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.

Thursday, September 14, 2006

September 14, 2006

News
Children
儿童村代养重刑犯子女的民间努力 (Dalian NGO Brings Up Inmates' Children)
The Beijing News, September 14, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0547/2006/
0914/014@208954.htm

Corruption
山西：一年内7名安监局长落马 (Seven Work Safety Bureau Chiefs in Shanxi Province Dismissed for Corruption)
China Youth Daily, September 14, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-09/14/
content_1509741.htm

Shanghai ‘Scandal’ Exposes Darker Side of Economy
Financial Times, September 14, 2006
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/9c3616e4-4380-11db-
9574-0000779e2340.html

Death Penalty
驾车杀人案改判让人疑窦丛生 (Commentary: Reduction of Death Sentence in Vehicular Manslaughter Case Questionable)
China Youth Daily, September 14, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-09/14/content_
1509786.htm

Drug Dealers Face Death Penalty
China Daily, September 13, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-09
/13/content_687627.htm

Environment
Sino-British Group to Tackle Climate Change
SCMP, September 14, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ8BWL9CRE.html

Gender
No Man Has Any Right to Abuse and Beat His Wife
Shanghai Daily, September 14, 2006
http://www1.shanghaidaily.com/art/2006/09/14/291861/No
_man_has_any_right_to_abuse_and_beat_his_wife.
htmse_and_beat_his_wife.htm

Human Rights
China, Australia Exchange Views on Human Rights Issue
People's Daily, September 14, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200609/14/eng
20060914_302549.html

Human Rights Defender – Journalist – Ching Cheong (程翔)
程翔家人委托律师申请二审要开庭 (Ching Cheong's Lawyer Requests Open Appeal Trial)
Voice of America, September 13, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-09-13-voa28.cfm

Human Rights Defenders – Sun Buer (孙不二)
选人代期间遇袭 孙不二无奈退出 (Dissident Sun Buer Decides to Withdraw from Local Election After Beating Attack)
Radio Free Asia, September 13, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006
/09/13/sunbuer/

Human Rights Defender - Internet Activist - Luo Changfu (罗长福)
不堪秘密警察骚扰 异见者涉嫌偷渡被抓 (Harassed by Police, Dissident Tries to Leave China but Is Captured in Xiamen; Whereabouts Unknown)
Radio Free Asia, September 13, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09
/13/yijianrenshi/

Human Rights Defenders
各地异见人士接连被警方骚扰 (Scores of Dissidents Across China Harassed by Police)
Radio Free Asia, September 13, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/09/13/yijian/

Land Policy
庐山牯岭百年老镇的万人迁移 (12,000 Residents Emigrate from Polluted Lushan)
The Beijing News, September 14, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0547/2006/091
2/014@208460.htm

Media - Censorship
Financial News Won't Be Hurt, Wen Pledges
SCMP, September 14, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZZITL9CRE.html

Wen: No Obstacles to Free Flow of Information
People's Daily, September 14, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200609/14/eng20
060914_302504.html

北京限制外国媒体或影响在华外企 (Beijing's Control on Foreign Media May Affect Foreign Enterprises)
Voice of America, September 12, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-09-12-voa48.cfm

全国高院60多位新闻发言人接受培训 (60 Court Spokespersons Receive Training in Releasing News)
Xinhuanet, September 14, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-09/14/c
ontent_5089849.htm

社论：公众知情权是司法媒体良性互动的价值基础 (Editorial: Public's Right to Information Is the Foundation for Interactions Between Media and Courts)
Nanfang Daily, September 14, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spq
y/200609140532.asp

Press Quiet on Changes to Reporting Court Cases
SCMP, September 14, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZNRAO9CRE.html

China's Storm Response: Too Good to Be True
International Herald Tribune, September 13, 2006
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/09/13/news/china.php

Media - Internet Censorship / Human Rights Defender - Public Intellectual – Zou Tao (邹涛)
“不买房运动”发起人的公益网站被关 (Website for "Don't Buy Apartments" Campaign Shut Down)
Radio Free Asia, September 13, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao
/2006/09/13/zoutao/

Politics
北京人大拟订草案 11种重大事项须报人大决议 (Local People's Congress in Beijing Drafts Regulation Requiring Approval for 11 Kinds of Issues)
EastDay.com, September 14, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/n
ode81762/node161082/u1a2320059.html

Public Health
Top Firms Close Ranks Against AIDS, TB
China.org.cn, September 14, 2006
http://www.china.org.cn/english/2006/Sep/180842.htm

Religion
基督教聚会组织者谈被警方非法扣留经过 (Organizer of Protestant House Church Gathering Talks About His Illegal Detention)
Radio Free Asia, September 13, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin
/shenrubaodao/2006/09/13/church/

Wednesday, September 13, 2006

September 13, 2006

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defenders - Sun Buer (孙不二)
专访:区人大独立参选人孙不二和母亲遭拦殴 ("Pan-blue Alliance" Candidate for Local People's Congress Sun Buer and Mother Beaten in Hubei Province)
Radio Free Asia, September 12, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/12/su
n_buer/
Sun Buer (孙不二), a "Pan-blue Alliance" candidate for a local People's Congress election, and his mother were beaten by four unknown men in Hubei Province on September 12. According to Sun, internal security officers advised him to withdraw from the election on September 12 or he risked being beaten. He refused, and was beaten that night.

Human Rights Defender - Internet Activist - Guo Qizhen (郭起真)
中国网络维权人士郭起真出庭受审 (Chinese Internet Activist Guo Qizhen Stands Trial for Subversion)
Voice of America, September 12, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-09-12-voa46.cfm
Chinese Internet activist Guo Qizhen (郭起真) went to trial in Hebei Province on September
12. He was charged with subversion for publishing articles on the Internet, although his lawyer believed his participation in the hunger strike called by Gao Zhisheng was the real reason for the charge. The verdict is yet to be delivered.

News
Corruption
Corruption Entrenched, Audit Shows
SCMP, September 13, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ95CO9CRE.html

社论：预算法软弱无力 审计如风过耳 (Editorial: Budget Law and Audits Not Effective in Curbing Corruption)
Nanfang Daily, September 13, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/
200609130427.asp

Death Penalty
原辽宁人大代表驾车杀人改判死缓 (Death Sentence of Former Liaoning People's Congress Delegate Reduced on Appeal for Showing Regret and Compensating Victims)
The Beijing News, September 13, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0566/2006/09-1
3/014@208736.htm

Environment
Veolia to Pursue Growth in China Water Services
SCMP, September 13, 2006
http://biz.scmp.com/bizchina/ZZZOUCO9CRE.html

中国平均每三天发生一起水污染事故 (On Average, Water Pollution Incidents Happen Every 3 Days in China)
Radio Free Asia, September 12, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/12/shui/

专家：中国有法难依污染事件频繁 (Experts: Pollution Incidents Frequent Because Laws Are Not Followed)
Voice of America, September 11, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-09-11-voa59.cfm

Gender
Living with a Treaty on Rights
SCMP, September 13, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZX3CO9CRE.html

Human Rights Defender – Journalist – Ching Cheong (程翔)
关注組﹕刘敏仪申请探程翔 (Ching Cheong's Wife Applies to Visit Husband)
Ming Pao, September 13, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060913/gda1h.htm

Ching's Appeal May Not Be Heard in Court, Says Lawyer
SCMP, September 13, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZO8TL9CRE.html

Human Rights Defender – Lawyer - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
公安联系高智晟助手称案件进入预审程序 (Gao Zhisheng's Case Enters Pre-trial Stage)
Radio Free Asia, September 12, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/12/gao/

Human Rights Defender – Xinjiang - Huseyin Celil (塞利尔)
Sentencing Reports Worry Wife of Canadian Held in China
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) , September 12, 2006
http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2006/09/11/cel
il-sentence.html

Media - Censorship
China Extends Media Clampdown to Courts
AP( via YahooNews), September 13, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060913/ap_on_re_as/
china_news_controls_3

未经批准法官不得接受记者采访 (New Policy Prohibits Judicial Officers from Receiving Media Interviews Without Permission)
Legal Daily, September 13, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-09/13/con
tent_408987.htm

We Will Not Be Bowed or Broken
SCMP, September 13, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZWVPL9CRE.html

China Says New Foreign-Media Rules Aren't Restrictive
Bloomberg, September 12, 2006
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&
sid=alexPMMWQhNM&refer=asia

Media - Internet Censorship
百姓网站换址重开 继续与读者互动 (Website of Magazine Baixing Reopened, Continues Interacting with Readers)
Radio Free Asia, September 12, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/200
6/09/12/beixing/

Politics
毛主席永远活在人民的心里／文﹕梁文道 (Commentary: Chairman Mao Will Stay in People's Hearts Forever)
Ming Pao, September 13, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060913/msa.htm

Public Health
突发卫生事故每月公布 (China to Start Announcing Nationwide Public Health Emergencies Every Month)
Ming Pao, September 13, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060913/can1.htm

中国每天有192人感染艾滋病 (On Average, 192 People Contracted HIV Per Day in 2005)
BBC, September 13, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese
/trad/hi/newsid_5330000/newsid_5338600/5338684.stm

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
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