The HRIC Daily Brief is a daily selection of news stories and commentary related to human rights in China, drawn from Chinese- and English-language news and online media sources that we monitor daily. In addition to headlines and source links, HRIC also provides English translation of Chinese headlines.

Monday, October 09, 2006

October 7 - 9, 2006

Top News of the Day

Protests and Petitions
"天安门下跪"的组织者周志荣被拘留 洪运周下落不明 (Organizer of "Tiananmen Kneeling Protest" Zhou Zhirong Detained, Whereabouts of Fellow Protester Unknown)
Radio Free Asia, October 06, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/
06/tiananmen/
Zhou Zhirong (周志荣), who organized a protest at Tiananmen Square last month of 32 displaced farmers, has been detained by police. Zhou was acting as a representative for immigrants from the Chibi Reservoir area in Hubei Province, who had been displaced from their homes last year. The 32 farmers knelt in Tiananmen Square and cried in protest of their situation for 10 minutes on September 26. Zhou’s friend and fellow protestor Hong Yunzhou (洪运周) was also summoned by police and has been missing for more than 10 days.

News

Death Penalty
广西特大走私香烟案一审宣判 (Head of Cigarette Smuggling Ring Sentenced to Death with Two-Year Reprieve in Guangxi Province)
Legal Daily, October 09, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-10/09/co
ntent_424794.htm

Education
从教育关键统计数据“不分城乡”说起 (Educational Statistics and the Differences Between Urban and Rural Areas)
China Youth Daily, October 09, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-10/09/cont
ent_1531181.htm

Human Rights
业主们拎着营业执照维权 (Apartment Owners Form Company to Defend Property Rights)
Legal Daily, October 09, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-10/09/con
tent_424862.htm

Human Rights Defender – Journalist – Ching Cheong (程翔)
国际记者組织关注程翔案拟发起杯葛08奥运 (Prominent NGOs Call for Reporting Boycott of 2008 Olympics if Ching Cheong's Case Not Resolved)
Ming Pao, October 09, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20061009/gdb1.htm

Human Rights Defender – Xinjiang - Rebiya Kadeer (热比娅)
Nobel Nomination Highlights Uygurs' Plight, Says Activist
SCMP, October 08, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZSZ9Q9CRE.html

Law
海南一法院副院长非法拘留16名被执行人被判3年 (Judge Given Suspended Sentence in Henan Province for Illegal Detention of 16 Persons)
Xinhuanet, October 08, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-10/08/cont
ent_5177058.htm

Media
取缔网吧与“依法蛮横” (Banning of All Internet Cafes in Fangshan County, Shandong Province Is Unreasonable)
Nanfang Daily, October 09, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/
200610090133.asp

Migrant Workers
Dreaming of a Better Life in China
BBC, October 09, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_corr
espondent/5413212.stm

2000万留守儿童监护不足 (Care of 20 Million Migrant Workers’ Children Insufficient)
Wen Wei Po, October 09, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH06
10090027&cat=002CH

Politics
Harmony the Word at Party Meeting
SCMP, October 09, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZE4ON9CRE.html

“双规”也要讲规矩 (Use of "Double Regulations" Should Be Regulated)
Nanfang City News, October 09, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/
200610090108.asp

Poverty
Party Plenum to Focus on Income Inequality
SCMP, October 07, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ5Z8Q9CRE.html

Public Health
感染乙肝的新生被强行赶出校门 (10 Students Denied Schooling in Urumqi for Carrying Hepatitis B)
Radio Free Asia, October 06, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/200
6/10/06/ganyan/

Religion - Christianity
Archbishop Preaches on China Tour
BBC, October 09, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/5414438.stm

Tibet
Tibetan Refugees Killed by Chinese Soldiers
The Times, October 09, 2006
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2392141,00.html

North Korea
中国增兵鸭绿江堵北韩人蛇 (China Deploys More Troops at Yalu River to Prevent Illegal Entry of North Korean Immigrants)
Apple Daily, October 09, 2006
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?
iss_id=20061009&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=2756&art_id=638
7113335&subsec_id=2756&art_id=6387113

Friday, October 06, 2006

October 6, 2006

Bilateral Ties
Pope Wants Cardinal Zen to Focus on Mainland
SCMP, October 06, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZ9AIN9CRE.html

Civil Society
Civil Society: A Sort of Growth in China
Inter Press Service News Agency (IPS), October 05, 2006
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=35001

Public Hearings: Driving Engine of Democracy in China
Xinhuanet, October 05, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-10/05/co
ntent_5169973.htm

Death Penalty
十万元雇凶杀舅　江西两案犯伏法 (Two Executed for Paying 100,000 Yuan to Kill Uncle in Jiangxi Province)
Xinhuanet, October 04, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-10/04/conten
t_5168967.htm

Gender
Chinese Gay Rights Activists Encouraged After Taiwan Visit
Raw Story, October 05, 2006
http://rawstory.com/news/2006/Chinese_gay_rights_activists_
encour_10052006.html

Dead Bachelors in Remote China Still Find Wives
New York Times, October 05, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/05/world/asia/05china.html?
_r=1&ref=todayspaper&oref=sloginef=slogin

Government – Grassroots Elections
中国评论﹕扩大直选有助反腐 (Commentary: Expanding Direct Elections Will Help Fight Corruption)
Ming Pao, October 06, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20061006/cav1.htm

地方官逐步扩大直选 (Direct Elections to be Expanded at Local Level)
Ming Pao, October 06, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20061006/cak1.htm

Labor
Companies Shamed on Illegal Overtime Blacklist
China Daily, October 05, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-10/05/content_701
807.htm

Land Policy
上海强迁因陈良宇被抓而受阻 (Forced Eviction in Shanghai Suspended After Arrest of Chen Liangyu)
Radio Free Asia, October 05, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/
05/chaiqian/

Law
Broader Measures Needed to Curb Abuses of Power
SCMP, October 06, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZVAIN9CRE.html

Congress Powers Grow but Party Still Supreme
SCMP, October 06, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZEWMN9CRE.html

Media
Net Giants Lashed over the Great Firewall of China
SCMP, October 06, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ4D1Q9CRE.html

洛阳网上论坛被关闭后重开 (Closed Internet Forum in Luoyang Reopened)
Radio Free Asia, October 05, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/05/net/

Migrant Workers
New Migrants Want to Spend, Not Just Survive
SCMP, October 06, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ1AIN9CRE.html

Military
China Jamming Test Sparks U.S. Satellite Concerns
Reuters (via YahooNews), October 05, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061005/pl_nm/arms_space_
dc_4;_ylt=AkShwc8Q3yEHwU0fA7zjEplPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDM
TBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUlU0fA7zjEplPzWQA;_ylu=
X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

North Korea
Beijing Condemns Bomb-test Threat by N Korea
SCMP, October 06, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZWDON9CRE.html

Can't Anyone Save These Poor Women?
The Daily NK, October 06, 2006
http://www.dailynk.com/english/read.php?cataId=nk00300
&num=1177

Politics
Silence Is Golden When Dealing with the Gang of Four
SCMP, October 06, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZV35Q9CRE.html

China's Communist Rulers to Meet, Chart Change
Reuters (via YahooNews), October 05, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061005/wl_nm/china_party_
dc_1;_ylt=Ap55sbnxvi02mxiKUMl.pQZPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBi
MW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUlKUMl.pQZPzWQA;_ylu=X3o
DMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Protests and Petitions
Petition System Reform Due After Party Plenum
SCMP, October 06, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZIWMN9CRE.html

Public Health - HIV-AIDS/STDs
A Class of His Own
China Daily, October 05, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-10/05/conte
nt_701843.htm

Tibet
Tibetan Refugees Face Human Rights Abuses: Study
Phayul.com, October 06, 2006
http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?article=Tibetan+refu
gees+face+human+rights+abuses%3A+Study&id=14121+abuses
%3A+Study&id=14121

Tibetan Nun Shot Dead; Other Tibetans Feared Killed on Way to Nepal
Phayul.com, October 06, 2006
http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?article=Tibetan+nun+
shot+dead%3b+other+Tibetans+feared+killed+on+way+to+N
epal&id=14135betansfeared+killed+on+way+to+Nepal&id=14135

Xinjiang
'Bombings Like in London Will Never Come from My Mosque'
The Times, October 05, 2006
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2389010,00.html

Thursday, October 05, 2006

October 5, 2006

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender – Lawyer - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
陈光诚妻子被禁探望父母遭传唤问话10小时 (Wife of Chen Guangcheng Barred from Visiting Parents and Interrogated for 10 Hours Ahead of Mid-Autumn Festival)
Radio Free Asia, October 04, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/04/chen/
According to Human Rights in China, Yuan Weijing (袁伟静), the wife of blind activist Chen Guangcheng, was stopped and detained by police in Linyi City, Shandong Province, on October 3 where she and her daughter were in transit on the way to her parents' home for the Mid-Autumn Festival. The police threatened to arrest her if she insisted on visiting her parents, where her three-year-old son also lives. She was released after about ten hours' interrogation.
News
Civil Society - NGOs
More Power for Anti-AIDS Campaigners
People's Daily, October 04, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200610/04/eng20061
004_308783.html

Corruption
China and India 'Top Bribe List'
BBC, October 05, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/5405438.stm

內蒙村委选举1票值千元 (One Vote Is Worth 1,000 Yuan in Village Election in Inner Mongolia)
Ming Pao, October 05, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20061005/cam1.htm

我国采取措施抑制和防范“特殊利益集团”衍生 (China Adopts Policy to Suppress and Prevent the Proliferation of "Special Interest Groups")
Xinhuanet, October 04, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-10/05/content_5169
850.htm

In Graft Inquiry, Chinese See a Shake-Up Coming
New York Times, October 04, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/04/world/asia/04corrupt.h
tml?_r=1&ref=todayspaper&oref=slogin

Human Rights Defender – Lawyer – Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
Attorney Gao's Wife Finally Receives Notification of Gao's Arrest
The Epoch Times, October 03, 2006
http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/6-10-3/46634.html

Land Policy
温岭政府强拆房被判违法 (Court Finds Local Government in Zhejiang Guilty of Unlawful Demolition)
The Beijing News, October 05, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0567/2006/10-05/
021@212983.htm

Overseas Developers Look Inland for China Bargains
Reuters (via YahooNews), October 04, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061004/lf_nm/property_china
_wuhan_dc_1;_ylt=AjVU6nbm_TPznMw6AV__i1BPzWQA;_ylu
=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUlbm_TPznMw6A
V__i1BPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVR
PUCUl

Thugs Kill Villager in Xi'an Forced Demolition Conflict
The Epoch Times, October 03, 2006
http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/6-10-3/46609.html

Law
浙江确立业委会诉讼主体资格 维权路不再漫漫 (New Local Regulation Allows Apartment Associations in Zhejiang Province to Sue over Bad Management)
Xinhuanet, October 02, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-10/02/content_
5164227.htm

Media
Chat Room Traffic Opposed to Visit
SCMP, October 05, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZNFFN9CRE.html

Protests and Petitions
Beijing Authorities Intensify Arrest of Appellants During National Day Weekend
The Epoch Times, October 04, 2006
http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/6-10-4/46655.html

Religion
中国穆斯林只在北京沙特使馆办正朝副朝签证 (Chinese Muslims Can Only Apply for Pilgrimage Visa from Saudi Embassy in Beijing)
The Beijing News, October 05, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0546/2006/1004/011@212
903.htm

Underground and Official Church Are Persecuted in China, Says Cardinal Zen
AsiaNews.it, October 04, 2006
http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=7388

Society - Ethnic Minorities
Bilingual Education in Lhasa
CCTV, October 04, 2006
http://www.cctv.com/program/cultureexpress/20061
004/100600.shtml

Society
Insurance, Bankcard Ease Farmers' Financial Woes
People's Daily, October 04, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200610/04/eng20061004
_308788.html

Tibet
Two Tibetans Allegedly Killed by Chinese Guards
Reuters, October 04, 2006
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/B911952.htm

Wednesday, October 04, 2006

October 4, 2006

News
Civil Society
A Mother's Charity Gives Hope to Henan's Aids Orphans
SCMP, October 04, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZJJCN9CRE.html

Corruption
中国担心反腐造成民众对体制反感 (China Worries Anti-Corruption Campaign Will Lead to Public Dislike of the Government)
Voice of America, October 03, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-10-03-voa32.cfm

Environment
长江污染加剧 五百多城市受威胁 (Drinking Water of Over 500 Residents Threatened as Pollution in Yangtze River Worsens)
Voice of America, October 03, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-10-03-voa5.cfm

Government - Grassroots Elections
浙江人大候选人须见选民 (Candidates for Local People's Congresses Must Meet Voters Under New Rules in Zhejiang Province)
Wen Wei Po, October 04, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH06100400
08&cat=002CH

Election Farce
SCMP, October 04, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZ1EVP9CRE.html

Government - Governance and Accountability
中央人事组陆续完成地方考察 (Central Government Officials Finished Inspection of Local Governments)
Wen Wei Po, October 04, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?cat=002CH&news_id
=CH0610040001

Environmental Protection Officials Sacked over Arsenide Pollution
Xinhuanet, October 03, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-10/03/content_5166
901.htm

Human Rights Defenders – Rights Defender - Sun Buer (孙不二)
泛蓝联盟成员孙不二的手机被强行停机 ("Pan-blue Alliance" Member Sun Buer’s Mobile Phone Service Cut Off Ahead of Taiwan’s National Day on October 10th)
Radio Free Asia, October 03, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/03/
sunbuer/

Media - Censorship / Press Freedom
The Media's Trivial Pursuit
SCMP, October 04, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZZPVP9CRE.html

Migrant Workers - Children
北京公立学校敞开大门 民工子弟就读仍存困难 (Beijing Public Schools Reopen, but Migrant Children Still Having Difficulties)
EastDay.com, October 04, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node
164221/u1a2358222.htmll

Politics - CPC
七种人决不提拔 (No Promotions for Seven Types of Personnel)
Wen Wei Po, October 04, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH06100
40003&cat=002CH

Population
中国最主要的人口问题 (China’s Four Main Population Problems)
Radio Free Asia, October 03, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/03/renkou/

Protests and Petitions
Foreign Scholars Protest China Policies
AP( via YahooNews), October 03, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061003/ap_on_re_as/china_
human_rights_1;_ylt=AnkSZQBOkJ0otJAVlUtc14RPzWQA;_
ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUlQBOkJ0ot
JAVlUtc14RPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

深圳近万人签名上书揭露社保贪污 (7,000 Shenzhen Workers Sign Petition Protesting Social Security Corruption Scandal)
Radio Free Asia, October 03, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/03/
shenzhen/

Religion
China Keeps Limits on Celebration of Muslim Holiday
Khaleej Times, October 03, 2006
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/
todaysfeatures/2006/October/todaysfeatures_October5.xml
&section=todaysfeaturestodaysfeatures_October5.xml§ion=
todaysfeatures

Chinese Muslims to Get Saudi Visas for Haj Trips
SCMP, October 04, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZNIDN9CRE.html

Social Security
Unemployed College Graduates Ashamed to Apply for Govt's Living Allowance
Xinhuanet, October 03, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-10/03/content_
5166503.htm

Tibet
Cho Oyu Breaking News: ABC Swarmed by Chinese Army - Tibetans Shot at Nangpa La?
Mounteverest, October 02, 2006
http://www.mounteverest.net/news.php?news=15126

Tuesday, October 03, 2006

September 30 - October 3, 2006

Top News of the Day

Human Rights Defenders – Lawyer - Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)
Detained Rights Activist and Lawyer Formally Arrested
SCMP, October 03, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZUHTP9CRE.html
Rights activist Yang Maodong (杨茂东), also known as Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄), was formally arrested on September 28, after being taken into police custody more than two weeks ago, according to his wife. He is being held for allegedly running an illegal business. His wife said that the arrest was a trick in order to prevent them from applying for bail for her husband, which was scheduled for September 29. Guo was involved in helping villagers in Taishi Village, Guangdong Province to recall their headman due to corruption allegations last year, for which he was arrested and held for nearly four months.

News
Bilateral Ties
中国在非洲的投资 (China's Investment in Africa)
Radio Free Asia, September 30, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/30/fei
zhou/

巴罗佐：中国限制媒体也是贸易问题 (European Commission President Barroso: China's Censorship of the Media is Also a Trade Issue)
BBC, September 30, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_5390000/newsid
_5394700/5394762.stm

Corruption
Anti-graft Drive Takes on New Urgency as Heads Roll and Hu Feels the Heat
SCMP, October 02, 2006
http://columns.scmp.com/colart/clife/ZZZLQCN9CRE.html

Death Penalty
Former Lawmaker Executed in NE China for Corruption
People's Daily, September 30, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200609/30/eng20060
930_307698.html

Gender - Sexuality
中国同性恋处境有改善但仍有歧视 (Despite Progress Made, Social Stigma Against Homosexuals Remains)
Voice of America, September 29, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-09-29-voa38.cfm

Labor
中国将建劳动用工登记制度 (China to Launch Labor Registration System to Curb Child Labor)
The Beijing News, October 02, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0565/2006/10-02
/021@012400.htm

最高法劳动争议司法解释10月1日开始实施(解读) (Supreme People's Court Issues Interpretation of Questions Regarding Labor Dispute Law, Effective October 1)
Xinhuanet, October 01, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-10/01/cont
ent_5161305.htm

China Mine Explosion Kills 13: Xinhua
Reuters (via YahooNews), September 30, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061001/wl_nm/accident_china
_dc_1;_ylt=AljAy1cmPZ.WKv9NHxFAwZFPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMT
BiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUlKv9NHxFAwZFPzWQA;_yl
u=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Land Policy
土地清查风暴10月拉开序幕 问责地方一把手 (Storm Rages Over Who Is Responsible for Illegal Land Grabs Nationwide)
EastDay.com, October 03, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node164
143/u1a2357383.html

Media - Censorship / Press Freedom
对婚外恋题材电视剧，监管部门酝酿限制 (China's Censors to Clamp Down on Extramarital Affairs in TV Soap Operas)
Xinhuanet, October 02, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/society/2006-10/02/content_51
64475.htm

Population - One-Child Policy
Sex Selection Should be Criminalised: Researcher
SCMP, October 03, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZPC9N9CRE.html

One-Child Policy 'Will Not Change'
People's Daily, September 30, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200609/30/eng200609
30_307781.html

Protests and Petitions
Shanghai’s Disgruntled Want Pensions Mao Cost Them
Financial Times, October 03, 2006
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/10823fcc-5020-11db-9d85-0000779
e2340,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2340.html

上访数量12年首降 (Number of Petitions Drops for First Time in 12 Years)
Ming Pao, October 03, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20061003/cao1.htm

十.一天安门广场上访者被抓 (Petitioners at Tiananmen Square Taken Away by Police on National Day)
Radio Free Asia, October 02, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/
02/shangfang/

Religion
中国两名地下教会神父被刑拘 (Two Underground Catholic Priests Arrested in Zhejiang for Illegally Visiting Vatican)
Radio Free Asia, October 02, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/1
0/02/zongjiao/

In China, Churches Challenge the Rules
Washington Post, October 01, 2006
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/20
06/09/30/AR2006093000494.html

Rural Issues
Mao's Ill-conceived Dam Still a Curse for Villagers
SCMP, October 03, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZURVP9CRE.html

让农民拥有自己的组织 (Let the Farmers Organize Themselves)
Nanfang Weekend, September 28, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060928/xw/szx
w1/200609280009.asp

Three Gorges
300,000 to Move for Three Gorges
SCMP, October 03, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZVURP9CRE.html

Friday, September 29, 2006

September 29, 2006

Top News of the Day
Land Policy
佛山失地村民维权风盛　各种形式与官博弈 (Rights Defense Movement Growing in Foshan, Guangdong Province)
Radio Free Asia, September 29, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/28/tudi/
On September 25, about 10,000 villagers riding motorcycles protested near the Foshan City government building over unreasonable compensation they had been given for land acquisitions. Thousands of people protested at the government building again on September 28. In related news, on September 17 over 90 percent of voters in Sanzhou Village (三洲村), Guangdong Province impeached a government cadre that they believed was corrupt.

News
Bilateral Ties
加外长严辞批中国人权及民主状况 (Canadian Foreign Minister Severely Criticizes China's Human Rights and Democracy Situation)
Voice of America, September 28, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-09-28-voa33.cfm

Corruption
中纪委300人北京查贪官 报道:反贪调查员收信管邮包恐吓 (CPC Discipline Inspection Commission Receives Threats for Investigating Corrupt Officials)
Ming Pao, September 29, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060929/gba1.htm

广东禁止党政人员中秋期间收红包 (Guangdong Cadres Prohibited from Receiving “Red Envelope” Gratuities at Mid-Autumn Festival)
Voice of America, September 28, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-09-28-voa26.cfm

Education
民校住宿生 国庆不得随意离校 (Students at Beijing Schools Confined to Campus During National Day Holiday)
The Beijing News, September 29, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0553/2006/09-29/
015@212388.htm

Environment
一些亚洲国家饮水安全问题严重 (Drinking Water Unsafe in Some Asian Countries)
Radio Free Asia, September 28, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/28/shui/

Government
Low Turnout for Shenzhen Elections
SCMP, September 29, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?
pagename=SCMP/Printacopy&aid=ZZZB75N9CREbin/gx.cgi/App
Logic+FTContentServer?pagename=SCMP/Printacopy&aid=ZZZ
B75N9CRE

Running Outside the Party in China - into Resistance
Chinese Science Monitor, September 28, 2006
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0928/p01s04-woap.html

Human Rights Defender – Lawyer - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
法院定陈光诚二审不开庭　遭质疑黑箱作业 (Closed Court for Chen Guangcheng's Appeal Trial Criticized)
Radio Free Asia, September 28, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/28/chen/

Media
陈良宇案报道受限 只可用新华社消息 (Only Xinhua Reports Allowed for Chen Liangyu Case)
Radio Free Asia, September 28, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/28/chen1/

Xinhua, AP Presidents Pledge to Increase Cooperation in News Fields
Xinhuanet, September 28, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-09/28/cont
ent_5150664.htm

吉炳轩语港澳传媒 内地采访：无禁区 唯守法 (Hong Kong, Macau Media Told: Nothing Is Off-limits but You Must Obey the Law)
Wen Wei Po, September 29, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH0609290
005&cat=002CH

Multilateral - SCO
解放军明年赴俄参加上合组织军演 (PLA to Join SCO Military Exercises in Russia Next Year)
The Beijing News, September 29, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0546/2006/0929/015@212391
.htm

Olympics
刘淇：北京奥组委将为新闻媒体提供优质高效服务 (Beijing Olympics Committee Chairman Promises High Quality Service for Media)
Xinhuanet, September 29, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-09/28/content_
5146497.htm

城管“设伏”68重点区域 (Beijing Authorities to Set Up 68 Patrol Zones During Olympics; Tiananmen to Have 24-Hour Patrols)
The Beijing News, September 29, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0553/2006/09-29/015@2123
77.htm

Police
13商场黄金周将黄色预警 (13 Shopping Malls on "Yellow Alert" for National Day Holiday)
The Beijing News, September 29, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0553/2006/09-29/01
5@212361.htm

国庆观旗民众须受安检 (Mandatory Security Checks at Tiananmen Square for National Day Flag-Raising)
Ming Pao, September 29, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060929/cak1.htm

Protests and Petitions - Labor
深圳景轩酒店酝酿罢工 (Shenzhen Hotel Workers Plan to Strike)
Ming Pao, September 29, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060929/cam1.htm

Public Health
4北京消费者拟在美起诉SK-II (Four SK-II Cosmetics Users Plan Lawsuit in US)
The Beijing News, September 29, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0558/2006/09-29/0
15@212355.htm

China Says Organs of Executed Prisoners Used for Transplants
AFP (via YahooNews), September 28, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060928/hl_afp/chinasciencedonati
on_060928170436&printer=1;_ylt=AqwDqNIrjA7_jJl.BOzxWRWK
OrgF;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MXN1bHE0BHNlYwN0bWE-inter=1;_
ylt=AqwDqNIrjA7_jJl.BOzxWRWKOrgF;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MXN1b
HE0BHNlYwN0b

Thursday, September 28, 2006

September 28, 2006

Top News of the Day
Protests and Petitions
支持反腐上访者被扣押 称拥护中央行动 申请天安门遊行 (Shanghai Petitioners Taken Away After Submitting an Application to Assemble at Tiananmen Square to show support for Anti-Corruption Campaign)
Ming Pao, September 28, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060928/gca1.htm
On September 27, twenty petitioners from Shanghai applied to assemble at Tiananmen Square to demonstrate their support for the recent investigation into Shanghai Party Secretary Chen Liangyu. Their application, however, was rejected. They were taken away, and some petitioners were sent back to Shanghai.

News
Death Penalty
Gang Leader Receives Death Sentence
People's Daily, September 27, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200609/27/eng200609
27_306758.html

安徽临泉贩毒家族覆灭 6人获刑大姐死罪 (Leader of Drug Trafficking Ring Sentenced to Death in Linquan, Anhui Province)
Xinhuanet, September 27, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-09/27/content_5145208
.htm

Education
A Third of Households in W China Cannot Afford Middle School Fees
Xinhuanet, September 27, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-09/27/content_5
145540.htm

Gender
重庆妓女嫖客 将强制验爱滋 (Chongqing to Require Sex Workers and Their Clients to Take HIV Test)
Wen Wei Po, September 28, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH06
09280022&cat=002CH

Human Rights Defenders
中国民主党浙江成员多遭刑事传唤 (Members of China Democracy Party in Zhejiang Province Summoned for Chen Shuqing's Case)
Radio Free Asia, September 27, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/27/zhejia
ng/

Law
高法:修改刑事诉讼法应兼顾控制犯罪和保障人权 (Supreme People's Court: The Revision of Criminal Procedure Law Should Focus on Both Curbing Crimes and Human Rights Protection)
EastDay.com, September 28, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node16
3476/u1a2348772.html

Media
Investigation Begins into 'Beating of Journalists'
People's Daily, September 28, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200609/28/eng20060928_307
077.html

Chongqing Internet Users No Need to Register
Shanghai Daily, September 27, 2006
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/art/2006/09/27/293139/Chong
qing_Internet_users_no_need_to_register.htmeed_to_register.htm

中国博客人数仅次美国 超3400万 (Number of Bloggers in China Reaches 34 Million, Second to US)
Radio Free Asia, September 27, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/27/blogger/

Olympics
Beijing Denies Plan to Evict Migrants
SCMP, September 28, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZWOGP9CRE.html

北京奥运立法密切关注奥运会安全保障等问题 (Beijing Olympics Committee Attempts to Draft Legislation to Accommodate Concerns over Security-Related Issues During the Olympics)
EastDay.com, September 27, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node163
351/u1a2348707.html

Media Free to Roam in China During 2008 Games
The Guardian, September 27, 2006
http://sport.guardian.co.uk/breakingnews/feedstory/0,,-61
08336,00.html

Police
公安部就办理行政案件程序规定答记者问(实录) (Public Security Bureau Answers Media's Questions on the Procedures for Handling Administrative Cases)
Xinhuanet, September 27, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-09/27/content_51
43619.htm

Politics
潘小涛﹕政治局委员的宿命 (Commentary: The Fate of Politburo Members)
Ming Pao, September 28, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060928/fab1.htm

Public Health
中國販賣人體器官現象盛行 (Organ Sales ‘Thriving’ in China)
BBC, September 28, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_5380000/newsid
_5387200/5387238.stm

State Security
Report: China Cuts Sentence for Hong Kong Scholar Jailed on Spying Charges
International Herald Tribune, September 27, 2006
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/09/27/asia/AS_GEN_Chin
a_Jailed_Scholar.php

Tibet
Beijing Starving Nepal to Stop Tibetans from Fleeing
AsiaNews.it, September 27, 2006
http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=7331

Restriction on Nuns Seeking Alms in Tawu County of Tibet
Phayul.com, September 27, 2006
http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?article=Restri
ction+on+nuns+seeking+alms+in+Tawu+County+of+Tibet&id=1
4010n+Tawu+County+of+Tibet&id=14010

Wednesday, September 27, 2006

September 27, 2006


Top News of the Day

Religion – Christianity
中国释放梵蒂冈任命的主教贾治国 (Bishop Julius Jia Zhiguo Released After 10 Months of Detention)
Radio Free Asia, September 26, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/26/
zongjiao/
According to a report by the Associated Press, Vatican-appointed Catholic bishop Julius Jia Zhiguo (贾治国), aged 70, has been released and returned to his home in Zhengding, Hubei Province, after spending more than 10 months in police custody. Jia was taken away by government agents on November 8, 2005. Jia has spent some 20 years of his life in prison and has been detained by police eight times since 2004.


News

Corruption
去年11071人因贪贿被开除党籍 (11,071 Party Members Expelled from CPC Last Year for Corruption)
Legal Daily, September 27, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-09/27/content_
419167.htm

次轮巡视 重点各省市国企 (Authorities to Check Corruption in State-owned Enterprises)
Wen Wei Po, September 27, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH06092700
14&cat=002CH

以法治代党纪 以民主代豪言 (Editorial: Rule of Law Is More Authoritative Than Party Discipline)
Ming Pao, September 27, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060927/mra.htm

Education
Students Farm Labor Funds Schools
Shanghai Daily, September 27, 2006
http://shanghaidaily.com/art/2006/09/27/293106/Students_farm
_labor_funds_schools.htm

Environment
中国评论﹕整治污染 须务实勿做骚 (Commentary: Curbing Pollution Requires Practical Actions, Not Cosmetic Measures)
Ming Pao, September 27, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060927/caz1.htm

Government - Grassroots Elections
新会选举冲突再拘3人 (Three More Villagers Detained After Election Clashes in Xinhui City, Guangdong)
Ming Pao, September 27, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060927/cal1.htm

泛蓝郑州成员蔡爱民竞选遭软禁 (“Pan-blue Alliance” Member Running for People's Congress in Zhengzhou Put Under House Arrest)
Radio Free Asia, September 26, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/26/minzhu/

Human Rights Defenders – Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
胡佳一月内第三次被传唤 (Rights Defender Hu Jia Summoned for Third Time in Past Month)
Radio Free Asia, September 27, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/26/hujia/

Media
Even in Tightly Controlled China, Anyone Can Be a Reporter
YahooNews (China), September 26, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20060926/cm_csm/ychinni26_1

最高法院媒体限令引发争论 (Controversy over Supreme People's Court's New Policy on Mass Media)
Nanfang Weekend, September 21, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/zmzg/200609
210687.asp

专家分析中国博客网迅速发展原因 (Experts Analyze the Drastic Increase of Blogging in China)
Voice of America, September 27, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-09-27-voa3.cfm

Media - Internet Censorship
Dodging the Internet Censor
SCMP, September 27, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZ89DP9CRE.html

Police
Police Criticized for Protecting Businesses
SCMP, September 27, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZIGYM9CRE.html

Politics - CPC
六中全会下月8日召开 为期4天 (Sixth Plenary Session of the 16th CPC Central Committee Set to Convene Between October 8 and 11)
Ming Pao, September 27, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060927/caj1.htm

CPC Official Explains "Double Designations"
Xinhuanet, September 26, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-09/26/content_514
0779.htm

Politics - CPPCC
粤政协无故缺席两次撤职 (Guangzhou CPPCC Representatives to Be Sacked If Absent from More than Two Meetings)
Ming Pao, September 27, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060927/cap1.htm

Protests and Petitions - Three Gorges
三峡移民天安门广场下跪 (Three Gorges Villagers Petition at Tiananmen Square)
Radio Free Asia, September 26, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/26/
sanxia/

Tuesday, September 26, 2006

September 26, 2006

Top News of the Day
Media - Press Freedom
广州四家媒体八名记者采访遭围殴 (Eight Reporters Beaten for Trying to Report on Car Accident in Guangzhou)
Nanfang Daily, September 26, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/200
609260153.asp
Eight reporters from four newspapers were assaulted by public order personnel, security guards and unidentified men for trying to report on a deadly car accident on September 25. Three of the journalists were injured and some of their equipment was damaged. The police are investigating the incident, but a vice-chairman of the town in which the car accident took place denied any beating.

News
Civil Society - Public Participation
小区规划调整须2/3业主同意 《广州市城市规划条例》细则出炉 (New Policy in Guangzhou Stipulates Changes to Town Planning in Smaller Districts Need Agreement from 2/3 of Property Owners)
Nanfang City News, September 26, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/20
0609260323.asp

Corruption
China Vows No Let-up in Graft Scandal Probe
Reuters (via YahooNews), September 26, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060926/wl_nm/china_corruption
_dc_7;_ylt=Agf.1ZQ.8HRQTKmPxzFQEqFPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMT
BiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUlQTKmPxzFQEqFPzWQA;_y
lu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

北京教委：学校收营养餐回扣是从学生嘴里抠钱 (Beijing Education Commission: Schools Take Kick-backs from Students' Lunch Boxes)
Xinhuanet, September 26, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/edu/2006-09/25/content_5130364.h
tm

Death Penalty
葫芦岛一个黑社会性质团伙三名成员被判处死刑 (Trio Sentenced to Death for Murder and Assault in Liaoning Province)
Xinhuanet, September 23, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-09/23/conten
t_5128359.htm

最高法新闻发言人介绍死刑二审开庭程序司法解释 (Supreme People's Court Spokesman Introduces Judicial Interpretation on the Procedures for Holding Trials of the Second Instance Involving the Death Penalty)
Xinhuanet, June 25, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-09/25/conten
t_5136641.htm

Gender
Gender Imbalance Worries China, Gov't Takes Action
Xinhuanet, September 22, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-09/22/c
ontent_5125801.htm

Government
政府信息公开条例起草工作正在进行有望今年出台 (Regulation on Disclosure of Government Information Will Likely Pass in 2006)
Xinhuanet, September 26, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/video/2006-09/
26/content_5138772.htm

Human Rights Defenders
陈毓祥逝世10周年 内地拒保钓代表来港 (Mainland Activist Refused Border Pass to Hong Kong to Commemorate 10th Anniversary of Death of Diaoyu Islands Campaigner)
Ming Pao, September 26, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060926/gdb1.htm

Human Rights Defender – Lawyer - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
高智晟案新情况: 公安局拒绝律师会面要求 (Update on Gao Zhisheng's Case: Public Security Bureau Refuses Lawyer’s Request to Meet with Gao)
Radio Free Asia, September 26, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/25/gao/

Human Rights Defender – Petitioner – Fu Xiancai (付先财)
Paralyzed Chinese Dissident Arrives in Beijing Clinic
Deutsche Presse Agentur (via the Raw Story), September 23, 2006
http://rawstory.com/news/2006/Paralyzed_Chinese_dissident
_arrives_09232006.html

Media
社论：斥责媒体“无知”　源于部门“漠视” (Editorial: Ministry of Education Finally Comments on Media Reports About Impoverished Students)
Nanfang Daily, September 26, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/2
00609260560.asp

Media - Internet Censorship
中国"新奇军"网站因讨论时政被关闭 (Chinese Website Shut Down for Discussing Politics)
Radio Free Asia, September 25, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/
25/wangzhan/

Olympics
Beijing Shutting Schools for Olympics: Rights Group
Reuters (via YahooNews), September 26, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060926/wl_nm/china_rights_sch
ools_dc_1;_ylt=AmXFbH47vam4UE01FNGr5wJPzWQA;_ylu=X3o
DMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUlH47vam4UE01FNGr5w
JPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Protests and Petitions
Grass Roots Pressures Forge China's Civil Rights Movement
Radio Free Asia, September 25, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/social/2006/09/25/chi
na_civilrights/

披露江阴野蛮拆迁黑幕 维权村民被非法羁押 (Rights Defender Chen Jiajin Illegally Detained for Exposing Land Grabs in Jiangyin, Jiangsu Province)
Radio Free Asia, September 25, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/0
9/25/weiquan/

Public Health
卫生部称医改不会效仿别国模式 目前无详细方案 (Health Care Reforms Won't Follow Models of Other Countries, Says Ministry of Health)
EastDay.com, June 25, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/n
ode162962/u1a2341812.htmll

Society
专家分析中国社会动乱的经济和制度因素 (Experts Analyze Causes of Social Unrest in China)
Radio Free Asia, September 25, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/0
9/25/dongluan/

Tibet
China Steps Up Exposure of 11th Panchen Lama
Zee News, September 24, 2006
http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?aid=325045&sid=WOR

North Korea - Refugees
For a Better Life, North Koreans Turn 'Traitor'
International Herald Tribune, September 25, 2006
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/09/25/news/defect.php

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