0
907/013@207261.htm

Restaurant Dinners, Nights at Home - Prison Agrees with Official
SCMP, September 09, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZI6JL9CRE.html

Poverty
媒体和评论人士谈中国贫富悬殊 (Media and Commentators Discuss Wealth Gap in China)
Voice of America, September 08, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006
-09-08-voa55.cfm

Protests and Petitions
Attacks on Guangdong Hospitals, Staff Top 200
SCMP, September 10, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZYMIL9CRE.html

Public Health
Trying Before Eating New Dining Policy in SW.China
China Daily, September 11, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-09/11/co
ntent_685870.htm

Social Security
Home Heating Reform Means Tenants Will Have to Pay
People's Daily, September 09, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200609/09/eng20060
909_301050.html

Society
China Is Not Just Rising, but Also Changing
New York Times, September 09, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/09/opinion/09terrill.html?
_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

Xinjiang
Beijing’s Suffocating Control over Xinjiang’s Muslim Uighurs
AsiaNews.it, September 11, 2006
http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=7159

Friday, September 08, 2006

September 8, 2006

Top News of the Day
Media - Internet Censorship
百姓杂志网站被关 主编表示无惧压力 (Web Site of Magazine Baixing Shut Down; Editor Says Will Not Submit to Pressure)
Radio Free Asia, September 07, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/07
/baixing/
The Web site of the Chinese news monthly Baixing (百姓) was shut down on September 6. Its editor Huang Liangtian (黄良天) believed the closure was because of the magazine's reports on the beating to death of a villager involved in a dispute with developers in Jiangyin, Jiangsu Province. Huang said he had been warned by Jiangsu and Guangdong authorities that the Web site would be shut down if the articles were not removed.

Protests and Petitions
浙江千人暴动 (Thousands Run Riot in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province)
Ming Pao, September 08, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060908/cav1.htm
On September 6 and 7, thousands of people protested the handling of a homicide case in which a woman fell from a building and died in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province. Police were sent in to disperse the crowd. Scores of protestors were injured and a dozen were arrested. Some protestors then damaged the factory of the deceased's husband, whom they believed was responsible for the death.

News
Bilateral Ties
China Criticizes US Use of Secret Prisons
Mens News.com, September 06, 2006
http://mensnewsdaily.com/2006/09/06/china-criticizes-us-use
-of-secret-prisons/

Death Penalty
雇凶杀人大代表 (Four Sentenced to Death for Murdering Cadre and Wife in Shandong Province)
Legal Daily, September 08, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-09/08/conte
nt_405455.htm

Environment
Estimated Pollution Cost Fails to Tell Full Story
SCMP, September 08, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZNDUN9CRE.html

Lead Poisoning of Villagers Probed
SCMP, September 08, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ3ZYN9CRE.html

Gender
Sexy Dressing Blamed for Harassment in China
AFP (via YahooNews), September 07, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060907/lf_afp/afplifestylechi
nawomensexlabor_060907141438

Human Rights
自由之家将中国列为“第二等级受压制社会” (China Ranked as Near the Bottom of Freedom House's List of the Most Repressive Countries)
Radio Free Asia, September 07, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/07/fre
edom_house/

Human Rights Defender – Journalist - Ching Cheong (程翔)
內地「法律专家」6点反驳 (Mainland "Legal Experts" Give 6 Arguments to Support Ching's Conviction)
Ming Pao, September 08, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060908/gca2.htm

亲京报上诉前夕引述内地专家﹕ 程翔上诉不乐观 假释非不可能 (Mainland Experts Say Ching Cheong's Chance of Successful Appeal Is Slim, But Parole Not Impossible)
Ming Pao, September 08, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060908/gca1h.htm

Human Rights Defender - Public Intellectual - Hu Jia (胡佳)
Rights Campaigner Detained in China
AFP (via YahooNews), September 07, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060907/wl_asia_afp/chinarigh
tsdissident_060907160132

June 4th - EU Arms Ban
温家宝访欧前武禁问题再起波澜 (European Parliament's Resolution Urges EU Leaders Not to Lift Arms Ban Against China Ahead of Chinese Premier's Visit)
Radio Free Asia, September 07, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/0
9/07/Sino_EU/

Labor
New Balance 'Pays Workers 32 Cents an Hour'
World Net Daily, September 08, 2006
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=51875

Media
毛热烧向互联网 ("Mao Enthusiasm" Heats up on the Internet)
Ming Pao, September 08, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060908/cak4.htm

Military
中国评论﹕治军从严 说易行难 (Commentary: Managing the Military Is Easier Said Than Done)
Ming Pao, September 08, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060908/caz1.htm

中国公开报导高级将领受罚引关注 (Concerns Grow as Chinese Media Allowed to Report on Punishment of Senior Military Cadres)
Voice of America, September 07, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-09-07-voa34.cfm

Politics
数历史功过就在今朝 重评毛泽东愈早愈好 (Chinese Researcher Argues Re-evaluation of Mao Zedong Should Happen as Early as Possible)
Ming Pao, September 08, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060908/cak1.htm

In China, Living with the Unspeakable
Washington Post, September 07, 2006
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/
content/article/2006/09/06/AR2006090601726.html

Protests and Petitions
西安检察院案件接访“终身制” (Xi'an Procuratorate Officials to Bear "Lifetime Responsibility" for Handling Petitioning Cases)
Legal Daily, September 08, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-09/08/conte
nt_405421.htm

Society
A Writer's Portrait of an Unhinged China
International Herald Tribune, September 08, 2006
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/09/05/features/yu.php

State Security
Comment: State Secrets Within China’s State Secrets
New Strait Times, September 08, 2006
http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Thursday/Columns
/20060907093429/Article/index_html

Tibet
自由之家列西藏为人权最受压地区 (Freedom House Ranks Tibet as Among the World's Most Repressive Territories in Terms of Human Rights)
Voice of America, September 08, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-09-07-voa33.cfm

Thursday, September 07, 2006

September 7, 2006

Top News of the Day
Media - Censorship
Banned Chinese Director to Defy Orders
AP( via YahooNews), September 06, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060906/ap_on_re_as/china_b
anned_director_2
Director Lou Ye (娄烨) plans to defy a government order banning him from making films for five years. The ban was prompted by the screening of his movie at the Cannes Film Festival before it cleared censors in China. The film is a sexually explicit love story set against the June 4th incident. Lou said he was under pressure to screen the film at Cannes because of marketing needs.

Tibet
China Detains Tibetan Abbot in Sichuan
Radio Free Asia, September 07, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2006/09/07/tibet_abbot/
Authorities in the Tibetan region of Karze in Sichuan Province have held Khenpo Jina, the abbot of a major monastery, in detention since August 23. The detention is possibly in connection with the appearance of posters supporting Tibetan independance one year ago.

News
Corruption
China to Audit Local Pension Funds
AP (via Business Week), September 06, 2006
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8JV97E80.h
tm?sub=apn_news_down&chan=db

Death Penalty
安徽涉案金额最高职务犯罪案一审宣判 (Former Cadre and Businessman Sentenced to Death with Two-year Reprieve in Anhui’s Largest Corruption Case)
Xinhuanet, September 07, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-09/07/content_5
058699.htm

建国以来海关查获最大毒品走私案终审 (Three Sentenced to Death in Biggest Heroin Smuggling Case Since Founding of PRC)
Legal Daily, September 07, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-09/07/
content_404436.htm

Disasters
830 Dead Or Missing in China Natural Disasters in August
AFP (via INQ7.net), September 06, 2006
http://newsinfo.inq7.net/breakingnews/world/view_article.
php?article_id=19419

Education
社论：义务教育，有教无类比因材施教更重要 (Editorial: Under Compulsory Education, Equality Is More Important Than Teaching According to Each Student’s Ability)
Nanfang Daily, September 07, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/200609070539
.asp

Environment
China's Scramble for Energy
Spiegel Online, September 07, 2006
http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/spiegel/0,1518
,433401,00.html

China to Clean up Polluters Along Songhua River After Repeated Chemical Spills
People's Daily, September 06, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200609/06/eng20060906_299864.html

Government
中国评论﹕人民倘能当家 毋须眼泪铁面 (Commentary: Premier Wen Jiabao Can Save His Tears for When There is People-based Governance)
Ming Pao, September 07, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060907/ccf1.htm

温家宝反击「 乡镇直选违宪论」 中央政改存重大分歧 (Difference Among Senior Officials Revealed as Premier Wen Jiabao Promotes Direct Village Elections)
Apple Daily, September 07, 2006
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?iss
_id=20060907&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336
&art_id=6290714

Human Rights Defender – Journalist - Ching Cheong (程翔)
China: High-profile Cases Deal Blows to Credibility of Chinese Legal Reform
Monday Morning, September 07, 2006
http://www.mmorning.com/ArticleC.asp?Article=3942&Categor
yID=7

Human Rights Defender – Lawyer - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
高智晟的大哥高智义签署律师委托书？ (Did Gao Zhisheng's Brother Sign Power of Attorney Document for Gao?)
Radio Free Asia, September 06, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2
006/09/06/gao/

June 4th
Beijing Urges EU to Scrap Arms Ban
SCMP, September 07, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ1EVN9CRE.html

Land Policy
港商东莞囤地被罚827万 (Hong Kong Merchant Fined 8.27 Million Yuan for Undeveloped Land in Dongguan, Guangdong Province)
Wen Wei Po, September 07, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH0609
070001&cat=002CH

海南省发生村民袭警夺枪事件 (Villagers Attack Police and Take Gun in Land Dispute in Hainan Province)
Radio Free Asia, September 06, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/20
06/09/06/hainan/

Migrant Workers
Migrant Worker Sues After Back-pay Row Ends in Fractured Skull
SCMP, September 07, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZXPBL9CRE.html

Migrant Workers Need Better Protection
SCMP, September 07, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZE99L9CRE.html

Multilateral
WTO Warns China on Free Trade Agreements
AP( via YahooNews), September 06, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060906/ap_on_bi_g
e/china_wto_2

Olympics
Behind China's Big Chill
The Times, September 05, 2006
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,153
1723,00.html

Politics
Pro-KMT Opposition Group Fights Election in Mainland China
Radio Free Asia, September 06, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2006/09/06/china_panblue/

Protests and Petitions
深圳商场港业主示威被打 (Hong Kong Shop Owners Beaten for Protesting Dishonest Practices at Shenzhen Shopping Mall)
Ming Pao, September 07, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060907/cca1h.htm

Increase in Environmental Protests Causes Instability in China
Green Clippings, September 06, 2006
http://www.greenclippings.co.za/gc_main/article.php?story=
20060906170952367

Public Health
Condom Use Promoted in Fight Against AIDS
China Daily, September 07, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-09/07/content_
683221.htm

Poisoned Villagers' Pleas Were Ignored
SCMP, September 07, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ9EVN9CRE.html

Religion
Chinese Influence Extends Persecution Beyond the Mainland
The Epoch Times, September 06, 2006
http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/6-9-6/45679.html

Society
Samaritan Patrols Bridge for China's Lost Souls
National Public Radio (NPR), September 07, 2006
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5
765923&ft=1&f=1004

Tibet
A Tale of Gold Evokes Another. Remember That Goose?
New York Times, September 06, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/06/world/asia/06sichua
n.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Wednesday, September 06, 2006

September 6, 2006

News
Children
AIDS Orphans Learn to Stand on Their Own Feet
Xinhuanet, September 04, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-09/04/content_504
7155.htm

Death Penalty
郴州市原副市长雷渊利被判死刑 (Senior Cadre in Hunan Sentenced to Death with Two-year Reprieve on Corruption Charges)
Legal Daily, September 06, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-09/06/cont
ent_403352.htm

留美杀夫女硕士死缓 (Woman Who Studied in US Sentenced to Death with Two-year Reprieve for Murdering Husband)
Wen Wei Po, September 06, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH06090
60008&cat=002CH

Disasters
中国红十字会： 今年已投入1．5亿元款物救助国内灾区 (China's Red Cross Spent 150 Million Yuan on Disaster Relief Work in China in First 8 Months of 2006)
China Youth Daily, September 06, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-09/06/conte
nt_1501901.htm

Environment
Thousands Poisoned by Lead from Smelting Plant, Gansu Villagers Claim
SCMP, September 06, 2006
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZGURN9CRE.html

Food Security
环保组织促欧盟禁中国转基因大米 (Green Groups Urge European Union to Ban China's GM Rice)
Voice of America, September 05, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-09-05-voa26.cfm

Human Rights
中国维权运动和公民社会的发展 (四) (China's Rights Defense Movement and the Development of Civil Society (Part 4))
Radio Free Asia, September 05, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/200
6/09/05/wei-quan4/

Human Rights Defender - Journalist - Ching Cheong (程翔)
'Leak' Raises New Queries on Ching Trial
SCMP, September 06, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZ8W5L9CRE.html

When State Secrets Are the Rule
SCMP, September 06, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZOSRN9CRE.html

Human Rights Defender – Lawyer - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
国内有影响力的大学教授声援高智晟 (Influential Academics in China Plead Support for Gao Zhisheng)
Radio Free Asia, September 05, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/05/gzs/

警方禁止高智晟的兄弟到北京 (Police Ban Gao Zhisheng's Brothers from Entering Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, September 05, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/200
6/09/05/gaozhisheng/

Land Policy
土地管理：中国政府再出手 (China Issues New Notice on Land Management)
Radio Free Asia, September 06, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/05/land/

Law
没钱照样挑律师 (Poor Can Still Choose Own Lawyers Under Guangzhou's Legal Aid System)
Legal Daily, September 06, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-09/06/co
ntent_403495.htm

Media
人民一发笑，政府就思考 (Commentary: Authorities Should Be Happy with “Internet Disturbances”)
Ming Pao, September 06, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060906/msa1.htm

Chinese Log On for Retribution
Los Angeles Times, September 05, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-webjust
ice5sep05,1,2161938.story?coll=la-headlines-worldwebjustice5sep0
5,1,2161938.story?coll=la-headlines-world

Wikipedia Will Not Filter Content in China
China Knowledge, September 05, 2006
http://www.chinaknowledge.com/news/news-detail.aspx?id=4216

Migrant Workers
父母离乡打工去留守儿童多哀歌 (Tragic Results for Many Children Left Behind by Migrant Parents)
Apple Daily, September 06, 2006
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?iss
_id=20060906&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=628676
3335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=6286763

Olympics
北京奥运更文明更绿色 (Beijing Olympics Will Be “Civilized” and “Green”)
Wen Wei Po, September 06, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH0609
060048&cat=002CH

Beijing to Back Media Freedom to Travel in China: Jowell
Reuters (via YahooNews), September 05, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060905/sp_nm/olympics_bei
jing_britain_dc_1

Bustling Beijing Gives London an Olympic Lesson
The Guardian, September 05, 2006
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,18
64816,00.html

Police
China Fights Against Illegally Prolonged Detention
China Daily, September 04, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-09/04/cont
ent_680627.htm

Politics
You Can't Rush Democracy, Says Chinese PM
The Times, September 06, 2006
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2343437,00.html

Scandals Emerging in Shanghai as Political Season Nears
New York Times, September 05, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/05/world/asia/05chi
na.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Public Health
Suicide Haunting Chinese
China News, September 05, 2006
http://www.chinanews.cn//news/2005/2006-09-05/27327.html

State Security
陆建华案泄密界定现分歧至今未决 (Chinese Authorities Undecided About Definition of Leaking State Secrets in Lu Jianhua Case)
Voice of America, September 06, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-09-05-voa25.cfm

Tuesday, September 05, 2006

September 5, 2006

Corruption
Guard Held over VIP Treatment for Jailed Tycoon
SCMP, September 05, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ6U2L9CRE.html

Disasters
China to Close at Least 4,800 Small Mines to Improve Safety
Voice of America, September 04, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-09-04-voa22.cfm

山西令所有煤矿安装产量监控系统 (Shanxi Authorities Order Coal Mines to Install Systems to Monitor Production Levels)
Voice of America, September 03, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-09-03-voa16.cfm

Environment
Australia Could Export Uranium to China Within Months
AFP (via YahooNews), September 04, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060904/wl_asia_afp/australiachi
nauraniumenergynuclearsector_060904054502rsector_060904
054502

Rules Ignored, Toxic Sludge Sinks Chinese Village
New York Times, September 04, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/04/world/asia/04pollution.ht
ml?_r=1&ref=todayspaper&oref=sloginoref=slogin

Government
重庆大旱高官避暑胜地「开会」 (Amid Severe Drought, Surrounding Villages Have to Suspend Electricity as Chongqing Cadres Party in Resort)
Ming Pao, September 05, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060905/cak1.htm

中国评论﹕以民为本 上行下不效 (Commentary: "People-based Governance" Only Applies to Central Government)
Ming Pao, September 05, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060905/caz1.htm

Human Rights
夏业良：须加快政改停止钳制思想 (Peking University Academic: Government Should Speed up Political Reforms and Stop Suppressing Freedom of Thought)
Voice of America, September 03, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-09-03-voa39.cfm

Human Rights Defender – Journalist – Ching Cheong (程翔)
程翔案判决书 网上曝光 (Verdict on Ching Cheong Available on Internet)
Ming Pao, September 05, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060905/gaa1h.htm

Human Rights Defender – Journalist - Zhao Yan (赵岩)
Chinese Researcher for NY Times to Appeal: Lawyer
Reuters (via YahooNews), September 04, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060904/wl_nm/china_trial_dc_2

Human Rights Defender - Zhao Xin (赵昕)
赵昕等异见人士被软禁 (Zhao Xin and Three Other Dissidents Placed Under House Arrest)
Radio Free Asia, September 04, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/04/zhaoxin/

Human Rights Defenders
人权组织促中国释放被押维权人士 (Reporters Without Borders Urge China to Release Detained Rights Defenders)
Voice of America, September 03, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-09-03-voa51.cfm

Law
中国公安部：个人被罚两千元以上可要求举行听证 (Ministry of Public Security's New Regulation Stipulates Defendants to Be Fined over 2,000 Yuan Can Demand Hearing)
Legal Daily, September 05, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-09/05/
content_402323.htm

Media
Online Spoofs Now Part of Mainstream
SCMP, September 05, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ16KN9CRE.html

Chinese Director 'Given Film Ban'
BBC, September 04, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5313008.stm

China Review: Is Censorship the Root Cause of Uncivil Speech on the Internet?
China Media Project, September 03, 2006
http://cmp.hku.hk/look/article.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication
=1&NrIssue=1&NrSection=100&NrArticle=703=100&N
rArticle=703

Migrant Workers
Minimum Wages Rise in Labour Shortage
SCMP, September 05, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZAU2L9CRE.html

Police
城市管理须反省执法目标 (City Authorities Should Reflect on Aim of Legal Enforcement)
Legal Daily, September 05, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-09/05/conte
nt_402344.htm

Protests and Petitions
复旦逾百学生请愿事件基本解决 (Student Protest at Fudan University Resolved)
Wen Wei Po, September 05, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH06090
50026&cat=002CH

Monday, September 04, 2006

September 2-4, 2006

News
Bilateral Ties
Rights Not on Agenda at China-EU Summit
SCMP, September 03, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZUMFN9CRE.html

Death Penalty
贺州公安民警被杀案凶手一审被判死刑 (Murderer of Policeman Sentenced to Death in Hezhou, Guangxi Province)
Legal Daily, September 04, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-09/04/
content_401708.htm

Environment
东江水污染港人食物链 (Dongjiang Water Is Polluting Hong Kong's Food Chain)
Ming Pao, September 04, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060904/gaa1h.htm

Beijing Names and Shames Polluters
SCMP, September 02, 2006
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZ1KDN9CRE.html

Gender
Concluding Comments of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women - China
CEDAW Committee, August 25, 2006
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/cedaw36/cc
/CHINA_advancedf



Government
国务院整肃驻京办 (Regional Government Offices in Beijing to Undergo Major Restructuring)
Ming Pao, September 04, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060904/cam1.htm

社论：整肃风暴直指驻京办 明确分权方是长远计 (Editorial: Purge of Regional Offices in Beijing Should Aim at Clarifying Division of Power Between Central and Local Governments)
Nanfang Daily, September 04, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/2
00609040313.asp

Human Rights
中国维权运动和公民社会的发展 (三) (China's Rights Defense Movement and the Development of Civil Society (Part III))
Radio Free Asia, September 01, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/01/wei
-quan3/

Rights Awareness Spreading Like Wildfire
The Japan Times, September 01, 2006
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/eo20060901fc.html

Academics Move Cautiously with Sensitive Information
SCMP, September 02, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZGLWK9CRE.html

Human Rights Defender – Lawyer - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
Blind Activist Appeals Conviction
SCMP, September 04, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ49LN9CRE.html

Human Rights Defender – Journalist - Ching Cheong (程翔)
Ching Will Spend His Jail Time Studying
SCMP, September 04, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZG9LN9CRE.html

Ching Family Must Pay Double Penalty
SCMP, September 02, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZRAYK9CRE.html

Human Rights Defender - Guo Qizhen (郭起真)
郭起真案12日开庭 (Guo Qizhen to Stand Trial on September 12)
China Information Center, September 04, 2006
http://www.observechina.net/info/artshow.asp?ID=4
0447&ad=8/31/2006

Human Rights Defenders - Journalists
Jailing of Journalists Raises the Question of Different Treatment
SCMP, September 04, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZWO2L9CRE.html

Human Rights Defenders - Lawyers
上海律师协会呼吁保护律师合法权益 (Shanghai Lawyers Association Appeals for Lawful Protection of Lawyers' Interests)
Radio Free Asia, September 02, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/02/lushi/

Human Rights Defender – Lawyer - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
高智晟侄子传递律师委托书被带走 (Gao Zhisheng's 16-Year-Old Nephew Taken away by Police)
Radio Free Asia, September 01, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/01/gzs/

Labor
Shenzhen Officials Order Firm to Set Up Trade Union
SCMP, September 02, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZWFHN9CRE.html

Law
专家详解：《监督法》为何只是"小"监督法? (Expert: Supervision Law Is Just a "Mini-supervision Law")
Legal Daily, September 04, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-09/04/cont
ent_401663.htm

最高检力推人民监督员制度防止发生冤错案 (Supreme People's Procuratorate's Public Supervision System Helps Prevent Bad Court Decisions)
Xinhuanet, September 04, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-09/01/cont
ent_5037165.htm

Media
China News Agency’s Reports Anger Local Officials
Financial Times, September 04, 2006
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/103f7284-3ba6-11db-96c9-
0000779e2340.html

中国评论﹕禁报金融醜闻 祸上加祸 (Commentary: Banning Media Reports on Financial Scandals Will Only Worsen the Situation)
Ming Pao, September 04, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060904/ccg1.htm

iPod Maker Abandons Suit Against Journalists
SCMP, September 04, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ311L9CRE.html

佛山邮政亏空案禁报道 (Media Not Allowed to Report on Embezzlement Case in Post Office in Foshan, Guangdong Province)
Ming Pao, September 04, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060904/cal1.htm

China Cracking Down on Media Ahead of Key Events: Experts
AFP (via YahooNews), September 01, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060901/wl_asia_afp/chinari
ghtsmedia_060901145152

中国网络服务商过滤电邮中敏感字眼 (China's Internet Service Providers Filter Sensitive Words in Emails)
Radio Free Asia, September 01, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/01/net/

Olympics
Blitz on Military Vehicles in Beijing
SCMP, September 04, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZTI1L9CRE.html

Police
评析：中国警察制度的弊病和改革 (Analyzing the Drawbacks and Reforms of China's Police System)
Voice of America, September 01, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-09-01-voa45.cfm

Poverty
中国须提防「拉美化」陷阱 (China Should Prevent the Wealth Gap that Prevails in Latin America)
Wen Wei Po, September 04, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH06
09040004&cat=002CH

Wen: Rural Reforms Have Entered New Stage
People's Daily, September 04, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200609/04/eng20
060904_299375.html

Protests and Petitions
进修课程突停 复旦家长抗议 (Parents Protest Sudden End of Refresher Course at Fudan University)
Ming Pao, September 04, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060904/cca1.htm

As China Spews Pollution, Villagers Rise up
Los Angeles Times, September 03, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-enviro3
sep03,1,687961.story?coll=la-headlines-worldenviro3sep03,1,68
7961.story?coll=la-headlines-world

Religion
福州教堂被拆 山东教友聚会被抓 (Fuzhou Church Demolished; Shandong Protestant House Church Members Arrested)
Radio Free Asia, September 01, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/01/church/

Social Security
Proposed Rule Will Tie Benefits to Morals
SCMP, September 04, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZHJ1L9CRE.html

State Security
China, Russia Prepare for Anti-terrorism Drill
People's Daily, September 04, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200609/04/eng200
60904_299381.html

Tibet
Tibetan Princess Blacklisted by Media Censors
SCMP, September 02, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZSFHN9CRE.html
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