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

Tuesday, November 07, 2006

November 7, 2006

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Zhao Yan (赵岩)
北京高法拒绝记者赵岩上诉听证 (Beijing Higher People's Court Denies Zhao Yan an Appeal Hearing)
BBC, November 06, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_6120000/newsid_
6123100/6123140.stm
According to Zhao Yan's lawyer, on November 2 the Beijing Higher People's Court ruled that during Zhao's upcoming appeal trial, no oral arguments or defense may be heard. Instead, Zhao will have to plead his case based only on written submissions to the court. The trial could be held in the coming two weeks.

News
Bilateral Ties
中非峰会:"和谐世界"理念的成功实践 (China-Africa Summit Is Successful Realization of "Harmonious World")
EastDay.com, November 07, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node1
70674/u1a2426798.html

Corruption
国际透明组织公布年度清廉排行榜 (China Ranked 70 in Transparency International's 2006 Corruption Perception Index)
BBC, November 07, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_6120000/newsid_
6122800/6122824.stm

Media Opens Up on Shenzhen Scandal
SCMP, November 07, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZVNML47UE.html

Environment
官商勾结 太湖治污难 (Official Tells Pollution Fighter in Jiangsu to Stop Campaigns)
Ming Pao, November 07, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20061107/cal1.htm

Gender
成都规定 区县四大班子至少各有一名女干部 (Chengdu Imposes Gender Quota on Local Government's Leading Positions)
EastDay.com, November 07, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node170
674/u1a2427564.html

中学校园频发性骚扰事件 老师称这不是什么大事 (Secondary Teachers Not Surprised by Sexual Harassment on School Grounds)
People's Daily, November 07, 2006
http://society.people.com.cn/GB/1062/5006141.html

Government
选举专家参选人代受压　选民网上读票抵制黑箱 (Two Local Election Candidates Harassed in Hubei)
Radio Free Asia, November 06, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/11/06/election/

Human Rights Defender – Li Xige (李喜阁)
艾滋病感染者李喜阁计划第六次上访 (HIV Activist Li Xige Plans Sixth Petition in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, November 06, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/11/06/aids/

Law
北京海淀检察院调查：是什么在困扰检警关系 (Survey Completed on Improving Cooperation Between Prosecutors and Police in Haiding, Beijing)
Xinhuanet, November 07, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-11/07/content_5298379.htm

Media
China Opens up to Media Hordes for Olympics
Phayul.com, November 07, 2006
http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=14579&art
icle=China+opens+up+to+media+hordes+for+Olympics&t=1&c=1+h
ordes+for+Olympics&t=1&c=1

“24小时反新闻封锁网上抗议活动” (Reporters Without Borders Organizes "24-hour Online Demonstration Against Internet Censorship")
Radio Free Asia, November 06, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/11/06/rsf/

Migrant Workers
北京打工子弟学校遭干部打砸抢 校方状告镇政府 (School for Migrant Children in Beijing to Sue County Government over School Raid)
People's Daily, November 07, 2006
http://society.people.com.cn/GB/1062/5006209.html

南京发布民工生存状态调查 60%想在城市生活 (60 Percent of Interviewed Migrant Workers in Nanjing Have Adapted to Life in Cities)
EastDay.com, November 06, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81763/node170
460/u1a2426036.html

Police
广东：暴力抗法袭警8个月268起 遇袭民警2死3重伤 (268 Cases of Attacks on Police Recorded in 8 Months in Guangdong; Province to Set up Committees to Defend Police Rights)
Nanfang Daily, November 07, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/200611070015
.asp

Poverty
China's Millions of Poor
China Post, November 06, 2006
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/editorial/detail.asp?onNews=&GRP=
i&id=94499

Protests and Petitions
China Extends Police Presence in Countryside As 'Mass Participation' Incidents Decline
People's Daily, November 07, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200611/07/eng20061107_31895
4.html

省市两级公安机关今年将实现网上办理信访事项 (Public Security Bureaus at Provincial and City Levels to Start Receiving "E-Petitions" by End of 2006)
Xinhuanet, November 07, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-11/07/content_5298670.htm

成都离退休职工静坐七个多月 反映生活困难 (2,000 Former Employees of State-Owned Enterprise in Chengdu Continue 7-Month Sit- In Protest)
Radio Free Asia, November 06, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/11/06/chengdu/

State-owned Enterprises
新华视点：“协会骚扰”企业不能承受之重 (Anhui Enterprise Harassed by Demands for Membership Fees by "Professional Associations")
Xinhuanet, November 07, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/fortune/2006-11/07/content_529930
0.htm

Tibet
China: Fewer Tibetans on Lhasa’s Key Ruling Body
Human Rights Watch (HRW), November 07, 2006
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/11/07/china14522.htm

Monday, November 06, 2006

November 4 - 6, 2006

Top News of the Day
Police - Abuses
上海访民被打成重伤 (Two Petitioners Seriously Beaten in Shanghai)
Radio Free Asia, November 04, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/11/04/fang
min/
On November 1, Wei Qin (魏琴), a Shanghai resident who had been forcibly evicted from her home, was beaten by police after shouting out complaints of injustice at an official car that was leaving the Shanghai government building. Fellow petitioner Zhou Minwen (周敏文), who called for help and tried to stop the police, was beaten unconscious.

News
Death Penalty
奇案令人反思 关口为何失守 (Man Sentenced to Death with Two-Year Reprieve in Anhui Found Innocent Eight Years Later)
Legal Daily, November 06, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-11/06/content_446236
.htm

福建男子连杀五名的哥练胆 欲血洗警察全家 (Two Men Sentenced to Death in Fujian for Murdering 5 Cab Drivers)
People's Daily, November 06, 2006
http://society.people.com.cn/GB/1062/5002420.html

流窜三省破坏电力设备 犯罪团伙成员被判刑 (Man Sentenced to Death in Henan on "Sabotaging Electrical Facilities" Charges)
Xinhuanet, November 05, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-11/05/content_5292101
.htm

Education
中国新编中学历史书隐瞒中共劣行 (New History Book in Shanghai Makes No Mention of CPC's Wrongdoings)
Voice of America, November 03, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-11-03-voa57.cfm

Gender
Firing Provokes Debate on Maternity Rights
China Daily, November 03, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-11/03/content_7239
76.htm

Gay Organization Approved
China Daily, November 03, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-11/03/content_7234
96.htm

Human Rights
China Ranked as 'Surveillance Society'
China Daily, November 03, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-11/03/content_7237
17.htm
Human Rights Defender - Ching Cheong (程翔)
Ching Cheong Has Lost 10kg in Prison, Says Family
SCMP, November 05, 2006
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZI8ESX1UE.html

Human Rights Defender - Jiang Lijun （姜力均）
异议人士姜力均刑满出狱 (Dissident Jiang Lijun Released from Prison)
Radio Free Asia, November 05, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/11/05/jian
glijun/

Human Rights Defender - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
戒备突松动 律师首会陈光诚 (Chen Guangcheng Allowed to Meet Lawyers Without Surveillance)
Radio Free Asia, November 03, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/11/03/cgc/

Human Rights Defender - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
高智晟被捕后家人面临巨大压力 (Family Faces Tremendous Pressure After Arrest of Gao Zhisheng)
Radio Free Asia, November 03, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/11/03/gzs/

Labor
年底将至 中国矿难进入高发期 (Mining Accidents Become More Frequent Near End of Year)
BBC, November 06, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_6110000/news
id_6119500/6119506.stm

Law
山东省将推行“预审法官”制 ("Pre-trial Judges" to Mediate Cases in Shandong Before Actual Trial)
Legal Daily, November 06, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-11/06/content_4459
94.htm

律师法修订草案送审稿已报送国务院 (Draft Amendments to Lawyers' Law Submitted to State Council)
Legal Daily, November 06, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-11/04/content_44647
3.htm

Media
China Forced to Face Its Critics over Internet Censorship
The Guardian, November 06, 2006
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1939801,00.html

微软重申立场 “一定会留在中国” (Microsoft Says It Will Definitely Stay in China)
BBC, November 06, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_6110000/newsi
d_6115700/6115764.stm

《百姓》杂志网站第四次被关 (Baixing's Website Blocked for the Fourth Time)
Radio Free Asia, November 03, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/11/03/zazhi/

中国迟缓报导山西水库遭污染事件 (China Delays Report of Reservoir Pollution in Shanxi)
Voice of America, November 02, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-11-02-voa57.cfm

Police
More Police Start to Fill Grass-roots Local Posts
SCMP, November 04, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ34CSX1UE.html

中共广东省委要求21个地级市建立特警队 (21 Cities in Guangdong Requested to Set up Special Police Force)
Radio Free Asia, November 03, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/11/03/police

Protests and Petitions - Corruption
蛇口职工申请万人游行　控诉社保基金被侵吞 (Application Submitted to Hold Mass Protest Against Embezzlement of Social Security Funds in Shenzhen)
Radio Free Asia, November 03, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/11/03/shekou/

Public Health
The Crippling Cost of Hunger
SCMP, November 06, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZLU5SX1UE.html

Xinjiang
China Pipeline Raises Ethnic Strife
Boston Globe, November 05, 2006
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2006/11/05/chin
a_pipeline_raises_ethnic_strife/?page=1ic_strife/?page=1

Friday, November 03, 2006

November 3, 2006

Top News of the Day
Protests and Petitions
浙江湖州两次火灾 官方严加整治引发民众抗议 (Villagers Protest Stringent Punishment Following Deadly Fires in Zhejiang)
Radio Free Asia, November 02, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/11/02/huzhou/
More than 3,000 villagers went on protest and attacked the town government building in Zhili, Zhejiang Province on October 29 and November 1. The protests were a response to the heavy fines imposed suddenly on villagers who broke fire prevention regulations. The more stringent enforcement of those regulations started after local authorities failed to contain two fires that killed dozens of factory workers in September and October. The 300 police officers that were sent to the protest scene did not make any arrests.

News
Bilateral Ties
China's Hu Urges Sudan to Seek Solution over Darfur
AFP (via YahooNews), November 02, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061102/wl_asia_afp/sudandarfur
unrestchina_0611021534523452

Corruption
Fugitive Claims Ties with Top Beijing Official
SCMP, November 03, 2006
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZLO4X9YTE.html

Death Penalty
China Expands Death Penalty Review Panel
International Herald Tribune, November 02, 2006
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/02/asia/AS_GEN_Chin
a_Death_Penalty.php

安徽一司机驱车轧死一执勤交警被判死刑 (Driver Sentenced to Death for Vehicular Manslaughter of Policeman in Anhui)
Xinhuanet, November 01, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-11/01/content_5276818.
htm

Environment
Addressing China's Climate Challenge
BBC, November 03, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6111528.stm

Human Rights Defender – Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
Activist's Retrial Sparks Hopes of Reform in China
The Independent, November 03, 2006
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article1948211.ece

Human Rights Defender – Ching Cheong (程翔)
Legal Chill from the North
SCMP, November 03, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZKM4X9YTE.html

Inner Mongolia
Seeking Faith in Inner Mongolia
The Epoch Times, November 02, 2006
http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/6-11-2/47682.html

Labor - Industrial Accidents
Death Toll in Oil and Gas Exploitation Exceeds 2005 Total
People's Daily, November 02, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200611/02/eng20061102_317489.
html

Law
Court Rejects AIDS Activists' Attempt to Sue Government
SCMP, November 03, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZZN4X9YTE.html

“公益诉讼第一人”获得“奖金”八百元 (Man Who Won China’s First Public Interest Lawsuit Receives Award)
Legal Daily, November 03, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-11/03/content_445537
.htm

Media - Censorship
Censorship Signals - China Cracks down on Pics
Variety.com, November 03, 2006
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117953024.html?categoryid=1
9&cs=1

Media - Internet Censorship
Taiwan Rapper Evades China Censor with Piracy
Reuters, November 02, 2006
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=musicNe
ws&storyID=2006-11-02T050017Z_01_TP281702_RTRIDST_0
_MUSIC-TAIWAN-MUSIC-DC.XML02T050017Z_01_TP281702
_RTRIDST_0_MUSIC-TAIWAN-MUSIC-DC.XML

“博客实名制”先推试点后立方案 ("Real Name Registration" System to Apply to Only Some Bloggers at First)
Nanfang Weekend, October 31, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/zmzg/20061031083
4.asp

Police
Shanghai Cops Swap Beats to Cut down Corruption
Xinhuanet, November 02, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-11/02/content_528073
8.htm

Protests and Petitions
Charges Depend on HIV Test
SCMP, November 03, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZTAI7AYTE.html

Public Health
Beijing Disputes New Strain of Bird Flu
SCMP, November 03, 2006
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZ8BI7AYTE.html

Religion – Christianity
长春家庭教会聚点被强拆 (House Church in Changchun, Jilin Province Forcibly Demolished)
Radio Free Asia, November 02, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/11/02/church/

Tibet
达赖喇嘛：不求西藏独立只望自治 (Tibet Doesn't Want Independence, Only Autonomy: Dalai Lama)
Voice of America, November 02, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-11-02-voa54.cfm

Thursday, November 02, 2006

November 2, 2006

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Zhou Zhirong (周志荣)
赤壁维权人士周志荣等被逮捕 上海血友病人孔德麟等被刑事拘留 ("Tiananmen Kneeling Protest" Organizer Zhou Zhirong Formally Arrested in Hubei)
Radio Free Asia, November 01, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/11/01/weiqu
an/
Zhou Zhirong (周志荣), who organized a protest at Tiananmen Square in September, was formally arrested on November 1 on charges of disturbing public order. Another organizer, Hong Yunzhou (洪运周), who suffers from tuberculosis, was also arrested.

News
Civil Society
“黑户”义工遭遇身份尴尬 (Volunteers for Unregistered Social Organizations Lack Protection)
China Youth Daily, November 02, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-11/02/content_1559791.htm

Corruption
反洗钱法有了，财产申报呢？ (Commentary: Will Wealth Declarations Follow the Anti-Money Laundering Law?)
Nanfang City News, November 02, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/20061102039
3.asp

央行：反洗钱不影响个人隐私和商业机密 (Privacy and Commercial Secrets Not Affected by Anti-Money Laundering Law: Bank of China)
China Youth Daily, November 02, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-11/02/content_1559571.htm

Death Penalty
China's High Court to Review Death Sentences
Los Angeles Times, November 01, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-death1no
v01,1,3315103.story?coll=la-headlines-worlddeath1nov01,1,33151
03.story?coll=la-headlines-world

Gender – Discrimination
高龄白领怀孕被公司解雇 老板曾威胁其堕胎 (Woman Sacked by Hong Kong-Owned Company After Reporting Pregnancy)
People's Daily, November 02, 2006
http://society.people.com.cn/GB/1062/4987826.html

Government - Grassroots Elections
泛蓝联盟成员邓太清遭枪击恐吓 (Gunshots Fired into Pan-blue Alliance" Member Deng Taiqing’s Home in Shanxi)
Radio Free Asia, November 01, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/11/01/deng/

Human Rights
Chinese Defector Finds No Asylum
Washington Times, November 01, 2006
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20061031-102950-9743r.
htm

Human Rights Defenders
上海警方拘留关注血友艾滋病人士 (Leader of Hemophilic Group Kong Delin Detained in Shanghai)
Voice of America, November 01, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-11-01-voa27.cfm

Labor - Industrial Accidents
One Dead, 20,000 Evacuated After China Ammonia Leak
AFP (via YahooNews), November 01, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061101/wl_asia_afp/chinaaccide
ntammonia_0611011950595059

Law
一起并不复杂的案件何以办成冤案 (How Can a Simple Criminal Case End Up a Wrongful Conviction Against Four Innocent Victims?)
Legal Daily, November 02, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-11/02/content_443594
.htm

New Laws, Regulations to Come into Effect on Nov. 1
Xinhuanet, October 31, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-10/31/content_52729
84.htm

Media
禁刊首日违禁广告悄变脸 (Ads Change Wording as Law on Misleading Advertising Becomes Effective on Nov. 1)
The Beijing News, November 02, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0554/2006/11-02/014@219105
.htm

China: We Don't Censor the Internet. Really
News.com, November 02, 2006
http://news.com.com/China+We+dont+censor+the+Internet.+Rea
lly/2100-1028_3-6130970.html?tag=nefd.top6130970.html?tag=n
efd.top

Chinese Dissident Slams Internet Firms on China
MacWorld, November 02, 2006
http://www.macworld.co.uk/digitallifestyle/news/index.cfm?
newsid=16323&pagtype=allchandatehandate

维基英文网解禁 敏感字词仍被封 (Except for Sensitive Words, Wikipedia Web Site Unblocked in China)
Ming Pao, November 02, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20061102/cad1.htm

我是弱者，因为我是记者 (I Am Weak Because I Am a Journalist)
China Youth Daily, November 02, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-11/02/content_1559651.htm

微軟顧問：中國不民主 微軟將撤出 (Microsoft May Pull Out from Non-democratic China: Senior Executive)
BBC, November 02, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_6100000/newsi
d_6106600/6106678.stm

维权律师张元欣网站被关 (Website of Human Rights Lawyer Zhang Yuanxin Closed)
Radio Free Asia, November 01, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/11/01/zhang/

Migrant Workers
农民工维权路上还要劈开几座山 (The Bumpy Road of Defending the Rights of Rural Migrant Workers)
Legal Daily, November 02, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-11/02/content_443692.
htm

TB Reported Rampant Among Chinese Migrants
China National News, November 01, 2006
http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/id/5651c1db
4a9e0601/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/

Olympics
With 2008 China Olympics in View, Baptists Plan Ministries
BP News, October 31, 2006
http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=24289

Police
专家研讨城管困境： 城管执法不能脱离国情 (Experts Argue City Authorities Should Consider the "National Situation" When Enforcing the Law)
China Youth Daily, November 02, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-11/02/content_1559431.htm

Politics
构建和谐社会关注民生九要素 (Building a Harmonious Society Demands Concern over Nine Major Issues)
People's Daily, November 02, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/30178/4987251.html

Protests and Petitions
天水地方政府涉嫌侵占教产 教徒静坐维权不散 (Christians in Tianshui, Gansu Province, Join Sit-in over Government's Occupation of Church Properties)
Radio Free Asia, November 01, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/11/01/z
ongjiao/

陕西修路工人围攻县政府 (Road Maintenance Workers Attack Government Building in Shaanxi After Clashing with Villagers)
Radio Free Asia, November 01, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/11/01
/shanxi/

Public Health
WHO Rebukes Ministry for Not Sharing New Bird Flu Strain
SCMP, November 02, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZYLCX9YTE.html

Hepatitis B Virus Carriers Shunned in China
China Daily, October 31, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-10/31/content_72130
8.htm

Religion - Christianity
China Tour Showed Christian Growth
BBC, November 02, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6101786.stm

Social Security
单亲家庭低保标准将提高 (Beijing to Raise Minimum Living Allowance for Single-Parent Families)
People's Daily, November 01, 2006
http://society.people.com.cn/GB/41158/4982318.html

Wednesday, November 01, 2006

November 1, 2006

Top News of the Day

Death Penalty
死刑复核权回归十年始成 程序改革尤任重道远 (Editorial: Restoration of Power to Ratify Capital Punishment Cannot Be Called "Reform")
Nanfang City News, November 01, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/20061101
0499.asp
On October 31, the National People's Congress adopted a change to the law on China's court system, requiring all death sentences to be reviewed by the Supreme People's Court (SPC) before their enforcement. The amendment takes effect on January 1, 2007. The move is meant to fill the vacuum in the Criminal Procedure Law that explicitly requires all death sentences to be approved by the SPC, but in actual practice, provincial courts have given the final say on issuing death sentences.


Human Rights Defenders –Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
China Orders Surprise Retrial for Blind Activist
Reuters (via YahooNews), November 01, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061101/wl_nm/china_rights
_dc_2
An appeal court in Shandong overturned the guilty verdict for blind human rights lawyer Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚) and ordered the Yinan County Court to retry the case, Chen's lawyer was told on Tuesday. Chen was sentenced in August to four years and three months in prison for destroying property and disturbing traffic. His lawyer was nonetheless still worried, because the Yinan County Court was the court that convicted Chen in the first place.


News

Bilateral Ties
Fears over Loans to Africa Rejected
SCMP, November 01, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZU2GX9YTE.html

China Defends Dealings with African Nations Accused of Human Rights Abuses
International Herald Tribune, October 31, 2006
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/10/31/asia/AS_GEN_
China_Wooing_Africa.php

Corporate Social Accountability
Firms Defend Dealings with China
BBC, October 31, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6102180.stm

Corruption
New Law to Target Money Laundering
SCMP, November 01, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ5L9X9YTE.html

Education
Degrees of Difference
SCMP, November 01, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZ5K9X9YTE.html

Human Rights Defenders - Ching Cheong (程翔)
北京法院推迟审理程翔的上诉 (Beijing Court Postpones Appeal Trial for Ching Cheong)
Radio Free Asia, October 31, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/31/ching/

Labor - Industrial Accidents
Blast Kills 29 Coal Miners in China
AFP (via YahooNews), November 01, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061031/wl_afp/chinacoal
miningblast_061031183634

Law
上海律师取证被打 蔑视法律根源何在？(The Underlying Cause of Violence Against Lawyers)
Radio Free Asia, October 31, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/31/lawyer/

Media
Getting Others to Do the Dirty Work
SCMP, November 01, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZ9K9X9YTE.html

Olympics
Confirmation of Olympic Flame Preparations on Everest Next Spring: Climbers' Access to Be Restricted
International Campaign for Tibet, November 01, 2006
http://www.savetibet.org/news/newsitem.php?id=1050

Police
Solitary Confinement
SCMP, November 01, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZ1K9X9YTE.html

Police Stop People from Offering Free Hugs
Shanghai Daily, October 30, 2006
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/art/2006/10/30/295647/Police
_stop_people_from_offering_free_hugs.htm

Politics
论“和谐社会”---鲍彤 (Bao Tong Discusses a "Harmonious Society")
Radio Free Asia, October 31, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/31/baotong/

Population
China's Reverse Population Bomb
Asia Times Online, November 01, 2006
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/HK01Ad01.html

Protests and Petitions
欧阳五﹕高校骚乱频发 中共如何面对 (Commentary: How Will the CPC Deal with the Increasing Number of University Riots?)
Ming Pao, November 01, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20061101/fab1.htm

Signature Campaign Against Dog Cull
SCMP, November 01, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZDKYW9YTE.html

State Security
China Ratifies Pact with Turkmenistan on Fighting Terrorism
Xinhuanet, November 01, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-10/31/content
_5273233.htm

Tuesday, October 31, 2006

October 28 - 31, 2006

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender – Rebiya Kadeer (热比娅)
Sons of Exiled Muslim Leader Tried in China, Sister Says
China Post, October 29, 2006
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/asiapacific/detail.asp?GRP=C&id=
93961
Two sons of Rebiya Kadeer, a Uyghur human rights defender in exile, have been tried in China on tax fraud charges, their sister said on October 27. Kahar Abdureyim and Alim Abdureyim were not allowed to defend themselves in the closed trial, which four family members were allowed to attend. The verdict will be announced in about 10 days.

News
Bilateral Ties
China Role in Peaceful World Questioned
Reuters (via YahooNews), October 30, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061030/ts_nm/china_usa_repo
rt_dc_2

Civil Society
壮大环保民间组织亟需法律撑腰 (Commentary: Legal Support Vital for Growth of Green Social Organizations)
Legal Daily, October 31, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-10/31/content_441561.
htm

Ease Control of NGOs, Experts Urge Beijing
SCMP, October 30, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZLQ6BYSTE.html

Corruption
陕西大荔冰雹灾民获补偿 救灾款平均每人仅一元 (Each Hailstorm Victim Gets 1 Yuan for Compensation in Shaanxi
EastDay.com, October 31, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/20061
031/u1a2410977.html

Death Penalty
Beijing to Reclaim Death Penalty Power
SCMP, October 28, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ4F7Q3PTE.html

大学生不甘失恋锤杀女友 作案后网聊自称杀人 (College Student in Sichuan Sentenced to Death for Murdering Ex-Girlfriend
Xinhuanet, October 31, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/society/2006-10/31/content_52701
54.htm

Freedom of Speech
北京自由主义知识分子丁东被国安局抄家 (Beijing-Based Liberal Ding Dong Taken Away for "Endangering State Security" but Later Released)
Radio Free Asia, October 29, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/29/ding
dong/

Government
行政僭越立法已成惯性 立法机关不能一再容忍 (Commentary: Legislative, Not Executive Branch Should Legislate on Road Toll)
Nanfang City News, October 31, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/20061031048
9.asp

关键词：养路费 (Road Tolls to Continue in 2007 Under New Notice)
Nanfang City News, October 31, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/20061031047
4.asp

正厅级高官涉强奸逍遥法外　举报案相关者遭报复 (Senior Cadre in Jiangsu Remains at Post Despite Rape Accusations)
Radio Free Asia, October 30, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/30/jubao/

Human Rights Defenders - Ching Cheong (程翔)
Ching Cheong Appeal on Spy Verdict Is Dealt a Blow
SCMP, October 28, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZ0F7Q3PTE.html

Labor
Human Resource: Minimum Hourly-Wage Standards Announced
China Daily, October 30, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2006-10/30/content_720
122.htm

Land Policy
江西南丰强迁千余坟 (Villagers in Nanfeng, Jiangxi Forced to Resettle Ancestors' Graves)
The Beijing News, October 31, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0567/2006/10-31/014@21858
5.htm

住宅用地被一地两卖 住户多次抗争 (Residents Clash with Security Guards over Land Dispute in Nanjing)
Radio Free Asia, October 30, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/30/tudi/

Law
Crackdown Vow on Corrupt Judges
SCMP, October 31, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZPCV9YSTE.html

Minor to Have Guardians by Side During Police Questioning
People's Daily, October 31, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200610/31/eng20061031_316
599.html

Media - Internet Censorship
China's Lawmakers Consider Banning Children from Internet Cafes
AFP (via YahooNews), October 30, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061030/wl_asia_afp/chinainterne
tcrime_061030064233

Google Defiant Over Censorship in China
African. News. Dimension, October 30, 2006
http://www.andnetwork.com/index?service=direct/0/Home/recen
t.titleStory&sp=l54893

Migrant Workers
City Faces Challenge in Rising Tide of Migrants
Shanghai Daily, October 30, 2006
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/art/2006/10/30/295621/City_
faces_challenge_in_rising_tide_of_migrants.htm

In Brief: Mainland's Migrant Population Reaches 150m
SCMP, October 30, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZGP5AYSTE.html

Olympics
IOC Certain of Free Press for Games
SCMP, October 29, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZIINW3PTE.html

Police
Chinese Senior Official Stresses Grassroots Police Ideological Work
People's Daily, October 31, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200610/31/eng20061031_3167
24.html

Protests and Petitions
Police Prevent Mass Student Protest
SCMP, October 31, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZDQ6BYSTE.html

不满裁判　广州千名球迷骚乱 (1000 Soccer Fans in Guangzhou Riot over Referee's Decisions)
Radio Free Asia, October 30, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/30/guangz
hou/

China: Even Geriatric Dissent Is Intolerable
New Statesman, October 30, 2006
http://www.newstatesman.com/200610300026

Hu Briefed After Thousands of Jiangxi Students Go on Rampage
SCMP, October 29, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZNH5Q3PTE.html

Public Health
In Brief: Court Upholds Ban on Toxic Breast Implant Gel
SCMP, October 31, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZZY7BYSTE.html

Blind Face Tough Battle in Overcoming Hardship
SCMP, October 30, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZQIS9YSTE.html

Religion
35 Arrested Christians in Xinjiang Released After Interrogation
Christian News Wire, October 27, 2006
http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/775531336.html

Tibet
China Draws a Veil Across the Mountains
The Guardian, October 28, 2006
http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,,1933798,00.html

European Parliament Adopts a Resolution on Tibet and the Commission Finds Chinese Policy in Tibet Is Inconsistent
Phayul.com, October 27, 2006
http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=14474&article=
European+Parliament+Adopts+A+Resolution+On+Tibet+And
+The+Commission+Finds+Chinese+Policy+In+Tibet

Xinjiang
China Asserts Grip on Key Western Province
Mercury News, October 26, 2006
http://www.miami.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/1585240
1.htm?source=rss&channel=mercurynews_world

Friday, October 27, 2006

Octobr 27, 2006

Top News of the Day
Protests and Petitions
Report: China Students Clash with Police
AP( via YahooNews), October 26, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061026/ap_on_re_as/china_stu
dent_protest_1
According to the Hong Kong-based Information Centre for Human Rights and Democracy, 10,000 college students clashed with the police in Jiangxi in four days of protests beginning October 21 over their academic status. The Centre said the protestors were ethnic minorities, including 2,000 Uighurs, and they were calling for a protest march to be held on October 29.

News
Bilateral Ties
评论：西方对中国人权的影响减弱 (Commentary: Western Countries Have Less Influence on China's Human Rights Situation)
Voice of America, October 26, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-10-26-voa37.cfm

Corruption
中纪委300人查北京 (300 Officials from the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection Investigate Corruption in Beijing)
Ming Pao, October 27, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20061027/cae1.htm

Probe into Shenzhen Judiciary Escalates
SCMP, October 27, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZZ4KW3PTE.html

腐败犯罪呈现“权力期权化”等四大新特点 (Four New Trends in Corruption)
Xinhuanet, October 26, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-10/26/content_525009
2.htm

Death Penalty
河南濮阳县4名破坏输油管道罪犯被执行死刑 (Four Men Executed for Destroying Oil Pipelines in Henan)
Xinhuanet, October 27, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-10/27/content_5256310
.htm

Human Rights
Beijing to Push Sudan on Rights
SCMP, October 27, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZJ4KW3PTE.html

Human Rights Defender – Zan Aizong (昝爱宗)
昝爱宗状告国家新闻出版总署 (Journalist Zan Aizong Sues GAPP over Cancellation of Press Card)
Radio Free Asia, October 26, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/26/zanai
zong/

Human Rights Defender - Zhu Yufu (朱虞夫)
朱虞夫被防暴队抓走 (Zhu Yufu Taken Away by Riot Police)
Radio Free Asia, October 26, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/26/zhu/

Human Rights Defender –Rebiya Kadeer (热比娅)
Woman Champions Rights for Ethnic Minority in China
Voice of America, October 25, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/english/AmericanLife/2006-10-25-vo
a41.cfm

June 4th - EU Arms Ban
China, France Urge EU to Lift Arms Ban Against China
Xinhuanet, October 26, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-10/26/content_52531
53.htm

Law - Criminal Law and Procedure
官员婚外性行为"退后一步是作风" 性贿赂入罪难 (Difficulties in Prosecuting Cases Involving "Sexual Bribery")
EastDay.com, October 27, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node
168457/u1a2404408.html

Media
秦中飞“短信诽谤案”不应就此结束 ("Text Message Libel Case" Should Not End Now)
China Youth Daily, October 27, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-10/27/content_1553181.htm

Apology for Poetic Clerk Accused of Libel
SCMP, October 27, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZTS3Q3PTE.html

中国评论﹕无独立媒体 何来新闻自由 (Commentary: No Media Freedom Without an Independent Media)
Ming Pao, October 27, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20061027/cau1.htm

京官：无人因反政府言论被捕 (No One Arrested for Anti-Government Speech: Beijing Cadre)
Ming Pao, October 27, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20061027/cab2.htm

China Forms a New Team to Regulate Internet Blogs
The Epoch Times, October 26, 2006
http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/6-10-26/47433.html

申报新闻高级职称要发“正面报道”？ (Journalists in Anhui Required to Publish "Positive Reports" if They Want Promotion)
Nanfang Weekend, October 26, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/zmzg/20061026066
9.asp

驻沪记者发表报道声援中央对上海官场的整治 (Shanghai Journalists Careful About Reporting on Chen Liangyu Case)
Radio Free Asia, October 26, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/26/shan
ghai/

Olympics
Wen Allays Fears
The Standard, October 26, 2006
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=1
9&art_id=30195&sid=10541988&con_type=1

Xinhua Awarded Host News Agency for Beijing Games
Xinhuanet, October 26, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-10/26/content_525436
6.htm

China Considers Beijing Shutdown for Olympics
Australian Broadcasting Corporation, October 25, 2006
http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2006/s1773677.htm

Police
北京成立民警维权机构 9个月为500民警"正名" (Beijing Local Authorities Establish Police Rights Defense Organ to "Restore Justice")
Xinhuanet, October 26, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-10/26/content_525007
2.htm

控告中国佛教协会会长 女居士被送精神病院 (Buddhist Supporter of Master Shengguan Sent to Psychiatric Hospital)
Radio Free Asia, October 26, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/26/zongj
iao/

Protests and Petitions
Begging for Justice in China's Capital
Christian Science Monitor, October 26, 2006
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1026/p07s02-woap.html

Religion – Christianity
家庭教会基督徒起诉地方政府违法拘留 (Three Protestant Church Members in Shandong Sue Local Government over Illegal Detention)
Radio Free Asia, October 26, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/26/zongj
iao1/

Thursday, October 26, 2006

October 26, 2006

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defenders - Li Jianping (李建平)
李建平网上撰文被判两年 家属将上诉 (Li Jianping Given 2 Years’ Imprisonment for Illegal Articles on Internet, Will Appeal)
RFA, October 25, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/25/li/
On October 25, dissident Li Jianping (李建平) was sentenced to two years' imprisonment on charges of “inciting subversion” for publishing critical essays on overseas websites, according to his wife. She says an appeal will be filed, contending that the court has not established how the articles involved any incitement of subversion.
News
Bilateral Ties
Chirac in China Highlights Human Rights Issue
AFP (via YahooNews), October 25, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061025/wl_asia_afp/olychn2
006china_061025134206

Corruption
Anti-Corruption Authorities Forge First Int'l Body for Graft Fighting
People's Daily, October 26, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200610/26/eng20061026_31
5134.html

Education
西安邮院劝退300多学生引起争议 (Dispute Grows as College in Xi'an Asks 300 Students to Leave)
Radio Free Asia, October 25, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/25/xian/

Gender
上海审议妇保实施办法草案 性骚扰有细化界定 (Shanghai Specifies Forms of Sexual Harassment to Implement Law for Protection of Women and Children)
EastDay.com, October 26, 2006
http://xwcb.eastday.com/c/20061026/u1a200851.html

Woman Jailed for Immigration Fraud
Hong Kong Government, October 24, 2006
http://www.news.gov.hk/en/category/lawandorder/061024/html/
061024en08003.htm

Human Rights Defender
民主党成员池建伟被刑事拘留 (Democracy Party Member Chi Jianwei Placed Under Criminal Detention)
Radio Free Asia, October 25, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/25/minzhu/

Human Rights Defender - Gao Yu (高瑜)
中国记者高瑜再获国际媒体勇气奖 (Journalist Gao Yu Receives International Women’s Media Award Again)
Voice of America, October 25, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-10-25-voa39.cfm

Human Rights Defender
中国家庭教会成员徐永海被警察传讯 (Protestant House Church Member Xu Yonghai Summoned by Police)
Radio Free Asia, October 25, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/25/jiaohui/

Labor
买断工龄 国企裁员绝招 ("Buying Off Workers' Seniority" Is Common Dismissal Tactic for SOEs)
Apple Daily, October 26, 2006
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?iss_i
d=20061026&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=64445873
35&subsec_id=15336&art_id=6444587

Law - Legal Aid
怀柔法律援助降低门槛 (District in Beijing to Reduce Threshold for Legal Aid Application)
The Beijing News, October 26, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0558/2006/10-26/021@21755
0.htm

Media
Media Explosion Tests China's Control
BBC, October 26, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6066568.stm

学校也要建新闻发布制 (Schools to Establish Spokesperson System)
Nanfang City News, October 26, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/djjz/200610260541.
asp

Shanghai Bans Ads Promoting 'Corruption Tourism'
SignonSandiego.com, October 24, 2006
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20061024-0238-chin
a-advertisement.html

Migrant Workers
农民工调查：农民工子女城里年均学费2450元 (Migrant Workers Survey: Annual School Fees for Migrant Children Cost 2,450 Yuan)
People's Daily, October 26, 2006
http://pic.people.com.cn/GB/42589/4957074.html

为女工维权律师遭暴打 律师协会将承担其住院费用 (Shanghai Lawyer Beaten for Aiding Female Migrant Worker)
EastDay.com, October 26, 2006
http://xwwb.eastday.com/x/20061025/u1a200602.html

Survey: More than Half Migrant Workers Hope to Settle in Cities
Xinhuanet, October 25, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-10/25/content_524872
6.htm

Poverty
听众：中国执行扶贫政策弊端严重 (Audience: Serious Problems in Implementation of Anti-Poverty Policies)
Voice of America, October 25, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/m2006-10-25-voa59.cfm

Protests and Petitions - Labor
百名前员工示威赠兴 工行上市在即 北京总行遇抗议 (100 Former Employees Protest Forced Early Retirement at Beijing’s Industrial and Commercial Bank of China)
Apple Daily, October 26, 2006
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?iss_i
d=20061026&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=644458633
5&subsec_id=15336&art_id=6444586

Protests and Petitions - Olympics
Songs of Resistance
Channel4, October 24, 2006
http://www.channel4.com/news/special-reports/special-reports-st
orypage.jsp?id=3696

Public Health
Shenzhen Woman Wins Partial Victory in Toxic Gel Appeal
SCMP, October 26, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZHYGW3PTE.html

Repression Under China: Murder in the Mountains
The Independent, October 25, 2006
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article1927123.ece
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