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.

Friday, September 22, 2006

September 22, 2006

Education
沪教科书淡化中共史 (New History Textbooks in Shanghai Put Less Emphasis on CPC History)
Ming Pao, September 22, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060922/cal1.htm

Shanghai to Further Protect Rights of Women and Kids
EastDay.com, September 21, 2006
http://english.eastday.com/eastday/englishedition/metro
/userobject1ai2336769.html

Environment
Haze Exposes Flaws in Pollution Index
SCMP, September 22, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZXX2P9CRE.html

Why Green Watchdogs Are Losing a Dirty War
SCMP, September 22, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZS9LM9CRE.html

Gender
深圳二奶职业化 (Mistresses in Shenzhen Getting Professional)
Ming Pao, September 22, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060922/cca1.htm

Human Trafficking Gang Caught in the Act
China Daily, September 21, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-09/21/content_693
614.htm

Government
Over 900 Million Chinese Vote for Government-approved Candidates
AsiaNews.it, September 22, 2006
http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=7270

Human Rights Defender – Lawyer - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
律师无法确定何时能见到高智晟 (Lawyer Can't Tell When He Can Meet Rights Defender Gao Zhisheng)
Radio Free Asia, September 21, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/2
1/gao/

June 4th - Prisoner
Worker Arrested at Tiananmen Released
AP( via YahooNews), September 21, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060921/ap_on_re_as/china
_tiananmen_prisoner_1;_ylt=Aov.gcSKXm02WiNoofslE4ZPzWQ
A;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUlAov.gcSK
Xm02WiNoofslE4ZPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mB
HNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Land Policy
国务院罕有驳回土地规划 (State Council Rejects Land Use Plan as Farmlands Are Not Adequately Protected)
Wen Wei Po, September 22, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH0609220
014&cat=002CH

Media
《突发事件应对法》明年出台 (Law on Public Emergencies to be Passed Next Year)
China Youth Daily, September 22, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-09/22/content_1519621.htm

Multilateral - SCO
China Urges Tougher Counter Terrorism Measures at SCO Meet
AFP (via YahooNews), September 21, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060921/wl_asia_afp/chinarussia
casia_060921160057;_ylt=Ajk0kJW0Tz6_Z24qfmgup_VPzWQA;_
ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUlylt=Ajk0kJW0
Tz6_Z24qfmgup_VPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNl
YwMlJVRPUC

Protests and Petitions
Furious Women Protest in Shanghai over Flawed US-Japanese Cosmetics
Today Online, September 21, 2006
http://www.todayonline.com/articles/143931.asp

汕尾东洲佛诞庆典改游行 要求土地赔偿及惩凶 (Hundreds of Villagers Protest to Demand Compensation for Land Grabs and Investigation for Deadly Crackdown in Dongzhou, Guangdong Province)
Radio Free Asia, September 21, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/21/
youxing/

十一前上海访民又被公安警告及威胁 (Shanghai Petitioners Threatened Again Ahead of China's National Day)
Radio Free Asia, September 21, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/21/10.1/

Public Health
“媒体炒作”医改新方案 凸现公共信息不足 (Criticisms of Media Speculation on Health Care Reforms Only Manifest Authorities' Lack of Transparency)
China Youth Daily, September 22, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-09/22/content_1519691.htm

医改新政拟覆盖全民基本医保 (Proposed Health Care Reforms to Cover All Basic Treatment)
The Beijing News, September 22, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0546/2006/0920/0
18@210279.htm

Society
Great Efforts Made to Prevent Cultural Assimilation: Chinese Official
People's Daily, September 22, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200609/21/eng20060
921_305012.html

State Security
社科院强化纪律防渗透 (CASS Strengthens Discipline to Avoid Spying)
Ming Pao, September 22, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060922/can1.htm

Xinjiang
Terrorist Bombings Averted in Xinjiang
Ohmynews.com, September 22, 2006
http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.
asp?no=315073&rel_no=1

Thursday, September 21, 2006

September 21, 2006

Top News of the Day
Protests and Petitions
十一之前北京加紧戒备 (Over 200 Petitioners Arrested and One Beaten to Death in Beijing Ahead of National Day)
Radio Free Asia, September 21, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/20/10.1/
Over 200 petitioners were arrested in Beijing on September 20, just 11 days before China’s National Day. All around Beijing, police are stepping up measures to control petitioning activities during the holiday period. One petitioner reported being told that they were not to do anything in relation to human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, or they would be handled as Falun Gong practitioners. Eight other people protested the beating to death of an elderly petitioner at the American Embassy in Beijing and were arrested on September 18.

News
Two Men Executed for Killing Seven with Poison Gas in Robbery
People's Daily, September 20, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200609/20/eng200609
20_304643.html

Government
維权者告政府剥夺参选权 (Rights Defender Sues Government for Depriving Him of Right to Run for Local Elections)
Ming Pao, September 21, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060921/can1.htm

监督法给我们带来什么？ (What Are the Effects of the Supervision Law?)
Nanfang Weekend, September 21, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/zmzg/20
0609140733.asp

武汉公安投票日前扣押独立候选人 (Wuhan Police Arrest Independent Candidate Ahead of Voting Day for Local Elections)
Radio Free Asia, September 20, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/20
06/09/20/wuhan/

Human Rights
报告：中国人权状况一年来有退步 (US Congressional-Executive Commission on China’s Annual Report: Human Rights Situation Has Worsened in Past Year)
Voice of America, September 21, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-09-21-voa11.cfm

Land Policy
加大地方政府土地违法问责力度 (Local Governments to Take More Responsibility for Illegal Land Grabs, Says Minister of Land and Resources)
Legal Daily, September 21, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-09/21/content
_415022.htm

Land Policy
浙江临海动用武警强征农田 (Paramilitary Police Used Tear-gas Bombs in Land Grabs in Linhai, Zhejiang Province on August 1)
Radio Free Asia, September 21, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/
20/zhejiang/

Media
国务院副总理曾培炎：互联网发挥着重要作用 (Vice-premier Hails Benefits of Internet at International Conference in Beijing)
Xinhuanet, September 21, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/tech/2006-09/21/cont
ent_5118812.htm

媒体评论案件不能简单归为“媒体审判” (Media Comments on Court Decisions Should Not Be Seen as "Media Trials")
Nanfang Daily, September 21, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/20
0609210399.asp

新规定后日本通信社与新华社续约 (Japan’s Jiji Press Is First Foreign News Agency to Renew Contract with Xinhua)
Voice of America, September 20, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-09-20-voa50.cfm

U.S. Business Urges China to Suspend Media Rules
Reuters, September 20, 2006
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlebusiness.aspx?type=ousiv&s
toryID=2006-09-20T103911Z_01_PEK22664_RTRIDST_0_BUS
INESSPRO-MEDIA-CHINA-DC.XML&from=business20T
103911Z_01_PEK22664_RTRIDST_0_BUSINESSPRO-MED
IA-CHINA-

Olympics
Beijing Ponders Construction Workers' Future Post-Olympics
Channel News Asia, September 21, 2006
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific_bu
siness/view/231493/1/.html

China Accused over Olympics Pledges
Financial Times, September 21, 2006
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/f1c08b80-48c6-11db-a996-000
0779e2340.html

Public Health
China Trails Neighbours in Pandemic Flu Strategy
SCMP, September 21, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZGQZO9CRE.html

Expert: AIDS Situation in Henan Under Initial Control
China Daily, September 21, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-09/20/conte
nt_693348.htm

Rising Incidence of Birth Defects in China Rings Alarm
People's Daily, September 20, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200609/20/eng200609
20_304612.html

Religion
大赦国际呼吁全球各界救援卜东伟 (Amnesty International Calls for Release of Asia Foundation Employee and Falun Gong Practitioner Bu Dongwei)
Voice of America, September 21, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-09-21-voa12.cfm

Tibet
Panchen Lama's Disappearance Case Highlighted at the United Nations
Phayul.com, September 20, 2006
http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=13943&
article=Panchen+Lamaarance+Case+Highlighted+at+the+United
+Nations&t=1&c=1

Wednesday, September 20, 2006

September 20, 2006

Top News of the Day

Tibet
Another Tibetan Monk Arrested
Radio Free Asia, September 19, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2006/09/19/tibet_karze/
Lobsang Palden, a 22-year-old Monk at Karze monastery in Sichuan Province, has been reportedly detained after police raided his room and found several incriminating documents, including photos of the Dalai Lama. Reports say that he was the eighth monk arrested by Chinese policy in the Karze area this year.


News

Bilateral Ties
Into Africa
SCMP, September 20, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZE4EM9CRE.html

Civil Society - NGOs
党校专家倡限NGO四类活动 (Expert Suggests Limiting 4 Types of NGO Activities)
Wen Wei Po, September 20, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH0609
200005&cat=002CH

Environment
环保NGO自制“水污染地图数据库” (Environmental NGOs Build Water Pollution Database)
China Youth Daily, September 20, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-09/20/content_1516311.htm

组织：中国治污关键在信息透明 (NGO: Key to Reducing Pollution Is Transparency of Information)
Voice of America, September 20, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-09-20-voa7.cfm

Activist: China Needs to Break Ties Between Polluting Industry, Local Officials
China Post, September 19, 2006
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/i_latestdetail.asp?id=41149

Government
Lecturer's District Election Bid Thwarted
SCMP, September 20, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ9CAM9CRE.html

Hukou
Guangdong Seeks Tougher Rules for Foreign Residents
SCMP, September 20, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ3VRO9CRE.html

Human Rights Defenders – Journalist – Ching Cheong (程翔)
疑点重重的判辞／文﹕陈文敏 (Commentary: Ching Cheong's Verdict Raises Many Doubts)
Ming Pao, September 20, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060920/msa.htm

Human Rights Defenders – Petitioner – Fu Xiancai (付先财)
德媒体助维权人士付先财接受治疗 (German Media Aids in Treatment of Human Rights Defender Fu Xiancai)
Voice of America, September 20, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-09-20-voa8.cfm

Human Rights Defenders – Petitioner - Zhao Xin（赵昕）
失踪多日的赵昕暗示父亲不要接受采访 (Missing Rights Defender Zhao Xin Tells Father Not to Give Media Interviews)
Radio Free Asia, September 19, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/19/zhaoxin/

Land Policy - Land Disputes
兰台村400亩耕地撂荒的背后 (The Story Behind The 'Abandoned Farmland' in Lantai Village in Shenyang City)
China Youth Daily, September 20, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-09/20/content_1516351.htm

不仅仅是违法占地 (Land Grabs Are Not the Only Problems in Lantai Village)
China Youth Daily, September 20, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-09/20/content_1516346.htm

江阴政府继续强行拆迁施工 (Forced Eviction Continues in Jiangyin, Jiangsu Province)
Radio Free Asia, September 19, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/19/shigong/

Media - Censorship / Press Freedom
Cut the Bonds of Ignorance
SCMP, September 20, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZ7URO9CRE.html

Report: Jackie Chan Says Villain Role Rejected by Chinese Censors
International Herald Tribune, September 20, 2006
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/09/19/arts/AS_AE_CEL
_Jackie_Chan_Villain_Role.phpE_CEL_Jackie_Chan_Villain_
Role.php

Media - Internet Censorship
Behind the Great Firewall
Ohmynews.com, September 18, 2006
http://www.worldpress.org/Asia/2494.cfm

Politics - CPC
中共十六届六中全会的两项主要议程 (Two Important Items on the Agenda for the Sixth Plenary Session of the 16th CPC Central Committee )
Radio Free Asia, September 19, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/19/ccp/

Protests and Petitions
周永康强调要妥善处理群体性事件 (Public Security Chief Emphasizes Proper Management of Mass Incidents)
Radio Free Asia, September 19, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/19/riots/

Public Health
Taskforce Set Up to Co-ordinate Universal Medical Reform Plan
SCMP, September 20, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZFVRO9CRE.html

期待医改新方案——可持续、求适度、行得通 (Three Important Elements Expected in Health Care Reforms: Sustainability, Adaptability and Feasibility)
Nanfang Daily, September 20, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/200609
200358.asp

Public Health - HIV-AIDS/STDs
卫生部将增加10县市开展艾滋病死因调查 (Survey on Deaths from AIDS Extends to 10 More Cities, Says Ministry of Health)
EastDay.com, September 19, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node161840/u1a2331050.htmll

Religion
The Ties That Bind
Russian Profile, September 19, 2006
http://www.russiaprofile.org/culture/2006/9/19/4409.wbp

State Security
China, Tajikistan to Hold Military Exercise
Xinhuanet, September 19, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-09/19/content_
5111376.htm

Tibet
北京怕达赖喇嘛回西藏采两面手法 (Why Beijing Doesn’t Want the Dalai Lama to Return to Tibet)
Voice of America, September 19, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-09-19-voa33.cfm

Tuesday, September 19, 2006

September 19, 2006

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defenders – Li Hong (力虹) / Chen Shuqing (陈树庆)
浙江异议人士力虹陈树庆被刑拘 (Dissident Chen Shuqing Placed Under Criminal Detention in Zhejiang Province)
Radio Free Asia, September 15, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09
/15/zhejiang/
Chinese Democratic Party member Chen Shuqing (陈树庆) was placed under criminal detention on September 14 on suspicion of inciting subversion. Dissident writer Li Hong (力虹), the pen name of Zhang Jianhong (张建虹), was detained under the same charge on September 7. According to Zhang's wife, the police said the detention was related to articles Zhang posted on the Internet.

Protests and Petitions
Police Attacked in Foshan Migrant Riot
SCMP, September 19, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ7POO9CRE.html
A dispute between migrants and security inspectors checking residence permits escalated into a riot in Foshan (佛山), Guangdong Province, on September 15, with at least 10 migrants attacking police booths and setting fire to official vehicles. Nobody was injured but one man was arrested after riot police were sent in. A local newspaper reported that the police had defined the riot as "an incident led by some individual lawbreakers inciting disorder by the masses who do not know the facts".

News
Corruption
分析：中国违规贪腐是制度性现象 (Corruption in China Is a Systemic Phenomenon)
Voice of America, September 19, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-09-19-voa24.cfm

Death Penalty
北京一批重犯被执行死刑 刑前嘱咐骨灰莫进祖坟 (Two Men Executed in Beijing for Murder)
Xinhuanet, September 14, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-09/14/con
tent_5091769.htm

June 4th - EU Arms Ban
Italy Leans Towards Ending EU Arms Embargo
SCMP, September 19, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ217M9CRE.html

June 4th - Prisoners
两名因六四入狱的北京市民董盛坤、张茂胜出狱 (June 4th Participants Dong Shengkun and Zhang Maosheng Released After Serving 17 Years in Prison)
Radio Free Asia, September 17, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/17/liusi/

Land Policy
China to Adopt New Housing Rules
Xinhuanet, September 18, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-09/18/con
tent_5102839.htm

Media
No End in Sight for Wikipedia Block in China
The Age (Australia), September 19, 2006
http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/searching-times/2006
/09/18/1158431648159.html

爱滋小说作家控出版社违约 (Writer of AIDS Novel Sues Publisher over Termination of Contract)
Ming Pao, September 19, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060919/can1.htm

News Flows Like Water - Even in China
The Christian Science Monitor, September 18, 2006
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0918/p08s01-comv.html

Multilateral
China Signals Peaceful Ambitions
BBC, September 18, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5356448.stm

Police
改变110万名保安“无法可依”状态保安服务业管理条例即将“破茧” (New Regulation Set to Regulate Security Guard Profession and Curb Abuses)
Legal Daily, September 19, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-09/19/conte
nt_412827.htm

Protests and Petitions
信访必须也只能在法治框架内进行 (Petitions Must Be Conducted Within the Confine of the Rule of Law)
Legal Daily, September 19, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-09/19/con
tent_412819.htm

大陆泛蓝成员纪念“9.18”被抓 ("Pan-blue" Members Arrested for Commemorating "September 18th" Japanese Invasion of China)
Radio Free Asia, September 18, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/09/18/918/

逾一千四百名右派联署要求赔偿损失 (Over 1,400 "Rightists" Sign Petition Letter Demanding Compensation for 1950s "Anti- Rightist Campaign")
Radio Free Asia, September 18, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/0
9/18/youpai/

Public Health
过期米酿黄酒 4800万瓶含致癌物 (Consumer Group Gathers Evidence for Lawsuit Over Carcinogenic Wine)
Ming Pao, September 19, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060919/cca1h.htm

专家官员直面现实勾勒医改新方向 (Health Care Experts and Officials Reveal Direction of Controversial Health Care Reforms)
People's Daily, September 19, 2006
http://finance.people.com.cn/GB/1037/4830335.html

医改新方案有望今冬或明春出台 (State Council May Release Draft Plan for Health Care Reforms by Spring 2007)
People's Daily, September 19, 2006
http://finance.people.com.cn/GB/1037/4830334.html

中国医疗保健制度生了大病 (China's Health Care System Is Seriously Ill)
Voice of America, September 18, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-09-18-voa28.cfm

National Standard Issued for Supermarket Hygiene, Safety
Xinhuanet, September 18, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-09/18/content_5
106289.htm

Patient Dead Due to Insufficient Medical Fees
China Daily, September 18, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-09/18/conte
nt_691568.htm

Religion
China's Muslim Leader Joins Attack on Pope
SCMP, September 19, 2006
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZAXSO9CRE.html

China Blasts U.S. Accusation on Religious Freedom
Xinhuanet, September 18, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-09/18/conte
nt_5107082.htm

河南家庭教会成员李会民胜诉 (Protestant House Church Member Li Huimin Acquitted of Illegal Assembly Charges)
Radio Free Asia, September 15, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/0
9/15/lihuimin/

State Security
Lest We Forget Other 'Spies'
SCMP, September 19, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZZ3BM9CRE.html

Monday, September 18, 2006

September 16-18, 2006

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender – Lawyer - Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)
China Detains Top Guangdong Rights Lawyer
Radio Free Asia, September 15, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2006/09/15/china_guofeixiong
Human rights lawyer Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄) has been held under criminal detention since September 14 for "running an illegal business," according to his wife Zhang Qing. The authorities searched their home and took away computers, handwritten papers, notebooks and a cell phone. Guo first came to media attention for participating in a campaign which called for the impeachment of a corrupt village head in Taishi, Guangdong Province. He also worked for rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, who is currently in detention.

Protests and Petitions - Corruption
Petitioners Beaten After Corruption Complaints
SCMP, September 18, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ836M9CRE.html
According to Human Rights in China, at least 17 petitioners have been beaten and detained by local police after attempting to meet the inspection team from the Central Discipline Inspection Committee, China's top corruption watchdog, in August.
News
Corruption
'Audit Storm' Finds Billions Misused by Officials
SCMP, September 18, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZX97M9CRE.html

Death Penalty
驻京周记﹕有钱杀人犯判死缓 无钱政府不覆核死刑 (Commentary: Death Sentence for Rich Murderer Is Reduced, Yet Government Says it Has No Funds to Review Death Sentences)
Ming Pao, September 18, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060918/ccf1.htm

“12•18”全国最大贩枪团伙案主犯被执行死刑 (Leader of Gun Smuggling Ring Executed in Gansu Province)
Xinhuanet, September 15, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-09/15/conte
nt_5094970.htm

Education
Lack of Funds Hampers Drive to End Illiteracy
SCMP, September 17, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZS26M9CRE.html

Environment
我国水污染事故频频发生 污染责任人却鲜受惩处 (Those Responsible for Water Pollution Incidents Rarely Punished)
Xinhuanet, September 18, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/environment/2006-09
/18/content_5104222.htm

Gender – Sexual Harassment
法院判公司以"性骚扰"为由解聘外籍总经理不妥 (Court Rules that "Sexual Harassment" Charge Against Foreign CEO Is Unjustified)
Xinhuanet, September 15, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-09/15/
content_5095055.htm

Human Rights Defender – Journalist – Ching Cheong (程翔)
Ching Wants Spy Verdict Quashed, Not Just Leniency
SCMP, September 18, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZ5A7M9CRE.html

程翔陆建华案多人谈 (Ching Cheong and Lu Jianhua Cases Spark Discussion)
Voice of America, September 17, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-09-17-voa40.cfm

Labor
Robust Economy Masks Legions of Unemployed
SCMP, September 17, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZFY2M9CRE.html

'Sweatshop Snoops' Take on China Factories
International Herald Tribune, September 15, 2006
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/09/15/business/inspect.php

Law - Criminal Law and Procedure
关注刑事诉讼法再修改的非专业问题 (Some Issues Concerning Revision of the Criminal Procedure Law)
Legal Daily, September 14, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/
2006-09/14/content_409870.htm

Media
Uncharacteristic Silence from the Official Media Is for a Good Reason
SCMP, September 18, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ4VQO9CRE.html

A Confident Nation Has Nothing to Hide
SCMP, September 16, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZ6FHO9CRE.html

Website Editors Axed After Poll on Nationality Preference for Next Life
SCMP, September 18, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ3SKO9CRE.html

320 Illegal Websites, Internet Columns Shut Down
Xinhuanet, September 15, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-09
/15/content_5096488.htm

Olympics
Olympic Expulsions Break Law, Says Expert
SCMP, September 18, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZGL0M9CRE.html

Beijing Denies It Will Have Games Purge
SCMP, September 16, 2006
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZXZ3M9CRE.html

Politics
Eatery Shuns Even Good Press - for Now
SCMP, September 16, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZWDHO9CRE.html

Protests and Petitions
粤民上访3成涉村务公开 (30 Percent of Petitions in Guangdong Province Concern Openness of Village Affairs)
Wen Wei Po, September 18, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=C
H0609180033&cat=002CH

敷衍上访者可究刑责 (Officials Apathetic to Petitioners May Be Held Criminally Responsible in Beijing Municipality)
Ming Pao, September 18, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060918/ccd1.htm

Public Health
国家发改委官员：药价承担了不该承担的补偿功能 (State Development and Reform Commission Official: Inflated Drug Prices Should Not Be Used to Compensate Under-funded Hospitals)
People's Daily, September 18, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1026/4825968.html

Religion
Report Slams Lack of Religious Freedom
SCMP, September 17, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ836M9CRE.html

Xinjiang
The View from Guantánamo
New York Times, September 17, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/17/opin
ion/17qassim.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Friday, September 15, 2006

September 15, 2006

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Zhu Yufu (朱虞夫)
民运人士朱虞夫刑满出狱 狱中受虐待“生不如死” (Dissident Zhu Yufu Released from Jail, Complains of Torture)
Radio Free Asia, September 14, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/14/zhu/
Chinese Democratic Party member Zhu Yufu (朱虞夫) was released on September 14 after serving seven years in prison on a subversion charge. In an interview with Radio Free Asia, Zhu speaks of his years in prison and the torture and mistreatment he endured.

Protests and Petitions
新会警民冲突拘4人 (Four Protestors Arrested as Villagers Clash with Police in Guangdong Province)
Ming Pao, September 15, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060915/cca1.htm
Hundreds of people clashed with riot police in Shadui Township (沙堆镇) in Guangdong Province on September 12 and 13, leaving some villagers hospitalized. Four were placed under criminal detention. The crowd was protesting the non-issuance of voting certificates to 300 villagers for local elections. The authorities allegedly did not want them to vote for undesirable representatives, who may pursue the villagers’ demands over a land acquisition dispute dating back to 2003. Anonymous villagers said they will escalate their action if the detained are not released and if there is no investigation over the land and election disputes before September 18.

News
Bilateral Ties
Merkel Stresses Human and Media Rights with China's Wen
Deutsche Welle, September 14, 2006
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2174217,00.html

Corruption
China Accuses News Agencies of Tax Abuse
Financial Times, September 15, 2006
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/32999f2e-4418-11db-8965-0000779e
2340,_i_rssPage=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2
340.html0000779e2340,_i_rssPage=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df
-0000779e2340.html

Environment
中央斥甘湘地方环保失职 (Central Government Criticizes Local Government in Lead Poisoning Case)
Ming Pao, September 15, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060915/ccc1.htm

Human Rights Defender – Lawyer - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
陈光诚案二审举证 揭官刑讯证人逼作假 (Witnesses Claim They Were Tortured into Making False Allegations Against Chen Guangcheng)
Radio Free Asia, September 14, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/20
06/09/14/chen/

Media
Battle over Xinhua’s Plan to Control Rival Agencies
Financial Times, September 15, 2006
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/8e6a0238-441a-11db-8965-0000779
e2340,_i_rssPage=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779
e2340.html0000779e2340,_i_rssPage=9c33700c-4c86-11da-8
9df-0000779e2340.html

China Paper Suspends Cartoonist for Drawing Hu Crying
Reuters (via YahooNews), September 15, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060914/wl_nm/c
hina_cartoon_dc_1

中国评论﹕新闻新规搞出个大头佛 (Commentary: New Measures Against Foreign News Agencies Already Causing Trouble)
Ming Pao, September 15, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060915/cch1.htm

对司法影响最多的并非传媒 (Influence of Local Governments on Courts Is Stronger than Media)
Nanfang City News, September 15, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy
/200609150309.asp

柳斌杰：中国政府对于外国媒体机构开放的政策没有变化 (GAPP Official Claims Beijing's Policy on Foreign Press Is as Open as Before)
Xinhuanet, September 14, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-09/14/con
tent_5092760.htm

Restrictions Eased on Access for HK Films
China Daily, September 14, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-09/14/con
tent_689198.htm

Military
US Suspects China Developing Biological, Chemical Weapons
AFP (via YahooNews), September 15, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060915/wl_asia_afp/uschinair
annkoreanuclearpolitics_06091502143660915021436

Olympics
北京奥运立法进入实施阶段 (Olympic Laws Enter Implementation Stage)
China Youth Daily, September 15, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-09/15/cont
ent_1511361.htm

Politics
Mao Is Their Canvas
Los Angeles Times, September 14, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-mao14s
ep14,1,6003158.story

Population
Only-child-generation Bearing Heavy Burden
China News, September 14, 2006
http://www.chinanews.cn/news/2005/2006-09-14/27695.html

Protests and Petitions
兰州商学院学生与警察发生冲突 (Lanzhou Commercial College Students Clash with Police)
Radio Free Asia, September 14, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/09/14/lanzhou/

Public Health
China on the Couch: Psychologists Struggle to Meet Demand
Radio Free Asia, September 14, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/english/china/2006/09/14/china_couch/

SARS: No Evidence That Any of the Treatments Worked
Medical News Today, September 14, 2006
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.p
hp?newsid=51702

Religion
Clandestinely Ordained Young Bishop Taken away by Force in China
Indian Catholic, September 14, 2006
http://www.theindiancatholic.com/newsread.asp?nid=3410

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
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