HRIC Daily Brief

Tuesday, November 14, 2006

November 14, 2006

Top news of the day

Tibet / State Security
Tibet: Sentence for Tibetan Nun Confirmed
UNPO, November 09, 2006
http://www.unpo.org/article.php?id=5797
The US Congressional-Executive Commission on China reported on its Web site on November 9 that the sentence for Buddhist nun Choekyi Drolma has been officially announced by the Gannan Intermediate People's Court in Gansu Province. Choekyi Drolma was sentenced to three years' imprisonment in December 2005 for "inciting splittism." She was arrested with four other Tibetans but the sentences for the others have not yet been announced.

News

Civil Society
China Gay Group 'Gets Approval'
BBC, November 13, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6142732.stm

Corruption
Rural Graft Targeted in New Ethics Campaign
SCMP, November 14, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZQV7M47UE.html

Safety Official Jailed over Bribes
SCMP, November 14, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZEF7M47UE.html

Seventy Percent of China Relief Funds and Supplies Diverted
The Epoch Times, November 09, 2006
http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/6-11-9/47955.html

Death Penalty
In Brief: Internet Cafe Bombers Handed Death Sentence
SCMP, November 14, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ4AFM47UE.html

内蒙古一大学生因抢劫杀人一审被判死缓 (College Student Sentenced to Death with Two-Year Reprieve on Murder and Robbery Charges)
Xinhuanet, November 13, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-11/13/content_5323368.
htm

请人护送遭强奸杀害 “同行恶魔”被执行死刑 (Man Sentenced to Death in Anhui on Murder and Rape Charges)
Xinhuanet, November 13, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-11/13/content_5323364.h
tm

Environment
Environment Chief Warns of Crisis
The Standard, November 14, 2006
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3&ar
t_id=31679&sid=108509 67&con_type=1&d_str=20061114

Gender
Mongolia to Open Consulate in Macao over Human Trafficking Issue
Xinhuanet, November 13, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-11/13/content_5324553
.htm

Government
警方阻挠姚立法竞选人大代表 (Yao Lifa Harassed for Campaigning for Local People's Congress in Hubei)
Radio Free Asia, November 13, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/11/13/yao/

Labor
內地民工荒实是技工荒 (China Lacks Technicians, Not General Workers)
Wen Wei Po, November 14, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH0611140028&
cat=002CH

10月份矿难死亡人数大幅上升 (Death Toll from Mining Accidents in China Rose by 26.1% Between September and October)
Legal Daily, November 14, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-11/14/content_451852.htm

6建议整顿煤矿 (State Administration of Work Safety Makes 6 Suggestions on Consolidation of Coal Mines)
Ming Pao, November 14, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20061114/cca2.htm

Media
Chinese Official Puts Case for Improving Government-Media Relations
People's Daily, November 13, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200611/13/eng20061113_3209
80.html

Wen Urges Writers, Artists to Speak Truth
Xinhuanet, November 13, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-11/13/content_5325477
.htm

Migrant Workers
Trade Unions Play New Role as Champion of Migrant Workers' Rights
Xinhuanet, November 13, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-11/13/content_5323952
.htm

Police
亲历城管“执法” (Commentary: Witnessing the Brutal "Legal Enforcement" of City Authorities)
Nanfang City News, November 14, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/200611140544
.asp

Population
中国男人能指望到国外“淘”老婆吗 (Commentary: Can China's Bachelors Expect to Find Wives in Other Countries?)
China Youth Daily, November 14, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-11/14/content_1572436.htm

Protests and Petitions
Sichuan: Thousands Protest Against Hospital that Left Poor Boy to Die
AsiaNews.it, November 14, 2006
http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=7730

Public Health
广州：救护车路边放下断腿病人掉头就走 (Victim of Car Accident in Guangzhou Abandoned by Ambulance Due to Lack of Funds)
Nanfang City News, November 14, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/200611140019
.asp

Tibet
A High Profile Tibetan Activist Faces Deportation Threat if He Protests During Hu Jintao's India Visit
Phayul.com, November 14, 2006
http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=14649&article=A+hi
gh+profile+Tibetan+acti vist+faces+deportation+threat+if+he+prot
ests+during+Hu+Jintao's+India+visit

Monday, November 13, 2006

November 11-13, 2006

Top News
Protests and Petitions
Chinese Residents Riot, Attack Hospital
AFP (via YahooNews), November 12, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061112/ap_on_re_as/china_ho
spital_riot_1
According to the Hong Kong-based Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy, 2000 people mobbed a hospital in Sichuan on November 10. The incident reportedly took place following the death of a boy, whose family was sent away by the hospital to raise money for the child's treatment. It was not clear if the hospital had made any effort to treat the child. At least 10 people were injured in fighting with the police, and five were detained.

News
Bilateral Ties
China to Come Under Tighter Scrutiny by New US Congress
AFP (via YahooNews), November 11, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061111/pl_afp/usvotechina_061
111170850

Corruption
Judges Held on Corruption Charges
SCMP, November 11, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZUQ1M47UE.html

Death Penalty
为装大款劫杀7陪舞女 “下岗厂长”的凶残人生 (Dismissed Factory Manager Sentenced to Death in Liaoning on Murder and Robbery Charges)
Xinhuanet, November 13, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-11/13/content_5322003
.htm

Government
30余保安抢夺业主维权传单番禺一小区业委会换届选举宣传被阻挠 (Candidates of Local Elections in Guangdong Obstructed from Distributing Campaign Leaflets)
Nanfang City News, November 13, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/2006111301
61.asp

驻京周记﹕民主实践机会轻轻放过 (Commentary: Chance to Realize Democracy Given Up Too Easily)
Ming Pao, November 13, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20061113/cad1.htm

More Grass-roots Delegates Promised
SCMP, November 13, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ254M47UE.html

Human Rights Defender – Ching Cheong (程翔)
程翔家人明请愿促特首转达诉求 (Family to Petition Hong Kong's Chief Executive for Ching Cheong's Medical Check)
Ming Pao, November 13, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20061113/gdc1.htm
Human Rights Defender - Yan Zhengxue (严正学)

严正学被剥夺聘请律师的权力 (Two Rights Defenders Denied Right to Appoint Lawyers over Allegations of Inciting Subversion)
Radio Free Asia, November 10, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/11/10/yan/

Labor
Labour Contract Law Draws Protest from Every Side
SCMP, November 13, 2006
http://biz.scmp.com/bizchina/ZZZLQCM47UE.html

Land Policy
城市督察员能否解决违规圈地拆迁问题？ (Can Town Planning Inspectors End Illegal Land Grabs?)
Radio Free Asia, November 10, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/11/10/city/

Law
政府函件效力引发法律质疑 (Legality of Government Documents Questioned)
Legal Daily, November 13, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-11/13/content_450882
.htm

Media
京报封锁抗议杀狗消息 (Local Authorities in Beijing Block News on Dog Slaughtering)
Ming Pao, November 13, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20061113/ccc1.htm

博客实名登记的困扰 (Challenges Posed by the Real Name Registration Requirements for Bloggers)
Radio Free Asia, November 12, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/11/12/boke/

Migrant Workers
南昌农民工子女入学有政策难享受 (Migrant Workers' Children in Nanchang Denied Schooling due to Parents' Lack of Identification Papers)
China Youth Daily, November 13, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-11/13/content_1571021.htm

Multilateral Relations
Mandelson Airs Alarm over WTO Compliance
SCMP, November 13, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ2I2M47UE.html

Politics
Chinese President Urges Artists, Writers to Contribute to Cultural Harmony
People's Daily, November 11, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200611/11/eng20061111_32048
2.html

Activists Challenge Communism in China
AP( via YahooNews), November 10, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061110/ap_on_re_as/china_invi
sible_independents_1

Population
北京将监测流动人口出生性别 (Local Authorities in Beijing to Monitor Gender Ratio of Floating Population)
The Beijing News, November 13, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0553/2006/11-13/021@221369
.htm

Protests and Petitions
Crackdown Infuriates Dog Owners
SCMP, November 13, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ84IP47UE.html

China Village Fury at 'Land Grab'
BBC, November 10, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6135156.stm

武汉民工暴力讨薪媒体责其“莽撞” (Media Criticize Migrant Workers for Using Violence in Seeking Backpay)
Radio Free Asia, November 10, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/11/10/wuhan/

随州退休教师三年来持续上访 (Retired Teachers in Suizhou Continue Their Three-year Petition over Backpay)
Radio Free Asia, November 10, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/11/10/teacher/

三洲村民继续静坐准备起诉地方政府 (Sanzhou Villagers Continue Sit-ins, Plan to Sue Local Government over Land Grabs)
Radio Free Asia, November 10, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/11/10/shunde/

Public Health
Beijing Ends Impasse over Bird Flu Samples
SCMP, November 13, 2006
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZP69M47UE.html

China’s Muslims Awake to Nexus of Needles and AIDS
New York Times, November 12, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/12/world/asia/12aids.html?_r=
1&oref=slogin

Religion
10,000 Mainland Muslims Ready to Join Haj
SCMP, November 13, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZPYFP47UE.html

In Brief: Clerics Held After Vatican Trip, Says Rights Group
SCMP, November 13, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZRE0M47UE.html

Friday, November 10, 2006

November 10, 2006

Top News of the Day
Death Penalty
Courts to Ease Up on Death Penalties
SCMP, November 10, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ3KCP47UE.html
Supreme People's Court president Xiao Yang said yesterday that China did not have the sufficient social and cultural conditions to abolish the death penalty, but he advised judges to use "the death penalty with reprieve" in special circumstances, one of which was that defendants showed "sincere repentance" and offered compensation for losses they caused.

News
Death Penalty
湖南省高级法院原院长吴振汉一审被判处死缓 (Former President of Hunan Higher People's Court Given Death Sentence with Two-year Reprieve on Corruption Charges)
EastDay.com, November 10, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node1
71203/u1a2435350.htm l

In Brief: Man Sentenced to Death for Butchering 7 Women
SCMP, November 10, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZW5XL47UE.html

沈阳“1·18”案主犯张显光领死刑 (Man Sentenced to Death on Murder and Robbery Charges, Will Appeal)
Legal Daily, November 10, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-11/10/content_449962.
htm

Environment
我国环境政策法律有效性及效率有待提高 (OECD Invited to Comment on Environmental Policies, Finds Implementation Problems)
Legal Daily, November 10, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-11/10/content_449973
.htm

Xinjiang's Battle Against the Desert
Asia Times Online, November 10, 2006
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_Business/HK10Cb02.html

Human Rights Defenders
In Brief: Democracy Campaigner Freed After 7 Years
SCMP, November 10, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZW5XL47UE.html

泛滥联盟成员张子霖被拘留 ("Pan-blue Alliance" Member Zhang Zilin Gone Missing, May Be Detained)
Radio Free Asia, November 09, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/11/09/zhang/

Labor
City Jobless Will Not Top 5pc: Report
SCMP, November 10, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZFTWL47UE.html

前10月事故死亡人数降4.7％ (Number of Accidental Deaths in Beijing Drops by 4.7 Percent in First 10 Months of 2006)
The Beijing News, November 10, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0553/2006/11-10/021@220953
.htm

中国“目前煤矿事故出现回潮和反复” (Coal Mine Accidents Return in China)
Radio Free Asia, November 09, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/11/09/kuang
nan/

Law
First Rules Issued on Academic Fraud After Spate of Scandals
SCMP, November 10, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZYCYL47UE.html

China Convicts All but 0.66 Pct of Trial Defendants
Reuters (via YahooNews), November 09, 2006
http://au.news.yahoo.com/061109/15/11d2c.html

Media
Being Reporter "Third Most Dangerous Job in China"
Reuters, November 09, 2006
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK302386.htm

中国博客超过三千万 (Number of China's Bloggers Exceeds 30 Million)
Radio Free Asia, November 09, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/11/09/blog/

Multilateral Relations
New WHO Chief Chan Vows to Use Leverage on Secretive China
AFP (via YahooNews), November 09, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061109/wl_asia_afp/whohealth
chiefchina_061109193645

Politics
Bill to Reignite Ownership Debate
SCMP, November 10, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZVJCP47UE.html

Population
中国人口发展面临挑战素质需提高 (Quality of Population Needs Improvement: Chinese Cadre)
Voice of America, November 09, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-11-09-voa32.cfm

Protests and Petitions
Police Clash with Villagers Holding 'Corrupt' Officials
SCMP, November 10, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ86XL47UE.html

中国群体性事件数字锐减引发置疑 (Drastic Decrease in Number of Mass Incidents Questioned)
Voice of America, November 08, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-11-08-voa79.cfm

Public Health
医药调价：利益博弈越前移政策质量越高 (Commentary: Debates on Proposed Increase in Drug Cost Will Improve Quality of Health Policy)
China Youth Daily, November 10, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-11/10/content_1569146.htm

First Free Aids Clinic Opens
SCMP, November 10, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZQM5M47UE.html

Hepatitis Expulsion Hearing Delayed
SCMP, November 10, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZJTWL47UE.html

Knowledge of HIV Is Poor Among Officials, Says Survey
SCMP, November 10, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZUM5M47UE.html

Thursday, November 09, 2006

November 9, 2006

Top News
Protests and Petitions
Tibetans Stage Rare Public Protest in Lhasa
Radio Free Asia, November 08, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2006/11/08/tibet_protest/
Hundreds of Tibetan graduates staged a week-long public protest in Lhasa in late October over alleged discrimination by Chinese authorities in hiring for civil service jobs. No violence was reported and no one was arrested. In response, the authorities announced plans to offer more positions for Tibetans.

News
Children
让“污点”青少年重归社会 (Criminal Records Kept Confidential for Juvenile Delinquents in Shanghai)
China Youth Daily, November 09, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-11/09/content_1567516.htm

Civil Society
听证代表名单应当公开 (Commentary: Names of Attendants at Public Hearings Should Be Published)
China Youth Daily, November 09, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-11/09/content_1567506.htm

Death Penalty
“可杀可不杀的一律不杀” (Death Sentence Will Not Be Given in Uncertain Cases: Supreme People's Court Chief Justice)
The Beijing News, November 09, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0565/2006/11-09/021@03235
8.htm

Gender
丈夫玩失踪包起"二奶" 法官将两重婚罪犯绳之以法 (Man and Mistress Given Suspended Sentences in Shanghai on Bigamy Charges)
EastDay.com, November 09, 2006
http://whb.eastday.com/w/20061109/u1a210847.html

Government
Millions Vote in Local Beijing Polls
SCMP, November 09, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZWJ2M47UE.html

Human Rights Defenders
China's 1st Foundation to Help Injured Reporters Founded
Xinhuanet, November 08, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-11/08/content_5306
653.htm

池建伟被刑拘党友被拘传；严正学聘请律师 (Democracy Party Member Chi Jianwei Arrested; Rights Defender Yan Zhengxue Appoints Lawyer to Defend Inciting Subversion Charges)
Radio Free Asia, November 08, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/11/08/chijia
nwei_yanzhengxue/

Law
全国法院9年宣告无罪4．1万余人 (41,000 Out of 6.2 Million Suspects Found Innocent in Past 9 Years)
China Youth Daily, November 09, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-11/09/content_1567521.htm

“恢复性司法”与“刑事和解” ("Criminal Mediation" Applied in Juvenile Case in Shanghai)
Legal Daily, November 09, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-11/09/content_449002
.htm

刑事和解与相关制度的区别 (Differences Between Criminal Mediation and Other Systems)
Legal Daily, November 09, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-11/09/content_448996
.htm

刑事和解与办案实践 (Implementing Criminal Mediation)
Legal Daily, November 09, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-11/09/content_449001.
htm

Media
新疆两记者采访遭殴打 (Two Reporters Beaten for Trying to Cover Traffic Accident in Xinjiang)
China Youth Daily, November 09, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-11/09/content_1567456.htm

Police
嫌疑人看守所内被打身亡 (Fraud Suspect Beaten to Death in Detention Facility in Heilongjiang)
The Beijing News, November 09, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0567/2006/11-09/024@2207
16.htm

Population
穗鼓励独生子女夫妇生两孩 (Guangzhou Encourages Couples that Are Both Single Children Themselves to Have Two Children)
Wen Wei Po, November 09, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH0611090
029&cat=002CH

计划生育30年少生4亿人
( Without Family Planning, China's Population Would Have Increased by 400 Million in Past 3 Decades)
Nanfang City News, November 09, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/djjz/200611090081
.asp

Protests and Petitions
上访村民被送进精神病院 (Petitioner Wang Guocai Forcibly Admitted to Mental Hospital in Anhui)
The Beijing News, November 09, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0567/2006/11-09/024@22069
6.htm

上海法院审理被捕的访民一百多人声援被阻止 (100 Supporters Barred from Trial of Petitioners in Shanghai)
Radio Free Asia, November 08, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/11/08/sh/

Related Information
HRIC Press Release: Three Shanghai Petitioners Go to Trial, Others Abused in Detention
Human Rights in China, November 7, 2006
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision%5fi
d=31423&item%5fid=31420

Hostages Held in Chinese Village Standoff
Radio Free Asia, November 08, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/social/2006/11/08/china_stan
doff/

Wednesday, November 08, 2006

November 8, 2006

News

Death Penalty
劫杀女网友获死刑 (Murderer of Internet Friend Sentenced to Death in Beijing)
The Beijing News, November 08, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0558/2006/11-08/021@
220428.htm

流窜广州半年作案16起致两人死亡色劫团伙首犯一审判死刑 (Triad Leader in Guangzhou Sentenced to Death on Murder and Other Charges)
Nanfang City News, November 08, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/200611
080313.asp

Senior Party Official Calls for Smooth Implementation of Death Penalty Reform
Xinhuanet, November 07, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-11/07/content_
5301727.htm

Environment
China to Pass U.S. in 2009 in Emissions
New York Times, November 07, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/07/business/worldbusiness/
07pollute.html?_r=1&adxn nl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=11629635
13-6ZHsQVviatHVtG7XlLy8IA

Government
百余村民要罢村主任 (100 Villagers from Tongzhou, Beijing Seek to Impeach Incompetent Head)
The Beijing News, November 08, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0558/2006/11-08/021@
220403.htm

Beijing's County, Township Congress Elections Underway
Xinhuanet, November 07, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-11/07/content_
5300486.htm

中国竞选人大代表维权人士被拘留 (Rights Defender in Hubei Detained Ahead of Local Election)
Voice of America, November 07, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-11-07-voa36.cfm

Human Rights Defenders
爱滋纪录片揭真相 (AIDS Documentary Reveals the Truth)
Ming Pao, November 08, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20061108/cfb1.htm

The Case for Real Justice
SCMP, November 08, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZO1RL47UE.html

温江民选干部反私征农地　被定罪不判刑 (Cadre in Chengdu Convicted but Not Imprisoned for Refusing to Implement Land Grab Order)
Radio Free Asia, November 07, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/11/
07/wenjiang/

June 4th - Tiananmen Mother's Campaign
丁子霖被时代周刊选为亚洲英雄 (Time Magazine Lists Ding Zilin in its “60 Years of Asian Heroes”)
Voice of America, November 07, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-11-07-voa40.cfm

Labor
China Province Said to Close More Mines
AP( via YahooNews), November 07, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061107/ap_on_re_as/china
_mine_closure_2

Media
社论：记者的使命就是说出真相 (Editorial: Journalists' Mission Is to Tell the Truth)
Nanfang City News, November 08, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/20061108
0449.asp

Police
Authorities Told to Watch Human Rights
People's Daily, November 08, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200611/08/eng20061108_
319322.html

Protests and Petitions
A Blow to Justice
SCMP, November 08, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZU96P47UE.html

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=1 ic_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_061102153452 3452

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.XML 02T050017Z_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-world death1nov01,1,33151
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_061101195059 5059

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.top 6130970.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=allchandate handate

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/9366300fc9 319e9b/

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